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 - 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 |
| Species: Gulls, Terns |
| Laughing Gull(Leucophaeus atricilla) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Fall | First state record was an immature bird seen at Stoney Point St. Louis county on 8-16 by RJ, PE, and R. Glassel. | ||
| 1978 | Spring | 5-20 to 5-26 St. Louis (1 ad) KE, RBJ. | ||
| 1978 | Summer | One seen 6-1 Duluth (KRE, Common Loon 50:168). | ||
| 1978 | Fall | 8-5 St. Louis (Stoney Pt.) JD, 8-26 KE (1 imm). | ||
| 1982 | Spring | 5-18 to 21 Duluth KE (1 ad), 5-21 JB. | ||
| 1983 | Summer | One sub-adult, 6/13-6/21 Frontenac, Goodhue Co. (m. ob.; Loon 55:125-126). | ||
| 1986 | Summer | Two birds seen 6/l in Fillmore (AP, The Loon 58: 137). | ||
| 1987 | Spring | 5/7 Agassiz NWR, Marshall Co. (I ad.) 1. Mattson (The Loon 59:156), 5/19 Duluth (1 ad.) KE, SDM et al. | ||
| 1988 | Spring | 5/5 Duluth (1 ad.) KE (The Loon60:134). | ||
| 1989 | Spring | 5/27 Whitewater WMA, Wabasha/Winona Co. (5) RJ, AP (The Loon 61:152-153), 5/28 Duluth (2 ad.) JG (The Loon 61 :93). | ||
| 1992 | Summer | Third summer record in past ten years. One bird in definitive alternate plumage observed from 6/28 to 7/2 at Ruthton sewage ponds, Pipestone Co. (The Loon 64:178–179). | ||
| 1993 | Spring | Reported 4/22 Houston KB (The Loon 65:103). | ||
| 1994 | Fall | Reported 10/19 Otter Tail, AH (The Loon 66:216). | ||
| 1995 | Summer | Single bird in first-summer plumage observed on 6/15 at Cameron L. in Polk Co. (RJ, MCBS; The Loon 67:173–175). This represents the fifth summer record for the state; however, note that all records of this species are currently being re-evaluated. | ||
| 1997 | Fall | One first-winter bird seen 11/28–30 Cook (Grand Marais) KE, KMH et al. This was not only a first for the county but also the latest ever in the state. | ||
| 2009 | Summer | 1 | Thirteenth state record and first occurrence since 1997. Adult in alternate plumage 7/27 Houston (Upper Mississippi N.W.F.R., Pool 8) †CLW. | |
| 2010 | Spring | 1 | Adult bird seen 5/2 Stearns (Lake Koronis) †PCC. | |
| 2011 | Spring | 1 | 1 | Adult found 4/28 St. Louis (Park Point R.A.) was seen and photographed by many through 4/29 (Canal Park) ph. †JLK, ph. †PHS, †KRE, †JCG, ph. MLH. Another adult was found 5/3 Le Sueur (Eggert Lake) †RBW, ph. †RMD, †DWK, †CMB, m.ob. (The Loon 83:193). |
| 2012 | Winter | |||
| 2013 | Fall | 1 | First-cycle seen at Superior Entry in St. Louis 11/10 †AnG, ph. JLK. Sixteenth state record. | |
| 2019 | Summer | 3 |  First-cycle 6/9–16 Faribault (Wells W.T.P.) ph. † JWH, ph. † KEm, † EzH, ph. † WCM, m.ob. | |
| 2020 | Fall | 1 | Only documented report of this Casual species was a basic-plumaged adult at the Superior Entry in St. Louis 9/29 ph. †PHS. | |
| 2021 | Summer | 1 | 1 | Observed 6/20–24 Becker (Detroit Lakes) ph. †NaH, m.ob., 6/25 Le Sueur (Sakatah L.) †RBW, †DAB. |
| Twenty-one records: eight spring, six summer, and seven fall. Recorded in four of the last ten years, most recently 2021. | ||||
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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. |