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First Record of Birds on CBC

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Bird Total Number Observed Date First Observed Location First Observed
American Goldfinch 164,043 1905 Frontenac
Blue Jay 198,389 1905 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Northern Shrike 3,923 1905 Shevlin
Hairy Woodpecker 44,006 1905 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Black-capped Chickadee 515,767 1905 Red Wing
American Robin 48,414 1905 St. Paul (Northeast Suburban)
Brown Creeper 6,107 1905 St. Paul (South)
Downy Woodpecker 86,543 1905 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
White-breasted Nuthatch 111,240 1905 Red Wing
Common Redpoll 203,638 1906 Walker
Cedar Waxwing 65,606 1906 St. Peter
Northern Bobwhite 422 1906 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Snow Bunting 217,754 1906 Frontenac
Dark-eyed Junco 264,681 1906 Frontenac
Pine Grosbeak 46,729 1906 Red Wing
American Tree Sparrow 172,349 1906 Frontenac
Horned Lark 55,468 1906 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Purple Finch 33,145 1907 Frontenac
Barred Owl 1,511 1908 Lanesboro
American Crow 399,172 1909 Red Wing
Greater Prairie-chicken 1,960 1910 Sturgeon Lake
sparrow sp. 341 1912 Royalton
Red-breasted Merganser 483 1912 Duluth
Eastern Screech-Owl 607 1912 Lanesboro
Evening Grosbeak 62,597 1912 St. Paul (Vadnais)
Fox Sparrow 171 1913 Fairmont
Red-winged Blackbird 53,596 1913 Red Wing
White-winged Crossbill 15,331 1913 Walker
Northern Flicker 2,398 1913 Lanesboro
Red Crossbill 4,865 1913 St. Paul (Vadnais)
Harris's Sparrow 285 1913 Fairmont
Ruffed Grouse 6,184 1914 Red Wing
Pileated Woodpecker 8,856 1914 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Lapland Longspur 22,564 1915 Frontenac
Boreal Chickadee 1,403 1915 St. Paul (Vadnais)
Mallard 1,026,635 1916 Lanesboro
Red-breasted Nuthatch 29,533 1916 Red Wing
Wilson's Snipe 439 1917 Northfield
Great Horned Owl 4,104 1917 Fargo-Moorhead
Mourning Dove 31,978 1918 St. Peter
goldeneye sp. 201 1919 Lanesboro
redpoll sp. 1,030 1919 Frontenac
Red-bellied Woodpecker 20,251 1919 Lanesboro
bluebird sp 1 1920 Minneapolis (Mississippi East)
Bohemian Waxwing 72,307 1921 Minneapolis (West)
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2,192 1921 Minneapolis (West)
Common Goldeneye 79,672 1921 St. Paul (Mississippi River South)
House Sparrow 1,217,390 1921 Whitewater State Park and Game Refuge
junco sp. 128 1922 Minneapolis (West)
Northern Cardinal 79,576 1923 St. Paul (South)
Ring-billed Gull 18,816 1923 Duluth
Red-headed Woodpecker 1,770 1923 Whitewater State Park and Game Refuge
Northern Goshawk 566 1923 Lanesboro
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1,019 1923 Faribault
Ring-necked Pheasant 63,253 1925 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Snowy Owl 379 1926 Fargo-Moorhead
Belted Kingfisher 1,265 1928 Lanesboro
Swamp Sparrow 60 1928 Minneapolis (West)
meadowlark sp. 170 1928 Minneapolis (West)
Rough-legged Hawk 3,093 1929 Northfield
Pied-billed Grebe 88 1929 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
White-throated Sparrow 1,335 1929 Northfield
American Kestrel 2,915 1929 St. Paul (Northeast Suburban)
Barn Owl 2 1929 Shakopee
Common Merganser 56,113 1930 St. Paul (Mississippi River South)
Lesser Scaup 1,041 1930 Minneapolis (West)
Red-tailed Hawk 13,691 1930 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Song Sparrow 998 1931 St. Paul (Mississippi River South)
Gray Jay 5,815 1931 Duluth
Northern Harrier 319 1931 Fargo-Moorhead
Sharp-tailed Grouse 1,224 1931 Sturgeon Lake
Rusty Blackbird 2,326 1931 St. Paul (South)
Brewer's Blackbird 344 1932 St. Paul (Northeast Suburban)
Common Grackle 7,893 1932 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
European Starling 716,949 1932 Whitewater State Park and Game Refuge
Pine Siskin 76,511 1932 Frontenac
hawk sp. 104 1932 Sturgeon Lake
American Black Duck 7,015 1933 St. Paul (Mississippi River South)
blackbird sp. 1,784 1933 St. Paul (South)
Herring Gull 57,764 1934 Duluth
Winter Wren 35 1934 Whitewater State Park and Game Refuge
Red-shouldered Hawk 259 1934 Lanesboro
Common Yellowthroat 1 1934 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Tufted Titmouse 1,001 1934 Minneapolis (West)
American Coot 2,783 1934 St. Paul (Mississippi River South)
waxwing sp. 345 1934 Lanesboro
Bald Eagle 11,427 1934 Lanesboro
Yellow-headed Blackbird 17 1934 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
shrike sp. 12 1934 St. Paul (Mississippi River South)
Turkey Vulture 7 1934 Lanesboro
Vesper Sparrow 4 1935 Lanesboro
Gray Partridge 8,067 1935 Fargo-Moorhead
Ring-necked Duck 1,829 1935 Lanesboro
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 23 1935 Lanesboro
White-winged Scoter 20 1938 Duluth
Common Loon 31 1938 Minneapolis (West)
Glaucous Gull 238 1938 Duluth
Canvasback 3,106 1939 St. Paul (Vadnais)
Brown Thrasher 104 1939 Excelsior
Double-crested Cormorant 133 1939 Faribault
Eastern Phoebe 3 1939 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Wood Duck 574 1939 Faribault
Hooded Merganser 1,076 1939 LaCrosse-LaCrescent
Great Blue Heron 446 1939 Faribault
Gadwall 3,833 1939 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
scaup sp. 117 1939 Minneapolis (Fort Snelling)
Northern Shoveler 725 1940 St. Paul (Mississippi River South)
Cooper's Hawk 576 1941 Cedar Creek Bog
Brown-headed Cowbird 1,291 1941 Minneapolis (West)
Green-winged Teal 385 1941 Faribault
Black-backed Woodpecker 402 1941 Grand Marais Cook County
Rock Pigeon 509,616 1941 Minneapolis (Camden Park-Anoka)
Northern Pintail 616 1941 Minneapolis (West)
Short-eared Owl 111 1943 St. Paul (South Central)
Spruce Grouse 151 1943 Grand Marais Cook County
Common Raven 34,735 1943 Walker
accipiter sp. 56 1943 Excelsior
Long-eared Owl 117 1944 Fargo-Moorhead
American Wigeon 203 1944 St. Paul (Vadnais)
Northern Saw-whet Owl 82 1944 Faribault
buteo sp. 64 1946 Cedar Creek Bog
Golden Eagle 122 1946 Cedar Creek Bog
Eastern Bluebird 771 1947 LaCrosse-LaCrescent
Spotted Towhee 10 1947 Minneapolis (West)
eagle sp. 11 1948 Cedar Creek Bog
Bufflehead 632 1949 LaCrosse-LaCrescent
Black-billed Magpie 1,619 1949 Minneapolis (West)
Dark-eyed (Oregon Race) Junco 1,910 1949 Minneapolis (West)
Killdeer 76 1952 Whitewater State Park and Game Refuge
Northern Mockingbird 12 1952 Minneapolis (South)
Gray Catbird 16 1952 St. Paul (Mississippi River South)
Canada Goose 2,888,675 1953 Rochester
Ruddy Duck 78 1953 Albert Lea
Carolina Wren 38 1953 Excelsior
American White Pelican 95 1953 Sherburn
Varied Thrush 93 1953 Duluth
Hybrid Mallard 25 1953 Albert Lea
Long-tailed Duck 4,009 1953 Grand Marais
Western Meadowlark 29 1953 Benson
Yellow-rumped Warbler 44 1954 Walker
Great Gray Owl 429 1954 Faribault
Tundra Swan 13,210 1954 Minneapolis (West)
bird sp. 426 1956 Rice Lake NWR
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 94 1957 St. Paul (South Central)
Snow Goose 1,225 1957 Rochester
Hoary Redpoll 435 1957 Excelsior
Boreal Owl 5 1957 Duluth
Horned Grebe 41 1958 Duluth
Iceland Gull 23 1958 Duluth
Rufous-sided Towhee 12 1958 St. Paul (Vadnais)
Great Black-backed Gull 17 1958 Duluth
Field Sparrow 49 1959 Walker
Merlin 181 1959 Bloomington
Northern Hawk Owl 195 1959 Hibbing
Greater Scaup 51 1959 Duluth
Mute Swan 20 1959 Rochester
Harlequin Duck 31 1961 Duluth
Virginia Rail 2 1961 Excelsior
American Three-toed Woodpecker 77 1963 Fargo-Moorhead
White-crowned Sparrow 72 1963 Duluth
Peregrine Falcon 108 1963 Bloomington
Swainson's Hawk 0 1964 Fargo-Moorhead
Ross's Goose 10 1964 Rochester
Barrow's Goldeneye 13 1965 St. Paul (Vadnais-Owasso)
Green-tailed Towhee 2 1966 Duluth
Redhead 141 1966 Red Wing
Baltimore Oriole 4 1966 Faribault
Townsend's Solitaire 59 1966 Fergus Falls
Wild Turkey 31,438 1967 Faribault
Red-necked Grebe 15 1969 Duluth
Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 1970 Bloomington
Curve-billed Thrasher 0 1971 Wabasha
Loggerhead Shrike 5 1971 Sherburne NWR
Trumpeter Swan 16,895 1971 Bloomington
Eastern Towhee 29 1971 Austin
Greater White-fronted Goose 11 1971 Winona
Hermit Thrush 49 1972 Fargo-Moorhead
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10 1972 Winona
Clark's Nutcracker 1 1972 Excelsior
Lincoln's Sparrow 2 1972 Wabasha
Blue-winged Teal 3 1972 Wabasha
Red-shafted Flicker 14 1972 Cottonwood
Western Grebe 3 1973 Fergus Falls
owl sp. 43 1973 Hastings
Gyrfalcon 10 1973 St. Paul (Northeast Suburban)
Chipping Sparrow 34 1973 Austin
Swainson's Thrush 2 1973 St. Paul (North)
American Bittern 1 1973 Hastings
crossbill sp. 686 1974 St. Paul (North)
wren sp. 1 1974 Afton
Prairie Falcon 8 1974 Cottonwood
Lewis's Woodpecker 1 1974 Sherburne NWR
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 1974 Cottonwood
duck sp. 948 1974 Faribault
teal sp. 2 1974 Winona
Osprey 1 1975 Rochester
gull sp. 171 1975 St. Paul (North)
Black Scoter 1 1976 Afton
merganser sp. 211 1976 Wild River
Lark Bunting 1 1976 Winona
falcon sp. 7 1976 Marshall
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 4 1980 Excelsior
Thayer's Gull 115 1980 Bloomington
Sandhill Crane 3 1981 Crookston
grouse sp. 21 1982 Isabella
Cape May Warbler 1 1982 Hutchinson
Mountain Bluebird 2 1982 Grand Marais
House Finch 57,783 1982 Faribault
Dark-eyed (Gray-headed Race) Junco 2,180 1983 Bloomington
California Gull 1 1984 Duluth
Clay-colored Sparrow 2 1984 Duluth
Pine Warbler 3 1985 Austin
Tennessee Warbler 1 1987 Grand Marais
Sedge Wren 1 1987 Marshall
Brambling 1 1988 Grand Forks-East Grand Forks
swan sp. 35 1989 Wild River
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2 1989 Duluth
Wood Thrush 0 1990 Tamarac NWR
woodpecker sp. 38 1991 Beltrami Island
carpodacus sp. 14 1991 Crookston
Surf Scoter 1 1992 Grand Marais
House Wren 2 1993 Winona
Ovenbird 1 1993 Rochester
scoter sp. 31 1994 St. Paul (Northeast Suburban)
Lark Sparrow 2 1994 Faribault
Savannah Sparrow 2 1995 Minneapolis (North)
Glaucous-winged Gull 1 1995 Bloomington
catharus sp. 0 1996 Duluth
Marsh Wren 5 1997 Bloomington
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose hybrid 3 1998 Willmar
Orange-crowned Warbler 0 1998 Duluth
Eurasian Collared-Dove 381 1998 Fairmont
loon sp 1 1999 Detroit Lakes
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 1999 Bloomington
Sora 1 1999 Battle Lake
hybrid gull 1 1999 Duluth
finch sp. 2,203 2000 Bemidji
Spotted x Eastern Towhee hybrid 1 2000 Two Harbors
Great Egret 1 2001 Winona
Dunlin 1 2001 Duluth
dark headed gull sp. 1 2001 Fairmont
Annas Hummingbird 1 2001 Bloomington
chen sp. 1 2001 Rochester
Franklin's Gull 3 2002 Bloomington
Band-tailed Pigeon 1 2002 Hastings-Etter
corvid sp. 2 2003 Itasca State Park
Green Heron 1 2004 Excelsior
Cackling Goose 467 2004 Lamberton
pheucticus sp. 1 2004 St. Paul (North)
goose sp. 2 2004 Afton
hybrid Canada Goose 1 2004 Afton
jay sp. 1 2005 Beltrami Island
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 2005 Bloomington
Dark-eyed (Pink-sided Race) Junco 2 2005 Cottonwood
carduelis sp. 131 2005 Pillager
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 0 2006 Fergus Falls
Slaty-backed Gull 1 2006 Bloomington
Broad-winged Hawk 3 2006 Northwest McLeod (Hutchinson)
Glaucous Gull X Herring Gull 1 2006 Duluth
Dickcissel 2 2008 Jackson County
Black-headed Grosbeak 1 2009 Duluth
White-winged Dove 1 2009 Bloomington

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