Red Phalarope(Phalaropus fulicarius) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1963 | Fall | | | Nov. 17, Knife River, Lake Co., P. B. Hofslund and D. Meyer. Like the Purple Gallinule, this species is also on the hypothetical list for our state, and also by virtue of unsubstantiated evidence. The above observation was·made by two very competent spotters and will be well-documented in a future issue of The Flicker. Jaeger, species? Aug. 28, Duluth, D. Meyers; Sept. 15, Lake City, Wabasha Co., Frank McKinney. |
1976 | Fall | | | Second state record on 10-29 Garrison, Crow Wing Co. TS, JB. |
1977 | Spring | | | 1 report 5-27 to 5-29 Moorhead Beet Sugar Lagoons Clay Co. (1) Martha Curry, Mary Wyatt, Elizabeth Anderson, DGW, OJ, TS and many others. See Loon 49:172 & 173. |
1977 | Fall | | | 11-12 to 11-29 Mille Lacs Lake (BL, RJ and others). |
1980 | Fall | | | 10-15 Duluth RJ, TS, KE, JG, SM, 10-16 DB, OJ, BL. |
1991 | Fall | | | 9/27-29 Claremont sewage lagoons, Dodge County RG, et al. Only the sixth state record for Minnesota, also the first southern record and a record early date! (The Loon 64:67-68). |
1993 | Fall | | | Two reports: 7th state record 9/21 Hennepin KB (The Loon 65:208–209), 8th state record 10/8 Roseau PS. |
1997 | Fall | | | Ninth state record found 10/30 Beltrami (Lake Bemidji) DJo (The Loon 70:66). |
1998 | Fall | | | Tenth state record 10/23–24 Polk (juvenile at the Crookston lagoons) PS, mob. |
1999 | Spring | | | Reported 5/29 St. Louis (male, off Park Point in Duluth) KE et al. (The Loon 71:166). |
2000 | Fall | | | One seen on both sides of the Superior Entry provided the twelfth Minnesota record 10/14 St. Louis †JWH, †CMJ. |
2004 | Fall | | | Thirteenth state record 9/11–13 Lac qui Parle (juvenile at Salt L.) †PCC; also documented ph. DAC, †JMJ, ph. †JWL, ph. †PHS. |
2005 | Fall | | | Fourteenth state record 10/1 St. Louis (juvenile identified from digital images taken by JG, SBM during boat trip on L. Superior) MTA, MLH, †ADS, †DTT, †SMT, m.ob. |
2007 | Spring | | 1 | One in alternate plumage 5/28 Big Stone (Graceville) ph. †PHS (The Loon 79:238–239). Third spring record and 15th record overall. |
2008 | Fall | 1 | | Single bird found 10/22 Lake (Agate Bay, Two Harbors) ph. †SCZ. Sixteenth state record; sixth in last ten years. |
2009 | Fall | | 1 | Adult in basic plumage observed and photographed 10/17 Sibley (Gaylord W.T.P.) †RBW, ph. †RMD, †PEB, †DAB, ph. CH, m.ob. Seventeenth state record. |
2014 | Fall | | 1 | One found 10/21 Mower (Brownsdale W.T.P.) ph. GHo, KDS was the eighteenth state record and first since 2009. |
2015 | Fall | | 1 | Nineteenth state record (3 spring, 16 fall): 11/25–27 Faribault (Wells W.T.P.) ph. WAF, ph. ClN, m.ob. This was the latest fall migrant on record, and only the second November report. |
2016 | Fall | 1 | 1 | One south 10/13 Carver (Tacoma Ave. and C.R. 32) ph. RGz, †WCM, ph. JWZ, ph. DWK, ph. CRM, ph. ToL, ph. LiH. One north 10/19–22 St. Louis (Cook W.T.P.) JuG, ph. †PHS, ph. JPR, ph. RZi, ph. DOr. |
2017 | Fall | 1 | | Fourth consecutive fall season this species has been reported: 10/28 Lake (Black Beach, Silver Bay) KnM, † KRE, † WCM, m.ob. |
2018 | Fall | 1 | 1 |  Fifth consecutive fall season this species has been reported: 9/14 St. Louis (Cook W.T.P.) ph. AKO, 10/10 Pipestone (Pipestone W.T.P.) † RBJ. |
2021 | Spring | 1 | | Just the fourth spring record for this Casual species was an apparent adult male in active pre-alternate molt found 5/27 Todd (Browerville W.T.P.) BWF, †EzH, ph. †REn, ph. IsH, m.ob. |
2021 | Fall | | 1 | The first fall record since 2018 was found 10/21–24 Brown (Somsen W.M.A.) ph. †BTS, ph. †KEm, m.ob. |
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  | Twenty-five records: 4 spring and 21 fall. Recorded in six of the last ten years, most recently 2021. |