MOURC Proceedings Archive - Sandpipers Accepted
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This is the 1981 to present Records Committee Proceedings archive for
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Proceedings
Species: Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Spotted Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

American Woodcock (R) (Scolopax minor)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
2:171930indexCourtship of the Woodcock
17:641945indexWoodcock Lights on River
22:1-71950indexWoodcock Studies at Cloquet Forest Experiment Station, Minnesota
27:1281955indexCensus of Woodcock and Wilson's Snipe, 1955
29:74-751957indexAmerican Woodcock in Thunder Bay District
29:861957indexWoodcock Observation in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
29:1271957indexWoodcock Singing Grounds
33:541961indexObservations on Black-billed Magpies and American Woodcock
36:671964indexLate Record for the American Woodcock in Minnesota
36:96-981964indexNesting American Woodcock
39:1381967indexObservations of the American Woodcock
41:129-1301969indexAmerican Woodcock Near Itasca State Park
42:31-331970indexWoodcock Sex and Age Ratios and Weights in Minnesota
42:401970indexAdditional Woodcock Records for Western Minnesota
42:711970indexAmerican Woodcock Observations -- Northwestern Minnesota
43:981971indexA Woodcock on the Mall
44:581972indexAmerican Woodcock
45:1001973indexWoodcock Display
46:1731974indexHennepin County Woodcock Reports
47:481975indexPossible American Woodcock Nesting in Southwest Minnesota
47:1011975indexWoodcock Nesting in Becker County
48:89-911976indexWoodcock Under the Northern Lights
50:2211978indexAmerican Woodcock Breeding in Rice County
54:203-2111982indexMinnesota Woodcock
56:66-671984indexAmerican Woodcock Carrying Young
56:81-821984indexDo Woodcock Carry Their Young?
57:1081985indexAmerican Woodcock Nesting in Pipestone County
62:1341990-02-28Eden PrairieHennepin(vote 3-4). This identification by an observer experienced with this species may well have been correct, but the sketchy description only mentions "short, stubby wings" and "peculiar flight antics," with nothing said about the bird's plumage or bill length. In addition, the observation was made without binoculars at about a half hour before official sunrise so that the bird could not have been seen all that clearly. Not Accepted
avian
information
1997-07-09Lac qui Parle7/9 Lac qui Parle (first summer record)
Reported in 14 counties in all regions except southwest and northeast. New nesting record in Kanabec CM; probable breeding in Freeborn.
avian
information
1998-02-28Houston2/28 Houston (first winter record)
Record early migrant 2/28 Winona FL. First February report. [Corrected]
170:1561998-02-28Wiscoy Twp.Winona(record #98-14, vote 7-0). Accepted
avian
information
1999-02-28Faribault2/28 Faribault (first winter record)
Reported 2/28 Faribault TBo (ties earliest date).
avian
information
2000-06-23Freeborn6/23 Freeborn (first summer record)
Reported in 15 counties in all regions except southwest and southeast; new nesting record in Crow Wing BiM.
avian
information
2001-06-18Freeborn6/18 Freeborn (second summer record)
Record low number of reports, less than half the previous ten-year average. Observed in Marshall, Lake of the Woods, Aitkin, Stearns, Brown; plus new nesting record in Pine CaH.
avian
information
2004-12-20Fillmore12/20 Fillmore (first winter record)
Reported 12/20 (second-latest date) Fillmore NBO.
avian
information
2005-07-11Rock7/11 Rock (first summer record)
Observed in nine north and seven south counties. Highest reported count 6/15 Itasca (13) DRM. First breeding record for McLeod RWS.
avian
information
2009-02-16Hennepin2/16 Hennepin (first winter record)
Exceptional early migrant 2/16 Hennepin (struck a building and died) fide AXH.
avian
information
2009-06-192009-06-22Dodge6/19-22 Dodge (first summer record)
Found in all regions except West-central, Southwest. All south reports: Wright, Carver, Scott, Washington, Freeborn, Dodge.
avian
information
2009-06-25Freeborn6/25 Freeborn (third summer record)
Found in all regions except West-central, Southwest. All south reports: Wright, Carver, Scott, Washington, Freeborn, Dodge.
avian
information
2010-06-102010-06-12Lac qui Parle6/10, 12 Lac qui Parle (second summer record)
Found in all regions except Southeast. First county breeding records for Wilkin AXH, Yellow Medicine BR.
avian
information
2010-06-13Rock6/13 Rock (second summer record)
Found in all regions except Southeast. First county breeding records for Wilkin AXH, Yellow Medicine BR.
avian
information
2010-06-15Waseca6/15 Waseca (first summer record)
Found in all regions except Southeast. First county breeding records for Wilkin AXH, Yellow Medicine BR.
avian
information
2011-06-11Lac qui Parle6/11 Lac qui Parle (third summer record)
Observed in all regions of state. First county breeding record from Swift SVa.
avian
information
2011-06-13Dodge6/13 Dodge (second summer record)
Observed in all regions of state. First county breeding record from Swift SVa.
avian
information
2012-06-042012-07-26Lac qui Parle6/4, 7/26 Lac qui Parle (fourth summer record)
Seen in all regions except Southeast. First county breeding record from Morrison fide BBA.
avian
information
2012-06-06Jackson6/6 Jackson (first summer record)
Seen in all regions except Southeast. First county breeding record from Morrison fide BBA.
avian
information
2013-06-07Blue Earth6/7 Blue Earth (first summer record)
Seen in all regions except Southwest. First county breeding records from Scott BAF, Steele PSu.
avian
information
2013-06-172013-06-21Steele6/17, 21 Steele (first summer record)
Seen in all regions except Southwest. First county breeding records from Scott BAF, Steele PSu.
avian
information
2015-06-04Redwood6/4 Redwood (first summer record)
Observed in all regions.
avian
information
2015-06-23Steele6/23 Steele (second summer record)
Observed in all regions.
avian
information
2015-07-30Mower7/30 Mower (first summer record)
Observed in all regions.
avian
information
2017-02-20Houston2/20 Houston (second winter record)
Three reports of early spring migrants: 2/20 Houston KAB, 2/21 Rice TFB, 2/22 Olmsted (2) JWH. These are the first winter reports in eight years (since 2/16/2009).
avian
information
2017-02-21Rice2/21 Rice (first winter record)
Three reports of early spring migrants: 2/20 Houston KAB, 2/21 Rice TFB, 2/22 Olmsted (2) JWH. These are the first winter reports in eight years (since 2/16/2009).
avian
information
2017-02-22Olmsted2/22 Olmsted (first winter record)
Three reports of early spring migrants: 2/20 Houston KAB, 2/21 Rice TFB, 2/22 Olmsted (2) JWH. These are the first winter reports in eight years (since 2/16/2009).
avian
information
2017-07-08Pennington7/8 Pennington (first summer record)
Found in every region except Southwest.
avian
information
2017-07-10Blue Earth7/10 Blue Earth (second summer record)
Found in every region except Southwest.
avian
information
2019-07-28Waseca7/28 Waseca (second summer record)
 Reported from all regions except Southwest.
avian
information
2019-10-30Yellow Medicine10/30 Yellow Medicine (first fall record)
High counts 8/4 St. Louis (12, Cloquet Valley S.F.) ebd, 8/25 Anoka (3, Rice Creek Chain of Lakes R.P.) ebd. Late north 10/27 Aitkin CDg, 10/28 St. Louis (Northland Twp.) BTr, 11/2 St. Louis (Sax-Zim Bog) ClN, m.ob. (median 10/31). Late south 10/30 Yellow Medicine SDi, 10/31 Olmsted MGi, 11/3 Washington PNi (median 11/5).
avian
information
2020-06-11Mower6/11 Mower (second summer record)
 Reported from all regions, but only Yellow Medicine (Upper Sioux Agency S.P.) in Southwest. High count 6/3 Cook (13, Magnetic Rock Trail) ASu.
avian
information
2020-07-04Steele7/4 Steele (third summer record)
 Reported from all regions, but only Yellow Medicine (Upper Sioux Agency S.P.) in Southwest. High count 6/3 Cook (13, Magnetic Rock Trail) ASu.
avian
information
2020-07-10Fillmore7/10 Fillmore (second summer record)
 Reported from all regions, but only Yellow Medicine (Upper Sioux Agency S.P.) in Southwest. High count 6/3 Cook (13, Magnetic Rock Trail) ASu.
avian
information
2020-07-14Yellow Medicine7/14 Yellow Medicine (second summer record)
 Reported from all regions, but only Yellow Medicine (Upper Sioux Agency S.P.) in Southwest. High count 6/3 Cook (13, Magnetic Rock Trail) ASu.
avian
information
2020-09-01Grant9/1 Grant (first fall record)
High count 9/26 Rice (10, Carleton College Cowling Arboretum) MZa. Late north 10/31 Douglas LGl, 11/7 St. Louis (Morse Twp.) MPi, 11/8 St. Louis (Duluth) ebd (median 10/31). Late south 11/1 Blue Earth ChH, 11/5 Hennepin JCC, 11/7 Carver JCy (median 11/5).
avian
information
2022-06-04Blue Earth6/4 Blue Earth (third summer record)
Found in every region except Southwest.
avian
information
2022-10-22Grant10/22 Grant (second fall record)
High count 10/17 Carlton (6, Silver Brook Twp.) ebd. Late north 10/29 Itasca SC, 11/1 St. Louis ebd, 11/4 Cass ebd (median 11/1). Late south 11/8 Fillmore (2) ebd, Ramsey (University of Minnesota) AnA, 11/12 Ramsey (Little Pigs Eye Lake) JZj (median 11/5).
avian
information
2023-06-18Blue Earth6/18 Blue Earth (fourth summer record)
avian
information
2023-07-17Pennington7/17 Pennington (second summer record)
avian
information
2023-09-20Chisago9/20 Chisago (first fall record)
 
 Breeds throughout, except far south. Migrant throughout.

Notes:

The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source.
'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings
'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings
Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander
Sighting records for ()
Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added.
Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander