Duplicates
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Pelicans |
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: Pelicans |
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Brown Pelican |
| Brown Pelican (A) (Pelecanus occidentalis) | Start Date 1987-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 1 | 78:40 | 2005-07-16 | 2005-07-27 | Little Spirit Lake | Jackson | (record #2005-048, vote 10-0). This immature was first found on the Iowa side of the border at Spirit Lake and fortuitously wandered into Minnesota (The Loon 78:11-14). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2005-07-16 | 2005-07-27 | Jackson | 7/16-27 Jackson (first state record) (first county record) First state record: 7/16–27 Jackson (Little Spirit Lake) ph. †PHS, ph. †AXH, ET (The Loon 78:11–14); this first-year bird was also documented by ph. †PEB, ph. †DAC, †PCC, ph. †JPM, †DTT, †SMT, m.ob. | |||||
| 78:11-14 | 2006 | index | Minnesota's First Brown Pelican | ||||||
| 2 | 82:3 | 2009-06-27 | 2009-07-02 | German Lake | Le Sueur | (record #2009-031, vote 7-0). Second state record. Subadult, photographed. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2009-06-27 | 2009-07-02 | Le Sueur | 6/27, 7/2 Le Sueur (second state record) (first county record) Second state record: immature found by CVK, WS, 6/27–7/2 Le Sueur (German L.) ph. RMD. | |||||
| 3 | 84:107 | 2012-04-04 | 2012-04-09 | at the marina in Red Wing | Goodhue | Dakota | (record #2012-005, vote 7-0). This adult was photographed by numerous observers, but no one submitted a complete description supported by field notes. The Committee welcomes images and other physical evidence, but always values written descriptions based on field notes taken while the bird was being observed or shortly thereafter. What is believed by the Committee to be the same bird was also seen and photographed in Dakota County on 9 April 2012 at the intersection of U.S. Highway 52 and County Road 46. The Goodhue and Dakota county records are both first county records. Other contemporaneous sightings of a purported Brown Pelican in Hennepin and Chisago Counties (thought to be the same bird though not photographically documented) were Not Accepted by consensus of the Committee at its 2 December 2012 meeting. | Accepted | |
| avian information | 2012-04-04 | 2012-04-09 | Goodhue | 4/4-9 Goodhue (fourth state record) (first county record) Third state record 4/4–9 Goodhue (Red Wing) ph. CH, JWH, ph. KRE, ph. RZi, ph. CRM (The Loon 84:154). Also photographed 4/9 in Dakota (flying over Hwy. 52 and C.R. 46) ph. DAC. Originally found and photographed by a local fisherman on 4/4 at Red Wing fide TPB. | |||||
| avian information | 2012-04-09 | Dakota | 4/9 Dakota (third state record) (first county record) Third state record 4/4–9 Goodhue (Red Wing) ph. CH, JWH, ph. KRE, ph. RZi, ph. CRM (The Loon 84:154). Also photographed 4/9 in Dakota (flying over Hwy. 52 and C.R. 46) ph. DAC. Originally found and photographed by a local fisherman on 4/4 at Red Wing fide TPB. | ||||||
| 4 | 85:99 | 2013-05-31 | 2013-06-01 | Myre-Big Island State Park | Freeborn | (record #2013-027, vote 7-0). Adult in alternate plumage, photographed. Fourth state record and first county record. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2013-05-31 | 2013-06-01 | Freeborn | 5/31-6/1 Freeborn (fifth state record) (first county record) Fourth state record 5/31–6/1 Freeborn (Myre-Big Island S.P.) BAb, ph. GLa. | |||||
| 93:47 | 2020-09-10 | Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2020-078, vote 0-7). Distance was estimated at 1.5 to 3.0 miles under hazy conditions making sufficient details indiscernible. The bird was seen flying with an American White Pelican and should have been noticeably smaller, yet the observer commented that “it was hard to confirm any real size difference.” | Not Accepted | ||||
| Four records: two spring and two summer. Last recorded 2013. Formerly Casual. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||