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The Refuge is located along the Mississippi Flyway. Many species of waterfowl, songbirds, and raptors use the Refuge as a stop-over on their migrations to and from breeding grounds.

The Refuge is home to about 50 mammals, from the red squirrel to the coyote. Common sightings include white-tailed deer, red fox, muskrat, beaver, wood chuck and raccoon.

Thirty species of reptiles and amphibians make their home on the Refuge, including the leopard frog, green frog, painted and snapping turtles, and the bull snake.

Over 220 species of birds use the Refuge throughout the seasons, from the wood duck, american redstart, great blue heron, american goldfinch, bald eagle, and canada goose.

Use the links to the left to find out how Refuge Staff conduct Wildlife Surveys. If you have any observations of your own, click on the Observations page and submit your sighting to our phenology log.

To view our checklists for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, click on the links below:
Bird Checklist
Wildlife Checklist (mammals, reptiles, amphibians & butterfiles
Dragonflies and Damselflies

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