Duplicates
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Barn Owls |
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: Barn Owls |
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Barn Owl |
| Barn Owl (C) (Tyto alba) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| avian information | 1891-06-01 | 1891-07-31 | Rice | summer Rice (first state record) (first county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1895-08-01 | 1895-10-31 | Hennepin | 8/1, 10/1-31 Hennepin (second state record) (first county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1910-06-01 | 1910-07-32 | Martin | year-1910 Martin (third state record) (first county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1912-06-15 | Redwood | 6/15 Redwood (fourth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1912-12-01 | 1912-12-31 | Redwood | 12/1-31 Redwood (fifth state record) (second county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1916-08-08 | Hennepin | 8/8 Hennepin (sixth state record) (second county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1917-10-09 | Faribault | 10/9 Faribault (seventh state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1921-05-29 | Hennepin | 5/29 Hennepin (eighth state record) (third county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1921-06-29 | 1921-06-30 | Murray | 6/29-30 Murray (ninth state record) (first county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1922-10-14 | Hennepin | 10/14 Hennepin (tenth state record) (fourth county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1923-06-01 | 1923-07-31 | Martin | summer Martin (eleventh state record) (second county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1924-05-06 | Martin | 5/6 Martin (twelfth state record) (third county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1925-05-20 | Nicollet | 5/20 Nicollet (thirteenth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1925-09-16 | Otter Tail | 9/16 Otter Tail (fourteenth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1925-12-01 | 1926-02-28 | Otter Tail | winter Otter Tail (fifteenth state record) (second county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1926-10-01 | 1926-10-31 | Clay | 10/1-31 Clay (first county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1927-10-16 | Douglas | 10/16 Douglas (first county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1927-12-01 | Otter Tail | 12/1 Otter Tail (third county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1928-03-28 | Meeker | 3/28 Meeker (first county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1928-08-01 | 1928-08-31 | Hennepin | 8/1-31 Hennepin (fifth county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1928-10-01 | Scott | 10/1 Scott (first county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1928-10-04 | Roseau | 10/4 Roseau (first county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1928-12-01 | 1929-02-28 | Scott | winter Scott (second county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1929-01-09 | 1929-01-11 | Otter Tail | 1/9-11 Otter Tail (fourth county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1929-05-06 | Grant | 5/6 Grant (first county record) | ||||||
| 1 | MOU | 1929-12-22 | Shakopee | Scott | The Loon 9:7, 78:156 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1931-03-01 | 1931-09-02 | Wright | 3/1-9/2 Wright (first county record) | |||||
| 2 | MOU | 1931-12-01 | Red Wing | Goodhue | The Loon 4:4 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1931-12-01 | 1931-12-31 | Goodhue | 12/1-31 Goodhue (first county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1933-09-12 | Lac qui Parle | 9/12 Lac qui Parle (first county record) | ||||||
| 3 | MOU | 1940-01-22 | St. Paul | Ramsey | Bell Museum, MOU files, data unpublished | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1940-10-01 | 1940-10-31 | Rice | 10/1-31 Rice (second county record) | |||||
| 4 | MOU | 1940-10-30 | Faribault | Rice | Bell Museum, MOU files, data unpublished, A.C. Rosenwinkel | Accepted | |||
| 5 | MOU | 1944-07-28 | Park Rapids | Hubbard | The Loon 16:72 | Accepted | |||
| 6 | MOU | 1950-05-28 | Waseca | Waseca | Bell Museum, MOU files, data unpublished, Constance Everett | Accepted | |||
| 7 | MOU | 1953-08-01 | Lutsen | Cook | The Loon 33:23 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1953-08-01 | 1953-08-31 | Cook | 8/1-31 Cook (first county record) | |||||
| 8 | MOU | 1955-12-02 | Hennepin | Bell Museum, MOU files, data unpublished | Accepted | ||||
| avian information | 1959-12-01 | 1960-02-28 | Cottonwood | winter Cottonwood (first county record) | |||||
| 9 | MOU | 1960-02-12 | Duluth | St. Louis | The Loon 32:101 | Accepted | |||
| 10 | MOU | 1960-05-09 | 1960-05-11 | Kasson-Mantorville | Dodge | The Loon 32:101 | Accepted | ||
| 11 | MOU | 1960-05-30 | St. James | Watonwan | Bell Museum, MOU files, data unpublished | Accepted | |||
| 12 | MOU | 1960-07-04 | near Hastings | Dakota | The Loon 32:101 | Accepted | |||
| 13 | MOU | 1960-10-29 | Ellendale | Steele | The Loon 32:125 | Accepted | |||
| 14 | MOU | 1960-12-01 | Mountain Lake | Cottonwood | Bell Museum, MOU files, data unpublished | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1961-06-14 | Freeborn | 6/14 Freeborn (first county record) | ||||||
| 15 | MOU | 1962-04-28 | 1962-04-29 | Kasson-Mantorville | Dodge | The Loon 34:65 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1963-05-06 | Martin | 5/6 Martin (fourth county record) | ||||||
| 16 | MOU | 1963-09-01 | 1963-11-29 | Truman | Martin | The Loon 35:88, 124, 36:6 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1963-09-01 | 1963-11-09 | Martin | 9/1, 7, 21, 11/9 Martin (fifth county record) The nesting in Martin Co. this summer was reported in the last issue of The Flicker. The last of the young left the silo on Nov. 29, with the assistance of Brother Theodore and Dean Honetschlager. | |||||
| 17 | MOU | 1964-04-23 | Minneapolis Airport | Hennepin | The Loon 36:110 | Accepted | |||
| 18 | MOU | 1965-09-19 | Edina | Hennepin | The Loon 38:51 | Accepted | |||
| 19 | MOU | 1970-06-15 | Red Wing | Goodhue | Bell Museum, MOU files, data unpublished | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1971-04-12 | Nobles | 4/12 Nobles (first county record) one reported on 4-12 at Worthington, Nobles Co. by J. Brandenberg; one of the very few reports for this species in recent years. | ||||||
| 20 | MOU | 1973-09-23 | Denver Twp. | Rock | The Loon 46:37–39 Date is 1973-09-03 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1975-03-20 | Winona | 3/20 Winona (first county record) | ||||||
| 21 | MOU | 1975-10-20 | near Edgerton | Murray | The Loon 48:40 | Accepted | |||
| 22 | MOU | 1978-03-14 | 1978-03-15 | Northfield | Rice | The Loon 50:211–212 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1980-03-26 | Wabasha | 3/26 Wabasha (first county record) | ||||||
| 23 | MOU | 1980-06-01 | 1980-07-31 | Waskish | Beltrami | Bell Museum, MOU files, data unpublished | Accepted | ||
| 24 | MOU | 1984-01-01 | 1984-01-31 | Hermantown | St. Louis | The Loon 56:195 | Accepted | ||
| 25 | MOU | 1984-05-11 | Wood Lake Nature Center | Hennepin | The Loon 56:159–160 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1984-06-01 | St. Louis | 6/1 St. Louis (third county record) | ||||||
| 26 | MOU | 1986-08-20 | near Grand Forks | Polk | The Loon 59:47 | Accepted | |||
| 27 | MOU | 1990-07-13 | 1990-09-11 | Vermilion Twp. | Dakota | The Loon 62:231 | Accepted | ||
| 28 | MOU | 1991-03-01 | 1991-08-20 | Vermilion Twp. | Dakota | The Loon 63:255, 64:27 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1991-03-01 | 1991-05-31 | Dakota | spring Dakota (third county record) Barn Owls returned to their nesting site in Vermillion Township, Dakota County (The Loon 63:231). They nested in a new Iy erected nest box placed by the Minnesota DNR. | |||||
| avian information | 1991-08-20 | Dakota | 8/20 Dakota (fourth county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1995-04-01 | 1995-04-31 | Fillmore | 4/1-31 Fillmore (first county record) | |||||
| 29 | 78:126 | 2006-01-20 | North Oaks | Ramsey | (record #2006-001, vote 7–0). Photographs were submitted of the specimen after the owl struck a window and died. Ninth winter record. The Loon 78:176 | Accepted | |||
| 30 | 87:4 | 2013-05-05 | Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area | Anoka | (record #2013-043, first vote 5–2, recirculated vote 7–0; first origin vote 5–3–2, second origin vote 6–4). Specimen, photographed. The bird was determined to be wild after considerable discussion regarding the circumstances surrounding its discovery. The initial two negative identification votes were essentially protest votes and more appropriately should have gone to the issue of origin rather than identification which was clearly evidenced photographically. | Accepted | |||
| 31 | 88:91 | 2014-08-01 | five miles northwest of Houston in Perkins Valley | Houston | (record #2014-057, original vote 3–4, reconsidered vote 6-1). Audio recorded. This is a heard-only record that was originally Not Accepted. The Committee, at its 6 December 2015 meeting, agreed to reconsider this observation due to confusion regarding the initial audio file labeling (see The Loon 87:7–8). At this same meeting, the Committee reviewed the resubmitted spectrograms and compared them to other known Barn Owl recordings. At its most recent 4 December 2016 meeting, the Committee reviewed and discussed the spectrograms again. The Committee, as part of its new deliberations, also reviewed comments regarding the spectrograms and vocalizations submitted by an independent authority. After lengthy discussion, a second vote was taken and the record Accepted. | Accepted | |||
| 32 | 89:87 | 2017-04-01 | five miles northwest of Houston in the Perkins Valley | Houston | (record #2017-034, vote 7–0). Audio and video recorded. The video showed a captive Barn Owl responding repeatedly to a vocalizing, wild Barn Owl. Sonograms as well as additional voice recordings were provided. A Barn Owl was previously accepted at this same location on 1 August 2014 (record #2014-057, The Loon 88:92–93). | Accepted | |||
| 33 | 90:3 | 2017-07-07 | Koester Prairie WMA; 13371 Lamb Ave Dennison, MN | Rice | (record #2017-047, vote 7–0). Nice photos, and description. | Accepted | |||
| 34 | 90:86 | 2017-07-07 | Koester Prairie WMA; 13371 Lamb Ave Dennison, MN | Rice | (record #2017-047, vote 7–0). Nice photos, and description. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2018-03-18 | 2018-05-21 | Houston | 3/18, 5/21 Houston (second county record) Documented 3/18+ Houston (Perkins Valley) a.t. †KAB and 4/11–16 Faribault †WAF. | |||||
| avian information | 2018-04-16 | Faribault | 4/16 Faribault (second county record) Documented 3/18+ Houston (Perkins Valley) a.t. †KAB and 4/11–16 Faribault †WAF. | ||||||
| avian information | 2018-08-01 | Houston | 8/1 Houston (third county record)  The first fall record of this species since 1990 was documented 8/1 Houston (Perkins Valley) a.t. †KAB. | ||||||
| 35 | 92:3 | 2019-10-03 | west side of Chatfield at intersection of County Road 30 and Orchard Ridge Road | Olmsted | (record #2019-050, vote 7–0). Specimen, photographed, probable first-year female based on physical measurements and all primaries being single-generation. First county record. | Accepted | |||
| 36 | 92:3 | 2019-10-07 | five miles northwest of Houston | Houston | (record #2019-058, vote 5–2). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| 37 | 92:92 | 2020-01-11 | 2020-01-12 | Sax-Zim Bog; county road 7; near Byrnes Greenhouse | St. Louis | (record #2020-008, vote 7–0). Second-year male, photographed. This owl was hunting during the day on both days; it exhibited increasingly poor physical condition by the afternoon of the 12th. It was retrieved by several birders who took it to the University of Minnesota Raptor Center, but it died en route. A necropsy indicated that this second year male apparently died of hypoglycemia, probably due to a lack of food. It had no internal fat stores and there was obvious atrophy of the bone marrow fat in its tibiotarsus. All other tests came back within normal limits revealing no toxins and no signs of external trauma. | Accepted | ||
| 38 | 92:92 | 2020-04-16 | in a field near Corcoran | Hennepin | (record #2020-009, vote 7–0). Adult specimen was superbly photographed and preserved. Bird was found dead in a field near the town of Corcoran in northwestern Hennepin County. The owl appeared to be in nearly pristine condition. The specimen has been donated to the Bell Museum collection. | Accepted | |||
| 39 | 93:115 | 2020-09-01 | Yucatan Township | Houston | (record #2022-121, vote 7–0). Adult male found dead, photographed. The carcass was frozen and given to the International Owl Center, 8 September 2022. The finder's best estimate of the date of death was the fall of 2020. | Accepted | |||
| 40 | 93:115 | 2021-04-01 | Sheldon Township | Houston | (record #2022-117, vote 5–2). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| 41 | 93:115 | 2021-05-16 | Chatfield Township | Fillmore | (record #2022-119, vote 6–1). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| 42 | 93:115 | 2021-10-23 | Amherst Township | Fillmore | (record #2022-120, vote 6–1). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| 43 | 93:115 | 2021-11-11 | Sheldon Township | Houston | (record #2022-118, vote 6–1). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2021-12-18 | 2022-01-18 | Houston | 12/18, 1/18 Houston (fifth county record) One report: 1/18 Houston, ph. NeW, ph. †KAB. Owl was perched on a rafter in a pole shed at an undisclosed location. The shed caretaker, Doug McPherson, indicated it had been present since the previous summer (2021), fide KAB. | |||||
| 44 | 93:115 | 2022-03-13 | Wabasha | Wabasha | (record #2022-124, vote 5–2). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2022-03-13 | 2022-05-28 | Wabasha | 3/13, 4/21, 5/2, 19, 22, 28 Wabasha (second county record) Documented from several Southeast locations: 3/13 – 5/28 Wabasha (Wabasha) a.t. †KAB, 4/1–10 Houston La Crescent Township) a.t. †KAB, 4/1 Houston (Money Creek Twp.) a.t. †EHi, 5/10 Houston (Money Creek Twp.) a.t. †KAB, 5/6 Winona ph. fide †KAB. | |||||
| 45 | 93:115 | 2022-04-01 | La Crescent Township | Houston | (record #2022-122, vote 6–1). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| 46 | 93:115 | 2022-04-01 | Money Creek Township | Houston | (record #2022-103, vote 5–2). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2022-04-01 | 2022-05-10 | Houston | 4/1-3, 5, 10, 5/4, 10 Houston Documented from several Southeast locations: 3/13 – 5/28 Wabasha (Wabasha) a.t. †KAB, 4/1–10 Houston La Crescent Township) a.t. †KAB, 4/1 Houston (Money Creek Twp.) a.t. †EHi, 5/10 Houston (Money Creek Twp.) a.t. †KAB, 5/6 Winona ph. fide †KAB. | |||||
| avian information | 2022-05-06 | Winona | 5/6 Winona (second county record) Documented from several Southeast locations: 3/13 – 5/28 Wabasha (Wabasha) a.t. †KAB, 4/1–10 Houston La Crescent Township) a.t. †KAB, 4/1 Houston (Money Creek Twp.) a.t. †EHi, 5/10 Houston (Money Creek Twp.) a.t. †KAB, 5/6 Winona ph. fide †KAB. | ||||||
| 47 | 93:115 | 2022-05-10 | Money Creek Township | Houston | (record #2022-115, vote 5–2). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| 48 | 93:115 | 2022-06-01 | Bancroft Township | Freeborn | (record #2022-123, vote 5–2). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| 49 | 93:115 | 2022-08-04 | Money Creek Township | Houston | (record #2022-116, vote 5–2). Audio recorded. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2022-09-18 | Olmsted | 9/18 Olmsted (second county record) Documented 8/4 Houston (Money Creek Twp.) a.t. †KAB, 9/18 Olmsted (Oxbow Park, recorded during a nocturnal flight count) a.t. †fide KAB. | ||||||
| 50 | 93:3 | 2023-05-05 | state highway 26 and county road 16 intersection | Houston | (record #2023-032, vote 7–0). Specimen, photographed. | Accepted | |||
| Former summer resident south and east-central. Last breeding record 2018. Recorded in four of the last ten years, most recently 2018. 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 | ||