Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon - Cormorants
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.
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Seasons
Species: Cormorants
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant(Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
YearSeasonNS
1992Summer First state record discovered on 7/16 at L. Vadnais, Ramsey Co. KB (The Loon 64:176–178).
1992Fall First state record (see Summer Season). Reported through 8/4 Ramsey fide RJ (The Loon 64:176–178).
2003Fall Second state record 8/12+ Lac qui Parle (2 adults at Big Stone N.W.R.) †KJB, m.obs. (The Loon 76:46). The same observer found the state's first in July 1992! Photographed by DAC, JPM, and others, with written documentation 8/13, 8/23 (†PCC), 8/16 (†PHS), and on six dates through 10/6 (†BJU).
2004Fall Third state record 8/15 Big Stone (adult in Otrey Township) †PHS, †PCC, ph. KRE, m.ob. Location is less than ten miles from Big Stone N.W.R., where two adults were found 12 August 2003 (The Loon 76:46).
2007Spring1 Fourth state record 5/9–18 Hennepin (Diamond L., Richfield) †PEB, ph. TPB, †CMB, ph. †JPM, ph. †PHS, m.ob. (The Loon 79:237–238)
2012Spring1 Fifth state record 3/30–31 Murray (Current Lake) ph. †CRM.
2019Summer1 Observed 7/27–31+ Hennepin (Richfield Lake) ph. †BAF, †PRH, †EzH, ph. †DWK, ph. †CRM, ph. DnS.
 
 Five records: two spring, one summer-fall, and two fall. Recorded in one (2012) of the last ten years. Formerly Casual.

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.