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 - Gulls, Terns | 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: Gulls, Terns |
| Ross's Gull(Rhodostethia rosea) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Spring | First state record, 4/4 to 4/14 Agassiz N.W.R., Marshall Co. James P. Mattsson, M.ob. (The Loon 56:128) | ||
| 1992 | Spring | Second Minnesota record; 4/16 Goose Lake, Pennington County SSt (The Loon 64:156–158). | ||
| 2007 | Winter | 3 | Certainly the highlight of the season was this third state record basic adult photographed near Grand and Hardman Avenues on the Mississippi River on 12/15 in South St. Paul ph. †BAF, ph. †DAC, ph. †AXH, †JPM, ph. †PHS (The Loon 80:174). Seen by a relatively small number of birders, the gull unfortunately departed the area at nightfall and could not be relocated the following day despite intensive searching. During its brief visit, the diminutive arctic gull obligingly added three new county records — Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington (The Loon 80:108–110). | |
| 2021 | Fall | 2 | A well-photographed first-cycle provided the fourth state and second county record before being found deceased on 11/30: 11/27–29 Washington/Dakota (Point Douglas), found by †BDo and documented by 21 other individuals (The Loon 93:210–213). | |
| Five records: three spring, one fall, and one winter. Recorded in two (2021, 2023) of the last ten years. | ||||
| 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. |