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Birds of the Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center: MN Campus

All birds known to occur at the Carpenter Nature Center in Hastings, MN. Seasonal abundance and other sighting notes are recorded within each species account. This list is compiled from sighting records from the early 1980's to today.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Downy Woodpecker 3
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 7
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 8
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9
Sphyrapicus varius
Barred Owl 10
Strix varia
Snowy Owl 11
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 12
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 2
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 13
Aegolius acadicus
Belted Kingfisher 14
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 15
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 16
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 17
Zenaida macroura
Sora 18
Porzana carolina
American Coot 19
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 20
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 21
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 22
Cathartes aura
Northern Bobwhite 23
Colinus virginianus
Ruffed Grouse 24
Bonasa umbellus
Wild Turkey 25
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 26
Phasianus colchicus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2
Calidris subruficollis
Spotted Sandpiper 27
Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern 28
Hydroprogne caspia
Herring Gull 29
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 30
Larus delawarensis
Killdeer 31
Charadrius vociferus
Common Loon 2
Gavia immer
Red-necked Grebe 32
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 33
Podiceps nigricollis
Pied-billed Grebe 34
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 35
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 36
Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Egret 18
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 18
Ardea herodias
Green Heron 37
Butorides virescens
Merlin 38
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 39
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 40
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 7
Chordeiles minor
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 41
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 7
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 13
Mareca americana
Gadwall 42
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 43
Spatula clypeata
Blue-winged Teal 13
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 44
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 45
Anas crecca
Mallard 46
Anas platyrhynchos
Trumpeter Swan 47
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 48
Cygnus columbianus
Bufflehead 13
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 49
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 49
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 42
Mergus merganser
Greater White-fronted Goose 50
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose 51
Anser caerulescens
Lesser Scaup 52
Aythya affinis
Redhead 53
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 13
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 2
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 33
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 54
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 55
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 56
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 57
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 58
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 59
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 60
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 61
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 62
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 63
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 64
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 65
Buteo platypterus
Swainson's Hawk 66
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 67
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Phalacrocorax auritus
Cliff Swallow 68
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 69
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 70
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 13
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brewer's Blackbird 55
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 71
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bobolink 38
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Baltimore Oriole 72
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 41
Icterus spurius
Eastern Meadowlark 7
Sturnella magna
Common Grackle 73
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 74
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 40
Lanius borealis

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