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Thanks to Robb Schenck for the Minnehaha Check List

MINNEHAHA COUNTY CHECKLIST

Compiled by Robert Schenck for the

Sioux Falls Bird Club

Date_______Weather______________

Observers________________________

Location_________________________

 

Waterfowl

     ___  Greater White-fronted Goose

     ___  Snow Goose

     ___  Ross's Goose

     ___  Canada Goose

     ___  Brant*

     ___  Tundra Swan

     ___  Wood Duck

     ___  Gadwall

     ___  American Wigeon

     ___  American Black Duck *

     ___  Mallard

     ___  Blue-winged Teal

     ___  Cinnamon Teal*

     ___  Northern Shoveler

     ___  Northern Pintail

     ___  Green-winged Teal

     ___  Canvasback

     ___  Redhead

     ___  Ring-necked Duck

     ___  Greater Scaup*

     ___  Lesser Scaup

     ___  Surf Scoter*

     ___  White-winged Scoter*

     ___  Long-tailed Duck*

     ___  Bufflehead

     ___  Common Goldeneye

     ___  Barrow’s Goldeneye

     ___  Hooded Merganser

     ___  Common Merganser

     ___  Red-breasted Merganser

     ___  Ruddy Duck

Pheasants, Grouse and Quail

     ___  Gray Partridge

     ___  Ring-necked Pheasant

     ___  Greater Prairie-Chicken*

     ___  Wild Turkey

     ___  Northern Bobwhite*

 

Loons and Grebes

     ___  Common Loon

     ___  Pied-billed Grebe

     ___  Horned Grebe

     ___  Red-necked Grebe*

     ___  Eared Grebe

     ___  Western Grebe

Pelicans and Cormorants

     ___  American White Pelican

     ___  Double-crested Cormorant

Herons, Egrets and Bitterns

     ___  American Bittern

     ___  Least Bittern*

     ___  Great Blue Heron

     ___  Great Egret

     ___  Snowy Egret*

     ___  Little Blue Heron*

     ___  Cattle Egret

     ___  Green Heron

     ___  Black-crowned Night-Heron

     ___  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron*

Ibis

     ___  White-faced Ibis*

Vultures

     ___  Turkey Vulture

Hawks, Eagles and Kites

     ___  Osprey

     ___  Mississippi Kite*

     ___  Bald Eagle

     ___  Northern Harrier

     ___  Sharp-shinned Hawk

     ___  Cooper's Hawk

     ___  Northern Goshawk

     ___  Broad-winged Hawk

     ___  Swainson's Hawk

     ___  Ferruginous Hawk *

     ___  Red-tailed Hawk

     ___  Rough-legged Hawk

     ___  Golden Eagle

     ___  American Coot

Falcons

     ___  American Kestrel

     ___  Merlin

     ___  Gyrfalcon*

     ___  Prairie Falcon

     ___  Peregrine Falcon

Rails and Coots

     ___  Yellow Rail*

     ___  Virginia Rail

     ___  Sora

     ___  Common Moorhen*

Cranes

     ___  Sandhill Crane*

     ___  Whooping Crane*

 Plovers

     ___  Black-bellied Plover

     ___  American Golden-Plover

     ___  Semipalmated Plover

     ___  Piping Plover*

     ___  Killdeer

 Sandpipers

     ___  American Avocet*

     ___  Greater Yellowlegs

     ___  Lesser Yellowlegs

     ___  Solitary Sandpiper

     ___  Willet

     ___  Spotted Sandpiper

     ___  Upland Sandpiper

     ___  Hudsonian Godwit

     ___  Marbled Godwit

     ___  Ruddy Turnstone*

     ___  Sanderling*

     ___  Semipalmated Sandpiper

     ___  Western Sandpiper *

     ___  Least Sandpiper

     ___  White-rumped Sandpiper

     ___  Baird's Sandpiper

     ___  Pectoral Sandpiper

     ___  Dunlin

     ___  Stilt Sandpiper

     ___  Buff-breasted Sandpiper*

     ___  Ruff*

     ___  Short-billed Dowitcher

     ___  Long-billed Dowitcher

     ___  Wilson’s Snipe

     ___  American Woodcock

     ___  Wilson's Phalarope

     ___  Red-necked Phalarope*

 

 

 Gulls and Terns

     ___  Franklin's Gull

     ___  Bonaparte's Gull

     ___  Ring-billed Gull

     ___  California Gull*

     ___  Herring Gull

     ___  Lesser Black-backed Gull*

     ___  Sabine’s Gull*

     ___  Caspian Tern*

     ___  Common Tern

     ___  Forster's Tern

     ___  Least Tern*

     ___  Black Tern

 Pigeons and Doves

     ___  Rock Dove

     ___  Eurasian Collared-Dove

     ___  Mourning Dove

 Cuckoos

     ___  Black-billed Cuckoo

     ___  Yellow-billed Cuckoo

 Owls

     ___  Barn Owl*

     ___  Eastern Screech-Owl

     ___  Great Horned Owl

     ___  Snowy Owl

     ___  Burrowing Owl*

     ___  Barred Owl*

     ___  Great Gray Owl*

     ___  Long-eared Owl*

     ___  Short-eared Owl

     ___  Northern Saw-whet Owl*

 Nightjars and Swifts

     ___  Common Nighthawk

     ___  Whip-poor-will

     ___  Chimney Swift

 Hummingbirds

     ___  Ruby-throated Hummingbird

 Kingfishers

     ___  Belted Kingfisher

 Woodpeckers

     ___  Red-headed Woodpecker

     ___  Red-bellied Woodpecker

     ___  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

     ___  Downy Woodpecker

     ___  Hairy Woodpecker

     ___  Northern Flicker

 Flycatchers

     ___  Olive-sided Flycatcher

     ___  Eastern Wood-Pewee

     ___  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

     ___  Alder Flycatcher

     ___  Willow Flycatcher

     ___  Least Flycatcher

     ___  Eastern Phoebe

     ___  Say's Phoebe*

     ___  Great Crested Flycatcher

     ___  Western Kingbird

     ___  Eastern Kingbird

Shrikes

     ___  Loggerhead Shrike

     ___  Northern Shrike

Vireos

     ___  White-eyed Vireo*

     ___  Bell's Vireo

     ___  Yellow-throated Vireo

     ___  Blue-headed Vireo

     ___  Warbling Vireo

     ___  Philadelphia Vireo

     ___  Red-eyed Vireo

Crows and Jays

     ___  Blue Jay

     ___  Black-billed Magpie*

     ___  American Crow

 Larks

     ___  Horned Lark

 Swallows

     ___  Purple Martin

     ___  Tree Swallow

     ___  Northern Rough-winged

     ___  Bank Swallow

     ___  Cliff Swallow

     ___  Barn Swallow

 Chickadees and Tits

     ___  Black-capped Chickadee

     ___  Tufted Titmouse*

 Nuthatches

     ___  Red-breasted Nuthatch

     ___  White-breasted Nuthatch

 Creepers

     ___  Brown Creeper

 

 Wrens

     ___  Carolina Wren*

     ___  Bewick’s Wren*

     ___  House Wren

     ___  Winter Wren

     ___  Sedge Wren

     ___  Marsh Wren

 Kinglets and Gnatcatchers

     ___  Golden-crowned Kinglet

     ___  Ruby-crowned Kinglet

     ___  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

 Thrushes

     ___  Eastern Bluebird

     ___  Townsend's Solitaire*

     ___  Veery*

     ___  Gray-cheeked Thrush

     ___  Swainson's Thrush

     ___  Hermit Thrush

     ___  Wood Thrush

     ___  American Robin

     ___  Varied Thrush*

 Mockingbirds and Thrashers

     ___  Gray Catbird

     ___  Northern Mockingbird*

     ___  Brown Thrasher

Starlings

     ___  European Starling

 Pipits

     ___  American Pipit

     ___  Sprague's Pipit*

 Waxwings

     ___  Bohemian Waxwing*

     ___  Cedar Waxwing

 Warblers

     ___  Blue-winged Warbler*

     ___  Golden-winged Warbler*

     ___  Tennessee Warbler

     ___  Orange-crowned Warbler

     ___  Nashville Warbler

     ___  Northern Parula

     ___  Yellow Warbler

     ___  Chestnut-sided Warbler

     ___  Magnolia Warbler

     ___  Cape May Warbler

     ___  Black-throated Blue Warbler*

     ___  Yellow-rumped Warbler

     ___  Black-throated Gray Warbler*

     ___  Black-throated Green Warbler

     ___  Blackburnian Warbler

     ___  Yellow-throated Warbler*

     ___  Pine Warbler*

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