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
Families
Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
New World Quail
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Grebes
Pigeons, Doves
Cuckoos
Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Limpkin
Cranes
Stilts, Avocets
Plovers
Sandpipers
Jaegers
Alcids
Gulls, Terns
Loons
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storks
Frigatebirds
Boobies and Gannets
Cormorants
Pelicans
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Barn Owls
Screech-Owls, Owls
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Caracaras, Falcons
Flycatchers
Vireos
Shrikes
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Chickadees, Titmice
Larks
Martins, Swallows
Kinglets
Waxwings
Silky-flycatchers
Nuthatches
Creepers
Gnatcatchers
Wrens
Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Starlings
Dippers
Thrushes
Old World Flycatchers
Old World Sparrows
Pipits
Finches
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Towhees, Sparrows
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds, Orioles
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Seasons
Species: Gulls, Terns
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Herring Gull (American)
Herring Gull (Vega)
Iceland Gull
Iceland Gull (Thayer's)
Iceland Gull (Kumlien's)
Iceland Gull (Iceland)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
[Herring Gull X Glaucous Gull]
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
[Sterna tern]
[Royal Tern]
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
[Thalasseus tern]

Least Tern(Sternula antillarum)
YearSeasonNS
1970Fall9·26 Cottonwood, Lyon Co. (1 imm.) PE; second state record; see "Notes of Interest".
1974Spring 5-12, 13 Marshall sewage lagoons, Lyon Co. (1 adult) KE, HCK.
1975Spring 1 report: 5-17 Lyon, sewage lagoons, (1 adult) OLJ, PAZ.
1975Summer One adult at Midway County Park near Adrian, Nobles Co. on 6-14 (KE); seventh state record.
1978Summer 8-10 Lyon Paul Egeland, fourth state record.
1978Fall 8-10 Lyon Paul Egeland, fourth state record.
1985Fall 8/II to 8/14 Cottonwood, Lyon Co. (one juv.) HK, m.ob. (The Loon 58:48-49)
1986Summer 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).
1989Summer One bird 6/12 Hastings, Dakota Co. (The Loon 61 : 140-141).
1992Fall One report: 8/22 Spring Lake, Dakota County KB (1 adult, 1 juvenile) (The Loon 64:222–223)
1996Spring5/16 Winona SSt. [Corrected]
1998Fall Reported 9/12 Lyon (two at Gabriel Lake) PE.
1999Summer First summer report since 1989. Single bird found on 6/24,25 with group of Forster's at Agassiz NWR in Marshall Co. JiW.
2005Summer 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]
2006Summer 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.
2014Fall1 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.
2016Summer1 New county record 7/20 Big Stone (Hwy. 28 and C.R. 61, west of Graceville) ph. JPR, JWn (pending MOURC vote).
2018Summer1 See Documented Records Still Under Review in the introduction to this report.
2019Summer2 Found 6/9 Lake of the Woods, Roseau (same adult observed flying over lake and standing on beach in Warroad) ph. † CDB, MDB.
2020Summer1 Photographed by m.ob. 6/29 Hennepin (adult, Mother L.) †TAT, ph. †ADS, †DWK, †EzH.
2021Fall1 An adult was found 8/8 Martin (Tuttle Lake) †SJD.
2022Summer1 Seen 6/12–13 Pipestone (Woodstock W.M.A., West Unit) ph. †KEm, JWH, RAE, †NMe, EHi, VKl, SCh, LVD, ebd.
 
 Twenty-seven records: 4 spring, 16 summer, and 7 fall. Recorded in five of the last ten years, most recently 2022.

Notes:

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.