Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Gulls, Terns 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
Families
Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
New World Quail
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Grebes
Pigeons, Doves
Cuckoos
Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Limpkin
Cranes
Stilts, Avocets
Plovers
Sandpipers
Jaegers
Alcids
Gulls, Terns
Loons
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storks
Frigatebirds
Boobies and Gannets
Cormorants
Pelicans
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Barn Owls
Screech-Owls, Owls
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Caracaras, Falcons
Flycatchers
Vireos
Shrikes
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Chickadees, Titmice
Larks
Martins, Swallows
Kinglets
Waxwings
Silky-flycatchers
Nuthatches
Creepers
Gnatcatchers
Wrens
Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Starlings
Dippers
Thrushes
Old World Flycatchers
Old World Sparrows
Pipits
Finches
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Towhees, Sparrows
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds, Orioles
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Seasons
Species: Gulls, Terns
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
[Herring Gull (American)]
[Herring Gull (Vega)]
Iceland Gull
[Iceland Gull (Thayer's)]
[Iceland Gull (Kumlien's)]
[Iceland Gull (Iceland)]
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous Gull
[Herring Gull X Glaucous Gull]
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
[Sterna tern]
[Royal Tern]
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern

Black-headed Gull(Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
YearSeasonNS
1987Spring4/24 Heron Lake, Jackson Co. (I) AP.
1994Fall Reported Jackson 8/4 AH. Second state record (The Loon 67:54–56).
1998Spring Fourth state record, on the Jackson County side of Grover's Lake WMA (The Loon 70:240–241). All acceptable reports were of one or two adults in alternate plumage and presumably referred to same individuals: 4/18 (1) KE et al., 4/21 (2) JHa, 5/20 (1) PS.
1998Fall One adult in basic plumage 10/29 Jackson (Spirit Lake) AH, probably the same individual that had been reported in Iowa. Note: Erroneous date shown in photo caption (The Loon 70:241).
1999Spring Only report: one adult photographed by SR on 3/26 Jackson (Spirit L.).
1999Fall Reported 10/9–11/13 Jackson (near Spirit L.) †AH, †PH, mob (The Loon 72:121–122). At least one of these two adults had previously been seen on the Iowa side of the border.
2000Fall Adult in basic plumage 10/8 Jackson (along north shore of Spirit L.) †AXH, †PHS. Initially reported 10/7 on the Iowa side of the border. Two adults were seen here last fall.
2001Spring One adult 4/7 Jackson (Spirit L.) †KJB was in the same general location where this species has occurred almost every year (mostly on the Iowa side of the border) since 1994.
2001Fall Adult in basic plumage 10/6–24 Jackson (north shore of Spirit L.) †AXH et al., †BRB. Fourth consecutive October at this location along the Iowa/Minnesota border.
2002Fall Adult in basic plumage 9/20–10/26 Jackson (north shore of Spirit L.) †KRE et al., ph. †PEB, ph. †PHS. Fifth consecutive fall along the Iowa/Minnesota border.
2004Fall One adult in basic plumage found by Lee Schoenewe on Iowa side of border at Spirit L. 9/26 and documented on Minnesota side of border 9/27–10/17 Jackson †DCh, †CBr, ph. †PHS. This would have been Minnesota's seventh consecutive fall record, except that last fall's bird remains undocumented.
2005Summer Reported 7/17+ Jackson (adult at Little Spirit L.) ph. †JPM, †KRE, m.ob. Initially found 7/16 on Iowa side of state line along the north shore of Spirit Lake †PHS, AXH (The Loon 78:57–58).
2005Fall Though last documented in Minnesota 10/17 Jackson ph. †DWK, the adult first found at Spirit Lake in July (please see summer report) was reported regularly on the Iowa side of the border throughout the fall season until 11/13.
2006Fall One adult in basic plumage documented at usual location along north shore of Spirit L. 10/21–22 Jackson †CMB, †JWH, †DWK, m.ob.
2007Fall1 Observed at usual location at north end of Spirit L./Little Spirit L. along Minnesota/Iowa border in Jackson County beginning 8/10 †JPE, then 9/2 ph. †PHS, ph. †AXH, †PCC. Last observed there 10/12 JCC.
 
 Fourteen records (all from Jackson County): three spring, one spring-summer, one summer-fall, and nine fall. Last recorded 2007.

Notes:

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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.