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

Stilt Sandpiper(Calidris himantopus)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
1212005-05-23Rock CountySvingen
1002015-05-15McLeod County, Eagle LakeHoeger
872005-05-17Lac qui Parle CountySvingen
872021-05-21Yellow Medicine County, Curtis Lake,44.5780567,-95.4799071WeeCounted, one large group
782020-05-14Yellow Medicine County, Timm Lake,44.5449713,-95.5363884MeyerTotal count
722015-05-15Jackson County, Heron Lake area,43.7188226,-95.2429247Bardon
352009-05-13Lac qui Parle CountyUnzen
352014-05-07Lac qui Parle County, Salt Lake Minnesota side,44.9612756,-96.4364433Mcdonald
302009-05-14Brown CountySmith@ Sleepy Eye sewage ponds.
152013-05-20Lyon County, 44.5867,-95.6931Nyhus
- - - Summer - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
6832005-07-25Lac qui Parle CountyUnzen
3652012-07-28Grant CountyChuIncludes 292 in Lawrence/Stony Brook twps. at Ash Lake.
3292008-07-26Lac qui Parle CountySvingen
3122020-07-25Big Stone County, 615th Ave, Correll US-MN (45.2120,-96.1957),45.2120140,-96.195Bardon
2272006-07-09Lac qui Parle CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey in Lac Qui Parle County by PCC, PHS, JMJ, RSF; 99 of
2022008-07-25Big Stone CountySvingen
1342008-07-13Lac qui Parle CountyChu
452009-07-21Brown CountySmithThere were forty-five found at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds this afternoon.
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
9962008-08-30Lac qui Parle CountySvingen
8002020-08-30Yellow Medicine County, 1017 550th Street, Wood Lake, Minnesota, US (44.549, -95Socolar
7202020-08-09Big Stone County, Marsh LakeHoschCounted by tens. Personal high for Minnesota. Most birds are now in nearly compl
6852007-09-03Traverse CountyUnzenSection 19, Croke Twp. This was the most numerous shorebird species present at t
6582006-08-12Lac qui Parle CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey at Big Stone NWR by PCC, PHS, JMJ.
4962012-08-19Grant CountyChu402 of these were in Macsville Twp. at Towner Lake.
3452007-08-24Marshall CountySvingenTotal for shorebird survey at Agassiz N.W.R. by Peder H. Svingen 8/24/2007.
1332014-08-02Grant CountyChuNorth Ottawa Twp., North Ottawa Impoundment. Among these were four juveniles -
 
Migrant throughout.

Notes:

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