MOURC Proceedings Archive - Jaegers Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Jaegers
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
[Stercorarius jaeger]

Pomarine Jaeger (C) (Stercorarius pomarinus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
1MOU1972-08-15DuluthSt. LouisThe Loon 44:88Accepted
2MOU1973-08-05DuluthSt. LouisThe Loon 45:136Accepted
3MOU1973-09-16Stoney Point, DuluthSt. LouisThe Loon 46:40Accepted
4MOU1976-08-12DuluthSt. LouisThe Loon 48:134Accepted
5MOU1976-08-17Stoney Point, DuluthSt. LouisThe Loon 48:134 The Loon 48:178Accepted
6MOU1978-09-11DuluthSt. LouisThe Loon 51:89Accepted
7MOU1980-10-141980-10-15Park Point, DuluthSt. LouisThe Loon 53:57Accepted
854:1471982-05-20Minnesota Point, DuluthSt. Louis(vote 7-0) The Loon 54:228 The Loon 54:244Accepted
954:411982-09-06DuluthSt. Louis(vote 7-0, Loon 54:248-249) Accepted
1067:451994-09-20DuluthSt. Louis(The Loon 66:209–210). Accepted
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1996-11-081996-11-24Goodhue11/8-24 Goodhue (first state record) (first county record)
Exceptional report away from Lake Superior and the latest date ever for any species of jaeger in the state: 11/8–24 Wabasha KB, mob (The Loon 69:3–6).
1169:1521996-11-081996-11-13Lake PepinWabashaGoodhue(record #97–09, vote 7–0, The Loon 69:3–6). Accepted
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1996-11-081996-11-24Wabasha11/8-24 Wabasha (second state record) (first county record)
Exceptional report away from Lake Superior and the latest date ever for any species of jaeger in the state: 11/8–24 Wabasha KB, mob (The Loon 69:3–6).
1272:401999-09-081999-09-25DuluthSt. Louis(record #99– 61, vote 7–0). Accepted
1372:401999-11-22VinelandMille Lacs(record #99–67, vote 7–0, The Loon 72:56–58). Accepted
1473:352000-09-23DuluthSt. Louis(record #2000-80, vote 6–1). The Loon 73:177Accepted
1574:362001-09-19DuluthSt. Louis(record #2001-55, vote 7–0,). Jaeger identification is typically difficult, but this individual was an adult with a fully grown tail and seen at relatively close range. The Loon 74:57Accepted
1677:92004-09-07DuluthSt. Louis(record #2004090, vote 7–0). Sight record of one juvenile. Its size was compared to all nearby Ring-billed Gulls. Its bicolored bill, dark brown head and neck, “chesty” profile, wing width at the base compared to the distance from the trailing edge of the wing to the tail tip, contrastingly pale rump and uppertail coverts, and heavily barred belly and under-tail coverts, were all noted. Also see Not Accepted record #2004-097. The Loon 77:117Accepted
1779:502006-09-062006-10-04Park Point, DuluthSt. Louis(record #2006-076, vote 7–0 for first individual, vote 5–2 for second individual). One was seen regularly off Park Point for nearly a month, then two juveniles were seen together 4 October; presumably, one or both birds were responsible for reports of this species at the Superior Entry in late September. The Loon 79:89 The Loon 79:116Accepted
1879:1232006-10-152006-10-19Eagle LakeBlue Earth(record #2006088, vote 6–1). Only the third Minnesota record of this species away from Duluth and one of very few ever photographed in the state. The Loon 79:89 The Loon 79:117Accepted
1982:32009-06-03Lake SuperiorSt. Louis(record #2009-030, vote 7–0 for first individual, vote 6–1 for second individual). Eighteenth state record. Two adult or subadult jaegers observed from a boat about one mile off Park Point, Duluth. First June record and first occurrence of more than one individual. The Loon 82:20 The Loon 82:46Accepted
2083:992010-10-12DuluthSt. Louis(record #2010-040, vote 7–0). The Loon 83:68 two juvenilesAccepted
2184:32011-10-02Duluth, Minnesota Point near Sky Harbor AirportSt. Louis(record #2011-041, vote 7–0). The excellent photos, plus detailed descriptions from two experienced observers, leave no doubt about the identification. Eighteenth state record (The Loon 84:54–55). The Loon 84:4Accepted
2291:32018-10-14Point Douglas ParkWashington(record #2018-044, vote 7–0). First county record. Adult, photographed. Accepted
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2021-12-01Sherburne12/1 Sherburne (sixth state record) (first county record)
 One record: 12/1 Sherburne (dark morph juvenile, Elk River landfill) ph. †JOs, †PLJ, †MAJ. This is the first winter season record in the state of any jaeger.
 
 Twenty-one records: 1 spring, 1 summer, and 19 fall. Recorded in four of the last ten years, most recently 2018. There are additional records of unidentified Stercorarius sp.

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