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Minnesota Valley NWR--Rapids Lake
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
May 1, 2026
2
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
May 1, 2026
1
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
May 1, 2026
1
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
May 1, 2026
1
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
May 1, 2026
1
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
May 1, 2026
1
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
May 1, 2026
1
American RobinTurdus migratorius
May 1, 2026
1
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
May 1, 2026
2
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
May 1, 2026
1
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
May 1, 2026
2
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
May 1, 2026
1
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
May 1, 2026
6
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
May 1, 2026
1
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Apr 28, 2026
6
GadwallMareca strepera
Apr 28, 2026
6
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Apr 28, 2026
2
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Apr 28, 2026
2
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Apr 28, 2026
1
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Apr 28, 2026
3
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Apr 28, 2026
2
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Apr 28, 2026
2
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Apr 28, 2026
2
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Apr 28, 2026
3
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Apr 28, 2026
10
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Apr 25, 2026
1
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Apr 25, 2026
3
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Apr 25, 2026
1
Great EgretArdea alba
Apr 25, 2026
1
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Apr 25, 2026
5
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Apr 25, 2026
1
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Apr 25, 2026
1
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Apr 25, 2026
1
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Apr 25, 2026
1
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Apr 25, 2026
2
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Apr 25, 2026
3
Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
Apr 25, 2026
2
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Apr 25, 2026
1
Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
Apr 25, 2026
1
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Apr 25, 2026
10
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Apr 25, 2026
3
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Apr 25, 2026
1
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Apr 25, 2026
2
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Apr 25, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Apr 25, 2026
3
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Apr 25, 2026
2
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Apr 25, 2026
1
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Apr 25, 2026
1
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Apr 25, 2026
2
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Apr 24, 2026
2
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Apr 24, 2026
X
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Apr 24, 2026
X
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Apr 24, 2026
3
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Apr 24, 2026
1
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Apr 24, 2026
1
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Apr 24, 2026
X
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Apr 24, 2026
2
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Apr 24, 2026
1
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Apr 23, 2026
X
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Apr 23, 2026
2
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Apr 23, 2026
1
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Apr 23, 2026
1
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