Where to see a Purple Finch in Iowa

The Purple Finch is regularly recorded in the counties of 62 Iowa state parks (eBird historical checklists). The strongest bets:

1. Gull Point State Park
2. Clear Lake State Park
3. Orleans State Park
4. Mini-Wakan State Park
5. Pikes Point State Park
6. Elinor Bedell State Park
7. Trapper's Bay State Park
8. McIntosh Woods 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. Turkey River Mounds State Preserve
16. Trappers Bay State Park Picnic Shelter
17. Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve
18. Nine Eagles State Park
19. Lake Macbride State Park
20. Old State Quarry State Preserve
21. Williams Prairie State Preserve
22. George Wyth Memorial State Park
23. McFarlane State Park
24. Shimek State Forest
25. Yellow River State Forest

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