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 - Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles | 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: Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles |
| Mississippi Kite(Ictinia mississippiensis) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Spring | Second record for the state 5-24 Olmsted Co. RBJ, B. Pieper. | ||
| 1980 | Spring | 3-25 Traverse S. Greenfield, S. Schon. | ||
| 1986 | Spring | 5/10 Ramsey BL, RG, E. McKenzie (The Loon 58: 140); 5/14 Fillmore AMP (The Loon 58:134). | ||
| 1986 | Fall | Reported 8/19 Fillmore AP, (The Loon 58: 192-194). | ||
| 1991 | Fall | Reported 8/30 Duluth, Hawk Ridge, first record for northern Minnesota (The Loon 63:282-283). | ||
| 1992 | Fall | Reported 9/11 Wabasha AM (The Loon 64:234). | ||
| 1993 | Fall | One reported 9/5 again from Hawk Ridge. | ||
| 1994 | Spring | Reported 5/12 Felton Prairie, Clay Co.BMe (The Loon 66:152). | ||
| 1994 | Fall | Reported 8/6 Roseau (ad.) AH, PS, (The Loon 67:119), 9/16 Anoka (imm.) KB (The Loon 66:214–215). | ||
| 1996 | Fall | Reported 9/9 HRNR, St. Louis Co. (juvenile) FN (The Loon 68:215–216). | ||
| 1998 | Spring | Only documented report: 5/17 Marshall (Agassiz NWR) AH. | ||
| 1998 | Summer | First summer record for this species: adult on 6/29 near Duluth in St. Louis Co. PS (The Loon 71:50–51). | ||
| 2000 | Spring | Adult seen 5/14 Hennepin (Minnesota Valley NWR) †SC, †TT (The Loon 72:245–246). | ||
| 2000 | Fall | One adult 9/11 St. Louis (HRNR, Duluth) †FN et al. was the fifth fall occurrence at Hawk Ridge since 1990, all of these between 8/30 and 9/15. | ||
| 2001 | Spring | One report 5/16 St. Louis (adult at W.S.H.C., Duluth) &dagger:FJN, DSC. [Corrected] | ||
| 2002 | Spring | Single adults seen 4/26 Hennepin (state highways 7 & 101) †AXH, †SKS, 5/27 Otter Tail (Western Twp.) †SPM. | ||
| 2002 | Summer | Second summer record (first was in 1998); observed 6/9 Hennepin (Golden Valley) †TPB. | ||
| 2004 | Fall | Three different juveniles at H.R.B.O. — 8/30, 9/7, 9/8 †FJN et al. The 9/8 bird was identifiably photographed. | ||
| 2008 | Spring | 1 | Only report: 5/3 Hennepin (adult at Bass Ponds) †MAO. | |
| 2008 | Fall | 1 | 1 | Two singles reported from H.R.B.O. in St Louis on consecutive days: 9/8 †KJB, †ABL and 9/9 KJB, ph. †ABL. One south report 9/17 Ramsey (juv. in Mounds View) †AXH. |
| 2009 | Spring | One report 5/19 Pipestone †CRM et al. [Corrected] | ||
| 2010 | Fall | 1 | Only report: 9/1 St. Louis (H.R.B.O.) †KJB, CRu, ABL (The Loon 83:47). | |
| 2011 | Summer | 1 | Observed 6/6 Hennepin (first-summer bird at Lake Girard Park, Bloomington) †CLW. | |
| 2011 | Fall | 2 | Only reports: 9/15 St. Louis (adult, Hawk Ridge) †KJB, 9/27 – 10/4 Morrison (adult near Bowlus) †FGo. | |
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | Two documented reports, both from H.R.N.R. in St. Louis: 9/6 (juv.) ph. CAR, KJB, 9/16 (juv.) ph. †KJB, ph. ABL. | |
| 2013 | Fall | 1 | Two documented reports both from H.R.N.R. 8/27 St. Louis †KJB, CAR and 9/4 St. Louis †KJB, CAR. | |
| 2014 | Spring | 2 | Only report was of one seen 5/21 Blue Earth (Land of Memories Park, Mankato) ph. †ChH, AnK, m.ob. that was observed flying north into Nicollet ChH. | |
| 2015 | Fall | 1 | One late record 9/21 St. Louis (juvenile, H.R.B.O.) ph. †KJB, JFr, ClN. | |
| 2018 | Spring | 1 | Only report: 5/26 St. Louis (W.S.H.C.) †FJN. | |
| 2019 | Summer | 1 | Â Flyover 6/6 St. Louis (Martin Rd., just W of Rice Lake Rd.) † DOK (The Loon 92:43). | |
| 2020 | Fall | 1 | 2 | Only north report of this Casual species was 9/9 St. Louis (H.R.N.R.) ph. †JPR. All south 8/26 – 9/15 Blue Earth (four were reported but only three documented, two juveniles and one adult, Land of Memories Park, the longest staying individuals of this species documented in the state, and just the second record to span multiple dates) ph. †BHW, †EzH, ph. †LBa, †PCC, ph. IsH, ph. RMD; 8/28 – 9/8 Nicollet (3 individuals throughout the period); these are the same birds as were in Blue Earth) DBz, ph. †APi, †WCM, ph. ToM, m.ob. (The Loon 93:105–106) |
| 2021 | Spring | 1 | Just the third spring record in the last decade was found 5/22 Lyon (Garvin C.P.) ph. †NMe. | |
| 2022 | Fall | 1 | One north report 8/22 St. Louis (H.R.N.R.) ph. †JsC, m.ob. | |
| Fifty-one records: 19 spring, 4 summer, and 28 fall. Recorded in seven of the last ten years, most recently 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. |