Wildlife near Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is a city of lakes stitched together by the Mississippi, and the water shapes everything. Common loons turn up on the bigger lakes, bald eagles nest along the river gorge right in the city, and the chain of lakes fills with wood ducks, herons, and migrating waterfowl. White-tailed deer and red foxes work the parkways, and in winter the open river below Saint Anthony Falls holds goldeneyes and the eagles that hunt them.

Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Minneapolis. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

Most-observed species near Minneapolis

Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.