U.S. Hometown Boreal Bird Species Lists

U.S. Cities Birding Lists

The United States is a boreal bird's home away from home, with an estimated 1.5 billion boreal birds wintering in the U.S. each year. More boreal bird species winter in the U.S. Lower 48 than in any other country or region. Furthermore, the entire wintering population of several boreal bird species occurs only within the U.S. In almost half the states (23), the official bird is a boreal bird.

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Boreal Birds of the Minneapolis

The Minneapolis area has 97 birds regularly seen that breed in the Boreal Forest. Some of these species winter in the US, many however migrate south to winter in Mexico, Central and South America.

Gull-like Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Bonaparte's Gull	Fall		Spring
Herring Gull	Fall		Spring

Hawk-like Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Bald Eagle	Fall	Winter	Spring
Golden Eagle	Fall		Spring
Merlin	Fall	Winter	Spring
Northern Goshawk	Fall	Winter	Spring
Northern Harrier	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Osprey	Fall		Spring	Summer
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer

Owls
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Short-eared Owl	Fall	Winter	Spring

Perching Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Alder Flycatcher	Fall		Spring	Summer
American Robin	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
American Tree Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
Bay-breasted Warbler	Fall		Spring
Belted Kingfisher	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Black-throated Green Warbler	Fall		Spring	Summer
Blackburnian Warbler	Fall		Spring
Blackpoll Warbler	Fall		Spring
Blue-headed Vireo	Fall		Spring
Bohemian Waxwing		Winter
Canada Warbler	Fall		Spring	Summer
Cape May Warbler	Fall		Spring
Chipping Sparrow	Fall		Spring	Summer
Clay-colored Sparrow	Fall		Spring	Summer
Connecticut Warbler	Fall		Spring
Dark-eyed Junco	Fall	Winter	Spring
Eastern Kingbird	Fall		Spring	Summer
Fox Sparrow	Fall		Spring
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Fall	Winter	Spring
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Fall		Spring
Harris's Sparrow	Fall		Spring
Hermit Thrush	Fall		Spring	Summer
Le Conte's Sparrow	Fall		Spring
Least Flycatcher	Fall		Spring	Summer
Lincoln's Sparrow	Fall		Spring
Magnolia Warbler	Fall		Spring	Summer
Mourning Warbler	Fall		Spring	Summer
Nashville Warbler	Fall		Spring
Northern Shrike		Winter
Northern Waterthrush	Fall		Spring	Summer
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Fall		Spring
Palm Warbler	Fall		Spring
Philadelphia Vireo	Fall		Spring
Purple Finch	Fall	Winter	Spring
Red-eyed Vireo	Fall		Spring	Summer
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Fall		Spring
Rusty Blackbird	Fall	Winter	Spring
Savannah Sparrow	Fall		Spring	Summer
Swainson's Thrush	Fall		Spring
Swamp Sparrow	Fall		Spring	Summer
Tennessee Warbler	Fall		Spring
White-crowned Sparrow	Fall		Spring
White-throated Sparrow	Fall		Spring
Wilson's Warbler	Fall		Spring
Winter Wren	Fall		Spring
Yellow Warbler	Fall		Spring	Summer
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Fall		Spring
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Fall		Spring

Long-legged Waders
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
American Bittern	Fall		Spring	Summer
Sandhill Crane	Fall		Spring	Summer

Tree-clinging Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Northern Flicker	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Red-breasted Nuthatch	Fall	Winter	Spring
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Fall		Spring	Summer

Upland Ground Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Common Nighthawk	Fall		Spring	Summer

Duck-like Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
American Black Duck	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
American Wigeon	Fall		Spring
Blue-winged Teal	Fall		Spring	Summer
Bufflehead	Fall		Spring
Canada Goose	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Canvasback	Fall		Spring
Common Goldeneye	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Common Loon	Fall		Spring	Summer
Common Merganser	Fall	Winter	Spring
Greater Scaup	Fall		Spring
Green-winged Teal	Fall		Spring	Summer
Lesser Scaup	Fall		Spring
Mallard	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Northern Pintail	Fall		Spring	Summer
Northern Shoveler	Fall		Spring	Summer
Pied-billed Grebe	Fall		Spring	Summer
Red-breasted Merganser	Fall		Spring
Redhead	Fall		Spring
Ring-necked Duck	Fall		Spring	Summer

Sandpiper-like Birds
Species	Fall	Spring	Summer
Greater Yellowlegs	Fall	Spring
Killdeer	Fall	Spring	Summer
Least Sandpiper	Fall	Spring
Lesser Yellowlegs	Fall	Spring
Solitary Sandpiper	Fall	Spring
Spotted Sandpiper	Fall	Spring	Summer
Upland Sandpiper	Fall	Spring	Summer
Wilson's Snipe	Fall	Spring	Summer