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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.)

Greater White-fronted Goose 1
Anser albifrons
Trumpeter Swan 2
Cygnus buccinator
Canada Goose 3
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 4
Branta hutchinsii
Tundra Swan 5
Cygnus columbianus
Snow Goose 6
Anser caerulescens
Ross's Goose 7
Anser rossii
Wood Duck 8
Aix sponsa
Northern Pintail 9
Anas acuta
Mallard 10
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 11
Anas rubripes
Green-winged Teal 12
Anas crecca
Gadwall 13
Mareca strepera
American Wigeon 14
Mareca americana
Northern Shoveler 15
Spatula clypeata
Redhead 16
Aythya americana
Blue-winged Teal 14
Spatula discors
Canvasback 17
Aythya valisineria
Greater Scaup 18
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 19
Aythya affinis
Bufflehead 14
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 20
Bucephala clangula
Hooded Merganser 21
Lophodytes cucullatus
Ruddy Duck 22
Oxyura jamaicensis
Common Merganser (North American) 23
Mergus merganser americanus
Ring-necked Duck 14
Aythya collaris
Common Loon 24
Gavia immer
Pied-billed Grebe 25
Podilymbus podiceps
American Bittern 26
Botaurus lentiginosus
American White Pelican 27
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Phalacrocorax auritus
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Great Blue Heron 29
Ardea herodias
Great Egret 30
Ardea alba
Least Bittern 13
Ixobrychus exilis
Green Heron 31
Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron 32
Nycticorax nycticorax
Bald Eagle 33
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 34
Accipiter striatus
Turkey Vulture 35
Cathartes aura
Osprey 13
Pandion haliaetus
Northern Harrier 36
Circus hudsonius
Golden Eagle 37
Aquila chrysaetos
Northern Goshawk 38
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 39
Accipiter cooperii
Red-shouldered Hawk 40
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 41
Buteo platypterus
Red-tailed Hawk 42
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 43
Buteo lagopus
American Kestrel 44
Falco sparverius
Merlin 45
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 46
Falco peregrinus
Sora 30
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 47
Rallus limicola
American Coot 48
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 49
Antigone canadensis
Killdeer 50
Charadrius vociferus
Greater Yellowlegs 51
Tringa melanoleuca
American Golden-Plover 52
Pluvialis dominica
Lesser Yellowlegs 53
Tringa flavipes
Spotted Sandpiper 54
Actitis macularius
Upland Sandpiper 17
Bartramia longicauda
American Woodcock 17
Scolopax minor
Wilson's Snipe 55
Gallinago delicata
Short-billed Dowitcher 56
Limnodromus griseus
Dunlin 57
Calidris alpina
Wilson's Phalarope 58
Phalaropus tricolor
Ring-billed Gull 59
Larus delawarensis
Mourning Dove 60
Zenaida macroura
Rock Pigeon 61
Columba livia
Forster's Tern 62
Sterna forsteri
Eurasian Collared-Dove 63
Streptopelia decaocto
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 64
Coccyzus americanus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 14
Aegolius acadicus
Common Nighthawk 13
Chordeiles minor
Great Horned Owl 65
Bubo virginianus
Eastern Whip-poor-will 49
Antrostomus vociferus
Black-billed Cuckoo 66
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Chimney Swift 13
Chaetura pelagica
Long-eared Owl 67
Asio otus
Barred Owl 10
Strix varia
Eastern Screech-Owl 68
Megascops asio
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 69
Archilochus colubris
Downy Woodpecker 70
Dryobates pubescens
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 71
Sphyrapicus varius
Hairy Woodpecker 72
Dryobates villosus
Northern Flicker 73
Colaptes auratus
Belted Kingfisher 34
Megaceryle alcyon
Red-bellied Woodpecker 74
Melanerpes carolinus
Pileated Woodpecker 75
Dryocopus pileatus
Eastern Phoebe 76
Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Kingbird 77
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 35
Tyrannus verticalis
Northern Shrike 78
Lanius borealis
Yellow-throated Vireo 45
Vireo flavifrons
Red-eyed Vireo 79
Vireo olivaceus
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 78
Vireo gilvus gilvus
Blue Jay 80
Cyanocitta cristata
American Crow 81
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Great Crested Flycatcher 17
Myiarchus crinitus

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