Sunburg Lake
- Lake name:
- Sunburg Lake
- Location:
- Minnesota
- Latitude:
- 45.3280917
- Longitude:
- -95.2466414
- Basin type:
- non-reservoir
- Primary vegetation for nesting:
- cattail
- Management agency:
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Comments:
- Not much information on this lake.
Summary of Surveys (3)
Survey Citation:
Burger, Joanna. 1971. “The Western Grebe in Minnesota.” Loon 43: 4–9.
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Time period
1970 -
Source
Notes -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 2 | 1970 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 2 | 1970 |
| Max Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Chicks | 1 to 100 | 3 | 1970 |
| Most Recent Chicks | 1 to 100 | 3 | 1970 |
Comments:
Observations from 1970.
Survey Citation:
Green, Janet C., and Robert B. Janssen. 1975. Minnesota Birds: Where, When and How Many. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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Time period
~1965, ~1975 -
Source
Book (species account) -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | ~1965-1975 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | ~1975 |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | ~1965-1975 |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | ~1975 |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
States that breeding was observed for the last 10 years on this lake. I am approximating ~1965 to 1975 due to publication year. This was spelled Sundberg Lake in the text but is actually spelled Sunburg Lake in Kandiyohi County.
Survey Citation:
Henderson, Carroll L. 1977. Minnesota Colonial Bird Nesting Site Inventory. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/nongame/projects/consgrant_reports/1977/1977_colonial_birds.pdf. AND Henderson, Carroll L. 1978. Minnesota Colonial Bird Nesting Site Inventory. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
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Time period
1977, August 1980? -
Source
Report -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 101 to 500 | 140 | 1977 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | few | 1978 |
| Max Nests | N/A | ? | ? |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | ? | 1978 |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
The Minnesota Colonial Waterbird Nesting Inventory was conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources from 1977 to 1980. The reports include Western grebe colony counts of each year (except 1979) but only 1977 and 1978 have individual breeding lake survey numbers. There were 70 pairs near the shoreline in 1977, X 2 for individual numbers. There were only a "few" grebes in 1978 and it is uncertain if they were breeding there then. The 1980 report summarizes colony status for 5 colonies but does not name them so is entered here as a statewide entry with no breeding lakes named.