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 |
| King Eider (C) (Somateria spectabilis) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOU | 1963-01-05 | 1963-01-13 | Knife River | Lake | The Flicker 35:15, 35:70 | Accepted | ||
| 2 | MOU | 1964-10-29 | Lost Lake, near Lake Vermilion | St. Louis | The Flicker 36:136 (shot) | Accepted | |||
| 3 | MOU | 1971-05-09 | Lower Red Lake | Beltrami | The Loon 43:90 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1973-10-16 | Crow Wing | 10/16 Crow Wing (fourth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 4 | MOU | 1973-10-16 | Mille Lacs Lake | Mille Lacs | The Loon 46:34 | Accepted | |||
| 5 | MOU | 1974-12-12 | 1974-12-14 | Grand Marais | Cook | The Loon 47:11 | Accepted | ||
| 6 | MOU | 1976-11-03 | Lake Osakis | Todd | The Loon 49:179 (shot) | Accepted | |||
| 7 | 61:10 | 1988-10-30 | 1988-11-02 | Grand Marais | Cook | (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:38–39). The following records were voted on JulyDecember | Accepted | ||
| 8 | 63:41 | 1990-10-20 | 1990-11-20 | Grand Marais | Cook | (vote 7-0; The Loon 63:66–67). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1990-10-20 | 1990-11-24 | Cook | 10/20-11/24 Cook (third fall record) Reported I0/20-11/24 Cook (Grand Marais) PB, KR, mob (The Loon63:66-67). | |||||
| 9 | 67:45 | 1994-11-28 | 1994-11-30 | Grand Marais | Cook | (The Loon 67:62–63). | Accepted | ||
| 10 | 69:28 | 1996-11-02 | Ray Berglund Wayside | Cook | The Loon 69:163 | Accepted | |||
| 11 | 70:44 | 1997-11-08 | Kimball Creek | Cook | (record #97–83, vote 7–0). | Accepted | |||
| 12 | 72:40 | 1999-10-20 | Chippewa | (record #99–69, vote 7–0). | Accepted | ||||
| 13 | 72:40 | 1999-11-22 | 1999-12-08 | Grand Marais and vicinity | Cook | (record #99–73, vote 7–0). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1999-11-22 | 1999-12-09 | Cook | 11/22-12/9 Cook (seventh fall record) An eider shot by a hunter 10/22 Chippewa fide DNR was tentatively identified as a Common, but a photograph published in the 28 October 1999 issue of Montevideo American-News clearly shows an immature or female King. Another immature or female 11/22 Cook (Grand Marais) †KMH was then not relocated until 11/27 near Five Mile Rock, where it remained into early December. | |||||
| 14 | 73:35 | 2000-10-14 | 2000-10-16 | Good Harbor Bay | Cook | (record #2000-85, vote 7–0). | Accepted | ||
| 15 | 73:168 | 2000-12-29 | 2001-01-15 | Two Harbors | Lake | (record #2001-05, vote 7–0). | Accepted | ||
| 16 | 74:161 | 2002-05-07 | 2002-05-20 | Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2002-18, vote 7–0, The Loon 74:180–181). The documentation of this female, which was eventually seen by many observers, includes field notes and sketches made at the time of the observation. This is only the second documented spring record of this species in Minnesota. | Accepted | ||
| 17 | 80:115 | 2007-11-28 | Shingobee Bay, Leech Lake | Cass | (record #2008-001, vote 6–1). Seventeenth state record. Female-type plumage, videotaped. | Accepted | |||
| 18 | 83:99 | 2011-05-05 | Park Point Recreation Area, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2011-015, vote 7–0). immature male at St. Louis Bay; | Accepted | |||
| 19 | 85:99 | 2013-02-09 | 2013-02-24 | one-half mile northeast of the Lakewood Pumping Station | St. Louis | (record #2013-001, vote 7–0). First-year male, photographed. New winter record for St. Louis County. The bird was observed by several experienced observers who satisfactorily eliminated other similar species such as Common Eider. The photographs depict the bird quite far-away, but give support to the identification. | Accepted | ||
| 20 | 86:3 | 2013-12-12 | 2013-12-14 | Lake Superior near 23rd Avenue East, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2013-066, vote 7–0). Female, photographed. Observed by several experienced observers and supported by one high-quality photograph. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2013-12-12 | 2013-12-26 | St. Louis | 12/12, 13, 14, 26 St. Louis (eleventh state record) (fifth county record) Two records: 12/12–14 St. Louis (female, Duluth, Lake Superior near 23rd Ave. East) GrG, ph. †KRE, ph. †TRK, ph. MSS, ph. AM, ph. JLK, m.ob., 12/26 St. Louis (first-year male, Duluth, Lake Superior near French River) ph. †JLK, ph. †PHS. These are the second and third records in 2013, all of different individuals and all from Duluth. | |||||
| 21 | 86:3 | 2013-12-26 | French River | St. Louis | (record #2013-067, vote 7–0). First-fall male, photographed. | Accepted | |||
| 22 | 87:4 | 2014-11-01 | Good Harbor Bay | Cook | (record #2014-048, vote 7–0). Female/juvenile, photographed. Twenty-second state and thirteenth fall record. | Accepted | |||
| 23 | 91:89 | 2019-01-02 | 2019-01-21 | Duluth, mouth of Lester River | St. Louis | (record #2019-001, vote 7–0). First-year male, photographed. | Accepted | ||
| 24 | 93:47 | 2020-11-06 | 2020-11-07 | Lake Bemidji, from the Paul Bunyan Bike Trail on the east side | Beltrami | (record #2020-069, vote 7–0). Apparent first winter male, photographed. | Accepted | ||
| 25 | 93:47 | 2020-12-19 | 2021-01-15 | Good Harbor Bay and Grand Marais | Cook | (record #2020-076, vote 7–0). Female, photographed. Ani sp. (Crotophaga ani/sulcirostris) 20 August 2020, Park Point, by Sky Harbor Airport, St. Louis County (record #2020-045, vote 5–2). Eleventh record of the genus with eight Accepted as Groove-billed Ani. Not Accepted at the species level (vote 2–5). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2020-12-19 | 2021-01-23 | Cook | 12/19-23, 1/1-23 Cook (ninth winter record) Female, 12/19 – 1/23 Cook (Grand Marais) HSo, JRi, ph. †JGW, ph. LWd, m.ob. Discovered in Good Harbor Bay west of Grand Marais and seen there until 12/24, then relocated in Grand Marais harbor and vicinity 1/1–23. Reported to MOU or eBird by over 50 different observers, and photographed by many. | |||||
| avian information | 2021-12-08 | 2022-01-03 | Wabasha | 12/8, 28, 30, 31, 1/1, 2, 3 Wabasha (fifteenth state record) (first county record) One record: 12/8–17 Goodhue and Wabasha (female, Lake Pepin near Lake City) ph. †PEJ, and 12/28 – 1/3 Wabasha (east of Camp Lacupolis) PEJ, REn, RLF, ph. ToM, m.ob. This is only the second south record; the first was 10/20/1999 Chippewa (shot by a hunter). | |||||
| avian information | 2021-12-10 | 2021-12-17 | Goodhue | 12/10, 12, 14, 16, 17 Goodhue (fourteenth state record) (first county record) One record: 12/8–17 Goodhue and Wabasha (female, Lake Pepin near Lake City) ph. †PEJ, and 12/28 – 1/3 Wabasha (east of Camp Lacupolis) PEJ, REn, RLF, ph. ToM, m.ob. This is only the second south record; the first was 10/20/1999 Chippewa (shot by a hunter). | |||||
| 26 | 93:115 | 2022-11-16 | 2022-11-18 | Agate Bay, Two Harbors | Lake | (record #2022-101, vote 7–0). First winter male, photographed. | Accepted | ||
| Twenty-two records: 3 spring, 13 fall, and 6 winter. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2014. Three additional records of Somateria sp. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||