Important Bird Area and a Bird Conservation Area in the Croton Shimek Stae Forest Unit

The Iowa Ornithologists' Union (IOU) developed a birding guide to the Croton Unit at Shimek. The Croton Unit is designated as an Important Bird Area and a Bird Conservation Area because of the many and often unique or unusual birds for Iowa that are found in it. There are no campsites in Croton and there are no horse trails there but it is one of the best birding sites in Iowa.
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Birding Croton Unit, Shimek State Forest

Birding Croton Unit, Shimek State Forest by Bob Cecil Back to List The Croton Unit of Shimek State Forest includes some 1,700 acres in three tracts in Lee County.

 

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