MOURC Proceedings Archive - Hummingbirds 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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Proceedings
Species: Hummingbirds
Mexican Violetear
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
[Black-chinned Hummingbird]
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
[Selasphorus hummingbird]
[Broad-tailed Hummingbird]
Broad-billed Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird (A) (Calypte anna)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
63:225-2311991indexAn Anna's Hummingbird in Minnesota
164:151991-11-111991-12-01Grand MaraisCook(vote 10-0; The Loon 63:225-231). Accepted
avian
information
1991-11-111991-12-01Cook11/11-12/1 Cook (first state record) (first county record)
11/11 -12/1 Grand Marais, Cook County Peggy Heston, KMH et al. First record for Minnesota and another coup for Grand Marias! Documented by videotape, photographs, field notes and taped call notes, this adult female was seen by many and survived below freezing temps! (The Loon 63:225-231)
2MOU1993-10-071993-11-02Wyoming Twp.ChisagoThe Loon 66:4Accepted
avian
information
1993-10-071993-11-02Chisago10/7-11/2 Chisago (second state record) (first county record)
Second state record 10/17 Chisago RJ (The Loon 66:4–5)
366:431993-10-18Wyoming TownshipChisago(vote 7-0; The Loon 66:3-5). Accepted
66:4-51994indexImmature Anna's Hummingbird in Southern Chisago County
66:5-71994indexMinnesota's Second Anna's Hummingbird
474:1612001-12-012001-12-26MinneapolisHennepin(record #2002-14, vote 7-0). This bird was seen and photographed by many observers during its month-long presence at a feeder. Accepted
avian
information
2001-12-012001-12-26Hennepin12/1-26 Hennepin (third state record) (first county record)
Third state record 12/1–26 Hennepin (Minneapolis) JJL, m.ob. (found dead 12/27).
579:1232006-10-292006-10-31EaganDakota(record #2006-094, vote 6-1). Digital images were taken after its unfortunate demise and the specimen was donated to the Bell Museum of Natural History. Fourth state record. Accepted
avian
information
2006-10-292006-10-31Dakota10/29-31 Dakota (fourth state record) (first county record)
Fourth state record; female/immature 10/29–31 Dakota (Eagan) ph. †SY.
695:1152023-10-302023-11-15 private residence, Eureka TownshipDakota (record #2023-106, vote 7-0). Immature male, photographed and video recorded. Sixth state and second county record.

Accepted
avian
information
2023-10-302023-11-15Dakota10/30, 31, 11/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Dakota (fifth state record) (second county record)
 
 Five records: three fall, one fall-winter, and one winter. Recorded in one (2023) of the last ten years.

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