MOURC Proceedings Archive - Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows Accepted
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This is the 1981 to present Records Committee Proceedings archive for
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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Woodpeckers
Caracaras, Falcons
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Proceedings
Species: Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Canada Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
[Fish Crow]
Common Raven

Canada Jay (R) (Perisoreus canadensis)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
avian
information
1942-12-011943-02-28Stearnswinter Stearns (first county record)
avian
information
1947-01-04Stearns1/4 Stearns (second county record)
avian
information
1965-08-011965-11-30Ramseyfall Ramsey (first fall record)
southerly movement this fall, growing quite strong during October and November; southernmost records, 11-7 Rice Lake Refuge, Aitkin Co, MIG and 11-10 Stillwater (on St. Croix), C. L. Ammerman fide GD, JCG.
avian
information
1966-01-011966-01-31Benton1/1-31 Benton (first county record)
avian
information
1966-12-011967-02-28Stearnswinter Stearns (third county record)
usual reports from Cook, Lake and St. Louis Co's. plus expected reports from Roseau, Beltrami, Lake-of-theWoods, Marshall and Clearwater Co's; one southerly record, Stearns Co., throughout winter, RPR.
avian
information
1975-12-061975-12-07Dakota12/6-7 Dakota (first county record)
reported from Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Itasca, Aitkin, Koochiching, Clearwater, Hubbard, Cass and Marshall Co's; an unconfirmed peak of 71 in late December in the Sax-Zim area of St. Louis Co. was not substantiated by others birding the area who found no more than 9; 71 would be a new North American Christmas Count record.
avian
information
1976-08-011976-11-30Olmstedfall Olmsted (first county record)
A major invasion year: reported south and west to Marshall, Pennington, Becker, Kanabec (3 reports), Mille Lacs, Stearns, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Isanti (2 reports), Anoka, Hennepin (3 reports), Ramsey, Washington, and Olmsted; first south reports on 10-17 and 10-12.
avian
information
1976-08-011976-11-30Swiftfall Swift (first county record)
A major invasion year: reported south and west to Marshall, Pennington, Becker, Kanabec (3 reports), Mille Lacs, Stearns, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Isanti (2 reports), Anoka, Hennepin (3 reports), Ramsey, Washington, and Olmsted; first south reports on 10-17 and 10-12.
avian
information
1976-11-17Lac qui Parle11/17 Lac qui Parle (first county record)
A major invasion year: reported south and west to Marshall, Pennington, Becker, Kanabec (3 reports), Mille Lacs, Stearns, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Isanti (2 reports), Anoka, Hennepin (3 reports), Ramsey, Washington, and Olmsted; first south reports on 10-17 and 10-12.
avian
information
1976-12-011977-02-28Anokawinter Anoka (first county record)
A major invasion year; northeast repo~ts from Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Clearwater, Roseau, Hubbard Crow Wing, Becker, Pine, St. Louis: Lake, Itasca and Cook Co's; wandering birds went west and south to Marshall and Polk (Warren and Crookston Christmas Counts), Otter Tail (until 1-23; NJ and on 2-16; W. Breckenridge), Kanabec (12-5; DS), Stearns (1-3 to 2-25; J. Voth), and on the Sherburne, Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Paul N.E. (4 seen) Christmas Counts.
avian
information
1981-12-19Stearns12/19 Stearns (fourth county record)
Reported from eight counties south to Aitkin and west to Roseau.
2:71930indexAnother Canada Jay Record
2:15-161930indexThe Clown of the North Woods
25:134-1351953indexWhiskey Jack
31:1001959indexPredation by Gray Jays on the Young of the Hoary Bat
35:681963indexNesting Record of the Gray Jay in Itasca County
39:22-231967indexGray Jay Invasion, Fall 1965
39:631967indexUnusual Winter Records for Stearns County
40:221968indexGray Jay in Edina
54:1471982-03-22Chisago(vote 2-5) The inexperienced observer sent in a long report of six possible Gray Jays, but the documentation did not describe the birds with any clarity. One Gray Jay south of its normal range is not all that unusual, but six within a relatively short distance sitting uncharacteristically out in the open along a roadside did not seem plausible to the majority. Not Accepted
avian
information
1984-01-01Dakota1/1 Dakota (second county record)
Statewide CBC total of 114 with a peak of 56 on the Isabella count. Reported from ten counties throughout its normal range in the north.
avian
information
1986-10-011986-11-31Hennepin10/1-11/31 Hennepin (first county record)
Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south.
avian
information
1986-10-23Scott10/23 Scott (first county record)
Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south.
avian
information
1986-11-011986-12-31Anoka11/1-12/31 Anoka (second county record)
Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south.
avian
information
1986-11-04Washington11/4 Washington (first county record)
Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south.
avian
information
1986-11-28Chisago11/28 Chisago (first county record)
Reported from 14 north counties with a season total of 470 in Duluth (The Loon 59:41-44); reports from Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Ramsey and Washington counties south.
avian
information
1987-01-031987-04-10Wright1/3-4/10 Wright (first county record)
A statewide CBC count of 419 (151 L. Y.) with a high count of 154 at Isabella. Reports from eleven northeast and north central region counties and Becker, Norman, Polk and Marshall in the northwest region. Also reported from Wright 1/3 (RG, RJ) Anoka, 12113 (MRBA) and during the St. Paul NE count week.
avian
information
1987-12-13Anoka12/13 Anoka (third county record)
Reported from eight north central and northeast region counties with a statewide CBC total of 247 (419 L.Y.). The only unusual report was of two on the FargoMoorhead CBC.
avian
information
2011-07-01Becker7/1 Becker (first summer record)
Seen in all northern regions. First county breeding record from Roseau BWa. High count 6/16 St. Louis (Superior National Forest Road 200) AJo, BWi.
avian
information
2018-01-20Wadena1/20 Wadena (first winter record)
Reported from fourteen contiguous counties in North-central and Northwest regions, the same number of reporting counties as the previous winter. Unusual record 1/20 Wadena FGo. High counts 2/2 St. Louis (18, Sax-Zim Bog) ebd, 2/26 St. Louis (14, Sax-Zim Bog) FJN, 2/27 Lake (13, Superior N.F.) FJN.
56:72-731984indexGray Jay Takes Live Mammal
59:41-441987indexA Documented Invasion of Gray Jays in Duluth, Fall 1986
59:153-1541987indexIncursion of Gray Jays into Southern Minnesota, 1986-87
 
 Permanent resident north-central and northeast.

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