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 - Blackbirds, Orioles | 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. |
Seasons |
| Species: Blackbirds, Orioles |
| Bullock's Oriole(Icterus bullockii) | ||||
| Year | Season | N | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Fall | 3 reports from St. Louis County 10-12 -10-31 from H. Sims, Mrs. Benon and BL. 23 March 1969 | ||
| 1968 | Winter | Mid-Oct.-1213 St. Louis (Duluth) imm. male JCG et al.; (see article in this issue) June 1969 Loon; first Minnesota record; photographs on file National Photoduplicate File. | ||
| 2013 | Spring | 1 | An adult male was found on 5/14 in Hennepin at a residential feeder in St. Louis Park ph. †DeJ. This is only the second record for the state. | |
| 2019 | Spring | 2 | The third and fourth state records occurred within days of each other: 5/10–14 Brown (adult male, Sleepy Eye) ph. † BTS, ph. † NMe, ph. † AXH, ph. † PHS, † DAB, † EzH, † PCC, † KRE, ph. NaH, m.ob. (The Loon 91:130–131), 5/18–20 Kandiyohi (first-year male, Wilmar) RSF, † EzH, ph. † KEm, ph. MEm, m.ob. | |
| 2020 | Spring | 1 | Fifth state record 5/4–8 Crow Wing (male, Riverton) ph. BUk, ph. RZi, ph. †LS, ph. †WCM, m.ob. | |
| 2020 | Fall | 1 | Minnesota’s sixth record and second fall record 10/26–30 (but see winter report) Itasca (Coleraine) ph. †SC, ph. †KEm, ph. †JGW, m.ob. Interestingly, four out of the six records have occurred since 2019. | |
| 2020 | Winter | 1 | Minnesota’s sixth sighting and first winter record was last seen 12/18–19 Itasca (Colaraine) SC, EEO. | |
| 2022 | Spring | 1 | 1 | Seventh and eighth state records: 5/9–10 Stearns (Waite Park, adult male) MBi, †PCC, ph. †DRL, 5/22 Itasca (Bigfork, first-year male) ph. JsM. |
| 2024 | Spring | 2 | 1 | The state’s ninth and tenth records were both immature males. One south 5/13–14 Washington (69th St. N.) RSd, ph. †DPi, ph. †KCl, ph. †TPu, ph. †TWe, m.ob. One north 5/6–11 Polk (Sandsville Twp.) ph. DDv, fide †HHu, ph. †HKa ebd. |
| Eight records: six spring, one fall, and one fall-winter. Recorded in four of the last ten years, most recently 2022. Formerly Accidental. | ||||
| 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. |