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 - Ibises | 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: Ibises |
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White Ibis Glossy Ibis |
White-faced Ibis [Glossy Ibis X White-faced Ibis] |
[Plegadis ibis] Roseate Spoonbill |
| Glossy Ibis(Plegadis falcinellus) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
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| 1962 | Spring | Two were seen at Frontenac, Goodhue Co., on May 13 by Jo Herz, Lester Badger and others. What may have been the same two birds were seen again on May 19 near Bellingham, Lac qui Parle Co. by Jan Green and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Peleaux. These are the second and third "post-Roberts" records for Minnesota. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS | ||
| 1965 | Spring | 5-28 Holt, Marshall Co, DLO. Of added interest, another was seen two days earlier at the Horicon marshes in Wisconsin. Perhaps extending its range northward again? | ||
| 1967 | Spring | 4-24 to 5-7 Heron Lake, Jackson Co., 1 ad with white face, found by Mr. Herman Becker and seen by DB, 87 September 1967 HFH, BT, EHH, RBJ, WRP, BL, RLH. (See Notes of Interest) | ||
| 1991 | Spring | First confirmed (photographed) state record 5/15-16 possibly present in same location since 5/8, Heron Lake, Jackson County KM, RJ, EB, KC, mob. | ||
| 2005 | Spring | Adult in alternate plumage 4/19–22 Aitkin (Cedarbrook area) JSB, WEN, ph. KWR; written documentation †PCC, †CFa, †MLH, †PHS, †DTT, †SMT. Second state record. | ||
| 2007 | Spring | 1 | Third state record 4/29–5/1 Lac qui Parle (two miles southwest of Madison) †WCM, v.t. PN, PME; also documented ph. DAC, ph. †KRE, ph. †JPM, †BJU. | |
| 2011 | Spring | 1 | Fourth state record (third since 2005) 5/9 Fillmore (near Preston) JWH, ph. †RLE, JPr, RTP. | |
| 2013 | Spring | 1 | 2 | The end of April produced the state's fifth, sixth and seventh state records, each an adult in Definitive Alternate plumage: 4/24 Kittson (near C.R. 4 and 370th Ave.) ph. TBr, 4/26–27 Houston (C.R. 26 at the Root River) MPn, ph. †ANy, ph. DAC, 4/30 Olmsted (Silver Creek Reservoir) CAK, †JWH, ph. ANy. Also see documented reports still under review, and The Loon 85:199–212. |
| 2014 | Spring | 1 | One south record 5/13 Lyon (adult found with three White-faced Ibis at Black Rush Lake) ph. †RJS. | |
| 2016 | Spring | 1 | 1 | Two new county records: 4/21 Yellow Medicine (Miedd Lake) ph. †GWe, ph. DaB, 5/11 Traverse (marsh 0.7 miles east of C.R. 2 and C.R. 3) †DBz, ph. ANy. |
| 2017 | Summer | 1 | New county record 6/5–19 Grant (North Ottawa Impoundment) ph. †SC, ph. †REn, †PRH, m.ob (The Loon 90:35). | |
| 2020 | Spring | 2 | Two reports of this Casual species: 4/25–26 Jackson (C.R. 66, Lakefield) BWF, ph. †FFa, ph. †KEm, †JWH, m.ob., 5/14 Watonwan (320th St. Marsh) ph. †KEm. | |
| 2021 | Spring | 2 | Two reports of this Casual species: 5/7 Steele (Armstrong Wetland Restoration) ph. †PEJ, 5/14 Stearns (Lake Maria) JH, †PCC, ph. †DRL, m.ob. | |
| 2022 | Spring | 1 | 1 | Two new county records: 4/28–29 Norman (Ada W.T.P.) †KRE, †LBa, ph. †RZi, m.ob., 5/7 Freeborn (Geneva Lake) ph. †PEJ. |
| Twenty-three records: 21 spring and 2 summer. Recorded in seven of the last ten years, most recently 2023. More than 100 additional mostly fall records of P. falcinellus/chihi, most recently in 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. |