MOURC Proceedings Archive - Nuthatches Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Nuthatches
Pygmy Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch (A) (Sitta pygmaea)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
55:411982-10-23Fifty LakesCrow Wing(vote 0-7) This identification was based solely on "small size and white underside ." With no mention of the cap color specifically, this description was inadequate. Not Accepted
169:281996-10-261996-10-28MoorheadClay(identification accepted unanimously, with all ten members voting on potential first state records; see below for additional comments). At this same meeting, the following records were voted on and found to be Unacceptable: Accepted
avian
information
1996-10-261996-10-28Clay10/26, 28 Clay (first state record) (first county record)
First state record, 10/26–28 Clay RO et al. See discussion elsewhere in this issue and The Loon 69:28–31.
 
 One fall record (1996).

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