High Count Archive for The Loon - Flycatchers
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: Flycatchers
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe

Least Flycatcher(Empidonax minimus)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
642009-05-28Marshall CountySvingenRecord high count of 64 Least Flycatchers at Agassiz NWR by PHS, JMJ. This total
542020-05-19Mower County, Grand Meadow WTP,43.7018330,-92.5524712CaddyThis number seems extraordinarily high and I realized that at the time and that
502016-05-21Itasca County, The Lost Forty 47.766842,-94.088981,47.7662147,-94.0941668EcklesSeriously everywhere!
472015-05-17St. Louis County, Park Point, etc.,46.738058,-92.057809Bardon
362018-05-11Carver County, Carver Park Reserve--Grimm Rd. Picnic/Rec AreaCyruscommon along the length of the 7.25 miles of trails that I walked
342013-05-31St. Louis CountySvingenMost were giving call call notes, and all were distinguished from the many YBFL
301994-05-12Hennepin CountyBudde30
292008-05-30St. Louis CountySvingenTotal includes 27th Ave West, 40th Ave West, Hearding Island, Interstate Island,
201995-05-15Ramsey County, Crosby FarmTustisonest.
202010-05-23Dakota CountyDufortAll singing; spaced out throughout Black Dog Preserve SNA
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
322006-06-05St. Louis CountyFalkowskiThree miles north of Virginia on Lookout Mtn survey.
322020-06-23Koochiching County, Fiero Road, mile 1-5.9 (counting from southern terminus),48.SocolarCareful count, entirely of singing birds (chebek, snappier and cleaner than YBFL
312022-07-03Lake of the Woods County, Zippel Bay SP,48.8666909,-94.8481464NicholsCareful count of “chBEK” songs all along a few miles of park road, one-way o
292022-06-20St. Louis County, Forest Road 200, second section,48.0693700,-92.3528420
282022-06-19Aitkin County, Savanna Portage State Park,46.8381,-93.1557Sterner
272011-06-10St. Louis County, T51R13aBerdan
252007-06-11St. Louis CountyRosenwinkelNRRI BREEDING BIRD CENSUS IN HARTLEY PARK
202011-07-03Roseau County, Lost River State ForestMackactual count by walking approximately 1.5 miles of Rte 301 combined with other i
182011-07-04Roseau County, Beltrami Island SF (Roseau Co.)Mackactual count
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
1102016-08-17St. Louis CountyBardonHawk Ridge/Lester River Census
472021-08-22St. Louis County, Stoney Point,46.9264018,-91.8240325SteinerCareful migration count. Likely low.
352016-08-30St. Louis County, MN61--E Superior St,46.8443866,-91.9962072LamoreauxHuge morning flight
302015-09-03St. Louis County, Duluth--Park Point,46.73057,-92.05238RichardsonProbably more, conservative count. All along Park Point.
252010-08-21St. Louis CountySvingenObservations by Peder H. Svingen and Cameron Rutt on Minnesota Point from Recrea
242020-08-23St. Louis County, Park Point--Park Point Rec. Area,46.7311691,-92.0523620Kolbe
122018-08-12Anoka County, South Rd, Columbus US-MN (45.2866,-93.1285),45.286569,-93.128538JensenSaw several groups which included the parents feeding the young
112018-08-10Red Lake County, Farm,47.9607689,-96.4552935Sundvall
102015-08-26St. Louis CountyBardonHawk Ridge/Lester River Census
101964-09-03Hennepin County, 1817 W. 59th Street, MinneapolisJanssen
92012-08-18Faribault County, Blue Earth River AMA,43.7894964,-94.1949371Nienhaus
82007-09-05St. Louis CountySvingenMost were calling, a soft "whit".
82008-09-08Hennepin CountyDeRubeis
 
Breeds throughout.

Notes:

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