Zippel Bay State Park Bird Checklist
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Birds of Zippel Bay State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Birds of Zippel Bay State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Birds of Zippel Bay State Park Sp Su Fa Wi ❏ Willow Flycatcher O O O ❏ American Robin C C C O ❏ Le Conte’s Sparrow U U ZIPPEL BAY ❏ Least Flycatcher C C C ❏ Gray Catbird C C C ❏ Fox Sparrow C C ❏ Eastern Phoebe C C C ❏ Brown Thrasher U U U ❏ Song Sparrow C C C STATE PARK ❏ Great Crested Flycatcher C C C ❏ European Starling U U U U ❏ Lincoln’s Sparrow C C ❏ Eastern Kingbird C C C ❏ American Pipit U U ❏ Swamp Sparrow C C C ✓ ❏ Loggerhead Shrike O O O ❏ Bohemian Waxwing O O O ❏ White-throated Sparrow C C C ❏ Northern Shrike O O O ❏ Cedar Waxwing C C C O ❏ Harris’s Sparrow U U Checklist ❏ Yellow-throated Vireo U U U ❏ Golden-winged Warbler U U U ❏ White-crowned Sparrow U U ❏ Blue-headed Vireo U U U ❏ Tennessee Warbler C C ❏ Dark-eyed Junco C U C O ❏ ❏ ❏ BIRD Warbling Vireo U U U Orange-crowned Warbler U U Lapland Longspur C C O ❏ Philadelphia Vireo U U ❏ Nashville Warbler C C C ❏ Snow Bunting C C C ❏ Red-eyed Vireo C C C ❏ Northern Parula U O U ❏ Rose-breasted Grosbeak C C C ❏ Gray Jay O O O O ❏ Yellow Warbler C C C ❏ Indigo Bunting C C U ❏ Blue Jay C C C C ❏ Chestnut-sided Warbler U U U ❏ Bobolink C C U ❏ Black-billed Magpie U U U U ❏ Magnolia Warbler U U U ❏ Red-winged Blackbird C C C ❏ American Crow C C C O ❏ Cape May Warbler U O U ❏ Eastern Meadowlark C C C ❏ Common Raven U U U U ❏ Black-throated Blue Warbler O O ❏ Western Meadowlark C C C ❏ Horned Lark U U C O ❏ Yellow-rumped Warbler C C C ❏ Yellow-headed Blackbird C C C ❏ Purple Martin C C C ❏ Black-throated Green Warbler U U U ❏ Rusty Blackbird C C ❏ Tree Swallow C C C ❏ Blackburnian Warbler U U U ❏ Brewer’s Blackbird C C U ❏ Northern Rough-winged Swallow U U U ❏ Pine Warbler U U U ❏ Common Grackle C C C ❏ Bank Swallow U U U ❏ Palm Warbler C C ❏ Brown-headed Cowbird C C U ❏ Cliff Swallow C C C ❏ Bay-breasted Warbler U U U ❏ Baltimore Oriole C C U ❏ Barn Swallow C C C ❏ Blackpoll Warbler U U ❏ Pine Grosbeak O O U ❏ Black-capped Chickadee C C C C ❏ Black-and-white Warbler C C C ❏ Purple Finch C U C O ❏ Boreal Chickadee O O O ❏ American Redstart C C C ❏ House Finch U U U U Date:__________________________________________ ❏ Red-breasted Nuthatch U U U O ❏ Ovenbird C C C ❏ Red Crossbill O O O Weather:_______________________________________ ❏ White-breasted Nuthatch C C C C ❏ Northern Waterthrush U U ❏ White-winged Crossbill O O O ❏ Brown Creeper U U U ❏ Connecticut Warbler U U U ❏ Common Redpoll O O O ________________________________________________ ❏ House Wren C C C ❏ Mourning Warbler U U U ❏ Pine Siskin U U U Observers:_____________________________________ ❏ Winter Wren O O O ❏ Common Yellowthroat C C C ❏ American Goldfinch C C C U ________________________________________________ ❏ ❏ ❏ Sedge Wren U U U Wilson’s Warbler U U Evening Grosbeak U U U U Notes:__________________________________________ ❏ Marsh Wren U U U ❏ Canada Warbler U U U ❏ House Sparrow C C C C ________________________________________________ ❏ Golden-crowned Kinglet C U C ❏ Scarlet Tanager U U U ________________________________________________ ❏ Ruby-crowned Kinglet C C ❏ Eastern Towhee U U U ❏ Eastern Bluebird C C C ❏ American Tree Sparrow C C O ❏ Veery U U U ❏ Chipping Sparrow C C C ❏ Gray-cheeked Thrush U U ❏ Clay-colored Sparrow C C C ❏ ❏ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Swainson’s Thrush U U Vesper Sparrow U U U Division of Parks & Recreation ❏ ❏ Hermit Thrush C C C Savannah Sparrow C C C December 2002 DNR Web Site: www.dnr.state.mn.us Birding Opportunities at Birds of Zippel Bay State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Birds of Zippel Bay State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Birds of Zippel Bay State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Zippel Bay State Park ❏ Common Loon U U U ❏ Red-breasted Merganser U U ❏ Baird’s Sandpiper U U ❏ Pied-billed Grebe C C C ❏ Ruddy Duck U U U ❏ Pectoral Sandpiper C C C Located on the southern shore of Lake of ❏ ❏ ❏ the Woods, this park contains a wide variety Horned Grebe C O C Osprey U U U Dunlin U U ❏ ❏ ❏ of prime bird habitats. Zippel Bay is one of Red-necked Grebe U U U Bald Eagle U U U Short-billed Dowitcher U U ❏ ❏ ❏ the few parks in Minnesota where Eared Grebe O O O Northern Harrier C C C Long-billed Dowitcher U U shorebirds can be seen in significant ❏ Western Grebe O O O ❏ Sharp-shinned Hawk U U U ❏ Common Snipe C C C numbers. Twenty-five species of shorebirds ❏ American White Pelican C C C ❏ Cooper’s Hawk O O O ❏ American Woodcock U U U have been recorded. In addition to the ❏ Double-crested Cormorant C C C ❏ Northern Goshawk O O O O ❏ Wilson’s Phalarope U U U endangered piping plover, ducks, pelicans ❏ American Bittern U U U ❏ Broad-winged Hawk C C C ❏ Franklin’s Gull C C and cormorants are found here. Woodlands ❏ Least Bittern O O ❏ Red-tailed Hawk C C C ❏ Bonaparte’s Gull C O C provide habitat for many birds including 26 ❏ Great Blue Heron C C C ❏ Rough-legged Hawk U U O ❏ Ring-billed Gull C C C species of neotropical warblers. This park is ❏ Great Egret O O O ❏ Golden Eagle O O O ❏ Herring Gull U U U certainly one of the top birding parks in the ❏ Green Heron U U U ❏ American Kestrel C C C ❏ Caspian Tern U O U Minnesota State Park system. ❏ Black-crowned Night-Heron U U U ❏ Merlin U U U ❏ Common Tern U U U ❏ Turkey Vulture C U C ❏ Gray Partridge O O O O ❏ Forster’s Tern U U U Season and Abundance Key ❏ Greater White-fronted Goose O O ❏ Ruffed Grouse C C C C ❏ Black Tern U U U The seasons in the checklist are defined as follows: ❏ Snow Goose C C ❏ Sharp-tailed Grouse U U U U ❏ Rock Dove U U U U ❏ ❏ ❏ Sp (Spring) = March, April, May Canada Goose C C C Yellow Rail O O O Mourning Dove C C C Su (Summer) = June, July ❏ Tundra Swan C C ❏ Virginia Rail O O O ❏ Black-billed Cuckoo U U U Fa (Fall) = August, September, October, November ❏ Wood Duck C C C ❏ Sora C C C ❏ Great Horned Owl U U U U Wi (Winter) = December, January, February ❏ Gadwall U U U ❏ Common Moorhen R ❏ Snowy Owl O O O Abundance codes are defined as follows: ❏ American Wigeon U U U ❏ American Coot C C C ❏ Northern Hawk Owl O O O ❏ American Black Duck U U U ❏ Sandhill Crane C C C ❏ Barred Owl U U U U C = Common — present, relatively easy to find ❏ ❏ ❏ U = Uncommon — observed, may be difficult to find Mallard C C C Black-bellied Plover U U Great Gray Owl O O O O = Occasional — may or may not be present in ❏ Blue-winged Teal C C C ❏ American Golden-Plover U U ❏ Long-eared Owl O O O any year ❏ Northern Shoveler C C C ❏ Semipalmated Plover U U ❏ Short-eared Owl O O O R = Rare — has occurred at least once, may or ❏ ❏ ❏ may not be expected to recur Northern Pintail U U U Piping Plover O O O Northern Saw-whet Owl U U U ❏ Green-winged Teal U U U ❏ Killdeer C C C ❏ Common Nighthawk C C C The names and taxonomic arrangement of species follows that of the Checklist of the Birds of Minnesota (January, 2001), prepared by ❏ Canvasback U O U ❏ American Avocet O ❏ Whip-poor-will O O O the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee. ❏ Redhead U O U ❏ Greater Yellowlegs U U ❏ Ruby-throated Hummingbird C C C This checklist contains the names of all birds that have been ❏ Ring-necked Duck C C C ❏ Lesser Yellowlegs C C C ❏ Belted Kingfisher C C C documented in the park by reliable observers. It was constructed by Robert B. Janssen and the MN DNR-Division of Parks & Recreation ❏ Greater Scaup U U ❏ Solitary Sandpiper U U U ❏ Red-headed Woodpecker U U U using observations of Mr. Janssen, park staff and other observers, as ❏ ❏ well as Minnesota Ornithologist’s Union records and data contained Lesser Scaup C C Willet U O ❏ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker C C C in research reports. If you are interested in the specific sources used ❏ Harlequin Duck R ❏ Spotted Sandpiper C C C ❏ Downy Woodpecker C C C C for a particular park, contact the Parks Division Resource Manage ment Program Coordinator by telephone at 651-297-1158 or by mail ❏ White-winged Scoter O ❏ Marbled Godwit O O ❏ Hairy Woodpecker C C C C at MNDNR-Parks, 500 Lafayette Road, Box 39 St. Paul, MN 55155-4039. ❏ Long-tailed Duck R ❏ Ruddy Turnstone O O ❏ Northern Flicker C C C “Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is available to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national ❏ Bufflehead C O C ❏ Sanderling O O ❏ Pileated Woodpecker U U U U origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, age, sexual orientation, membership or activity in a local commission, or disability.