Duplicates
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Gulls, Terns |
Accepted Duplicates | |
| This is the 1981 to present Records Committee Proceedings archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members. |
| Families |
| Species: Gulls, Terns |
| Little Gull (C) (Hydrocoloeus minutus) | Start Date 1936-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 44:56 | 1972 | index | Could This be a Little Gull? | ||||||
| 72:164 | 1972-03-25 | Red Wing | Goodhue | record #2000-05, vote 2-8; all ten Committee members vote on potential first state records). This previously published record (The Loon 44:56), which predated the formation of this Committee, represented a first state record at the time. At the request of present Committee members, this record was considered and voted on. Although the two gulls in question may have been Little Gulls, the brief description does not clearly state their size and only vaguely describes their wing pattern. Nor is it clear that this species' distinctive blackish underwings were seen; this important feature is only mentioned in passing as an afterthought in the final sentence: “these were not black, but dark enough to contrast with the white edgings.” Though two Ross's Gulls here would be much less likely than Little Gulls, it is also significant to note there is nothing in the description to preclude Ross's Gull. | Not Accepted | ||||
| avian information | 1975-10-19 | Lyon | 10/19 Lyon (first state record) (first county record) 10-19 Lyon HK. | ||||||
| avian information | 1977-11-08 | Mille Lacs | 11/8 Mille Lacs (second state record) (first county record) 11-8 Mille Lacs Lake 1 adult (KE, JG). Forster,s Tern Late south 10-9 Meeker (4) (RJ). | ||||||
| avian information | 1979-05-15 | Wright | 5/15 Wright (third state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 46:52-57 | 1974 | index | Arctic Tern and Little Gull as Migrants in Duluth | ||||||
| 47:142-143 | 1975 | index | Little Gulls Seen Again at Duluth | ||||||
| 48:38 | 1976 | index | Little Gull at Marshall Lagoons | ||||||
| 49:178 | 1977 | index | Little Gull at Duluth | ||||||
| 50:50 | 1978 | index | Little Gull at Mille Lacs Lake | ||||||
| 51:156 | 1979 | index | Little Gulls in Wright County | ||||||
| 53:53 | 1981 | index | A Fall Little Gull in Duluth | ||||||
| 53:163-164 | 1981 | index | Another Little Gull at Duluth | ||||||
| 53:164 | 1981 | index | Two Adult Little Gulls at Duluth | ||||||
| 1 | 54:42 | 1981-05-09 | Duluth | St. Louis | (vote 7-0, Loon 53:163-164) | Accepted | |||
| 2 | 53:129 | 1981-05-23 | Duluth | St. Louis | (vote 7-0, Loon 53:164) -Western Tanager, 5-2-81, Austin, Mower Co. (vote 7-0) | Accepted | |||
| 3 | 54:42 | 1981-09-29 | Duluth | St. Louis | (vote 7-0, Loon 54:65) | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1984-05-13 | Kanabec | 5/13 Kanabec (fourth state record) (first county record) 5/13 Kanabec (3) KL, 5/26 Port Terminal , Duluth (one ad.) T. Lamey. | ||||||
| 54:65 | 1982 | index | Fall Record of a Little Gull | ||||||
| 56:265 | 1984 | index | A Little Gull on Lake of the Woods | ||||||
| 4 | 57:34 | 1984-08-14 | 1984-08-15 | Worthington sewage ponds | Nobles | (vote 7-0). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1984-08-14 | 1984-08-19 | Nobles | 8/14-19 Nobles (sixth state record) (first county record) 8/14 to 8/19 Worthington, Nobles Co. J. Schladweiler, m.ob., 10124 Lake of the Woods AJ (The Loon 56:265.) | |||||
| 5 | 57:34 | 1984-10-24 | Lake of the Woods | Lake of the Woods | (vote 7-0; The Loon 56:265). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1984-10-24 | Lake of the Woods | 10/24 Lake of the Woods (fifth state record) (first county record) 8/14 to 8/19 Worthington, Nobles Co. J. Schladweiler, m.ob., 10124 Lake of the Woods AJ (The Loon 56:265.) | ||||||
| avian information | 1985-07-02 | Jackson | 7/2 Jackson (seventh state record) (first county record) Single bird, 7/2 Jackson (WT, The Loon 57:177,178). | ||||||
| avian information | 1986-05-28 | Jackson | 5/28 Jackson (eighth state record) (second county record) 5/12 - 5/28 to July, Heron Lake, Jackson Co. (nesting) J. Schladweiler, m.ob. | ||||||
| avian information | 1986-06-14 | Jackson | 6/14 Jackson (ninth state record) (third county record) Nested at North Heron Lake, Jackson Co. (JS, et al., The Loon 58:166/170; first state nesting record). Little Gull, North Heron Lake, Jackson County, June 5, 1986. Photo by Gary Swanson. | ||||||
| avian information | 1987-05-19 | Todd | 5/19 Todd (tenth state record) (first county record) All reports: 5/5-18 Duluth (2 ad.) KE, B. Penning, 5/19 Lake Osakis, Todd Co. NH. ; | ||||||
| avian information | 1987-08-24 | Beltrami | 8/24 Beltrami (twelfth state record) (first county record) All reports: 9/28 - 10/3 Mille Lacs Lake, Aitkin and Crow Wing Cos. TS, m.ob., 8/24 Lower Red Lake, Beltrami Co. RG. | ||||||
| avian information | 1987-09-28 | 1987-10-03 | Aitkin | 9/28-10/3 Aitkin (eleventh state record) (first county record) All reports: 9/28 - 10/3 Mille Lacs Lake, Aitkin and Crow Wing Cos. TS, m.ob., 8/24 Lower Red Lake, Beltrami Co. RG. | |||||
| avian information | 1991-05-16 | Kittson | 5/16 Kittson (thirteenth state record) (first county record) All reports: 5/16 Karlstad, Kittson Co. KB (The Loon 63:209-210.), 5/17 Duluth PB, 5120 Duluth DBe. | ||||||
| avian information | 1992-10-08 | 1992-10-10 | Polk | 10/8-10 Polk (fourteenth state record) (first county record) One report: 10/8–10 Lake Cameron, Polk County (1 adult) PS et al (The Loon 64:232–233). | |||||
| avian information | 1993-05-14 | Marshall | 5/14 Marshall (fifteenth state record) (first county record) All reports: 5/14 Marshall AE, KSS, 5/21 St. Louis (2) fide KE, 5/25 St. Louis AH, 5/27 St. Louis KR. | ||||||
| avian information | 1993-07-23 | 1993-07-24 | Koochiching | 7/23-24 Koochiching (first county record) First summer report since 1986. One adult photographed on 7/23–24 with Bonaparte's Gulls at Rainy Lake, Koochiching Co. WJB. | |||||
| avian information | 1994-05-15 | Hennepin | 5/15 Hennepin (first county record) Only report 5/15 Hennepin ES,PB et al. | ||||||
| avian information | 1995-05-10 | Hennepin | 5/10 Hennepin (second county record) Only report 5/10 Lake Calhoun, Hennepin SC (The Loon 67:175–176). | ||||||
| avian information | 1995-11-04 | 1995-11-14 | Aitkin | 11/4-14 Aitkin (second county record) Only report: 11/4–14 Mille Lacs Lake, Crow Wing County and Aitkin County BL, TT, mob. | |||||
| avian information | 1996-09-30 | Pennington | 9/30 Pennington (first county record) Only report 9/30 Pennington PS (The Loon 69:44). | ||||||
| avian information | 1997-05-15 | Blue Earth | 5/15 Blue Earth (first county record) All reports: 5/15 on Blue Earth/Faribault county line (adult at Minnesota Lake) RJ, 5/19 Big Stone (immature on Louisburg Road, The Loon 69:227–228) LE, 5/30–6/2 Wright (Pelican Lake) ABo, mob. | ||||||
| avian information | 1997-05-15 | Faribault | 5/15 Faribault (first county record) All reports: 5/15 on Blue Earth/Faribault county line (adult at Minnesota Lake) RJ, 5/19 Big Stone (immature on Louisburg Road, The Loon 69:227–228) LE, 5/30–6/2 Wright (Pelican Lake) ABo, mob. | ||||||
| 57:177-178 | 1985 | index | Little Gull in Jackson County | ||||||
| 58:166-170 | 1986 | index | First State Nesting Record for the Little Gull | ||||||
| 63:209-210 | 1991 | index | Adult Little Gull in Kittson County | ||||||
| 64:232-233 | 1992 | index | A Fall Record of Little Gull in Polk County | ||||||
| 65:156-157 | 1993 | index | Little Gull at Agassiz NWR | ||||||
| 67:175-176 | 1995 | index | Little Gull at Minneapolis | ||||||
| 68:14-34 | 1996 | index | Gull Migration in the Twin Cities | ||||||
| 6 | 70:44 | 1997-05-19 | Marsh Lake | Big Stone | (record #97-46, vote 7-0, The Loon 69:227-228). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1997-05-19 | Big Stone | 5/19 Big Stone (first county record) All reports: 5/15 on Blue Earth/Faribault county line (adult at Minnesota Lake) RJ, 5/19 Big Stone (immature on Louisburg Road, The Loon 69:227–228) LE, 5/30–6/2 Wright (Pelican Lake) ABo, mob. | ||||||
| avian information | 1997-06-01 | 1997-06-02 | Wright | 6/1, 2 Wright (second county record) First summer report since 1993. Immature bird (originally found in late May and erroneously reported as an adult in the spring seasonal report) observed through 6/2 at Pelican L. in Wright Co. mob. | |||||
| avian information | 1998-09-14 | 1998-09-21 | Aitkin | 9/14-21 Aitkin (third county record) Only report: 9/14–21 Aitkin (adult on Mille Lacs Lake) TJ, mob. | |||||
| avian information | 1999-10-03 | 1999-10-04 | Itasca | 10/3-4 Itasca (first county record) Only report: 10/3–4 Cass/Itasca (one in juvenal plumage on L. Winnibigoshish) †PS, AH (The Loon 72:10–13). | |||||
| avian information | 2000-08-30 | 2000-09-02 | Hennepin | 8/30-9/2 Hennepin (third county record) Reported 8/21 St. Louis (Hearding Island, Duluth) †PHS, SCB, and 8/31 – 9/2 Hennepin (French L.) †SLC et al. Both were in juvenal plumage. | |||||
| 7 | 74:36 | 2001-09-16 | Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2001-53, vote 7-0). This individual was in first-winter plumage. Note there was a juvenile Little Gull reported the same day in Duluth (see unacceptable record #2001-54). | Accepted | |||
| 74:36 | 2001-09-16 | Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2001-54, vote 2-5). There was no direct size comparison of this juvenile gull with any other bird. Also the complete wing and tail patterns were not seen or described since the gull was never seen preening or in flight. Numerous observers were present but only one wrote any documentation, and this apparently only from memory a few days later. The identification may well have been correct, but the incomplete description leaves too many doubts. | Not Accepted | ||||
| avian information | 2002-05-18 | Carlton | 5/18 Carlton (first county record) One adult at Moose Lake lagoons 5/18 Carlton MSS, GL. | ||||||
| avian information | 2002-10-07 | Itasca | 10/7 Itasca (second county record) Second county record 10/7 Itasca (juvenile at Haubrich's Bay, Lake Winnibigoshish) †PHS. | ||||||
| avian information | 2003-05-10 | Meeker | 5/10 Meeker (first county record) All reports: first-year birds 5/10 Meeker (Goose L., ties second earliest south date) †DMF, 5/18 St. Louis (Duluth) BCM, ph. BH. | ||||||
| avian information | 2006-10-14 | Mille Lacs | 10/14 Mille Lacs (second county record) High count of three juveniles and one adult at Duluth 9/18–20 St. Louis †JWL, †KRE, †SLF, †PHS; presumably the same adult was on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry 9/24 †JWH et al. The adult was last seen 9/29 and at least one juvenile lingered through 10/7 m.ob. Documented away from Duluth 10/15 Cass (adult at Richard's Townsite, Lake Winnibigoshish) †BAW, 10/17–27 Crow Wing (first-year at Ironton W.T.P., third latest north) JSB, †BAW, †DTT, †SMT. Two additional reports lacked details. | ||||||
| avian information | 2007-07-12 | Stearns | 7/12 Stearns (first county record) New county record: 7/12 Stearns (Paynesville W.T.P.) †PCC, RPR. The single individual observed was with about 12 Franklin's Gulls. | ||||||
| avian information | 2008-04-26 | Chippewa | 4/26 Chippewa (first county record) First county record 4/26 Chippewa/Lac qui Parle (Lac qui Parle dam) LGa, †RBW, BJU. Also observed 5/6 St. Louis (adult in flock of 625 Bonaparte's Gulls, Park Point, Duluth) PHS, KRE. | ||||||
| avian information | 2008-04-26 | Lac qui Parle | 4/26 Lac qui Parle (first county record) First county record 4/26 Chippewa/Lac qui Parle (Lac qui Parle dam) LGa, †RBW, BJU. Also observed 5/6 St. Louis (adult in flock of 625 Bonaparte's Gulls, Park Point, Duluth) PHS, KRE. | ||||||
| avian information | 2008-09-14 | 2008-09-15 | Beltrami | 9/14, 15 Beltrami (second county record) All documented reports: 9/14–15 Beltrami (Lake Bemidji) DPJ. | |||||
| avian information | 2011-05-29 | Lac qui Parle | 5/29 Lac qui Parle (second county record) Adult photographed 5/29 Lac qui Parle (Section 4, Walter Twp.) ph. BJU. | ||||||
| avian information | 2014-05-16 | Dakota | 5/16 Dakota (first county record) All reports: 5/12 St. Louis (adult, Brighton Beach, Duluth) KJB, 5/13 St. Louis (2 adults, Brighton Beach) ph. KJB, 5/16 Dakota (adult, Lake Byllesby) †BAF, ph. SHF, ph. ANy, m.ob. | ||||||
| avian information | 2015-09-05 | 2015-09-09 | Roseau | 9/5-9 Roseau (first county record) Only report was of a juvenile 9/5–9 Roseau (Warroad W.T.P.) ph. KRE, ph. CRM, †BMu, m.ob. | |||||
| Recorded in seven of the last ten years, most recently 2023. One breeding record (1986). Formerly Regular. | |||||||||
| The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source. | ||
| 'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
| 'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
| Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander | ||
| Sighting records for () | ||
| Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added. | ||
| Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander | ||