BIRDS OF THE ST. CROIX RIVER VALLEY 



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Table 1. Endangered (E), threatened (T), priority (P), and watch (W) species 

 in the St. Croix River Valley. 



Species Minnesota Wisconsin 



Common loon 





W 



White pelican 



P 





Double-crested cormorant 





E 



Great egret 





T 



Snowy egret 



P 





Great blue heron 





W 



Black-crowned night heron 





W 



Yellow-crowned night heron 



P 





Black duck 





W 



Red-breasted merganser 





W 



Cooper's hawk 





T 



Marsh hawk 



P 



W 



Red-shouldered hawk 





T 



Bald eagle 



T 



E 



Osprey 





E 



Peregrine falcon 



E 



E 



Merhn 



P 



W 



Spruce grouse 





W 



Sharp-tailed grouse 





W 



Greater prairie chicken 



P 



T 



Bobwhite 



T 





Yellow rail 



P 



W 



King rail 



T 





American avocet 



P 





Piping plover 



T 



E 



Marbled godwit 



P 





Upland sandpiper 



P 



W 



Common tern 



P 



E 



Forster's tern 





E 



Caspian tern 





W 



Black tern 





W 



Great gray owl 



T 





Short-eared owl 



P 





Common flicker 





W 



Black-backed three-toed woodpecker 



P 





Bewick's wren 





W 



Eastern bluebird 



P 



W 



Loggerhead shrike 





T 



Dickcissel 





W 



Grasshopper sparrow 





W 



Baird's sparrow 



P 





Sharp-tailed sparrow 



P 





Vesper sparrow 





W 



Field sparrow 





W 



Rare— A species whose range includes the Valley but is recorded in low 

 numbers. 



Very rare— A species that occurs in such low numbers that it is of minor 

 importance. 



