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 |
| Sabine's Gull(Xema sabini) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Fall | second state record was seen on 8·30 at Duluth by KE, PE. | ||
| 1978 | Summer | 9-12 Duluth Molly Kohlbry, third state record. | ||
| 1978 | Fall | 9-12 Duluth Molly Kohlbry, third state record. | ||
| 1979 | Spring | 5-26 Duluth BL, KG, KE, DB (1 adult). | ||
| 1980 | Fall | 10-12, 10-13 Duluth TS, JG (1a), KE, D. Schneider. | ||
| 1982 | Fall | I 0/17 Lac qui Parle RJ, JP/ AM. See The Loon (55:30-3 1) | ||
| 1983 | Fall | 10/2 Lake Benton, Lincoln Co. (one imm.) RG, RJ (The Loon 55: 178). - Wilson's Snipe, 8/15/83, Sartell, Stearns County, Nestor Hiemenz | ||
| 1984 | Fall | 9/9 Mower RRK (The Loon 56 : 265-266), 9/24 Lake of the Woods AJ (The Loon 56: 266-267.) | ||
| 1985 | Fall | 9/3, 9/17 and 9/18 Lake of the Woods (one imm.) AJ (The Loon 57:180). | ||
| 1987 | Fall | 9/12 Lake Lillian, Kandiyohi Co. RG, B. Litkey (The Loon 60:41). | ||
| 1992 | Fall | One report: 9/19 Park Point, St. Louis County BM, et al (The Loon 65:46–47). | ||
| 1993 | Fall | 9/6 Pipestone (Ruthton sewage ponds one imm.) (The Loon 65:210), 9/20–27 Le Sueur (DNR fish hatchery near Waterville, one adult, two imm.) mob (The Loon 65:210–212). | ||
| 1995 | Fall | All reports: 9/6 Agassiz N.W.R., Marshall County PS, SB (The Loon 67:246–247); 9/16 Waroad lagoons, Roseau PS (The Loon 67:251); 10/5–6 Park Point, St. Louis County MH et al. All three birds were juveniles. | ||
| 1996 | Fall | Four reports of five birds: 9/27–10/4 Waterville, Le Sueur Co. (2) WS, mob; 10/5 Goodhue BL, 10/20 Ortonville, Big Stone Co. LE (The Loon 69:47–48); 10/29 (latest date ever) Fox Lake, Martin Co. SDi. All birds were juveniles, as expected. [Corrected] | ||
| 1998 | Fall | Only report: 9/24 St. Louis (two juveniles off Park Point) mob. These two plus two more initially had been found on the Wisconsin side of the Superior Entry. | ||
| 2000 | Fall | Unprecedented total of 26 birds (3 adults, 23 juveniles) in two separate flocks 9/23 on Minnesota side of the Superior Entry in Duluth, St. Louis County, with one still present next day †PHS. These were probably the same as 19+ Sabine's off Wisconsin Point 9/21–22 (CLW, TRS et al.). Two more juveniles 10/9–15 Wilkin (Breckenridge lagoons) †PHS, mob, were record late north (The Loon 73:128–129). | ||
| 2001 | Fall | Many unsubstantiated reports 9/14–24 St. Louis (Superior Entry and/or Park Point, Duluth); documented 9/16 (2) †CRG (The Loon 74:119–120), 9/19 (2) †JJS. Juvenile also seen 9/21 Stearns (Paynesville lagoons) †HHD (The Loon 74:120). | ||
| 2003 | Fall | Single juveniles 8/30 Red Lake (Red Lake Falls W.T.P., ties record-early date for state) ph. †PHS, JMJ (The Loon 76:107–108 9/20 Cass/Itasca (L. Winnibigoshish) †PHS (The Loon 76:110–111), 10/1 St. Louis (Duluth) †PHS. | ||
| 2004 | Fall | Single juveniles at Duluth, St. Louis County 9/15 (Park Point) †MH, 9/22 (Park Point) †MH, 9/24–26 (Superior Entry) †MTA, †MH et al. (The Loon 77:116) — the latter two possibly the same individual. First county record 9/16–21 Crow Wing (Ironton W.T.P.) †JEB; also documented by ph. JSB, †CBr, †PHS. | ||
| 2005 | Fall | Most reports ever in one season. Record-high count for Minnesota and the Great Lakes Basin 9/16 St. Louis (60–70 at Park Point, Duluth, including at least 5 adults, The Loon 78:118–119) †MTA, JWB, †PHS; at least two lingered through 9/18 DOK, MLH. Juveniles also reported off Park Point 9/4 (1) †PHS, BWF, 10/1 (2) †MTA, †MLH, †DTT, †SMT, ph. JG, ph. SBM. First county record 10/22 Cook (juvenile at Grand Marais, latest north date) †CCB. All south reports: 9/17 Lac qui Parle (juvenile at Salt L.) †KRE et al., 9/26–28 Dakota (Hastings) BRL, ph. †LAK, †TEB, ph. TPB, †ADS. | ||
| 2006 | Fall | North reports from St. Louis 9/10 (Superior Entry) †PHS, 9/20–23 (4 birds at Park Point) DWK, JWL, JPM, †KRE, †PHS, m.ob. Only south report: 9/9 Brown (Sleepy Eye W.T.P.) ph. †BTS, RJA. All were juveniles. | ||
| 2007 | Fall | 3 | 4 | More reports than usual, especially from southwestern Minnesota. All north reports: 9/3 Marshall (first-cycle) †PBB, KCR; 9/21–22 St. Louis (up to 3 first-cycle birds at Park Point, Duluth) †KRE, †JWL, ASc, NSc; 9/26 Cass (dead first-cycle gull found at Gull Island, Leech L.) ph. †BAW, DAY; 9/28 St. Louis (1 first-cycle at Superior Entry) †JPE; 10/5–6 St. Louis (first-cycle at Canal Park and Park Point, Duluth) †LBe, ph. MLH, †PHS, ph. SWe. All south reports: 9/16 Lac qui Parle (first-cycle in Agassiz Twp., Big Stone N.W.R.) †PCC; 9/22 Lac qui Parle (2 first-cycle at Salt L.) †PCC; 9/28–10/2 Lyon (first-cycle at Cottonwood L.) ph. †KRE, m.ob.; 10/6 Meeker (first-cycle at L. Ripley) †DMF and Yellow Medicine (first-cycle in Omro Twp., Lanners Lake W.M.A.) †PCC. |
| 2008 | Fall | 1 | 1 | Two documented reports: 9/7 Cass (2, Walker W.T.P.) †DAY, ph. MM; 9/12–13 Brown (first-cycle, Sleepy Eye W.T.P., found dead on 9/14) ph. †LS, †BTS, ph. KRE, ph. †JCh. |
| 2009 | Fall | 1 | 1 | Two reports: 9/19 Crow Wing (Ironton W.T.P.) ph. †JSB, 9/27 Rice (juv., Cannon Lake) †DAB, †JWH. |
| 2010 | Fall | 1 | 1 | Two juveniles and one adult photographed in flight at Superior Entry 9/20 St. Louis ph. †KJB; possibly a fourth individual (juv.) observed later that day at Park Point ph. †KRE, ph. †PHS, m.ob. Also reported from St. Louis 9/25 (10 juv., Superior Entry) †PHS. Only south report: 9/12 Stevens (juv., Gorder Lake) †BWF, CH, JWH (The Loon 83:92–93). |
| 2011 | Fall | 1 | Four juveniles observed 9/24 St. Louis (Park Point, Duluth) †PHS, DBM. | |
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | Only report: 9/21 Hennepin (juv., Purgatory Creek, Eden Prairie) †CMB, †TAT, †PEB, ph. GJa. | |
| 2013 | Fall | 3 | 1 | Reported most widely since fall 2007 when found in seven counties. All reports were of juveniles: 9/20–22 Beltrami (Lake Bemidji) DPJ, ph. †SVo, BWF, ANy, 9/20–23 Hennepin (Purgatory Creek wetland, Eden Prairie) ph. †CMB, SLC, ph. †DWK, ph. †KRo, †PEB, 10/14 Cook (Grand Marais; partially scavenged carcass) †AFo, 10/20 St. Louis (Canal Park) ph. KJB. |
| 2014 | Fall | First fall with no reports since 2002. | ||
| 2015 | Fall | 1 | One north report 10/4 St. Louis (4, Park Point R.A.) †JPR. | |
| 2016 | Fall | 1 | 4 | Thirteen individuals reported, most as singles. All birds were aged as first-cycles, except that 9/28 report was not aged. All north reports were from St. Louis: 9/7 (2) †JWL, 9/15 (1, Park Point R.A.) †PHS, 9/28 (no details) BAb, 10/3 (3, Park Point R.A.) JPR, 10/29 (1, McQuade Small Craft Harbor) †JWL. All south 9/5–20 Stearns (Albany W.T.P.) ph. †SvB, †PCC, ph. JuW, ph. RZi, m.ob. (including 13 observers's photos posted to eBird), 9/16 Goodhue (Lake Pepin) †GrM, 9/25 Jackson (2, South Heron Lake) ph. DAk, 9/25 Sibley (Gaylord W.T.P.) RBW, ph. †ChH. |
| 2017 | Fall | 1 | 3 | All north 9/4 Kanabec (first-cycle, Knife Lake) ph. † SPS. All south 10/5–8 Rice (Cannon Lake) † TFB, m.ob., 10/8 Le Sueur (Tetonka Lake) DWK, m.ob., 10/28 Brown (first-cycle, Sleepy Eye W.T.P.) ph. BTS, MiO. |
| 2018 | Fall | 2 |  All north 9/30 St. Louis (first-cycle, Park Point R.A.) ASu, 10/7 St. Louis (first-cycle, Park Point R.A.) JLK, 10/10 St. Louis (adult, Park Point R.A.) ph. † KRE, m.ob., (adult, mouth of Lester River) JLK, 10/13 Carlton (adult, Moose Lake W.T.P.) ph. † BAb. | |
| 2019 | Fall | 2 | 3 | All north 9/24 St. Louis (first-cycle, Superior Entry) ASu, 10/5 Beltrami (first-cycle, Diamond Point Park) ph. AxB. All south 10/5 Cottonwood (first-cycle, Talcot Lake State W.M.A.) KEm, JWH, Murray (east of Fulda; presumably the same first-cycle as the Cottonwood record) KEm, JWH, 10/7 Lyon (first-cycle, Rock Lake) GWe. |
| 2020 | Fall | 3 | 2 | All north 9/12 St. Louis (max. 5, first-cycles, Stony Point) RMD, HTo, StK, m.ob., 9/24 Beltrami (first-cycle, Lake Bemidji) AxB, m.ob., 9/26–27 Cass (max. 2, first-cycles, Walker W.T.P.) ABi, ph. PAl, ph. DoH, m.ob. All south 9/13–16 Watonwan (first-cycle, Case Lake) MiO, ph. †KEm, m.ob., 10/4–6 Faribault (first-cycle, Walnut Lake W.M.A.) ph. †KEm, JWH, m.ob. |
| 2021 | Fall | 1 | 1 | All north 9/18 St. Louis (max. 10, first-cycles, Park Point R.A.) IDv, m.ob., 9/19 St. Louis (6, Park Point R.A.) LME, m.ob., 9/21 St. Louis (Park Point R.A.) AFo, 9/26 St. Louis (2, first-cycles, Park Point R.A.) EzH, IsH. Only south report: 10/3–9 Ramsey (first-cycle, Vadnais Lake) PNi, DnS, ph. †APi, ph. LMS, m.ob. |
| 2022 | Fall | 1 | 3 | All north 9/16 St. Louis (first-cycle, Park Point R.A.) †PHS. All south 9/22 Scott (first-cycle, Spring Lake) †BAb, m.ob., 9/24–25 Stearns (first-cycle, Freeport W.T.P.) HHD, m.ob., 9/25 Stearns (adult, Albany W.T.P.) †PCC, m.ob., Stearns (3, first-cycles, Paynesville W.T.P.) †PCC, m.ob., 10/5 Sibley (first-cycle, High Island Lake) JCa, DWK. |
| Rare fall migrant throughout. Recorded in nine 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. |