High Count Archive for The Loon - Longspurs and Snow Buntings
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: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting(Plectrophenax nivalis)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
1,5002007-03-04Cass CountyWielandat various locations in southern Cass County
1,0002013-03-04Watonwan County, US-MN-Saint James - 43.9801x-94.6578 - Mar 4, 2013, 5:10 PM,43.SohlMassive snow bunting flock
7602011-03-27McLeod CountyKieser3 separate flocks, vicinity of County 13/51 intersection
7001978-04-07Norman County, LockhartJanssen
5002014-03-31Dodge CountyThompson
4702006-03-16Lac qui Parle CountyUnzen
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
3,0002006-10-25Lake CountyAlt2 Harbors Golf Course; one huge flock, Video taken
2,0002009-11-28Todd CountyEllis
1,6002009-11-28Douglas CountyEllis
1,4002017-11-18Polk County, 120th Street Southwest, East Grand Forks, Minnesota, US (47.993, -9AubolConservative estimate, 5 flocks, 3 very large
1,2002017-11-23Polk County, US-Minnesota-Keystone Township - 47.978x-96.784 - Mar 11, 2017 9:13Aubol
1,0002003-10-22Cook CountyJanssen
7222008-10-27St. Louis County, H.R.B.O.Bardon
6502008-11-01Grant CountyGuynnwe were awed to watch wave after wave of snow buntings (500), with 100 lapland l
- - - Winter - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
2,5402018-12-29Roseau County, MN 89/Roseau 16 area,48.8698667,-95.8992226eBird2 large flocks, 1 of which was 2200+. Flock counted by 100s; as close to best e
2,5002023-02-10Freeborn County, Gaudian Farm,43.6715000,-93.2466000WestonNumber is a conservative extrapolation from photos. I am entering this for Bryce
2,0002007-01-17Clay CountyJoppruRon Erpelding, Herb Dingmann
2,0002015-02-05Red Lake CountyJoppru
1,4002007-02-04Cass CountyWielandalong CR 24 near intersection with CR 1
1,2002014-12-07Renville CountyHall
1,2002015-01-18Polk County, Sherack,48.0204724,-96.8104076Aubol
1,1782009-01-01Lake of the Woods CountyJoppruBaudette CBC
1,0002007-12-06Renville CountyFlorena conservative estimate of one thousand birds observed from Cedar Mills in Meeke
1,0002013-01-13Dodge CountyThompsonnear 690th St. & 120th AVE
8002010-02-21Kittson CountyJoppru
5202011-01-15Blue Earth CountyHeinsestimate
5002007-12-20Cass CountyYergercty road 25 1 mile west of 371
5002009-01-23Red Lake CountyJoppruShelley Steva
 
Migrant and winter visitant throughout.

Notes:

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