Duplicates
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - New World Vultures |
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: New World Vultures |
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Black Vulture |
Turkey Vulture |
| Black Vulture (C) (Coragyps atratus) | Start Date 1987-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 1 | 74:36 | 2001-08-28 | Hawk Ridge, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2001-63, vote 10–0. All ten MOURC members vote on potential first state records, and this was accepted unanimously as species number 427 on the Minnesota list. The documentation includes clearly identifiable photos. | Accepted | |||
| 2 | 76:39 | 2003-04-29 | Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2003-82, vote 6–1). Although this bird, which represents a second state record, was not photographed or documented as thoroughly as the first record from Duluth, also seen by the same observer, it was sufficiently described by the observer who has thorough experience with this and similar species. | Accepted | |||
| 3 | 76:152 | 2004-05-26 | Highway 61 at Encampment Forest | Lake | (record #2004-042, vote 7–0). This third state record was thoroughly documented by contemporaneous field notes and sketches. | Accepted | |||
| 4 | 79:123 | 2007-03-24 | 2007-03-25 | Afton Marina | Washington | (record #2007-012, vote 7–0; The Loon 79:182–183). Identifiably photographed in flight next to a Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura). Fourth state record. | Accepted | ||
| 5 | 82:103 | 2010-05-15 | 2010-05-16 | Stoney Point | St. Louis | (record #2010-014, vote 7–0). Fifth state record. Photographed. | Accepted | ||
| 6 | 83:99 | 2011-05-11 | North Oaks | Ramsey | (record #2011-017, vote 7–0, photographed and videotaped). | Accepted | |||
| 7 | 88:91 | 2016-05-04 | Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato | Blue Earth | (record #2016-012, vote 7–0). First county record. | Accepted | |||
| 8 | 92:3 | 2019-08-18 | Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory | St. Louis | (record #2019-042, vote 7–0). This is the second accepted record from this location; the first was 28 August 2001 (The Ornithologists' Union Records Committee Thomas A. Tustison, Chairman Loon 74:36) which was a first state record at the time. | Accepted | |||
| 9 | 93:3 | 2023-05-22 | Forestville State Park | Fillmore | (record #2023-059, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. First county record and eleventh state record. | Accepted | |||
| Seven records: six spring and one fall. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2016. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||