Woodland species such as Pileated Woodpecker, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, and Broad-winged Hawk. Lake Ahquabi also has small or periodic populations of more southern species such as Summer Tanager, Kentucky Warbler, and Hooded Warbler.

Important Bird Area.
This state park in south central Iowa consists of a man-made lake surrounded by oak-hickory timber. It is a popular fishing lake and has some concessions as well as a swim beach (main entrance closed for lake reconstruction until 2024 but north campground entrance is now open).

From the town of Indianola: Take US Highway 65/69 south to county road G58. Turn right on G58, and this road will take you to the park.

Mostly oak-hickory timber with some shrub edges. A number of cedars are mixed into the woodlands. Target species include Summer Tanager and Northern Parula and occasionally Yellow-throated, Cerulean, Kentucky, and Hooded Warblers.

Henslow's Sparrows, as well as Bobolinks, have nested the past few years at Annett although this area has been burned in 2004 so the long-term prognosis in unknown. Other high priority species which are either nesting, or have attempted nesting, in this area include Broad-winged Hawk, Hooded Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Wood Thrush, Black-billed Cuckoo, and American Woodcock. Pileated Woodpecker and Cerulean Warbler have been recorded but breeding status is unknown.

5 miles south of Indianola on Hwy 65/69. Turn right and the main entrance to Lake Ahquabi SP is about one mile. At this intersection go south one half mile to the first right turn. This dead end road takes you to the south part of the state park and the north end of the Hooper Area. Back at the main park entrance, go north to the other park entrance. Almost directly across from this entrance is a parking area for the county's Annett Nature Area and trails. A hawk watch platform is reached from the trail to the southeast. The county Nature Center is a bit further north on the paved road.

A four-mile loop trail encircles the lake. Shorter trails take you through varied habitats. One short, easy walk trail goes from the campground's west end to the spillway. The understory here has produced some very nice birds.