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 Amphibians

  

 

 Insects and Arachnids

  

gray treefrog

 1

 

bald-faced hornet

 3

northern leopard frog

 1

 

 blue-fronted dancer 2
wood frog 2

 

blue-margined ground beetle

 1

 

  

 

bronzed tiger beetle

 2

 Birds

  

 

common green darner

 1

American White Pelican

 2

 

common whitetail

 2

Bald Eagle

 1

 

curve-tailed bush katydid

 1

Baltimore Oriole

 2

 

eastern pondhawk

 1

Barred Owl

 3

 

 ebony jewelwing 2

Brown-headed Cowbird

 1

 

Hentz’s orbweaver

 6

Eastern Kingbird

 2

 

 margined burying beetle 2

Eastern Towhee

 2

 

 oil beetle (Meloe impressus) 1

Great Blue Heron

 2

 

red velvet mite (Trombidium sp.)

 1

Great Egret

 1

 

red-blue checkered beetle

 1

Green Heron

 1

 

red-legged grasshopper

 1

Hooded Merganser

 (1)

 

robber fly

 2

Olive-sided Flycatcher

 1

 

silvery checkerspot

 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 2

 

six-spotted fishing spider

 2

Ring-necked Pheasant

 2

 

widow skimmer

 1

Trumpeter Swan

 5

 

    

Turkey Vulture

 2

 

 Mammals

  

Wild Turkey

 8

 

American beaver

 2

Wood Duck

 (1)

 

American badger

 1
   

 

prairie deer mouse

 1

 Crustaceans

  

 

southern red-backed vole

 2

virile crayfish

 2

 

 thirteen-lined ground squirrel 1
   

 

whitetail deer

 4

 Destinations

  

 

 

  

Afton State Park

 1

 

 Plants

  

Baker Park Reserve

 2

 

American bittersweet

 2
Banning State Park 4

 

 American lopseed 2

Beaver Creek Valley State Park

 3

 

bloodroot

 2

Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

 14

 

blue vervain (var. scabra)

 4

Cannon River Wilderness Area

 7

 

bracted spiderwort

 2

Carver Park Reserve

 5

 

 Canada anemone 3

Crosby Farm Regional Park

 13

 

cardinal flower

 1

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve

 5

 

cockspur hawthorn

 3

Elm Creek Park Reserve

 2

 

 common winterberry 3

Fort Ridgely State Park

 6

 

cut-leaved toothwort

 1

Fort Snelling State Park

 24

 

Dutchman’s breeches

 1

Grey Cloud Dunes SNA

 4

 

European cranberrybush

 5

Henry’s Woods

 8

 

great blue lobelia (var. siphilitica)

 3

Hyland Lake Park Reserve

 4

 

Greek valerian

 2

Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA

 5

 

hoary puccoon

 2

Lake Elmo Park Reserve

 4

 

Indianpipe

 1

Laurentian Divide Recreation Area

 3

 

 kidney-leaved buttercup 2

Lebanon Hills Regional Park

 20

 

 leadplant 1

Lilydale Regional Park

 14

 

 New England aster 3

Lost Valley Prairie SNA

 7

 

nodding bur marigold

 2

MN Valley NWR, Long Meadow Lake Unit

 12

 

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil

 2

MNRRA, Coldwater Spring

 9

 

prairie alumroot

 2

Myre-Big Island State Park

 8

 

prairie spiderwort

 4

Ney Nature Center

 9

 

rattlesnake master

 3

Pilot Knob

 9

 

silver maple

 2
Pine Bend Bluffs SNA 2

 

southern blue flag

 6

Prairie Creek Woods SNA

 2

 

tall bellflower

 2

Roberts Bird Sanctuary

 11

 

tall thimbleweed

 3

Spring Lake Park Reserve

 6

 

white doll’s daisy (var. recognita)

 2

Sunfish Lake Park

 5

 

white snakeroot

 3
Tony Schmidt Regional Park 13

 

white wild indigo

 2

Uncas Dunes SNA

 2

 

yellow avens

 4

Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation and WMA

 3  

yellow marsh marigold

 2

Whitetail Woods Regional Park

 3

 

 

  

Wild River State Park

 5

 

 Reptiles

  

Wood-Rill SNA

 3

 

common snapping turtle

 4

 

  

 

 red-sided garter snake 1

 Fungi and Lichens

  

 

 

  

Aborted Entoloma

 2

 

 Slime Molds

  

Beautiful Russula

 1

 

red raspberry slime mold

 2

Chicken of the Woods

 3

 

 

  

Crown-tipped Coral

 2

 

 

  

Dryad’s Saddle

 3

 

 

  

Elm Oyster

 4

 

 

  

False Coral Fungus

 2

 

 

  

False Turkey Tail

 1

 

 

  

Gabled False Morel

 3

 

 

  

Leafy Brain

 1

 

 

  

Northern Tooth

 2

 

 

  

Orange Peel Fungus

 2

 

    

Pear-shaped Puffball

 2

 

 

  

Purple-bloom Russula

 1

 

    

Purple-gilled Laccaria

 2

 

 

  

Ravenel’s Stinkhorn

 1

 

 

  

Shaggy Mane

 1

 

 

  

Turkey Tail

 2

 

 

  

White Jelly Fungus

 2

 

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

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 Birds

  

 

 Destinations

  

Eastern Towhee

 1  

Cannon River Wilderness Area

 1

Turkey Vulture

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