Where to see a Osprey in Iowa
The Osprey is regularly recorded in the counties of 61 Iowa state parks (eBird historical checklists). The strongest bets:
- Clear Lake State Park
- McIntosh Woods State Park
- Big Creek State Park
- Walnut Woods State Park
- Margo Frankel Woods State Park
- Gull Point State Park
- Orleans State Park
- Mini-Wakan State Park
- Pikes Point State Park
- Elinor Bedell State Park
- Trapper's Bay State Park
- Pillsbury Point State Park
- Templar State Recreation Area
- Silver Lake Fen State Preserve
- Emerson Bay State Recreation Area
- Marble Beach State Recreation Area
- Trappers Bay State Park Picnic Shelter
- Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve
- Siewers Spring State Park
- Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve
- Cold Water Spring State Preserve
- Doolittle Prairie State Preserve
- Malanaphy Springs State Preserve
- Bluffton Fir Stand State Preserve
- Stephens State Forest - Woodburn Unit