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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon | |
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The 1966-Spring Season 1 March through 31 May 1966 Ronald L. Huber |
Unusual weather played a part in the Spring Migration this year. A warm February, with rain on several occasions, and a warmer-than-usual March brought in a pretty good migration of water-birds during mid-March. Then cold and rain during April and May retarded some of the passerine migration although a few species had already arrived quite early.
Observers around the Twin Cities area were somewhat disappointed with the migration, but the delayed arrival of warm weather resulted in some very interesting late dates for transient species.
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| Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks | |||||
| Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) | 3-29 Lac qui Parle Co, 5, EHH. Snow-Snow Goose (blue phase): earliest 3-16 Washington Co, WHL; 3-17 Beltrami Co, JAM and 3-18 Nobles Co, HSH, latest 4-22 Nobles Co, HSH; 4-25 Rice Co, EWJ and 5-3 Rice Lake Refuge, 150, CEP. | ||||
| BRANT (Branta bernicla) | First Minnesota record; one adult spent several weeks at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge near McGregor, Minnesota where it was found by refuge manager Carl E. Pospichal; also seen by RG, WRP, HFH, RLH and excellent photos taken by Frank Martin of the U.S. F. & W. S. The bird was last seen on May 31. (See front cover). | ||||
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) | earliest 3-9 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-14 Pope Co, WH and 3-15 Dakota and Hennepin Co's FN/ MAS. September, 1966 | ||||
| Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) | earliest 3-15 Wright Co, EGC, Carver Co, EWJ and Stevens Co, RAG; 3-18 Winona Co, 450, KK; 3-20 Nobles Co, HSH; Don Gray, manager of the Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge, reports some 3500 swans at Weaver on 4-8; latest 5-3 St. Louis Co, NJH; 5-7 Hennepin Co, BL and 5-8 Stevens Co., JAH. | ||||
| Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) | earliest 3-3 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-10 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-11 Washington Co, DH. | ||||
| Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) | earliest 3-13 Hennepin Co, EMB; 3-16 Rice Co, GNR and 3-19 Rice Co, OAR. | ||||
| Gadwall (Mareca strepera) | earliest 3-12 Cottonwood, HSH; 3-13 Rice Co, OAR; 3-19 Dakota Co, EMB. | ||||
| EURASIAN WIGEON (Mareca penelope) | a fully adult male was seen and photographed by R. Behrens of Red Wing during late April in the backwaters of North Red Wing, Wisconsin; Mr. Behrens showed the bird to Wally Jiracek and RLH on 4-21 at which time the bird flew from its pond westward through the trees to the Mississippi River and possibly across the river into Minnesota. The bird was seen a few days later by HFH, WRP, RBJ and others, still at North Red Wing. See Notes of Interest in the June issue. American Wid~eon: earliest 3-15 Rice Co, OAR; 3-15 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-18 Wabasha Co, DGM: 3-19 Hennepin Co, VL and Dakota | ||||
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | earliest 3-4 Wabasha, DGM and Rice Co, OAR; 3-7 Cottonwood, MMM; 313 Stearns Co, RPR. | ||||
| American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) | earliest 3-13 Hennepin Co, EMB; 3-19 Ramsey Co, BL; 3-25 Dakota Co, DB and Wabasha Co, DGM. | ||||
| Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) | earliest 3-4 Wabasha, DGM; 3-10 Dakota Co, RBJ and 3-12 Cottonwood, 100 plus, HSH. | ||||
| Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) | earliest 3-12 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-16 Rice Co, GNR; 3-19 Dakota Co, BL and Rice Co, OAR. | ||||
| Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) | earliest 3-14 Rice Co, OAR and Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-16 Wabasha, DGM and Dakota Co, EMB. | ||||
| Redhead (Aythya americana) | earliest 3-10 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-12 Dakota Co, RBJ and Cottonwood, 100's, HSH; 3-13 Dakota Co, EMB. | ||||
| Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) | earliest 3-10 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-12 Cottonwood, HSH; 3-12 Rice Co, 200, OAR; 3-13 Dakota Co, EMB. | ||||
| Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) | earliest 3-26 Dakota Co, RBJ; 4-8 Washington Co, DS and 4-12 Washington Co, WWL; latest 4-24 St. Louis Co, PH; 4-30 Cook Co, MAF; 5-10 Dakota Co, DB, EHH. | ||||
| Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) | earliest 3-3 Nobles Co, HSH and St. Paul, RLH; 3-5 Wabasha, DGM; on 3-31 HSH reports 1000 in Nobles Co. | ||||
| White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) | 5-31 Lake Co, 1 male, 1 female, JGH; only report. | ||||
| Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) | 3-17 Two Harbors, 15, RK; 3-31 Hennepin Co, 1, RBJ; 4-14 Duluth, 13, JCG; 4-16 Duluth, 2, JCG; 4-16 Cook Co, 8, MOP; 4-23 Cook Co, 30, MOP; 4-27 Two Harbors, 10, RK; 5-28 Two Harbors, 2 pair, RG, DG. | ||||
| Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | earliest 3-12 St. Louis Co, JOT; 3-13 Washington Co, DH; 3-15 Wabasha, DGM; latest 5-14 Pope Co, RPR; 5-20 Minneapolis, VL; 5-21 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | earliest 3-1 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP; 3-8 Nobles Co, HSH. | ||||
| Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) | on 3-1 the same adult male (?) seen in January near the Pig's Eye Sewage Disposal Plant in St. Paul was seen again by BL near Navy Island in St. Paul on the Mississippi River. Another report, without details, was received on 3-25 from northeast Minneapolis on the Mississippi River near Hall's Island, in company with the well-known wintering raft of Common Goldeneyes; perhaps also the same bird? | ||||
| Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | earliest 3-5 Wabasha, DGM; 3-15 Rice Co, OAR. | ||||
| Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) | earliest 3-3 Rice Co, OAR; 3-12 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-13 Hennepin Co, EMB. | ||||
| Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) | earliest 3-15 Wabasha Co, DGM; 3-18 Stevens Co, RAG; 3-31 Hennepin Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | earliest 3-10 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-21 Rice Co, OAR; 4-5 Hennepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| New World Quail | |||||
| Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | 3-8 Wabasha, 8, DGM; 4-25 Olmsted Co, 1, FGD; 5-15 Wabasha Co, 3, EMB; 5-25 Beltrami Co, MK, northernmost record for state, no details, possibly a transplant? | ||||
| Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys | |||||
| Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | one report in March, Itasca Co, ACR; five reports in April from Goodhue, Olmsted, St. Louis, Aitkin and Kanabec Co's; nine reports in September, 1966 May from Dakota, Wabasha, Stearns, Winona, Cook and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) | 3-20 St. Louis Co, 4, LTM; listed as resident in Rice Lake Refuge, 7, CEP. | ||||
| Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) | 3-1 Nobles Co, 2, HSH; "seen in March" Agassiz Refuge, DLO; "fairly common this spring," Rice Co, OAR; 4-13 Ada, Norman Co, 3, BRK; 5-3 Wabasha, 2, DGM; 5-21 Norman Co, 2, BL. | ||||
| Grebes | |||||
| Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | earliest 3-13 Rice Co, OAR, 3-17 Wabasha, DGM and 3-19 Goodhue Co, EMB and Hennepin Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) | earliest 4-1 Minneapolis, RBJ, 4-3 Two Harbors, RK and 4-10 Hennepin Co, EMB, MHM. | ||||
| Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) | earliest 4-8 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, DLO, 4-14 Morrison Co, LSR and 4-15 Minneapolis, VL and Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) | earliest 4-16 White Bear, MIG, 4-22 to 4-27 Duluth, JCG et al and 4-29 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, DLO. | ||||
| Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) | earliest 4-16 Stevens Co, ES, 5-5 Lake Traverse, DB and Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, DLO. | ||||
| Pigeons, Doves | |||||
| Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | earliest 3-4 Ramsey Co, ACR; 3-6 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 3-10 Wabasha Co, DGM. | ||||
| Cuckoos | |||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | earliest 5-10 Rochester, JPF; 5-31 Nobles Co, HSH and Winona Co, EHH. September, 1966 | ||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) | earliest 5-10 Rochester, JPF; 5-25 Minneapolis, VL, EMB; 5-28 Minneapolis, EHH. | ||||
| Nightjars | |||||
| Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | earliest 4-23 St. Cloud, NMH (early); 5-7 Frontenac, EHH; 5-8 Winona, GD, GG, FV. | ||||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) | earliest 5-7 Hennepin Co, DB; 5-8 Winona, GD, GG, FV; 5-12 Olmsted Co, 1 banded, JPF. | ||||
| Swifts | |||||
| Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | earliest 4-16 Morris, JAR; 4-23 Red Wing, MIG; 4-25 Minneapolis, RBJ. | ||||
| Hummingbirds | |||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | earliest 55 Winona, GD, GG, FV; 5-8 Nobles Co, HSH; 5-9 Olmsted Co, JPF. | ||||
| Rails, Gallinules, Coots | |||||
| Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) | earliest 4-27 Rice Co, OAR; 5-1 Rochester, JPF; 5-5 Forest Lake, Washington Co WHL; 5-9 Stevens Co, ES. | ||||
| Sora (Porzana carolina) | earliest 4-23 Hastings, 2, ACR; 5-1 Washington Co, 4, BL, Rochester, JPF, Stearns Co, NMH, Stevens Co, ES, Carlos Avery Refuge, WHL. | ||||
| Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) | 5-14 LaCrescent, 1, EMB; 5-31 Goodhue Co, 1, EHH. | ||||
| Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) | 5-21 usual spot south of Waubun on the Becker/ Mahnomen Co line, BL, RG. | ||||
| Cranes | |||||
| Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) | 4-4 Carlos Avery Refuge, Anoka Co, 1, WHL; 4-13 Borup, Clay Co, thousands, BRK; 4-14 Rice Lake Refuge, 2, CEP; 4-24 Agassiz Refuge, 30, DLO; 5-1 Agassiz Refuge, 45, DLO; 5-13 Marshall Co, 2, EBH; 5-16 Agassiz Refuge, 4, DLO. | ||||
| Stilts, Avocets | |||||
| American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) | 5/24 Salt Lake, EHH, DB; 5/29 Lake Traverse, EMB. | ||||
| Plovers | |||||
| Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) | earliest 5-16 Duluth, JCG; 5-19 Mille Lacs Lake, NMH; 5-21 Norman Co, BL; latest 5-24 Lac qui Parle, DB, EHH; 5-29 Lake Traverse, EMB. | ||||
| American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) | earliest 5-8 Nobles So, HSH; 5-14 Stevens Co, 80, ES· 5-19 Jackson Co, 571, NMH; latest 5-24 Renville Co, DB, EHH; 5-29 Traverse Co, EMB; 5-30 Nobles Co, HSH. | ||||
| Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) | earliest 4-6 Dakota Co, ACR; 4-13 Goodhue Co, ACR; 4-23 Minneapolis, EMB; latest 5-18 Sauk Centre,RPR; 5-19 Lyon Co, NMH; 5-26 Washington Co, BL. | ||||
| Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) | 5-5 (2, JCG) and 5-28 (1, DB) Duluth, St. Louis Co. | ||||
| Sandpipers | |||||
| Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) | earliest 5-7 Nobles Co, HSH; 5-11 Wright Co, EGC; 5-17 Polk Co, GSM. | ||||
| Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) | 5-5 Washington Co, BL; 5-15 Washington, DB; 5-18 Sauk Centre, 18, RPR; 5-19 Jackson Co, NMH and Douglas Co, 10, MVS; 5-20 Roscoe, THE LOON Stearns Co, JIM; 5-29 Traverse Co, EMB. | ||||
| Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) | earliest 4-11 Rock Co, RO; 4-17 Wilkin Co, EHH; 4-21 Polk Co, GSM. | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) | earliest 5-10 Carver Co, MHM, VL; 5-16 Duluth, JCG; 5-21 Norman and Lac qui Parle Co's, BL; latest 5-24 Salt Lake, EHH; 5-26 Agassiz Refuge, DLO; 5-29 Lake Traverse, EMB. | ||||
| Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) | 5-13 Dakota and Washington Co's, BL; 5-19 Jackson Co, NMH; 5-24 Swift Co, DB, EHH; 5-28 Lac qui Parle, EMB. | ||||
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) | earliest 5-13 Hennepin Co, DB; 5-15 Dakota Co, EMB and Washington Co, ACR; 5-16 Duluth, 50, JCG; latest 5-17 Wright Co, EGC and Washington Co, EHH; 5-21 Ramsey Co, ACR and Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) | earliest 5-11 Washington Co, EMB; 5-14 Carver Co, EHH; 5-15 Washington Co, DB and Scott Co, JRR; latest 5-18 Sauk Centre, 42, RPR; 5-19 Jackson Co, NMH; 5-22 Carver Co, MHM. | ||||
| Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) | earliest 4-16 Salt Lake, EHH; 4-19 Dakota Co, ACR; 5-5 Lac qui Parle Co, DB; latest 5-14 Frontenac, MIG; 5-15 Washington Co, EMB; 5-19 Jackson Co, NMH. | ||||
| Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) | earliest 4-8 Dakota Co, ACR; 4-24 Washington Co, WWL; 5-5 Washington Co, BL; latest 5-19 Jackson Co, NMH; 5-24 Lac qui Parle Co, DB; 5-26 Dakota Co, BL. | ||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) | earliest 4-29 Agissiz Refuge DLO (early!); 5-15 Carver Co, VL; 5-17 Dakota Co, EMB; latest 5-19 Dakota Co, ACR and Jackson Co, NMH; 5-21 Carver Co, EHH and Lac qui Parle Co, BL; 5-24 Carver Co, DB. | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) | earliest 4-9 Stevens Co, JAH; 4-16 Washington and Dakota Co's, BL and Hennepin Co, EMB; latest 5-17 Wright Co, EGC; 5-18 Sauk Centre, RPR; 5-19 Jackson Co, NMH and Dakota Co, ACR. | ||||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) | earliest 4-29 Dakota Co, DB; 5-5 Dakota and Washington Co's, BL; 5-10 Carver Co, MHM, VL; latest 5-19 Lyon Co, NMH; 5-21 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-26 Dakota and Washington Co's, BL. | ||||
| WESTERN SANDPIPER (Calidris mauri) | one of our rarest shorebirds; 5-17 Minneapolis, 1, EHH (no details). | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) | 5/13 (15, BL) and 5/15 (DB, EMB, 4) Washington Co; both records based on call-notes. | ||||
| Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) | 5-7 Carver Co, RBJ and 5-11 Washington Co, 2, EMB; both records based on call-notes. | ||||
| American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) | earliest 3-19 Goodhue Co, BL; 3-26 Stearns Co, NMH; 3-29 Washington Co, WHL. | ||||
| Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) | earliest 4-8 Washington Co, ACR; 4-24 Washington Co, WWL; 4-28 Knife River, RK. | ||||
| Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) | earliest 4-8 Washington Co, ACR; 4-30 Minneapolis, EMB and Collegeville, RPR; 5-5 St. Paul, BL; latest 5-10 Goodhue Co, EHH; 5-10 Wabasha Co GD, GG, FV; 5-17 Bemidji, EBH; 5-19 Dakota Co, ACR. | ||||
| Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) | earliest 4-9 Minneapolis, EMB; 4-9 Goodhue Co, DB; 4-13 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP; 4-16 Washington and Dakota Co's, BL and Lac qui Parle Co, EHH; latest 5-8 Winona Co, GD, GG, FV; Kanabec Co, RHJ and Rochester, JPF; 5-19 Douglas Co, MVS and Jackson Co, NMH; 5-21 Washington Co, VL. | ||||
| Willet (Tringa semipalmata) | 4-30 Dakota Co, DB; 5-5 Duluth, JCG; 5-14 Frontenac, MIG. | ||||
| Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) | earliest 4-11 Rock Co, RO; 4-13 Norman Co, BRK and Agassiz Refuge, DLO; 4-16 Dakota and Washington Co's, BL and Lac qui Parle Co, EHH; latest 5-4 Douglas Co, MVS; 5-9 Rice Lake Refuge, ,, CEP; 5-26 Agassiz Refuge, DLO. | ||||
| Gulls, Terns | |||||
| Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | earliest 4-15 Minneapolis, RBJ; 4-16 Minneapolis, EMB; 4-17 St. Paul, BL; latest 5-17 French River, St. Louis Co, JGH; 5-25 Stearns Co, NMH; 5-28 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) | earliest 3-15 Stearns Co, RPR; 3-19 Kandiyohi Co, RG; both very early records; 3-30 Nobles Co, HSH. | ||||
| Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | earliest 3-14 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-16 Hennepin Co, EMB; 3-22 Hennepin Co, FN/ MAS. | ||||
| Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) | latest 3-6 Clifton, St. Louis Co, JKB; 4-22 Willmar, Kandiyohi Co, 1, RG (exceptional; good details); 4-27 Duluth, St. Louis Co, JPP. | ||||
| Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | 5-11 Minneapolis, EHH, DB; 5-21 Mille Lacs Lake, RLH; 5-25 Stearns Co, NMH; 5-30 Forest Lake, WHL. Black Tern.: earliest 4-29 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-30 St. Paul, BL; 5-2 Ramsey Co, ACR, RLH; 5-7 Frontenac, EHH, Ramsey Co, TKS and Hennepin Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) | earliest 4-16 Washington Co, WWL; 4-17 Hennepin Co, VL; 4-28 Hennepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | earliest 4-16 Minneapolis, EMB; 4-17 Wabasha Co, DGM; 4-18 Minneapolis, RBJ. | ||||
| Loons | |||||
| Common Loon (Gavia immer) | earliest 3-15 Wright Co, EGC, 3-31 Stearns Co, RPR and 4-2 Washington Co, WWL. | ||||
| Cormorants | |||||
| Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) | 4-14 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, DLO; 4-16 Stevens Co, ES; 4-17 Duluth (JGH), Wabasha (DGM), Goodhue Co (EMB), Dakota Co (EMB) and Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge (CEP); 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG, ACR and Goodhue Co, BL, RBJ; 424 Big Stone Co, VL; 4-25 Rice Co, EWJ; 4-29 Morrison Co, LSR and Wabasha Co, DGM; 4-30 Sibley Co, RBJ; 5-1 Hennepin Co, CKS and Rice Co, OAR; 5-5 Lake Traverse, DB; 5-7 Grant Co, MVS; 5-15 Cass Co, EBH; 5-16 Agassiz Refuge, DLO; 5-19 Jackson Co, NMH; 5-21 Salt Lake, BL; 5-22 Winona, GD, GG, FV; 5-24 Lac qui Parle Co, EHH. | ||||
| Pelicans | |||||
| American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) | 4-16 Lake Traverse, EHH and Lake Shetek, HSH; 4-21 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, DLO; 4-24 McLeod Co and Big Stone Co, VL; 4-25 Rice Co, EWJ; 5-1 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, DLO; 5-5 Lake Traverse, DB; 5-13 Agassiz Refuge, DLO; 5-15 Morrison Co, LSR; 5-19 Jackson Co, NMH; 5-21 (BL) THE LOON and 5-28 (EMB) Lac qui Parle Co. | ||||
| Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons | |||||
| American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) | earliest 4-10 Washington Co, ACR; 4-18 Collegeville, RPR and Douglas Co, MVS; 4-21 Two Harbors, RK, Norman Co, GSM and Agaasiz Refuge, DLO. | ||||
| Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) | .5-14 Washington Co, WWL; only report. | ||||
| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) | earliest 3-14 Benton Co, NMH; 3-17 Rice Co, OAR; 3-18 Stearns Co, RPR. | ||||
| Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | 4-23 Dakota Co, EMB, RBJ, BLand Hennepin Co, EMB; 4-24 Kanabec Co, RHJ; one very northerly record; 5-16 East branch Baptism River, Lake Co, JGH. Common Egret: earliest 4-4 Rice Lake, OAR; 4-9 Osakis, ML; 4-10 Olmsted Co, JPF and Agassiz Refuge, DLO. | ||||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | earliest 4-4 Stevens Co, JAH; 4-9 Lake Wilson, HSH; 4-14 Hennepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) | 5-7 Red Wing, MIG; 5-26 La Crescent, GD, GG, FV; 5-30 Rochester, CMJ. | ||||
| New World Vultures | |||||
| Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | earliest 3-16 Hennepin Co, FN/ MAS; 3-20 Winona Co, GD, GG, FV; 4-2 Stearns Co, NMH. | ||||
| Osprey | |||||
| Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | earliest 4-2 Goodhue Co, DB; 4-16 Lake Phalen, MIG; 4-18 Kanabec Co, RHJ and Beltrami Co, JAM. GYRFALCON : 3-10 Shakopee, Scott Co, RG; see Notes of Interest in June issue. | ||||
| Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles | |||||
| SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elanoides forficatus) | 4-29 Marineon- St.-Croix, Washington Co, one bird found DOR on State Hwy 95 by Charles P. Stone and his son, Charles, Jr. The specimen was taken to the Minnesota Museum of Natural History on Minneapolis campus where it is now on display. | ||||
| Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) | 3-13 Minnesota City, Winona Co, 1 trapped, fide GD. | ||||
| Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) | earliest 3-6 Olmsted Co, JPF; 3-7 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-8 Stearns Co, RPR. | ||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) | earliest 3-28 Sherburne Co, 15, NMH; 4-8 Cook Co, MAF; 4-13 Agassiz Refuge, DLO. | ||||
| Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) | earliest 3-19 Stearns Co, RPR; 3-23 St. Louis Co, WJM; 3-31 Stearns Co, RPR; 4-2 Cokato, EGC. | ||||
| American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) | 3-5 Hennepin Co, EMB; 3-12 Stearns Co, RPR; 3-28 Sherburne Co, NMH; 4-8 Agassiz Refuge, DLO; 4-18 Agassiz Refuge, DLO; 5-8 Frontenac, MIG; 5-26 Bemidji, EBH. | ||||
| Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | 3-6 Two Harbors, RK; 3-6 St. Louis Co, JKB; 3-6 Chisago Co, DH; 3-13 to 3-27 Wabasha Co, great numbers, KK; 3-13 Washington Co, DH; 3-15 St. Louis Co, 2, Ray Sanbeck; 3-15 Hennepin Co, EWJ; 3-16 Stevens Co, RAG; 3-16 Washington Co, WHL; 3-17 Carlton Co, JCG; 3-18 KK says "on Mississippi River all month of March," Wabasha and Winona Co's; 3-17 Stearns Co, RPR; 3-21 JAM reports "by 3-21 about 10 on territory, Itasca and Cass Co's,"; 3-24 Wabasha Co, DGM; 4-1 (3) and 4-3 (7) Rice Lake Refuge, CEP; 4-3 Red Wing, ES; 4-5 Wabasha, 8 or 10, DGM; 4-7 St. Louis Co, 1, NJH; 4-8 Duluth, 1 ad, DNH: 4-8 Agassiz Refuge, 4, DLO; 4-12 Walker, Cass Co, EBH; 4-23 Wabasha, 1, DGM; 5-26 Cook Co, HH. | ||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) | more reports than usual; 3-19 Dakota Co, RBJ; 3-19 Stearns Co, RPR; 3-21 Ramsey Co, BL; 3-28 Olmsted Co, JPF; 4-4 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-6 Goodhue Co, ACR; 4-9 Pope Co, JAH; 4-22 Stevens Co, ES; 5-10 Wabasha Co, GD, GG, FV; 5-14 Collegeville, NMH; 5-18 Dakota Co, EWJ; 5-31 Wabasha Co, EHH. | ||||
| Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) | earliest 4-10 Ramsey Co, ACR; 4-18 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP; 4-23 Goodhue Co, RBJ; 4-23 Minneapolis, EMB; 4-23 Hastings, MIG; 4-23 Orr, St. Louis Co, NJH. THE LOON | ||||
| Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) | 3-19 Stearns Co, 1, RPR( amazingly early; details do not preclude an immature Red-tail); 4-11 Luverne, Rock Co, 1, RO, BA; 4-21 Hartville, Dakota Co, 1, RLH; 5-21 Lac qui Parle Co, BL. | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | earliest 3-7 Stearns Co, RPR; 3-7 Rice Co, OAR; 3-10 Carver Co, EWJ; 3-13 Hennepin Co, EMB. HARLAN'S HAWK: 5-1 Colby Lake, Washington Co, HFH; good details; this hawk is difficult to identify and it appears that the forthcoming book on Minnesota birds will recognize only specimens that have been collected. | ||||
| Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) | latest 4-14 Agassiz Refuge, DLO; 4-23 Dakota Co, RBJ; 4-23 Hastings, ACR; 4-26 Dakota Co, EMB. | ||||
| Screech-Owls, Owls | |||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) | 3-1 Washington Co, DS; 4-17 Wabasha Co, GD, GG, FV; 4-30 Collegeville, RPR; 5-7 Minneapolis, DB. | ||||
| Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) | latest 3-1 Rice Co, OAR; 3-7 Duluth, JKB; 3-11 Hibbing, HM· 3-26 Morris, RAG; 4-14 Collegeville, RPR. Hawk-Owl: 3-1 (DB, EHH) and 3-12 (BL) Meadowlands, St. Louis Co; only report. | ||||
| Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) | 5-23 Gunflint Lake Cook Co, one captured HH's pet Wood: chuck; only report. | ||||
| Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) | 4-24 Cook Co MOP· only report. ' ' | ||||
| Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) | 3-12 Pine Co BL· 3-20 Eyota, FGD; 4-2 Hennepin cd, DB; 4-4 Hennepin Co, EMB, EHH. | ||||
| Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) | 4-6 Duluth, 1 found dead, KS. | ||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) | 3-26 Duluth, 1 found dead, JCG; 4-14 Duluth, 1 found dead, JCG; 4-22 Duluth, 1 heard on territory, JCG. | ||||
| Woodpeckers | |||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | earliest 4-~ Goodhu·~ Co, EMB; 4-9 Minneapolis, EMB; 4-~~3 St. Paul, MIG. | ||||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) | usual records from southeastern Minnesota plus one record from Mora, Kanabec Co on 5·9 by RHJ. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | earliest 3-22 Washingt.on Co, DH; 3-29 Minneapolis, FN/ MAS. | ||||
| Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | earliest 3-14 Olmsted Co, JPF and Pope Co, WH; 3-17 Rice Co, OAR; 3-18 Washington Co, BL. | ||||
| Caracaras, Falcons | |||||
| American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | earliest 3-2 Rice Co, OAR; 3-12 Wabasha, DGM; 3-13 Washington Co, DH. | ||||
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) | earliest 4-12 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 4-27 Two Harbors, RK; 4-29 Stearns Co, NMH and Cook Co, MOP. | ||||
| Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) | 3-20 Hennepin Co, TEM; 4-5 Hennepin Co, 1, MHM; 5-6 Agassiz Refuge, 1, DLO; 5-7 Dakota Co, 1, BL, and Washington Co, EMB; 5-15 Hennepin Co, EMB. | ||||
| Flycatchers | |||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | earliest 4-23 Hastings, MIG; 5-3 Stearns Co, RPR; 5-7 Goodhue Co, BL; 5-7 Nobles Co, HSH. | ||||
| Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) | earliest 5-5 Polk Co, GSM; 5-17 St. Cloud, NMH; 5-J8 Stevens Co, JAR. | ||||
| Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | earliest 4-22 Hennepin Co, CKS; 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 4·2!i Hastings, ACR. | ||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) | earliest 5-9 Minneapolis, EHH; 5-10 Olmsted Co, JPF; 5-10 Minneapolis, VL, MHM; 5-13 Collegeville, RPR. | ||||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | earliest 4-10 Bemidji, EBH and 4-14 Douglas Co, MVS, both records almost certainly Eastern Phoebes; next record 5-4 Hennepin Co, MHM; any April record for the Wood Pewee would be unusual. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) | earliest 5-7 Nobles Co, HSH; 5-8 Stevens Co, JAR; 5-15 Mora, RHJ; 5-15 Frontenac, MIG. | ||||
| Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) | earliest 5-4 Olmsted Co, JPF; Minneapolis, EHH and Morris, JAR; 5-5 Wabasha Co, GD, GG, FV and Minneapolis, EMB; 5-6 Polk Co, GSM, Minneapolis, DB and Hnenepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| Empidonax flycatcher (Empidonax sp.) | earliest 5-4 Olmsted Co, JPF; 5-8 Wright Co, EGC; 5-12 Morrison Co, LSR. | ||||
| Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | earliest 3-13 Collegeville, RPR; 3-27 Wright Co, EGC; 4-2 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP. | ||||
| Vireos | |||||
| Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) | 5-23 Winona, GD, GG, FV; 5-23 Rochester, 1 banded by JPF, CMJ, excellent details; 5-31 Dorer Pools, Wabasha/ Winona Co line, EHH, RG. | ||||
| Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) | earliest 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 5-5 Hennepin Co, VL; 5-6 Wabasha, DGM and Hennepin Co, CKS. | ||||
| Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) | earliest 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 5-4 Rochester, JPF, Morris, JAH and Minneapolis, EMB, DB; 5-5 Hennepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) | earliest 5-8 Minneapolis, JAJ; 5-12 Goodhue Co, EWJ; 5-16 Hennepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) | earliest 4-23 Hastings, MIG; 5-7 Northfield, EHH, Vasa, BL, Minneapolis, EMB; 5-8 Wabasha, DGM and Hennepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) | earliest 5-5 Winona, GD, GG, FV; 5-14 Frontenac, MIG; 5-16 Ramsey Co, ACR and Faribault, OAR. | ||||
| Shrikes | |||||
| Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | earliest 3-20 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-24 Pope Co, WH; 3-27 Polk Co, GSM. | ||||
| Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis) | latest 4-5 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP; 4-6 Hibbing, HM; 4-15 Cook Co, MOP; one exceptional record: 5-21 St. Louis Co, 5 miles N. of Chisholm, RLH; 1 same remarks as for Bohemian Waxwing above. | ||||
| Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows | |||||
| Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) | 3-28 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP; 4-9 Two Harbors, RK; 4-9 Cook Co, MOP. | ||||
| Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) | latest 3-11 Polk Co, GSM; 3-16 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP. B.oreal Chickadee: 4-30 Lake Co, 1, RK; 5-21 Lake Co, 2, RK; 5-31 Cook Co, HH. | ||||
| Chickadees, Titmice | |||||
| Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) | scarcer than usual; 3-1 Minneapolis, EWJ; 3-10 Wabasha, DGM; 3-26 Hennepin Co, BL; 5-15 Winona Co, JRR; 5-20 Winona Co, GD, GG, FV. | ||||
| Martins, Swallows | |||||
| Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) | earliest 4-20 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 4-22 Wabasha, DGM; 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG, Goodhue Co, RBJ, Minneapolis, EMB and Scott Co, JRR. | ||||
| Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) | 3-22 Dakota Co, FN/ MAS (early!); 4-9 Winona, FGD; 4-10 Winona, GD, GG, FV. | ||||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) | earliest 4-20 Winona, GD, GG, FV; 4-23 Minneapolis, EMB and Goodhue Co, RBJ; 4-29 Scott Co, EHH, Hennepin Co, DB. | ||||
| Purple Martin (Progne subis) | earliest 3-29 Collegeville, RPR; 3-31 Minneapolis, MHM; 4-3 Faribault, OAR. | ||||
| Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | earliest 4-14 Bemidji, JAM; 4-23 Goodhue Co, RBJ, BL, EMB, Hastings, MIG; 4-24 Wright Co, EGC. | ||||
| Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) | earliest 4-6 Wabasha Co, 24, DGM; 4-14 Bemidji, JAM; 4-23 Hast ings, MIG. | ||||
| Kinglets | |||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) | earliest 4-3 Nobles Co, HSH; 4-17 Hennepin Co, EMB; 4-18 Hennepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) | earliest 3-17 September, 1966 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 3-20 Rochester, JPF; 3-22 Minneapolis, VL. | ||||
| Waxwings | |||||
| Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) | latest 3-20 Virginia, St. Louis Co, NJH and 3-30 Duluth, PBH; one very exceptional record: 5-12 Faribault, Rice Co, 10, OAR (details?); this species has usually departed northward from our state by mid-April. | ||||
| Nuthatches | |||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) | five reports in Twin Cities area from 3-17 to 4-6; northward movement noted from 4-30 to 5-22; on latter date seen in St. Cloud by NMH, latest date for southern part of state this spring; reached Cook Co on 5-25, HH. | ||||
| Creepers | |||||
| Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) | five March records for southern part of state; first northward movement noted 4-3 Douglas Co, MVS and 4-16 Beltrami Co, EBH; reached Cook Co on 4-19, MOP; vast majority of the May records were from northern part of state; latest date for southern part of state this spring: 5-18 Hennepin Co, MHM and 5-19 Washington Co, ACR. | ||||
| Gnatcatchers | |||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) | 5-7 Hennepin and Dakota Co's, EMB and Goodhue Co, BL; 5-10 Goodhue Co, DB, EHH; 5-11 Winona Co, GD, GG, FV; 5-15 Winona Co, JRR; 5-17 Goodhue and Chisago Co's, EMB. | ||||
| Wrens | |||||
| House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | earliest 4-8 Rochester, CMJ (early!); 4-17 Nobles Co, HSH; 4-29 Washington Co, DS, BL. | ||||
| Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) | 3-24 Washington Co, JO; 4-3 Washington Co, DH; 4-6 Goodhue Co, ACR, BL. | ||||
| Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris) | earliest 4-27 Rice Co, OAR; 5-10 Frontenac, EHH, DB and Rochester, JPF; 5-13 Agassiz Refuge, DLO. | ||||
| Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) | earliest 3-26 Morris, RAG (early!); 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 5-10 Rochester, JPF and Ramsey Co, ACR. | ||||
| Thrashers, Mockingbirds | |||||
| Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | earliest 4-17 Rochester, JPF; 4-21 St. Cloud, NMH; 4-22 Wabasha, DGM. | ||||
| Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | reported in May from Long Lake in New Brighton by Mrs. Carlson; she said one had spent the previous summer in the same area; 5-2 Cyrus, Pope Co, WH (details?); 5-2 Bloomington, 1, H. M. Wynne; 5-10 Shotley, Beltrami Co, MG (details?) (very THE LOON northern record); 5-21 Duluth, PBH and Dakota Co, MRL; 5-22 Dakota Co, DB; more reports than we've had in a long time. Catbird: earliest 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 4-24 Cass Lake, EBH; 5-2 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP. | ||||
| Thrushes | |||||
| Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | earliest 3-12 Washington Co, DH and Houston Co, MM; 3-13 Jackson Co, HSH; 3-14 Rochester, JPF and Northfield, GNR; one northerly record, 5-16 Superior National Forest, Lake Co, 4, JGH. | ||||
| Veery (Catharus fuscescens) | earliest 5-4 Rochester, JPF; 5-5 St. Louis Co, PBH; 5-7 Hennepin Co, DB and St. Cloud, NMH. | ||||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) | earliest 5-1 Minneapolis, EMB; 5-4 Pope Co, WH; 5-5 Hennepin Co, MHM; 5-5 St. Cloud, NMH; latest 5-24 St. Louis Co, PBH; 5-25 Norman Co, BRK; 5-28 Beltrami Co, JAM. | ||||
| Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) | earliest 4-13 Norman Co, BRK (Hermit Thrush? Very early up there); 4-21 Minneapolis, VL (early!); 4-30 Minneapolis, ACR. | ||||
| Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) | earliest 3-17 Morris, RAG (ties earliest date on record for state); 4-10 Minneapolis, EMB; 4-11 Morris, JAH. | ||||
| Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | earliest 4-19 Washington Co, WWL (Hermit Thrush? quite early); 4-28 Duluth, JGH (early up there); 5-8 Minneapolis, DB; 5-26 Collegevi lie, 1, RPR; there is some uncertainty as to northern limits of this species in Minnesota. | ||||
| Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) | 5-24 Grand Lake, Stearns Co, 1 seen at close range, face pattern noted, NMH; only May record for state; all previous records from Oct to March. | ||||
| Pipits | |||||
| American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) | 4-29 Washington Co, ACR; 5-7 Dakota Co, HFH, RLH; 5-10 Carver Co, VL; 5-11 Dakota and Washington Co's, EMB; 5-15 Washington Co, DB, BL; only reports. | ||||
| Finches | |||||
| Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) | latest dates in southern Minnesota: 5-2 St. Joseph, RPR; 5-4 Wabasha Co, DGM; 5-10 Winona Co, GD, GG, FV. | ||||
| Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) | latest 3-16 Morris, JAH; 3-31 Morrison Co, LSR; 4-22 Agassiz Refuge, DLO. | ||||
| Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) | latest in southern Minnesota: 5-5 Winona Co, GD, GG, FV; 5-7 Ramsey Co, TKS; 5-8 Hennepin Co, MHM and Wabasha Co, DGM; 5-10 Washington Co, DS; 5-16 Washington Co, WWL; 5-19 Rochester, JPF; 5-25 St. Paul, MIG. | ||||
| Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) | latest 4-30 Cook Co, MOP; 5-3 Duluth, JCG; 5-26 Agassiz Refuge, DLO (details? exceptionally late!). | ||||
| Hoary Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni) | latest 3-19 Minneapolis, EWJ; 3-24 Stearns Co, NMH; 3-31 Hennepin Co, FN/ MAS. | ||||
| White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) | 4-28 Hennepin Co, TKS; 5-1 and 5-5 St. Cloud, 1 female, RPR, only reports. | ||||
| Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) | except for one Duluth record on 3-4 (AKA), confined to southern part of state in March; slight movement northward to Mille Lacs Lake and Duluth in April; good movement northward in late May to Polk Co (5-24, GSM), Beltrami Co (5-20, MG), St. Louis Co, Virginia (5-22, NJH) and Cook Co (5-22, MOP)); still present in Rochester and the Twin Cities at the end of May. . Red Crossbill: 3-5 Washington Co, BL; 5-5 Bemidji, EBH; only reports. | ||||
| Longspurs and Snow Buntings | |||||
| Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) | 5-21, Clay September, 1966 Co, SE of Felton at the usual spot, 5, BL, RG. | ||||
| Smith's Longspur (Calcarius pictus) | 4-10 Rock Co, near Luverne, adult male, attaining breeding plumage, collected for Minnesota Museum of Natural History; probably first or second specimen taken in Minnesota. | ||||
| Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) | latest 4-28, 4-29 Two Harbors, RK, JCG; 5-10 Duluth, 6, PBH. | ||||
| Towhees, Sparrows | |||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) | 5-6 Kanabec Co, RHJ; 5-16 Faribault, OAR; 5-17 Hennepin Co, MHM; 5-21 Dakota Co, JRR; 5-28 Rock Co, EMB; 5-30 Washington Co. WWL, EMB; 5-31 Wabasha Co, EHH. | ||||
| Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) | 4-18 Nobles Co, HSH (details? very early); 4-29 Agassiz Refuge, DLO (details? very northerly record); 4-29 Carver Co, DB; 4-29 Scott Co, EHH; 5-1 Hennepin Co, MHM; 5-7 Sibley Co, RBJ; 5-13 Scott Co. BL; 5-14 Goodhue and Wabasha Co's, EMB; 5-18 Sherburne Co, RPR; 5-30 Polk Co, GSM (details? very northerly record). | ||||
| LARK BUNTING (Calamospiza melanocorys) | 5-23 Mille Lacs Co, S. of Onamia, 1 male, ELC, TRC, good details; 5-24 Lac qui Parle Co, 1, DB, EHH; 5-24 Cook Co, Tofte, 2, MOP (details?); 5-31 Duluth, JCG; also on 5-19 DGM saw a bird in Wabasha Co which he felt may have been this species. Savannah Sparrow earliest 4-5 Mille Lacs Co, WJH; 4-22 Agassiz Refuge, DLO; 4-28 Two Harbors, RK, Hibbing, SM and Cook Co, MAF. | ||||
| Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | earliest 3-29 Rice Co, OAR; 4-2 Dakota Co, MRL; 4-9 Bemidji, EBH. | ||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) | earliest 4-23 Hastings, MIG, ACR; 4-24 Northfield, OAR; 5-4 Rochester, JPF. | ||||
| Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) | earliest 3-16 Wabasha, DGM, St. Paul, RLH and Minneapolis, HFH; 3-17 Rice Co, OAR, Morrison Co, LSR, Washington Co, JO, Hennepin Co, RBJ, MHM; 3-19 Stearns Co, NMH, Winona Co, GD, Washington Co, ACR; latest 5-11 Two Harbors, RK; 5-12 Duluth, PBH; 5-15 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) | latest 4-28 Cook Co, HH; 4-29 Agassiz Refuge, DLO; 4-30 Collegeville, RPR. Tree Sparrow: latest 5-15 Cook Co, MOP; 5-20 Cook Co, MAF; 5-23 Cook Co, HH. | ||||
| White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) | earliest 4-28 Norman Co, BRK; 5-1 Cook Co, HH; 5-2 Cook Co, MAF; 5-2 Two Harbors, RK; 5-2 Winona, GD, GG, FV; latest 5-18 Hibbing, SM; 5-21 Duluth, PBH; 5-23 Duluth, JCG. | ||||
| Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) | earliest 3-19 Willmar, RG; 3-20 Sibley Co, 2, HFH; 3-26 Northfield, GNR; 3-27 Nobles Co, HSH; latest 5-23 Cook Co, MOP; 5-24 Kanabec Co, RHJ; 5-25 Shotley, Beltrami Co, MG; 5-26 Two Harbors, RK. | ||||
| White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) | earliest 3-7 Collegeville, RPR wintering?); 3-22 Rochester, JPF and Dakota Co, FN/ MAS; 4-9 Eyota, FGD. | ||||
| Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) | earliest 3-28 Collegeville, RPR; 3-29 Stevens Co, ES; 4-2 Nicollet Co, ELC, RLH. | ||||
| LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) | 4-24 Sherburne So, NMH; 4-29 Two Harbors, RK; 5-17 Minneapolis, VL, Hennepin Co, MHM, Nobles Co, HSH; 5-28 Rock Co, EMB. | ||||
| Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) | 5-14 Dakota, Winona Co, GD, GG, FV; 5-28 Winona, Winona Co, GD, GG, FV. | ||||
| Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) | earliest 3-11 Rochester, JPF; 3-15 Rice Co, OAR; 3-16 Northfield, GNR, Minneapolis, FN/ MAS. Lapland Longs,pur: earliest 3-24 Sherburne Co, NMH; 3-4, 3-8, 3-14 Nobles Co, HSH; latest 4-28 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP; 4-29 Duluth, JCG; 5-28 Cook Co, MOP (late!). | ||||
| Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) | earliest 4-21 Hennepin Co, MHM; 4-27 Cook Co, MAF; 4-29 Goodhue Co, DB, EHH, Morris, JAH, Crow Wing Co, MSB. | ||||
| Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | earliest 3-28 Collegeville, 4-2 Minneapolis, JAJ, EMB, BL; 4-17 Rochester, JPF, Nobles Co, HSH. | ||||
| Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | earliest 4-25 Faribault, OAR; 4-26 Minneapolis, DB; 4-29 Stevens Co, JAH, ES. | ||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | |||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) | 5-30 Dorer Pools, Winona/ Wabasha Co, RG, only report. | ||||
| Blackbirds, Orioles | |||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) | earliest 4-13 Stevens Co, ES, JAR; 4-13 Douglas Co, MVS; 4-14 Agassiz Refuge, DLO; northerly records: 5-11 Two Harbors, RK; 5-22 Cook Co, MAF; May, male and female, Taconite Harbor, Cook Co, MOP. | ||||
| Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) | earliest 5-3 St. Paul, ACR; 5-5 Kanabec Co, RHJ; 5-6 Rice Lake Refuge, CEP. | ||||
| Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | earliest 3-2 Northfield, GNR; 3-10 Nobles Co, EHW; 3-12 Wabasha Co, GD,GG,FV. | ||||
| Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | earliest 3-3 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-3 Wabasha Co, DGM; 3-5 Ramsey Co, ACR; 3-6 Wright Co, EGC. | ||||
| Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) | 5-15 Winona, GD, GG, FV; 5-15 Bemidji, EBH (details? northerly); 5-20 Duluth, KS (good details); 5-21 Lac qui Parle Co, BL; 5-22 St. Paul, ACR; 5-23 Duluth, PBH and Nobles Co, HSH; 5-24 Stevens Co, ES; 5-25 Douglas Co, MVS; 5-28 Rock Co, EMB; 5-31 Wi nona Co, EHH. | ||||
| Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) | earliest 4-16 Watonwan Co, LAF (details? earliest date on record!); next 5-4 St. Paul, MIG; 5-5 Washington Co, BL, Wabasha Co, DGM and Winona Co, GD, GG, FV. | ||||
| Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) | earliest 3-2 Washington Co, BL and Northfield, GNR; 3-5 Rice Co, OAR; 3-6 Nobles Co, HSH. | ||||
| Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) | earliest 3-13 Minneapolis, EMB; 3-19 Dakota Co, BL; 3-23 Rice C0, OAR. | ||||
| Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) | latest 5-12 St. Paul, MIG; 5-16 Polk Co, CCE; 5-18 Sauk Centre, RPR. | ||||
| Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) | earliest 3-10 Washington Co, DS; 3-12 Collegeville, RPR; 3-19 Dakota Co, RBJ, EMB. | ||||
| Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) | earliest 3-2 Minneapolis, MHM; 3-6 Hennepin Co, FN/MAS; 3-6 Nobles Co, HSH; 3-10 Wabasha Co, DGM. | ||||
| Warblers | |||||
| Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) | earliest 5-2 Minneapolis, DB; 5-4 Morris, JAR and Minneapolis, VL; 5-6 Hennepin Co, MHM; 5-7 Vasa, BL. | ||||
| Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) | 5-3 Washington Co, DS; 5-7 Douglas Co, MVS (very northerly record; almost certainly the Northern Waterthrush); 5-7 Goodhue Co, BL; 5-9 Washington Co, DS; 5-16 St. Paul, ACR; 5-26 St. Paul, ACR; 5-31 Whitewater Park, Winona Co, EHH. | ||||
| Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) | earliest 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 4-26 Minneapolis, DB; 4-27 Minneapolis, EHH, EMB; 5-2 Hennepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) | 5-7 Vasa, BL; 5-8 Frontenac, GD, GG, FV; 5-8 Wabasha, DGM; 5-14 St. Cloud, RPR and Dakota Co, MIG; 5-15 Minneapolis, RBJ; 5-17 Rochester, JPF and Morrison Co, LSR; 5-20 Minneapolis, EHH and Carlos Avery Refuge, WHL; 5-21 Dakota Co, MRL; 5-22 Goodhue Co, EMB; 5-28 St. Louis Co, DB. | ||||
| Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) | 4-30 St. Cloud, NMH (details?); 5-7 Vasa, BL; 5-15 Winona. GD, GG, FV; 5-21 Rochester, JPF; 5-21 Goodhue Co, EMB; 5-22 Vasa, DB; 5-26 Ada, Norman Co, BRK (details? very northerly record); 5-30 Nerstrand, JRR. | ||||
| Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) | earliest 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 5-1 Nobles Co, HSH; 5-3 Rochester, JPF and Washington Co, WWL. | ||||
| Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) | 5-7 Frontenac, BL, Houston, Wabasha, Chisago Co's, EMB; 5-8 Wabasha, DGM and Frontenac, GD, GG, FV; 5-10 Frontenac, EHH, DB; 5-13 Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, 2, DLO (awaiting details; extremely northern record); 5-15 Washington Co, DS; 5-15 Frontenac, MIG and Winona, GD, GG, FV; 5-17 Duluth, good description, ME; 5-18 Goodhue Co, EWJ and Washington Co, WWL; two northern records are most interesting. | ||||
| Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) | earliest 4-23 St. Paul, MIG; 5-6 St. Paul, MIG; 5-6 St. Paul, ACR; 5-7 Carver Co, EHH, Vasa, BL and Winona, GG, GD, FV; a few were still singing in the Twin Cities area during the first week of June due, no doubt, to the late season. | ||||
| Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) | earliest 4-22 Minneapolis, EMB; 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 4-28 White Bear, ACR; latest 5-21 Scott Co, JRR and St. Louis Co, PBH; 5-24 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-27 Hennepin Co, VL. | ||||
| Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) | earliest 4-23 Hastings, MIG; 5-4 Rochester, JPF, Washington Co, DS and Minneapolis, DB, EMB; 5-5 Wabasha Co, DGM, St. Paul, BL and Minneapolis, VL; as with the Tennessee, a few were still singing in the Twin Cities during the first week of June. | ||||
| Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) | 5-17 Morris, JAR; 5-21 Hennepin and Goodhue Co's, EMB; 5-22 Stearns Co, NMH; 5-26 Carlos Avery Refuge, WHL; 5-29 Collegeville, RPR; 5-31 Minneapolis, VL. | ||||
| Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) | earliest 5-13 Hennepin Co, BL; 5-14 Hennepin Co, EMB, Faribault, OAR, Douglas Co, MVS; 5-15 Washington Co, DH, Frontenac, MIG, Stockton, GD, GG, FV, Morris, JAR. | ||||
| Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) | earliest 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 5-4 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-5 Minneapolis, VL and Winona, GD, GG, FV. | ||||
| American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) | earliest 5-4 Rochester, JPF and Washington Co, DH; 5-6 Minneapolis, DB; 5-7 Carver Co, EHH, St. Cloud, NMH, Hennepin Co, JAJ, Goodhue Co, RLH, Polk Co, GSM. September, 1966 | ||||
| Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) | earliest 5-7 Goodhue Co, BL and Hennepin Co, MHM; 5-8 Minneapolis, DB; 5-9 Morris, JAH. | ||||
| Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) | 5-16 Washington Co, WWL; 5-18 Stearns Co, NMH; 5-21 Collegeville, RPR; 5-22 Stearns Co, NMH; 5-22 Goodhue Co, DB, EMB; 5-25 Collegeville, 16, RPR; 5-30 Vasa, EHH. | ||||
| Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) | earliest 4-23 Dakota Co, MIG; 5-1 Nobles Co, HSH; 5-4 Washington Co, WWL; 5-7 Minneapolis, CKS and Goodhue Co, BL. | ||||
| Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) | earliest 5-12 Goodhue Co, EWJ; 5-14 Minneapolis, EMB; 5-15 Frontenac, MIG; 5-15 Mora, RHJ. | ||||
| Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) | earliest 4-14 Douglas Co, MVS (extraordinary; error in transcription?); 5-5 Duluth, JCG; 5-7 Nobles Co, HSH; 5-7 Vasa, BL; 5-8 Hennepin Co, JAJ, RBJ. | ||||
| Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) | earliest 4-23 Hastings, ACR and Red Wing, MIG; 5-4 St. Cloud, NMH; 5-5 Winona, GD, GG, FV, Kanabec Co, RHJ and Traverse Co, DB. | ||||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) | earliest 5-7 Vasa, BL and Minneapolis, VL; 5-8 Frontenac, GD, GG, FV and Stevens Co, JAH; 5-11 Washington Co, WWL. | ||||
| Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) | earliest 4-23 Hastings, MIG; 5-1 Nobles Co, HSH; 5-3 Washington Co, WWL; latest 5-29 Norman Co, BRK; 5-30 Stearns Co, NMH; 5-31 Hennepin Co, MHM. | ||||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) | 5-3 Washington Co, WWL; 5-14 Frontenac, MIG; 5-21 St. Louis Co, KS; 5-21 Washington Co, DS; no details on any of these observations; the female is difficult to identify; the adult male is unmistakable; evaluation of these reports would therefore be much easier if observers would indicate which sex they saw. | ||||
| Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) | 4-23 Hastings, MIG; 4-29 Scott Co, EHH, Carver Co, DB; 5-1 Minneapolis, EMB, JAJ. | ||||
| Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) | 5-1 Washington Co, DS; 5-3 Washington Co, WWL; 5-7 Nobles Co, HSH; 5-8 Chisago co, ACR; 5-13 THE LOON Hennepin Co, BL; 5-16 Ramsey Co, ACR; 5-17 Collegeville, RPR; 5-20 Polk Co, CCE; 5-21 Washington Co, DS, WWL; 5-22 St. Cloud, NMH; 5-24 Cook Co, MOP; 5-28 Morrison Co, LSR; more re- | ||||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) | earliest 4-11 Morris, JAH; 4-15 Washington Co, DH; 4-16 Mora, RHJ and Washington Co,BL. | ||||
| Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) | earliest 5-5 St. Paul, BL and Hennepin Co, MHM; 5-6 Wabasha Co, DGM and Minneapolis, VL; 5-7 Frontenac, EHH, Hennepin and Chisago Co's, EMB. | ||||
| Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) | earliest 5-6 Hennepin Co, CKS; 5-11 Washington Co, WWL; 5-16 Ramsey Co, ACR, BL. | ||||
| Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) | earliest 4-23 St. Paul, MIG; 5-4 Rochester, JPF and Washington Co, WWL; 5-5 Wabasha Co, DGM; latest 5-24 Bemidji, EBH; 5-25 Hennepin Co, TKS and Kanabec Co, RHJ; 5-30 Hennepin Co, VL and Hibbing, SM. | ||||
| Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | |||||
| Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) | earliest 5-7 Dakota Co, MRL; 5-10 Goodhue Co, DB; 5-14 Frontenac, MIG. | ||||
| Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) | 5-12 to 5-17 one young male, almost in full breeding plumage, at the feeder of MER in Bloomington, Hennepin Co, seen by many observers. Appears to be the fourth Minnesota record. | ||||
| Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | the usual reports from southeastern Minnesota; northerly records: April, pair at Duluth feeder, AKA; 4-30 Crow Wing Co, MSB; 5-17 Bemidji, EBH; 5-28 Duluth, 1 male, RG. | ||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | earliest 4-23 Hastings, MIG; 5-4 Rochester, JPF; 5-5 Washington Co, DH, DS, Minneapolis, VL, Winona, GD, GG, FV, Wabasha Co, DGM. | ||||
| Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) | earliest 5-12 Winona, GD, GG, FV, Rochester, JPF; 5-14 Frontenac, MIG, Hennepin Co, PE; 5-15 Winona Co, MHM. | ||||
| Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | earliest 5-4 Wabasha Co, EMB; 5-15 Faribault, OAR; 5-17 Rochester, JPF. | ||||