Where to see a Common Merganser in Iowa

The Common Merganser is regularly recorded in the counties of 56 Iowa state parks (eBird historical checklists). The strongest bets:

  1. Gull Point State Park
  2. Loess Hills State Forest
  3. Orleans State Park
  4. Elk Rock State Park
  5. Mini-Wakan State Park
  6. Pikes Point State Park
  7. Elinor Bedell State Park
  8. Trapper's Bay State Park
  9. Pillsbury Point State Park
  10. Templar State Recreation Area
  11. Silver Lake Fen State Preserve
  12. Emerson Bay State Recreation Area
  13. Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve
  14. Marble Beach State Recreation Area
  15. Trappers Bay State Park Picnic Shelter
  16. Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve
  17. Wildcat Den State Park
  18. Big Creek State Park
  19. Walnut Woods State Park
  20. Catfish Creek State Preserve
  21. Margo Frankel Woods State Park
  22. White Pine Hollow State Forest
  23. Little Maquoketa River Mounds State Preserve
  24. Shimek State Forest
  25. Okamanpeedam State Park

Common Merganser in other states โ†’ ยท All Iowa state parks โ†’