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Birds at Cascade River State Park (SP) in Minnesota. Published by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR).
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Birds of Cascade River State Park
Sp Su Fa Wi
❏ Blue Jay
C C C C
❏ American Crow
C C C C
❏ Common Raven
C C C C
❏ Horned Lark
U
C
❏ Tree Swallow
O O O
❏ Black-capped Chickadee C C C C
❏ Boreal Chickadee
O
U O
❏ Red-breasted Nuthatch C C C C
❏ White-breasted Nuthatch O O O
❏ Brown Creeper
U U U
❏ Winter Wren
U U U
❏ Golden-crowned Kinglet C U C
❏ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
C U C
❏ Eastern Bluebird
O O O
❏ Veery
C C U
❏ Swainson’s Thrush
U U U
❏ Hermit Thrush
C C C
❏ American Robin
C C C O
❏ Northern Mockingbird
O
❏ American Pipit
U
❏ Bohemian Waxwing
U
U U
❏ Cedar Waxwing
C C C
❏ Tennessee Warbler
U
U
❏ Orange-crowned Warbler O
O
❏ Nashville Warbler
C C C
❏ Northern Parula
C C C
❏ Chestnut-sided Warbler C C C
❏ Magnolia Warbler
C C C
❏ Yellow-rumped Warbler C C C
❏ Black-throated Green Warbler C C C
❏ Blackburnian Warbler
U U U
❏ Pine Warbler
O O O
❏ Palm Warbler
C
C
❏ Bay-breasted Warbler
U O U
❏ Blackpoll Warbler
U
U
❏ Black-and-white Warbler C C C
Birds of Cascade River State Park
Sp Su Fa Wi
❏ American Redstart
C C C
❏ Ovenbird
C C C
C C C
❏ Mourning Warbler
❏ Common Yellowthroat
C C C
❏ Wilson’s Warbler
U
U
❏ Canada Warbler
C C C
❏ Scarlet Tanager
U U U
❏ American Tree Sparrow C
C
❏ Chipping Sparrow
C C C
❏ Clay-colored Sparrow
U U U
❏ Vesper Sparrow
R
❏ Savannah Sparrow
U U U
❏ Fox Sparrow
U
U
❏ Song Sparrow
C C C
❏ Lincoln’s Sparrow
U
U
❏ White-throated Sparrow C C C
❏ Harris’s Sparrow
U
U
❏ White-crowned Sparrow U
U
❏ Dark-eyed Junco
C U C
❏ Lapland Longspur
U
C
❏ Snow Bunting
C
❏ Rose-breasted Grosbeak C C C
❏ Indigo Bunting
U U U
❏ Red-winged Blackbird
U
U
❏ Rusty Blackbird
O
❏ Pine Grosbeak
U
U U
❏ Purple Finch
C O C U
❏ Red Crossbill
O O O O
❏ White-winged Crossbill
O O O O
U
C C
❏ Common Redpoll
❏ Hoary Redpoll
O
O
❏ Pine Siskin
U O U U
❏ American Goldfinch
C C C
O
O O
❏ Evening Grosbeak
February 2008
CASCADE RIVER
STATE PARK
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BIRD
Checklist
Date:__________________________________________
Weather:_______________________________________
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Observers:_____________________________________
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Notes:__________________________________________
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Division of Parks & Recreation
DNR Web Site: www.dnr.state.mn.us
Birding Opportunities at
Cascade River State Park
Cascade River State Park stretches for five
miles along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
The park contains over 2800 acres, most of
which are heavily wooded. The park is
excellent for boreal forest warblers. Twenty
species have been recorded and most of these
breed within the park. The lakeshore is a
reliable spot to observe raptors, water birds and
waterfowl. The first record of harlequin duck
in Minnesota was recorded at the mouth of the
Cascade River. The rufous hummingbird, a
casual species in Minnesota, has been recorded
on two different occasions in the park, July
1985 and again in July 1999.
Season and Abundance Key
The seasons in the checklist are defined as follows:
Sp (Spring) = March, April, May
Su (Summer) = June, July
Fa (Fall) = August, September, October, November
Wi (Winter) = December, January, February
Abundance codes are defined as follows:
C = Common — present, relatively easy to find
U = Uncommon — observed, may be difficult to find
O = Occasional — may or may not be present in
any year
R = Rare — has occurred at least once, may or
may not be expected to recur
The names and taxonomic arrangement of species follows that of
the Checklist of the Birds of Minnesota (January, 2006), prepared by
the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee.
This checklist contains the names of all birds that have been documented
in the park by reliable observers. It was constructed by Robert B. Janssen,
Jerry Bonkoski, and the MN DNR-Division of Parks & Recreation using
observations of the above, park staff and other observers, as well as
Minnesota Ornithologist’s Union records and data contained in research
reports. If you are interested in the specific sources used for a particular
park, contact the Parks Division Resource Management Program
Coordinator by telephone at 651-259-5594 or by mail at MN DNR-Parks,
500 Lafayette Road, Box 39, St. Paul, MN 55155-4039.
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Copyright 2008 State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources.
Birds of Cascade River State Park
Sp Su Fa Wi
U
U
❏ Canada Goose
❏ American Black Duck
O
O
❏ Mallard
U
U
❏ Green-winged Teal
U
U
❏ Greater Scaup
U
U
❏ Lesser Scaup
U
U
R
❏ King Eider
❏ Harlequin Duck
R
R R
❏ Surf Scoter
U
U
❏ White-winged Scoter
U
U
❏ Black Scoter
U
U
❏ Long-tailed Duck
U
U U
❏ Bufflehead
U
U
❏ Common Goldeneye
C
C
❏ Common Merganser
U U U
❏ Red-breasted Merganser U U U
❏ Ruffed Grouse
C C C C
❏ Common Loon
C C C
❏ Pied-billed Grebe
U
U
❏ Horned Grebe
C
U
❏ Red-necked Grebe
C
U
❏ Eared Grebe
R R R
❏ Double-crested Cormorant C
C
❏ Turkey Vulture
U U U
❏ Osprey
U U U
❏ Bald Eagle
C C C U
❏ Northern Harrier
O
O
❏ Sharp-shinned Hawk
U
C
❏ Broad-winged Hawk
U U C
❏ Red-tailed Hawk
U U U O
❏ Rough-legged Hawk
U
U O
O
O
❏ Golden Eagle
❏ American Kestrel
U U U
❏ Merlin
U U U
❏ Peregrine Falcon
O O O
Birds of Cascade River State Park
Sp Su Fa Wi
❏ Killdeer
U U U
U U U
❏ Spotted Sandpiper
❏ Lesser Yellowlegs
O
O
❏ Whimbrel
O
❏ Dunlin
O
O
❏ Wilson’s Snipe
U
U
❏ American Woodcock
U U U
❏ Ring-billed Gull
U U U
❏ Herring Gull
C C C C
❏ Mourning Dove
O O O
❏ Barred Owl
O O O O
❏ Great Gray Owl
O
❏ Boreal Owl
O
❏ Northern Saw-whet Owl O O O
❏ Common Nighthawk
U
U
❏ Whip-poor-will
U U U
❏ Ruby-throated Hummingbird C C C
❏ Rufous Hummingbird
R
❏ Belted Kingfisher
U U U
❏ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker U U U
❏ Downy Woodpecker
C C C C
C C C C
❏ Hairy Woodpecker
❏ Three-toed Woodpecker R
O R
❏ Black-backed Woodpecker O O O O
❏ Northern Flicker
C C C
❏ Pileated Woodpecker
U U U U
❏ Alder Flycatcher
U U U
❏ Least Flycatcher
C C C
❏ Eastern Phoebe
C C C
❏ Eastern Kingbird
O O O
❏ Northern Shrike
U
U U
❏ Blue-headed Vireo
U U U
U O U
❏ Philadelphia Vireo
❏ Red-eyed Vireo
C C C
❏ Gray Jay
U U U U