Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Sandpipers
Occurrence
This is the 1930 to present seasonal report 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
Cranes
Stilts, Avocets
Plovers
Sandpipers
Jaegers
Alcids
Gulls, Terns
Loons
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storks
Frigatebirds
Cormorants
Pelicans
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Barn Owls
Screech-Owls, Owls
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Caracaras, Falcons
Flycatchers
Shrikes
Vireos
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Larks
Martins, Swallows
Chickadees, Titmice
Nuthatches
Creepers
Wrens
Gnatcatchers
Dippers
Kinglets
Old World Flycatchers
Thrushes
Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Starlings
Waxwings
Old World Sparrows
Pipits
Finches
Snow Buntings and Longspurs
Towhees, Sparrows
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds, Orioles
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Seasons
Species: Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
[Calidris sandpiper]
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
[Limnodromus dowitcher]
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

[Limnodromus dowitcher](Limnodromus sp.)
YearSeasonNS
1983Fall8/1 Anoka SC, 8/19 and 8/25 Lake SW/ MS, 9/6 Polk AB, 9/25 Roseau AJ, Lake of the Woods KSS. Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 9/16/83, Duluth, Nestor Hiemenz
1998Spring Unusual report 4/3 Jackson KB (most likely a Long-billed but would be record early for either species).
2002Spring Unidentified birds in six counties including 4/20 Cass (1) SWS, 5/11 Cottonwood (20) EPD et al., 5/13 Traverse (51) KJB.
2002Fall Reported 8/4 Roseau (9) PHS, 8/1 (25), 8/15 (22) Jackson KJB.
2003Spring Unidentified dowitchers 5/18 Marshall (250 at Agassiz N.W.R.) JEB, RBJ, JMJ.
2003Fall Dowitchers found during peak migration period for Long-billeds, but reported without details as Short-billeds, included 9/15 Becker (28), 9/24–29 Olmsted (max. 10), 10/10 Aitkin. Fifty dowitchers were prudently left unidentified during shorebird surveys in western Minnesota, including 9/27 Big Stone/Lac qui Parle (21) PCC.
2004Spring Short-billeds reported without details 4/17 Mower fell within the peak migration period for Long-billeds. Unidentified dowitchers 5/9 Otter Tail, 5/22 Carlton, and on four Big Stone surveys including 5/16 (16) PHS et al.
2004Fall Reported 9/12 Lac qui Parle WCM, 9/26 Brown BTS, 10/20 Rock LBF. A total of 71 dowitchers were prudently left unidentified during shorebird surveys in western Minnesota, including 9/11 Traverse (30) PCC.
2005Spring Unidentified dowitchers on several shorebird surveys, including 5/19 Big Stone (6) and Lac qui Parle (38) PHS, 5/23 Rock (6) PHS.
2005Fall A total of 1/4 dowitchers in October were prudently left unidentified during shorebird surveys in western Minnesota; most were probably Long-billeds, but see above.
2006Fall A total of 196 unidentified during shorebird surveys in western Minnesota (PCC, PHS), including 65 probable Long-billeds in October.
2011Spring3
2011Fall2
2012Spring5
2012Summer1 Observed 7/22 Carver (34) JCy.
2012Fall1
2014Summer1Observed 7/14 McLeod (3) RBW, 7/17 McLeod (2) PRH.
 
 

Notes:

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Column N  Number of counties where the bird was seen in the North.
Column S  Number of counties where the bird was seen in the South.