Duplicates
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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 |
| Tufted Duck (C) (Aythya fuligula) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 72:164 | 1976-01-25 | 1976-02-08 | Black Dog L. | Dakota | (record #2000-06, vote 1-9; all ten Committee members vote on potential first state records). This record had previously been published as unacceptable on the basis of its probable captive origin (The Loon 48:78), but at the time it had not been voted on by the Committee. At the request of the present Committee chair, this record was considered and voted on. Regardless of the bird's origin, the relatively brief description is not critical enough to preclude the possibility of hybridization, and documented records of Tufted Ducks hybridizing with scaup or Ring-necked Ducks occur with some frequency. Any reported Tufted Duck, therefore, would need to address and preclude a hybrid before its identification could be accepted. (Since the identification was not accepted, the question of wild vs. captive origin is moot.) | Not Accepted | |||
| 72:164 | 2000-01-01 | 2000-03-15 | Blue Lake sewage treatment ponds | Scott | (record #2000-13, vote 0-10; all ten Committee members vote on potential first state records). It was unanimously agreed (vote 10-0) that the identification sibility of it being a hybrid satisfactorily precluded. However, the record was also basis of its origin: i.e., all felt the probability of it being an escape from captivity was more likely than it being a wild vagrant. This opinion was based on a discussion in March with a waterfowl collector in the vicinity of the sewage ponds who had Tufted Ducks escape from his care not long before the initial observation. This collector also reported he observed the duck at the sewage ponds and was confident this was one of his escaped birds (see also The Loon 72:186-187). | Not Accepted | |||
| 1 | 90:83 | 2018-01-07 | 2018-01-18 | Colvill Park, Red Wing | Goodhue | (record #2018-001, vote 10- 0; origin vote 3-7; physical evidence vote 10- 0). Adult male, photographed. First state and county record. Moved between Colvill Park where first located to other points along the Mississippi River as far south as Greene Point. A seven-member majority thought origin was uncertain meaning there is reasonable uncertainty as to the bird's origin and wildness, or uncertainty as to its natural occurrence or arrival in the state. A three-member minority thought the bird was wild. Consequently, the status of the species will be AO in the 2019 Checklist. As an aside, the Wisconsin Ornithological Society (WSO) Records Committee reviewed the same bird which also had been seen in Wisconsin waters. Three documented reports were evaluated by that Committee and the record was Accepted. The issue of provenance was not regarded as a concern and all members were satisfied that the bird was wild. WSO Chairman Quentin Yoerger (pers. comm.) stated that the Committee concluded the record fit within the expected timeframe for European waterfowl to most likely show up in eastern North America (see The Loon 90:126-128). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2018-01-07 | 2018-01-18 | Goodhue | 1/7-18 Goodhue (first state record) (first county record) First state record (The Loon 90:126–128). Adult male discovered 1/7 Goodhue (Colville Park, Red Wing) ph. JZj. Continued at that location through 1/8, then moved downstream 5 miles near Frontenac S.P. (1/8–10); relocated at Colville Park 1/12 and last reported there 1/18. Reported by 86 different observers during its 12-day stay. | |||||
| 2 | 91:3 | 2018-12-11 | 2019-01-15 | Canal Park and surrounds including Harbor Basin, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2018-051, vote 6-1). Second state and first county record. Photographed. Indeterminate age and sex (The Loon 91:38-39). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2018-12-11 | 2019-01-15 | St. Louis | 12/11-31, 1/3-15 St. Louis (second state record) (first county record) Second state record (The Loon 91:38–39), 12/11–1/15 St. Louis (Duluth) † KRE, m.ob. Female-plumaged individual, discovered by KRE in the Canal Park shipping channel and subsequently seen by many at that location and nearby Bayfront Park and Pier B. Reported by more than 150 different observers during its five-week stay, and well photographed. | |||||
| 3 | 94:115 | 2019-05-15 | Albany sewage ponds | Stearns | (record #2019-016, vote 7-0). Adult male, photographed. First county and third state record. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2019-05-15 | Stearns | 5/15 Stearns (third state record) (first county record) Third state record 5/15 Stearns (drake, Albany W.T.P.) † PCC, ph. DOr, m.ob (The Loon 91:181–182). | ||||||
| 4 | 95:3 | 2023-05-12 | Park Point Recreation Area, near the Sailing Club, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2023-044, vote 7-0). Adult male, photographed. Fourth state record. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2023-05-12 | St. Louis | 5/12 St. Louis (fourth state record) (second county record) Fourth state record 5/12 St. Louis (male, Park Point R.A. Sailing Club) NGi, ph. †PHS, SCB. | ||||||
| Four records: two spring and two winter. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2023. One record involves a bird of uncertain origin. Formerly Accidental. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||