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.

All 192

American Wigeon ¹
Mareca americana

Gadwall ²
Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler ³
Spatula clypeata

Blue-winged Teal ¹
Spatula discors

Northern Pintail ⁴
Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal ⁵
Anas crecca

Mallard ⁶
Anas platyrhynchos

Trumpeter Swan ⁷
Cygnus buccinator

Tundra Swan ⁸
Cygnus columbianus

Bufflehead ¹
Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye ⁹
Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye ⁹
Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser ²
Mergus merganser

Greater White-fronted Goose ¹⁰
Anser albifrons

Snow Goose ¹¹
Anser caerulescens

Lesser Scaup ¹²
Aythya affinis

Redhead ¹³
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ¹
Aythya collaris

Canvasback ¹⁴
Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck ¹⁵
Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose ¹⁶
Branta canadensis

Cackling Goose ¹⁷
Branta hutchinsii

Wood Duck ¹⁸
Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser ¹⁹
Lophodytes cucullatus

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

American Wigeon 1 Mareca americana

Gadwall 2 Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler 3 Spatula clypeata

Blue-winged Teal 1 Spatula discors

Northern Pintail 4 Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal 5 Anas crecca

Mallard 6 Anas platyrhynchos

Trumpeter Swan 7 Cygnus buccinator

Tundra Swan 8 Cygnus columbianus

Bufflehead 1 Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye 9 Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye 9 Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser 2 Mergus merganser

Greater White-fronted Goose 10 Anser albifrons

Snow Goose 11 Anser caerulescens

Lesser Scaup 12 Aythya affinis

Redhead 13 Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 1 Aythya collaris

Canvasback 14 Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck 15 Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose 16 Branta canadensis

Cackling Goose 17 Branta hutchinsii

Wood Duck 18 Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser 19 Lophodytes cucullatus