MOURC Proceedings Archive - Wrens Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Wrens
Rock Wren
Bewick's Wren
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren

Bewick's Wren (A) (Thryomanes bewickii)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
1MOU1920-07-141920-07-20RushfordFillmoreAccepted
avian
information
1920-07-141920-07-20Fillmore7/14, 20 Fillmore (first state record) (first county record)
2MOU1920-08-13PrestonFillmoreAccepted
avian
information
1920-08-13Fillmore8/13 Fillmore (second state record) (second county record)
3MOU1923-06-011923-07-31near PrestonFillmorepair built a nest and reared youngAccepted
avian
information
1923-06-011923-07-31Fillmoresummer Fillmore (third state record) (third county record)
4MOU1924-04-28near Red WingGoodhueAccepted
avian
information
1924-04-28Goodhue4/28 Goodhue (fifth state record) (first county record)
5MOU1924-05-291924-07-01near PrestonFillmorepair built a nest and reared youngAccepted
avian
information
1924-05-291924-07-01Fillmore5/29-7/1 Fillmore (fourth state record) (fourth county record)
6MOU1924-06-01FreebornAccepted
avian
information
1924-06-01Freeborn6/1 Freeborn (sixth state record) (first county record)
7MOU1932-04-031932-05-08RamseyAccepted
avian
information
1932-04-031932-05-08Ramsey4/3-5/8 Ramsey (seventh state record) (first county record)
8MOU1934-04-22WinonaAccepted
avian
information
1934-04-22Winona4/22 Winona (eighth state record) (first county record)
9MOU1937-10-31St. PaulRamseyMOU files, Bell Museum, unpublished report, L. PeabodyAccepted
avian
information
1937-10-31Ramsey10/31 Ramsey (ninth state record) (second county record)
10MOU1940-04-09StewartvilleOlmstedMOU files, Bell Museum, unpublished report, Alden RisserAccepted
avian
information
1940-04-09Olmsted4/9 Olmsted (tenth state record) (first county record)
11MOU1940-07-31La CrescentHoustonMOU files, Bell Museum, unpublished report P. SkaarAccepted
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information
1940-07-31Houston7/31 Houston (eleventh state record) (first county record)
12MOU1944-04-28MinneapolisHennepinMOU file, Bell Museum, unpublished reportAccepted
avian
information
1944-04-28Hennepin4/28 Hennepin (twelfth state record) (first county record)
13MOU1945-09-09DuluthSt. LouisThe Loon 25:33Accepted
avian
information
1945-09-09St. Louis9/9 St. Louis (thirteenth state record) (first county record)
22:1081950indexBewick's Wren Nesting at Fort Snelling
14MOU1950-04-231950-07-08Fort SnellingHennepinThe Loon 22:108Accepted
avian
information
1950-04-231950-07-08Hennepin4/23-7/8 Hennepin (fourteenth state record) (second county record)
15MOU1951-04-301951-06-01NorthfieldRiceThe Loon 29:103Accepted
avian
information
1951-04-301951-06-01Rice4/30-6/1 Rice (fifteenth state record) (first county record)
16MOU1951-06-01MinneapolisHennepinMOU files, Bell Museum, unpublished report, nestAccepted
avian
information
1951-06-01Hennepin6/1 Hennepin (third county record)
17MOU1951-06-25White Bear LakeRamseyMOU files, Bell Museum, unpublished report, bird remained in area for six weeks! R. SchumacherAccepted
avian
information
1951-06-25Ramsey6/25 Ramsey (third county record)
18MOU1952-06-02FridleyAnokaMOU files, Bell Museum unpublished report, W.R. PieperAccepted
19MOU1952-06-28ZimmermanSherburneThe Loon 24:161Accepted
avian
information
1952-06-28Sherburne6/28 Sherburne (first county record)
31:96-971959indexBewick's Wren Nesting in Anoka County
31:1371959indexBewick's Wren in Houston County
20MOU1959-04-151959-07-12AnokaAnokaThe Loon 31:96Accepted
avian
information
1959-04-151959-07-12Anoka4/15-7/12 Anoka (first county record)
21MOU1959-09-12RenoHoustonThe Loon 31:137Accepted
avian
information
1959-09-12Houston9/12 Houston (second county record)
22MOU1960-04-17Lake ElmoWashingtonMOU files, Bell Museum, unpublished report, bird banded, Jane C. OlyphantAccepted
avian
information
1960-04-17Washington4/17 Washington (first county record)
23MOU1960-05-221960-06-08New UlmBrownMOU files, Bell Museum, unpublished report, Jack SprengerAccepted
avian
information
1960-05-221960-06-08Brown5/22-6/8 Brown (first county record)
24MOU1961-04-04NorthfieldRiceThe Loon 33:42Accepted
avian
information
1961-04-04Rice4/4 Rice (second county record)
Dr. Rysgaard saw one on 4 April at Northfield. Seen near Dorer Pools, Wabasha County on 13 May by Avifaunal Club members. Seen in same vicinity but in Winona County on 27 May by Brother Theodore.
25MOU1961-05-131961-05-27Dorer PoolsWabashaWinonaThe Loon 33:42Accepted
avian
information
1961-05-131961-05-27Winona5/13-27 Winona (second county record)
Dr. Rysgaard saw one on 4 April at Northfield. Seen near Dorer Pools, Wabasha County on 13 May by Avifaunal Club members. Seen in same vicinity but in Winona County on 27 May by Brother Theodore.
26MOU1963-10-07WinonaThe Loon 35:126Accepted
avian
information
1963-10-07Winona10/7 Winona (third county record)
Oct. 7, Winona Co., Grace Gordon.
27MOU1964-05-07WinonaMOU Occurrence Table, unpublished record, Brother Theodore VoelkerAccepted
avian
information
1964-05-07Winona5/7 Winona (fourth county record)
28MOU1965-04-241965-04-29MinneapolisHennepinThe Loon 37:140Accepted
avian
information
1965-04-241965-04-29Hennepin4/24-29 Hennepin (fourth county record)
4-24 to 4-29 Minneapolis, one bird, MEH, RDT.
29MOU1967-05-18WinonaWinonaMOU Occurrence Table, unpublished record, Brother Theodore VoelkerAccepted
avian
information
1967-05-18Winona5/18 Winona (fifth county record)
54:421970-10-03MinneapolisHennepin(vote 0-7) This previously published record (Loon 43:16) was refiled as unacceptable since there was nothing in the brief description to even indicate the bird was a wren. Not Accepted
48:791976indexBewick's Wren in Crow Wing County
30MOU1976-04-08DeerwoodCrow WingThe Loon 48:79Accepted
avian
information
1976-04-08Crow Wing4/8 Crow Wing (first county record)
1 report: 4-8 Crow Wing JB (first in several years).
50:168-1691978indexBewick's Wren at Winona
31MOU1978-05-151978-05-30WinonaWinonaThe Loon 50:168Accepted
avian
information
1978-05-151978-05-30Winona5/15-30 Winona
5-15 to 5-30 Winona, Winona Co., W. Snyder et al.
52:1911980indexBewick's Wren in Robert's Sanctuary
3252:1911980-05-13Robert's SanctuaryHennepinAccepted
54:421980-05-13MinneapolisHennepin(vote 5-2, with 7-0 required for acceptance) The minority was of the strong opinion that although the only wren "with white spots in the corners" is a Bewick's, the bird in question was only seen for a second as "it darted across the path." Such a brief look was felt to be unsatisfactory when dealing with such an unusual species, and the details did not even state why the bird was a wren in the first place. (This record was published, Loon 52:191, as a result of a clerical error in recording the vote.) Not Accepted
33MOU1981-09-06MinneapolisHennepinThe Loon 54:66Accepted
avian
information
1981-09-06Hennepin9/6 Hennepin (fifth county record)
54:661982indexBewick's Wren in South Minneapolis
54:186-1881982indexBewick's Wren in Ramsey County
54:245-2461982indexBewick's Wren in Freeborn County
34MOU1982-04-031982-04-13MaplewoodRamseyThe Loon 54:186Accepted
avian
information
1982-04-031982-04-13Ramsey4/3-13 Ramsey (fourth county record)
Reported Ramsey 4-3 to 4-10 by m.ob. See Notes of Interest, THE LOON, Vol. 54, No.3, p. 186.
3554:411982-07-06Nelson Wildlife SanctuaryFreeborn(vote 7-0, Loon 54:245-246) Accepted
avian
information
1982-07-06Freeborn7/6 Freeborn (second county record)
One seen 7/6 Freeborn (The Loon 54:245-46).
55:1211983indexBewick's Wren in Sherburne County
36MOU1983-06-031983-06-18ZimmermanSherburneThe Loon 55:121Accepted
avian
information
1983-06-031983-06-18Sherburne6/3-18 Sherburne (second county record)
One at Zimmerman, Sherburne Co. 6/3 (Loon 55:121; m. ob.)-6/18 (SC).
58:137-1381986indexBewick's Wren in Olmsted County
3758:1461986-04-271986-04-28near Salem ComersOlmsted(vote 7-0; The Loon 58:137-138). Accepted
avian
information
1986-04-271986-04-28Olmsted4/27-28 Olmsted (second county record)
4/27-28 Olmsted JEB et al. (The Loon 58:137-138).
62:1451990indexBewick's Wren in Sherburne County
38MOU1990-06-051990-06-25Clear LakeSherburneThe Loon 62:154Accepted
avian
information
1990-06-051990-06-25Sherburne6/5-25 Sherburne (third county record)
First summer record since 1983; single bird in Clear Lake, Sherburne Co., 6/5-25 (The Loon 62:154).
63:531991indexBewick's Wren, 9 June 1990, Clear Lake, Sherburne County
3970:1561998-05-211998-06-15near Sherburne NWRSherburne(photo record #98-56, vote 7–0). Accepted
MOU1998-05-211998-07-17near Sherburne NWRSherburneThe Loon 71:28Accepted
avian
information
1998-05-211998-07-17Sherburne5/21-7/17 Sherburne (fourth county record)
Reported 5/21 through the end of the period Sherburne JH, mob.
71:1561999-05-16FaribaultRice(record #99-21, vote 2–5). The brief description of the plumage only includes mention of a “warm, reddish brown” back, a “prominent, white eye stripe,” the white belly and chest, and “a little buff on its side.” However, these features suggest Carolina Wren as much as they do Bewick's. Also, the identification was only made later from memory while the observer consulted a field guide (which may have influenced his memory of the bird). Not Accepted
76:392003-07-20MillvilleWabasha(record #2003-77, vote 3–4). This identification may well have been correct, since the observer is experienced with this species from living in Arizona. However, the documentation is incomplete and apparently written only from memory after a five-month delay. It is curious that barring was seen and noted on the under tail, but at the same time white on the outer tail (a distinctive feature of Bewick's Wren) is not mentioned in the description. Not Accepted
88:32013-09-09Overlook Circle, BloomingtonHennepin(record #2013-073, first vote 4–3, recirculated vote 1–6). Photographed. No one actually observed the bird in person. A single, feedercam photograph (that conveniently includes date, time, location, and weather information) stands alone as evidence. Most members felt that the bird might possibly be a Bewick's Wren. However, because there was an inexplicable white marking visible in the malar region, most members could not accept the sighting based on just one photograph with no additional documentation. Not Accepted
4087:952015-06-012015-06-09Hastings Sand Coulee S.N.A.Dakota(record #2015-022, vote 7–0). Vocalization audio recorded. First county record and first state record since 1998Accepted
avian
information
2015-06-012015-06-09Dakota6/1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 Dakota (first county record)
Reported 6/1–9 Dakota (Hastings Sand Coulee S.N.A.) †TLe, †ALe, KSc, †BAF, †ADS, SHF.
89:32016-04-102016-05-04private residence near La CrescentHouston(record #2016016, initial vote 4–3, recirculated vote 0–7). Manipulation of the background color in the images shows that the bird had both buffy underparts and rufous upperparts strongly suggesting a Carolina Wren (T. ludovicianus) rather than a Bewick's. Not Accepted
 
 Fifty-three records since 1900: 26 spring, 6 spring-summer, 12 summer, 7 fall, and 2 undated. Two breeding records (1950, 1959). Last recorded 1998.

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