Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Sandpipers 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: Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
[Calidris sandpiper]
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
[Limnodromus dowitcher]
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

Red Phalarope(Phalaropus fulicarius)
YearSeasonNS
1963FallNov. 17, Knife River, Lake Co., P. B. Hofslund and D. Meyer. Like the Purple Gallinule, this species is also on the hypothetical list for our state, and also by virtue of unsubstantiated evidence. The above observation was·made by two very competent spotters and will be well-documented in a future issue of The Flicker. Jaeger, species? Aug. 28, Duluth, D. Meyers; Sept. 15, Lake City, Wabasha Co., Frank McKinney.
1976Fall Second state record on 10-29 Garrison, Crow Wing Co. TS, JB.
1977Spring 1 report 5-27 to 5-29 Moorhead Beet Sugar Lagoons Clay Co. (1) Martha Curry, Mary Wyatt, Elizabeth Anderson, DGW, OJ, TS and many others. See Loon 49:172 & 173.
1977Fall 11-12 to 11-29 Mille Lacs Lake (BL, RJ and others).
1980Fall 10-15 Duluth RJ, TS, KE, JG, SM, 10-16 DB, OJ, BL.
1991Fall 9/27-29 Claremont sewage lagoons, Dodge County RG, et al. Only the sixth state record for Minnesota, also the first southern record and a record early date! (The Loon 64:67-68).
1993Fall Two reports: 7th state record 9/21 Hennepin KB (The Loon 65:208–209), 8th state record 10/8 Roseau PS.
1997Fall Ninth state record found 10/30 Beltrami (Lake Bemidji) DJo (The Loon 70:66).
1998Fall Tenth state record 10/23–24 Polk (juvenile at the Crookston lagoons) PS, mob.
1999Spring Reported 5/29 St. Louis (male, off Park Point in Duluth) KE et al. (The Loon 71:166).
2000Fall One seen on both sides of the Superior Entry provided the twelfth Minnesota record 10/14 St. Louis †JWH, †CMJ.
2004Fall Thirteenth state record 9/11–13 Lac qui Parle (juvenile at Salt L.) †PCC; also documented ph. DAC, †JMJ, ph. †JWL, ph. †PHS.
2005Fall Fourteenth state record 10/1 St. Louis (juvenile identified from digital images taken by JG, SBM during boat trip on L. Superior) MTA, MLH, †ADS, †DTT, †SMT, m.ob.
2007Spring1 One in alternate plumage 5/28 Big Stone (Graceville) ph. †PHS (The Loon 79:238–239). Third spring record and 15th record overall.
2008Fall1 Single bird found 10/22 Lake (Agate Bay, Two Harbors) ph. †SCZ. Sixteenth state record; sixth in last ten years.
2009Fall1 Adult in basic plumage observed and photographed 10/17 Sibley (Gaylord W.T.P.) †RBW, ph. †RMD, †PEB, †DAB, ph. CH, m.ob. Seventeenth state record.
2014Fall1 One found 10/21 Mower (Brownsdale W.T.P.) ph. GHo, KDS was the eighteenth state record and first since 2009.
2015Fall1 Nineteenth state record (3 spring, 16 fall): 11/25–27 Faribault (Wells W.T.P.) ph. WAF, ph. ClN, m.ob. This was the latest fall migrant on record, and only the second November report.
2016Fall11 One south 10/13 Carver (Tacoma Ave. and C.R. 32) ph. RGz, †WCM, ph. JWZ, ph. DWK, ph. CRM, ph. ToL, ph. LiH. One north 10/19–22 St. Louis (Cook W.T.P.) JuG, ph. †PHS, ph. JPR, ph. RZi, ph. DOr.
2017Fall1 Fourth consecutive fall season this species has been reported: 10/28 Lake (Black Beach, Silver Bay) KnM, † KRE, † WCM, m.ob.
2018Fall11  Fifth consecutive fall season this species has been reported: 9/14 St. Louis (Cook W.T.P.) ph. AKO, 10/10 Pipestone (Pipestone W.T.P.) † RBJ.
2021Spring1 Just the fourth spring record for this Casual species was an apparent adult male in active pre-alternate molt found 5/27 Todd (Browerville W.T.P.) BWF, †EzH, ph. †REn, ph. IsH, m.ob.
2021Fall1 The first fall record since 2018 was found 10/21–24 Brown (Somsen W.M.A.) ph. †BTS, ph. †KEm, m.ob.
 
 Twenty-five records: 4 spring and 21 fall. Recorded in six of the last ten years, most recently 2021.

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.