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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon | |
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The 1966-Summer Season 1 June through 31 July 1966 |
Weatherwise, this summer was quite
normal. The usual heat and drought in
July and August probably stifled some
earnest efforts on the part of some observers.
Extremely high water in some
areas no doubt affected the local wateTfowl
populations. Most prairie species
fared quite well, while warblers and
some of the other boreal nesters were
reported less frequently than usual. The
latter situation is probably due to a
decrease in birding activity in the northeastern
portion of the state this summer.
The format used here will be the same
as was used for the last Summer Season:
nesting evidence will be listed and then
any county records will follow.
Common Loon: nested in Crow Wing
Swift, Hubbard Co's; also reported frorr{
Lake, Beltrami, St. Louis, Mille Lacs,
Cook, Ottertail, Wright, and Morrison
Co's.
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Species |
Information |
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| Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks | |||||
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) | Nested in Stearns Co; also reported from Nicollet, Jackson and Carver Co's. | ||||
| Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) | 6-17 and all summer, Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, 1, DLO; 7-8 Lyon Co, near Florence, 1, apparently had injured wing, PE; still there one week later; can any of these summer records in recent years be Trumpeter Swans? (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) | nested in Ramsey, Washington, Hennepin, Rice, Stearns, Carver and Stevens Co's; also reported from Morrison, Roseau, Marshall, Wabasha, December, 1966 Dakota, Grant and Itasca Co's; may be spreading northward as a nester? | ||||
| Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) | nesting in Rice, Morrison, Ottertail and Stearns Co's; also reported from Crow Wing, Roseau, Wabasha, Lac qui Parle, Sibley, Nicollet, Waseca, Ramsey, Sherburne, Wright and Itasca Co's. ; | ||||
| Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) | 7-13 Hennepin Co, ad-3y, VL; also reported from Sibley, Stevens, Mille Lacs and Dakota Co's. | ||||
| Gadwall (Mareca strepera) | 7-14 Cass Co, ad-7y, PE; 7-14 Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ. | ||||
| American Wigeon (Mareca americana) | 7-14 Itasca Co, ad-3y, PE; July, Lyon Co, ad-5y, PE; also reported from Hubbard, Beltrami, Ottertail, Traverse and Nicollet Co's. ; | ||||
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | Nested in Hennepin, Dakota, Rice, Stearns, Sherburne, Itasca, Ramsey, Morrison, Lake and St. Louis Co's; also reported from Crow Wing, Roseau, Beltrami, Wabasha Co's. | ||||
| American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) | 6-18 Lake Co, pair, JNG; 7-14 Itasca Co, 2 ad, PE; 8-15 Swan Lake, Nicollet Co, 7, probably migrants, PE; also reported present in Ramsey, Cook, and Hubbard Co's. | ||||
| Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) | nested in Washington Co; also reported from Lac qui Parle, Benton and Nobles Co's. | ||||
| Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) | 6-5 Pope Co, WH; 6-28 Lac qui Parle Co, JAH; 7-16 Dakota Co, RBJ; 7-19 Grant Co, JAH; 8-15 Nicollet Co, 2, probably migrants, PE. | ||||
| Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) | 7-26 Stevens Co, 10, JAH; 8-6 Mahnomen Co, 1, RBJ, RG, FL. | ||||
| Redhead (Aythya americana) | nested in Lincoln and Lyon Co's; also reported from Lac qui Parle Co. | ||||
| Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) | nested in Nicollet and St. Louis Co's; also reported from Roseau, Stearns, Carver, Hennepin, Dakota, Beltrami and Lac qui Parle Co's. | ||||
| Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) | 6-4 Split Rock Lake, Pipestone Co, 1 male, BL; 6-5 Dakota Co, RBJ; 6-27 Minnesota Point, St. Louis Co, PBH; 7-8 Lyon Co, 3 pair, PE; 7-14 Salt Lake, Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) | 5-30 through 6-3 Lake Co, pair, JGH. | ||||
| Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | 6-23 (3 males) and 7-7 (2 males), Diamond Point, Lake Bemidji, Beltrami Co, ME; very few summer records; good details submitted. | ||||
| Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | nested in Cook, St. Louis and Itasca Co's; also reported from Lake and Becker Co's. | ||||
| Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | reported from Lac qui Parle, Carver and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) | several nestings reported in Cook and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) | nested in St. Louis Co; also reported from Lake Co; two broods of 9 and 4 young seen on July 31 at Grand Marais, Cook Co, AEA. | ||||
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | nested in Stearns Co; also reported from Carver, Nicollet, Murray, Hennepin, Stevens and Lac qui Parle Co's. | ||||
| New World Quail | |||||
| Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | 7-3 Houston Co, HFH, RLH; present in Wabasha Co, DGM. | ||||
| Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys | |||||
| Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | nested in Marshall, Cook and Lake Co's; also reported from Roseau, Morrison, Itasca and Winona Co's. | ||||
| Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis) | 7-20 Cook Co, ad female 3y, DS; 8-20 Fernberg Tower, Lake Co, ad female-1y, DB, RG, BL. | ||||
| Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) | present all summer in Roseau Co, PEB. | ||||
| Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) | 6-11 Clay Co, 7, RG, DB; 7-6 Clay Co, 1, RG; 7-27 Ogema, Mahnomen Co, ad-5y, EHH. | ||||
| Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) | reported from Rock, Stevens, Roseau Co's. Sandhill Crane,: 8·4 Carlos Avery Refuge, Anoka Co, usual nesting pair had 2y, RG; 8-12 Roseau Co, 2 ad-2 sub-adults, perhaps family group, PEB; good details. (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | nested in Hennepin, Washington Co's; also reported from Ramsey, Nicollet, Faribault, Wabasha and Nobles Co's. | ||||
| Grebes | |||||
| Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | nested in Stearns Ramsey, Hennepin and Dakota Co's; als~ reported from Carver, Lincoln, Lac qui Parle, Dakota, Nicollet, Faribault, LeSueur, Crow Wing, Carver, Beltrami, Rice, Wright and Nobles Co's. White Pelican.: 6-25 Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, 90, DLO; 7-6 Traverse Co, 75, RG. | ||||
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) | 8-11 Twin Lakes, Kittson Co, ad ly, PE; also reported from Lake Hubbard, Mahnomen, St. Louis, Marshali and Roseau Co's. | ||||
| Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) | 6-23 Mille Lacs Lake 2 nests, NMH; 7-17 Sugar Lake, Wright County, ad-1y MAS; 7-23 Carver Co. 2ad 2y. BL; 7-30 Middle Lake, Nicollet Co, ad ly, RBJ; 8-15 Swan Lake, Nicollet Co, 4ad 8y, PE; also reported from Hennepin and Becker Co's. One found dead on Minnesota Point, St. Louis Co, 6-27, PBH. | ||||
| Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) | reported from Marshall and Roseau Co's, but no nests. | ||||
| Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) | 7-23 Swan Lake, Nicollet Co, ad y, BL; 7-23 Carver Co, DB, RG; 8-15 Swan Lake, 150 PE; one unusual record, 6-2 Wilson Lake, Lake Co, 1 bird captured, examined in hand by JGH and 6 other biologists, good details. | ||||
| Pigeons, Doves | |||||
| Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | nested in Stearns, Rock, Stevens, Itasca and Ramsey Co's; also reported from Crow Wing, Morrison, Roseau, Beoltrami, Goodhue, Winona and Hennepin Co's. Yellow-billed Cucko·o: reported from Wright, Nobles, Rice, Goodhue, Stearns, Morrison and Itasca (details?) Co's. | ||||
| Cuckoos | |||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | 7-26 Rock Co, 1 ad and 1 short-tailed y, HSH; 7-28 Hennepin Co, 1 ad and 1 y, VL; also reported from Cottonwood, Rice, Ramsey, Wright, Anoka, Winona, Washtington, Stearns Co's; two northerly records: 6-13 FargoMoorhead area, EGA; Douglas Co, MVS (heard, not seen; could have been blackbilled?). | ||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) | nested in Nobles and Washington Co's; also reported from Dakota, Pope, Crow Wing, Morrison, Marshall, Lake, St. Louis, Watonwan, Cass, Blue Earth, Hennepin, Clay, Ottertail, Pine Co's. | ||||
| Nightjars | |||||
| Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | nested in Stearns Co; also reported from Wabasha, Lake, Roseau, Crow Wing, Morrison, Ramsey, Hennepin, Rice, Cook, Winona, Clay, Beltrami, Cottonwood and Wright Co's. | ||||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) | 6-4 Pine Co, RG; 6-10 to 6-12 Washington Co, WWL; present in Wabasha Co, DGM. Reported heard from Greenbush, Roseau County during June and July, Mrs. Stanley. | ||||
| Swifts | |||||
| Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | reported from Wabasha, Lake, Stearns, Morrison, Crow Wing, Ramsey, St. Louis, Rice, Beltrami, Wright and Hubbard Co's. | ||||
| Hummingbirds | |||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | nested in Stearns and Rice Co's; also reported from Cass, St. Louis, Goodhue, Wabasha, Lake, Roseau, Morrison, Crow Wing, Ramsey, Cook, Clay and Cottonwood Co's. Belted Kingfishe·r: reported from Washington, Wright, St. Louis, Watonwan, Goodhue, Mille Lacs, Crow Wing, Wabasha, Lake, Beltrami, Hubbard, Stearns, Roseau, Ramsey, Dakota, Winona, Clay, Morrison, Itasca, Hennepin, Goodhue, Carver, and Nicollet Co's. | ||||
| Rails, Gallinules, Coots | |||||
| KING RAIL (Rallus elegans) | 7-17 Buffalo Lake, Wright Co, 2 ad-5y, PE (see Notes of Interest in previous issue); La Crescent, Houston Co, 1, RG. (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) | reported from Hennepin, Nicollet, Faribault, Wright and Benton Co's; one seen at Island Lake, St. Louis Co, on 6-20 PBH. | ||||
| Sora (Porzana carolina) | nested in Stearns Co; also reported fro mBenton, Rice, Wright, Washington, St. Louis and Carver Co's. | ||||
| Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) | 6-8 Goodhue Co, 2, RPR; 6-21 through 7-9 Hennepin Co, EWJ, VL, RL, FN/ MAS; 7-11 Cass Co, nr Grand Rapids, PE, see Notes of Interest in previous issue; 7-23 Swan Lake, Nicollet Co, ad-7y, RG, DB, BL; 8-2 Hennepin Co, ad-5y, VL, SW; 8-13 La Crescent, Houston Co, 6 ad, many y, RG; most reports we've had in years. | ||||
| American Coot (Fulica americana) | nested in Washington and Stearns Co's; also reported from Lincoln, Nicollet, Faribault, Dakota, Rice, Hennepin, Wright, Roseau and Ramsey Co's. | ||||
| Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) | 6-12, G. Stuart Keith of the American Museum of Natural History accompanied RG, ELC, and RLH to the usual spot on the Becker-Mahnomen county line south of Waubun. We found the rails to be more numerous than at any time since we found them first in 1959. Probably at the peak of their cycle after several years of pronounced paucity. Mr. Keith secured several excellent tape-recordings of sustained call-note performances. Still abundant on 8-1, DP, WRP. | ||||
| Cranes | |||||
| Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) | the well-publicized pair at Carlos Avery Refuge, Anoka Co, nest- March, 1966 ed again this year, seen by various observers. | ||||
| Stilts, Avocets | |||||
| American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) | 6-11 Salt Lake, Lac qui Parle Co, 1, ELC, RLH. | ||||
| Plovers | |||||
| Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) | 6-25 Duluth, St. Louis Co, 1, BL, possibly latest spring date on record for Minnesota? | ||||
| American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) | 7-6 Salt Lake, Lac qui Parle Co, RG; good details. | ||||
| Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) | |||||
| Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) | 7-14 Salt Lake, Lac qui Parle Co, 2 RBJ; 7-16 Dakota Co, 3, RBJ; 7-30 Carver Co, 4, VL. | ||||
| Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) | 6-4 Duluth, St. Louis Co, RG; 6-8 Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, 1, DLO; 7-9 Duluth, St. Louis Co, RG, BL. | ||||
| Sandpipers | |||||
| Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) | 5-20 Rochester, Olmsted Co, 2, JPF. Upland Plover. 7-18 Fargo-Moorhead, ad with 1 y, EGA; present in Nobles Co until 7-20 and Jackson Co until 8-1, HSH; Stevens Co, RAG; 7-7 Minneapolis, 1, FN; 6-17 Swift Co, 15, NH; 6-12 and 6-23 Clover Valley, north of Duluth, Anthony Rekas, first Duluth record. | ||||
| Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) | 6-1 Jackson Co, HSH, spring migrant usual summering birds reported from Stearns, Becker, Mahnomen, Traverse and Clay Co's. | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) | 7-6 Lac qui Parle Co, earliest fall date on record; 6-8 Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, 3, DLO, late spring migrants. | ||||
| Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) | 7-6 Lac qui Parle Co, 3, RG; 7-14 Cottonwood Co, RBJ; 7-28 Traverse Co, 1, EHH. SE•mipalmated Sandpiper: 7-14 Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) | 6-6(100), 6-7(300) and 6-11(1) Duluth, JCG; 7-31 Mille Lacs Lake, 2, TEM; 8-5(10) and 8-17(4) Duluth, PHB; 8-22 Duluth, 15, JCG. | ||||
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) | 6-5 Dakota Co, RBJ; 7-6 Traverse Co, 1, RG, may be earliest fall date on record? December, 1966 | ||||
| Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) | 8-17 Duluth, 1, PHB; 8-22 Duluth, 6, JCG. Least Sandpiper. 7-25 Grand Marais, Cook Co, 4, AEA; 7-26 Hennepin Co, 1, RDT; 7-27 McLeod Co, many, FN. | ||||
| Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) | 7-14 Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ. | ||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) | 6-7 Duluth, 2, JCG. | ||||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) | 8-20 (1) and 8-27 (8) Duluth, St. Louis Co, RG. | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) | 7-12 Hennepin Co, VL; 7-14 Cottonwood Co, RBJ; 7-23 Carver Co, FN/ MAS; 7-30 Dakota Co, FN/ MAS. White-rumped,Sandpiper: 7-6 Traverse Co, 6, RG; rare as a fall migrant here. Baird's Sandpiper. 6-8 Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, 4, DLO. | ||||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) | 6-7 (100) and 611 (1) Duluth, JCG; 7-5 Alberta, Stevens Co, 3, RAG; 7-27 McLeod Co, 20, FN; 7-28 McLeod Co, 12, RDT; 8-1 to 8-9 Anoka Co, 2, TKS; 8-21 Anoka Co, 3, FN; 8-21 Stearns Co, 10, NH; 8-22 Duluth, 25, JCG; 8-27 Little Marais, Lake Co, 8, JCG. | ||||
| WESTERN SANDPIPER (Calidris mauri) | 8-27 Duluth, St. Louis Co, 1, RG, good details. | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) | 7-14 Lac qui Parle Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) | 7-14 Cottonwood Co, RBJ. Dowitcher, species: 7-8 Agassiz refuge, Marshall Co, 1, DLO; 7-30 Carver Co, 2, VL. | ||||
| American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) | 6-5 Lake Co, 4e, RK; 7-31 Crow Wing Co, MSB. Upland Plover: 7-10 Wright Co, ad-y, EC; also reported from Hennepin, Rock and Nobles Cols. S,potted Sandpiper: nested in Clay and St. Louis Co's; also reported from Lake, Hubbard, Roseau, Morrison, Ramsey, Rice, Wabasha and Itasca Co's. | ||||
| Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) | 7-27 McLeod Co, 3y, FN; also reported from Jackson, Polk, Ramsey, Hennepin, Wright, Morrison, Aitkin, Anoka and Stevens Co's. | ||||
| Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) | 6-15 Finland, Lake Co, 4 eggs, JGH; 7-2 Lac la Croix, St. Louis Co, ad with 4y, MWM; also reported from Morrison, Aitkin, Anoka, Dakota, Olmsted, Winona, Crow Wing, Rice, Hennepin, Ramsey, Stevens and McLeod Co's. | ||||
| Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) | 7-21 Hennepin Co, EWJ; early fall migrant. | ||||
| Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) | 7-6 Lac qui Parle Co, RG; 7-12 Hennepin Co, VL; 7-14 Cottonwood Co, RBJ. Knot: 8-27 (5) and 8-29 (2) Duluth, St. Louis Co, RG. | ||||
| Willet (Tringa semipalmata) | 6-11 Clay Co, DB, RG; few summer records in the past two or three years. Greater Ye,llowlegs: 7-1 (7) and 7-8 (12) Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, DLO; 7-17 Hennepin Co, VL. | ||||
| Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) | 7-5 Alberta, Stevens Co, 7, RAG; 7-13 Bloomington, 2, VL; 7-25 McLeod Co, FN; 7-26 to 7-30 Hennepin Co, RDT; 8-1 Anoka Co, TKS. | ||||
| Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) | reported from Benton, Stearns and Becker Co's; 7-14 Lac qui Parle and Cottonwood Co's, RBJ, probably early fall migrants. ; | ||||
| Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) | 6-12 Salt Lake, ;Lac qui Parle Co, ELC, RLH, late migrants. | ||||
| Gulls, Terns | |||||
| Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | 6-7 Cass Co, 4, RPR; 6-25 Duluth, St. Louis Co, 1 imm, BL; 7-23 Nicollet Co, 1, DB, RG; 7-26 Crow Wing Co, 20 and Mille Lacs Co, 5, RBJ. | ||||
| Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) | nested in Stearns Co; also reported from Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Pope, Wright, Carver, Blue Earth, Nobles, and Roseau Co's. | ||||
| Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | 6-9 Hennepin Island, Mille Lacs Lake, Mille Lacs Co, one egg found in Herring Gull nest by NMH; also reported from Duluth, St. Louis Co, PBH and Grand Marais, Cook Co. The latter record on July 10 by AEA of a single bird. | ||||
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) | nested in Mille Lacs, Stearns and St. Louis Co's; also reported from Roseau, Lake, Cook, Murray and Crow Wing Co's. | ||||
| Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | 6-4 Isanti Co, RG; 6-7 Cass Co, 18, RPR; 6-8 Goodhue Co, 10, RPR; 7-6 Traverse Co, RG; 7-7 Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, DLO. | ||||
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | nested in Stearns, Washington Co's; also reported from Stevens, Grant, Nobles, Itasca, Dakota, Crow Wing, Ramsey, Roseau, Marshall, Beltrami, Hennepin, St. Louis, Wright and Carver Co's. | ||||
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) | nested in usual colonies at Duluth and Mille Lacs Lake; also reported from Crow Wing, Morrison, Dakota, Beltrami, Wright and Hennepin Co's; confusion between this and the preceding species should open the door for nesting studies throughout the state. | ||||
| Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | nested in Hennepin Co; also reported from Stearns, Nobles, Ramsey, Grant and Stevens Co's. | ||||
| Loons | |||||
| Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) | 6-7 Duluth one found dead, Don Higgins fide JCG. | ||||
| Common Loon (Gavia immer) | nested in Crow Wing Swift, Hubbard Co's; also reported frorr{ Lake, Beltrami, St. Louis, Mille Lacs, Cook, Ottertail, Wright, and Morrison Co's. | ||||
| Cormorants | |||||
| Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) | nested in Pope Co (see Notes of Interest in previous issue); also reported from Rice, Lac qui Parle, Mille Lacs, Traverse and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons | |||||
| Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) | 6-7 Rice Co, OAR; 6-8 Washington Co, WWL; 7-23 Nicollet Co, 12, RG; 8-11 Twin Lakes, Kittson Co, 2, PE (northernmost state record); more reports of this species than we've had in some time. THE LOON | ||||
| American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) | no nests reported; reported from Ramsey, Rice, Wright, Aitkin, Hennepin, Anoka, Big Stone, Nobles, Swift, Morrison, Crow Wing, Roseau, Stearns, Carver, Norman, Cook, St. Louis and Lake Co's. | ||||
| Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) | 7-4 and 7-15 Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, 1, DLO, good details. This would probably be fifth Minnesota record. (See Notes of Interest). | ||||
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) | 6-20 South St. Paul, Dakota Co, ELC, RLH; 7-21 Hastings, Dakota Co, PE (see Notes o£ Interest in previous issue); 8-8 Redwood Co, specimen, (see Notes of Interest in previous issue); 8-13 La Crescent, Houston Co, RG. | ||||
| Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | nested in Hennepin and Stearns Co's; also reported from Washington, Swift, Stevens, Dakota, Goodhue, Grant, Ramsey, Blue Earth, Jackson, Nicollet and Pope Co's. | ||||
| Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | nested in Washington Co; reported also from Ramsey, Dakota, Rice, Nobles, Stevens, Hennepin, Wright, Wabasha, Waseca, Stearns, Isanti, Crow Wing and Morrison Co's; two northerly records not accompanied by details: 6-3 and 6-24 Marshall Co, DLO; 6-23 Itasca Co, ACR. | ||||
| Great Egret (Ardea alba) | (Common Egret): nested in Rice and Stearns Co's; also reported from Ramsey, Marshall, Becker, Dakota, LeSueur, Goodhue, Wabasha, Winona, Grant, Ottertail, Swift, Pope Co's. | ||||
| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) | nested in Rice, Dakota, Stearns Co's; also reported from Ramsey, Morrison, Roseau, Itasca, BeltTami, Wabasha, Lake, St. Louis, Cass, Nicollet, Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca, Pope, Washington, Hennepin, Goodhue, Hubbard, Winona, Houston, Wright, Wabasha and Cottonwood Co's. | ||||
| New World Vultures | |||||
| Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | reported from Dakota, Marshall, Wabasha, St. Louis, Goodhue, Beltrami, Lake, Itasca Co's. | ||||
| Osprey | |||||
| Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | 6-1 St. Louis Co, NJH; 6-12 Clearwater Co, Itasca State Park, ad on nest, ELC; 6-16, Duluth, PBH; 6-26 Itasca Co, ME; 7-6 St. Louis Co. RBJ; 7-28 Crow Wing Co, nest fide NR; 8-5 Beltrami Co, ME; 8-20 St. Louis Co, RG; 8-28 Cook Co, RG. ; | ||||
| Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles | |||||
| Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) | reported from Morrison, Roseau, Sherburne, Lake, Rock, Cass, Wadena, Nobles, Dakota, Rice, Cook, Wright, and Crow Wing Co's. | ||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) | reported from Roseau, Beltrami, St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) | nested in Swift and Grant Co's; also reported from Ramsey, Wright, Beltrami, Wabasha, Roseau, Marshall, Washington, Rice, Lake, Winona, Itasca, Goodhue, Hennepin and Dakota Co's. Red-tai led Hawk: reported from Goodhue, Winona, Wright, Hennepin, Rice Da kota, Wabasha, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Stevens, Lake, Ramsey, Morrison, Roseau, Benton, Wabasha, Nobles, Cass, Scott, Clay, Mahnomen, Becker, Norman Co's. | ||||
| American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) | Morrison Co, CW; 6-24 Crane Lake, St. Louis Co, 2, DS; 8-28 Caribou River, Cook Co, 1 imm, JCG. | ||||
| Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | nested in Cass Co; also reported from Itasca and Washington Co's. | ||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) | 6-3 Goodhue Co, 1, EWJ; 7-17 Ottertail Co, JAH (details ?); only two reports. | ||||
| Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) | reported from Crow Wing, Goodhue, Hennepin, Marshall, St. Louis, Koochiching Co's. .Swainson's Hawk: 6-5 Windom, Cottonwood Co, BL; 7-9 Dakota Co, EWJ, FN/ MAS, awaiting details. | ||||
| Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) | 7-7 Winona Co, between St. Charles and Utica, good detail, MS. | ||||
| Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | nested in Morrison Co, LSR; also reported from Wabasha, Sherburne, Stearns, Beltrami, Aitkin, Rock, Nobles, Anoka, Ramsey, Washington, Olmsted, Winona, Stevens, McLeod, Hennepin, Polk, Crow Wing, Rice, Wright, Lake and Dakota Co's. | ||||
| Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) | 7-30 Ramsey Co, 1, MIG; details? There are probably no acceptable summer records for this species in Minnesota to date. | ||||
| FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Buteo regalis) | 7-28 Traverse Co, 2, EHH (awaiting details). | ||||
| Screech-Owls, Owls | |||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) | 6-29 Cottonwood, Lyon Co, 2 ad-5y, PE; also reported from Washington, Nobles and Ramsey Co's. | ||||
| Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) | reported from Marshall, Becker, Washington, Dakota and Itasca Co's. | ||||
| BURROWING OWL (Athene cunicularia) | 7-31 Wheaton, Traverse Co, 1 at usual spot, DP, WRP. | ||||
| Barred Owl (Strix varia) | reported from Washington, St. Louis and Crow Wing Co's. | ||||
| Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) | 6-5 Bagley, Clearwater Co, see Notes of Interest in previous issue. | ||||
| Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) | 7-6 Lac qui Parle Co, RG; 7-21 Grant Co, JAH; 8-22 Stevens Co, JAH. | ||||
| Kingfishers | |||||
| Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) | 6-27 Hennepin ~o, pair nesting, FN; 8-12 Duluth, 2 y out of nest, PBH; also reported from Lake, Pope, Dakota, Hennepin, Morrison, Cass, Beltrami, Douglas, Ramsey, Crow Wing, Stevens, Rice, Aitkin, Anoka, Wright, Washington, Nobles Co's. Northern Flicker; nesting in Cottonwood, Cook, Blue Earth, Winona, Rice, Wright, Polk, Morrison, St. Louis, Washington, Crow Wing Co's; also reported from Lake, Wabasha, Stearns, Hennepin, Nobles, Anoka, Aitkin, Stevens, Beltrami, Ramsey, Olmsted, Cass, Dakota, Jackson, Pope Co's. | ||||
| Woodpeckers | |||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | nested in Wright Co; also reported from Wabasha, Stearns, Benton, Ramsey, Morrison, Crow Wing, Beltrami, Nobles, Stevens, Lac qui Parle, Dakota, Rice, Pope, St. Louis (NJH, comes to feeder), Winona, Washington, Hennepin, Cottonwood and Cook Co (MOP, at feeder). THE LOON | ||||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) | nested in Stearns Co; also reported from Wabasha, Goodhue, Winona, Ramsey and Rice Co's; two northerly reports, awaiting details: 6-24 Itasca Co, ACR and Roseau Co, no date, PEB. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | nested in Crow Wing and Hubbard Co's; also reported from Stearns, Clearwater, Goodhue, Winona, Wabasha, Itasca, Roseau and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) | nested in Hennepin Co; also reported from Wabasha, Lake, Beltrami, Sherburne, Morrison, Hubbard, Stearns, Crow Wing, Nobles, Wright, Stevens, Ramsey, Cottonwood, Clay Co's. | ||||
| Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) | nested in Cook Co; also reported from Wabasha, Lake, Hubbard, Stearns, Morrison, Crow Wing, Ramsey, Cottonwood, Itasca, Nobles, Wright, Stevens, Washington, Clay, Hennepin and Goodhue Co's. | ||||
| Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | nesting in Beltrami, Sherburne, Wright, Cook and Cottonwood Co's; also reported from Rice, Wabasha, Lake, Aitkin, Itasca, Roseau, Ramsey, Morrison, Crow Wing, Hennepin, Clay, Dakota and St. Louis Co's. RED-SHAFTED FLICKER: 6-13 Lincoln Co, just west of Verdi, 1 adult seen by Ruth Andberg and Brother Theodore; red wing and tail linings noted, red "whisker" mark noted on each side of face; reverse head-coloring not mentioned; although most of our records for the state are undoubtedly hybrids, this report comes closest to an actual Red-shaft. | ||||
| Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) | nested in Washington and Stearns Co's; also reported from Pope, Rice, Wright, Cook, St. Louis, Wabasha, Lake and Roseau Co's. | ||||
| Caracaras, Falcons | |||||
| American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | nested in Hennepin Co; also reported from Morrison, Roseau, Stearns, Lake, Benton, Wabasha, Carver, St. Louis, Nobles, Kandiyohi, Meeker, McLeod, Wadena, Cass, Crow Wing, Nicollet, Faribault, Le Sueur, Ramsey, Rice, Wright, Clay, Dakota, Goodhue, and Watonwan Co's. | ||||
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) | 7-6 Becker Co, RG; only report. | ||||
| Flycatchers | |||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | nested in Hennepin, Wright and Clay Co's; also reported from Murray, Pope, Goodhue, Crow Wing, Faribault, Waseca, Wabasha, Lake, Beltrami, Ramsey, Stearns, Morrison, Dakota, Winona, St. Louis and Rice Co's. | ||||
| Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) | 6-10 Hennepin Co, 2 nests, VL; 7-29 Park Rapids, Hubbard Co, nest withy, LWJ; also nested in Lyon Co, PE; reported from Rock, Lincoln, Yellow Medicine, Sherburne, Marshall, Clay, Anoka, Roseau, Nobles and Stevens Co's; one northeasterly record, 6-8 Duluth, St. Louis Co, BT. | ||||
| Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | nested in Morrison, Stevens, Dakota and Hennepin Co's; also reported from Wabasha, Lake, Beltrami, Sherburne, Roseau, Crow Wing, Wright, Cook, Clearwater, Rice, Clay, Carver and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) | 6-3 Hennepin Co, VL; 6-4 Wright Co, Mpls Bird Club and 6-18 Dakota Co, DB, all late migrants; reported from Cook, Lake, Hubbard and Itasca Co's; 7-28 Clay Co, LWJ, probably early fall migrant? | ||||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | nested in Winona, Clay and St. Louis Co's; also reported from Goodhue, Mille Lacs, Wabasha, Lake, Aitkin, Beltrami, Itasca, Sherburne, Marshall, Ramsey, Morrison, Crow Wing, Grant, Ottertail, Murray, Clearwater, Hubbard, Dakota, Cook, Rice Co's. | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) | 6-3 Hennepin Co, VL and 6-6 Rice Co, OAR, belated migrants; 6-24 Itasca Co, ACR; 7-11, St. Louis Co, RBJ; 7-23 Lake Co, RLH; 7-28 Beltrami Co, ME. | ||||
| Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) | nested in Clay, Morri December, 1966 son and Rice Co's; also reported from Hennepin, St. Louis, Wabasha, Lake, Itasca, Sherburne, Roseau, Morrison, Crow Wing, Clearwater, Goodhue Co's. | ||||
| Empidonax flycatcher (Empidonax sp.) | reported from Goodhue, Marshall, Morrison, Rice, Hubbard, Clearwater, Winona, Lac qui Parle, St. Louis and Ottertail Co's. | ||||
| Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | nested in St. Louis and Rice Co's; also reported from Lake, Beltrami, Stearns, Roseau, Ramsey, Morrison, Crow Wing, Clay, Winona, Goodhue, Stevens, Grant, Murray and Washington Co's. | ||||
| Vireos | |||||
| Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) | reported from Winona Co; 6-5 to 7-5 Dakota Co, 3 mi SE of Nicols, RG, BL, RBJ, DB, ELC, RLH; northernmost record in recent years. | ||||
| Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) | 7-3 Clay Co, nest with y, LWJ; also reported from Crow Wing, Clearwater, Goodhue, Ramsey, Morrison and Stearns Co's. | ||||
| Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) | 6-18 Lake and Cook Co's, JCG; 6-25 Itasca Co, ACR; 7-10 St. Louis Co, RBJ; 7-23 Lake Co, RLH. | ||||
| Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) | 6-16 Morrison Co, LSR, banded, good details, very late migrant? (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) | nested in Hubbard and Wright Co's; also reported from Dakota, Pope, Rice, Washington, Murray, Crow Wing, Itasca, Morrison, Ramsey, Marshall, Stearns, Sherburne, Beltrami, Wabasha, Goodhue, Cass, St. Louis and Faribault Co's. | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) | nested in Hubbard and Wright Co's; also reported from Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Ramsey, Stearns, Sherburne, Beltrami, Lake, Wabasha, Goodhue, St. Louis, Washington, Hennepin, Rice, Murray, Swift, Cass, Clay, Hubbard, Wabasha, Cook Co's. Many observers reported it very scarce this year. | ||||
| Shrikes | |||||
| Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | nested in Stearns Co; also reported from Morrison, Ramsey, Sherburne, Beltrami, Rock, Dakota, Winona, Lac qui Parle and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis) | 8·16 Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, DLO (two months early! de· tails?) | ||||
| Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows | |||||
| Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) | 6-4 St. Louis Co, 2y out of nest, RK; 6-4 Lake Co, RG; 6-24 Itasca Co, 2, ACR; Cook Co, no date, 7 birds, DS. | ||||
| Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | nested in Nobles, Hennepin, Ramsey Co's; also reported from 22 other counties. | ||||
| Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) | 6-15 Split Rock Lighthouse, Lake Co, good details, Oliver C. Peterson. (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | nested in Stearns, Morrison and Clay Co's; also reported from 18 other counties around the state. | ||||
| Common Raven (Corvus corax) | 6-1 Lake Co, 4 new y, JCG; also reported from St. Louis and Clearwater Co's. | ||||
| Chickadees, Titmice | |||||
| Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) | nested in Nobles, Wright, Washington and Hennepin Co's; also reported from 26 other counties. | ||||
| Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) | 6-4 Lake Co, RG; 7-11 St. Louis Co, RBJ; 7-23 Lake Co, RLH; 8-20 Lake Co, RG; 8-28 Cook Co, RG. | ||||
| Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) | 6-26 Hennepin Co, RBJ; 7-7 Hennepin Co, family group, RG; scarce this year; ELC; Ramsey Co and WWL, Washington Co both reported this species absent for the first time in several years. | ||||
| Larks | |||||
| Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) | 6-3 Pope Co, ad feeding y, WH; also reported from Jackson, Nobles, Rock, Lincoln, Lyon, Lac qui Parle, Wabasha, Sherburne, Ramsey, Morrison, Stevens, Hennepin, Rice, Winona, Mille Lacs, St. Louis, Dakota Co's; 7-10 Lac qui Parle Co, 50-60 birds, MIG, early fall migrants? | ||||
| Martins, Swallows | |||||
| Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) | nested in Swift Co, colony of 200; also reported from Jackson, Nobles, Goodhue, Crow Wing, Morrison, Nicollet, Faribault, Wabasha, Stearns, Roseau, Ramsey, Carver, Rice, Stevens, Wright, St. Louis and Hennepin Co's. | ||||
| Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) | nested in Roseau, Cook, St. Louis, Hennepin, Rice and Ramsey Co's; also reported from Crow Wing, Wabasha, Lake, Aitkin, Beltrami, Itasca, Stearns, Clay, Dakota, Carver, Clearwater and Nobles Co's. | ||||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) | reported from Jackson, Goodhue, Faribault, Stearns, Marshall, Ramsey, Pope, St. Louis, ClearWater, Stearns, Rice, Grant, Dakota, Carver and Wright Co's. | ||||
| Purple Martin (Progne subis) | nested in Wabasha, Washington and Cottonwood Co's; also reported from Lake, Beltrami, Hubbard, Stearns, Roseau, Ramsey, Morrison, Crow Wing, Goodhue. St. Louis, Pope, Wright Hennepin, Stevens, Clay, Rice and Nobles Co's. | ||||
| Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | nested in Washington, Clay, Itasca, Rock Co's; also reported from Wabasha, Lake, Sherburne, Roseau, Ramsey, Morrison, Crow Wing, Stevens, Cottonwood, Beltrami, Hennepin, Rice, Cook, Nobles, Stearns and Carver Co's. | ||||
| Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) | nested in Itasca, Swift and St. Louis Co's; also reported from Faribault, Wabasha, Lake, Beltrami, Hubbard, Mille Lacs, Roseau, Crow Wing, Rice, Nobles, Cass and Winona Co.'s. | ||||
| Kinglets | |||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) | 6-18 Lake and Cook Co's, JCG; 8-2 St. Louis Co, DS. | ||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) | 7-11 St. Louis Co, RBJ. | ||||
| Waxwings | |||||
| Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) | nested in Hennepin and Rice Co's; also reported from Crow Wing, Morrison, Roseau, Marshall, Stearns, Sherburne, Aitkin, Itasca, Hubbard, Lake, Wabasha, St. Louis, Goodhue, Mille Lacs, THE LOON Cass, Waseca, Clay, Stevens, Pope, Nobles, Beltrami, Cook, Cottonwood and Washington Co's. | ||||
| Nuthatches | |||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) | reported from Itasca and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | nested in Washington and Wright Co's; also reported from 20 other counties scattered around the state. | ||||
| Creepers | |||||
| Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) | 6-24 Itasca Co, ACR; Beltrami Co, no date, MK. | ||||
| Gnatcatchers | |||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) | 5-15 Vasa, Goodhue Co, male on nest with female inches away, photographed by HFH (male perhaps shaping nest-cup?); 6-10 Sherburne Co, nest with 5e but on 6-13 nest empty, being dismantled by adults, NH; 6-20 Whitewater Park, Winona Co, nesting, GG. | ||||
| Wrens | |||||
| Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | nested in Pope, Washington, Beltrami, Cottonwood, St. Louis, Roseau, Cook, Wright, Clay, Sherburne and Wabasha Co's; also reported from 17 other counties. | ||||
| Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) | 7-3 (JCG, NJH) and 7-11 (RBJ) St. Louis Co. | ||||
| Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris) | reported from Cass, Wadena, Crow Wing, Morrison, Faribault, Waseca, Sherburne, Stearns, Ramsey, Clay, Ottertail, Grant, Hennepin, Itasca, Becker, and Mahnomen Co's. Catbird: nested in Washington and Clay Co's; also reported from 24 other counties. | ||||
| Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) | reported from Dakota, Nicollet, Faribault, Ramsey, Morrison, Carver, Grant, Ottertail, Itasca, Anoka and Clay Co's. | ||||
| Thrashers, Mockingbirds | |||||
| Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | |||||
| Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | 6-6 West Duluth, fide RN; 6-7 Meadowlands, fide RN; 6-9 Two Harbors, 1 specimen taken, Vince Heig; 6-13 Fargo, 1 seen, good details, Mrs. F. B. Scheel; 7-16 Cyrus, Pope Co, WH; these reports are very interesting in that there are very few previous summer records for the state. Catbird: nesting in Scott, Lake, St. Louis, Anoka, Winona, Stearns and Douglas Co's; also reported from Cottonwood, Pope, Ramsey, Rice, Hennepin, Goodhue, Washington, Wright, Aitkin, Olmsted, Wabasha, Stevens, Cass, Dakota, Beltrami, Nobles, Morrison, Polk and Crow Wing Co's. | ||||
| Thrushes | |||||
| Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | nested in Wabasha, Crow Wing, Morrison, Pope, Hennepin, Washington, Wright Co's; also reported from 18 other counties; an encouraging comeback. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 6-7, Cass County, 3 mi S. Nisswa, BT, good details, undoubtedly the northernmost Minnesota record; 6-12 Sherburne Co, nest with small y, NMH (northernmost nesting record?); 7-16 Goodhue Co, RG, RBJ; 8-13 Houston Co, 6, RG (a good late date since this species departs early). | ||||
| Veery (Catharus fuscescens) | nested in St. Louis Co; also reported from Crow Wing, Clay, Itasca, Lake, Stearns, Morrison, Cook, Beltrami, Clearwater, Ramsey, Rice and Wabasha Co's. | ||||
| Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) | 6-7 Clearwater Co, RPR; 6-18 Lake Co, JCG; 6-25 St. Louis Co, JCG. | ||||
| Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) | 7-3 St. Louis Co, JCG. | ||||
| Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | reported from Goodhue, Rice and Ramsey Co's; two northerly reports awaiting details: Roseau Co, PEB and Crow Wing Co, MSB. | ||||
| Pipits | |||||
| SPRAGUE'S PIPIT (Anthus spragueii) | 7-31 (RLH) and 8-1 (DP, WPR), 3 mi SE Felton, Clay Co, 1 singing male at usual spot. | ||||
| Finches | |||||
| Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) | reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Beltrami, Crow Wing and Clearwater Co's; no actual nests, but a number of definite pairs were reported. | ||||
| Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) | 7-9 Parkville (Duluth area), St. Louis Co, 4, SNE; good deltails; probably first summer record for Minnesota. | ||||
| Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) | nested in Clay Co; also reported from Itasca, Crow Wing, Clearwater, Stearns, Beltrami, St. Louis, Cook, Roseau, Marshall and Lake Co's. | ||||
| Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) | 6-27 Minnesota Point, St. Louis Co, 4, PBH; 7-6 Kellogg, Wabasha Co, 1 female, DGM; 7-26 Hennepin Co, Minneapolis, VH; 8-19 Hennepin Co, 1, Sam Robbins; 8-10 and 8-19, 5 and 2 seen, Duluth, PBH; 8-20 Lake Co, 30, RG; 8-24 Winona, Winona Co, TST; 8-28 Cook Co, RG; Sam Robbins of Roberts, Wisconsin reports that this species was common in northwestern Wisconsin all summer; this species is noted for its erratic wanderings. | ||||
| White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) | 7-15 Fargo, 1 seen, Richard Shook, fide EGA. | ||||
| Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) | 5-18 Hennepin Co, apparent nesting, see Notes of Interest in previous issue; also reported from Stearns, Cook, Hubbard, Pope, Itasca, Lake, St. Louis, Roseau and Morrison Co's. | ||||
| American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) | reported from Cottonwood, Washington, Beltrami, Stevens, Wright, Hennepin, Goodhue, Rice, Clay, Crow Wing, Cook, Clearwater, Stearns, Pope, Itasca Lake, St. Louis, Morrison, Ramsey, Roseau, Marshall, Hubbard, Aitkin and Wabasha Co's. | ||||
| Longspurs and Snow Buntings | |||||
| CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR (Calcarius ornatus) | usual area in Clay Co, SE of Felton; on 6-19 RG and RLH noted hundreds in that area in less than half a square mile. Probably heaviest population we've seen there yet. | ||||
| Towhees, Sparrows | |||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) | reported from Nobles, Dakota, Wabasha, Clay, Rice, Hennepin, Ramsey, Carver, Grant, Stevens, Winona, Stearns, Sherburne, Morrison, Yellow Medicine, Murray, Lyon and Cottonwood Co's. | ||||
| Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) | reported from Anoka, Stearns, Sherburne, Carver, Wright, Fillmore and Scott Co's. | ||||
| LARK BUNTING (Calamospiza melanocorys) | 6-4 Rock Co, 1 male in each of 2 different townships, BL; 6-6 Indian Lake Township, 1 male, Nobles Co, HSH; 6-11 Salt Lake, Lac qui Parle Co, 3, ELC; 6-19 Nobles Co, Hersey December, 1966 Township, 3 males, HSH; 7-14 Yellow Medicine Co, 3 males and Lac qui Parle Co, 3 males, RG, RLH. | ||||
| Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | nested in Hennepin, Cook, Stearns, Douglas, Anoka, St. Louis, Pope, Washington, Crow Wing, Rice Co's; 7-18 Ramsey Co, feeding Cowbird, MIG; 7-13 Swift Co, feeding Cowbird; 6-16 Stearns Co, y out of nest but fresh Cowbird egg remained, NH; 7-31 Duluth, feeding Cowbird, PBH; also reported from Lake, Wabasha, Cottonwood, Dakota, Stevens, Aitkin, Wright, Nobles, Morrison, Cass, Beltrami and Cook Co's. | ||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) | 7-23 Duluth, ad feeding y, PBH; also from Lake, Sherburne, Hennepin, Anoka, Ramsey, Washington, Crow Wing, Stevens, Beltrami, St. Louis, Cook, Mahnomen Co's. | ||||
| Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) | reported from Hennepin, Wabasha, Rice, Dakota, Yellow Medicine, Winona and Houston Co's; one northerly report: 6-24 Itasca Co, singing, ACR. | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) | reported from Lake, St. Louis, Marshall and Clearwater Co's. Chip,ping Sparrow: nested in Stearns, Cottonwood, Hennepin, Ramsey, St. Louis and Wright Co's; also reported from 22 other counties. Clay-c,olored Sparrow: reported from Washington, Beltrami, Clay, Stevens, St. Louis, Crow Wing, Stearns, Lake, Dakota, Cass, and Wadena Co's. | ||||
| Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) | 6-19 Wabasha, Wa basha Co, 1 bathing in yard, DGM; probably third June record for Minnesota and probably latest spring migrant on record here. | ||||
| White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) | reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Cass, Beltrami, and Clearwater Co's. | ||||
| Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) | nested in Hennepin, Washington, Beltrami and Wright Co's; also reported from Crow Wing, Pope, Nobles, Dakota, Clay, Rice, Anoka, Aitkin, Carver, Stevens, Goodhue, Morrison, Ramsey, Roseau, Sherburne, Cass, Wadena, Nicollet, Blue Earth and Faribault Co's. | ||||
| LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) | reported from Benton, Stearns, Mahnomen, Becker, and Clay Co's. | ||||
| Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) | reported from Becker, Mahnomen and Clay Co's. | ||||
| Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) | 6-12 Winona, Winona Co, 2, DB; also reported from Dakota Co. | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) | reported from Goodhue, Carver, Lac qui Parle, Dakota, Pope, St. Louis, Sherburne, Nobles, Stearns, Lake, Hubbard, Mille Lacs and Cass Co's. | ||||
| Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) | nested in Washington, St. Louis, Cook, Goodhue, and Wright Co's; also reported from 18 other counties. | ||||
| Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) | 7-29 Crow Wing Co, "one at very close range seen from all angles," NR; this species can be confused with bird-of-the-year Swamp Sparrow, but date also suggests possibility of early migrant? (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | reported from Hennepin, Anoka, Rice, Grant, Lake, St. Louis. Ramsey, Crow Wing, Morrison, Stearns, Hubbard, Lincoln, Mille Lacs, Cass, Nicollet, Faribault and Waseca Co's. | ||||
| Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | reported from Rice, Winona, Hubbard, Hennepin, Crow Wing, Cass and Wadena Co's. | ||||
| Blackbirds, Orioles | |||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) | reported from Carver, Hennepin, Wright, Ramsey, Cottonwood, Stevens, Nobles, Lac qui Parle, Rice, Goodhue, Clearwater, Cass, Watonwan, Dakota, Mille Lacs, Faribault, Waseca, Wabasha, Ramsey, Morrison, Beltrami and Roseau Co's; one northeasterly record : 6-13 Two Harbors, Lake Co, 1 male, RK. | ||||
| Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) | nested in Washington Co; also reported from Beltrami, St. Louis, Pope, Cass, Wright, Stevens, Nobles, Dakota, Sherburne, Hennepin, Wadena, Morrison, Waseca, Aitkin, Wabasha, Stearns, Marshall, Roseau, Ramsey and Crow Wing Co's. | ||||
| Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | nested in Wabasha and Washington Co's; also reported from Lake, Stearns, Ramsey, Crow Wing, Rice, Wright, Isanti, Wabasha, Winona and Beltrami Co's. | ||||
| Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | nested in Wabasha, Pope, Wright, Washington and Hubbard Co's; also reported from Cottonwood, Dakota, St. Louis, Stevens, Nobles, Lac qui Parle, Dakota, Hennepin, Rice, Crow Wing, Sherburne, Morrison, Stearns, Ramsey, and Goodhue Co's. | ||||
| Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) | nested at Cottonwood, Lyon Co, PE and Wacouta, Goodhue Co, MIG; also reported from Wabasha and Nobles Co's. | ||||
| Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) | nested in Stearns, Murray, Roseau, Wright, Clay, Hennepin and Washington Co's; also reported from 23 other counties. | ||||
| Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) | |||||
| Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) | Goodhue Co, hosted by American Redstart, MIG; Hennepin Co, hosted by Rose-breasted Grosbeak, MHM; reported from many other counties all around the state; most unusual report was from EC in Wright Co who said she knocked down 3 Cowbird nests; since the Cowbird apparently only builds nests under experimental conditions, she must have meant hostnests? | ||||
| Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) | nested in Lake and St. Louis Co's; also reported from Carver, Stevens, Crow Wing, Jackson, Dakota, Cass, Scott, Itasca, Benton and Beltrami Co's. | ||||
| Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) | nested in Washington, Wright and Stearns Co's; also reported from 16 other counties. | ||||
| Warblers | |||||
| Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) | reported from Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Beltrami, Roseau, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Winona, Rice and Goodhue Co's. | ||||
| Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) | 6-6 Indian Mounds Park, Ramsey Co, ACR; 6-18 Whitewater State Park, Winona Co, 2, DB. | ||||
| Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) | reported from Lake and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) | nested in Crow Wing Co; also reported from Hubbard, Carlton, Clearwater and Becker Co's. | ||||
| Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) | seen all summer at Vasa, Goodhue Co by many observers. Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler December, 1966 hybrid: 6-12 Vasa, Goodhue Co, VL reports "Bird singing in tree top, saw it briefly, head and underparts all yellow, black markings of the golden-winged; wing bars; song three short buzzes, one longer and on different pitch;" on 6-25 DB saw what was apparently the same bird in the same place; description fits the phenotype commonly known as the "Lawrence's Warbler." | ||||
| Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) | 6-18 Cook Co, JCG; 6-24 Itasca Co, ACR; 7-3 St. Louis Co, JCG. | ||||
| Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) | reported from Wabasha, Goodhue and Dakota Co's. | ||||
| Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) | reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis and Itasca Co's; 7-19 Morrison Co, 4, LSR, undoubtedly early fall migrants? (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) | 6-15 and 6-23 Hibbing, St. Louis Co, banded, SM. | ||||
| Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) | nested in Crow Wing Co; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Hubbard and Morrison Co's. (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) | 6-1 Minneapolis, MHM and 6-7 Duluth, JCG, late migrants; 7-5 Sawhill Trail, Cook Co, 1 male, DP. | ||||
| Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) | nested in Crow Wing Co; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Hubbard and Becker Co's. | ||||
| KENTUCKY WARBLER (Geothlypis formosa) | 5-19 to 6-30 same (?) aberrant singing male present at Coon Rapids, Anoka Co, that has lingered for past two summers, DP, WRP, RLH, LB, HFH, RG, etc, etc.; 6-18 Stockton Winona Co, GD. | ||||
| American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) | nested in Goodhue Co; also reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Crow Wing, Stearns, Clay, Dakota, Wabasha and Rice Co's. | ||||
| Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) | reported from Lake and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) | nested at Vasa, Good hue Co, as usual; also reported from Rice, Stearns and Crow Wing (6-14 to 6-27, MSB; 7-11, NR) Co's. (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) | reported from St. Louis, Clearwater and Hubbard Co's. | ||||
| Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) | 6-6 Duluth, JCG; 7-11 Lake Co, N of Two Harbors, DP; 7-31 Crow Wing Co, TEM; 8-29 Lake Co, JCG; 8-30 Duluth AKA. | ||||
| Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) | reported from Cook, Lake and St. Louis Co's. | ||||
| Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) | reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, and Clearwater Co's. | ||||
| Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) | nested in Roseau, Sherburne, Morrison, · Murray and Hubbard; also reported from Itasca, Goodhue, Stevens, Beltrami, St. Louis, Pope, Rice, Washington, Clay, Crow Wing, Winona, Clearwater, Hubbard, Ramsey, Stearns, Wabasha, Goodhue, Mille Lacs and Cass Co's. Magnolia Warbler. reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis and Itasca Co's. | ||||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) | reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Crow Wing, Rice and Winona Co's. | ||||
| Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) | 7-11 Vasa, Goodhue Co, 1, MHM; details submitted do not preclude a Cerulean Warbler seen in poor light, and the Cerulean breeds commonly there; otherwise this record is a fantastic date for a Blackpoll; 8-29 Lake Co, 1 migrant, JCG. | ||||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) | 6-19 Cook Co, near Tofte, pair and one male, two adjacent territories, JCG. Myrtle Warbler. nested in St. Louis Co; also reported from Roseau, Lake and Itasca Co's. | ||||
| Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) | reported from St. Louis, Itasca, Crow Wing, Clearwater and Becker Co's. | ||||
| Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) | reported from Cook, St. Louis and Clearwater Co's. | ||||
| Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) | reported from Cook, Lake. St. Louis and Itasca Co's. | ||||
| Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) | 6-6 Duluth (JCG), 6-6 Lake Co (RK) late migrants; 8-29 Lake Co, fall migrant, JCG. | ||||
| Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks | |||||
| Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) | reported from Becker, Itasca, Ramsey, Washington, Goodhue, Stearns, Rice, Morrison, Crow Wing, Dakota and Cook (6-1 Schroeder, MOP) Co's. | ||||
| Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | nested in Hennepin and Ramsey Co's; also reported from Blue Earth, Wright, Murray, Stevens, Winona. Washington, Rice, Nicollet, Goodhue, Scott, Wabasha, and Stearns Co's. | ||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | nested in Hennepin, Dakota and Rice Co's; also reported from 17 other counties. | ||||
| Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) | 6-4 Rock Co, Martin Township and Beaver Creek Township, BL· 7-16 Rock Co, DB; 8-9 and 8-10 Nobles Co, 1, HSH; apparently expanding its range northward and eastward from Rock County? (See Notes of Interest) | ||||
| Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) | nested in Goodhue and Wright Co's; also reported from Clay, St. Louis, Crow Wing, Pope, Rice, Henne- THE LOON pin, Cook, Grant, Kandiyohi, Ramsey, Washington, Winona, Clearwater, Rock, Dakota, Mille Lacs, Cass, Morrison, Nicollet, Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Wabasha, Lake, Stearns Co's. | ||||
| Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | truly a good year; nested in Pope Co; also reported from Norman, Mahnomen, Goodhue, Winona, Anoka, Stevens, Wright, Carver, Rice, Hennepin, Dakota, Hubbard, Nobles, McLeod, Nicollet, Faribault, Waseca, Rock, Pipestone, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray and Yellow Medicine Co's. | ||||