Minnesota Seasons


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Cyanocitta cristata

Order	Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family	Corvidae (Crows and Jays)
Status	Common to abundant
Habitat	Mixed and diciduous forests, agricultural areas, suburban areas, city parks
Food
Size	11″ to 12½″
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Nesting

Range	Breeding: Throughout Winter: Throughout Migration:

Sightings	Afton State Park Agassiz Dunes SNA Beaver Creek Valley State Park Black Lake Bog SNA Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Bonanza Prairie SNA Boot Lake SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA Carley State Park Carver Park Reserve Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Cherry Grove Blind Valley SNA Clear Lake SNA Clinton Prairie SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Elm Creek Park Reserve Flandrau State Park Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park Frontenac State Park Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Hardscrabble Woods/MG Tusler Sanctuary Hayes Lake State Park John A. Latsch State Park Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Unit Lake Carlos State Park Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lake Louise State Park Lake Maria State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lake Shetek State Park Lebanon Hills Regional Park Long Meadow Lake Lost Valley Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp	Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Minneopa State Park Myre-Big Island State Park North Fork Zumbro Woods SNA Oronoco Prairie SNA Pin Oak Prairie SNA Quarry Park SNA Regal Meadow Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Rice Lake Savanna SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA Sedan Brook Prairie SNA Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Strandness Prairie Townsend Woods SNA Two Rivers Aspen Prairie Parkland SNA Uncas Dunes SNA Wild River State Park Wolsfeld Woods SNA

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