• Sprague's Pipit, 22 August 1992, Felton

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

64:231).

• Neotropic Cormorant, 16 July - 4 Au-

gust 1992, Lake Vadnais, Ramsey Co. (vote

10-0; The Loon 64:176-178). (All ten mem-

bers vote on potential first state records.)

• Western Wood-Pewee, 21-28 June

1992, Hayes Lake S.P., Roseau Co. (vote

7-0; The Loon 64: 179).

• Rufous Hummingbird, 21-23 August

1992, West 1\vin Lake, Crow Wing Co. (vote

7-0; The Loon 65:47-48).

• Clark 's Grebe, 21-22 August 1992,

Lone Tree Lake, Yellow Medicine Co. (vote

7-0; The Loon 64:233).

• Carolina Wren, late May - late August

1992, near Miesville, Dakota Co. (vote 7-

0).

• Kentucky Warbler, 23 June - 6 July

1992, Seven Mile Creek County Park, Nicol-

let Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 65:45-46).

• Rufous Hummingbird, 23-24 August

1992, Lake Mazaska, Rice Co. (vote 7-0;

The Loon 64:235).

• Mississippi Kite, 11 September 1992,

Pepin 1\vp., Wabasha Co. (vote 6-1; The

Loon 64:234).

• Least Tern, 29 August 1992, Spring

Lake, Dakota Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon

64:222-223).

• Sabine's Gull, 19 September 1992,

Duluth, St. Louis Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon

65:46-47).

• Great Black-backed Gull, 9 November

1992, Duluth, St. Louis Co. (vote 7-0; The

Loon 65:50-51).

• Great Black-backed Gull, 7 November

1992, Grand Marais, Cook Co. (vote 7-0).

• Painted Redstart, 30 September 1992,

Wealthwood, Aitkin Co. (vote 10-0; The

Loon 65:49). (All ten members vote on po-

tential first state records.)

• Worm-eating Warbler, 1 October 1992,

Olson Lake, Washington Co. (vote 5-2).

• Lesser Black-backed Gull, 21-22 No-

vember 1992, Lake Minnetonka, Hennepin

Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 64:232).

• Sedge Wren, 23 November 1992, near

Luverne, Rock Co. (vote 7-0).

• Carolina Wren, 19 September- 31 Oc-

tober 1992, near Reno, Houston Co. (vote

5-2).

• Great Black-backed Gull, 16 December

1992, Duluth, St. Louis Co. (vote 7-0; The

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Loon 65:50-51).

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 7 March

1992, Cologne, Carver Co. (vote 7-0).

The following records were voted on July

- December 1992 and found to be Unac-

ceptable:

• Carolina Wren, 8-15 April 1992, near

Eitzen, Houston Co. (vote 3-4). While this

probably was a Carolina Wren, the majority

voted not to accept this since the plumage

description only mentioned a "conspicuous

white eye stripe ... and white underparts,"

and since the song, on which the identifica-

tion was partly based, was not fully de-

scribed.

• Yellow-throated Warbler, 2 May 1992,

Winona, Winona Co. (vote 2-5). The ma-

jority also felt this individual was probably

correctly identified, but the description pro-

vided was incomplete: e.g., no mention was

made of the presence/absence of side streak-

ing or wing bars, nor was there any descrip-

tion of the upperparts, belly or tail.

• Hooded Oriole, 24-25 May 1992, near

Grand Marais, Cook Co. (vote 1-9; all ten

members vote on potential first state

records.) To accept such an unusual record,

it was felt the documentation should be flaw-

less, which it was not in this case. The pos-

sibility of immature male Orchard Oriole,

which the observers were apparently unfa-

miliar with, was not completely ruled out,

and it was stated that the bird was "larger

than Northern Orioles" - while this would

seem to rule out the smaller Orchard Ori-

ole, it also precludes Hooded Oriole which

is smaller than the Northern Oriole.

• Common Nighthawk, 5 April1992, near

Detroit Lakes, Becker Co. (vote 3-4). The

entire description only mentioned "a dark

bird with fairly long, pointed wings ... white

bars on each wing," and a tail that "was

squarish with a slight V-shape." No men-

tion was made of its manner of flight or

size, nor was the size, shape and position of

the wing bars described.

• Yellow-throated Warbler, 18 July 1992,

Scandia Twp., Washington Co. (vote 0-7).

The bird was only seen in silhouette and

was identified only on the basis of its song,

and the description of this song was not com-

plete enough to indicate Yellow-throated

Warbler and preclude other possibilities.

• Northern Wheatear, 15 May 1982, near

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