OJ Oscar Johnson

P]o Paul Johnson

BK Byron Kinkade

SKi Steve Kittelson

RRK Ron & Rose Kneeskern

]SK John & Susan Kroll

]La Jacob Langeslag

FL Fred Lesher

JL ]on Little

WL William Longley

OSL Orvis & Sandy Lunke

CMa Craig Mandel

WM William Marengo

DBM Dennis & Barbara Martin

CMy Chuck Mayer

DMc Douglas McKenzie

SM Spencer Meeks

SMr Sam Merrill

SDM Steve & Diane Millard

MDNR Minnesota Department of Natural

Resources

SCM Steve & Carol Mortensen

NRRI Natural Resources Research Institute

DN David Neitzel

BN Bill Nelson

WN Warren Nelson

MRN Michael North

RO Robert O'Connor

0 Nancy Overcott

pp Pam Perry

DMP Daphne & Meyers Peterson

KR Kim Risen

KRv Kathryn Rivers

BR Bill Rowe

MR/AP Merrie Ann Rudelt & Amanda Phillips

OR Orwin Rustad

ESH Eileen Schantz-Hansen

ss Steven Schon

RbS Robert Schroeder

cs Carol Schumacher

BSe Blaine Seeliger

]SIMN Jean Segerstrom & Mark Newstrom

]Se ]ulian Sellers

MSl Mike Slettes

RSm Rolf Smeby

DBS Drew & Becky Smith

TS/JB Thorn Soule & Janet Boe

JSp Jack Sprenger

PSp Paul Springer

SKS Shelley & Keith Steva

FKS Forest & Kirsten Strnad

PS Peder Svingen

ws Wally Swanson

TT Tom Tustison

DW Don Wanschura

TW Terry Wiens

J]W Jim & Jude Williams

SWI MS Steve Wilson & Mary Shedd

SWi Sylvia Winkelman

DZ Dave Zumeta

mob many observers

Proceedings of the

Minnesota Ornithological Records Committe

Kim R. Eckert, M.O .R.C. Chairman

T here was a meeting of the Commit-

tee on 8 December 1996, and the

agenda included decisions on the

following: four records documented only

by photographs (which are difficult to

circulate by mail); four recirculated

records with inconclusive first-round

votes (each of which requires a second-

round vote at a meeting); one record of a

potential first state record (which requires

a vote at a meeting); one record involv-

ing a question of origin (which also re-

quires a vote at a meeting); and the pro-

cedure for dealing with records of a re-

cently split species (Spotted Towhee).

At this meeting, the following records

were voted on and found to be Accept-

able:

• Pacific Loon, 2-16 July 1996, Minne-

apolis, Hennepin County (photo record;

The Loon 68:133).

• Western Tanager, 18 May 1996, In-

ternational Falls, Koochiching County

(photo record).

• Spotted Towhee, no date,

Woodbury, Washington County (photo

record).

• Eurasian Wigeon, 14 April 1996,

near Etter, Goodhue County (recirculated

record).

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