Birds of Lake Shetek State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Birds of Lake Shetek State Park Sp Su Fa Wi ❏ Warbling Vireo C C C ❏ Ovenbird U U LAKE SHETEK ❏ Red-eyed Vireo C U C ❏ Northern Waterthrush O O ❏ Blue Jay C U C C ❏ Connecticut Warbler O O STATE PARK ❏ American Crow CCCC ❏ Mourning Warbler U U ❏ Horned Lark CCCU ❏ Common Yellowthroat C C C ❏ Purple Martin U U U ❏ Wilson’s Warbler U U ✓ ❏ Tree Swallow C C C ❏ Canada Warbler O O ❏ Northern Rough-winged Swallow CCC ❏ American Tree Sparrow C C C ❏ Bank Swallow U U U ❏ Chipping Sparrow C C C Checklist ❏ Cliff Swallow C C C ❏ Clay-colored Sparrow U U U ❏ Barn Swallow C C C ❏ Field Sparrow U U U BIRD ❏ Black-capped Chickadee CCCC ❏ Vesper Sparrow C C C ❏ White-breasted Nuthatch CCCC ❏ Savannah Sparrow C C C ❏ Brown Creeper C C U ❏ Grasshopper Sparrow U U O ❏ House Wren C C C ❏ Fox Sparrow U U ❏ Winter Wren O O ❏ Song Sparrow C C C ❏ Sedge Wren C C U ❏ Lincoln’s Sparrow U U ❏ Marsh Wren U U U ❏ Swamp Sparrow U U U ❏ Golden-crowned Kinglet C C O ❏ White-throated Sparrow C C ❏ Ruby-crowned Kinglet C C ❏ Harris’s Sparrow U U ❏ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher U U U ❏ White-crowned Sparrow U U ❏ Eastern Bluebird CCCO ❏ Dark-eyed Junco C C U ❏ Veery U U ❏ Lapland Longspur C C U ❏ Gray-cheeked Thrush U U ❏ Snow Bunting U U U ❏ Swainson’s Thrush U U ❏ Northern Cardinal UUUU ❏ Hermit Thrush U U ❏ Rose-breasted Grosbeak C C C ❏ American Robin CCCU ❏ Indigo Bunting C C C ❏ Gray Catbird C C C ❏ Dickcissel U U ❏ Brown Thrasher C C C ❏ Bobolink C C C ❏ European Starling UUUU ❏ Red-winged Blackbird CCCO ❏ ❏ Cedar Waxwing CCCU Western Meadowlark C C C Date:__________________________________________ ❏ Blue-winged Warbler O ❏ Yellow-headed Blackbird U U U ❏ Golden-winged Warbler U U ❏ Rusty Blackbird U U Weather:_______________________________________ ❏ Tennessee Warbler C C ❏ Brewer’s Blackbird U O U ________________________________________________ ❏ ❏ Orange-crowned Warbler U U Common Grackle CCCO Observers:_____________________________________ ❏ Nashville Warbler C C ❏ Brown-headed Cowbird C C C ❏ Northern Parula U U ❏ Orchard Oriole U U ________________________________________________ ❏ Yellow Warbler C C C ❏ Baltimore Oriole C C C Notes:__________________________________________ ❏ ❏ Purple Finch U U U Chestnut-sided Warbler C U ________________________________________________ ❏ Magnolia Warbler U U ❏ House Finch CCCC ❏ Cape May Warbler U ❏ Common Redpoll O O O ________________________________________________ ❏ Yellow-rumped Warbler C C ❏ Pine Siskin U U U ❏ Palm Warbler U U ❏ American Goldfinch CCCU ❏ Blackpoll Warbler U U ❏ House Sparrow UUUU ❏ Cerulean Warbler R Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ❏ Black-and-white Warbler C C Division of Parks & Recreation ❏ American Redstart C C C August 2007 DNR Web Site: www.dnr.state.mn.us Birding Opportunities at Birds of Lake Shetek State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Birds of Lake Shetek State Park Sp Su Fa Wi Lake Shetek State Park ❏ Canada Goose C C C ❏ American Golden-Plover U U ❏ ❏ Lake Shetek State Park contains the headwaters Wood Duck C C C Semipalmated Plover U U ❏ Gadwall U U ❏ Killdeer C C C of the Des Moines River, an important natural ❏ American Wigeon U U ❏ Greater Yellowlegs U U migration corridor. Lake Shetek itself is the ❏ Mallard CCCU ❏ Lesser Yellowlegs C C C largest lake in southwestern Minnesota. The ❏ Blue-winged Teal C C C ❏ Spotted Sandpiper C C C park features a combination of lakes, marsh and ❏ Northern Shoveler U U ❏ Upland Sandpiper O O woodlands, providing for a wide variety of bird- ❏ Northern Pintail U U ❏ Hudsonian Godwit U life. Marsh birds, including rails, sparrows and ❏ Green-winged Teal U U ❏ Sanderling O blackbirds are found in the Webster and Eastlick ❏ Canvasback U U ❏ Semipalmated Sandpiper U U Marsh areas. There is an observation platform ❏ Redhead U U ❏ Western Sandpiper R with spotting scope and interpretive signs at ❏ Ring-necked Duck U U ❏ Least Sandpiper U U U Eastlick Marsh. The woodlands are good for ❏ Lesser Scaup C C ❏ Pectoral Sandpiper U U U spotting warblers, vireos, flycatchers, thrushes, ❏ Bufflehead U U ❏ Stilt Sandpiper U U sparrows and blue-gray gnatcatchers. The trail ❏ Common Goldeneye U U ❏ Buff-breasted Sandpiper R R around Loon Island is excellent for migrant ❏ Hooded Merganser U U U ❏ Long-billed Dowitcher U U species in spring and fall. ❏ Common Merganser U U ❏ Wilson’s Snipe C C Season and Abundance Key ❏ Red-breasted Merganser U U ❏ Wilson’s Phalarope U U ❏ Ruddy Duck U U ❏ Franklin’s Gull C C The seasons in the checklist are defined as follows: ❏ Gray Partridge UUUU ❏ Bonaparte’s Gull U U Sp (Spring) = March, April, May ❏ Ring-necked Pheasant CCCC ❏ Ring-billed Gull C C C Su (Summer) = June, July ❏ Wild Turkey UUUU ❏ Herring Gull U U Fa (Fall) = August, September, October, November ❏ Pied-billed Grebe C C C ❏ Caspian Tern O O Wi (Winter) = December, January, February ❏ Eared Grebe U U ❏ Forster’s Tern U U U ❏ American White Pelican C U C ❏ Black Tern U U U Abundance codes are defined as follows: ❏ Double-crested Cormorant CCC ❏ Rock Pigeon CCCC ❏ ❏ C = Common — present, relatively easy to find American Bittern O O Mourning Dove CCCO U = Uncommon — observed, may be difficult to find ❏ Great Blue Heron C C C ❏ Black-billed Cuckoo U U U O = Occasional — may or may not be present in ❏ Great Egret C C C ❏ Yellow-billed Cuckoo U U O any year ❏ Green Heron U U U ❏ Great Horned Owl UUUU R = Rare — has occurred at least once, may or ❏ Black-crowned Night-Heron UUU ❏ Common Nighthawk U U U may not be expected to recur ❏ Turkey Vulture U U U ❏ Chimney Swift C C C ❏ ❏ The names and taxonomic arrangement of species follows that of the Osprey U U Ruby-throated Hummingbird UOU Checklist of the Birds of Minnesota (January, 2001), prepared by the ❏ Bald Eagle UUUO ❏ Belted Kingfisher C C C Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee. ❏ Northern Harrier U U U ❏ Red-headed Woodpecker UUU This checklist contains the names of all birds that have been docu­ ❏ Sharp-shinned Hawk U U O ❏ Red-bellied Woodpecker U U U mented in the park by reliable observers. It was constructed by Robert B. ❏ ❏ Janssen, Jerry Bonkoski, and the MN DNR-Division of Parks & Recreation Cooper’s Hawk U U U Yellow-bellied Sapsucker U U using observations of the above, park staff and other observers, as well as ❏ Broad-winged Hawk U U ❏ Downy Woodpecker CCCC Minnesota Ornithologist’s Union records and data contained in research ❏ ❏ reports. If you are interested in the specific sources used for a particular Swainson’s Hawk U U U Hairy Woodpecker CCCC park, contact the Parks Division Resource Management Program ❏ Red-tailed Hawk CCCU ❏ Northern Flicker C C C Coordinator by telephone at 651-259-5594 or by mail at MN DNR-Parks, ❏ ❏ 500 Lafayette Road, Box 39, St. Paul, MN 55155-4039. Rough-legged Hawk U U U Pileated Woodpecker OOOO ❏ American Kestrel CCCU ❏ Eastern Wood-Pewee 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 Yellow Rail R Least Flycatcher C C C 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 King Rail R Eastern Phoebe 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.” Sora CCC Great Crested Flycatcher UUU This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling 651-297-1158. ❏ American Coot C C C ❏ Eastern Kingbird C C C Copyright 2007, State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources. ❏ Black-bellied Plover U U ❏ Northern Shrike O O O .