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Birds of Ney Nature Center

Guide to the most common birds found in and around Ney Nature Center throughout the year. (Not every bird found in MN, some migration patterns differ and result in occasional sightings.)

Eastern Wood-Pewee ¹
Contopus virens

Least Flycatcher ²
Empidonax minimus

Willow Flycatcher ³
Empidonax traillii

Horned Lark ⁴
Eremophila alpestris

Purple Martin ⁴
Progne subis

Barn Swallow ⁵
Hirundo rustica

Cliff Swallow ⁶
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Tree Swallow ⁷
Tachycineta bicolor

Bank Swallow ⁴
Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ¹
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Black-capped Chickadee ⁸
Poecile atricapillus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁹
Sitta canadensis

Tufted Titmouse ¹⁰
Baeolophus bicolor

White-breasted Nuthatch ¹¹
Sitta carolinensis

Brown Creeper ¹²
Certhia americana

Winter Wren ¹³
Troglodytes hiemalis

Marsh Wren ⁷
Cistothorus palustris

House Wren ¹
Troglodytes aedon

Sedge Wren ¹
Cistothorus platensis

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ¹⁴
Regulus calendula

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ¹
Polioptila caerulea

Eastern Bluebird ¹⁵
Sialia sialis

Wood Thrush ¹⁶
Hylocichla mustelina

Veery ¹⁷
Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush ¹⁸
Catharus guttatus

American Robin ¹⁹
Turdus migratorius

European Starling ²⁰
Sturnus vulgaris

Gray Catbird ¹
Dumetella carolinensis

Snow Bunting ²¹
Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur ²²
Calcarius lapponicus

Golden-winged Warbler ²³
Vermivora chrysoptera

Blue-winged Warbler ¹⁸
Vermivora cyanoptera

Tennessee Warbler ²⁴
Leiothlypis peregrina

Nashville Warbler ²
Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Yellow Warbler ²⁵
Setophaga petechia

Chestnut-sided Warbler ²⁶
Setophaga pensylvanica

Yellow-rumped Warbler ²⁷
Setophaga coronata

Black-throated Green Warbler ²⁸
Setophaga virens

Blackburnian Warbler ²⁹
Setophaga fusca

Palm Warbler ³⁰
Setophaga palmarum

Cerulean Warbler ¹
Setophaga cerulea

Bohemian Waxwing ³¹
Bombycilla garrulus

Cedar Waxwing ³²
Bombycilla cedrorum

Black-and-white Warbler ³³
Mniotilta varia

American Redstart ²⁸
Setophaga ruticilla

Ovenbird ³⁴
Seiurus aurocapilla

Brown Thrasher ³⁵
Toxostoma rufum

Grasshopper Sparrow ²²
Ammodramus savannarum

LeConte's Sparrow ²²
Ammospiza leconteii

Song Sparrow ¹⁸
Melospiza melodia

Savannah Sparrow ³⁶
Passerculus sandwichensis

Swamp Sparrow ²
Melospiza georgiana

Common Yellowthroat ³⁷
Geothlypis trichas

Clay-colored Sparrow ²²
Spizella pallida

Canada Warbler ³⁸
Cardellina canadensis

Vesper Sparrow ²²
Pooecetes gramineus

Eastern Towhee ³⁹
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Scarlet Tanager ⁴⁰
Piranga olivacea

Field Sparrow ⁴¹
Spizella pusilla

White-throated Sparrow ⁴²
Zonotrichia albicollis

Northern Cardinal ⁴³
Cardinalis cardinalis

Dark-eyed Junco ⁴⁴
Junco hyemalis

American Tree Sparrow ⁴⁵
Spizelloides arborea

Dickcissel ⁴⁶
Spiza americana

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ⁴⁷
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Chipping Sparrow ²²
Spizella passerina

Indigo Bunting ²²
Passerina cyanea

Eastern Meadowlark ²²
Sturnella magna

Western Meadowlark ²²
Sturnella neglecta

Bobolink ³
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Brown-headed Cowbird ¹
Molothrus ater

Purple Finch ⁴⁸
Haemorhous purpureus

Orchard Oriole ²⁸
Icterus spurius

Yellow-headed Blackbird ⁴⁹
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

American Goldfinch ⁵⁰
Spinus tristis

Baltimore Oriole ⁵¹
Icterus galbula

Pine Siskin ⁵²
Spinus pinus

Evening Grosbeak ⁵³
Coccothraustes vespertinus

House Sparrow ⁵⁴
Passer domesticus

House Finch ⁵⁵
Haemorhous mexicanus

Red-winged Blackbird ⁵⁶
Agelaius phoeniceus

Common Grackle ⁵⁷
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-breasted Merganser ⁵⁸
Mergus serrator

Gray Partridge ⁵⁹
Perdix perdix

Ring-necked Pheasant ⁶⁰
Phasianus colchicus

Horned Grebe ⁶¹
Podiceps auritus

Solitary Sandpiper ⁶²
Tringa solitaria

Peeps, Stints, Knots, and Allies ⁶³
Calidris

Bonaparte's Gull ⁶⁴
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Common Tern ⁶⁵
Sterna hirundo

Red-headed Woodpecker ²²
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Orange-crowned Warbler ⁶⁶
Leiothlypis celata

Northern Parula ⁶⁷
Setophaga americana

Fox Sparrow ⁶⁸
Passerella iliaca

Brewer's Blackbird ¹⁸
Euphagus cyanocephalus

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Birds of Ney Nature Center

Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Contopus virens

Least Flycatcher 2 Empidonax minimus

Willow Flycatcher 3 Empidonax traillii

Horned Lark 4 Eremophila alpestris

Purple Martin 4 Progne subis

Barn Swallow 5 Hirundo rustica

Cliff Swallow 6 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Tree Swallow 7 Tachycineta bicolor

Bank Swallow 4 Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Black-capped Chickadee 8 Poecile atricapillus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 9 Sitta canadensis

Tufted Titmouse 10 Baeolophus bicolor

White-breasted Nuthatch 11 Sitta carolinensis

Brown Creeper 12 Certhia americana

Winter Wren 13 Troglodytes hiemalis

Marsh Wren 7 Cistothorus palustris

House Wren 1 Troglodytes aedon

Sedge Wren 1 Cistothorus platensis

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 14 Regulus calendula

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Polioptila caerulea

Eastern Bluebird 15 Sialia sialis

Wood Thrush 16 Hylocichla mustelina

Veery 17 Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush 18 Catharus guttatus

American Robin 19 Turdus migratorius

European Starling 20 Sturnus vulgaris

Gray Catbird 1 Dumetella carolinensis

Snow Bunting 21 Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur 22 Calcarius lapponicus

Golden-winged Warbler 23 Vermivora chrysoptera

Blue-winged Warbler 18 Vermivora cyanoptera

Tennessee Warbler 24 Leiothlypis peregrina

Nashville Warbler 2 Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Yellow Warbler 25 Setophaga petechia

Chestnut-sided Warbler 26 Setophaga pensylvanica

Yellow-rumped Warbler 27 Setophaga coronata

Black-throated Green Warbler 28 Setophaga virens

Blackburnian Warbler 29 Setophaga fusca

Palm Warbler 30 Setophaga palmarum

Cerulean Warbler 1 Setophaga cerulea

Bohemian Waxwing 31 Bombycilla garrulus

Cedar Waxwing 32 Bombycilla cedrorum

Black-and-white Warbler 33 Mniotilta varia

American Redstart 28 Setophaga ruticilla

Ovenbird 34 Seiurus aurocapilla

Brown Thrasher 35 Toxostoma rufum

Grasshopper Sparrow 22 Ammodramus savannarum

LeConte's Sparrow 22 Ammospiza leconteii

Song Sparrow 18 Melospiza melodia

Savannah Sparrow 36 Passerculus sandwichensis

Swamp Sparrow 2 Melospiza georgiana

Common Yellowthroat 37 Geothlypis trichas

Clay-colored Sparrow 22 Spizella pallida

Canada Warbler 38 Cardellina canadensis

Vesper Sparrow 22 Pooecetes gramineus

Eastern Towhee 39 Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Scarlet Tanager 40 Piranga olivacea

Field Sparrow 41 Spizella pusilla

White-throated Sparrow 42 Zonotrichia albicollis

Northern Cardinal 43 Cardinalis cardinalis

Dark-eyed Junco 44 Junco hyemalis

American Tree Sparrow 45 Spizelloides arborea

Dickcissel 46 Spiza americana

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 47 Pheucticus ludovicianus

Chipping Sparrow 22 Spizella passerina

Indigo Bunting 22 Passerina cyanea

Eastern Meadowlark 22 Sturnella magna

Western Meadowlark 22 Sturnella neglecta

Bobolink 3 Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Molothrus ater

Purple Finch 48 Haemorhous purpureus

Orchard Oriole 28 Icterus spurius

Yellow-headed Blackbird 49 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

American Goldfinch 50 Spinus tristis

Baltimore Oriole 51 Icterus galbula

Pine Siskin 52 Spinus pinus

Evening Grosbeak 53 Coccothraustes vespertinus

House Sparrow 54 Passer domesticus