Rufous Hummingbird(Selasphorus rufus) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1974 | Fall | | | 8-4 Itasca Mrs. Elizabeth Wachsberger. |
1978 | Summer | | | 10-11 through 25 Beltrami near Bemidji RJ, SM, TS, ES, DGW. Also reported Washington and Cass (See Loon, Vol. 51 No. 1). |
1978 | Fall | | | 10-11 through 25 Beltrami near Bemidji RJ, SM, TS, ES, DGW. Also reported Washington and Cass (See Loon, Vol. 51 No. 1). |
1979 | Summer | | | Seen in St. Louis on 6-16 (Loon 51: 197). |
1980 | Fall | | | One bird coming to a feeder in Bloomington, Hennepin County 10-14 RJ, 10-17 DB, OJ, 10-18 AJ, GS, 10-20 VL (see THE LOON, Vol. 52, No. 4, p. 187). |
1985 | Summer | | | Seen from 7/30-8/1 in Cook (The Loon 57:177). |
1986 | Fall | | | 9/16-23 Zumbro Falls, Wabasha Co. (I male) L. Martinson, m.ob. (The Loon 58: 200-201). |
1990 | Summer | | | An individual at a feeder in North Branch, Chisago Co., 7/17-19 (The Loon 62:170). |
1992 | Fall | | | Two reports! 8/21–23 West Twin Lake, Crow Wing County JS (The Loon 65:47–48), 8/23–24 Lake Mazaska, Rice County FKS et al (The Loon 64:235). |
1999 | Summer | | | Earliest fall date on record for this species 7/15–22 Cook (near Cascade S.P.) fide KMH. A photograph of this bird was published in the Cook County News-Herald. |
2009 | Fall | | 1 | Adult male at feeder near Camden S.P. in Lyon 8/2–28 BMe, ph. BSc. First record in 10 years. |
2013 | Summer | 1 | | Observed 7/24–26 St. Louis (Duluth) fide PHS. Found by Jerry Lundgren Sr., and photographed by Joyce Johnson. |
2014 | Fall | | 2 | Two records of this Accidental species, both well-photographed adult males frequenting feeders and both providing first county records: 9/13–11/5 Le Sueur SMN, †TAT, ph. †RMD, †PCC, ph. †MJM, and digital images from nine more observers (see The Loon 87:91); 11/8–11 Ramsey (St. Paul) TeW, ph. †RMD, ph. †PEB, plus photographs from four more observers. |
2015 | Summer | | 1 | Reported 7/28 Mower (adult male arrived at feeder after an early morning storm with strong SW winds) ph. DHp (pending acceptance). |
2016 | Fall | | 1 | First county record of this Accidental species: 10/10–12/2 Isanti (adult female, Athens Twp.) JqB, ph. EEO, ph. RZi, plus photographs from ten additional observers contributed through eBird. |
2016 | Winter | | 1 | One report: 12/2 Isanti (adult female, Athens Twp.; continuing from October–November) ph. JqB, PRH. |
2017 | Summer | | 1 | Observed 7/24–26 Hennepin (adult male, Corcoran) v.t. HMa, ph. †LiH, ASu. |
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  | Nineteen records: seven summer, one summer-fall, ten fall, and one fall-winter. Recorded in six of the last ten years, most recently 2017. Four additional records of Selasphorus sp. Formerly Accidental. |