The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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High Count Archive for The Loon - Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows | ||
| This is the 1930 to present species high count report archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members. |
| Families |
| Species: Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows |
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Canada Jay Blue Jay |
Black-billed Magpie American Crow |
Common Raven |
| Common Raven(Corvus corax) | |||||
| - - - Spring - - - | |||||
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| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 46 | 2023-03-30 | St. Louis County, WSHC--Enger Tower,46.7741863,-92.1238160 | McLaughlin | ||
| 41 | 2020-04-24 | St. Louis County, WSHC--Thompson Hill,46.7289703,-92.2050762 | Richardson | Migrants | |
| 40 | 2015-05-18 | St. Louis County, International Wolf Centre,47.9054399,-91.8293524 | Egmond | ||
| 35 | 2022-03-17 | St. Louis County, WSHC--Enger Tower,46.7741863,-92.1238160 | McLaughlin | ||
| 30 | 2019-03-01 | Koochiching County, CR-17, Mizpah (47.936, -94.231),47.9359409,-94.231169 | Varghese | ||
| 30 | 2019-03-06 | St. Louis County, WSHC--Enger Tower,46.7741863,-92.123816 | Nicoletti | Perhaps a dozen migrants. | |
| 29 | 2013-03-12 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.2333454,-92.7097124 | Lima | ||
| 25 | 2014-03-01 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.2333454,-92.7097124 | Schultz | ||
| 23 | 2015-03-01 | St. Louis County, Friends of Sax-Zim Bog,47.1458992,-92.7267366 | Deneui | ||
| 23 | 2018-03-16 | St. Louis County, WSHC--Thompson Hill,46.7289703,-92.2050762 | Nicoletti | Migrants | |
| 21 | 2014-03-22 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.1927783,-92.6346232 | Bruhnke | ||
| 20 | 2011-03-06 | Aitkin County | Kieser | One field south of Palisade | |
| 15 | 2008-03-01 | Carlton County | Claus | Ditchbank Rd | |
| - - - Summer - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 35 | 2005-06-15 | Itasca County | Meyer | ||
| 35 | 2017-06-17 | Clearwater County, US-Minnesota-Gonvick-129th Avenue - 47.833x-95.516,47.833047, | MacAulay | ||
| 31 | 2021-06-18 | Roseau County | Hertzel | With TBH | |
| 30 | 2021-07-30 | Hubbard County, Willow Road--Pond, Fields and Cemetery,47.2084325,-94.7652340 | Engdahl | ||
| 30 | 2014-06-18 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.1927783,-92.6346232 | Zimmerman | ||
| 20 | 2013-07-06 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.1927783,-92.6346232 | Vrieze | ||
| 20 | 2016-06-09 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.2212004,-92.7009201 | Scott | ||
| 15 | 1976-06-26 | Cook County, Aspen Lake dump | Janssen | ||
| 15 | 2005-06-04 | Koochiching County | Hertzel | One pair of Common Ravens submitted as probable breeding | |
| - - - Fall - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 209 | 2014-11-20 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census | |
| 192 | 2020-10-08 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | HRBO | Lots of corvid movement | |
| 139 | 2016-10-18 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census | |
| 126 | 2017-10-08 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Bardon | Exact count of migrants throughout the day | |
| 125 | 2022-10-30 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | McLaughlin | migrants, the boisterous large corvid with heavy bill and wedge shaped tail | |
| 121 | 2021-10-17 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | HRBO | The first day with a strong movement throughout the count, often with kettles of | |
| 116 | 2017-10-06 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Lamoreaux | Large numbers of migrants today - exact count | |
| 112 | 2018-10-23 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Richardson | ||
| 107 | 2013-10-19 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census | |
| 104 | 2014-10-18 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census | |
| 96 | 2014-11-12 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census | |
| 84 | 2016-10-08 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census | |
| 83 | 2012-10-29 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge/Lester River census | Bardon | peak day for season (season total 1279, highest since Hawk Ridge/Lester River ce | |
| 82 | 2013-11-03 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census | |
| 81 | 2015-11-20 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census | |
| 76 | 2012-11-26 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Bardon | ||
| 72 | 2012-10-31 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge/Lester River Census | |
| 62 | 2011-10-20 | St. Louis County | Bardon | HRNR-Lester River Count | |
| 60 | 2007-11-16 | Lake County | Kieser | Castle Danger Landfill | |
| 50 | 1974-09-21 | St. Louis County, Eagle Lake | Janssen | ||
| 50 | 1977-10-26 | Cook County, Tofte | Janssen | at dump | |
| - - - Winter - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 150 | 2004-01-08 | St. Louis County | Orf | Sax | |
| 120 | 2017-12-14 | Itasca County | Lamey | Large group heading to roost (?) well after sunset | |
| 100 | 2006-02-18 | St. Louis County, St. Louis,47.64747,-92.44128 | Peterson | ||
| 88 | 2007-12-29 | Roseau County | Joppru | ||
| 86 | 2012-01-16 | Crow Wing County, Dean Lake Twp | Janssen | ||
| 82 | 2017-12-02 | St. Louis County, Stoney Point,46.92415,-91.81746 | Reed | steady southbound movement, groups up to 15 individuals | |
| 75 | 2018-12-31 | Lake of the Woods County, Lake of the Woods landfill,48.6618156,-94.8408518 | eBird | ||
| 63 | 2015-01-02 | Lake of the Woods County | Joppru | ||
| 61 | 2017-02-21 | St. Louis County, WSHC--Enger Tower,46.7741863,-92.123816 | Reed | *count of presumed active migrants -- hourly totals = 0, 18, 8, 8, 17, 10 | |
| 60 | 2013-01-23 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.1927783,-92.6346232 | Brenner | ||
| 52 | 2016-12-30 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.2212004,-92.7009201 | Dobson | ||
| 50 | 2017-02-11 | St. Louis County, Lake Nichols Road,47.0994607,-92.5595599 | Peterson | ||
| Permanent resident mostly north. | |||||
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