Where to see a Hooded Merganser in Iowa

The Hooded Merganser is regularly recorded in the counties of 72 Iowa state parks (eBird historical checklists). The strongest bets:

  1. Gull Point State Park
  2. Orleans State Park
  3. Mini-Wakan State Park
  4. Pikes Point State Park
  5. Elinor Bedell State Park
  6. Trapper's Bay State Park
  7. Pillsbury Point State Park
  8. Templar State Recreation Area
  9. Silver Lake Fen State Preserve
  10. Emerson Bay State Recreation Area
  11. Marble Beach State Recreation Area
  12. Trappers Bay State Park Picnic Shelter
  13. Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve
  14. Doolittle Prairie State Preserve
  15. Stephens State Forest - Woodburn Unit
  16. Big Creek State Park
  17. Okamanpeedam State Park
  18. Walnut Woods State Park
  19. Margo Frankel Woods State Park
  20. Marietta Sand Prairie State Preserve
  21. Maquoketa Caves State Park
  22. Bellevue State Park
  23. Lake Macbride State Park
  24. Old State Quarry State Preserve
  25. Williams Prairie State Preserve

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