Yellow-billed Loon(Gavia adamsii) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1980 | Fall | | | 11-16 Itasca (L. Winibigoshish) TS, 11-26 Duluth KE, JG, 11-27 Two Harbors TS, 11-28 Two Harbors, Burlington Bay KE, last sighting. |
1987 | Fall | | | 10/17 Duluth KE et al. ( The Loon60:37). |
1995 | Fall | | | A juvenile and fourth state record 11/11–13 on Mille Lacs Lake, Crow Wing Co. KE et al. (The Loon 68:59–60). |
2001 | Fall | | | Juvenile seen 11/4 Mille Lacs (Mille Lacs L.) †PHS, †PCC. Fifth Minnesota record. |
2004 | Winter | | | Sixth state record 1/4 Lake (Two Harbors) †TW, AC, DL; refound 1/8,10,11 †RMD, †KRE et al., ph. JWL. |
2022 | Winter | | 1 | Seventh state record and the first since 2005: 12/3 Hennepin (Bde Maka Ska) SLC, DHs, ph. †DWK, ph. †TPu, ph. †IsH, ph. TGi, †PRH, †NMe, m.ob. Reported to MOU or eBird by more than 80 different observers on this single day. This loon may have been present on 12/2, but descriptive and photographic details were inconclusive. |
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| Eight records: five fall and three winter. Recorded in two (2022, 2023) of the last ten years. |