The Birds of the Northwoods

Birds of the Northwoods
Flora, fauna, earth, and sky... The natural history of the northwoods

Species Index

Year Round Residents
Winter Visitors from Yet Farther North
Migrant Water and Shore Birds
Migrant Raptors
Other Non-Passerine Migrants
Passerine Migrants
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Year Round Residents
Grouse Bonasa umbellus, Ruffed Canachites canadensis, Spruce Hawks Accipiter gentilis, Goshawk Owls Strix varia, Barred Aegolius funereus, Boreal Strix nebulosa, Great Grey Bubo virginianus, Great Horned Corvids Perisoreus canadensis, Gray Jay Corvus corax, Common Raven	Woodpeckers Dryocopus pileatus, Pileated Picoides pubescens, Downy Picoides villosus, Hairy Picoides arcticus, Black Back Picoides tridactylus, Three Toed Chickadees Parus atricapillus, Black Cap Parus hudsonicus, Boreal Nuthatches Sitta carolinensis, White Breasted Sitta canadensis, Red Breasted

**Winter Visitors from Yet Farther North**
Bombycilla garrulus, Bohemian Waxwing Nyctea scandiaca, Snowy Owl Surnia ulula, Northern Hawk Owl	Pinicola enucleator, Pine Grosbeak Carduelis flammea, Common Redpoll

Migratory Water and Shore Birds
Gavia immer, Common Loon Podilymbus podiceps, Pied Bill Grebe Mergus merganser, Common Merganser Anas platyrhynchos, Mallard Duck Anas rubripes, Black Duck Anas discours, Blue Wing Teal Anas americana, American Wigeon Bucephala clangula, Common Goldeneye Lophodytes cucullatus, Hooded Merganser Aythya collaris, Ring Neck Duck	Aix sponsa, Wood Duck Ardea herodias, Great Blue Heron Botaurus lentiginosus, American Bittern Charadrius vociferous, Killdeer Plover Tringa solitaria, Solitary Sandpiper Actitis macularia, Spotted Sandpiper Gallinago gallinago, Common Snipe Scolopax minor, Woodcock Larus argentatus, Herring Gull Chlidonias niger, Black Tern

Migratory Raptors
Cathartes aura, Turkey Vulture Pandion haliaetus, Osprey Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Bald Eagle Accipiter striatus, Sharp Shinned Hawk Circus cyaneus, Northern Harrier Falco sparverius, Kestrel	Falco columbarius, Merlin Falco peregrinus, Peregrine Falcon Buteo platypterus, Broad Winged Hawk Buteo jamaicensis, Red Tailed Hawk Asio otus, Long Eared Owl Aegolius acadicus, Northern Saw Whet Owl

Other Migratory Non-Passerine Species
Coccyzus erythropthalmus, Black Billed Cuckoo Chordeiles minor, Common Nighthawk Caprimulgus vociferus, Whip-poor-will Archilochus colubris, Ruby Throat Hummingbird	Megaceryle alcyon, Belted Kingfisher Colaptes auratus, Northern Flicker Sphyrapicus varius, Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Passerine Migrants
Flycatchers Nuttallornis borealis, Olive Sided Contopus virens, Eastern Wood Pewee Empidonax flaviventris, Yellow Bellied Empidonax alnorum , Alder Empidonax minimus, Least Sayornis phoebe, Eastern Phoebe Tyranus tyranus, Eastern Kingbird Hirundines Iridoprocne bicolor, Tree Swallow Hirundo rustica, Barn Swallow Corvids Cyanocitta cristata, Blue Jay Corvus brachyrhynchos, American Crow Creepers Certhia familiaris, Brown Creeper Wrens Troglodytes troglodytes, Winter Wren Troglodytes aedon, House Wren Cistothorus platensis, Sedge Wren Kinglets Regulus calendula, Ruby Crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa, Gold Crowned Kinglet Thrushes Catharus fuscescens, Veery Catharus ustulatus, Swainson's Thrush Catharus guttatus, Hermit Thrush Turdus migratorius, Robin Mimic Thrushes Dumetella carolinensis, Grey Catbird Toxostoma rufum, Brown Thrasher Waxwings Bombycilla cedrorum, Cedar Waxwing Starlings Sturnus vulgaris, European Starling Vireos Vireo olivaceus, Red Eyed Vireo Vireo philadelphicus, Philadelphia Vireo Vireo solitarius, Solitary Vireo	Warblers Vermivora peregrina, Tennessee Dendroica tigrina, Cape May Dendroica coronata, Yellow Rumped Dendroica castanea, Bay Breasted Dendroica palmarum, Palm Oporornis agilis, Connecticut Wilsonia pusilla, Wilson's Vermivora ruficapilla, Nashville Dendroica magnolia, Magnolia Dendroica caerulescens, Black Throated Blue Dendroica virens, Black Throated Green Dendroica fusca, Blackburnian Dendroica pensylvanica, Chestnut Sided Seiurus noveboracensis, Northern Waterthrush Oporornis philadelphia, Mourning Wilsonia canadensis, Canada Mniotilta varia, Black and White Vermivora chrysoptera, Golden Winged Parula americana, Northern Parula Dendroica petechia, Yellow Dendroica pinus, Pine Seiurus aurocapillus, Ovenbird Geothlypis trichas, Common Yellowthroat Setophagia ruticilla, American Redstart Tanagers Piranga olivacea, Scarlet Tanager Icterids Agelaius phoeniceus, Red Winged Blackbird Euphagus carolinus, Rusty Blackbird Quiscalus quiscula, Common Grackle Molothrus ater, Brown Headed Cowbird Finches Pheucticus ludovicianus, Rose Breasted Grosbeak Passerina cyanea, Indigo Bunting Spizella passerina, Chipping Sparrow Spizella pallida, Clay Colored Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii, Le Conte's Sparrow Melospiza melodia, Song Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii, Lincoln's sparrow Melospiza georgiana, Swamp Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis, White Throated Sparrow Junco hyemalis, Dark Eyed Junco Carpodacus purpureus, Purple Finch Loxia curvirostra, Red Crossbill Loxia leucoptera, White Winged Crossbill Carduelis pinus, Pine Siskin Carduelis tristis, American Goldfinch Hesperiphona vespertina, Evening Grosbeak

Related Pages

Flora

Aquatic Plants, emergent, floating, and submerged
Ferns and Fern Allies, the Ferns, Horsetails, and Clubmosses
Terrestrial Herbs, the plants of the forest floor
Mosses, Lichens, and Liverworts of the Northwoods
Shrubs, from tiny shrublet to small trees
Trees, Aspen, Birch, and Cedar; Spruce, Pine, and Fir

Fauna

Mammals, Moose, Wolf, and Beaver country
Reptiles & Amphibians, in a land of waters, it's mostly frogs
Fish, Bass, Northern, Walleye, and Trout - and their finny foodchain
Invertebrates, Ticks, Flys, Leaches, and Mosquitos - the welcoming land

Earth

Ecology,
Geology,
Limnology,

Sky

Aurora Borealis,
Weather & Climate,

General Resources

Minnesota Birding Network, an extensive list on birding in Minnesota
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union
Rare Bird Alert, Duluth and Northshore

Species

Last updated on 18 April, 2004