The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Rails, Gallinules, Coots | Occurrence | |
| This is the 1930 to present seasonal report archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members. |
Seasons |
| Species: Rails, Gallinules, Coots |
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King Rail Virginia Rail |
Sora Common Gallinule |
American Coot Purple Gallinule |
Yellow Rail Black Rail |
| King Rail(Rallus elegans) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
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| 1934 | Summer | A very intorost~ng record is thnt of o. nest of tho King Rail found by vJoolscy on J no 9th in North Dakota. near Fargo. At this tirao it held 2 eggs, o.nd on the 24th of Juno thoro wore 7 eggs. This nest was deserted duo to the water going down, so tho £indor took one of tho eggs. Tho bird was not seen o.t any time no~ tho nest, but the egg wa.s taken to the Museum of No.turo.l History. of the University of Minnesota., where ~ditor Woolsey ru1d our ostirr~ble president, Gustav Swanson, very carefully measured it and ccmpo.rec1 it tdth musm.lLl spcciL1cns until, in tho opinion of those worthy gentlemen, thoro was little doubt as to its identity. This evidence, together vrith tho facts thnt tho nest fitted the published descriptions of o. King Rail's nest o.nd that o. King Rail wa.s seen nonr the site some tiL1e after the nest had been dosortec1, provin~ tho.t the species was at least present, seems adequate to substantiate this record as valid. The Dnportunco of this record is evident when it is realized that no nests o.re reported north of Hennepin County by Dr. Roberts in his, "Birds of I..fin.-·1esoto.. 11 | ||
| 1935 | Summer | Breckenriqge found the King Rc1.il present at Rou.nc1 L.~.ke throughout the breeding season, but he 1ocntec1. no nest of this uncommon bird. | ||
| 1961 | Spring | seen 27 May at La Crescent by Brother Theodore. | ||
| 1961 | Summer | Dave Pearson observed two in the Carlos Avery Refuge, Anoka County on 30 May and again on 20 July. | ||
| 1963 | Summer | Anoka Co., Carlos Avery Game Refuge, July 14, ad, 2 downy black y, Avifaunal Club. | ||
| 1963 | Fall | Sept. 1, Alberta, Stevens Co., Ken Haag. | ||
| 1966 | Summer | 7-17 Buffalo Lake, Wright Co, 2 ad-5y, PE (see Notes of Interest in previous issue); La Crescent, Houston Co, 1, RG. (See Notes of Interest) | ||
| 1967 | Summer | 6-20 Rosendale Twp., Watonwan Co., 1 ad, Roger Johnson fide EDK. | ||
| 1968 | Spring | 5-25 Marshall Co., 1, AWR (undoubtedly northernmost state record). | ||
| 1971 | Fall | 2 reports Co. (2) FL; 8-16 to 9-11 Regier Slough, Cottonwood Co., up to 4, photographed by L. Rupp. | ||
| 1972 | Summer | nested in Jackson (Heron Lake JAB). | ||
| 1973 | Summer | Houston Co. (LaCrescent 6-23 KE). | ||
| 1974 | Spring | 1 report, 5-3 Minn. Pt., St. Louis Co. (1) D. Reynolds; first report from the NE. | ||
| 1975 | Spring | 1 report: 4-23 Clearwater RCD (details?). | ||
| 1975 | Summer | One seen 6-13 at Big Stone N.W.R., Lac qui Parle Co. (PE). | ||
| 1976 | Summer | first actual nesting report in several years: 2 young found with 2 adults in July at La Crescent, Houston Co. (F. Lesher); it is possible that this casual species is regular in these marshes. | ||
| 1976 | Fall | 8-3 La Crescent, Houston (3 imm.) DGW and 8-7 RJ. | ||
| 1977 | Summer | One seen and heard on 6-2, Gabriel L., Lyon Co. (PE). | ||
| 1979 | Spring | No reports this period. | ||
| 1983 | Summer | Breeding data from STEARNS (adults at nest, 6/2&7; gone, 6/15; Brockway Twp., NMH). See page 72, this issue. | ||
| 1984 | Summer | 6/9-15 Duluth (KE et al. The Loon 56:190-191). | ||
| 1991 | Fall | 10/24 Edison Township, Swift County AB (The Loon 64:64-65). | ||
| 1992 | Summer | First summer record since 1984. One bird present for most of summer at Minnesota River Valley NWR in Hennepin Co. (The Loon 64:170). | ||
| 2014 | Spring | 1 | The first since 1992 was found in a residential garden in Goodhue (Zumbrota) on 5/27 ph. EPa, ph. DAC, †KRo, ph. †PEB, ph. †MJM, †TAT, ph. †ANy, m.ob. | |
| 2017 | Summer | 1 | Second county record 6/15+ Grant (2, North Ottawa Impoundment) ph. WPl, well documented and photographed by m.ob. | |
| 2017 | Fall | 1 | Two adults first reported 6/15 continued to be seen 8/5–19 Grant (North Ottawa Impoundment) with a juvenile also present 8/12 † KRE, m.ob. | |
| 2022 | Spring | 1 | The third record since 1992 was found 5/22 Steele ph. RhK. | |
| Former summer resident south. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2022. Last breeding record 2017. State designation: Endangered. Formerly Accidental. | ||||
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| Column N | Number of counties where the bird was seen in the North. |
| Column S | Number of counties where the bird was seen in the South. |