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 - Gulls, Terns | 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: Gulls, Terns |
| Black-legged Kittiwake(Rissa tridactyla) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Winter | 12-15 (JCG) and 12-16 (BL), Knife River, Lake Co, 1 imm seen at close range, excellent black & white photos obtained by JCG. First Minnesota record. | ||
| 1968 | Spring | 4-14 LaCrosse, Wisconsin, adjacent to Houston Co., Minnesota, 1 imm collected, FL; compares nicely with Iowa & South Dakota records also. | ||
| 1976 | Fall | 10-30 Garrison, Crow Wing Co. (1 imm.) TS, JG, PE; second state record. | ||
| 1978 | Summer | 9-12 St. Louis MC. | ||
| 1978 | Fall | 9-12 St. Louis MC. | ||
| 1979 | Fall | 11-24 Cook (Grand Marais, 1 im.) JG, KE. (no documentation) | ||
| 1980 | Fall | 11-20 Aitkin TS (1 found d.o.r.) | ||
| 1982 | Spring | 5-27 Park Point, Duluth KE, FL, SDM (1-2nd yr), 5-28 Duluth RJ, MH, 5-30 Duluth KE. See Notes of Interest, THE LOON, Vol. 54, No. 3, p. 190. | ||
| 1983 | Summer | One immature, 6/11, sewage lagoons, Greenbush, Roseau Co. (Loon 55: 123). | ||
| 1983 | Fall | 9/11 to 9/18 Stoney Point, St. Louis Co. (one imm.) MH, KC, M.ob. (The Loon 55:179), 11/20 Carlton (one imm.) JP/AM (The Loon 55:181). | ||
| 1984 | Fall | 8/11 Leech Lake, Cass Co. (one imm.) RJ (The Loon 56: 271), 10/26 Stoney Point, St. Louis Co. (one imm.) SWIMS. | ||
| 1988 | Fall | 11/8 Hastings, Dakota-Washington Co. JD., TF (The Loon 60:187-88). | ||
| 1988 | Winter | One at Black Dog Lake, Dakota Co. 12/3 to 12/5 m.ob. (The Loon 61 :3-4,45-46). | ||
| 1989 | Spring | 4/20 Bemidji, Beltrami Co. DJ (The Loon 61 :84-85). | ||
| 1991 | Spring | Only report: 3/30 Winona, Winona Co. CCB (The Loon 63: 143). | ||
| 1991 | Fall | Three reports: 10/27 Cook (first-winter) KE et al., 11/3 St. Louis (first-winter) MO, 11/18 Cook (Mouth of Temperance R.) KB, SSt. (The Loon 63:279, 64:124). [Corrected] | ||
| 1994 | Winter | One first-winter individual reported on 12/26 at Duluth, St. Louis County PS (this is the third winter record, not the second as erroneously stated in The Loon 67:110). | ||
| 1995 | Fall | Reported 9/16 St. Louis (first-winter) AH (The Loon 68:131); picked up 11/12 near Orwell W.M.A., Otter Tail (first-winter) fide GO, SDM (The Loon 68:71). | ||
| 1995 | Winter | First-winter individual reported 12/1–2 at Black Dog Lake, Dakota Co. BF, mob (The Loon 67:248–249, 68:71–73). | ||
| 1996 | Fall | Two reports from Lake Winnibigoshish, possibly the same bird, 9/28 Cass PS (The Loon 69:44) and 11/10 Cass PS (The Loon 68:247). | ||
| 1997 | Fall | One bird in first-winter plumage 11/2–17 Cook (Grand Marais) KE et al. (The Loon 69:222–223) was possibly the same individual seen 11/27 Lake (Two Harbors) MT, MD. | ||
| 1998 | Fall | Reported 9/24–26 St. Louis (first-winter off Park Point) PS, AH. This individual also had been found initially on the Wisconsin side of the Superior Entry. | ||
| 1999 | Fall | Only documented report: 11/21 Cook (Grand Marais) †HT et al. (The Loon 72:59). | ||
| 2000 | Fall | Single first-winter birds discovered 10/21 Cook (Grand Marais) †DBz, †CRG et al. (The Loon 73:124–125); 10/30 and 11/2 Lake (Agate Bay, Two Harbors) †PHS, †AXH, †JWL (The Loon 73:129). All reports may refer to the same individual, but good numbers were noted elsewhere on the Great Lakes this fall, e.g., a total of 11 during the fall season at Whitefish Point on eastern L. Superior. | ||
| 2001 | Fall | Single juveniles reported 11/12 Cook (Five Mile Rock) †CRM et al. (The Loon 74:122), 11/30 St. Louis (Park Pt. in Duluth) DAG, †JWL. | ||
| 2001 | Winter | First-winter individual found feeding on road-killed deer along I-35 on 12/2 Pine (near Sandstone) †TPW (The Loon 74:58–59). | ||
| 2005 | Winter | Two accepted records, possibly involving the same 1st-winter bird: 12/4 Anoka (Cenakio Lake, Coon Rapids Dam R.P.) †GP, 12/7–24 Dakota/Hennepin (west outflow of Black Dog Lake) ph. †JPM, m.ob. The latter was also documented by †CMB, ph. DAC, †PCC, ph. †AXH, †PSV as it lingered for a record 18 days and provided the first record for a Minnesota Christmas Bird Count (Bloomington CBC). | ||
| 2006 | Winter | 1 | Record late by more than two weeks (26 December 1994, The Loon 67:110) was a first-winter bird 1/11–12 Wabasha (Lake Pepin) †DBz, †JWH. | |
| 2009 | Fall | 1 | First-cycle bird observed 10/31 St. Louis (Minnesota side of Superior Entry) †MLH, †PHS. | |
| 2010 | Fall | 1 | Immature found 11/21 (third earliest date south) Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R.) ph. BJU and relocated the next day 11/22 RAE. | |
| 2011 | Winter | 1 | Two reports St. Louis (Canal Park) of probably the same first-cycle bird: 12/13 †JCa and 12/17 ph. †KJB. [Corrected] | |
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | Two reports from St. Louis (Canal Park, Duluth): 11/10 (first-cycle) †KJB, 11/28 (ad.) ph. †JLK. | |
| 2012 | Winter | 1 | See documented reports still under review. | |
| 2015 | Winter | 2 | Two first-cycle individuals St. Louis (Canal Park) 1/16–18 StK, ph. †PHS, ph. †JWL, m.ob., then only one from 1/19–23 m.ob. (The Loon 88:138–139). Numerous additional photos m.ob. Presumably one of the same birds was rediscovered at the same location 2/10–12 TPM, KRE, ph. JPR, ph. AiP. Additional report (presumed same bird) 2/15 Lake (Two Harbors, Agate Bay) ph. BeB, KBy, ph. JWL, m.ob. | |
| 2016 | Fall | 1 | Only report 11/7 Lake (first-cycle, Two Harbors, Agate Bay) ph. †ALx, JLf. | |
| 2017 | Fall | 1 | First-cycle seen 11/24–25 Washington (Hazen P. Mooers Park) † KIs, ph. PNi, ph. † MJM, † EzH. | |
| 2021 | Fall | 1 | A well-photographed first-cycle was reported 10/29 – 11/14 St. Louis (Superior Entry and Park Point R.A.) †AFo, †LHl, †JGW, ph. †DnS, ph. †KEm, ph. †REn, ph. †LiH, m.ob. | |
| 2022 | Spring | 1 | The first spring record of this species in over three decades was found 3/29–30 St. Louis (Canal Park) JiM, ph. ALw. | |
| 2022 | Winter | 1 | One report: 12/16 Wabasha (first-cycle, Lake Pepin near Camp Lacupolis) ph. †PEJ. This is the first winter-season report since 2015. | |
| 2023 | Summer | 2 | Found 6/14 Cass (Lake Winnibigoshish) ph. AxB, 6/21 Beltrami (Upper Red Lake, Waskish) ph. BAb, †KRE, ph. RMS, m.ob. These were only the second and third summer records for this species, and were likely only the second and third records of adults. | |
| Forty-nine records: 4 spring, 2 summer, 30 fall, and 13 winter. Recorded in five of the last ten years, most recently 2023. | ||||
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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. |