Where to see a Merlin in Iowa

The Merlin is regularly recorded in the counties of 33 Iowa state parks (eBird historical checklists). The strongest bets:

1. Clear Lake State Park
2. McIntosh Woods State Park
3. Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve
4. Big Creek State Park
5. Walnut Woods State Park
6. Margo Frankel Woods State Park
7. Rock Creek State Park
8. Elk Rock State Park
9. Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie State Preserve
10. Doolittle Prairie State Preserve
11. Stephens State Forest - Woodburn Unit
12. Okamanpeedam State Park
13. Catfish Creek State Preserve
14. White Pine Hollow State Forest
15. Little Maquoketa River Mounds State Preserve
16. Stone State Park
17. Green Valley State Park
18. Turkey River Mounds State Preserve
19. Lake Macbride State Park
20. Old State Quarry State Preserve
21. Williams Prairie State Preserve
22. Toolesboro Mounds State Preserve
23. George Wyth Memorial State Park
24. McFarlane State Park
25. Palisades-Kepler State Park

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