High Count Archive for The Loon - Sandpipers
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: Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope

Baird's Sandpiper(Calidris bairdii)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
5152005-05-01Big Stone CountySvingen
3382003-05-02Traverse County, Mud LakeJanssencounted by Karl Bardon
2502021-04-30Yellow Medicine County, Curtis Lake,44.5780567,-95.4799071Meyer
2302017-04-28Lac qui Parle County, US-MN-Mehurin-1200-1318 210th St - 44.9649x-96.4073,44.964Larson
2132008-05-08St. Louis CountySvingen151 near 27th Ave West, and 62 at Hearding Island, Duluth.
1572015-04-28Yellow Medicine County, Miller Lake,44.7951754,-96.0732293Bardon
451998-04-25Lac qui Parle County, Salt LakeTustison
402006-05-07Norman CountyJoppru
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
2002016-07-18Yellow Medicine County, Miedd Lake,44.6625484,-95.7561064WeeEstimate
952017-07-21Lyon County, Lone Tree Lake (Lyon Co.),44.6276185,-95.7079124Wee
752015-07-18Yellow Medicine County, Miedd Lake,44.6601731,-95.7585418Wee
452020-07-19Big Stone County, Marsh LakeHosch
272018-07-31Lyon County, Lone Tree Lake (Lyon Co.),44.6276185,-95.7079124Wee
212006-07-28Marshall CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey at Agassiz NWR by Peder H. Svingen and Jeanie M. Jopp
202006-07-22Marshall CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey by PHS, JMJ, SAS at Agassiz NWR.
192008-07-26Lac qui Parle CountySvingen
162010-07-31Lac qui Parle CountyChuAll 16 were in Hamlin Twp. at Hamlin WMA.
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
2672006-08-20Lac qui Parle CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey by PHS and JMJ, of which 157 were at Big Stone NWR.
1672021-08-19Stearns CountyChuPaynesville Twp., Paynesville sewage ponds.
1642005-08-28Lac qui Parle CountySvingen
1072020-08-26Big Stone County, 615th Ave, Correll US-MN (45.2120,-96.1957),45.2120140,-96.195Bardon
1002014-08-08Grant County, North Ottawa Impoundment,45.98563,-96.2471Lau
1002016-09-11Yellow Medicine County, Miedd Lake,44.6625484,-95.7561064Wee
882012-08-26Grant CountyChuOf these, 72 were in Lawrence and Stony Brook twps. at Ash Lake.
862008-08-20Stearns CountyChu
752017-08-04Lyon County, Lone Tree Lake (Lyon Co.),44.6276185,-95.7079124Wee
402015-08-28Grant County, North Ottawa Impoundment,45.9856315,-96.2471008Otnes
302011-09-03Lac qui Parle CountyChu
142011-08-27Big Stone CountyChu
 
Migrant throughout.

Notes:

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