Families |
Species: Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons |
Tricolored Heron |
Tricolored Heron (A) (Egretta tricolor) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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1 | MOU | 1963-05-10 | 1963-05-24 | Agassiz N.W.R. | Marshall | The Loon 36:106 | Accepted | ||
2 | Janssen | 1971-06-12 | 1971-06-20 | Thief Lake W.M.A. | Marshall | The Loon 43:93 | Accepted | ||
avian information | 1971-06-12 | Marshall | 6/12 Marshall (second state record) (second county record) RBJ and others observed an adult at Thief Lake Wildlife Area, Marshall Co. on 6-12; only the second state record; could this be the same bird that was seen at Agassiz Refuge only a few miles away in the 1960's? (see Notes Of Interest The Loon 43:93) | ||||||
avian information | 1977-06-20 | 1977-07-24 | Grant | 6/20-7/24 Grant (third state record) (first county record) On 6-20 C. Bergman found 3 at Pelican L., Grant Co. (4 seen later that day by GO), which resulted in many (but not all) observers seeing this species here into July (last seen on 7-24 in nearby Otter Tail Co., S. Millard); only the third state record. | |||||
3 | MOU | 1977-06-20 | 1977-07-24 | Pelican Lake and vicinity | Otter Tail | Grant | Grant and Otter Tail counties The Loon 49:168, 50:10 | Accepted | |
4 | MOU | 1981-05-04 | 1981-05-08 | Sherburne N.W.R. | Sherburne | The Loon 53:171 | Accepted | ||
5 | MOU | 1982-05-20 | 1982-05-23 | Osage | Becker | The Loon 54:188 | Accepted | ||
avian information | 1982-05-20 | 1982-05-22 | Becker | 5/20-22 Becker (sixth state record) (first county record) 4-20, 21 Becker JP, J. Mittleholtz. Louisiana Heron, 20 May.1982, Osage, Becker Co. -photo by JeH Mittelholtz | |||||
6 | 56:17 | 1983-07-03 | 1983-07-12 | near Alden | Freeborn | (vote 7-0; Loon 55: 179180). | Accepted | ||
avian information | 1983-07-07 | 1983-07-12 | Freeborn | 7/7-12 Freeborn (seventh state record) (first county record) | |||||
7 | 56:160 | 1984-05-04 | Plymouth | Hennepin | (vote 5-2; The Loon 56:196). | Accepted | |||
8 | MOU | 1986-06-24 | 1986-08-24 | Agassiz N.W.R. | Marshall | The Loon 59:49 | Accepted | ||
9 | 61:121 | 1989-05-04 | 1989-05-07 | Bloomington | Hennepin | (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:82). | Accepted | ||
avian information | 1989-05-04 | 1989-05-20 | Hennepin | 5/4-20 Hennepin (tenth state record) (second county record) Reported 5/4-20 Bloomington, Hennepin Co. TH, m.ob. (The Loon 61 :82). | |||||
10 | 63:41 | 1990-07-28 | 1990-07-29 | near New Germany | Carver | (vote 7-0; The Loon 62:233) . | Accepted | ||
avian information | 1990-08-07 | Carver | 8/7 Carver (twelfth state record) (second county record) | ||||||
11 | 64:138 | 1992-05-25 | Winona | Winona | (vote 5-2; The Loon 64:171-172). | Accepted | |||
12 | 70:156 | 1998-05-09 | Louisville Swamp | Scott | (record #98-45, vote 7–0, The Loon 70:170–171). | Accepted | |||
avian information | 1998-05-09 | 1998-05-16 | Scott | 5/9, 16 Scott (fourteenth state record) (first county record) Reported 5/9 Scott (Louisville Swamp) BF (The Loon 70:170–171). | |||||
13 | 73:35 | 2000-05-29 | 2000-06-04 | Hastings | Dakota | (record #200052, vote 7–0, The Loon 72:242–243) | Accepted | ||
14 | 73:168 | 2001-05-21 | near Two Harbors | Lake | (record #2001-26, vote 7–0, The Loon 73:182–183). | Accepted | |||
15 | 79:123 | 2007-06-05 | 2007-06-08 | Black Rush Lake W.P.A. | Lyon | (record #2007-038, vote 7–0). | Accepted | ||
16 | 84:107 | 2012-05-19 | Succonix WMA (north unit), Clearwater Township | Wright | (record #2012-015, vote 5–2). Although seen only in flight, the observer's documentation is adequate to support the identification. Considerable weight was given to the observer's previous experience with this species in southern states. First county record; sixteenth state record; and ninth spring record. The most recent previous record was in 2007. | Accepted | |||
17 | 89:87 | 2017-04-22 | 2017-04-23 | Slaughter Slough | Murray | (record #2017-030, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. First county record. | Accepted | ||
avian information | 2017-04-23 | Murray | 4/23 Murray (first county record) The first record since 2012 was found 4/22–23 Murray (Slaughter Slough) ph. KeA (The Loon 89:87–91). | ||||||
18 | 93:115 | 2022-08-09 | 2022-08-11 | Watonwan WMA | Blue Earth | (record #2022-077, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. First county record. | Accepted | ||
avian information | 2022-08-09 | 2022-08-10 | Blue Earth | 8/9, 10 Blue Earth (first county record) The first fall record since 1990 was an adult discovered 8/9–10 Blue Earth (Watonwan W.P.A.) BSa, †EzH, ph. †KEm, ph. †CRM, ph. †BLz, ph. RZi. | |||||
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  | Seventeen records: ten spring, one spring-summer, five summer, and one summer-fall. Recorded in two (2012, 2017) of the last ten years. |
The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source. | ||
'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander | ||
Sighting records for () | ||
Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added. | ||
Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander |