MOURC Proceedings Archive - Nightjars Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will's-widow

Common Nighthawk (R) (Chordeiles minor)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
160:1081988-04-04MinnetonkaHennepin(vote 5-2). Accepted
avian
information
2017-06-22Lincoln6/22 Lincoln (first summer record)
Observed statewide in small (single digit) numbers.
avian
information
2018-05-202018-05-22Wilkin5/20, 22 Wilkin (first spring record)
Early south (median 5/3) 4/24 Anoka DPG, 4/28–5/1 Hennepin CRM, JmM, 5/2 Dakota DEv, Olmsted JPr. Early north (median 5/11) 5/10–11 Morrison (max. 2) KEm, SEm, Otter Tail (2) JsS, 5/14 Aitkin PEJ. High counts 5/22 Anoka (50, Old Game Farm Rd.) ebd, 5/16 Hennepin (35, Normandale Lake Park) DGu.
avian
information
2019-05-28Wilkin5/28 Wilkin (second spring record)
Early south (median 5/3) 5/3 Anoka MKo, LKo, Goodhue DSh, 5/5 Dakota DnS, MWS, Dodge JJS, 5/7 Carver MSc. Early north (median 5/11) 5/14 Morrison ANy, 5/16 Pine KrM, 5/17 Aitkin IVa, JiM. High counts 5/20 Chisago (200, Carlos Avery W.M.A.) SLf, 5/26 Morrison (100) KEm.
avian
information
2022-06-07Norman6/7 Norman (first summer record)
Reported statewide. Counts of 20 in early June (6/1 Crow Wing, 6/1 Kittson, 6/4 Polk) represented the tail end of spring migration.
 
 Breeds throughout.

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