The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Caracaras, Falcons | 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: Caracaras, Falcons |
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Crested Caracara American Kestrel Merlin |
[Merlin (Taiga)] [Merlin (Prairie)] [Merlin (Black)] |
Gyrfalcon Peregrine Falcon Prairie Falcon |
| Gyrfalcon(Falco rusticolus) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
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| 1963 | Winter | Jan 15, French River, St. Louis Co., a gray-phase bird was seen by Robert Widmeier; perhaps a Note of Interest will appear in a future issue. This is one of the rarest birds ever recorded within the boundaries of the coterminal United States. | ||
| 1964 | Spring | 4-30 Ely, St. Louis Co, 1 white phase bird, MWM; seen again there 5-2 thru 5-19, sporadically. | ||
| 1965 | Spring | 4-30 Schroeder, Cook Co, MAF (details?). | ||
| 1966 | Fall | 11-5 Tofte dump, Cook Co., 1, DB, RG, EHH; good details, description; photographed by DB. | ||
| 1966 | Winter | 12-7 Warroad, Roseau Co., gray phase female caught in grouse trap, PEB. | ||
| 1967 | Winter | 2-5 Duluth, St. Louis Co., good details, KE. | ||
| 1969 | Spring | 4-24 St. Louis Co., Paul Stein, fide JCG. | ||
| 1970 | Fall | 1 gray phase female shot in Sherburne Refuge, found injured 11-5, died 11-12. | ||
| 1970 | Winter | 12-23 (gray phase female, specimen in Bell Museum) Millville, Wabasha. | ||
| 1971 | Fall | 2 reports Nobles (1 dark phase), J. Brandenberg. | ||
| 1971 | Winter | dark phase birds in Duluth harbor; descriptions of plumag-e indicate perhaps 2 or 3 different birds: 1-18 MMC, 2-9 MMC; 2-26 JCG, RBJ, RG, FN; 3-10 MMC. | ||
| 1972 | Winter | Gray phase bird seen in Duluth Har bor area 2-4 and 2-6 BDC, JCG; 2-6 intermediate phase MMC; 1-28 Aitkin TS; EDK reported injured bird from Martin County sent to Mark Fuller U of M. | ||
| 1973 | Winter | An individual of the rare white phase was sighted on 12-29 at Marineon- the-St. Croix, Washington Co. (D. Honetschlager). | ||
| 1974 | Fall | 11-20 Duluth, Hawk Ridge-banded by Dave Evans. | ||
| 1976 | Fall | 9-19 Duluth MK. | ||
| 1976 | Winter | (A possible sighting on 12-5 at Orwell W.M.A., Otter Tail Co. by J. Hill.) La,rge falcon, sp. Either a Prairie or Peregrine Falcon was seen on the Marshall Christmas Count on 12-18 (LJF). | ||
| 1977 | Spring | 1 report: 4-3 Otter Tail (1) GO, latest date for the state. | ||
| 1977 | Winter | No less than four reports: 12-12 Eden Prairie, Hennepin Co. (VL); 1-23 Sartell, Stearns Co. (NH); 2-6 (found dead with a partly eaten poisoned pigeon in its talons) and 2-8 Duluth (M. Carr). | ||
| 1978 | Spring | 4-13 Lake (1 white phase) JCG. | ||
| 1978 | Summer | 11-19 Duluth; one white phase immature banded by Dave Evans. | ||
| 1978 | Fall | 11-19 Duluth; one white phase immature banded by Dave Evans. | ||
| 1978 | Winter | Gray-phase individuals reported 124 Duluth (M. Hoffman), and along Hwy. 72 in n. Beltrami Co. a few times between 12-17 and 2-26 (D. Wells, D. Warner). | ||
| 1979 | Spring | 4-1 Aitkin, one white phase bird reported by Warren Nelson fide TS. | ||
| 1979 | Fall | One report from Kelsey, St. Louis County fide KE. | ||
| 1979 | Winter | An immature in Roseau 2-21 (KE), one in Aitkin 12-7 Steve Blanich, and a gray phase immature in Duluth, St. Louis all winter (m.ob.). | ||
| 1980 | Spring | Two Duluth reports: 3-1 KG, DGW, 3-9 KE, KL; also 3-31 Lake of the Woods JHMN. | ||
| 1980 | Fall | 10-11 Duluth fide Pat Redig 11-30 St. Louis (Sax-Zim) KE. ' | ||
| 1980 | Winter | Again present in Duluth (mob) and a dark phase individual in Lake 12-24 J. Church, fide (JG). | ||
| 1981 | Spring | One adult grey phase male reported in Duluth 3-3 KE and 3-7 AS. | ||
| 1981 | Fall | 9-21 Hawk Ridge, 10-22 Duluth KE, RG, BL, 10-24 Cook DGW, 11-11 Otter Tail SDM, 11-25 Duluth Sam Cooper. | ||
| 1981 | Winter | One in Wadena 2-21, D. Oehlenschlager; details in the Loon 54:132 and present in Duluth for the fifth year in a row, this time three individuals. Two were banded by Dave Evans on 1-28 with at least one remaining into early March and one was trapped by a falconer in Dec., all fide (KE). | ||
| 1982 | Spring | Overwintered, last seen 3-21 Duluth M. & D. Evans. | ||
| 1982 | Fall | Three reported from Hawk Ridge 11/7, I I 1/2, I I /21. | ||
| 1983 | Spring | 3/16 Marshall ANWR, only report. | ||
| 1983 | Winter | Once again overwintered in the Duluth Harbor area (mob). | ||
| 1984 | Spring | Wintered Duluth, last seen 4/8 KE. | ||
| 1984 | Fall | I I /28 Roseau AJ. | ||
| 1984 | Winter | This marks the sixth year in a row that at least one has wintered in the Duluth Harbor. This year an adult was present which had been banded the preceeding winter. Immatures were also present through most of January and from February into March for a possible season total of three individuals, (KE) (mob). | ||
| 1985 | Spring | Four individuals recorded in Duluth last winter; last report 3/7 Duluth KE. | ||
| 1986 | Winter | One Duluth report: 11/5 (M. Carr [details?]) | ||
| 1987 | Fall | Reported 10/27 Marshall ANWR. | ||
| 1990 | Fall | Reported 9/24, 10/19, 11/2, all at Hawk Ridge; also 11/4 Mille Lacs KE, 11/10 Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles (same bird) RG, RJ. | ||
| 1990 | Winter | 14 individuals reported Oct. to May during this record invasion year; see The Loon 63: 163-167). | ||
| 1991 | Spring | Late north 5/1 (latest date on record) Clay PS (The Loon 63:201). | ||
| 1991 | Fall | Reported 11/7-14 St. Louis Bill Teft, SS, TW, 11/14 Duluth Hawk Ridge banded, 11/13 Norman PS (The Loon 64:68), 11/30 Cook KE. | ||
| 1991 | Winter | Nine individuals reported, two more than last year's record of seven individuals. An imm. gray morph female overwintered in Duluth beginning 12/22 DE for first time since 1984–85, and a white morph was seen on Duluth CBC. Also reported on Hastings (Dakota Co.) and Lac qui Parle (Chippewa Co) CBC's, plus Olmsted 1/11 RF, Anoka 12/25 KB, Roseau 1/5 KB, SSt, Carleton 2/17 SSt, and Kittson late January KL. | ||
| 1992 | Spring | Reported 3/27 Martin BBo, 3/1–4/12 Duluth mob, 4/13 Kittson MCBS. | ||
| 1992 | Fall | Hawk Ridge count: three (10/26, 11/15, 11/21). Also reported 10/3 Roseau PS. | ||
| 1992 | Winter | Only one report (nine l.y.): 12/26 & 1/3 Aitkin WN et al. There were several additional reports without details. Since this species may be only casual in the state, complete details are necessary for all reports. | ||
| 1993 | Spring | Reported 3/7 Wilkin SDM. | ||
| 1993 | Fall | Reported 11/10 Hawk Ridge, 11/28 Cook PS. | ||
| 1993 | Winter | Three immature gray morphs were reported along the North Shore. One overwintered in Duluth, seen sporadically from 12/11 to end of period; another first seen in Grand Marais, Cook Co. in late Nov. was seen there until 12/5; and yet another spent three weeks at the mouth of the Devil Track River, Cook Co. feeding on meat scraps (The Loon 66:70–71). One gray morph adult seen 1/15 Roseau KB, PS. | ||
| 1994 | Spring | Overwintered in Duluth until 4/2 KE. | ||
| 1995 | Winter | An imm. gray morph reported 1/8–21 Duluth, St. Louis Co. DEv, mob, and an adult gray morph showed up in the Duluth harbor on 1/17 and remained through March, mob. Also reported 1/3 Lake fide KE. | ||
| 1996 | Spring | All reports: overwintered through 3/22 in Duluth, St. Louis Co. TEB, DBS, mob. | ||
| 1997 | Spring | Only documented report: 3/2 Beltrami (Waskish) DJo. | ||
| 1997 | Fall | Only reports: 11/21–26 Hennepin ABo, mob. | ||
| 1997 | Winter | No reports. | ||
| 1998 | Spring | Only report: 3/22 Kittson (Norway Twp.) PS. | ||
| 1998 | Winter | No reports. | ||
| 1999 | Spring | No reports. | ||
| 1999 | Fall | No reports. | ||
| 1999 | Winter | No reports. | ||
| 2000 | Spring | No reports. | ||
| 2000 | Fall | Two observations: 11/6 Lake (Bayside Park near Silver Bay) CRM et al., 11/16 St. Louis (HRNR) FN. Both were gray-morph adults -— same bird? | ||
| 2000 | Winter | Seven individuals found. Subadult gray morph overwintered at the Port Terminal in Duluth, St. Louis County beginning 12/23 DLE, mob. Immature gray morph also reported from Duluth on 12/18 †PHS. Additional reports on Grand Marias CBC (count week), 1/12 Roseau (adult gray morph) MO, 1/11–13 St. Louis (adult gray morph at Virginia) BKY, 1/19 Kittson (immature gray morph at Donald-son) †CA, and 2/18 Roseau MAG. | ||
| 2001 | Spring | Three reported in St. Louis County: adult gray morph videotaped 3/9 at Sax-Zim bog fide FJN, subadult gray morph overwintering into early March at Port Terminal in Duluth, and first-year immature observed 3/14 at West Skyline Hawkwatch in Duluth (FJN). | ||
| 2001 | Fall | Immature gray morph seen 10/28 St. Louis (H.R.N.R. in Duluth) FJN et al., photographed by BKW. | ||
| 2001 | Winter | Immature gray morphs (same bird?) reported 12/3 (London Rd. and 16th Ave. East in Duluth) FJN, 1/5 (Superior Entry) †PHS, and 2/4 (Peavey elevator) MH, all in St. Louis County. | ||
| 2002 | Spring | Only report: 3/31 Marshall (Grand Plain Twp.) †JMJ, †SAS. | ||
| 2002 | Fall | Dark morph documented 10/27 Cook (Grand Portage) †RPR et al., possibly seen again 10/31 Cook (Grand Marais) JCG. | ||
| 2002 | Winter | Adult male reported 1/19 St. Louis (Duluth) MDE with additional sightings of presumably the same bird 2/5 and 2/28. | ||
| 2003 | Spring | Adult male overwintering in St. Louis (Port Terminal in Duluth) reported through 3/1 DSC. Also see undocumented reports. | ||
| 2003 | Fall | Immature gray morph 11/8 St. Louis (H.R.N.R., Duluth) †DSC. Also see undocumented reports. | ||
| 2003 | Winter | Adult male gray morph overwintered in Duluth–Superior harbor 12/20–2/29+ DLE, †KRE, †PHS, m.ob. Also reported 12/5 Big Stone (Odessa Twp.) †BJU and 1/19 Dakota (Rosemount) †JPM. | ||
| 2004 | Spring | Overwintering adult male gray morph last reported mid-March Duluth-Superior harbor fide PHS. Also see undocumented reports. | ||
| 2004 | Winter | Four accepted records; also see undocumented reports. Single adult gray morphs 1/9 Lake (Two Harbors) †BWF, 2/3–4/10 Dakota (Nininger Twp.) CCB, ph. †JPM, †PEB, m.ob., 2/21 Aitkin (CR 5, north of Palisade) †RJS. An unaged gray morph 2/6 Aitkin (CR 18, junction CR 5) †WCM et al. may have been the same individual as 2/21. | ||
| 2005 | Spring | Adult gray morph in Dakota (Nininger Twp.) last reported 4/10 (The Loon 77:171). Another adult gray morph 3/21 St. Louis (Virginia) †SLF. | ||
| 2005 | Winter | Accepted records north: 12/29 St. Louis (adult gray morph at Park Point, Duluth) †PHS; 1/21–28 St. Louis (juvenile female gray morph at Park Point, age and sex confirmed 2/4 when banded by DLE in Superior) †KRE et al., †PHS, †BAW; 1/23–3/2 St. Louis (adult male gray morph at Port Terminal, Duluth, probably same bird as 12/29 and reported by DLE as previously banded and wintering for at least the fourth time) ph. †MLH, ph. †PHS, m.ob. Accepted records south: 12/25–3/25 Dakota (adult gray morph, near Hastings) ph. †JPM, ph. DOB, †PEB, ph. LAK, †ADS, m.ob., 2/6 Lac qui Parle (juvenile gray morph, Walter Twp.) ph. †BJU (The Loon 78:176–177). | ||
| 2006 | Spring | Adult gray morph overwintering in Dakota last reported 3/25 (Nininger Twp.) †ADS. Adult gray morph overwintering in Twin Ports last reported on Minnesota side 3/2 (Duluth) DLE. | ||
| 2006 | Winter | 1 | 1 | Adult gray morph 1/3–2/16 St. Louis (Port Terminal, Duluth) DLE, †PHS, m.ob. For the third consecutive year, presumably the same adult gray morph (based on behavior) overwintered in the Hastings area 1/19–3/23 Dakota BSe, ph. †JPM, †LEC, †NFT, ph. DAC, m.ob. |
| 2007 | Spring | 1 | Adult gray morph overwintering in Dakota last reported 3/23 (Nininger Twp.) m.ob. | |
| 2009 | Fall | 1 | One documented report: 10/9 St. Louis (hatch-year dark-morph female caught and banded just east of Hawk Ridge, Duluth) FJN, ph. ABL. | |
| 2010 | Winter | 1 | 1 | An adult gray morph was photographed in Lac qui Parle (Hantho Twp.) on 1/5 ph. BJU. An immature gray morph was found away from roads along nordic ski trails in St. Louis (Manganika Creek, near Virginia) on 1/10 †SLF. |
| 2011 | Fall | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Winter | |||
| 2013 | Spring | 1 | Gray morph 4/14 Dakota †KRo, ph. JCo at the Great Western Industrial Park near Randolph represents the first spring report since 2007. | |
| 2015 | Fall | 1 | The only report was a first record for Kandiyohi, where a gray-morph individual perched on a power pole southeast of Willmar on 11/2 ph. †JWd. | |
| 2015 | Winter | 1 | First report since 2011: an immature gray-morph female was observed from 1/24–2/28+ in Duluth-Port Terminal area, St. Louis TPW, ph. †PHS, ph. JPR, ph. ARy, ph. KvM, m.ob. A second adult male was described from the same area on 2/14 ph. †PHS. | |
| 2016 | Spring | 1 | Two overwintering individuals in the Duluth-Superior harbor area continued through 3/21 St. Louis KRE (median 3/21). | |
| 2016 | Winter | 1 | For second winter in a row (following a four year hiatus), a single report of this infrequent winter visitor: 2/23 Lake of the Woods (Baudette) ph. LBw. | |
| 2019 | Spring | One report still under review by the Records Committee. | ||
| 2020 | Winter | 1 | One documented report of this uncommon visitor, which has been seen in only three out of the last ten winters: 2/14 Clay (juvenile gray phase along I-94) †LHl. | |
| 2021 | Fall | 1 | One report, 11/8 St. Louis †AVa, adult gray morph reported from the Moose Valley banding station staffed by H.R.B.O. First fall report since 2015. | |
| Migrant and winter visitant, mostly north. Recorded in six of the last ten years, most recently 2017. | ||||
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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. |