Loon); if Casual or Regular species, a vote
of 4-3 or higher means Acceptable; a vote
of 3-4 or less on species in any category
means Unacceptable.
The following records were voted on.
July-December, 1984, and found Accept-
able:
- Anhinga, 5/26/84, Louisville Swamp,
Scott Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon 56:203) .
- Western Tanager, 5/28/84, Lac Qui
Parle W .M .A., Lac Qui Parle Co.
(vote 7-0;) .
- Western Tanager, 5/15/84, Tamarack
Nature Center, Ramsey Co. (vote 7-0;
The Loon 56:269).
- Lazuli Bunting, 5/18/84, Duluth , St.
Louis Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon
56:262).
- Lazuli Bunting, 5/22-26/84, Duluth, St.
Louis Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon
56:262).
- Little Gull, 8/14-15/84, Worthington
sewage ponds , Nobles Co . (vote 7-0).
- Ruff, 8/12/84, Carlos Avery W.M.A . ,
Chisago Co. (vote 6-1; The Loon
56:263).
- Western Wood-Pewee, 8/16/84, Duluth
Twp ., St. Louis Co . (vote 7-0; Loon
56:263-264).
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 8/18/84,
Forest Rd. 424, Lake Co. (vote 6-1).
- Sabine's Gull, 9/9/84, near Adams,
Mower Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon
56:265-266) .
- Sharp-tailed Sparrow , 4110/84 , Carver
Park, Carver Co. (vote 6-1;
The Loon 56: 274) .
- Sabine's Gull, 9/24/84 , near Warroad,
Lake of the Woods Co. (vote 7-0's;
The Loon 56: 266-267) .
- Rock Wren , 5/12/84, Gooseberry Falls
S.P. , Lake Co. (vote 6-1 ; The Loon
56:270-271 ).
- Arctic Loon, 10/14/84, Duluth, St.
Louis Co. (vote 6-1 ; The Loon 56:276-
277).
- Little Gull, 10/24/84, Lake of the
Woods, Lake of the Woods Co . (vote
7-0; The Loon 56:265).
- Brant, 10/28/84, Fergus Falls, Otter
Tail Co. (vote 7-0; The Loon 56:270) .
- Ross' Goose, 11 /24/84, Rochester,
Olmsted Co. (vote 7-0).
- Arctic Loon , 11 /3/84, Duluth, St.
Louis Co . (vote 7-0; The Loon 57 :61) .
- California Gull, 11 /25-12/15/84,
Duluth , St. Louis Co . (vote 7-0; The
Loon 57:60-61) .
- Barrow's Goldeneye, 1217/84, Black
Dog L., Dakota Co . (vote 6-1 ; The
Loon 57:61-62).
- White-faced Ibis, 10/4-12/84, Fort
Snelling S .P., Dakota Co . (vote 7-0;
The Loon 57:59).
The following records were voted on
July-December, 1984, and found Unac-
ceptable:
- Townsend's Warbler, 5/9/84, Bloom-
ington, Hennepin Co. (vote 4-3 , with
7-0 required for Acceptance.)
It was unanimously agreed that a Town-
send's may have been seen, but the minor-
ity felt that a report as unusual as this
should have had a more complete descrip-
tion - e.g ., the underparts were not com-
pletely described, and there was no men-
tion of throat color, back color or wing
bars. The observer also had never seen this
species before and did not know it was un-
usual here .
- Yellow Rail, 7/22/84, near High For-
est, Olmsted Co. (vote 1-6).
The description did not fully preclude
immature Sora, and the color of the under
tail coverts in particular seemed to indicate
Sora rather than Yellow Rail , since they
were described as "buffy" - a Yellow
Rail has brown under tail coverts . Also, no
white wing patch was seen , and the ob-
server seemed unsure about the overall size
and back pattern.
- Band-tailed Pigeon, 8/1 1/84, Golden
Valley, Hennepin Co . (vote 3-4).
The majority felt that the description
was too brief for such an unusual species:
e.g., the tail pattern was not seen and there
was no mention of the black-tipped bill.
But the biggest problem with the record
was that a black ring was seen on the nape
below the white ring, a feature inconsistent
with Band-tailed Pigeon .
- Black-shouldered Kite, 8/19/84, near
Morris, Stevens Co. (vote 4-3, with 7-
0 required for Acceptance.)
The minority felt that this report of a
bird in juvenile plumage was primarily
flawed by the description of a muti-banded
tail- the Black-shouldered Kite only has
one sub-terminal band. The details seemed
to indicate the bird may have been a pale ,
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