kin, Aitkin Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:47-

48).

-Iceland Gull, 12/5/88 , Black Dog L. ,

Dakota Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 61 :48-49) .

-House Finch, 12/28/88-1/15/89, Fergus

Falls , Otter Tail Co. (vote 7-0).

-Ross' Goose , 4/2/89, Carey L., Cotton-

wood Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:89-90).

-Kentucky Warbler, 5/28/88 , Nerstrand

Woods S.P, Rice Co . (vote 7-0) .

-Kentucky Warbler, 8/20/88, Lebanon Hills

Park, Dakota Co . (vote 5-2) .

-Brambling, 12/26/88-4/6/89 , East Grand

Forks, Polk Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:56-

58).

-Boreal Owl , 2/ 18/89, Minneapolis, Henne-

pin Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon 61 :85-87).

-Ross' Goose, 3/30-31/89, near Spring Val-

ley, Fillmore Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:88-

89)

- Black-legged Kittiwake, 4/20/89, Bemidji ,

Beltrami Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:84-85).

-Ross' Goose , 4117/89, L. Byllesby,

Goodhue/Dakota Co. (vote 6-1; The Loon

61 :88).

-Ross' Goose, 4/30/89, Rice Lake S.P. ,

Steele-Dodge Co. (vote 7-0).

-Tricolored Heron, 5/4-7/89, Bloomington ,

Hennepin Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon 61 :82).

-Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5/6/89, near

Minnesota City, Winona Co. (vote 7-0; The

Loon 61:83-84).

-Black-headed Grosbeak , 5/6/89, O.L.

Kipp S .P, Winona Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon

61 :84) .

-Western Tanager, 517-11 /89 , Rochester,

Olmsted Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:91).

-Prairie Warbler, 5/13/89, Elm Creek Park

Reserve, Hennepin Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon

61:82-83) .

-Laughing Gull, 5/27/89, WhitwaterWMA,

Winona-Wabasha Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon

61: 152-153).

-Laughing Gull, 5/28/89, Duluth , St. Louis

Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:93).

-House Finch, 5/ 12/89, Duluth, St. Louis

Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:151).

-Ross' Goose, 5/20-25/89, Thief Lake

WMA , Marshall Co . (vote 7-0).

-White-eyed Vireo, 5/ 13/89, near Roches-

ter, Olmsted Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon

61:94) .

-Ferruginous Hawk , 5/10/89, near Eden,

Dodge Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:92) .

-Lazuli Bunting, 5/ 14/89, near Detroit

Lakes, Becker Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon

61 :141).

-Clark's Grebe , 5/22/89, Moorhead, Clay

Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon 61:150-151).

-White-eyed Vireo, 5/28/89, near

Moorhead , Clay Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon

61: 148-149).

The following records were voted on Janu-

ary-June 1989, and found to be Unacceptable:

-Osprey, 12/ 17/88, near Lanesboro,

Fillmore Co. (vote 0-7). The sketchy descrip-

tion gave no definite or useful field marks,

with the identification based almost entirely

on shape, but other raptors can have an Os-

prey-like shape at times. Also the observer

reported he had only limited experience, and

he was not using binoculars at the time. The

concensus was that the bird was probably an

immature Bald Eagle.

-Common Nighthawk, 11 /2/88, White Earth

L. , Becker Co. (vote 3-4). The identification

was based primarily on the "peent'' vocaliza-

tions of the bird , but it is possible other calls

of other species could also be described in

the same way; more importantly, nighthawks

apparently only give their "peent" call during

summer while on their breeding territory, not

in late fall. Also the plumage description was

too sketchy for such an unusual record, with

a "white bar" on the wing and a "white neck"

being the only content of the description .

-Blue Grosbeak, 5/22/88, Murphy-Hanre-

han Park, Scott Co . (vote 1-6). This previ-

ously Acceptable record was reconsidered,

and the majority voted not to accept because

of the brief description of the reported pair.

The female was only described as " brown

with a bit of rust on wings ;" and the male's

entire description was "medium sized blue

bird with grosbeak bill, rusty wing bars," and

it was felt this description could also fit a

second-year male Indigo Bunting .

-Ferruginous Hawk , 117/89, La Moille ,

Winona Co. (vote 2-5). The observation was

made somewhat casually, with the observer

having claimed to have seen this species more

than once before in Winona. Only one useful

mark - the "dark V of the legs" - was

given, but this was mentioned only in passing

with more emphasis given to other features

shared by other Buteos, especially Krider's-

type Red-taileds. (Also, when very pale or

albinistic Red-taileds fly overhead, the dark-

est part of their underparts is their tarsi ; the

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