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

Semipalmated Sandpiper(Calidris pusilla)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
3,0002015-05-26Jackson CountyBardonHeron Lake area
1,8002021-05-28Yellow Medicine County, Curtis LakeBardonCounted and estimated by fives and hundreds, many photos
9052008-05-27Lac qui Parle CountyPEB)
6502016-05-30Hennepin County, Minnesota Valley NWR--Bass Ponds,44.84479,-93.23007FallCounted by 5s with scope. Doubtless more since they were feeding in vegetation,
5002020-05-27Swift County, 255th Avenue Southwest, Appleton, Minnesota, US (45.185, -96.093),Orr
5002012-05-27Lac qui Parle CountyLarsonCory Lake
4312006-05-28Big Stone CountySvingen
2001999-05-31McLeod County, Glencoe Sewage PondsJanssen
2002009-05-18Hennepin CountyDufortLong Meadow Lake, Bass Ponds
1892000-05-08Lyon CountySchroeder
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
1,9602020-07-21Big Stone County, 615th Ave, Correll US-MN (45.2120,-96.1957),45.2120140,-96.195BardonCounted by fives
1,2032012-07-28Grant CountyChuIncludes 921 in Lawrence Twp. at Denton Slough
7852005-07-25Lac qui Parle CountyUnzen
5002021-06-01Big Stone CountyPierzina
4762006-06-01Marshall CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey at Agassiz NWR.
4002016-06-04Lac qui Parle County, Salt Lake,44.9645052,-96.4437363Anderson
3312008-07-26Lac qui Parle CountySvingen
3112010-07-31Lac qui Parle CountyChu262 were in Hamlin Twp. at Hamlin WMA.
2252010-06-01Lac qui Parle CountyUnzen
2192009-06-07Lac qui Parle CountyChu
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
2,2702012-08-01Grant CountyBardoncounted shorebirds at Ash Lake, Denton Slough, and Towner Slough, all in Grant C
1,3502020-08-09Big Stone County, Marsh LakeHoschCounted by tens and fifties. Major increase in overall numbers, including a smat
1,3002023-08-07Sibley County, Indian LakeHosch
1,0522006-08-12Lac qui Parle CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey at Big Stone NWR by PCC, PHS, JMJ.
8842008-08-24Marshall CountySvingen
6262006-08-11Marshall CountySvingenShorebird survey at Agassiz NWR by PHS, JMJ.
3592014-08-09Grant CountyChuNorth Ottawa Twp., North Ottawa Impoundment. Among these were three juveniles -
2742014-08-02Stevens CountyChuDonnelly Twp., CR 20 at 580th Ave.
2562010-08-21Lac qui Parle CountyChu
 
Migrant throughout.

Notes:

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