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 - Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles | ||
| 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: Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles |
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Golden Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk |
American Goshawk Northern Harrier Bald Eagle |
Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk |
Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk |
| Rough-legged Hawk(Buteo lagopus) | |||||
| - - - Spring - - - | |||||
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| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 160 | 2014-04-20 | St. Louis County, WSHC--Thompson Hill,46.7289703,-92.2050762 | Nicoletti | Daily record | |
| 123 | 2018-04-07 | Polk County, Glacial Ridge NWR,47.7212269,-96.3254884 | This was a conservative count, being as careful as possible not to double count. | ||
| 75 | 2006-03-18 | Wilkin County | Joppru | John Ellis | |
| 75 | 2023-04-24 | St. Louis County, WSHC--Thompson Hill,46.7289703,-92.2050762 | McLaughlin | migrants. great RL flight, potentially more seen at TH due to some RL crossing t | |
| 66 | 2005-04-02 | Roseau County | Joppru | ||
| 63 | 2011-04-01 | Kittson County, CR10 | Brewer | ||
| 50 | 2007-03-22 | Marshall County | Joppru | Gary Tischer- on and near ANWR | |
| 24 | 2013-03-29 | St. Louis County, WSHC- middle overlook,46.7638541,-92.1530843 | Bardon | ||
| 12 | 2013-04-20 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.1927783,-92.6346232 | Bruhnke | Eleven light morphs (one adult male) / One dark morph | |
| - - - Fall - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 583 | 2020-10-23 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | HRBO | HRBO and NA record. Consistently moving throughout the day | |
| 322 | 2017-10-25 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Data | 4 adult dark, 9 adult light, 1 adult female dark, 17 adult female light, 3 adult | |
| 257 | 2020-10-25 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Richardson | Big RLHA flights continue. Season high for HRBO record broken | |
| 155 | 2013-11-02 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve | |
| 126 | 2014-11-11 | St. Louis County | Bardon | H.R.B.O. | |
| 90 | 2016-10-24 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Data | Huge migration of Rough-legged Hawks - 3 dark adults, 9 light juveniles, 26 ligh | |
| 89 | 2016-10-29 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Data | 1 dark adult male, 33 light adult female, 5 light subadult female, 3 light adult | |
| 81 | 2012-11-12 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Bardon | ||
| 63 | 2015-11-01 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | MacAulay | Best count this season - mostly light type | |
| 61 | 2015-10-25 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Gahm | We saw an excellent movement of Rough-legged Hawks today, which included a major | |
| 57 | 2012-10-31 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Bardon | ||
| 57 | 2013-11-01 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve | |
| 49 | 2013-10-22 | St. Louis County | Bardon | Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve | |
| 48 | 2012-10-20 | St. Louis County, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve,46.8469659,-92.0315212 | Bardon | ||
| 20 | 1979-11-14 | Aitkin County, several locations | Janssen | ||
| 15 | 2004-11-27 | St. Louis County | Budde | 7 light, 7 dark, and 1 intermediate, all around Sax Zim | |
| 13 | 2003-10-23 | Cook County, Cascade River State Park | Janssen | ||
| - - - Winter - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 101 | 1995-01-07 | St. Louis County, St. Louis,47.64747,-92.44128 | Smith | ||
| 36 | 2012-12-01 | Beltrami County | Driscoll | Tim Driscoll and class | |
| 30 | 1991-12-22 | Aitkin County | Stucker | ||
| 29 | 2019-12-07 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim Bog,47.2212004,-92.7009201 | Valine | Still a decent number of birds hanging around, but not nearly as many as a few w | |
| 19 | 1999-12-11 | St. Louis County, Sax-Zim bog | Stucker | 15 light morph, 4 dark morph | |
| 17 | 2017-12-02 | Polk County | Joppru | Shelley Steva | |
| 16 | 2021-12-12 | Beltrami County, 58198 MN-89, Grygla US-MN 48.21123, -95.24808,48.2112320,-95.24 | Johnson | six dark morph birds, 10 light morph including one immature light morph which | |
| 15 | 2018-02-13 | Le Sueur County | Heins | Kasota Prairie--4 dark morphs | |
| 15 | 2011-12-19 | Aitkin County, Aitkin | Taube | We saw 2 Dark Morphed Rough legged hawks and the rest were normal plumage | |
| 15 | 2013-12-01 | St. Louis County | Pruett | 11 dark phase, 4 light phase | |
| 13 | 2017-02-18 | Aitkin County, Aiken County MN,46.634563,-93.185871 | Risen | ||
| 13 | 2007-12-27 | Pine County | Alt | ||
| 12 | 2006-12-28 | Koochiching County | Crumpton | still present end of Dec. | |
| 12 | 2006-12-30 | Aitkin County | Risen | ||
| 12 | 2007-01-20 | Anoka County | Longtin | ||
| 10 | 2017-02-21 | St. Louis County, WSHC--Enger Tower,46.7741863,-92.123816 | Reed | *actual count of active migrants -- hourly totals = 2, 1, 3, 4, 0, 0 | |
| Migrant and winter visitant throughout. | |||||
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