[mou] request for documentation of rarities, Fall 2007

Wed Jan 2 18:49:43 CST 2008

Now that 2007 is behind us, this would be a good time to remind  
observers of Fall 2007 reports of unusual species which still need to  
be documented. Many of these were entered online at the MOU website or  
posted on the mou-net listserve. While birders are certainly free to  
include anything they wish on their personal and unpublished lists,  
sightings of Accidental, Casual and rare-Regular species can only be  
published by the MOU and included in its archives of bird records when  
accompanied by documentation.

If you were an observer of any of the reports listed below and are  
interested in providing documentation, the MOU would appreciate your  
assistance. In this list, Casual and Accidental species are shown in  
upper case and rare-Regular speces are shown in lower case. Also,  
documentation is requested for any occurrence of an Accidental, Casual  
or rare-Regular species not listed below, or for any species in an  
unusual location or at an unexpected date. Please contact me if you  
have questions about whether or not details are needed.

BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 10/21 Cook (Grand Portage)
Red-throated Loon 11/3 Crow Wing (Garrison)
Pacific Loon 10/20 Mille Lacs
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT 8/1-2 Lac Qui Parle (Bolson Slough)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT 9/1 Lac Qui Parle (S end Lac Qui Parle Lake)
Plegadis ibis sp. 8/29 Swift (3 at N end Lac Qui Parle Lake)
Plegadis ibis sp. 9/3 Big Stone (5 in Toqua Twp., section 11)
Plegadis ibis sp. 9/10 Lac Qui Parle (Perry Twp., section 7)
Plegadis ibis sp. 9/28 Jackson (Sioux Valley Twp.)
Prairie Falcon 9/3-4 Traverse (Croke Twp.)
Prairie Falcon 9/16 Stearns (Greenwald WTP)
Prairie Falcon 10/6 Yellow Medicine (near Porter)
Prairie Falcon 10/20 Clay (near Buffalo River S.P.)
Prairie Falcon 11/10, 11/14 Lac Qui Parle (Perry Twp.)
WESTERN SANDPIPER 9/3 Traverse (Croke Twp.)
White-rumped Sandpiper 8/8 Hennepin
RED PHALAROPE 9/3 Big Stone (Graceville)
RED PHALAROPE 9/10 Yellow Medicine (Miller Richter WMA)
Little Gull 10/16 Cass (Walker WTP)
Little Gull 10/16-20 Cass (Cass Lake WTP)
BLACK-HEADED GULL 9/28 Jackson (second adult at north end Spirit Lake)
MEW GULL 10/21 Lake of the Woods (Rainy River)
Thayer's Gull 11/15 Cass (Walker)
Great Black-backed Gull 10/30 Lac Qui Parle (Big Stone NWR)
SABINE'S GULL 8/31 Marshall (Agassiz NWR)
SABINE'S GULL 9/11 Todd (Lake Osakis)
SABINE'S GULL 9/14 Beltrami (Lake Bemidji)
SABINE'S GULL 9/17 Lac Qui Parle (Perry WMA)
SABINE'S GULL 9/18 Lac Qui Parle (Lac Qui Parle Lake, CR 33 just SE of  
CR 26)
SABINE'S GULL 9/22 Swift/Lac Qui Parle (Lac Qui Parle Lake)
SABINE'S GULL 9/26 Big Stone (West Toqua Lake)
SABINE'S GULL 9/28 Jackson (north end Spirit Lake)
SABINE'S GULL 9/28 St. Louis (7 birds, Duluth)
SABINE'S GULL 10/3 Yellow Medicine (Curtis Lake)
SABINE'S GULL 10/4 Lincoln (Tyler WTP)
WHITE-WINGED DOVE mid-August Stearns (near Clearwater)
SAY'S PHOEBE 9/17 Lac Qui Parle (Lac Qui Parle WMA, CR 59, 0.5 mi N of  
CR 38)
Kentucky Warbler 8/31 Blue Earth (Williams County Park)
Western Tanager 9/20 Duluth (Canal Park)

There are 4 ways to provide documentation:
1) The preferred method is to go to to the MOU website at <http://moumn.org/ 
 > and highlight "Reporting Birds", then click on "Enter RQD  
Documentation" to fill out a documentation form online. Or, (2) you  
can download the documentation form by clicking on "Request for  
Documentation Form (pdf)" at the MOU website. Or, (3) by e-mail or  
regular U.S. mail, send me as complete a description as possible of  
the bird, any field notes or photographs which were taken, a  
comparison of this bird with similar species, your experience with  
this and similar species, whether or not you knew it was unusual, if  
and when field guides were used or needed to identify the bird, the  
light conditions, distance involved, how long the bird was seen, and  
the optics used. Or, (4) by e-mail or regular mail, send me your  
mailing address, and I will send you an MOU documentation form which  
outlines the requested information for you to fill in.

Again, seeing a rare bird and adding it to your personal list is  
certainly enjoyable in its own right, but when your sighting is also  
documented and sent in to the MOU it also serves as an important  
contribution to our knowledge of Minnesota bird distribution. If you  
have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. On behalf of  
the MOU, thanks in advance for your help and your contribution to  
Minnesota ornithology!
--
Peder H. Svingen
Chairman, MOU Records Committee
2602 E. 4th Street
Duluth, MN 55812
<psvingen at d.umn.edu>

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