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Checklist
of
Olmsted County Birds - Ducks to Cranes
(Abundance Bar Charts) |
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Bob Ekblad
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# = Abundant (can't
miss) |
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= = Common (should see) |
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+ = Uncommon (good find) |
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* = nests in the county |
~ = Rare (super
find) |
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^ = Accidental (real lucky) |
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DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS |
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
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Snow Goose |
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Ross's Goose |
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Cackling Goose |
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Canada Goose |
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Mute Swan |
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Trumpeter Swan |
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Tundra Swan |
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Wood Duck |
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Gadwall |
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American Wigeon |
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+~ |
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American Black Duck |
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~ |
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Mallard |
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| * |
Blue-winged Teal |
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Cinnamon Teal |
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Northern Shoveler |
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Northern Pintail |
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Green-winged Teal |
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Canvasback |
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Redhead |
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Ring-necked Duck |
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+~ |
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Greater Scaup |
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Lesser Scaup |
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+~ |
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Harlequin Duck (no reports) |
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Surf Scoter |
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White-winged Scoter |
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Black Scoter |
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Long-tailed Duck |
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Bufflehead |
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Common Goldeneye |
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Hooded Merganser |
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Common Merganser |
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Red-breasted Merganser |
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Ruddy Duck |
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PARTRIDGE, GROUSE & TURKEY |
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D |
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Gray Partridge (in decline) |
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Ring-necked Pheasant |
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Ruffed Grouse (in decline) |
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Spruce Grouse (no reports) |
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Sharp-tailed Grouse (no reports) |
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Greater Prairie-Chicken (no reports) |
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Wild Turkey |
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LOONS |
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Red-throated Loon |
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Pacific Loon |
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Common Loon |
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GREBES |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
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Horned Grebe |
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Red-necked Grebe |
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Eared Grebe |
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Western Grebe |
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Clark's Grebe (no reports) |
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CORMORANTS |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
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+~ |
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PELICANS |
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American White Pelican |
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HERONS, BITTERNS & ALLIES |
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American Bittern |
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Least Bittern |
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Great Blue Heron |
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Great Egret |
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Snowy Egret |
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Little Blue Heron |
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Cattle Egret |
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Green Heron |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
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IBISES |
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White-faced
Ibis |
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NEW WORLD VULTURES |
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Turkey Vulture |
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OSPREY |
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Osprey |
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HAWKS & EAGLES |
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Bald Eagle |
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Northern Harrier |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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Cooper's Hawk |
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Northern Goshawk |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
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Swainson's Hawk |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
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Golden Eagle |
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FALCONS |
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American Kestrel |
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Merlin |
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Peregrine Falcon |
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Prairie Falcon |
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RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS |
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Yellow Rail (no reports) |
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Virginia Rail |
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Sora |
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Common Moorhen |
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American Coot |
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CRANES |
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Sandhill Crane |
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Ducks
to
Cranes |
Plovers
to
Woodpkrs |
Flycatchers
to
Waxwings |
Warblers
to
Finches |
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