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 - Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
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: Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
| Smew(Mergellus albellus) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
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| 1999 | Spring | First state record 3/17 Jackson (Anderson Marsh) KB. | ||
| 2002 | Fall | An adult female associating with Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, and Common Mergansers was shot by a hunter 11/6 St. Louis (Island L., north of Duluth). Examination in the hand (KRE, JWL) revealed evidence of prior captivity (The Loon 75:44–45). | ||
| 2004 | Spring | Adult male with clipped right hallux (indicating previous captivity) seen 3/11–12 Olmsted (L. Shady in Oronoco) CAK, ph. RLE, m.obs., then 3/14–17 at Silver Lake in Rochester. This is the second documented occurrence of an escaped or released Smew in Minnesota. | ||
| One spring record (1999). | ||||
| Click on the bird name to see a photographic image of the bird. | |
| 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. |