Species

Status

County Date Record Citation

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

California Gull

California Gull

California Gull

Barn Owl

Burrowing Owl

Gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon

Clark’s Nutcracker

C Lac qui Parle 10/25/2010

C Lac qui Parle 3/21/2011

C Swift 6/20/2006

C Stevens 4/13/2011

C Lac qui Parle 4/23/2011

A Lac qui Parle

4/1/2011

C Lac qui Parle 4/21/2004

C Big Stone 12/5/2003

C Lac qui Parle 2/6/2006

C Lac qui Parle

1/5/2011

A

Lac qui Parle

3/11/2011

#2010-042

#2011-006

#2006-059

#2011-010

#2011-011

#2011-007

#2004-032

#2004-004

#2006-030

#2011-001

#2011-005

83:99

83:100

79:54

83:101

83:101

83:101

76:155

76:154

78:127

83:100

83:101

Table 1. Deleted records. Status: C = Casual, A = Accidental. “Citation” refers to a record’s

published reference in The Loon.

January 2014, and at three other locations in

Superior where it was seen sporadically at

least until 23 March 2015. It returned to Canal

Park on 3 February 2015 and was seen ir-

regularly there and in Superior through late

March.

• Common Eider, 13–15 November 2014,

Silver Bay Marina, Lake County (record

#2014-052, vote 7–0). Female/immature, pho-

tographed. Sixth state and first county record.

The bird was determined to be of the subspe-

cies Somateria mollissima v-nigrum. It was

ascertained to be distinct from the two Com-

mon Eiders seen in Duluth.

• Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), 1–11

August 2014, Manning Trail north of 155th

Street, Washington County (record #2014-038,

vote 7–0). Sub-adult, photographed. Third

state, first county, and first fall record. Based

on plumage characteristics, it was determined

to be distinguishable from the sub-adult

Wood Stork seen in June of the same year in

Faribault County.

• Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), 29

April 2013, Nicollet (Swan Lake, south ac-

cess), Nicollet County (record #2013-074, vote

6–1). Adult, photographed. Eighth state and

eighth spring record. One dissenting member

thought that while the photo was suggestive,

it was not clear enough to make a positive

identification and that it could be just a de-

layed molt White-faced Ibis.

• Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicari-

us), 21 October 2014, Brownsdale wastewa-

ter treatment plant, Mower County (record

#2014-047, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed.

Eighteenth state, first county, and fifteenth fall

record.

• Mew Gull (Larus canus brachyrhyn-

chus), 8–9 November 2014, Lake Calhoun,

Hennepin County (record #2014-050, vote

7–0). Adult, photographed. Fourth state and

third fall record. Last previous record was

in 1998. This individual was established as

the North American subspecies Larus canus

brachyrhynchus.

• California Gull (Larus californicus),

19–22 October and 21–22 December 2014,

Minnesota side of Superior Entry and Canal

Park, respectively, Duluth, St. Louis County

(record #2014-046, vote 7–0). First-cycle, pho-

tographed. Third fall-winter record. After its

initial sighting in October on the Minneso-

ta side of Superior entry, it disappeared for

nearly two months before reappearing at Ca-

nal Park for two days. Detailed photographs

confirmed that this was, indeed, the same

individual.

• Least Tern (Sternula antillarum), 11–14

August 2014, 111th Street roughly 0.8 miles

southeast of Luverne City Park, Rock County

(record #2014-039, vote 7–0). An adult and

a juvenile were both photographed. Twenty-

second state and seventh fall record. The ju-

venile bird was sighted on 11 August 2014

and was later reported with an adult bird

on 13 August 2014. The adult was observed

feeding the juvenile (this does not necessarily

indicate breeding as adult terns are known

to feed juveniles accompanying them during

Spring 2015

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