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

Short-billed Dowitcher(Limnodromus griseus)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
752000-05-12Renville CountyMarengo
622000-05-13Yellow Medicine CountySchroeder
602010-05-16Dakota CountyMattsson60
602015-05-16Hennepin CountyBrunellRelatively scope close so that you could see that each individual had the colori
592015-05-22Jackson County, Heron Lake area,43.7188226,-95.2429247Bardon
552010-05-17Dakota CountyMattsson55
552009-05-11Kandiyohi County, Olson Lake WPAFrederickson
532005-05-23Rock CountySvingen
492007-05-15Lac qui Parle CountyUnzencalling birds
492007-05-16Rice CountyBoevers
452000-05-13Lyon CountySchroeder
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
452020-07-19Big Stone County, Marsh LakeHosch
382015-07-11Lac qui Parle CountyPierzinaSalt Lake
362006-07-09Lac qui Parle CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey in Lac Qui Parle County by PCC, PHS, JMJ, RSF; 34 of
342008-07-25Big Stone CountySvingen
332012-07-14Carver CountyCyrus
311993-07-16Renville County, near HectorTustisonflocks of 24 & 7
152006-07-15Marshall CountySvingen
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
752020-08-06Big Stone County, Marsh Lake - 615th Ave,45.216451,-96.19648EmersonConservative estimate.
572017-08-03Grant County, North Ottawa Impoundment,45.9856315,-96.2471008Russell
472022-08-19Grant County, North Ottawa Impoundment,45.9856315,-96.2471008PattersonCounted. Foraged among the more numerous STSA and the abundant LEYE on the SE ce
402022-08-09Otter Tail County, Orwell WMA,46.2157810,-96.1713855Schleissmann
352018-08-05Freeborn County, Arrowhead Point County Park,43.736664,-93.568287Smith
302017-08-02Lac qui Parle County, Salt Lake,44.9645052,-96.4437363Sundvall
252001-08-21Big Stone CountySchroeder
222018-08-28Yellow Medicine County, Lyon/Yellow Medicine Conservation Easement,44.6305653,-9Wee
202014-08-01Grant CountyDingmannNorth Ottawa impoundment
172008-08-09Marshall CountySvingenFirst juveniles at Madsen (3) and Webster (1) Pools, Agassiz NWR.
172016-08-30Yellow Medicine County, Miedd Lake,44.6625484,-95.7561064Wee
142006-08-20Lac qui Parle CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey by PHS and JMJ, all of which were at Big Stone NWR. A
132007-08-03Marshall CountySvingenShorebird survey of Agassiz N.W.R. by Peder H. Svingen and Jeanie M. Joppru.
121977-08-27St. Louis County, Minnesota Point, DuluthJanssen
101977-08-16Big Stone County, Marsh LakeJanssen
 
Migrant throughout.

Notes:

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