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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon | |
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The 1964-Spring Season 1 March through 31 May 1964 by Ronald L. Huber |
Weather: March was generally warm
and dry, with the Woodchuck appearing
on the 13th, and the Eastern Chipmunk
on the 28th (DH). April was
mostly warm and wet, with almost 4
inches of precipitation at Fargo-Moorhead
(EGA). Although there were a
few cold days in April, Mourning
Cloak butterflies were out on the 11th
and Milbert's Tortoise-shells were out
by the 23rd (RLH). May was alternately
warm and cool, with little rain
and a few periods·of very strong winds
from the south and west. Temperatures
in the 80's were recorded in southern
and western Minnesota during the
first few days of May, and at FargoMoorhead,
winds gusted to 41m.p.h.
on May 3 (EGA). About mid-May,
strong winds ripped through the Twin
Cities area, with gusts to 106 m.p.h.
Almost coincidental to thes·e windy periods were the passerine waves: 5·3 Fargo (and night flights on 5-5 and 5-19) EGA, first week of May, Ramsey Co., (and night flight on 5-11) ACR, 5-15 Rochester (night flight) JPF, did not materialize in Winona Co. GD, did not materialize in Douglas Co., MVS, did not materialize in Marshall Co., DLO, 5-17 Washington Co. DH; most observers agreed that peaks occurred during first few days of May and again in mid-May. Janet Green of Duluth recorded new early arrival dates for the area for eleven species of warblers! General consideration: Perhaps it might prove interesting, phenologically, to try and compare annual spring and fall movements of birds with such other phenomena as the foliation and defoliation of common trees and flowers, spring and autumn schedules of resident vertebrates (mammals, reptiles, amphibians·) and common, easily recognized insects (butterflies, beetles, dragonflies, etc.). Some observers not only report their bird observations to me, but they also report when they see the first bats, butterflies, chipmunks, etc. On 4-22, while watching and listening to the moon-lit Americ3.n Woodcock courtship performances near Duluth with the JCG's, I was surprised to hear the calls of Wood Frogs and Cricket Frogs, even though the temperature was· only a few degrees above freezing. We also heard a Winter Wren singing in the darkness of a nearby spruce swamp. The following day we saw a Snapping Turtle that had just emerged on Minnesota Point. On 4-26, RG and WRP found several Blanding's Turtles active in Anoka Co. On 4-30, RO trapped a Bog Lemming near his home in Wadena Co (a new county record). He also trapped a Meadow Jumping Mouse on 5-5 and collected Silver-haired Bats, migrating north along the Crow Wing River, on 6-6. In April, an Otter was carefully identified in Lac qui Parle Co., along the Minnesota River not far from Appleton, by HFH. This appears to be an isolated record for the southwestern quarter of the state. As is most likely evident, observers are identified in this report by their initials, a complete list of which follows the summary_
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| Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks | |||||
| Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) | 4-4 Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ; 4-9 Salt Lake, 400 mixed, RKO; 4-11 Marshall Co, peak on 5-5, 5000 mixed, DLO; 4-11 French River, Snow Geese only, JGH; 4-12 Duluth, 1 Snow Goose (blue phase), JCG; 4-18 Warroad, JR; 4-22 Ramsey Co, mixed, ACR | ||||
| Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) | 3-15 Lac qui Parle Refuge, 5,RKO; 4-4 Swift Co, RBJ; 4-18 Salt Lake, RG; 4-18 Duluth, 1, JCG; 5-11 Marshall Co, 7, DLO. | ||||
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) | 3-7 Ramsey Co, ACR; 3-14 Salt Lake, 150, RKO; 3-16 Wright Co, EC; 3-16 Marshall Co, DLO; 3-22 Washington Co, DH; 4-4 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-12 Warroad, JR; 4-11 thru 4-29 Duluth, more observations than ever before, JCG. | ||||
| Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) | 4-4 Washington Co, 10, ACR; 4-4 Salt Lake, 18 and 4-9, 200, RKO; 4-2 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-4 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-5 Wabasha Co, 1200, GD; 4-6 Hennepin Co, 70, photo in Mpls newspaper; 4-11 Wadena Co, 3 flocks of 300 each, RO; 4-11 Hibbing, HM; 4-11 Warroad, JR; 4-11 Duluth, 700, most ever recorded there, PBH; 4-12 Washington Co, DH; 4-17 Stearns Co, 14, RPR, EAR. | ||||
| Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) | 3-21 Washington Co, DH; 3-25 Dakota Co, EWJ; 3-28 Washington Co, DH; 4-6 Washington Co, JO; 4-6 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-11 Lac qui Parle Refuge, RKO; 4-18 Duluth, JCG; 5-1 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) | 3-14 Salt Lake, RKO; 4-7 Dakota Co, MAS; 4-11 Sibley Co, RG; 4-11 Washington Co, DH; 4-12 Duluth, JCG; 4-14 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-15 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-16 Warroad, JR | ||||
| Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera) | 4-25 Agassiz National Refuge, Marshall Co, male seen at less than 50 feet by 0. E. Janzen, Roseau High School science teacher, fide JR; 5-11 Downer, Clay Co, 4 seen, fide EGA, details given to RBJ. (See Notes of Interest)_ | ||||
| Gadwall (Mareca strepera) | 3-21 Ramsey Co, BL; 3-27 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-11 St. Peter, BT; 4-11 Marshall Co, peak 5-15, 4,080 seen, DLO; 4-12 Salt Lake, RKO; 4-18 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| American Wigeon (Mareca americana) | 3-14 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-29 Duluth, JCG; 4-6 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-11 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-11 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-12 Warroad, JR; 4-14 Washington Co, DH. Sh01Jeler: 3-14 Salt Lake, RKO; 4-7 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-11 Duluth, AMBR; 4-12 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-14 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-17 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-19 Washington Co, DH. | ||||
| American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) | 3-22 Duluth, peak on 4-18, 100, JCG; 3-27 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-2 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-17 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) | 3-14 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-28 Washington Co, BL; 3-29 Duluth, JCG; 4-4 Salt Lake, 200, RKO; 4-5 Wabasha Co, GD; 4-7 Dakota Co, MAS; 4-10 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-11 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-16 Warroad, JR | ||||
| Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) | 3-28 Dakota Co, RBJ; 4-5 Duluth, JCG; 4-7 Dakota Co, MAS; 4-11 Lac qui Parle Refuge, RKO; 4-11 Sibley Co, FL; 4-11 Marshall Oo, DLO; 4-17 Big Stone Co, RPR; 4-18 Warroad, JR; 4-19 Washington Co, DH; 4-25 Becker Co, EGA. | ||||
| Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) | 3-14 Dakota Co, RBJ; 4-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-11 Two Harbors, GEC; 4-11 Lac qui Parle Refuge, RKO; 4-12 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-12 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-14 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-17 Stevens Co, 40, RPR | ||||
| Redhead (Aythya americana) | 3-28 Washington Co, BL; 4-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-11 Lac qui Parle Refuge, RKO; 4-12 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-12 Duluth, JCG; 4-14 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-17 Stearns Co, RPR Ring-necked Duck; 3-28 Washington Co, BL; 4-5 Hennepin Co, many, MAS; 4-5 Stearns Co, 150 on 5-2, RPR; 4-11 Carver Co, RG; 4-11 Duluth, PHB; 4-11 Marshall Co, DLO_ | ||||
| Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) | 4-10 Duluth, JCG; 4-11 Sibley Co, RG, RBJ, BT, FL. | ||||
| Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) | 3-8 Wabasha Co, JO; 3-14 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-16 Wright Oo, EC; 3-20 Washington Co, DH; 3-21 Ramsey Co, BL; 3-27 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-2 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-2 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-11 Lac qui Parle Refuge, RKO; 4-11 Marshall Oo, DLO; 4-12 Duluth, JCG; the 2nd week in April, Winona Co, KK reported fantastic total of 126,700 of this species. | ||||
| Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) | 4-1 mouth of Cross River, Lake Superior, one male, JGH. (See Notes of Interest). | ||||
| White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) | 4-14 Duluth 3, PBH; 4-29 Duluth, 24, JCG; 5-4 Duluth, 25-30, JCG; last seen at Duluth on 5-16, PBH. | ||||
| Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) | latest dates, 3-1 Duluth, 25, JCG; 4-23 Two Harbors, 18, GEC. | ||||
| Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | 3-28 Dakota Co, RBJ; 4-3 Ramsey Co, BL; 4-6 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-6 Washington Co, DH; 4-11 Duluth, PBH; 4-11 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-11 Carver Oo, RBJ; 4-17 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-20 Beltrami Co, MG. | ||||
| Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | 3-27 Dakota Co, ACR; 3-28 Washington Co, BL; 4-4 Duluth, PBH; 4-6 Washington Co, DH; 4-11 Warroad, JR; 4-12 Beltrami Co, MG; 4-14 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) | 3-8 Wabasha Co, JO; 3-14 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-17 Duluth, JCG; 3-27 Dakota Co, ACR; 4-6 Washington Co, DH; 4-11 Lac qui Parle Refuge, RKO; 4-11 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-19 Stearns Co, RPR. | ||||
| Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) | 3-28, Dakota Co, RBJ; 4-4 Duluth PBH; 4-4 Dakota Co, large flock, MAS; 4-11 St. Peter, BT, FL; 4-19 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-15 Marshall Co, 'rare spring migrant," DLO. This species was common in Eastern Minnesota this spring. | ||||
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | 4-4 Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ; 4-11 St. Peter, BT, FL; 4-20 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-22 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-4 Duluth, 28, JCG; 5-12 Hennepin Co, 32, MAS; 5-15 Sherburne Co, RPR. | ||||
| New World Quail | |||||
| Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | 5-13 Dakota Co, 1 calling, RG; 6-10 Anoka Co, 1 calling, DP, LJ. | ||||
| Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys | |||||
| Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis) | 4-25 St. Louis Co, 1 seen, NJH. | ||||
| Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) | 5-17 Aitkin Co, 1, PHR | ||||
| Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) | 4-17 Stevens Co, RPR; 4-25 Felton, Clay Co, booming, 7 birds, RG, RLH; 4-29 Cass Co, near Nimrod, LJ, RO; 5-6 Ada, Clay Co, booming, EGA. | ||||
| Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) | 4-18 Artichoke Lake, RG, RLH; 4-19 Wabasha Co, JPF; 5-5 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Grebes | |||||
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) | 4-10 Wright Co, EC; 4-12 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-17 Pope Co, RPR; 4-18 Two Harbors, GEC; 4-19 Douglas Co, MVS; 4-20 Wadena Co, RO; 4-24 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-2 Beltrami Co, JAM. | ||||
| Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) | 4-5 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 4-18 Two Harbors, GEC; 4-24 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) | 4-16 Pope Co, ELC; 4-18 Frontenac, Goodhue Co, RBJ; 4-19 Becker Co, EGA; 5-10 Salt Lake, RG; 5-18 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-20 Anoka Co, MAS; 6-6 Rock Co, DP. | ||||
| Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) | 4-25 Frog Lake, RBJ; 5-22 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Cuckoos | |||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | 5-6 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-10 Frontenac, JPF; 5-14 Washington Co, DH; 5-16 Wabasha Co, RBJ, JCG; 5-19 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-20 Wright Co, EC; 6-6 Wadena Co, 1 collected, RO; definitely extending range northwestward. | ||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) | 5-10 Frontenac, JPF; 5-11 Washington Co, DH; 5-13 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-17 Anoka Co, RG; 5-17 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-19 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-19 Wright Co, EC; 5-21 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-23 Crow Wing Co, TEM; 5-27 Stearns Co, RPR. | ||||
| Nightjars | |||||
| Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | 4-26 Dakota Co, IG; 5-1 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-3 Rochester, JPF; 5-7 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-7 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-8 Winona, GD; 5-11 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-13 Washington Co, DH; 5-15 Wright Co, EC; 5-22 Cass Co, JAM. | ||||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) | 4-25 Pickwick, PW; 5-3 Duluth, DM; 5-4 Rochester, JPF; 5-7 Two Harbors, RK; 5-8 Cloquet Forest, GWG; 5-15 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-16 Goodhue Co, RBJ; 5-17 Washington Co, DH; 5-17 Beltrami Co, MG; 5-19 Warroad, JR. | ||||
| Swifts | |||||
| Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | 4-26 Ramsey Co, RLH; 4-26 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-30 Rochester, JPF; 5-1 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5·3 Hen· nepin Co, MAS; 5·4 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-4 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-4 Wright Co, EC; 5·5 Cass Co, JAM; 5-9 Washington Co, DH. | ||||
| Hummingbirds | |||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | 5·2 Da· kota Co, RBJ, HFH; 5·5 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5·7 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-7 Wright Co, EC; 5·8 Stearns Co, "common by 5-12," RPR; 5-10 Duluth, JCG; 5-12 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-18 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-23 Crow Wing Co, TEM. | ||||
| Rails, Gallinules, Coots | |||||
| Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) | 5-15 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-21 Duluth, PBH; 5-23 Ramsey Co, MAS. | ||||
| Sora (Porzana carolina) | 4-12 Anoka Co, RBJ, 1 found dead; 4-19 Wabasha Co, JPF; 4-22 Hennepin Co, ACR; 4-25 Salt Lake, RLH; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-1 Wright Co, EC; 5-7 Sherburne Co, RPR; 5-7 Washington Co, DH; 5-8 Winona, DCF. | ||||
| Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) | 5-29 Ramsey Co, Mrs. Swedenborg. Semipalmated Pl01Jer: 4-14 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-25 Salt Lake, RG, RLH; 5-7 Grand Marais, Cook Co, JCG. | ||||
| Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) | 5-23 Becker Co, south of Waubun, none seen or heard at usual spot, but their presence was detected by a fresh nest with eggs, which was unfortunately destroyed underfoot, RLH. | ||||
| Cranes | |||||
| Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) | 4-12 Marshall Co, 25, DLO; 4-20 Warroad, JR; 5-17 Aitkin Co, 1, DM. | ||||
| Stilts, Avocets | |||||
| American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) | 5-5 Duluth, 2 PHB; 5-10 Salt Lake, RG; 5-16 Fargo, 2, DRL. | ||||
| Plovers | |||||
| Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) | 4-11 Ramsey Co, 1 fall plumage, very early, excellent details given, BL; 5-12 Hennepin LJ; 5-19 Duluth, PBH; 5-22 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) | 4-4 Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ, very early; 4-18 Stevens Co, RG, RLH; 5-7 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) | 5-7 Duluth, PBH; 5-10 Salt Lake, RLH. | ||||
| Sandpipers | |||||
| Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) | 4-25 Salt Lake, RG, RLH; 4-26 Sherburne Co, RPR; 4-28 Wright Co, EC; 5-24 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) | 5-12 Dora Lake, Cass Co, JAM; 5-20 Duluth, 16 JCG. | ||||
| Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) | 5-9 White Rock Dam, above Lake Traverse, EGA; 5-10 Salt Lake, RG; 5-14 Marshall Co, 10, "rare spring migrant," DLO; 5-15 Hennepin Co, 30, good details, MEC; 5-17 Aitkin Co, 6, PBH. | ||||
| Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) | 4-17 Stearns Co, 2, RPR; 4-18 Salt Lake, 1, Wilkin Co, 30, RG, RLH; 4-27 Warroad, JR; 5-1 Mar shall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) | 5-9 Duluth, JCG; 5-22 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-23 Mille Lacs Lake, TEM; 5-24 Hennepin Co, RBJ. | ||||
| RUFF (Calidris pugnax) | See articles elsewhere in this issue. | ||||
| Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) | 5-7 Winona Co, BT; 5-10 Salt Lake, RG. | ||||
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) | 4-18 Frontenac, RBJ; 5-7 Winona Co, LJ; 5-7 Duluth, 125, JCG; 5-10 Salt Lake, RG; 5-12 Hennepin Co, MAS. | ||||
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) | 4-17 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-7 Duluth, JCG; 5-10 Salt Lake, RG. | ||||
| Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) | See Notes of Interest; 4-25 Salt Lake, RBJ. | ||||
| Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) | 4-12 Hennepin Co, RBJ, RG; 4-19 Wright Co, EC; 5-7 Winona Co, LJ; 5-8 Duluth, DM; 5-12 Hennepin Co, MAS. | ||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) | 5-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-10 Salt Lake, RG; 5-19 Duluth, PBH. | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) | 5-10 Redwood Co, RG, RLH; 5-17 Dakota Co, RG, RLH. | ||||
| Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) | 5-7 Stevens Co, RAG, 15 identified by call note. | ||||
| American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) | 4-4 Duluth, fide PBH; 4-13 Washington Co, DH; 425 Dakota Co, ACR. | ||||
| Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) | 4-19 Wright Co, EC; 5-2 Frontenac, RBJ; 5-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-7 Winona Co, BT; 5-7 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-7 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Willet (Tringa semipalmata) | 4-25 Salt Lake, RBJ; 5-7 Sherburne Co, 1, EAH; 5-9 White Rock Dam, above Lake Traverse, EGA; at Duluth on 5-7 JCG, 5-10 BL, 5-19 PBH. | ||||
| Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) | 4-4 Washington Co, BL; 4-7 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-7 Anoka Co, LJ; 4-11 Nicollet Co, FL; 4-12 Duluth, JCG; 4-17 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-1 Washington Co, DH; 5-2 Ramsey Co, ACR. Knot: 5-21 Duluth, 1, JCG; 6-6 Salt Lake, 1, RBJ, FL. | ||||
| Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) | 5-10 Salt Lake, RG, RLH; 5-29, Dakota Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Gulls, Terns | |||||
| Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | 4-21 Hennepin Co, LJ; 4-24 Duluth, JCG; 5-2 Frontenac, RBJ. | ||||
| Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) | 3-20 Douglas Co, very early, MVS; 4-4 Albert Lea, RLH; 4-11 Swan Lake, RBJ; 4-15 Marshall Co, many thousand, DLO; 4-16 Lac qui Parle Co, ELC; 4-17 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-18 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | 4-1 Dakota Co, RBJ, late; 4-5 Duluth, JCG; 4-8 Winona, GD; 4-17 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-1 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-13 Stearns Co, RPR. | ||||
| Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) | last date for wintering bird, 3-29, St. Louis Co, first year bird, JCG. | ||||
| Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) | latest dates, 3-29 Grand Marais, Cook Co, AEA; 3-29 Duluth, last adult, JCG; 4-19 Duluth, 1 immature, JKB; 5-3 DM and 5-5 PBH at Duluth, 1 immature. (See Notes of Interest). | ||||
| Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | 5-7 Duluth, JCG; 5-17 Ramsey Co, RLH; 5-21 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-29 Ramsey Co, MAS. | ||||
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | 4-19 Douglas Co, early, MVS; 5-3 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-3 Wright Co, EC; 5-4 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-5 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-11 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-16 Duluth, PBH; 5-17 Crow Wing Co, MSB. | ||||
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) | 5-6 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | 4-12 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-17 Pope Co, many, RPR; 4-17 Wright Co, EC; 4-20 White Rock Dam, above L. Traverse, EGA; 4-21 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-11 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Loons | |||||
| Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) | only record, 5-28 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Common Loon (Gavia immer) | 4-5 Ramsey Co, BI.; 4-7 Dakota Co, MAS; 4-8 Winona Co, GD; 4-11 Ramsey Co, 30, KH; 4-11 Duluth, FN; 4-11 Wright Co, EC; 4-12 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-12 Anoka Co, LJ; 4-13 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-19 Becker Co, EGA; 4-22 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Cormorants | |||||
| Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) | 4-4 Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ; 4-16 Hennepin Co, 9, MAS; 4-16 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-18 Swift Co, RG; 4-18 Duluth, 5, JCG; 4-20 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-20 Wadena Co (2nd Co. record), RO. HERONS, EGRETS, ETC. | ||||
| Pelicans | |||||
| American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) | 4-4 Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ; 4-15 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-17 Big Stone Co, 100 plus, RPR; 4-18 Wheaton, RG; 5-18 Becker Co, RLW. | ||||
| Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons | |||||
| American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) | 3-31 Wright Co, EC; very early; 4-10 Douglas Co, MVS; 4-25 Virginia, VFB and Ely, MWM; 5-2 Stearns Co,RPR; 5-19 Chippewa Co, RLH, 5-11 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| LITTLE BLUE HERON (Egretta caerulea) | 5-8 and 5-9 Frontenac, Goodhue Co, 1 immature seen by many observers. See Notes of Interest. Bird not there on 5-10. Common Egret: 4-2 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-8 Winona Co, 4, GD; 4-11 Le Sueur, FL; 4-16 Pope Co, ELC; 4-16 Wadena Co (2nd Co. record), RO; 4-26 Ramsey Co, 3, ACR; 4-29 Hennepin Co, MEH; 5-5 to 5-7 Roseau Co, JR, 5-6 Becker Co, fide RLW; 5-9 Grant Co, 2, RPR; 5-16 Stearns Co, 2, EAH. | ||||
| Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) | See Notes of Interest. | ||||
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) | 5-3 La Crescent, BT; 5-9 Pig's Eye area, S. St. Paul just inside Dakota Co from Ramsey Co, RLH, nest found on 5-17; 5-17 Cannon Falls, Goodhue Co, photographed, BHL, IG. | ||||
| Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | 4-12 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-14 Washington Co, DH; 4-18 Lake Traverse, RG; 4-19 Hennepin Co, MAS. | ||||
| Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | 4-12 Washington Co, DH; 4-19 Wabasha Co, JPF; 4-22 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-25 Dakota Co, IG; 4-26 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-30 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-4 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) | 5-26 Grass Lake, Minneapolis, 1 adult, seen all day by MAS, RBJ. See Notes of Interest. | ||||
| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) | 3-27 Ramsey Co, BL 3-30 Anoka Co, ACR; 4-1 Wright Co, EC; 4-1 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-1 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-3 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-4 Washington Co, DH; 4-5 Duluth, NJH; 4-12 Beltrami Co, MG. | ||||
| New World Vultures | |||||
| Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | 4-11, Duluth 17, PBH; 4-11 Swan Lake. RG; 4-16 Itasca Co, JAM; 4-16 Wadena Co, RO; 4-19 Wabasha Co, JPF; 4-19 Warroad, JR; 4-19 Houston Co, GD; 4-25 Hennepin Co, ACR; 4-27 Collegeville, EAH; 5-2 Cass Lake, JAM; 5-28 Lake Co, JGH. | ||||
| Osprey | |||||
| Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | 3-27 Aitkin Co, JGH; 4-11 Duluth fide JCG; 4-16 Washington Co, DH; 4-18 Swift Co, RG, RLH; 4-27 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-28 Stearns Co, Wm. Heibel; 4-28 Washington Oo, ACR; 5-2 Dakota Co, RG; 5-3 Dakota Co, MAS; 5-13 Winona Co, KK | ||||
| Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles | |||||
| Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) | 3-20 Hibbing, 1 found dead, J. Gawboy; 4-4 St. Louis Co, J. Gawboy, 5-5, 22 mi S Warroad, JR. | ||||
| Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) | 3-2 Sherburne Co, RPR; 3-5 Marshall Co, DLO; 3-12 Duluth, JCG; 3-13 Hennepin Co, MEH; 3-14 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-15 Warroad, JR; 3-16 Wright Co, EC; 3-19 Hennepin Co, EWJ; 3-21 Washington Co, DH. | ||||
| American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) | 3-13 Princeton, brought to JO, she banded and released it in Washington Co; 3-20, Stearns Co, RPR; 3-22, 4-10 and 4-11 Wadena Oo, RO; 3-15 Duluth, AMBR; 4-8 Stearns Co, RPR; at Duluth on 4-11 (PBH), 5-8 (JCG), 5-16 (PBH) and 5-17 (DM). | ||||
| Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | 3-7 Duluth, JCG; 3-8 Warroad, JR; 3-8 Wabasha Co, 1 ad, 2 imm, JO; 3-10 Stearns Co, H. Wilson; 3-15 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 3-25 Freeport, 1 ad, N. Zaczkowski; 3-25 DH; 3-29 Cascade River, Lake Superior, AEA; 3-29 Beltrami Co, MG; 4-5 Duluth, 1 ad, 1 imm, JCG; 4-15 Cass Co, 2, JAM; 4-17 Cass Co, 6, JAM; 4-18 Ramsey Co, 2 ad, MAS; 4-18 Duluth, JCG; 5-13 Itasca Co, JAM; 5-13 Hennepin Co, ELC. | ||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) | 3-2 and 3-21 Washington Co, DH; 3-14 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-27 Ramsey Co, BL; 3-27 Hennepin Co, EWJ; 3-27 Hibbing, HM, SM; 3-31 Washington Oo, JO; 4-4 to present, Collegeville, Stearns Co, RPR, EAH, probably nesting. | ||||
| Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) | 4-11 Duluth, MAS; 4-23 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-23 Fargo, EGA; 4-25 Lake Traverse, RBJ; 4-26 Duluth, 30, DM; 4-30 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-1 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) | 5-2 Wangs, Goodhue Co, RBJ, BL, RG, HFH; 5-9 Fargo, EGA. | ||||
| Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) | latest dates, 4-5 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-10 Sax to Zim, St. Louis Co, 38, JCG; 4-11 Duluth, MAS; 4-11 Sibley Co, RG, FL; 4-18 Appleton, RG, RLH; 4-21 Mahtowa, RLH; 5-3 Warroad, JR; 5-14 Nickerson, RLH; 5-15 Sherburne Co, RPR, EAH. | ||||
| FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Buteo regalis) | 4-18 Lake Traverse, RG, RLH; very rufous above, extremely white, contrasty windows on dorsal aspect of primaries, pink tail, rough-leg shape. | ||||
| Screech-Owls, Owls | |||||
| Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) | latest dates, 3-4 Beltrami Co, MG; 3-6 Duluth, fide JCG; 3-15 Hibbing, HM; 3-19 Hennepin Co, TEM; 3-22 Zim, St. Louis Co, NJH; 4-9 Warroad, JR; 4-13 Minneapolis, good details, ARF; 4-16 Marshall Co, 2, DLO; 5-28 Duluth, good details, RN. | ||||
| Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) | latest dates, 3-1 Sax to Zim, St. Louis Co, 4, DM; 3-8 same area, 1, DM. | ||||
| BURROWING OWL (Athene cunicularia) | 4-18 Traverse Co, a pair returned to the usual spot near Wheaton, RG, RLH. | ||||
| Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) | 3-1 Central Lakes, St. Louis Co, Mr. C. E. Stultz; 4-4, Beltrami Co, 2, RG, WRP. | ||||
| Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) | 3-21 Ramsey Co, BL; 4-1 Rochester, JPF; 4-11 Duluth, MAS. | ||||
| Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) | 3-7 Wabasha Co, JPF; 3-14 to 4-11 Duluth, 1, DM; 4-7 Wadena Co, RO; 4-9 Salt Lake, RKO; 4-12 to 4-16 Duluth, 2, DM; 4-16 Marshall Co, 3, DLO; 4-18 Big Stone, Stevens, Pope, Stearns Co's, 16 seen, RPR, EAH; 4-18 Lac qui Parle, Wilkin, Traverse Co's, 9 seen, RG, RLH; 4-18 Ramsey Co, BL; 5-27 Duluth, DM. | ||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) | 3-1, 1 found dead, R. Bernard; 4-4 thru 4-20 Wadena Co, RO; 4-8 Duluth, 1 captured by DM; 4-22 Duluth, 2 heard, JCG. | ||||
| Woodpeckers | |||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | 3-15 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-18 Hennepin Co, MEH; 4-28 Wright Co, EC; 5-2 Frontenac, RBJ; 5-4 Fargo, EGA; 5-4 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-4 Washington Co, DH; 5·8 Lake and Cook Co's, 3, JGH; 5·9 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-14 Cook Co, fide AEA; 5-18 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | 2-29, 3-1 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-8 Encampment Forest, MEP; 4·9 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-10 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-11 Hennepin Co, MEH; 4-12 Anoka Co, LJ; 4-12 Washington Co, DH; 4-14 Winona Co, GD; 4-15 Cass Co, JAM; 4-16 Warroad, JR; 4-17 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-18 Doug· las Co, MVS; 5-17 Crow Wing Co, MSB. KINGBIRDS, FLYCATCHERS AND | ||||
| Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | 3·30 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-2 Washington Co, JO; 4-2 Hennepin Co, MEH; 4-7 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-9 Rochester, JPF; 4-9 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-11 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-11 Duluth fide JCG; 4-11 Carver Co, RG; FL; 4-12 Washington Co, DH; 4-12 Ano· ka Co, LJ; 4-12 Cass Co, JAM; 4-16 Douglas Co, MVS; 4-16 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 4-16 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-19 War· road, JR; 4-20 Beltrami Co, MG. Slight invasion of hybrid flickers; RAG re· ports 7 observed that showed a mix· ture of both species and RO collected a specimen in Wadena Co that was a typical Yellow-shafted except for a few red feathers at the top of each black "whisker." | ||||
| Caracaras, Falcons | |||||
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) | 4-11 Duluth, MAS; 4-11 Wadena Co, RO; 4-18 Warroad, JR. | ||||
| GYRFALCON (Falco rusticolus) | 4-30 Ely, St. Louis Co, 1 white phase bird, MWM; seen again there 5-2 thru 5-19, sporadically. | ||||
| Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) | 3-17 Marshall Co, 1, and 2 on 5-18, DLO; 4-3 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-11 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-16 Big Stone Co, ELC; 4-27 Warroad, JR; 5-31 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Flycatchers | |||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | 5-4 Anoka Co, LJ; 5·5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-6 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-7 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5·7 Washington Co, DH; 5·11 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-15 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) | 5-4 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-10 Lac qui Parle Co, RG, RLH; 5-16 Wabasha Co, RBJ; 5-20 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-23 Sherburne Co, RPR; 5-24 Douglas Co, MVS. | ||||
| Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | 4-19 Douglas Co, MVS; 4-23 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5·1 Wi· nona Co, GD; 5·2 Wabasha Co, RBJ; 5-4 Anoka Co, LJ; 5·4 Wright Co, EC; 5-7 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-10 Washington Co, DH; 5-13 Cass Co, JAM; 5-17 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-17 Beltrami Co, MG. | ||||
| SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus forficatus) | 5-16 Castle Danger, Lake Co, Donald Wick, others, photographed. | ||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) | 5·5 Hennepin co, MAS; 5-7 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-10 Lac qui Parle Co, RG. RLH; 5·19 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-19 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | 4-27 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-4 Wright Co, EC; 5-12 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-13 Dakota Co, MAS; 5-16 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-17 Washington Co, DH; 5-17 Winona Co, GD; 5-23 Crow Wing Co, TEM. | ||||
| Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) | 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5·2 Goodhue Co, RBJ; 5·5 Doug· las Co, MVS; 5·6 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-6 Duluth, AKA; 5-8 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-10 Cass Co, JAM; 5·12 Anoka Co, LJ. | ||||
| Empidonax flycatcher (Empidonax sp.) | 5-18 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-19 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-20 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-23 Stearns Co, RPR. | ||||
| Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | 4-10 Washington Co, DH; 4-11 Carver Co, RBJ; 4-11 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-12 Anoka Co, LJ; 4-12 Grand Marais, Cook Co, Eliot Davis; 4-14 Hennepin Co, MAS. Yellow·bellied Flycatcher: 5-12 Henne· pin Co, RBJ; 5-14 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-16 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-18 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-19 Goodhue Co, MAS; 5-23 Crow Wing Co, TEM; 5-27 Stearns Co, RPR. | ||||
| Vireos | |||||
| Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) | 6-1 Wabasha Co, nesting, RG; 6-12 Luverne, Rock Co, 1 heard, RLH, appears to be first record for county. | ||||
| Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) | 5-7 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-4 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-14 Cass Co, JAM; 5-3 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 5-17 Aitkin Co, PBH. | ||||
| Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) | 5-15 Stearns Co, RPR; | ||||
| Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) | 5-5 Wright Co, EC; 5-8 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 5-16 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-16 Duluth, PBH. | ||||
| Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) | 5-15 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-13 Goodhue Co, MAS; 5-8 Wright Co, EC; 5-8 Washington Co, DH; 5-11 Douglas Co, MVS; 5-6, 5-7 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-11 Duluth, Rosalie Naddy, 5-9 Hennepin Co, RLH. | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) | 5-8 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-12 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-15 Wright Co, EC; 5-16 Washington Co, DH; 5-23 Crow Wing Co, TEM; 5-13 Winona Co, GD; 5-16 Rochester, JPF; 5-12 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-16 Cloquet Forest Research Center, GWG. | ||||
| Shrikes | |||||
| Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | 4-10 Sherburne Co, RPR; 5-12 Wright Co, EC; 4-18 Washington Co, IG; 4-10 Pope Co, WH; 4-1 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-18 Lake Travverse, RG. | ||||
| Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis) | Latest dates, 3-10 Sherburne Co, EAH; 3-14 Warroad, JR; 4-19 Duluth, JCG; 3-22 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 4-15 Ramsey Co, A CR. | ||||
| Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows | |||||
| Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) | latest date, 3-4 Beltrami Co, MG. | ||||
| Martins, Swallows | |||||
| Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) | 4-11 Lac qui Parle Refuge, RKO; 4-15 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-19 Rochester, JPF; 4-25 Washington ton Co, IG; 4-26 Stearns Co, RPR; 5·6 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5·7 Anoka Co, LJ; | ||||
| Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) | 4·7 Sherburne Co, LJ; 4·7 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-11 Stearns Co, RPR; 4·11 Hennepin Co, FL; 4·11 Carlton Co, JCG; 4-11 Washington Co, DH; 4-11 Ramsey Co, BL; 4-12 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-16 Cass Co, JAM; 4-18 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 4-20 Beltrami Co, MG. | ||||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) | 4-18 Goodhue Co, RBJ; 4-22 Anoka Co, LJ; 4-25 Chippewa Co, RG; 4-26 Duluth, DM; 4-26 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-6 Hennepin Co, MAS. | ||||
| Purple Martin (Progne subis) | 4-8 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-10 Douglas Co, MVS; 4-11 Nicollet Co, RBJ; 4-11 Chisholm, FS; 4-11 Ramsey Co, BL, ACR; 4-15 Wright Co, EC; 4-16 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 4-16 Rochester, JPF; 4-18 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-20 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-21 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-22 Cass Co, JAM; 4-24 Anoka Co, LJ; 4-24 Warroad, JR. | ||||
| Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | 4-17 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-24 Anoka Co, LJ; 4-25 Salt Lake RG; 4-27 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-30 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-30 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-4 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) | 4-30 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 5-2 Goodhue Co, RLH; 5-2 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-2 Winona Co, BT; 5-4 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-5 Douglas Co, MVS; 5-6 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-9 Cass Co, 100, JAM; 5-13 Sherburne Co, colony RPR; 5-14 Grand Marais, Cook Co, AEA. | ||||
| Kinglets | |||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) | 4-11 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-11 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-21 Warroad, JR; 4-12 Duluth, JCG; 4-12 Ramsey Co, ELC; 4-12 Washington Co, DH; 4-17 Hennepin Co, MEH; 4-19 Rochester, JPF; 4-15 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-11. Nicollet Co, RG. | ||||
| Waxwings | |||||
| Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) | Latest Dates, 4-5 reoord for refuge," DLO; 5-10 Ramsey Hennepin Co, 9, MAS; 4-15 Duluth, Co, ACR; 5-2 Frontenac, HFH; 5-6 Two DM. Harbors, RK. | ||||
| Gnatcatchers | |||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) | 4-23 Hennepin Co, EWJ; 4-28 Hennepin Co, EWJ; 5-2 Goodhue Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Wrens | |||||
| Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | 4-19 Douglas Co, MVS; 4-25 Hennepin Co, MEH; 4-28 Sherburne Co, RPR; 5-1 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-2 Goodhue Co, RBJ; 5·2 Ramsey Co, IG; 5-2 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-4 Duluth, JCG; 5·5 Wright Co, EC; 5-10 Cass Co, JAM; 5-14 Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) | 4-22 Duluth, 1 heard, RLH, JCG; 5-3 Hennepin Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris) | 4-29 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-4 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-7 Washington Co, DH; 5-14 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) | 5-17 Anoka Co, RG; 5-19 Anoka Co, LJ. | ||||
| Thrashers, Mockingbirds | |||||
| Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) | 5-4 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-2 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-5 Washington Co, DH; 5-18 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-26 Rochester, JPF; 5-17 Beltrami Co, MG;5-6 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-2 Chisago Co, ACR; 5-2 Goodhue Co, RBJ; 5-6 Two Harbors, RK; 5-6 Duluth, SNE. | ||||
| Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | 3-25 Hennepin Co, 3, ACR; 4-22 Duluth, JCG; 4-25 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-22 Duluth, JCG; 4-26 Ramsey ELC; 4-21 Washington Co, DH; 4-26 Pope Co, WH; 5-18 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-25 Fargo, EGA; 4-19 Wabasha Co, JPF; 4-26 Wright Co, EC; 5-8 Beltrami Co, MG. | ||||
| Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | 4-19 Anoka Co, RG, RBJ, LJ, RLH; 5-9 and 5-10 Duluth, JCG, BL. | ||||
| Thrushes | |||||
| Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | 3-15 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-1 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-11 War· road, JR; 3-15 Washington Co, DH; 4-11 Lac qui Parle Refuge, RKO; 3-19 Washington Co, JO; 5-8 Beltrami Co, MG; 3-19 Washington Co, ACR. | ||||
| Veery (Catharus fuscescens) | 5-6 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-12 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-5 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-12 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-11 Duluth, Rosalie Naddy; 5-9 Dakota Co, RLH. | ||||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) | 5-7, a few only, Stearns Co, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-15 Wright Co, EC; 5-6 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-17 Washington Co, DH; 5-4 Pope Co, WH; 5-5 Winona, GD; 5-5 Rochester, JPF; 5-9 Ramsey Co, ACR. | ||||
| Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) | 4-27 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-3 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-4 Washington Co, DH; 4-26 Wright Co, EC; 4-30 Ram· sey Co, ACR; 5-2 Goodhue Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) | 4·11 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-9 Hennepin Co, "very limited numbers!" MAS; 4-20 Warroad, JR; 4-14 Duluth, PBH; 4-23 Ramsey, ELC; 4-15 Wright Co, EC; 4-11 Sibley Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | 5-10 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-10 Washington Co, DH; 5-14 Wabasha Co, JPF; 5-11 Beltrami Co, MG; 5·17 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-8 Duluth, one found dead, DM. | ||||
| Pipits | |||||
| American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) | 4-4 Lac qui Parle Co, RG, 1 seen very early; 5-7, small flock Sherburne Co, EAH; 5-10 Lac qui Parle Co, RG; 5-4 through 5-11, Wadena Co, small flock in freshly-plowed fields, RO. | ||||
| SPRAGUE'S PIPIT (Anthus spragueii) | 5-13 Dakota Co, 2, FN, EWJ; 4-25 Felton, Clay Co. RG, RLH. | ||||
| Finches | |||||
| Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) | 3-25 Douglas Co, MVS; 5-11 Beltrami Co, MG; 4-20 Marshall Co, 20, DLO; 4-27 Fargo, EGA; 4-12 Winona, GD; at Anoka feeder until first week of May, LJ; 5-2 Stearns Co, 1 seen, RPR; 4-21 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-24 Cass Co, JAM; 4-30 Warroad, JR; migrants began moving north into Duluth on 4-11, fide JCG; 4-12 Ramsey Co, ELC; 3-29 Washington Co, DH. | ||||
| Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) | latest dates, 3-24 iron range area, St. Louis Co, fide JCG; 3-11 Beltrami Co, MG; 5-6 Virginia, St. Louis, Co, VFB. | ||||
| Redpoll (Hoary) (Acanthis f. exilipes) | latest dates 4-22, Two Harbors, with Common Redpolls, RK. | ||||
| Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) | 5-25 still at feeder in Anoka, LJ; last week in March, Ramsey Co, ELC; 3-7 Ramsey Co, EWJ; 4-1 Washington Co, DH; 4-11 Stevens Co, SH; 3-21 Washington Co, 6 at feeder, JO; 5-30 Fargo, EGA; 3-13 Rochester, 8, JPF; 4-17 to 6-1 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 4-26 and 5-13 to 5-18 Wadena Co, RO, specimens collected were of two races, minor and benti. | ||||
| White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) | 3-31 to 4-8 Fargo, 1 at feeder, EGA. | ||||
| Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) | At Anoka feeder until 2nd week of May, LJ; two peaks in Stearns Co, 2nd week April and 5-l, 75-100 each time, RPR; 5-10 Hennepin Co, 8, MAS; 1st northward migrants at Duluth, 4-12, JCG; 5-8 Ramsey Co, ELC; 3-29 Washington Co, DH; 4-20 Washington Co, DH. | ||||
| Longspurs and Snow Buntings | |||||
| Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) | "best migration ever reported here (Duluth and North Shore)," lOO's seen between 3-24 and 4-1, fide JCG. | ||||
| CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR (Calcarius ornatus) | 4-25 Beardsley, Big Stone Co, RBJ; 4-25 Felton, Clay Co, several singing males, RG, RLH. | ||||
| Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) | latest dates, 3-18 Stearns Co, Bill Heibel; 4-23 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Towhees, Sparrows | |||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) | 5-7 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-2 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-9 Duluth, JCG and BL; 5-2 Wabasha Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) | 5-12 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-2 Sherburne Co, RPR; 5-5 Winona, GD; 4-26 Scott Co, RG; 5-2 Wabasha Co, RBJ. | ||||
| LARK BUNTING (Calamospiza melanocorys) | 5-9 Schroeder, Cook Co, one male, Marie Aftreith; 5-24 Two Harbors, one male, RK; 5-24 Salt Lake, LaJc qui Parle Co, colony, RAG; 5-26 Big Stone Co, TJ, several males·, not seen again on 5-27. | ||||
| Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | 4-12 Anoka Co, RBJ; 4-19 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-17 St. Louis Co, Mrs. D. Barclay; 4-27 Ram sey ELC; 4-30 Hennepin Co, MEH; 4-21 Wright Co, EC; 4-19 Douglas Co, MVS; 5-5 Beltrami Co, MG; 4-14, 4-23 Ramsey Co, ACR. | ||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) | 5-3 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-2 Stearns Co, RPR, EAH; 4-28 Wright Co, EC; 4-22, 4-25 Dakota Co, ACR; 4-25 Lake Traverse, RBJ. | ||||
| Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) | 5-7 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-11 Sherburne Co, EAH; 4-11 Ramsey Co, BL; 4-28 Wright Co, EC; 4-19 Douglas Co, MVS; 4-17 and 4-25 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-11 Hennepin Co, RG, RBJ. | ||||
| Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) | 4-14 Hennepin Co, MEH; 4-4 Washington Co, BL; 4-17 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-13 Winona Co, PW; 3-20 Rochester, JPF; 4-12 Beltrami Co, MG; 4-11 Sibley Co, RBJ; 4-12 Anoka Co, LJ; 4-14 Stearns Co, RPR; 3-22, 4-14 and 4-21 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-15 Cass Co, JAM; 4-15 Warroad, JR; 4-11 Two Harbors, RK; 4-14 Two Harbors, 89, RK; 4-7 Washington Co, DH. | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) | latest dates 4-18 Two Harbors, RK; 4-9 through 4-23 Wadena Co, specimens taken, RO; 3-20 Hennepin Co, MEH; 3-7 Ramsey Oo, ACR; 4-11 Carver Co, RBJ. Tree Sparrow: latest dates, 4-14 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-23 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 4-17 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-4 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-10 Cook Co, HH. | ||||
| White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) | 4-26 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-7 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-7 Wright Co, EC; 5-8 Wadena Co, RO; 3-7 RBJ, 3-8 RLH and 3-9 MEH at feeder of MEH in S. Minneapolis; 5-8 Ramsey Co, IG; 5-12 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 4-25 Lac qui Parle Co, RG. | ||||
| Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) | 5-7 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-7 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-4 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-7 Wright Co, EC; 5-12 Washington Co, DH; 5-3 Pope Co, WH; 5-11 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-5 Beltrami Co, MG; 4-29 Ramsey Co, ACR. | ||||
| Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) | 4-12 Anoka Co, LJ; 4-11 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-1~ Washington Co, DH; 4-17 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-15 Wright Co, EC; 4-11 Sibley Co, FL. | ||||
| LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) | 5-23 Becker Co, BL, RLH. | ||||
| Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) | 5-23 Becker Co, BL, RLH. | ||||
| Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) | 5-5 T. S. Roberts Sanctuary, Mpls, 1 seen, Karen Eastman. | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) | 4-24 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-5 Wright Co, EC; 4-22 Duluth, JG; 4-28 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-18 Salt Lake, RG, RLH. | ||||
| Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) | 4-23 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-18 Goodhue Co, RBJ; 4-26 Duluth, DM; 4-27 Hennepin Co, MEH; IG;4-19 Ramsey Co, IG; 5-9 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 4-25 Lac qui Parle Co, RG, RLH. | ||||
| Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | 4-4 stearns Co, RPR; 5-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-17 Duluth, AKA; 4-25 Dakota Co, ACR; 4-11 Nicollet Co, FL. | ||||
| Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | 4-26 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-30 Cass Co, JAM; 4-26 Duluth, DM; 4-20 Hennepin Co, Mrs. Wynne, 4-29 Hennepin Co, MEH; 5-3 Pope Co, WH. | ||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | |||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) | 5-16 Reno, Houston Co, RBJ, MB, JCG. | ||||
| Blackbirds, Orioles | |||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) | 4-10 Henne pin Co, RBJ; 4-17 Stevens Co, RPR; 4-21 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-26 Duluth, DM; 4-11 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-26 Wi nona, GD; 4-19 Wright Oo, EC; 4-19 Douglas Co, MVS; 4-11 St. Peter, RG. | ||||
| Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) | 5-7 Sherburne Co, RPR; 5-20 Anoka Co, MAS; 5-7 Wright Co, EC; 5-18 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-23 Crow Wing Co, TEM; 4-19 Douglas Co, MVS; 5-17 Beltrami Co, MG; 4-25 Dakota Co, ACT; 5-17 Washington Oo, ACR. | ||||
| Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) | 5-16 Houston Co, RBJ, MB, JCG. | ||||
| Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) | 5-4 Rochester, JPF; 5-3 Wright Co, EC; 5-3 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-4 Ramsey ACR; 5-8 Duluth, AKA; 5-2 Wabasha Co, RBJ; 5-4 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-3 Wright Co, EC; 5-7 Cass Co, JAM; 5-3 Ramsey ELC; 5-3 Washing ton Co, DH; 5-3 Ramsey Co, IG; 5-5 Pope Co, WH; 5-14 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-2 Winona, GD. | ||||
| Warblers | |||||
| Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) | 5-4 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-7 Wright Co, EC; 5-5 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-8 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-3 Duluth, DM. | ||||
| Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) | 5-3, 5-8 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-2 Goodhue Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) | 5-6 Duluth, JCG; 4-29 Stearns Co, peak 5-7, not seen after 5-10, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, "many!" on 5-5, MAS; 5-9 Wright Co, EC; 5-6 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-17 Washington Co, DH; 4-18 Ramsey Co, good details, BL; 5-4 Frontenac, JPF; 5-8 Ramsey, ACR. | ||||
| Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) | 5-3 Hennepin Oo, RBJ; 5-6 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-10 Goodhue Co, IG; 5-23 Crow Wing Co, TEM; 5-11 Frontenac, JPF; 5-17 Aitkin Co, DM. | ||||
| Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) | 5-3 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-10 Wabasha Co, JPF. | ||||
| Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) | 5-4 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-5 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-12 Washington Co, DH; 4-27 Hennepin Co, MER; 4-26 Dakota Co, IG; 5-9 Pope Co, WH; 5-5 Rochester, JPF; 5-1 Wright Co, EC; 5-6 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-2 Goodhue Co, HH; 5-3 Encampment Forest, J. Pratt_ | ||||
| Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) | 5-11 Collegeville, Stearns Co, RPR & EAH; 5-3 La Crescent, BT. | ||||
| Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) | 4-29 Hennepin Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) | 5-4 Stearns Oo, RPR; 4-23 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-5 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-14 Washington Co, DH; 5-8 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-2 Goodhue Co, RBJ; 5-8 Hibbing, HM. | ||||
| Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) | 5-27 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-20 Anoka Co, MAS; 5-18 Rochester, JPF. | ||||
| Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) | 5-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-15 Wright Co, EC; 5-13 Fargo, EGA; 5-15 Rochester, JPF; 5-15 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-16 St. Louis Co, NJH. | ||||
| Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) | 5-7 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-9 Wright Co, EC; 5-6 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-5 Washington Co, DH; 5-5 Rochester, JPF; 5-3 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-3 Duluth, DM; 5-2 Wabasha Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) | 4-27 Fargo, EGA, excellent details. Probably third North Dakota record. | ||||
| American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) | 5-17 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-6 Duluth, JCG; 5-11 Stearns Co, "low numbers" RPR; 5-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-2 Wright Co, EC; 5-6 Ramsey ELC; 5-5 Washington Co, DH; 5-3 Goodhue Co, IG; 5-3 Pope Co, WH; 5-6 Ramsey ACR; 5-14 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-10 Olmsted Co, JPF; 5-2 Wright Co, EC. | ||||
| Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) | 5-12 Stearns Co, "fairly numerous" RPR; 5-4 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-5 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-3 Adrian, EHW; 5-6 Washington Co, DH; 5-3 Rice Co, IG, 5-20 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-16 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-10 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-7 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) | 5-13 Collegeville, Stearns Co, "1 remarkable influx" there on 5-16, v;hen 14 singing males noted, RPR & EAR; 5-13 Goodhue Co, MAS. | ||||
| Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) | 5-5 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-5 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-29 Pickwick, PW; 5-9 Duluth, BL. | ||||
| Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) | 5-11 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-4 Hennepin Oo, RBJ; 5-9 Wright Co, EC; 5-5 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-10 Washington Co, DH; 5-3 Rice Co, IG; 5-11 Frontenac, JPF; 5-9 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-7 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) | 5-17 Stearns Co, "scarce" RPR; 5-19 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-19 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-15 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 5-16 St. Louis Co, NJH. | ||||
| Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) | 5-12 Stearns Co, "few noted" RPR; 5-3 Dakota Co, MAS; 5-5 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-17 Washington Co, DH; 5-23 Crow Wing Co, TEM; 5-15 Douglas Co, MVS; 5-9 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-1 SL Louis Co, NJH. | ||||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) | 5-5 HAnnepin Co, MAS; 5-6 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-17 Washington Co, DH; 5-17 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-13 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-7 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) | 5-12 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-3 Dakota Co, MAS; 5-15 Wright Co, EC; 5-8 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-5 Washington Co, "thick" on 5-18, DH; 5-9 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-15 Duluth, AKA. | ||||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) | 5-19, T. S. Roberts, Sanctuary, Mpls., Minn. 2 seen, MAS; 5-26 Duluth, AKA. | ||||
| Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) | 4-27 Stearns Co, peak 5-1, RPR; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-1 Washington Co, DH; 4-27 Hennepin Co, MER; 4-26 Wright Co, EC; 5-2 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-3 Duluth, DM. | ||||
| Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) | 5-19 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-26 St. Louis Co, (early) HJH; 5-5 Rochester, Mrs Rose Pendle fide, JPF. | ||||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) | 4-14 Stearns Co, peaks on 4-29 and 30 and 5-1, RPR; 4-9 Hennepin Co, MAS; 4-19 Warroad, JR; 4-12 St. Louis Co, NJH; 4-30 Washington Co, DH; 4-30 Marshall Co, DLO; 4-12 Winona, GD; 4-14 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-11 Hennepin Co, RG. | ||||
| Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) | 5-7 Stearns Co, "few noted" RPR; 4-25 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-5 Ramsey Co, ELC; 5-3 Rice Co, IG; 5-2 Frontenac, HFH; 5-1 St Louis Co, NJH. | ||||
| Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) | 5-3 Hennepin Co, MAS; 5-15 Ramsey ELC; 5-18 Rochester, JPF; 5-20 Cloquet Forest Research Center, GWG; 5-17 Dakota Co, RG. | ||||
| Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) | 5-7 Stearns Co, peak 5-12, RPR; 4-21 Diamond Lake, Mpls, Ruth Akeley; 5-9 Wright Co, EC; 5-5 Ramsey ELC; 4-22 Hennepin Co, EWJ; 5-6 Washington Co, DH; 5-5 Rochester, JPF; 5-9 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-8 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | |||||
| Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) | See Notes of Interest. | ||||
| Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) | 5-11 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-19 Hennepin Co, 10, MAS; 5-12 Wright Co, fide EC; 5-19 Ramsey ELC; 5-15 Washington Co, DH; 5-23 Crow Wing Co, TEM; 5-21 Fargo, EGA; 5-3 Winona, FR, DJ. | ||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | 4-30 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 5-4 Duluth, AKA; 5-11 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-3 Dakota Co, MAS; 5-13 Wright Co, EC; 5-3 Ramsey ELC; 5-7 Washington Co, DH; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MEH; 5-15 Marshall Co, DLO; 5-11 Winona, GD; 5-10 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-5 Ramsey Co, A CR. | ||||
| Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) | 5-30 Rock Co, South of Manley, pair, RG, WRP, seen again on 6-6 by RLH, probably nesting. | ||||
| Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) | 5-7 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-12 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-5 Hennepin Co, "many" MAS; 5-15 Wright Co, EC; 5-13 Ramsey ELC; 5-7 Washington Co, DH; 5-18 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-9 Hennepin Co, DB. | ||||
| Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | 5-18 Anoka Co, LJ; 5-10 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-13 Goodhue Co, MAS; 5-23 Wright Co, EC; 5-10 Dakota Co, IG; 5-24 Douglas Co, MVS; 5-16 Washington Co, ACR; 5-10 to 5-13 Schroeder, Cook Co, Marie Aftreith. | ||||