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Proceedings of the Minnesota

Ornithological Records Committee

Kim R. Eckert

The Committee had a meeting on 25 July 1990 and a number of topics were discussed.

No conclusions were reached involving changes in our procedures, but decisions were made

on the four possible Clark's Grebe records that the Committee had never voted on - these

are the first four records listed under "Other Records" in The Loon 61: 104-106. All four

records were unanimously found to be Unacceptable:

-The photographic record from Lake Osakis, 23 May 1982, shows bill and flank colors

that appear to be consistent with Clark's Grebe, but the angle of the bird and the unknown

light conditions, film type and camera exposure make these colors difficult to judge without

field notes. Since the facial pattern is also intermediate, no one was comfortable with

accepting the record.

-The 12 July 1984 photographs, also from Lake Osakis, show a bill color more consistent

with Western Grebe. This, combined with the atypical and asymmetrical facial pattern, also

make this an Unacceptable record.

-The documentation for this sight record from Salt Lake, 14 April 1985, includes only a

brief description mentioning "an all yellow bill and some white speckling on the dark back,"

and such a description was thought to be too vague for an Acceptable record.

--One of the two 19 May 1987 photographs, again from Lake Osakis, shows a bill color

apparently consistent with Clark's Grebe, and the other photo shows Clark's-like flanks.

However, as in the 1982 record, no written field notes exist so that the light conditions, etc.

are unknown, making these colors difficult to judge. Also the intermediate facial pattern

seems closer to Western Grebe than to Clark's.

The following records were voted on January-June 1990, and found to be Acceptable:

-Ivory Gull, 14 January 1990, Grand Marais, Cook Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 62:3-4).

-Iceland Gull, 14-16 December 1989, Duluth, St. Louis Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 62: 110) .

-Long-billed Curlew, 26 June 1989, Blue Mounds S.P, Rock Co. (vote 6-1; The Loon

62:58-59).

-Swainson's Hawk , 31 October 1989, Duluth, St. Louis Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 62:57).

-Carolina Wren, 17 November 1989, Winona, Winona Co. (vote 5-2; The Loon62:112-113).

-Barrow's Goldeneye, 1 January-4 March 1990, Fergus Falls, OtterTail Co . (vote 7-0; The

Loon 62:96-99).

-Great Gray Owl, 30 December 1989, near Darwin, Meeker Co. (vote 6-1; The Loon

62: 109).

-Eurasian Wigeon, 3 April 1990, Frontenac, Goodhue Co. (vote 6-1; The Loon 62:116).

-Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 April 1990 , Red Wing, Goodhue Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon

62: 111-112).

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