MOURC Proceedings Archive - Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks Accepted
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Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Proceedings
Species: Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
[Pyrrhuloxia]
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel

Indigo Bunting (R) (Passerina cyanea)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
21:1211949indexIndigo Bunting Nest with Five Cowbird Eggs
31:1371959indexThe Great Gray Owl and Indigo Bunting at Basswood Lake, Lake County, Minnesota
37:471965indexHybrid Indigo Bunting X Lazuli Bunting from Rock County
161:1211988-11-261988-11-27near BufFall 1989 faloWright(vote 7-0; The Loon 61:43). Accepted
avian
information
2016-01-02St. Louis1/2 St. Louis (first winter record)
First Minnesota winter record: 1/2 St. Louis (Duluth, first-cycle male visiting bird feeder) ph. †LME.
avian
information
2018-05-262018-05-27Koochiching5/26, 27 Koochiching (first spring record)
Early south (median 5/3) 5/1 Blue Earth ChH, 5/2 Chisago JSa, 5/3 Winona ebd. Early north (median 5/9) 5/11 Pine KrM, 5/13 Morrison KEm, 5/14 Cass DoH, Crow Wing JnP. High counts 5/21 Hennepin (14, Coldwater Spring) EGB, 5/17 Ramsey (12, Hidden Falls Park) EGB, 5/19 Carver (12, Rapids Lake, Minnesota Valley N.W.R.) JCy, 5/19 Ramsey (12, Como Park) CyA.
avian
information
2018-08-04Norman8/4 Norman (first fall record)
 High counts 8/26 Hennepin (23, Coldwater Spring) EGB, 8/4 Washington (13, Afton S.P.) ebd. Late north 9/22 Itasca SC, 9/28 Douglas JLK, 10/6 Becker DnS, MWS (median 9/24). Late south 10/11 Rice (Faribault) ebd, Scott DCK, 10/14 Rice (Carleton College Cowling Arboretum) MZa (median 10/9).
avian
information
2019-05-23Koochiching5/23 Koochiching (second spring record)
Early south (median 5/3) 4/24 Carver JCy, 4/27 Carver JTg, 5/2 Dakota RDE, 5/3 Fillmore ToM. Early north (median 5/9) 5/10 Cook ThS, 5/11 Douglas ebd, 5/12 Morrison SEm, KEm, JWH, Pine KrM. High counts 5/25 Hennepin (16, Coldwater Spring) EGB, 5/26 Olmsted (15, Oxbow Park) KHg.
avian
information
2019-08-02Kittson8/2 Kittson (first fall record)
High counts 8/13 Dakota (12, Whitetail Woods R.P.) ebd, 9/4 Ramsey (11, Crosby Farm R.P.) KSz. Late north 9/22 Lake VWe, 10/13 St. Louis BEA (median 9/24). Late south 10/8 Hennepin (Coldwater Spring) GrS, 10/9 Hennepin PRH, 10/13 Dakota MwT (median 10/10).
avian
information
2020-05-23Koochiching5/23 Koochiching (third spring record)
Early south (median 5/3) 5/1 Carver JCy, 5/2 Freeborn AEB, Hennepin DvN, Ramsey ebd, 5/3 Freeborn AEB, Ramsey LiH, Winona CBv, 5/4 Stearns ebd. Early north (median 5/9) 5/13 Crow Wing PSP, Todd ebd, 5/14 Douglas LGl, 5/15 Cass ebd, DoH, Morrison SEm, 5/16 Carlton ABL, Cass ebd, Itasca ebd, Pine ebd, St. Louis NPo, NMt, Todd AaL, CLu. High counts 5/30 Dakota (14, Spring Lake P.R.) ebd, 5/23 Hennepin (12, Fort Snelling S.P.) ebd, 5/24 Houston (12, Reno) ebd, ASu.
avian
information
2021-05-19Koochiching5/19 Koochiching (fourth spring record)
Found in all but nine counties. Early south (median 5/2) 4/28 Rice DAs, 5/1 Fillmore ebd, 5/2 in four additional counties. Early north (median 5/9) 5/12 St. Louis FJN, EBr, 5/12–13 Todd ebd, 5/13 Wadena ebd. High counts 5/23 Carver (13, Carver P.R., Grimm Rd.) JCy, 5/16 Rice (10, Cannon River Wilderness Park) JCa, 5/17, 5/19 Ramsey (10, Crosby Farm R.P.) LiH, SBE, NMe.
avian
information
2022-08-08Norman8/8 Norman (second fall record)
Reported from every region. High count 8/21 Carver (17, Carver P.R., Grimm Rd.) JCy. Late north 9/25 Morrison (3) JLK, St. Louis (Leif Erickson Park) ebd, 9/25–30 Todd (max. 3) JLK, 9/26 Clay DPW, 10/5 St. Louis (Stony Point) KRE, m.ob., (median 9/29). Late south 10/5 Steele PSu, Washington PNi, 10/8 Carver TWe, Hennepin (Old Cedar Ave. Bridge) LSc, (Coldwater Spring) BLz, ebd (median 10/11).
avian
information
2023-08-04Norman8/4 Norman (third fall record)
61:431989indexLate Date for an Indigo Bunting
 
 Breeds throughout.

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