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
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: Gulls, Terns
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

Glaucous Gull(Larus hyperboreus)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
122008-03-02St. Louis CountySvingenEight first-cycle, one third-cycle, and three adult GLGU, Duluth harbor. Shortly
101963-03-23St. Louis CountyJanssenFrench River 6 2nd year, 4 ad
82013-03-31St. Louis County, Duluth-27th Avenue West/WLSSD,46.7635932,-92.121799Bardon
72016-04-06St. Louis County, Duluth--Park Point,46.73057,-92.05238Richardson1 1st cycle on ballfields. 6 flying with other gulls up shore. 2 Adults, the res
62020-04-18St. Louis County, WSHC--Enger Tower,46.7741863,-92.1238160NicolettiSeen well down at WLSSD all at one sitting!!!
52009-05-02St. Louis CountySvingenFive 1st-cycle GLGU observed by PHS and MLH on Minnesota side of Superior Entry.
52009-03-16St. Louis CountySvingenThree at WLSSD/27th Ave West and two at Canal Park, Duluth. Four first-cycle and
41972-04-15Lake CountyJanssenTwo Harbors 1 ad, 3 imm.
31978-03-04Lake CountyJanssenCastle Danger 1 ad, 2 1st year
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
72011-11-22St. Louis CountySvingenSix first-cycle birds seen together at 27th Ave West, Duluth. Second-cycle bird
52009-11-21St. Louis CountySvingenThree first-cycle birds observed by MLH and PHS at the Superior Entry, St. Louis
51991-11-09Cook CountyJanssenGrand Marais 1 ad, 4 imm.
42010-11-24St. Louis County, Duluth-27th Avenue West/WLSSDBardon
42003-11-29Dakota County, Black DogTustison2nd winter + 2 imms. + ad.
31985-11-30Dakota County, Black DogTustison
- - - Winter - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
342012-02-05St. Louis County, DuluthBardonhigh count for Duluth
292014-12-21St. Louis County, Canal Park,46.7800588,-92.0909375Bardon18 first-cycle, 4 second-cycle, 2 third-cycle, 5 adults
222010-01-01St. Louis CountySvingenEight first-cycle, four second-cycle, one third-cycle, and four adults on Minnes
182008-01-12St. Louis CountySvingenDuluth harbor; total of 18 Glaucous Gulls seen at once (11 first-cycle, one seco
162020-02-03St. Louis County, Duluth--Canal Park,46.7798700,-92.0910900eBird
132011-02-16St. Louis CountySvingenFour first-cycle, one third-cycle, and one adult GLGU at 27th Ave West, Duluth,
102013-01-01St. Louis CountySvingenCanal Park, Duluth. Eight first-cycle, one 2nd-cycle, and one 3rd-cycle all seen
92009-12-27St. Louis County, Superior Entry MNBardon
82017-01-28St. Louis County, Duluth--Canal Park,46.77987,-92.09109Kraemer2 adult, 1-2nd cycle, 5 - 1st cycle
62011-01-16St. Louis County, Superior Entry (Minnesota)Bardon
 
Migrant and winter visitant.

Notes:

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