Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon
The 1968-Summer Season
1 June through 31 July 1968
Ronald L. Huber

Although June was a rather damp month, July and August were drier than normal. Except for a few mid-summer heat spells, the summer was milder than usual. The very cool spring, followed by cooler-than-usual June temperatures, produced an almost mosquito-free situation during early summer, which was a true blessing for those of us who spent numerous weekends up in the northern acid-bog country. Although early August brought on some scorching days near the 100 degree mark, mid-Auguest recorded some new all-time low temperatures down to within a few degrees of freezing. Perhaps due to these unusual climatic happenings, there were some early fall waterfowl movements and it almost seemed that a few of the passerine birds couldn't remember if they were late spring migrants heading north or early fall migrants heading north or early fall migrants heading south. Requests for details on these unusual observations have been sent to various contributors. Unquestionably, the highlight of the season was the nesting colony of White Pelicans discovered out in Lac qui Parle County.

Over 59 observers were afield this summer, gathering data on 233 species of birds. Actual breeding evidence was amassed for only 131 species , however. Although the White Pelican "stole the show" with its first nesting for the state this summer, the Mockingbird and Rubycrowned Kinglet deserve equal billing. Some of the outlandishly early fall migrants in July, when viewed against the late spring migrants in June, lend the impression that Spring gave way to Fall with only two or three weeks of intervening summer! I can't recall anymore extreme dates in the seven years that I've been compiling these reports. Unexpected vi sitors included the European Widgeon and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. The Acadian Flycatcher returned for its second summer, and the Northern Three-toed Woodpecker reminds us that there is still much we don't know about the birds of the remote northern areas. The Eastern Bluebird was logged from 24 counties which, coupled with the recent winter records, might indicate that it has made its comeback and is now headed for a population peak. The Anoka County record of adult Tennessee Warblers with an immature is very enigmatic. Northerly records continue to accumulate for the Green Heron, Wood Thrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, Dickcissel, Indigo Bunting and Field Sparrow. The Lark Bunting and Baird's Sparrow, those infamous nomads of the prairie, enhanced the summer list, but for the first time in about five summers no one recorded the Blue Grosbeak from our southwestern corner.

Key to the Seasonal Report
1.Upper case (LEAST TERN) indicates a Casual or Accidental species in the state.
2.Species are listed in brackets [Whooping Crane] when there is a reasonable doubt as to its origin or wildness.
3.Bracketed text following a species’ name indicates the total number of north and south counties.
4.Dates listed in bold (10/9) indicate an occurrence either earlier, later, or within the three earliest or latest dates on file.
5.Counties listed in bold (Aitkin) indicate an unusual occurrence for that county.
6.Counties listed in bold and with an underline (Becker) indicate a first county record.
7.Counties listed in italics (Crow Wing) indicate a first county breeding record.
8.Totals in bold (150) indicate a total within or exceeding the top three high counts for that species.
9.Totals in bold-italic (55) indicate a CBC total within or exceeding the top three high counts for that species.
10.Dagger “†” preceding observer’s initials denotes written documentation was submitted.
11“ph.” denotes a species documented with a photograph.
12.“v.t.” denotes a species documented by video.
13.“a.t.” denotes a species documented by audio.
14.High counts that are multiples of 100 are assumed or known to be estimates, unless otherwide noted.
The Seasonal Report  is a compilation of seasonal bird sightings from throughout Minnesota. We particularly invite reports from parts of the state that have been neglected or covered lightly in past reports. To become a contributor, contact the Editor of The Loon (editor AT moumn.org).

Species

Information

Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis)
nested in Marshall Co; also reported from Sherburne, McLeod, Roseau, Yellow Medicine Co's.
Wood Duck
(Aix sponsa)
nested in Jackson, Anoka, Carver, Stearns, Mille Lacs, Clearwater Co's; ajso reported from Yellow Medicine, Carlton, Hennepin, Itasca, Nobles, Becker, Morrison, Washington, Blue Earth, Lake (JCG), Winona Co's; apparently continuing to spread northward.
Blue-winged Teal
(Spatula discors)
nested in Stevens, Mille Lacs, Clearwater, Stearns, Anoka Co's; also reported from Marshall, Wabasha, Nobles, Jackson, Beltrami, McLeod, Carver, Becker, Mahnomen, Lyon, Morrison, Pope, Washington, Blue Earth, Todd, Cottonwood, Wright, Hennepin, Rice, Roseau Co's.
Northern Shoveler
(Spatula clypeata)
reported only from Carver, Beltrami, Roseau Co's.
Gadwall
(Mareca strepera)
reported only from Marshall (TCD) and Roseau (GES) Co's.
EURASIAN WIGEON
(Mareca penelope)
6-4 Mille Lacs Lk, 1 male with 4 male American Wigeons, NMH.
American Wigeon
(Mareca americana)
late spring migrants, 6-2 Lake Auburn, Carver Co, 1, RBJ, 6-4 Mille Lacs Lk, 4 males, NMH; breeding 7-31 Grand Lake, Stearns Co, female+ 5 small y, NMH; early fall migrant, 8-25 Hennepin Co., 1, VL.
Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
nested in Marshall, St. Louis, Carver, Cook, Sherburne, Mille Lacs, Anoka, Clearwater Co's; also reported from Crow Wing, Carlton, Pine, Hennepin, Nobles, Wabasha, Swift, Jackson, Beltrami, McLeod, Lyon, Morrison, Pope, Washington, Blue Earth, Lake, Cottonwood, Wright, Winona, Rice, Clay Co's.
American Black Duck
(Anas rubripes)
nested in Cook Co; also reported from Lake, Marshall Co's; early fall migrants, 8-25 Hennepin Co, 4, VL and 8-29 Anoka Co, WHL.
Northern Pintail
(Anas acuta)
reported from Marshall, Nobles, Jackson, Sibley, Lyon, Blue Earth Co's.
Green-winged Teal
(Anas crecca)
reported from Clearwater, Roseau Co's; unusual southerly Lyon Co., 3 males remained together at same spot for several weeks, PE; early fall migrant, 8028 Anoka Co., WHL.
Canvasback
(Aythya valisineria)
nested in Lac qui Parle Co; also reported from Roseau Co. Dakota Co, 1 ad male, Bruce A. Hitman: 6-2 White Bear Lake, Ramsey Co, MIG; 6-4 Assumption, Carver Co, 3, FN/MAS; 6-16 Park Rapids, Hubbard Co, 4, FB/MAS; male, 2 females, PE; 6-27 Roseau Refuge, Roseau Co, GES. Scaup, species ?: all summer, Minneapolis, 1 male; eclipse plumage noted in Aug; last seen 8-26, VL.
Redhead
(Aythya americana)
nested in Lyon Co, 36 on Grass Lake, Minneapolis, 7-12, RBJ, also reported from Carver, McLeod, Todd, Anoka, Hennepin, Wright Co's.
Ring-necked Duck
(Aythya collaris)
nested in Clearwater, Isanti, Stearns (6-3 St. Joseph, 13y, NMH) Co's; also reported from Hubbard, Sherburne, Becker, Mahnomen, Cook, Anoka, Wright Co's.
Surf Scoter
(Melanitta perspicillata)
6-1 Burlington Bay, Lake Co, 4, EHH; late spring migrants.
White-winged Scoter
(Melanitta deglandi)
6-3 Duluth, St. Louis Co, 11, J CG; late spring migrants.
Bufflehead
(Bucephala albeola)
early fall migrant, 8-29 Olmsted Co, HBW.
Common Goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula)
nested in Cook, Hubbard, St. Louis Co's; also reported from Beltrami Co.
Hooded Merganser
(Lophodytes cucullatus)
nested in Hubbard Co ; also reported from Anoka, Cook, Lyon (PE) Co's.
Common Merganser
(Mergus merganser)
6-4 Maniwaki Lk, Lake Co, 1 male, 2 females,JAH; 6-7 Seagull Lk, Cook Co, NMH; 8-10 Farm Lake, Lake Co, 9y about 3/4 grown, JCG.
Red-breasted Merganser
(Mergus serrator)
nested Lake, Cook Co's; also reported from St. Louis Co; 6-4 near Hennepin Island, Mille Lacs Lake, 1 female, NMH.
Ruddy Duck
(Oxyura jamaicensis)
nested in Lac qui Parle Co; also reported from Hubbard, Carver, McLeod, Lyon, Swift, Anoka, Wright, Hennepin, Clay Co's.
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Ruffed Grouse
(Bonasa umbellus)
nested in Anoka, Washington, Cook, Lake, Isanti, Clearwater, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from Carlton, Crow Wing, Morrison, Pine, Itasca Co's.
Spruce Grouse
(Canachites canadensis)
6-3 Lake Co, 1 female near spruce bog, JAH.
Sharp-tailed Grouse
(Tympanuchus phasianellus)
6-1 Clay Co, 2, DB.
Gray Partridge
(Perdix perdix)
reported from Nobles, Rice, Blue Earth Co's.
Ring-necked Pheasant
(Phasianus colchicus)
nested in Hennepin, Rice, Anoka Co's; also reported from Grant, Blue Earth, Washington, Morri son, Nobles, Lyon, Cottonwood, Pope, Winona Co's.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
(Podilymbus podiceps)
nested in Hubbard & Clearwater Co.; Also reported from Carver, McLeod, Lyon, Morrison, Washington, Blue Earth, Carlton, Nobles, Swift, Sherburne, Crow WinF' Anoka, Wright, Beltrami, Rice, Hennepm, Roseau, Winona Co.'s.
Horned Grebe
(Podiceps auritus)
7-18(2), 7-29(11) Hovland, 7-29(5) Grand Marais, Cook Co., JCG.
Red-necked Grebe
(Podiceps grisegena)
nested in Wright, Clearwater, Todd and Hubbard Co's; also reported from Cass Co.
Eared Grebe
(Podiceps nigricollis)
8-5 Rice Lake, Clearwater Co., RBP; 8-29 Mille Lacs Lake, Mille Lacs Co., RBJ.
Western Grebe
(Aechmophorus occidentalis)
6-18 Pelican Lk., Grant Co., 1, NMH; 6-19 Platte Lk, Crow Wing Co., ELC (see Notes of Interest in previous issue).
Pigeons, Doves
Mourning Dove
(Zenaida macroura)
nested in Swift, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Anoka, Lyon Co's; also reported from Stearns, Nobles, Itasca, Aitkin, St. Louis, Hennepin, Sherburne, Pine, Carlton, Blue Earth, Rice, Cottonwood, Clearwater, Beltrami, Pope, Itasca, Washington, Stevens, Wabasha, Crow Wing, Wright, Winona Co's.
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
(Coccyzus americanus)
reported from Washington, Rice, Anoka, Wright, Hennepin, Morrison, Lake (JCG), Winona Co's.
Black-billed Cuckoo
(Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
reported from Stearns, Morrison, Hennepin, Wabasha, McLeod, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Swift, Murray, Carlton, Pine, Pope, Clearwater, Itasca, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Mille Lacs, Wright, Winona Co's.
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
(Chordeiles minor)
ne sted in Stearns Co; also reported from Itasca, Morrison, Lyon, Wabasha, Lake, Beltrami , Cook, Hennepin, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Nobles, Carlton, Hubbard, Crow Wing, Winona Co's.
Eastern Whip-poor-will
(Antrostomus vociferus)
reported only from Winona, Pine and Beltrami Co's.
Swifts
Chimney Swift
(Chaetura pelagica)
reported from Morrison, Wabasha, Lyon, Blue Earth , Carver, Stevens , Cottonwood, Lake, St. Louis , Hennepin , Rice , Washington, Nobles, Swift, Carlton, Hubbard, Crow Wing, Ramsey, Winona, Mille Lacs Co's.
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
(Archilochus colubris)
nested in Mille Lacs Co; reported also from Stearns, Clearwater, Morrison, Wabasha, Hennepin, Brown, Beltrami, Anoka, Washington, Crow Wing, Nobles, Carlton, Pope, Goodhue, Hubbard, Cook, Winona Co's.
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Virginia Rail
(Rallus limicola)
Nested in Clearwater Co (LWJ); also reported from Anoka, Morrison, Hennepin, Wright Co's.
Sora
(Porzana carolina)
nested in Isanti Co; also reported from Morrison, Anoka, Beltrami, Hubbard, Clearwater, Washington, Pine, Crow Wing, Hennepin, Carlton, Wabasha, Mille Lacs, Wright, Winona Co's.
Common Gallinule
(Gallinula galeata)
6-7 LaCrescent, Houston Co, 3, DB; 7-28 Young America, Carver Co, 2 ad+ 6y, DB ; 8- 11 LaCrescent, Houston Co, 1, VL.
American Coot
(Fulica americana)
nested in Jackson Co; also reported from Hennepin, Todd, Anoka , Nobles, Sherburne , Hubbard, Lake, Crow Wing, Carver, Lyon, McLeod, Carlton, Winona Co's.
Yellow Rail
(Coturnicops noveboracensis)
6-3 Becker Co, at usual spot 4 mi. S. Waubun, 1 seen, several heard, ' ' EHH; 6-8 Becker/Mahnomen Co Line,just W. of usual spot, 3 heard, Dr. Jean Piatt.
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
(Antigone canadensis)
7-5 Royalton, Morrison Co, 2, S.J. Grittner fide NMH; Anoka Co, Carlos A very Refuge, female returned again to mate with captive male, but nest not found - may have been flooded, WHL.
Stilts, Avocets
American Avocet
(Recurvirostra americana)
6-22 Salt Lake, Lac qui Parle Co, 1, PE.
Plovers
Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus)
nested in Cook, Mille Lacs, Kanabec Co's ; also reported from Meeker, Morrison, Anoka, Nobles, Rice, Blue Earth, Lake, Cottonwood, Pope, Sherburne, Clearwater, Washington, St. Louis, Carver, Lyon, Sibley, McLeod, Carlton, Stevens, Wabasha, Hennepin, Wright, Winona Co's.
Semipalmated Plover
(Charadrius semipalmatus)
6-2 Marshall Co, GES; 7-20 Wilkin Co, DB; 7-22,8-2,8-14, Clay Co,fide EGA; 8-5 Clearwater Co, RBP.
Piping Plover
(Charadrius melodus)
6-1 Duluth, St. Louis Co, DB, EHH; 6-2 Lake Auburn, Carver Co, RBJ.
Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper
(Bartramia longicauda)
reported from Morrison, Swift, Nobles, Clay Co's and on 6-28 and 7-11 , Hibbing, St. Louis County HM.
Marbled Godwit
(Limosa fedoa)
reported from Becker, Mahnomen, Clay, Norman Co's; also 7-6 Swift Co, HSH, perhaps early fall migrant?
Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
6-4 Mille Lacs Lk, NMH; 7-30 Marshall Co, AWR.
Stilt Sandpiper
(Calidris himantopus)
7-23 Clay Co, fide EGA; 7-28 Carver Co, DB; 8-25 Wright Co, GES.
Sanderling
(Calidris alba)
7-11 Goodhue Co, FN/MAS.
Baird's Sandpiper
(Calidris bairdii)
7-18, 7-24, 8-15 Clay Co,fide EGA; 8-17 Roseau Co, GES; 8-20, 8-23 Wright Co, GES.
Least Sandpiper
(Calidris minutilla)
7-4, 7-6 Dakota Co, VL; 7-20 Wilkin Co, DB; 8-17 Roseau Co, GES; 8-25 Wright Co, GES; 7-22, 8-7 Clay Co,fide EGA.
White-rumped Sandpiper
(Calidris fuscicollis)
8-17 Roseau Co, 1, GES; 8-23 Wright Co, GES.
Semipalmated Sandpiper
(Calidris pusilla)
6-3 Stearns Co, Dakota Co, VL; 7-22, 8-6, 8-14 Clay Co, fide EGA; 7-28 Carver Co, DB; 8-23 Wright Co, GES.
Limnodromus dowitcher
(Limnodromus sp.)
7-6 Dakota Co, VL; 7-24, 8-14 Clay Co, fide EGA; 7-28 Carver Co, DB; 8-23 Wright Co, GES.
American Woodcock
(Scolopax minor)
nested in Mille Lacs, Hubbard, Lake, Aitkin Co's; also reported from Carlton, Cook, Crow Wing, Anoka Co's.
Wilson's Snipe
(Gallinago delicata)
reported from Morrison, Lake, Clearwater, Chisago, Carlton, Pine, Hubbard, Mille Lacs Co's.
Spotted Sandpiper
(Actitis macularius)
nested in Lake Co; also reported from Nobles, McLeod, Goodhue, St. Louis, Cook, Lyon, Morrison, Wilkin, Anoka, Ramsey, Sherburne, Carlton, Cottonwood, Clearwater, Wabasha, Dakota, Carver, Wright, Mille Lacs, Co's.
Solitary Sandpiper
(Tringa solitaria)
6-30 Anoka Co, WHL; 7-4 Mahnomen Co, JCG; 7-4(2), 7-6(6) Dakota Co, VL; 7-11 Goodhue and Dakota Co's, FN/MAS; 7-22, 7-24, 8-7 Clay Co,fide EGA; 7-8 Hennepin Co, KP; 7-28 Carver Co, DB; 8-6, 8-11 Mille Lacs Co , MIV; 8-7, 8- 11 , 8-29 Anoka Co, WHL; 8-16,8-25 Wright Co, GES.
Lesser Yellowlegs
(Tringa flavipes)
7-4 , 7-6 Dakota Co, VL; 7-18, 7-22, 8-15 Clay Co, fide EGA; 7-22 Marshall Co, A WR; 7-28 Carver Co, DB; 8-17 Roseau Co, GES; no date, Morrison Co, LSR. Yellowlegs, species ?: 7-11 Goodhue Co, FN/MAS. PE; 7-20 Wilkin Co, DB 7-18, 7-24,8-6,8-14 Clay Co,fide EGA; 7-28 Carver Co, DB; 8-25 Wright Co, GES.
Willet
(Tringa semipalmata)
7-7 Salt Lake, Lac qui Parle Co, 1, RLH; 8-4 Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1, RLH; 8-23 Albertville, Wright Co, 1, GES.
Greater Yellowlegs
(Tringa melanoleuca)
6-30 Anoka Co, WHL; 7-22 Marshall Co, AWR; 7-18,8-7, 8-14 Clay Co, fide EGA; 8-7 Anoka Co, WHL.
Wilson's Phalarope
(Phalaropus tricolor)
6-3 Grand Lk, Stearns Co, 3 pr, NMH; 6-22 Salt Lk, Lac qui Parle Co, 8, PE; 6-26 Royalton, Morrison Co, 2 pr, NMH; 6-27 Roseau Refuge, Roseau Co, GES; 7-4 Waubun, Mahnomen Co, JCG; 7-28 Gotha, Carver Co, 1, DB; 7-22, 8-2, 8-14, Moorhead, Clay Co, fide EGA.
Gulls, Terns
Bonaparte's Gull
(Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
6-4 Mille Lacs Lake, 1, NMH.'
Franklin's Gull
(Leucophaeus pipixcan)
nested in Todd, Clearwater Co's; also reported from Nobles, Sibley, Lyon, Beltrami (GES), Clay, Roseau, Pope, Carver, Douglas Co's.
Ring-billed Gull
(Larus delawarensis)
6-4 Mille Lacs Lake, 89 nests! (most had 3 eggs, NMH) ; also re ported from Nobles, Sibley, Cook, Hennepin, Wright, Clay Co's.
Herring Gull
(Larus argentatus)
nested at Mille Lacs Lk, NMH; also reported from Lyon, Lake, Clay, Cook, St. Louis, Nobles, Washington, Pope, Carlton, Crow Wing Co's.
Caspian Tern
(Hydroprogne caspia)
8-11 Grass Lake, Mpls., 1, RBJ.
Black Tern
(Chlidonias niger)
nested in Mille Lacs, Isanti, Lyon Co's; also reported from Morrison, Nobles, Hennepin, Marshall, Meeker, Anoka, Sherburne, Carlton, Pine, Blue Earth, Rice, Cottonwood, Beltrami, Clearwater, Pope, Itasca, Washington, Carver, Crow Wing, Wabasha, Wright, Winona, Clay Co's.
Common Tern
(Sterna hirundo)
nested at Mille Lacs Lake; also reported from Beltrami, Lyon (PE), Morrison (LSR) , Wright (KP), Anoka (MIG), Blue Earth (EDK), Pope (WH), Wabasha (DGM), Crow Wing, Clearwater, Cass, Roseau Co's; the more southerly and westerly records may result from confusion with Forster's Tern?
Forster's Tern
(Sterna forsteri)
nested in Clearwater, Todd Co's; also reported from Nobles, Lyon, Wright, Hennepin Co's.
Loons
Common Loon
(Gavia immer)
nested in Crow Wing, Hubbard, Beltrami, Wright and Itasca Co's; also reported from Morrison, Lyon, Hennepin, Becker, Lake, Clearwater, St. Louis, Isanti, Cass, Sherburne, Cook, Washington, Anoka and Mille Lacs Co's.
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
(Nannopterum auritum)
nested in Lac qui Parle, Marshall Co's; also reported from Becker, Hubbard, Grant Co's.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
6-10(8), 7-24(90), 7-28(225) Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co., AWR; 8-15 Lake Ocheda, Nobles Co., 35, HSH; biggest news of the season is the l).esting colony found in June at Lac qui Parle Game Refuge by refuge personnel. At least 50 nests were..found, containing eggs or young or both. Colony also included Doublecrested Cormorants and Great Blue Herons.
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Least Bittern
(Botaurus exilis)
nested in Wright, Hubbard (TCD) Co's; also reported from Houston Co.
American Bittern
(Botaurus lentiginosus)
nested in Hubbard Co; also reported from Wilkin, Swift, Mille Lacs, Clearwater, Cass, Morrison, Lake, Washington, Carlton, Crow Wing, Anoka, Cook, Hennepin, Mille Lacs, Roseau Co's.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
(Nyctanassa violacea)
8-16 LaCrescent, Houston Co, 1, VL; only report.
Black-crowned Night Heron
(Nycticorax nycticorax)
nested in Grant Co (NMH); reported from Pine (MIG), Lyon, Meeker, Jackson, Wilkin, Washington, Anoka, Cottonwood, Hennepin Co's.
Green Heron
(Butorides virescens)
nested in Lyon (PE), Stearns Co's; also reported from Jackson, Sibley, Goodhue, Hubbard (FN/MAS), Morrison (LSR), Pope (WH, JAH), Wright, Pine (BL), Winona, Washington, Wabasha, Crow Wing (MSB), Anoka, Mille Lacs , Hennepin, Clay (EGA) Co's; number of northerly reports is noteworthy.
Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
nested in Grant (NMH) and Leseur Co's (RBJ) also reported from Wabasha, Swift, Marshall, Douglas, Pope, Washington, Houston, Winona Co's. • '
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
nested in Lac qui Parle, Mille Lacs, LeSeur, Grant, Hubbard, Rice, Itasca, Morrison and Clearwater Co's; also reported from Swift, Jackson, Nobles, Beltrami , Meeker, Sibley, McLeod, Becker, Morrison, Pope, Lake, Washington, Blue Earth, Carlton, St. Louis, Crow Wing, Anoka, Sherburne, Wright, Cook, Hennepin, Winona Co's.
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
(Cathartes aura)
reported from Itasca, Carlton, Cass, St. Louis, Lake, Winona Co's.
Osprey
Osprey
(Pandion haliaetus)
nested in Cook, Beltrami, Mille Lacs, Hubbard Co's; also reported from Itasca, Becker, Crow Wing Co's; 8-28 Anoka Co, early fall migrant, CLH.
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Northern Harrier
(Circus hudsonius)
reported from Carlton, Clay, Nobles, Crow Wing, Pine, Morrison, Washington, Cottonwood, Cook, Anoka, Rice, Wright, Mille Lacs Co's.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
(Accipiter striatus)
reported from Hubbard, Beltrami, Cook Co's.
Cooper's Hawk
(Accipiter cooperii)
reported from Carlton, Morrison, Beltrami, Anoka Co's.
American Goshawk
(Accipiter atricapillus)
7-10 Carlton Co, 2y, GWG.
Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
nested in Itasca, Beltrami, St. Louis, Lake Co's; also reported from Hubbard, Clearwater Co's; 6-19 Anoka Co, WHL, apparently late spring migrant.
Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)
reported from Hennepin (FN/MAS), Anoka (WHL), Winona (BT,GD) Co's.
Broad-winged Hawk
(Buteo platypterus)
nested in Beltrami Co; also reported from Carlton, Hubbard, Lake, Pine, Crow Wing, Morrison, Washington, Hennepin, Cook, Anoka, Mille Lacs Co's.
Swainson's Hawk
(Buteo swainsoni)
7-17 Lake Belle Taine, near Nevis, Hubbard Co, nest with Jy, attended by 2ad, good details, LWJ.
Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
nested in Anoka Co; also reported from Pope, Hubbard, Hennepin, Yellow Medicine, Crow Wing, Sherburne, Morrison, Washington, Blue Earth, Lake, Rice, Clearwater, Mille Lacs, Winona Co's.
Screech-Owls, Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
(Megascops asio)
nested in Ramsey Co, 3 young, ELC, also reported from Hennepin, Stearns, Rice, Washington, Nobles Co's.
Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virginianus)
nested in Olmsted, Washington, Stevens, Traverse, Mille Lacs, Beltrami Co's; also reported from Lyon, Rice, Blue Earth , Anoka, Washington, Crow Wing, Clearwater, Sherburne, Wright Co's.
Barred Owl
(Strix varia)
nested in Itasca Co; also reported from Anoka, Morrison, Wabasha, St. Louis, Washington, Crow Wing Co's.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
(Megaceryle alcyon)
nested in Clearwater Co; also reported from Stearns, Morrison, Wabasha, Lyon, Blue Earth, Carver, Lake, Cottonwood, Beltrami, Lake, St. Louis, • f Hennepin, Anoka, Rice, Washington , Swift, Carlton, Pope, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Mille Lacs, Wright, Winona Co's.
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker
(Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
nested in Mille Lacs, Hennepin Co's; also reported from Stearns, Nobles, Jackson, Itasca, Morrison, Wabasha, Lyon, Blue Earth, Carver, Beltrami, Cottonwood, St. Louis, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Crow Wing, Pine, Sherburne, Wright, Winona Co's.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
(Melanerpes carolinus)
reported from Stearns, Wabasha, Hennepin, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Winona Co's.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
(Sphyrapicus varius)
nested in Mille Lacs, Cook, Clearwater Co's; also reported from Lake, Beltrami, Anoka, Rice, Carlton, Crow Wing, Becker, Hubbard, Pine Co's.
American Three-toed Woodpecker
(Picoides dorsalis)
6-8 Seagull Lake, Cook Co, 1 male,NMH.
Black-backed Woodpecker
(Picoides arcticus)
6-8 Seagull Lake, Cook Co, nest with noisy young being fed by adults, NMH.
Downy Woodpecker
(Dryobates pubescens)
nested in Kanabec, Hennepin, Hubbard, Clearwater, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from Cook, Swift, Nobles, Pope, Morrison, Wabasha, Carver, Cottonwood, Beltrami, St. Louis, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Carlton, Crow Wing, Wright, Winona Co's.
Hairy Woodpecker
(Dryobates villosus)
nested in Hubbard, Lake Co's; also reported from Cook, Swift, Clearwater, Morrison, Wabasha, Hennepin, Carver, Cottonwood, Beltrami, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Crow Wing, Pine, Mille Lacs, Wright, Winona Co's.
Northern Flicker
(Colaptes auratus)
nested in Nobles, Cook, St. Louis, Morrison , Lyon, Mille Lacs, Goodhue Co's; also reported from Itasca, Wabasha, Blue Earth, Beltrami, Carver, Stevens, Cottonwood, Lake, Hennepin, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Nobles, Carlton, Pine, Pope, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Wright, Winona, Co's.
Pileated Woodpecker
(Dryocopus pileatus)
reported from Cook, Clearwater, Beltrami, Lake, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Carlton, Crow Wing, Winona Co's.
Caracaras, Falcons
American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius)
reported from Cottonwood, Clearwater, St. Louis, Wabasha, Lake, Carlton, Carver, Lyon, Nobles, Wright, Crow Wing, Pine, Morrison, Washington, Blue Earth, Koochiching, Cook, Anoka, Rice, Hennepin, Mille Lacs, Winona Co's.
Merlin
(Falco columbarius)
7-23 Grand Portage, Cook Co,JCG.
Flycatchers
Great Crested Flycatcher
(Myiarchus crinitus)
nested in Mille Lacs, Hubbard Co's; also reported from Marshall, Stearns, Nobles, Clearwater, Swift, Morrison, Wabasha, Yellow Medicine, Hennepin, Beltrami, Cottonwood, Lake, St. Louis, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Carlton, Pine, Crow Wing, Sibley, Goodhue, Becker, Sherburne, Wright, Winona Co's.
Western Kingbird
(Tyrannus verticalis)
nested in Jackson, Lyon, Polk, Morrison (NMH, ELC), Hubbard (LWJ) Co's; also reported from Isanti (JLS), Nobles, Swift, Douglas, Sherburne, Anoka, Pope, Clay, Norman, Becker, Rock, Lac qui Parle Co's.
Eastern Kingbird
(Tyrannus tyrannus)
nested in Lyon, Clay, Polk, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Clearwater Co's; also reported from Nobles, Wabasha, Blue Earth, Beltrami, Carver, Lake, Hennepin, Cottonwood, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Carlton, Pine, Pope, Hubbard, Crow Wing, Sibh:y, Mahnomen, Norman, Becker, Wright, Winona Co's.
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
(Tyrannus forficatus)
6-14 Castle Danger, Lake Co, 1 imm photographed (or female ?), MEP, same place one was seen in 1965.
Olive-sided Flycatcher
(Contopus cooperi)
usual reports from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Pine Co's. plus several late spring migrants, 6-1 Mountain Lake, Cottonwood Co, LAF; 6-1 Minneapolis, VL, KP; 6-9 Fargo-Moorhead, jide EGA; two southerly midsummer reports (perhaps extremely early fall migrants?): 7-4 Cedar Creek Bog, Anoka Co, RLH and 7-11 VASA, Goodhue Co, FN/MAS; 8-29 Mille Lacs Co, MIV, fall migrant.
Eastern Wood-Pewee
(Contopus virens)
nested in Mille Lacs Co; also reported from Marshall, Clay, Stearns, Clearwater, St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Douglas, Nobles, Morrison, Wabasha, Beltrami, Hennepin, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Carlton, Hubbard, Crow Wing, Sherburne, Wright, Winona Co's.
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
(Empidonax flaviventris)
reported from Marshall, Pine, Lake, Clearwater, St. Louis Co's.
Acadian Flycatcher
(Empidonax virescens)
6-2 Beaver Creek Valley State Park, Houston Co, FL, near last year's nesting site.
Willow Flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii)
reported from Marshall, Mahnomen, Pine, Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Clearwater, Stearns, Nobles, Morrison, Meeker, Anoka, Rice, Hubbard, Hennepin Co's.
Least Flycatcher
(Empidonax minimus)
reported from Morrison, Clearwater, Pine, St. Louis, Lake, Nobles, Beltrami, Cottonwood, Anoka, Rice, Washington, Carlton, Hubbard, Crow Wing, Goodhue, Hennepin, Mille Lacs, Wright, Winona Co's.
Eastern Phoebe
(Sayornis phoebe)
nested in Anoka, Clearwater, Mille Lacs, Hubbard, Benton Co's; also reported from Stearns, Morrison, Lake, Beltrami, Wright, Rice, Washington, Carlton, Pine, Crow Wing, Becker, Goodhue, Sherburne, Winona Co's.
Vireos
Bell's Vireo
(Vireo bellii)
reported only from Wabasha (DB), Winona (BT,GD) Co's.
Yellow-throated Vireo
(Vireo flavifrons)
nested in Stearns, Hubbard Co's; also reported from Clay, Clearwater, Morrison, Anoka, Sherburne, Mille Lacs, Wright Co's.
Blue-headed Vireo
(Vireo solitarius)
nested in Hubbard (LWJ) Co; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Clearwater Co's; 6-2 St. Croix St. Pk., Pine Co, MIG, late migrant ?
Philadelphia Vireo
(Vireo philadelphicus)
7-18, nest, 3 young, Crane Lake, St. Louis Co, Sheila, Cummingham, 8-17 Fox, Roseau Co, 1, GES; 8-26, 8-30 Sugar Lake, Wright Co, GES; early fall migrants.
Warbling Vireo
(Vireo gilvus)
nested Hubbard, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from Stearns, Beltrami, Clearwater, Morrison, Pine, Hennepin, Pope, Washington, Nobles, Lyon, Crow Wing, Anoka, Rice, Wabasha, Sherburne, Wright, Winona Co's.
Red-eyed Vireo
(Vireo olivaceus)
nested in Hubbard, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from Stearns, Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Clearwater, Morrison, Pine, Hennepin, Washington, Lyon, Anoka, Crow Wing, Carlton, Rice, Wabasha, Beltrami, Wright, Winona Co's.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
(Lanius ludovicianus)
nested in Morrison Co; also reported from Scott, Isanti, Wright Co's.
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Canada Jay
(Perisoreus canadensis)
6-8 Seagull Lk, Cook Co, pr feeding 2y, NMH; 6-9 Iron Lk, Cook Co, ad & imm seen in 3 different places, JAH; also reported from St. Louis Co, DGM.
Blue Jay
(Cyanocitta cristata)
nested in Lyon, Anoka, Mille Lacs, Hennepin, Nobles, Morrison, Clearwater Co's; reported also from Beltrami Stevens, Wabasha, St. Louis, Blue Earth, Pine, Washington, Crow Wing, Lake, Carlton, Cottonwood, Carver, Rice, Pope, Wright, Sherburne, Winona Co's.
American Crow
(Corvus brachyrhynchos)
nested in Mille Lacs Co; also reported from Beltrami, Stearns, St. Louis, Lake, Carlton, Clearwater, Wabasha, Blue Earth, Hennepin, Pine, Washington, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Nobles, Morrison, Carver, Anoka, Rice, Pope, Sherburne, Winona Co's.
Common Raven
(Corvus corax)
reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton (GWG), Clearwater (TCD) Co's.
Chickadees, Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
(Poecile atricapillus)
nested in Mille Lacs, Lyon, Anoka, St. Louis, Hennepin Co's; also reported from Cook, Lake, Carlton, Clearwater, Beltrami, Stevens, Pine, Wabasha, Washington, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Cottonwood, Nobles, Morrison, Carver, Rice, Pope, Wright, Winona Co's.
Boreal Chickadee
(Poecile hudsonicus)
reported from Lake, Cook, Carlton (GWG), Clearwater (TCD) Co's.
Tufted Titmouse
(Baeolophus bicolor)
6-21 Bloomington, Hennepin Co 1 ad+ ly at feeder, MEH; also reported from Winona, Rice, Chisago (WHL) Co's.
Larks
Horned Lark
(Eremophila alpestris)
nested in Beltrami Co; also reported from Stearns, Cottonwood, Nobles, Hubbard, Swift, Morrison, Wabasha, Lyon, Scott, Clay, Anoka, Rice, Pope, Winona, Hennepin Co's.
Martins, Swallows
Bank Swallow
(Riparia riparia)
nested in Cottonwood, Hubbard, Lake, Clearwater, Lyon, Rice, Swift, Anoka, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from Stearns, Washington, Crow Wing, Sibley, Becker, Morrison, Clay, Hennepin, Wright, Winona Co's.
Tree Swallow
(Tachycineta bicolor)
nested in Mille Lacs, Clearwater, Carlton, Anoka, Beltrami, Lyon, Cottonwood, Kanabec Co's; also reported from Wright, Sherburne, Stearns, Hennepin, Washington, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Lake, Carver, Clay, Norman, Becker, Goodhue, Stevens, St. Louis, Cook, Nobles, Morrison, Wabasha, Rice, Winona, Pope Co's.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
(Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
nested in Lyon Co; also reported from Clearwater, Washington, Hubbard, Douglas, Cottonwood, Lake (JCG), Jackson, Morrison, Clay, Anoka, Rice, Pine, Winona Co's.
Purple Martin
(Progne subis)
nested in Mille Lacs, Rice, Stearns, Lyon, Hubbard, Cottonwood Co's; also reported from Wright, Clearwater, Pine, Blue Earth, Washington, Crow Wing, Carlton, Sibley, Becker, Nobles, Morrison, Wabasha, Carver, Hennepin, Pope, Anoka, Winona Co's.
Barn Swallow
(Hirundo rustica)
nested in Washington, Stearns, Lyon, Hubbard, Goodhue, Carver, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from Clearwater, Wright, Blue Earth, Hennepin, Pine, Carlton, Clay, Norman, Becker, Pope, Cottonwood, St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Nobles, Swift, Morrison, Wabasha, Anoka, Rice, Sherburne, Winona Co's.
Cliff Swallow
(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
nested in Mille Lacs, Pine, Clearwater, Cottonwood Co's; also reported from Beltrami, Stearns, Washington, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Lake, Carlton, St. Louis, Cook, Nobles, Swift, Jackson, Sherburne, Winona Co's.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
(Corthylio calendula)
6-9 Iron Lake, Cook Co, nest with 9e, and 6-27 ad feeding y, NMH; also reported from Lake (JCG), Clearwater (TCD), Carlton (GWG) Co's; one heard at Hibbing, St. Louis Co on 6-28 HM.
Golden-crowned Kinglet
(Regulus satrapa)
nested at Iron Lake, Cook Co, NMH; also reported from Lake (JAH), JCG), Clearwater (TCD), Carlton (BL), Becker (FN/MAS) Co's.
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
(Bombycilla cedrorum)
nested in Mille Lacs, Washington, Kanabec, Stearns, Anoka, Hubbard Co's; also reported from Carver, St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Clearwater, Pine, Morrison, Pope, Swift, Hennepin, Lyon, Carlton, Crow Wing, rice, Wabasha, Beltrami, Sherburne, Wright, Winona Co's.
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta canadensis)
6-26 FargoMoorhead, jide EGA, late spring migrant ? usual reports from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Hubbard, Clearwater Co's; early fall migrants: 8-17 Lake Minnetonka, Hennepin Co, Mrs. C. M. Case, Jr.; 8-16, 8-25,8-31 Anoka Co, WHL.
White-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta carolinensis)
nested in Mille Lacs Co; also reported from Anoka, Hennepin, Rice, Stearns. Stevens, Clearwater, Carlton, Beltrami, Wabasha, Washington, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Nobles, Morrison, Carver, Pine, Wright, Winona Co's.
Creepers
Brown Creeper
(Certhia americana)
reported from Lake (J AH) and Carlton (GWG) Co's.
Wrens
Northern House Wren
(Troglodytes aedon)
nested in Winona, Mille Lacs, Hubbard, Anoka, Rice, Lyon, Cottonwood, Polk, Washington, Beltrami, Kanabec, Hennepin, St. Louis, Stearns Co's; also reported from Carlton, Lake, Clearwater, Wabasha, Blue Earth, Pine, Crow Wing, Nobles, Morrison, Carver, Pope, Sherburne, Cook, Wright Co's.
Winter Wren
(Troglodytes hiemalis)
reported from Lake, Cook, Carlton (GWG), Clearwater (TCD) Co's.
Sedge Wren
(Cistothorus stellaris)
nested in Clay, Clearwater, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from Pine, Stearns, Morrison, Anoka, Sherburne, Red Lake, Becker, Mahnomen, Lyon, Rice, Lake (JCG), Hennepin, Wright Co's.
Marsh Wren
(Cistothorus palustris)
nested in Todd Co; also reported from Meeker, Pine (MIG), Carver, Morrison, Swift, Cottonwood, Hennepin, Norman, Blue Earth, Lyon, Rice, Wabasha, Anoka, Mille Lacs, Wright Co's.
Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Gray Catbird
(Dumetella carolinensis)
nested in Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Rice, Lyon, Hubbard Co's; also reported from St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Anoka, Hennepin, Pine, Sherburne, Wabasha, Cottonwood, Swift, Carver, Carlton, Pope, Wright, Beltrami, Washington, Crow Wing, Winona Co's.
Brown Thrasher
(Toxostoma rufum)
nested in Polk, Nobles, Morrison, Rice, Lyon, Hubbard, Cottonwood, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from Beltrami, Lake, Anoka, Hennepin, Pine, Blue Earth, Wabasha, Carver, Carlton, Pope, Washington, Crow Wing, Wright, Winina Co's.
Northern Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)
first seen on 5-30, gathering nest material on 6-2, nest with 4e on 6-9, 4y hatched on 6-20, ad feeding yin nest on 6-24, nest empty on 7-5, Royalton, Morrison Co, NMH - first Minnesota nesting record;
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
(Sialia sialis)
nested in Mille Lacs, Winona, Cottonwood, Carver, Hubbard, Crow Wing, Rice, Sherburne Co's; also reported from Brown, Blue Earth,Stearns, Clearwater, Morrison, Pine, Pope, Washington, Hennepin, Anoka, Carlton, Wright, Wabasha, Lake (ME), Beltrami, Roseau Co's.
Veery
(Catharus fuscescens)
nested in Cass, Hubbard, Clearwater Co's; also reported from Beltrami, Mille Lacs, Stearns, Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Anoka, Crow Wing, Carlton, Rice, Norman, Becker, Sherburne, Pine, Morrison Co's; southwesterly record, 6-1 Cottonwood Co, LAF, may have been late spring migrant?
Gray-cheeked Thrush
(Catharus minimus)
6-9 Fargo-Moorhead, fide EGA; late spring migrant.
Swainson's Thrush
(Catharus ustulatus)
6-1 Cottonwood Co, LAF, late spring migrant; usual reports from St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Carlton, Itasca Co's; 7-18 Morrison Co, 1 banded, LSR, early fall migrant?
Hermit Thrush
(Catharus guttatus)
reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Pine, Clearwater, Beltrami Co's.
Wood Thrush
(Hylocichla mustelina)
reported from Rice, Hennepin, Stearns (NMH), Chisago (WHL), Carlton (GWG), Crow Wing (MSB), St. Louis (JNG, JCG) Co's.
American Robin
(Turdus migratorius)
nested in Mille Lacs, Hubbard, Nobles, Anoka, Washington, Hennepin, Rice, Beltrami, Stearns, Lyon Co's; also reported from St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Pine, Sherburne, Wabasha, Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Morrison, Carver, Carlton, Stevens, Crow Wing, Pope, Wright, Winona Co's.
Pipits
SPRAGUE'S PIPIT
(Anthus spragueii)
6-3 Clay Co, at usual spot Blue-winged Warbler SE ofFelton, 1, EHH. Co, ad with y, VL; also reported from
Finches
Evening Grosbeak
(Coccothraustes vespertinus)
6-27 Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, nest, GES; 6-29 Echo Trail, St. Louis Co, pr with nest, NMH; 7-11 Crosby, Crow Wing Co, ad bringing y to feeder, MSB; 8-15 Bemidji, Beltrami Co, ad female feeding imm female, JAM; all summer, Itasca State Pk, Clearwater Co, 100 pairs present, 6 nests found, TCD; also reported from Hubbard, Cook, Lake, Carlton Co's.
Purple Finch
(Haemorhous purpureus)
nested in Stearns, Mille Lacs, Kanabec Co's; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Pine, Carlton, Beltrami Co's, 7-28 l male singing, Mpls, RBJ.
Pine Siskin
(Spinus pinus)
reported from St. Louis, Cook, Crow Wing, Beltrami Co's; 4-24 Grand Rapids, Itasca Co, nested, Mrs. E.M. .fide EGA (4y seen).
American Goldfinch
(Spinus tristis)
nested in Hubbard, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from Stearns, Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Lyon, Crow Wing, Beltrami, Hennepin, Wabasha, Pine, Morrison, Sherburne, Carlton, Wright, Clearwater, Carver, Rice, Pope, Washington, Nobles, Swift, Anoka, Blue Earth, Winona Co's. fide EGA; also reported from Carlton Co (GWG).
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR
(Calcarius ornatus)
6-3 (EHH), 6-15 (FN/MAS) Clay Co, usual spot SE Felton.
Towhees, Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
(Ammodramus savannarum)
nested in Clay, Kanabec (RHJ) Co's; also repor~;:d from Lyon, Morrison, Clay, Sherburne, Hennepin, Rice, Pope, Washington, Nobles, Dakota, Anoka, Mille Lacs, Winona Co's.
Lark Sparrow
(Chondestes grammacus)
nested in Sherburne Co (RLH); also reported from Kanabec, Scott, Wabasha Co's.
LARK BUNTING
(Calamospiza melanocorys)
6-1 Mountain Lake, Cottonwood Co, 1, LAF ; 6- 18 Cottonwood, Yellow Medicine Co, 1 ad male, PE; 6-19 western Nobles Co, 1, HSH.
Chipping Sparrow
(Spizella passerina)
nested in Mille Lacs, Winona, Swift, Anoka Co's; al so r~poned from Kanabec, Cook, Stearns, Lyon, Hubbard, Rice, Lake, St. Louis, Crow Wing, Beltrami , Hennepin, Wabasha, Carver, Becker, Goodhue, Clearwater, Pine, Morrison , Sherburne, Carlton, Cottonwood, Pope, Washington, Nobles, Wright Co's.
Clay-colored Sparrow
(Spizella pallida)
nested in Mille Lacs, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Pope, Beltrami, Benton Co's; also reported from St. Louis, Lake, Crow Wing, Clay, Norman, Pine, Sherburne, Carlton, Hennepin, Washington, Anoka, Mahnomen, Roseau, Wright Co's.
Field Sparrow
(Spizella pusilla)
nested in Pope Co; reported from Stearns, Wabasha , Hubbard (TCD), Hennepin, Carver, Rice, Washington, Anoka, Blue Earth, Winona, Aitkin (RLH) Co's.
Dark-eyed Junco
(Junco hyemalis)
nested in Carlton Co (GWG); also reported from Lake, St. Louis, Beltrami Co's.
Harris's Sparrow
(Zonotrichia querula)
6-7 Duluth, St. Louis Co, 1 banded, JCG, late spring migrant. Hibbing, St. Louis Co, HM.
White-throated Sparrow
(Zonotrichia albicollis)
nested in Clearwater Co; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Beltrami, Hubbard, Pine Co's. ,,
Vesper Sparrow
(Pooecetes gramineus)
nested in Pope Co; also reported from Stearns, Crow Wing, Lyon, Wabasha, Carver, Goodhue, Dakota, Hubbard, Clearwater, Morrison, Anoka, Sherburne, Cottonwood, Wright, Hennepin, Rice, Washington, Nobles, Winona Co's.
LeConte's Sparrow
(Ammospiza leconteii)
reported from Morrison, Lake (JCG), Clay, Pine (BL), Roseau, St. Louis Co, HM.
Nelson's Sparrow
(Ammospiza nelsoni)
6- 15 Mahnomen Co, 4 mi S Waubun, 2, FN/MAS.
BAIRD'S SPARROW
(Centronyx bairdii)
7-21 Clay Co, 3 mi SE Felton, 3 singing males, excellent details, DB.
Henslow's Sparrow
(Centronyx henslowii)
reported from Winona (DB, BT, GD), Anoka (WHL) Co's.
Savannah Sparrow
(Passerculus sandwichensis)
nested in Becker, Washington, Lac qui Parle Co's; also reported from Lake, Stearns, Clay, Carver, Norman, Mahnomen, Hubbard, Pine, Nobles, Anoka, Roseau, Dakota, Mille Lacs, Winona Co's.
Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia)
nested in Mille Lacs, Lyon, Hubbard, Clearwater, Goodhue, Morrison Co's; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carver, Crow Wing, Beltrami, Pine, Wabasha, Carlton, Morrison, Pope, Anoka, Sherburne, Cottonwood, Wright, Hennepin, Rice, Washington, Nobles, Blue Earth, Winona Co's.
Swamp Sparrow
(Melospiza georgiana)
nested in Hubbard, Clay Co's; also reported from Cook, Lake, Crow Wing, Carver, Clearwater, Pine, Morrison, Washington, Anoka, Mille Lacs Wright Co's. '
Eastern Towhee
(Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
reported from Pine, Carlton, St. Louis (JCG), Crow Wing, Washington, Hubbard, Sherburne, Winona Co's.
Blackbirds, Orioles
Yellow-headed Blackbird
(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
nested in Todd, Lyon Co's; also reported from Hubbard, Morrison, Anoka, Sherburne, Hennepin, Rice, Cass (JAM), Washington, Jackson, Nobles, Swift, Wabasha, Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Mille Lacs, Wright, Winona Co's.
Bobolink
(Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
nested in Hubbard Co; also reported from Stearns, Pine, Clearwater, Morrison, Todd, Pope, Sherburne, Crow Wing, Carlton (GWG), Wadena, Cottonwood, Carver, Blue Earth, Rice, Clay, Norman, Hennepin, Washington, Nobles, Swift, Lyon, Wabasha, Beltrami (ME), Anoka, Lake (JCG), Wright, Winona Co's.
Eastern Meadowlark
(Sturnella magna)
reported from Pine, Carlton, Mille Lacs, Rice, Hennepin, Washington, Anoka, Mille Lacs, Wright, Winona Co's.
Western Meadowlark
(Sturnella neglecta)
nested in Nobles, Lyon Co's; also reported from Stearns, Hubbard, Pine, Morrison, Sherburne, Carver, Rice, Winona, Wright, Beltrami, Clay, Hennepin, Pope, Washington, Wabasha, Anoka Co's.
Sturnella meadowlark
(Sturnella sp.)
(reported as Eastern Meadowlarks but localities seem rather unlikely) Hubbard, Crow Wing, Cottonwood, Blue Earth, Beltrami Co's.
Orchard Oriole
(Icterus spurius)
nested in Lyon Co; also reported from Houston, Carver, Wabasha Co's.
Baltimore Oriole
(Icterus galbula)
nested in Mille Lacs, Hubbard, Polk, Kanabec, Hennepin, Lyon, Morrison, Stearns Co's; also reported from St. Louis, Cottonwood, Beltrami, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Blue Earth, Hennepin, Wabasha, Anoka, Sherburne, Carlton, Carver, Wright, Rice, Pope, Washington, Nobles, Swift, Winona Co's.
Red-winged Blackbird
(Agelaius phoeniceus)
nested in Mille Lacs, Anoka, "Polk, Cass, Hennepin, Grant, Hubbard, Lyon, Stearns Co's; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Cottonwood, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Blue Earth, Pine, Morrison, Stevens, Pope, Sherburne, Carlton, Carver, Rice, Washington, Nobles, Wabasha, Wright, Winona Co's.
Brown-headed Cowbird
(Molothrus ater)
parasitized Redwinged Blackbird, Chipping Sparrow and Song Sparrow in Mille Lacs Co (MIV); Chipping Sparrow in Hennepin Co, (VL); Cardinal and Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Hennepin Co (MEH); also reported from Stearns, Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Blue Earth, Lyon, Wabasha, Clearwater, Pine, Hubbard, Morrison, Sherburne, Carlton, Wright, Rice, Washington, Nobles, Anoka, Winona Co's.
Brewer's Blackbird
(Euphagus cyanocephalus)
nested in Stearns, Morrison, Benton Co's; also reported from St. Louis, Lake, Beltrami, Pine, Washington, Anoka Co's.
Common Grackle
(Quiscalus quiscula)
nested in Mille Lacs, Rice, Lyon, Hubbard, Stearns Co's; also reported from St. Louis, Lake, Crow Wing, Blue Earth, Hennepin, Pine, Wabasha, Morrison, Stevens, Anoka, Sherburne, Carlton, Beltrami, Washington, Nobles Co's.
Warblers
Ovenbird
(Seiurus aurocapilla)
reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Pine, Itasca, Hubbard, Clearwater, Morrison, Anoka, Sherburne, Crow Wing, Carlton, Rice, Goodhue, Washington, Mille Lacs, Beltrami, Winona Co's.
Louisiana Waterthrush
(Parkesia motacilla)
6-4 Franconia, Chisago Co, 6 singing resident males, WHL (may be northernmost record for state ?).
Northern Waterthrush
(Parkesia noveboracensis)
reported only from Lake Co (JCG, JAH); 8-8 Fargo-Moorhead,. fide EGA, fall migrant.
Golden-winged Warbler
(Vermivora chrysoptera)
nested in Mille Lacs, Hubbard Co's; also reported from Clearwater, Pine, Crow Wing, Carlton Co's. Winona Co.
Black-and-white Warbler
(Mniotilta varia)
reported from Cook, Lake, Clearwater, Pine Co's; 8-16 Anoka Co, WHL; 8-30 Wright Co, GES; early fall migrants.
Prothonotary Warbler
(Protonotaria citrea)
6-23, pair carrying food to nesting box, Hennepin Co, RBJ.
Tennessee Warbler
(Leiothlypis peregrina)
6-9 Marshall Co, A WR; 6-10 Fargo-Moorhead, fide EGA; late spring migrants; reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis Co's; 6-24 Forest Lake, Washington Co, 2 ad+ I y, WHL (!!); 7-18 Morrison Co, 8 banded, LSR, apparently early fall migrants; 7-31 Minneapolis, KWE; 8-16 Anoka Co, WHL; 8-30 Wright Co, GES, migrants.
Nashville Warbler
(Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
nested in Hubbard Co; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Clearwater, Pine, Morrison, Chisago (WHL), Crow Wing Co's; 8-27 Anoka Co, WHL; 8-29 Mille Lacs Co, MIV; 8-30 Wright Co, GES; fall migrants.
Connecticut Warbler
(Oporornis agilis)
6-5 Morrison Co, LSR; 6-12 Fargo-Moorhead, fide EGA; late spring migrants; reported otherwise only from Lake, Cook Co's; 8-26 Mille Lacs Co, MIV, early fall migrant.
Mourning Warbler
(Geothlypis philadelphia)
6-4 Hennepin Co, VL, late spring migrant; reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Hubbard, Pine, Crow Wing Co's.
Common Yellowthroat
(Geothlypis trichas)
nested in Anoka, Mille Lacs, Washington Co's; also reported from Stearns, Hubbard, Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Pine Clearwater, Morrison, Pope, Sherburn~, Crow Wing, Carlton, W~ight, Hennepin, Cottonwood, Carver, R1ce, Goodhue, Nobles, Swift, Lyon, Wabasha, Beltrami, Winona Co's.
American Redstart
(Setophaga ruticilla)
nested in Mille Lacs Co; also reported from Stearns, Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Hubbard, Pine, Morrison, Douglas, Sherburne, Crow Wing, Rice, Goodhue, Hennepin, Chisago, Wright, Winona Co's.
Cape May Warbler
(Setophaga tigrina)
reported from Cook, Lake, Clearwater Co's; 8-30 Wright Co, GES, fall migrant.
Cerulean Warbler
(Setophaga cerulea)
6-2 Franconia, Chisago Co, 2 singing, WHL; 6-3 Grand Lake, Stearns Co, 2 singing, NMH.
Northern Parula
(Setophaga americana)
nested in Hubbard Co; also reported from Cook, Lake, Itasca, Clearwater, Carlton Co's.
Magnolia Warbler
(Setophaga magnolia)
6-4 Chisago Co, WHL, late spring migrant; reported from Cook, Lake, Hubbard (TCD) Co's; 8-27 Anoka Co, WHL, fall migrant.
Bay-breasted Warbler
(Setophaga castanea)
reported from Lake, Cook, Itasca Co's; 7-27 ClearwaterCo, LWJ; 8-27 Anoka Co, WHL; fall migrants.
Blackburnian Warbler
(Setophaga fusca)
nested in Clearwater, Hubbard Co's; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Pine, Itasca, Carlton, Co's; 6-1 Minneapolis, KP; 6-2 Chisago Co, WHL, late spring migrants; 8-27 Anoka Co, WHL; 8-30 Wright Co, GES, fall migrants.
Yellow Warbler
(Setophaga petechia)
nested in Polk, Wabasha, Wright, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mille Lacs Co's; also reported from St. Louis, Cook, Beltrami, Morrison, Goodhue, Hennepin, Pope, Washington, Douglas, Swift, Nobles, Lyon, Anoka, Crow Wing, Carlton, Sherburne, Winona Co's.
Chestnut-sided Warbler
(Setophaga pensylvanica)
nested in Hubbard Co; also reported from St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Clearwater, Pine, Morrison, Crow Wing, Carlton, Beltrami Co's.
Black-throated Blue Warbler
(Setophaga caerulescens)
6-26 Heartbreak Ridge, Cook Co, JCG; 6-29 Goldeneye Lake, (near Cramer) Lake Co, JCG.
Palm Warbler
(Setophaga palmarum)
6-4 Chisago Co, I singing male, WHL, late spring migrant? 6-25, Buck Lake, Itasca Co, pair HM.
Pine Warbler
(Setophaga pinus)
nested Clearwater Co; also reported from Lake, Crow Wing, Beltrami Co's.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
(Setophaga coronata)
nested in Hubbard Co; also reported from St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Clearwater, Carlton, Itasca Co's; 7-12 Onamia, Mille Lacs Co, 1 ad male, MIV (migrant?); 8-30 Wright Co, GES, fall migrant.
Black-throated Green Warbler
(Setophaga virens)
nested in Hubbard Co; also reported from Lake, Cook, St. Louis, Clearwater, Carlton, Aitkin Co's; 8-14 Crow Wing Co, RLH; 8-30 Wright Co, GES, fall migrants.
Canada Warbler
(Cardellina canadensis)
6-8 Fargo-Moorhead, fide EGA, late spring migrant; reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis Co's; 8-17 Goodhue Co, VL, early fall migrant.
Wilson's Warbler
(Cardellina pusilla)
6-15 Welch, Goodhue Co, RG, late spring migrant; 8-12 FargoMoorhead,. fide EGA; 8-30 Wright Co, GES; fall migrants.
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks
Scarlet Tanager
(Piranga olivacea)
nested in Crow Wing, Hubbard Co's; also reported from Stearns, Lake (JCG), Beltrami (ME), Pine, Clearwater, Morrison, Sherburne, Carlton, Rice, ltasca,Hennepin, Anoka, Mille Lacs Co's.
Northern Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis)
nested in Crow Wing (A.E. Olson), Hennepin Co's, and Fargo-Moorhead (fide EGA); also reported from Stearns, Brown, Winona, Wright, Wabasha, Ramsey, Carver, Rice, Washington, Anoka Co's; very late record of ad male feeding 1 fledgling on 10-3 at Mahtomedi, Ramsey Co, by Dale Haswell !
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
(Pheucticus ludovicianus)
nested in Hennepin, Hubbard, Cook, Mille Lacs, Yellow Medicine Co's; also reported from Lake, Brown, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Goodhue, Norman, Wabasha, Morrison, Carlton, Wright, Carver, Marshall, Rice, Washington, Swift, Pipestone, Anoka, Winona Co's.
Indigo Bunting
(Passerina cyanea)
nested in Hubbard Co (LWJ); also reported from Stearns, Cook (JCG), Lake (JCG), St. Louis, Crow Wing, Lyon, Clearwater, Hennepin, Pine, Morrison, Douglas, Sherburne, Carlton, Wright, Marshall, Rice, Pope, Washington, Nobles, Anoka, Mille Lacs, Roseau, Winona Co's.
Dickcissel
(Spiza americana)
reported from Stearns, Washington, Morrison, Lyon, Wabasha, Ramsey, Carver, Clay, Todd, Crow Wing, Winona, Stevens, Sherburne, Wright, Hennepin, Rice, Pope, Nobles, Jackson, Anoka, Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Roseau (GES) Co's.