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

Snow Goose(Anser caerulescens)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
150,0002011-04-01Lac qui Parle CountyUnzenHuge numbers flying and on ground from around Bellingham to Big Stone County bor
70,0002011-03-30Lac qui Parle CountyUnzenThousands passing over Walter Twp. throughout entire day. Almost all heading N/N
42,4502007-03-15Lac qui Parle CountyUnzenSignificant movement into SW Lac Qui Parle County. Most of this count comes from
40,0002020-03-30Clay County, 8597 28th Street South, Moorhead, Minnesota, US (46.766, -96.737),4KahlerRoosting field of Snow Geese 4x the size from this morning. I have a video of th
30,0002006-03-10Cottonwood CountyBolduanConservative estimate of 25000 flying N over Talcot between 10am and 4 pm and 50
25,0002019-03-30Grant County, North Ottawa Impoundment,45.9856315,-96.2471008OtnesHuge flocks of geese. Rough estimate
20,3802012-03-10Jackson CountyJantscher
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
182003-06-01Lac qui Parle CountyUnzenSalt Lake
152014-06-01Nobles CountySmith
101990-07-28Redwood County, Co. Road 5Janssen
62004-06-06Lac qui Parle CountyUnzenPegg Lake.
42007-06-16Yellow Medicine CountyHertzelAn odd record; four birds at the Canby sewage ponds. One bird in juvenal plumage
42009-06-13Lac qui Parle CountyChuMehurin Twp., Salt Lake. The four individuals were a white-phase adult, two blu
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
2,7402006-11-27Lac qui Parle CountyUnzen
1,5002002-11-02Kandiyohi CountyFlorennear lake lillian
7502013-11-05Meeker CountyGuynnpassing over Lake Ripley, at most 12 blue-morph
6002017-10-27Lyon County, 126 N 3rd St, Marshall US-MN (44.4482,-95.7888),44.448215,-95.78883WeeA littoral snow storm is pushing large numbers of birds south. This was a single
5502014-11-06Lac qui Parle CountyJantscher
4002012-11-01Polk County, My yard,47.9433358,-97.0280421Aubol
3502010-11-12Lac qui Parle CountyJantscher
- - - Winter - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
8,5002017-02-22Jackson County, Jerry Schotzko WPA,43.50724,-95.096893Emerson
6,3002016-02-27Nobles CountyJantscher
3,7332006-12-16Clay CountyNorheimmost at Crystal Sugar Ponds
3,5002017-02-22Jackson County, Boot Lake WPA,43.679348,-95.088417Emerson
2,0002017-02-21Lyon County, US-MN-Lynd-504 W Railroad St - 44.3837x-95.8968,44.383663,-95.89675WeeFlyovers
6202009-12-02Lac qui Parle CountyUnzenTwo flocks in Perry Twp.
2002000-02-29Nicollet County, Swan LakeJanssen
132007-12-09McLeod CountySparling
132007-12-01Meeker CountyFlorensmall open portion of lake ripley (7 blue-phased and 6 white-phased)
41974-02-24Olmsted County, Rochester, Silver LakeJanssen
41982-12-07Olmsted County, RochesterJanssen
 
Migrant throughout, but rare north-central.

Notes:

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