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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon | |
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The 1984-Summer Season 1 June through 31 July 1984 Mike Hendrickson and Kim Eckert |
As usual there were several significant observations during the season. Some of these highlights were: late lingering Red-throated Loons on Lake Superior: two Least Bitterns in Duluth; more than the usual number of Cattle Egrets; late lingering Tundra Swans and Snow Geese; an amazing and uprecedented Greater White-fronted Goose at Agassiz in July; one of the very few Rough-legged Hawks ever seen in summer; the first summer record ever of a Golden Eagle, plus a Prairie Falcon, both at Felton Prairie; a very surprising King Rail seen in the same marsh in Duluth as the Least Bittern; a very late Whimbrel in Duluth; unexpected early July records of Hudsonian Godwit, White-rumped Sandpiper and l3uff-breasted Sandpiper; Chuck-will's-widow for the fourth year in a row in Sherburne County and at a new location in Nicollet County.
Other highlights among the Passerines: several Yellow-bellied Flycatchers still migrating through Duluth; a Sprague's Pipit at Felton Prairie; an out of range Blue-winged Warbler in Otter Tail County -also out of range were a Pine County Lousiana Waterthrush and a Clay County Yellow-breasted Chat; a singing male Mourning Warbler with a broken eye ring shows again the difficulty of separating this species from the MacGillivray's; most unusual Lark Sparrows at two Cook County locations; an Orchard Oriole way up in northern Beltrami County; and the fifth House Finch since 1983, indicating this species is well on it's way to regular status.
The most significant records of species nesting or attempting to nest were: Yellowcrowned Night-Heron at Pig's Eye L.; Solitary Sandpipers returning to their 1983 Cook County breeding site; no fewer than seven Great Gray Owl nests; a Black-billed Magpie nest in St. Louis County; of course that amazing pair of Rock Wrens attempting to nest in Bemidji; Prothonotary Warbler nests in Ramsey and Brown Counties; and the first Hooded Warbler nest in Minnesota!
Unforunately there was some bad news last summer: no Little Blue Herons were seen -this species has apparently been declining in Minnesota in recent years; Piping Plovers had poor nesting success at Lake of the Woods and Duluth; and Common Terns continue to decline at their Duluth breeding colony.
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| Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks | |||||
| Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) | 6/3 Agassiz NWR (JM); 6/5 Becker (2 -SDM); 6/2 Le Sueur (EK). | ||||
| Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) | 7/11 Agassiz NWR, Marshall Co. (freeflying ad. -JM). | ||||
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) | nested in Cook, Marshall, Aitkin, Steams, Chisago, Washington, Ramsey, Sherburne, LeSueur, Norman, Cottonwood and Brown; also seen in 18 other counties. | ||||
| Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) | 6/8 Duluth (J. McKeaman); 6/20 Grand Marais, Cook Co. (2 -fide KE). | ||||
| Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) | nested in Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Lake, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Steams, Anoka, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Ramsey, Wabasha, Scott, Wadena, Martin, Clay and Carlton; also seen in 25 other counties. | ||||
| Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) | nested in Marshall, Pennington, Steams, Hennepin and Le Sueur; also seen in 33 other counties. | ||||
| Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) | nested in Marshall, Pennington and Steams; also seen in 12 other counties including Cook (6/15 Grand Marais -KMH). | ||||
| Gadwall (Mareca strepera) | nested in Marshall and Pope; also seen in Lake of the Woods, Polk, Anoka, Lyon, Yellow Medicine and Murray. | ||||
| American Wigeon (Mareca americana) | nested in Lake of the Woods and Marshall, also seen in Roseau, Beltrami, St. Louis, Pennington , Polk, Aitkin, Lyon and Murray. | ||||
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Lake, Cass, Marshall, Cook, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Pennington, Clay, Carlton, Pine, Steams, Pope, Le Sueur, Sherburne and Ramsey; also seen in 28 other counties. | ||||
| American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) | nested in Cook and Marshall; also seen in St. Louis, Norman, Polk, Hennepin, Washington, Anoka and Olmsted. | ||||
| Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) | nested in Marshall and Stearns; also seen in 13 other counties including Cook (6/8 Grand Marais KMH). | ||||
| Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) | seen in 10 counties. | ||||
| Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) | nested in Marshall, Clay, Polk, Mahnomen, Todd, Big Stone and Hennepin; also seen in Pennington, Becker, Steams, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine and Lyon. | ||||
| Redhead (Aythya americana) | nested in Marshall; also seen in 16 other counties. | ||||
| Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) | nested in Marshall, Lake, Clay and Steams; also seen in 16 other counties. | ||||
| Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) | nested in Marshall; also seen in lake of the Woods, Pennington, Polk, Pine, Steams, Hennepin, Scott, Lyon and Murray. | ||||
| Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | no date, Agassiz NWR (JM). | ||||
| Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | nested in Cook, Lake of the Woods, Lake and Beltrami; also seen in Koochiching, Polk and St. Louis. | ||||
| Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | nested in Roseau, Pennington, Polk, Clearwater, Lake, Carlton and Meeker; also seen in Cook, Marshall, Lake of the Woods, Anoka, Isanti, Hennepin, Wright and Dakota. | ||||
| Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) | nested in Lake and St. Louis; also seen in Cook and Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) | nested in Cook and St. Louis; also seen in Lake and Hennepin (7/3, L. Harriet, Minneapolis -VL). | ||||
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | nested in Marshall, Todd and Stearns; also seen in 20 other counties. | ||||
| Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys | |||||
| Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) | seen in Houston (EMF). | ||||
| Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | nested in Lake, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater and Stearns; also seen in Cook, Itasca, Aitkin, Anoka, Washington, Sherburne, Olmsted and Houston. | ||||
| Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis) | nested in Itasca (7/31 Scenic S.P., l young-JM) and Lake (8/l, 2 young -SWIMS); also seen in Cook. | ||||
| Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) | nested in Aitkin; also seen in Roseau, Marshall and Pennington . | ||||
| Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) | seen in Mahnomen, Becker and Clay. | ||||
| Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) | nested in Pennington, Clay and Faribault; also seen in 14 other counties. | ||||
| Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | nested in Olmsted and Le Sueur; also seen in 24 other counties. | ||||
| Grebes | |||||
| Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | nested in Roseau, Marshall, Polk, Aitkin, Clay, Steams, Sherburne, Hennepin, Watonwan, Brown and Le Sueur; also seen in 30 other counties | ||||
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) | nested in Pennington and Marshall; also seen in St. Louis and Cook. | ||||
| Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) | nested in Koochiching, Marshall, Clearwater, Todd, Pope and Hennepin; also seen in St. Louis, Roseau, Steams, Anoka, Renville, and Nicollet. | ||||
| Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) | nested in Marshall (75 pairs at Agissiz NWR -JM); also seen in Polk, Pennington, Lac qui Parle and Nicollet. | ||||
| Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) | nested in Marshall, Todd (L. Osakis, 300 pairs -NH), Big Stone and Wright; also seen in Steams, Hennepin, Pope, Renville, Chippewa, Brown, Nicollet, Lincoln and Washington (6/12 on, St. Croix R. fide JD). | ||||
| Pigeons, Doves | |||||
| Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) | no nesting records!; seen in 44 counties. | ||||
| Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | nested in Clay, Pipestone, Rock, Big Stone, Cottonwood, Blue Earth, Brown, Olmsted, Le Sueur, Ramsey, Washington, Sherburne and Wabasha; also seen in 44 other counties. | ||||
| Cuckoos | |||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | nested in Brown; also seen in 21 other counties including Aitkin. | ||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) | nested in Brown; also seen in 29 other counties. | ||||
| Nightjars | |||||
| Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | nested in Lake and Rock; also seen in 25 other counties. | ||||
| CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW (Antrostomus carolinensis) | returned for the fourth year in a row to Sherburne; also seen 6/9 in Nicollet (P. Sullivan) (The Loon 56:200). | ||||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) | nested in Lake and Sherburne; also seen in Cook, Marshall, Crow Wing, Anoka, Sherburne, Dakota and Houston. | ||||
| Swifts | |||||
| Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | nested in Aitkin; also seen in 47 other counties. | ||||
| Hummingbirds | |||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | nested in Clearwater, Anoka and Cottonwood; also seen in 31 other counties. | ||||
| Rails, Gallinules, Coots | |||||
| KING RAIL (Rallus elegans) | 6/9-15 Duluth (KE et al. The Loon 56:190-191). | ||||
| Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) | seen in 20 counties. | ||||
| Sora (Porzana carolina) | nested in Polk and Anoka; also seen in 23 counties. | ||||
| Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) | seen in Anoka, Hennepin, Houston and Watonwan (7/l RJ). | ||||
| American Coot (Fulica americana) | nested in Marshall, Polk, Clay, Todd, Watonwan, Waseca and Big Stone; also seen in 20 other counties. | ||||
| Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) | seen in Pennington and Aitkin. | ||||
| Cranes | |||||
| Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) | nested in Anoka (6/6 Cedar Creek N.H.A. -JH); also seen in Marshall, Duluth (6/2 -KE), Roseau, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Isanti and Sherburne. Black-bellied Plover -last spring date 6/ 12 Duluth; first fall date 7/31 Anoka. | ||||
| Stilts, Avocets | |||||
| American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) | 6/4-7/23 Crookston sewage ponds, Polk Co. (max. 8 AB, DB); 6113 Big Stone (SC); 6/6 Waseca (JF). | ||||
| Plovers | |||||
| American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) | last spring date 6/4 Duluth. | ||||
| Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) | nested in Cook, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Polk, Pennington, Hubbard, Aitkin, Clay, Benton, Stearns, Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Brown, Cotton juvenile Merlin at nest, 18 july 1984, Harriet Lake, Lake County. Photo by Steve Wilson wood, Blue Earth and Big Stone; also seen in 42 other counties. | ||||
| Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) | through 6/26 Duluth; first fall date 7/14 Watonwan. | ||||
| Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) | nested in Lake of the Woods (Pine-Curry I., only 13 young from 27 nests -TW) and Duluth (2 successful, 6 unsuccessful, nests -L. Hanson). | ||||
| Sandpipers | |||||
| Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) | nested in Aitkin, Polk, Ramsey, Cottonwood, Big Stone and Olmsted; also seen in 17 other counties. | ||||
| Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) | 6/17 Duluth (T. Savaloja). | ||||
| Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) | last spring date 6/4 Polk; 7/4 Mower RRK; 7/14 Watonwan (RJ). | ||||
| Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) | seen in Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Norman, Clay, Becker and Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) | last spring date 6/14 Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| RED KNOT (Calidris canutus) | 6/3 Lake of the Woods (AJ); 6/ 4 Duluth (KE). | ||||
| RUFF (Calidris pugnax) | 7/23 Crookston sewage ponds, Polk Co. (The Loon 56: 203-204). | ||||
| Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) | last spring date 6/2 Nicol- let; first fall date 7/3 Duluth. | ||||
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) | last spring date 6/ 12 Lake of the Woods; first fall date 717 Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) | through 6/27 Duluth; 7/19 Anoka (KL). | ||||
| Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) | last spring date 6/12 Duluth; first fall date 7/12 Cook. | ||||
| Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) | last spring date 6/ 18 Duluth; first fall date 7/6 Mower. | ||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) | last spring date 6/22 Lake of the Woods; first fall date 7/21 Dodge (BE). | ||||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) | 7/12 Anoka (20 -KL) first fall date 7/25 Duluth and Marshall. | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) | first fall date 7/4 Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) | through 6/27 Duluth; first fall date 7/8 Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| WESTERN SANDPIPER (Calidris mauri) | last spring date 6/9 Duluth; first fall date 7/25 Marshall. | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) | last spring date 6/ 7 Duluth; first fall date 7/4 Anoka. | ||||
| Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) | first fall date 7/11 Waseca. | ||||
| American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) | nested in Clearwater, Lake, Sherburne, Dakota and Olmsted; also seen in II other counties. | ||||
| Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) | nested in Lake and Stearns; also seen in 28 other counties. | ||||
| Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) | nested in Cook, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Stearns, Benton, Dakota and Watonwan; also seen in 20 other counties. | ||||
| Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) | nested in Cook (6/25 Lima Mt. Rd. -same location as in 1983 -2 displaying adults, KMH); first fall date 7/6 Mower. | ||||
| Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) | last spring date 6/21 Duluth; first fall date 6/29 Anoka. | ||||
| Willet (Tringa semipalmata) | 7/9 Lake of the Woods (TW); 6/12 Duluth (m.ob.); 7/22 Carlos Avery W.M.A., Anoka Co. (KL). | ||||
| Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) | last spring date 6/4 Duluth; first fall date 717 Carlton. | ||||
| Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) | nested in Polk and Marshall; also seen in 23 other counties including Duluth (6/4-17 -KE, M. Stock). | ||||
| Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) | last spring date 6/ 4 Polk. | ||||
| Gulls, Terns | |||||
| Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | seen in Aitkin, Crow Wing, Lake of the Woods, Chisago and Anoka. | ||||
| Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) | |||||
| Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | nested in Duluth; also seen in 24 other counties including Lake. | ||||
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) | nested in Cook, Lake and St. Louis; also seen in Koochiching, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Stearns and Anoka. | ||||
| Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | seen in Lake of the Woods, Becker, Beltrami, St. Louis, Anoka and Hennepin. | ||||
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Stearns, Le Sueur and Pope; also seen in 31 other counties including Lake. | ||||
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) | nested in Duluth (only I00 ± nests compared to 300 a few years ago); also seen in Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Crow Wing, Aitkin, Mille Lacs and Anoka. | ||||
| Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | nested in Marshall and Todd (300 pairs on L. Osakis -NH); also seen in I 0 other counties. | ||||
| Loons | |||||
| Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) | Through 6/17 Duluth (2 -m.ob.); 6/18 Grand Marais (KE). | ||||
| Common Loon (Gavia immer) | nested in Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake, Becker, Norman, Wright, Sherburne, Hennepin and Scott (6/9, ly -DB); also seen in 19 other counties including Lac qui Parle. | ||||
| Pelicans | |||||
| American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) | seen in 18 counties including Hennepin, Washington and Le Sueur. Double-crested Cormarant: nested in Marshall, Pope, Renville, Le Sueur and Houston; also seen in 27 other counties including Cook (6114 Grand Marais KMH). | ||||
| Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons | |||||
| American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) | seen in 19 counties. | ||||
| Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) | nested in Marshall and Pope; also seen in 12 other counties including Duluth (6/4-9, 2 birds -KE). | ||||
| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) | nested in Marshall, Hubbard, Lake, Morrison, Pope, Ramsey, Le Sueur and Houston; also seen in 35 other counties. | ||||
| Great Egret (Ardea alba) | nested in Marshall, Pope, Le Sueur and Houston; also seen in 16 other counties including Clearwater and Beltrami. | ||||
| Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) | 6/3 Agassiz NWR, Marshall Co. (3 -JM); 6/24 Long L., Kandiyohi Co. (2 -SC); 6/1-2 Carlos Avery WMA, Anoka Co. (KL). | ||||
| Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) | nested at L. Johanna, Pope Co. (4 nests -B. Hitman); also seen Long L., Kandiyohi Co. (max. 13); Cottonwood Co. (21); Pelican L., Grant Co. (max. 24); Pig's Eye L., Ramsey Co.; and Carlos Avery WMA, Anoka Co. | ||||
| Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | nested in Steams; also seen in 43 other counties north to Roseau and Beltrami. | ||||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | nested in Marshall and Pope; also seen in 13 other counties including Duluth (6/11 KE) . | ||||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) | |||||
| New World Vultures | |||||
| Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | nested in Beltrami, Lake and Olmsted; also seen in 20 other counties including Lyon. | ||||
| Osprey | |||||
| Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | nested in Aitkin and Pine; also seen in 13 other counties including Sherburne and Washington. | ||||
| Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles | |||||
| Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) | 6/4 Felton prairie, Clay Co. (l imm.-DB, OJ The Loon 56: 196-197). | ||||
| Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) | nested in Marshall; also seen in 22 other counties. | ||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) | nested in Clearwater and Beltrami; also seen in 12 other counties. | ||||
| Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) | nested in Anoka, Ramsey and Washington; also seen in ll other counties. | ||||
| American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) | seen in Marshall, Clearwater, Pine and Carlton. | ||||
| Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | nested in Houston (4 nests, 3 successful, 7 young fledged -FL) also seen in 13 other counties including Washington. | ||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) | nested in Becker and Stearns; also seen in Beltrami, Otter Tail, Crow Wing, Todd, Sherburne and Dakota. | ||||
| Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) | nested in Lake, Clearwater, Steams and Brown; also seen in 23 other counties. | ||||
| Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) | nested in Dakota; also seen in lO other counties including Washington (many dates -BL) and Hennepin (6/17, Brooklyn Park-OJ). | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Benton and Olmsted; also seen in 48 other counties. | ||||
| Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) | 6/23, Aitkin Co Rd. 18 (KE). | ||||
| Screech-Owls, Owls | |||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) | seen in Hennepin and Martin. | ||||
| Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Pennington, Red Lake, Clay, Lyon, Ramsey and Le Sueur; also seen in 18 other counties. | ||||
| Barred Owl (Strix varia) | nested in Hubbard; also seen in 20 other counties. | ||||
| Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) | seven nests found, six in Lake of the Woods (D. Johnson) and one in Aitkin (WN); also seen 7/24 Lake (SWIMS) and 7/1 Cotton, St. Louis Co. (fide KE). | ||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) | nested in St. Louis (2 nests -J. Newman), Lake of the Woods (2 nests -D. Johnson) and Beltrami (D. Johnson); also seen in Koochiching and Lake. | ||||
| Kingfishers | |||||
| Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) | seen in 32 counties. | ||||
| Woodpeckers | |||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | nested in Anoka, Olmsted and Blue Earth; also seen in 32 other counties including Lake and Cook. | ||||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) | nested in Aitkin (Nordland Twp.), Stearns, Ramsey and Brown; also seen in 19 other counties. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | nested in Cook, Lake, Clay, Lyon (Garvin Co. Pk., and feeding y. -HK) and Brown; also seen in 25 other counties. | ||||
| Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) | nested in Cook, Lake and Lake of the Woods; also seen in St. Louis. | ||||
| Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) | nested in Clay, Clearwater, Aitkin, Hubbard, Anoka, Ramsey, Hennepin and Le Sueur; also seen in 37 other counties. | ||||
| Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) | nested in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Clay, Anoka, Ramsey and Brown; also seen in 25 other counties. | ||||
| Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | nested in Lake, Clay, Anoka, Ramsey, Le Sueur and Olmsted; also seen in 43 other counties. | ||||
| Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) | nested in Lake, Aitkin and Crow Wing; also seen in 28 other counties. | ||||
| Caracaras, Falcons | |||||
| American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | nested in Lake, Marshall, Stearns and Olmsted; also seen in 48 other counties. Merlin: nested in Lake; also seen in Roseau and St. Louis. | ||||
| Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) | 6/23 Felton prairie, Clay Co. (BE). | ||||
| Flycatchers | |||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | nested in Clearwater, Hubbard and Olmsted; also seen in 43 other counties. | ||||
| Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) | nested in Clay, Big Stone and Anoka; also seen in 18 other counties including Hennepin and Washington. | ||||
| Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Pennington, Clay, Anoka, Washington, Sherburne, Ramsey, Brown, Le Sueur, Olmsted, Blue Earth and Big Stone; also seen in 44 other counties. | ||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) | seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Beltrami, Hubbard, Clay (6/4 -DB), Aitkin and Scott (6/2 -RJ). | ||||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | nested in Anoka, Scott and Brown; also seen in 38 other counties. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) | seen in Cook, Lake, Beltrami, Duluth (617, 20 still migrating -KE). | ||||
| Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) | 617 Forestville S. P., Fillmore Co. (I singing male -BL). | ||||
| Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) | seen in 20 counties in cluding Anoka. | ||||
| Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) | nested in Clay; also seen in 14 other counties including Kanabec (6/23 -RJ). | ||||
| Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) | nested in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Clearwater and Anoka; also seen in 32 other counties. | ||||
| Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | nested in Clearwater, Kittson, Jtasca, Beltrami, Mahnomen, Pine, Morrison, Steams, Carlton, Anoka and Sherburne; also seen in 25 other counties. | ||||
| Vireos | |||||
| Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) | nested in Olmsted (6/9, nest with 4 eggs -JB); also seen 6/27 Dakota (BE). | ||||
| Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) | nested in Morrison and Ramsey; also seen in 25 other counties. | ||||
| Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) | seen in Cook, Lake, Beltrami, Hubbard and Clearwater. | ||||
| Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) | seen in Cook and St. Louis. | ||||
| Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Stearns, Anoka and Big Stone; also seen in 37 other counties. | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) | nested in Crow Wing, Anoka and Ramsey; also seen in 39 other counties. | ||||
| Shrikes | |||||
| Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | nested in Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur and Sherburne; also seen in Steams, Washington, Ramsey, Dakota, Wright and Clay; more reports than usual. | ||||
| Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows | |||||
| Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Itasca and Cook; also seen in Lake, St. Louis, Carlton and Aitkin. | ||||
| Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | nested in Clay, Aitkin, Anoka, Ramsey, Brown, LeSueur, Cottonwood and Blue Earth; also seen in 40 other counties. | ||||
| Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) | nested in Marshall and St. Louis (Tower-Soudan S.P., 2 young in nest-SWIMS); also seen in Hubbard. | ||||
| American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | nested in Cook, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater, Clay, Anoka and Ramsey; also seen in 57 other counties. | ||||
| Common Raven (Corvus corax) | nested in Lake of the Woods; also seen in 12 other counties. | ||||
| Chickadees, Titmice | |||||
| Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) | nested in Clearwater, Clay, Cass, Stearns, Anoka, Ramsey, Brown, Scott, Wabasha, Le Sueur, Olmsted and Blue Earth; also seen in 38 other counties. Boreal Chicakdee: seen in Cook; only report. | ||||
| Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) | nested in Olmsted (7/49, 4 young-JB); only report. | ||||
| Larks | |||||
| Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) | nested in Clay, Wright and Olmsted; also seen in 33 other counties. | ||||
| Martins, Swallows | |||||
| Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) | nested in Kittson, Polk, Cass, Pennington, Clay and Brown; also seen in 30 other counties. | ||||
| Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) | |||||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) | seen in 30 counties. | ||||
| Purple Martin (Progne subis) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Clay and Ramsey; also seen in 45 other counties. | ||||
| Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | |||||
| Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) | nested in Cook, Lake of the Woods, Cass, Pennington, Clay, Benton, Stearns and Brown; also seen in 33 other counties. | ||||
| Kinglets | |||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) | seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Beltrami, Marshall and Washington (6/14, SSt probably late migrant). | ||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) | seen in Cook, Lake and St. Louis. | ||||
| Waxwings | |||||
| Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) | nested in Cook, Anoka, Sherburne, Washington, Brown, Blue Earth, Le Sueur and Olmsted; also seen in 36 other counties. | ||||
| Nuthatches | |||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) | nested in Cook, Lake and Clearwater; also seen in 11 other counties including Houston (6/28, Mound Prairie-FL) and Sherburne (7/ 12-OJ). | ||||
| White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | nested ·in Pennington, Clay, Anoka, Ramsey, Brown and Le Sueur; also seen in 35 other counties. | ||||
| Creepers | |||||
| Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) | seen in Cook, Lake and Brown (6/9-7/4 Flandrau S.P., 2 abandoned nests -JS). | ||||
| Gnatcatchers | |||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) | nested in Anoka, Sherburne, Scott, Nicollet, Brown and Olmsted; also seen in Washington, Dakota, Hennepin, Blue Earth and Houston. | ||||
| Wrens | |||||
| ROCK WREN (Salpinctes obsoletus) | through 6117, Bemidji, Beltrami Co., pair built, abandoned nest (A. Schmierer The Loon 56:192-193). | ||||
| House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | |||||
| Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) | seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis and Carlton. | ||||
| Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris) | nested in Hennepin; also seen in 31 other counties. | ||||
| Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) | nested in Todd and Pipestone; also seen in 32 other counties including Lake | ||||
| Thrashers, Mockingbirds | |||||
| Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Aitkin, Morrison, Stearns, Anoka, Sherburne, Ramsey, Brown, Carver, Olmsted, Le Sueur and Big Stone; also seen in 37 other counties. | ||||
| Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | nested in Stearns, Morrison, Lake, Anoka, Sherburne, Ramsey, Brown, Big Stone, Le Sueur and Wabasha; also seen in 41 other counties . | ||||
| Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | 6/5 Grand Marais, Cook Co., (KMH); 6/9 Crow Wing (GSw); 6/18 Blue Earth (MF). | ||||
| Starlings | |||||
| European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Sherburne, Anoka and Houston; also seen in 39 other counties. | ||||
| Thrushes | |||||
| Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | nested in Lake, St. Louis, Aitkin, Stearns, Benton, Morrison, Mahnomen, Chippewa, Anoka, Ramsey, Brown, Olmsted and Houston; also seen in 32 other counties. | ||||
| Veery (Catharus fuscescens) | nested in Cook and Hubbard; also seen in 29 other counties. | ||||
| Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) | seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Clearwater and Marshall. | ||||
| Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) | nested in Lake; also seen in 10 other counties. | ||||
| Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | nested in Crow Wing and Brown; also seen in 20 other counties including Cook, Lake, Koochiching, Beltrami and Pope. | ||||
| American Robin (Turdus migratorius) | |||||
| Old World Sparrows | |||||
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | nested in Clay, Kittson, Brown, Le Sueur and Hennepin; also seen in 37 other counties. | ||||
| Pipits | |||||
| SPRAGUE'S PIPIT (Anthus spragueii) | 6/4 Felton prairie, Clay Co. (DB, OJ); only report. | ||||
| Finches | |||||
| Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) | seen in Roseau, Itasca, Cook, Lake and St. Louis. | ||||
| House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) | through 6/15 in Aitkin Co., I male at feeder, The Loon 56: 189-190. | ||||
| Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) | nested in Lake and Crow Wing; also seen in Cook, St. Louis, Carlton, Beltrami, Clearwater and Koochiching. Red Crosbill: seen in Cook, Lake, Beltrami , Cass and Hubbard. | ||||
| White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) | 6/26-7/29 Lake (SWIMS); 7/27 Cook (4-fide KE). | ||||
| Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) | nested in Lake, Stearns (nest with 2 young -NH) and Ramsey (St. Paul, 2 nests -R. Eliason); also seen in I 0 other counties including Hennepin (7118 Mineapolis -VL) and Brown (6/ 20 New Ulm, 3 birds -JS). | ||||
| American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) | nested in Stearns, Sherburne, Le Sueur and Brown; also seen in 41 other counties. | ||||
| Longspurs and Snow Buntings | |||||
| Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) | late migrant 6/4 Duluth (fide KE). | ||||
| Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) | seen as usual at Felton prairie, Clay Co. | ||||
| Towhees, Sparrows | |||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) | nested in Clay and Cottonwood; also seen in 23 other counties including Koochiching and Aitkin. | ||||
| Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) | nested in Anoka and Clay (6/20 Moorhead, 2 young -LCF); also seen in Cook (6/1 Poplar L. and 7/6 Grand Marais -KMH), Washington, Sherburne, Nicollet, Dakota, Grant, Chippewa, Renville and Kittson (6/29, 3 pairs -SKS). | ||||
| Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | nested in Cook, Lake, Morrison, Clearwater, Pennington, Cass, Clay, Steams, Brown, Sherburne, Ramsey, Le Sueur and Olmsted; also seen in 35 other counties. | ||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) | nested in Steams and Sherburne; also seen in 33 other counties including Olmsted. | ||||
| Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) | nested in Sherburne, Anoka, Ramsey, Brown, Le Sueur and Olmsted; also seen in 16 other counties. | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) | nested in Cook; also seen in Lake. | ||||
| White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) | nested in Cook; also seen in 16 other counties. | ||||
| Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) | nested in Clay, Stearns, Anoka and Olmsted; also seen in 33 other counties including St. Louis (Aurora- Hoyt Lakes -AE). Vesper Sparrow nest, 16 July 1984, Stearns Co. Photo by Clare Mohs | ||||
| LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) | seen in Koochiching, Clearwater, Beltrami, Pennington, Polk, Marshall, Clay, Mahnomen, Wadena, Aitkin and Carlton. | ||||
| Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) | seen in Marshall and Aitkin. | ||||
| Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) | seen as usual in O.L. Kipp S.P., Winona Co. | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) | nested in Lake; also seen in 38 other counties. | ||||
| Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) | nested in Cook, Koochiching, Clearwater, Anoka, Ramsey, Le Sueur and Olmsted; also seen in 56 other counties. Lincoln's Sparrow; seen in Cook, Lake and St. Louis. | ||||
| Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | nested in Cook; also seen in 29 other counties. | ||||
| Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | nested in Anoka; also seen in 13 other counties. | ||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | |||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) | 6/9-19 Black Dog L., Dakota Co. (m.ob.); 7/21 Clay (KL). | ||||
| Blackbirds, Orioles | |||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Todd and Le Sueur; also seen in 31 other counties. | ||||
| Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) | nested in Clay, Rock and Olmsted; also seen in 41 other counties. | ||||
| Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | nested in Benton; also seen in 22 other counties. Eastern Meadowlark nest, 13 May 1984, Benton Co. Photo by Clare Mohs | ||||
| Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | no nesting records; seen in 37 counties including Itasca and Aitkin. | ||||
| Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) | nested in Brown and Big Stone; also seen in 13 other counties including Beltrami (6/2 Ponemah AB). | ||||
| Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) | nested in Pennington, Clay, Big Stone, Crow Wing, Stearns, Sherburne, Anoka, Washington, Ramsey, Hennepin, Benton, Brown, Le Sueur and Blue Eatth; also seen in 35 other counties. | ||||
| Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) | nested in Cook, Lake of the Woods, Clay, Stearns, Anoka, Ramsey, Big Stone, Le Sueur and Olmsted; also seen in 46 other counties. | ||||
| Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) | parasitized nests in Koochiching, Clay, Big Stone, Stearns, Anoka, Sherburne, Brown and Dakota; also seen in 37 other counties. | ||||
| Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) | seen in Cook (2 locations). | ||||
| Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) | nested in Lake, St. Louis and Stearns; also seen in 26 other counties including Houston (7128 BE) and Lyon (HK). | ||||
| Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) | nested in Lake of the Woods, Pennington, Cass, Clay, Stearns, Lake, Anoka, Brown, Le Sueur, Pope, Big Stone and Olmsted; also seen in 44 other counties. | ||||
| Warblers | |||||
| Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) | nested in Lake, Itasca, Clearwater and Anoka; also seen in 25 other counties. | ||||
| Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) | seen in Pine (6/ 9, RJ). | ||||
| Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) | seen in Cook and Lake. | ||||
| Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) | |||||
| Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) | seen in Houston, Olmsted, Scott, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin , Ramsey and Otter Tail (6/3 SDM). | ||||
| Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) | nested in Anoka; also seen in 13 other counties. | ||||
| Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) | |||||
| Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) | see in Lake, St. Louis and Clearwater. | ||||
| Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) | nested in Lake and Hubbard; also seen in 10 other counties. | ||||
| Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) | seen in Lake of the Woods, Koochiching, Beltrami, Itasca, Hubbard, Aitkin, Carlton and Lake. | ||||
| Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) | nested in Lake; also seen in 19 other counties including Brown (6/9, on Flandrau S.P. -JS) and Washington (6/11-12, singing male with broken eye ring -SSt). | ||||
| KENTUCKY WARBLER (Geothlypis formosa) | 6/9 Bunker Hills Park, Anoka Co. (KL). | ||||
| Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) | nested in Clearwater, Anoka, Ramsey and Le Sueur; also seen in 50 other counties. | ||||
| Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) | nested in Dakota (Murphy-Hanrahan Park, B. Fall -first state nesting record!) see article this issue. | ||||
| American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) | nested in Cook, Lake of the Woods, Crow Wing and Morrison; also seen in 27 other counties. | ||||
| Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) | seen in Cook, Lake and St. Louis. | ||||
| Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) | Seen in Fillmore, Nicollet and Scott. | ||||
| Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) | seen in Cook, Lake, Koochiching, Beltrami, Clearwater and Lake of the Woods. | ||||
| Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) | seen in Cook, Lake and St. Louis. | ||||
| Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) | nested in Cook; also seen in Lake. | ||||
| Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) | seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Koochiching and Hubbard. | ||||
| Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) | nested in Lake, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater, Morrison, Benton, Sherburne, Anoka, Ramsey, Brown, Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Dakota and Olmsted; also seen in 29 other counties. | ||||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) | |||||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) | seen in Lake and Cook. Yellow-romped Warbler: seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Koochiching, Hubbard and Clearwater. | ||||
| Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) | nested in Crow Wing; also seen in Lake, Itasca, Clearwater, Hubbard, Cass, Becker, Aitkin, Carlton, Pine and Sherburne (7112-DB, OJ). | ||||
| Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) | seen in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Koochicing and Marshall. | ||||
| Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) | seen in Cook and Lake. | ||||
| Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) | 6/5 Cook (KMH); 6/7 Lake (SWIMS). | ||||
| Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | |||||
| Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) | 6/1 Carlos Avery W.M.A., Anoka Co. (KL). | ||||
| Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) | nested in Anoka, Sherburne, Brown and Renville; also seen in 27 other counties. | ||||
| Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | nested in Ramsey, Brown and Le Sueur; also seen in 13 other counties including St. Louis (6/11 Aurora-Hoyt Lakes -AE) and Clearwater (6/17 Bagley -AB). | ||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | nested in Clay, Anoka, Ramsey and Brown; also seen in 35 other counties. | ||||
| Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) | seen in Rock, Nobles and Murray. | ||||
| Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) | nested in Morrison, Steams, Sherburne, Anoka, Ramsey, Brown and Le Sueur; also seen in 34 other counties. Indigo Bunting nest with cowbird egg, 12 July 1984, Stearns Co. Photo by Clare Mohs | ||||
| Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | seen in 24 counties. | ||||