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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Minnesota in Winter

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with Chris Wood as leader

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3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
2 American Black Duck 1 2 Anas rubripes
5 Mallard 2 252 Anas platyrhynchos
1 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
1 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
1 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
3 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
6 Common Goldeneye 2 221 Bucephala clangula
4 Common Merganser 1 19 Mergus merganser
2 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
2 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
5 Ruffed Grouse 4 4 Bonasa umbellus
2 Spruce Grouse 1 4 Falcipennis canadensis
5 Sharp-tailed Grouse 1 1 Tympanuchus phasianellus
1 Horned Grebe 1 18 Podiceps auritius
6 Bald Eagle 5 6 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
3 Northern Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis
6 Red-tailed Hawk 2 4 Buteo jamaicensis
4 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
1 Merlin Falco columbarius
2 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
6 Herring Gull 2 760 Larus argentatus
3 Thayer's Gull 2 3 Larus thayeri
4 Glaucous Gull 2 9 Larus hyperboreus
1 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
1 Kumlien's [Iceland] Gull 1 2 Larus glaucoides kumlieni
1 Slaty-backed Gull 1 1 Larus schistisagus
6 Rock Pigeon 5 300 Columba livia
1 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
3 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
1 Great Horned Owl 2 1 Bubo virginianus
5 Snowy Owl 3 1 Bubo scandiacus
4 Northern Hawk Owl 2 1 Surnia ulula
4 Barred Owl 1 1 Strix varia
3 Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
1 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 1 Melanerpes carolinus
6 Downy Woodpecker 3 12 Picoides pubescens
6 Hairy Woodpecker 4 4 Picoides villosus
2 American Three-toed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides dorsalis
4 Black-backed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides arcticus
6 Pileated Woodpecker 2 1 Dryocopus pileatus
6 Northern Shrike 6 8 Lanius excubitor
5 Gray Jay 3 9 Perisoreus canadensis
5 Blue Jay 4 15 Cyanocitta cristata
2 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
5 American Crow 4 80 Corvus brachyrhynchos
5 Common Raven 4 93 Corvus corax
5 Black-capped Chickadee 4 25 Poecile atricapillus
5 Boreal Chickadee 3 12 Poecile hudsonica
4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 10 Sitta canadensis
5 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 2 Sitta carolinensis
1 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
4 American Robin 3 26 Turdus migratorius
5 European Starling 5 700 Sturnus vulgaris
5 Bohemian Waxwing 1 80 Bombycilla garrulus
1 American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
2 White-throated Sparrow 1 1 Zonotrichia albicollis
5 "Slate-colored" Dark-eyed Junco 1 4 Junco h. hyemalis
3 Snow Bunting 1 39 Plectrophenax nivalis
3 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
1 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
1 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
5 Pine Grosbeak 3 40 Pinicola enucleator
2 Purple Finch 3 15 Carpodacus purpureus
2 Red Crossbill 1 1 Loxia curvirostra
4 White-winged Crossbill 1 1 Loxia leucoptera
4 Common Redpoll 4 300 Carduelis flammea
3 Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni
3 Pine Siskin 1 8 Carduelis pinus
2 American Goldfinch 3 20 Carduelis tristis
4 Evening Grosbeak 2 35 Coccothraustes vespertinus
5 House Sparrow 4 38 Passer domesticus

Mammals

1 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
1 Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
5 Eastern Gray Squirrel X Sciurus carolinensis
1 "Black" Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
5 Red Squirrel X Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
1 Common Muskrat Ondatra zibethecus
1 Coyote X Canis latrans
2 Gray Wolf X Canis lupis
3 Red Fox X Vulpes vulpes
1 Fisher Martes pennanti
1 Short-tailed Weasel Mustela erminea
1 Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata
1 Lynx Lynx lynx
5 White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
3 Moose Alces alces