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 - Plovers | 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: Plovers |
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Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover |
[PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER] Killdeer |
Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover |
Wilson's Plover Snowy Plover |
| Snowy Plover(Charadrius nivosus) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
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| 1976 | Spring | 5-1 Lyon HK, first state record. | ||
| 1982 | Summer | One at Lake of the Woods 7/11-18 (The Loon 54:242). | ||
| 1983 | Summer | One, 7/28 Lake of the Woods (NMH). (Loon 55: 177). | ||
| 1986 | Summer | One seen 6/30 in Clay (KE, The Loon 58:142-143; fifth state record.) | ||
| 1987 | Spring | 5/15 Agassiz NWR, J. Matts son (The Loon 59:155). | ||
| 1997 | Fall | Seventh state record 8/16 Polk (Crookston lagoons) AH. | ||
| 2004 | Summer | Eighth state record 6/4–5 Stearns (Albany) ph. †KJB; †CBr, †PCC, ph. †PHS, ph. †DTT, †SMT, m.ob (The Loon 77:48–49). | ||
| 2006 | Summer | Discovery of an adult male Snowy Plover at Big Stone N.W.R., 7/1 Lac qui Parle †PCC, ph. †PHS, led to an adult female with the male 7/3 (ph. DWK, JLO) and two recently hatched chicks on the 8th (DBz, CCB, ph. RLE). The female was last observed 7/9. The chicks were faithfully attended by the male through at least 7/29, when both apparently fledged; at least one bird lingered through 8/27. Ninth state record, second refuge record, and first state nesting record. | ||
| 2006 | Fall | Last seen at Big Stone N.W.R. 8/27 Lac qui Parle (1) PCC, PHS (please see summer report). | ||
| 2007 | Spring | 1 | Tenth state record 5/30–31 St. Louis (Park Point, Duluth) ph. SCZ, ph. †KRE, ph. †PHS, ph. CLW, m.ob. (The Loon 79:240). | |
| 2009 | Spring | 1 | One bird observed 5/30 Marshall (Parker Pool, Agassiz N.W.R., second refuge and 11th state record) ph. †DBW, JMJ. | |
| 2017 | Summer | 1 | Seen 6/8–9 Grant (North Ottawa Impoundment) ph. †GHo, †SAu, †RAE, †REn, m.ob. | |
| Twelve records: five spring, six summer, and one fall. One breeding record (2006). Recorded in two (2009, 2017) of the last ten years, Formerly Casual. | ||||
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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. |