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 |
| Painted Bunting(Passerina ciris) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Spring | 5-12 to 5-16, Schroeder, Cook Co, MAF, JCG, RG, RLH, photographed in color by HFH. Second Minnesota record. See Notes of Interest elsewhere in this issue. | ||
| 1969 | Spring | 5-28 (1 M captured and later died-photo taken) Mountain Lake, Cottonwood Co., LAF. | ||
| 1986 | Spring | 5/18 Nobles Charles, Gert and Margo Willemssen (The Loon 58: 129). | ||
| 1994 | Spring | Fourth state record 5/23–25 near Grand Marais, Cook Co. RAR, KMH, RJ (The Loon 66:152). | ||
| 1995 | Spring | Fifth state record 5/24 Blaine, Anoka Co. BME (no documentation). | ||
| 1998 | Summer | First summer record for this species; single male seen on 6/2 at a Shakopee residence feeder in Scott Co. | ||
| 1999 | Fall | A cooperative male appeared at the Novak's feeder in Hennepin (Maple Grove) in late June or early July. It was first documented 8/10 by many observers and remained through at least 8/20. | ||
| 2000 | Spring | Presumably the same bird returning from last summer, an adult male appeared 5/5+ (fide KE) at the Novak's feeder in Hennepin (Maple Grove). It was first documented 5/25 (†KE) and exhibited territorial behavior. | ||
| 2000 | Summer | Third summer record (the first was in 1998); a territorial male (presumably the same bird returning from August 1999) appeared in early May (MAN; see The Loon 72:228) and remained throughout the period at a Maple Grove feeder in Hennepin Co. †KRE, †PHS, mob. | ||
| 2000 | Fall | A male present in Maple Grove, Hennepin County, since early May was last seen 8/8 (fide AXH). | ||
| 2002 | Spring | An adult male was record early 4/24–29 Aitkin (near Aitkin) †BBr, ph. †PHS, †DTT, †SMT, †MH, m.ob. (The Loon 74:237–238). Tenth state record but the sixth since 1994! | ||
| 2002 | Summer | An identifiable photograph was taken 6/5 in northern St. Louis (Wuori Township.) ph. DJ; the bird was apparently present in the area 5/31 – 6/5 fide DRB. This represents the eleventh state record. | ||
| 2003 | Spring | Adult male 5/29 Pine (Bruno) v.t. TB. Twelfth state record but the eighth since 1994! | ||
| 2004 | Spring | Single adult males 5/13 St. Louis (Hoyt Lakes) JGe fide ALE, ph. †MH, ph. †PHS, 5/13–17 Becker (near Detroit Lakes) ph. MAn, †JMJ, †PHS, †DTT, †SMT, m.obs., 5/19–20 Clay (Moorhead) RP, †RHO, ph. †PHS. | ||
| 2004 | Summer | Adult male 6/9–11 Lyon (near Marshall) PRD, ph. †RJS, †JGW, female or immature male 6/17 or 6/18 through 6/22 Olmsted (Rochester) TD, BOr, ph. RLE. All but 4 of the state's 16 records have occurred within the past ten years. | ||
| 2006 | Fall | Eighteenth state record 11/18 Ramsey (adult male at Maplewood) ph. RAm. | ||
| 2007 | Spring | 1 | Nineteenth state record 5/19–23 Lake (Little Marais) ph. SRC, ph. †JWL. | |
| 2007 | Summer | An adult male 7/18 Murray (Moulton Twp.) †NED was a first county record. | ||
| 2009 | Spring | 1 | 1 | Both records were of adult males visiting feeders: 5/20 Rock ph. PMo, and 5/19–21 Clay CMN, KBr, †PBB, ph. DAC, m.ob. |
| 2013 | Spring | 1 | The first since spring 2009 was seen in Aitkin 5/9–10 (adult male, Spencer Twp.) CCP, ph. BU, ph. ANy, m.ob. | |
| 2015 | Spring | 1 | A male visiting a feeder in Eveleth 5/18–19 ph. CSb was the third record for St. Louis (pending review by MOURC). | |
| 2017 | Spring | 1 | A single male visited a feeder in Cannon City 5/8–10 Rice ph. †DAB, ph. †LMS, ph. GHo, m.ob (The Loon 89:87–91). | |
| 2018 | Spring | 2 | A single immature male 4/26–5/2 Steele (Somerset Twp.) ph. †PSu, ph. †PRH, †DAB, ph. IsH, †EzH, m.ob. and a single adult male 5/9–10 Olmsted (Rochester) ph. †KEM, ph. †JJS, m.ob. | |
| 2019 | Spring | 1 | A single male visited a feeder 5/13 Blue Earth (southeast of Flandrau S.P.) ph. KSw, †LiH. | |
| 2020 | Spring | 2 | Two reports, both males: 5/10–11 Olmsted (Kutzky Park) ph. LHv, 5/23 Big Stone (feeder east of Ortonville) ph. EHg. | |
| 2021 | Spring | 1 | A silent adult male was foraging in black walnut trees 5/22 Rice (Carleton College Cowling Arboretum) †TiG, ph. †ASu, m.ob. | |
| 2021 | Fall | 1 | Fourth fall record and first since 2006: 11/27 St. Louis (adult male, Duluth Lakewalk) ph. TMT. | |
| Twenty-eight records: 20 spring, 1 spring-summer, 1 spring-fall, 4 summer, and 2 fall. Recorded in five of the last ten years, most recently 2018. | ||||
| 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. |