Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks 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
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
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
[Snow Goose X Ross's Goose]
Greater White-fronted Goose
[Snow Goose X Greater White-fronted Goose]
[Taiga Bean-Goose]
Brant
Brant (Atlantic)
Brant (Black)
Cackling Goose
[Snow Goose X Cackling Goose]
[Ross's Goose X Cackling Goose]
Canada Goose
[Snow Goose X Canada Goose]
[Greater White-fronted Goose X Canada Goose]
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
[Cygnus swan]
Wood Duck
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
[Blue-winged Teal X Cinnamon Teal]
Northern Shoveler
[Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler]
Gadwall
[Northern Shoveler X Gadwall]
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
[Gadwall X American Wigeon]
Mallard
[Northern Shoveler X Mallard]
[Gadwall X Mallard]
American Black Duck
[Mallard X American Black Duck]
Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail
[Gadwall X Northern Pintail]
[Mallard X Northern Pintail]
Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)
Green-winged Teal (American)
[Cinnamon Teal X Green-winged Teal]
Canvasback
Redhead
[Canvasback X Redhead]
Ring-necked Duck
[Redhead X Ring-necked Duck]
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
[Ring-necked Duck X Greater Scaup]
Lesser Scaup
[Ring-necked Duck X Lesser Scaup]
King Eider
Common Eider
[Somateria eider]
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
[Bufflehead X Common Goldeneye]
Barrow's Goldeneye
[Common Goldeneye X Barrow's Goldeneye]
Smew
Hooded Merganser
[Common Goldeneye X Hooded Merganser]
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck(Dendrocygna autumnalis)
YearSeasonNS
1987Fall Reported 8/23 to 10/3 Meeker (2) m.ob. (The Loon 59:2 17). ;
1995Fall Fourth acceptable state record 9/7 Roseau River W.M.A., Roseau County, PS (The Loon 67:247–248).
1998Spring One individual first seen 5/18 Steele fide AH provided a fifth state record (The Loon 70:244); it was finally relocated and documented by photograph in June.
1998Summer Single bird discovered in spring (The Loon 70:244) reported through 6/22 in a wetland within Summit Township in Steele Co. AH, PS. This represents the 5th state record and the first summer record.
2000Fall Sixth state record 8/6 Grant (Prescott L.) †SDM (The Loon 73:64–65).
2004Fall Seventh state record 8/1 Big Stone (Otrey Twp.) †JMP.
2005Fall Eighth state record 10/17 Stevens (adult harvested by hunter in Rendsville Twp.) ph. †SV.
2007Fall1 Ninth state record 10/28–30 Hennepin (Anderson Lakes Park) JPi, ph. JRa, †CMB, ph. †JPM, ph. NLo, m.ob.
2011Spring1 Tenth state record 5/14 Watonwan (2 adults, Madelia) †ChH, ph. †AnK.
2016Spring1 Eleventh state record 5/19–23 Le Sueur (2, Eggert Lake) RBJ, RBW, ph. †DAB, †PCC, ph. †SBM, †TAT, ph. GHo, plus photographs from ten additional observers via eBird.
2016Summer1 A single individual observed and well-documented 6/6–12 McLeod (Gopher Campfire Sanctuary, Hutchinson) BNn, JJS, ph. HLi, ph. PNi, ph. †BWF, m.ob.
2019Summer1 Seen and photographed 6/24 Grant (North Ottawa Impoundment) † EzH, ph. REn, m.ob.
2020Summer1 Seen 6/29 – 7/17 Pipestone (2, foraging in farm feed lot, N of intersection of 41st St. and 190th Ave., near Edgerton) †LVD, ph. †KEm, ph. †GWe, ph. †NMe, ph. †LBa, ph. †CRM, m.ob (The Loon 93:46).
2021Summer1 Seen 7/3 Sherburne (5, farm pond near C.R. 3 and C.R. 23) HHD, ph. ASu, ph. ToL, m.ob.
2021Fall2 First fall records since 2007: 8/8 Cottonwood JmS, †REn, 9/25 Nicollet (harvested by a duck hunter near the town of Nicollet) ph. JkE, fide GWe.
2022Spring2 Two south reports of this Accidental species: 5/2 Hennepin (5, Hyland Lake P.R.) RCo, ph. CMB, ph.†ClB, m.ob., 5/14–15 Faribault (1, Old Mill Park, Minnesota Lake) ph. †BAy, †WAF, ph. †KEm, m.ob.
2022Summer1 Adult seen 7/11 Hennepin (Grass Lake, Eden Prairie) †SLC.
2022Fall1 One report of this Accidental species: 10/10 Washington (found with a flock of Mallards in a wetland near Lake Elmo) ph. †JVA.
 
 Twenty-one records: five spring, one spring-summer, six summer, and nine fall. Six of these records involved birds of uncertain origin. Recorded in five of the last ten years, most recently 2022. Formerly Accidental.

Notes:

Click on the bird name to see a photographic image of the bird.
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.