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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon | |
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The 1931-Summer Season 1 June through 31 July 1931 Gustav Swanson |
The following list of nests ~ust be presented wlth apologies,
for the number of species is considerably smaller than that in
last year's list. This is explained by the circumstance the.t the
majority of members who have furnished these data in former years
were out of the state during the past sumner and thus the list
this year rew-esents the field date of a smaller nw:1ber of workers
than hitherto. Contributors of data for the list are; Donald and
Leander Fischer, Stanley and Elt"nest Stein, and Ralph Hoplsey, from
Shakopee; Alden Risser from St Paul; Ma.rius Horse.from Robbinsdale
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Jerome H. Stoudt from Hastings; H:rs. C. E. Peterson from l1adison.
The list includes 89 species. Ur...l.ess otherwise stated the localities !:l;' ·, )'. ':'I should be understood as being the Hinneapolis -St. Paul -Shakopee area. The name of Hr. E. D. Swedenborg was inadvertently omitted.
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| Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks | |||||
| Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) | Nest with t1 eggs on June 3rd. These hatched on June 2oth. Risser) The Flicker, 1931 | ||||
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | A nest with nine eggs on JtUle 24th. {D. Fiaahor). | ||||
| New World Quail | |||||
| Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | A nest with 8 eggs on July 22nd (Stanley Stein). | ||||
| Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys | |||||
| Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | A nest with 13 eggs on May 25th, and a brood of newly hatched young on the same date. Both reported by Jerome Stoudt fr~ north of Stillwater. | ||||
| Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | A nest with 8 eggs on Nay 18th (Risser and Swedenborg) and another vJith 17 eggs on Nay 27th (Ma.rius l1orse ) • | ||||
| Grebes | |||||
| Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | A nest uith five eges found June 14th by Rn+ph Woolsey and Leander Fischer. | ||||
| Pigeons, Doves | |||||
| Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | Earliest nest by fib:. C. E. Peterson had two egr;s April 21st which hatched on April 30th. This nest at ll.tcison, Hinnesota. The latest nest reported had 2 eggs on Aut;ust 18th (Risser). 0•, One nest found July 13th by S. Stein was built on the ground. | ||||
| Cuckoos | |||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) | A nest with one egg on June 6th and another with 4 eggs on June 7th (Swedenborg). | ||||
| Nightjars | |||||
| Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | A ::est with two eggs gound by Mrs. c. E. PE\terson at Madison on July 5th... | ||||
| Swifts | |||||
| Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | Three colonies at Shakopee, but the ne$t contents never investigated. ' ·r | ||||
| Hummingbirds | |||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | .An unfinished nest foUnd on May.31st (Risser) and a fenale seen incubating on a nest near Robbinsdale on Jvne 22nd (~1arius Morse). | ||||
| Rails, Gallinules, Coots | |||||
| Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) | A nest \-dth 6 eggs on June 14th by Stanley Stein (adult birds not seen}; another with two eggs on June 2oth (Risser and Donald Fischer), | ||||
| American Coot (Fulica americana) | Four nests with from one to five egc;s on June 14th (S. Stein, Rc.lph ~Joolsey1 Donald and Leander Fischer)• | ||||
| Plovers | |||||
| Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) | Five nests were reported by as many observers, between the dates of April 19th and June 21st. The contents were three or four ege;s in each case. | ||||
| Sandpipers | |||||
| Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) | Four ece;s l1ajr 27th (Risser) and four eggs Jt.me 2nd (Rclph Hoolsey). | ||||
| Gulls, Terns | |||||
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | Tl-ro eggs June 7th (Swedenborg), three eggs June 3rd (Risser.), and six nests with one to three eggs on June 14th by Woolsey, Stanley Stein and I~eander Fischer). | ||||
| Loons | |||||
| Common Loon (Gavia immer) | An adult l>.'i.th two young observed by Hr. Swedenborg June 7th at Silv.ar Lake. Young were noted on Lalw Anc1.rusia, August 5th by the Shakopee observers. | ||||
| Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons | |||||
| Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | A colony of these birds in a tamarack s\ommp north of St. Paul contained about 75 nests. This colony was visited by seYeral. visit9rs. Risser on Hay 27th found a nest with 3 eggs, three nests with 4 eggs each, ;md one nest with 3 small youne. On June 18th there were nests in all staees from those with one egg to those with fully r;rown nestlings. Least Bittern; One nest on June 20th with one egg. (Risser and Donald Fischer). | ||||
| Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | One nest with four eees on June 9th (Woolsey). | ||||
| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) | Adults building a nest June 10th (Swedenborg). One younc nearly full grow.a in tamarack swanp north of St. Paul, July 3rd (several observers) | ||||
| Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles | |||||
| Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) | A nest with 5 eegs on J.fay 17th (Swedenborg). Another uost with 6 eggs ready to hatch on June 11th (t-Ioolsey). | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | One nest with tl-ro young Me-.~· 16thth (Stanley Stein); another with young Hay 17th (R. Hoolsey); the earliest nest reported was one with 2 eggs on April 26th (Risser). | ||||
| Screech-Owls, Owls | |||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) | Ore nest at ;1o..dison contained young birds on April 23rd (l~s. C. E. Peterson) | ||||
| Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) | Two young still in the nest on March 29th (S'"-"r..l.ey Stein) a11d another nest with two young on Nay 3rd (Stanley Stein and R:·.lph Hoolsey). | ||||
| BURROWING OWL (Athene cunicularia) | One nest contained five egcs near the entrance on June 25th. On July 14th a group of 11 birds, Edults and young, was seen near another nest (Hrs. C. E. Peterson, Nadison). -18-The W9ker, 1931 | ||||
| Kingfishers | |||||
| Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) | ,One nest on li.Jay 3oth;· contents not inves~ tigated (s. Stein • A nest-with 5 young on Jurie 24th. | ||||
| Woodpeckers | |||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | A bird observed excavating on May 2.3rd (Swedenborg). | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | A nest l-dth large young found June 2oth by Risser and s. Fischer; another with four young was found July 1st by D. Fischer and R. Woolsey. | ||||
| Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) | A nest found ·by Stanley Stein on May.3rd vas not investigated. Another nest contained young on June 1oth (Ralph vloolsey) • \ | ||||
| Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) | A nest with large young on May 17th (Evans and Risser • The young lef~ the nest at Hyland Lake, June 7th. | ||||
| Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | A nest on Hay 17th:·;:Was not investigated (R. '.Joolsey); another found on June 10th contained 3 young; a third nest, fuond by V1rs. c. E. Peterson at Na.dison, contained six young on June 19th. | ||||
| Caracaras, Falcons | |||||
| American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | Young seen out of nestine hole on July 4th {Stanley Stein • · | ||||
| Flycatchers | |||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | A nest cocpleted on June 4th had 5 eggs June 9th; at another nest yoting,were being fed on.June 3rd (Risser). | ||||
| Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) | The only nests of this species reported t were found by Mrs. Peterson at Ha.dison. 'rl-10 nests, Jv~y 2nd, contents·rrot investigated. | ||||
| Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | Alden Risser found a nest with.3 eggs on Hay 2.3rd; ano~her nest of thr~e eggs was found at Madison by Mrs. Peterson. | ||||
| Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) | A nest with three fresh eggs reported by Alden Risser on June 15th. | ||||
| Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) | Stanley Stein found a nest which was completed but enpty on Junq 21s:baand another which contained 1tour, young on June 29th. \ The Flicker, 1931 | ||||
| Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | Three nests with five eggs each were reported on the ·following dates: April.30th~ M£.;,r 4th, and June 11th. A nest with five young about two-thirds grown was found May 31st, and another with !"our eggs was report.ed Hay 2nd. | ||||
| Vireos | |||||
| Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) | 11arius Morse noted an adult of this ape~ies feeding a fully-fledged cowbird on June 22nd. | ||||
| Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) | One nest, contents unknown, on June 11th and another, with four eggs, on June 24th; both found by R. Woolsey. | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) | Alden Risser reports two nests found on June,6th with 3 eggs1 and two vireo eggs and tl-TO COWbird eggs respectively. A nest reported by Ralph Woolse.y contained young on June 22nd. | ||||
| Shrikes | |||||
| Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | Ralph Woolsey reports a nest with one egg on April 2?th and Hr. Swedenborg reports another with five eggs on May 2nd, and a third nes1; in which the fourth egg was laid on AprU 29th and the birds hatched on May 13th and 14th. | ||||
| Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows | |||||
| Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | Mr. S't-:cdenborg reports a nest with 4 eggs May )rd. | ||||
| American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | Five nests with four or five eggs each reported between the dates of April 11th and Hay 23rd. | ||||
| Larks | |||||
| Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) | AlGen Risser reports a nest with three eg~s on MD..rch 20 (On Risser's personal copy he corrected it to 30th}. | ||||
| Martins, Swallows | |||||
| Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) | Mar..y colonies reported by all observers. An adult noted excavating by Mr. Swedenborg on May 29th. | ||||
| Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) | A soall colony of severoJ. nes"t;s noted at Shakopee, but contents not investicated (Hoolsey). A nest with three fresh eggs on June 9th (Risser). | ||||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) | A. ·nest· with thrse egge on May 30th (StruU.ey Stein);. three nests reported on June 24th, contents unknown. | ||||
| Purple Martin (Progne subis) | 11any colonies reported by nost observers. On June 4th nests contained from 1 -4 eggs (R. Woolsey). | ||||
| Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | Nest with 2 er;gs on l".ia.y 29th (Swedenborg}; nest with sLlall young on June 20th; three nests with 1 -3 eegs on June 21 st (\loolsey) • | ||||
| Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) | A snall colony of about six occupied nests as usual at Penn Avenue and 62nd. Nests occupied but contents not investigated on Hay 29th (Swedenborg}; young on July 3rd (Several observers). | ||||
| Waxwings | |||||
| Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) | Alden Risser reports a neat · completed but... ··~i... still empty on June 14th.. | ||||
| Nuthatches | |||||
| White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | £~Test with one eeg on April 26th (Risser ; another nest with one egg (S. Stein) reported on May )rd. | ||||
| Wrens | |||||
| Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | Nest with three e15es on May 30th (Hoolsey); another with 7 eggs on J·,t:!C 24th (11. Morse). | ||||
| Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) | One egg on June 11th (\-Joolsey); six nests on Jvne 21st with 4 -6 eggs; one nest July 7th with 6 eggs (Morse) | ||||
| Thrashers, Mockingbirds | |||||
| Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) | One egg on May 23rd (Risser); a. nest with 4 eggs Jtuy 4th (s. Stein); and several nests with eggs between those dates. | ||||
| Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | First nest had one egg on i4o..~r 14th; last nest had 5 eggs June 4th (lr-Toolsey); -two others reported. | ||||
| Thrushes | |||||
| Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | Nests with eggs reported between April 26th & June 11. -20 -The Flic1cer. 1931 | ||||
| Veery (Catharus fuscescens) | A nest just conpleted on June 7th {R. 'Vloolsey) i another nest with cowbird egg and two veery egss on June 14th (Risser}. | ||||
| Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | First nest found by Ralph Woolsey, on May 31st but conten.ts unkno'Wil; a nest with three,Oggs and a cowbird eggs on June 20th (Risser and D. Fischer). Young in nest 30 feet from ground, near Hontivideo, 1'1innesota (Mrs. Peterson), on J"Lme 28th. | ||||
| American Robin (Turdus migratorius) | Adult incubating on A:~;ril 21st (Wcolsey); nest with 3 eggs April 26th; a nest at Madison uith 1 egg May 12th (Mrs.C.E.Peterson) | ||||
| Old World Sparrows | |||||
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | A nest with four eggs was reported by !-Irs. c. E. Peterson at 111adison on April 25th. Hr. Swedenborg noted the first yot'ng out of the nest on V.!S.y 15th. | ||||
| Finches | |||||
| American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) | The first nest reported contained two eggs on July 13th. The last two nests contained four eggs on August 18th (Harius t1orse) and three young about four days old on August 23rd was reported byMr. Swedenborg. | ||||
| Towhees, Sparrows | |||||
| Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) | Alden Risser found a nest containing three fresh eggs on Hay 26th. | ||||
| Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | Marius Morse reports a nest with two eggs on MPy 23rd, and Ralph Woolsey found another which contained one egg on June 1oth. -22 -Ihe Flicker, 1931 | ||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) | One nest contained four eggs on May 29th; another bad four eggs on June 7th (Ralph Woolseyand Leander Fischer). '· · | ||||
| Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) | An adult wa;s observed building on May 22nd (E. D. Swedenborg). | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) | The only nest of this Canadian Zone species was found by Jerome Stoudt near Tofte, Minnesota on July 9th, when the nest contained four young. | ||||
| Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) | One nest with two young was found July 14th by Ralph Woolsey. | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) | A nest containing four eggs on June.3rd was reported by Hr. Swedenborg. | ||||
| Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) | The earliest nest reported was found by Stanley Stein on May 4th, t.rhen it contained one egg. The last nest contained one egg on June 24th (D. Fischer). | ||||
| Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | The first nest ~as reported contained three sparrow eggs and one cowbiTd egg on June 7th, (E. D. Swedenborg). The last nest contained two eggs on June 14th. | ||||
| Blackbirds, Orioles | |||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) | First nest reported eontained th;'ee eggs on May 26th (swedenborg). Several nests found on June 6th contained from one to five eggs (E. D. Swedenborg). The last nest reported contained one egg on June 14th (R. Woolsey) •. " ' -21 The F1icker, 1931 | ||||
| Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) | Mr. Swedenborg found a nest with two eggs on June.3rd. | ||||
| Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | A nest, finished but am.pty, was found by.Alden Risser on Nay.3rd. Another nest, reported by Nari.us Morse, contained siX eggs on Ha.y 4th. A third nest contained six eggs on May 24th (Stanley Stein). | ||||
| Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | ~a. c. E. Peterson reports finding two nests at liadison on July 15th, which contained four and five eggs respectively. | ||||
| Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) | Two occupied nests were reported by Ralph Woolsey on June 4th. | ||||
| Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) | The first of 17 nests reported was found May 18th when it contained three eggs (Alden Risser); the last nest contained young on July 21st (Marius Monre). Some of the nests found by Marius Morse were in full-sized trees. | ||||
| Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) | Eggs of the cowbird were found between June 6th and June 21st in nests of the follo\odng species: yellow throated vireo, red-eyed vireo, vireo, yellow warbler, Haryland yellol-rthroat, wood thrush, veery, swamp sparrow, indigo bunting, and dickcissel. | ||||
| Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) | Two nests, both l-rl.th five eggs; were found on May 17th by Mr. Swedenborg and Alden Risser, respectively. | ||||
| Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) | A nest with two eggs was found by Alfen Risser on April 22nd. Xhe last nest reported l·18.S by i'Jarius Morse. It contained three young and three eggs on !11.:: 27th. | ||||
| Warblers | |||||
| Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) | Jerome Stoudt found a nest of this species near.\ Tro:tte, Minneso~ Qn July 9th, \o1hen it contained three eggs. | ||||
| Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) | A nest with four eggs on June 14th (S~ey Stein, and another with one egg and two additional eggs of the cowbird, on June 15th (Alden Risser). | ||||
| American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) | Nest \dth two eggs found on May.31st (Alden Risser)1 and another by Stanley Stein, which contained two young June 21st.' | ||||
| Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) | Ot thirteen nests reported the first ~ found (by Hr. Swedenborg. It 'Was being built on May 22nd1 was finished 14ay 28th, and the first egg was laid on 11ay.31st. Ralph vfoolsey reported eight nests with from one to five eggs on June 4th~ The last nest reported was by l1arius ll1orse. It had one young cowbird one,cowbird egg, a:1d two w:rbler eggs on July 2nd. t! | ||||
| Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | |||||
| Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | A nest found by Jerome St.or~dt at Hastings contained three eggs on Hay 2nd. | ||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | A bird was observed building its nest on June 2nd at Hadison, by 1'-1rs. c. E. Peterson. A nest with three eggs vas reported by Ralph Vloolsey on June 1oth. | ||||
| Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) | A nest found June 21st by Donald Fischer contained one cowbird egg only. | ||||
| Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | Harius Horse reports two nests of this interesting species. The first contained four dickcissel eggs and one of the cowbird on July 13th and the other contained five eggs on July.31st. | ||||