Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee

Calliope Hummingbird, 15 June 2016, Duluth, Gull-billed Tern, 1 June 2016, Salt Lake, Deuel

St. Louis County. Photo by Peder H. Svingen.

County, SD. Photo by Kathy Java.

southwest of Tracy, Lyon County (record

#2016-017, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed.

First county record.

• Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima),

26 November 2014, Canal Park, Duluth, St.

Louis County (record #2014-055, initial vote

4–3; recirculated vote 2–5, The Loon 88:3–5;

reconsidered vote 7–0). Photographed. This

record was reconsidered based upon new

photographic analysis. The analysis proved

that the legs were not dark or black in the

original photos but were, instead, within the

spectral range of yellow to orange. This new

information eliminated Dunlin so the Commit-

tee voted unanimously to accept the obser-

vation based on the written description and

photographic evidence.

• Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridac-

tyla), 16 January – 12 February 2016, Canal

Park, Duluth, St. Louis County (record #2016-

002, vote 7–0). Two first-cycle individuals,

both photographed 16–18 January (The Loon

88:138–139). At least one of the two birds lin-

gered until 12 February 2016.

• Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), 1–24

January 2016, Canal Park, Duluth, St. Louis

County (record #2016-001, vote 7–0). First-cy-

cle, photographed (The Loon 88:95–96).

• Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica),

2–6 June 2016, Salt Lake and vicinity, Lac qui

Parle County (record #2016-018, vote 10–0).

Adult, photographed. First state record (The

Loon 88:136–137). Originally recorded 1

June 2016 on the western shore of Salt Lake

which lies in South Dakota, it was not ob-

served in Minnesota until the following morn-

ing. The bird was last reported on 6 June

2016 at Sweetwater State Wildlife Manage-

ment Area (about six miles southeast of Salt

Lake) though no documentation or other de-

tails were provided for this date.

• Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), 2 June

2016, 31st Street / Lafayette Square, Park

Point, Duluth, St. Louis County (record #2016-

028, vote 7–0). Adult.

• Arctic Tern, 17 June 2016, County Road

61 just south of 290th Street, Big Stone Coun-

ty (record #2016-025, vote 7–0). Adult, well-

photographed. First county record.

• Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), 21

April 2016, Miedd Lake, Yellow Medicine

County (record #2016-009, vote 5–2).

• Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), 4

May 2016, Bethany Lutheran College, Manka-

to, Blue Earth County (record #2016-012, vote

7–0). First county record.

• Barn Owl (Tyto alba), 1 August 2014,

five miles northwest of Houston in Perkins

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