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 - Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks | 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: Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
| Common Eider(Somateria mollissima) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
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| 2014 | Fall | 2 | Two new county records of this accidental species and the first sightings in Minnesota since 1966. Two female/immature S. m. v-nigrum (“Pacific” Common Eider) were discovered 11/10 off Brighton Beach in St. Louis during a snowstorm ph. †KJB. They were refound several times as they moved along the Duluth shoreline, one bird present through 11/15 and the other remaining well into the winter season, and considerable additional documentation was submitted: ph. †PHS, ph. †AXH, ph. †KRE, †PCC, ph. †TRK, ph. †MJM, plus photographic documentation from ten additional observers. A third female/immature S. m. v-nigrum was located in Lake (Silver Bay Marina) 11/13–15 ph. †BMy, ph. †JWL, ph. †BAF, ph. DWK, m.ob. Also see winter report. | |
| 2014 | Winter | 1 | Female (S. m. v-nigrum), one of two discovered 11/10 at Brighton Beach, St. Louis KJB (see Fall 2014 Seasonal Report) overwintered St. Louis (Canal Park) m.ob. and was last reported in Minnesota 2/19. This much-photographed female also moved back and forth to neighboring Superior WI (Barker's Island) where it was recorded in January, February, and after it left Minnesota for good, through at least 23 March (eBird reports). | |
| Seven records: six fall and one fall-winter. Recorded in one (2014) of the last ten years. One additional fall and two additional winter records of S. mollissima/spectabilis, most recently in 1979. | ||||
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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. |