ceptable records are not given because

the details normally speak for them-

selves an dit is usually obvious from

reading them, generally in the Notes

of Interest cited, why they were ac-

cepted. Occasionally, however, rea-

sons may be given with an acceptable

record if it is a controversial one with

a close vote. It should also be made

clear that the purpose of these articles

is to give the reader a better idea of

what constitutes an acceptable, or un-

acceptable, bird record and to make

readers aware of identification prob-

lems encountered by birders.

Acceptable records voted on July-

December, 1981:

-Hooded Warbler, 6-16-81, Cedar

Creek Bog, Anoka Co. (vote 7-0)

-Say's Phoebe, 5-17-81, Felton Prai-

rie, Clay Co. (vote 7-0, Loon 53:163)

-Little Gull, 5-9-81, Duluth, St. Louis

Co. (vote 7-0, Loon 53:163-164)

-Yellow-breasted Chat, 5-15-77, Car-

los Avery W.M.A., Anoka Co. (vote

7-0)

-European Wigeon, 5-14-76, Black-

duck L., Beltrami Co., (vote 6-1)

-Peregrine Falcon, 6-25-81, Ocheda

L., Nobles Co., (vote 6-1, Loon 53:

219-220)

-Arctic Loon, 6-25-81, Sioux Forks

W.M.A., Jackson Co. (vote 6-1, Loon

53:230)

-Summer Tanager, 6-18-81, Agate L.,

Crow Wing Co. (vote 7-0, Loon 53:

223)

-Williamson's Sapsucker, 5-25-81,

Pickwick Valley, Winona Co. (vote

7-0, Loon 53:232-234)

-Ross' Goose, 1-11-70, Rochester,

Olmsted Co. (vote 7-0)

-Summer Tanager, 10-19 - 11-1-81,

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

54:63)

-Long-tailed Jaeger, 8-24-81, Duluth,

St. Louis Co. (vote 7-0, Loon in

press)

-Townsend's Solitaire, 10-19-81,

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

Loon 54:60-61)

-Little Gull,9-29-81, Duluth, St. Louis

Co. (vote 7-0, Loon 54:65)

-Townsend's Solitaire, 10-15-81, Dul-

Spring 1982

uth Twp., St. Louis Co. (vote 7-0,

Loon 54:60)

-Black-headed Grosbeak, 10-18-81,

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

Loon 54:61-62)

-Ferruginous Hawk, 10-2-81, near

Henderson, Sibley Co. (vote 7-0)

-Purple Sandpiper, 10-30-81, Duluth,

St. Louis Co. (vote 7-0, Loon 54:58-

59)

-Yellow-breasted Chat, 5-24-80, Win-

nebago Twp., Houston Co. (vote 7-0)

-Townsend's Solitaire, 11-11-81, St.

Paul, Ramsey Co. (vote 7-0)

-Townsend's Solitaire, 9-19- 10-7-81,

Bemidji, Beltrami Co. (vote 7-0,

Loon 54:61)

-Swainson's Hawk, 10-18-81, Duluth,

St. Louis Co. (vote 6-1)

-Spotted Sandpiper, 11-4-81, Duluth,

St. Louis Co. (vote 7-0)

-Ferruginous Hawk, 8-7-81, Willmar,

Kandiyohi Co. (vote 7-0)

Unacceptable records voted on July-

December, 1981:

-Whooping Crane, 5-18-81, Thief

Lake W.M.A., Marshall Co. (vote 5-

2, with 6-1 required for acceptance)

The extensive description of this

immature was enough to convince

most members, but because of strong

doubts of the minority outside opin-

ions were solicited from crane experts

Rod Drewien of the Idaho Cooperative

Wildlife Research Unit and Scott Der-

rickson of the Patuxent Wildlife Re-

search Center. They stated that the

immature Whooping Crane always

shows rusty coloration on the head

and neck, and that this would never

appear gray as stated in the descrip-

tion. The bill of a whooper is not

black as described, but rather olive at

the tip and pinkish or greenish at the

base. Also, by spring a young whooper

would begin to show some of the red-

dish face present in adult plumage,

but such was not mentioned. In con-

clusion, both men also were of the

opinion that the description fits a

Sandhill Crane with abnormally whit-

ish plumage, something each has seen

more than once in the past.

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