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 - 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 |
| Species: Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
| Eurasian Wigeon(Mareca penelope) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Spring | a fully adult male was seen and photographed by R. Behrens of Red Wing during late April in the backwaters of North Red Wing, Wisconsin; Mr. Behrens showed the bird to Wally Jiracek and RLH on 4-21 at which time the bird flew from its pond westward through the trees to the Mississippi River and possibly across the river into Minnesota. The bird was seen a few days later by HFH, WRP, RBJ and others, still at North Red Wing. See Notes of Interest in the June issue. American Wid~eon: earliest 3-15 Rice Co, OAR; 3-15 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-18 Wabasha Co, DGM: 3-19 Hennepin Co, VL and Dakota | ||
| 1968 | Spring | 4-17 (1) Reno, Houston Co., BT. | ||
| 1968 | Summer | 6-4 Mille Lacs Lk, 1 male with 4 male American Wigeons, NMH. | ||
| 1973 | Summer | Aitkin Co. (6-5 Mille Lacs Lake TS). | ||
| 1977 | Spring | 1 report: 4-3 Carver Park Hennepin Co., James and Mark Schultz. A probable escape. | ||
| 1985 | Fall | Wood Lake, Hennepin 10/18 to 11/1 many observers (The Loon 57: 181). | ||
| 1986 | Spring | 4/6 Anoka, R. Friz (The Loon 58:99). | ||
| 1986 | Fall | 10/4- 11/3 Wood Lake Hennepin, m.ob. | ||
| 1987 | Spring | 3/11 Oak Leaf Lake, Nicollet Co. P. Hertzel (The Loon 59:146-147). | ||
| 1990 | Spring | 4/3 Goodhue JLa (The Loon 62:116). | ||
| 1993 | Spring | Reported 4/20–5/4 Wright GS et al. (The Loon 65:154). | ||
| 1994 | Spring | Reported 4/22 near Grand Marais, Cook Co. RAR (The Loon 66:107). | ||
| 1996 | Spring | Reported 4/14 Dakota (male) CK, JSt. | ||
| 1996 | Fall | Reported 11/17 Ramsey SCh. | ||
| 1997 | Spring | Reported 4/19 Lincoln (male near Bohemian WMA) PJ/DN. | ||
| 2005 | Spring | Two records of adult males: 3/28–31 Winona (Verchota Landing) KJB, ph. †JPM, 5/8 Red Lake (Red Lake Falls W.T.P.) †JMJ, ph. †PHS (The Loon 77:260). | ||
| 2006 | Spring | Second county record 5/17 Beltrami (adult male, rice paddies near Waskish) †RBJ, †JEB. | ||
| 2008 | Fall | 1 | Adult male 11/2–8 at Hennepin (N. Anderson Lake) showed no evidence of hybridization †PEJ, †BAF, †DAB, †DDo, †JPM, †JLO, †PCC, ph. DAC, ph. ALD. | |
| 2009 | Spring | 2 | Single adult males 3/28–30 Wabasha (Peterson Lake) ph. †RMD, †DAB, DBz, m.ob., 4/10 Chippewa (Montevideo) ph. †JRa, JPi. | |
| 2014 | Spring | 3 | 3 | Reported from an unprecedented 6 counties. All reports: 4/5–6 Dakota (Lake Byllesby) ph. †GHo, ph. †SLP, ph. †PEJ, 4/19 Hennepin (Purgatory Creek wetlands) ph. †CMB, 4/26 McLeod (Grass Lake) CRM, †RBJ, 4/26 Marshall (Agassiz N.W.R.) ph. †SAu, 5/7 St. Louis (Duluth, Brighton Beach) ph. †KJB, ph. †PHS, 5/9 Itasca ph. †SC, 5/10 St. Louis (Cook W.T.P.) ph. †DMK. |
| 2015 | Spring | 2 | 1 | All reports: 3/26–31 Jackson (adult male, Winkler W.M.A.) †CRM, RAE, m.ob.; 4/17–18 Kittson (adult male, Twin Lakes W.M.A.) †RMD, ph. ANy, m.ob.; 4/30–5/1 Marshall (adult male, Agassiz N.W.R.) HHD, RAE, KRi, †SAu. |
| 2017 | Spring | 1 | One documented report: 4/16–23 Aitkin (drake, rice paddies along C.R. 1) †EGa, m.ob (The Loon 89:87–91). | |
| 2018 | Spring | 2 | 1 | All reports: 4/15 Otter Tail (drake on Otter Tail River, Fergus Falls) ph. †WPl, 4/27–28 Beltrami (drake, Sunnyside Pond, five miles ESE of Bemidji) ph. †REn, m.ob., 4/28 Waseca (drake near Waseca) ph. †IsH, †EzH, ph. †PRH, †REn, m.ob. |
| 2019 | Spring | 1 | One report 4/20 St. Louis (drake at Park Point, bayside) ph. † JLK, MaJ, JPR. | |
| 2020 | Spring | 1 | 1 | All reports: 4/6 Becker (adult drake, Hamden Slough N.W.R.) BDS, ph. REn, m.ob., 4/16–17 Wright (adult drake, Pelican Lake boat launch) ph. †DWK, ph. †KEm, m.ob. |
| 2021 | Spring | 2 | All documented reports: 3/25 Lincoln (drake, Anderson Lake W.M.A.) †DFN, †PEJ, 4/10–30 Stearns (drake, Albany W.T.P.) ph. DOr, †DWK, †PCC, †RJS, m.ob. | |
| Fifty-one records: 43 spring, 4 summer, and 4 fall. Recorded in eight 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. |