[Chukar](Alectoris chukar) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1961 | Fall | | | Thirteen were seen at Ely, St. Louis County on 28 Oct by Avifauna! Club. GRUIFORMES: Five of the 8 species known to occur in Minnesota were reported. |
1962 | Fall | | | Nov. 1, Ely, St. Louis Co., small flock, Bob Janssen. |
1962 | Winter | | | Dec. 31, Ely, St. Louis Co., Avifauna! Club; Feb. 2, Ely, Avifauna) Club and Janet Green. |
1963 | Spring | | | still present at Ely, St. Louis County. Only 2 seen there on May 5, by Avifaunal Club and Jan Green, possibly indicating that nesting had begun. |
1963 | Winter | | | Feb 29, Ely, St. Louis Co., 7 seen, Brother Theodore. |
1964 | Spring | | | 5-30 Ely, St. Louis Co, 2, JCG. |
1964 | Summer | | | 7-10, Ely, St. Louis Co, ad and ly, Will Chester. |
1966 | Spring | | | two reports from White Bear in mid-May and one was photographed in south Minneapolis, appeared in Richfield newspaper; all are presumed escapees from some local game farm. |
1966 | Summer | | | 8-20 Ely, St. Louis Co, 2 ad-2ly, RG, DB, BL. |
1966 | Winter | | | 2-18 Ely, St. Louis Co., 9, RBJ. |
1967 | Spring | | | 3-4 Ely, St. Louis Co., 10, EHH; their last stronghold. |
1968 | Winter | | | St. Louis (Ely) 17 DB, RG, BL. |
1970 | Fall | | | 1-10 (8) K&JG, DAB; 2-14 (7) KRE; Ely, St. Louis Co. |
1970 | Winter | | | 1-10 (8) K&JG, DAB; 2-14 (7) KRE; Ely, St. Louis Co. |
1971 | Fall | | | 10-22 Elv (9\ RBJ. |
1971 | Winter | | | 1-11 (6) Ely FN. |
1973 | Fall | | | 9-4 Ely (14) (RBJ). One of the few reports of this species in recent years. |
1973 | Winter | | | 7 of the resident flock at Ely, St. Louis Co. seen 12-27 (TS). |
1974 | Summer | | | Reported once from Ely on 6-18 (BDC); in recent years the birds at Ely have become difficult to locate and may be dying out. |
1974 | Fall | | | 11-12 Sartell Stearns Co. NH (probable escape or release). |
1974 | Winter | | | 3 found at Ely, St. Louis Co. on 1-18 (RG). |
1976 | Fall | | | 11-12 Ely, St. Louis Co. TS. |
1976 | Winter | | | Still hanging on at Ely with 1 seen on 1-23 (TS). |
1977 | Summer | | | One seen on 7-16 at Ely (KE); this may well have been the last sighting of this introduced species; at the time of this writing (March 1978) there have been no reports by local residents since last summer. |
1978 | Fall | | | St. Louis (Ely) 5-6 reported during fall season fide Bill Toeft; first report for several seasons. |
1979 | Winter | | | Two were seen 12-7 along railroad tracks near an abandoned open pit mine between Aurora and Biwabik, about 35 miles from their last known location at Ely (J. Gross). |
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