Record 2007-012, Black Vulture (lower left)

25 March 2007, Afton, Washington County.

Digital photo by Anthony X. Hertzel.

Record 2007-035, Snowy Plover, 30 May 2007,

Duluth, St. Louis County. Digital photo by

Shawn C. Zierman.

April – 1 May 2007, southwest of Madi-

son, Lac Qui Parle County (record #2007-

019, vote 7–0 for 13 adults, vote 6–1 for 7

more; total of 20 adults Accepted; 2 sub-

adults Accepted 6–1 as Plegadis sp.).

• Glossy/White-faced Ibis (Plegadis

sp.), 30 August 2006, Folsom Township,

Traverse County (record #2006-108, vote

7–0).

• Glossy/White-faced Ibis, 22 October

2006, Lake Johanna Waterfowl Production

Area, Pope County (record #2006-093,

vote 7–0).

• Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus),

24–25 March 2007, Afton Marina, Wash-

ington County (record #2007-012, vote

7–0; The Loon 79:182–183).

Identifiably photographed in flight

next to a Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura).

Fourth state record.

• Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forfi-

catus), 4 May 2007, Fridley, Anoka County

(record #2007-022, vote 7–0).

• Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platyp-

terus), 16 December 2006, St. Paul, Ram-

sey County (record #2007-011, vote 5–2).

Minnesota’s first winter record of this

species was documented during the St.

Paul Christmas Bird Count.

• Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), 3 Janu-

ary – 16 February 2007, Port Terminal,

Duluth, St. Louis County (record #2007-

002, vote 7–0).

• Gyrfalcon, 19 January – 23 March

2007, Vermillion Township, Dakota Coun-

ty (record #2007-005, vote 7–0).

• Whooping Crane (Grus americana),

9 April 2007, Pembina Trail Preserve, Polk

County (record #2007-014, vote 7–0 for

one adult, vote 6–1 for four more; total of

five adults Accepted; documentation for

two juveniles will be recirculated).

• Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexan-

drinus), 30–31 May 2007, Park Point, Du-

luth, St. Louis County (record #2007-035,

vote 7–0).

This adult male was initially found

with a Piping Plover (C. melodus). As with

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