Systematic list - Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, 30 June-3 July 2005

This is the systematic list of species seen on our visits to Coon Rapids Regional Park, Minneapolis, spanning 4 days from the end of June 2005. The site straddles the Mississippi River at the Coon Rapids Dam in northern Minneapolis, Minnesota, see visitor center websites for more details: East Visitor Center and West Visitor Center.

• Double-crested Cormorant - single upstream 2/7
• Great Blue Heron - 10+ including juvs, (at least 3 nests)
• Great White Egret * - 1 West Pond
• Green Heron - 2 West Pond, 1 NE river branch
• Canada Goose * - 38 (12 juv) NE river branch, 9 (4 juv) S swamp; one of the latter was distinctly more sturdy than the others in the group, with a very thick neck base, c.f. photos - possibly a maxima race bird, the others being moffitti?
• Mallard - 8 NE river branch pond 30/6, fb5 West Pond 3/7
• Wood Duck - single m, West Pond, 3/7
• Hooded Merganser - pr daily upstream of main dam
• Common Goldeneye - 1st sum m daily upstream of main dam
• Osprey * - nest
• Cooper's Hawk - singles 1,2/7
• American Kestrel - up to 3, nest
• Spotted Sandpiper - pr daily, possibly 2 prs
• Ring-billed Gull - single trout lake, 1/7
• Feral Pigeon - at least 10, nesting under main dam bridge
• Mourning Dove - common
• Chimney Swift - 3+ in evening, 30/6
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird - single, West Visitor Center, 30/6
• Belted Kingfisher - single, West Pond, 30/6
• Red-bellied Woodpecker - pr, junction of West River Rd and Russell Ave N, 2,3/7
• Northern Flicker - pr west river bank, 3 West Pond (5 in total?) 30/6
• Downy Woodpecker * - at least 2 on 30/6 and 3/7
• Eastern Phoebe - 4 seen 30/6
• Eastern Wood-Pewee * - single near W end of main dam, 2/7
• Great Crested Flycatcher - single East Visitor Center pond, 30/6, single main island 3/7
• Eastern Kingbird - hunting savannah area, 2,3/7
• Red-eyed Vireo - single, southern swamp, 2/7
• Warbling Vireo - single, southern Cotton Trail, 2/7
• Blue Jay - pr west bank 30/6, 1 3/7
• American Crow - common
• Tree Swallow * - at least 8, mainly feeding over river banks
• Purple Martin - at least 5 over N end of island 30/6
• Bank Swallow - at least 105 feeding over river 30/6
• Cliff Swallow * - several daily, nesting under main dam
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow - up to 5, nesting near East Visitor Center
• Barn Swallow - pr nesting at Pavilion by trout pond
• Black-capped Chickadee - common
• White-breasted Nuthatch - singles 30/6, 3/7
• House Wren * - at least 7 near West Pond; also on east bank
• Eastern Bluebird - attending nest box behind East Visitor Center
• Catharus thrush sp. - two singles, probably Veerys
• American Robin - common
• Grey Catbird * - common
• Eurasian Starling - common
• Cedar Waxwing - 4 on 30/6, 2 on 3/7
• Yellow Warbler * - common
• American Redstart - common
• Song Sparrow * - common
• Savannah Sparrow - at least one
• Northern Cardinal - about 5 on the west bank
• Red-winged Blackbird - numerous at West Pond (10+); also on east bank
• Common Grackle * - plenty West Pond (5+)
• Brewer's Blackbird * - present
• Brown-headed Cowbird - juvs on the dam island; others on east bank
• Baltimore Oriole - singles West Pond, 30/6 and Cotton Creek, 1/7
• House Finch - family on dam island
• American Goldfinch * - common
• House Sparrow - common

* = image included on linked page at http://www.oocities.org/steve_extra/USA_bird_images.html

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