Birder's Checklist

A guest of ours, Steve Volkening, is a serious birdwatcher. He’s been compiling a list of birds he’s spotted while on canoe trips with us since 1997.  The birds marked by an asterisk were seen on Seagull Outfitter’s property, either the area immediately around the office and bunkhouse or at our Sag Cabins located on the Sag Corridor. The unmarked species were seen on canoe trips in the Boundary Waters or Quetico parks. These birds are listed in the order created by the American Ornithological Society that is used in most field guides. You may want to print it out and use it for your next visit.  (The list was lasted updated in Feb, 2012)

• Common Loon *
•  Great Horned Owl
• Veery    
• Pie-billed Grebe *
• Barred Owl
• Eastern Bluebird 
• Western Grebe
• Common Nighthawk *  
• Golden-crowned Kinglet 
• Double-crested Cormorant  
•  Ruby-throated Hummingbird * 
• Cedar Waxwing *  
• White Pelican
• Belted Kingfisher *
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Great Blue Heron *
• Common Flicker *  
• Common Yellowthroat
• Green-backed Heron
•  Pileated Woodpecker *  
• Magnolia Warbler  
• Canada Goose *
• Hairy Woodpecker *
• Mourning Warbler
• Mallard Duck *  
• Downey Woodpecker * 
• Yellow-rumped Warbler * 

• Black Duck*   
• Black-backed Woodpecker *  
• American Redstart  
• Blue-winged Teal *   
• Three-toed Woodpecker * 
• Common Grackle *  
• Common Merganser * 
• Eastern Kingbird    
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Bufflehead Duck
• Alder Flycatcher
• Indigo Bunting  
• Turkey Vulture *  
• Horned Lark    
• Evening Grosbeak *        
• Goshawk   
• Tree Swallow
• Pine Grosbeak 
• Red-tailed Hawk   
• Gray Jay *
• Common Redpoll  
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Blue Jay *    
• Pine Siskin  
• Sharp-shinned Hawk *   
• Common Raven * 
• Dark-eyed Junco *    

• Merlin 
• Common Crow *  
• Chipping Sparrow*   
• American Kestral    
• Black-capped Chickadee * 
• Swamp Sparrow  
• Northern Harrier 
• Boreal Chickadee *   
• Song Sparrow *
• Bald Eagle *
• White-breasted Nuthatch 
• Lapland Longspur  
• Osprey                      
• Red-breasted Nuthatch *   
• Snow Bunting 
• Ruffled Grouse *  
• Winter Wren    
• White-throated Sparrow *
• American Woodcock *  
• Sedge Wren 
• House Sparrow
• Spotted Sandpiper *
• House
• Herring Gull
• Robin *
• Hermit Thrush

A note of interest: Steve reports that he saw the sharp-shinned hawk nesting right next to our cabin on Saganaga Lake!

Seagull Canoe Outfitters
Debbie Mark & Staff
12208 Gunflint Trail
Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604

For a free brochure or to make a reservation:
Phone: 218-388-2216
E-mail: seagull@seagulloutfitters.com