Duplicates
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Towhees, Sparrows |
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: Towhees, Sparrows |
| Brewer's Sparrow (A) (Spizella breweri) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 1 | MOU | 1974-09-28 | Blue Mounds State Park | Rock | The Loon 47:40 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1974-09-28 | Rock | 9/28 Rock (first state record) (first county record) Possible sighting 9-28 Rock KE. | ||||||
| 47:40-41 | 1975 | index | Hypothetical Brewer's Sparrow Sighting | ||||||
| 2 | MOU | 1975-10-10 | Pipestone N.M. | Pipestone | Janssen 1987:299 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1975-10-10 | Pipestone | 10/10 Pipestone (second state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 3 | 78:126 | 2005-06-22 | near Herman | Grant | (record #2006-031, vote 7–0. This singing male was discovered at an undisclosed location near Herman by a researcher familiar with the species. Third state record and first summer occurrence. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2005-06-22 | Grant | 6/22 Grant (third state record) (first county record) Third state record 6/22 Grant †LDI. [Corrected] | ||||||
| 79:59 | 2007 | index | Brewer's Sparrow | ||||||
| 87:4 | 2013-05-05 | private residence, Fairmont | Martin | (record #2013-015, first vote 6–4, recirculated vote 8–2). After discussion by the Committee at its 7 December 2014 meeting, all ten members voted on this record because it has an A subscript “s” checklist status. A minority of the committee thought the written description of the bird was incomplete, lacking some details. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 4 | 88:3 | 2015-05-04 | southeast of the downtown train depot, Two Harbors | Lake | (record, #2015-010, vote 10–0, vote to determine whether the physical evidence standing alone is sufficient to identify the bird as to species 10–0). Because this species was an AS species, all ten members were required to vote. The identification as well as the removal of the “s” subscript were both unanimous. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2015-05-04 | Lake | 5/4 Lake (fourth state record) (first county record) Fourth state record 5/4 Lake (Two Harbors) ph. †JWL (see photo in the Introduction, The Loon 87:157). | ||||||
| 94:3 | 2022-04-21 | Odessa Overlook | Big Stone | (record #2022-018, vote 0–7). Many details that would help support the identification were lacking. Certain details that were provided are inconsistent with Brewer's Sparrow such as the unstreaked back. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 5 | 93:115 | 2023-10-05 | private residence, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2023-136, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. First county and fifth state record. | Accepted | |||
| 6 | 95:115 | 2023-10-05 | private residence, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2023-136, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. First county and fifth state record. | Accepted | |||
| Three records: 1 summer and 2 fall. Recorded in one (2005) of the last 10 years. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||