Olmsted Bird List (Abundance)

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Checklist of Olmsted County Birds - Part 1
(Abundance Bar Charts)

Bob Ekblad

Ducks to Cranes

(below)

Plovers to Woodpeckers

Flycatchers to Waxwings

Warblers to Finches

			#	Abundant	(can't miss)
			=	Common	(should see)
			+	Uncommon	(good find)
			~	Rare	(super find)
	*	nests in the county	^	Accidental	(real lucky)

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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Canada Goose

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Mute Swan

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Trumpeter Swan

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Tundra Swan

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~

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Wood Duck

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Gadwall

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American Wigeon

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American Black Duck

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*

Mallard

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Blue-winged Teal

+

==

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~+

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+~

~

Cinnamon Teal

+

Northern Shoveler

==

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==

++

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++

+=

=+

+

Northern Pintail

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++

~+

+~

~

Green-winged Teal

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+~

~

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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)

Surf Scoter

^

White-winged Scoter

^^

Black Scoter (no reports)

Long-tailed Duck

^

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Bufflehead

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=+

+

++

++

Common Goldeneye

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=+

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==

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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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Gray Partridge (in decline)

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Ring-necked Pheasant

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Ruffed Grouse (in decline)

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~

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Spruce Grouse (no reports)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (no reports)

Greater Prairie-Chicken (no reports)

*

Wild Turkey

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NEW WORLD QUAIL

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Northern Bobwhite (not countable - MOURC)

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LOONS

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Red-throated Loon

^

Pacific Loon (no reports)

Common Loon

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~

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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

~+

Western Grebe

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^

Clark's Grebe (no reports)

PELICANS

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American White Pelican

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CORMORANTS

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Double-crested Cormorant

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+~

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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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~

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##

==

++

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~

Great Egret

+

==

==

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++

++

+

Snowy Egret

^

Little Blue Heron

^

^

Cattle Egret

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^

*

Green Heron

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=+

Black-crowned Night-Heron

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^

^

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

^

NEW WORLD VULTURES

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Turkey Vulture

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HAWKS & EAGLES

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Osprey

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Bald Eagle

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*

Northern Harrier

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Sharp-shinned Hawk

++

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++

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++

*

Cooper's Hawk

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~+

++

++

++

+~

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Northern Goshawk

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*

Red-shouldered Hawk

^

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^

~

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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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Ferruginous Hawk (no reports)

Rough-legged Hawk

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~+

Golden Eagle

^

FALCONS

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American Kestrel

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+~

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Merlin

~

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Gyrfalcon (one report > 20 yrs ago)

*

Peregrine Falcon

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Prairie Falcon

^

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RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS

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Yellow Rail (no reports)

*

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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