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The Big Sit! 2006: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Minnesota
Country:	United States

1. Common Loon Gavia imme
2. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
3. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
4. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
5. Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
6. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
7. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
8. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
9. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
10. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
11. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
12. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
13. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
14. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
15. Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
16. Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
17. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
18. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
19. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
20. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
21. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
22. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
23. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
24. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
25. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
26. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla
27. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
28. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
29. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
30. American Robin Turdus migratorius
31. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
32. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
33. American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
34. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
35. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
36. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
37. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
38. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
39. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
40. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
41. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
42. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
43. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
44. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
45. Green Heron Butorides virescens
46. Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
47. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
48. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
49. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
50. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
51. Merlin Falco columbarius
52. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
53. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
54. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
55. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
56. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
57. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
58. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
59. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
60. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
61. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis