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 |
| Least Tern(Sternula antillarum) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Fall | 9·26 Cottonwood, Lyon Co. (1 imm.) PE; second state record; see "Notes of Interest". | ||
| 1974 | Spring | 5-12, 13 Marshall sewage lagoons, Lyon Co. (1 adult) KE, HCK. | ||
| 1975 | Spring | 1 report: 5-17 Lyon, sewage lagoons, (1 adult) OLJ, PAZ. | ||
| 1975 | Summer | One adult at Midway County Park near Adrian, Nobles Co. on 6-14 (KE); seventh state record. | ||
| 1978 | Summer | 8-10 Lyon Paul Egeland, fourth state record. | ||
| 1978 | Fall | 8-10 Lyon Paul Egeland, fourth state record. | ||
| 1985 | Fall | 8/II to 8/14 Cottonwood, Lyon Co. (one juv.) HK, m.ob. (The Loon 58:48-49) | ||
| 1986 | Summer | Seen in Duluth (The Loon 58: 13 8) and Olmsted (JB, The Loon 58:129-130; AP, The Loon 58: 144-145; first southeast region sightings). | ||
| 1989 | Summer | One bird 6/12 Hastings, Dakota Co. (The Loon 61 : 140-141). | ||
| 1992 | Fall | One report: 8/22 Spring Lake, Dakota County KB (1 adult, 1 juvenile) (The Loon 64:222–223) | ||
| 1996 | Spring | 5/16 Winona SSt. | ||
| 1998 | Fall | Reported 9/12 Lyon (two at Gabriel Lake) PE. | ||
| 1999 | Summer | First summer report since 1989. Single bird found on 6/24,25 with group of Forster's at Agassiz NWR in Marshall Co. JiW. | ||
| 2005 | Summer | Ninth state record: 6/8–9 Sherburne (Sherburne N.W.R.) †PLJ, †PCC, †CMB, ph. AXH, ph. DWK, m.ob. (The Loon 78:55). | ||
| 2006 | Summer | Twentieth state record and second county record 6/4 Nobles (Lake Ocheda) †DBz, COB; †PHS, m.ob. This bird could not be found the next day, but may have returned on the 6th when DAC stated he was “not able to make a definitive ID of this bird, since it was 500 m away.” Twenty-first state record and third county record 6/24 Olmsted (South Landfill Reservoir by Rochester) †JWH; ph. CCB, ph. RLE, m.ob. | ||
| 2014 | Fall | 1 | A juvenile found 8/11 Rock (Luverne) HHD, †TAT, †RMD, †KRo, m.ob. was seen with an adult 8/13 ph. DAC. Last report was of a single bird (which one?) 8/14. | |
| 2016 | Summer | 1 | New county record 7/20 Big Stone (Hwy. 28 and C.R. 61, west of Graceville) ph. JPR, JWn (pending MOURC vote). | |
| 2018 | Summer | 1 | See Documented Records Still Under Review in the introduction to this report. | |
| 2019 | Summer | 2 |  Found 6/9 Lake of the Woods, Roseau (same adult observed flying over lake and standing on beach in Warroad) ph. †CDB, MDB. | |
| 2020 | Summer | 1 | Photographed by m.ob. 6/29 Hennepin (adult, Mother L.) †TAT, ph. †ADS, †DWK, †EzH. | |
| 2021 | Fall | 1 | An adult was found 8/8 Martin (Tuttle Lake) †SJD. | |
| Twenty-four records: 4 spring, 13 summer, and 7 fall. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2018. Federal designation: Endangered. Formerly Accidental. | ||||
| 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. |