MOURC Proceedings Archive - Woodpeckers Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
[White-headed Woodpecker]

Williamson's Sapsucker (A) (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
44:52-531972indexThe Possible Sighting of a Williamson's Sapsucker in Worthington, Minnesota
1MOU1972-04-22WorthingtonNoblesThe Loon 44:79Accepted
avian
information
1972-04-22Nobles4/22 Nobles (first state record) (first county record)
53:232-2341981indexMinnesota's Second Williamson's Sapsucker
54:421981-05-25Pickwick ValleyWinona(vote 7-0, Loon 53:232-234) Recirculated
64:1381981-05-25Pickwick ValleyWinona(vote 0-7, The Loon 64:138)Not Accepted
60:124-1251988indexWilliamson's Sapsucker at Itasca State Park
261:101988-05-211988-05-30Itasca S.P.Hubbard(vote 7-0; The Loon 60:124-125). Accepted
avian
information
1988-05-211988-05-30Hubbard5/21-30 Hubbard (second state record) (first county record)
5/21-30 Itasca State Park (male) HT, BFa et al. (The Loon 60:124-125); third state record.
372:1641999-10-16Taconite HarborCook(record #99-62, vote 6-1, The Loon 72:115-118). Accepted
avian
information
1999-10-16Cook10/16 Cook (third state record) (first county record)
Third state record 10/16 Cook (male at Taconite Harbor) †AnH, †AH, †PS (The Loon 72:115–117). Very few extralimital records of this species in the Midwest have been during autumn.
78:402005-08-22Maplewood State ParkOtter Tail(record #2005-054, vote 1-6). This juvenile female sapsucker was seen by two experienced observers, only one of whom submitted documentation. Its identification may have been correct, but committee members were concerned about reliance on the absence of a field mark to eliminate the much more likely possibility of a juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (S. varius); the latter's white upper secondary-covert patch may be reduced, obscured, or very difficult to see. One of several examples of juvenile Yellow-bellieds with obscured white patches can be found at . Parts of the description such as “alternating lighter and slightly darker areas in the moustachial area” and “light pale brown” throat better fit Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Not Accepted
avian
information
2005-08-22Otter Tail8/22 Otter Tail (fourth state record) (first county record)
 
 Three records: two spring and one fall. Last recorded 1999.

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