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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon | |
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The 1980-Summer Season 1 June through 31 July 1980 Janet C. Green |
The number of species seen in 1980, 260, was almost the same as the last three years. The only species considered resident not seen somewhere in the state in the summer of 1980 were Boreal Owl, Northern American Three-toed Woodpecker, Rusty Blackbird and King Rail. More observers, 61, found breeding evidence for more species, 171, than in any previous year. Documentation for nesting was obtained for the first time in Minnesota for the Hawk Owl and Wilson's Warbler.
A steady increase in the number of observers turning in reports produced a very good list for the 1980 summer season. Sixty-one reporters (some of them teams) saw 260 species and obtained breeding evidence for 171 species, the highest total to date. Breeding data are the most crucial information for bird distribution, and I will continue my admonitions for more complete reporting of nesting behavior. The nest and brood cards are filed by species and form the only precise record for compiling range maps.
It is impossible to draw accurate breeding maps without records that include an indication of the type of nesting evidence even if it is only carrying food or feeding fledglings and a location to the township level because so many Minnesota counties are very large. So I will repeat my plea from last year: If you have actual nesting data, please put them on nest/ brood cards where they can be filed by species and used in other distributional studies. Otherwise, the data get buried if put only on the seasonal report forms and are thus unretrievable.
Additional cards can be requested from Kim Eckert or me. Every scrap of information is useful, from carry· ing nesting material to feeding recently fledged young, and can be recorded on these cards, using a single card (either nest or brood) for each nesting attempt.
Repeating their performance from last year, Hiemenz turned the most breeding cards and the observers from Anoka County (LaFond, Howitz, Hilton et all.) had the most complete coverage.
The Minnesota River Valley received increased attention, and shows a potential for establishing range extensions for several woodland birds.
The Scientific and Nat ural Areas staff of the DNR carried out investigations in Becker and Pine/ Chisago Counties that widened our geographical coverage.
Also their work on prairie tracts in combination with the field work Eckert did for The Nature Conservancy (Loon 52:170-177) significantly improves our knowledge of this scarce habitat type. The Red Lake bog also is emerging from the unknown, thanks to the censuses by Niemi, Bankowski and Nevers (see American Birds 35:99100).
Now, if only there were an ardent birder in the middle of Koochiching County another large hole in our maps could be filled.
The style followed in the species accounts is similar to last year's except that regional descriptions are used more than county listings. The reader is referred to the map from "Minnesota Birds" for proper geographical orientation. Southern regions refers to the three regions north of the Iowa border, northern regions means those adjacent to Canada, and western regions means the three regions along the western, prairie margin of the state. The following abbreviations are commonly used:
BBS -Breeding Bird Survey (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) DNR -Department of Natural Resources NA-Natural Area NHA -Natural History Area NWR -National Wildlife Refuge SF -State Forest SNA-Scientific and Natural Area SP -State Park WMA-Wildlife Management Area
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| Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks | |||||
| Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) | Lingering in Nicollet, 6-13 (4), JCF. | ||||
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) | Breeding reported from nine counties, all in the southern half except Grant; also seen north to Duluth, Aitkin and Marshall. Congregation of 100 birds in Duluth harbor (7-9). | ||||
| Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) | One bird at Paynesville, Stearns Co., 7-20 (RBJ). | ||||
| Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) | Breeding reported from 19 counties; also seen throughout the state including Lake, Cook. | ||||
| Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) | Breeding reported from nine counties; also seen throughout the state, scarce in the Northeast. | ||||
| Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera) | Male in Lyon County, 6-22 -7-6 (HCK et al.). | ||||
| Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) | Breeding reported from Pennington, Aitkin, Big Stone, Anoka, Hennepin; scattered observations from 15 other counties but none in the Northeast, Central, Southeast. | ||||
| Gadwall (Mareca strepera) | Seen in the western regions plus Stearns, Anoka (7-13), Duluth (7-25, seven, KRE). | ||||
| American Wigeon (Mareca americana) | Breeding reported from St. Louis, Aitkin, Stearns; scattered observations from ten other counties south to Lyon, Nicollet. | ||||
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | Breeding reported from 18 counties; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) | Breeding in Cook; also seen in Lake, Itasca, Beltrami, Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Anoka (6-21, KL), Freeborn (DG), Lac qui Parle (6-7, KRE; 7-28, JCG), Traverse (6-10, KRE), Grant (Tenney BBS). | ||||
| Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) | Breeding reported from Pennington, Aitkin, Stearns, Sherburne, Hennepin; also seen from Lyon, Nicollet north to Duluth, Itasca, Marshall. | ||||
| Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) | No breeding observed but observations from 19 counties in all regions except the Northeast. | ||||
| Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) | Breeding reported from Marshall, Mahnomen, Hennepin; also seen in the western regions plus Nicollet, Aitkin (WN). | ||||
| Redhead (Aythya americana) | Breeding reported from Pennington, Todd, Big Stone; scattered observations from most of the state except the Southeast, Northeast, and North Central (seen in Aitkin). | ||||
| Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) | Breeding reported from eight counties south to Anoka, Wright; also seen south and west to Nicollet, Murray, Lyon, Yellow Medicine, Stevens, Wilkin. | ||||
| Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) | Lingering in Roseau, 6-6 (6), D&GW. | ||||
| Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) | Breeding reported fr.om Anoki) (7y at Carlos Avery WMA, BH); scattered observations throughout the state including Cook (7-21, Grand Marais, KH). | ||||
| Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) | Late migrants: 6-1 Ramsey (D&GW), 6-6 St. Louis (Stoney Point, P&M). | ||||
| Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | Breeding again observed at East Park WMA, Marshall Co. (6-24, brood, DNR report). | ||||
| Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | Breeding reported from Lake, St. Louis, Beltrami, Lake of the Woods; seen also throughout the Northeast and North Central plus single male in Wright (7-8, EH). | ||||
| Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | Breeding reported from Cook, Lake, Clearwater, Stearns, Ramsey, Rice; also seen scattered throughout the eastern and central regions plus Lac qui Parle (D&GW). | ||||
| Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) | Breeding reported from Lake, St. Louis; also seen in Cass. RedLbreasted Merganser Breeding reported from Cook, Lake, (Lake Superior only). | ||||
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | Breeding reported from six counties; also seen east to Freeborn, Ramsey and north to Todd, Pennington. | ||||
| New World Quail | |||||
| Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | Breeding in Dakota (Castle Rock); also seen in Houston, Winona, LeSueur (LeCenter, EK). | ||||
| Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys | |||||
| Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) | Seen in Houston, Winona. | ||||
| Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | Breeding reported in ten counties and seen in 17 other counties; all observations from Olmsted, Stearns, Clay (Bluestem Prairie, SNA staff) eastward. | ||||
| Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis) | Breeding reported from Lake of the Woods; St. Louis; also seen in Itasca (Scenic SP), Lake, Cook. | ||||
| Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) | Seen in Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Beltrami and Aitkin. | ||||
| Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) | Breeding reported from Clay; also seen in Polk, Mahnomen, Becker, Wilkin, Otter Tail, Wad~na, Hubbard, Cass. | ||||
| Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) | Breeding reported from Olmsted, LeSueur, Lyon, Sherburne, Stearns; also seen west of the Mississippi River in the southern and ceritral regions plus the Northwest. | ||||
| Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | Breeding reported fro,m ten counties in the south half plus Duluth; also seen throughout the state north to Clay, Hubbard. | ||||
| Grebes | |||||
| Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | Breeding reported from 13 counties, including Cook; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) | Breeding in Marshall; also seen in Roseau, Pennington. Migrants in Duluth, 6-6 (3). | ||||
| Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) | Breeding in Roseau, Marshall Beltrami,. Crow Wing, Todd, Wright; also seen m Mahnomen, Cass, Otter Tail Nicollet. ' | ||||
| Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) | |||||
| Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) | Breeding in Marshall, Todd, Big Stone, Nicollet; also seen in Roseau, Otter Tail, Traverse, Douglas, Stevens, Lac qui Parle, Kandiyohi, Martin. | ||||
| Pigeons, Doves | |||||
| Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) | Present throughout the state but no data. | ||||
| Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | Breeding reported from eight counties; also seen throughout the state except Cook, Lake, Koochiching, Itasca. N. St. Louis, | ||||
| Cuckoos | |||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | Breeding reported from Olmsted; also seen in 22 other counties throughout the state except in the Northeast and North Central Regions where it was observed only in the southern part of these regions. | ||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) | Breeding reported from Lake, Hubbard, Clearwater, Beltrami; also seen in 51 other counties throughout the state. | ||||
| Nightjars | |||||
| Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | Seen throughout the state. | ||||
| Swifts | |||||
| Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | Breeding reported from Stearns; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Hummingbirds | |||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | Breeding reported from Olmsted; seen also throughout the state. Belted Kingfisher. Breeding reported from Cook, Morrison; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Rails, Gallinules, Coots | |||||
| Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) | Breeding reported from LeSueur, Hennepin, Stevens; also seen in Wabasha, Nicollet, Washington, Anoka, Sherburne, Wright, Stearns, Kandiyohi, Otter Tail, Wadena, Aitkin. | ||||
| Sora (Porzana carolina) | Breeding reported from LeSueur, Anoka, Beltrami; also seen in 32 other counties including Cook. | ||||
| Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) | Breeding in Todd (Lake Osakis); also seen in Anoka, Wabasha, Houston. | ||||
| American Coot (Fulica americana) | Breeding reported in nine counties; also seen in 29 counties throughout the state except the Northeast. | ||||
| Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) | Seen in Aitkin, Wilkin (Akron Twp.), Pennington (Bray Twp.), Beltrami (Waskish). | ||||
| Cranes | |||||
| Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) | Breeding reported from Kittson, Roseau, Pennington, Polk, Aitkin, Mille Lacs; also seen in Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Beltrami, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Anoka (Carlos Avery). | ||||
| Stilts, Avocets | |||||
| American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) | Nesting attempted in Marshall (Agassiz NWR, one infertile egg) and Lac qui Parle (Salt Lake, three nests destroyed by rain, early June, KRE). | ||||
| Plovers | |||||
| American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) | Early migrants North: 7-24 (23) GO. | ||||
| Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) | Breeding reported in 14 counties; seen also throughout the state. Killdeer nest, May 20, 1981 Hill City, Aitkin County | ||||
| Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) | Early migrants North: 7-26; South: 7-7, 7-8, 7-10. | ||||
| Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) | Breeding in St. Louis (Duluth Port Terminal, 3 nests), Marshall (Agassiz NWR, 4 nests), Lake of the Woods (Pine and Curry Islands, 12 nests). Early migrant North: 7-26. | ||||
| Sandpipers | |||||
| Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) | Seen throughout the western regions and central part of the state east to the Twin Cities; also in Mower, Beltrami, Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) | Early migrants North: 7-31 Pennington (SS). | ||||
| Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) | Breeding reported from Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Wilkin; also seen in Kittson, Clay, Becker (Zmmerman Prairie), Traverse, Big Stone, Pope, Swift, Chippewa, Stearns (Lake George, T124R34, 6-17, three). | ||||
| Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) | Early migrants South (only): 7-12, 7-15, 7-18. | ||||
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) | Late migrants: 6-6 Duluth, 6-11 Pennington. Dowitcher Sp. Early migrants North: 7-3, 7-12; South: 6-29 (MJF), 7-8 (two locations). | ||||
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) | Late migrants: 6-7 Wilkin. | ||||
| Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) | Late migrants: 6-3 Lake. Early migrants North: 7-4 (KRE), 7-12; South: 6-29 (MJF), 7-10, 7-26. | ||||
| Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) | Early migrants North: 7-4, 7-12; South: 7-2, 7-5 (two locations). Lingering in Houston 6-11, 18, 21 (M&EF). | ||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) | Early migrants: 7-1 Marshall (Agassiz NWR). | ||||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) | Migrant at Agassiz NWR, Marshall Co. on 6-25. | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) | Late migrants: 6-5 Lac qui Parle. Early migrants North: 7-12; South: 629 (MJF), 7-10, 7-13. | ||||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) | Late migrants: 6-5 Big Stone, 6-8 Duluth. Early migrants North: 7-3, 712; South: 6-29 (MJF), 7-1, 7-10. | ||||
| WESTERN SANDPIPER (Calidris mauri) | Early migrants North: 7-28; South: 7-27, 7-30. | ||||
| American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) | Breeding reported from Lake, Sherburne, Anoka, Hennepin, Rice, LeSueur, Redwood (Minnesota River bottoms); also seen in 14 counties west to Freeborn (Helmer Myre SP), Nicollet (Nicollet), Stearns, Clay (Bluestem Prairie), Kittson. More observations in western counties in recent years. | ||||
| Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) | Seen throughout the state north of the Minnesota River Valley plus Houston, Freeborn. | ||||
| Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) | Breeding reported in five counties; seen also in 27 counties throughout the state. Early migrants North: 7/23 (JCG). | ||||
| Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) | Early migrants North: 6-18 (4) Lake (SGW), 7-2, 7-4; South: 6-17 Houston (M&EF), 7-1, 7-5, 7-6. | ||||
| Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) | Early migrants North: 6-29, 7-2, 7-3; South: 6-26, 6-28, 6-29. | ||||
| Willet (Tringa semipalmata) | Seen in Swift (6-10, Lake Oliver, NMH), Wilkin (6-21, Akron Twp., KRE). Early migrants: 7-12 Marshall. | ||||
| Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) | Early migrants North: 6-29, 7-2, 7-3; South: 6-28, 6-29, 7-5. | ||||
| Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) | Seen in Anoka, Hennepin, Carver, Mille Lacs, Stearns, Yellow Medicine, Lac qui Parle, Traverse, Wilkin, Mahnomen, Polk, Pennington, Marshall, Roseau, Beltrami (Waskish), Itasca (RBJ). | ||||
| Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) | Migrants in Pennington 7/12, 7/26. | ||||
| Gulls, Terns | |||||
| Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) | Breeding in Marshall, Todd; also seen throughout the western regions plus Nicollet, Kandiyohi, Stearns and Mille Lacs Lake (1 to 3 birds, JB). | ||||
| Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | Breeding in Mille Lacs, St. Louis (Duluth, 4000+ pairs); also seen in 20 other counties in all regions except the Southeast. | ||||
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) | Breeding reported in Lake, St. Louis; also seen in Cook, Pine, Chisago, Anoka, Aitkin, Crow Wing, Itasca, Beltrami. | ||||
| Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | In contrast to the many reports last summer, only seen at Duluth (6-27, six, KRE), Mille Lacs Lake (7-9, SE), Olmsted (7-31, Oronoco, JF). | ||||
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | Breeding reported from Anoka, Wright, Stearns; also seen throughout the state except the Northeast plus Koochiching and Pine. | ||||
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) | Breeding reported from Mille Lacs, Duluth (about 160 pairs); also seen in Aitkin, Crow Wing, Cass, Otter Tail (6-11, GO). | ||||
| Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | Breeding reported from Nicollet, Todd, Marshall; also seen in the East Central, Central and western regions plus Duluth (6-6, two, JCG), Olmsted (7-31, three, JF). | ||||
| Loons | |||||
| Common Loon (Gavia immer) | Breeding reported from 11 counties, south to Ramsey (Lake Vadnais), Anoka, Wnght, and west to Otter Tail Roseau. Outside range seen in Free: born (Helmer Myre SP), 7-9 (2), DG. | ||||
| Cormorants | |||||
| Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) | Breeding in Grant, Big Stone, Pope, Meeker, Anoka (Howard Lake); also seen in the central and western regions. | ||||
| Pelicans | |||||
| American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) | Observations clustered in three areas: West Central (Big Stone to Kandiyohi), South Central (Nicollet, Martin) and Northwest (Roseau, Marshall, Lake of the Woods). Also seen in Koochiching (Rainy Lake), 6-30 (2), DNR report. | ||||
| Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons | |||||
| American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) | Breeding reported from Lake, Aitkin, Beltrami; seen also throughout the state except south of the Minnesota River in the South Central and Southeast Regions. | ||||
| Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) | Reported from the western regions (north to Agassiz NWR), the Central Region, plus Nicollet and Anoka. | ||||
| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) | Breeding reported from seven counties; seen also throughout the state. First migrants: St. Louis (Lake Superior), 7-19 (JCG). | ||||
| Great Egret (Ardea alba) | Breeding reported from Grant, Big Stone, Pope, Anoka; also seen in the central regions, the Southeast, and Northwest (Norman, Marshall). Not as widespread as last year. | ||||
| Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) | Single bird seen at Big Stone NWR Lac qui Parle Co., June and July. ' | ||||
| Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) | One to three birds at Big Stone NWR, Lac qui Parle Co., June and July; also 6-18 (1), Pelican Lake, Grant Co. (GO). | ||||
| Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) | Seen at Big Stone NWR, Big Stone Co. (2-5 birds) and Pelican Lake, Grant Co. (1-4 birds). | ||||
| Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | Breeding reported only from Sherburne; seen also throughout the state north to St. Louis (Duluth), Cass, Lake of the Woods (Angle Inlet). | ||||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | Breeding reported from Marshall, Grant, Watonwan, Hennepin; seen throughout most of the state except the Northeast Quarter and the Southeast Region. | ||||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) | Single birds seen in Ramsey (6-2 7- 21), Big Stone (Big Stone NWR, 6-5 7- 6; two birds on 6-11, KRE), Otter Tail (Orwell WMA, 6-8, GO), Marshall (Agassiz NWR, 6-6 -24). | ||||
| New World Vultures | |||||
| Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | Breeding reported from Wabasha, Clearwater; also seen throughout the Southeast, Northeast and North Central Regions plus Becker, Otter Tail, Wright (6-8, Pelican Lake). | ||||
| Osprey | |||||
| Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | Breeding reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Hubbard; also seen throughout the North Central Region plus Becker and Pine. | ||||
| Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles | |||||
| Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) | Breeding reported from Stearns, Aitkin, Marshall; also seen in 28 other counties in the northern and central regions plus only Olmsted in the southern regions. | ||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) | Breeding reported from Hubbard; also seen in Houston, Olmsted, Scott, Anoka, Pine, Cook, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Otter Tail, Grant (P&M). | ||||
| Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) | Breeding reported from Scott, Anoka, Becker; also seen in Olmsted, Kandiyohi, Otter Tail, Beltrami (JC), Hubbard, Cass, Aitkin. More observations than in the last few years. | ||||
| American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) | Breeding reported from Clearwater (Itaska SP) and Pine (T40N, R17W, St. Croix SP); also seen in St. Louis, Cook. | ||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) | Breeding reported from Aitkin (3y, WN); also seen in Becker, Wadena, Crow Wing, Chisago, Anoka. Not reported from the Southeast (traditional breeding area) at all. Broad~winged Hawk Breeding reported from 11 counties; also seen in 17 other counties west to Blue Earth (Mankato), Otter Tail, Red Lake, Roseau. | ||||
| Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) | Breeding reported from Dakota; also seen in Mower, Washington (Marine- on-St. Croix), Wright (Silver Creek Twp.), Renville, Yellow Medicine, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Big Stone, Traverse, Clay, Red Lake. Range appears to be expanding in the central regions. Ba1d Eagle Breeding reported from Houston, Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Becker; also seen throughout the North Central Region plus the St. Croix River in Pine, Chisago and once in Marshall (6-27, East Park WMA). | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | Breeding reported from Big Stone, Stearns, Hubbard; also seen in 47 other counties throughout the state. | ||||
| Screech-Owls, Owls | |||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) | Breeding reported in Jackson; also seen in Washington, Lyon, Lac qui Parle, Stearns, Otter Tail. | ||||
| Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) | Breeding reported from Olmsted, LeSueur, Pope, Stearns, Ramsey, Aitkin, Crow Wing; also seen in 25 other counties throughout the state but scarce in the Northeast. | ||||
| Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) | First Minnesota nesting record: 5-9, seven young in nest, Aitkin, S. Loch; one also seen in Beltrami (7-13, north of Waskish, Loon 53:53-54). The second nest for Minnesota was found by Martin Kehoe in Lake of the Woods Co. southwest of Pitt. It contained six young in mid-June. | ||||
| BURROWING OWL (Athene cunicularia) | The two birds at Downer, Clay Co. were last observed on 7-9; the only indication of nesting was a hearsay report. | ||||
| Barred Owl (Strix varia) | Breeding reported from Houston, Ramsey, Anoka, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Becker; also seen in 16 other counties in the eastern regions, Central and North Central Regions. | ||||
| Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) | At least 23 nests reported by S. Loch from St. Louis, Aitkin, Cass, Itasca, Roseau; also seen in Lake, Koochiching, Beltrami, Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) | Breeding reported from St. Louis, Aitkin, Crow Wing, Norman; also seen in Beltrami. | ||||
| Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) | Breedng reported from Lake of the Woods, Beltrami; also seen in Roseau, Aitkin, Lyon (6-14, HCK). | ||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) | Breeding reported from Cook, Lake, Crow Wing, Norman; also seen in Aitkin. Whip-poor-wi II Seen in a narrow diagonal band from Houston to Lake of the Woods (includes Washington, Anoka, Sherburne, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Beltrami) plus Lake (five on the Tomahawk Trail, JCG). | ||||
| Woodpeckers | |||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | Breeding reported from nine counties; also seen throughout the state in 43 other counties including Lake (Isabella, SGW). | ||||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) | Breeding reported from LeSueur; also seen throughout the Southeastern Quarter west to Stearns and Nicollet plus Lyon (HCK), Pine (St. Croix SP, T40, T41, R17). | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | Breeding reported from Houston, Stearns, Red Lake, Itasca, Lake, Cook; also seen in 30 other counties throughout the state except south of the Minnesota River Valley in the Southwest and South Central Regions. | ||||
| Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) | Breeding reported from Cook, St. Louis, Itasca (Scenic SP); also seen in Lake, Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) | Breeding r.eported from Lake, Stearns, Anoka, Washington, Rice, LeSueur; also seen throughout the state. | ||||
| Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) | Breeding reported from Lake, Anoka, Washington, LeSueur; also seen throughout the state. | ||||
| Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | Breeding reported from Lake, Clay, Big Stone, Stearns, Washington, Rice, LeSueur; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) | Breeding reported from Cook, Morrison, Stearns, Houston; also seen throughout the state except south of the Minnesota River Valley in the Southwest and South Central Regions. | ||||
| Caracaras, Falcons | |||||
| American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | Breeding reported from Cook, Morrison, Becker; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) | Seen in Cook, Marshall (AgassizNWR}. | ||||
| Flycatchers | |||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | Breeding reported from Clay, Anoka; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) | Breeding reported from Pennington, Clay, Stearns, Big Stone, Hennepin; also seen throughout the western regions plus Hubbard, Cass, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Anoka and Olmsted (one, Chatfield BBS, DM). | ||||
| Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | Breeding reported from Lake, Washington, Anoka, LeSueur, Stearns, Lac qui Parle; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) | Late migrants: 6-3 Duluth, 6-6 Nicollet. Seen in Cook, Lake, N. St. Louis, Carlton, Aitkin, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Clearwater. | ||||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | Breeding reported from Clay, Big Stone, Stearns, Anoka; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) | Late migrant: 6-10 Otter Tail. Breeding reported from Koochiching; also seen in Lake of the Woods, Itasca, Aitkin, St. Louis, Lake, Cook. | ||||
| Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) | Breeding reported from Rice (Nerstrand Woods SP), Houston. | ||||
| Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) | Seen throughout the northern regions plus Wilkin and Traverse (KRE both), Mille Lacs, Stearns, Sherburne, Anoka. | ||||
| Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) | Seen in Houston, Dakota, Ramsey, Hennepin, Anoka, Isanti, Stearns (Lovell Lake, RBJ), Yellow Medicine, Traverse, Wilkin, Clay, Norman, Pennington (all W. counties, KRE). | ||||
| Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) | Breeding reported from Lake, Itasca, Morrison, Stearns, Big Stone; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | Breeding reported from Beltrami, Clay, Morrison, Stearns, Anoka; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Vireos | |||||
| Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) | Breeding reported from Ramsey (Fort Snelling SP); also seen in Wabasha, Olmsted, Winona. | ||||
| Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) | Breeding reported from Stearns; also seen throughout most of the state but absent in the Northeast, and Southwest and South Central south of the Minnesota River. | ||||
| Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Lake of the Woods, Itasca, Aitkin, Becker (Green Water Lake). Red-eyed Vi reo Breeding reported from Clay, Morrison, Wright, Anoka; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) | Breeding reported from Cook; also seen in Lake. | ||||
| Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) | Breeding reported from Pennington, Red Lake, Morrison, Stearns, Big Stone, Anoka, LeSueur; also seen throughout the state except Lake, Cook, Koochiching. | ||||
| Shrikes | |||||
| Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | Breeding reported from Clay, Morrison, Benton, Dakota, Mower; also seen in Grant, Swift, Sherburne, LeSueur. Good increase over the last two years. Eastern Bluebird nest, May 15, 1981 St. Cloud, Stearns County Starling Breeding reported from Lake, Stearns, Dakota, LeSueur; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows | |||||
| Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) | Breeding reported from Clearwater (Itasca SP), Beltrami, Itasca (Scenic SP), Carlton (Nemadji SF); also seen in Lake of the Woods, St. Louis, Lake, Cook. | ||||
| Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | Breeding reported from Clay, Stearns, Anoka, Washington, LeSueur; seen also throughout the state. Blue Jay nest, June 11, 1981, St. Cloud, Stearns County | ||||
| Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) | Breeding reported from Marshall; also seen in Kittson, Roseau, Pennington, Red Lake, Norman (Syre), Itasca (6-22, two, Tl46R25, TS). | ||||
| American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | Breeding reported from Stearns, Anoka; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Common Raven (Corvus corax) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Clearwater (6-28 Itasca SP). | ||||
| Chickadees, Titmice | |||||
| Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) | Breeding reported from Clay, Stearns, Anoka (58 nests! JLH), Washington, LeSueur, Houston; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) | Breeding reported from St. Louis; also seen in Cook, Lake, Itasca (Scenic SP), Koochiching, Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) | Breeding reported from Houston (Beaver Creek Valley SP). | ||||
| Larks | |||||
| Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) | Breeding reported from Clay, Stearns, Sherburne; also seen throughout the state except the Northeast Region (seen at Duluth only) plus Koochiching, Itasca. | ||||
| Martins, Swallows | |||||
| Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) | Breeding reported from Morrison, Stearns, Anoka; seen also throughout the state except the Northeast Region where reported only from Duluth, Cook (7-21 Grand Marais, KH). | ||||
| Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) | Breeding reported from Lake, Beltrami, Morrison, Stearns, Big Stone, Anoka, LeSueur, Olmsted; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) | Breeding reported from Stearns; seen also throughout the state except the Northeast Region where reported only from Duluth. | ||||
| Purple Martin (Progne subis) | Breding reported from Washington, Stearns, Anoka, Olmsted; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | Breeding reported from 12 counties; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) | Breeding reported from Pennington, Clay, Big Stone, Washington; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Kinglets | |||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Koochiching. Ruby-crowned King.let Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Aitkin (WN), Itasca, Koochiching, Beltrami, Wadena (Evergreen BBS). | ||||
| Waxwings | |||||
| Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) | Breeding reported from Lake, Stearns, Sherburne, Anoka; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Nuthatches | |||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Aitkin, Itasca, Beltrami, Clearwater, Anoka (Coon Rapids, Cedar Creek NHA), Ramsey (Lake Vadnais). Brown Creeper. Breeding reported from Lake; also seen in Cook, St. Louis, Itasca, Hubbard, Becker (Green Water Lake), Pine, Chisago, Houston, Lac qui Parle (Lac qui Parle SP). | ||||
| White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | Breeding reported from Pennington, Clay, Anoka, Washington, Dakota, LeSueur; also seen throughout the state including Cook (Kelly Lake). | ||||
| Gnatcatchers | |||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) | Breeding reported from Olmsted; also seen in Houston, Winona, Ramsey, Sherburne (NMH), Nicollet (St. Peter, MJF), Blue Earth (Mankato, MJF). | ||||
| Wrens | |||||
| House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | Breeding reported from ten counties; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) | Breeding reported from Cook; also seen in Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Itasca, Beltrami, Clearwater. | ||||
| Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris) | Seen throughout the state; widely reported from all regions. | ||||
| Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) | Breeding reported from Stevens, LeSueur; also seen throughout the state including Cook (Hovland BBS). | ||||
| Thrashers, Mockingbirds | |||||
| Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) | Breeding reported from Morrison, Stearns, Anoka, Ramsey, Dakota, LeSueur; seen also throughout the state including Lake, Cook. Gray Catbird nest, June 7, 1981 St. Cloud, Stearns County | ||||
| Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | Breeding reported from St. Louis, Clay, Stearns, Sherburne, Anoka, Dakota, LeSueur, Olmsted; seen also throughout the state except Lake, Cook. | ||||
| Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | All records from early June: Beltrami (6-5, T155R30), Morrison (6-2, fide NMH), Ramsey (6-9 Shoreview), Lake (6-8 Knife River). | ||||
| Thrushes | |||||
| Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | Breeding reported from Beltrami, Stearns, Anoka, Carver, LeSueur; also seen in the North Central, Central, East Central, Southeast, South Central Regions plus Otter Tail, Becker and St. Louis (Duluth). | ||||
| Veery (Catharus fuscescens) | Breeding reported from Lake, St. Louis, Anoka (JLH); seen also throughout the wooded portions of the northern regions including Clay (Bluestem Prairie) plus Otter Tail, Douglas, Lac qui Parle (JCG), Stearns, Benton, Mille Lacs, Pine, Chisago, Rice (OLJ), Olmsted (JF). | ||||
| Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) | Late migrants: 6-1 Clay, 6-4 Ramsey. Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Aitkin, Mille Lacs (WN). | ||||
| Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) | Breeding reported from Koochiching; also seen in Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Itasca, St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Carlton, Pine (Kettle River NA, St. Croix NA). | ||||
| Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | Breeding reported from Houston; also seen throughout the eastern re gions, North Central Region, plus Otter Tail (SM), Lac qui Parle (JCG), Stearns, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Carver, LeSueur (RBJ), Rice. Brown Thrasher nest, May 15, 1981 St. Cloud, Stearns County | ||||
| American Robin (Turdus migratorius) | Breeding reported from 11 counties; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Old World Sparrows | |||||
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | Breeding reported from Stearns, Anoka, LeSueur; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Pipits | |||||
| SPRAGUE'S PIPIT (Anthus spragueii) | Seen in Norman (Rockwell Twp., KRE), Clay (Keene Twp., KRE). | ||||
| Finches | |||||
| Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Crow Wing, Cass, Clearwater. | ||||
| Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) | Seen throughout the Northeast and North Central regions plus Roseau, Anoka (JLH). | ||||
| Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) | Widely scattered reports mostly of flocks (15-50) from Cook, Lake, Roseau (6-6), Beltrami (7-3), Itasca (6-16), Cass (6-14), Otter Tail (6-19-21). | ||||
| White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) | Seen in Cook (6-13 KRE; 6-7, five, P&M), Lake (6-3, pair, Whyte). | ||||
| Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) | Widely scattered reports from Cook, Beltrami, Clearwater (7-3), Clay (6-25) Otter Tail (6-2), Houston (6-20, FZL). | ||||
| American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) | Breeding reported from Clay, Sherburne, LeSueur, Olmsted, Houston; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Longspurs and Snow Buntings | |||||
| Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) | Seen in Red Lake, Clay (very common Felton Prairie), Traverse (Clifton Twp\ Big Stone (Clinton Twp.). | ||||
| Towhees, Sparrows | |||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) | Seen throughout the state in all regions except the Northeast plus Pine, Itasca, Koochiching. | ||||
| Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) | Breeding reported from Anoka; also seen in Sherburne, Wright, Nicollet, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Clay, Red Lake. | ||||
| LARK BUNTING (Calamospiza melanocorys) | Late migrants seen in Traverse (6-4 KRE), Lac qui Parle (6-7 KRE), Rock (6-21 RBJ). | ||||
| Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | Breeding reported from 11 counties; seen also throughout the state. Chipping Sparrow nest, May 31, 1981 St. Cloud, Stearns County | ||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) | Breeding reported from Beltrami, Sherburne, Dakota; also seen throughout the state, scarcer south of the Minnesota River. | ||||
| Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) | Breeding reported from Anoka, Sherburne; also seen throughout the southern half of the state plus Otter Tail, Clay (Buffalo River SP, KRE), Beltrami (Bemidji, JM). | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) | Breeding reported from Koochiching; also seen in Lake of the Woods, Itasca, Lake, Cook. | ||||
| White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) | Breeding reported from Lake, Hubbard; also seen throughout the Northeast and North Central Regions plus Roseau, Becker, Pine, Chisago (Goose Creek NA), Anoka (Cedar Creek NHA). | ||||
| Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) | Breeding reported from Benton, Sherburne, Anoka, LeSueur; also seen throughout the state except the Northeast Region. Vesper Sparrow nest, May 15, 1981 St. Cloud, Stearns County | ||||
| LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) | Seen throughout the Northwest Region plus Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Cass, Aitkin, St. Louis (Duluth Twp.), Stearns (Roscoe, RBJ), Lac qui Parle (Big Stone NWR, NMH). | ||||
| Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) | Seen in Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Wilkin (Tl35R46), Aitkin (McGregor). | ||||
| BAIRD'S SPARROW (Centronyx bairdii) | Seen in Clay (two males, Keene Twp., KRE). | ||||
| Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) | Seen in Winona (Kipp SP), Clay (Riverton, Prairie Twps., KRE). | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) | Breeding reported from Lake of the Woods, Clay; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) | Breeding reported from Stevens, Ramsey, LeSueur, Olmsted; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) | Seen in Cook, Lake, Beltrami. | ||||
| Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | Breeding reported from Stearns, LeSueur; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | Seen in a diagonal band from Houston to Beltrami and including Winona, Olmsted, Nicollet, Sibley, Scott, Dakota, Anoka, Sherburne, Chisago, Pine, Cass, Wadena, Hubbard, Itasca. | ||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | |||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) | Male, 6-2-20 Savage, Scott Co. (Loon 52:114). | ||||
| Blackbirds, Orioles | |||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) | Breeding reported from Todd, Stevens, Stearns, Anoka, LeSueur; also seen throughout most of the state except Koochiching, St. Louis (present at Duluth only), Lake, Cook. | ||||
| Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) | Breeding reported from St. Louis, Clay, Hennepin, Olmsted; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | Seen throughout the southeastern quarter of the state and northward to Duluth, Itasca, Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | Breeding reported from Clay, Otter Tail, Stearns, Hennepin, Olmsted; also seen throughout most of the state except Koochiching, Itasca, N. St. Louis, Lake, Cook. | ||||
| Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) | Breeding reported from Pennington, Clay, Morrison, Stearns, Anoka, Ramsey, LeSueur; also seen throughout the state including Cook. | ||||
| Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) | Breeding reported from Lake, Pennington, Clay, Lac qui Parle, Stearns, Benton, Anoka, LeSueur; also seen throughout the state. Orchard Oriole· Breeding reported from Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Rock; also seen throughout the Southwest and West Central Regions plus Clay, Nicollet, Blue Earth, LeSueur, Wabasha, Winona, Houston. | ||||
| Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) | Breeding reported from nine counties; also seen throughout the state. | ||||
| Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) | Breeding reported from Mille Lacs, Stearns, Sherburne, Anoka; also seen throughout the state north of the Minnesota River plus Lyon (HCK), Olmsted (7-26 JB). | ||||
| Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) | Breeding reported from Clay, Morrison, Stearns, Big Stone, Anoka, Washington, LeSueur; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Warblers | |||||
| Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) | Breeding reported from St. Louis, Beltrami, Anoka; seen also throughout the Northeast, North Central, Northwest (non-prairie), East Central, Southeast plus Rice, Nicollet, Wright, Stearns, Mille Lacs, Otter Tail. | ||||
| Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) | Seen in Houston, Olmsted (Marion), Pine (St. Croix SP, T40R17, SNA staff). | ||||
| Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Beltrami, Hubbard, Pine, Chisago (Goose Creek, T36R20). | ||||
| Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) | Breeding reported from Anoka; seen in Chisago, Pine, Carlton, St. Louis (Duluth), Aitkin, Crow Wing, Wadena, Otter Tail, Hubbard, Itasca, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods (3, Lude BBS; power line SE corner). | ||||
| Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) | Breeding reported from Hennepin, Olmsted; also seen in Anoka (Cedar Creek NHA), Winona, Houston. | ||||
| Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) | Breeding reported from Lake, St. Louis, Clearwater; also seen throughout the Northeast and North Central Regions plus Becker, Mille Lacs, Pine, Anoka. Migrant? on 6-4 Scott (RBJ). | ||||
| Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) | Seen in Houston. | ||||
| Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) | Seen in Cook, St. Louis, Becker (6-11 Green Water Lake). Early migrants North: 7-3 (2), 7-19 (12) Duluth Twp.; South: 7-17 Anoka, 7-21 Houston, 7-24 Washington. | ||||
| Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) | Breeding reported from Lake, Itasca, Clearwater, Anoka (Cedar Creek NHA); also seen throughout the Northeast and North Central Regions plus Roseau, Becker, Pine, Chisago. Early migrants South: 7-27, 7-28 Washington. | ||||
| Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Pine (St. Croix NA), Aitkin, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, ,, Beltrami, Roseau, Otter Tail (7-1 Elizabeth Twp., GO). | ||||
| Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) | Breeding reported from Lake, Clearwater; also seen throughout the Northeast and North Central Regions plus Becker, Pine, Chisago, Anoka, Ramsey (Lake Vadnais area). | ||||
| KENTUCKY WARBLER (Geothlypis formosa) | Male, 6-8 Nerstrand Woods SP, Rice Co. (Loon 52:185). | ||||
| Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) | Breeding reported from St. Louis; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) | Male, 5-19 -7-1 Savage, Scott Co. (Loon 52:195-6); male, 6-16 Cedar Creek NHA, Anoka Co. (JLH). | ||||
| American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) | Breeding reported from Red Lake, Morrison; also seen throughout the state eastward from Olmsted, Nicollet, Stearns, Otter Tail. | ||||
| Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis. | ||||
| Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) | Breeding reported from Otter Tail (SM), Olmsted; also seen in Stearns, Anoka, Houston. Blackburnian Wa1rbler Breeding reported from Clearwater; also seen throughout the Northeast and North Central Regions plus Becker (Green Water Lake), Pine (Kettle River NA). | ||||
| Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Beltrami, Clearwater. | ||||
| Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) | Seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Beltrami, Clearwater. Early mgrant: 8-1 Washington. | ||||
| Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) | Seen in Cook, Lake. Early migrants: 7-31 Duluth Twp. | ||||
| Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) | Breeding reported from Morrison, Stearns, Big Stone; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) | Breeding reported from Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Clearwater; also seen throughout the Northeast and North Central Regions plus Roseau, Becker, Clay (Bluestem Prairie), Douglas, Mille Lacs, Chisago, Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey. | ||||
| Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) | Late migrants: 6-11 (4) Becker (Green Water Lake). Early migrants: 8-5 Anoka. | ||||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) | Seen in Cook, Lake. | ||||
| Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) | Breeding reported from Koochiching; also seen in Aitkin. | ||||
| Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) | Seen in St. Louis, Aitkin, Crow Wing, Itasca, Hubbard, Beltram, Clearwater, Becker, Ramsey (Lake Vadnais area, T. Soulen). | ||||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) | Breeding reported from Lake; also seen throughout the Northeast and North Central Regions. | ||||
| Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) | Breeding reported from Cook; also seen in Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Clearwater, Becker (Green Water Lake). Early migrant: 7-23 Anoka. | ||||
| Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) | Breeding reported from Hubbard; also seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Pine, Chisago (Goose Creek NA), Anoka (6-20 Cedar Creek NHA, JLH). | ||||
| Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) | Breeding (first for state) reported from Lake (Loon 52:182-3); also at another location in Lake, Cook. | ||||
| Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | |||||
| Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) | Breeding reported from Sherburne, Anoka; also seen in all regions except the Southwest, scarce in the West Central and South Central. | ||||
| Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | Breeding reported from St. Louis (Duluth), Dakota, LeSueur, Lac qui Parle; also seen throughout the southern half of the state plus Clay (7-10 Moorhead). | ||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | Breeding reported from Lake, Clay, Anoka, LeSueur, Jackson, Olmsted; seen also throughout the state. | ||||
| Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) | Seen in Rock. | ||||
| Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) | Breeding reported from Clearwater, Sherburne, Anoka, Scott, Wabasha; seen also throughout the state including Lake. | ||||
| Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | Seen in the southern part of the state north to Anoka, Stearns, Grant, Wilkin, Clay. | ||||