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 - Flycatchers | 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: Flycatchers |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher(Tyrannus forficatus) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Spring | 5-16 Castle Danger, Lake Co, Donald Wick, others, photographed. | ||
| 1967 | Summer | 610 Winona Co., 1 mi. N. Elba, 1 adult seen, good details, HFH. | ||
| 1968 | Summer | 6-14 Castle Danger, Lake Co, 1 imm photographed (or female ?), MEP, same place one was seen in 1965. | ||
| 1974 | Spring | 5-13 to 5-16 Akeley, Hubbard Co. (1) C. Bergo, D. Christianson (See last issue of LOON, Vol. 46, No. 3 for details). | ||
| 1974 | Summer | One spotted in typical habitat, flying over a shopping center parking lot in Edina, Hennepin Co. on 6-27 (RJ). | ||
| 1975 | Fall | 10-25 to 10-28 Duluth ES plus many more, the bird was killed by a car on 10-28 and specimen is at UMD. | ||
| 1976 | Spring | 1 report: 4-30 Lake (1 dead) Mr. & Mrs. Larsen. | ||
| 1978 | Summer | One seen on 7-6 in Sibley Co. (Common Loon 50:212). | ||
| 1979 | Spring | 4-29 Duluth KE. | ||
| 1979 | Summer | Seen in Clay 7-8, 7-22 (Loon 51:199200). | ||
| 1982 | Fall | Reported 10/22 to 28 Aitkin (one imm.) M.ob. See The Loon (55:35-36) | ||
| 1983 | Spring | 4/27 Grand Portage M. Lindemann, Hendricks fide SL; 5/10 Robert's Sanctuary, Hennepin Co. (The Loon 55:92) | ||
| 1984 | Spring | 5/11 Whitewater S.P., Winona m.ob. (The Loon 56: 199-200) | ||
| 1984 | Fall | 8/18 Babbitt, St. Louis Co., D. Chamlui fide KE. | ||
| 1985 | Spring | 5/7 Olmsted 1. Gullickson (The Loon 57:109), 5/24 Norman P. Egeland et al. (one immature). | ||
| 1985 | Fall | 10/2 Cook KMH (The Loon 57:181) | ||
| 1986 | Spring | 5/17 Cook KMH (The Loon 58: 136-137). | ||
| 1987 | Spring | 5/5 Grand Marais, Cook, S.&B. Muehl berg. | ||
| 1987 | Fall | 10/16 Goodhue C. Hanson. | ||
| 1988 | Fall | 8/2-8 Ely, St. Louis Co. Z. Tefft et al. (The Loon 60: 179). | ||
| 1990 | Summer | First summer record since 1979; one bird seen 7/21 Rock (The Loon 62 :227). | ||
| 1990 | Fall | 9/26 Norman PS (The Loon 63:62). | ||
| 1991 | Summer | Unusual number of reports: immature observed on 7/10-11 in Lac qui Parle CMB (The Loon 63:277); one seen on 7/15 in Anoka RK (The Loon 63:208); adult male observed on 7/19 in Duluth KE (The Loon 63:199). | ||
| 1991 | Fall | 10/4-22 Knife River, Lake Co. KE, MH, mob (The Loon 63:278), 10/18-20 Lutsen, Cook Co. BL, mob, 10/26 Gooseberry Falls State Park, Lake Co. FN. | ||
| 1993 | Summer | Two reports: 6/10 St. Louis TW (one bird at Park Point, Duluth) and 7/25–26 Hubbard AB (single bird near Hubbard; The Loon 65:214). There have now been summer records in three of the past four years. | ||
| 1993 | Fall | 10/23 Park Point, Duluth mob. | ||
| 1994 | Fall | 10/16–20 Ely, St. Louis Co., SS, BT, 10/21 Wilkin KE et al (The Loon 67:63). | ||
| 1997 | Summer | A single female was observed 6/4 – 7/17 near Elk River in Sherburne Co. mob (The Loon 69:183–185); the bird built several nests in association with a male Western Kingbird. | ||
| 1997 | Fall | Only report: 10/2 St. Louis (photographed at the Duluth airport; uncharacteristically for fall, did not linger) mob. | ||
| 1998 | Spring | Two reports: 5/15 Morrison (near Randall) WB, 5/24 Carlton (near Eagle Lake) StM. | ||
| 1998 | Fall | Two documented reports: 9/29 Cook (Tofte) DSp, 10/24 Cook (Grand Marais) TBr, SR. | ||
| 1999 | Spring | Two reports: 5/22–23 St. Louis (Boy Scout Landing in Gary-New Duluth) mob, 5/27 Hubbard (White Oak Twp.) PP (The Loon 71:168). | ||
| 1999 | Summer | One was photographed on 6/2 at Duluth in St. Louis Co. TFr. | ||
| 2000 | Summer | Seen 6/10–11 St. Louis (Park Point in Duluth) JAB, †PHS (The Loon 72:180), and 7/8 Olmsted †DMA. | ||
| 2001 | Spring | Two reports: 5/10 Koochiching (west of Northome) †RLu (The Loon 73:254), 5/12 Pope (near Starbuck) †DPe (The Loon 73:252). | ||
| 2002 | Spring | Only documented report: 5/25 Lake (Split Rock R.) †CJT. | ||
| 2003 | Spring | One documented 5/24–25 Lake (Two Harbors) †RMD, †KRE, ph. JWL, †PHS; subsequently refound through 5/27 m.ob. | ||
| 2003 | Fall | One discovered on St. Paul Audubon Society field trip 10/18 Dakota (Schaar's Bluff) †JPS et al. was refound 10/19 †PEB, †ADS, †TAT, ph. TPB, ph. DAC (latest south date). | ||
| 2004 | Spring | One seen 5/12 Lyon (Camden S.P.) †SMo. | ||
| 2004 | Fall | Second county record 9/6 Wilkin (Anna Gronseth Prairie) †RAE; the first was at Rothsay W.M.A., 21 October 1994 (The Loon 67:63). More expected was one along the North Shore of Lake Superior 10/7–9 St. Louis (40th Avenue West/Erie Pier area, Duluth) †MTA; documentation also provided by †CBr, ph. MH, ph. EEO, †PHS. | ||
| 2006 | Spring | Two second county records: 4/23 Lac qui Parle (Garfield Twp.) †HJF et al., ph. BJU, 5/1–2 Clay (near Downer) †MM, †RHO, BWF. | ||
| 2006 | Summer | Single adults seen 6/7 Carlton (Twin Lakes Twp.) †LAW, 7/1 Yellow Medicine (Echo Twp.) †AF. | ||
| 2007 | Spring | 1 | 1 | One found 4/23 Olmsted (near Oronoco) LAV stayed through 4/26 (†CMB, †LEC, ph. †JPM, m.ob.). Another was discovered at Minnesota Point in St. Louis, 5/23–25 ph. SCZ. |
| 2007 | Summer | 1 | New county record: 6/7 Cass (Bena) KeC, †SC. | |
| 2009 | Summer | 2 | Two reports: 6/26 Sibley (south of Henderson) ph. LAR, LER, 7/25+ Dodge (Ellington Twp.) MaM, ph. †DAB, †CMB, ph. †DWK, †LS, m.ob. | |
| 2009 | Fall | 1 | An individual first reported 7/31 in northeastern Dodge county continued through 8/3, ph. †DAB, ph. †LS, m.ob. | |
| 2010 | Spring | 1 | Adult male originally found northwest of Redwood Falls 4/24 CPl, relocated 4/26 Redwood RAE, DBM, †BTS was a new county record. | |
| 2011 | Fall | 1 | 1 | An adult female was found north 10/28–29 St. Louis (Waseca Industrial Road, west Duluth) ph. †RMD, BWF, †PHS, ph. AXH, m.ob. One south was a new county record 10/18 Wabasha (Wabasha airport) ph. BLi. |
| 2012 | Spring | 1 | One report, first county record 5/24 Beltrami (just north of Kelliher) ph. †ANy. | |
| 2012 | Summer | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | First county record 8/2 Cottonwood (U.S. Highway 71, one mile south of Redwood County line) ph. BRB. | |
| 2013 | Summer | 1 | Observed 6/2–5 Cook (mouth of Brule River near Naniboujou Lodge) fide JWL, ph. BPl, CLW. | |
| 2015 | Spring | 2 | 1 | One south report, new county record 4/12–13 Rice †TFB. Two north reports, 5/6 Clay (Moorhead) ph. †KaS, 5/13 St. Louis (Stoney Point) ph. †KJB. |
| 2015 | Summer | 1 | Observed 6/4 Beltrami (County road 702, about 6 miles east of Grygla) ph. †KJB. | |
| 2017 | Summer | 4 | Seen 6/5 Yellow Medicine (Mound Spring S.N.A.) ph. †JF, 6/9 Nicollet ph. †JnT, 6/25–7/19 Mower (I-90, just east of Dexter) ph. AS, ph. LiH, †PCC, ph. †REn, 7/1 Rice (west of Dennison) †DFN. | |
| 2018 | Spring | 1 | Only report, a new county record: 5/31 Blue Earth (570th Ave. north of 280th St.)TPu, †DAB, m.ob. | |
| 2018 | Summer | 1 | Observed 6/5 Carlton (Douglas Rd.) ph. JLK. | |
| 2020 | Summer | 2 | Seen 6/8 Benton (C.R. 15 just west of C.R. 58) †DOr, ph. †HHD, 6/30 Pipestone (Woodstock) ph. RJS, ph. †KEm, †NMe, GWe. | |
| 2020 | Fall | 1 | One north report 9/4 St. Louis ph. †GrG. Also see Documented reports still under review. | |
| 2021 | Spring | 1 | Only report, second county record 5/7–11 Aitkin (Cornish Twp.) ph. SC, ph. †LBa, †EzH, ph. IsH, m.ob. | |
| 2021 | Summer | 1 | Observed 6/27 Rock (C.R. 20, Luverne) ph. †SJy. | |
| 2021 | Fall | 1 | Only report an immature bird 10/18 Olmsted (Haverhill Twp.) ph. †SHk, ph. †JPr, m.ob. | |
| One hundred five records: 39 spring, 35 summer, 1 summer-fall, 29 fall, and 1 undated. One breeding attempt (1997), a mixed-pairing with Western Kingbird (T. verticalis). Recorded in six 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. |