IOU Member Listing Reports

for calendar year 2024

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Birders often compete wth themselves or their friends to identify the highest number of species for a Big Day, a year, a county, or other categories. Enter your totals to see where you fall in the rankings.
Questions to John Bissell, Compiler

State Lists

Iowa State Life List - underlined names pop up the list (last year reported in parentheses; * deceased)
395   Tom Stone (2016) 326   Betty Lucas (2022)
394   *James L Fuller (2023) 323   *Michael Stephens (2015)
394   Ann Johnson 323   Ed Thelen (2021)
393   Pam Allen (2023) 322   Stuart Sparkman (2021)
393   Reid Allen (2023) 321   Tyler Harms (2015)
389   Gerald White 321   Vicky Stephens (2015)
387   Stephen J. Dinsmore (2016) 320   Kevin Murphy (2022)
387   Charles R Fuller (2016) 311   Mark Brown (2015)
385   *Thomas H Kent (2015) 311   Jeffrey Livingston (2016)
385   Mark Proescholdt 310   Linda Rudolph (2023)
379   Paul Roisen (2023) 309   Jerry Von Ehwegen
378   Dennis Thompson (2016) 305   Rose Stone (2015)
372   John Rutenbeck (2015) 305   Dean Hester (2021)
369   Ray Cummins 304   Karen Viste-Sparkman (2016)
368   Chris Edwards (2018) 293   Connor Langan (2021)
364   Aaron Brees (2015) 291   Richard Sayles (2017)
363   Danny Akers (2017) 289   Dick Bierman (2019)
354   James Dinsmore (2016) 289   Dana Siefer
353   Loren J Padelford (2015) 282   Anna Buckardt Thomas (2022)
353   Tommy Stone (2015) 276   Frederick Ruckersfeldt (2016)
352   Brandon Caswell (2022) 275   Douglas Chapman (2018)
351   Curt Nelson (2016) 266   David Shealer (2015)
349   Lee Schoenewe (2021) 245   Thomas Dougherty (2018)
349   Keith Dyche (2016) 244   Billy Reiter-Marolf (2016)
348   Rita Goranson (2022) 244   Patrick Keenan (2018)
346   Ric Zarwell (2016) 230   Steve Stucker (2022)
344   Bill Huser 209   Nan Buckardt
344   Paul Skrade (2023) 207   Paul Pearson (2021)
344   William Scheible (2018) 200   Steven Freed (2016)
343   John Bissell 199   Jim Rose (2017)
342   Thomas Johnson (2018) 179   Justin Ferguson (2018)
341   Wendy VanDeWalle (2023) 178   Sarah Bissell (2022)
340   Douglas Harr 174   Jeremy Winter (2023)
339   Paul Hertzel (2021) 142   Adam Ciha
335   Clayton Will (2022) 136   Darcy Pinotti (2023)
333   Richard Trieff (2017) 127   Bruce McKee (2019)
331   Carl Bendorf (2017) 112   Melissa Cory (2017)
330   Mary Lou Petersen (2015) 111   Karl Fliris (2020)
Personally Found List
326   Ray Cummins 
311   Mark Proescholdt 
293   Bill Huser 
Pct Personally Found/Personal State List - min.state list of 250 and threshold of 75%
88.3%   Ray Cummins 
85.2%   Bill Huser 
80.8%   Mark Proescholdt 
Yard List
190   Ann Johnson 
156   Mark Proescholdt 
143   John Bissell 
104   Paul Skrade 

2024 Annual Lists

* percentage of life list seen in the year with at least two years of reporting history
Annual State List
276     John Bissell
238     Ray Cummins
218     Mark Proescholdt
193     Jerry Von Ehwegen
Top Birders List*
80.5%     John Bissell
Annual Yard List
Biking Big Year Heard Bird Big Year