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Squaw Creek Park
Potential IBA
Linn County  
Directions:  From U.S. 151 in Cedar Rapids, take state hwy. 100 east 3.5 miles to the park's entrance, south side of highway.
Description:  Squaw Creek Park is 663 acres of woodland, savannah-shrub, and grassland sections, along with a small marshy pond. One section recently substantially planted with saplings is bordered on three sides by pine stands. For this nomination Jim Durbin and Bill Scheible of Cedar Rapids were queried as to the IBA birds they felt were present two of the past five years at Squaw Creek. Durbin has particularly long experience at this park. Red-shouldered Hawk is an Endangered species named (I had specified that only one year's sighting was sufficient for this bird). High Conservation Priority birds include Broad-winged Hawk (annual in migration, including in my own short experience at the park), Black-billed Cuckoo, Pileated Woodpecker, White-eyed Vireo (same location four consecutive years through 2002), Bell’s Vireo (territorial bird, 2002), Veery in migration, Wood Thrush (annual), and Bobolink (1999-2002).
Criteria for this site
Endangered or threatened species habitat
High conservation priority
Habitats found in this site
Woodland
Grassland
Savanna/Shrub
Ownership
County
Iowa Audubon

Birds of Iowa

  • Great Blue Heron
    © Doug Harr
  • American Redstart
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  • Pine Warbler
    © Doug Harr
  • Fox Sparrow
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  • Lark Sparrow
    © Doug Harr
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
    © Doug Harr
  • Lesser Scaup
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  • Merlin
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  • Least Sandpiper
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  • Barred Owl
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  • Sora
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  • Yellow Warbler
    © Doug Harr
  • Dickcissel
    © Doug Harr
  • Tree Swallow
    © Doug Harr
  • American Goldfinch
    © Doug Harr
  • Ring-billed Gull
    © Doug Harr
  • Pine Siskin
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat
    © Doug Harr
  • Winter Wren
    © Doug Harr
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
    © Doug Harr
  • Northern Shoveler
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  • Blue Jay
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  • Trumpeter Swan
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  • Mississippi Kite
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  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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  • Northern Pintail
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  • House Finch
    © Doug Harr
  • Mourning Dove
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  • Cedar Waxwing
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  • Tufted Titmouse
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  • Belted Kingfisher
    © Doug Harr
  • White-breasted Nuthatch
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  • Turkey Vulture
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  • Prairie Warbler
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  • Lesser Yellowlegs
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  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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  • Eastern Bluebird
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  • Downy Woodpecker
    © Doug Harr
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
    © Doug Harr
  • American White Pelican
    © Doug Harr
  • Eastern Kingbird
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  • Northern Cardinal
    © Doug Harr
  • Scarlet Tanager
    © Doug Harr
  • American Bittern
    © Doug Harr
  • Hermit Thrush
    © Doug Harr
  • Broad-winged Hawk
    © Doug Harr
  • Song Sparrow
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  • Common Gallinule
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  • Indigo Bunting
    © Doug Harr
  • Northern House Wren
    © Doug Harr
  • Blue-winged Teal
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  • Black-billed Magpie
    © Doug Harr
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
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  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
    © Doug Harr
  • Gray Partridge
    © Doug Harr
  • Eastern Towhee
    © Doug Harr
  • Pied-billed Grebe
    © Doug Harr
  • Red-eyed Vireo
    © Doug Harr
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
    © Doug Harr
  • Common Yellowthroat
    © Doug Harr
  • Western Meadowlark
    © Doug Harr
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    © Doug Harr
  • Common Nighthawk
    © Doug Harr

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