High Count Archive for The Loon - Plovers
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: Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover

American Golden-Plover(Pluvialis dominica)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
1,5002017-05-11Rock County, Touch the Sky Prairie,43.7329994,-96.2776002MarengoAn amazing and enormous formation seen just north and west of the prairie. I cou
5001969-05-16Traverse County, WheatonJanssen
4502017-04-30Lac qui Parle CountyClarkPart of flock found previous day 3 miles north of Madison by Ken Larson as part
3502004-04-28Lac qui Parle CountyUnzen
3242017-04-17Traverse CountyTowleIn one field just west of North Ottawa Impt
3121999-05-21Lyon CountySchroeder
2002013-05-18Grant CountyKieserSeveral flocks, North Ottawa Impoundment
1751998-05-19Lac qui Parle County, sect 30 agassiz townshipMarengo
1752006-04-27Big Stone County, hwy 28 and cr 61 Fritchman
1532002-04-21Meeker CountyFlorensection 15 cedar mills twsp.
1502012-05-11Carver CountyMarengoa nice 'push' of these birds from across the county today. Found several migrant
1172006-05-02Lac qui Parle CountyUnzen
1001986-05-17Traverse County, Miller PrairieJanssenin plowed field
252011-05-12Blue Earth CountyHeins
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
72021-06-02Stevens CountyPierzina
61964-06-06Stevens County, AlbertaJanssen
52017-06-09Grant County, North Ottawa Impoundment,45.9856315,-96.2471008Buckingham
52021-06-21Grant County, North Ottawa Impoundment,45.9856315,-96.2471008Lamey
42010-06-03Big Stone CountyDunlapadults in alternate plumage
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
8002013-09-07Steele County, Merton, 4264-4904 Northeast 84th Avenue,44.13944,-93.06595TallmanPerhaps a conservative estimate.
7602017-10-08Grant CountyTowleNorth Ottawa Impoundment; counted by 10's (Recounted from overlapping photos con
4042008-10-19Wilkin CountyDunlap
3602016-09-29Brown County, Sleepy Eye WTP,44.2612907,-94.7197437SmithSeen in flight several hundred feet up. When I got them in my scope I ID'd them
1602007-10-13Martin CountyDunlap
1592006-10-15Traverse CountyMarengoWheaton Sewage Ponds
1402010-10-10Sibley CountyKieserJuveniles in flooded field east of Gaylord W.T.P.
1071998-10-04Lyon CountySchroeder
522009-09-12Rice CountyBartkey
 
Migrant throughout.

Notes:

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