The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Screech-Owls, Owls | 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: Screech-Owls, Owls |
| Burrowing Owl(Athene cunicularia) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Summer | Two birds of this speeies were seen at the entrances to their nesting sitest near Madison on May 24th by Gustav Swanson. -28 -The Flicker, 1930 | ||
| 1931 | Summer | One nest contained five egcs near the entrance on June 25th. On July 14th a group of 11 birds, Edults and young, was seen near another nest (Hrs. C. E. Peterson, Nadison). -18-The W9ker, 1931 | ||
| 1932 | Summer | On July 14th Hro. Pct<:;rson saw young Burrowing Owls in a pasture calling for food. This wns et l-L!.dir,on. | ||
| 1933 | Summer | Mrs• Peterson of Madison furnishes us with a. report of 5 adults and 15 young of this species huddled together abqut holes on July 16th. on\August 13th they were 11flying EU"Ound learning to strike at make-believe prey." | ||
| 1934 | Summer | Although no positive nesting records of this intore1~ting vosternor were reported, Upson and Du.Toit contribute tho fol:lowing note: "Juno 19, 1934, Lac guj. Parle County -Certain debris in iliho tunnel, such as bird ond a.nioal retlains, and the conduct of tho adults, indicated nesting; however, the number of eggs or yt)ung v.ro.s not ascertained as none were in sight o.nc1 the burrow w:a:s too long to permit reaching its end." | ||
| 1963 | Spring | May 5, between Herman and Wheaton, in Traverse County, 1 pair, R. Grant; May 18, same pair and another pair in Traverse County R. Grant. | ||
| 1963 | Summer | Traverse Co., 3 miles NE of Collis, May 18 thru June 8, pair seen at nest burrow by R. Grant. Burrow flooded out by heavy rains and abandoned thereafter. Another pair 7 miles W. of Herman, but in Traverse County, seen repeatedly at nest burrow from May 5 to July 26, by R. Grant. Pellets collected. A Note of Interest will appear in a future issue. | ||
| 1963 | Fall | Sept., exact date? Traverse Co., Nick Zeller fide R. Grant. This species presumably breeds on Mr. Zeller's land. | ||
| 1964 | Spring | 4-18 Traverse Co, a pair returned to the usual spot near Wheaton, RG, RLH. | ||
| 1964 | Summer | Traverse Co, 2 nesting pairs, Stevens Co, 1 nesting pair, RAG. | ||
| 1964 | Fall | 9-1 to 9-18 Stevens Co, 2 ad, ly, RAG. | ||
| 1965 | Spring | 4-21 Grant Co, RAG; 427 Traverse Co, DB; 5-2 Big Stone Co, RAG and Rochester, JPF; 5-22 Traverse Co, EMR | ||
| 1966 | Summer | 7-31 Wheaton, Traverse Co, 1 at usual spot, DP, WRP. | ||
| 1967 | Spring | 5-20 Traverse Co., DB. | ||
| 1968 | Spring | 4-5 Rock Co., 1, RO, may be earliest date on record? 5-28 LaCrosse, Wisconsin, adjacent to Houston Co,. Minnesota 1 at airport, FL. | ||
| 1971 | Spring | one reported on 5-15 and 5-27 near St. Leo, Yellow Medicine Co. by DB and RG; in recent years this owl has become scarce in western Minn. where it was formerly regular. | ||
| 1974 | Summer | This now casual species nested in Cottonwood Co. (one mi. west of Indian Petroglyphs Monument), four young raised (J. Brandenberg); this owl is very rare now in the state and last nested regularly in the early 1960's. | ||
| 1975 | Fall | 8:25 Lincoln (2) Leon Krog; 11-20 Bay Lake, Crow Wing Co. fide T. Savaloja. | ||
| 1976 | Spring | 5-7 Lyon (1) Carroll Henderson, 529 Polk many observers. Bar:red Owl Reported from 18 counties. | ||
| 1977 | Spring | 3 reports: 4-10 Wilkin GO, see Loon 49:179; 4-15 Lincoln (1) Bob Meyer; 4-16 Jackson (1) Ross Wagner. | ||
| 1977 | Summer | Nested in Prior Twp., Big Stone Co. (3 young raised; fide B. Ehlers); first summer record since another nesting record 3 years ago. | ||
| 1978 | Spring | 5-20 Marshall, Gladwin Lynne. | ||
| 1979 | Spring | 4-16 Blue Earth DNR, 5-15 Duluth KE. | ||
| 1979 | Fall | Only report 9-28 Blue Earth D.O.R. by Mary Wagenknecht. | ||
| 1980 | Spring | Seen in Clay County 5-1 through 24 by GMO and M.Ob. | ||
| 1980 | Summer | The two birds at Downer, Clay Co. were last observed on 7-9; the only indication of nesting was a hearsay report. | ||
| 1981 | Summer | Breeding data from Stevens (Loon 53:227). | ||
| 1982 | Summer | Breeding data from Rock (Denver Twp.; J. Schladweiler). | ||
| 1982 | Fall | Nested with three young near Hardwick, Rock Co. fide DNR. 8/1 to 10/15 Cottonwood LAF, WH-only reports. | ||
| 1983 | Spring | Rock County 5/9 JS, 5/14 two at nest site RJ. | ||
| 1983 | Summer | Breeding at the same farm in Rock Co. as last year (two ad., five young, 7/21, JS). | ||
| 1983 | Fall | 8/14 Denver Twp., Rock Co. (6) KE. | ||
| 1986 | Spring | 4/6 Lac qui Parle (I) J. Schladweiler. | ||
| 1987 | Spring | 5/23 Felton Prairie, Clay Co. KE; only report. | ||
| 1988 | Summer | Probable nesting in Traverse, Pipestone, Yellow Medicine, Rock (JSc); more reports than usual. | ||
| 1988 | Fall | All reports : 9/9-14 Traverse (5) and Yellow Medicine (7), fide J. Schladweiler. | ||
| 1989 | Spring | Only reports: mid April Crookston, Polk Co. fide KH, Rock m.ob. (nesting). | ||
| 1989 | Summer | Only reports from near Blue Mounds S.P., Rock Co. mob. | ||
| 1989 | Fall | All reports: 8/12-10/4 Rock (3) mob. | ||
| 1990 | Spring | Only reports: 4/8 Rock AB, 5/11 Lincoln HK. | ||
| 1990 | Summer | Only reports from near Blue Mounds S.P., Rock Co. mob. | ||
| 1991 | Spring | One report: 5/23 Rock ND. | ||
| 1991 | Summer | Only reports from Rock mob. | ||
| 1991 | Fall | Only report was the nesting pair from previous years, 8/13 - 9/7 Rock (max five on 8/13 DC) mob. | ||
| 1992 | Spring | Two reports: 4/19 Martin, reported in Fairmont Photo Press of 4/22, 4/26 Traverse EL. | ||
| 1995 | Spring | Only report 4/30 Co. Roads 13/73, Pipestone Co. AB. | ||
| 1996 | Spring | Reported 5/16 and 5/18 Leota Township, Nobles Co. ND, 5/28 (same bird) Moulton Township, Murray Co. ND. | ||
| 1997 | Spring | Reported 5/31 Duluth (40th Avenue West/Erie Pier) PS et al. (The Loon 69:168–169). | ||
| 2002 | Spring | An unmated adult faithfully attended a burrow 5/6+ Murray (Lowville Twp.) m.ob., ph. DAC (The Loon 74:165). First documented record since May 1997. | ||
| 2002 | Summer | First summer report since 1991. Single adult 6/2 Murray (Lowville Twp.) MSS; this individual was originally discovered in early May (see spring report and The Loon 74:164–165). | ||
| 2003 | Spring | Reported 5/5–13 Swift (Moyer Twp.). Found dead 5/13 and subsequently deposited at the J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis as specimen #BMNH44835. | ||
| 2004 | Spring | One seen 4/21 Lac qui Parle (Perry Twp.) †BJU. Potential nesting pair 5/22+ Watonwan (near Lewisville) DLB, ph. AXH, unfortunately disappeared early June after burrow was dug out by fox. | ||
| 2004 | Summer | Pair near Lewisville (see spring report) disappeared 6/2 Watonwan fide AXH. | ||
| 2005 | Spring | One faithfully but fruitlessly attended a burrow 4/30–5/14 Lac qui Parle (Hantho Twp.) ph. MLH et al. The landowner first noted this bird in mid-April fide PHS. | ||
| 2006 | Spring | Two adults claimed a burrow 4/27–5/6 Polk (Tilden Twp.) JEk et al., †JMJ, ph. †PHS (The Loon 78:233). A pair of copulating adults 5/6 Norman (near Lockhart) †ABL were still present 5/29. A calling male at the Rochester airport 5/9+ Olmsted †JWH, ph. CCB, †ADS was recorded by JJS and furnished a second county record, but failed to attract a mate. | ||
| 2006 | Summer | Last seen and heard at Rochester Airport 6/24 Olmsted fide JWH (please see spring report). Another reported from the Southwest 6/18 Pipestone (near Pipestone) ph. Angela Kallsen. Two adults seen by local residents since at least 7/1 Stevens (Rendsville Twp.) were documented mid-August ph. DO. [Corrected] | ||
| 2006 | Fall | Two adults seen by local residents since at least 7/1 in Stevens (Rendsville Twp.) were photographed 8/14 DO. | ||
| 2007 | Summer | 2 | Observed 6/1–7/28 Polk (Glacial Ridge N.W.R.) m.ob. Initially, two adults were found by BJE and confirmed by †CMM; later, two adults and two juveniles were reported. Also documented by †DAB, †PCC, †JPE, ph. BDF, ph. †JMJ. First known successful breeding in the state since 1991. One adult clung to the outskirts of Moorhead beginning 7/2 or 7/3 Clay ph. DJBe, ph. KVH. | |
| 2007 | Fall | 1 | 1 | One lingered in Clay from early July until 10/2 (see summer report for more details). A total of 4 birds (2 adults and 2 young, though only one adult and one juvenile documented) was discovered near probable nest site near Edgerton in Pipestone beginning 8/6 ph. DAC, ph. JeF, RBJ and subsequently seen by several observers through 8/18. |
| 2008 | Spring | 1 | One bird present 5/22+ Clay (Moorhead, observed sitting on mound of dirt beside hole) ph. DRe, CMN, ph. †PHS, m.ob. | |
| 2008 | Summer | 1 | One from spring still present 6/7 Clay (southeast Moorhead) CMB. | |
| 2010 | Spring | 1 | One bird observed 5/15 Clay (near Bluestem Prairie S.N.A.) †BMc, SBe. | |
| 2011 | Spring | 1 | First county record 5/18–19 Kittson (2, Joe River State Wildlife Area) ph. LW, ph. †TrB, RAE. | |
| 2016 | Spring | 1 | One was present in Wilkin, northeast of Breckinridge, 4/23–5/23 MJM, ph. †JMJ, ph. PHS. | |
| Former summer resident southwest and west-central. Recorded in two (2016, 2023) of the last ten years. Last breeding record 2007. State designation: Endangered. Formerly Casual. | ||||
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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. |