The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks | 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: Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
| Brant(Branta bernicla) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Spring | First Minnesota record; one adult spent several weeks at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge near McGregor, Minnesota where it was found by refuge manager Carl E. Pospichal; also seen by RG, WRP, HFH, RLH and excellent photos taken by Frank Martin of the U.S. F. & W. S. The bird was last seen on May 31. (See front cover). | ||
| 1973 | Winter | The immature bird from last fall was last seen on 12-8 at Rochester, Olmsted Co. (RR). | ||
| 1981 | Summer | One on Minn. Pt., Duluth 6-20 7- 1 (Loon' 53:174-5). | ||
| 1982 | Fall | 11/16 Cook KE, KMH. See The Loon (55:36) | ||
| 1984 | Spring | 4/21 Cook KL. (The Loon 56:194) | ||
| 1984 | Fall | 10/28 Otter Tail L. Nordstrom (The Loon 56:270). | ||
| 1985 | Fall | 11/13 Olmsted fide JEB. Shot and identified by DNR. | ||
| 1989 | Fall | Reported 10/9-14 Marshall ABe, RJ (The Loon 61 :204). | ||
| 1991 | Spring | Reported 3/29 Cottonwood ED, RG (The Loon 63:209). | ||
| 2002 | Spring | One adult reported 4/10 Lyon (Coon Creek Twp.) ph. †KJB (The Loon 74:179–180). Like most of the previous Minnesota occurrences, identified as the Atlantic race (Branta bernicla hrota). | ||
| 2004 | Spring | Fifteenth Minnesota record 3/21–22 Stearns (Paynesville W.T.P.) †PCC, †PHS, ph. RLE, ph. JPM (The Loon 76:152). Identified as the Atlantic race (Branta bernicla hrota). | ||
| 2008 | Spring | 1 | A bird of the “Atlantic” race (hrota) in St. Louis (Bayfront Park, Duluth) 5/19–27 provided the sixteenth state record (†LBe, ph. †JWL, ph. †PHS, ph. †KRE, ph. DAC, ph. MSS). | |
| 2011 | Spring | 1 | Atlantic subspecies discovered in Grant (Nachbor W.M.A.) 4/9 †RMD, †DAB. This is the fourth state record in the last 20 years. | |
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | The first fall report since 1989 was of the hrota suspecies: 11/20 St. Louis (Park Point Recreation Area) ph. †SCZ, ph. †PHS, ph. JLK, m.ob (The Loon 85:93–94). | |
| 2016 | Fall | 1 | The 19th state record and only the second fall report since 1989 was the B. b. hrota subspecies: 10/18–22 Lake (Two Harbors, juvenile seen at several locations) †PHS, ph. RZi, ph. JPR, ph. JWL, and photographs from 14 additional observers submitted via eBird. | |
| 2020 | Fall | 1 | An adult “Atlantic” Brant (B. b. hrota) was the first fall record since 2016, 9/26 Houston (Hwy. 26 Overlook south of Brownsville) ph. †DMf. Also see Documented reports still under review in the introduction to this report. | |
| 2021 | Fall | 1 | Only the second Minnesota report of two or more together: 11/11 Beltrami (2, “Atlantic” subspecies harvested near Bemidji by a waterfowl hunter) TdN. | |
| Nineteen records: seven spring, one summer, ten fall, and one fall-winter. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2016. | ||||
| Click on the bird name to see a photographic image of the bird. | |
| 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. |