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 - Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | 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: Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks |
| Lazuli Bunting(Passerina amoena) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Spring | 5-22 Moorhead, Clay Co. (1 male) C. Falk (see last issue of LOON, Vol. 46, No. 3 for details). Winter 1974 | ||
| 1979 | Spring | 5-27 Hennepin Jack Gauvitte, found dead Plymouth, specimen at Bell Museum. | ||
| 1981 | Spring | 5-26 Cook KMH, see The Loon Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 162-163. | ||
| 1983 | Summer | One male, 6/26 Chisago (Loon 55:120). | ||
| 1984 | Spring | 5/18 St. Louis fide KE adult male, 5/22 St. Louis fide KE immature male, 5/23 St. Louis JB, 5/24 St. Louis SDM. (The Loon 56:262) | ||
| 1985 | Spring | 4/17 Washington E. Campbell (The Loon 57:110-111). | ||
| 1986 | Spring | 5/5-11 Stearns, L. and D. Loch (The Loon 58:192). | ||
| 1989 | Spring | 5/14 Becker BMW (The Loon 61:141). | ||
| 1991 | Spring | 5/21 Hennepin HT (The Loon 63:194). | ||
| 1997 | Spring | All reports: 5/25–26 Lyon (male at feeder near Lynd) RM, 5/28 Lyon (female at same feeder) RJ. 5/29 Olmsted mob. | ||
| 1999 | Spring | Reported 5/19–21 Lac qui Parle (male in Boyd) FE et al. (The Loon 71:165). | ||
| 2000 | Spring | Male seen 5/16–20 Lyon (near Lynd) RM, documented 5/19 (†PC, †PS) at the same feeder where pair occurred in spring 1997 (The Loon 69:151–153). | ||
| 2001 | Spring | One photographed 5/18 Polk (male at Climax) LDT. | ||
| 2002 | Spring | Males seen 5/16 Scott (Louisville Swamp) †BAF, SHF, 5/23 Kandiyohi (Long L.) GEB, ph. DAC, 5/26 Otter Tail (North Turtle L.) †EJE, †DTT, †SMT, 5/29 Otter Tail (Star L.) †AMR. | ||
| 2002 | Summer | Following an unprecedented number of reports in May (see spring report), one summer record: 6/14–15 Kandiyohi (near Willmar — probably the same bird discovered 5/23 at feeder next door) fide RSF †PHS. | ||
| 2003 | Spring | Adult male 5/31 Rock (Blue Mounds S.P.) †KRE et al. | ||
| 2003 | Fall | A female carefully identified 10/26 Cook (east of Grand Marais) †KRE et al., ph. DDM furnished the state's first fall record (The Loon 76:109–110). | ||
| 2004 | Spring | Adult male 5/27 Murray (section 32, Moulton Twp.) †NED. | ||
| 2005 | Spring | Two accepted records: 5/13 Steele (male at Owatonna) ph. NFT, 5/18 Meeker (male in Greenleaf Twp.) †DMF. | ||
| 2006 | Summer | Thirty-fourth state record 6/10 Blue Earth (adult male at St. Clair) SBP, ph. DWK, †JLO. | ||
| 2008 | Spring | 1 | One male 5/21 Hennepin (Minnetonka) †SMK. | |
| 2009 | Spring | 1 | Male present 5/23–24 and female present 5/23–27 at feeder in Otter Tail (Star Lake) †ARo, ph. †PHS, CRM, DST, m.ob. | |
| 2009 | Summer | 1 | New county record: 7/18 Sibley (male at Vale W.M.A.) †JCC. | |
| 2011 | Spring | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Spring | 1 | One report: 5/6 Jackson (Lakefield) ph. †DVr. | |
| 2012 | Summer | 1 | Adult male 7/14 Ramsey (Shoreview) ph. †BaH. | |
| 2013 | Spring | 1 | 6 | Most spring sightings on record. All reports 5/3 Washington (adult male, Woodbury) JG, ph. †ANy, †DAB, †TAT; 5/14 Pipestone (male, northeast of Edgerton) LVD, ph. VVD; 5/15 Nicollet (adult male, near Courtland) ph. NVo; 5/18–22 McLeod (adult male, Hutchinson) ph. †PRH, m.ob.; 5/19 Pipestone (adult male, Pipestone N.M.) †RMD, †DAB, m.ob.; 5/19 Pipestone (first-year male, Pipestone W.T.P.) v.t. †RMD, †DAB, m.ob.; 5/19–25 Clay (Moorhead) ph. †RHO, DWR; 5/21–22 Nobles (first-year male, Worthington) ph. †TMi; 5/27–30 Dodge (Westfield Twp.) CMW, †JWH, ph. JPr, ph. JJS. |
| 2013 | Summer | 1 | Reported 6/6–7 St. Louis (2nd-year male, Allendale Ave., Duluth) PKD; ph. †KRE, †DOK, ph. †PHS, ph. JLK, m.ob. | |
| 2014 | Spring | 3 | All reports 5/11 Waseca ph. CCBl, 5/21 Ramsey (Roseville) ph. DSg, 5/21–23 Hennepin (Orono) ph. LTM. | |
| 2018 | Spring | 1 | 1 | Two reports 5/6 Hennepin (adult male, Bloomington) ph. †CDg and 5/14–20 St. Louis(adult male, Embarrass) ph. †HMh, ph. †REn. |
| 2019 | Spring | 5 | The most reports since 2013 and the second highest spring total ever reported began 5/18–25 Hennepin (private property) †ADS, a.t., ph. †TAT, 5/23–25 Le Sueur (New Prague) ph. †GHo, †DAB, m.ob., 5/18–20 Meeker (Dassel) †EzH, ph. RZi, ph. †KEm, ph. DOr., m.ob., 5/26 Pipestone (private property) ph. †KRE, ph. RZi, ph. CRM, m.ob., 5/26–28 Rock ph. AMi. | |
| Fifty-two records: 43 spring, 1 spring-summer, 6 summer, and 2 fall. Recorded in four of the last ten years, most recently 2018. | ||||
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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. |