MOURC Proceedings Archive - Pelicans Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Pelicans
Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican (C) (Pelecanus occidentalis)Start Date 1987-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
178:402005-07-162005-07-27Little Spirit LakeJackson(record #2005-048, vote 10–0). This immature was first found on the Iowa side of the border at Spirit Lake and fortuitously wandered into Minnesota (The Loon 78:11–14). Accepted
282:32009-06-272009-07-02German LakeLe Sueur(record #2009-031, vote 7–0). Second state record. Subadult, photographed. Accepted
384:1072012-04-042012-04-09at the marina in Red WingGoodhueDakota(record #2012-005, vote 7–0). This adult was photographed by numerous observers, but no one submitted a complete description supported by field notes. The Committee welcomes images and other physical evidence, but always values written descriptions based on field notes taken while the bird was being observed or shortly thereafter. What is believed by the Committee to be the same bird was also seen and photographed in Dakota County on 9 April 2012 at the intersection of U.S. Highway 52 and County Road 46. The Goodhue and Dakota county records are both first county records. Other contemporaneous sightings of a purported Brown Pelican in Hennepin and Chisago Counties (thought to be the same bird though not photographically documented) were Not Accepted by consensus of the Committee at its 2 December 2012 meeting. Accepted
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information
2012-04-09Dakota4/9 Dakota (third state record) (first county record)
Third state record 4/4–9 Goodhue (Red Wing) ph. CH, JWH, ph. KRE, ph. RZi, ph. CRM (The Loon 84:154). Also photographed 4/9 in Dakota (flying over Hwy. 52 and C.R. 46) ph. DAC. Originally found and photographed by a local fisherman on 4/4 at Red Wing fide TPB.
485:992013-05-312013-06-01Myre-Big Island State ParkFreeborn(record #2013-027, vote 7–0). Adult in alternate plumage, photographed. Fourth state record and first county record. Accepted
 
 Four records: two spring and two summer. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2013.

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