Duplicates
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Dippers |
Accepted Duplicates | |
| 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. |
| Families |
| Species: Dippers |
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American Dipper |
| American Dipper (A) (Cinclus mexicanus) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 42:136 | 1970 | index | First Dipper Record for Minnesota | ||||||
| 42:137 | 1970 | index | Additional Dipper Sightings in 1970 | ||||||
| 1 | MOU | 1970-01-29 | 1970-03-07 | Temperance River | Cook | The Loon 42:66 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1970-01-29 | 1970-04-04 | Cook | 1/29-4/4 Cook (first state record) (first county record) First Minnesota record; probably same individual seen on following North Shore streams in Cook Co.: 1-29 Temperance River MHM; 1-31 Cascade River VL, RL, MMC; 2-1 Poplar River MMC, ELC; 2-7 - 3-7 Temperance River (many, many people). | |||||
| 2 | MOU | 1970-01-31 | Cascade River | Cook | The Loon 42:66 | Accepted | |||
| 3 | MOU | 1970-02-01 | Poplar River | Cook | The Loon 42:66 | Accepted | |||
| 4 | MOU | 1970-04-04 | Baptism River | Lake | The Loon 42:109 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1970-04-04 | Lake | 4/4 Lake (second state record) (first county record) bird still present 4-4 Baptism River, Lake Co., Brent Haglund, fide jG. | ||||||
| 64:138 | 1970-05-15 | Big Falls | Koochiching | (vote 3-4). (early 1970's) The appearance, behavior and habitat were all consistent with this species, but the documentation was not submitted until about ten years after the observation, suggesting that the description was based entirely on memory. To accept such an unusual species, more timely documentation, preferably based on notes taken at the time of observation, would be needed. | Not Accepted | ||||
| avian information | 1971-01-08 | Cook | 1/8 Cook (third state record) (second county record) | ||||||
| 5 | MOU | 1971-06-08 | Mink Lake | Cook | The Loon 50:213 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1971-06-08 | Cook | 6/8 Cook (fourth state record) (third county record) | ||||||
| 44:118-119 | 1972 | index | A Possible Second Dipper Record for Minnesota | ||||||
| 50:213 | 1978 | index | A Dipper Record for 1971 | ||||||
| 64:15 | 1991-08-02 | Big Falls | Koochiching | (vote 0-7). It was agreed the bird seen may well have been a dipper, especially since the observers had experience with this species and since the habitat was appropriate. However, the entire description only said it was a "small gray bird sitting on a rock". There was no mention of the bird 's relative size in comparison with another bird, and nothing was said of its behavior {which is distinctive in a dipper). In addition, no binoculars were used. It was unanimously agreed that such an unusual species should be described much more completely. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 65:212-213 | 1993 | index | Dipper Seen at the Temperance River | ||||||
| 6 | 66:43 | 1993-06-10 | Temperance River | Cook | (vote 6-1; The Loon 65:212-213). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1993-06-10 | Cook | 6/10 Cook (fifth state record) (fourth county record) Single bird observed along the Temperance River on 6/10 in Cook Co. SSa (The Loon 65:212–213). The only other verified record of this species in Minnesota occurred in 1970, also along the Temperance and other streams in Cook Co. | ||||||
| 66:95-99 | 1994 | index | Searching for Dippers | ||||||
| 71:156 | 1998-07-25 | Judge C. R. Magney State Park | Cook | (record #99-02, vote 1-6). The only description given in the documentation is that it was “brown to gray” and “about the size of a dove.” While it was seen to swim underwater and perch on a rock, there is no indication as to why it wasn't a duck or even a muskrat or other mammal. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 78:40 | 2005-05-19 | Cross Bay Lake; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness | Cook | (recirculated record #2005-027, first vote 5-2, second vote 4-3). This intriguing report of a small, gray, stubbytailed bird submerging itself near a waterfall failed to gain the necessary support for acceptance after discussion at the December meeting. The observer acknowledged that he was not an experienced birder and had no knowledge of this species' status in Minnesota. The characteristic bobbing behavior of this species was not noted and its vocalizations, bill shape and color, and leg length and color were not described. This species has been reported multiple times by canoeists, hikers, and fly-fisherman in the BWCA; two early June sight records have been accepted, but the only record supported by photographs was along the North Shore of Lake Superior beginning 29 January 1970 (Green 1970, Muelhausen 1970). | Not Accepted | ||||
| Three records: two summer and one winter-spring. Last recorded 1993. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||