Clay County

2,900 acres

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Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Section

Red River Valley

Subsection(s)

Red River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota DNR

Felton Prairie SNA

Felton WMA

The Nature Conservancy

Felton Prairie is not really unmanaged and it is not really a site. It is a collection of many manages sites totalling 2,900 acres scattered over a 30 square mile area of Clay County. It includes areas managed by Clay County, the Minnesota DNR, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

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Eight birds with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Endangered – Baird’s Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii), Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus), Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii), Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spragueii)

Threatened – Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Special Concern – Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

Other birds seen here include Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus), Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) , Dickcissel (Spiza americana), Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), Le Conte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii), Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca), Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni), Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), and Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii).

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

Minnesota’s Pine to Prairie Birding Trail

National Audubon Society

Several insect species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Endangered – Assiniboia skipper (Hesperia comma assiniboia), Uhler’s arctic (Oeneis uhleri varuna)

Threatened – Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae)

Special concern – Powesheik skipperling (Oarisma powesheik), Pawnee skipper (Hesperia leonardus pawnee), regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia)

One mammal species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Special concern – prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

Other mammals seen on this site include white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) and whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus).

One plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Endangered – western prairie fringed orchid (Plantathera praeciara)

One reptile species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Special concern – western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus)