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Birds of Gooseberry Falls State Park

Located on Lake Superior, this park is a good place to view the migration of a wide variety of bird species. Flycatchers, vireos, thrushes, warblers and sparrows migrate through the area in large numbers. The parks forest areas provide prime habitat for boreal nesting warblers and thrushes. ...more ↓

Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
American Crow 1
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Goldfinch 2
Spinus tristis
Pine Siskin 3
Spinus pinus
Downy Woodpecker 4
Picoides pubescens
Purple Finch 5
Haemorhous purpureus
Herring Gull 6
Larus argentatus
Spruce Grouse 7
Falcipennis canadensis
Ruffed Grouse 4
Bonasa umbellus
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Vireo olivaceus
Eastern Phoebe 9
Sayornis phoebe
Veery 10
Catharus fuscescens
Song Sparrow 11
Melospiza melodia
Cedar Waxwing 12
Bombycilla cedrorum
Sharp-shinned Hawk 13
Accipiter striatus
Common Yellowthroat 10
Geothlypis trichas
Broad-winged Hawk 14
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 15
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Killdeer 16
Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper 17
Actitis macularius
American Woodcock 8
Scolopax minor
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18
Archilochus colubris
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8
Sphyrapicus varius
Hairy Woodpecker 7
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 19
Dryocopus pileatus
Northern Flicker 20
Colaptes auratus
Least Flycatcher 8
Empidonax minimus
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Myiarchus crinitus
Blue-headed Vireo 8
Vireo solitarius
Blue Jay 21
Cyanocitta cristata
Common Raven 22
Corvus corax
Tree Swallow 23
Tachycineta bicolor
Barn Swallow 24
Hirundo rustica
Winter Wren 8
Troglodytes hiemalis
Golden-crowned Kinglet 25
Regulus satrapa
Red-breasted Nuthatch 26
Sitta canadensis
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 27
Regulus calendula
Hermit Thrush 28
Catharus guttatus
Gray Catbird 8
Dumetella carolinensis
Nashville Warbler 29
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Northern Parula 27
Setophaga americana
Chestnut-sided Warbler 16
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30
Setophaga coronata
Blackburnian Warbler 7
Setophaga fusca
Black-and-white Warbler 31
Mniotilta varia
Magnolia Warbler 32
Setophaga magnolia
Black-throated Green Warbler 27
Setophaga virens
American Redstart 33
Setophaga ruticilla
Ovenbird 34
Seiurus aurocapilla
Mourning Warbler 35
Geothlypis philadelphia
Canada Warbler 36
Cardellina canadensis
White-throated Sparrow 37
Zonotrichia albicollis
Chipping Sparrow 38
Spizella passerina
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 39
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Evening Grosbeak 40
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Snow Bunting 41
Plectrophenax nivalis
American Kestrel 42
Falco sparverius
Osprey 43
Pandion haliaetus
Snowy Owl 44
Bubo scandiacus
Peregrine Falcon 45
Falco peregrinus
Merlin 46
Falco columbarius
Red-tailed Hawk 47
Buteo jamaicensis
Northern Harrier 48
Circus cyaneus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Common Loon 8
Gavia immer
Harlequin Duck 49
Histrionicus histrionicus
White-winged Scoter 23
Melanitta fusca
Long-tailed Duck 50
Clangula hyemalis
Black Scoter 49
Melanitta americana
Surf Scoter 23
Melanitta perspicillata
Common Nighthawk 8
Chordeiles minor
Ring-billed Gull 51
Larus delawarensis
Canada Goose 52
Branta canadensis
Red-throated Loon 53
Gavia stellata
Pacific Loon 49
Gavia pacifica
Pied-billed Grebe 54
Podilymbus podiceps
Horned Grebe 49
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 55
Podiceps grisegena
American White Pelican 56
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Double-crested Cormorant 57
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Blue Heron 43
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 58
Nycticorax nycticorax
Turkey Vulture 59
Cathartes aura
Snow Goose 60
Chen caerulescens
Tundra Swan 30
Cygnus columbianus
Wood Duck 61
Aix sponsa
Gadwall 62
Anas strepera
American Wigeon 23
Anas americana
American Black Duck 10
Anas rubripes
Mallard 63
Anas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal 23
Anas discors
Northern Shoveler 23
Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail 64
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 65
Anas crecca
Canvasback 8
Aythya valisineria
Ring-necked Duck 23
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 66
Aythya affinis
Bufflehead 23
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 40
Bucephala clangula

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