Duplicates
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Cormorants |
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. |
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| Species: Cormorants |
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Neotropic Cormorant |
| Neotropic Cormorant (A) (Nannopterum brasilianum) | Start Date 1987-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 1 | 65:33 | 1992-07-16 | 1992-08-04 | Lake Vadnais | Ramsey | (vote 10-0; The Loon 64:176–178). (All ten members vote on potential first state records.) | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2003-08-11 | 2003-10-06 | Lac qui Parle | 8/11-10/6 Lac qui Parle (second state record) (first county record) Second state record 8/12+ Lac qui Parle (2 adults at Big Stone N.W.R.) †KJB, m.obs. (The Loon 76:46). The same observer found the state's first in July 1992! Photographed by DAC, JPM, and others, with written documentation 8/13, 8/23 (†PCC), 8/16 (†PHS), and on six dates through 10/6 (†BJU). | |||||
| 2 | 76:39 | 2003-08-12 | 2003-10-06 | Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | Lac qui Parle | Big Stone | (record #2003-64, vote 7–0). These birds were seen and documented by several observers and photographed, representing only the second state record. | Accepted | |
| 3 | 77:9 | 2004-08-15 | Otrey Township | Big Stone | (record #2004-088, vote 7–0). Third state record. This adult in alternate plumage was photographed almost exactly one year after a pair was found at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (The Loon 76:46). | Accepted | |||
| 4 | 79:123 | 2007-05-09 | 2007-05-18 | Diamond Lake, Minneapolis | Hennepin | (record #2007-025, vote 7–0). Fourth state record, but the first to be found in spring. Photographed. | Accepted | ||
| 5 | 84:107 | 2012-03-30 | 2012-03-31 | Current Lake | Murray | (record #2012-004, vote 7–0). The photos and description are diagnostic. Fifth state record and new county record for this photographed adult bird. The Loon 84:109 | Accepted | ||
| 6 | 92:3 | 2019-07-27 | 2019-08-18 | Richfield Lake Park | Hennepin | (record #2019-040, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2019-07-27 | 2019-07-31 | Hennepin | 7/27-31 Hennepin (fifth state record) (second county record)  Observed 7/27–31+ Hennepin (Richfield Lake) ph. †BAF, †PRH, †EzH, ph. †DWK, ph. †CRM, ph. DnS. | |||||
| avian information | 2019-08-01 | 2019-08-18 | Hennepin | 8/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Hennepin (sixth state record) (third county record) Continuing adult from the summer season was observed 8/1–18 Hennepin (Richfield Lake Park) BAF, m.ob. | |||||
| 7 | 92:92 | 2020-06-03 | Richfield Lake | Hennepin | (record #2020-029, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. Seventh state record. This is possibly the same individual that was seen at this location the previous year (The Loon 92:3). Remarkably, the state's purported (still under MOURC review) eighth Neotropic Cormorant joined this bird on 19 July 2020 and both were present until 21 August 2020. The latest date that two birds were seen simultaneously was 21 August 2020. One of these two birds lingered until 20 October 2020 although the identity of which one was not undetermined. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2020-06-03 | 2020-07-31 | Hennepin | 6/3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 7/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Hennepin (seventh state record) (fourth county record) One found 6/3 Hennepin (Richfield Lake Park) †BAF, ph. †CMB, ph. BAb, m.ob., was joined by a second bird 7/19 †SLC; both were seen and photographed through at least 8/21 m.ob. New county record 6/4 Sherburne (Sherburne N.W.R.) ph. †ToL. | |||||
| 8 | 92:92 | 2020-06-04 | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge; Wildlife Drive; Nelson Pool | Sherburne | (record #2020030, vote 6–1). Photographed. First county record. | Accepted | |||
| 9 | 93:47 | 2020-07-19 | Richfield Lake Park | Hennepin | (record #2020-082, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. Ninth state record. This bird joined another Neotropic adult (see The Loon 92:93–94) which had been frequenting this location since 3 June 2020. As mentioned in the immediately preceding citation, both birds were seen simultaneously until 21 August 2020. The two were well photographed on 2 August 2020 clearly showing two different adults. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2020-08-01 | 2020-10-19 | Hennepin | 8/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 9/1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 22, 25, 10/7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 Hennepin (ninth state record) (fifth county record) Continuing adults from the summer season were observed 8/1 – 10/20 Hennepin (max. 2, Richfield Lake Park, the last date that both birds were seen was 8/21) ph. †BAF, ph. †PEB, m.ob. | |||||
| 10 | 93:47 | 2021-04-24 | 2021-09-21 | Richfield Lake Park | Hennepin | (record #2021-013, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. Tenth state record. This bird was joined by an immature (see below) which was first observed on 11 June 2021. Apparently, this immature bird had been seen at least several weeks prior to 11 June 2021 and possibly as early as early May 2021 until the observer realized there were two different birds when both the immature and the adult were observed together. Both individuals were seen together sporadically at least until 21 September. One of these two individuals lingered until 5 October 2021 although the age of that bird was not documented. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2021-04-24 | 2021-05-28 | Hennepin | 4/24, 25, 26, 30, 5/1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28 Hennepin (tenth state record) A likely returning bird from the past two years was found 4/24 – 5/28 Hennepin (Richfield Lake Park) †BAF, ph. FFa, m.ob., but also see summer report. | |||||
| 11 | 93:47 | 2021-06-11 | 2021-09-21 | Richfield Lake Park | Hennepin | (record #2021-049, vote 7–0). Immature, photographed. Eleventh state record. This bird is the immature bird referred to in the preceding paragraph. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2021-08-10 | Dakota | 8/10 Dakota (eleventh state record) (first county record) Continuing adults from the summer season were observed 8/2 – 10/1 Hennepin (max. 2, Richfield Lake Park; last date that both birds were observed was 9/21) BAF, m.ob.; what was possibly one of the same birds was also found 8/10–11 Dakota (Augusta Lake) ph. †DWK, ph. †BAb, m.ob. | ||||||
| avian information | 2022-06-08 | 2022-07-31 | Hennepin | 6/8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 7/2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31 Hennepin (twelfth state record) Seen 6/8 – 7/31+ Hennepin (Richfield Lake) †BAF, ph. †CMB, RBW, m.ob. This is the fourth consecutive year that at least one individual of this species has been found at this location. | |||||
| avian information | 2022-08-01 | 2022-09-03 | Hennepin | 8/1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 9/1, 2, 3 Hennepin (thirteenth state record) All south 8/1 – 9/3 Hennepin (continuing adult from the summer season, Richfield Lake Park & Wood Lake N.C.) BAF, ph. †CMB, ph. †PEB, m.ob., 9/4–7 Meeker ph. †AXH. | |||||
| 12 | 93:115 | 2022-09-04 | 2022-09-07 | Meeker | (record #2022-080, vote 7–0). Age uncertain, photographed. First county record. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2023-04-23 | Olmsted | 4/23 Olmsted (fifteenth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| Five records: two spring, one summer-fall, and two fall. Recorded in one (2012) of the last ten years. Formerly Casual. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||