High Count Archive for The Loon - Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
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: Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

Redhead(Aythya americana)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
1,4782013-04-29St. Louis CountySvingenTotal for 4 and 1/2 hour survey at Park Point, Duluth. Record high count of 7,61
1,0002015-04-22Crow Wing County, Mille Lacs--Pike Point Wayside,46.28396,-93.81692Maust
9752020-03-24Wabasha County, Pool #5Jantscher
9502013-04-20Freeborn CountyJantscher
8452012-03-25St. Louis CountySvingenTotal for Duluth Harbor (Hearding Island to Park Point Recreation Area).
5292013-04-28St. Louis County, Park Point--33rd St,46.7492688,-92.0701764Bardon
3552008-04-22St. Louis CountySvingenTotal for Park Point, Duluth.
2712009-03-07Jackson CountyJantscher
1592011-04-24Ramsey CountyCollinsGoose Lake
1502010-03-23Faribault CountyDeRubeisflooded agricultural field
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
2502021-06-23Pennington County, Thief River Falls sewage lagoons,48.1073200,-96.2316100JoppruEstimate based on counting by tens.
2152016-07-03Faribault County, Wells WTPJantscher
1932017-07-02Faribault CountyJantscher
1501977-07-09Meeker County, StroutJanssen
1202017-07-24Grant County, North Ottawa Impoundment,45.9856315,-96.2471008DeutschMultiple large flocks. Estimated by 10s.
1152018-07-05Faribault CountyJantscher
1022015-07-03Faribault CountyJantscher
842013-06-16Freeborn CountyJantscher
782014-07-05Lac qui Parle County, Salt Lake,44.9645052,-96.4437363Larson
511967-07-14Hennepin County, Grass Lake, MinneapolisJanssen
361968-07-12Hennepin County, Grass Lake, MinneapolisJanssen
282009-06-20Nicollet CountyJanssenon Nicollet Sewage pond
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
6,2702011-10-27Houston CountyServicePool 8, Upper Mississippi River N.W.F.R. Includes birds in Wisconsin.
1,2502019-10-08Big Stone County, Big Stone Lake/Riverside Park/ Ortonville,45.3036291,-96.44937Marengo
5352017-10-09Douglas County, Clifford LK Rd,45.8567085,-95.1663637Kraemermost were seen in Clifford Lake - counted carefully by 25s
5022010-10-23Meeker County, Lake WashingtonMaercklein
5002016-10-31Big Stone County, Riverside Park - Ortonville,45.3042387,-96.4503156MacAulay
4902011-11-18Houston County, HoustonPotthoff
4002008-11-01Grant CountyGuynnIsland Lake, adj 240th St 0.5 miles west of MN 54
3002014-11-14Winona County, Prairie Island Spillway,44.0798782,-91.6827965Nienhaus
2502011-11-03Scott County, New PragueJanssen
2402010-10-24Carver CountyKieserLake Waconia
- - - Winter - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
782017-02-21Rice County, Wells LakeJantscher
502017-02-19Lyon County, Lady Slipper Lake,44.5732267,-95.6220217Wee
452018-02-27Nobles CountyJantscherEarly Migrants
352012-12-16Wabasha CountyJantscher
302015-12-08Hennepin County, medicine lake,45.0046222,-93.4157181Lochnerm & f
162009-12-06Ramsey County, Vadnais LakeWilson
152002-02-23Kandiyohi CountyFlorenlake lillian
 
Breeds mostly west and central. Migrant throughout.

Notes:

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