The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Gulls, Terns | Occurrence | |
| This is the 1930 to present seasonal report archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members. |
Seasons |
| Species: Gulls, Terns |
| Black-legged Kittiwake(Rissa tridactyla) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Winter | 12-15 (JCG) and 12-16 (BL), Knife River, Lake Co, 1 imm seen at close range, excellent black & white photos obtained by JCG. First Minnesota record. | ||
| 1968 | Spring | 4-14 LaCrosse, Wisconsin, adjacent to Houston Co., Minnesota, 1 imm collected, FL; compares nicely with Iowa & South Dakota records also. | ||
| 1976 | Fall | 10-30 Garrison, Crow Wing Co. (1 imm.) TS, JG, PE; second state record. | ||
| 1978 | Summer | 9-12 St. Louis MC. | ||
| 1978 | Fall | 9-12 St. Louis MC. | ||
| 1979 | Fall | 11-24 Cook (Grand Marais, 1 im.) JG, KE. (no documentation) | ||
| 1980 | Fall | 11-20 Aitkin TS (1 found d.o.r.) | ||
| 1982 | Spring | 5-27 Park Point, Duluth KE, FL, SDM (1-2nd yr), 5-28 Duluth RJ, MH, 5-30 Duluth KE. See Notes of Interest, THE LOON, Vol. 54, No. 3, p. 190. | ||
| 1983 | Summer | One immature, 6/11, sewage lagoons, Greenbush, Roseau Co. (Loon 55: 123). | ||
| 1983 | Fall | 9/11 to 9/18 Stoney Point, St. Louis Co. (one imm.) MH, KC, M.ob. (The Loon 55:179), 11/20 Carlton (one imm.) JP/AM (The Loon 55:181). | ||
| 1984 | Fall | 8/11 Leech Lake, Cass Co. (one imm.) RJ (The Loon 56: 271), 10/26 Stoney Point, St. Louis Co. (one imm.) SWIMS. | ||
| 1988 | Fall | 11/8 Hastings, Dakota-Washington Co. JD., TF (The Loon 60:187-88). | ||
| 1988 | Winter | One at Black Dog Lake, Dakota Co. 12/3 to 12/5 m.ob. (The Loon 61 :3-4,45-46). | ||
| 1989 | Spring | 4/20 Bemidji, Beltrami Co. DJ (The Loon 61 :84-85). | ||
| 1991 | Spring | Only report: 3/30 Winona, Winona Co. CCB (The Loon 63: 143). | ||
| 1991 | Fall | Three reports: 10/27 Cook (first-winter) KE et al., 11/3 St. Louis (first-winter) MO, 11/18 Cook (Mouth of Temperance R.) KB, SSt. (The Loon 63:279, 64:124). [Corrected] | ||
| 1994 | Winter | One first-winter individual reported on 12/26 at Duluth, St. Louis County PS (this is the third winter record, not the second as erroneously stated in The Loon 67:110). | ||
| 1995 | Fall | Reported 9/16 St. Louis (first-winter) AH (The Loon 68:131); picked up 11/12 near Orwell W.M.A., Otter Tail (first-winter) fide GO, SDM (The Loon 68:71). | ||
| 1995 | Winter | First-winter individual reported 12/1–2 at Black Dog Lake, Dakota Co. BF, mob (The Loon 67:248–249, 68:71–73). | ||
| 1996 | Fall | Two reports from Lake Winnibigoshish, possibly the same bird, 9/28 Cass PS (The Loon 69:44) and 11/10 Cass PS (The Loon 68:247). | ||
| 1997 | Fall | One bird in first-winter plumage 11/2–17 Cook (Grand Marais) KE et al. (The Loon 69:222–223) was possibly the same individual seen 11/27 Lake (Two Harbors) MT, MD. | ||
| 1998 | Fall | Reported 9/24–26 St. Louis (first-winter off Park Point) PS, AH. This individual also had been found initially on the Wisconsin side of the Superior Entry. | ||
| 1999 | Fall | Only documented report: 11/21 Cook (Grand Marais) †HT et al. (The Loon 72:59). | ||
| 2000 | Fall | Single first-winter birds discovered 10/21 Cook (Grand Marais) †DBz, †CRG et al. (The Loon 73:124–125); 10/30 and 11/2 Lake (Agate Bay, Two Harbors) †PHS, †AXH, †JWL (The Loon 73:129). All reports may refer to the same individual, but good numbers were noted elsewhere on the Great Lakes this fall, e.g., a total of 11 during the fall season at Whitefish Point on eastern L. Superior. | ||
| 2001 | Fall | Single juveniles reported 11/12 Cook (Five Mile Rock) †CRM et al. (The Loon 74:122), 11/30 St. Louis (Park Pt. in Duluth) DAG, †JWL. | ||
| 2001 | Winter | First-winter individual found feeding on road-killed deer along I-35 on 12/2 Pine (near Sandstone) †TPW (The Loon 74:58–59). | ||
| 2005 | Winter | Two accepted records, possibly involving the same 1st-winter bird: 12/4 Anoka (Cenakio Lake, Coon Rapids Dam R.P.) †GP, 12/7–24 Dakota/Hennepin (west outflow of Black Dog Lake) ph. †JPM, m.ob. The latter was also documented by †CMB, ph. DAC, †PCC, ph. †AXH, †PSV as it lingered for a record 18 days and provided the first record for a Minnesota Christmas Bird Count (Bloomington CBC). | ||
| 2006 | Winter | 1 | Record late by more than two weeks (26 December 1994, The Loon 67:110) was a first-winter bird 1/11–12 Wabasha (Lake Pepin) †DBz, †JWH. | |
| 2009 | Fall | 1 | First-cycle bird observed 10/31 St. Louis (Minnesota side of Superior Entry) †MLH, †PHS. | |
| 2010 | Fall | 1 | Immature found 11/21 (third earliest date south) Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R.) ph. BJU and relocated the next day 11/22 RAE. | |
| 2011 | Winter | 1 | Two reports St. Louis (Canal Park) of probably the same first-cycle bird: 12/13 †JCa and 12/17 ph. †KJB. [Corrected] | |
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | Two reports from St. Louis (Canal Park, Duluth): 11/10 (first-cycle) †KJB, 11/28 (ad.) ph. †JLK. | |
| 2012 | Winter | 1 | See documented reports still under review. | |
| 2015 | Winter | 2 | Two first-cycle individuals St. Louis (Canal Park) 1/16–18 StK, ph. †PHS, ph. †JWL, m.ob., then only one from 1/19–23 m.ob. (The Loon 88:138–139). Numerous additional photos m.ob. Presumably one of the same birds was rediscovered at the same location 2/10–12 TPM, KRE, ph. JPR, ph. AiP. Additional report (presumed same bird) 2/15 Lake (Two Harbors, Agate Bay) ph. BeB, KBy, ph. JWL, m.ob. | |
| 2016 | Fall | 1 | Only report 11/7 Lake (first-cycle, Two Harbors, Agate Bay) ph. †ALx, JLf. | |
| 2017 | Fall | 1 | First-cycle seen 11/24–25 Washington (Hazen P. Mooers Park) † KIs, ph. PNi, ph. † MJM, † EzH. | |
| 2021 | Fall | 1 | A well-photographed first-cycle was reported 10/29 – 11/14 St. Louis (Superior Entry and Park Point R.A.) †AFo, †LHl, †JGW, ph. †DnS, ph. †KEm, ph. †REn, ph. †LiH, m.ob. | |
| 2022 | Spring | 1 | The first spring record of this species in over three decades was found 3/29–30 St. Louis (Canal Park) JiM, ph. ALw. | |
| Forty-nine records: 4 spring, 2 summer, 30 fall, and 13 winter. Recorded in five of the last ten years, most recently 2023. | ||||
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| Column N | Number of counties where the bird was seen in the North. |
| Column S | Number of counties where the bird was seen in the South. |