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Checklist of Olmsted County Birds - Plovers to Woodpeckers       (Abundance Bar Charts)

Bob Ekblad

1 Ducks to Cranes

2 Plovers to Woodpeckers

3 Flycatchers to Waxwings

4 Longspurs to Finches

5 Casual & Accidental

	# = Abundant     (can't miss)

	= = Common      (should see)
	+ = Uncommon  (good find)
* = nests in the county	~ = Rare             (super find)
	^ = 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

^

*

Killdeer

++

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AVOCETS

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American Avocet

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~

^

SANDPIPERS & ALLIES

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*

Spotted Sandpiper

+

==

=+

++

++

++

++

Solitary Sandpiper

~+

~

+

+~

~

Greater Yellowlegs

~

+=

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+~

~~

~+

==

+~

Willet

~

++

~

^

^

^

Lesser Yellowlegs

~

+=

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+~

~~

~+

==

+~

Upland Sandpiper

^

~

^

^

^

Whimbrel  (one report > 35 yrs ago)

Hudsonian Godwit

~

+~

Marbled Godwit

~

+~

Ruddy Turnstone

~+

Red Knot  (no reports)

Sanderling

++

~

~

Semipalmated Sandpiper

~

==

+

~~

+~

~

Least Sandpiper

~

==

~

~~

+~

~

White-rumped Sandpiper

++

~

+~

~

Baird's Sandpiper

+

==

~

+~

~

Pectoral Sandpiper

+

==

~

~~

++

~

Dunlin

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~

~

Stilt Sandpiper

++

~

~

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

^

^^

Short-billed Dowitcher

~

++

~

~

~~

~

Long-billed Dowitcher

~

++

~

~

~~

~

Wilson's Snipe

++

==

++

~

++

+~

^

^

American Woodcock

==

==

==

Wilson's Phalarope

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Red-necked Phalarope

^

^^

^

GULLS & TERNS

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Bonaparte's Gull

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^

~

~

Little Gull  (no reports)

Franklin's Gull

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~

~

Ring-billed Gull

++

==

+~

~

~

~~

~~

Herring Gull

++

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

++

Black Tern

==

+~

~

~~

~

~

Common Tern

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Forster's Tern

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+

~

~

JAEGERS

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Parasitic Jaeger  (no reports)

PIGEONS & DOVES

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Rock Pigeon

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

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~~

*

Mourning Dove

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++

++

++

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##

#=

++

++

++

CUCKOOS

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*

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

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*

Black-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

^

^

^

^

Northern Hawk Owl  (no reports)

*

Barred Owl

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##

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##

Great Gray Owl

^

Long-eared Owl

^

^

^

^

^

Short-eared Owl

~

^

^

~

~~

Boreal Owl  (no reports)

Northern Saw-whet Owl

~~

~

~

^

^

~

~~

GOATSUCKERS

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*

Common Nighthawk

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==

++

++

==

+~

Eastern Whip-poor-will

~~

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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~

~~

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==

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#=

+~

~

~

WOODPECKERS

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*

Red-headed Woodpecker  (in decline)

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~

~

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++

++

~~

~~

~

~

*

Red-bellied Woodpecker

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*

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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~

+=

==

++

++

~~

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~~

~

~

*

Downy Woodpecker

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*

Hairy Woodpecker

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##

Am Three-toed Woodpecker (no reports)

Black-backed Woodpecker  (no reports)

*

Northern Flicker

~

~

~~

+=

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=+

++

~~

*

Pileated Woodpecker

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++

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