High Count Archive for The Loon - Sandpipers
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: Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope

Ruddy Turnstone(Arenaria interpres)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
1212012-05-23St. Louis CountySvingenTotal for four different locations on Park Point. Each of the flocks encountered
601971-05-29St. Louis County, Minnesota Point, DuluthJanssen
602021-05-24Yellow Medicine County, Curtis Lake,44.5780567,-95.4799071MarengoIn the time I had I roughly estimated 1,800 shorebirds. These were almost entire
442022-05-28St. Louis County, Park Point--Park Point Rec. Area,46.7337486,-92.0542164NicolettiConservative count of this species during a spectacular concentration of Shorebi
402013-05-22St. Louis County, Duluth--Park Point,46.73057,-92.05238Bardon
401977-05-21St. Louis County, Minnesota Point, DuluthJanssen
372013-05-22Crow Wing CountyDingmannGarrison
361954-05-31Hennepin County, Rice LakeJanssen
302008-05-27St. Louis CountyBrunellPark Point -Lake side
271961-05-30Mille Lacs County, Mille Lacs LakeJanssen
162010-05-23Cass CountyWielandPelican Island, Leech Lake
131997-05-17Carver CountyMarengobongards
122001-05-19Meeker CountyFlorensection 33 acton twsp.
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
751969-06-01St. Louis County, Minnesota Point, DuluthJanssen
182013-06-05St. Louis CountySvingenBeach near Sky Harbor Airport, Park Point, Duluth.
181998-06-03Dakota CountySmithAt Lake Byllesby, near Randolph.
152008-06-01Cass CountyWielandat Pelican Island, Leech Lake
131974-06-01Goodhue County, FrontenacJanssen
122000-06-03St. Louis CountyMarengo
112009-06-03Cass CountyWielandPelican Island
52010-06-02Cass CountyWielandPelican Island, Leech Lake
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
201977-08-27St. Louis County, Minnesota Point, DuluthJanssen
151960-09-03St. Louis County, Minnesota Point, DuluthJanssen
112021-08-20Lyon County, Sham Lake,44.6188000,-95.6597000WeeSome sleeping and others walking along the shore. Interestingly enough it’s be
91961-09-09St. Louis County, Minnesota Point, DuluthJanssen
51961-08-26St. Louis County, Minnesota Point, DuluthJanssen
42006-08-09Swift CountyUnzen
 
Migrant throughout.

Notes:

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