MOURC Proceedings Archive - Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles Accepted
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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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Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
New World Quail
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Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
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New World Vultures
Osprey
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Barn Owls
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Pipits
Finches
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Towhees, Sparrows
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds, Orioles
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Proceedings
Species: Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk

White-tailed Kite (A) (Elanus leucurus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
173:352000-05-102000-05-19Afton State ParkWashington(record #2000-36, vote 10–0, The Loon 72:193–194). Note that all ten members, seven regular members plus three alternates, vote on potential first state records. Accepted
280:1152008-05-04near AustinMower(record #2008-023, vote 7–0). Second state record; photographed. The Loon 80:116 The Loon 80:117Accepted
384:32011-08-04Bluestem Prairie S.N.A., FeltonClay(record #2011-026, vote 7–0). Photos are diagnostic. Third state record and first county record. Accepted
 
 Three records: two spring and one summer. Recorded in one (2011) of the last ten years.

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