The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | Occurrence | |
| This is the 1930 to present seasonal report archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members. |
Seasons |
| Species: Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks |
| Summer Tanager(Piranga rubra) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Summer | Winona Co., Homer, June 14, 1 ad seen for about 7 minutes, working its way along the hillside, Alton Shira. Very few Minnesota records for this species. | ||
| 1964 | Spring | See Notes of Interest. | ||
| 1965 | Spring | 5-19 to 5-24, female banded by JCG at Mrs. Arthur Wright's feeder in Duluth where JCG took photos of adult male last year. See Notes of Interest in previous issue. Probably fourth or fifth record for Minnesota. | ||
| 1968 | Spring | 5-11 St. Paul, Ramsey Co., 1 moulting male seen by Manley Olson (see Notes of Interest in previous issue). | ||
| 1972 | Spring | Two turned up. In western Minn.: one was at Detroit Lakes, Becker Co. from 5-3 to 5-7 (fide EB), and another was in rural Lac qui Parle Co . on 5-17 (Mrs. L. Christianson). These are the 8th and 9th state records (see the last issue of The Loon for details). | ||
| 1975 | Spring | 1 report of this casual species: 5-11 Hennepin (1) BDC. | ||
| 1975 | Fall | 9-1 Rice Lake State Park Steele co., one heard KE. | ||
| 1976 | Fall | Reported from ~0-11 to 10-21 in Duluth at the Seehgs feeder; second fall report on record. | ||
| 1978 | Spring | 4-27 Lyon (1) HK. | ||
| 1979 | Spring | 5-12 Martin EB (see The Loon, Vol. 51, No. 3). | ||
| 1979 | Fall | 10-23 through 11-1 St. Louis K. Sundquist, KE, JG, BL, Paul Egeland, Jerry Gresser, Marj Carr. | ||
| 1980 | Fall | Two reports: 8-24 St. Louis D. Green (see The Loon, Vol. 52, No.4, p. 189), 10-8 St. Louis T. Decker (see The Loon, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 143-144). | ||
| 1981 | Spring | 5-9 Goodhue Alice Johnson, see The Loon Vol. 53, No. 3, p. 170. | ||
| 1981 | Summer | Male seen on 6-18 in Crow Wing (Loon 53:223). | ||
| 1981 | Fall | 10-19 thru 11-7 St. Louis KE, TL, MH, SDM, TW, WN. | ||
| 1982 | Spring | 5-9 Lyon HK. | ||
| 1982 | Fall | One report: 10/30 Cook M. Brackney. | ||
| 1983 | Summer | One, 6/18 Fergus Falls, Ottertail Co. (SM). | ||
| 1983 | Fall | Two reports 9/13 Hubbard RG (The Loon 56:73-74), 9/19 Cook KMH. | ||
| 1984 | Spring | All repports 5/10 Washington W. Evans, 5/12 Mower RBA, 5/14 Ramsey RBA (The Loon 56:201). | ||
| 1984 | Summer | 6/1 Carlos Avery W.M.A., Anoka Co. (KL). | ||
| 1984 | Fall | Two reports 8-8 St. Louis fide KE, I0/ 10 St. Louis fide KE. | ||
| 1985 | Spring | All reports: 5/2 through 5/4 St. Louis KE, 5/8 Lac qui Parle FE, LeSueur RJ. | ||
| 1986 | Spring | Five reports 5/3 Washington RJ, JPIAM, 5/14 Fillmore AMP, Lake fide KE, 5/15 Fillmore RE, 5/26 Mower RRk. | ||
| 1987 | Fall | 10/1 thru 10/17 Crow WingTS, WN, DB, AB. | ||
| 1987 | Winter | First winter record, Anoka County, Carlos Avery WMA, 12/1 until 12/22 (m.ob.). See details on page 125 this issue. | ||
| 1988 | Spring | Three reports: 5/3 Wright JMa, 5/15 Clay LCF, 5/18 Duluth fide KE. | ||
| 1991 | Spring | All reports 5/7-9 Chisago PB, RJ, KR, 5/27 Hennepin SC. | ||
| 1992 | Spring | Early south 5/12 Goodhue DB and Hennepin SC, TT; early north 5/17 St. Louis KE, 5/28 Cook KMH. | ||
| 1993 | Spring | Two reports 5/2–3 Lac qui Parle fide FE, 5/3 Stevens fide PB. | ||
| 1993 | Fall | Four reported individuals: 9/30 Cook KMH, 10/30–11/23 Hennepin mob, 11/1–11/17 Olmsted fide JB, 11/13 Pennington KSS. | ||
| 1994 | Spring | Only report 4/28–29 Winona mob. | ||
| 1994 | Summer | First summer report since 1983! One immature discovered on 6/25 at Blue Mounds S.P. in Rock Co. fide PBa. | ||
| 1994 | Fall | Reported 10/24-26 (male) Lake SS, 8/19–28 (female) Olmsted mob. | ||
| 1995 | Spring | One report 5/10–11 Rice GGC, FKS (The Loon 67:176). | ||
| 1995 | Fall | Only report 11/9–25 (second latest south date) Winona fide CS. | ||
| 1996 | Spring | All reports: 5/5–10 (second earliest north date) St. Louis fide KE, “late May” Olmsted JTh. | ||
| 1996 | Fall | No reports. | ||
| 1997 | Spring | All reports: first-year males identified 5/14–25 Westwood Nature Center, Hennepin Co. mob, 5/28–29 Baxter, Crow Wing Co. PP. One was seen and heard calling 5/27 Camden State Park, Lyon Co. RgS. | ||
| 1997 | Fall | Only reports: 10/18–23 Cook (Good Harbor Bay) CMa, mob, 10/19–24 St. Louis (Stoney Point) KE, mob. | ||
| 1998 | Spring | Only report: 5/9 Lyon (Camden S. P.) RgS. | ||
| 1998 | Fall | Only report: 10/17–19 Lake (Two Harbors) BSe, MH, mob. | ||
| 1999 | Spring | An unprecedented influx with first county records in seven counties! See article elsewhere in this issue (The Loon 71:216–220. | ||
| 1999 | Summer | Only the second summer record in 16 years, following an unprecedented influx of approximately 18 individuals in May (The Loon: 71:216–220). Single bird (heard only) on 6/24 at Old Cedar Ave. bridge in Hennepin Co. SC. | ||
| 1999 | Fall | All reports: 8/20 Anoka (Spring Lake Park) †AH, 10/21 Lake (Knife River) AH, †PS. The latter perpetuates the recent pattern of this species being found along the North Shore in October. | ||
| 2000 | Spring | Three documented reports: 5/3 Nobles (male near Leota) †ND, 5/11–16 Cook (imm. male photographed near Grand Marais) †NBr, †KMH, 5/21 Brown (female at Lake Hanska) †DWi (The Loon 72:179–180). Two were reported without details from Houston. | ||
| 2000 | Summer | Second consecutive summer record; second-year male singing and calling on 6/24 at Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve in Scott Co. BAF. | ||
| 2000 | Fall | Seen at feeder near Faribault in Rice County 11/15–25+ †TFB. | ||
| 2000 | Winter | Female from fall season (11/15) lingered to 12/5 Rice †TFB (The Loon 73:176). Second winter record. | ||
| 2001 | Spring | Documented 5/3–6 Mower (south of Austin) †RNS, mob, 5/8 Hennepin (Bass Ponds) †SLC, †KJB. | ||
| 2001 | Fall | No reports. | ||
| 2001 | Winter | Record late date north 12/2 St. Louis (Duluth) fide KRE. | ||
| 2002 | Spring | More reports than usual: 4/21–27 Hennepin (imm. male at Wirth Park in Minneapolis, earliest ever) CE, ph. CFa, m.ob., 5/9 Blue Earth (imm. male at Mankato) MJF, 5/10–13 Wabasha (imm. male at Wabasha) WGA, CBe, †PHS, 5/11–20 Mower (near Austin) SJ, †PSc et al., 5/11+ Cottonwood (imm. male for about ten days at Mountain Lake feeder) m.ob., 5/14 Kandiyohi (photographed) fide RSF, 5/28–29 Steele (imm. male at Owatonna) †NFT, RBJ, PL et al. The Wirth Park bird was picked up and rehabilitated after being diagnosed with a fractured coracoid (SKS). | ||
| 2002 | Fall | Two reports from opposite corners of the state: 11/5–30 Pennington GM et al., †SAS, ph. †PHS (The Loon 75:117–118), 11/16–19 Winona (Lock and Dam #5) RMD, RHy, DBz, JJS. | ||
| 2003 | Spring | All reports: 5/1–7 Freeborn (imm. male at Hartland) AEB, ph. DDM, 5/5–8 Chisago (imm. male at Chisago L.) ph. DAA, †SHA, 5/15–31+ Dakota (adult male at Lebanon Hills R.P.) †DE, †PEB, †JPM, †ADS, ph. JWa, m.ob., 5/19–25 Dakota (Rosemount) ph. GM, 5/20–22, no details, Freeborn (female at Myre-Big Island S.P.) RNS et al. Also see undocumented reports. | ||
| 2003 | Summer | Territorial males in Scott (Murphy-Hanrehan P.R.) and Dakota (Lebanon Hills R.P.), both of which had been first reported in May (see Spring report), each paired up with a female Scarlet Tanager and attempted nesting (The Loon 75:221–230). The mixed pair at Murphy-Hanrehan fledged a single cowbird (but no hybrid tanagers) BAF. | ||
| 2003 | Fall | The adult male summering at Murphy-Hanrehan P.R. (The Loon 75:221–225) lingered through 8/9 Scott BWF. | ||
| 2004 | Spring | Major influx of no fewer than 11 individuals; also see undocumented reports. Record-early arrival 4/18–29 Steele (imm. male near Owatonna) ph. WH, NFT et al. All other south reports: 5/4 Olmsted (imm. male at Byron, dates?) JDF, RLE, †CBr et al., 5/8 Chippewa (adult male at Lac qui Parle L.) †BJU, 5/14–15 Hennepin (imm. male at Wood L.) †PJ, m.obs., 5/15+ Scott (adult male at Murphy-Hanrehan P.R., virtually the same territory as last year, The Loon 75:221–225) †RMD, †BAF, m.obs., 5/16+ Dakota (adult male at Lebanon Hills, same territory as last year) ph. JPM, †CBr, 5/18 Scott (female or imm. male at Murphy-Hanrehan P.R.) †LBF, PB, 5/22 Scott (imm. male at Shakopee) ph. AJM, 5/29 Lac qui Parle (adult male at Lac qui Parle S.P.) †BJU. All north reports: 5/15 Cook (adult male at Prairie Portage) SE, †DL, JRo, MP, 5/15–19 Crow Wing (adult male north of Baxter) ph. WAB, m.obs. | ||
| 2004 | Summer | Adult males (see spring report) documented through 7/23 Dakota (Lebanon Hills R.P.) ph. JPM, †CBr, †ADS, and through 7/25 Scott (Murphy-Hanrehan P.R.) †RMD, †BAF, JMP. Both observed advertising for mates to no avail. | ||
| 2004 | Fall | No reports. | ||
| 2005 | Spring | Nine documented records, all pertaining to first-spring males except as noted: 4/30 Hennepin (adult male at Coon Rapids Dam) †JMS, 5/7–10 Steele (Owatonna) ph. NFT, 5/8 Goodhue (Hok-si-la Park) CH, JWH, †DCZ, 5/8 Hennepin (Richfield, a few blocks west of Wood Lake N.C.) ph. AB, 5/9–14 Hennepin (Wood Lake N.C., same as 5/8?) †CMB et al., ph. SBM, 5/11–16 Wabasha (East Indian Creek) †SK, RLE et al., 5/17 Washington (age/sex unspecified, banded at Warner N.C.) MP, 5/20 Mower (Grand Meadow W.T.P.) †SLF, 5/21+ Dakota (adult male at Lebanon Hills, third consecutive year at this location) †JPM. Also see undocumented reports. | ||
| 2005 | Summer | Male Summer Tanager paired with female Scarlet Tanager produced at least one hybrid young at Lebanon Hills R.P., Dakota ph. JPM. | ||
| 2005 | Fall | Resuming the pattern of late October strays along the North Shore of L. Superior was a female at Croftville 10/30 Cook BJM, DDM, KRE, JWL, JPM et al. | ||
| 2006 | Spring | Adult male 5/17+ Dakota (Lebanon Hills Park) †CMB, †ADS et al. No details 5/6 Goodhue m.ob. | ||
| 2006 | Summer | Documented 6/5 Lincoln (Hole-in-the-Mountain C.P.) †SPS, and through 6/9 Dakota (Lebanon Hills R.P.) †ADS, †JPM. Also see undocumented reports. | ||
| 2006 | Fall | Reported along the North Shore of Lake Superior 11/8–25 Lake (northeast of Silver Bay) KEH, †JWL, ph. LME, m.ob. Two south reports: 10/14 Steele ph. †NFT, 11/9–24 Olmsted (no details) JWH, PWP. | ||
| 2007 | Spring | 2 | 3 | All documented reports: 5/3 Dakota (Spring Lake P.R.) †JPM, 5/8 Faribault (Blue Earth River) †WAF, 5/9 Hennepin (Bass Ponds) †ChM, JEP, 5/12 Dakota (Lebanon Hills R.P.) †ADS, 5/19 Lake (Silver Bay) †JWL, 5/27 Kittson (Lancaster) ph. GBr fide DTT. |
| 2007 | Summer | 1 | Observed 6/19, 6/26 Jackson (Kilen Woods State Park) MCBS. | |
| 2007 | Fall | 1 | Only report 10/21–23 St. Louis (female at Stoney Point) KRE, LS, NRi. | |
| 2008 | Spring | 3 | 4 | All south reports (median 5/3) 5/1–3 Mower (Austin) ARW, JEM, 5/4 Sibley (adult male, Rush River C.P.) RMD, 5/8 Blue Earth (Minneopa S.P.) ChH, 5/9–14 Stearns (first spring male in Farming Twp.) ph. DLL fide PCC, 5/17 Stearns (female at Avon Hills S.N.A.) MJB, 5/31 Steele (first spring male, Owatonna) ph. LJo. All north reports (median 5/15) 5/13–14 Lake (Two Harbors) ph. JWL, †PHS, 5/14–15 Aitkin (Lake Minnewawa) KCR, JSB, 5/15 Cook (Grand Marais) LGr. |
| 2008 | Summer | 1 | Reported without details 6/3 Le Sueur (Chamberlain Woods S.N.A.) RBJ, 6/10 Le Sueur (Kasota Prairie) RBJ. | |
| 2008 | Fall | 1 | 1 | All reports 8/16–23 Le Sueur (Chamberlain Woods S.N.A.) †JCC, RMD, m.ob., 10/29–11/2 Lake fide JWL, HHD, m.ob. |
| 2009 | Spring | 2 | 12 | All south (median early 5/3) 4/20, 21 Fillmore (female, Spring Valley) ph. RTP, JWH, CWG, 4/29 – 5/2 Blue Earth (first-spring male, Good Thunder) ph. JCN, m.ob. 5/6 Freeborn (Albert Lea) AEB, Olmsted (first-spring male, Rochester) DMA, JWH, 5/11-12 Nicollet (first spring male, rural Courtland) NV, 5/12 Pope (first-spring male near Starbuck) †SSt, 5/13 Waseca (first-spring male near Waseca) AEB, 5/13 Blue Earth (a second first-spring male in Good Thunder) JCN, 5/14 Meeker (first-spring male, Darwin) DMF, 5/16 Hennepin (female, T.S. Roberts Bird Sanctuary) TAT, 5/17 Carver (Minnesota Valley N.W.R.) RBW, 5/21 Rice (first-spring male, Carleton College Arboretum) NBr, 5/23 Lyon (2, Camden S.P.) fide RJS. All north 5/12–18 Clearwater (adult male, Itasca S.P.) †DPJ, PLJ, 5/14–16 Clay (first-spring male in Moorhead; second county record) ph. †SSe. |
| 2009 | Summer | 2 | 1 | All reports: 6/8 Aitkin (first-spring male, Gun Lake Rd feeder) WEN, 6/8 Crow Wing (Agate Lake Road, Deerwood Twp.) JSB, 6/28, 7/12–25 Washington (first-spring male, Afton S.P.) EHa, †DWK, v.t. JPS. |
| 2009 | Fall | 1 | 1 | All reports: 11/21 Otter Tail (near Fergus Falls) ph. SJa, 11/29 Hennepin (St. Louis Park) ph. CBa. |
| 2010 | Spring | 1 | Only report was of a window-kill specimen 5/17 Martin (first-spring male, Fairmont) ph. JBe. | |
| 2010 | Fall | 4 | 4 | There were many reports this season: 8/14, 21 Le Sueur (Chamberlain Woods S.N.A.) RMD, DBM; 10/8–11 McLeod ph. BEH, †PRH, †CMB, ph. DAC, m.ob.; 11/5 Clearwater (Gonvick) RLE; 11/4–11 Lake (Two Harbors) CRu, SaG, ph. KRE, ph. MLH, m.ob.; 11/7–13 Morrison (Fishtrap Lake) †FGo, HHD, DBM, m.ob.; 11/19 Roseau (Greenbush) RAE; 11/24–28 Crow Wing ph. GeS; 11/28 Dakota ph. †MiM. Another was in Redwood in mid-November for about a week fide PME. |
| 2011 | Spring | 3 | 11 | A most impressive 25 individuals reported — 18 south and 7 north! Early south 4/23 Hennepin (female, Lake Calhoun) ph. DMc, WHo, 5/5 Rice (frst-spring male) ph. BJB, 5/5–8 Olmsted (first-spring male) ph. REJ, m.ob. Late south 5/28 Lac qui Parle (Walter Twp.) BJU, Steele (Rice Lake S.P.) DAB, 5/29 Hennepin LMS. Additional documented south reports 5/14 Watonwan ph. AnK, 5/23 Blue Earth ph. MRu. All north reports: 5/9–15 St. Louis (near UMD campus) ph. fide JWL, 5/10 Kanabec (first-spring male, west of Ogilvie) RAE, 5/12 St. Louis (first-spring male, Lakeside neighborhood of east Duluth) ph. JWL, MH, 5/12–16 St. Louis (Duluth Twp.) fide JWL, 5/13 St. Louis (near Cotton) fide JWL, 5/13 Cook (Lutsen) ph. JuH, 5/28–31 St. Louis (first-spring male, West Orange St., Duluth) ph. CEd, ph. PHS, m.ob. |
| 2011 | Summer | 2 | Observed 6/4 Rice (Nerstrand Big Woods S.P.) JJo, 6/8, 6/19 Blue Earth (east of Rapidan) RMD, ChH, AnK. | |
| 2011 | Fall | 3 | 1 | All north reports: 8/18 Mille Lacs (Waukon) RBJ, DAC, 9/8 Douglas JPE, 10/16–17 St. Louis (female/immature in Duluth) CCE, ph. KRE. One south report 11/14+ Washington (first-year male, Carpenter N.C.) JV, ph. LMS, ph. ALD, m.ob. |
| 2011 | Winter | 1 | Fourth winter record for the state, seen in Washington (Carpenter N.C.) through 12/2 LEC, LMS, JHg. | |
| 2012 | Spring | 1 | 3 | All south 5/2 Olmsted (first-year male, Silver Creek Reservoir) JPr, JWH, 5/8 Olmsted (first-year male, Kutzky Park, Rochester; same bird?) ph. SWs, 5/9 Hennepin (female, Eden Prairie) ph. ChC, 5/19 Mower (female, Austin) ph. BPl. One north 5/18 Aitkin KCR. |
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | 1 | All reports: 8/17 Aitkin KCR, 10/19–29 McLeod (female, Hutchinson) †BEH, PRH, †DWK, ph. SBM, m.ob. |
| 2012 | Winter | 1 | Fifth winter record: 12/7 McLeod (Hutchinson) ph. KyC. | |
| 2013 | Spring | 4 | Five individuals reported south: 5/1 Freeborn AEB, Hennepin (Corcoran) ph. ABL, 5/11 Hennepin (Minneapolis) KvB, PEB, KRo, SBM, 5/18 Ramsey LeM, 5/28 Dodge (Blooming Prairie) JPr. | |
| 2013 | Summer | 1 | Adult male 6/6 Aitkin ph. JdB. | |
| 2013 | Fall | 1 | Only report 11/2–11 Kanabec (adult male in Brook Park) ph. KDH, ph. DWK, ph. RZi, m.ob. | |
| 2014 | Spring | 11 | All reports 5/6 Blue Earth (Good Thunder) ph. JNe, 5/8–10 Fillmore (first-year male) RAE, JWH, ph. DAC, ph. GEr, m.ob., 5/8–9 Freeborn (first-year male) ARW, AEB, ph. DcS, 5/9 Hennepin (first-year male) ph. LFz, 5/10 Mower (Honey Tree Farm) ph. SWm, 5/11 Blue Earth (adult male, near Cambria) GLa, KRE, ph. RZi, m.ob., Scott (first-year male, Shakopee) ph. AMo, 5/12 Faribault WAF, Washington (2, 1 photographed) ph. JLM, 5/14+ Washington (Afton S.P.) JSe, 5/16 Blue Earth (female, south of Mankato) ChH, 5/17–18 Rice (first-year male, Faribault) †DAB, BWF, 5/21 ph. Sherburne (first-year male) BTe, 5/22 Ramsey (first-year male) DSg. | |
| 2014 | Summer | 1 | Seen 6/1, 6/8 Washington (Afton S.P.) SBE, RMD, 6/28 BAb. | |
| 2014 | Fall | 1 | Only report 10/29–11/4 Hennepin ph. MNe. | |
| 2015 | Spring | 3 | All reports 5/7 Faribault WAF, 5/9 Washington (Afton S.P.) BDo, 5/26 Lyon (Camden S.P.) RJS. | |
| 2015 | Summer | 1 | Observed 7/19 Washington (Afton S.P. — North Prairie Loop) JBu. | |
| 2015 | Fall | 1 | 2 | Only three reports, but all documented: 10/14–17 Lake (Knife River W.T.P.) ph. KRE, AM, ph. JLK, ph. JWL, ph. PHS, 10/28 Hennepin †CMB, 11/14 Rice (Faribault) ph. †DAB. |
| 2015 | Winter | 1 | Only the sixth winter observation of this species, all of which have occurred during the first week in December: 12/5–6 Ramsey (Roseville, female visiting feeder) ph. GlB, BrJ. | |
| 2016 | Spring | 1 | 3 | All reports 5/10 Chisago (first-year male, Taylors Falls) ph. JoZ, 5/11 Otter Tail (feeder at Reames Lake; first appeared around 5/8) ph. KiF, 5/12 Dakota (C.P. Adams Park) KWr, 5/14–15 Murray (first-year male) JT, ph. JPr, m.ob. |
| 2016 | Summer | 4 | Found 6/5–21 Washington (Afton S.P.) JJo, AJF, RZi, (male and female) RBd, 6/16 Lyon (Garvin Park) GWe, 6/26–7/3 Carver (Minnesota Landscape Arboretum) WFe, RBW, ROx, m.ob., 7/2 Yellow Medicine (Wegdahl) GWe. | |
| 2016 | Fall | 1 | One report 9/15–18 Steele (first-year male, Kaplan Woods Parkway, Owatonna) †HCT, BAb. | |
| 2017 | Spring | 2 | 6 | All south 5/10–19 Mower ph. PMM, 5/12–13 Watonwan (Long Lake C.P.) JCC, KRE, ph. RZi, m.ob, 5/16–17 Olmsted (Indian Heights Park) LAV, m.ob., 5/20–25 Rice (residential feeder) TFB, 5/28 Benton (adult male) ph. DOr, 5/30 Kandiyohi (near Bergquist) JoS. All north 5/21 Crow Wing PSP, 5/24 Cook (Grand Marais RV Park and Campground) JSd, LSd. |
| 2017 | Summer | 3 | Observed 6/1–14 Washington (Afton S.P.) LiH, m.ob., 6/8 Rice (Northfield) DAT, 6/16 – 7/24 Carver (male, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum) ebd, ASu, JLI, LH, m.ob. | |
| 2017 | Fall | 1 | 3 | All north 11/21 St. Louis (West Duluth) CBl, TBl, m.ob. All south 8/4 Washington (Afton S.P.) TMn, 8/22 Washington (Lake Elmo R.P.) PNi, BDo, 8/30 Meeker PKF, 11/5–21 Anoka (Andover) ph. JPH. |
| 2018 | Spring | 4 | 16 | Twenty south and four north individuals, for the highest spring total since 2011. Early south (median 5/3) 4/29 Brown (Lake Hanska C.P.) ph. STa, 5/2, 5/20 Faribault WAF, 5/3 Rice (Carleton College Cowling Arboretum) LEC, FGo, 5/7 Hennepin (Veterans Memorial Park) WPe, Houston (Spring Grove) ph. ToM, 5/7–10 Kandiyohi ph. JWd, 5/8–13 Wright (Buffalo) ph. MrS, ph. ToL, m.ob., 5/9 Hennepin (Purgatory Creek Wetlands) ph. HiK, Washington (Oakdale Nature Preserve) ph. EBy. Other south reports were from Carver, Cottonwood (2 locations), Dakota, Fillmore, Hennepin (a third location), Le Sueur, Lyon, Nicollet, and Olmsted. All north 5/8–10 Becker ph. DFr, 5/8–11 Polk (East Grand Forks) ph. SAu, JCJ, JMJ, 5/10–11 Otter Tail (Fergus Falls) ph. WPl, JsS, 5/13 St. Louis (Congdon Park neighborhood) ph. JPR, LME. |
| 2018 | Summer | 2 | Observed 6/9–15 Kandiyohi (Sibley S.P.) †JWH, LiH, ph. JWd, 7/21 Carver (Rapids Lake Unit, Minnesota Valley N.W.R.) JCy. | |
| 2018 | Fall | 2 | 1 |  All north 10/13 Red Lake (Plummer) ph. PCt, HHu, 10/28–30 Cook (Grand Marais) RMD, m.ob. One south report 8/18–19 Scott (Murphy-Hanrehan P.R.) ph. DTr, BAb. |
| 2019 | Spring | 3 | 9 | Thirteen individuals reported south and five north beginning south with (median 5/3) 5/7 Blue Earth (Good Thunder) ph. JNe, 5/12 Cottonwood (four miles west of Windom) BTS, MiO, Fillmore (Eagle Bluff Learning Center) ph. ToM, 5/14–17 Nobles (Hawkeye C.P.) ph. BDo, ph. JZj. 5/16 Carver (male, Excelsior) COg, 5/17 Ramsey (Maplewood N.C.) ph. JZj, 5/18 Dakota (Acacia Park Cemetery) †BAF, Goodhue (Cannon Falls) ph. ebd, 5/19, 5/22 Carver (female, Chaska) ph. ebd, 5/19–20 Hennepin (Shorewood) MKg, ph. MGi, 5/23 Hennepin (different location, plumage) BKe, 5/25–26 Hennepin (Wood Lake N.C.) ph. ScG, 5/30 Blue Earth (Ceresco Twp.) RBW. All north 4/21–23 Itasca (Grand Rapids) DSL, ph. REn, AxB, RAE, 4/25 Cass ph. ABi, 5/19–24 St. Louis (Duluth) ph. DOK, KEm, 5/23 Cass (Blackwater Lake) ph. ABi, 5/24 Cass (Lake Winnibigoshish) ph. ebd. |
| 2019 | Summer | 2 | Â Found 6/1 Ramsey (first-spring male, Falcon Heights) ph. AnM, 6/10 Washington (Afton S.P.) AJF. | |
| 2019 | Fall | 1 | Only one report 11/10–14 Crow Wing (Baxter) ph. JhH, LnH, m.ob. | |
| 2020 | Spring | 5 | 14 | Reports of approximately 28 individuals produced the highest spring total ever. Early south (median 5/3) 4/27–30 Blue Earth, 5/2 Goodhue (near Red Wing) PEJ, Olmsted (Root River Park) JLA, 5/4–5 Stearns (St. Cloud) †PCC, m.ob., 5/5 Hennepin (Champlin) HoH, 5/8–11 Meeker (Dassel) PKF, m.ob. All north 5/4 Itasca SC, 5/10 Becker (near Frazee) ebd, NaH, 5/10–11 Otter Tail DbA, 5/12 Douglas (Noonan’s Park) AyE, 5/21 Becker (Detroit Lakes) WBr, 5/22 Koochiching (near Ray) JMn, ph. KDA, 5/26 Otter Tail (Inspiration Peak S.P.) WPl. |
| 2020 | Summer | 1 | 1 | Single adult males 6/2–18 Scott (continuing from spring at Murphy-Hanrahan P.R.) CRM, KSz, m.ob., 6/17 Crow Wing (Crow Wing S.P.) †SHo. |
| 2020 | Fall | 3 | Third fall in the past decade without north reports. All south 10/16 – 11/5 Hennepin (Cooper neighborhood, Minneapolis) ph. KmS, ph. BLz, m.ob., 10/22 Stevens ph. JyF, 10/31 Stearns (St. Cloud) REl. | |
| 2020 | Winter | 1 | One report of this species that has been seen in three out of the last ten winters: record-late 12/24 (date approximate) Hennepin (Kenwood Park, fresh-appearing specimen discovered 12/25) ph. ElD. | |
| 2021 | Spring | 1 | 8 | Sixteen or 17 individuals reported, most as first-spring males; only two were seen more than one day. All south 5/3 Hennepin (Eden Prairie) ebd, Meeker (Jennie) ph. PKF, 5/10 Anoka (Locke Park/Rice Creek West Regional Trail) DCZ, m.ob., Hennepin (Minneapolis) ebd, 5/13 Kandiyohi (Willmar) †SGa, 5/14 Waseca (Reeds Lake) ph. LTA, 5/15 Hennepin (Wood Lake N.C.) ECl, JEc, ebd, Kandiyohi (Colfax Twp.) JoS, Kandiyohi (Raymond) JWd, 5/16 Cottonwood (Pat’s Grove C.P.) JWH, KEm, RAE, 5/18 Faribault (Bricelyn) ebd, 5/19 Ramsey (St. Paul) ebd, 5/23 Faribault WAF, 5/24–25 Hennepin (Richardson N.C.) LSy. In the north, three birds all in St. Louis: 5/3–8 (Cook) ph. JuG, 5/15 (Sax-Zim Bog, Stone Lake Rd.) JHn, ebd, 5/20 (Park Point R.A.) †MLH. |
| 2021 | Summer | 1 | 1 | Adult males reported 6/8 Becker (Fig Lake Farm) †HeH, 6/24 Nicollet (Kiwanis Woodchip Trail, Mankato) ebd. |
| 2021 | Fall | 3 | All north 9/27 St. Louis (Congdon Park, Duluth) †PHS, †SCB, 11/3 Hubbard (Kabekona Lake) RLF, ph. REn, RLF, 10/26 Itasca (adult male, Coleraine; reportedly first seen 10/21) ph. REn, RLF, 10/28 St. Louis (Indian Point) ebd. Third fall in the past decade with no south reports. | |
| Rare migrant throughout. Three breeding attempts, all mixed pairings with Scarlet Tanager (P. olivacea). | ||||
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| Column N | Number of counties where the bird was seen in the North. |
| Column S | Number of counties where the bird was seen in the South. |