Purple Sandpiper(Calidris maritima) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1966 | Winter | | | 12-17 (JCG), 12-19 (DP) Grand Marais, Cook Co.; first state record, specimen collected for Museum of Natural History. |
1977 | Fall | | | 11-14 to 11-17 Big Sandy Lake, Aitkin Co (Steve Blanich et al). |
1981 | Fall | | | 10-30 Duluth TW, many observers. |
1991 | Fall | | | Minnesota's fourth record appeared at Grand Marais, Cook County 11/21-23 KMH et al. (The Loon 64:56-57). |
2006 | Fall | | | Fifth state record and earliest ever by more than a month 9/26–29 Cass (L. Winnibigoshish at Bena) v.t. †BAW; this cooperative juvenile was refound and photographed by m.ob., with written documentation also provided by PBB, PCC, PHS, DTT, and SMT. |
2011 | Fall | | 1 | A juvenile discovered 10/15 Swift (Lubenow W.P.A.) DBM was documented and photographed by m.ob. It was last seen 10/27. Sixth state record. |
2012 | Spring | 1 | | Basic-plumaged bird photographed 3/17 Lake (Split Rock Lighthouse S.P.) HPi. Seventh state and first spring record for Minnesota. |
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  | Eight records: one spring, six fall, and one winter. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2014. |