Duplicates
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Gulls, Terns |
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: Gulls, Terns |
| Ross's Gull (A) (Rhodostethia rosea) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 56:128-129 | 1984 | index | First Record of Ross' Gull for Minnesota | ||||||
| 1 | MOU | 1984-04-04 | 1984-04-14 | Agassiz NWR | Marshall | The Loon 56:128 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1984-04-04 | 1984-04-14 | Marshall | 4/4-14 Marshall (first state record) (first county record) First state record, 4/4 to 4/14 Agassiz N.W.R., Marshall Co. James P. Mattsson, M.ob. (The Loon 56:128) | |||||
| 64:156-158 | 1992 | index | Minnesota's Second Ross' Gull | ||||||
| 2 | 64:138 | 1992-04-16 | Goose L. | Pennington | (vote 7-0; The Loon 64:156-158). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1992-04-16 | Pennington | 4/16 Pennington (second state record) (first county record) Second Minnesota record; 4/16 Goose Lake, Pennington County SSt (The Loon 64:156–158). | ||||||
| 3 | 80:115 | 2007-12-15 | Mississippi River | Dakota | Ramsey | Washington | (record #2008-002, vote 7-0). Third state record, documented by different observers in each county. Adult in basic plumage, photographed (The Loon 80:108-110). | Accepted | |
| avian information | 2007-12-15 | Dakota | 12/15 Dakota (third state record) (first county record) Certainly the highlight of the season was this third state record basic adult photographed near Grand and Hardman Avenues on the Mississippi River on 12/15 in South St. Paul ph. †BAF, ph. †DAC, ph. †AXH, †JPM, ph. †PHS (The Loon 80:174). Seen by a relatively small number of birders, the gull unfortunately departed the area at nightfall and could not be relocated the following day despite intensive searching. During its brief visit, the diminutive arctic gull obligingly added three new county records — Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington (The Loon 80:108–110). | ||||||
| 80:115 | 2007-12-15 | Mississippi River | Ramsey | (record #2008-002, vote 7-0). Third state record, documented by different observers in each county. Adult in basic plumage, photographed (The Loon 80:108-110). | Duplicate | ||||
| avian information | 2007-12-15 | Ramsey | 12/15 Ramsey (fourth state record) (first county record) Certainly the highlight of the season was this third state record basic adult photographed near Grand and Hardman Avenues on the Mississippi River on 12/15 in South St. Paul ph. †BAF, ph. †DAC, ph. †AXH, †JPM, ph. †PHS (The Loon 80:174). Seen by a relatively small number of birders, the gull unfortunately departed the area at nightfall and could not be relocated the following day despite intensive searching. During its brief visit, the diminutive arctic gull obligingly added three new county records — Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington (The Loon 80:108–110). | ||||||
| 80:115 | 2007-12-15 | Mississippi River | Washington | (record #2008-002, vote 7-0). Third state record, documented by different observers in each county. Adult in basic plumage, photographed (The Loon 80:108-110). | Duplicate | ||||
| avian information | 2007-12-15 | Washington | 12/15 Washington (fifth state record) (first county record) Certainly the highlight of the season was this third state record basic adult photographed near Grand and Hardman Avenues on the Mississippi River on 12/15 in South St. Paul ph. †BAF, ph. †DAC, ph. †AXH, †JPM, ph. †PHS (The Loon 80:174). Seen by a relatively small number of birders, the gull unfortunately departed the area at nightfall and could not be relocated the following day despite intensive searching. During its brief visit, the diminutive arctic gull obligingly added three new county records — Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington (The Loon 80:108–110). | ||||||
| 80:108-110 | 2008 | index | Third Minnesota Record of Ross's Gull | ||||||
| 4 | 93:111 | 2021-11-27 | 2021-11-29 | Minnesota side of the St. Croix River | Washington | Dakota | (record #2021-085, vote 7-0). Juvenile, photographed. This bird was seen by over 200 observers in both Minnesota and Wisconsin waters (near Prescott). Unfortunately, it was in poor health and eventually died. | Accepted | |
| 5 | 95:3 | 2023-05-31 | Lake Superior, (viewed from Wisconsin Point) | St. Louis | (record #2023-067, vote 7-0). Adult, photographed. First county record and fifth state record. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2023-05-31 | St. Louis | 5/31 St. Louis (sixth state record) (first county record) Fifth state record: 5/31 St. Louis (adult, Superior Entry) ph. †PHS. | ||||||
| Five records: three spring, one fall, and one winter. Recorded in two (2021, 2023) of the last ten years. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||