Birds of Lake of the Woods County
* species recorded from the grounds of
Wildwood Inn Bed and Breakfast
LOONS
*Common Loon
PELICANS
*American White Pelican
CORMORANTS
*Double-crested Cormorant
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS
*Great Blue Heron
*American Bittern
DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS
*Canada Goose
There are several subspecies of Canada Geese around, too.
*Wood Duck
American Wigeon
*Mallard
*Blue-winged Teal
*Common Goldeneye
*Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ringneck Duck
(found on the river)
Snow & Blue Goose
(by the thousands, found near Baudette Airport)
NEW WORLD VULTURES
*Turkey Vulture
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
*Bald Eagle
*Northern Goshawk
*Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden eagle
(found occasionally, where Adrian's resort feeds eagles,
larger than bald eagles)
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
American Kestrel
GROUSE, PTARMIGAN, PRAIRIE-CHICKENS
Spruce Grouse
*Ruffed Grouse
CRANES
*Sandhill Crane
Sharptail grouse
(found in fields south of Baudette on 72 - graceful
flyers - glide a lot)
RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS
*Sora
American Coot
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
*Killdeer
Piping Plover
(found on the barrier islands)
SANDPIPERS
*Common Snipe
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
GULLS
*Ring-billed Gull
*Herring Gull
*Bonaparte's Gull
TERNS
Caspian Tern
*Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Left Handed Tern
(Resort road onto Hwy 11 - just kidding)
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
OWLS
*Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Short Eared Owl
(found in the fields on 72 south of Baudette across from
Loran tower by BIG rock. fly low, maybe 15 feet high,
over fields while hunting. Graceful flyers, glide a lot.
Evenings. Yellowish brown color, not too large.)
NIGHTJARS
*Common Nighthawk
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
*Ruby-throated Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
*Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
*Red-headed Woodpecker
*Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
*Downy Woodpecker
*Northern Flicker
*Pileated Woodpecker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
*Eastern Wood-Pewee
*Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
*Least Flycatcher
*Eastern Phoebe
*Great Crested Flycatcher
*Eastern Kingbird
SWALLOWS
*Purple Martin
*Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
*Barn Swallow
KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
WAXWINGS
*Cedar Waxwing
WRENS
Winter Wren
*House Wren
Sedge Wren
*Marsh Wren
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
*Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird
*Veery
Hermit Thrush
*Wood Thrush
*American Robin
CHICKADEES AND TITS
*Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch
*White-breasted Nuthatch
CROWS AND JAYS
Gray Jay
*Blue Jay
*American Crow
*Common Raven
STARLINGS
European Starling
VIREOS AND ALLIES
*Yellow-throated Vireo
*Warbling Vireo
*Philadelphia Vireo
*Red-eyed Vireo
WOOD WARBLERS
*Tennessee Warbler
*Orange-crowned Warbler
*Nashville Warbler
*Yellow Warbler
*Chestnut-sided Warbler
*Magnolia Warbler
*Yellow-rumped Warbler
*Black-throated Green Warbler
*Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
*Bay-breasted Warbler
*Blackpoll Warbler
*Black-and-white Warbler
*American Redstart
*Ovenbird
*Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
*Mourning Warbler
*Common Yellowthroat
*Wilson's Warbler
*Canada Warbler
TANAGERS AND ALLIES
*Scarlet Tanager
SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS
*Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
*Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
*Swamp Sparrow
*White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES
*Rose-breasted Grosbeak
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
Bobolink
*Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
*Common Grackle
*Brown-headed Cowbird
*Baltimore Oriole
FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
*Purple Finch
*Pine Siskin
*American Goldfinch
*Evening Grosbeak
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
*House Sparrow
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