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❏ Brown Creeper C O C U ❏ Wilson’s Warbler U U FLANDRAU ❏ House Wren C C C ❏ Canada Warbler U U ❏ U U U ❏ Winter Wren U U Scarlet Tanager U C C STATE PARK ❏ Sedge Wren U U U ❏ Eastern Towhee U C ❏ Marsh Wren U U U ❏ American Tree Sparrow C C U ❏ Golden-crowned Kinglet C C O ❏ Chipping Sparrow C U U ✓ ❏ Ruby-crowned Kinglet C C ❏ Clay-colored Sparrow U U U ❏ ❏ Field Sparrow U U Blue-gray Gnatcatcher U U U U C C ❏ U Checklist ❏ Eastern Bluebird C Vesper Sparrow U U U ❏ U U ❏ Veery U Savannah Sparrow C U U ❏ U ❏ Grasshopper Sparrow BIRD Gray-cheeked Thrush U C ❏ C C ❏ Swainson’s Thrush U Fox Sparrow U C C C ❏ ❏ Hermit Thrush O Song Sparrow U O U U ❏ Wood Thrush U ❏ Lincoln’s Sparrow C C C U U ❏ C ❏ Swamp Sparrow U American Robin C ❏ C ❏ White-throated Sparrow U Gray Catbird C C U U C ❏ C ❏ Brown Thrasher C C Harris’s Sparrow U ❏ ❏ European Starling C C CO C White-crowned Sparrow C ❏ Cedar Waxwing C CO CU U ❏ Dark-eyed Junco C C ❏ Blue-winged Warbler O O ❏ Northern Cardinal C C C ❏ Golden-winged Warbler U ❏ Rose-breasted Grosbeak C C C C ❏ Tennessee Warbler C C ❏ Indigo Bunting C U O ❏ Orange-crowned Warbler U U ❏ Dickcissel U C ❏ Nashville Warbler C C ❏ Bobolink C C C C C ❏ Northern Parula U U ❏ Red-winged Blackbird C O C ❏ Yellow Warbler C C ❏ Rusty Blackbird C C C ❏ Chestnut-sided Warbler U ❏ Common Grackle C C U C Date:______❏ Magnolia Warbler U ❏ Brown-headed Cowbird C C C C U ❏ Yellow-rumped Warbler ❏ Orchard Oriole U O Weather:______U U C ❏ Black-throated Green Warbler ❏ Baltimore Oriole C C ______U U ❏ U U ❏ Blackburnian Warbler Purple Finch U Observers:______C C C C ❏ Palm Warbler ❏ House Finch C C U O U U U ______❏ ❏ Pine Siskin U Blackpoll Warbler O R C C U Notes:______❏ Cerulean Warblera ❏ American Goldfinch C C C C ❏ ❏ House Sparrow C C C C ______Black-and-white Warbler C U C ❏ ______American Redstart C C ❏ Ovenbird C C ❏ Northern Waterthrush O O ❏ Connecticut Warbler U C U ❏ Mourning Warbler C C Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks & Recreation ❏ Common Yellowthroat March 2004 DNR Web Site: www.dnr.state.mn.us U U Birding Opportunities at Birds of Flandrau State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Birds of Flandrau State Park Sp Su Fa Wi C O ❏ Canada Goose C C ❏ Eastern Screech-Owl U U Flandrau State Park C ❏ Wood Duck C C ❏ Great Horned Owl U U U U C C U The many walking trails located along the ❏ Mallard C ❏ Barred Owl U U U U U U Cottonwood River in Flandrau State Park ❏ Blue-winged Teal U ❏ Common Nighthawk U U U O are excellent for birding. This river corridor ❏ Common Merganser O ❏ Chimney Swift C C C is especially attractive to warblers, ❏ Ring-necked Pheasant C C C C ❏ Ruby-throated Hummingbird U U U flycatchers, vireos and thrushes. A variety ❏ Wild Turkey U U U U ❏ Belted Kingfisher C C C U U of woodland forest undergrowth and ❏ American White Pelican O O ❏ Red-headed Woodpecker U U U wetlands provide excellent habitat for ❏ Double-crested Cormorant O O ❏ Red-bellied Woodpecker U U U U migrating and nesting birds. The white- ❏ Great Blue Heron C C C ❏ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker U O C C eyed vireo and the cerulean warbler have ❏ Great Egret O ❏ Downy Woodpecker C C C C been recorded in the park. Wild turkeys ❏ Snowy Egret R ❏ Hairy Woodpecker C C U C C and red-shouldered hawks can be found in ❏ Green Heron U U ❏ Northern Flicker C R U U areas of wooded hillsides. ❏ Yellow-crowned Night Heron ❏ Pileated Woodpecker U U U U ❏ Turkey Vulture U U U ❏ U Olive-sided Flycatcher C C ❏ O ❏ Season and Abundance Key Osprey U U Eastern Wood-Pewee U C U ❏ Bald Eagle U U ❏ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher U The seasons in the checklist are defined as follows: U O U U ❏ Northern Harrier U U ❏ Alder Flycatcher C O C Sp O (Spring) = March, April, May ❏ Sharp-shinned Hawk U U ❏ Least Flycatcher C C C Su (Summer) = June, July U O ❏ Cooper’s Hawk U O ❏ Eastern Phoebe U C U Fa (Fall) = August, September, October, November O ❏ O U ❏ Wi (Winter) = December, January, February Northern Goshawk U Great Crested Flycatcher O U O ❏ U U Red-shouldered Hawk O ❏ Western Kingbird C O C Abundance codes are defined as follows: ❏ U O Broad-winged Hawk O C ❏ Eastern Kingbird R C ❏ O C C = Common — present, relatively easy to find Swainson’s Hawk C U ❏ White-eyed Vireo U U C U U = Uncommon — observed, may be difficult to find ❏ Red-tailed Hawk ❏ Yellow-throated Vireo U U U O = Occasional — may or may not be present in U ❏ Rough-legged Hawk ❏ Blue-headed Vireo C C any year ❏ ❏ U U R = Rare — has occurred at least once, may or American Kestrel C C C U Warbling Vireo C C C may not be expected to recur ❏ Killdeer C C C ❏ Philadelphia Vireo U C C ❏ Greater Yellowlegs U ❏ Red-eyed Vireo U The names and taxonomic arrangement of species follows that of U C C the Checklist of the Birds of Minnesota (January, 2001), prepared by ❏ Lesser Yellowlegs U U ❏ Blue Jay C C the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee. U U U U ❏ Solitary Sandpiper U ❏ American Crow C C This checklist contains the names of all birds that have been C C C C documented in the park by reliable observers. It was constructed by ❏ Spotted Sandpiper C ❏ Horned Lark U Robert B. Janssen and the MN DNR-Division of Parks & Recreation O U C C ❏ American Woodcock U ❏ using observations of Mr. Janssen, park staff and other observers, as Purple Martin C C C well as Minnesota Ornithologist’s Union records and data contained ❏ Franklin’s Gull O O ❏ Tree Swallow C in research reports. If you are interested in the specific sources used C C for a particular park, contact the Parks Division Resource Manage­ ❏ U U ❏ Ring-billed Gull Northern Rough-winged SwallowC C C ment Program Coordinator by telephone at 651-297-1158 or by mail ❏ U U at MNDNR-Parks, 500 Lafayette Road, Box 39 St. Paul, MN 55155-4039. Forster’s Tern ❏ Bank Swallow C C C U U U ❏ Black Tern ❏ Cliff Swallow C C C “Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Minnesota Department of ❏ Rock Pigeon C C C C ❏ Natural Resources is available to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national Barn Swallow U C U origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, age, sexual orientation, ❏ C C C O ❏ membership or activity in a local commission, or disability. Discrimination inquires should be sent Mourning Dove Black-capped Chickadee C C C C 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.” ❏ Black-billed Cuckoo U U U ❏ Red-breasted Nuthatch U This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling 651-297-1158. ❏ Yellow-billed Cuckoo U U O ❏ White-breasted Nuthatch C C Copyright 2004, State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources.