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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon | |
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The 1985-Fall Season 1 August through 30 November 1985 Don Bolduc, Steve Carlson, Oscar Johnson and Dick Ruhme |
A total of 64 reports were received for the season from observers based in 39 different counties, at least a half-dozen of whom ranged widely across the state. 289 species were reported: 278 Regular, five Casual and six Accidental.
Autumn weather, normally one of Minnesota's glories, was something less than pleasant last year. For the latter part of August, September, and October, temperatures were lower and rainfall higher than normal; in November, clouds, cold and snow blew in as winter arrived early and with a vengeance.
By the 18th, Duluth had 34" of snow; by the 29th, temperatures of -35° were recorded in at least two localities.
Poor weather, particularly the absence of consistent northwest winds, sharply lowered numbers in the Duluth Hawk Count. With the notable exception of Merlins, all other species were down, and the grand total recorded, 43,912, was nearly one-third less than the 1984 figure.
Despite all of this, the season was not without its highlights. August rarities included a
Least Tern in Cottonwood County and a Western Wood-Pewee in Clearwater.
In September, a Sabine's Gull was reported from Lake of the Woods and a House Finch from Pipestone National Monument, the first non-feeder record.
October brought sightings of a Scissortailed Flycatcher in Cook County, a much-observed Eurasian Wigeon in Minneapolis, and a White-winged Dove, the first state record for the species, near Duluth.
In November, a Brant was shot by hunters in Olmsted County; a dying California Gull was found in Minneapolis, and a Great Blackbacked Gull was observed in Duluth.
Regular but rare species included Thayer's Gulls in Dakota County and Duluth, Jaeger (sp?) at Duluth and a Parasitic at Lake of the Woods, Northern Mockingbirds in Duluth and Carver County, Mountain Bluebirds in Duluth, Beltrami and Lac qui Parle, and Townsend's Solitaires at Duluth and Grand Marais.
Not rare, but certainly out of their normal ranges, were a Golden-winged Warbler in Lake of the Woods County, Rufous-sided
Towhee in Cook, and Eared Grebe, White Pelican, Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Wilson's and Red-necked Phalaropes, Western Kingbird and two more Rufous-sided Towhees-all in Duluth and/or St. Louis County.
Notable migration peaks reported were 34000 Double-crested Cormorants 9129 at Fergus Falls, 6500 Wood Ducks 1011 at Lac Qui Parle and 10,000+ Tundra Swans llll3-l4 at the Weaver Marshes. Duluth's passerine count recorded 1000 + Nighthawks on 8/27, 2069 Black-capped Chickadees in 31/2 hours on 91l2, 3400 Cedar Waxwings in 31/2 hours on 9117 and 2200 Flickers on 9120. Also of interest in the same area was an abundance of Black-backed Woodpeckers that peaked at 16 on 10116.
Surprisingly, record late migration dates were noted for a number of species: Hudsonian Godwit, Loggerhead Shrike, Bell's Vireo, Yellow-rumped (Audubon's), Pine and Blackpoll Warblers, Blue Grosbeak and Le Conte's Sparrow. Ill winds do blow some good, or at least unexpected, happenings.
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| Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks | |||||
| Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) | Early north 10/2 Cook SOL, 10/6 Otter Tail SDM; early south 10/15 Kanabec DB, Olmsted JEB; late north 11/13 St. Louis Jeff Newman, 11-26 Clay MMo; late south 11119 Olmsted PP, 11/23 Hennepin OJ. | ||||
| Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) | Reported 10/13 Otter Tail SDM, 10/19 Chippewa AB, 11/27 Olmsted JEB. | ||||
| BRANT (Branta bernicla) | 11/13 Olmsted fide JEB. Shot and identified by DNR. | ||||
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) | Permanent resident, reported from 8 counties north, 16 counties south; peak of 70,000 reported 11121 Lac qui Parle WL. | ||||
| Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) | Late north 11117 Aitkin AB, Crow Wing and Mille Lacs DB; peak 11/13 Wabasha 10,000 + EMF, WDM; late south 11123 Wabasha TBB, DBL, 11/-27 Goodhue JD, 11/28 Houston JP/AM. | ||||
| Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) | Late north 1017 Itasca AB, 10/12 Aitkin WN, 11111 Roseau AJ; late south 11111 Wabasha WDM, 11116 Hennepin OJ, 11/27 Ramsey DS. | ||||
| Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) | Late north 9/28 Grant RJ, 10/13 Aitkin WN, 1111 Otter Tail DS; late south 1017 Hennepin SC, 10113 Houston JP/AM, 11/2 Wabasha JD. | ||||
| Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) | North 9/29 Clay LCF, late south 11/13 Wabasha WDM, 11119 Houston FL, 11/26 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Gadwall (Mareca strepera) | North 8/13 Clay PP; late south 11/14 Brown JS. ll/15 Scott PP, 11 /26 Hennepin sc. | ||||
| EURASIAN WIGEON (Mareca penelope) | Wood Lake, Hennepin 10/18 to 11/1 many observers (The Loon 57: 181). | ||||
| American Wigeon (Mareca americana) | Late north 917 St. Louis MH/JS, 9/8 Traverse GAM; 10120 Aitkin WN; late south 11116WabashaDB!, 11/19HoustonFL, 11 / 25 Hennepin TTu. | ||||
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | Permanent resident, reported from 12 counties north, 24 south. | ||||
| Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) | Late north 1011 CookKMH, 10/5 St. Louis SS, 1113 Marshall RJ; late south 11115 Scott PP, ll/16WinonaDBl, 11/19HoustonFL. | ||||
| Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) | Late north 1017 Itasca AB, 10112 Cook KMH, 10/20 Duluth DS; late south 11116 Hennepin Tiu, Wabasha and Winona DB!, 11/24 Houston FL. American Qlack Duck Late north 10/5 St. Louis SS, 1017 Itasca AB, 11/17 Otter Tail SDM; late south 11/28 Houston JP/ AM, 11130 Olmsted PP, Ramsey DS. | ||||
| Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) | Late north 10/31 Otter Tail DS, 11/9 Todd NH, 11116, Mille Lacs KL; late south 11116 Wabasha DBL, 11119 Houston FL, 11/27 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Redhead (Aythya americana) | Late north 10/19 Cook KMH, 11/9 Roseau AJ, Todd NH; late south 11112 Washington WL, 11/16 Wabasha DB!, 11127 Hennepin sc. | ||||
| Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) | Late north 11/3 Clay LCF, 11/23 Duluth JN, 11128 Hubbard AB; late south 11118 Olmsted JEB, 11125 Hennepin TTu, 11 /30 Ramsey DS. | ||||
| Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) | Reported 10113 Houston JP/AM, 10116 Morrison RJ, 11 /2 Otter Tail DS. | ||||
| Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) | Late north 11/13 Aitkin WN, 11/8 Marshall ANWR, 11/14 S. Louis KE; late south 11 /27 Hennepin SC, Olmsted JEB, 11/28 Dakota TTu. | ||||
| Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) | 11/9-12 Cook (2) KHM. WP. | ||||
| Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) | 10119 St. Louis RJ, 10/20 Marshall ANWR, 10/27 Murray E. Duerksen. | ||||
| White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) | 9114 St. Louis fide KE, 10/15 Cook WP, 10/20 Duluth FL, DS, 10/25 to 11/14 St. Louis KE, 10/27 Cook KMH, 10/28 Aitkin WN, 11/9MilleLacsKL, ll/10CookWP. | ||||
| Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) | I 0/20 St. Louis RJ, 1111 Clay fide NH, 11 / 2 Lake KE, I l/9 Cook KMH. | ||||
| Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) | Reported 11/3 Otter Tail (2) DS, 11/14 St. Louis, Lake, Cook (4) KE, 11116 Mille Lacs KL, 11 /24-26 Lake Calhoun, Hennepin, many observers, 11126 Cook KMH. | ||||
| Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | Early south 10/11 Chippewa AB, Scott RJ, 10/13 Houston JP/AM; late north 11/2 Aitkin WN, 11/3 Traverse GAM, 11/27Cook KHH. | ||||
| Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | Early south 8/17 Stearns RJ, 10/25 Hennepin SC; 10/4 Yellow Medicine FE; late north (not Lake Superior) 1112 Aitkin WN, 11 /4 Beltrami RJ. | ||||
| Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) | 11 /9 Hennepin OJ | ||||
| Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | Late north 11/3 Otter Tail DS, 1117 Cook WP, 11/28 Hubbard AB; late south 11 /25 Dakota TTu, 11127 Hennepin DB, SC, Olmsted JEB. | ||||
| Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) | Early south 10/2 Wabasha WDM, 10/30 Hennepin SC, 11 /9 Dakota TTu; late north 10/20 St. Louis DS, 11/22 Hubbard HJF, 11/27 Cook KMH. | ||||
| Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) | Late north 10/20 St. Louis, many obs., 11-10 Cook WP, 11/20 Hubbard HJF; late south 11 /4 Mower JM, 11/15 Hennepin SC, 11118 Dakota JD. | ||||
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | Late north 9/26 Carlton MBW, 10/29 Clay NH, 11 /3 Traverse GAM; late south 11/17 Pope JS. 11119 Houston FL, 11/27 Hennepin SC, ES. | ||||
| New World Quail | |||||
| Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | Permanent resident, reported Illl-11/30 Houston (peak of 21) EMF. | ||||
| Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys | |||||
| Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) | Permanent resident, reported only from Houston (no date) JM, (resident, I to 35 individuals) EMF. | ||||
| Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | Permanent resident, reported from 12 north and 11 south counties. | ||||
| Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis) | Permanent resident, reported 8/16 Cook (1) M. Stensaas, 8123 Cook (4) M. Stensaas, 1019 St. Louis (1) MHIJS. | ||||
| Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) | Permanent resident, reported 8124 Crow Wing WN, 9114 Aitkin WN, 1113 Kittson (50) RJ, Marshall (no date) ANWR. | ||||
| Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) | Permanent resident, reported 10/27 Felton Prairie, Clay Co. (52) LCF. | ||||
| Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) | Permanent resident, reported from four counties north, 14 south. | ||||
| Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | Permanent resident, reported from three north and 21 south counties. | ||||
| Grebes | |||||
| Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | Late north 10113 Aitkin WN, Mille Lacs ES, 1l/3 Traverse GAM; late south 11/27 Hennepin SC, Ramsey DS, 11130 Dakota TTu. | ||||
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) | Late north 11/2 Mille Lacs KL, 11 19 Roseau AJ, 11/14 St. Louis KE; late south 11/13 Mower RRK, JM, 111l4 Ramsey KB, 11/27 Hennepin ES. | ||||
| Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) | Late north 111l Otter Tail DS, ll/4 Lake of the Woods RJ; late south l11l5-l9 Hennepin JD, SC, GP. | ||||
| Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) | 8/17 Steams RJ, 8125 Traverse GAM. 91 19-21 St. Louis KE, KL 10112 Redwood RJ. | ||||
| Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) | Late north 9/28 Grant RJ, 10126 Todd KL, l 0131 Otter Tail DS ; late south 9129 Big Stone TBB, 10113 Chippewa AB, 11113 Nicollet JCF. | ||||
| Pigeons, Doves | |||||
| White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) | 10/ 13 Lakewood Pumping Station, Duluth (I) P. Backstrom. First state record (see pages 92-92.) | ||||
| Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | Reported from II north and 25 south counties. Late north II/2I Clay MMo, II/25 St. Louis JN. | ||||
| Cuckoos | |||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | All reports: 8/1-8117 Mower JM, RRK, 8/11 to 916 Olmsted AP, 8129-9117 Hennepin TTu, SC, 9119 Brown J S, 9125 McLeod RJ. | ||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) | All reports: 8/2 Lyon HK, 8110 Houston EMF, 8117 Redwood AB, 8/19 Clay LCF, 8124 Aitkin WN, 8130 Beltrami AB, 8131 Hennepin TTu, 914 Fillmore RJ, 10/4 St. Louis fide KE, Lac qui Parle (no date) FE. | ||||
| Nightjars | |||||
| Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | Late north 813 1 Clearwater AB, 917 Wadena DZ, 9115 Clay LCF; late south 10/11 Mower JM, 10/12 Washington TBB, 10112 Brown JS, 10/19 Hennepin TTu; peak 8/27 Duluth (1000s all day) KE. | ||||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) | All reports: 811 to 9113 Houston (1) EMF, 813 Lake SWIMS, until9110 Cook SOL, 9126 Olmsted JEB. | ||||
| Swifts | |||||
| Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | Late north 8/25 Aitkin WN, 915 Clay LCF, 9/15 Mille Lacs AB; late south 10/5 Houston FL, 1016 Blue Earth JCF, 10112 Hennepin m.ob. | ||||
| Hummingbirds | |||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | Late north 9117 Clay LCF, 9119 Hubbard HJF, 9119 Koochiching GM, 9123 Wilkin GAM, 1011 Cook KMH; late south 9128 Olmsted PP, 1013 Le Sueur HJC, 1015 Mower JM, 10/8 Dakota JD. | ||||
| Rails, Gallinules, Coots | |||||
| Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) | All reports: 812 Blue Earth JCF, 817 Hennepin SC, 8121 Wright ES, 1011 Mower RRK, 1012 (Duluth) JN, 10/13 Clay NH, Marshall (no date) ANWR. | ||||
| Sora (Porzana carolina) | Late north 8125 Roseau RJ, 911 Clearwater AB, 9/15 Lake JPIAM; late south 916 Chippewa RJ, 1015 Hennepin ES. | ||||
| Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) | All reports: 8/1-817 Isanti (one ad., two y.) RJ, KL, 9/18-9121 Wabasha (4) WDM. | ||||
| American Coot (Fulica americana) | Late north 11/3 Traverse GAM, 1119 Roseau AJ, 11110 Hubbard TCS; late south 11/30 Ramsey DS, 11/30 Hennepin ES; peak 10119 Minnesota River Valley NWR, Hennepin Co. (10,000+, one albino) DZ. | ||||
| Cranes | |||||
| Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) | Reported from ten counties. Late north 101 7 Itasca AB, 10/19 St. Louis KE, FL, 1117 Clay MMo. Two south reports: 8115 Lac qui Parle FE, 9121 Anoka JH. | ||||
| Stilts, Avocets | |||||
| American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) | All reports: 812 and 8128 Lyon HK, 10/23 Clay (1) NH. | ||||
| Plovers | |||||
| Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) | Early north 819 St. Louis KE, 911 Polk AB ; early south 819 Ramsey RJ, 915 Dakota TTU; late north 10113 Wilkin SDM, 10/19 St. Louis RJ, FL; late south 9121 and 9125 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) | Early north 8117 St. Louis KE, 8125 Roseau RJ; early south 8120 Stearns NH, 9111 Hennepin SC; late north 10120 St. Louis FL; late south 1015 Houston FL, 1017 Hennepin sc. | ||||
| Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) | Late north 10116 Mille Lacs RJ, 10120 Clay LCF, 10126 Cook KMH; late south 11/1 Brown JS, 11110 Anoka DS, 11/14 Washington WL. | ||||
| Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) | Late north 9122 OtterTail SDM, 1011 Cook KMH 10119 St. Louis RJ; late south 9/21 Hennepin SC, ES, 9127 Nicollet JCF, 10/12 Pipestone BL. | ||||
| Sandpipers | |||||
| Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) | All reports: 8/3 Lac qui Parle RGJ, 817 Lyon HK, 8113 Grant SDM, 9/23 Cook KMH. | ||||
| Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) | 11/1 Minnesota River Valley, Nicollet Co. (I) JCF. | ||||
| Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) | 8117 Stearns RJ. | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) | All reports: 8/17 Stearns RJ, 8118 St. Louis KE, 8/25 Roseau RJ, 8/29 St. Louis WP, 9/8 St. Louis FL, 9/27 Marshall ANWR. | ||||
| RED KNOT (Calidris canutus) | 8/31 and 9/8 St. Louis (1) KE. | ||||
| Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) | Early north 8/2 Cook KMH, 8/29 Polk AB; early south 8/2 Nicollet JCF, 8/2 Lyon HK; late north 9115 St. Louis DB!, JP/AM; late south 9/25 Blue Earth JCF 10113 Pipestone RJ. ButT-breasted Sandpiper All reports; 8/10 Frontenac, Goodhue Co. (1) BL, 8/10 to 9/22 St. Louis m.ob., 8/13 Meeker (6) KL, 8/28 Cook (4) KMH. | ||||
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) | All reports: 8/17-9111 Stearns RJ, NH, 8/ 18 Hennepin OJ, 8/25 Pennington RJ, 8/29-9/ 15 St. Louis m.ob., 9114-9/17 Cook m.ob. | ||||
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) | Reported from seven counties. Early north 8/31 St. Louis KE, 9/29 Lake SWIMS; early south 8/18 Goodhue DZ, 9111 Hennepin SC; late north 11/17 Cook KMH; late south 10/26 Watonwan RJ, 11/6 Blue Earth JCF. | ||||
| Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) | Early north 8/28 St. Louis SS, 911 Polk AB ; early south 8/8 Lyon HK, 8/8 Dakota TTu, 8117 Stearns RJ; late north 1011 Cook KMH, 10117 St. Louis DB, OJ; late south 9/22 Lyon HK, 10112 Pipestone RJ. | ||||
| Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) | Early north 8110 Aitkin WN, 8111 St. Louis DB I, 8/ J 3 Clay LCF; early south 811 Olmsted JEB, Hennepin OJ, 8/2 Lyon HK ; late north 10/17 St. Louis DB; late south 9/27 Nicollet JCF, Stearns NH, 10/4 Dakota TTu. | ||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) | All reports: 8/29 Clearwater AB, 9115 St. Louis JP/AM. | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) | Late north 10119 Cook KMH, 10/19 St. Louis RJ, FL, 10/20 Clay LCF; late south 9/27 NicolletJCF, Stearns NH, 10/31 Hennepin SC, 11/3 Brown JS. | ||||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) | Early north 8/11 St. Louis DB!, 8/ 13 Clay LCF; early south 8/2 Lyon HK, 8/4 Dakota TTu; late north 10/19 St. Louis RJ ; late south 9/22 Lyon HK, 9125 Blue Earth JCF. | ||||
| WESTERN SANDPIPER (Calidris mauri) | All reports: 8114 Faribault RJ, 8119 Hennepin SC, 8119-8/29 Mower JM, RRK, 8/21 St. Louis KE, 8/24 Koochiching RJ, 8/29 Polk AB, 8/30 Marshall AB. | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) | Reported from nine counties. Early north 8/29 Clearwater AB, 9/5 St. Louis KE; early south 8/2 Nicollet JCF, 817 Lincoln HK; late north 9115 St. Louis TBB; late south 8/20 Stearns NH, 9/2 Fillmore RJ. | ||||
| Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) | All reports: 817-9/16 St. Louis m.ob., 8/25 Wright ES, 8/30 Clearwater AB, 9117 Cook KMH, 9/21 Hennepin SC, ES, 9/25-10/ 1 Blue Earth JCF, 9/27 Stearns NH, 10112 Pipestone RJ. | ||||
| American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) | Late north 10/6 Cass NH, 10/20 Kanabec SSt, 10/25 Cook SOL; late south I 0/9 Benton RJ, 10/24 Sherburne SS/DO, I 0/26 Ramsey KB, Houston JM and Anoka OS. | ||||
| Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) | Late north 10/10 Aitkin WN, 10/23 Clay NH, 11/4 Roseau AJ; late south 11110 Ramsey KB, 11/23 Wabasha DBI, TBB, 11/24 Hennepin TTu. | ||||
| Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) | Late north 917 Hubbard DZ, 9/17 Cook KMH, WP, 10/13 Mille Lacs ES; late south 9/25 Washington DS, 10/2 Fillmore RJ, 10/ 13 Wabasha BL. | ||||
| Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) | Late north 8130 Marshall AB, 915 Lake SWIMS, 9117 Cook KMH; late south 914 Fillmore RJ, 916 Olmsted AP, 1013 Hennepin sc. | ||||
| Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) | Late north 10/23 Clay NH 11/1 Becker WL; late south 10125 Hennepin SC, 10126 Nicollet RJ, 11/3 Brown JS. | ||||
| Willet (Tringa semipalmata) | 811 Frontenac, Goodhue Co. (I) BL. | ||||
| Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) | Late north 9129 Lake SWIMS, 10120 St. Louis DS, 1112 Clay RJ; late south 10127 Hennepin ES, 10129 Pope DR, 10131 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) | All reports: 8/14-8117 Lyon OJ, AB, 8/17 St. Louis KE, Steams RJ, 8/18-911 Clay LCF, 8/24 Koochiching RJ, 8/29 Clearwater AB, Lac qui Parle BL, 9/4 Winona RJ, 9114 Aitkin WN. | ||||
| Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) | All reports: 8/14/8117 Lyon m.ob., 8/17 Pope RJ, 8/19 Hennepin SC, 8/29 Clearwater, 8/29 Polk AB, 9/6 Sherburne (4) KL, 9/15 St. Louis (6) m.ob., 9/18 Blue Earth JCF, 9/28 Steams RJ, 9/29 Lac qui Parle TBB. | ||||
| Gulls, Terns | |||||
| Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) | 9/3, 9/17 and 9/18 Lake of the Woods (one imm.) AJ (The Loon 57:180). | ||||
| Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | Early north 9/15 Crow Wing DB, 10/3 St. Louis WDM; early south 8/17 Lyon AB, 9/11 Steams NH; late north 11/4 Beltrami RJ, 11 / 10 Crow Wing DB, 11/16 Mille Lacs KL; late south II/16 Pope DR, II/17 Washington DS. | ||||
| Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) | Reported from 17 counties. Late north 9/2 Otter Tail DS, 9/29 Clay LCF, 10/13 Mille Lacs ES; late south 10/20 Chippewa AB, 10/ 26 Cottonwood LAF, Blue Earth RJ and Lac qui Parle BL, 11/1 Hennepin PF. | ||||
| Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | Reported from ten north and 20 south counties. Late north 11/6 Hubbard HJF, 11/17 Crow Wing AB. | ||||
| CALIFORNIA GULL (Larus californicus) | 11/5 to 11/15 Lake Harriet, Hennepin Co. (one imm.) DB, m.ob. (The Loon 58:16I8) . | ||||
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) | Reported from seven north and eight south cqunties. | ||||
| Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) | All reports: I1/16 to 11123 St. Louis (one imm.) KE, Il/24-11/30 Dakota (3 max. ITu 11127 Cook (4) KMH. | ||||
| Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) | 11117 Duluth, St. Louis Co. (one ad.) KL (The Loon 58:46-47) | ||||
| LEAST TERN (Sternula antillarum) | 8/II to 8114 Cottonwood, Lyon Co. (one juv.) HK, m.ob. (The Loon 58:48-49) | ||||
| Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | Early north 8/25 Otter Tail SDM, 8/31 Clearwater AB, early south 817 Dakota ITu, 8/13 Hennepin SC; late north 9/28 Douglas RJ, 10/6 Todd KL; late south 9/22 Ramsey JP/AM, 9/22 Washington DS, 9/27 Hennepin DB, DBI, 9/27 Dakota SC, OJ. | ||||
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | Late north 8/29 Clearwater and Polk AB, 917 Aitkin WN, 9/17 St. Louis KE; late south 9/2 Olmsted PP, 9/13 Nicollet JCF, 9115 Cottonwood LAF. | ||||
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) | All reports: 8114 Dakota ITu, 8/20 Steams NH, 9/21 Goodhue BL, 9/28 Morrison AB, 9/28 Todd RJ, 9/29 Cottonwood LAF, 10/3 St. Louis KE., 10112 Chippewa AB | ||||
| Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | Reported fromn I3 counties, late north 8/ 29 Polk AB, 915 to 917 St. Louis (4) KE, 10/16 Otter Tail SDM; late south 9/22 Ramsey JP/ AM, 9/24 Mower RRK, l 0/5 LeSueur RJ, 10/5 Goodhue BL. | ||||
| Loons | |||||
| Common Loon (Gavia immer) | Late north LillO Hubbard TCS, 11116 Mille Lacs KL, ll/20 St. Louis JN ; late south 11118 Hennepin SC, 1l/23 Wabasha TBB, 11124 Olmsted JEB. | ||||
| Cormorants | |||||
| Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) | Late north 11/3 Clearwater RJ, Otter Tail DS, Traverse GAM; late south 11118 Goodhue JD, 11119 Sherburne SS/DO, 11124 Le Sueur HJC. | ||||
| Pelicans | |||||
| American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) | 8127 Duluth, late North 9129 Otter Tail SDM, 1016 Clay KL, 1113 Traverse GAM; late south 10122 Dakota TTu, 10131 Lac qui Parle RGJ, 1112 Murray HK. | ||||
| Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons | |||||
| American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) | North 91l Clearwater AB, Otter Tail DS, 9121 Aitkin WN ; south 916 Chippewa RGJ, 9121 Cottonwood RJ, I0122 Hennepin DZ. | ||||
| Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) | 8117 Big Stone BL. | ||||
| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) | Late north 11/17 Cook KMH, 11121 Becker WL, 11/23 St. Louis D. Litchfield; late south 11 I 18 Goodhue JD, 11119 Houston FL, 11/30 Dakota TTu. | ||||
| Great Egret (Ardea alba) | Late north 8/25 Duluth KE, 915 Cook SDL, 9/13 Becker MBW, 10/13 Otter Tail SDM; late south IOilS Anoka BL, 1l/3 Dakota TTu, 1118 Hennepin VL. | ||||
| Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) | Reported 81l4 Sibley DB, OJ, 9/22-25 Otter Tail SDM. | ||||
| Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) | Reported 814 Grant SDM (33), 8112 Sibley BL, 8/13-16 St. Louis SS, SWIMS | ||||
| Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | Late north 8125 Aitkin WN, 913 Douglas DS, 10131 Becker WL; late south 10118 Hennepin , Lyon, Wabasha DB, 10121 Hennepin SC, TTu. | ||||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | Late south 10/13 Chippewa AB, 1111 Hennepin TTu, 11/8 Nicollet JCF. Cattle Egret-Ely, St. Louis County, August 13, 1985. Photo by Steve Wilson. | ||||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) | 8/3 Hennepin AB, 8/29 Hennepin (2) SC. | ||||
| New World Vultures | |||||
| Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 780 (1984: 978) down nearly 50% from 1983. Late north 9/29 Otter Tail SDM, 10/3 Cook KMH, 10119 Hawk Ridge; late south 10/10 Ramsey KB, 10/11 Goodhue JD, I0/26 Hennepin OJ. | ||||
| Osprey | |||||
| Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 146 (1984: 24 7), down from two previous years. Late north 10119 Carlton L. Weber, 10/20 Aitkin WN, 10/24 Hawk Ridge; late south 10/13 Winona JP/AM, 10/24 Washington DS, 10/ 30 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles | |||||
| Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count 20 ( 1984: 37) down from last two record years. Early north 10/4 Hawk Ridge, 10/27 Wilkin SDM, 10/31 Marshall ANWR; early south 10/19 Ramsey KB, 10/20 Murray E. Duerksen. | ||||
| Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 606 ( 1984: 961) record high day of 169 on 10/ I. Late north 10/20 Aitkin WN, 11 /2 Norman, Clay RJ, 1117 Hawk Ridge; late south 11 /24 Ramsey KB, Sherburne KL, 11/29 Mower JM. | ||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 11,474 (1984: 12,574). Late north 10/20 Aitkin WN, 11110 Otter Tail SDM, 11119 Hawk Ridge; late south 11110 Houston EMF, 11 /24 Ramsey KB, 11130 Nicollet RJ. | ||||
| Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 68 (1984:91, a record high). Late north 9/4 Otter Tail SDM, 10116 Hawk Ridge, 10/29 Clay NH; late south 10113 Ramsey KB, 10/18 Olmsted AP. | ||||
| American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 670 ( 1984: 934) down for past two years. Early south 9/9 Olmsted AP, 10/5 Houston FL, Ramsey KB, 10118 Pope DR. | ||||
| Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 159 (1984: 376), down from two previous record high years. Late north 11/24 Aitkin WN, 11/28 Cook KMH, 11130 Itasca AB. | ||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) | Late north 917 Aitkin WN, 9/24 Duluth KE, also 10116 Hawk Ridge; late south 10113 Goodhue JP/AM, 11/3 Washington DS, 1117 Ramsey KB. | ||||
| Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 24,819 (1984: 36,378) down over 30%. Late north 9115 Itasca AB, 10/6 Hawk Ridge, Clay LCF; late south 10/3 Ramsey KB, 10/5 Hennepin ES, Houston FL. | ||||
| Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 4 (1984:5). Late north 916 Douglas, 10/5 Hawk Ridge, 10/18 Wilkin GAM; late south 10/6 Olmsted, 11 /2 Goodhue JD, ll/5 Hennepin VL. | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 4,259 ( 1984: 11,655) down more than 50%. Permanent resident, reported from 13 counties north, 22 counties south. | ||||
| Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 91 ( 1984: 195), lowest count in 14 years. Early north 9114 Pine JP/AM, 10/2 Hawk Ridge, 10/4 Becker MBW; early south 9/4 Olmsted AP, 9/24 Dakota JD, 10/6 Lyon HK. | ||||
| FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Buteo regalis) | Reported I0/15 Otter Tail KL. | ||||
| Screech-Owls, Owls | |||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) | Permanent resident, reported 816 Lac qui Parle FE, 9/4 Winona RJ, 9/24 Olmsted R. Hunter, 11/15 Cottonwood LAF, Washington (no date) DS, Ramsey (no date) DS, Ramsey (no date) SSt. | ||||
| Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) | Permanent resident, reported from nine north and 18 south counties. | ||||
| Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) | All reports: 10122-1 1121 Duluth ( 1) fide KE, 11/21 Marshall ANWR. | ||||
| Barred Owl (Strix varia) | Permanent resident, reported from seven north and nine south counties. | ||||
| Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) | All reports: 10/10 and 10/11 Duluth (I) JN, 10129 Sax-Zim Bog, St. Louis Co. fide KE, 11115 Marshall (I) ANWR, 11121 Big Falls, Koochiching Co. (1) TCS. | ||||
| Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) | 10/ 17 Pipestone (I) HK, 1115 Duluth JN ; plus many from Hawk Ridge | ||||
| Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) | All reports: 1019 Park Point, Duluth (1) KE, 1117 Marshall (I) ANWR, 11/21 Lac qui Parle (1) WL, 11/28 Wilkin SDM. | ||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) | All reports: 1016 Hawk i,{idge, Duluth (55 banded) D. Evans, 10/14 Hennepin SC, m.ob., 10115 Hawk Ridge, Duluth (60 banded) D. Evans, plus many other dates in late October and early November from Duluth 11/28 Clay LCF. | ||||
| Kingfishers | |||||
| Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) | Reported from 30 counties. Late north 10/4 Lake SWIMS, 10/7 Itasca AB, 10112 Aitkin WN. | ||||
| Woodpeckers | |||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | Reported from seven north and 18 south counties. Late north 9121 St. Louis OJ, 10116 Crow Wing RJ, 11/17 Itasca fide DB. | ||||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) | Reported from Crow Wing 11117-11129 WN, SC and from 23 south counties. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | Reported from 17 counties. Late north 9129 Clay LCF, 9129 Cook WP, 10/4 St. Louis JN, lOIII Cook KMH; late south 10/5 Olmsted JEB, I 018 Ramsey KB, l 0/13 Houston JPIAM. | ||||
| American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis) | All reports: 8118-919 Cook (max. 3) M. Stensaas, 1016 to 11114 Hawk Ridge and North Shore, St. Louis Co. (12±), m.ob. 11/15 Cook KMH, 11/17 to 11/30 Crow Wing (2) WN, m.ob. Black-backed VVoodpecker Reported from Carlton, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Lake and St. Louis with 16 seen on 10/16 in Duluth MSt. | ||||
| Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) | Permanent resident, reported from 16 north and 23 south counties. | ||||
| Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) | Permanent resident, reported from 15 north and 22 south counties. | ||||
| Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | Late north 10/11 St. Louis LW, 10/12 Aitkin WN, 10113 Clay LCF, 1119 Cook KMH. 2200 + reported 9/20 Duluth. Pileated VVoodpecker Reported from 18 north, 23 south counties. | ||||
| Caracaras, Falcons | |||||
| American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 666 (1984: 917), below past two years. Late north 10112 Aitkin WN, 10118 Hawk Ridge, 11 /9 Todd NH. | ||||
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 122 (1984: 62), nearly double the previous record. Early south 8/8 Hennepin OJ, 9/ 13 Houston FL, 9114 Chippewa HK, late north 10/25 Cook KMH, 11/1 Hawk Ridge, 11/2 Clay RJ; late south 10/5 Goodhue BL, 10/24 Olmsted JEB. | ||||
| Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) | Duluth Hawk Ridge count: 27 (1984: 33), 10 counted 9/21. Late north 10/1 Cook KMH, 10/4 Hawk Ridge, 10/6 Clay LCF; late south 10/9 Sherburne RJ, 10/15 Wabasha WDM, 10/18 Ramsey KB. | ||||
| Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) | All reports from Wilkin County 8118, 9-8 11127 SDM, many obs. | ||||
| Flycatchers | |||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | Late north 9/16 Lake of the Woods KL, 9/18 St. Louis KE, 10/19 Cook KMH, BL; late south 9/21 Olmsted JEB, 9129 Hennepin Tfu. VVestern Kingbird Late south 9/6 Lac qui Parle RGJ, 915 Cottonwood LAF; late north 9/12 Otter Tail SDM. 9/16 St. Louis fide KE (casual in Duluth), 9/24 Clay LCF. | ||||
| Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | Late north 9/6 Clay LCF, 9/6 Cook KMH, 917 Aitkin WN, 9/20 St. Louis DB I; late south 9/17 Houston EMF, 9117 Hennepin Tfu, 91 18 Wright RJ, 9/30 Carver MS. | ||||
| SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus forficatus) | 10/2 Cook KMH (The Loon 57:181) | ||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) | Early south 8/11 Olmsted JEB, 8/11 Anoka JH, 8/16 Hennepin SC, 8/17 Ramsey KB, 8/18 Dakota Tfu; late north 9/14 Grant RJ, 9116 Lake of the Woods KL, 9/21 St. Louis OJ; late south 9/20 Hennepin SC, 9/21 Olmsted JEB. VVESTERN VVOOD-PEVVEE 8/25 Clearwater KL (The Loon 58:50). | ||||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | Late north 9/4 St. Louis L W, 9/5 Cook KMH, 9119 Clay LCF; late south 9/26 Hennepin SC, 9/28 Houston EMF, 9/29 Dakota Tfu, 10/2 Mower RJ. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) | Early south 8/15 Hennepin SC, 8/21 Dakota Tfu; late north 8/31 Clearwater AB, 914 St. Louis LW; late south 917 Lac qui Parle RJ, 9/12 Hennepin SC, 9/18 Wright RJ. | ||||
| Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) | Three reports north: 8/31 Clearwater AB, 9/1 - 9/17 Cook RJ, KMH; late south 9/l Hennepin OJ, 9/l0 Rice FKS. | ||||
| Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) | All reports: 8/15-9/24 Houston EMF, 81189/ 1 Hennepin m.ob., 10/2 Fillmore RJ. | ||||
| Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) | Late north 9/21 St. Louis OJ, 10/3 Cook KMH; late south 10/1 Hennepin SC, 10/2 Fillmore RJ. | ||||
| Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | Late north 9/24 Clay LCF, 9/24 Cook KMH, 9/26 Kanabec SSt, 9/29 Otter Tail SDM; late south 10/13 Goodhue BL, 10113 Wright ES, 10/14 Hennepin SC, 10/20 Brown JS. | ||||
| Vireos | |||||
| Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) | 8/21 Goodhue BL. | ||||
| Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) | Late north 917 St. Louis L W, 917 Clay LCF, 9/26 Kanabec SSt; late south 9/21 Rock RJ, 9/22 Brown JS, 10/9 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) | Early south 8/21 Houston EMF, 8/21 Hennepin SC, 8/25 Anoka GP; late north 9/26 Kanabec SSt, 10/11 St. Louis KE; late south 10/17 Ramsey KB, 10/21 Mower RRK. | ||||
| Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) | Early south 8/23 Hennepin SC, 8/24 Lac qui Parle FE; late north 9/26 Kanabec SSt, 9/30 St. Louis LW, 10/1 Cook KMH; late south 9/29 Hennepin TTu, 10/5 Goodhue BL. | ||||
| Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) | No reports north; late south 917 Houston EMF, 9/7 Brown JS, 9/12 Cottonwood LAF, 9/ 14 Hennepin TTu, 9121 Rock RJ, 9/21 Goodhue BL. | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) | Late north 9/29 Cook KMH, I0/6 Clay LCF, 10110 St. Louis LW; late south 10/16 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Shrikes | |||||
| Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | All reports: 9/20 Carver KL, 10/27 Clay LCF, 11/3 Olmsted JEB. | ||||
| Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis) | Early north 10/10 Cook KMH, 10/ 10 St. Louis KE, 10/ 13 Aitkin WN, 10116 Crow Wing RJ ; early south 10/19 Ramsey KB, 10/ 19 Dakota JD, 10/20 Fillmore JM, 10/21 Hennepin SC, TTu. There were 30 reports for the month of November. | ||||
| Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows | |||||
| Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) | Reported from eight north counties as far south as Aitkin. | ||||
| Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | Reported from 17 north and 29 south counties. | ||||
| Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) | Ten reports from nine north counties as far south as Aitkin. | ||||
| American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | Reported from 13 north and 27 south counties . | ||||
| Common Raven (Corvus corax) | Reported from 13 north counties. | ||||
| Chickadees, Titmice | |||||
| Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) | Reported from 14 north and 23 south counties. 9112 St. Louis 2069 in 31/2 hours MH. | ||||
| Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) | Reported from Cook, Lake and St. Louis Counties. | ||||
| Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) | 1017 Olmsted AP, 10/27 Anoka RMR; resident Houston EMF. | ||||
| Larks | |||||
| Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) | Reported from 16 south, seven north counties; late north 11/21 Cook KMH, 11/29 Clay LCF. | ||||
| Martins, Swallows | |||||
| Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) | Late north 9117 St. Louis KE; late south 911 Anoka JH, 916 Olmsted AP, 917 Blue Earth MF, 9/21 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) | Late north 9/7 Aitkin WN, 10/9 Otter Tail SDM; late south 10/9 Wright RJ, 10113 Hennepin Tfu, 10/26 Houston FL, 10/20 Olmsted PP. | ||||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) | Late north 9/20 St. Louis DB!, 9/29 Clay LCF; late south 10116 Hennepin SC, 10/12 Brown JS. | ||||
| Purple Martin (Progne subis) | Late north 917 Aitkin WN, 9/22 Clay LCF; late south 9/15 Washington OJ, 9/24 Hennepin SC, 9/22 Dakota JD. | ||||
| Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | Late north 9/9 Wilkin GAM,. 9/15 Mille Lacs AB, 9/29 Clay LCF: late south 10/4 Olmsted JEB, 10/5 DS, 10/12 Redwood RJ, BL, 10112 Lincoln BL. | ||||
| Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) | Late north 9/2 Clearwater AB, 917 Aitkin WN; late south 9/18 Wright RJ, 9/27 Dakota OJ, 9/28 Hennepin DB I. | ||||
| Kinglets | |||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) | Early south 8/26 Murray AD, 8/30 Olmsted AP, 8/31 Ramsey KB, 8/31 Dakota TTu; late north 10/2 1 Clay LCF, 10/26 St. Louis LW; late south L0/27 Mower JM, 10/28 Pope DR, 1115 Olmsted PP. | ||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) | Early south 9/10 Hennepin SC, 9/22 Mower JM, Houston EMF, Anoka JH and Dakota/Ramsey JP/AM; late north 11 /4 Wadena RJ, 11111 Cook KMH, 11121 Lake P. Eikeland. | ||||
| Waxwings | |||||
| Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) | Reported from seven north counties and 10/2 Dakota (earliest date on record). JD. Early north 10111 St. Louis KE, 10/ 12 Cook KMH, 10/ 16 Crow Wing RJ. | ||||
| Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) | Reported from 12 north and 23 south counties . 9/17 Duluth (3396 in 21/2 hours) M. Hendrickson. | ||||
| Nuthatches | |||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) | Reported from 13 north and 17 south counties; early south 8/1 Dakota JD, 8/3 Washington RH, 8/14 Dakota ITu, 8/15 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | Reported from 13 north and 25 south counties. | ||||
| Creepers | |||||
| Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) | Reported from nine north, 20 south counties. | ||||
| Gnatcatchers | |||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) | 9/22 Cook KMH (The Loon 57: 182); late south 9/4 Winona RJ, 917 Goodhue BL, 9/8 Mower JM, 9114 Brown JS, 9/24 Houston EMF. | ||||
| Wrens | |||||
| House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | Late north 9/26 Cook KMH, I 0/3 Otter Tail SDM; late south 10/6 Hennepin ITu, 1017 Olmsted PP, AP, 10/8 Brown JS. | ||||
| Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) | Early south 8/29 Hennepin ES; late north 10/4 St. Louis JN, MH/JS, 10/5 Itasca AB, 10/16 Cook KMH; late south 10/9 Benton RJ, Hennepin ES, 10/ 11 Washington WL, 10/20 Mower RRK. | ||||
| Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris) | Late north 9/22 Wilkin SDM, 10/23 Cook KMH; late south 9/25 Ramsey KB, 9/25 Hennepin SC, 10/1 Brown JS. | ||||
| Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) | Late north 9/20 Otter Tail SDM, 9/28 Grant RJ, 9/29 Clay LCF, 9/29 Cook KMH; late south 10/3 Dakota TTu, 10/8 Ramsey KB, 10/11 Stearns RH, 10/23 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Thrashers, Mockingbirds | |||||
| Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) | Late north 10/19 Cook KMH, BL, 10/20 Clay LCF; late south 10/28 Ramsey KB, 11 /2 Wabasha JD, 11/28 Wabasha WDM. | ||||
| Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | Late north 10112 Cook KMH, 10/23 Clay LCF; late south 10/11 Chippewa RGJ, 10116 Cottonwood ED, I0/21 Hennepin RJ. | ||||
| Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | All reports: 917 Blue Earth MF, 10/ 19 Duluth M. Hendrickson, 10/31 Carver MS. | ||||
| Starlings | |||||
| European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) | Reported from ten north and 21 south counties . | ||||
| Thrushes | |||||
| Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | Late north 10111 St. Louis LW, 10113 Wilkin SDM, 10/15 Kanabec DB, 10/20 Aitkin WN; late south 10/26 Nicollet RJ. | ||||
| MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD (Sialia currucoides) | All reports; 8/24 Beltrami KL, I 0/13 Chippewa AB, I 0/24 St. Louis MSt. | ||||
| Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) | All reports: 10/27-I0:30 Hawk Ridge M. & D. Evans, 11/8-23 Cook KMH. | ||||
| Veery (Catharus fuscescens) | All reports: 8/25 Ramsey KB, 8/28 Beltrami AB, 9/1-13 Hennepin SC, 914 Winona RJ. | ||||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) | Early south 9/ 1 Hennepin SC, 9/3 Cottonwood LAF; late north 9112 Cook KMH, 9/29 Clay LCF; late south 9/26 Hennepin SC, 9126 Rice FKS, 10/1 Ramsey BL. | ||||
| Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) | Early south 8/26 Ramsey KB, 8/30 Brown JS, 8/31 Hennepin SC; late north 1011 Koochiching GM, 10/2 Cook SOL, 10/3 Otter Tail SDM, 10/4 St. Louis WDM; late south 10/5 Hennepin JP/AM, 10/8 Washington DS. | ||||
| Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) | Early south 9/3 Houston EMF, 9/26 Rice FKS, 9/26 Hennepin TTu, 9/28 OlmstedJEB; late north 10/9 St. Louis AB, 10/ 10 Clay LCF, 10/20 Kanabec SSt, 11/24 Cook KMH ; late south 10116 Hennepin SC, 10/16 Steams RH, 10/18 Brown JS, 10/24 Ramsey KB, 11121 Lac qui Parle WL (found nearly frozen, died later). | ||||
| Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | 9114 Itasca AB, DB, 9118 Wilkin GAM, only north reports; late south 9/9 Steams NH, 9/ 19 Rice FKS, 9129 Mower JM. | ||||
| American Robin (Turdus migratorius) | Reported from 14 north and 27 south counties . 9/24 St. Louis (Lakewood Pumping Station) 1433 fide KE. | ||||
| Old World Sparrows | |||||
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | Reported from thirty-one counties throughout the state. | ||||
| Pipits | |||||
| American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) | Early north 9/10 St. Louis SWIMS, 9/10 Cook KMH; early south 9/27 Steams NH, 10/2 Hennepin OJ; late north I0/20 Wilkin GAM, 11 /3 Red Lake RJ, 11 /6 St. Louis KE; late south 10/31 Hennepin SC (18). | ||||
| Finches | |||||
| Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) | Early south 8/24 Lac qui Parle FE, 10112 Anoka JH, 10114 Olmsted AP, KWB; reported from fourteen additional counties south. | ||||
| Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) | Early north 10/16 Cook KMH, 10119 Lake SWIMS, 10122 St. Louis MHIJS; one report south 11123 Anoka GP. | ||||
| House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) | 912 Pipestone R. Glassel; first non-feeder record. | ||||
| Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) | Reported from ten counties north and twenty-one counties south. | ||||
| Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) | Early north 1016 Cook KMH, 1016 St. Louis KE; early south 1 0!18 Hennepin DB, GP, 10127 Dakota TTu, 10127 Ramsey KB. | ||||
| Hoary Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni) | All reports 10124 Lake SWIMS, 10/28 thru 11/21 St. Louis KE, 11/24 Aitkin WN. | ||||
| Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) | All reports 8/5-11/11 Lake SW/MS, 8/18 St. Louis KE, 11/9 Itasca ABN, 11/24 Todd KL. | ||||
| White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) | All reports 8117-9/28 St. Louis KE, 9114 DouglasRJ, 1012DakotaJPIAM, 11116Mille Lacs KL. | ||||
| Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) | Reported from fourteen counties north and twenty counties south. | ||||
| American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) | Reported from sixteen counties north and twenty-four counties south. | ||||
| Longspurs and Snow Buntings | |||||
| Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) | Early north 9/13 St. Louis NH, SS, 9/14 Cook KMH; early south 9/21 Hennepin SC, 10/4 Dakota TTu; late north 11/10 Clay LCF, 11 120 Cook KMH, 11 130 Aitkin WN. | ||||
| Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) | Early north 9129 Lake SWIMS, 10112 St. Louis SS, 10/13 Cook WP; early south 10/24 Carver MS, 10131 Hennepin SC, 11/1 Nicollet JCF. | ||||
| Towhees, Sparrows | |||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) | All reports 8/1 Cottonwood LAF, 812 Nicollet JCF, 819 Brown JS, 8/19-9122 Dakota TTu, JPIAM. | ||||
| Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) | One report 8125 Clay LCF. | ||||
| Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | Late north 9122 Clay LCF, 10120 Cook KMH, 10/24 St. Louis KE; late south 10112 DakotaTTu, 10/12LyonRJ, 10126Hennepin ES, 11/10 Cottonwood LAF. | ||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) | Late north 9128 Douglas RJ, 1011 Cook KMH, 1015 Clay LCF; late south 911 Anoka SC, 9113 Hennepin OJ. | ||||
| Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) | One report north 918 St. Louis fide KE; late south 10/13 Houston JPIAM, 10/16 Hennepin SC, 10/18 Brown JS. | ||||
| Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) | Early north 8/28 St. Louis MHIJS, 9125 Koochiching GM, 9126 Kanabec SSt; early south 9/9 Washington WL, 9/22 Lyon HK, 9126 Hennepin SC; late north 10120 Kanabec SSt, 1111 Clay LCF, 11120 Aitkin WN; late south 11/11 Mower RRK, 11113 Wabasha WDM, 11 11 7 Blue Earth JCF. | ||||
| American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea) | Early north 9120 St. Louis DBI, 10/1 Cook KMH; early south 9130 Faribault KWE 10110 Hennepin SC, 10114 Nicollet JCF, 10117 Dakota TTu. | ||||
| White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) | Early north 919 Cook KMH, 919 St. Louis SWIMS, 9115 Koochiching KL; early south 9121 Dakota TTu, 9122 Lyon HK, Mower RRK and Ramsey JPIAM; late north 10113 Aitkin WN, 10120 Clay LCF, 10121 Cook KMH; late south 10/18 Hennepin TTu, 10124 Olmsted PP. | ||||
| Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) | Early north 9114 Cook KMH, 9115 Koochiching KL, 9123 Clay LCF, 9123 St. Louis KE, SWIMS; early south 9124 Brown JS, 9126 Dakota TTu, 9127 Nicollet JCF; late north I 016 Itasca AB, 10113 Aitkin WN, 101 27 Clay LCF, 10127 Cook KMH; late south 10/31 Chippewa RGJ, 11114 Murray AD, 11/ 30 Lac qui Parle FE. | ||||
| White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) | Early south 915 Hennepin SC, 917 Washington WL, 918 Ramsey KB; late north 10/14 Clay LCF, 10/15 Lake SWIMS, 10120 Cook KMH, 10120 Kanabec SSt; late south 1117 Hennepin OJ, 11 115 Wabasha WDM, 11130 Blue Earth JCF, 11130 Winona FL. | ||||
| Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) | Late north 9121 Aitkin WN, 1014 St. Louis fide KE, 1113 Clay LCF; late south 1019 Murray AD, 10112 Lincoln RJ, 10/16 Wabasha WDM. | ||||
| LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) | All reports 818 Otter Tail SDM, 915 Clay LCF, 11110 Scott RJ. | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) | Late north 1012 St. Louis SWIMS, 10120 Aitkin WN, 10120 Clay LCF, 11/3 Cook KMH; late south 10120 Watonwan RJ, 10126 Rice FKS, 10130 Nicollet JCF. | ||||
| Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) | Early south 915 Hennepin SC, 9/12 Washington JD, 9113 Ramsey KB ; late north 9125 Beltrami SWIMS, 1013 Clay LCF, 10128 Cook KMH; late south 10113 Houston JPI AM, 10126 Brown JS, 10126 Hennepin SC, 10129 Olmsted PP. | ||||
| Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | Late north 1016 Itasca AB, 10115 Clay NH, 10127 Cook KMH; late south Ill17 Hennepin TTu, 11/22 LeSueur JCF. | ||||
| Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | Late north 9/23 Otter Tail SDM, 10/4 St. Louis fide KE, 10/6 Itasca AB ; late south 10/5 Cottonwood LAF, 10/12 Pipestone BL, RJ, 10114 Mower JM. | ||||
| Blackbirds, Orioles | |||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) | Late north I 0/5 Cook KMH, 10/6 Clay LCF, 1112 Norman RJ, late south 917 Blue Earth MF, 10123 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) | Late north 9/1 Clearwater AB, 9/18 St. Louis KE, 9/20 Clay LCF: late south 8119 Murray AD, 9118 Wright RJ, 9125 Hennepin sc. | ||||
| Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | Late north 10120 Aitkin WN, 10131 St. Louis KE. | ||||
| Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | Late north 10113 Mille Lacs ES, 10127 Clay LCF. | ||||
| Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) | Three reports 8117 Houston EMF, 8118 Clay LCF, 914 Chippewa RGJ. | ||||
| Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) | Late north 9/5 Koochiching GM, 918 Kanabec SSt, 9114 Aitkin WN; late south 10/2 Fillmore RJ, 11/10 Lyon HK. | ||||
| Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) | Late north 11124 Aitkin WN, ll/27 Cook KMH. | ||||
| Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) | Late north 1015 St. Louis SS, 10129 Clay NH; late south 1119 Dakota TTu, 11110 Houston EMF, 11/11 Cottonwood LAF, 11/13 Rice FKS. | ||||
| Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) | Early north 9115 Lake JPIAM, 9120 St. Louis fide KE, 1011 Cook WP; early south 10111 Chippewa AB, 10112 Hennepin TTu; late north 11111 Hubbard HJF, 11119 St. Louis SWIMS, 11124 Cook KMH; late south 11122 Houston EMF, 11124 Hennepin TTu. | ||||
| Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) | Late north 917 Aitkin WN, 9112 Carlton DZ, 9/24 St. Louis DZ; late south 10/15 Hennepin SC, 11110 Houston EMF, 11 110 Scott RJ, 11117 Pope LAF. | ||||
| Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) | Late north 1113 Marshall RJ, 1114 Becker WMB, 11130 Aitkin WN. | ||||
| Warblers | |||||
| Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) | Late north 9/15 Itasca AB, 9/23 Clay LCF, 9/23 Otter Tail SDM; late south 9/30 Brown JS, 9/30 Hennepin SC, 10/1 Ramsey BL. | ||||
| Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) | Early south 8/9 Hennepin SC, GP, 8/14 Brown JS ; late north 8/8 Clay LCF, 8/28 Beltrami AB, 9/10 Wilkin GAM; late south 9/22 Brown JS, 10/4 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) | Late north 8/28 Beltrami AB, 9/8 Kanabec SSt; late south 9/1 Anoka JH, 911 Brown JS, 9/2 Wright ES, 9110 Houston EMF. | ||||
| Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) | Late south 8/30 Ramsey KB, 9/2 Houston EMF, 9/10 Brown JS. | ||||
| Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) | Late north 9/25 Otter Tail SDM, 9/26 Kanabec SSt, 10/1 Cook KMH; late south 9/22 Brown JS, 9/22 Nicollet JCF, 9/24 Hennepin SC, 10/5 ChippewaRGJ, 10/5 Ramsey KB. | ||||
| Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) | Two reports: 8118-8/21 Goodhue DZ, BL. | ||||
| Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) | Early north 8111 Koochiching GM, 8/15 Clay LCF; early south 8/14 Anoka JH, 8/14 Washington WL, 8/15 Hennepin SC, 8/ 16 Dakota TTu; late north 9/26 Kanabec SSt, 10112 Aitkin WN, 10/17 Cook KMH; late south 10/5 Hennepin SC, JP/AM, 10/11 Chippewa RGJ. | ||||
| Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) | Early north 8117 St. Louis MH/JS, 8/20 Clay LCF; early south 8/22 Lyon HK, 8/29 Hennepin ES, 8/30 Washington JD, Houston EMF and Stearns RH; late north 10/6 Clay LCF, 10/17 Cook KMH; late south 10/21 Hennepin TTu. | ||||
| Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) | Early south 8/11 Houston EMF, 8117 Ramsey KB, 8/18 Brown JS; late north 10/15 Cook KMH, 10/15 Aitkin WN, 10/20 St. Louis FL; late south 10/17 Ramsey KB, 10/18 Mower JM, 10/22 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) | Early south 8/21 Murray AD, 8/29 Hennepin ES, 8/30 Hennepin SC, GP; late north 9110 Wilkin GAM, 9/22 Cook KMH; late south 917 Lac qui Parle RJ, 9/9 Hennepin SC, 9/12 Lac qui Parle FE. | ||||
| Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) | Early south 8/18 Brown JS, 8/24 Hennepin DB, 8/26 Ramsey RH; late north 9/18 Cook KMH, 9119 Otter Tail SDM; late south 917 Chippewa RJ, 9/22 Brown JS, 10/5 Olmsted JEB. | ||||
| Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) | Late north 9/22 Otter Tail SDM, 9/23 Clay LCF, 10/19 Cook BL, KMH; late south 10/1 Brown JS, 10/3 Ramsey KB, 11/1 Hennepin TTu. | ||||
| American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) | Late north 9/23 Clay LCF, 9/25 Otter Tail SDM, 9/26 Kanabec SSt, 1011 Cook KMH, late south 9/22 Houston EMF, 9/26 Ramsey KB, 10/4 Hennepin SC, GP. | ||||
| Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) | Early south 8/21 Dakota JD; late north 9/ 14 Aitkin WN, 9120 Cook KMH, 9/28 St. Louis LW; late south 9/18 Hennepin DB. | ||||
| Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) | Early south 8/1 Goodhue BL, 8/25 Hennepin TTu, SC, 8/25 Anoka GP, 8/26 Washington JD, 8/27 Ramsey KB; late north 10/6 Cook KMH; late south 9/21 Olmsted JEB, 9/26 Hennepin SC, 9/22 Mower RRK. | ||||
| Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) | Early south 8/21 Hennepin SC, 8/25 Ramsey KB, 8/25 Anoka GP; late north 9/28 Grant RJ, 10/3 St. Louis L W, I 0/3 Cook KMH; late south 9/20 Ramsey KB, 9/21 Olmsted JEB, 9/22 Houston EMF, 9/22 Brown JS. | ||||
| Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) | Early south 8/21 Hennepin SC, 8/26 Ramsey KB; late north 9119 Cook KMH, 9/26 Kanabec SSt, 9/28 Grant RJ; late south 9/29 Dakota JD, 10/9 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) | Early south 8116 Hennepin SC, 8117 Ramsey KB; late north 9/24 Wilkin GAM, 9/25 Cook KMH, 9/26 Kanabec SSt; late south 9/21 Rock RJ, 9/21 Hennepin Tiu, 10/4 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) | Late north 917 Clay LCF, 9/ 10 St. Louis LW, 9/20 Cook KMH; late south 917 Blue Earth MF, 9/14 Big Stone RJ, 9/18 Hennepin sc. | ||||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) | Late north 9115 Itasca AB, DB, 9117 Otter Tail SDM, 9/27 Cook KMH; late south 9/22 Brown JS, 9/23 Houston EMF, 9/26 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) | Early south 8114 AnokaJH, 8/20 Hennepin SC, GP, 8/25 Brown JS; late north 9/151tasca AB, DB, 10/19 Cook KMH, BL; late south 9110 Brown JS, 9/14 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) | Early south 8/20 Wright ES, 8/25 Hennepin ES, 8/26 Ramsey KB, 8/26 Dakota JD; late north 9/18 Cook KMH, 9/25 Wilkin GAM; late south 9/26 Mower RRK, JM, 9/30 Ramsey KB, 10/4 Hennepin SC, GP. Yellow-romped Warbler Early south 8/21 Dakota JD, 8/26 Washington DS; late north 10/14 St. Louis LW, 11/21 Cook KMH (The Loon 57:184) Audubon's subspecies; late south 10/22 Mower JM, 10/23 Cottonwood LAF, 10/29 Brown JS. | ||||
| Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) | Early south 8/25 Murray AD, 8/25Cottonwood LAF, 8/31 Hennepin OJ; early north 911 Clay LCF; late north I0/10 St. Louis L W, 10110 Clay LCF, 10/16 Cook KMH; late south 10/8 Dakota JD, 10/13 Hennepin TTu. | ||||
| Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) | Late north 9115 Itasca AB, DB, 9115 Lake JP/AM, 1013 St. Louis LW; late south 11/24 Wright RJ (The Loon 57: 183), Mower 11/ 27-11/28 JM, RRK. | ||||
| Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) | Early south 8/20 Wright ES, 8/22 Hennepin DB; late north 9/26 Kanabec SSt, 1017 Cook KMH; late south 9/25 Ramsey KB, 9/26 Washington WL, 9/27 Hennepin SC, 9/29 Dakota TTu. | ||||
| Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) | Early south 8115 Houston EMF, 8/16 Hennepin SC, 8/17 Dakota TTu, 8/17 Ramsey KB; late north 8/27 Clearwater AB, 8/28 Cook KMH, 8/31 Clay LCF; late south 9/11 Hennepin SC, 9/21 Pipestone RJ, 9/22 Houston EMF. | ||||
| Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) | Early south 8116 Cottonwood LAF, 8/16 Hennepin SC, 8/18 Brown JS, 8/20 Lac qui Parle FE; late north 9/15 Lake JP/AM, 9119 St. Louis MH/JS, 9/29 Cook KMH; late south 9126 Hennepin SC, 9/28 Dakota TTu, 9/30 LeSueur HJC. | ||||
| Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | |||||
| Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) | Late north 9/1 Beltrami AB, 9/5 Wadena DB, 9/28 Grant RJ; late south 9/26 Mower RRK, JM, 10/3 Hennepin SC, GP, 10/19 Chippewa AB. | ||||
| Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | One report north 11/13 Duluth fide KE; reported from nineteen counties south. | ||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | Late north 9/11 Clay LCF, 9/14 St. Louis TBB, 9/29 Cook KMH; late south 9/22 Murray AD, 9/30 Houston EMF, 9/30 Olmsted AP, 10/4 Hennepin SC. | ||||
| Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) | One report 10/3 Murray AD. | ||||
| Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) | Late north 8/29 Clearwater AB, 9114 Douglas RJ, 9/26 Kanabec SSt; late south 10/3 Hennepin SC, GP. | ||||
| Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | All reports 8/2 Lyon HK, 8/2 Nicollet JCF, 8/9 Murray AD, 8111 OlmstedJEB, 8/18 Cottonwood LAF. | ||||