Families |
Species: Finches |
Brambling Pine Grosbeak |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch House Finch |
Cassin's Finch Lesser Goldfinch |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (C) (Leucosticte tephrocotis) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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1 | MOU | 1889-01-03 | Minneapolis | Hennepin | The Loon 40:99 | Accepted | |||
avian information | 1889-01-03 | Hennepin | 1/3 Hennepin (first state record) (first county record) | ||||||
avian information | 1967-12-01 | 1968-03-30 | Clearwater | 12/1-3/30 Clearwater (second state record) (first county record) first seen on 2-2, remained throughout February, Bagley, Clearwater Co. 1 at feeder, photographed by Richard C. Davids. Second Minnesota record. | |||||
2 | MOU | 1967-12-20 | 1968-03-21 | Bagley | Clearwater | The Loon 40:99 | Accepted | ||
avian information | 1972-01-20 | 1972-02-21 | Lake | 1/20, 1/25-2/21 Lake (third state record) (first county record) | |||||
3 | MOU | 1972-01-25 | 1972-02-21 | Little Marais | Lake | The Loon 44:117 | Accepted | ||
4 | MOU | 1972-10-28 | Grand Rapids | Itasca | The Loon 45:15 | Accepted | |||
avian information | 1972-10-28 | Itasca | 10/28 Itasca (fourth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
5 | MOU | 1974-03-27 | 1974-04-06 | Pokegama Lake | Pine | The Loon 46:82 | Accepted | ||
avian information | 1974-03-27 | 1974-04-06 | Pine | 3/27-4/6 Pine (fifth state record) (first county record) | |||||
6 | MOU | 1976-03-31 | Bemidji | Beltrami | The Loon 48:185 | Accepted | |||
avian information | 1976-03-31 | Beltrami | 3/31 Beltrami (sixth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
avian information | 1977-12-15 | 1978-03-02 | Wadena | 12/15-3/2 Wadena (seventh state record) (first county record) | |||||
7 | MOU | 1977-12-20 | 1978-03-02 | Menagha | Wadena | The Loon 50:213 | Accepted | ||
8 | MOU | 1978-03-11 | Hoyt Lakes | St. Louis | The Loon 50:171 | Accepted | |||
avian information | 1978-03-11 | St. Louis | 3/11 St. Louis (eighth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
9 | MOU | 1980-12-19 | 1981-01-23 | Lone Oak Drive, Minnetonka | Hennepin | The Loon 53:117 | Accepted | ||
avian information | 1980-12-19 | 1981-01-23 | Hennepin | 12/19-1/23 Hennepin (ninth state record) (second county record) | |||||
10 | 72:164 | 2000-02-17 | 2000-02-27 | Connelly Twp. | Wilkin | (record #2000-20, vote 6-1, The Loon 72:176-177). | Accepted | ||
avian information | 2000-02-17 | 2000-02-27 | Wilkin | 2/17-27 Wilkin (tenth state record) (first county record) One at feeder 2/17–18, 2/24–25 & 2/27 Wilkin (Connelly Twp.) MTB (The Loon 72:176–177). | |||||
11 | 73:168 | 2001-01-13 | 2001-01-28 | Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2001-10, vote 7-0. | Accepted | ||
avian information | 2001-01-13 | 2001-02-04 | St. Louis | 1/13-2/4 St. Louis (eleventh state record) (second county record) Interior form reported 1/13 – 2/4 St. Louis (Port Terminal in Duluth) CHo, JWH, mob. | |||||
avian information | 2004-12-14 | 2005-03-04 | Pine | 12/14, 12/30-3/4 Pine (twelfth state record) (second county record) Interior form at rural residence near Hinckley 12/30 – early March in Pine ph. AXH, ph. †PHS (The Loon 77:182–183). (Note: access restricted by homeowner). Twelfth state record and third in last five years. | |||||
12 | 77:169 | 2004-12-30 | 2005-03-15 | near Hinckley | Pine | (record #2005-002, vote 7-0). | Accepted | ||
13 | 79:123 | 2006-11-27 | 2007-03-15 | near Cloquet | Carlton | (record #2006-096, vote 7-0 for each of three photographed individuals). Thirteenth state record. All three birds were “interior form” (L. t. tephrocotis). | Accepted | ||
avian information | 2006-11-27 | 2007-03-26 | Carlton | 11/27-3/26 Carlton (thirteenth state record) (first county record) Second earliest arrival in the state and 13th record overall; three individuals of the “interior” form overwintered 11/27+ Carlton (near Cloquet) ph. MSc. All three were seen and photographed by m.ob. through 3/26; written documentation furnished by †MLH, †JLO, †PHS. | |||||
14 | 80:5 | 2006-12-08 | Huntersville Road | Wadena | bird #1 (recirculated record #2006-103, first vote 5-2, second vote 6-1). One of two individuals of the “Interior form” was Accepted. Fourteenth state record. | Accepted | |||
80:5 | 2006-12-08 | Huntersville Road | Wadena | bird #2 (record #2006-103, vote 1-6). The second of two birds (see Accepted records) was poorly seen and, except for its behavior, was not described. | Not Accepted | ||||
avian information | 2006-12-08 | Wadena | 12/8 Wadena (fourteenth state record) (second county record) Three of the “interior form” overwintered 11/27–3/26 Carlton (near Cloquet) ph. MSc, ph. LME, †MLH, †JLO, ph. MSS, †PHS, m.ob. Also found 12/8 Wadena †RBW. [Corrected] | ||||||
15 | 81:7 | 2008-12-05 | near Maple Lake, Corrina Township | Wright | (record #2008-063, vote 7-0). Interior form, photographed. | Accepted | |||
81:115 | 2009-03-17 | near Twig | St. Louis | (record #2009-004, vote 3-4). Though possibly correctly identified, field notes were not taken. The bird was briefly observed without optics and identified after reviewing images online. | Not Accepted | ||||
16 | 82:103 | 2009-12-17 | Raspberry Island, Big Sandy Lake | Aitkin | (record #2009-064, vote 7-0). First county record. An “interior form” was photographed at a feeder (The Loon 82:121). | Accepted | |||
avian information | 2009-12-17 | Aitkin | 12/17 Aitkin (fifteenth state record) (first county record) One (interior form) photographed at feeder 12/17 Aitkin (Raspberry Is., Big Sandy Lake) ph. JaH. This was the sixteenth state record, and seventh in the last decade. | ||||||
17 | 84:3 | 2011-10-27 | Babbitt | St. Louis | (record #2011-037, vote 7-0). The photos show sufficient detail to confirm the identification. First fall record for St. Louis County. The Loon 84:100 | Accepted | |||
avian information | 2011-10-27 | St. Louis | 10/27 St. Louis (third county record) One “interior form” found 10/27 on the shores of Bear Island Lake in Babbitt, St. Louis County †SLF, ph. DBF (The Loon 84:100). | ||||||
18 | 88:3 | 2015-11-14 | Iona's Beach SNA | Lake | (record #2015-041, vote 7-0). Adult, photographed. The following records were voted on and were Not Accepted. (Please note that a record which is only means that the documentation was not complete or convincing enough to include the sighting in The Loon, the journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (“MOU”), or in the MOU's archives of confirmed bird records. Such a vote does not necessarily mean the observer misidentified the bird or did not see it. Summaries of the reasons why a record was are included here. These are in no way intended to be critical of the observer. The only purpose is to highlight the difficulties an observer may encounter while identifying or documenting these and similar species.) | Accepted | |||
avian information | 2015-11-14 | Lake | 11/14 Lake (second county record) Second county record and third earliest fall arrival 11/14 Lake (Iona's Beach S.N.A.) ph. †TiW. | ||||||
avian information | 2015-12-03 | 2016-02-05 | Cook | 12/3, 10, 2/5 Cook (first county record) First winter reports since 2009. New county record: 12/3, 2/5 Cook (private property near Tofte) HHD, ph. RBW, m.ob. Also reported 1/26 St. Louis (“Hepburn's” subspecies, Birch Lake near Babbitt) ph. KHp. | |||||
19 | 89:87 | 2016-01-26 | Babbitt | St. Louis | (record #2016-052, vote 7-0). Photographed. The bird was accepted as the “Hepburn's” race (L. t. littoralis) which is the fourth record of this subspecies in the state. Apparently, it was discovered about two weeks earlier but was not documented until the date given above. | Accepted | |||
MOU | 2016-01-26 | Birch Lake, near Babbitt | St. Louis | (record #2016-052, vote 7-0). | Accepted | ||||
avian information | 2016-01-26 | St. Louis | 1/26 St. Louis (fourth county record) First winter reports since 2009. New county record: 12/3, 2/5 Cook (private property near Tofte) HHD, ph. RBW, m.ob. Also reported 1/26 St. Louis (“Hepburn's” subspecies, Birch Lake near Babbitt) ph. KHp. | ||||||
20 | 93:3 | 2021-01-11 | 2021-01-18 | Loman | Koochiching | (record #2021-005, vote 7-0). Adult male of the interior form L. t. tephrocotis. Photographed. First county record. | Accepted | ||
avian information | 2021-01-11 | 2021-01-18 | Koochiching | 1/11, 13, 16, 18 Koochiching (first county record) First report since 2015 winter season: 1/11–18 Koochiching (Loman) ph. GVP, ph. †EzH, ph. †LBa, m.ob. An adult male of the interior, brown-cheeked form. | |||||
21 | 93:111 | 2021-03-10 | private residence, Red Iron Road, Kasota Township | Le Sueur | (record #2021-094, vote 7-0). “Interior” form. Adult, photographed. First county and fourth spring record. | Accepted | |||
avian information | 2021-03-10 | Le Sueur | 3/10 Le Sueur (first county record) Only the fourth south record of this Casual visitor: 3/10 Le Sueur (interior form, Kasota) ph. PSh. | ||||||
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  | Twenty-one records: four spring, three fall, one fall-winter, ten winter, and three winter-spring. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2021. |
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 |