Brown Pelican(Pelecanus occidentalis) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
2005 | Summer | | | First state record: 7/16–27 Jackson (Little Spirit Lake) ph. †PHS, ph. †AXH, ET (The Loon 78:11–14); this first-year bird was also documented by ph. †PEB, ph. †DAC, †PCC, ph. †JPM, †DTT, †SMT, m.ob. |
2009 | Summer | | 1 | Second state record: immature found by CVK, WS, 6/27–7/2 Le Sueur (German L.) ph. RMD. |
2012 | Spring | | 2 | Third state record 4/4–9 Goodhue (Red Wing) ph. CH, JWH, ph. KRE, ph. RZi, ph. CRM (The Loon 84:154). Also photographed 4/9 in Dakota (flying over Hwy. 52 and C.R. 46) ph. DAC. Originally found and photographed by a local fisherman on 4/4 at Red Wing fide TPB. |
2013 | Spring | | 1 | Fourth state record 5/31–6/1 Freeborn (Myre-Big Island S.P.) BAb, ph. GLa. |
2013 | Summer | | 1 | Fourth state record 6/1 Freeborn (Myre-Big Island S.P., associating with American White Pelicans) JPr, ph.† GLa, HHD, JWH. Originally found 5/31 BAb. |
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  | Four records: two spring and two summer. Last recorded 2013. Formerly Casual. |