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 - Sandpipers | 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: Sandpipers |
| [Limnodromus dowitcher](Limnodromus sp.) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Spring | Other Dowitcher reports, specific identity unknown, were 29 April at Salt Lake by R. Grant and 15 May at Duluth by Jan Green. | ||
| 1963 | Fall | latest, Oct. 10, Stevens Co., R. Grant, (birds did not give call-notes). | ||
| 1970 | Fall | 9 reports with no call note data from 8·9 to 10·4 in Cottonwood, Nicollet, Wright, Pope, Mille Lacs, and Marshall; peak 1 0·1 Marshall (62) AR. | ||
| 1973 | Fall | Reported from Mille Lacs, Marshall, St. Louis, Anoka, Hennepin. Early and peak 8/10 Clay (11) (KBZ). | ||
| 1974 | Spring | 20 reports from 4/27 to 5/28 from St. Louis, Clay, Aitkin, Olmsted, Lyon, Swift, Cottonwood, Douglas, Le Sueur and Wright. | ||
| 1983 | Fall | 8/1 Anoka SC, 8/19 and 8/25 Lake SW/ MS, 9/6 Polk AB, 9/25 Roseau AJ, Lake of the Woods KSS. Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 9/16/83, Duluth, Nestor Hiemenz | ||
| 1998 | Spring | Unusual report 4/3 Jackson KB (most likely a Long-billed but would be record early for either species). | ||
| 2002 | Spring | Unidentified birds in six counties including 4/20 Cass (1) SWS, 5/11 Cottonwood (20) EPD et al., 5/13 Traverse (51) KJB. | ||
| 2002 | Fall | Reported 8/4 Roseau (9) PHS, 8/1 (25), 8/15 (22) Jackson KJB. | ||
| 2003 | Spring | Unidentified dowitchers 5/18 Marshall (250 at Agassiz N.W.R.) JEB, RBJ, JMJ. | ||
| 2003 | Fall | Dowitchers found during peak migration period for Long-billeds, but reported without details as Short-billeds, included 9/15 Becker (28), 9/24–29 Olmsted (max. 10), 10/10 Aitkin. Fifty dowitchers were prudently left unidentified during shorebird surveys in western Minnesota, including 9/27 Big Stone/Lac qui Parle (21) PCC. | ||
| 2004 | Spring | Short-billeds reported without details 4/17 Mower fell within the peak migration period for Long-billeds. Unidentified dowitchers 5/9 Otter Tail, 5/22 Carlton, and on four Big Stone surveys including 5/16 (16) PHS et al. | ||
| 2004 | Fall | Reported 9/12 Lac qui Parle WCM, 9/26 Brown BTS, 10/20 Rock LBF. A total of 71 dowitchers were prudently left unidentified during shorebird surveys in western Minnesota, including 9/11 Traverse (30) PCC. | ||
| 2005 | Spring | Unidentified dowitchers on several shorebird surveys, including 5/19 Big Stone (6) and Lac qui Parle (38) PHS, 5/23 Rock (6) PHS. | ||
| 2005 | Fall | A total of 1/4 dowitchers in October were prudently left unidentified during shorebird surveys in western Minnesota; most were probably Long-billeds, but see above. | ||
| 2006 | Fall | A total of 196 unidentified during shorebird surveys in western Minnesota (PCC, PHS), including 65 probable Long-billeds in October. | ||
| 2011 | Spring | 3 | ||
| 2011 | Fall | 2 | ||
| 2012 | Spring | 5 | ||
| 2012 | Summer | 1 | Observed 7/22 Carver (34) JCy. | |
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Summer | 1 | Observed 7/14 McLeod (3) RBW, 7/17 McLeod (2) PRH. | |
| 2020 | Fall | 3 | 8 | The second highest tally of dowitchers this season was of individuals identified only at the genus level: 10/3 Big Stone (100, Correll) WCM. |
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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. |