MOURC Proceedings Archive - Caracaras, Falcons Accepted
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This is the 1981 to present Records Committee Proceedings archive for
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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Proceedings
Species: Caracaras, Falcons
Crested Caracara
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon

Crested Caracara (A) (Caracara plancus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
1MOU1994-07-18Helena Twp.ScottThe Loon 67:59Accepted
avian
information
1994-07-18Scott7/18 Scott (first state record) (first county record)
One well-documented individual was discovered on 7/18 along a highway in Scott Co. RG. This represents the first record for the state (The Loon 67:59–61). Of interest was the second provincial record of a Caracara on 7/6 at Point Pelee in Ontario (Am. Birds 48:939).
avian
information
2023-06-09Lake6/9 Lake (second state record) (first county record)
67:59-611995indexCrested Caracara in Scott County
 
 Two summer records (1994, 2023).

Notes:

The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source.
'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings
'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings
Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander
Sighting records for ()
Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added.
Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander