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MNBBA - Master Species List with Safe Dates and , by Begin Date

Safe Dates BREEDING SPECIES Code Habitat Begin End JANUARY Great Horned Owl GHOW 01/20 07/01 Semi-open deciduous and mixed . Shelterbed/hedgerow. FEBRUARY Rock Pigeon ROPI 02/15 11/15 Urban; small towns; farmsteads. MARCH Barred Owl BADO 03/10 07/20 Upland deciduous and mixed forest. Northern Hawk Owl NHOW 03/15 08/01 Conifer and mixed conifer-deciduous forest and wooded swamp Great Gray Owl GGOW 03/15 08/01 Upland and lowland conifer and mixed forest. Peatland - semi-open forested . Boreal Owl BOOW 03/15 08/01 Upland coniferous and deciduous forest - adjacent to coniferous bog. Gray Jay GRAJ 03/15 07/01 Upland coniferous forest. Lowland coniferous forest and semi-open bog. House Sparrow HOSP 03/15 08/10 Urban, suburban, small towns, farmsteads Eastern Screech-Owl EASO 03/20 08/10 Semi-open deciduous. Suburban - wooded residential. Orchards. APRIL Ruffed Grouse RUGR 04/01 07/20 Deciduous and mixed upland forest. Regenerating/early successional cutovers. Spruce Grouse SPGR 04/01 08/10 Lowland coniferous forest. Upland coniferous forest. Sharp-tailed Grouse STGR 04/01 07/10 Peatland - open bog. Alder and willow . Greater -Chicken GRPC 04/01 07/10 Open - ; upland prairie. American Woodcock AMWO 04/01 08/01 Deciduous or mixed forest - alder openings; cutovers. Northern Saw-whet Owl NSWO 04/01 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest. Downy Woodpecker DOWO 04/01 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest. Suburban and small town - open space parks. Hairy Woodpecker HAWO 04/01 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest. Pileated Woodpecker PIWO 04/01 08/01 Upland deciduous or mixed forest. Suburban - large forested parks. Black-billed Magpie BBMA 04/01 08/01 Rural - agricultural landscape, adjacent peatlands. Common Raven CORA 04/01 07/01 Upland coniferous forest with cliffs. Horned Lark HOLA 04/01 08/01 Rural - agriculture. Cultivated row crops; short grass pasture. White-breasted Nuthatch WBNU 04/01 08/01 Upland deciduous forest. Small towns - open space parks. European Starling EUST 04/01 08/01 Urban; small towns; rural farmsteads.

Canada Goose CANG 04/10 08/01 Lakes and - shores and edges. Red-bellied Woodpecker RBWO 04/10 08/01 Upland and lowland deciduous forest. Suburban - wooded residential. Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 04/10 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest. Urban and small towns - open space; residential. Tufted Titmouse TUTI 04/10 08/01 Upland and lowland deciduous forest. Small towns - open space parks. (Southeast Minn.) Red-breasted Nuthatch RBNU 04/10 08/01 Upland coniferous and mixed forest. Northern Cardinal NOCA 04/10 08/01 Small town; suburban - residential; open space. House Finch HOFI 04/10 08/10 Suburban, small towns - residential, open space

Killdeer KILL 04/15 08/01 Open - human-altered upland and lowland grassland. Wilson's Snipe WISN 04/15 08/01 - sedge; lowland grass. Wet prairie. Semi-open cutovers.

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Safe Dates BREEDING SPECIES Code Habitat Begin End Mourning Dove MODO 04/15 08/01 Suburban; small towns; farmsteads. Peregrine Falcon PEFA 04/15 08/20 Urban - tall building, bridges. Cliffs - large ; Lake Superior. American Crow AMCR 04/15 07/15 Urban; small towns; rural upland - open space; wooded residential. Red Crossbill RECR 04/15 07/01 Conifer and mixed forest White-winged Crossbill WWCR 04/15 07/01 Conifer and mixed forest

Northern Bobwhite NOBO 04/20 07/20 Gray Partridge GRAP 04/20 08/15 Open - upland short grassland; cultivated. Ring-necked Pheasant RNEP 04/20 08/15 Open - human-altered upland grassland. Wild Turkey WITU 04/20 07/20 Fragmented forest - cultivated edge. Semi-open deciduous - disturbed/altered upland. Red-tailed Hawk RTHA 04/20 08/01 Fragmented forest. Semi-open deciduous - disturbed/altered upland. Long-eared Owl LEOW 04/20 08/01 Upland deciduous or mixed forest. Semi-open fragmented forest. Conifer shelterbelt. MAY Mute Swan MUSW 05/01 08/01 Lakes and ponds Trumpeter Swan TRUS 05/01 08/01 Lakes and ponds - shores and edges. Wood Duck WODU 05/01 08/01 Wooded ponds. Wooded-edged and lakes. Mallard MALL 05/01 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Pied-billed Grebe PBGR 05/01 08/01 Ponds. Emergent marsh. Great Blue Heron GBHE 05/01 08/01 Wooded lakes and ponds; Wooded rivers and streams. Bald Eagle BAEA 05/01 08/10 Lakes. Nest - adjacent forest edge. Northern Goshawk NOGO 05/01 08/15 Upland coniferous or mixed forest - mature. Red-shouldered Hawk RSHA 05/01 08/01 Upland or lowland deciduous forest with wetland openings. Sandhill Crane SACR 05/01 08/01 Extensive wetland - sedge/lowland grass; shrub. Wet prairie. Eurasian Collared-Dove EUCD 05/01 08/01 Small towns - residential Barn Owl BANO 05/01 08/01 and farmland Short-eared Owl SEOW 05/01 08/01 Wetland - sedge; shrub swamp. Wet prairie. Human- altered grassland. Am. Three-toed Woodpecker ATTW 05/01 07/20 Semi-open coniferous - burned. Lowland black spruce forest. Black-backed Woodpecker BBWO 05/01 07/20 Semi-open coniferous - burned. Lowland black spruce forest. Carolina Wren CARW 05/01 08/15 Open deciduous , farmland and suburbs Waterthrush LOWA 05/01 07/01 Mature deciduous forest and floodplain forest - streamside edge. Red-winged Blackbird RWBL 05/01 07/20 Wetland - cattail marsh, shrub swamp Common Grackle COGR 05/01 07/20 Suburban, small town, farmstead - open space, residential, woodlot. Lake edge.

Turkey Vulture TUVU 05/10 08/01 Fragmented - forest with cliff, rock outcrop. Rural open - artificial structures. Marbled Godwit MAGO 05/10 07/20 Upland or moist prairie and human-altered upland grassland. Rural - pasture; cultivated. Belted Kingfisher BEKI 05/10 08/01 Lake shores; and . Nest - banks, gravel pits. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker YBSA 05/10 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest. Northern Flicker NOFL 05/10 08/01 Open upland with trees. Suburban - open space parks,

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Safe Dates BREEDING SPECIES Code Habitat Begin End golf courses. Eastern Phoebe EAPH 05/10 08/01 Small town and rural - bridges, structures; open space. Loggerhead Shrike LOSH 05/10 08/01 Rural - pasture and prairie with a few small trees. Tree Swallow TRES 05/10 07/10 Open country with nest boxes or trees; lakeshores. Boreal Chickadee BOCH 05/10 08/01 Upland and lowland coniferous forest. Eastern Bluebird EABL 05/10 08/01 Grassland - prairie; pasture; hay with scattered trees. Farmsteads; orchards. Mountain Bluebird MOBL 05/10 08/01 Open conifer and deciduous forest American Robin AMRO 05/10 08/10 Upland with edge openings. Urban; small towns; rural - open space; residential. Song Sparrow SOSP 05/10 08/01 Edge - cutovers, stream or lake. Rural; town; suburban - residential; open space. Swamp Sparrow SWSP 05/10 08/01 Wetland - shrub swamp. - shrub edge. Eastern Meadowlark EAME 05/10 07/20 Upland grassland - prairie or human-altered. Western Meadowlark WEME 05/10 07/20 Upland grassland - prairie or human-altered Rusty Blackbird RUBL 05/10 07/20 Lowland conifer bog; shrubby stream edges. Brewer's Blackbird BRBL 05/10 07/20 Upland grassland - human-altered, hay field, pasture Great-tailed Grackle GTGR 05/10 07/20 Rural - pasture/feedlot Brown-headed Cowbird BHCO 05/10 07/20 Fragmented/edge - forest, woodlot, open space with livestock or feeders

Gadwall GADW 05/15 08/01 Emergent marsh. American Wigeon AMWI 05/15 08/01 Ponds. Emergent marsh. American Black Duck ABDU 05/15 08/01 Lakes and ponds (north) Hooded Merganser HOME 05/15 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Common Loon COLO 05/15 08/01 Lakes. Red-necked Grebe RNGR 05/15 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Emergent marsh. Least Bittern LEBI 05/15 08/01 Emergent marsh. Ring-billed Gull RBGU 05/15 08/01 Lakes - islands. Herring Gull HERG 05/15 08/15 Lakes - islands, cliffs. Red-headed Woodpecker RHWO 05/15 08/01 Semi-open deciduous - . Rural - grassland with trees. Cutovers - scattered trees

Blue-winged Teal BWTE 05/20 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Emergent marsh. Northern Shoveler NSHO 05/20 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Emergent marsh. Northern Pintail NOPI 05/20 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Emergent marsh. Common Merganser COME 05/20 08/01 Lakes. Large rivers. Red-breasted Merganser RBME 05/20 08/10 Large lakes. Eared Grebe EAGR 05/20 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Western Grebe WEGR 05/20 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Clark's Grebe CLGR 05/20 08/10 Lakes and ponds. Double-crested Cormorant DCCO 05/20 08/15 Large lakes - islands American White Pelican AWPE 05/20 07/15 Large lakes - islands. American Bittern AMBI 05/20 08/01 - sedge; shrub swamp. Forest - extensive wetland edge. Great Egret GREG 05/20 08/01 Wooded lakes and ponds; Wooded rivers and streams. Little Blue Heron LBHE 05/20 08/15 Wooded lakes and ponds; Wooded rivers and streams. Black-crowned Night-Heron BCNH 05/20 08/15 Wooded lakes and ponds. Wooded rivers and streams. Northern Harrier NOHA 05/20 08/01 Open - wet prairie, sedge wetland. Human-altered upland grassland. Sharp-shinned Hawk SSHA 05/20 08/01 Upland mixed forest.

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Safe Dates BREEDING SPECIES Code Habitat Begin End Cooper's Hawk COHA 05/20 08/10 Upland deciduous or mixed forest. Suburban - open space; wooded residential. Swainson's Hawk SWHA 05/20 08/01 Open - upland grassland; prairie; pasture. Yellow Rail YERA 05/20 08/10 Open - wet prairie. Wetland - sedge/lowland grass Virginia Rail VIRA 05/20 08/10 Emergent marsh Sora SORA 05/20 08/10 Emergent marsh American Coot AMCO 05/20 08/10 Emergent marsh Snowy Plover SNPL 05/20 07/01 Beach - lake shore; islands American Avocet AMAV 05/20 07/01 Marshes, mud flats and ponds Spotted Sandpiper SPSA 05/20 07/20 Rivers and streams; lake shores. Upland Sandpiper UPSA 05/20 07/20 Rural - pasture. Upland prairie and human-altered upland grassland. Burrowing Owl BUOW 05/20 08/01 Native prairie and grasslands American Kestrel AMKE 05/20 08/01 Semi-open - deciduous disturbed/altered upland. Rural - pasture; hayfield. Merlin MERL 05/20 08/01 Coniferous forest near water. Suburban - residential, large conifers. Blue Jay BLJA 05/20 07/15 Small town and rural - open space; farmstead. Upland mixed forest. Conifer plantation. Purple Martin PUMA 05/20 07/20 Lake shores - residential. Northern Rough-winged NRWS 05/20 07/10 Steep banks adjacent to ponds, rivers. Swallow Swallow BANS 05/20 07/10 Steep banks adjacent to water. Cliff Swallow CLSW 05/20 07/10 Rural open country - near bridges, farmsteads. Barn Swallow BARS 05/20 08/01 Rural open country - farmsteads. Cliffs on Lake Superior. House Wren HOWR 05/20 08/01 Suburban - residential.. Small towns; rural - farmstead; open space; orchards. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher BGGN 05/20 08/01 Upland and lowland deciduous forest. Golden-crowned Kinglet GCKI 05/20 08/01 Upland mature coniferous forest. Hermit Thrush HETH 05/20 08/01 Upland moist deciduous and mixed forest. Gray Catbird GRCA 05/20 08/01 Wetland - fragmented/edge. Residential - brushy open space. Brown Thrasher BRTH 05/20 08/01 Semi-open deciduous savanna/parkland. Residential - dense brushy edges. Chestnut-collared Longspur CCLO 05/20 08/01 Upland native prairie. Ovenbird OVEN 05/20 08/01 Upland deciduous and coniferous/deciduous mixed forest - mature. Black-and-white Warbler BAWW 05/20 08/01 Upland mixed coniferous-deciduous forest. Prothonotary Warbler PROW 05/20 08/01 Lowland deciduous floodplain forest. Common Yellowthroat COYE 05/20 08/01 Wetland, stream or pond - fragmented edge. Rural - ditch edge. Pine Warbler PIWA 05/20 08/01 Upland coniferous pine forest - white, red, or jack. Eastern Towhee EATO 05/20 08/01 Upland dry forests with openings - deciduous or jack pine. Chipping Sparrow CHSP 05/20 08/01 Mixed or coniferous forest - fragmented edge. Rural; residential - open space. Clay-colored Sparrow CCSP 05/20 08/01 Grassland with shrubs. Field Sparrow FISP 05/20 08/01 Grassland with shrubs. Vesper Sparrow VESP 05/20 08/01 Open - human-altered upland grassland. Rural upland - cultivated; short grass. Lark Sparrow LASP 05/20 08/01 Open - prairie or human-altered grassland with few small trees

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Safe Dates BREEDING SPECIES Code Habitat Begin End Savannah Sparrow SAVS 05/20 08/01 Open - upland grassland; prairie; human-altered. White-throated Sparrow WTSP 05/20 07/20 Upland deciduous/coniferous forest. Lowland coniferous forest. Dark-eyed Junco DEJU 05/20 08/01 Upland coniferous and mixed forest - edge, regenerating or burned. Yellow-headed Blackbird YHBL 05/20 07/20 Wetland - emergent marsh, cattail Purple Finch PUFI 05/20 08/10 Upland coniferous/deciduous mixed forest Pine Siskin PISI 05/20 07/20 Upland coniferous forest Evening Grosbeak EVGR 05/20 08/10 Upland coniferous forest

Golden-winged Warbler GWWA 05/25 08/01 Wetland - shrub swamp. Semi-open mixed forest - regenerating/early successional forest Blue-winged Warbler BWWA 05/25 08/01 Semi-open deciduous - regenerating/early successional. Cerulean Warbler CERW 05/25 08/01 Mesic deciduous upland forest. Lowland deciduous floodplain forest. Yellow Warbler YEWA 05/25 08/01 Semi-open fragmented/edge. Suburban; small town - residential; open space brushy. Orchard Oriole OROR 05/25 08/01 Semi-open deciduous woods - edges, few small trees. Shelterbelt/hedgerow Baltimore Oriole BAOR 05/25 08/01 Semi-open deciduous woods. Suburban, small town - residential with tall trees

Green-winged Teal GWTE 05/30 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Emergent marsh. Canvasback CANV 05/30 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Redhead REDH 05/30 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Ring-necked Duck RNDU 05/30 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Lesser Scaup LESC 05/30 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Emergent marsh. Bufflehead BUFF 05/30 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Emergent marsh. Common Goldeneye COGO 05/30 08/01 Wooded lakes and ponds. Wooded rivers and streams. JUNE Horned Grebe HOGR 06/01 08/01 Ponds. Emergent marsh. Snowy Egret SNEG 06/01 07/15 Wooded lakes and ponds; Wooded rivers and streams. Cattle Egret CAEG 06/01 08/01 Wet pastures, fields and marshes Green Heron GRHE 06/01 08/15 Wooded ponds. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron YCNH 06/01 08/15 Wooded lakes and ponds. Wooded rivers and streams. Osprey OSPR 06/01 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Nest - adjacent forest edge or inland swamp or cutover. King Rail KIRA 06/01 08/10 Emergent marsh Common Gallinule COGA 06/01 08/10 Emergent marsh Piping Plover PIPL 06/01 07/15 Beach - lakeshore; islands. Solitary Sandpiper SOSA 06/01 06/30 Wooded ponds (far north) Willet WILL 06/01 06/30 Marshy lake margins and adjacent uplands Wilson's Phalarope WIPH 06/01 08/01 Wetland - sedge, lowland grass. Wet prairie. Franklin's Gull FRGU 06/01 07/20 Large emergent marsh. Black Tern BLTE 06/01 08/01 Emergent marsh. Common Tern COTE 06/01 08/01 Lakes - islands, beaches. Forster's Tern FOTE 06/01 08/01 Emergent marsh. Common Nighthawk CONI 06/01 07/20 Urban and small town - building roofs. Forests - fragmented with rock outcrops. Eastern Whip-poor-will EWPW 06/01 08/01 Upland dry forests with openings - deciduous or jack pine. Chimney Swift CHSW 06/01 08/01 Urban and small town - building chimneys. Upland old-

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Safe Dates BREEDING SPECIES Code Habitat Begin End growth deciduous forests. Ruby-throated Hummingbird RTHU 06/01 08/01 Mixed forests with openings. Suburban - residential; open space. Western Wood-Pewee WEWP 06/01 08/01 Conifer and conifer-deciduous forest; forest edge or riparian woodland Least Flycatcher LEFL 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous forest. Great Crested Flycatcher GCFL 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest. Small town - open space. Western Kingbird WEKI 06/01 08/01 Grassland - upland prairie; human-altered upland grassland. Eastern Kingbird EAKI 06/01 08/01 Small town and rural - open space. Grassland. Flooded forest - lakes; beaver pond. White-eyed Vireo WEVI 06/01 08/01 Scrubland and riparian brush Bell's Vireo BEVI 06/01 08/01 Edge - shrub swamp; upland shrub. Yellow-throated Vireo YTVI 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous forest. Blue-headed Vireo BHVI 06/01 07/20 Upland coniferous forest. Upland mixed forest. Warbling Vireo WAVI 06/01 08/01 Lowland deciduous forest. Small town and rural - open space; wooded residential. Red-eyed Vireo REVI 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest. Small town - open space parks Brown Creeper BRCR 06/01 08/10 Upland and lowland mature forest - coniferous, mixed and deciduous. Rock Wren ROWR 06/01 08/01 Rock outcroppings Winter Wren WIWR 06/01 08/10 Upland moist coniferous and mixed forest with blow- downs, dense brushy openings. Sedge Wren SEWR 06/01 08/10 Open wetland - sedge, wet prairie, wet meadow. Agricultural fields - dense grass. Marsh Wren MAWR 06/01 08/10 Open wetland - emergent marsh, cattails. Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 06/01 08/01 Upland coniferous and mixed forest. Lowland coniferous forest. Veery VEER 06/01 07/20 Upland moist deciduous forest and mixed forest. Swainson's Thrush SWTH 06/01 07/20 Upland or lowland coniferous forest. Wood Thrush WOTH 06/01 07/20 Upland deciduous forest. Northern Mockingbird NOMO 06/01 08/01 Sprague's Pipit SPPI 06/01 08/15 Native prairie and grasslands Northern Waterthrush NOWA 06/01 08/01 Wetland, lake or stream edge in mixed coniferous/deciduous forest. Nashville Warbler NAWA 06/01 07/20 Mixed forest upland and lowland - fragmented edge. Semi-open forested bog. Kentucky Warbler KEWA 06/01 08/01 with dense, damp undergrowth Hooded Warbler HOWA 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous forest with shrub openings. American Redstart AMRE 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest - some fragmented/edge. Cape May Warbler CMWA 06/01 07/20 Upland coniferous forest - mature. Northern Parula NOPA 06/01 07/20 Upland coniferous forest. Magnolia Warbler MAWA 06/01 08/01 Upland coniferous and mixed forest - early successional, fragmented edge. Bay-breasted Warbler BBWA 06/01 08/01 Upland coniferous forest - spruce/fir. Lowland coniferous forest. Blackburnian Warbler BLBW 06/01 07/20 Upland coniferous forest - mature. Chestnut-sided Warbler CSWA 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest - early successional, fragmented edge. Black-throated Blue Warbler BTBW 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous forest - mature northern hardwoods.

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Safe Dates BREEDING SPECIES Code Habitat Begin End Palm Warbler PAWA 06/01 08/01 Stagnant forested bog. Regenerating mixed forest cutovers. Yellow-rumped Warbler YRWA 06/01 08/01 Upland coniferous and mixed forest. Yellow-throated Warbler YTWA 06/01 08/01 Pine forest Black-throated Green Warbler BTNW 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous and mixed forest - mature. Wilson's Warbler WIWA 06/01 08/05 Stream or mixed forest - edge. Early successional/regenerating forest. (North) Yellow-breasted Chat YBCH 06/01 08/01 Dense brush or scrub near streams; near swamp margins Lark Bunting LARB 06/01 08/01 Grassland prairie, meadows Grasshopper Sparrow GRSP 06/01 08/01 Open - upland grassland; prairie; human-altered. Baird's Sparrow BAIS 06/01 08/01 Short-grass prairie Henslow's Sparrow HESP 06/01 08/01 Upland grassland - weedy. Le Conte's Sparrow LCSP 06/01 08/01 Wetland - sedge/lowland grass. Wet prairie. Human- altered lowland grassland. Nelson's Sparrow NESP 06/01 08/01 Lincoln's Sparrow LISP 06/01 07/20 Lowland coniferous forest. Mixed forest - regenerating/early successional. Summer Tanager SUTA 06/01 08/01 Deciduous forest; open and riparian woodlands Scarlet Tanager SCTA 06/01 08/01 Rose-breasted Grosbeak RBGR 06/01 08/05 Upland and lowland deciduous and mixed forest - fragmented/edge. Blue Grosbeak BLGR 06/01 08/01 Open - upland grassland; prairie; human-altered with few small trees. Indigo Bunting INBU 06/01 08/01 Upland deciduous with openings. Rural - shelterbelt/hedgerow. Dickcissel DICK 06/01 08/01 Upland grassland with weeds or small trees. Bobolink BOBO 06/01 07/20 Upland grassland - prairie or human-altered. Open peatland - Northwest

Broad-winged Hawk BWHA 06/05 08/01 Upland deciduous or mixed forest. Yellow-billed Cuckoo YBCU 06/05 08/01 Upland and lowland forests with edges. Black-billed Cuckoo BBCU 06/05 08/01 Upland and lowland forests with edges. Eastern Wood-Pewee EAWP 06/05 08/01 Upland deciduous forest. Floodplain forest. Conifer plantation. Acadian Flycatcher ACFL 06/05 08/01 Upland moist deciduous forest. Alder Flycatcher ALFL 06/05 08/01 Wetland - shrub alder swamp. Fragmented edge - alder. Willow Flycatcher WIFL 06/05 08/01 Wetland - shrub willow swamp. Fragmented edge - willow. Philadelphia Vireo PHVI 06/05 08/01 Upland deciduous forest. (North Shore primarily) Tennessee Warbler TEWA 06/05 07/10 Wetland -shrub swamp or boreal bog inclusions in upland or lowland coniferous forest Connecticut Warbler CONW 06/05 08/05 Lowland coniferous forest - black spruce and tamarack. Mourning Warbler MOWA 06/05 08/05 Upland deciduous and mixed forest - edge; early successional. Canada Warbler CAWA 06/05 08/05 Upland deciduous or lowland deciduous forest with shrub openings. (North)

Ruddy Duck RUDU 06/10 08/01 Lakes and ponds. Emergent marsh. Olive-sided Flycatcher OSFL 06/10 07/20 Coniferous forest - cutover/burned. Peatland - stagnant forested semi-open bog. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher YBFL 06/10 07/20 Upland mixed forest and upland coniferous forest.

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Safe Dates BREEDING SPECIES Code Habitat Begin End Lowland coniferous forest. Cedar Waxwing CEDW 06/10 08/10 Semi-open deciduous forest. Lowland forest edge. American Goldfinch AMGO 06/10 08/20 Semi-open deciduous woods - edges. Suburban, small town - open space

Little Gull LIGU 06/15 07/15 Grassy lowland, marsh.

Caspian Tern CATE 06/20 07/15 Sand or gravel beaches

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