| Ancient Murrelet(Synthliboramphus antiquus) |
| Year | Season | N | S | |
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| 1950 | Fall | | | One of the rarest records in Minnesota fo1· a long time is that of an ancient murrelet which was caught in a bullhead net at Cutfoot Sioux Lake, Itasca County, November 27, by Larry Dibble. The specimen is now in the collection of the Minnesota Museum of Natural History. The only other specimen known from the state was shot at Lake Hook, McLeod County in November 1905 by W. B. Hopper of Hutchinson. This species, which nests dong the shores of the North Pacific a 1d migrates along the coastlines of l sia and North Ame1·ica as far as Lower California and Japan in winter, cccurs only rarely east of the Rockies. |
| 1979 | Fall | | | Oct. Itasca (Lake Winnibigoshish) shot KE fide B. Teft. |
| 1999 | Fall | | | Seventh Minnesota record 11/20 Cook (Grand Marais) †DBz, †PC et al. (The Loon 72:43–45). This is the first time that any alcid has been found alive and healthy in the state of Minnesota by birders! Other records (two Dovekie and six Ancient Murrelet records) refer to specimens, birds found moribund or dead, or those shot by hunters from flocks of waterfowl. |
| 2020 | Winter | 1 | | One record 1/17 St. Louis (Stony Point) †StK, ph. †PHS, ph. TBu, †EzH, ph. IsH, ph. †LBa, ph. †AXH, ph. †KRE, ph. †KEm, ph. †REn, m.ob. Recorded only one day; reported to MOU or eBird by about 100 different observers, with many photos. This is the eighth state record (first since 1999) and second winter record. This is only the second sight record; the first six were specimens that were found dead or weakened, or shot by hunters (The Loon 72:43–45). |
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| | Eleven records: eight fall and three winter. Recorded in two (2021, 2023) of the last ten years. |
