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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 Scott County for the Summer season
First found by B. Potter at Murphy-Hanrehan Park, Pet trails. Seen most regularly by mile marker #40
Kathy Carroll
'Rare Regular' in Minnesota
Lost Valley Prairie SNA. First reported by Laura Baxley.
Lon Baumgardt
Five or fewer records in Redwood County for the Spring season
Found north of Redwood Falls in Delhi township.
Brian T. Smith
'Rare Regular' in Minnesota - Five or fewer records in Pennington County for the Spring season
Found by Kim Eckert with the MBW group. Seven Clans Casino WTP.
Roy Zimmerman
Five or fewer records in Nobles County for the Spring season
Chautauqua Park in Worthington. Found by the MBW group. Also present: male and female Scarlet Tanagers.
Roy Zimmerman
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Black-headed Grosbeak | C | Itasca | 2025-05-18 | Lon Baumgardt | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | C | O | St. Louis | 2025-05-13 | DL Gamble | ||||
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | C | O | St. Louis | 2025-05-13 | DL Gamble | ||||
| Yellow-throated Warbler | R | # | Scott | 2025-05-12 | Brad Abendroth | ||||
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Barrow's Goldeneye | R | # | Aitkin | 2025-05-10 | Lon Baumgardt |
| American Avocet | R | # | Carlton | 2025-05-08 | Brandon Lentz | ||||
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | R | Otter Tail | 2025-05-09 | Les Gunderson | |||||
| Wilson's Phalarope | R | # | Koochiching | 2025-05-07 | Allan Meadows | ||||
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Smith's Longspur | R | O | Lac qui Parle | 2025-05-05 | Andrew Nyhus |
| Burrowing Owl | A | O | Lac qui Parle | 2025-05-06 | Lon Baumgardt | ||||
| Eared Grebe | R | # | Koochiching | 2025-05-02 | Allan Meadows | ||||
| Western Sandpiper | C | # | Dakota | 2025-05-03 | Lon Baumgardt | ||||
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Piping Plover | R | U | St. Louis | 2025-05-01 | Lon Baumgardt |
| American Pipit | R | # | Koochiching | 2025-04-29 | Allan Meadows | ||||
| Canvasback | R | # | Koochiching | 2025-04-29 | Allan Meadows | ||||
| Great-tailed Grackle | R | U | Lyon | 2025-04-23 | Lon Baumgardt | ||||
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Black-throated Gray Warbler | C | Clay | 2025-04-18 | Dennis P Wiesenborn | |
| Little Gull | C | Polk | 2025-04-24 | Lon Baumgardt | |||||
| Glossy Ibis | C | Nobles | 2025-04-23 | Lon Baumgardt | |||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | R | Koochiching | 2025-04-10 | Allan Meadows | |||||
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White-winged Dove | R | Chisago | 2025-04-08 | Lon Baumgardt | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | R | Pine | 2025-04-06 | Lon Baumgardt | |||||
| Northern Mockingbird | R | # | Benton | 2025-03-28 | Tom Gilde | ||||
| Cinnamon Teal | R | Le Sueur | 2025-03-25 | Gerald Hoekstra | |||||
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Great Gray Owl | R | # | Hubbard | 2025-03-18 | Allan Meadows |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | R | # | Olmsted | 2025-03-17 | Michael Henry | ||||
| Pygmy Nuthatch | A | Ramsey | 2025-03-11 | Tom Gilde | |||||
| Pygmy Nuthatch | A | Ramsey | 2025-03-11 | Andrew Nyhus | |||||
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Great Gray Owl | R | # | Red Lake | 2025-03-11 | Paula Cater |
| Pygmy Nuthatch | A | Ramsey | 2025-03-09 | Tom Gilde | |||||
| Pygmy Nuthatch | A | Ramsey | 2025-03-08 | Robert M. Dunlap | |||||
| Merlin (Prairie) | Q | Nobles | 2025-03-02 | Brian T. Smith | |||||
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Boreal Owl | R | # | Aitkin | 2025-03-01 | Brandon Lentz |
| Mottled Duck | A | Hennepin | 2025-02-28 | Matthew Hoberg | |||||
| Black-backed Woodpecker | R | U | St. Louis | 2025-02-23 | Gerald Hoekstra | ||||
| Great Gray Owl | R | O | Pennington | 2025-02-23 | Heidi Hughes | ||||
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Boreal Owl | R | O | Cook | 2025-02-15 | Jean Brislance |
| Great Gray Owl | R | O | Hennepin | 2025-02-04 | Isabella Maiwurm | ||||
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | R | # | Otter Tail | 2025-02-05 | Les Gunderson | ||||
| Northern Hawk Owl | R | O | Koochiching | 2025-02-03 | David Harrington | ||||
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Boreal Owl | R | O | St. Louis | 2025-01-31 | Gerald Hoekstra |
| Short-eared Owl | R | # | Redwood | 2025-01-30 | Brian T. Smith | ||||
| Boreal Owl | R | O | St. Louis | 2025-01-29 | Tom Gilde | ||||
| Mottled Duck | A | Dakota | 2025-01-26 | Andrew Nyhus | |||||
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Brewer's Blackbird | R | Red Lake | 2025-01-24 | Paula Cater | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | R | O | St. Louis | 2025-01-23 | Peter Mundale | ||||
| Boreal Owl | R | O | St. Louis | 2025-01-14 | Peter Mundale | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) | Q | # | Otter Tail | 2025-01-08 | Les Gunderson | ||||
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Boreal Owl | R | O | St. Louis | 2025-01-04 | Kathy Carroll |
| Tundra Swan | R | Lake | 2025-01-05 | Brandon Lentz | |||||
| Eastern Bluebird | R | # | Clay | 2025-01-02 | Patrick B. Beauzay | ||||
| Spotted Towhee | R | # | Anoka | 2025-01-01 | Peter Mundale | ||||
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Townsend's Solitaire | R | # | Benton | 2024-12-24 | Matthew Scott |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | R | # | Anoka | 2024-12-20 | David Elfelt | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) | Q | Carver | 2024-12-15 | Britt Dalbec | |||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) | Q | O | Meeker | 2024-12-18 | Paul and Koni Fank | ||||
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American White Pelican | R | # | Rice | 2024-12-14 | Gerald Hoekstra |
| Varied Thrush | R | # | Marshall | 2024-12-12 | Heidi Hughes | ||||
| Hermit Thrush | R | # | Redwood | 2024-12-06 | Brian T. Smith | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) | Q | O | Meeker | 2024-12-04 | Paul and Koni Fank | ||||
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Mute Swan | R | # | Otter Tail | 2024-12-01 | Les Gunderson |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | C | Anoka | 2024-11-26 | Gerald Hoekstra | |||||
| Snowy Owl | R | # | Rice | 2024-11-24 | Gerald Hoekstra | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Northern) | Q | Nobles | 2024-11-22 | Brian T. Smith | |||||
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Black-throated Gray Warbler | C | Anoka | 2024-11-11 | Michelle Terrell | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | R | # | Kittson | 2024-11-10 | Heidi Hughes | ||||
| Townsend's Solitaire | R | # | Renville | 2024-11-10 | Brian T. Smith | ||||
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | C | Anoka | 2024-11-10 | Tate Putman | |||||
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Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) | Q | Dakota | 2024-11-08 | Heidi Hermes | |
| Northern Mockingbird | R | # | Benton | 2024-11-08 | Howard Towle | ||||
| Groove-billed Ani | A | Polk | 2024-11-01 | Heidi Hughes | |||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) | Q | Cook | 2024-11-04 | Jean Brislance | |||||
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Arctic Tern | A | Crow Wing | 2024-11-02 | Lon Baumgardt | |
| Western Tanager | R | Lake | 2024-10-26 | Lon Baumgardt | |||||
| Western Cattle-Egret | R | # | Hubbard | 2024-10-28 | KELLY DEAN KRABBENHOFT | ||||
| Western Tanager | R | Lake | 2024-10-26 | Isadora McGinley Myers | |||||
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | C | O | Cook | 2024-10-27 | Lon Baumgardt |
| Sage Thrasher | C | Lake | 2024-10-26 | Lon Baumgardt | |||||
| Whooping Crane | A | Wilkin | 2024-10-22 | Lon Baumgardt | |||||
| Arctic Tern | A | Ramsey | 2024-10-10 | Tom Gilde | |||||
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Arctic Tern | A | Ramsey | 2024-10-10 | Roy Zimmerman | |
| Red Phalarope | C | # | Hennepin | 2024-10-08 | Lon Baumgardt | ||||
| Arctic Tern | A | Ramsey | 2024-10-08 | Brad Abendroth | |||||
| Swallow-tailed Kite | C | Sherburne | 2024-08-11 | Michael Metcalf | |||||
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Western Cattle-Egret | R | O | Polk | 2024-10-04 | Heidi Hughes |
| Sabine's Gull | R | # | Stevens | 2024-09-22 | Tate Putman | ||||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | R | U | Fillmore | 2024-09-22 | Todd Mitchell | ||||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | R | O | Koochiching | 2024-09-15 | Allan Meadows | ||||
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Whooping Crane | A | Steele | 2024-09-15 | Linda Schwegman | |
| Sabine's Gull | R | Renville | 2024-09-15 | Tate Putman | |||||
| Western Cattle-Egret | R | U | Faribault | 2024-09-08 | Linda Schwegman | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) | Q | Red Lake | 2024-08-12 | Paula Cater | |||||
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Blue Grosbeak | R | Sibley | 2024-08-04 | Trey Weaver | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | R | O | Grant | 2024-08-02 | Lon Baumgardt | ||||
| Henslow's Sparrow | R | U | Rice | 2024-07-07 | Gerald Hoekstra | ||||
| American Pipit | R | # | Cook | 2024-06-27 | Lon Baumgardt | ||||
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Henslow's Sparrow | R | U | Rice | 2024-06-20 | Gerald Hoekstra |
| Semipalmated Plover | R | # | Koochiching | 2024-06-16 | Allan Meadows | ||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | R | Dakota | 2024-06-01 | Kathy Carroll | |||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | R | # | Carver | 2024-06-14 | Trey Weaver | ||||
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Pine Siskin | R | O | Meeker | 2024-06-11 | Paul and Koni Fank |
| Western Kingbird | R | # | Sibley | 2024-06-08 | Douglas W. Kieser | ||||
| American Golden-Plover | R | # | Koochiching | 2024-05-16 | Allan Meadows | ||||
| Marbled Godwit | R | # | Koochiching | 2024-05-16 | Allan Meadows | ||||
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow | R | # | Fillmore | 2024-05-15 | Gerald Hoekstra |
| Bullock's Oriole | C | # | Washington | 2024-05-13 | Zoe Newell-Hickman | ||||
| Common Raven | R | # | McLeod | 2024-05-13 | Britt Dalbec | ||||
| Cinnamon Teal | R | # | Murray | 2024-05-11 | Roy Zimmerman | ||||
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Summer Tanager | R | O | Ramsey | 2024-05-12 | Michael J. Majeski |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) | Q | # | Cook | 2024-05-05 | Jean Brislance | ||||
| Snowy Egret | R | O | Rice | 2024-05-04 | Gerald Hoekstra | ||||
| White-faced Ibis | R | O | Meeker | 2024-05-04 | Paul and Koni Fank | ||||
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Willet | R | # | Koochiching | 2024-05-04 | Allan Meadows |
| Willet | R | # | Beltrami | 2024-05-02 | David Harrington | ||||
| Snowy Egret | R | O | Scott | 2024-05-02 | Aaron Pietsch | ||||
| Western Cattle-Egret | R | O | Steele | 2024-04-27 | Kathy Carroll | ||||
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Piping Plover | R | # | Washington | 2024-04-26 | Kyle Te Poel |
| Garganey | A | # | Cottonwood | 2024-04-24 | Paul and Koni Fank | ||||
| Henslow's Sparrow | R | U | Brown | 2024-04-22 | Brian T. Smith | ||||
| Iceland Gull (Thayer's) | Q | # | McLeod | 2024-04-21 | Brad Abendroth | ||||
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Brambling | C | # | Otter Tail | 2024-04-17 | Les Gunderson |
| Black-necked Stilt | R | O | Faribault | 2024-04-18 | Kathy Carroll | ||||
| Cinnamon Teal | R | # | Scott | 2024-04-17 | Conny M. Brunell | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | R | # | Meeker | 2024-04-15 | Paul and Koni Fank |
