Occurrence
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles |
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 |
| Species: Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles |
| Mississippi Kite(Ictinia mississippiensis) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Spring | Second record for the state 5-24 Olmsted Co. RBJ, B. Pieper. | ||
| 1980 | Spring | 3-25 Traverse S. Greenfield, S. Schon. | ||
| 1986 | Spring | 5/10 Ramsey BL, RG, E. McKenzie (The Loon 58: 140); 5/14 Fillmore AMP (The Loon 58:134). | ||
| 1986 | Fall | Reported 8/19 Fillmore AP, (The Loon 58: 192-194). | ||
| 1991 | Fall | Reported 8/30 Duluth, Hawk Ridge, first record for northern Minnesota (The Loon 63:282-283). | ||
| 1992 | Fall | Reported 9/11 Wabasha AM (The Loon 64:234). | ||
| 1993 | Fall | One reported 9/5 again from Hawk Ridge. | ||
| 1994 | Spring | Reported 5/12 Felton Prairie, Clay Co.BMe (The Loon 66:152). | ||
| 1994 | Fall | Reported 8/6 Roseau (ad.) AH, PS, (The Loon 67:119), 9/16 Anoka (imm.) KB (The Loon 66:214–215). | ||
| 1996 | Fall | Reported 9/9 HRNR, St. Louis Co. (juvenile) FN (The Loon 68:215–216). | ||
| 1998 | Spring | Only documented report: 5/17 Marshall (Agassiz NWR) AH. | ||
| 1998 | Summer | First summer record for this species: adult on 6/29 near Duluth in St. Louis Co. PS (The Loon 71:50–51). | ||
| 2000 | Spring | Adult seen 5/14 Hennepin (Minnesota Valley NWR) †SC, †TT (The Loon 72:245–246). | ||
| 2000 | Fall | One adult 9/11 St. Louis (HRNR, Duluth) †FN et al. was the fifth fall occurrence at Hawk Ridge since 1990, all of these between 8/30 and 9/15. | ||
| 2002 | Spring | Single adults seen 4/26 Hennepin (state highways 7 & 101) †AXH, †SKS, 5/27 Otter Tail (Western Twp.) †SPM. | ||
| 2002 | Summer | Second summer record (first was in 1998); observed 6/9 Hennepin (Golden Valley) †TPB. | ||
| 2004 | Fall | Three different juveniles at H.R.B.O. — 8/30, 9/7, 9/8 †FJN et al. The 9/8 bird was identifiably photographed. | ||
| 2008 | Spring | 1 | Only report: 5/3 Hennepin (adult at Bass Ponds) †MAO. | |
| 2008 | Fall | 1 | 1 | Two singles reported from H.R.B.O. in St Louis on consecutive days: 9/8 †KJB, †ABL and 9/9 KJB, ph. †ABL. One south report 9/17 Ramsey (juv. in Mounds View) †AXH. |
| 2010 | Fall | 1 | Only report: 9/1 St. Louis (H.R.B.O.) †KJB, CRu, ABL (The Loon 83:47). | |
| 2011 | Summer | 1 | Observed 6/6 Hennepin (first-summer bird at Lake Girard Park, Bloomington) †CLW. | |
| 2011 | Fall | 2 | Only reports: 9/15 St. Louis (adult, Hawk Ridge) †KJB, 9/27 – 10/4 Morrison (adult near Bowlus) †FGo. | |
| 2012 | Fall | 1 | Two documented reports, both from H.R.N.R. in St. Louis: 9/6 (juv.) ph. CAR, KJB, 9/16 (juv.) ph. †KJB, ph. ABL. | |
| 2013 | Fall | 1 | Two documented reports both from H.R.N.R. 8/27 St. Louis †KJB, CAR and 9/4 St. Louis †KJB, CAR. | |
| 2014 | Spring | 2 | Only report was of one seen 5/21 Blue Earth (Land of Memories Park, Mankato) ph. †ChH, AnK, m.ob. that was observed flying north into Nicollet ChH. | |
| 2015 | Fall | 1 | One late record 9/21 St. Louis (juvenile, H.R.B.O.) ph. †KJB, JFr, ClN. | |
| 2018 | Spring | 1 | Only report: 5/26 St. Louis (W.S.H.C.) †FJN. | |
| 2019 | Summer | 1 |  Flyover 6/6 St. Louis (Martin Rd., just W of Rice Lake Rd.) †DOK (The Loon 92:43). | |
| Forty-one records: 14 spring, 3 summer, and 24 fall. Recorded in eight of the last ten years, most recently 2018. | ||||
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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. |