Families |
Species: Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows |
Canada Jay |
Clark's Nutcracker |
[Fish Crow] |
Common Raven |
Canada Jay (R) (Perisoreus canadensis) | Start Date 1936-01-01 | ||||||||
Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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avian information | 1942-12-01 | 1943-02-28 | Stearns | winter Stearns (first county record) | |||||
avian information | 1947-01-04 | Stearns | 1/4 Stearns (second county record) | ||||||
avian information | 1965-08-01 | 1965-11-30 | Ramsey | fall Ramsey (first fall record) southerly movement this fall, growing quite strong during October and November; southernmost records, 11-7 Rice Lake Refuge, Aitkin Co, MIG and 11-10 Stillwater (on St. Croix), C. L. Ammerman fide GD, JCG. | |||||
avian information | 1966-01-01 | 1966-01-31 | Benton | 1/1-31 Benton (first county record) | |||||
avian information | 1966-12-01 | 1967-02-28 | Stearns | winter Stearns (third county record) usual reports from Cook, Lake and St. Louis Co's. plus expected reports from Roseau, Beltrami, Lake-of-theWoods, Marshall and Clearwater Co's; one southerly record, Stearns Co., throughout winter, RPR. | |||||
avian information | 1975-12-06 | 1975-12-07 | Dakota | 12/6-7 Dakota (first county record) reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Aitkin, Koochiching, Clearwater, Hubbard, Cass and Marshall Co's; an unconfirmed peak of 71 in late December in the Sax-Zim area of St. Louis Co. was not substantiated by others birding the area who found no more than 9; 71 would be a new North American Christmas Count record. | |||||
avian information | 1976-08-01 | 1976-11-30 | Olmsted | fall Olmsted (first county record) A major invasion year: reported south and west to Marshall, Pennington, Becker, Kanabec (3 reports), Mille Lacs, Stearns, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Isanti (2 reports), Anoka, Hennepin (3 reports), Ramsey, Washington, and Olmsted; first south reports on 10-17 and 10-12. | |||||
avian information | 1976-08-01 | 1976-11-30 | Swift | fall Swift (first county record) A major invasion year: reported south and west to Marshall, Pennington, Becker, Kanabec (3 reports), Mille Lacs, Stearns, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Isanti (2 reports), Anoka, Hennepin (3 reports), Ramsey, Washington, and Olmsted; first south reports on 10-17 and 10-12. | |||||
avian information | 1976-11-17 | Lac qui Parle | 11/17 Lac qui Parle (first county record) A major invasion year: reported south and west to Marshall, Pennington, Becker, Kanabec (3 reports), Mille Lacs, Stearns, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Isanti (2 reports), Anoka, Hennepin (3 reports), Ramsey, Washington, and Olmsted; first south reports on 10-17 and 10-12. | ||||||
avian information | 1976-12-01 | 1977-02-28 | Anoka | winter Anoka (first county record) A major invasion year; northeast repo~ts from Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Clearwater, Roseau, Hubbard Crow Wing, Becker, Pine, St. Louis: Lake, Itasca and Cook Co's; wandering birds went west and south to Marshall and Polk (Warren and Crookston Christmas Counts), Otter Tail (until 1-23; NJ and on 2-16; W. Breckenridge), Kanabec (12-5; DS), Stearns (1-3 to 2-25; J. Voth), and on the Sherburne, Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Paul N.E. (4 seen) Christmas Counts. | |||||
avian information | 1981-12-19 | Stearns | 12/19 Stearns (fourth county record) Reported from eight counties south to Aitkin and west to Roseau. | ||||||
2:7 | 1930 | index | Another Canada Jay Record | ||||||
2:15-16 | 1930 | index | The Clown of the North Woods | ||||||
25:134-135 | 1953 | index | Whiskey Jack | ||||||
31:100 | 1959 | index | Predation by Gray Jays on the Young of the Hoary Bat | ||||||
35:68 | 1963 | index | Nesting Record of the Gray Jay in Itasca County | ||||||
39:22-23 | 1967 | index | Gray Jay Invasion, Fall 1965 | ||||||
39:63 | 1967 | index | Unusual Winter Records for Stearns County | ||||||
40:22 | 1968 | index | Gray Jay in Edina | ||||||
54:147 | 1982-03-22 | Chisago | (vote 2-5) The inexperienced observer sent in a long report of six possible Gray Jays, but the documentation did not describe the birds with any clarity. One Gray Jay south of its normal range is not all that unusual, but six within a relatively short distance sitting uncharacteristically out in the open along a roadside did not seem plausible to the majority. | Not Accepted | |||||
avian information | 1984-01-01 | Dakota | 1/1 Dakota (second county record) Statewide CBC total of 114 with a peak of 56 on the Isabella count. Reported from ten counties throughout its normal range in the north. | ||||||
avian information | 1986-10-01 | 1986-11-31 | Hennepin | 10/1-11/31 Hennepin (first county record) Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south. | |||||
avian information | 1986-10-23 | Scott | 10/23 Scott (first county record) Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south. | ||||||
avian information | 1986-11-01 | 1986-12-31 | Anoka | 11/1-12/31 Anoka (second county record) Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south. | |||||
avian information | 1986-11-04 | Washington | 11/4 Washington (first county record) Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south. | ||||||
avian information | 1986-11-28 | Chisago | 11/28 Chisago (first county record) Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south. | ||||||
avian information | 1987-01-03 | 1987-04-10 | Wright | 1/3-4/10 Wright (first county record) A statewide CBC count of 419 (151 L. Y.) with a high count of 154 at Isabella. Reports from eleven northeast and north central region counties and Becker, Norman, Polk and Marshall in the northwest region. Also reported from Wright 1/3 (RG, RJ) Anoka, 12113 (MRBA) and during the St. Paul NE count week. | |||||
avian information | 1987-12-13 | Anoka | 12/13 Anoka (third county record) Reported from eight north central and northeast region counties with a statewide CBC total of 247 (419 L.Y.). The only unusual report was of two on the FargoMoorhead CBC. | ||||||
avian information | 2011-07-01 | Becker | 7/1 Becker (first summer record) Seen in all northern regions. First county breeding record from Roseau BWa. High count 6/16 St. Louis (Superior National Forest Road 200) AJo, BWi. | ||||||
avian information | 2018-01-20 | Wadena | 1/20 Wadena (first winter record) Reported from fourteen contiguous counties in North-central and Northwest regions, the same number of reporting counties as the previous winter. Unusual record 1/20 Wadena FGo. High counts 2/2 St. Louis (18, Sax-Zim Bog) ebd, 2/26 St. Louis (14, Sax-Zim Bog) FJN, 2/27 Lake (13, Superior N.F.) FJN. | ||||||
56:72-73 | 1984 | index | Gray Jay Takes Live Mammal | ||||||
59:41-44 | 1987 | index | A Documented Invasion of Gray Jays in Duluth, Fall 1986 | ||||||
59:153-154 | 1987 | index | Incursion of Gray Jays into Southern Minnesota, 1986-87 | ||||||
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  | Permanent resident north-central and northeast. |
The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source. | ||
'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander | ||
Sighting records for () | ||
Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added. | ||
Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander |