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Whitefish Dunes
Whitefish Dunes Nature
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Birds Of Whitefish Dunes State Park
Habitat: F Forest; B Brush; G Grassland; O Open Water; W Wetland; S Shoreline.
Seasons: Spring March 15 - May 15; Summer May 15 - August 15; Fall August 15 - December 15; Winter November 15 - March 15.
Ease of viewing in season: 1 Hard to miss; 2 Usually easy to find; 3 Present but hard to find; 4 Rare but found most years; 5 Vagrant, few records; 6 Single record/extirpated.
Bird List Page 1 Bird List Page 2 Bird List Page 3
| Species | Habitat | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loon, Common | O | 3 | 3 | ||
| Grebes | |||||
| Horned Grebe | S | 4 | 4 | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | S | 4 | |||
| Cormorant, Double-crested | O | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Herons, Bitterns | |||||
| American Bittern | S | 4 | |||
| Least Bittern | S | 4 | |||
| Black-Crowned Night Heron | S | 4 | |||
| Great Blue Heron | S | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Green Heron | SW | 3 | |||
| Ducks, Geese, Swans | |||||
| Mute Swan | O | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Trumpeter Swan | O | 4 | 4 | ||
| Tundra Swan | O | 3 | 3 | ||
| Giant Canada Goose | O | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada Goose smaller races | O | 3 | 3 | ||
| Snow Goose | O | 5 | 5 | ||
| American Black Duck | O | 4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
| Bufflehead | O | 2 | 2 | ||
| Canvasback | O | 3 | 3 | ||
| Goldeneye, Common | O | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Merganser, Common | O | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Merganser, Hooded | O | 4 | 4 | ||
| Merganser, Red Breasted | O | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Greater Scaup | O | 2 | 2 | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | O | 2 | 2 | ||
| Redhead | O | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ruddy Duck | O | 5 | 5 | ||
| Scoter, Surf | O | 4 | 4 | ||
| Scoter, Black | O | 4 | 4 | ||
| Scoter, White-winged | O | 4 | 4 | ||
| Teal, Blue-winged | O | 2 | |||
| Teal, Green-winged | O | 4 | 4 | ||
| Wood Duck | O | 2 | |||
| Vulture, Turkey | G | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Hawks, Eagles | |||||
| American Kestrel | G | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Coopers Hawk | F | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | F | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Northern Goshawk | F | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Northern Harrier | GW | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Osprey | S | 4 | 4 | ||
| Bald Eagle | S | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Grouse, Turkeys | |||||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | FG | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Wild Turkey | FG | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ruffed Grouse | FB | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Coot, American | O | 3 | 3 | ||
| Crane, Sandhill | SW | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Plover, Piping | S | 6 | 6 | ||
| Sandpipers | |||||
| Spotted Sandpipers | S | 3 | 3 | ||
| American Woodcock | F | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Turnstone, Ruddy | S | 3 | 3 | ||
| Yellowlegs, Lesser | S | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gulls, Terns | |||||
| Bonapartes Gull | S | 3 | 3 | ||
| Herring Gull | S | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ring-billed Gull | S | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Caspian Tern | S | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Common Tern | S | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Black Tern | S | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
Bird List Page 1 Bird List Page 2 Bird List Page 3
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Last Revised: Friday May 29 2009
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