The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Thrushes | 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: Thrushes |
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Eastern Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire |
Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush |
Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Fieldfare |
[Clay-colored Thrush] American Robin Varied Thrush |
| Mountain Bluebird(Sialia currucoides) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Winter | One at Duluth, February 2 to February 14, 1943, (Mrs. Olin). | ||
| 1967 | Spring | 3-25 Clay Co., 10 miles NE Moorhead, 1 adult, good details, L WJ. Probably the sixth state record. | ||
| 1969 | Fall | 10-14 Hennepin 2 DB and KP. | ||
| 1970 | Fall | 1-20-24 Lutsen, Cook Co. JP, K&JG, KH. | ||
| 1970 | Winter | 1-20-24 Lutsen, Cook Co. JP, K&JG, KH. | ||
| 1974 | Spring | 7 reports of this casual species: 3-6 Rice OR; 3-11, 3-13 Marshall T. Fuller; 3-25 Clearwater R. Newcomb (fide RCD); 3-29 Lac qui Parle JS; 3-30 Rock KE; 4-12 Rock KE; 4-13 Roc.k RBJ; (see last issue of LOON, Vol. 46, No. 3 for more details). | ||
| 1975 | Spring | 3 reports: 4-3 to 4-11 Beltrami (Bemidji) 2 H. T. Peters; 4-7 Lac qui Parle G. Larson; 4-9 Redwood (Sanborn) 1 dead M. Penner. | ||
| 1976 | Spring | 2 reports: 3-28, 3-29 Marshall (2 males) SV; 4-1 Rock (1) KE. | ||
| 1976 | Fall | 10-24 Duluth DS, JG; very few fall reports on record. | ||
| 1977 | Spring | 1 report: 3-28 (1) Lake of the Woods PH, Robert Nero. See Loon 49:171. | ||
| 1977 | Fall | 10-22 Anoka (KL) 11-21 Stoney Point, St. Louis Co. CKE). | ||
| 1977 | Winter | A female was sporadically present near Le Sueur from 1-14 on (RJ and m.ob.); only the third winter report on record. | ||
| 1979 | Spring | 4-1 Wilkin SM, Scott DGW, 4-2 Wilkin DGW, 4-7 Carver LH, 4-8 Carver DGW, RJ, 4-9 Otter Tail GMO. | ||
| 1980 | Spring | 3-18 Carver L. Burmeister. | ||
| 1981 | Spring | Two reports: 3-27 Roseau FDS and 4-19 Wabasha JSD. | ||
| 1982 | Spring | 3-17 Brown EBI K, 3-29 Otter Tail TS, SDM, 4-9 Carlton D. Dart, Lyon HK -all reports. | ||
| 1982 | Winter | Reported from Cook County, Cascade .River on 12/18 (KMH). | ||
| 1983 | Spring | 3/20, 23 Stoney Point, St. Louis KE, 4/19 Otter Tail GMO. | ||
| 1983 | Summer | One male, 6/1, Agassiz NWR, Marshall Co. (Jeff DiMatteo). | ||
| 1984 | Spring | Two reports: 3/31 Lac qui Parle m.ob, 4/1 I Marshall JD, JP/ AM. | ||
| 1984 | Fall | Two reports: 10/12-13 Duluth KE, I II 20 Cook KMH. | ||
| 1984 | Winter | One in Duluth stayed until 12-15 (mob). | ||
| 1985 | Spring | All reports: 3/16 Kittson RJ (I male), 3/20 Wilkin KE, SDM (pair), 4/8 Dakota JPIAM. | ||
| 1985 | Fall | All reports; 8/24 Beltrami KL, 10/13 Chippewa AB, 10/24 St. Louis MSt. | ||
| 1986 | Spring | 3/23 Steams NH one male. | ||
| 1986 | Summer | Male paired with Eastern Bluebird in Aitkin to produce two hybrid offspring (m.ob., The Loon 58: 194-196; first nesting record [half record?] in state). | ||
| 1986 | Fall | Still present 8/2-3 Aitkin WN. | ||
| 1988 | Spring | All reports: 3/27 OtterTail SDM, 3/30 Marshall ANWR, 4/1 Murray ND. | ||
| 1988 | Fall | All reports: 9/19 Blue Earth MF, 10/1 Wilkin SDM, 10/27 St. Louis B. Tefft, SS, 10/30 11/2 Cook (3) KE et al. | ||
| 1989 | Spring | Only reports: 3/25 Brown AB and BL, 4/1 Rock KE et. a!. | ||
| 1989 | Fall | One report: 10/20 Cottonwood (1) JB. | ||
| 1990 | Spring | All reports : 3/15-25 Hennepin (1) mob, 4/22-5116 Polk (male mated with female Eastem) DJ. | ||
| 1990 | Summer | Several records, including first state nesting record for a Mountain Bluebird pair, Marshall Co. (The Loon 62:160-161). A mixed pair (male Mountain, female Eastern) nested Bell's Vireo, 1 June 1990. Eagle Lake Trail, Mankato, Blue Earth County. Bell's Vireo nest, 1 June 1990, Eagle Lake Trail, Mankato, Blue Earth County. Photos by Brad Bolduan. near the western edge of Polk DJ; at least one bird also reported north of Itasca State Park in Clearwater DB!. | ||
| 1990 | Fall | All reports: 10/15 Lac qui Parle AB, 10/21 Lake MS. | ||
| 1991 | Spring | All reports: 3/18 Kandiyohi (male) RG, 3/31 Norman (pair) AB, 4/15-5126 Florian, Marshall Co. (pair returned) mob. | ||
| 1991 | Summer | Probable nesting of male Mountain with female Eastern in Kittson (The Loon 63:207-208); Mountain pair nested for second straight year in Marshall, producing six young (JRo). | ||
| 1991 | Fall | One report: 11/7 Hawk Ridge, Duluth (1) FN. | ||
| 1992 | Spring | All reports: 3/28 Polk (two males, one female) KSS, 4/13 Roseau (two males) MCBS, 4/15 Red Lake (two pair) MCBS. | ||
| 1992 | Summer | Observed in Marshall (no details) SDM, PS, MCBS. | ||
| 1992 | Fall | All reports: 9/30 Lac qui Parle (one) SDM, 10/3 Swift (one) RG, RJ, 11/8 Cook BS. | ||
| 1993 | Fall | Two reports: 10/7 Roseau (one) PS, 10/30 Cook (one) mob. | ||
| 1994 | Spring | All reports: 3/12 Traverse (male) MO, 3/20 Marshall (4) KSS, 4/10 Anoka (female) PKL, 4/16–17 St. Louis (male) SS, BT et al.; 5/19 Todd (male Mountain X Eastern hybrid) SDM (The Loon 66:149–150); 5/21 Norman MO. | ||
| 1994 | Fall | Two reports: 10/19 Otter Tail (female) SDM, 11/5 Faribault (pair) RG, RJ. | ||
| 1995 | Spring | Two reports: 3/12–4/2 Washington (male) JF, mob, 4/19 (late south migrant) McLeod (female) RG. | ||
| 1995 | Fall | All reports: 11/6–8 (ties fourth latest on record and surpasses previous late south by three days) Dakota (pair) JBu, AH, 10/15 Clay (1 female) CF. | ||
| 1996 | Spring | All reports: (no date) Kandiyohi fide RJF, 3/14–15 Todd JSK, 3/16–17 Martin BBo, 3/20 (captured by a high school student while the bird was catching flies near a window!) Marshall SKS, 3/23 Grygla, Marshall County fide BSi, 4/6 Kittson JR, and 5/5 Kanabec KR. | ||
| 1996 | Fall | Two reports: 10/18–19 Tamarac NWR, Becker Co. (male) BBe; 10/27 Co. Rds. 144 & 1/6, Hennepin Co. (female) SC. | ||
| 1996 | Winter | One male was present 1/26–2/15 near Jordan, Scott Co. KHe/JoW, mob; female reported there 2/2–8 AH, TT. Incredibly, a flock of four was reported on 2/17 at the Jordan location KHe/JoW. Another female was reported on 2/19 near Rochester, Olmsted Co. DA/BE. There has not been a winter record since 1985, and there is only one previous winter report in the south (The Loon 50:119–20). | ||
| 1997 | Spring | All reports: 3/23 Freeborn (Myre Big Island State Park) ABa, 3/30 Jackson (male on east side of Heron Lake, along Co. Road 24) KB, 4/9 Jackson (Hwy 71/Co. Road 4) CMa, 5/7–24 (nested with a female Eastern Bluebird behind Calgary Lutheran Church in Bemidji) Beltrami mob. | ||
| 1997 | Summer | A male apparently nested with a female Eastern Bluebird near Bemidji in Beltrami County DJo. | ||
| 1997 | Fall | All reports: 8/1 Beltrami (same bird that nested with an Eastern at Calvary Lutheran Church in Bemidji) DJo, 10/21 St. Louis (female) KE, PS, 11/2 St. Louis (male in Ely) BT, 11/8 St. Louis (male in Duluth) DSc. | ||
| 1997 | Winter | Only report: 2/26 Freeborn (2) WL, second county record. | ||
| 1998 | Spring | Only report: 4/5 Kittson (female) PS. | ||
| 1998 | Fall | All reports: 9/21 Kanabec (male near Mora) AH, 10/20 Lake (female) PS, KE, 10/23 Chippewa (female) ABo. | ||
| 1999 | Spring | All reports: 4/5 St. Louis (female, Park Point in Duluth) JN, 4/24Kanabec (male, Pomroy Twp.) KR, 5/10–11 Chippewa (male, Leenthrop Twp.) LEA. | ||
| 1999 | Fall | All reports: 10/4 Mille Lacs (female near Princeton) PS, 10/14 Kanabec (female at Ogilvie) AH, 10/14–15 Dakota (female at L. Byllesby) †DBS, 11/3 Pipestone (pair at Holland) fide AH. | ||
| 2000 | Spring | No reports. | ||
| 2001 | Spring | Lone males seen 3/23–30 Becker (TNWR) LDe et al., 4/14 Cottonwood (Red Rock) BRB, ED. | ||
| 2001 | Fall | One observation: 10/16 Lake (male at Castle Danger) PHS. | ||
| 2002 | Spring | No reports. | ||
| 2002 | Fall | Three reports: 10/18 Scott (male at Louisville Swamp) †RMD, 10/20 St. Louis (female) †KRE, 11/3 Lake (female at Castle Danger) PHS. | ||
| 2003 | Spring | Male found 4/10 Kandiyohi (near Kandiyohi) ES; refound and documented 4/11 †HHD, †CBr. | ||
| 2003 | Fall | All observations: 10/31–11/3 Cook (female east of Grand Marais) DRB et al., JWL, 11/10 Lac qui Parle (male along U.S. highway 75, Agassiz Twp.) BJU, 11/14–15 Swift (female at Appleton) RAE, RHO. | ||
| 2004 | Spring | Only report: male in Walter Twp., 4/5 Lac qui Parle BJU. | ||
| 2004 | Fall | One report: 10/29 Aitkin (south of Palisade) fide DRB. | ||
| 2005 | Spring | Three reports: 3/12 (ties second earliest north) Wilkin (male) BJU, 3/15 Dakota (Hastings, along CR 42 near 132nd St.) fide AXH, 4/9 Meeker DMF. | ||
| 2005 | Fall | Four individuals: 10/2 Wadena (female in Red Eye Twp.) PHS, 10/25-27 Cook (female near Grand Marais) RBJ, JGW, 10/26 Ramsey (male in Shoreview) AXH, 11/6 St. Louis (female at Tower municipal airport) SES, BET. | ||
| 2006 | Spring | Only found in Lac qui Parle by BJU: a male on 4/3 in Mehurin Twp.; a female on 4/11 about one mile north of Madison; another female on 4/27 along CR 66 in Hantho Twp. | ||
| 2006 | Fall | Three females were discovered along the North Shore over two days! The first was very cooperative: discovered 10/17 St. Louis (Bayfront Park, Duluth) DOK, it was seen by many through 10/30 (KRE). The second and third both appeared 10/18, but neither was refound: one in Lake west of Two Harbors ph. JWL, and one in St. Louis (Duluth, near 44th Ave East and Regent St) JRN. All south reports: 8/19 Chippewa (2 females at Gneiss Outcrops S.N.A.) RBJ, 10/30 Big Stone (male at Odessa) BJU. | ||
| 2006 | Winter | 1 | Observed 1/18-25 Dakota (Ravenna Twp.) ph. †JPM, †CMB, ph. DAC, m.ob. This female associating with Cedar Waxwings furnished the first winter record for the county. | |
| 2007 | Spring | 2 | Two reports, both from Northwest: 3/23 Pennington (River Falls Twp.) SAS, 4/28 Clay (adult male) PBB. | |
| 2007 | Fall | 3 | All reports from the North Shore: 10/23 Lake (female at Castle Danger W.T.P.) fide JWL; female and immature male present 10/27–11/11 Cook (Grand Marais municipal campground and nearby) SLL, ph. JWL, ph. CGu (male), †KRE, m.ob.; and 11/2 St. Louis (female near Sky Harbor Airport) CMB. | |
| 2007 | Winter | 1 | Only report a female at the Grand Marais Coast Guard station 12/18 Cook fide JWL. This is possibly one of the birds present there in November (see fall report). | |
| 2008 | Spring | 1 | Only report 4/19 Meeker (male with several Eastern Bluebirds) DMF. | |
| 2008 | Fall | 1 | Migrant observed at H.R.B.O., St. Louis 10/27 KJB. | |
| 2009 | Spring | No reports. | ||
| 2010 | Spring | No reports. | ||
| 2010 | Fall | No reports. | ||
| 2011 | Spring | 2 | All south reports 3/20 Lac qui Parle (male, Marsh Lake) ph. BJU, 4/10 Stevens (male, county road 1, just south of S.R. 28) ph. KRE, PME, HHD, LS, RAE. | |
| 2011 | Fall | No Reports. | ||
| 2011 | Winter | 1 | Rare winter record 2/16 Cook KWR (no details). | |
| 2012 | Spring | 1 | 1 | Two reports: 3/3 Cook (2 birds in Tofte) ph. DeB, fide JWL, 5/21 Hennepin (Ft. Snelling S.P.) fide AXH. |
| 2012 | Fall | 2 | 1 | Four individuals reported: male seen 10/20 in Ramsey and Anoka AXH; female found by PHS 10/31 Lake (Two Harbors Lakewalk) continued through 11/7 ph. PHS, ph. BU, m.ob.; female seen 11/12–13 St. Louis (Park Point R.A.) JHu, ph. AMe, ph. KRE, ph. PHS, m.ob.; one migrating along Hawk Ridge 11/13 St. Louis KJB. |
| 2013 | Spring | 1 | 1 | Only south report 4/30–5/2 Rice (female, River Bend N.C.) TFB. One north report 5/6 Lake (Two Harbors cemetery) ph. JWL. |
| 2013 | Fall | 2 | Three reports of four individuals: 8/31 Marshall LS, 10/26 St. Louis (2, Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census) KJB, 10/27 St. Louis (south of Ely) SLF. | |
| 2014 | Spring | No documented reports. | ||
| 2014 | Summer | |||
| 2014 | Fall | No reports. | ||
| 2015 | Spring | 1 | Only report was a new county record: 4/11 Crow Wing (adult female) JWH, BWF, ph. †JPR, 4/12 FGo. | |
| 2015 | Fall | 1 | Only report 10/24 St. Louis (female, Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census) KJB, m.ob. | |
| 2015 | Winter | 1 | See Insufficiently Documented Reports. | |
| 2016 | Spring | 2 | Two south reports. Long-staying adult male 3/5–28 Sherburne (Island View R.P.) ph. †MJB, ph. MwS, m.ob. Second adult male seen 3/12–16 Dakota (Spring Lake P.R., Schaar's Bluff) CWa, NAW, ph. †AlF, †CMB, ph. GHo, m.ob. Both birds also well-documented by photographs submitted to eBird. | |
| 2016 | Fall | 1 | Only report: 10/2 Anoka (male) AXH. | |
| 2017 | Spring | No reports. | ||
| 2017 | Summer | No reports. | ||
| 2017 | Fall | 2 | All north reports, 10/22 Clay PBB, 10/28 – 11/14 Lake, with up to 3 individuals reported in Two Harbors JWL, ph. GHo, ph. PHS, m.ob. | |
| 2017 | Winter | 1 | See Insufficiently Documented Reports. | |
| 2018 | Spring | 1 | Only report was a new county record, an adult male 3/10 Houston (Yucatan Twp.) DBz. | |
| 2018 | Summer | No reports. | ||
| 2018 | Fall | 1 |  Only one individual reported, a female 11/12–18 St. Louis (H.R.N.R.) ph. SNe, H.R.B.O., m.ob. | |
| 2018 | Winter | 1 | Only report was of a single bird found during the Cedar Creek Bog CBC 12/16 Isanti †MHe, ph., JSa, DGn, JRk. Continuing observations of this individual by many observers through 1/17. | |
| 2020 | Spring | 2 | 1 | One south report of this now-Casual species: 4/28–29 Yellow Medicine (male, Sioux Agency Twp.) ph. †JH, ph. KEm, ph. NMe. Two north reports, 3/21–26 Becker (female, Dunton Locks C.P.) †MO, m.ob., 4/11–13 Clay (male, north of Rollag) †PBB, ph. †LBa, MO, HeH, ShG. |
| 2020 | Fall | 3 | 1 | All north 10/24 St. Louis (Stony Point) ph. †JLK, ph. †PHS, JWL, NPo, StK, 11/10 Cass (Walker W.T.P.) ph. †REn, RLF. One south 11/27–29+ Ramsey (Les Bolstad Golf Course) ph. †SBE, ph. †RMD, ph. †ASu, ph. †JWZ, ph. AXH, m.ob. Also see Documented reports still under review. |
| 2020 | Winter | 1 | One discovered in late November was seen 12/4 Ramsey (Les Bolstad Golf Course, University of Minnesota) PRH, m.ob. and then relocated at a nearby park 12/11 – 2/28+ Ramsey (Como Regional P.R.) JbS, †EzH, ph. †GHo, m.ob. There are 330 images and one audio recording of this long-staying individual in the eBird database. | |
| 2021 | Spring | 1 | Two Ramsey reports, both likely the same individual that wintered at Lake Como, 3/4 Ramsey (Lake Como) BHw, 3/6 Ramsey (Silverwood Park) NSg. | |
| 2021 | Fall | 1 | One north report: 10/8 Itasca (Splithand Twp., C.R. 68) ph. †HCT, ph. CRM, m.ob. | |
| Migrant throughout. One breeding record (1991); five mixed-pair breeding records with Eastern Bluebird (S. sialis). Recorded in seven of the last ten years, most recently 2018. Formerly Regular. | ||||
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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. |