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 - Gulls, Terns |
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: Gulls, Terns |
| [Black Skimmer] (P) (Rynchops niger) | Start Date 1936-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 58:42 | 1985-09-26 | Minnesota Valley N.W.R. | Hennepin | (vote 2-5). Although this species is so distinctive and the observers noted "the bill was an orangered color and . . the lower mandible was longer than the upper", there were too many doubts for this to be accepted as a first state record. The only plumage description given was "its back and head were dark; underparts white"; not only is this too sketchy but a skimmer should have a bold white forehead. A skimmer also has a black and orange bill , not just orange-red; further, it was stated that "the lower bill was as wide or wider at the end than at the head", but this does not fit Black Skimmer or anything else similar. Finally , the bird was only watched for a few seconds in flight , and the observers did not use binoculars. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 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 | ||