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 - Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | 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: Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks |
| Black-headed Grosbeak(Pheucticus melanocephalus) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
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| 1967 | Summer | mid July to Aug. 9, Mendota Heights, Da kota Co., one adult male came regularly to feeder of Bernard Friel; seen feeding a young grosbeak on 8-6 by HFH; photo graphed in color; first verified state rec ord. | ||
| 1974 | Spring | 5 reports of this accidental species: early May (2 males) London, Freeborn Co., Mr. and Mrs. M. Foss; early May (1) Albert Lea, Freeborn Co., Mrs. T. M. Gill; mid-May (1) Emmons, Freeborn Co., Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Johnson; 5-13 (1 male) Albert Lea, Freeborn Co. DG; 5-11 to 6-1 (1 female) Afton State Park, Washington Co., Mr. and Mrs. N. Kordell (see last issue of LOON, Vol. 46, No. 3 for more details). | ||
| 1981 | Fall | 10-19 thru 10-25 Cook KMH, KE, JB, RG, DGW, SDM. ; | ||
| 1982 | Fall | One report: 10/10 Lake J. Savage. | ||
| 1984 | Spring | One report 5/24 Ramsey R. Skarjune and L. Treeful (The Loon 56:196). | ||
| 1986 | Spring | 5/24 Rock Mike Mulligan (The Loon 58:140). | ||
| 1988 | Fall | 11/11-26 Aitkin, Aitkin Co. m.ob. (The Loon 61:47-48). | ||
| 1989 | Spring | 5/6 Winona TH, (The Loon 61:84), 5/11 Lac qui Parle CMB. | ||
| 1992 | Spring | Reported 4/16 Beltrami AEM (The Loon 64:231–232). | ||
| 1993 | Summer | The fourth summer record for Minnesota; a single bird identified on 6/9 near Heron Lake, Jackson Co. ES (The Loon 65:159). | ||
| 1994 | Spring | Reported 5/13 Boyd, Lac qui Parle Co. FE (The Loon 66:155). | ||
| 1995 | Spring | One report 5/17 Moorhead, Clay Co. SM, GN et al. (The Loon 67:182). | ||
| 1997 | Spring | 5/24 Clay TBr. [Corrected] | ||
| 1999 | Spring | Only report: 5/13 Jackson (female at Anderson County Park) PS (The Loon 71:237–238). | ||
| 2000 | Spring | Only documented report: 5/13 Lyon (female in Cottonwood) †PE (The Loon 72:140). | ||
| 2000 | Fall | Female seen 10/21–23 Lake (Two Harbors) †JWL, †PHS. | ||
| 2001 | Spring | Male at feeder 5/10 Becker (Maple Grove Twp.) †BRK. | ||
| 2002 | Spring | Male at feeder 5/24–26 Clay (Moorhead) †RHO, ph. DDM, †PHS, m.ob. (The Loon 74:240–241). | ||
| 2005 | Spring | Two accepted records: 5/24 Rock (adult male near Luverne) †PHS (The Loon 77:258–259) and 5/29+ Marshall (adult male near Newfolden) †MBr; also documented by †PCC, †JMJ, †SAS. | ||
| 2005 | Summer | Adult male at feeder south of Newfolden, from 5/29 until 6/16 Marshall †MBr, †PCC, †JMJ, †SAS (The Loon 78:54–55) | ||
| 2007 | Spring | 1 | Adult male third week in May at feeder in Wilkin (Breckenridge) ph. LPT fide SPM. [Corrected] | |
| 2009 | Winter | 1 | First-winter male at feeder 12/18 – 1/7 St. Louis (Duluth) ph. PJT, ph. †PHS, ph. †KRE, ph. DAC, ph. LME, m.ob. This is the first winter record for the state. | |
| 2011 | Spring | |||
| 2013 | Spring | 2 | Adult male seen 5/25–26 in St. Louis at a residential feeder near Embarrass ph. †SWn. | |
| 2014 | Spring | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Spring | 1 | Only report 5/18–20 Crow Wing (Brainerd) ph. †JPR, ph. †SBM, ph. EGa, HHD, PSP. | |
| 2022 | Spring | 1 | First spring this species has been reported since 2015: 5/9 Anoka (Coon Rapids, adult male) ph. †RLR. | |
| Twenty-nine records: 20 spring, 1 spring-summer, 1 summer, 1 summer-fall, 5 fall, and 1 winter. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2023. | ||||
| Click on the bird name to see a photographic image of the bird. | |
| 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. |