Duplicates
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Gulls, Terns |
Accepted Duplicates | |
| This is the 1981 to present Records Committee Proceedings archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members. |
| Families |
| Species: Gulls, Terns |
| Least Tern (C) (Sternula antillarum) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 1 | MOU | 1951-05-19 | 1951-06-15 | Mother Lake | Hennepin | The Loon 26:82 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1951-05-19 | 1951-06-15 | Hennepin | 5/19-6/15 Hennepin (first state record) (first county record) | |||||
| 2 | MOU | 1955-06-18 | Moore Lake | Anoka | Janssen 1987:167 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1955-06-18 | Anoka | 6/18 Anoka (second state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 3 | MOU | 1965-09-11 | Hendricks | Lincoln | The Loon 38:40 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1965-09-11 | Lincoln | 9/11 Lincoln (third state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 38:40 | 1966 | index | Sight Record of Least Terns in Minnesota | ||||||
| 4 | MOU | 1970-09-26 | Sham Lake | Lyon | The Loon 43:14 The Loon 43:25 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1970-09-26 | Lyon | 9/26 Lyon (fourth state record) (first county record) 9·26 Cottonwood, Lyon Co. (1 imm.) PE; second state record; see "Notes of Interest". | ||||||
| 43:25-26 | 1971 | index | Possible Immature Least Tern in Lyons County | ||||||
| 5 | MOU | 1974-05-12 | 1974-05-13 | Marshall WTP | Lyon | The Loon 47:92 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1974-05-12 | 1974-05-13 | Lyon | 5/12-13 Lyon (fifth state record) (second county record) 5-12, 13 Marshall sewage lagoons, Lyon Co. (1 adult) KE, HCK. | |||||
| 47:92 | 1975 | index | A Least Tern at Marshall | ||||||
| 47:132-133 | 1975 | index | Least Tern at Marshall, Lyon County | ||||||
| 47:133 | 1975 | index | Least Tern Observation in Nobles County | ||||||
| 6 | MOU | 1975-05-17 | Marshall WTP | Lyon | The Loon 47:132 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1975-05-17 | Lyon | 5/17 Lyon (sixth state record) (third county record) 1 report: 5-17 Lyon, sewage lagoons, (1 adult) OLJ, PAZ. | ||||||
| avian information | 1975-06-14 | Lyon | 6/14 Lyon (seventh state record) (fourth county record) One adult at Midway County Park near Adrian, Nobles Co. on 6-14 (KE); seventh state record. | ||||||
| 7 | MOU | 1975-06-14 | Midway County Park | Nobles | The Loon 47:133 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1975-06-14 | Nobles | 6/14 Nobles (eighth state record) (first county record) One adult at Midway County Park near Adrian, Nobles Co. on 6-14 (KE); seventh state record. | ||||||
| 50:220 | 1978 | index | Least Tern, Sham Lake, Lyon County | ||||||
| 8 | MOU | 1978-08-10 | Sham Lake | Lyon | The Loon 50:220 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1978-08-10 | Lyon | 8/10 Lyon (ninth state record) (fifth county record) 8-10 Lyon Paul Egeland, fourth state record. | ||||||
| 54:147 | 1982-04-14 | Lake Cornelia | Hennepin | (vote 4-2, with one abstention, and with 6-1 required for acceptance) This was another difficult decision, with the majority convinced by the description of very small size in comparison with Herring and Ring-billed Gulls standing nearby, the "white foreheads ," yellow bills, and "yellowish" legs. However, the minority was bothered by the lack of direct size comparison with other terns, the failure to note black tips to the bills, and the fact that the observer was looking south somewhat into the sun and may not have been able to determine bill and leg color accurately. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 9 | 58:42 | 1985-08-11 | 1985-08-12 | Cottonwood | Lyon | (vote 7-0; The Loon 58:48-49). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1985-08-11 | 1985-08-14 | Lyon | 8/11-14 Lyon (tenth state record) 8/II to 8114 Cottonwood, Lyon Co. (one juv.) HK, m.ob. (The Loon 58:48-49) | |||||
| 58:48-49 | 1986 | index | Least Tern in Lyon County | ||||||
| 58:129-130 | 1986 | index | Least Tern in Olmsted County | ||||||
| 58:138 | 1986 | index | A Least Tern at Duluth | ||||||
| 58:144-145 | 1986 | index | Least Terns in Olmsted County | ||||||
| 10 | 58:146 | 1986-05-09 | Duluth | St. Louis | (vote 7-0; The Loon 58: 138). | Accepted | |||
| 11 | MOU | 1986-06-09 | Duluth | St. Louis | The Loon 58:138 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1986-06-09 | St. Louis | 6/9 St. Louis (twelfth state record) (first county record) Seen in Duluth (The Loon 58:13 8) and Olmsted (JB, The Loon 58:129-130; AP, The Loon 58:144-145; first southeast region sightings). | ||||||
| 12 | 58:146 | 1986-06-12 | 1986-06-14 | near Rochester | Olmsted | (vote 7-0; The Loon 58:129130). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1986-06-12 | 1986-06-14 | Olmsted | 6/12, 14 Olmsted (eleventh state record) (first county record) Seen in Duluth (The Loon 58:13 8) and Olmsted (JB, The Loon 58:129-130; AP, The Loon 58:144-145; first southeast region sightings). | |||||
| 60:135 | 1988 | index | Least Tern in Murray County | ||||||
| 13 | 61:10 | 1988-07-30 | Lake Wilson | Murray | (vote 7-0; The Loon 60:135). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1988-07-30 | Murray | 7/30 Murray (thirteenth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 61:140-141 | 1989 | index | Least Tern at Hastings | ||||||
| 14 | 62:12 | 1989-06-12 | Hastings | Dakota | (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:140-141). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1989-06-12 | Dakota | 6/12 Dakota (fourteenth state record) (first county record) One bird 6/12 Hastings, Dakota Co. (The Loon 61 : 140-141). | ||||||
| 64:222-223 | 1992 | index | Least Terns in Dakota County | ||||||
| 15 | 65:33 | 1992-08-29 | Spring Lake | Dakota | (vote 7-0; The Loon 64:222-223). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1992-08-29 | Dakota | 8/29 Dakota (fifteenth state record) (second county record) One report: 8/22 Spring Lake, Dakota County KB (1 adult, 1 juvenile) (The Loon 64:222–223) | ||||||
| 16 | 69:152 | 1996-05-16 | Whitewater WMA | Winona | (record #97–13, vote 7–0). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1996-05-16 | Winona | 5/16 Winona (first county record) 5/16 Winona SSt. [Corrected] | ||||||
| avian information | 1998-09-11 | 1998-09-12 | Lyon | 9/11, 12 Lyon Reported 9/12 Lyon (two at Gabriel Lake) PE. | |||||
| 17 | 71:156 | 1998-09-12 | Gabriel L. | Lyon | (record #99-03, vote 7– 0). | Accepted | |||
| 18 | 72:40 | 1999-06-24 | 1999-06-25 | Agassiz N.W.R. | Marshall | (record #99–36, vote 6–1). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1999-06-24 | 1999-06-25 | Marshall | 6/24-25 Marshall (first county record) First summer report since 1989. Single bird found on 6/24,25 with group of Forster's at Agassiz NWR in Marshall Co. JiW. | |||||
| 19 | 78:40 | 2005-06-08 | 2005-06-09 | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | Sherburne | (record #2005036, vote 7–0). This adult was photographed by several observers. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2005-06-08 | 2005-06-09 | Sherburne | 6/8-9 Sherburne (first county record) Nineteenth state record: 6/8–9 Sherburne (Sherburne N.W.R.) †PLJ, †PCC, †CMB, ph. AXH, ph. DWK, m.ob. (The Loon 78:55). [Corrected] | |||||
| 78:55 | 2006 | index | Least Tern in Sherburne County | ||||||
| 20 | 79:50 | 2006-06-04 | Lake Ocheda | Nobles | (record #2006-053, vote 7–0). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2006-06-04 | 2006-06-06 | Nobles | 6/4, 6 Nobles (second county record) Twentieth state record and second county record 6/4 Nobles (Lake Ocheda) †DBz, COB; †PHS, m.ob. This bird could not be found the next day, but may have returned on the 6th when DAC stated he was “not able to make a definitive ID of this bird, since it was 500 m away.” Twenty-first state record and third county record 6/24 Olmsted (South Landfill Reservoir by Rochester) †JWH; ph. CCB, ph. RLE, m.ob. | |||||
| 21 | 79:50 | 2006-06-24 | South Landfill Reservoir near Rochester | Olmsted | (record #2006-053, vote 7–0). Both records were of adults; distant photographs were obtained of the latter. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2006-06-24 | Olmsted | 6/24 Olmsted (second county record) Twentieth state record and second county record 6/4 Nobles (Lake Ocheda) †DBz, COB; †PHS, m.ob. This bird could not be found the next day, but may have returned on the 6th when DAC stated he was “not able to make a definitive ID of this bird, since it was 500 m away.” Twenty-first state record and third county record 6/24 Olmsted (South Landfill Reservoir by Rochester) †JWH; ph. CCB, ph. RLE, m.ob. | ||||||
| avian information | 2014-08-10 | 2014-08-14 | Rock | 8/10-13, 14 Rock (first county record) A juvenile found 8/11 Rock (Luverne) HHD, †TAT, †RMD, †KRo, m.ob. was seen with an adult 8/13 ph. DAC. Last report was of a single bird (which one?) 8/14. | |||||
| 22 | 87:4 | 2014-08-11 | 2014-08-14 | southeast of Luverne City Park | Rock | (record #2014-039, vote 7–0). An adult and a juvenile were both photographed. Twentysecond state and seventh fall record. The juvenile bird was sighted on 11 August 2014 and was later reported with an adult bird on 13 August 2014. The adult was observed feeding the juvenile (this does not necessarily indicate breeding as adult terns are known to feed juveniles accompanying them during migration). Both birds were accepted. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2016-07-20 | 2016-07-21 | Big Stone | 7/20, 21 Big Stone (first county record) New county record 7/20 Big Stone (Hwy. 28 and C.R. 61, west of Graceville) ph. JPR, JWn (pending MOURC vote). | |||||
| 23 | 91:89 | 2018-06-12 | Cannon Lake | Rice | (record #2018-056, initial vote 2–5, reconsidered vote 7–0). Apparent first-cycle alternate in “portlandica” plumage. First county record. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2018-06-12 | Rice | 6/12 Rice (first county record) See Documented Records Still Under Review in the introduction to this report. | ||||||
| 24 | 91:89 | 2019-06-09 | near Roseau County line | Lake of the Woods | (record #2019-033, vote 7–0). Same bird reported in Roseau County. Adult, photographed. First county record for Lake of the Woods and Roseau counties. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2019-06-09 | Lake of the Woods | 6/9 Lake of the Woods (first county record)  Found 6/9 Lake of the Woods, Roseau (same adult observed flying over lake and standing on beach in Warroad) ph. † CDB, MDB. | ||||||
| avian information | 2019-06-09 | Roseau | 6/9 Roseau (first county record)  Found 6/9 Lake of the Woods, Roseau (same adult observed flying over lake and standing on beach in Warroad) ph. † CDB, MDB. | ||||||
| 25 | 92:92 | 2020-06-29 | Mother Lake | Hennepin | (record #2020-037, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. Fascinatingly, there is a published report of as many as 25–30 birds of this species at the same location in 1951 (The Loon 26:83). However, this report was prior to the formation of MOURC in 1974 and has never been officially reviewed. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2020-06-29 | Hennepin | 6/29 Hennepin (second county record) Photographed by m.ob. 6/29 Hennepin (adult, Mother L.) †TAT, ph. †ADS, †DWK, †EzH. | ||||||
| 26 | 94:3 | 2021-08-08 | Tuttle Lake, Tenhassen Township | Martin | (record #2021-095, vote 7–0). Adult. First county record. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2021-08-08 | Martin | 8/8 Martin (first county record) An adult was found 8/8 Martin (Tuttle Lake) †SJD. | ||||||
| 94:3 | 2022-05-28 | Edgerton wastewater treatment plant | Pipestone | (record #2022-058, vote 2–5). While the described flight characteristics were suggestive of this species, overall details were insufficient. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 27 | 94:115 | 2022-06-12 | 2022-06-13 | Woodstock WMA | Pipestone | (record #2022-061, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. First county record. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2022-06-12 | 2022-06-13 | Pipestone | 6/12, 13 Pipestone (first county record) Seen 6/12–13 Pipestone (Woodstock W.M.A., West Unit) ph. †KEm, JWH, RAE, †NMe, EHi, VKl, SCh, LVD, ebd. | |||||
| Twenty-four records: 4 spring, 13 summer, and 7 fall. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2018. Federal designation: Endangered. Formerly Accidental. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||