MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY
BIRD CHECKLIST
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Waterbirds |
Common Goldeneye |
Upland Sandpiper |
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Common Loon |
Hooded Merganser |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
Common Merganser |
Least Sandpiper |
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Horned Grebe |
Red-breasted Merganser |
White-rumped Sandpiper |
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Eared Grebe |
Ruddy Duck |
Baird’s Sandpiper |
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Red-necked Grebe |
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Pectoral Sandpiper |
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Western Grebe |
Birds of Prey |
Stilt Sandpiper |
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Bald Eagle |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
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American White Pelican |
Golden Eagle |
Dunlin |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
Osprey |
Sanderling |
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Northern Harrier |
Short-billed Dowitcher |
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Wading Birds |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
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Great Blue Heron |
Cooper’s Hawk |
Common Snipe |
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Great Egret |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
American Woodcock |
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Snowy Egret |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Wilson’s Phalarope |
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Cattle Egret |
Swainson’s Hawk |
Red-necked Phalarope |
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Green Heron |
Red-tailed Hawk |
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
Rough-legged Hawk |
Gulls & Terns |
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American Bittern |
American Kestrel |
Ring-billed Gull |
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Least Bittern |
Merlin |
Franklin’s Gull |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Herring Gull |
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Turkey Vulture |
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Caspian Tern |
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Gallinaceous Birds |
Common Tern |
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Waterfowl |
Sharp-tailed Grouse |
Forster’s Tern |
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White-fronted Goose |
Wild Turkey |
Black Tern |
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Snow Goose |
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Ross' Goose |
Rallidae |
Mourning Dove |
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Canada Goose |
Virginia Rail |
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Trumpeter Swan |
Sora |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
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Tundra Swan |
American Coot |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
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Wood Duck |
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Gadwall |
Sandhill Crane |
Owls |
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American Wigeon |
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Eastern Screech Owl |
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American Black Duck |
Shorebirds |
Great Horned Owl |
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Mallard |
Black-bellied Plover |
Barred Owl |
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Blue-winged Teal |
American Golden Plover |
Short-eared Owl |
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Northern Shoveler |
Semipalmated Plover |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
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Northern Pintail |
Killdeer |
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Green-winged Teal |
Marbled Godwit |
Common Nighthawk |
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Canvasback |
Hudsonian Godwit |
Whip-poor-will |
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Redhead |
Willet |
Chimney Swift |
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Ring-necked Duck |
Greater Yellowlegs |
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Greater Scaup |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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Lesser Scaup |
Solitary Sandpiper |
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Bufflehead |
Spotted Sandpiper |
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Bird List Continued
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Belted Kingfisher |
Bank Swallow |
Cape May Warbler |
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Northern Rough-winged
Swallow |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
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Woodpeckers |
Purple Martin |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Pileated Woodpecker |
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Black-throated Green
Warbler |
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Red-headed Woodpecker |
Black-capped Chickadee |
Blackburnian Warbler |
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Downy Woodpecker |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Pine Warbler |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Palm Warbler |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Brown Creeper |
Bay-breasted Warbler |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
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Northern Flicker |
House Wren |
Cerulean Warbler |
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Winter Wren |
Black-and-White Warbler |
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Flycatchers |
Sedge Wren |
American Redstart |
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Great Crested Flycatcher |
Marsh Wren |
Prothonotary Warbler |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Ovenbird |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Northern Waterthrush |
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Alder Flycatcher |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Connecticut Warbler |
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Willow Flycatcher |
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Mourning Warbler |
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Least Flycatcher |
Thrushes |
Common Yellowthroat |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Eastern Bluebird |
Wilson's Warbler |
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Eastern Phoebe |
Townsend’s Solitaire |
Canada Warbler |
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Western Kingbird |
Veery |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
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Eastern Kingbird |
Gray-cheeked Thrush |
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Swainson’s Thrush |
Scarlet Tanager |
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Loggerhead Shrike |
Hermit Thrush |
Spotted Towhee |
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Northern Shrike |
Wood Thrush |
Eastern Towhee |
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American Robin |
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Vireos |
Gray Catbird |
Sparrows |
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Red-eyed Vireo |
Northern Mockingbird |
American Tree Sparrow |
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Philadelphia Vireo |
Brown Thrasher |
Chipping Sparrow |
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Warbling Vireo |
American Pipit |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
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Blue-headed Vireo |
Cedar Waxwing |
Field Sparrow |
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Yellow-throated Vireo |
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Vesper Sparrow |
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Warblers |
Lark Sparrow |
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Blue Jay |
Blue-winged Warbler |
Savannah Sparrow |
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American Crow |
Golden-winged Warbler |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
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Tennessee Warbler |
Henslow’s Sparrow |
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Horned Lark |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
Le Conte's Sparrow |
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Nashville Warbler |
Fox Sparrow |
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Swallows |
Northern Parula |
Song Sparrow |
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Tree Swallow |
Yellow Warbler |
Lincoln’s Sparrow |
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Cliff Swallow |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Swamp Sparrow |
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Barn Swallow |
Magnolia Warbler |
White-throated Sparrow |
Bird List-- Page 3
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Harris’ Sparrow |
Rarely Sighted Species |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
Clark’s Grebe |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
Little Blue Heron |
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Lapland Longspur |
White-faced Ibis |
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Smith's Longspur |
Ross’ Goose |
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Snow Bunting |
Long-tailed Duck |
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White-winged Scoter |
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Finches |
Surf Scoter |
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Purple Finch |
Northern Goshawk |
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House Finch |
Prairie Falcon |
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Common Redpoll |
Ruffed Grouse |
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Pine Siskin |
Greater Prairie Chicken |
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American Goldfinch |
American Avocet |
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Evening Grosbeak |