Record #2016-049, Fregata frigatebird, 21

August 2016, Mounds View, Ramsey County.

Photo by Anthony X. Hertzel.

Cook Wastewater Treatment Ponds, St. Louis

County (record #2016-042, vote 7–0). Photo-

graphed.

• Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridac-

tyla), 7 November 2016, Agate Bay, Two Har-

bors, Lake County (record #2016-043, vote

7–0). Juvenile, photographed.

• Fregata frigatebird (Fregata sp.), 21

August 2016, private residence, Mounds View,

Ramsey County (record #2016-049, vote 7–0).

First county record, adult male, photographed.

This is the fifth accepted frigatebird record

for the state. One was a Magnificent Frigate-

bird (Fregata magnificens) ( Jackson County,

2 September 2007, The Loon 80:106–107) and

all others Fregata sp. This is the only Fregata

sp. to be photographed. The three previous

Fregata sp. records are as follows: Clearwater

County (22 September 1988, The Loon 79:51),

Dakota County (1 October 1988, The Loon

79:51), St. Louis County (19–21 September

2005, The Loon 78:41).

• Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), 11

May 2016, marsh 0.7 miles east of county

roads 2 and 3 on south side of the road,

Traverse County (record #2016-033, vote 7–0).

Photographed. First county record.

• Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes for-

Record #2016-033, Glossy Ibis, 11 May 2016,

Arthur Township, Traverse County. Photo by

Andrew Nyhus.

micivorus), 14 September 2016, private resi-

dence, Detroit Lakes, Becker County (record

#2016-050, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed.

The bird was seen at a feeder. Second state

and first county record.

• Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spragueii),

5 October 2016, South Heron Lake, Jackson

County (record #2016-038, vote 6–1).

• Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia

atricapilla), 30 September 2016 – 25 January

2017, Lakeside neighborhood, Duluth, St. Lou-

is County (record #2016-044, vote 7–0). Photo-

graphed adult in basic plumage. Undoubtedly,

this is a returning individual to the exact same

feeder for the third consecutive winter. Thir-

teenth state record and the sixth for St. Louis

County.

The following records were voted on and

were Not Accepted. (Please note that a record

which is Not Accepted only means that the

documentation was not complete or convinc-

ing enough to include the sighting in The

Loon or in the MOU’s archives of confirmed

bird records. Such a vote does not necessarily

mean the observer misidentified the bird or

did not see it. Summaries of the reasons why

a record was Not Accepted are included here.

These are in no way intended to be critical of

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