[Stercorarius jaeger](Stercorarius sp.) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1995 | Spring | | | Reported 5/28 St. Louis MH. |
1995 | Fall | | | Reported 9/6 Lakewood Pumping Station, St. Louis County (possible Long-tailed) KE, 10/4 St. Louis (2, probable Parasitics) MH. |
1996 | Fall | | | Reported 9/1 St. Louis (2–3) fide KE, 9/5–6 St. Louis (1) TT et al., 10/17 St. Louis (1) mob, all of these in Duluth. |
1997 | Spring | | | Unidentified jaeger 5/23 St. Louis DRa. |
1999 | Spring | | | Reported 5/22 St. Louis (Park Point in Duluth) mob. Although still very rare at this season, this fits the recent pattern (eight of the past ten years) of at least one jaeger in Duluth during spring migration. |
2000 | Fall | | | Four reports from L. Superior in St. Louis County: 9/13 (immature) KJB, SLC, 9/22 (2) PHS, 10/15 fide KRE, and 10/21 DRB. Also 10/14 Aitkin (immature; exceptional location on Mille Lacs L.) †WEN, WMS. All were probable Parasitics, but note the date for this fall's Pomarine. |
2001 | Spring | | | Single Parasitic/Pomarine 5/19 St. Louis (Duluth) †PCC. |
2001 | Fall | | | Exceptionally early jaeger 8/1 Cass (Cass L.) †SCH was submitted as a probable Parasitic, but the submitted description did not completely eliminate Long-tailed. A distant jaeger at the Superior Entry 9/23 St. Louis †RPR showed characteristics of Pomarine, but the bird was prudently left unidentified. Another unidentified jaeger was late at Duluth 10/14 St. Louis JRN. |
2003 | Fall | | | Reported at Duluth, St. Louis County 9/18 DDT, 9/24 MTA, MH, 9/28 m.obs., 10/1 PHS, 10/30 (2) MTA. Unusual date and location 10/23 Lake (Two Harbors, no details) fide DRB. |
2004 | Spring | | | Two unidentified jaegers with short central rectrices, one all dark and the other with a light belly, 5/22 St. Louis (Park Point, Duluth) m.obs. |
2004 | Fall | | | Reported at Duluth 9/6 (1), 9/15 (4), 9/16–18 (1), 9/24–25 (1), 9/27 (2), 10/19 (1). |
2005 | Fall | | | Reported at Duluth 9/9 (adult) †MTA, MLH, 9/10 (juvenile) PHS, 9/18 (age?) PHS, 9/19 (juvenile light morph) JPM, CMB, 9/24–25 (juvenile dark morph) m.ob., 9/28–29 (adult or subadult) PHS, 10/4 (1) DDM, BJM. Possible juvenile at Lock and Dam #2 in Hastings 9/27 Dakota TEB. |
2006 | Fall | | | At least five different individuals observed at Duluth between 9/19 (2) and 10/7 (1), including 9/21–9/23 (5) when at least five Parasitics were also present. |
2007 | Summer | 1 | | Reported as a Parasitic and accepted as an unidentified jaeger 7/15 Cass (Pelican Island, Leech Lake) †BAW, †DAY. Second county record, following another unidentified jaeger at Cass Lake, 1 August 2001 (The Loon 74:95). |
2007 | Fall | 2 | | One unidentified Stercorarius jaeger observed 9/3 over Springsteel Island in Roseau was possibly a Long-tailed (DiR, KRE). Another unidentified jaeger was seen 9/14 St. Louis (Park Point, Duluth) at the same time as two Parasitics PHS. |
2008 | Spring | 1 | | Two unidentified jaegers observed 5/24 St. Louis †DWK et al. |
2008 | Fall | 1 | | Reports of unidentified jaegers: 9/21 St. Louis (2 imm. dark morph, Minnesota side of Superior Entry) PHS, m.ob., 9/27 St. Louis LS, 9/28 St. Louis (Park Point) BAF and (ad. light morph, Park Point, probably a Parasitic) KRE, 10/11 St. Louis PHS. |
2009 | Fall | 1 | | Unidentified jaegers observed 9/10 St. Louis (Minnesota Point) PHS, 9/18 St. Louis (Superior Entry) †PHS. |
2010 | Fall | 1 | | Unidentified jaegers observed in Duluth, St. Louis 9/16 (Park Point) KRE, 9/25–26 St. Louis (Superior Entry) NAn, TPr, PHS, 10/15 St. Louis (juv. with subadult Parasitic, Park Point) PHS. |
2011 | Fall | 1 | | Five observations of unidentified jaegers were reported from St. Louis: 9/16 (subadult, Park Point R.A.) PHS, 9/22 St. Louis (4 juv., Park Point R.A.) PHS, 9/25 St. Louis (juv., Superior Entry) PHS, 10/1 St. Louis (probable Parasitic, Park Point R.A.) KRE. |
2013 | Spring | 1 | | The only jaeger of the season was seen offshore and prudently left unidentified: 5/21 St. Louis (Park Point R.A.) PHS. |
2013 | Fall | 1 | | Individuals prudently left unidentified were found at Park Point/Superior Entry in St. Louis on 9/20, 9/25, and 10/6. |
2014 | Spring | 1 | | Several reports of unidentified jaegers were also exceptionally early: 5/11 St. Louis (Park Point) CAs, 5/16 St. Louis (Park Point) MLH, PHS. |
2014 | Fall | 1 | | A dark-morph jaeger 9/30 St. Louis (Park Point) KRE was left unidentified. |
2015 | Fall | 1 | | All north 9/10 St. Louis HHD, 9/24 St. Louis (Park Point) BAF, (3 flying together at Superior Entry) RJ. |
2017 | Fall | 1 | | Unidentified jaegers were seen in St. Louis 9/17 LiH, 10/3 (Stoney Point) TRd, StK, 10/4 (McQuade Small Craft Harbor) TRd, 10/6 (Stoney Point) TRd, StK. |
2018 | Fall | 1 | | Â Unidentified jaegers were seen in St. Louis 9/14 (Park Point R.A.) ASu, 9/15 (Park Point R.A.) JJu, 9/17 St. Louis (Park Point R.A.) REn, 10/3 St. Louis (Park Point R.A.) KRE. |
2019 | Fall | 3 | | Jaegers not identified to species were seen 9/11 St. Louis (2, Park Point R.A.) ebd, 9/14 Lake (Gooseberry Falls S.P.) JJu, 9/21 Cook (near Colville) AXH, 9/24 St. Louis H.R.B.O. |
2020 | Fall | 2 | | Jaegers not identified to species were seen 9/9 Lake (Two Harbors, immature) JWL, 9/12–13 St. Louis (Park Point R.A., dark morph) JWL, AGu. |
2021 | Spring | 1 | | All north 5/15–16 St. Louis (Park Point R.A.) StK, m.ob. |
2021 | Fall | 1 | 1 | First-cycle found 9/18 Sherburne ph. TLM. Others were seen in St. Louis 9/11 (first-cycle dark morph, Superior Entry) EzH, 9/22 (Park Point R.A.) TCL, 9/25 (immature, Park Point R.A.) ClN, m.ob., 9/30 (Park Point R.A.) IDv. |
2021 | Winter | | 1 | One record: 12/2 Ramsey (dark immature, Gervais Lake) ph. †MWS. Distance and lighting precluded species identification; possibly this was the Pomarine Jaeger photographed the previous day in Elk River, Sherburne Co. (about 35 miles to the northwest), but photos are inconclusive. It is the latest date for any jaeger in the state. |
2022 | Spring | 1 | | One report 5/27 St. Louis (Park Point R.A.) EHi. |
2022 | Fall | 1 | | Only report of an unidentified jaeger was from 10/5 Lake (Knife River Marina, immature) SHF, BAF. |
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