Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Sandpipers 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: Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
[Calidris sandpiper]
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
[Limnodromus dowitcher]
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

Long-billed Curlew(Numenius americanus)
YearSeasonNS
1963SpringMay 18, Willmar, Kandiyohi County. City dump area. Observed independently by two observers, F. V. Ogren and Karl Thurn.
1968Spring 4-11, 4-12 Wayzata, Hennepin Co., 1 individual seen and photographed by many observers.
1970Spring4-25 Mcleod WL: "bird flying north, passed over car about 100 ft., car not moving, had good view of long curved bill and head". ;
1970Fall Photo by Robert E. Turner County By Robert P. Russell jr. Stearns County is a famous county in Minnesota ornithological history. The last nest of the Swallow-tailed Kite in the Midwest was found at Collegeville in the early 1900's. The now-extinct Passenger Pigeon bred there in 1881. Reverend Severin Gertkin, a local naturalist, reported four Long-billed Curlews flying over Collegeville in 1894, the last year that the Bald Eagle nested there. These gems are gone now, save for a stray eagle once or twice a year, but they still enlighten the journal pages of early explorers and naturalists who spent many happy days reveling over the abundant flora and fauna of the region as they tramped through the virgin maple-basswood forest known locally as the Big Woods and canoed the wild Mississippi. They passed the falls of Sauk Rapids and continued down past the heavily wooded islands south of present-day St. Cloud, named the Beaver Islands by Zebulon Pike for the abundance of these remarkable rodepts that often blocked the explorers' passage
1979Spring 4-14 Wilkin DGW.
1980Spring 5-20 Lyon Paul Egeland.
1987Spring 5/19-22 Ely, St. Louis Co., m.ob.
1988Fall 10/9 Pope DK (The Loon 60:186).
1989Summer A single bird reported 6/26 Blue Mounds State Park, Rock Co. AH (See Notes of Interest in this issue).
1990Spring 4/23-26 Rice LR eta!. (The Loon 62:167- 168).
1991Fall 10/3, Glencoe, McLeod Co. SK (The Loon 64:61-63).
2000Spring One found by USFWS employee BTu seen 4/18–23 Wilkin (near Manston WMA) †SDM, †mob (The Loon 72:184–185). This was the first occurrence in the state since 1987–1991.
2002Summer Second summer record in modern times; 7/19–28 Anoka (Robinson Sod Farm) PA, †CBr, †PCC, †PHS, m.obs.
2005Spring Second county record 4/16–18 Aitkin (Fleming Twp.) WEN, †CLR, ph. KWR; also documented †CMB, ph. †MLH, ph. JWL, †PHS.
2008Spring1 First county record 5/17 Big Stone ph. DPG.
 
 Former summer resident. Twenty-five records since 1900: 18 spring, 3 summer, and 4 fall. Last recorded 2008.

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.