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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
Actively hunting next to a bird feeder on a breezy afternoon at a residence near Grand Marais.
Jean Brislance
Occasional in Hennepin County in the Winter season
Found by Isabella Maiwurm. Large, gray bird perched on a branch on edge of marshy/grassy area in the park. At first glance size indicated a GHOW, however the bird was all gray, lacked ear tufts, and had a very large facial disk. To differentiate from BAOW, this bird had a white bow tie on chest, dark face, and yellow eyes. It lacked any horizontal barring on chest, or vertical barring on lower chest or back. The bird has all normal characteristics of GGOW including the white bow tie, large facial disk, yellow eyes and beak, and mostly gray with white and brown streaks.
Isabella Maiwurm, iPhone 12, through binoculars
'Rare Regular' in Minnesota - Five or fewer records in Otter Tail County for the Winter season
Was working the backyard feeders with the Dark-eyed Junco's, they were going between the feeder and the shrubs.
Les Gunderson
'Rare Regular' in Minnesota
Found by Evan Peterson southeast of Littlefork.
David Harrington,Canon R6II 1/8000th, 2000ISO
'Rare Regular' in Minnesota
One of the thousands of photographs taken on Friday of this little bird. During the short time that we were there, we counted 40 cars.
Gerald Hoekstra
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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 | |||||
| Brewer's Blackbird | R | Red Lake | 2025-01-24 | Paula Cater | |||||
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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 | ||||
| Boreal Owl | R | O | St. Louis | 2025-01-04 | Kathy Carroll | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Townsend's Solitaire | R | # | Benton | 2024-12-24 | Matthew Scott | ||||
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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 | ||||
| American White Pelican | R | # | Rice | 2024-12-14 | Gerald Hoekstra | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Mute Swan | R | Otter Tail | 2024-12-01 | Les Gunderson | |||||
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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 | |||||
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | C | Anoka | 2024-11-11 | Michelle Terrell | |||||
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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 | |||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) | Q | Dakota | 2024-11-08 | Heidi Hermes | |||||
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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 | |||||
| Arctic Tern | A | Crow Wing | 2024-11-02 | Lon Baumgardt | |||||
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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 | |||||
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | C | O | Cook | 2024-10-27 | Lon Baumgardt | ||||
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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 | |||||
| Arctic Tern | A | Ramsey | 2024-10-10 | Roy Zimmerman | |||||
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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 | |||||
| Western Cattle-Egret | R | O | Polk | 2024-10-04 | Heidi Hughes | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Whooping Crane | A | Steele | 2024-09-15 | Linda Schwegman | |||||
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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 | |||||
| Blue Grosbeak | R | Sibley | 2024-08-04 | Trey Weaver | |||||
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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 | ||||
| Henslow's Sparrow | R | U | Rice | 2024-06-20 | Gerald Hoekstra | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Pine Siskin | R | O | Meeker | 2024-06-11 | Paul and Koni Fank | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | R | # | Fillmore | 2024-05-15 | Gerald Hoekstra | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Summer Tanager | R | O | Ramsey | 2024-05-12 | Michael J. Majeski | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Willet | R | # | Koochiching | 2024-05-04 | Allan Meadows | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Piping Plover | R | # | Washington | 2024-04-26 | Kyle Te Poel | ||||
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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 | |||||
| Brambling | C | # | Otter Tail | 2024-04-17 | Les Gunderson | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Townsend's Solitaire | R | O | Hennepin | 2024-04-11 | Matthew Hoberg | ||||
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Carolina Wren | R | # | St. Louis | 2024-04-10 | Lon Baumgardt |
| Western Cattle-Egret | R | O | Hennepin | 2024-04-09 | Matthew Hoberg | ||||
| Black-necked Stilt | R | # | Carver | 2024-04-09 | Britt Dalbec | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) | Q | McLeod | 2024-04-04 | Britt Dalbec | |||||
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Purple Martin | R | C | Beltrami | 2024-03-15 | Brian Hiller |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) | Q | Cook | 2024-03-10 | Jean Brislance | |||||
| Common Raven | R | # | McLeod | 2024-03-09 | Britt Dalbec | ||||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | R | # | Meeker | 2024-02-26 | Paul and Koni Fank | ||||
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Greater White-fronted Goose | R | O | McLeod | 2024-02-26 | Britt Dalbec |
| Merlin (Prairie) | Q | McLeod | 2024-02-21 | Britt Dalbec | |||||
| Fox Sparrow | R | O | Meeker | 2024-02-19 | Paul and Koni Fank | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) | Q | O | Cook | 2024-02-09 | Jean Brislance | ||||
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Eastern Bluebird | R | O | Meeker | 2024-02-05 | Paul and Koni Fank |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | C | # | Itasca | 2024-01-17 | Kathy Carroll | ||||
| Fox Sparrow | R | O | Meeker | 2024-02-03 | Paul and Koni Fank | ||||
| Townsend's Solitaire | R | O | Renville | 2024-01-31 | Michael Oetken | ||||
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Common Raven | R | # | McLeod | 2024-02-01 | Britt Dalbec |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | C | # | Itasca | 2024-01-27 | Kimberly A. Emerson | ||||
| White-winged Scoter | R | # | Scott | 2024-01-26 | Tom Gilde | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) | Q | O | Cook | 2024-01-21 | Jean Brislance | ||||
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Golden Eagle | R | U | Fillmore | 2024-01-20 | Todd Mitchell |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | C | # | Itasca | 2024-01-16 | David Harrington | ||||
| Barrow's Goldeneye | R | O | Scott | 2024-01-12 | Brad Abendroth | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | R | # | Otter Tail | 2024-01-11 | Les Gunderson | ||||
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Long-tailed Duck | R | # | Scott | 2024-01-11 | Brad Abendroth | |
| Scarlet Tanager | R | # | Hennepin | 2024-01-02 | Nicholas Purcell | ||||
| Tufted Titmouse | R | # | Wright | 2024-01-01 | Rose M. Shea |
