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
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: Gulls, Terns
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Herring Gull (American)
Herring Gull (Vega)
Iceland Gull
Iceland Gull (Thayer's)
Iceland Gull (Kumlien's)
Iceland Gull (Iceland)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
[Herring Gull X Glaucous Gull]
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
[Sterna tern]
[Royal Tern]
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
[Thalasseus tern]

Glaucous-winged Gull(Larus glaucescens)
YearSeasonNS
1995Fall First state record 10/19–11/14 (rediscovered in December) Burnsville landfill, Dakota County and Lakes Calhoun and Harriet, Hennepin County (adult) KB, mob (The Loon 68:3–13).
1995Winter The adult from fall season was last reported on 12/24 at Black Dog Lake, Dakota Co. mob. First state record (The Loon 68:3–13).
1997Fall Second state record found 11/26 St. Louis (Duluth) KB. This individual in second-winter plumage could not be relocated until 12/13 when it returned to the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry; it was then seen only at the Superior landfill in Douglas County, Wisconsin through at least 12/22 (PS).
1997Winter Second and third state records noted 12/1 Cook (first-winter bird in Grand Marais) PS and 12/13 St. Louis (second-winter bird in Duluth) KB, PS. The latter individual was first seen on 11/26 and thus represents the second Minnesota record.
2009Spring1 The fourth state record of this species was a first-cycle bird found 5/1 in St. Louis (Superior Entry) ph. †PHS.
2011Winter1Well-photographed and described adult 12/221/15 St. Louis (Duluth, mostly Canal Park) ph. †KJB, ph. †PHS, ph. ANy. This is the fifth record for Minnesota. (See The Loon 84:102.)
 
 Five records: one spring, two fall-winter, and two winter. Last recorded 2011.

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.