Vermilion Flycatcher(Pyrocephalus rubinus) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1977 | Fall | | | One adult male seen 11-6 and 11-7 on Rustad farm near Elizabeth, Otter Tail County, first state record. |
1991 | Fall | | | Second state record. 10/13-14 Park Point, Duluth (imm. female) TS et. al. (The Loon 64:57). |
1994 | Fall | | | 11/25–27 Kandiyohi (immature female, photographed) JWC, RF (third state record, The Loon 67:57–59). |
2015 | Fall | 2 | | An amazing three individuals found this season, representing the fourth and fifth state records, and providing the first reports of this species since 1994. A juvenile male or adult female was spotted at the Lutsen Resort 11/2 Cook †KRE, ph. DBM. Two individuals were present at a ranch near Richwood in Becker. One of these was first seen by the landowner on 10/21, and the last report was 11/16 RZi. Documentation: ph. DBM, ph. †SBM, ph. †PEB, ph. †DAB, †PBB, ph. DWK, ph. SAu, ph. JPR. |
2017 | Fall | | 1 | Sixth state record and first county record, a year-old male 10/12 Yellow Medicine (Florida Twp., 1/0th St. south of 250th Ave.) ph.† KRE, KMS, SSc. Unfortunately the bird could not be refound shortly after the initial sighting. |
2020 | Summer | 1 | | Seen 6/6 Cook ph. †GFa. |
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  | Seven records: one summer and six fall. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2020. Formerly Accidental. |