Bird List: Western MN May 2010

Here is a list of the birds seen on our trip to western Minnesota and a bit of eastern South Dakota, May 1-2, 2010. We were hoping for a lot of shorebirds, but for the most part they were not to be seen. I've put some of the more interesting spots in bold...
  • American Coot
  • American Crow
  • American Kestrel
  • American Robin
  • American White Pelican
  • Bald Eagle
  • Barn Swallow
  • Blue Jay
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Bufflehead
  • Canada Goose
  • Canvasback
  • Common Grackle
  • Common Loon
  • Double-crested Cormorant
  • European Starling
  • Franklin's Gull
  • Gadwall
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Egret
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Helmeted Guineafowl
  • Horned Lark
  • House Finch
  • House Sparrow
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Killdeer
  • Mallard
  • Mourning Dove
  • Northern Harrier
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Pied-billed Grebe
  • Pintail
  • Redhead
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Red-necked Grebe
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Rock Pigeon
  • Ruddy Duck
  • Scaup
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Snowy Plover
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Tree Swallow
  • Vesper Sparrow
  • Western Grebe
  • Western Meadowlark
  • Wild Turkey
  • Wood Duck
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird