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 - Blackbirds, Orioles | 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: Blackbirds, Orioles |
| [Sturnella meadowlark](Sturnella sp.) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Summer | The earliest and latest Meadowlarks' nest were not identified as to species. They were on Mo.y 1.3 (6 eggs, Dobie), and July 4 (3 eggs, E.'vans). | ||
| 1967 | Fall | late 11-1 Pope Co., 12, WH; 11-29 Roseau Co., 1, PEB. | ||
| 1967 | Winter | 12-8(100), 12-9 (1), 12-10(50), 12-24(200), 12-29(2), Wabasha Co., DGH; very interesting concentrations in view of absence elsewhere in state. | ||
| 1968 | Summer | (reported as Eastern Meadowlarks but localities seem rather unlikely) Hubbard, Crow Wing, Cottonwood, Blue Earth, Beltrami Co's. | ||
| 1991 | Winter | Olmsted 1/18 BSE. | ||
| 1992 | Winter | Ten reports (two l.y.), perhaps the most ever: 12/2 Otter Tail (two “Westerns”) RG, 12/16 Wilkin (“Western”) SDM, 12/20 Dodge PKL, 12/21 Winona PS, until 12/22 St. Louis KE, 1/5 Mower (three “Eastern”) RRK, 1/22 Le Sueur (“Western”) RG , 2/1 Rock (two “Westerns”) ND, and 2/24 Watonwan (“Western”) BBo. Also reported on the Lamberton CBC. None of these reports had details adequate enough for specific identification. | ||
| 1993 | Winter | Only one report (ten reports l.y.), 12/3 Pennington KSS. | ||
| 1994 | Winter | Eight reports, more than average: 12/10 Lake PS (details provided); the Minneapolis North CBC, 12/25 Cottonwood ED, 1/14 Wilkin CF, 1/28 St. Louis fide KE, 2/12 Dakota TT, 2/15 Wilkin SDM, and 2/25 Wilkin DW. | ||
| 1995 | Winter | Reported 12/10 Wabasha (2) CS, 12/21 Rice TBo and on the Crookston and Detroit Lakes CBCs. | ||
| 1996 | Winter | Reported 12/4 Winona CS, 12/8 Wilkin SDM, 2/9 Jackson ED and on the Rochester CBC. | ||
| 1997 | Winter | Reported 1/17 Todd PKL, 1/26 Houston FL and Otter Tail SDM, 2/28 Brown JSp, and the Grand Marais (count week) CBC. | ||
| 1998 | Winter | Reported in late January Dakota fide AH, and 1/23 Olmsted JSt. | ||
| 1999 | Winter | Overwintered at Rothsay prairie, Wilkin Co. mob (peak of 7 on 12/24 SDM) and in Rock ND (peak of 5 on 2/9). Also reported 1/28 Nobles (Worthington ) BBo, 2/19 Clay (3) RO, and 2/27 Freeborn ABa. | ||
| 2000 | Winter | Reported from eight south counties in December, plus two sightings in north: 12/5 Wilkin SPM, DKM, 12/23 Cook KMH. | ||
| 2001 | Winter | No reports. | ||
| 2002 | Spring | Seen 4/20 Goodhue PEB, 5/31 Cook †MeM, TV. | ||
| 2002 | Fall | Approximately 100 meadowlarks reported in a single field 9/27 Pine County JMP; most birds singing were Easterns, but many were silent. Also of interest was an unidentified meadowlark found 11/14 in Olmsted PWP. | ||
| 2003 | Fall | Unidentified meadowlarks 10/27 St. Louis SLF, 11/18 Steele NFT. | ||
| 2003 | Winter | All reports: 12/4–8 Lac qui Parle (3, Walter Twp.) BJU, 12/19 Watonwan BRB, 12/22 Jackson (6) BRB, ~2/15 Jackson BRB. | ||
| 2004 | Fall | Four unidentified meadowlarks: 10/2 Olmstead PWP, 10/15 Cook KRE, 10/20 Lincoln LBF, 10/21 Nobles LBF. | ||
| 2004 | Winter | Two reports of non-vocalizing “Western” Meadowlarks, but documentation insufficient to rule out Eastern: 1/28 Rice DAB, 2/24 Rice FVS. | ||
| 2005 | Fall | Unidentified meadowlark 11/11 Sherburne ASc. | ||
| 2005 | Winter | Non-vocalizing Sturnella meadowlarks reported from Red Lake (possibly overwintered near Red Lake Falls) in the north and Big Stone, Brown, Lac qui Parle in the south. | ||
| 2006 | Winter | 3 | All reports: 12/19 Lac qui Parle BJU, 2/9 Fillmore JWH, 2/9 Olmsted JWH. | |
| 2007 | Spring | Six south reports of unidentified meadowlarks 3/6–4/7. | ||
| 2007 | Winter | 7 | All reports: 12/13,12/24 and 1/1 Lac qui Parle BJU; 12/18 Yellow Medicine BRB; 1/5 and 1/27 Brown (9) BTS; and 1/17 Steele NFT. Also reported on the following CBCs: Fairmont (1), Jackson (2) and Wabasha (1). | |
| 2008 | Fall | Late unidentified Sturnella were 10/25 Clay (2) PBB and 11/9 Nicollet (2) RMD. | ||
| 2008 | Winter | 3 | All reports: 12/3 Brown BTS, 12/19 Lamberton CBC, Blue Earth ChH, 1/26 Lac qui Parle BJU. The latter two were reported as Western Meadowlark (S. neglecta) but without indicating how they were identified to species. | |
| 2009 | Spring | 1 | One report properly left unidentified 5/23 Cook DFN. | |
| 2009 | Fall | Likely Eastern Meadowlark wisely left unidentified 10/9 Carver JCy. | ||
| 2009 | Winter | 1 | 2 | All reports: 1/4–5 Red Lake MiH, 12/19 Lac qui Parle CBC, 2/13 Freeborn AEB. The latter two were reported as Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), but neither included information as to how each was distinguished from Eastern Meadowlark (S. magna). |
| 2010 | Fall | 4 | These late sightings were left unidentified: 10/29 Anoka WCM, 10/30 Sibley RBW. An even later bird 11/21 Blue Earth ph. ChH never vocalized. | |
| 2010 | Winter | 1 | One report: 1/14 Lac qui Parle (2, section 12, Mehurin Twp.) BJU. | |
| 2011 | Fall | 4 | 7 | Late migrant 11/28 St. Louis fide JWL. |
| 2011 | Winter | 1 | 1 | Several winter records: 1/10 St. Louis (Duluth) SG, 2/29 Lac qui Parle (6, Walter Twp.) BJU. Also see Undocumented Reports. |
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | 5 | |
| 2012 | Winter | 2 | Two reports of Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), but neither included information as to how it was distinguished from Eastern Meadowlark (S. magna): 12/16 Cottonwood CBC, 12/18 Rock JSn. | |
| 2013 | Fall | 4 | 7 | Silent Sturnella reports wisely left unidentified throughout the season. Late north 10/27 Cook RMD, ANy, RZi, 11/5 St. Louis PRH. Late south 11/2 Stevens DLP. |
| 2014 | Winter | 1 | One report: 12/31 Olmsted MiD. | |
| 2015 | Fall | 2 | 9 | Several silent Sturnella reports wisely left unidentified from September through late November. |
| 2015 | Winter | 2 | Several winter records: 1/1 Lac qui Parle DLP, 1/2 Brown ARW, 1/8 Mower PMM. | |
| 2016 | Fall | 3 | 9 | Numerous silent Sturnella individuals wisely left unidentified from September through late November, including 11/23 Lac qui Parle DLP, 11/26 Brown BTS. |
| 2016 | Winter | 3 | Several winter records: 12/4 Blue Earth (Lincoln W.P.A.) ChH, 1/15 Dakota DFN, 2/23 Lac qui Parle DLP. | |
| 2017 | Fall | 3 | 9 | Numerous reports of silent Sturnella individuals wisely left unidentified including these from the Northeast: 10/10 St. Louis KRE, 10/22 Lake KRE, 10/23–29 Cook KRE, 10/29 Lake RMD, 11/4 Lake DAB, 11/22 Cook DLB, JBs. |
| 2018 | Fall | 3 | 1 | These silent Sturrnella individuals were reported: 9/3 Grant IVa, 9/8 St. Louis IVa, 10/14 Meeker MJB, 10/21 Lake KRE. |
| 2019 | Fall | 2 | 13 | Several reports of silent Sturnella individuals last reported 11/1. |
| 2019 | Winter | 2 | Â Two reports: 12/3 Otter Tail WPl, 1/4 Roseau CBC. | |
| 2020 | Winter | 2 | 7 | Nine reports of silent meadowlarks, far above previous winter season totals. |
| 2021 | Winter | 4 | Four reports of silent meadowlarks. Only post-December report 1/29 Rock PRH. | |
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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. |