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Minnesota and North Dakota

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With Chris Wood as leader

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1 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
2 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
6 Canada Goose 7 250 N Branta canadensis
3 Trumpeter Swan 2 2 Cygnus buccinator
6 Wood Duck 4 50 Aix sponsa
6 Gadwall 3 250 Anas strepera
6 American Wigeon 3 6 Anas americana
3 American Black Duck Anas rubripes
6 Mallard 6 150 N Anas platyrhynchos
6 Blue-winged Teal 5 180 N Anas discors
6 Northern Shoveler 3 70 Anas clypeata
6 Northern Pintail 3 35 Anas acuta
5 Green-winged Teal 3 2 Anas crecca
5 Canvasback Aythya valisineria
6 Redhead 4 40 Aythya americana
6 Ring-necked Duck 1 35 Aythya collaris
4 Greater Scaup 2 4 Aythya marila
6 Lesser Scaup 3 10 Aythya affinis
1 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
1 White-winged Scoter 1 1 Melanitta fusca deglandi
4 Bufflehead 1 2 Bucephala albeola
6 Common Goldeneye 2 2 Bucephala clangula
5 Hooded Merganser 2 4 Lophodytes cucullatus
3 Common Merganser 1 1 Mergus merganser
5 Red-breasted Merganser 1 6 Mergus serrator
6 Ruddy Duck 5 30 Oxyura jamaicensis
1 Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
6 Ring-necked Pheasant 5 25 Phasianus colchicus
4 Ruffed Grouse 1 1 H Bonasa umbellus
6 Sharp-tailed Grouse 3 8 H Tympanuchus phasianellus
1 Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
6 Wild Turkey 2 8 Meleagris gallopavo
1 Red-throated Loon 1 4 Gavia stellata
1 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
6 Common Loon 4 3 Gavia immer
5 Pied-billed Grebe 3 5 Podilymbus podiceps
3 Horned grebe Podiceps auritus
6 Red-necked Grebe 2 4 Podiceps grisegena
6 Eared Grebe 2 60 Podiceps nigricollis
6 Western Grebe 3 45 Aechmophorus occidentalis
6 Clark's Grebe 1 5 Aechmophorus clarkii
6 American White Pelican 3 155 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
6 Double-crested Cormorant 7 40 N Phalacrocorax auritus
5 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
1 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
6 Great Blue Heron 5 2 Ardea herodias
6 Great Egret 3 5 Ardea alba
4 Snowy Egret Egretta thula
5 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
6 Green Heron 3 4 Butorides virescens
6 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 1 Nycticorax nycticorax
5 White-faced Ibis 1 5 Plegadis chihi
6 Turkey Vulture 2 5 Cathartes aura
5 Osprey 2 4 N Pandion haliaetus
6 Bald Eagle 2 1 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
6 Northern Harrier 5 15 Circus cyaneus
5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
3 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter cooperii
2 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
6 Broad-winged Hawk 3 2 Buteo platypterus
6 Swainson's Hawk 3 10 Buteo swainsoni
6 Red-tailed Hawk 5 25 N Buteo jamaicensis
3 Krider's Red-tailed Hawk 1 3 Buteo jamaicensis krideri
6 Ferruginous Hawk 2 4 Buteo regalis
6 American Kestrel 6 5 Falco sparverius
4 Merlin 2 1 Falco columbarius
1 Peregrine Falcon 3 1 Falco peregrinus
6 Yellow Rail 1 5 H Coturnicops noveboracensis
4 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
6 Sora 5 5 Porzana carolina
1 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
6 American Coot 3 10 Fulica americana
5 Sandhill Crane 2 4 Grus canadensis
1 Black-bellied Plover 1 1 Pluvialis squatarola
2 Snowy Plover 1 1 Charadrius alexandrinus
1 Semipalmated Plover 2 1 Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Piping Plover 1 1 Charadrius melodus
6 Killdeer 7 20 Charadrius vociferus
6 American Avocet 2 25 Recurvirostra americana
1 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
6 Willet 3 4 Tringa semipalmatus
5 Spotted Sandpiper 3 3 Actitis macularia
6 Upland Sandpiper 1 8 Bartramia longicauda
6 Marbled Godwit 2 30 Limosa fedoa
1 Ruddy Turnstone 3 3 Arenaria interpres
5 Sanderling 2 200 Calidris alba
6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 50 Calidris pusilla
2 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
5 White-rumped Sandpiper 2 80 Calidris fuscicollis
2 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
1 Dunlin 1 2 Calidris alpina
3 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himatopus
5 Wilson's Snipe 3 5 Gallinago delicata
5 American Woodcock 1 1 H Scolopax minor
5 Wilson's Phalarope 2 60 Phalaropus tricolor
6 Franklin's Gull 2 20 Larus pipixcan
4 Bonaparte's Gull 2 6 Larus philadelphia
6 Ring-billed Gull 7 2000 N Larus delawarensis
5 California Gull 2 10 Larus californicus
6 Herring Gull 2 1000 N Larus argentatus
2 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
4 Common Tern 2 25 Sterna hirundo
6 Forster's Tern 2 5 Sterna forsteri
6 Black Tern 4 45 Chlidonias niger
6 Rock Pigeon 7 50 Columba livia
6 Mourning Dove 7 200 Zenaida macroura
6 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 3 Coccyzus erythropthalmus
3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
4 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
1 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
1 Barred Owl Strix varia
1 Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
2 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
5 Common Nighthawk 2 1 Chordeiles minor
6 Chimney Swift 5 40 Chaetura pelagica
6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 6 Archilochus colubris
6 Belted Kingfisher 2 2 Ceryle alcyon
3 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Melanerpes erythrocephalus
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 1 Melanerpes carolinus
6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 6 Sphyrapicus varius
6 Downy Woodpecker 4 2 Picoides pubescens
6 Hairy Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides villosus
3 Black-backed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides arcticus
6 Northern [Yellow-shafted] Flicker 7 8 Colaptes auratus luteus
6 Pileated Woodpecker 4 1 Dryocopus pileatus
6 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 3 Contopus cooperi
6 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 4 Contopus virens
6 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 3 6 Empidonax flaviventris
4 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
6 Alder Flycatcher 5 25 Empidonax alnorum
5 Willow Flycatcher 3 10 Empidonax traillii
6 Least Flycatcher 7 10 Empidonax minimus
6 Eastern Phoebe 4 6 Sayornis phoebe
2 Say's Phoebe 1 1 Sayornis saya
6 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 5 Myiarchus crinitus
6 Western Kingbird 3 200 Tyrannus verticalis
6 Eastern Kingbird 6 180 Tyrannus tyrannus
6 Loggerhead Shrike 1 1 Lanius ludovicianus
2 Bell's Vireo 1 1 Vireo bellii
6 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 2 H Vireo flavifrons
6 Blue-headed Vireo 3 6 Vireo solitarius
6 Warbling Vireo 5 5 Vireo gilvus
2 Philadelphia Vireo 1 3 Vireo philadelphicus
6 Red-eyed Vireo 4 80 Vireo olivaceus
6 Gray Jay 1 2 H Perisoreus canadensis
6 Blue Jay 5 20 Cyanocitta cristata
4 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
6 American Crow 6 35 Corvus brachyrhynchos
6 Common Raven 3 10 Corvus corax
6 Horned Lark 3 40 Eremophila alpestris
6 Purple Martin 6 25 N Progne subis
6 Tree Swallow 7 50 N Tachycineta bicolor
4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 2 N Stelgidopteryx serripennis
6 Bank Swallow 4 70 N Riparia riparia
6 Cliff Swallow 4 40 N Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
6 Barn Swallow 6 50 N Hirundo rustica
6 Black-capped Chickadee 4 30 N Poecile atricapillus
6 Boreal Chickadee 1 3 Poecile hudsonica
6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 8 Sitta canadensis
6 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 4 Sitta carolinensis
6 Brown Creeper 2 2 H Certhia americana
1 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
6 House Wren 6 6 Troglodytes aedon
6 Winter Wren 2 2 H Troglodytes troglodytes
6 Sedge Wren 5 10 Cistothorus platensis
6 Marsh Wren 4 20 Cistothorus palustris
6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 2 Regulus satrapa
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 1 H Regulus calendula
6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 4 Polioptila caerulea
6 Eastern Bluebird 3 3 N Sialia sialis
6 Veery 1 2 Catharus fuscescens
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 1 Catharus minimus
5 Swainson's Thrush 1 20 Catharus ustulatus
6 Hermit Thrush 2 4 H Catharus guttatus
5 Wood Thrush 2 2 H Hylocichla mustelina
6 American Robin 7 50 N Turdus migratorius
6 Gray Catbird 5 17 Dumetella carolinensis
6 Brown Thrasher 4 4 Toxostoma rufum
6 European Starling 7 100 N Sturnus vulgaris
3 Sprague's Pipit 1 2 Anthus spragueii
6 Cedar Waxwing 7 70 Bombycilla cedrorum
6 Blue-winged Warbler 1 3 Vermivora pinus
6 Golden-winged Warbler 2 2 Vermivora chrysoptera
1 Lawrence's Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera x pinus
2 Tennessee Warbler 1 2 Vermivora peregrina
6 Nashville Warbler 3 25 Vermivora ruficapilla
6 Northern Parula 1 2 Parula americana
6 Yellow Warbler 7 35 Dendroica petechia
6 Chestnut-sided Warbler 7 35 Dendroica pensylvanica
6 Magnolia Warbler 3 80 Dendroica magnolia
6 Cape May Warbler 1 2 Dendroica tigrina
6 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 1 Dendroica caerulescens
6 Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler 3 35 Dendroica coronata coronata
6 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 3 Dendroica virens
6 Blackburnian Warbler 3 25 Dendroica fusca
6 Pine Warbler 1 1 Dendroica pinus
2 Prairie Warbler 1 1 Dendroica discolor
6 Palm Warbler 2 3 Dendroica palmarum
2 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 8 Dendroica castanea
1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 5 Dendroica striata
6 Cerulean Warbler 1 1 Dendroica cerulea
6 Black-and-white Warbler 4 7 Mniotilta varia
6 American Redstart 4 275 Setophaga ruticilla
2 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
6 Ovenbird 4 15 Seiurus aurocapilla
6 Northern Waterthrush 1 2 Seiurus noveboracensis
3 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 3 Seiurus motacilla
2 Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
6 Connecticut Warbler 2 7 Oporornis agilis
6 Mourning Warbler 4 4 Oporornis philadelphia
6 Common Yellowthroat 7 20 Geothlypis trichas
5 Hooded Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia citrina
3 Wilson's Warbler 2 12 Wilsonia pusilla
6 Canada Warbler 3 35 Wilsonia canadensis
1 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
6 Scarlet Tanager 3 3 Piranga olivacea
6 Eastern Towhee 1 1 Pipilo erythrophthalmus
6 Chipping Sparrow 6 10 Spizella passerina
6 Clay-colored Sparrow 4 25 Spizella pallida
6 Field Sparrow 2 8 Spizella pusilla
6 Vesper Sparrow 2 30 Pooecetes gramineus
2 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
1 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
6 Savannah Sparrow 5 75 Passerculus sandwichensis
6 Grasshopper Sparrow 4 45 Ammodramus savannarum
6 Baird's Sparrow 1 2 Ammodramus bairdii
2 Henslow's Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus henslowii
6 Le Conte's Sparrow 4 4 Ammodramus leconteii
6 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 2 10 Ammodramus nelsoni
6 Song Sparrow 7 40 Melospiza melodia
6 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 1 H Melospiza lincolnii
6 Swamp Sparrow 4 15 Melospiza georgiana
6 White-throated Sparrow 4 20 Zonotrichia albicollis
1 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
4 Dark-eyed Junco 1 2 Junco hyemalis
6 Chestnut-collared Longspur 2 25 Calcarius ornatus
6 Northern Cardinal 2 7 Cardinalis cardinalis
6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 10 Pheucticus ludovicianus
6 Indigo Bunting 6 3 Passerina cyanea
1 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
3 Dickcissel Spiza americana
6 Bobolink 6 200 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
6 Red-winged Blackbird 7 1000 Agelaius phoeniceus
5 Eastern Meadowlark 1 2 Sturnella magna
6 Western Meadowlark 5 60 Sturnella neglecta
6 Yellow-headed Blackbird 3 250 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
6 Brewer's Blackbird 5 25 Euphagus cyanocephalus
6 Common Grackle 7 100 Quiscalus quiscula
6 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 200 Molothrus ater
6 Orchard Oriole 5 5 Icterus spurius
6 Baltimore Oriole 3 2 Icterus galbula
6 Purple Finch 2 2 Carpodacus purpureus
6 House Finch 4 6 Carpodacus mexicanus
1 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
3 Pine Siskin 2 2 Carduelis pinus
6 American Goldfinch 7 40 Carduelis tristis
5 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
6 House Sparrow 7 8 Passer domesticus

Mammals
1 Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus
6 Eastern Cottontail x Sylvilagus floridanus
2 Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
4 White-tailed Jackrabbit x Lepus townsendi
3 Least Chipmunk Tamias minimus
6 Eastern Chipmunk x Tamias striatus
1 Woodchuck Marmota monax
1 Franklin's Ground Squirrel Spermophilus franklinii
2 Richardson's Ground Squirrel x Spermophilus richardsonii
6 Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel x Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
6 Eastern Gray Squirrel x Sciurus carolinensis
1 Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
6 Red Sqiurrel x Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
4 Beaver x Castor canadensis
4 Common Muskrat x Ondatra zibetheca
2 Common Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
4 Red Fox x Vulpes vulpes
2 Coyote Canis latrans
1 Gray Wolf Canis lupus
2 North American Mink Mustela vison
2 American Badger Taxidea taxus
5 Raccoon x Procyon lotor
3 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
2 Northern River Otter x Lontra canadensis
6 White-tailed Deer x Odocoileus virginianus
4 Moose Alces alces

Amphibians and Reptiles
2 Mink Frog Rana septentrionalis
3 Wood Frog x Rana sylvatica
2 Green Frog Rana clamitans
2 Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens
1 Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
4 American Toad h Bufo americanus
5 Spring Peeper h Hyla crucifer
5 Western Chorus Frog h Pseudacris triseriata
3 Chicken Turtle x Deirochelys reticularia
5 Painted Turtle x Chrysemys picta
1 Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos
1 Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata
3 Plains Garter Snake x Thamnophis radix

Butterflies
4 h
1 Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
6 Canadian Tiger Swallowtail x Papilio canadensis
4 Black Swallowtail x Papilio polyxenes
2 Cabbage White Pieris rapae
1 Clouded Sulphur x Colias philodice
1 Spring Azure x Celastrina ladon
2 Arctic Blue Agriades glandon
1 Northern Crescent x Phyciodes selenis
4 Mourning Cloak x Nymphalis antiopa
1 American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis
2 Red Admiral x Vanessa atalanta
1 Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax
1 White Admiral x Limenitis arthemis arthemis
6 Monarch x Danaus plexippus
1 Wild Indigo Duskywing x Erynnis baptisiae

Butterflies and Moths
1 comma sp. Polygonia sp.

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