IBA Species Data for Badger Creek Recreation Area

These two tables show the data collected on criteria species and species concentrations as defined by the IBA technical committee. The data comes from the original IBA data collection process, Iowa Seasonal Field Reports, and the recent Breeding Bird Atlas project (2008-2012).

Criteria Species

SpeciesDateNumberBreeding StatusComments
Black-billed Cuckoo5/25/20131 
American Woodcock3/28/20131 
American Woodcock4/1/20111 
American Woodcock5/10/20101 
American Woodcock5/11/20091 
American Woodcock5/17/20071  Calling "peent" at dusk.
American Woodcock4/30/20065  Adult with four young. First time I've ever seen Woodcock chicks.
American Woodcock4/20/20052 
American Woodcock5/17/19992PR-C
Black Tern6/5/202422  CHECKLIST
Black Tern6/5/202425  CHECKLIST
Black Tern5/11/20232  CHECKLIST
Black Tern5/21/202255  CHECKLIST
Black Tern5/26/20216 
Black Tern7/26/20154  CHECKLIST
Forster's Tern5/11/20232  CHECKLIST
Forster's Tern5/5/20238  CHECKLIST
Forster's Tern4/25/200827 
Black-crowned Night Heron4/30/20051 
Northern Harrier2/28/20251  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier2/28/20251  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier10/26/20241  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier4/23/20231  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier3/29/20231  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier3/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier1/7/20031 
Northern Harrier10/28/20021 
Bald Eagle4/9/20252  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle2/28/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle2/28/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle1/26/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle1/26/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle11/17/20242  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle3/29/20231  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle6/19/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle3/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle3/10/20221  CHECKLIST
Broad-winged Hawk4/28/20231  CHECKLIST
Long-eared Owl2/12/20051  Photographed.
Bell's Vireo9/7/20242  CHECKLIST
Bell's Vireo6/5/20241  CHECKLIST
Bell's Vireo6/5/20241  CHECKLIST
Bell's Vireo6/19/20222  CHECKLIST
Bell's Vireo7/27/20191 
Bell's Vireo7/26/20151  CHECKLIST
Bell's Vireo7/28/20051 
Bell's Vireo5/12/20051 
Loggerhead Shrike4/5/20141 
Loggerhead Shrike4/30/20091 
Loggerhead Shrike7/6/20083CO-FL Adults feeding young on north side of lake
Loggerhead Shrike6/10/20082  A pair attending a nest.
Loggerhead Shrike5/12/20082  pair attending a nest
Henslow's Sparrow7/6/20082  At least two singing males just inside the entrance to the park
Henslow's Sparrow4/30/20051 
Henslow's Sparrow4/20/20055  Singing or calling (whatever ttssslick is) while we were waiting for the woodcocks to display.
Bobolink9/7/202410  CHECKLIST
Bobolink7/19/20241  CHECKLIST
Bobolink5/6/20231  CHECKLIST
Bobolink5/6/20231  CHECKLIST
Hooded Warbler6/8/20191 

Species Concentrations

No records found
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  • Scarlet Tanager
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  • Barred Owl
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  • Yellow Warbler
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  • Common Gallinule
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  • Lesser Yellowlegs
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  • House Finch
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  • Gray Partridge
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  • Belted Kingfisher
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  • Prairie Warbler
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  • Common Nighthawk
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  • Broad-winged Hawk
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  • Song Sparrow
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  • Fox Sparrow
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  • Tree Swallow
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  • Eastern Bluebird
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  • Eastern Kingbird
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  • Blue-winged Teal
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  • Common Yellowthroat
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  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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  • Trumpeter Swan
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  • White-breasted Nuthatch
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  • Pied-billed Grebe
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat
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  • Lark Sparrow
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  • American White Pelican
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  • Ring-necked Pheasant
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  • American Bittern
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  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
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  • Northern Pintail
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  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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  • Black-billed Magpie
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  • Red-eyed Vireo
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  • Sora
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  • Ring-billed Gull
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  • Merlin
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  • American Redstart
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  • Tufted Titmouse
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  • Dickcissel
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  • Turkey Vulture
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  • Northern House Wren
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  • Great Blue Heron
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  • Northern Shoveler
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  • Eastern Towhee
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  • Blue Jay
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  • Pine Warbler
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  • Mourning Dove
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  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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  • Mississippi Kite
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  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
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  • Winter Wren
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  • Northern Cardinal
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  • Indigo Bunting
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  • Pine Siskin
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  • Least Sandpiper
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  • Western Meadowlark
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  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
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  • Hermit Thrush
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  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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  • Downy Woodpecker
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  • American Goldfinch
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  • Cedar Waxwing
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  • Lesser Scaup
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