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I've never kept a running bird-sighting list, so I thought I'd try it for 2010. It will include birds seen or identified by song by either myself or my hubby Dave, sometimes known in this blog as my resident bird expert, though he rejects the label. (Okay, he doesn't know everything, but he knows a lot more than I do -- about birds!) For migrant species I'll note first sighting date, if possible. Location is in or near Northfield, Minnesota, unless otherwise noted.
- American Coot (April 17)
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel (April 17)
- American Pipit (May 8, Lake Byllesby)
- American Robin
- American White Pelican (April 17)
- Bald Eagle
- Bank Swallow (late April)
- Barn Swallow (May 1)
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Blue Jay
- Blue-winged Teal
- Bobolink (May 30)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (April 18)
- Bufflehead (March 18, nr Hastings)
- Canada Goose
- Canvasback (May 1-2, western MN)
- Chimney Swift (May 6)
- Chipping sparrow (April 17)
- Common Goldeneye (Feb. 12, nr Wabasha)
- Common Grackle (March 13)
- Common Loon (April 17, Lake Byllesby)
- Common Merganser (Feb. 12, nr Wabasha)
- Common Yellowthroat
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Double-crested Cormorant (May 1-2, western MN)
- Dowitcher, n.o.s. (April 18, in flight)
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird (April 11)
- Eastern Kingbird (May 30)
- Eastern Phoebe (April 11)
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- European Starling
- Forster's Tern (April 17)
- Franklin’s Gull (May 1, western MN; May 8 Lake Byllesby)
- Gadwall (April 17)
- Gray Catbird (June 28)
- Great Blue Heron (April 1)
- Great Egret (April 14)
- Greater Yellowlegs (April 17)
- Green-winged Teal (April 17)
- Helmeted Guineafowl (May 2, western MN)
- Herring Gull
- Hooded Merganser (March 18, nr Hastings; March 20, Northfield)
- Horned Lark (eastern SD, May 1)
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren (April 2)
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- Killdeer (March 28, central Wisconsin; April 15, Hwy 47)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (April 17)
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove (March 12)
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker (April 19)
- Northern Harrier (May 1-2, western MN)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (May 1, western MN)
- Northern Shoveler (April 17)
- Northern Shrike (December 18)
- Pied-billed Grebe (May 1-2, western MN)
- Pileated Woodpecker (flying across Hwy 3 just north of Northfield)
- Pine Siskin (December 5)
- Pintail (April 17)
- Redhead (May 1, eastern SD)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (late May)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-necked Grebe (May 2, Swan Lake nr Fairfax, Sibley County, MN)
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird (March 18)
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Duck (March 18, nr Hastings)
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Rock Pigeon (Pigeon, Rock Dove)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (May 23)
- Ruddy Duck (May 2, Thielke Lake, Big Stone County, MN)
- Sandhill Cranes (March 28, nr Waupaca, Wis.)
- Scaup (May 1-2, western MN)
- Snow Bunting (December 18)
- Snowy Plover (May 1, Westline WMA nr Milroy, Redwood County, MN)
- Solitary Sandpiper (April 17)
- Spotted Sandpiper (May 1, Salt Lake, western MN)
- Tree Swallow (late April)
- Trumpeter Swan (Feb. 12, Reads Landing)
- Turkey Vulture (March 30, Illinois; April 1 Northfield)
- Vesper Sparrow (early May)
- Western Meadowlark (Hwy 47, April 15)
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-throated Sparrow (April 19)
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Duck (May 1-2, western MN)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (May 1-2, south-central/western MN)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
