Two MBW composite checklists follow: the first with those species
found in Minnesota during MBWeekends; the second with the species
found on all MBWeeks and MBWeekends combined.
Following these checklists are quizzes on 30 years of MBW trivia and idioms.
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MBW COMPOSITE SPECIES LIST
712 species ~ as of February 2019
The following species have been recorded on a MBWeek or MBWeekend since 1986. The nomenclature, sequence, and "countable" exotics are according to the 2017 American Birding Association checklist.
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30 YEARS OF MBW IDIOMS
The words and phrases in Column One are often heard on MBWs and are quintessential parts of the 30-year MBW tradition dating back to 1986. As a service to potentially new MBWers and to those unfamiliar with MBWs, the following quiz will help you use the proper terminology, fit right in, and avoid making a potentially embarrassing faux pas. Match the columns:
REGULAR
(315 / 315 species seen)
√ Snow Goose
√ Ross's Goose
√ Greater White-fronted Goose
√ Cackling Goose
√ Canada Goose
√ Mute Swan
√ Trumpeter Swan
√ Tundra Swan
√ Wood Duck
√ Blue-winged Teal
√ Cinnamon Teal
√ Northern Shoveler
√ Gadwall
√ American Wigeon
√ Mallard
√ American Black Duck
√ Northern Pintail
√ Green-winged Teal
√ Canvasback
√ Redhead
√ Ring-necked Duck
√ Greater Scaup
√ Lesser Scaup
√ Harlequin Duck
√ Surf Scoter
√ White-winged Scoter
√ Black Scoter
√ Long-tailed Duck
√ Bufflehead
√ Common Goldeneye
√ Barrow's Goldeneye
√ Hooded Merganser
√ Common Merganser
√ Red-breasted Merganser
√ Ruddy Duck
√ Gray Partridge
√ Ring-necked Pheasant
√ Ruffed Grouse
√ Spruce Grouse
√ Sharp-tailed Grouse
√ Greater Prairie-Chicken
√ Wild Turkey
√ Pied-billed Grebe
√ Horned Grebe
√ Red-necked Grebe
√ Eared Grebe
√ Western Grebe
√ Clark's Grebe
√ Rock Pigeon
√ Eurasian Collared-Dove
√ Mourning Dove
√ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
√ Black-billed Cuckoo
√ Common Nighthawk
√ Eastern Whip-poor-will
√ Chimney Swift
√ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
√ Yellow Rail
√ Virginia Rail
√ Sora
√ Common Gallinule
√ American Coot
√ Sandhill Crane
√ American Avocet
√ Black-bellied Plover
√ American Golden-Plover
√ Semipalmated Plover
√ Piping Plover
√ Killdeer
√ Upland Sandpiper
√ Whimbrel
√ Hudsonian Godwit
√ Marbled Godwit
√ Ruddy Turnstone
√ Red Knot
√ Stilt Sandpiper
√ Sanderling
√ Dunlin
√ Baird's Sandpiper
√ Least Sandpiper
√ White-rumped Sandpiper
√ Buff-breasted Sandpiper
√ Pectoral Sandpiper
√ Semipalmated Sandpiper
√ Short-billed Dowitcher
√ Long-billed Dowitcher
√ American Woodcock
√ Wilson's Snipe
√ Spotted Sandpiper
√ Solitary Sandpiper
√ Lesser Yellowlegs
√ Willet
√ Greater Yellowlegs
√ Wilson's Phalarope
√ Red-necked Phalarope
√ Parasitic Jaeger
√ Sabine's Gull
√ Bonaparte's Gull
√ Little Gull
√ Franklin's Gull
√ Ring-billed Gull
√ Herring Gull
√ Iceland Gull
√ Lesser Black-backed Gull
√ Glaucous Gull
√ Great Black-backed Gull
√ Caspian Tern
√ Black Tern
√ Common Tern
√ Forster's Tern
√ Red-throated Loon
√ Pacific Loon
√ Common Loon
√ Double-crested Cormorant
√ American White Pelican
√ American Bittern
√ Least Bittern
√ Great Blue Heron
√ Great Egret
√ Snowy Egret
√ Little Blue Heron
√ Cattle Egret
√ Green Heron
√ Black-crowned Night-Heron
√ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
√ White-faced Ibis
√ Turkey Vulture
√ Osprey
√ Golden Eagle
√ Northern Harrier
√ Sharp-shinned Hawk
√ Cooper's Hawk
√ Northern Goshawk
√ Bald Eagle
√ Red-shouldered Hawk
√ Broad-winged Hawk
√ Swainson's Hawk
√ Red-tailed Hawk
√ Rough-legged Hawk
√ Eastern Screech-Owl
√ Great Horned Owl
√ Snowy Owl
√ Northern Hawk Owl
√ Barred Owl
√ Great Gray Owl
√ Long-eared Owl
√ Short-eared Owl
√ Boreal Owl
√ Northern Saw-whet Owl
√ Belted Kingfisher
√ Red-headed Woodpecker
√ Red-bellied Woodpecker
√ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
√ Am. Three-toed Woodpecker
√ Black-backed Woodpecker
√ Downy Woodpecker
√ Hairy Woodpecker
√ Northern Flicker
√ Pileated Woodpecker
√ American Kestrel
√ Merlin
√ Peregrine Falcon
√ Prairie Falcon
√ Great Crested Flycatcher
√ Western Kingbird
√ Eastern Kingbird
√ Olive-sided Flycatcher
√ Eastern Wood-Pewee
√ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
√ Acadian Flycatcher
√ Alder Flycatcher
√ Willow Flycatcher
√ Least Flycatcher
√ Eastern Phoebe
√ Say's Phoebe
√ Loggerhead Shrike
√ Northern Shrike
√ Bell's Vireo
√ Yellow-throated Vireo
√ Blue-headed Vireo
√ Philadelphia Vireo
√ Warbling Vireo
√ Red-eyed Vireo
√ Canada Jay
√ Blue Jay
√ Black-billed Magpie
√ American Crow
√ Common Raven
√ Horned Lark
√ Purple Martin
√ Tree Swallow
√ N. Rough-winged Swallow
√ Bank Swallow
√ Cliff Swallow
√ Barn Swallow
√ Black-capped Chickadee
√ Boreal Chickadee
√ Tufted Titmouse
√ Red-breasted Nuthatch
√ White-breasted Nuthatch
√ Brown Creeper
√ House Wren
√ Winter Wren
√ Sedge Wren
√ Marsh Wren
√ Carolina Wren
√ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
√ Golden-crowned Kinglet
√ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
√ Eastern Bluebird
√ Mountain Bluebird
√ Townsend's Solitaire
√ Veery
√ Gray-cheeked Thrush
√ Swainson's Thrush
√ Hermit Thrush
√ Wood Thrush
√ American Robin
√ Varied Thrush
√ Gray Catbird
√ Brown Thrasher
√ Northern Mockingbird
√ European Starling
√ Bohemian Waxwing
√ Cedar Waxwing
√ House Sparrow
√ American Pipit
√ Evening Grosbeak
√ Pine Grosbeak
√ House Finch
√ Purple Finch
√ Common Redpoll
√ Hoary Redpoll
√ Red Crossbill
√ White-winged Crossbill
√ Pine Siskin
√ American Goldfinch
√ Lapland Longspur
√ Chestnut-collared Longspur
√ Smith's Longspur
√ Snow Bunting
√ Spotted Towhee
√ Eastern Towhee
√ American Tree Sparrow
√ Chipping Sparrow
√ Clay-colored Sparrow
√ Field Sparrow
√ Vesper Sparrow
√ Lark Sparrow
√ Savannah Sparrow
√ Grasshopper Sparrow
√ Henslow's Sparrow
√ Le Conte's Sparrow
√ Nelson's Sparrow
√ Fox Sparrow
√ Song Sparrow
√ Lincoln's Sparrow
√ Swamp Sparrow
√ White-throated Sparrow
√ Harris's Sparrow
√ White-crowned Sparrow
√ Dark-eyed Junco
√ Yellow-breasted Chat
√ Yellow-headed Blackbird
√ Bobolink
√ Eastern Meadowlark
√ Western Meadowlark
√ Orchard Oriole
√ Baltimore Oriole
√ Red-winged Blackbird
√ Brown-headed Cowbird
√ Rusty Blackbird
√ Brewer's Blackbird
√ Common Grackle
√ Great-tailed Grackle
√ Ovenbird
√ Louisiana Waterthrush
√ Northern Waterthrush
√ Golden-winged Warbler
√ Blue-winged Warbler
√ Black-and-white Warbler
√ Prothonotary Warbler
√ Tennessee Warbler
√ Orange-crowned Warbler
√ Nashville Warbler
√ Connecticut Warbler
√ Mourning Warbler
√ Kentucky Warbler
√ Common Yellowthroat
√ Hooded Warbler
√ American Redstart
√ Cape May Warbler
√ Cerulean Warbler
√ Northern Parula
√ Magnolia Warbler
√ Bay-breasted Warbler
√ Blackburnian Warbler
√ Yellow Warbler
√ Chestnut-sided Warbler
√ Blackpoll Warbler
√ Black-throated Blue Warbler
√ Palm Warbler
√ Pine Warbler
√ Yellow-rumped Warbler
√ Black-thr. Green Warbler
√ Canada Warbler
√ Wilson's Warbler
√ Summer Tanager
√ Scarlet Tanager
√ Western Tanager
√ Northern Cardinal
√ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
√ Blue Grosbeak
√ Indigo Bunting
√ Dickcissel
CASUAL
(25 / 39 species seen)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Brant
Eurasian Wigeon
√ King Eider
White-winged Dove
√ Black-necked Stilt
√ Snowy Plover
√ Ruff
Purple Sandpiper
√ Western Sandpiper
√ Red Phalarope
√ Pomarine Jaeger
√ Black-legged Kittiwake
Laughing Gull
√ California Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
√ Arctic Tern
√ Neotropic Cormorant
√ Brown Pelican
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Mississippi Kite
√ Ferruginous Hawk
√ Burrowing Owl
√ Gyrfalcon
√ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
√ White-eyed Vireo
√ Rock Wren
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
√ Sprague's Pipit
√ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Lark Bunting
√ Golden-crowned Sparrow
Worm-eating Warbler
√ Yellow-throated Warbler
√ Prairie Warbler
√ Black-headed Grosbeak
√ Lazuli Bunting
Painted Bunting
ACCIDENTAL
(23 / 87 species seen)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Garganey
Mottled Duck
√ Tufted Duck
√ Common Eider
Smew
Willow Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan
Band-tailed Pigeon
√ Inca Dove
√ Common Ground-Dove
Groove-billed Ani
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will’s-widow
White-throated Swift
Mexican Violetear
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
√ Rufous Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Black Rail
√ King Rail
Purple Gallinule
Whooping Crane
Wilson’s Plover
Long-billed Curlew
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
√ Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie
√ Black Guillemot
Long-billed Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
√ Ivory Gull
√ Black-headed Gull
Ross’s Gull
Mew Gull
√ Glaucous-winged Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
√ Yellow-billed Loon
Northern Fulmar
√ Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
√ Tricolored Heron
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Barn Owl
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Crested Caracara
√ Ash-throated Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
√ Cassin’s Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
√ Western Wood-Pewee
Vermilion Flycatcher
√ Clark’s Nutcracker
Violet-green Swallow
Pygmy Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
American Dipper
Northern Wheatear
√ Fieldfare
√ Curve-billed Thrasher
√ Sage Thrasher
Brambling
Cassin’s Finch
McCown’s Longspur
Green-tailed Towhee
Brewer’s Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
√ Baird’s Sparrow
Bullock’s Oriole
Scott’s Oriole
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Kirtland’s Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
√ Townsend’s Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Painted Redstart
EXTIRPATED
(1 / 2 species seen)
√ Northern Bobwhite
Eskimo Curlew
EXTINCT
(0 / 1 species seen)
Passenger Pigeon
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Masked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Mountain Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Scaled Quail
California Quail
Gambel's Quail
Montezuma Quail
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Sage-Grouse
Gunnison Sage-Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Willow Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Dusky Grouse
Sooty Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
American Flamingo
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Rock Pigeon
White-crowned Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Smooth-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Antillean Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Mexican Whip-poor-will
Black Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Plain-capped Starthroat
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Ridgway's Rail
Clapper Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Purple Swamphen
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
Northern Jacana
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Scripps's Murrelet
Craveri's Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Atlantic Puffin
Tufted Puffin
Swallow-tailed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
Masked Booby
Nazca Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Northern Gannet
Brandt's Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Anhinga
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
California Condor
Osprey
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Elegant Trogon
Eared Quetzal
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Monk Parakeet
Nanday Parakeet
Green Parakeet
White-winged Parakeet
Red-crowned Parrot
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Budgerigar
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Tufted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
La Sagra's Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Masked Tityra
Rose-throated Becard
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Black-capped Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Cuban Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo
Canada Jay
Brown Jay
Green Jay
Pinyon Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub-Jay
Island Scrub-Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Northwestern Crow
Tamaulipas Crow
Fish Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
Eurasian Skylark
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Mexican Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Oak Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse
Black-crested Titmouse
Verdin
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren
Sinaloa Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Gnatcatcher
American Dipper
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Red-flanked Bluetail
Northern Wheatear
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Fieldfare
Clay-colored Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Rufous-backed Robin
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Blue Mockingbird
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
California Thrasher
LeConte's Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Myna
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Olive Warbler
Scaly-breasted Munia
House Sparrow
White Wagtail
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black Rosy-Finch
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American GoldfinchLapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
McCown's Longspur
Snow Bunting
Olive Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Canyon Towhee
California Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Bachman's Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sagebrush Sparrow
Bell's Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Black-vented Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Audubon's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Colima Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Yellow-faced Grassquit
White-collared Seedeater
* * * *
30 YEARS OF MBW TRIVIA (1986 - 2015)
~ Match the columns; unless stated otherwise, answers only refer to MBWeekends in Minnesota ~
ANSWERS (in order, starting from Agitator 1000 in second column):
R II E D KK CC Y G T A P SS H TT EE S WW XX O BB FF MM N I C JJ AA B K X OO Z HH PP L LL DD VV NN M Q F J W U V UU GG QQ YY RR ZZ
1. Agitator 5000
2. Alien
3. Applebee's, I-talian
4. Car-pooling
5. Channel 6, sub-channel 6
6. Checklist boy or girl
7. Chicken hawk
8. Common rookie mistake
9. Flip around
10. Honker
11. I don't know and I don't care
12. Junior Tour Leader Merit Badge
13. Let's blow this hellhole
14. Lily-livered lollygagging low-life lister
15. No refunds
16. Okey dokey, or Sounds good!
17. Perkins
18. Pine tree
19. Proper adult supervision
20. Proper scope etiquette
21. Seagull
22. Sewage pond
23. Sleep, Eat, Go to the bathroom, Shop, Play with dogs, Bird
24. Subway
25. The Damn Book
26. Two-fer
27. Union-mandated coffee breaks for No. 30
28. White Starling
29. You're fired
30. Your spineless, wishy-washy tour leader
ANSWERS:
25 A Birder's Guide to Minnesota (or The Goddamn Book,
according to Dorothy Brindle)
30 A.k.a. MBW's CEO
14 Alliterative term of MBW affection
12 Always revoked soon after being awarded
22 Baptism site for new MBWers, and my most treasured
Minnesota list
10 Branta canadensis (or an impatient No. 2?)
8 Calling No. 10 a Canada Goose, e.g.
2 Car caravan follower (or alternate name for county lister?)
1 Chick(adee) magnet
29 Co-leader has heard this 258 times
6 Coveted MBW position
18 Craig's name for spruce, balsam fir, tamarack, etc.
3 Craig's two favorites
19 Foolish MBWers try to bird or do checklists without it
27 Hour-and-a-half
21 Larus lumpus
4 May not take shape until No. 17
23 MBW priorities in order of importance
15 MBW words to live by
13 Only firm decision No. 30 knows how to make
7 Parrot relative?
16 Proper response to "Group dinner at Applebee's!"
28 Proposed AOU name after Mute and Trumpeter swans
are lumped
20 Rudeness, cutting in line, not waiting, etc.
24 Ubiquitous alternative for forgetful MBWers
26 Ultimate county listing experience
9 U-turn (or rude circular gesture?)
17 We have to think where to start without one
5 We're at a loss for words without them (or unsuccessful
perfume names after the original?)
11 What's the biggest fault a birding tour leader can have:
ignorance or apathy?
___ A Birder's Guide to Minnesota (or The Goddamn Book,
according to Dorothy Brindle)
___ A.k.a. MBW's CEO
___ Alliterative term of MBW affection
___ Always revoked soon after being awarded
___ Baptism site for new MBWers, and my most treasured
Minnesota list
___ Branta canadensis (or an impatient No. 2?)
___ Calling No. 10 a Canada Goose, e.g.
___ Car caravan follower (or alternate name for county lister?)
___ Chick(adee) magnet
___ Co-leader has heard this 258 times
___ Coveted MBW position
___ Craig's name for spruce, balsam fir, tamarack, etc.
___ Craig's two favorites
___ Foolish MBWers try to bird or do checklists without it
___ Hour-and-a-half
___ Larus lumpus
___ May not take shape until No. 17
___ MBW priorities in order of importance
___ MBW words to live by
___ Only firm decision No. 30 knows how to make
___ Parrot relative?
___ Proper response to "Group dinner at Applebee's!"
___ Proposed AOU name after Mute and Trumpeter swans
are lumped
___ Rudeness, cutting in line, not waiting, etc.
___ Ubiquitous alternative for forgetful MBWers
___ Ultimate county listing experience
___ U-turn (or rude circular gesture?)
___ We have to think where to start without one
___ We're at a loss for words without them (or unsuccessful
perfume names after the original?)
___ What's the biggest fault a birding tour leader can have:
ignorance or apathy?
A. Uninvited participant during Houston Co car-pooling (March 1988)
B. Comment on Prairie Falcon's prey: "They're all ________!" (Oct 1989)
C. Expressly prohibited for the first time (May 1990)
D. Missed by MBWers following Panda at Blue Mounds (July 1990)
E. Misidentified by entire MBW group (Aug 1990)
F. Most dog breeds (Nov 1990)
G. MBW species #300 (July 1991)
H. Last seen being chased by N Shrike (Nov 1991)
I. Died 2 days after attending his last MBW (March 1992)
J. Lowest temperature (° below 0) (Jan 1993)
K. Died after swimming across Grand Marais harbor (Nov 1993)
L. Killed by eagles 2 days after being found on MBW (Nov 1995)
M. Fewest species (April 1996); most shorebirds (Aug 2008, May 2009, May 2014)
N. McGregor police foiled Ron Erpelding's attempt to see this (June 1998)
O. Illuminated Yellow Rail in Warren Nelson's hand (June 1998)
P. First-time leader on MBW with 2 participants (Nov 1999)
Q. Most warbler species (May 2002, May 2013)
R. Yellow Rail seen from road standing on this (June 2002)
S. MBWers ignored 6 Harlequin Ducks to see this (Oct 2002)
T. #400 on my MN list seen during MBW (Oct 2004)
U. Most Great Gray Owls (Jan 2005)
V. Highest temperature (July 2006)
W. Highest wind gusts (mph) (May 2007)
X. First undocumented Accidental included on MBW list (May 2007)
Y. MBW in Pipestone misidentified as this (May 2007)
Z. MBW species #350 (Sept 2007)
AA. #233 on Uncle Paul's Mother's Garden list found on MBW (Sept 2007)
BB. Lacked the gall to be MBW participant (Oct 2007)
CC. Seen by those snowbound in Crookston (April 2008)
DD. Swam across roadside ditch near McGregor (May 2008)
EE. Found on Leech Lake pelagic trip (Oct 2008)
FF. Site of most inefficient MBW rest stop (Oct 2008)
GG. Highest MBWeekend species total (May 2009)
HH. Second undocumented Accidental included on MBW list (June 2009)
I I. First state record discovered on MBW (Nov 2009)
JJ. Foiled our plans to record MBW species #356 (April 2010)
KK. Predator rescued from Short-eared Owls (Sept 2010)
LL. Possible Asian stray on Norman Co MBW (May 2013)
MM. Last Regular MN species added to MBW list (Oct 2013)
NN. Craig's birding site 2 miles away was actually ___ miles away (May 2014)
OO. Not birded due to gas pipeline explosion (May 2014)
PP. Craig abandons MBWers to see this 240 miles away (June 2014)
QQ. Composite MBWeekends species total
RR. Composite MBWeeks species total
SS. MBWer's spouse with magnetic personality
TT. MBW sewage pond consultant
UU. Most MBWeekends attended by single participant
VV. Number of MN counties never included on MBWs
WW. Only 1986 MBW participant present at 30th Reunion
XX. Only species on MBWeekends not seen in MN
YY. Total number of MBWeekends since 1986
ZZ. Total number of MBWeeks and MBWeekends participants
____ Agitator 1000
____ Black Guillemot
____ Bobolink
____ Cactus
____ Cat
____ Cinnamon Teal
____ Civil War reenactment
____ Clark's Grebe
____ Common Ground-Dove
____ Cow
____ Craig Mandel
____ Dave Johnson
____ Fieldfare
____ George Vania
____ Golden-crowned Sparrow
____ House Sparrow
____ Jerry Pruett
____ Lark Bunting
____ Lightning
____ Linda Sparling
____ Longville
____ Mute Swan
____ Nelson's Sparrow
____ Panda
____ Refunds
____ Roy Zimmerman
____ Sabine's Gull
____ Smith's Longspurs
____ Snowy Owl
____ Townsend's Warbler
____ Warren sewage ponds
____ Western Sandpiper
____ Western Wood-Pewee
____ Wood Stork
____ Yellow-billed Loon
____ Yellow-breasted Bunting
____ Yellow Rail
____ 0
____ 7
____ 25
____ 27
____ 31
____ 34
____ 56
____ 63
____ 96
____ 138
____ 200
____ 362
____ 366
____ 700
____ 8000
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MINNESOTA BIRDING WEEKENDS COMPOSITE CHECKLIST
√ = 364 species seen in Minnesota on MBWeekends as of February 2019 (Minnesota list = 444 species)
Updating my Marshall County list at the Argyle sewage ponds
...table and chairs courtesy of the City of Argyle
Roy Zimmerman photo