MOURC Proceedings Archive - Swifts Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Swifts
[Vaux's Swift]
White-throated Swift

White-throated Swift (A) (Aeronautes saxatalis)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
173:352000-05-10specimen, found dead in downtown MinneapolisHennepin(record #2000-37, vote 10-0, The Loon 72:191-193). Note that all ten members vote on potential first state records. Accepted
avian
information
2000-05-10Hennepin5/10 Hennepin (first state record) (first county record)
First state record 5/10 Hennepin (Minneapolis) picked up injured, subsequently died on 5/15 (The Loon 72:191–193), specimen at the Bell Museum of Natural History (RZ).
73:1682001-05-12Carson TownshipCottonwood(record #2001-23, vote 0-7). The Committee unanimously felt the documentation was too vague and brief for something as unusual as a potential second state record. The plumage is hardly described at all, and the bird's described size and manner of flight are confusing. The documentation also indicates the observer was unsure of his identification and originally reluctant to report it. Not Accepted
77:92004-09-28St. PaulRamsey(record #2004-100, vote 3-4). This bird was not seen with binoculars, but was serendipitously photographed in flight using a digital camera. While acknowledging the possibility that it was correctly identified, the majority considered the blurred image insufficient for a potential second state record. Not Accepted
85:32012-06-27CottonwoodLyon(record #2012-022, first vote 4-3; recirculated vote 0-7). The drawing illustrates a dark eye within a white face which is not consistent with this species. Several MOURC members who originally accepted this record had other reservations with statements such as “Chimney Swifts that were near were considerably smaller.” After a thorough discussion at its 2 December 2012 meeting, those uncertainties were augmented with no one speaking in favor of accepting the record. Not Accepted
 
 One spring record (2000).

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