High Count Archive for The Loon - Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
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: Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Least Bittern
American Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Blue Heron

Snowy Egret(Egretta thula)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
142018-05-10Big Stone CountyPierzinaSame location as birds on 5/6 now numbering 14
52001-05-12Big Stone County, Akron TwpStucker
42014-04-19Lac qui Parle County, Salt LakeJantscher
41996-04-27Lac qui Parle County, Co. Road 15Janssen
42017-04-20Grant County, Doughty Lake ,45.7886589,-96.1029013Mandel
42006-05-07Big Stone CountyKieserKlages WMA - Black Bill, Golden Slippers, same general size as Cattle Egret
32011-05-01Lac qui Parle County, Salt LakeSchmidt
32006-04-14Kandiyohi CountyFredericksonswan lake spillway
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
52013-06-04Big Stone CountyPierzina
32018-07-03Lac qui Parle County, 2733–2779 291st Ave, Madison US-MN (45.0489,-96.0640),45Wee
32004-07-25Swift CountyUnzenShible Lake.
32016-06-07Lac qui Parle County, Lac qui Parle County MNGuynnor possibly 4, photographed, foraging in Madison WMA lakeshore adj US75
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
141978-09-09Lac qui Parle County, Big Stone NWRJanssen
132018-08-20Grant County, North Ottawa Impoundment,45.9856315,-96.2471008Perala8 were by the waterfall on the south perimeter road, 5 others throughout the Imp
42012-08-19Grant CountyChuLawrence and Stony Brook twps., Ash Lake.
31978-08-12Lac qui Parle County, Big Stone NWRJanssen
32006-10-01Big Stone CountyUnzen1 mile east of Ortonville on CR64. Photographed.
31987-08-14Murray County, Co. Road 11Janssen
 
Rare breeder west. Rare migrant mostly south and west.

Notes:

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