Say's Phoebe(Sayornis saya) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1974 | Spring | | | This accidental species was seen in Blue Mounds Park from 4-13 to 5-19 by RBJ, KE, DR, JB and TS. |
1974 | Summer | | | Same pair seen in spring at Blue Mounds State Park, Rock Co. lingered there until July; singing male seen on 6-4 and 7-14 and both birds seen on 6-10 only (KE); nesting evidence was never found; third state record. |
1975 | Fall | | | this bird was seen by Marj Carr in rural Duluth on 9-24. |
1979 | Spring | | | 5-12 Wilkin LCF. |
1979 | Fall | | | One report 9-10 Big Stone NH. |
1981 | Spring | | | Seen 5-17 at Felton in Clay County, KE. |
1982 | Spring | | | 5-22 Blue Mounds State Park, Rock Co. N. DeKam -only report. See Notes of Interest, THE LOON, Vol. 54, No. 3, p. 188. |
1983 | Spring | | | Grand Marais, Cook Co. 4/30 KMH, 51 I KE (I im) (The Loon 55:90). |
1988 | Spring | | | 5/9-19 Murray NO, (The Loon 60:92); 5/29 into June, Rock J.H. and m.ob. (The Loon 60: 129). |
1988 | Summer | | | An individual still at Blue Mounds S P Rock (6/6-11, m.ob.). (The Loon 60:129). .., |
1988 | Fall | | | 9/26 Olmsted JB (The Loon 60: 180) |
1990 | Spring | | | 5/5 Big Stone NWR, Big Stone Co. TM (The Loon 62: 164). |
1991 | Spring | | | 5/1 Polk DSv (The Loon 63:198-199). ; |
1997 | Spring | | | Only report: 4/27 Clay (Keene Twp., The Loon 69:226) CF. |
1997 | Fall | | | Only report: 9/9 Cook KMH (The Loon 70:121–122). |
1998 | Spring | | | Only report: 5/16 Clay (Bicentennial Prairie) AH, PS. |
1998 | Fall | | | Only report: 9/3 Dakota (Resurrection Cemetery) TT. |
2001 | Spring | | | Reported 5/11 Big Stone (BSNWR) †MKn. |
2002 | Spring | | | One individual observed 4/29 Clearwater (near Gonvick) †TD et al. |
2004 | Spring | | | Observed 5/8 Clay (east of Felton) †WCM, 5/19 Rock (Blue Mounds S.P.) †NED. |
2005 | Spring | | | A pair found at Felton Prairie 5/15 Clay †CMB et al. lingered through at least 7/2 (ph. JJB, †PCC, ph. JPM, ph. †PHS, †DTT, SMT). |
2005 | Summer | | | Two individuals from spring lingered through 7/2 Clay (gravel pit at Felton Prairie) CMB et al. (The Loon 78:56–57). One seen at east end of county road 108 on 7/27 Clay †BJU may have been a third individual. |
2005 | Fall | | | One was briefly seen 10/25 Aitkin (Rice Lake N.W.R.) †MMc. Latest date ever for this Casual species. |
2006 | Fall | | | One bird seen in two counties: 9/4 Big Stone and Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R., Auto Tour Route) ph. †BJU. |
2007 | Fall | 1 | 1 | Casual species reported during the fall season for the third consecutive year. New county record: 9/9 Sherburne (Sherburne N.W.R.) ph. †SMC. North report 9/25–26 St. Louis (Park Point) ph. †KRE, †JWL, ph. †PHS, LBe was a second county record. |
2008 | Spring | 1 | | First spring report since 2005, 4/25 Cook (Artist's Point, Grand Marais.) †LGr. |
2009 | Spring | | 3 | Two individuals provided three new county records: 5/2 Cottonwood, Jackson (on either side of Cottonwood CR 6, Jackson CR 7) ph. †KRE, HHD, 5/12–13 Anoka (Ramsey) ph. †DPG. |
2010 | Spring | 1 | 1 | Reported for the third consecutive spring. New county record 5/14–15 Nobles (near Worthington W.T.P.) †DOK, ph. †KRE, ph. DAC, m.ob. One north 5/8 Clay (north of Sabin, Elkton Twp.) †RHO. |
2010 | Summer | | 1 | [1 South] Two individuals in Florida Twp., Yellow Medicine first found 6/16 ph. †RMD and subsequently documented 6/26 †WCM, 7/3 †HHD, 7/17 ph. †AXH, 7/26 ph. BJU. First state and county breeding record for Yellow Medicine (nest with four eggs) ph. AXH (The Loon 83:6–9). |
2011 | Spring | | 1 | Pair at summer 2010 Yellow Medicine nesting location, first reported 5/28+ RLW, SWe. See summer report for documentation. |
2011 | Summer | | 1 | Observed 6/13 – 7/11+ Yellow Medicine (Florida Creek) DBM, RLW, SWe, MJB, JCC, ph. BJU, (used same nest as previous year, producing a clutch of six) AXH. |
2011 | Fall | | 1 | Only report was of a summering individual through 8/3 Yellow Medicine (Florida Twp.) ph. BJU. |
2012 | Spring | | 1 | First county record 4/21–22 Fillmore HHD, ph. †ANy, m.ob. Individual was present for two days at a small farm pond southeast of Preston. |
2012 | Fall | 1 | | One individual present 10/7–11 St. Louis (McQuade Public Access/Safe Harbor) ph. †KRE, ph. †KRo, ph. MLH, ph. †PHS, ph. BU, ph. JLK, ph. DWK, ph. AMi, m.ob. Third county record (The Loon 85:46). |
2013 | Spring | 3 | 1 | Four or five individuals reported this season, well above average. Only south report 5/4 Big Stone (Big Stone N.W.R.) †PEJ, †DFN. North reports commenced 4/30 Polk (DNR office on highway 32) ph. †EH, this bird reappeared 5/7; 5/2 Otter Tail ph. JSw, JsS; one was found by an MBW group 5/12 Clay (Felton Prairie) ph. †KRE, GHo, LS, JPr, RZi; a second record for Clay (perhaps the same individual) was seen just over a mile to the SSE, 5/22 †PEB, †DWK. |
2014 | Spring | 1 | 1 | One south report 4/28 Big Stone (Ortonville) ph. †ANy. One north 5/7–8 Polk (University of Minnesota – Crookston) ph. VLa, ph. †SAu. Also see undocumented reports. |
2014 | Fall | 1 | | One report: 9/9 Kanabec (just south of Erickson-Lidstrom Family W.M.A.) ph. DPG. |
2015 | Spring | 1 | 1 | One south report 4/25 Yellow Medicine (Miller-Richter W.M.A.) JFR, SWe, ph. NFr. One north report, new county record: 5/8 Lake (Two Harbors Lake Walk) †PHS. |
2016 | Spring | 1 | | Only documented reports 5/8 Clay (2, Felton Prairie) ph. †JuW, 5/20 Clay (Felton Prairie) CRM, m.ob. |
2016 | Fall | | 1 | New county record: 9/6 Lyon (2, Cottonwood W.T.P.) ph. GWe. |
2017 | Spring | 2 | 1 | One south report (median arrival 5/3) 4/21 Lyon †GWe. Two north reports (median 5/8): 5/5 Becker (Fig Lake Farm) ph. HeH, ShG, 5/12 Clay (Felton Prairie gravel pits) TCL. |
2017 | Summer | 1 | | Seen 6/24 – 7/16+ Clay (1 or 2, Felton Prairie) KvM, TEg, LiH, ASu, m.ob. |
2017 | Fall | 1 | 1 | One north, 8/4–11 Clay (Felton Prairie, continuing from the summer season) CRM, † HCT, HHD, RAE. One south 9/23 Lac qui Parle DLP. |
2018 | Spring | | 1 | One report 5/21 Big Stone (Ortonville Ravine) ph. DLP. |
2018 | Summer | 2 | 1 | Reported 6/16–24 Clay (Felton Prairie) ph. KEm, JWH, m.ob., 7/5–30 Traverse (2 adults feeding 2 fledglings, C.R. 2, Browns Valley) † GSh, RAE, ph. JWd, CNn, ph. ASu, m.ob., 7/9 Big Stone (220th St., Browns Valley, sparse details) GWe. First county breeding record 7/7 Traverse CNn, ASu. |
2018 | Fall | 3 | |  New county record 10/1–2 Itasca ph. ASu, KnM, TCL, SC. One found in summer was again reported 8/10 Traverse ph. DLP. Also found 9/24 Cook (Lutsen Mountain Chalets) NWn, StK. |
2019 | Spring | 2 | 1 | One south 5/1–2 Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R. Auto Tour) ph. DOr, DLP. All north 5/13–17 Traverse (returning to last year†™s site east of Brown†™s Valley) ANy, DBz, ph. PEB, HCT, BDo, ASu, 5/28, 5/31 Clay (Felton Prairie gravel pits) ph. RMD, TCL, 5/28–31 Clay (MSUM Science Center) † CMk. |
2019 | Summer | 3 | |  Continuing from spring 6/1–19 Traverse (pair nested same site as last year, near Brown†™s Valley) ClB, LiH, GWe, m.ob., 6/2–17 Clay (MSUM Science Center) NaH, MO, NRa, AFo, ebd, 6/5–29 (Felton Prairie) MGi, ebd. Found flycatching in gravel pit 7/13 Polk (Glacial Ridge N.W.R.) ph. KHn. |
2019 | Fall | 2 | | All north 8/8, 8/14 Traverse (C.R. 2 east of Browns Valley) RAE, MJB, DOr, HHD, 10/16 Cook (Grand Marais RV Park and Campground) ph. † KRE, JWL. |
2020 | Spring | 1 | 5 | Reported from a record 6 counties. Five south reports (median 5/4) 4/14–23 Dakota (140th St. Marsh) RkS, †PRH, †LS, ph. KDS, m.ob., 4/16 Isanti (Spencer Brook Twp.) ph. JPr, 4/18 Big Stone ph. DLP, 4/19 Lyon (Lynd) †NMe, GWe, RJS, 5/15 Stearns (Albany W.T.P.) ph. DRL. One north (median 5/8) 5/25–31+ Clay (Felton Prairie) ANy, SC, m.ob. |
2020 | Summer | 3 | 1 | All reports: 6/4–24 Clay (Felton Prairie) TCL, †CMk, †SHo, m.ob., 6/12 – 7/27 Big Stone (2 adults, Big Stone Gravel Pits, fledged young photographed 8/2 BAb) †EzH, IsH, ASu, ph. KEm, m.ob., 6/26 Polk (Mentor Prairie) ph. RMD, 7/11 Traverse (C.R. 3, Browns Valley) GWe. |
2020 | Fall | 1 | 1 | One north report 10/6 Lake (Castle Danger W.T.P.) ph. JWL. All south 8/2 Big Stone (2 continuing at Odessa gravel pits) RAE, ANy, BAb. |
2021 | Spring | 2 | 2 | Another good spring for this species with reports from four counties, all along the western border of the state. All south (median 5/3) 5/2 Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R.) ph. TWe, BWe, 5/8–12 Big Stone (2, gravel pits north of Odessa) RLF, REn, FFa, GWe, GRe. All north (median 5/8) 4/30 Wilkin (Rothsay W.M.A.) PLJ, 5/24 Clay (Felton Prairie) LiH, SBE, KvM. |
2021 | Summer | 1 | 2 | Reported 6/21 Clay (continuing from May, Felton Prairie) LHl, 6/25 – 7/31+ Big Stone (up to 5, including 3 fledglings from pair found in May at gravel pits by Odessa) ph. DLP, LiH, DWK, GWe, WCM, EzH, 7/6 Stevens (2 adults and 2 fledglings, Damen Township) ph. †KEm, JWH. In addition to Stevens, first county breeding record 7/31 Big Stone EzH. |
2021 | Fall | | 1 | One continued from the summer season through 9/12 Big Stone (Odessa gravel pits) DLP, TWe, BAb, ebd. Three juveniles observed here 8/1 DLP. |
2022 | Spring | 2 | 7 | An excellent spring for this species. Reports from a record-high nine counties, including five first-county records. None of the reported birds continued beyond the day they were discovered. Early south (median 5/2) 4/21 Big Stone (2, Odessa gravel pits) EHi, 5/1 Blue Earth (Perch Lake) ph. †ChH, 5/1 Dakota (Laigle Ave.) ph. TaP, ebd, 5/1 Wright (Monticello) ToL, 5/3 Hennepin (Hyland Lake P.R.) ph. DCK, ph. LMS, Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R., Auto Tour Road) DLP, 5/7 Washington (155th St.) RSd, †EzH, m.ob. All north (median 5/8) 5/22 Clay ph. BPR, 5/25 Norman (Faith W.M.A.) a.t. †JGW, JWH, LHl. |
2022 | Fall | | 1 | Only report, 8/13 Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R. Auto Tour Road) MHn, KHg, ToM. |
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  | Rare migrant and summer visitant mostly west. Three breeding records (2010, 2011, 2018). |