term expired at the end of 1999), Peder

Svingen and Tom Tustison.

Among the items on the agendas of

these meetings were discussions of cer-

tain records , including: potential first

state records; those involving a question

of origin; those recirculated after incon-

clusive first-round votes; those with com-

pleted votes which are reconsidered at

the request of a member; and those pri-

marily or entirely documented with a

photograph or tape recording. The results

of these discussions and votes on these

records are included below with the

other records handled entirely by mail.

The following records were voted on

August-December 1999 and found to be

Acceptable:

• Ross's Goose, 22-26 September

1998, L. Byllesby, Dakota Co. (record

#99-06, vote 7-0)

• Prairie Falcon, 5 May 1999, Sodus

Twp., Lyon Co. (record #99-27, vote 5-2).

• Yellow-throated Warbler, 6 May - 24

July 1999, Sibley State Park, Kandiyohi

Co. (record #99-28 , vote 7-0).

• White-eyed Vireo, 16 May 1999,

Forestville State Park, Fillmore Co.

(record #99-30, vote 7-0).

• Arctic Tern, 21 May 1999, Duluth, St.

Louis Co. (record #99-31 , vote 7-0, The

Loon 71:239).

• White-eyed Vireo, 14-29 May 1999,

Hormel Nature Center, Mower Co.

(record #99-32, vote 7-0).

• American Tree Sparrow, 1 June

1999, Duluth, St. Louis Co. (record #99-

33, vote 6-1).

• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 2 June

1999, Duluth Twp., St. Louis Co. (record

#99-34, vote 7-0).

• Least Tern, 24-25 June 1999, Agassiz

N.W.R., Marshall Co. (record #99-36, vote

6-1).

• Lark Bunting, 28 September 1998,

Duluth, St. Louis Co. (record #99-39 , vote

6-1).

• Great-tailed Grackle , 26 March - 14

August 1999, Grover's L., Jackson Co.

(record #99-40, vote 7-0).

• Great-tailed Grackle, 13 May 1999,

Middletown Twp., Jackson Co. (record

#99-41 , vote 7-0).

• Great-tailed Grackle, 11 September

- 23 October 1999, Minneota Twp. , Jack-

son Co. (record #99-42, vote 7-0).

• Swallow-tailed Kite, 15-27 May

1999, Lower Sakatah L. , Rice Co. (record

#99--44, vote 7-0, The Loon 71:173 and

176-178).

• Eurasian Collared-Dove, 29 May -

July 1999, Udolpho Twp. , Mower Co.

(record #99--45, vote 7-0, The Loon

71:236-237).

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow, late May- 6

June 1999, Parke Twp. , Clay Co. (record

#99--46, vote 7-0).

• Ruff, 15 June 1999, Thielke L., Big

Stone Co. (record #99-47, vote 7-0, The

Loon 72:55-56).

• White-eyed Vireo, 21 June - 4 July

1999, near New Ulm, Brown Co. (record

#99--48, vote 7-0).

• Rock Wren, 22-23 May 1999,

Wilmington Twp., Houston Co. (record

#99-53, vote 7-0, The Loon 71:205).

• Prairie Warbler, 12-19 August 1999,

Richfield, Hennepin Co. (record #99-54,

vote 7-0).

• Smew, 17 March 1999, Anderson

County Park, Jackson Co. (record #99-55,

vote 10-0). All ten members vote on po-

tential first state records. At the 5 Decem-

ber 1999 meeting, the question of origin

was discussed and voted on, and by ma-

jority vote (8-2) the individual was ac-

cepted as being of probable wild origin.

At the same meeting, the photograph of

the individual was also discussed and

voted on, and by majority vote (7-3) the

photo was accepted as identifiable on its

own. As a result of these votes, this spe-

cies was accepted to the state list as an

unqualified Accidental - i.e. , with no

qualifying "o " or "s" subscripts.

• Black-headed Gull (1 adult), 26

March 1999, Spirit L. , Jackson Co. (record

#99-56, vote 7-0).

• Black-headed Gull (2 adults), 9-23

October 1999, Spirit L. , Jackson Co.

(record #99-57, vote 7-0).

• White-faced Ibis, S-6 May 1999,

Castle Rock, Dakota Co. (record #99-58,

vote 7-0).

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