MOURC Proceedings Archive - Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys Accepted
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The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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Proceedings
Species: Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Spruce Grouse
Willow Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan
Sharp-tailed Grouse

Rock Ptarmigan (A) (Lagopus muta)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
68:791996indexRock Ptarmigan at Grand Marais
68:80-811996indexSome additional comments on the Rock Ptarmigan in Grand Marais
168:1641996-05-20Grand MaraisCook(potential first state record; The Loon 68:79-81); research, discussion and vote on captive vs. wild origin still pending. Accepted
MOU1996-05-20Grand MaraisCookThe Loon 68:80Accepted
avian
information
1996-05-20Cook5/20 Cook (first state record) (first county record)
First state record 5/20 Grand Marais, Cook Co. KMH et al. (The Loon 68:79–81).
295:1152022-04-19 City of WabashaWabasha (record #2022-011, vote 7-0). First county and second state record. A consensus vote was taken on whether to consider origin (6-4 to not consider a formal vote on origin). The origin vote is in keeping with the precedent of the first state record which considered the bird wild. The first state record was recorded in Grand Marais in 1996 (The Loon 68:165). Apparently, these two records represent the only known vagrants in the “Lower 48” states.

Accepted
avian
information
2022-04-19Wabasha4/19 Wabasha (second state record) (first county record)
Second state record 4/19 Wabasha (male in winter plumage found in the city of Wabasha) ph. †fide KRE; the records committee is still debating the provenance of this bird.
 
 Two spring records (1996, 2022).

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