The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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High Count Archive for The Loon - Gulls, Terns | ||
| 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 |
| Species: Gulls, Terns |
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Sabine's Gull Bonaparte's Gull Franklin's Gull |
Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull |
Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern |
Black Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern |
| Bonaparte's Gull(Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | |||||
| - - - Spring - - - | |||||
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| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 4,153 | 2008-05-06 | St. Louis County | Svingen | Record high spring migration count at Park Point, Duluth. Carefully counted by g | |
| 3,600 | 2022-05-15 | St. Louis County, Interstate Island WMA (MN),46.7495946,-92.1092033 | Svingen | Carefully counted multiple times from different vantage points. Counts were done | |
| 3,120 | 2017-05-12 | St. Louis County, Park Point,46.7531163,-92.0733047 | Kraemer | conservative number - counted from one spot - all sitting on Lake Superior | |
| 2,608 | 2014-05-07 | St. Louis County, Duluth | Bardon | ||
| 2,600 | 2018-05-16 | St. Louis County | Eckert | Bay side of Park Point, Duluth; minimum count by tens – may have been 3000+ | |
| 2,230 | 2015-05-14 | St. Louis County, Park Point--Park Point Recreation Area,46.7311691,-92.052362 | Kraemer | ||
| 2,020 | 2009-05-14 | St. Louis County, Duluth | Bardon | ||
| 1,811 | 2013-05-07 | St. Louis County | Svingen | Total for afternoon survey of Lake Superior by JLK, PHS. | |
| 1,270 | 2011-05-05 | St. Louis County | Eckert | Park Point, Duluth | |
| 1,000 | 2010-05-08 | St. Louis County | Svingen | Estimate based on multiple counts by MLH, PHS from dune bridge at Park Point Rec | |
| 927 | 2010-05-10 | St. Louis County, Duluth | Bardon | ||
| 750 | 2006-04-12 | Big Stone County | Bardon | roosted on Big Stone Lake | |
| 500 | 2009-05-09 | Crow Wing County | Blanich | Ironton sewer ponds | |
| 400 | 2007-04-30 | Crow Wing County | Blanich | ||
| - - - Summer - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 200 | 2022-06-17 | Lake of the Woods County | Hertzel | Unusual. 200+ BOGU in a flooded field south of Baudette; With TBH | |
| 190 | 2016-06-02 | St. Louis County, Duluth MN Park Point 43rd Street,46.73728,-92.057609 | Hendrickson | Large flock feeding off shore. Mostly juveniles with some sub adults as well. | |
| 125 | 2005-07-27 | Beltrami County | Dewenter | north shore of Lake Bemidji | |
| 100 | 1974-06-08 | St. Louis County, Duluth | Janssen | ||
| 84 | 2009-06-02 | St. Louis County | Svingen | Interstate Island WMA, Duluth. | |
| 70 | 2011-06-06 | St. Louis County | Martin | All in first summer plumage except for 1 in breeding plumage, migrating flock on | |
| 66 | 2008-07-12 | Crow Wing County | Schirmacher | Garrison beach area, missed Franklins that were there in late June | |
| 51 | 2008-07-07 | Crow Wing County | Bardon | Mille Lacs Lake, all looked like molting, oversummering immatures/subadults | |
| 26 | 2007-07-27 | Cass County | Wieland | at Walker Sewer Ponds | |
| - - - Fall - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 1,923 | 2006-10-18 | Mille Lacs County | Svingen | At Mille Lacs Lake with AXH; total includes Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Mille Lacs co | |
| 1,111 | 2005-10-26 | Mille Lacs County | Svingen | Total of 1111 BOGU on Mille Lacs Lake (Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Mille Lacs countie | |
| 956 | 2008-11-08 | Aitkin County | Marengo | on mille lacs | |
| 950 | 2007-10-21 | Aitkin County | Hertzel | Counted at Mille Lacs Lake in Crow Wing, Aitkin, and Mille Lacs counties. | |
| 900 | 2017-10-28 | Cass County | Janssen | estimate | |
| 612 | 2009-10-24 | Mille Lacs County | Svingen | Total for survey of Mille Lacs Lake (includes Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Mille Lacs | |
| - - - Winter - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 110 | 2004-12-04 | Crow Wing County | Litkey | ||
| 68 | 2016-12-01 | Goodhue County, Nelson Lake,44.6315333,-92.6708074 | Egan | This is an accurate count and all the birds appeared to be adult Bonaparte's Gul | |
| 60 | 1981-12-02 | Mille Lacs County, Mille Lacs Lake | Janssen | ||
| 40 | 2009-12-01 | Crow Wing County | Blanich | Ironton sewer ponds | |
| 30 | 2004-12-04 | Mille Lacs County | Litkey | ||
| 15 | 2009-12-05 | Dakota County, Black Dog Lake | Fall | All adults; flew in from E in single flock, then joined the other gulls to the E | |
| 12 | 2012-12-06 | Mille Lacs County, US-MN-Onamia-11959-12145 County Road 35,46.121277,-93.659078 | Bardon | ||
| 10 | 1981-12-02 | Crow Wing County, Garrison | Janssen | ||
| Migrant throughout. | |||||
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