MOURC Proceedings Archive for The Loon

	MOURC Proceedings Archive - Plovers	Accepted Duplicates
	This is the 1981 to present Records Committee Proceedings archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members.

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
Anhingas
Cormorants
Pelicans
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey

Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Barn Owls
Screech-Owls, Owls
Woodpeckers
Caracaras, Falcons
Flycatchers
Vireos
Shrikes
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Martins, Swallows
Kinglets
Silky-flycatchers
Nuthatches
Wrens
Thrashers, Mockingbirds

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

Proceedings

Species: Plovers

[Pacific Golden-Plover]
Piping Plover

Wilson's Plover
[Mountain Plover]

Snowy Plover

	Ref	First	Last	Location	County	Comment	Status
Piping Plover (R) (Charadrius melodus)						Start Date 1936-01-01
	avian information	1936-06-01	1936-07-31		Douglas	summer Douglas (first county record) Charles DuToit reports the only record tor this species. Four small young were seen by Charles at Lake Ida on July 17th. Two days later he saw another small young at LeJ.{e Carlos.
	avian information	1937-06-01	1937-07-31		Douglas	summer Douglas (second county record) Lawrence Pittelkow, George Rysgaard, and Dr. A. F. Risser found four nests of this species that held four eggs each, at Lake of the Woods, June I6. On June 26 C. DuToit found a nest of four eggs near Lake Alexander, Douglas County.
	avian information	1962-04-28			Sibley	4/28 Sibley (first county record) April 28 Gaylord, Sibley Co., Bob Janssen; May 6 Duluth, first arrival there, seen by Janet C. Green; last seen at Duluth on May 27, Janet C. Green.
	avian information	1963-09-28			Traverse	9/28 Traverse (first county record) July 2, Stevens Co., R. Grant; latest, Sept. 3, Duluth, Avifaunal Club and Sept. 28, Traverse Co., R. Grant, exceptionally late. Are these the first September records for Minnesota?
	avian information	1966-06-08			Marshall	6/8 Marshall (first county record) 6-4 Duluth, St. Louis Co, RG; 6-8 Agassiz Refuge, Marshall Co, 1, DLO; 7-9 Duluth, St. Louis Co, RG, BL.
	avian information	1967-05-19			Carver	5/19 Carver (first county record) 5-4 Lac qui Parle Co., 10, JAH; 5-16 Carver Co., 1, RDT; 5-17 (EHH), 5-18 (FN/ MAS), 5-19 (DB), 5-20 (HFH) Carver Co.; 5-27 Duluth, ME; 5-27 Wilkin Co., JAH; 5-23 FargoMoorhead, fide EGA; 6-7 Duluth, BB.
	avian information	1968-06-02			Carver	6/2 Carver (second county record) 6-1 Duluth, St. Louis Co, DB, EHH; 6-2 Lake Auburn, Carver Co, RBJ.
	avian information	1970-05-03			Rice	5/3 Rice (first county record) 5-2 Lyon KE, PE; 5-3 Rice KE, PE; Duluth: 4-30 RL, 5-20 MMC, 5-23 BL, 5-24 CH.
	avian information	1974-05-11			Olmsted	5/11 Olmsted (first county record) 18 reports: 9 in Duluth from 4-24 to 5-26, up to 5 in number; 1 from Yellow Medicine 5-11 (2) BDC; 1 from Olmsted 5-11 (8) JF; 1 from Lac qui Parle 4-2 (2) JS; 6 from Lyon 5-3, 5-9, 5-11, 5-12, highest number 2, RD, KE, PF, HCK.
	avian information	1974-05-11			Yellow Medicine	5/11 Yellow Medicine (first county record) 18 reports: 9 in Duluth from 4-24 to 5-26, up to 5 in number; 1 from Yellow Medicine 5-11 (2) BDC; 1 from Olmsted 5-11 (8) JF; 1 from Lac qui Parle 4-2 (2) JS; 6 from Lyon 5-3, 5-9, 5-11, 5-12, highest number 2, RD, KE, PF, HCK.
	avian information	1977-07-08	1977-07-14		Cass	7/8-14 Cass (first county record) Nested in Duluth; 3 also seen on Pine I., Lake of the Woods on 6-13, 2 of which appeared to be in territorial conflict (KE, T. Savaloja); there have been no breeding records away from Duluth since 1941, when breeding was last recorded on Lake of the Woods.
	avian information	1980-08-09			Wilkin	8/9 Wilkin (first county record) 8-9 Wilkin GMO, 8-27 Stearns NH.
	avian information	1981-05-09			Pipestone	5/9 Pipestone (first county record) South 4-17 Nobles BL, 5-9 Pipestone RJ, 5-27 Hennepin SE; north all from Duluth 5-6 JG, TL, 5-27 KE, 5-31 SC.
	avian information	1981-06-01	1981-07-31		Marshall	summer Marshall (second county record) Breeding data from Duluth, Lake of the Woods (Loon, this issue). Early migrants North: 7-26, five, Kittson.
	avian information	1981-07-26			Kittson	7/26 Kittson (first county record) Breeding data from Duluth, Lake of the Woods (Loon, this issue). Early migrants North: 7-26, five, Kittson.
	avian information	1982-04-24			Lincoln	4/24 Lincoln (first county record) 4-24 Lake of the Woods TW, Lincoln BL, HK, 4-25 Lac qui Parle BL, 5-8 St. Louis JG, TL and 5-22 St. Louis LW.
	avian information	1989-05-10			Nobles	5/10 Nobles (first county record) All reports: 5/10 Nobles (1) RG, 5/18-19 Duluth (2, first record in three years) KE et Winter 1989 a!., 5/19 Pine and Curry Islands, Lake of the Woods Co. (8 pairs) KH.
	avian information	1990-08-18			Lake of the Woods	8/18 Lake of the Woods (first county record) All reports: 8/18 Lake of the Woods (2) KE, 8/25 Stevens (2) RG, RJ, 8/28 Blue Earth MF.
	avian information	1990-08-25			Stevens	8/25 Stevens (first county record) All reports: 8/18 Lake of the Woods (2) KE, 8/25 Stevens (2) RG, RJ, 8/28 Blue Earth MF.
	avian information	1994-04-30			Yellow Medicine	4/30 Yellow Medicine (second county record) All reports: 4/30 Yellow Medicine mob, 5/5 St. Louis (3) mob, 5/13 St. Louis (2) TD, 5/15 Olmsted JBo,JSt.
	avian information	1994-05-15			Olmsted	5/15 Olmsted (second county record) All reports: 4/30 Yellow Medicine mob, 5/5 St. Louis (3) mob, 5/13 St. Louis (2) TD, 5/15 Olmsted JBo,JSt.
	avian information	1995-07-22			McLeod	7/22 McLeod (first county record) Observed at traditional breeding site in Lake of the Woods Co.; plus early migrant 7/22 McLeod DBM.
	avian information	1996-08-05			Yellow Medicine	8/5 Yellow Medicine (third county record) All reports: 8/5 Yellow Medicine (2) TT, 8/22 Goodhue (1) BL.
	avian information	1997-05-11			Rock	5/11 Rock (first county record) Five reports of migrants (all singles): 5/10 Renville (beet ponds) BL, TT, 5/11 Rock (Vienna Twp.) PS, 5/12–13 Olmsted mob, 5/17 Dakota (Lake Byllesby) mob, 5/18 Big Stone (Almond Twp.) LE. Also reported 5/25 Lake of the Woods (two on Pine-Curry Island) mob.
	avian information	1997-05-12	1997-05-13		Olmsted	5/12-13 Olmsted (third county record) Five reports of migrants (all singles): 5/10 Renville (beet ponds) BL, TT, 5/11 Rock (Vienna Twp.) PS, 5/12–13 Olmsted mob, 5/17 Dakota (Lake Byllesby) mob, 5/18 Big Stone (Almond Twp.) LE. Also reported 5/25 Lake of the Woods (two on Pine-Curry Island) mob.
	avian information	2001-07-28			Big Stone	7/28 Big Stone (first summer record) Reported in Lake of the Woods County (where high water levels may have precluded breeding); plus apparent migrants 7/28 Big Stone (3) †PCC.
	avian information	2001-08-21	2001-08-27		Big Stone	8/21, 27 Big Stone (second fall record) Possibly one of three birds at same location 7/28 (see summer report) found 8/12–27 Big Stone (Toqua Twp.) †PCC, †PHS et al.
	avian information	2002-04-27	2002-05-09		Swift	4/27-29, 5/9 Swift (first county record) Best spring migration since 1984. All reports: 4/27–29, 5/9 Swift (Marsh L. dam) BSe et al., KJB, 5/2 St. Louis (2 at Duluth) DRB, RPR, 5/4 Grant (near Herman) JEB, RBJ, 5/6–10 Dakota (max. 3 at L. Byllesby) CRG, FTM et al., 5/7 Murray (Slayton) †CRM et al., 5/7–8 Clay (Sabin) RHO, 5/16 Washington (location?) DPS.
	avian information	2002-05-04			Grant	5/4 Grant (first county record) Best spring migration since 1984. All reports: 4/27–29, 5/9 Swift (Marsh L. dam) BSe et al., KJB, 5/2 St. Louis (2 at Duluth) DRB, RPR, 5/4 Grant (near Herman) JEB, RBJ, 5/6–10 Dakota (max. 3 at L. Byllesby) CRG, FTM et al., 5/7 Murray (Slayton) †CRM et al., 5/7–8 Clay (Sabin) RHO, 5/16 Washington (location?) DPS.
	avian information	2002-05-16			Washington	5/16 Washington (first county record) Best spring migration since 1984. All reports: 4/27–29, 5/9 Swift (Marsh L. dam) BSe et al., KJB, 5/2 St. Louis (2 at Duluth) DRB, RPR, 5/4 Grant (near Herman) JEB, RBJ, 5/6–10 Dakota (max. 3 at L. Byllesby) CRG, FTM et al., 5/7 Murray (Slayton) †CRM et al., 5/7–8 Clay (Sabin) RHO, 5/16 Washington (location?) DPS.
	avian information	2002-07-01	2002-08-31		Big Stone	7/1-8/31 Big Stone (third summer record) Only report 6/7 St. Louis (Park Point, Duluth) DFJ. At traditional site in Lake of the Woods Co., water levels reported to be way above normal; none were observed 6/21 JPE.
	avian information	2002-08-04			Roseau	8/4 Roseau (first county record) All reports: singles 8/1 Jackson (South Heron L.) KJB, 8/4 Roseau (near Sprague Creek) PHS, 8/10 Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R.) KRE et al., 9/2 Lincoln (Tyler W.M.A.) fide RJS.
	avian information	2002-09-02			Lincoln	9/2 Lincoln (second county record) All reports: singles 8/1 Jackson (South Heron L.) KJB, 8/4 Roseau (near Sprague Creek) PHS, 8/10 Lac qui Parle (Big Stone N.W.R.) KRE et al., 9/2 Lincoln (Tyler W.M.A.) fide RJS.
	avian information	2003-05-01			Le Sueur	5/1 Le Sueur (first county record) Relatively good showing for second consecutive spring. All reports: 4/27–29 Big Stone (near Ortonville) PCC, PHS, KJB, 5/1 Le Sueur (St. Peter lagoons) KJB, 5/2 Traverse (Mud L.) KJB, JEB, RBJ, 5/10 Dakota (L. Byllesby) ADS, JPM, 5/16 St. Louis (Hearding Is., Duluth) DAG, 5/24–25 St. Louis (Park Pt., Duluth) m.ob.
	avian information	2003-05-02			Traverse	5/2 Traverse (second county record) Relatively good showing for second consecutive spring. All reports: 4/27–29 Big Stone (near Ortonville) PCC, PHS, KJB, 5/1 Le Sueur (St. Peter lagoons) KJB, 5/2 Traverse (Mud L.) KJB, JEB, RBJ, 5/10 Dakota (L. Byllesby) ADS, JPM, 5/16 St. Louis (Hearding Is., Duluth) DAG, 5/24–25 St. Louis (Park Pt., Duluth) m.ob.
	avian information	2005-03-20	2005-05-15		Kandiyohi	3/20, 5/15 Kandiyohi (first county record) All reports: 5/4 Jackson (CR 2) ET, 5/5–6 Winona (Mud L.) DBz, m.obs., 5/6, 5/16, 5/19 Dakota (2 or 3 different birds at L. Byllesby) m.ob, 5/15 Kandiyohi (section 21, T117N R33W) RSF.
	avian information	2005-05-05	2005-05-06		Winona	5/5-6 Winona (first county record) All reports: 5/4 Jackson (CR 2) ET, 5/5–6 Winona (Mud L.) DBz, m.obs., 5/6, 5/16, 5/19 Dakota (2 or 3 different birds at L. Byllesby) m.ob, 5/15 Kandiyohi (section 21, T117N R33W) RSF.
	avian information	2007-06-10	2007-06-13		Brown	6/10-13 Brown (first county record) All reports: 6/1–2 St. Louis (Park Point, Duluth) PHS, 6/10–13 Brown (Sleepy Eye W.T.P.) ph. †BTS.
	avian information	2008-04-28			Brown	4/28 Brown (second county record) All reports: 4/28 Brown (2, Sleepy Eye W.T.P.) ph. BTS, 5/4–17 St. Louis (Park Point, Duluth) †PHS, MSS, WCM, m.ob., 5/8 Polk (Crookston W.T.P.) ph. †DLT.
	avian information	2008-09-07			Brown	9/7 Brown (third county record) Only documented report: 9/7 Brown †BTS.
	avian information	2009-05-03	2009-05-19		Kandiyohi	5/3-19 Kandiyohi (second county record) All south reports: 4/25 Lac qui Parle MJB, 5/3–4 Kandiyohi (near Pennock) LS, m.ob., 5/3–19 Kandiyohi (at least 3, Olson Lake W.P.A.) HHD, m.ob., 5/17 Cottonwood (Talcot Lake W.M.A.) DPG. All north reports: 5/1 Becker (Detroit Lakes City Beach) BDS, 5/14–16 St. Louis (Park Point, Duluth) m.ob.
	avian information	2009-05-17			Cottonwood	5/17 Cottonwood (first county record) All south reports: 4/25 Lac qui Parle MJB, 5/3–4 Kandiyohi (near Pennock) LS, m.ob., 5/3–19 Kandiyohi (at least 3, Olson Lake W.P.A.) HHD, m.ob., 5/17 Cottonwood (Talcot Lake W.M.A.) DPG. All north reports: 5/1 Becker (Detroit Lakes City Beach) BDS, 5/14–16 St. Louis (Park Point, Duluth) m.ob.
	avian information	2009-07-31			Rice	7/31 Rice (second county record) Only report: 7/31 Rice TFB.
	avian information	2009-08-01			Rice	8/1 Rice (third county record) Two reports: 8/1 Rice TFB, 9/24–29 (record late) St. Louis (2, Park Point, Duluth) CRu, PLJ.
	avian information	2011-08-12			Nobles	8/12 Nobles (second county record) First county records 9/7 Itasca (Side Lake) PLe, 9/22 Sherburne (Sherburne N.W.R.) RBJ. Also reported south 8/12 Nobles (Round Lake) RBJ.
	avian information	2011-09-07			Itasca	9/7 Itasca (first county record) First county records 9/7 Itasca (Side Lake) PLe, 9/22 Sherburne (Sherburne N.W.R.) RBJ. Also reported south 8/12 Nobles (Round Lake) RBJ.
	avian information	2011-09-22			Sherburne	9/22 Sherburne (first county record) First county records 9/7 Itasca (Side Lake) PLe, 9/22 Sherburne (Sherburne N.W.R.) RBJ. Also reported south 8/12 Nobles (Round Lake) RBJ.
	avian information	2012-04-20			Swift	4/20 Swift (second county record) Two reports, both before recent early south median 5/4:4/20 Swift (ad. male, Lubenow W.P.A.) DLP, 4/26 Lyon RJS.
	avian information	2013-05-20			Sherburne	5/20 Sherburne (second county record) Only report: 5/20 Sherburne (Princeton W.T.P.) PLJ.
	avian information	2016-05-22			Kandiyohi	5/22 Kandiyohi (third county record) All reports: 5/7 Stearns (one at Lake Maria and up to 2 at Getchell Lake) ph. AaL, ph. ABm, ph. JlB, ph. MJB, ph. ToL,, 5/21–23 St. Louis (Minnesota Point) FJN, ph. JLK, ph. BeA, 5/22 Kandiyohi (Robbins Island Park) ph. JWd, ph. BAb
	avian information	2017-08-27			Lake of the Woods	8/27 Lake of the Woods (second fall record) One north report 8/27 Lake of the Woods (Zippel Bay S.P.) LiH, ASu. One south report 8/20 Lac qui Parle (Salt Lake) ToL.
	avian information	2019-05-04			Watonwan	5/4 Watonwan (first county record) All reports 5/4 Watonwan (1, 320th St. Marsh) STa, ph. BHe, m.ob., 5/9–10 St. Louis (max. 2, Park Point) ph. RHg, m.ob., 5/16–17 (1, flooded field near Aitkin) ANy, DBz, ph. EGa, m.ob.
	avian information	2020-04-17			Rock	4/17 Rock (second county record) All reports: 4/17 Rock (Ash Creek farm pond) ph. †REn, RLF, 4/23 Pipestone (Pipestone W.T.P.) VKl, ph. †NMe, ph. †KEm, 4/27 Lyon (Green Valley W.M.A.) ph. †NMe, m.ob., 5/3 Freeborn (State-line Lake) ph. †PEJ, 5/14 Dakota/Goodhue (Lake Byllesby R.P.) WCM, †PRH, ph. PAl, m.ob., 5/15 Swift (Marsh Lake Dam) WGe.
	avian information	2020-04-23			Pipestone	4/23 Pipestone (second county record) All reports: 4/17 Rock (Ash Creek farm pond) ph. †REn, RLF, 4/23 Pipestone (Pipestone W.T.P.) VKl, ph. †NMe, ph. †KEm, 4/27 Lyon (Green Valley W.M.A.) ph. †NMe, m.ob., 5/3 Freeborn (State-line Lake) ph. †PEJ, 5/14 Dakota/Goodhue (Lake Byllesby R.P.) WCM, †PRH, ph. PAl, m.ob., 5/15 Swift (Marsh Lake Dam) WGe.
	avian information	2020-05-03			Freeborn	5/3 Freeborn (first county record) All reports: 4/17 Rock (Ash Creek farm pond) ph. †REn, RLF, 4/23 Pipestone (Pipestone W.T.P.) VKl, ph. †NMe, ph. †KEm, 4/27 Lyon (Green Valley W.M.A.) ph. †NMe, m.ob., 5/3 Freeborn (State-line Lake) ph. †PEJ, 5/14 Dakota/Goodhue (Lake Byllesby R.P.) WCM, †PRH, ph. PAl, m.ob., 5/15 Swift (Marsh Lake Dam) WGe.
	avian information	2020-05-15			Swift	5/15 Swift (third county record) All reports: 4/17 Rock (Ash Creek farm pond) ph. †REn, RLF, 4/23 Pipestone (Pipestone W.T.P.) VKl, ph. †NMe, ph. †KEm, 4/27 Lyon (Green Valley W.M.A.) ph. †NMe, m.ob., 5/3 Freeborn (State-line Lake) ph. †PEJ, 5/14 Dakota/Goodhue (Lake Byllesby R.P.) WCM, †PRH, ph. PAl, m.ob., 5/15 Swift (Marsh Lake Dam) WGe.
	avian information	2020-07-21			Chippewa	7/21 Chippewa (first county record) New county record 7/21 Chippewa (Shakopee Lake) †MJB, RAE.
	avian information	2021-05-15			Steele	5/15 Steele (first county record) All south 4/24–25 Dakota/Goodhue (2, Lake Byllesby) †DAB, m.ob., 5/1 Renville (1, Bird Island W.T.P.) ph. DWK, m.ob., 5/15 Steele (Armstrong Wetland Restoration) LiH, 5/16 Big Stone (1, near Correll) JCC. One north report 5/14–16 St. Louis (1, banded female at Park Point) JLK, PHS, m.ob.
	12:34	1940	index			The Status of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) on Minnesota Point
	18:11	1946	index			Additional Observations on the Nesting of Piping Plovers in Duluth
	20:79-81	1948	index			A Killdeer Egg in a Piping Plover Nest
	35:71	1963	index			Piping Plover in Minneapolis
	51:74-78	1979	index			Notes on the Nesting Ecology of the Piping Plover
	51:144-145	1979	index			Observations from Pine/Curry Islands - Lake of the Woods
	54:37-39	1982	index			New Colonies in Lake of the Woods
	56:106-109	1984	index			Status and Reproductive Success of the Piping Plover in Lake of the Woods
	58:94	1986	index			Piping Plover in Hennepin County
	59:113-117	1987	index			Population Studies of Piping Plovers at Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, 1982-1987
	94:115	2022-09-22		Kalmar Reservoir near the intersection of 19th Street NW and 70th Avenue NW	Olmsted	(record #2022-086, vote 3-4). Lateness suggests caution when evaluating the observation. While possibly a correct identification, the Committee generally believed additional details would be required to eliminate Semipalmated Plover.	Not Accepted
	avian information	2022-09-22			Olmsted	9/22 Olmsted (fourth county record) No reports.
	avian information	2023-06-22			Beltrami	6/22 Beltrami (first county record)
	avian information	2023-08-17			Cook	8/17 Cook (first county record)

	Rare breeder north. Rare migrant throughout. State designation: Endangered. Federal designations: Great Lakes population, Endangered; Northern Great Plains population, Threatened.

Notes:

The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source.
	'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings
	'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings
	Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander
	Sighting records for ()
	Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added.
	Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander