Olmsted Bird List (Abundance)

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Checklist of Olmsted County Birds - Part 2
(Abundance Bar Charts)

Bob Ekblad

Ducks to Cranes

Plovers to Woodpeckers
(below)

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)

PLOVERS

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Black-bellied Plover

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American Golden-Plover

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Semipalmated Plover

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Piping Plover

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*

Killdeer

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AVOCETS

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American Avocet

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SANDPIPERS & ALLIES

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Greater Yellowlegs

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Lesser Yellowlegs

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Solitary Sandpiper

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Willet

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~

^

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*

Spotted Sandpiper

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=+

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Upland Sandpiper

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Whimbrel (one report > 35 yrs ago)

Hudsonian Godwit

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Marbled Godwit

~

+~

Ruddy Turnstone

~+

Red Knot (no reports)

Sanderling

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Semipalmated Sandpiper

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+

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+~

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Least Sandpiper

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+~

~

White-rumped Sandpiper

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Baird's Sandpiper

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Pectoral Sandpiper

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~

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Dunlin

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Stilt Sandpiper

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

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Short-billed Dowitcher

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Long-billed Dowitcher

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Wilson's Snipe

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American Woodcock

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Wilson's Phalarope

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Red-necked Phalarope

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^

JAEGERS, GULLS & TERNS

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Parasitic Jaeger (no reports)

Franklin's Gull

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Little Gull (no reports)

Bonaparte's Gull

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~

Ring-billed Gull

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+~

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~

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Herring Gull

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Thayer's Gull (no reports)

Iceland Gull (no reports)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (no reports)

Glaucous Gull (no reports)

Great Black-backed Gull (no reports)

Caspian Tern

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Common Tern

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Forster's Tern

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Black Tern

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PIGEONS & DOVES

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Rock Pigeon

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Mourning Dove

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CUCKOOS

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Black-billed Cuckoo

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Yellow-billed Cuckoo

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OWLS

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Eastern Screech-Owl

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Great Horned Owl

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Snowy Owl

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Northern Hawk Owl (no reports)

*

Barred Owl

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Great Gray Owl

^

Long-eared Owl

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^

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Short-eared Owl

~

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~

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Boreal Owl (no reports)

Northern Saw-whet Owl

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GOATSUCKERS

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Common Nighthawk

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Whip-poor-will

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SWIFTS

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Chimney Swift

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HUMMINGBIRDS

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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KINGFISHERS

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Belted Kingfisher

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WOODPECKERS

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Red-headed Woodpecker (in decline)

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*

Red-bellied Woodpecker

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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*

Downy Woodpecker

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Hairy Woodpecker

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American Three-toed Woodpecker (no reports)

Black-backed Woodpecker (no reports)

*

Northern Flicker

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Pileated Woodpecker

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