Indiana "Review List" species - photo records of rare and accidental Indiana birds
Some of these shots are of low quality, but are included for the purpose of documentation.
Pacific Loon (juvenile) - State Line Power Plant, Lake County, Indiana - January 14, 2012
Fulvous Whistling-duck - Grand Kankakee Marsh, Hebron, Indiana - June 8, 2002
Black-bellied Whistling-duck - Celery Bog, West Lafayette, Indiana - August 4, 2007
Brant (juvenile) - Hammond, Lake County, Indiana - September 17, 2016
Cinnamon Teal - LaPorte, Indiana - April 9, 2006
King Eider (female) - Jeorse Park, E. Chicago, Indiana - January, 1998
Brown Pelican - Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, Indiana - June 17, 2004
Brown Pelican - Miller Beach, Miller, Indiana - August 12, 2004
Neotropic Cormorant - State Line Power Plant, Lake County, Indiana - April 26, 2012
Magnificent Frigatebird (adult male in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - September 27, 2008
Reddish Egret - Miller Beach, Miller, Indiana - September 9, 2006
Roseate Spoonbill - Goose Pond, Linton, Indiana - June 2, 2009
Glossy Ibis - Grant Street Wetland, Lake County, Indiana - May 30, 2015
White-faced Ibis - Kankakee Sands TNC, Indiana - May 25, 2002
White-faced Ibis - Goose Pond FWA, Indiana - May 2, 2013
White-tailed Kite - Reynold's Creek, Porter County, Indiana - May 19, 2018
Swallow-tailed Kite - Michigan City, Indiana - August 19, 2004
Prairie Falcon - Sommerville Mine, Gibson County, Indiana - February 8, 2014
Yellow Rail (dead) - Hammond Bird Sanctuary, Lake County, Indiana - October 6, 2012
Limpkin - LaPorte County, Indiana - December 16, 2023
Limpkin - Lagrange County, Indiana - January 1, 2024
Purple Gallinule - Boone County, Indiana - April 26, 2007
Purple Gallinule - LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana - May 29, 2010
Common Crane - Demotte Fields, Newton County, Indiana - March 10, 2021
Hooded Crane - Goose Pond, Linton, Indiana - February 11, 2012
Wandering Tattler - Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana - July 20, 2017
Red-necked Stint - Wakarusa Waste Water Ponds, Wakarusa, Indiana - May 23, 2007
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Wakarusa Waste Water Ponds, Wakarusa, Indiana - September 25, 2003
Curlew Sandpiper (breeding plumage) - Wakarusa Waste Water Ponds, Wakarusa, Indiana - May 22, 2007
Ruff (white morph) - Grand Kankakee Marsh, Hebron, Indiana - May 25, 2002
Ruff (black morph) - Kingsbury FWA, La Porte County, Indiana - May 17, 2016
Pomarine Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November 4, 2010
Pomarine Jaeger (juvenile) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December 18, 2010
Pomarine Jaeger (juvenile) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December 18, 2010
Pomarine Jaeger (juveniles) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October 31, 2014
Pomarine Jaeger (juveniles) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November 26, 2018
Long-tailed Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October 28, 2006
Long-tailed Jaeger (sub-adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September 6, 2014
Long-tailed Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - August 21, 2018
Long-tailed Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - september 6, 2018
Mew Gull (adult) - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - March 29, 1996
Mew Gull (winter adult) - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - December 14, 1996
California Gull (winter adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November 15, 2008
California Gull (winter adult) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - November 17, 2008
California Gull (summer adult) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - August 31, 2016
Slaty-backed Gull (adult) - Port of Indiana, Porter County, Indiana - February 20, 2016
Slaty-backed Gull (adult) - Elkhart County Landfill, Indiana - January 26, 2023
Vega Herring Gull (nonbreeding adult) - Elkhart County, Indiana - January 30 and February 2, 2024
Royal Tern - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - June 29, 1996
Arctic Tern (adult) - Miller Beach, Indiana - August 11, 2005
Arctic Tern (adult) - Miller Beach, Indiana - August 13, 2005
Black Skimmer - Wolf Lake, Hammond, Indiana - October 10, 2004
White-winged Dove - Whiting, IN - April 25, 2004
Common Ground-Dove - Ewing Bottoms, Jackson County, Indiana - December 7, 2015
Black-chinned Hummingbird (female) - Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana - December, 2006
Calliope Hummingbird (female or immature) - Jennings County, Indiana - December, 2011
Anna's Hummingbird (male) - Lake County, Indiana - November, 2020 and January, 2021
Western Wood-Pewee - Griffith, Lake County, Indiana - July 6, 2011
Say's Phoebe - Vigo County, Indiana - December, 2011
Vermilion Flycatcher (female) - Forsythe Park, Hammond, Indiana - October 11, 1997
Western Kingbird - Kingsbury FWA, Kingsbury, Indiana - June, 1996
Western Kingbird - Valparaiso, Indiana - September 9, 2001
Western Kingbird - Pulaski County, Indiana - June 9, 2007
Western Kingbird - Grant Street Wetland, Lake County, Indiana - May 30, 2015
Great Kiskadee - Noble County, Indiana - December 20, 2018
Gray Kingbird - Southeast LaPorte County, Indiana - November 5, 2005
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Mulberry, Indiana - September 12, 2004
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Elkhart County, Indiana - June 4, 2010
Fork-tailed Flycatcher - Near Lick Creek, Hubble, Owen County, Indiana - May 31, 2008
Rock Wren - Miller Farm, Howe, Lagrange County, Indiana - May 16, 2013
Townsend's Solitaire (immature) - West Beach Pinery, Ogden Dunes, Indiana - November 25, 1995
Townsend's Solitaire (adults) - Indiana Dunes State Park, Porter County, Indiana - November 25, 2007
Townsend's Solitaire (adult) - West Beach, Porter County, Indiana - October 31, 2009
Townsend's Solitaire (adult) - East Pinery, Ogden Dunes, Indiana - November 10, 2012
Townsend's Solitaire (adult) - West Beach, Porter County, Indiana - November 24, 2015
Townsend's Solitaire (adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October 25, 2020
Bohemian Waxwing - West Beach, Porter County, Indiana - November 16, 1997
Bohemian Waxwing - East Pinery, Ogden Dunes, Indiana - November 17, 2012
Bohemian Waxwing - Indiana Dunes Nat. Lakeshore Headquarters, Porter County, Indiana - December 1, 2012
Kirtland's Warbler (female) - Whiting Park, Lake County, Indiana - May 17, 2016
Western Tanager (male) - New Castle, Indiana - May 4, 1996
Western Tanager (male) - Chesterton, Indiana - May 3, 2008
Green-tailed Towhee - New Albany, Indiana - December 13, 2003
Spotted Towhee (female) - Ogden Dunes, Porter County, Indiana - January, 2009
Spotted Towhee (male) - Beverly Shores, Porter County, Indiana - January 19, 2021
Lark Bunting (male) - Millersburg, LaGrange County, Indiana - April 23, 2020
Golden-crowned Sparrow (adult) - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana - April 18, 2017
Black-headed Grosbeak - West Lafayette, Indiana - December 26, 1998
Bullock's Oriole - Austin, Scott County, Indiana - February 18, 2007
Hoary Redpoll - Indiana Dunes State Park, Porter County, Indiana - December 8, 2012
Hoary Redpoll - Indiana Dunes State Park, Porter County, Indiana - January 6, 2013
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