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Minnesota Valley NWR--Bass Ponds

Located in the Minnesota, USA area, Minnesota Valley NWR--Bass Ponds is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Wood Duck, Double-crested Cormorant, Green Heron in the area.

269
All-Time Species
67
Sightings (14 days)
Minnesota
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United States
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Aug 5, 2026
15
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Aug 5, 2026
1
Green HeronButorides virescens
Aug 5, 2026
4
Great EgretArdea alba
Aug 5, 2026
1
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Aug 5, 2026
2
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Aug 5, 2026
1
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Aug 5, 2026
2
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Aug 5, 2026
1
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Aug 5, 2026
1
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Aug 5, 2026
1
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Aug 5, 2026
32
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Aug 5, 2026
1
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Aug 5, 2026
10
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Aug 5, 2026
2
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Aug 5, 2026
1
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
Aug 5, 2026
1
MerlinFalco columbarius
Aug 5, 2026
1
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Aug 5, 2026
2
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
Aug 5, 2026
1
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Aug 5, 2026
2
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
Aug 5, 2026
4
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Aug 5, 2026
1
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Aug 5, 2026
1
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Aug 5, 2026
4
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Aug 5, 2026
1
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Aug 5, 2026
4
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Aug 5, 2026
1
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Aug 5, 2026
2
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Aug 5, 2026
5
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Aug 5, 2026
2
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Aug 5, 2026
10
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Aug 5, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Aug 5, 2026
5
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Aug 5, 2026
1
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Aug 5, 2026
3
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Aug 5, 2026
1
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Aug 5, 2026
4
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Aug 5, 2026
2
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Aug 5, 2026
2
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Aug 5, 2026
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American CootFulica americana
Aug 5, 2026
2
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Aug 5, 2026
1
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Aug 5, 2026
1
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Aug 3, 2026
1
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Aug 3, 2026
3
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Aug 2, 2026
1
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Aug 2, 2026
2
Aug 2, 2026
1
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Aug 2, 2026
1
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Aug 2, 2026
1
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Aug 2, 2026
1
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Jul 29, 2026
1
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Jul 29, 2026
2
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Jul 29, 2026
1
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Jul 29, 2026
1
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Jul 29, 2026
1
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Jul 29, 2026
1
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Jul 28, 2026
3
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Jul 28, 2026
1
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Jul 28, 2026
1
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Jul 28, 2026
2
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Jul 25, 2026
10
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Jul 25, 2026
1
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Jul 25, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Jul 25, 2026
1
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Jul 25, 2026
3
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Jul 25, 2026
1

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