Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Pelicans 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: Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican(Pelecanus occidentalis)
YearSeasonNS
2005Summer First state record: 7/16–27 Jackson (Little Spirit Lake) ph. †PHS, ph. †AXH, ET (The Loon 78:11–14); this first-year bird was also documented by ph. †PEB, ph. †DAC, †PCC, ph. †JPM, †DTT, †SMT, m.ob.
2009Summer1 Second state record: immature found by CVK, WS, 6/27–7/2 Le Sueur (German L.) ph. RMD.
2012Spring2 Third state record 4/4–9 Goodhue (Red Wing) ph. CH, JWH, ph. KRE, ph. RZi, ph. CRM (The Loon 84:154). Also photographed 4/9 in Dakota (flying over Hwy. 52 and C.R. 46) ph. DAC. Originally found and photographed by a local fisherman on 4/4 at Red Wing fide TPB.
2013Spring1 Fourth state record 5/31–6/1 Freeborn (Myre-Big Island S.P.) BAb, ph. GLa.
2013Summer1 Fourth state record 6/1 Freeborn (Myre-Big Island S.P., associating with American White Pelicans) JPr, ph.† GLa, HHD, JWH. Originally found 5/31 BAb.
 
 Four records: two spring and two summer. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2013.

Notes:

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.