A Birder’s Guide to the Iowa and Cedar River Valleys

Welcome to the Birder’s Guide to the Iowa and Cedar Valleys. This online reference provides updated birding lists, maps and lists of area businesses. This site is meant to provide updates to the information contained in the Birder’s Guide to the Iowa and Cedar River Valleys, published by the Iowa Valley RC&D.

How to Use this Site:

Each of the six counties covered by the Birder’s Guide (Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Poweshiek and Tama) has its own page with a map of birding sites in that county. Below each county map is a list of birds, organized by birding site. These lists are updated on a regular basis. If you have any additions to make to a particular list for a site, please email info@ivrcd.org with the information.

A JPEG of a map of all six counties, with birding sites indicated as well as a list of area small businesses serving the needs of birders is available by clicking here.

To purchase the full color, 62 page guide featuring descriptions and directions for nearly 40 birding sites, contact information for the entities responsible for those sites, beautiful photographs by area birders, visit our online store at http://ivrcd.org/onlinestore.php

Iowa Valley RC&D

The Iowa Valley Resource, Conservation and Development Area (RC&D) is a private, non-profit 501 (c) (3) non-governmental organization serving Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Poweshiek, and Tama Counties and the Meskwaki Nation, whose mission is to conserve and develop resources in the Iowa and Cedar Valley areas through education, demonstration and partnerships. For more information on the Iowa Valley RC&D visit our website at www.ivrcd.org

Acknowledgements

This guide was made possible through a grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and contributions from the following sponsors: Rockwell Collins, Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Poweshiek and Tama County Boards of Supervisors and Soil and Water Conservation Districts, USDA/NRCS an equal opportunity provide and employer, Dr. Mark Marz, D.D.S., Amana Family Practice Clinic, Cedar Rapids Audubon Society, Iowa City Bird Club, Amana Society, Inc., the Amana Colonies Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, and the Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Poweshiek and Tama County Conservation Boards and staffs.