Duplicates
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
Accepted Duplicates | |
| This is the 1981 to present Records Committee Proceedings archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members. |
| Families |
| Species: Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
| [Taiga Bean-Goose] (P) (Anser fabalis) | Start Date 1936-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 83:99 | 2010-04-14 | Section 12, Arena Township. | Lac qui Parle | (record #2010-034, vote 0-10). Two outside experts were consulted, and only one provided comment. It was Mr. Martin Reid's opinion that the possibility of a Greater White-fronted Goose could not be conclusively eliminated from consideration and a number of Committee members agreed with this view. There was no effort made by the observer to eliminate an immature Greater White-fronted Goose or an escaped domestic. The apparent height differential in a digital photo between nearby Greater White-fronted Geese and the purported Bean-Goose was determined to be an artifact of perspective as the bird in question is standing on elevated ground in alert posture while the Greater White-fronted Geese are relaxed. This was reinforced by measurements of the neck length made directly on the photo. Overall, many members felt that there were inconsistencies between the lessthanadequate photos and the written documentation, especially differences in the bill. The record was unanimously Not Accepted as Taiga/Tundra Bean-Goose (A. fabalis serrirostris). The record was also unanimously Not Accepted as a Bean-Goose sp. | Not Accepted | ||||
| One sighting. This sighting has yet to be been considered by MOURC. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||