King Rail, 27 May 2014, Zumbrota, Goodhue County. Photo by David A Cahlander.

Miller Lake (state highway 67 and 290th Street

west of Clarkfield), Yellow Medicine County

(record #2014-016, Casual, vote 7–0). Adult,

photographed.

• Black-necked Stilt, 24 May – 14 June

2014, Herman Wastewater Treatment Plant,

Grant County (record #2014-022, Casual, vote

7–0). Pair of breeding adults, photographed.

Nest with one egg photographed on 27 May,

and four eggs on 1 and 5 June. First county

record and first confirmed state nesting re-

cord (vote 10–0).

• California Gull (Larus californicus),

7 June 2012, Baudette, Lake of the Woods

County (record #2012-049, Casual, vote 7–0).

Adult. First county record. This record was

originally submitted to eBird on 16 June 2012

nine days after the observation. A written re-

sponse to an eBird inquiry was received the

following day; however, this documentation

was not communicated to the Committee un-

til 22 March 2014; hence, the delay in voting.

For future reference, the importance of con-

temporaneous field notes and sketches should

be emphasized even though none was taken

in this instance.

• California Gull, 22 April 2014, Center-

ville Lake, Anoka County (record #2014-005,

Casual, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. First

county record.

• White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiati-

ca), 25 May 2014, Two Harbors, Lake County

(record #2014-025, Casual, vote 7–0). Adult,

photographed. First spring record for the

county.

• White-winged Dove, 30–31 May 2014,

farm near Elbow Lake, Grant County (record

#2014-030, Casual, vote 7–0). Adult, photo-

graphed. First county record.

• Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya), 28 April

2014, near grain elevators on state highway

7 in Ortonville, Big Stone County (record

#2014-017, Regular, vote 7–0). Adult photo-

graphed. Generally speaking, the Committee

does not vote on Regular species. However,

votes were cast for this observation prior to

its recognition as a Regular species in the

2014 Checklist. The same explanation applies

to the next record.

• Say’s Phoebe, 7–8 May 2014, Univer-

sity of Minnesota-Crookston Campus, Polk

County (record #2014-009, Regular, vote 7–0).

Adult photographed.

• Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga

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