Where to see a Ruddy Duck in Iowa
The Ruddy Duck is regularly recorded in the counties of 58 Iowa state parks (eBird historical checklists). The strongest bets:
- Gull Point State Park
- Clear Lake State Park
- Orleans State Park
- Mini-Wakan State Park
- Pikes Point State Park
- Okamanpeedam State Park
- Elinor Bedell State Park
- Trapper's Bay State Park
- McIntosh Woods State Park
- Pillsbury Point State Park
- Templar State Recreation Area
- Silver Lake Fen State Preserve
- Emerson Bay State Recreation Area
- Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve
- Marble Beach State Recreation Area
- Trappers Bay State Park Picnic Shelter
- Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve
- Lake Manawa State Park
- Elk Rock State Park
- Wilson Island State Park
- Ledges State Park
- Big Creek State Park
- Shimek State Forest
- Holst State Forest
- Walnut Woods State Park