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 - 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 |
| Species: Gulls, Terns |
| Glaucous-winged Gull(Larus glaucescens) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Fall | First state record 10/19–11/14 (rediscovered in December) Burnsville landfill, Dakota County and Lakes Calhoun and Harriet, Hennepin County (adult) KB, mob (The Loon 68:3–13). | ||
| 1995 | Winter | The adult from fall season was last reported on 12/24 at Black Dog Lake, Dakota Co. mob. First state record (The Loon 68:3–13). | ||
| 1997 | Fall | Second state record found 11/26 St. Louis (Duluth) KB. This individual in second-winter plumage could not be relocated until 12/13 when it returned to the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry; it was then seen only at the Superior landfill in Douglas County, Wisconsin through at least 12/22 (PS). | ||
| 1997 | Winter | Second and third state records noted 12/1 Cook (first-winter bird in Grand Marais) PS and 12/13 St. Louis (second-winter bird in Duluth) KB, PS. The latter individual was first seen on 11/26 and thus represents the second Minnesota record. | ||
| 2009 | Spring | 1 | The fourth state record of this species was a first-cycle bird found 5/1 in St. Louis (Superior Entry) ph. †PHS. | |
| 2011 | Winter | 1 | Well-photographed and described adult 12/22–1/15 St. Louis (Duluth, mostly Canal Park) ph. †KJB, ph. †PHS, ph. ANy. This is the fifth record for Minnesota. (See The Loon 84:102.) | |
| Five records: one spring, two fall-winter, and two winter. Recorded in two (2009, 2011) of the last ten years. | ||||
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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. |