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This page is devoted to providing photos and a brief account of unusual birds found recently in Minnesota. We welcome digital images of unusual species recorded in the state (click above on Upload Image).
Please note that all identifications posted here should be considered tentative until the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee has had the opportunity to evaluate the relevant documentation.
This page will be updated as frequently, or as infrequently, as unusual records occur.
'Rare Regular' in Minnesota - Five or fewer records in Washington County for the Spring season
One of two Piping Plovers foraging on the beach in the rain on the morning of 4/26/24 in Big Marine Park Reserve (Washington County). Photo quality is low (hand-held digiscoping with a zoomed-in cell phone through a rain-soaked scope).
Kyle Te Poel
'Accidental' in Minnesota - First record for Cottonwood County
Found by Karl Bardon at Long Lake WPA.
Paul and Koni Fank
'Rare Regular' in Minnesota
Mike Oetken and I heard this Henslow's Sparrow in Mulligan Township giving it's "tsi-lick" song.
Brian T. Smith
First record for McLeod County
Hanging in the area the last couple of days at the Spruce Ridge Landfill with many Ring-billed, some Herring, a Glaucous, and a Lesser Black Backed
Brad Abendroth
'Accidental' in Minnesota - First record for Otter Tail County in the Spring season
First seen in morning and then again in the evening at backyard feeders. Seemed to be hanging around with the House Finches.
Les Gunderson
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