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

Tundra Swan(Cygnus columbianus)
- - - Spring - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
12,5002011-04-09Traverse CountyUnzenBirds seen throughout most of county. Area of largest concentration on CR18 at R
10,0002006-04-12Clearwater CountyJoppruClearwater cty rice paddies Kelly Larson
5,0002015-04-10Aitkin County, Aitkin CR 1 (Osprey Ave), rice paddies along Little Willow River,RichardsonConservatively
3,0722006-03-26Dakota CountyBardonHastings-Prescott Bird Count
3,0002009-04-12Wilkin CountyEckertin a single field in Bradford Twp
2,5001998-04-08Wilkin County, Highway 9Janssen
- - - Fall - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
30,0002009-11-16Houston CountyOvercott
30,0002006-11-16Houston CountyOvercott
25,0002020-11-09Houston County, Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest, Brownsville US-Hollander
20,0002013-11-15Houston County, Upper Mississippi NWR--Brownsville,43.6720312,-91.2765598Lind
15,0002012-11-18Houston County, Upper Mississippi NWR--Brownsville,43.6720312,-91.2765598Prestbyone of the largest staging areas in the world
15,0002017-11-15Houston County, Brownsville Overlook--north overlook,43.6516601,-91.2747091Dike
7,0002010-11-20Houston County, Hwy 26 Viewing AreaRoth-Reynolds
5,0002011-11-18Houston County, Pool 8, Brownsville-Reno (Houston Co.)Fall
8002007-11-21Meeker CountyFlorenapprox. eight hundred birds on lake evenson in greenleaf twsp.
- - - Winter - - -
NumberDateLocationObserverComment
21,0002009-12-05Houston County, reno bottoms pool 8Bardoncount is 21,000 (counted by 100's), so not as accurate as count on 12-4, but fro
19,7902009-12-04Houston County, reno bottoms pool 8Bardoncount is 19790 counted by 5's (which took an hour) from the swan viewing platfor
14,0002015-12-04Houston County, US-MN-Brownsville township-Richard J Dorer Memorial Hardwood StaRussellUSFWS count from 2 days before. Birds still staging with warm weather.
9,2122012-12-02Houston County, pool 8, UMRNWFR,43.6007232,-91.2580709Bardon
4,5002019-12-03Houston County, Upper Mississippi NWR--Brownsville Overlook--north overlook,43.6eBird
3,3002011-12-04Houston County, BrownsvilleBardon
5001987-12-19Winona County, WinonaJanssen
 
Migrant throughout, but rare southwest. Two breeding records (1932, 1956), both involving an injured bird.

Notes:

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