Birds of Old Mill State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Birds of Old Mill State Park Sp Su Fa Wi

❏ Sedge Wren U U U ❏ Savannah Sparrow C C C OLD MILL ❏ Golden-crowned Kinglet C C ❏ Grasshopper Sparrow U U ❏ Ruby-crowned Kinglet C C ❏ Le Conte’s Sparrow O O O STATE PARK ❏ Eastern Bluebird C C C ❏ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow RR ❏ Veery U U ❏ Fox Sparrow U U ✓ ❏ Swainson’s Thrush U U ❏ Song Sparrow C C C ❏ Hermit Thrush U U ❏ White-throated Sparrow C C Checklist ❏ American Robin C C C ❏ Harris’s Sparrow U U ❏ Gray Catbird C C C ❏ Dark-eyed Junco C C BIRD ❏ Brown Thrasher C C C ❏ Northern Cardinal O ❏ European Starling OOOO ❏ Rose-breasted Grosbeak C U U ❏ Cedar Waxwing C C C ❏ Indigo Bunting U U U ❏ Tennessee Warbler C C ❏ Bobolink C C C ❏ Orange-crowned Warbler U U ❏ Red-winged Blackbird C C C ❏ Nashville Warbler C C ❏ Western Meadowlark U U U ❏ Yellow Warbler C C C ❏ Yellow-headed Blackbird U U U ❏ Chestnut-sided Warbler U U U ❏ Brewer’s Blackbird U U U ❏ Magnolia Warbler U U ❏ Common Grackle U U U ❏ Yellow-rumped Warbler C C ❏ Brown-headed Cowbird C C C ❏ Pine Warbler U U U ❏ Baltimore Oriole C C C ❏ Palm Warbler C C ❏ Purple Finch O O O ❏ Blackpoll Warbler U U ❏ Red Crossbill O ❏ Black-and-white Warbler C U C ❏ Pine Siskin U U U ❏ American Redstart C C C ❏ American Goldfinch C C C ❏ Ovenbird C C C ❏ House Sparrow U U U Date:______❏ Northern Waterthrush U U Weather:______❏ Mourning Warbler O O ______❏ Common Yellowthroat C C C Observers:______❏ Wilson’s Warbler C C ______❏ Canada Warbler U U U Notes:______❏ Scarlet Tanager U U U ______❏ Eastern Towhee U U U ______❏ American Tree Sparrow U U ❏ Chipping Sparrow C C C ❏ Clay-colored Sparrow C C C ❏ Vesper Sparrow U U U Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks & Recreation ❏ Lark Sparrow C C August 2007 DNR Web Site: www.dnr.state.mn.us Birding Opportunities at Birds of Old Mill State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Birds of Old Mill State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Old Mill State Park ❏ Canada Goose U U U ❏ Long-eared Owl U U U ❏ Tundra Swan U U ❏ Ruby-throated Hummingbird CCU Old Mill State Park provides an oasis for ❏ Wood Duck C C C ❏ Belted Kingfisher C C C birds in this heavily cultivated area of ❏ ❏ extreme northwestern Minnesota. The Mallard U U U Red-headed Woodpecker UUR ❏ Blue-winged Teal U U U ❏ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker C C C Middle River flows through the park ❏ providing good riparian habitat, which is Bufflehead U U ❏ Downy Woodpecker CCCC also scarce in this part of Minnesota. There ❏ Red-breasted Merganser O O ❏ Hairy Woodpecker CCCC are a wide variety of habitats in the park for ❏ Hooded Merganser U U U ❏ Northern Flicker C C C birding, especially the woodlands, which ❏ Ruffed Grouse CCCC ❏ Pileated Woodpecker OOOO provide excellent habitat for migrant species ❏ Western Grebe R R ❏ Olive-sided Flycatcher U U U such as warblers, vireos, flycatchers, ❏ Double-crested Cormorant OOO ❏ Eastern Wood-Pewee C C C sparrows and thrushes. Several species of ❏ Great Blue Heron U U U ❏ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher O O O swallows are common in the area. ❏ Turkey Vulture U O U ❏ Alder Flycatcher U U U ❏ Bald Eagle U U ❏ Least Flycatcher U U U Season and Abundance Key ❏ Northern Harrier U U U ❏ Eastern Phoebe C C C The seasons in the checklist are defined as follows: ❏ Cooper’s Hawk U O U ❏ Great Crested Flycatcher CCC Sp (Spring) = March, April, May ❏ Broad-winged Hawk U U U ❏ Western Kingbird O O O Su (Summer) = June, July ❏ Red-tailed Hawk C C C ❏ Eastern Kingbird C C C Fa (Fall) = August, September, October, November Wi (Winter) = December, January, February ❏ American Kestrel C C C ❏ Yellow-throated Vireo U U U ❏ Merlin U U U ❏ Blue-headed Vireo O O Abundance codes are defined as follows: ❏ Sandhill Crane C C C ❏ Warbling Vireo U U U C = Common — present, relatively easy to find ❏ Killdeer C C C ❏ Red-eyed Vireo C C C U = Uncommon — observed, may be difficult to find O = Occasional — may or may not be present in ❏ Lesser Yellowlegs U U U ❏ Gray Jay O O O any year ❏ Solitary Sandpiper U U ❏ Blue Jay CCCC R = Rare — has occurred at least once, may or ❏ Spotted Sandpiper C C U ❏ may not be expected to recur Black-billed Magpie UUUU ❏ Upland Sandpiper U U U ❏ American Crow C C C The names and taxonomic arrangement of species follows that of the Checklist of the Birds of Minnesota (January, 2001), prepared by ❏ Marbled Godwit U U U ❏ Common Raven U U U the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee. ❏ Wilson’s Snipe U U U ❏ Purple Martin U U U This checklist contains the names of all birds that have been documented in the park by reliable observers. It was constructed by Robert B. Janssen, ❏ Franklin’s Gull U U ❏ Tree Swallow C C C Jerry Bonkoski, and the MN DNR-Division of Parks & Recreation using observations of the above, park staff and other observers, as well as ❏ Common Tern R ❏ Northern Rough-winged Swallow OO Minnesota Ornithologist’s Union records and data contained in research ❏ ❏ reports. If you are interested in the specific sources used for a particular Black Tern U U U Bank Swallow C C U park, contact the Parks Division Resource Management Program ❏ ❏ Coordinator by telephone at 651-259-5594 or by mail at MN DNR-Parks, Rock Pigeon U U U Cliff Swallow C C C 500 Lafayette Road, Box 39, St. Paul, MN 55155-4039. ❏ Mourning Dove C C C ❏ Barn Swallow C C C

“Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Minnesota Department of ❏ Black-billed Cuckoo U U U ❏ Black-capped Chickadee CCCC Natural Resources is available to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, age, sexual orientation, ❏ ❏ membership or activity in a local commission, or disability. Discrimination inquires should be sent Great Horned Owl UUUU White-breasted Nuthatch CCCC to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4031; or the Equal Opportunity Office, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240.” ❏ Snowy Owl O O ❏ Brown Creeper UUUR This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling 651-297-1158. ❏ Great Gray Owl R ❏ House Wren C C C Copyright 2007, State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources.