Duplicates
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
Accepted Duplicates | |
| 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. |
| Families |
| Species: Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
| Brant (C) (Branta bernicla) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOU | 1956-11-23 | Pierce Lake | Martin | The Loon 29:85 | Accepted | |||
| 2 | MOU | 1963-11-02 | Buffalo Bay | Lake of the Woods | Janssen 1987:59 | Accepted | |||
| 3 | MOU | 1966-05-17 | 1966-05-31 | Rice Lake N.W.R. | Aitkin | Cover of The Loon vol. 38 number 3 The Loon 38:85 | Accepted | ||
| 4 | MOU | 1972-10-31 | Agassiz N.W.R. | Marshall | The Loon 45:24 | Accepted | |||
| 5 | MOU | 1973-10-07 | 1973-12-08 | Rochester | Olmsted | The Loon 46:33 | Accepted | ||
| 6 | MOU | 1974-10-04 | Grand Marais | Cook | The Loon 47:140 | Accepted | |||
| 7 | MOU | 1981-06-20 | 1981-07-01 | Duluth | St. Louis | The Loon 53:174 | Accepted | ||
| 8 | 54:41 | 1982-11-16 | Grand Marais | Cook | (vote 7-0, Loon 55:36) 1982: | Accepted | |||
| 9 | 57:34 | 1984-10-28 | Lake Alice, Fergus Falls | Otter Tail | (vote 7-0; The Loon 56:270). | Accepted | |||
| 10 | MOU | 1985-11-13 | Olmsted | The Loon 58:75,77 | Accepted | ||||
| 11 | 60:13 | 1987-03-27 | Manfred Twp. | Lac qui Parle | (vote 6-1; The Loon 59:149). | Accepted | |||
| 12 | 62:12 | 1989-10-09 | 1989-10-14 | Agassiz N.W.R. | Marshall | (vote 7-0 The Loon 61:204). | Accepted | ||
| 13 | 63:154 | 1991-03-28 | Mountain Lake | Cottonwood | (vote 7-0; The Loon 63:209). | Accepted | |||
| 14 | 74:161 | 2002-04-10 | near Coon Creek Wildlife Management Area | Lyon | (record #2002-17, vote 7–0, The Loon 74:179–180). This individual was an adult of the Atlantic race hrota; most previous Brant records in Minnesota have also been of this same race. The documentation includes field notes and sketches made at the time of the observation along with some marginally identifiable photos. | Accepted | |||
| 15 | 76:152 | 2004-03-21 | 2004-03-22 | Paynesville wastewater treatment ponds | Stearns | (record #2004-020, vote 7–0). Distant photographs and written documentation supported its identification as the Atlantic race (Branta bernicla hrota). | Accepted | ||
| 16 | 80:115 | 2008-05-19 | 2008-05-27 | Bayfront Park, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2008-026, vote 7–0). Sixteenth state record. Adult “Atlantic” Brant (subspecies hrota), photographed and seen by many observers. | Accepted | ||
| 17 | 83:99 | 2011-04-09 | southwest of Herman | Grant | (record #2011-009, vote 7–0). This bird was documented as an adult hrota which may be of consequence because the species may eventually be split. | Accepted | |||
| 18 | 85:3 | 2012-11-20 | Park Point, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2012-041, vote 7–0). Juvenile, photographed. First fall record for St. Louis County. While the MOURC does not review records with regard to specific subspecies, it is clear from the documentation this record was that of the “Atlantic” or “Pale-bellied” subspecies (B. b. hrota). The “Atlantic” Brant breeds in eastern Arctic Canada, Greenland, and Spitzbergen, and winters along the Atlantic Coast of North America and Ireland. The “Black” Brant (B. b. nigricans) ranges geographically from extreme northeast Siberia to northern Canada, and winters to northern Mexico and China (Clements Checklist 2012). Both of these subspecies have occurred in Minnesota and may be split into distinct species in the future. A search of MOU archives reveals only two “Black” Brant records out of a total eighteen Brant records for the state. The first was an adult 17–31 May 1966 at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Aitkin County (see cover page of The Loon, volume 38, September 1966) and the second was a purported juvenile at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, Marshall County on 31 October 1972. Neither “Black” Brant record has been formally reviewed by MOURC because both records precede its formation in 1974. | Accepted | |||
| 19 | 89:3 | 2016-10-18 | 2016-10-22 | Agate Bay boat launch, Two Harbors | Lake | (record #2016-041, vote 7–0). Juvenile of the hrota subspecies (“Atlantic” Brant), photographed. First county and the nineteenth state record. The first report since fall 2012. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2020-09-26 | Houston | 9/26 Houston (first county record) An adult “Atlantic” Brant (B. b. hrota) was the first fall record since 2016, 9/26 Houston (Hwy. 26 Overlook south of Brownsville) ph. †DMf. Also see Documented reports still under review in the introduction to this report. | ||||||
| avian information | 2020-11-07 | McLeod | 11/7 McLeod (first county record) An adult “Atlantic” Brant (B. b. hrota) was the first fall record since 2016, 9/26 Houston (Hwy. 26 Overlook south of Brownsville) ph. †DMf. Also see Documented reports still under review in the introduction to this report. | ||||||
| avian information | 2021-11-11 | Beltrami | 11/11 Beltrami (first county record) Only the second Minnesota report of two or more together: 11/11 Beltrami (2, “Atlantic” subspecies harvested near Bemidji by a waterfowl hunter) TdN. | ||||||
| Nineteen records: seven spring, one summer, ten fall, and one fall-winter. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2016. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||