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 |
| Common Tern(Sterna hirundo) | |||||
| - - - Spring - - - | |||||
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| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 2,087 | 2012-05-15 | St. Louis County | Svingen | This morning (Tuesday, 15 May 2012) between 1045 and 1145, Jan & Larry Kraemer a | |
| 1,700 | 2013-05-22 | St. Louis County, Duluth--Park Point,46.73057,-92.05238 | Bardon | At Superior Entry and along Park Point | |
| 1,575 | 2017-05-21 | St. Louis County | Svingen | Park Point, dune bridge near airport. Seen with MLH. Counted multiple times by g | |
| 1,187 | 2010-05-14 | St. Louis County | Svingen | Total of 1,187 COTE carefully counted as they perched on the breakwater on the M | |
| 998 | 2009-05-21 | St. Louis County | Svingen | All but 21 of these seen in the morning at Park Point, Duluth; 21 were counted a | |
| 800 | 2007-05-25 | Cass County | Wieland | Pelican Island, Leech Lake | |
| - - - Summer - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 360 | 2016-07-18 | St. Louis County | Svingen | 180 nesting pairs at Interstate WMA, Duluth (Wisconsin portion of island current | |
| 250 | 2019-07-01 | St. Louis County, Interstate Island WMA (MN),46.7495946,-92.1092033 | Snyder | Almost fledged young, some recent hatches, and some new 1 egg nests (possibly re | |
| 200 | 1996-06-08 | St. Louis County, Interstate Island | Janssen | nesting | |
| 200 | 2021-06-03 | St. Louis County, Park Point--North end, lake side,46.7785590,-92.0915770 | Svingen | Counted by tens. | |
| 153 | 2008-06-12 | Mille Lacs County | Janssen | nests with one to five eggs | |
| 146 | 2008-06-01 | Cass County | Wieland | at Pelican Island, Leech Lake | |
| 129 | 2010-06-01 | St. Louis County | Svingen | Lafayette Square, Park Point, Duluth. | |
| 100 | 1979-06-02 | St. Louis County, Port Terminal, Duluth | Janssen | nesting activity | |
| 12 | 2009-06-04 | Dakota County | Smith | At Black Dog Lake, Burnsville | |
| - - - Fall - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 185 | 2012-08-21 | Cass County | Johnson | Leech Lake harbor in | |
| 140 | 2016-08-03 | Cass County, Leech Lake--Pelican Island,47.1100639,-94.3751979 | Yerger | ||
| 120 | 2007-08-03 | Cass County | Wieland | Pelican Island | |
| 116 | 2022-09-03 | Cass County, Walker City Park and Jetty,47.1028360,-94.5760360 | Holle | Counted carefully. Photos | |
| 115 | 2007-08-29 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Duluth | |
| 106 | 2022-09-20 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | McLaughlin | large group of terns, moving down the shore SW. slim wings, long tails with dark | |
| 75 | 2017-08-27 | Lake of the Woods County, Zippel Bay SP,48.8666909,-94.8481464 | MacAulay | A ternado if you will | |
| 70 | 2016-09-07 | St. Louis County, Park Point--Dune Bridge near airport,46.72918,-92.0484 | Lind | ||
| 50 | 2014-09-28 | St. Louis County, Superior Entry (Minnesota),46.7071463,-92.0177937 | Lau | ||
| 36 | 2010-08-04 | St. Louis County, Interstate Island area | Bardon | ||
| 36 | 2010-08-02 | St. Louis County, Interstate Island WMA (MN) | Bardon | ||
| 5 | 2008-09-27 | St. Louis County | Eckert | Duluth | |
| 4 | 2008-08-05 | Cass County | Wieland | South shore of Lake Winnie | |
| Breeds locally north. Migrant throughout. State designation: Threatened. | |||||
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