• Cone Marsh 
• DeSoto NWR
• Effigy Mounds
• Mark Twain NWR
• Red Rock Reservoir 
• Saylorville Reservoir Shimek Forest - Croton Unit
• Union Slough NWR
• Upper Mississippi NWR
• Walnut Creek NWR 

Reservoir area in northern Johnson County is one of Eastern Iowa’s top birding locations. Coralville Reservoir is a 5,430-acre reservoir located north of Iowa City along the Iowa River valley. Several recreation areas managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offer access to the reservoir and the adjacent wooded bluffs. 

• Bacon Creek Park, Woodbury County, Iowa
• Brown's Lake, Woodbury County, Iowa
• Five Ridge Prairie Preserve, Plymouth County, Iowa
• New Lake, Woodbury County, Iowa
• Sioux City Prairie Preserve, Woodbury County, Iowa
• Snyder's Bend, Woodbury County, Iowa
• Stone State Park and the Loess Ridge Nature Center, Woodbury County, Iowa

working on this one....

all parks and wildlife areas in the Omaha, Nebraska vicinity. It was designed by the Audubon Society of Omaha to help newcomers find some of the best birding areas with a minimum of fuss. 

and E.B.Lyons Interpretive and Nature Center are located on 1380 acres of beautiful wooded and prairie land just south of Dubuque, IA. The area has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and includes Julien Dubuque's Monument at a point just above where Catfish Creek meets the Mississippi. One of Iowa's "Watchable Wildlife Areas," it features the E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center which serves as the Visitor Center and the Park Office.

Spectacular Viewing December through February - by Madelyn Miller. When  the winter blues set in this year, it’s time to plan a trip to the Quad Cities for the yearly Bald Eagle Days and Bald Eagle Watch held each January along the Mississippi River. 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

locations of all Iowa National Wildlife Refuges. Includes bird checklists for each NWR. See also US Fish and Wildlife

including:
• Cedar Hills Sand Prairies
• Kaufman Avenue Prairie
• Berry Woods
• Hoffman Prairie 

open to the public. 

....Keokuk Bald Eagle Appreciation Days - January 19 and 20, 2002 - 

Keokuk, Iowa. Bald Eagles along the Mississippi River with live eagle demonstrations and information booths. Contact: Keokuk Area Convention and Tourism Bureau - 401 Main St. - Keokuk, IA 52632 - Phone: 800-383-1219 or 319-524-5055.

3501 Lime Creek Road, Mason City, IA 50401. TEL: (515) 423-5309.

Phone: 515-828-7522 or 515-820-7522

Harpers Ferry, IA. Phone: 319-873-3491

Jackson, Carol A. Thompson (Contributor), James J. Dinsmore. The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas presents the first detailed state-wide survey results for breeding birds. Detailed species accounts are provided for more than 150 birds known to breed in Iowa. These are accompanied by maps showing the distribution of the birds.

Stephen J. Dinsmore (Editor), Laura S. Jackson, Bruce L. Ehresman. From prairie pothole wetlands to limestone cliffs along the mighty Mississippi River, through rolling pastoral lands to the prairie and bur oak of the Loess Hills, Iowa is a special place for wildlife. The Iowa Wildlife Viewing Guide has all the information you'll need for a successful wildlife viewing trip-detailed descriptions of the state's best 77 viewing areas and the wildlife found there, maps and access information, viewing tips, and beautiful color photos of Iowa's watchable wildlife and scenic natural areas. 

(Designer), Carl Kurtz (Designer). This book, published for the Nature Conservancy, is a delightful series of accounts on various species seen in the state.   Most anecdotes were originally written as newspaper columns.  Easy reading and full of behavioral tidbits.

reference for any Iowa birder. The detailed county maps show public land and also the remote biways that help you find such hot spots as Secret Lake. 

Published in 1996 by the authors. Recommended by the Iowa Ornithological Society, who writes "Written by two of Iowa's top birders, this reference provides not only species accounts but information on geography and birding areas and a history of Iowa ornithology.  Coverage includes all species on the state list at the time of publication."  To order, contact T.H.Kent at thkent@aol.com.