Harlow, below are all the records of Summer Tanager in our database from
2000 through today that were observed between 1 Sep and 31 Dec.  (Records
from the early 2000s will be spotty.)  I'll leave it for others to speculate
on migration paterns that bring these birds northwards.

Paul Budde
Minnepaolis

Initials|Species|County|Date|Count|Note
TFB|Summer Tanager|Rice|2005-09-26||
NFT|Summer Tanager|Steele|2006-10-14|1|Thompson farm, details forwarded to
P. Svingen
KRE|Summer Tanager|St. Louis|2007-10-21|1|Stoney Point; female
LS|Summer Tanager|St. Louis|2007-10-21|1|female@Stoney Pt
JWL|Summer Tanager|Cook|2005-10-30|1|found by Denny and Barb Martin along
Hwy 61, 0.25 mi W of W end of Croftvill Rd. I saw it from ~75 m away, but
yellow tones obvious (no olive visible), and large, relatively long bill
seen. Other observers had much closer looks.
KRE|Summer Tanager|Cook|2005-10-30|1|female-plumaged bird near Croftville
HHD|Summer Tanager|Lake|2008-11-01|1|Two Harbors
KRE|Summer Tanager|Lake|2008-11-01|1|Two Harbors; also seen previous days by
others
JWH|Summer Tanager|Olmsted|2006-11-09|1|female seen in a sub-development in
S/SW Rochester.
RMD|Summer Tanager|Winona|2002-11-16||
LAV|Summer Tanager|Olmsted|2006-11-21||
PWP|Summer Tanager|Olmsted|2006-11-21|1|All olive green bird at a feeder in
SW Rochester
JWL|Summer Tanager|Lake|2006-11-22|1|female NE of Silver Bay.  Photographed.
Uniform mustard yellow plumage (no red splotches). Relatively long bill. No
wing bars. Gave distinctive descending tchuk, tchuk, tchuk, tchuk call 4x.
JWH|Summer Tanager|Olmsted|2006-11-24|1|female again seen at sub-development
in S/SW Rochester. 

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Subject: [mou-net] RFI Summer Tanager Fall/Winter

Wisconsin birders have found three  November Summer Tanagers. All may be
females. My efforts to search the  archives have met with frustration. So,
I'll just inquire. 
Has MN found  these out-of-range and
late season birds in recent years? Have you any  conclusions about the
reason for this? With the known nesting areas well  south into Illinois,
post-breeding dispersal seems unlikely. Are these birds  directionally 
challenged? They should be in Mexico and points south.  h   

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