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 - Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys | 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: Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse(Tympanuchus phasianellus) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Summer | A fe~lo with 8 small downy young was seen at Ericsburg, June 1? (Swanson). | ||
| 1933 | Summer | On Juno 22nd Grimes locatod a nest of this species in Pennington County. 13 eggs comprised its contents. On the previous '.1 day the srune observer had soon a brood of 12 or 15 chicks barely able to fly. | ||
| 1936 | Summer | Arnold Erickson spied a covey of eleven small young on Jtu~e 25th in Pino County. On July 15th he saw two coveys of half-grown in Pine Cotmty. | ||
| 1937 | Summer | Arnold Erickson saw ~hree fledged young on August 19 in the St. Croix National Park. | ||
| 1945 | Winter | Present throughout the year. | ||
| 1961 | Spring | were reported by Joe Antonio on 10 April near Emharass, St. Louis County. R. Grant saw one in Becker County on 6 May, just south of Waubun. | ||
| 1961 | Summer | Adults with young seen at Rice Lake Refuge, Aitkin County on 29 July by Brother Theodore. | ||
| 1961 | Fall | Several were seen near East Lake, Aitkin County by Bob Janssen on 21 Oct. | ||
| 1961 | Winter | Several flocks ob· served near Baudette, Lake-of-theWoods County, on December 9 by R. Huber and R. Oehlenschlager. | ||
| 1962 | Summer | Sept. 3, Gonvick, Clearwater Co., two seen by R. Edevold. | ||
| 1962 | Fall | Dec. 8, near Washkish, Beltrami Co., Avifaunal Club. | ||
| 1962 | Winter | Dec. 9, Dec. 23, Hibbing, St. Louis Co., Harriet Micen· sky; Jan. 1, Baudette, Lake-of-theWoods Co., Avifaunal Club; Jan. 17, Shotley, Beltrami Co., Mrs. Ben Goranson; Feb. 23, Lancaster, Kittson Co., and Feb. 24, Warroad, Lake-of-the· Woods Co., staff members of Minn. Museum of Natural History. | ||
| 1963 | Spring | March 23, Shotley, Beltrami County, 5 seen, Avifaunal Club; April 16, Shotley, 2 seen, Mabel Goranson; May 26, Cloquet Forest Research Center, Gordon Gullion. | ||
| 1963 | Summer | Clearwater Co., Gonvick, last week in June, ad, 7y, George Herberg. | ||
| 1963 | Winter | all winter throughout rural Hibbing, St. Louis Co., Harriet Micensky and Mrs. McCracken; Jan 19, near Meadowlands, St. Louis Co., Avifaunal Club; Feb 1, Washkish, Beltrami Co., R. Grant and Tom Jegl:3.; Feb 19, Blackduck, Beltrami Co., Mabel Goranson. | ||
| 1964 | Spring | 5-17 Aitkin Co, 1, PHR | ||
| 1964 | Summer | 6-24, Sax, St. Louis Co, DM. | ||
| 1964 | Fall | 9-21 Roseau Co, JLR, PEB; 10-16 Roseau Co, 15, DB; 10-17 Roseau Co, 43, JLR, PEB; 10-17 Marshall Co, 9, DB; 11-1 (10) and 11-20 (20) Roseau Co, JLR, PEB. | ||
| 1965 | Spring | 3-16 Meadowlands, JWG; 3-18 thence into April, Mountain Iron, NJH; 3-27 Biwabik, VFB; 4-3 Two Harbors, RK; 11 observations throughout period, at Rice Lake refuge, CEP. | ||
| 1965 | Fall | 10/11 Holt, Marshall Co, 3, DLO. | ||
| 1965 | Winter | St (2), Hibbing, HM; 2/12 (1), Floodwood, RG. Marshall: daily with greatest number, 16, Az. Staff. Aitkin: occasionally with greatest number, 7, CEP. | ||
| 1966 | Spring | 3-20 St. Louis Co, 4, LTM; listed as resident in Rice Lake Refuge, 7, CEP. | ||
| 1966 | Summer | present all summer in Roseau Co, PEB. | ||
| 1966 | Fall | 10-8 Mille Lacs Co., 1, RHJ. | ||
| 1966 | Winter | 12-21 Fargo area, fide EGA; 12-26 Aitkin Co., DP; 1-2 St. Louis Co., SM; 1-14 Beltrami Co., DB; all winter, Roseau Co., over 200 trapped and banded, PEB. | ||
| 1967 | Spring | 3-4 (3), 3-8 (6), 3-23 (7) Marshall Co., A WR; 3-25 Lakeof- the Woods Co., BL; occasionally throughout March, Aitkin Co., CEP; 4-9 Beltrami Co., 4, MG· A ril-Ma St. Louis Co., 6, VFB-ate April, Col eg -Mt ~~;~hite: throughout March, Wabas~~.n Co., 1 to 5 birds, DGM; 4-3 Wabasha ttffJL Co., 4, DGM. | ||
| 1967 | Summer | 6-5 St. Louis Co., nr Floodwood, DGF. | ||
| 1967 | Fall | 11-27 Hibbing, 1 being chased by Snowy Owl, John Micensky. | ||
| 1967 | Winter | 12-30 Hibbing, St. Louis Co., 2, HM; 2-3 Payne, St. Louis Co., 2, BL; 2-4 Grand Marais, Cook Co., 1, FL (may be only Cook Co. record?); 2-22 Meadowlands, St. Louis Co., 11, DB; 2-26 and throughout winter, Marshall Co., A WR; "resident", Roseau Co., PEB. | ||
| 1968 | Spring | 3-3 Lake-of-theWoods Co., 1, 3-4 Marshall Co., 1 and 4-20 Koochiching Co., 8, Lake-of-the Woods Co., 19, JAH; 5-18 Carlton Co., 1, JGH. | ||
| 1968 | Summer | 6-1 Clay Co, 2, DB. | ||
| 1968 | Fall | 10-8 Roseau 15 + DB; 11-2 St. Louis MC, JCG. | ||
| 1968 | Winter | 2-2 Pine (Willow River) 2 EC; also present Roseau common PEB. | ||
| 1969 | Spring | 3-7 (2) Beltrami Co., BL. | ||
| 1969 | Summer | 6-14 Marshall Co. 9, JJG. | ||
| 1969 | Fall | 9-26 Roseau 2 ETS. | ||
| 1969 | Winter | Reported from Rice Lake Refuge, Aitkin So.; Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co. | ||
| 1970 | Spring | 3-21 Clay EA; 4-4 Aitkin (10} BL, RG; 5-16 Beltrami (1) RD; only reports. | ||
| 1970 | Summer | reported only from Marshall Co. | ||
| 1970 | Fall | 10-25 Beltrami (3) ]G, only report. | ||
| 1970 | Winter | reported from Marshall,Carlton (15 Cromwell JGH), Pine. | ||
| 1971 | Spring | 3 reports Woods (11) KE, RR; 5-31 Aitkin (2) JB; no date Beltrami RCD. | ||
| 1971 | Summer | 4 rep01;ts MMC; 6-4 and 7-22 Aitkin (3) TS; 7-15 Beltrami (1) RD; "present" Marshall JBMH. | ||
| 1971 | Fall | 8-17, 9-18. 11-21 Aitkin (11) TS; 10-ln Aitkin (2\ JB, MMC. JG; 11-10 Clear water (25\ RD; 11-13 Koochiching (5} NH. | ||
| 1971 | Winter | reported from Marshall, Beltrami (10), Aitkin (8), Lake of the Woods (42). | ||
| 1972 | Summer | nested in Aitkin; seen also in Mahnomen (EW; JM). | ||
| 1972 | Winter | Reported from Aitkin, Crow Wing, Marshall and St. Louis. | ||
| 1973 | Summer | Nested in Aitkin; seen in Cottonwood (7-1 & 3 LAF). | ||
| 1973 | Fall | Only two reports (four last year): 9/9 (18) Marshall (AWR); 10-13 Aitkin (TS). | ||
| 1973 | Winter | Reported on the Warren, Hibbing, Sax-Cotton, International Falls and Northwoods Christmas Counts; also 12-22 and 26 Pine (DAB, FN), 1-26 St. Louis (KE), and 2-21 Aitkin (TS). | ||
| 1974 | Spring | 5 reports all from Aitkin Co.: 4-2 (1), 4-6 (3), 4-17 (7) TS; 4-21 (2) JB; 5-5 (1) GJN. | ||
| 1974 | Summer | Nested in Marshall and Aitkin; no other reports. | ||
| 1974 | Fall | Marshall-several October sightings AR; 8-10 Aitkin KE, ES; 11-6 SaxZim JG, MMC. | ||
| 1974 | Winter | Reported from Marshall Co. (Warren Christmas Count and 5 at Agassiz, SV), Aitkin Co. (17 from 1-4 to 1-18, RG), and St. Louis Co. (1-14, P. Fearing). | ||
| 1975 | Spring | 3 reports: 4-5 Aitkin (7) RBJ; "present" Marshall AR; 5-3 Aitkin JB. | ||
| 1975 | Summer | Nested in Marshall (brood seen, SV); also seen 6-21 Aitkin (OJ). | ||
| 1975 | Fall | 9-17 Marshall SV; and 11-1 Aitkin (12) JG. | ||
| 1975 | Winter | reported from Polk (Crookston Christmas Count per iod), Marshall (2-12 and 13, SV), and Aitkin (12-22 and 1-18, TS, JJ, SS) Co's. | ||
| 1976 | Spring | 2 reports: 3-4 Aitkin (3) JB; 5-29 Polk (3) GO. | ||
| 1976 | Summer | nested in Marshall (SV); no other reports. | ||
| 1976 | Fall | 4 reports: 10-20 Aitkin JB, 11-19 Aitkin (16) PH, 9-7 Aitkin (20) RJ, no date Marshall SV. | ||
| 1976 | Winter | reports: Crookston Christmas Count; 12-29 Beltrami and Lake of the Woods (11; KE, SM); all winter in Marshall Co. (11; SV). | ||
| 1977 | Spring | 8 reports: 3-22 Roseau, 3-27 Lake of the Woods PH; 4-2 Aitkin (5) TS; 4-23 Itasca (25) LF; 4-26 Aitkin (12) JB; 5-25 Polk (3) RJ; 5-30 Roseau DGW; also reported from Marshall. | ||
| 1977 | Summer | Reported only from Marshall and Aitkin. | ||
| 1977 | Winter | Reported on the Crookston and SaxZim CBCs; present all winter in Koochiching (peak of 15, LG) and Agassiz N.W.R. (12, SV); also seen 2-4 Willow River, Pine Co. (DB). | ||
| 1978 | Spring | Reported from Polk, Roseau, Marshall, Koochiching and Aitkin. | ||
| 1978 | Summer | Breeding reported from Beltrami; also seen in Aitkin and Marshall. | ||
| 1978 | Fall | Only report from Marshall ANWR, "winter resident." | ||
| 1978 | Winter | Reported from Marshall, Beltrami, Aitkin and Carlton. | ||
| 1979 | Spring | 3-9 Beltrami, 3-31 Aitkin TS, 4-8 Aitkin BB, 4-13 Lake of the Woods JM, 4-30 Aitkin BB, 5-5 Pennington SS. | ||
| 1979 | Summer | Breeding reported in Lake of the Woods; also seen in Aitkin, Beltrami, Pennington, Kittson. | ||
| 1979 | Fall | 9-10 Beltrami SL, MV, 10-20 Pine RJ (12), 11-4 Koochiching SM, 11-8 Roseau SM, 11-10 Beltrami SL, MV (20), only reports. | ||
| 1979 | Winter | Reported from Aitkin, Itasca, Lake of the Woods, Kittson and Clay 2-29 (SY) (Need details). Ring-necked Phea,san:t Reports from 28 counties are down from last year's 42 counties. | ||
| 1980 | Spring | 3-1 Aitkin WN, 3-25 Lake of the Woods TA,. KE, 3-31 Beltrami MBN, JH, 4-19 Pme BL; also reported, no dates, Marshall ANWR, Pennington KSS. | ||
| 1980 | Summer | Seen in Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Beltrami and Aitkin. | ||
| 1980 | Fall | 8-14 Aitkin WN, 8-22 Aitkin and St. Louis TCS, 10-12 Cass LLH, Itasca DB, 11-25 Carlton TCS. | ||
| 1980 | Winter | Five reports from Pine, Aitkin, Pennington, Marshall and Lake of the Woods. | ||
| 1981 | Spring | Permanent resident; reported from Aitkin, Beltrami, Itasca, Lake of the Woods, Marshall and St. Louis counties. | ||
| 1981 | Fall | Permanent resident; reported 8-8 Aitkin WN, 10-6 Pennington GMO (14), 11-29 Aitkin WN. | ||
| 1981 | Winter | Five reports from Beltrami, Aitkin and Carlton. | ||
| 1982 | Spring | Permanent resident; reported 4-17 Marshall JSP, 5-5 Lake of the Woods TW, 5-8 Polk MH, 5-17 Pennington KSS, also Red Lake (no date) KL. | ||
| 1982 | Summer | Breeding data from Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Polk. Seen in Kittson, Pennington, Aitkin. | ||
| 1982 | Fall | Reported Aitkin and St. Louis KE, no dates; also 8/14 Aitkin SC, 8/15 Roseau John C. Robinson, 8/21 Aitkin WN. 10/9 Marshall JP, II /13 Aitkin SC. | ||
| 1982 | Winter | Reports from six counties in the north central and north west regions. | ||
| 1983 | Spring | Permanent resident, reported 4/16 Aitkin WN, 4/17 Pennington KSS, 4/22 Marshall ANWR, 4/23 Beltrami JP, 5/1 Clearwater AB. | ||
| 1983 | Summer | Breeding data from Aitkin. Also seen in Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, Polk, Lake of the Woods, Koochiching (Birchdale, TS), Carlton, (KL), Pine (ML). | ||
| 1983 | Fall | 8/27 Roseau AJ, 10/4 Marshall NH, I01 22 Pine BE, Beltrami JSP, 11/5 Marshall EH, Aitkin (no date) KL-all reports. | ||
| 1983 | Winter | Reported on the Crookston and Baudette CBC's and from Marshall, Koochiching and Aitkin. | ||
| 1984 | Spring | Permanent resident, reported 4/1 Aitkin WN, Red Lake KSS, 4/8 Aitkin JB, 4/9 Marshall SDM, 4/11 JP/AM, 4/12 Polk ES, 4/29 Carlton RJ, 5/5 Marshall SNP, SS. | ||
| 1984 | Summer | nested in Aitkin; also seen in Roseau, Marshall and Pennington . | ||
| 1984 | Fall | 11/l 0 Aitkin (7) Ill17 Pine (7) AB, DB. | ||
| 1984 | Winter | Reported from Marshall, Lake of the Woods, Koochiching, St. Louis and Aitkin 12-18 (40) (SC). | ||
| 1985 | Spring | Permanent resident, reported 4/2 Aitkin SWIMS, 4/3 Pennington TT, 4/6 Polk AB, 4/13 Aitkin WN, 4/27 Aitkin, Koochiching RJ, 4/29 Polk RJ, 5/27 Lake of the Woods AB. Also reported from Itasca KL, and Marshall ANWR. | ||
| 1985 | Summer | Seen in Aitkin, Roseau, Marshall. | ||
| 1985 | Fall | Permanent resident, reported 8/24 Crow Wing WN, 9/14 Aitkin WN, 11/3 Kittson (50) RJ, Marshall (no date) ANWR. | ||
| 1985 | Winter | Six on the Crookston CBC and reports from Marshall, Koochiching, Aitkin and St. Louis. | ||
| 1986 | Spring | Permanent resident, reported 3/8 Aitkin WN, 4/5 Aitkin SC, 5/3 Polk RGJ, MM, 5/25 Clearwater AB, 5/26 Clearwater RG, Marshall (no dates) ANWR. | ||
| 1986 | Summer | Nested in Aitkin. Also seen in Marshall. | ||
| 1986 | Fall | Reported from Aitkin, Clearwater, Koochiching, Marshall and St. Louis counties . Wild Thrkey All reports: 8/3- 11/20 Houston (max. ll) EMF, JM, 8/31 Fillmore AP. | ||
| 1986 | Winter | Reported from Marshall, Lake of the Woods and Aitkin. Wild Thrkey Reported from Winona, Houston and Fillmore. | ||
| 1987 | Spring | Reported from Aitkin, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Marshall, Roseau and St. Louis counties. Wild Thrkey All reports: 3/3 Winona (10) AP, 3/10-5/31 Houston, (max. 15) EMF, FL, JM, 3/12 Fillmore ( 4) AP, 4/11 Wabasha AP | ||
| 1987 | Summer | Probable nesting in Aitkin. Also seen m Marshall, Pennington, Beltrami. Wild Thrkey Probable nesting lin Fillmore (36 young, Forestville State Park, fide JMo). Also seen in Houston. | ||
| 1987 | Fall | Reported from Aitkin, Lake of the Woods, Marshall and St. Louis Counties. Wild Thrkey Reported from Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted and Winona Counties. | ||
| 1987 | Winter | Reported from Kittson, Roseau, Marshall and Aitkin counties, and on the Hibbing, Baudette and Crookston CBC's. | ||
| 1988 | Spring | Reported from Aitkin, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and St. Louis Counties. Wild Thrkey Reported from Dodge (wild-?), Fillmore, Houston, Wabasha and Winona Counties. | ||
| 1988 | Summer | Nested in Aitkin; also seen in Kittson, Marshall, Lake of the Woods, Becker, Carlton. | ||
| 1988 | Fall | Reported from Aitkin, Kittson, Marshall, Pennington and St. Louis Counties. Wild Thrkey Reported from Fillmore and Houston Counties. | ||
| 1988 | Winter | Reports from Kittson, Marshall, Lake of the Woods and Aitkin. Wild Thrkey Reported from Wabasha, Olmsted, Winona, Fillmore and Houston. | ||
| 1989 | Spring | Reported from Aitkin, Kittson, Marshall and St. Louis Counties. Wild Thrkey Reported from Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha and Winona Counties. | ||
| 1989 | Summer | Seen in Kittson, Koochiching, St. Louis, Aitkin. | ||
| 1989 | Fall | Reported from Aitkin, Clearwater, Marshall and Red Lake Counties. Wild Thrkey Reported from Fillmore, Houston, Wabasha and Winona Counties. | ||
| 1989 | Winter | Reported from Aitkin, Kittson, Marshall, and Lake of the Woods. Wild Thrkey Reported from nine counties (5 l.y.) in normal southeast range plus the Wild River CBC in Chisago; Steele; St. Paul NE CBC (established?) . [Northern Bobwhite Reported from Rice OR (wild?).] | ||
| 1990 | Spring | Reported from Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Clearwater, Pine and Polk Counties. Wild Tinkey Reported from Fillmore, Houston and Olmsted Counties. | ||
| 1990 | Summer | Nested in Aitkin; also seen in Clearwater, Beltrami, St. Louis. | ||
| 1990 | Fall | Reported from Aitkin, Carlton and Roseau Counties. | ||
| 1990 | Winter | Reported from Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Koochiching, Aitkin, and St. Louis (Aurora CBC). Good numbers reported in Aitkin and Beltrami Cos. | ||
| 1991 | Spring | Reported from Aitkin, Carlton, Hubbard (needs details), Itasca, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching, Marshall, Polk, Roseau and St. Louis Counties. Reported from only three counties last year. Wild Tinkey Reported from Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha and Winona Counties. | ||
| 1991 | Summer | Nested in Kittson KB, Aitkin; also seen in Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Koochiching, Marshall, Clearwater. | ||
| 1991 | Fall | Reports were up. Reported from Aitkin, Beltrami, Koochiching, Marshall and St. Louis. | ||
| 1991 | Winter | Reported from Kittson, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Koochiching, Clearwater, St. Louis, Aitkin, and Kanabec 1/20 TT. Statewide CBC total 43. | ||
| 1992 | Spring | Reported from Aitkin, Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, St. Louis and Clay counties (numbers down KE). | ||
| 1992 | Summer | Nested in Pennington MCBS; also seen in Marshall, Red Lake, Aitkin. | ||
| 1992 | Fall | Reported from Aitkin, Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Pennington, Polk and Roseau counties. | ||
| 1992 | Winter | Numbers down. Reported from only five counties (nine l.y.): Kittson, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami and Aitkin. No CBC reports (43 individuals l.y.). | ||
| 1993 | Spring | Reported from Aitkin, Becker, Clearwater, Roseau and St. Louis counties. | ||
| 1993 | Summer | Fewest reports since 1986; observed only in Polk, Aitkin. | ||
| 1993 | Fall | Reported from Aitkin, Roseau and St. Louis counties. | ||
| 1993 | Winter | Numbers greatly reduced. Reported only from Aitkin and St. Louis. No reports from the northwest region. | ||
| 1994 | Spring | Reported from Aitkin, Kanabec, Lake of the Woods, Pennington, Roseau and St. Louis counties. | ||
| 1994 | Summer | Observed in Roseau, Marshall, Koochiching, Aitkin, St. Louis. | ||
| 1994 | Fall | Only reports: 10/15 Koochiching AB and Aitkin WN. | ||
| 1994 | Winter | Numbers still greatly reduced. Only reports were from the Baudette CBC (1), 1/22 Aitkin WN (20), and 12/22 Kanabec PKL (1), the latter location outside normal range. | ||
| 1995 | Spring | Number of reports up from last year; 18 reports from Aitkin, Kittson, Pine, Polk, Roseau, and St. Louis counties. | ||
| 1995 | Summer | Nested in Aitkin; also seen in Polk, Beltrami. | ||
| 1995 | Fall | Only reports: 10/21 and 11/4 Aitkin WN. | ||
| 1995 | Winter | Reported from eight counties in range (three l.y.). CBC total 52 (only one l.y.). Although number of counties reported is up sharply after three years of decline, this may only be due to increased observer coverage and possibly greater snow cover (forcing birds onto roadsides). | ||
| 1996 | Spring | Fewer reports than last year. Total of 15 reports from Aitkin, Kittson, Koochiching, Marshall, Roseau and St. Louis. Spring lek counts down 24% from 1995 in northwestern Minnesota (MDNR). | ||
| 1996 | Summer | MDNR reports this species is still declining statewide, especially in northwest portion of range. Only reports: Koochi-ching, Aitkin, Pine. | ||
| 1996 | Fall | All reports: 8/3 Kittson (2) PS, 9/7 Roseau (7) KB, PS, 10/2 Beltrami (1) MRN, 10/7 Lake of the Woods (1) PS, 10/16 Wilkin (3) TT, 10/19–20 St. Louis (13) SD, 11/17 Aitkin (20) WN. | ||
| 1996 | Winter | Reported from Marshall, Beltrami, Aitkin, St. Louis, 2/22 Kanabec CM, and on the Warren and Baudette CBCs. CBC total 14 (52 l.y.). | ||
| 1997 | Spring | Numbers continue to dwindle: reported only from Aitkin (19), Roseau (3), and St. Louis (two locations). | ||
| 1997 | Summer | Observed in Kittson, Roseau, Polk, Aitkin. | ||
| 1997 | Fall | All reports: 10/26 Beltrami DJo, 11/9 Pine (15) CM, 11/22–29 Aitkin (max. 27) WN, CN. | ||
| 1997 | Winter | Reported from Aitkin, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching and St. Louis. Peak 12/7 Aitkin (26) WN. CBC total 14. | ||
| 1998 | Spring | All reports: 3/7 Aitkin WN, 3/21 Carlton fide AH, 5/9 Carlton PS, 5/18 Kittson and Marshall AH, PS, 5/22 Koochiching RJ, 5/25 St. Louis mob. | ||
| 1998 | Summer | Probable nesting in Beltrami, Carlton; also observed in Kittson, Roseau, Aitkin, St. Louis. | ||
| 1998 | Fall | Reported from six north counties: Kittson (~30) PS, Roseau (11) KB, PS, Beltrami (7) DJo, Aitkin (max. 16 on 8/22) WN, CB, Itasca CB, and St. Louis (4) AE. | ||
| 1998 | Winter | Reported from Aitkin and St. Louis, plus the International Falls (3), Baudette (count week) and Warren (22) CBCs. | ||
| 1999 | Spring | Reported from Polk, Lake of the Woods (18) MA, Aitkin (max. 18) WN, St. Louis. | ||
| 1999 | Summer | MDNR reports numbers up for the fourth consecutive year; recent rebound likely due to more prescribed burning, brush shearing, and other brushland management. Observed in Kittson, Marshall, Koochiching, Aitkin. | ||
| 1999 | Fall | Reported from Marshall, Lake of the Woods, Aitkin (15–17, WN), and St. Louis (21 in Sax-Zim bog, fide KE). | ||
| 1999 | Winter | Reported from Aitkin (24), Beltrami (18), Kittson (2), Koochiching (1), and 12/22 St. Louis (9 near Biwabik) PS. Also reported on the Baudette (39), Beltrami Island (1), Roseau (1), and Warren (33) CBCs. | ||
| 2000 | Spring | Seen in Roseau, Polk, Aitkin (max. 26, WN), Carlton, and St. Louis (Sax-Zim bog). | ||
| 2000 | Summer | All reports: Roseau, Beltrami, St. Louis, Aitkin, Pine. | ||
| 2000 | Fall | Reported only in Aitkin (CLB), Kittson (fide BAB), Lake of the Woods (18, MK), and St. Louis (7 at Sax-Zim bog, CM). | ||
| 2000 | Winter | Reported from Aitkin (29), Carlton (24), Kittson, Polk (7), Red Lake (3), and St. Louis counties. Also found on the Aurora (2), Baudette (1), International Falls (1), Sax-Zim (1), Pine County (1), and Warren (1) CBCs. | ||
| 2001 | Spring | Peak count 4/15 Aitkin (14) CLB. Small numbers seen in Roseau, Marshall, Polk, Kanabec, Carlton, St. Louis (Sax-Zim bog). | ||
| 2001 | Summer | MDNR lek observations declined sharply, down 43% in the East-central zone and 24% in the Northwest. Reported in Roseau, Polk, Lake of the Woods, Aitkin, and St. Louis counties. | ||
| 2001 | Fall | Only reports of this declining species: Aitkin (peak 16) m.obs., Kittson (no data) fide BAB, Lake of the Woods (1) MHK. | ||
| 2001 | Winter | Reported from Aitkin, St. Louis, Kittson, Roseau, Polk, plus the Warren (10), Baudette (12), and International Falls (30) CBCs. Also found 12/8 Carlton TAT. | ||
| 2002 | Spring | First county record in modern times 3/18 Big Stone †SPM, DKM. All north reports: Aitkin (6), Carlton (no data), Lake of the Woods (2), Polk (1), Roseau (1), St. Louis (6–9 by Meadowlands). | ||
| 2002 | Summer | Observed in St. Louis, Aitkin, Pine; D.N.R. reported numbers declining slightly in both the northwestern and east-central portions of range. | ||
| 2002 | Fall | All reports: Aitkin, Kittson, Marshall, Pine (max. 6, JMP). | ||
| 2002 | Winter | Reported from seven counties in range. | ||
| 2003 | Spring | All reports: Aitkin (max. 18, WEN), Lake of the Woods (4), Marshall (max. 12, JMJ), Pine (max. 6, JMP), Polk (1), Roseau (6), St. Louis (max. 17 near Meadowlands, CBe). | ||
| 2003 | Summer | Minnesota D.N.R. reports a 10% increase in East-central range, and 21% increase in Northwest. Observed in Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, Polk, Pennington, Red Lake, Aitkin, Pine. | ||
| 2003 | Fall | Reported from Kittson, Marshall, Pennington (8), Red Lake (max. 19, JMJ, PHS), and Roseau in the Northwest, plus Lake of the Woods (6), Kanabec (6), Pine (3). | ||
| 2003 | Winter | Reported from 11 counties in range, plus 1/5 Lac qui Parle (dead, Walter Twp.) ph. †BJU, 2/26 Big Stone (3, Odessa Twp.) †BJU. Maximum reported number 2/1 Polk (34) EEF. | ||
| 2004 | Spring | All observations: Aitkin (16 in two leks), Becker (one at Hamden Slough), Carlton (4), Itasca (1), Kanabec (3), Kittson (max. 10), Lake of the Woods (12 in three locations), Marshall (max. 30) GT, Pennington (7), Pine (max. 7), Polk (12), Red Lake (1), Roseau (9), St. Louis (max. 10 near Meadowlands), Wilkin (1). Unusual report outside of typical range 3/25 Lac qui Parle (male in Yellowbank Twp) BJU. | ||
| 2004 | Summer | Reported from Beltrami, Marshall, Polk, and Kanabec; also 6/26 Lac qui Parle (one hen and three chicks, Walter Twp.) BJU. New nesting record in Kanabec JMP. | ||
| 2004 | Fall | Reported from Aitkin (max. 11, WEN), Kanabec (max. 10, JMP), Lake of the Woods (21 along C.R. 80) MHK, Pine (max. 14, JMP), Polk, Red Lake (2) PHS, Roseau, St. Louis (max. 11 in Sax Zim, RBW). | ||
| 2004 | Winter | Reported from 12 counties in range. Highest reported count 2/21 Aitkin (25) CLB, KWR. | ||
| 2005 | Spring | All reports: Aitkin (27 on 4 leks), Clearwater (max. 19), Kanabec (max. 18), Lake of the Woods (8 at 2 locations), Marshall (1), Pennington (1), Polk (max. 26), Red Lake (12), St. Louis (max. 6 near Meadowlands). | ||
| 2005 | Summer | Seen in Marshall, Aitkin, Lac qui Parle, Kanabec, Pine. | ||
| 2005 | Fall | Observed in Aitkin (7) KWR, Clearwater (Greenwood Twp.) BJU, Kanabec (3) JMP, Pennington SAS, Pine (3) JMP, Polk, Red Lake (3) SAS, Roseau CRM, St. Louis (6) ALE, NAJ, Wilkin (2 near Tenney) BJU. | ||
| 2005 | Winter | Reported from 13 north counties in range. Of interest were several reports from four West-central counties (wintering birds from South Dakota?): 12/22 Traverse (2, flying across river from South Dakota), 12/22 Big Stone (one at Beardsley), 2/14 Lac qui Parle (one at Plover Prairie East Unit), 2/23 Lac qui Parle (Walter Twp.), 2/23 Yellow Medicine (Florida Twp.) BJU; possibly related to an early ice storm in northeast South Dakota were the following observations by Minnesota D.N.R. staff in late January: Big Stone N.W.R. (flock of 20), Yellow Medicine (flock of 10, Mounds Spring S.N.A.), and additional sightings at Chippewa Prairie and Lac qui Parle W.M.A. (10–12) fide JSc. | ||
| 2006 | Spring | All north reports: Aitkin (max. 6 near Tamarack), Beltrami, Carlton, Clearwater, Kanabec, Lake of the Woods (3), Pennington (max. 75 on 3 leks), Pine (max. 7), Red Lake (max. 4), St. Louis. Continuing the trend noted during the winter season were observations outside of typical range in Big Stone (Big Stone N.W.R.) and Lac qui Parle (max. 28 in 6 locations) BJU. | ||
| 2006 | Summer | Most reports since 1983. Observed in Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Lac qui Parle, Kanabec, Pine, St. Louis, Beltrami, Aitkin. | ||
| 2006 | Fall | North reports from Aitkin (2) CKR, WEN, Kittson, Lake of the Woods (7 near Baudette) RBW, Marshall (12 at Agassiz N.W.R.) PHS, Pennington SAS, Pine (max. 5) JMP, Red Lake (12 near Clearwater R.) SAS, Roseau (3) HHD, St. Louis (Zim W.M.A.) SLF, Wilkin CMN. Continuing a recent trend were out of range south reports 8/9 Swift (near Shible L.) BJU, 9/14–10/5 Yellow Medicine (10 in two locations) BJU, 9/30–10/30 Lac qui Parle (five locations) BJU, 10/21 Chippewa (near Milan) BJU. | ||
| 2006 | Winter | 12 | 1 | High counts 2/3 Pennington (38) JMJ, 12/27 Kittson (30) LW. Noteworthy south count of 20 birds 12/3 Lac qui Parle (Section 25, Walter Twp.) fide BJU. Also reported from Lac qui Parle 1/22 (Section 19, Perry Twp.) and 2/5 (near Lac qui Parle County Park) BJU. |
| 2007 | Spring | 12 | 3 | — Leks of 10–20 reported from Aitkin, Kittson, and St. Louis. Additional north reports from Clay, Clearwater, Itasca, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Pine, Polk, Red Lake. Unusual south reports outside of typical range in Big Stone ABL, Lac qui Parle (max. 17 in 6 locations) BJU, WCM, and 4/28 Yellow Medicine †RBW. |
| 2007 | Summer | 7 | 3 | Seen in Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, Red Lake, Polk, Aitkin, Pine, Big Stone, Swift, Lac qui Parle. First county breeding record for Big Stone (Big Stone N.W.R.) RPR. |
| 2007 | Fall | 6 | 2 | All north reports: Beltrami (1 at Big Bog S.R.A.) BJU, Kittson (5) RBW, Lake of the Woods (2) BJU, Marshall (1 at Agassiz N.W.R.) PHS, JMJ, Polk (6 at Glacial Ridge N.W.R.) BJU. South reports 8/6 Big Stone BJU, 8/22 Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R.) BJU, 9/8 Lac qui Parle (Walter Twp.) BJU. |
| 2007 | Winter | 11 | 1 | According to the Minnesota DNR, the statewide index value was as high as any year since 1980. High counts reflecting this increase: 2/24 Marshall (155) JMJ, 1/27 Kittson (77) LW, 2/4 Polk (50) NGE, 2/3 Pennington (30) SAS, 12/29 Roseau (27, Roseau CBC), 12/28 Aitkin (26, near Tamarack) LS. All south reports were by BJU in Lac qui Parle: 12/2 (Perry Twp.), 12/11 (Garfield Twp.), 2/13, 2/14 (Walter Twp.), 2/24 (6, Perry Twp.). |
| 2008 | Spring | 9 | 2 | High counts 4/1 Red Lake (25) SAS, 4/13 Marshall (15) JMJ, 5/30 Pennington (14) JMJ. Also reported from Aitkin, Norman, Pine, and Polk. Unusual south reports outside their typical range in Lac qui Parle (2 locations) BJU, SWe, Swift CRM. |
| 2008 | Summer | 4 | 1 | Found 6/1 Aitkin LS, JMJ, 6/2 St. Louis KRE, 6/3 Lac qui Parle BJU, 6/14 Pine HHD, LS, CRM, 6/23 Polk fide JMJ. |
| 2008 | Fall | 7 | 1 | All north reports: Aitkin (2) WEN, Beltrami fide JMJ, Carlton KCR, Kittson JMJ, Marshall JMJ, LMS, Red Lake (2) SAS, Roseau (max. 5) HHD, JCC, LS. Only south report 8/26 Lac qui Parle (2 at Big Stone N.W.R.) BJU. |
| 2008 | Winter | 10 | 1 | High count 1/18 Kittson (126) LW. All south reports: 1/29 Lac qui Parle (Louisburg), 2/3 Lac qui Parle (28, Plover Prairie.) BJU. |
| 2009 | Spring | 10 | 1 | High counts 4/21 Lake of the Woods (42) fide JMJ, 3/15 Polk (30) JMJ, 5/28 Lake of the Woods (29) MHK, 5/30 Beltrami (25) JMJ, 4/13 Aitkin (24) fide JWL. Also reported from Carlton, Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau, and St. Louis. Unusual south reports outside of typical range in Lac qui Parle (Plover Prairie) BJU, ASc. Total of 2,699 individuals observed on 199 leks; up 9% from 2008 (MN DNR). |
| 2009 | Summer | 9 | Reported from all northern regions. High count 6/14 Marshall (18–20) CHu. | |
| 2009 | Fall | 4 | All reports: 9/5 Roseau (12) KRE, m.ob., 9/12 Aitkin KCR, 10/24 Polk JMJ, 11/1 Lake of the Woods GMM, 11/12 Roseau TFo, 11/27 Roseau (50) fide JMJ. | |
| 2009 | Winter | 7 | 1 | South reports all from Lac qui Parle: 12/2 (near Plover Prairie.), 12/4 (6, Plover Prairie.) 2/1 (Perry Twp.) BJU. High counts 1/17 Red Lake (26) JMJ, 1/3 Lake of the Woods (18) JMJ, 12/12 Aitkin (15, north of Tamarack) fide JWL. |
| 2010 | Spring | 13 | 1 | Unusual south reports outside of typical range in Lac qui Parle (Plover Prairie and Big Stone N.W.R.) BJU. Total of 2,096 individuals observed on 195 dancing grounds; similar to 2009 (MN DNR). North reports from Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Clay, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau, and St. Louis. High counts 3/20 Pennington (18) JMJ, 3/6 Aitkin (16, Tamarack) DWK, JLO, 5/27 Kittson (15) LBF. |
| 2010 | Summer | 7 | 1 | Reported from Aitkin, Beltrami, Kittson, Lac qui Parle, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau, St, Louis. |
| 2010 | Fall | 10 | 3 | All north reports: 8/1 Lake of the Woods DWK, RMD, 8/2 Marshall WMu, 8/7 Aitkin KCR, 9/3 Roseau LMS, 9/4 Kittson LMS, 9/5–6 Marshall KRE, m.ob., 9/15–11/27 St. Louis (max 7, Sax-Zim Bog) PLJ, m.ob., 10/7–11/1 Kittson (max. 15, Joe River Road) TBr, 10/23 Polk (15) KRE, m.ob., 10/31 Penington SAu, 11/2 Pine (15, Mission Creek Twp.) LMS, 11/11 Carlton (Moose Lake) BJU, 11/29 Lake of the Woods BSi. All south reports: 8/11 Lac qui Parle (Walter Twp.) BJU, 8/12 Swift (Lac qui Parle W.M.A.) BJU, 11/21 Big Stone (Odessa), Lac qui Parle (10, Plover Prairie) BJU. |
| 2010 | Winter | 10 | 3 | All south reports were of single birds, except as noted: 12/28 Lac qui Parle (one each section 24 Riverside Twp., Big Stone N.W.R.), 1/5 Lac qui Parle (section 35 Perry Twp.), 2/12 Chippewa (1 mile west of Clara City), 2/15 Big Stone (0.5 miles east of Odessa) BJU. North reports from northwest counties plus St. Louis and Aitkin. High count 1/8 Kittson (81, all in one field) TrB. Other individual high counts were 11 or fewer, including 2/24 St. Louis (11, Sax-Zim Bog) LKn. CBC high counts 1/2 Baudette (24), 12/20 St. Sax-Zim (14), 12/29 Aurora (11). |
| 2011 | Spring | 13 | 5 | South reports outside of typical range in Chippewa (Chippewa Prairie) BJU, Lac qui Parle (Plover Prairie and Big Stone N.W.R.) BJU, JMN, Swift (Chippewa Prairie North), Yellow Medicine (Florida Twp.) BJU. Total of 2,212 individuals observed on 2/6 dancing grounds; similar to 2010 (MN DNR). North reports from Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis, 4/9 Traverse (5, Croke Twp.) BJU. High counts 4/7 Kittson (40, county road 1) TrB, 3/19 Marshall (32) JMJ, 5/2 Kittson (25, county road 56) TrB. |
| 2011 | Summer | 7 | 2 | Seen in northern regions plus Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine. |
| 2011 | Fall | 8 | 3 | All north reports 8/27–10/26 Marshall (max. 12, near Warren) HHu, 8/28–9/9 Kittson (max. 4, Joe River S.W.A.) TrB, 9/3 Marshall (6, C.R. 12 south of Agassiz N.W.R.) KRE, m.ob., 9/4 Koochiching (2) HHD, RAE, 10/18 Koochiching RBJ, 10/27–11/29 Polk HHu, GT, 11/22 St. Louis (4, Sax-Zim Bog) ZLo, 11/23 Koochiching (west of Loman) AMe, 11/24–26 Pennington JMJ, RAE, 11/27 Red Lake (13) RAE, 11/30 Carlton SC. All south 8/21 Big Stone (2, Browns Valley East Twp.) BJU, 8/29–11/17 Swift (max. 3, Hwy 7) BJU, 10/3–11/22 Lac qui Parle (max. 4, Plover Prairie) BJU. |
| 2011 | Winter | 10 | 3 | South reports from Big Stone (12/1, section 7, Odessa Twp.), Lac qui Parle (Plover Prairie including 17 on 2/23), Chippewa (4 on 2/14, 5 on 2/23, Chippewa Prairie) BJU. High counts north 2/6 St. Louis (22, Sax-Zim Bog) KSm, 2/17 St. Louis (22, Sax-Zim Bog) ASt. CBC high counts 12/17 Crookston (12), 12/30 Aurora (9). |
| 2012 | Spring | 12 | 2 | All south reports: 3/12, 5/5 Lac qui Parle (4, Plover Prairie.) BJU, 3/27 Yellow Medicine (2) BRB, 3/31 Lac qui Parle (Hantho Twp.) BJU. High counts 3/10 Polk (18, Wetlands, Pines, and Prairie Audubon Sanctuary) HHu, 3/11 Marshall (16) JMJ, 4/25 St. Louis (13, Sax-Zim Bog) ABi. Additional north reports from Aitkin, Carlton, Clearwater, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching, Norman, Pennington, Roseau. Total of 1,404 individuals observed on 154 dancing grounds; down slightly from 2011 (Minnesota DNR). |
| 2012 | Summer | 7 | 1 | Observed in Aitkin, Kittson, Lac qui Parle, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis. |
| 2012 | Fall | 9 | 1 | All north reports: 8/1–11/25 St. Louis (max. 8, Sax Zim) m.ob., 8/20 Marshall PLJ, 8/31 Lake of the Woods KRE, m.ob., 9/1–03 Roseau KRE, m.ob., 9/13 Pine (C.R. 20) RBJ, 9/25 Polk (Tympanuchus W.M.A.) VLa, 9/30 Pennington JMJ, 10/20 Polk (Glacial Ridge N.W.R.), 10/25 Aitkin FGo, 11/9 Traverse BJU. Only south report 10/10 Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R.) BJU. |
| 2012 | Winter | 11 | High counts 12/29 Roseau (45) JMJ, 2/17 Marshall (37) ClS. CBC high counts 12/29 Roseau (114), 12/31 Baudette (6). No south reports, and reported from only Aitkin south of a line from Polk to St. Louis. | |
| 2013 | Spring | 15 | 1 | Only south report 4/7 Lyon †JCC was well out of range and likely a released bird. High counts 3/30 Pennington (42) KLa, 3/4 Red Lake (32) SAS, 3/2 Polk (30) BJS. Additional north reports from Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Pine, Roseau, St. Louis. |
| 2013 | Summer | 12 | Observed in Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, Marshall, Pine, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, St. Louis. First county breeding record for Red Lake DKb. | |
| 2013 | Fall | 7 | Reported from Red Lake, Marshall, Roseau (including high count of 16 on 11/9 southeast of Warroad near Swift JWH), Lake of the Woods, Koochiching, St. Louis, and Aitkin. | |
| 2013 | Winter | 9 | North reports only, from Aitkin, Clay, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis, with high counts 2/14 Polk (100) EH, 1/16 Marshall (48) CSt. CBC high counts 1/2 Agassiz N.W.R. (143), 12/14 Crookston (120). | |
| 2014 | Spring | 13 | 2 | Two south reports: 5/11 Yellow Medicine BRB, 5/16 Lac qui Parle (2, Plover Prairie) DLP. High counts 4/1 Polk (30, Glacial Ridge N.W.R.) CrM, m.ob., 5/4 St. Louis (18, Sax-Zim Bog) TPW. Additional north reports from Aitkin, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Roseau. |
| 2014 | Summer | 7 | 1 | Found in Aitkin, Carlton, Clay, Lac qui Parle, Marshall, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis. |
| 2014 | Fall | 7 | Reported from Aitkin, Itasca, Kittson, Pennington (including the high count of 12 on 10/23 GT), Polk, Marshall and Roseau. | |
| 2014 | Winter | 7 | North reports only from Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis. High counts 1/14 Kittson (20, Karlstad) KuE, 2/15 Marshall (20) CSt, 2/1 Polk (17, Agassiz Valley) SAu. CBC high counts 12/18 Agassiz N.W.R. (73), 1/2 Baudette (73), 1/3 Roseau (48). | |
| 2015 | Spring | 13 | 2 | Two south reports: 3/22 Yellow Medicine JSc (Mound Spring Prairie S.N.A.), 5/1 Lac qui Parle DLP (1, Plover Prairie). High counts 3/6 Pennington (25) SAS, 4/17 Aitkin (15, County 18) VJo. Additional north reports from Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis, Wilkin. |
| 2015 | Summer | 9 | Reported from Beltrami, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis. High count 6/1 Lake of the Woods (13) MHK. | |
| 2015 | Fall | 5 | Reported from Aitkin, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Polk, St. Louis. High counts 10/17 Polk (18, Belgium Twp.) SAu, 8/29 Kittson (10, Skull Lake W.M.A.) LAi. | |
| 2015 | Winter | 11 | 1 | High counts 1/3 Beltrami (19) TSp, JLs, MGo, 12/5 Polk (10) SAu. All south reports 12/5, 12/23, 1/3, 1/28 Lac qui Parle (2–5 individuals, Plover Prairie Preserve East Unit) DLP. CBC high counts 12/18 Agassiz N.W.R. (146), 12/19 Crookston (31), 1/2 Roseau (27). |
| 2016 | Spring | 11 | Reports from Carlton, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, and St. Louis. High counts 4/20 Roseau (25, 290th St.) AxL, 4/13 Kittson (24, Richardville Twp.) AxL. | |
| 2016 | Summer | 11 | 2 | Reported from all northern regions plus Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine. |
| 2016 | Fall | 10 | 1 | One south report 8/7–8 Yellow Medicine (max. 2, Mound Spring Prairie) KnM, GWe. North reports from Aitkin, Clay, Clearwater, Koochiching, Marshall, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Polk, St. Louis. High counts 11/26 Aitkin (15) ASu, 8/11 St. Louis (9) CBH. |
| 2016 | Winter | 13 | North reports only, from more counties than in the past 10 winter seasons. High counts 1/29 Beltrami (26) KNg, 12/31 Roseau (24) DBW, 1/28 Polk (21) HHu. CBC high counts 12/17 Agassiz N.W.R. (81), 12/31 Roseau (47). | |
| 2017 | Spring | 12 | 1 | One south report: 5/12 Lac qui Parle (1, Plover Prairie) DvM. High counts 4/29 Kittson (21, various places north and west of Lancaster) WCM, 5/3 Lake of the Woods (21) WDC. Additional north reports from Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Koochiching, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, St. Louis. |
| 2017 | Summer | 8 | 1 | Reported from Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Polk, St. Louis, plus 6/26 Yellow Medicine (near last year's report in Normania Twp.) GWe. |
| 2017 | Fall | 4 | 1 | One south report 10/18 Yellow Medicine (1, Mound Spring Prairie S.N.A.) WCM. North reports from Marshall, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis. High count 11/10 St. Louis (8) TPM. |
| 2017 | Winter | 13 | 1 | North reports from 13 counties, the same as last year; these are the most in the past ten winters. High counts 2/10 Aitkin (26, near Palisade) KCR, 1/9 Marshall (20) JHs. One south report: 2/24 Lac qui Parle (7) DLP. |
| 2018 | Spring | 13 | 2 | Two south reports: 3/26–4/28 Lac qui Parle (max. 5, Big Stone N.W.R.) DLP, m.ob., 4/1–5/28 Yellow Medicine (max. 7, Mound Spring Prairie S.N.A.) WCM, KeL, ASu, LiH, m.ob. High counts 4/1 Polk (50, Euclid) ebd, 3/10 Polk (48, Glacial Ridge N.W.R.) MSS. Additional north reports from Aitkin, Grant (3/24, 12 individuals at the North Ottawa Impoundment, ph. WPl), Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Roseau, St. Louis, Wilkin. |
| 2018 | Summer | 11 | Observed in all northern regions plus Grant, Pine. | |
| 2018 | Fall | 6 | 1 | Â South reports 8/11 Yellow Medicine (2, Mound Spring Prairie) WCM, also 10/2 (6, same location) BRB. North reports from Itasca, Kittson (including the high count of 14 on 10/9 KiH, KnM), Koochiching, Pennington, Pine, St. Louis. |
| 2018 | Winter | 11 | North reports only, with the great majority from St. Louis (Sax-Zim Bog). Statewide high counts 12/29 Roseau (39) ebd, 12/21 Polk (22, Glacial Ridge N.W.R.) ebd, 12/7 Kittson (16) SKu, NKu, 12/19 Pennington (12) RAE, 1/13 Polk (12) HHu, 12/29 Roseau (12) ebd. Sax-Zim Bog high count 2/22 (11) ebd. CBC high counts 12/29 Roseau (70), 12/20 Glacial Ridge (60), 12/15 Crookston (13). | |
| 2019 | Spring | 14 | 1 | All south 4/27–5/2 Lac qui Parle (max. 5) ebd, DLP. High count 5/4 Kittson (19, near Karlstad) REn, AxB. Additional north reports from Aitkin, Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Koochiching, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis, Wilkin. |
| 2019 | Summer | 5 | 2 | Â Found in Kittson, Lac qui Parle, Marshall, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis, Yellow Medicine. |
| 2019 | Fall | 4 | 1 | One south report 10/10 Chippewa (2, Lac qui Parle W.M.A.) WGe. North reports from Marshall, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis. High count 9/28 Roseau (24, near Roseau) ebd. |
| 2019 | Winter | 10 | Â North reports only, with the great majority from St. Louis (Sax-Zim Bog). High count 12/19 Polk (26, near Pembina W.M.A.) ebd. Sax-Zim Bog counts were 7 or fewer. New winter record: 12/27 Norman (Twin Valley Prairie S.N.A.) ebd. CBC high counts 12/18 Newfolden (302), 1/4 Roseau (84), 12/19 Glacial Ridge (43), 1/5 Baudette (21). | |
| 2020 | Spring | 13 | 1 | One south report: 4/30 Yellow Medicine (1, Mound Spring Prairie) BRB. High count 3/1 Polk (24, Agassiz Audubon Sanctuary) HHu. Additional north reports from Aitkin, Carlton, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, and St. Louis. |
| 2020 | Summer | 7 | Observed in Aitkin, Clay, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Roseau, St. Louis. | |
| 2020 | Fall | 10 | 2 | Two south reports 8/15–16 Yellow Medicine (max. 7, Mound Spring Prairie) WCM, JWZ, ebd, 10/24 Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R.) ebd. North reports from Aitkin, Clay, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Pine, Polk, Roseau, St. Louis. High counts 11/28 Roseau (35, field along 4/0th Ave.) JWH, JWa, 10/19, 10/22 Polk (26, near Warren) HHu, 11/28 Pennington (25, near Saint Hilaire) HHu. |
| 2020 | Winter | 12 | North reports only, with the great majority from St. Louis (Sax-Zim Bog), followed by Polk. Unusual winter record 1/1, 1/6 Becker NaH. High counts 1/8 Beltrami (72, Fourtown) REn, RLF, 1/24 Marshall (70, west of Holt) TWe, BWe, 1/12 Polk (45) JGW. CBC high counts 12/27 Roseau (152), 12/18 Newfolden (105), 12/19 Crookston (35). | |
| 2021 | Spring | 18 | 3 | Three south reports: 3/13 Swift (9, Swift Lake Dam) ebd, 4/5 Lac qui Parle (Salt Lake) ASu, 4/10 Pipestone (2, near Woodstock) DGu, ebd. Higher number of north reports than usual from Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Grant, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Pine, Red Lake, Roseau, St. Louis, and high count 4/10 Polk (40, Tympanuchus Prairie) ebd. |
| 2021 | Summer | 9 | 1 | Seen in all northern regions plus Yellow Medicine. First county breeding record: 7/3 Mahnomen KEm. |
| 2021 | Fall | 12 | 2 | Two south reports 8/20 Big Stone BRB, 8/21 – 11/6 Lac qui Parle (max. 8, reported from 3 separate locations) EHi, KeL, ebd. North reports from Aitkin, Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, St. Louis. High counts all from Agassiz Valley Impoundment, on different sides of the county line: 11/30 Marshall (40) HHu, 11/16, 11/25 Polk (35) HHu. |
| 2021 | Winter | 14 | North reports only, with the great majority from St. Louis (Sax-Zim Bog). High counts 1/29 Polk (68, Pankratz Memorial Prairie) SAu, JCJ, 1/4 Marshall (54, west of Newfolden) HHu, 12/11 Beltrami (52, north of Grygla) SAu, JCJ. CBC high counts 12/17 Glacial Ridge (124), 12/21 Newfolden (109), 1/2 Roseau (95). | |
| 2022 | Spring | 16 | 2 | All south reports: 3/16 Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R.) ebd, 3/24 Lac qui Parle (2, Agassiz Twp.) NSq, ebd, 3/19, 4/16 Yellow Medicine (max. 16, Mound Spring Prairie) BRB, ebd. Higher number of north reports than usual from Aitkin, Becker, Clay, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Norman, Pennington, Pine, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, St. Louis, Wilkin and high count 3/5 Marshall (35, near Warren) HHu. |
| 2022 | Summer | 12 | Observed in all northern regions. | |
| 2022 | Fall | 11 | North reports from Aitkin, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, St. Louis. High count 10/18 Polk (37, Angus Oslo 4 Flood Control Project) HHu. | |
| Permanent resident mostly northwest, north-central, and east-central. | ||||
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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. |