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 |
| Franklin's Gull(Leucophaeus pipixcan) | |||||
| - - - Spring - - - | |||||
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| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 5,000 | 2019-05-20 | Marshall County | Kieser | ||
| 2,000 | 2022-05-25 | Marshall County, Agassiz NWR--Lansing Parker Pool,48.2977554,-96.0306787 | Sayers | ||
| 2,000 | 2022-05-12 | Polk County, 270th Street Southwest, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, US (47.775, -96. | pennebaker | ||
| 1,205 | 2022-05-26 | Marshall County, Agassiz NWR,48.3504000,-95.9501000 | Watson | ||
| 1,200 | 2020-05-30 | Marshall County, Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge—Road E of Headquarters,48.30 | Hopping | ||
| 1,000 | 2021-05-21 | Pennington County, WTP parking lot,48.1078704,-96.2404789 | pennebaker | ||
| 1,000 | 1995-04-21 | Marshall County, Agassiz NWR | Janssen | ||
| 1,000 | 2021-05-29 | Polk County, Oak Lake,47.6584505,-95.9614563 | Ruffing | ||
| 900 | 2019-05-04 | Marshall County, Thief Lake,48.490284,-95.891566 | Engdahl | ||
| 800 | 2006-05-09 | Polk County | Russell | Glacial Ridge NWR | |
| 700 | 2017-05-05 | Polk County, County Fishing Park,47.678687,-96.123876 | Engdahl | Rough estimate. Likely far more. | |
| 400 | 2017-05-03 | Lyon County, Sham Lake,44.6188,-95.6597 | Wee | ||
| 380 | 2017-04-28 | Lincoln County, Perch Lake (Lincoln Co.),44.5153,-96.2892 | Hill | Pink ones- | |
| 315 | 2010-05-07 | Lac qui Parle County | Unzen | BSNWR. | |
| 200 | 2008-05-11 | Red Lake County | Joppru | ||
| 200 | 2009-05-15 | Nobles County | Guynn | arpprox. count, Lake Okabena, Worthington | |
| 60 | 2011-04-22 | Dakota County | Smith | Approximate number, at Lake Byllesby | |
| - - - Summer - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 2,500 | 2017-07-29 | Sibley County, Gaylord Sewage Ponds,44.5410429,-94.2100811 | Janssen | ||
| 1,800 | 2014-07-27 | Douglas County, Osakis sewage ponds,45.8526891,-95.1670074 | Hinz | ||
| 1,750 | 2018-07-22 | Freeborn County, Arrowhead Point County Park, Alden US-MN (43.7360,-93.5691),43. | Manley | Counted x’s 50 | |
| 1,500 | 2020-07-29 | Freeborn County | Jantscher | ||
| 1,500 | 2022-06-30 | Roseau County, Roseau Sewage Lagoons,48.8696550,-95.7280397 | Kolbe | ||
| 1,444 | 2017-07-30 | Stearns County | Chu | 685, Albany Twp., Albany sewage ponds; 759, Paynesville Twp., Paynesville sewage | |
| 1,330 | 2018-07-28 | Stearns County | Chu | Paynesville Twp., Paynesville sewage ponds. Note the typical increase in this s | |
| 1,200 | 2017-07-28 | Douglas County, Osakis sewage ponds,45.8526891,-95.1670074 | MacAulay | ||
| 1,000 | 1995-07-22 | McLeod County, Biscay | Janssen | at landfill | |
| 1,000 | 2015-07-25 | Kandiyohi County, Kandiyohi County Landfill,45.2753394,-95.0108385 | Wallestad | This is a guess, but they were absolutely everywhere on the ground where the "f | |
| 750 | 2013-07-29 | Douglas County, Osakis WWTP,45.8528665,-95.1663852 | Hinz | floating on the northern pond | |
| 683 | 2012-07-28 | Grant County | Chu | Includes 644 in Lawrence/Stony Brook twps. at Ash Lake. | |
| 500 | 2008-07-31 | Rock County | Hertzel | ||
| 300 | 2007-07-22 | Sibley County | Claus | Gaylord Sewage Ponds | |
| - - - Fall - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 25,310 | 2006-09-26 | Lac qui Parle County | Unzen | Huge numbers of Franklin's Gulls were congregating on the large lakes in the nor | |
| 11,000 | 2007-08-08 | Jackson County | Bardon | South Heron Lake | |
| 8,350 | 2019-10-07 | Lyon County, Rock Lake,44.2761796,-95.9348488 | Wee | ||
| 8,000 | 2006-09-24 | Meeker County | Floren | 8000+ at lake ripley | |
| 7,100 | 2021-10-09 | Freeborn County | Jantscher | 5,700 on Albert Lea Lake, 1,100 on Geneva Lake and 300 on Bear Lake | |
| 6,600 | 2017-09-29 | Carver County, Lake Waconia,44.8692,-93.7822 | Marengo | Based the count total on the size of 100 birds and applied this across the flock | |
| 6,000 | 2016-09-15 | Lyon County, Black Rush Lake WPA,44.3378464,-95.8991432 | Wee | Guesstimate, many many gulls! | |
| 6,000 | 2014-09-23 | Blue Earth County | Heins | Constant stream of birds for 10 minutes. This may be a conservative estimate! | |
| 5,000 | 1996-08-28 | Stearns County, Lake Koronis | Janssen | ||
| 4,000 | 1994-08-05 | Sibley County, Co. Road 9 | Janssen | ||
| 3,770 | 1998-09-25 | Lyon County | Schroeder | ||
| 3,500 | 2007-09-21 | Jackson County | Bartkey | ||
| Breeds locally far northwest. Migrant throughout, but rare northeast. State designation: Special Concern. | |||||
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