Least Tern(Sternula antillarum) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1970 | Fall | | | 9·26 Cottonwood, Lyon Co. (1 imm.) PE; second state record; see "Notes of Interest". |
1974 | Spring | | | 5-12, 13 Marshall sewage lagoons, Lyon Co. (1 adult) KE, HCK. |
1975 | Spring | | | 1 report: 5-17 Lyon, sewage lagoons, (1 adult) OLJ, PAZ. |
1975 | Summer | | | One adult at Midway County Park near Adrian, Nobles Co. on 6-14 (KE); seventh state record. |
1978 | Summer | | | 8-10 Lyon Paul Egeland, fourth state record. |
1978 | Fall | | | 8-10 Lyon Paul Egeland, fourth state record. |
1985 | Fall | | | 8/II to 8/14 Cottonwood, Lyon Co. (one juv.) HK, m.ob. (The Loon 58:48-49) |
1986 | Summer | | | 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). |
1989 | Summer | | | One bird 6/12 Hastings, Dakota Co. (The Loon 61 : 140-141). |
1992 | Fall | | | One report: 8/22 Spring Lake, Dakota County KB (1 adult, 1 juvenile) (The Loon 64:222–223) |
1996 | Spring | | | 5/16 Winona SSt. [Corrected] |
1998 | Fall | | | Reported 9/12 Lyon (two at Gabriel Lake) PE. |
1999 | Summer | | | First summer report since 1989. Single bird found on 6/24,25 with group of Forster's at Agassiz NWR in Marshall Co. JiW. |
2005 | Summer | | | 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] |
2006 | Summer | | | 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. |
2014 | Fall | | 1 | 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. |
2016 | Summer | | 1 | New county record 7/20 Big Stone (Hwy. 28 and C.R. 61, west of Graceville) ph. JPR, JWn (pending MOURC vote). |
2018 | Summer | | 1 | See Documented Records Still Under Review in the introduction to this report. |
2019 | Summer | 2 | |  Found 6/9 Lake of the Woods, Roseau (same adult observed flying over lake and standing on beach in Warroad) ph. † CDB, MDB. |
2020 | Summer | | 1 | Photographed by m.ob. 6/29 Hennepin (adult, Mother L.) †TAT, ph. †ADS, †DWK, †EzH. |
2021 | Fall | | 1 | An adult was found 8/8 Martin (Tuttle Lake) †SJD. |
2022 | Summer | | 1 | Seen 6/12–13 Pipestone (Woodstock W.M.A., West Unit) ph. †KEm, JWH, RAE, †NMe, EHi, VKl, SCh, LVD, ebd. |
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  | Twenty-seven records: 4 spring, 16 summer, and 7 fall. Recorded in five of the last ten years, most recently 2022. |