MOURC Proceedings Archive - Ibises Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Ibises
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
[Plegadis ibis]
Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill (A) (Platalea ajaja)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
avian
information
2018-08-26Dakota8/26 Dakota (first state record) (first county record)
 First state record (The Loon 90:141–142) found 8/26 WashingtonDakota (Hastings sandbar, Mississippi River) †CTS, KDS. What was presumably the same individual was discovered later in the afternoon of the same day in Hennepin (hatch year bird in formative plumage, Old Cedar Ave. Bridge) ph. JWZ, ph. †EzH, ph. IsH, ph. †PHS, ph. †KRE, †PCC, ph. †AXH.
191:32018-08-26boardwalk at the Old Cedar Avenue BridgeHennepin(record #2018-035, vote 10–0). Hatch year in formative plumage, photographed. Second state and first county record. While there is no conclusive evidence that this record involved the same bird as the immediately preceding record, the two records are presumably of the same individual due to its extreme rarity in the state and the relatively close proximity of the observations (The Loon 90:139–142). Accepted
avian
information
2018-08-26Hennepin8/26 Hennepin (second state record) (first county record)
 First state record (The Loon 90:141–142) found 8/26 WashingtonDakota (Hastings sandbar, Mississippi River) †CTS, KDS. What was presumably the same individual was discovered later in the afternoon of the same day in Hennepin (hatch year bird in formative plumage, Old Cedar Ave. Bridge) ph. JWZ, ph. †EzH, ph. IsH, ph. †PHS, ph. †KRE, †PCC, ph. †AXH.
291:32018-08-26near the boat storage just west of the Hastings bridgeWashington(record #2018-036, vote 10–0). Subsequently seen flying into Dakota County. First state record. First county records for Washington and Dakota (The Loon 90:139). Accepted
avian
information
2018-08-26Washington8/26 Washington (third state record) (first county record)
 First state record (The Loon 90:141–142) found 8/26 WashingtonDakota (Hastings sandbar, Mississippi River) †CTS, KDS. What was presumably the same individual was discovered later in the afternoon of the same day in Hennepin (hatch year bird in formative plumage, Old Cedar Ave. Bridge) ph. JWZ, ph. †EzH, ph. IsH, ph. †PHS, ph. †KRE, †PCC, ph. †AXH.
 
 Two fall records (2018). Both records may have involved the same bird.

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