High Count Archive for The Loon - Woodpeckers
This is the 1930 to present species high count report archive for
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
Families
Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
New World Quail
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Grebes
Pigeons, Doves
Cuckoos
Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Limpkin
Cranes
Stilts, Avocets
Plovers
Sandpipers
Jaegers
Alcids
Gulls, Terns
Loons
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storks
Frigatebirds
Boobies and Gannets
Cormorants
Pelicans
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Barn Owls
Screech-Owls, Owls
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Caracaras, Falcons
Flycatchers
Vireos
Shrikes
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Chickadees, Titmice
Larks
Martins, Swallows
Kinglets
Waxwings
Silky-flycatchers
Nuthatches
Creepers
Gnatcatchers
Wrens
Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Starlings
Dippers
Thrushes
Old World Flycatchers
Old World Sparrows
Pipits
Finches
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Towhees, Sparrows
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds, Orioles
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Seasons
Species: Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

Red-headed Woodpecker(Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
401979-05-12Olmsted County, Olmsted,44.01437,-92.3894Pruett
201980-05-17Olmsted County, Olmsted,44.01437,-92.3894Pruett
122022-05-29Pipestone CountyErpelding
122012-04-14Anoka County, Fish LakeDouglas
122017-05-13Anoka County, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (restricted access),45.40797Angerhofer
112018-05-21Anoka County, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (restricted access),45.40797Massa
102017-05-25Morrison County, Camp Ripley,46.0865669,-94.3478394Keator
102019-05-31Anoka County, Fish Lake Nature Trails,45.3950542,-93.1668173Kotsonas
82016-05-07Anoka County, Fish Lake,45.3964893,-93.1650507Douglas
82014-05-29Anoka County, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (restricted access),45.40797Keator
72016-04-30Rice County, Nerstrand Big Woods SP,44.33981,-93.10724FranzenIt appears that the RHWP have returned
61980-04-12Steele County, Rice Lake State ParkJanssen
62015-05-09Lyon County, Grandparents Farm,44.6081465,-95.6257259Wee
51976-03-31Mower County, LeRoyJanssen
52013-05-17Rock County, Blue Mounds SP--Campground Area,43.71647,-96.18745III
42007-04-06Rice CountyBartkeyNerstrand Big Woods State Park
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
452009-06-22Anoka CountyDeRubeisCedar Creek SNA; 22 nests were collectively found by the Red-headed Woodpecker R
162017-06-10Anoka County, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (restricted access),45.40797Beck
162018-07-28Anoka County, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (restricted access),45.40797Massa
152016-06-18Anoka County, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve,45.3898762,-93.1639016Layzell90 have been recorded in the Reserve. Our group saw two or 3 babies and many adu
151979-06-22Martin CountyJanssenBBS
132008-06-29Anoka CountyDeRubeisCedar Creek SNA
122009-06-14Anoka CountyDeRubeisCedar Creek
111968-06-22Dakota County, LakevilleJanssenBBS
72010-06-20Dakota CountyMattsson7, adults Vermilion Twp.
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
252018-08-03Anoka County, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (restricted access),45.40797Massa
192015-11-09Anoka County, Fish Lake Nature Trails,45.3950542,-93.1668173Birr5 juvenile
162014-09-21Lyon County, Grandparents Farm,44.6081465,-95.6257259WeeBy far the most Red-heads I have ever seen at one time, grandparents grove is ar
152021-08-20Anoka County, Fish Lake Nature Trails,45.3950542,-93.1668173Bowen
152005-10-16Anoka CountyHowitz
142017-08-18Anoka County, Fish Lake Nature Trails,45.3950542,-93.1668173Harper
122017-08-05Faribault CountyBenzVarious locations throughout county; haven't seen this many in Minnesota in many
122011-08-11Sherburne CountyBrunellBlue Hill Township - CR42
102005-10-14Anoka CountyHowitz
102009-08-27Mille Lacs CountyJanssen
82013-11-05Rice County, Nerstrand Big Woods SP,44.33981,-93.10724Tallman
72007-09-08Anoka County, Helen Allison Savanna SNAJanssen
42005-08-06Brown CountySmith
32005-11-14Olmsted CountyHockemaoff of CR19 in Olmsted County.
- - - Winter - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
172018-02-22Houston County, Reno Bottoms,43.5903220,-91.2537427HoudekWoodpeckers were in groups of 11 and 6 birds within 2 stands of swamp white oaks
162021-12-19Anoka County, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (restricted access),45.40797BirrCBC at Cedar Creek
152013-12-28Houston CountyHoudek
142022-12-31Houston County, Reno Bottoms,43.6009320,-91.2653533HoudekBirds present due to super abundant swamp white oak mast in Fall 2022.
112011-01-21Anoka County, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve - Durant St.KolbeinssonThree were seen along Durant St. between Cty Hwy 60 and 231st Lane. Then at leas
102015-01-11Olmsted County, Pleasant Grove, 7206 County Road 19 Southeast,43.9166,-92.33056Pruettelaborate feeder set up around yard in woods. Birds coming to 4 feeders. lots of
102018-02-27Anoka County, Fish Lake Nature Trails,45.3950542,-93.1668173WestrayThis is a known wintering spot this year, and I came looking for the population
82011-12-24Anoka CountyNeitzel
72010-02-16Rice County, Big Woods State Park, Nerstrand, MN.Strnad
72014-01-10Houston County, Reno Bottoms (3),43.5977573,-91.26196HoudekStrip transect survey- all birds along 300 m transect length, high wintering den
61980-02-16Houston CountyJanssenwinter record
42010-02-26Mille Lacs County, VinelandJanssen
41976-01-17Mower County, LeRoyJanssenwinter record
 

Notes:

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