MOURC Proceedings Archive - Towhees, Sparrows Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Towhees, Sparrows
Cassin's Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
[Black-chinned Sparrow]
Brewer's Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Abert's Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee

Green-tailed Towhee (A) (Pipilo chlorurus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
avian
information
1966-12-011967-01-30St. Louis12/1, 17, 25, 1/30 St. Louis (first state record) (first county record)
12-5 (or earlier) to at least 1-15 Duluth, St. Louis Co., 1 ad at Mrs. McKay's feeder, observed and photographed by many; first state record.
1MOU1966-12-051967-01-15DuluthSt. LouisThe Loon 39:54 The Loon 39:135Accepted
39:1351967indexThe First Green-tailed Towhee Record for Minnesota
62:152-1531990indexMinnesota's Second Green-tailed Towhee
262:1341990-05-13MoorheadClay(vote 7-0; The Loon 62:152-153). Accepted
avian
information
1990-05-13Clay5/13 Clay (second state record) (first county record)
5113 Clay LCF (The Loon 62:152-153).
63:156-1571991indexA Green-tailed Towhee Visits Lowry Nature Center
364:1381992-05-121992-05-15Lowry Nature CenterCarver(vote 7-D; The Loon 64:156,157). Accepted
avian
information
1992-05-121992-05-13Carver5/12-13 Carver (third state record) (first county record)
Third state record 5/12–14 Carver mob (The Loon 156–157).
avian
information
1994-12-011994-12-18St. Louis12/1, 18 St. Louis (fourth state record) (second county record)
Fourth state record reported 12/18 at Ely, St. Louis Co. (The Loon 68:58). [Corrected]
468:581994-12-18near ElySt. Louis Accepted
avian
information
2006-10-152007-04-23Cottonwood10/15-4/23 Cottonwood (fifth state record) (first county record)
Though its presence was unknown to the birding community before the 1/1 Mountain Lake-Windom CBC, this banded adult in Cottonwood was first noted by the home-owners (RDG) in late October; fifth state record. Please see winter report for details on band information and citations for those providing documentation.
579:1232006-10-202007-04-23Mountain LakeCottonwood(record #2007-001, vote 7-0). Fifth state record. Digital images by Dave Cahlander and Steve Roman showed the bird wearing band #8051-98299 from Thunder Cape Bird Observatory, Ontario, where it had been captured as an After Second Year (ASY) male 10 June 2006. Accepted
 
 Five records: two spring, one fall-spring, and two winter. Last recorded 2006.

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