MOURC Proceedings Archive - Pigeons, Doves 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.
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Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
New World Quail
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
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Pigeons, Doves
Cuckoos
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Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Dippers
Thrushes
Old World Flycatchers
Old World Sparrows
Pipits
Finches
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Towhees, Sparrows
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds, Orioles
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Proceedings
Species: Pigeons, Doves
Passenger Pigeon
[Red-billed Pigeon]
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove

Common Ground Dove (A) (Columbina passerina)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
40:191968indexSay's Phoebe and Ground Dove Specimens Found
166:431993-10-16DuluthSt. Louiswas discussed on a 10-0 vote. Accepted
avian
information
1993-10-16St. Louis10/16 St. Louis (first state record) (first county record)
First state record. Netted, banded, and photographed at Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve by hawk banders. 10/16 St. Louis DE et al (The Loon 66:3)
66:31994indexFirst Minnesota Record of the Common Ground-Dove
73:352000-06-02Carlson Twp.Freeborn(record #2000-54, vote 1-6). The description does seem to be mostly consistent with this species and to preclude other dove species, but there are a few problems in the documentation which makes acceptance of this potential second state record of a species so far out of range difficult. For one thing, the back is described as “scaled with brown/black spots,” which is more consistent with Inca Dove. Also the eyes are described as “black,” while the irides should be reddish. It may be this really was a grounddove and that the description is simply poorly worded, but again there should be no room for doubt in the documentation of such an unusual species. Not Accepted
277:92004-10-172004-10-19near Beaver BayLake(record #2004-106, vote 7-0). Second state record, well-documented and photographed by many observers. Accepted
avian
information
2004-10-172004-10-19Lake10/17-19 Lake (second state record) (first county record)
Second state record 10/17–19 Lake (state highway 61 near Beaver Bay) †PCC, RAE; also documented †CBr, †KRE, ph. AXH, ph. †JWL, ph. †PHS.
378:402005-10-16Two HarborsLake(record #2005-070, Record #2005-065, Sabine's Gull, 26-28 September 2005, Lake Rebecca, Hastings, Dakota County. Photo by Terence Brashear. vote 7-0). Sight record of an adult; second consecutive October in Lake County and third state record. Accepted
avian
information
2005-10-16Lake10/16 Lake (third state record) (second county record)
Third state record 10/16 Lake (Two Harbors) †JWL. Second consecutive October along the North Shore of L. Superior.
483:32010-10-182010-10-20Hyland Regional ParkHennepin(record #2010-032, vote 7-0). Fourth state record and first county record. This bird was seen and photographed by many observers. Accepted
avian
information
2010-10-182010-10-20Hennepin10/18-20 Hennepin (fourth state record) (first county record)
Individual discovered 10/18 Hennepin (Hyland P.R.) WMS subsequently seen and photographed (ph. †DAC, ph. ChG, ph. BeH, ph. †AXH, †PEB, †CMB, m.ob., The Loon 83:94) through the morning of 10/20. Interestingly, another was at Whitefish Point, Michigan on 10/20.
588:32015-10-13Sax-Zim Bog Cross RoadSt. Louis(record #2015-032, vote 7-0). Fifth state record and the earliest of five fall records (The Loon 88:42-43). Composite dates for all five records range from 1-20 October — a remarkably narrow band of time. Accepted
avian
information
2015-10-13St. Louis10/13 St. Louis (fifth state record) (second county record)
The fourth record for the Northeast — and fifth for the state — was discovered in St. Louis at Sax-Zim Bog 10/13 †JPH. All five records of this species have been in mid-October, 10/13–20.
 
 Five fall records. Recorded in one (2015) 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