Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee

Laughing Gull, 13 June 2019, Wells, Faribault Brambling, 28 January 2019, Winona County.

County. Photo by William C. Marengo.

Photo by Don Markey.

007, vote 7–0). Adult male, photographed.

• King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) [Casual],

2–21 January 2019, Duluth, mouth of Lester

River, St. Louis County (record #2019-001, vote

7–0). First-year male, photographed.

• Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) [Acci-

dental], 1 October 1972, Girard Lake, Hennepin

County (record #1972-001, initial vote 8–2, re-

circulated vote 10–0). Adult. Potential first state

record; however, there are still two pre-MOURC

purported observations/specimens yet to be

evaluated (14 May 1962, Long Meadow Lake,

Hennepin County and a specimen donated in

1914 to an Albany, New York museum labeled

from Parker’s Prairie, Otter Tail County).

• Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)

[Accidental], 3 November 2015, near the east-

ernmost tip of Bear Island in the St. Louis River,

southeast of New Duluth, St. Louis County (re-

cord #2015-048, vote 7–0). Specimen, immature

found dead in a muskrat trap, photographed.

The specimen currently resides at the Cable

Natural History Museum, Cable Wisconsin (The

Loon 91:82–83).

• Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexica-

nus) [Casual], 29 April – 4 May 2019, ap-

proximately one-quarter mile north of the in-

tersection of 320th Avenue and County Road

8, Verona Township, Faribault County (record

#2019-009, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed.

• Black-necked Stilt, 3 May 2019, the south

shore of Lake Byllesby, Goodhue County (re-

cord #2019-010, vote 7–0). Adult. First county

record.

• Black-necked Stilt, 16 May 2019, St. Mar-

tin’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, Stearns Coun-

ty (record #2019-018, vote 7–0). Adult.

• Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) [Ca-

sual], 9–16 June 2019, Wells Wastewater Treat-

ment Plant, Faribault County (record #2019-

032, vote 7–0). First-cycle, photographed. First

county record.

• Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) [Casual],

9 June 2019, near Roseau County line, Lake of

the Woods County (record #2019-033, vote 7–0).

Same bird reported in Roseau County. Adult,

photographed. First county record for Lake of

the Woods and Roseau counties.

• Least Tern, 12 June 2018, Cannon Lake,

Rice County (record #2018-056, initial vote 2–5,

reconsidered vote 7–0). Apparent first-cycle

alternate in “portlandica” plumage. First county

record.

• Fregata frigatebird (Fregata sp.), 21 August

2016, flying over a private residence in Mounds

View, Ramsey County (record #2016-049, vote

7–0). Adult male. Not accepted as Magnificent

Frigatebird, but remains accepted as Fregata

frigatebird (See The Loon 89:4).

• Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)

[Casual], 6 June 2019, near the intersection of

Rice Lake Road and Martin Road just north of

Duluth, St. Louis County (record #2019-031,

vote 7–0). Adult.

• White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) [Casual],

2–6 June 2019, Gordon Anderson Recreation

Area, Richard J. Dorer State Memorial Hard-

wood Forest, Houston County (record #2019-

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