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 - Woodpeckers | 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: Woodpeckers |
| Lewis's Woodpecker(Melanerpes lewis) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Winter | One found near Santiago, Sherburne Co. on 12-28 on the Sherburne Christmas Count (OJ); remained in the exact same spot all winter and was seen and photographed by many; first state record. | ||
| 1975 | Spring | 4-20 OLJ and 5-1 RBJ Sherburne Co., last reports of this bird which has been there since December. | ||
| 1992 | Spring | Second Minnesota record; 5/10 Grand Marais, Cook County AH (The Loon 64: 160–161). | ||
| 1994 | Spring | Third state record 5/31 McKeowen Lake, Cass Co. BH (The Loon 66:209). | ||
| 2013 | Fall | 2 | The state's fourth record was an adult that was first found 11/2 at a feeding station in Roosevelt on the Roseau / Lake of the Woods county line and continued through the end of the season (JtA, ph. SC, †JMJ, ph. SAu, ph. BU, ph. RZi, ph. †RLL, ph. †LS, ph. †MJM, †PCC, ph. RTe, m.ob., The Loon 86:103). | |
| 2013 | Winter | 2 | Bird first discovered in November continued through the end of the season along the border of Roseau and Lake of the Woods counties, m.ob (The Loon 86:103). Also see the spring report. | |
| 2014 | Spring | 2 | The individual first seen 11/2/2013 was last observed in Roseau/Lake of the Woods (Roosevelt) on 5/10 fide JMJ. | |
| 2017 | Spring | 1 | Minnesota's fifth record visited a feeding station in St. Louis (southwest of Aurora) 5/17–24 ph. SGW (The Loon 89:191–192). | |
| 2018 | Fall | 1 |  The state†™s sixth record was an adult observed 10/3–10 Becker (west side of Height of Land Lake) BKM, NaH, ph. † EzH, ph. IsH, ph. † REn. | |
| 2020 | Winter | 1 | Third winter record for this western species: 12/31 – 2/24+ Morrison (Lake Alexander) WmF, PSP, ph. †LBa, ph. †MSS, †ANy, ph. GrS, ph. JDB, ph. †KEm, m.ob. | |
| 2021 | Spring | 1 | A continuing individual first reported during the prior winter was observed sporadically until 4/30 in Morrison (Lake Alexander) REn, RLF, RBJ. | |
| 2022 | Spring | 1 | Minnesota’s eighth state record was also the fifth in the last ten years: 5/4 Dodge (Canisteo Twp.) †LHl. | |
| Eight records: four spring, one fall, one fall-spring, and two winter-spring. Recorded in four of the last ten years, most recently 2022. | ||||
| 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. |