MOURC Proceedings Archive for The Loon - Rails, Gallinules, Coots

	MOURC Proceedings Archive - Rails, Gallinules, Coots	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.

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Rails, Gallinules, Coots
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Proceedings

Species: Rails, Gallinules, Coots

King Rail

Purple Gallinule

Black Rail

	Ref	First	Last	Location	County	Comment	Status
King Rail (A) (Rallus elegans)						Start Date 1936-01-01
1	MOU	1936-08-05		Ten Mile Lake, Hackensack	Cass	The Flicker 8:48	Accepted
2	MOU	1937-05-22			Goodhue		Accepted
3	MOU	1937-06-09			Jackson		Accepted
4	MOU	1939-05-30	1939-06-03	White Bear Lake	Washington	The Flicker 12:11	Accepted
5	MOU	1939-06-01	1939-07-31		Jackson		Accepted
6	MOU	1940-05-30			Hennepin		Accepted
7	MOU	1941-09-01			Hennepin		Accepted
8	MOU	1942-05-22			Stearns		Accepted
9	MOU	1942-06-21			Stearns		Accepted
10	MOU	1945-07-25		Albert Lea	Freeborn	The Flicker 17:64	Accepted
11	MOU	1946-08-20			Lac qui Parle		Accepted
12	MOU	1947-05-19			Hennepin		Accepted
13	MOU	1948-05-31			Dakota		Accepted
14	MOU	1948-07-21			Renville	The Flicker 20:95	Accepted
15	MOU	1948-07-22			Kandiyohi	The Flicker 20:95	Accepted
16	MOU	1949-05-30			Ramsey		Accepted
17	MOU	1950-05-14			Goodhue		Accepted
18	MOU	1950-06-01			Ramsey		Accepted
19	MOU	1950-07-13			Steele	The Flicker 22:106	Accepted
20	MOU	1952-07-04			Blue Earth		Accepted
21	MOU	1954-08-21		St. Paul	Ramsey	The Flicker 26:111	Accepted
22	MOU	1955-08-01			Nicollet		Accepted
23	MOU	1956-05-14		Ten Mile Creek Watershed	Lac qui Parle	The Flicker 28:127	Accepted
24	MOU	1956-10-05			Hennepin		Accepted
25	MOU	1958-09-01			Ramsey		Accepted
26	MOU	1959-05-24			Ramsey		Accepted
27	MOU	1959-06-10	1959-07-20		Ramsey		Accepted
28	MOU	1959-06-13		St. Paul	Ramsey	The Flicker 31:73	Accepted
29	MOU	1960-05-01			Wabasha		Accepted
30	MOU	1960-07-15			Anoka		Accepted
31	MOU	1960-07-19			Ramsey		Accepted
32	MOU	1960-07-20			Ramsey	The Flicker 32:77	Accepted
33	MOU	1961-05-27		La Crescent	Winona	The Flicker 33:40	Accepted
34	MOU	1961-05-30	1961-07-20	Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area	Anoka	The Flicker 33:73	Accepted
35	MOU	1962-05-26	1962-06-21	NW 1/4 of Section 24, Township 103, Range 31	Martin	The Flicker 36:28	Accepted
	avian information	1962-05-26	1962-07-11		Martin	5/26-7/11 Martin (first county record)
36	MOU	1962-06-16			Anoka		Accepted
37	MOU	1963-06-11			Todd		Accepted
38	MOU	1963-07-14		Carlos Avery WMA	Anoka	The Flicker 35:88	Accepted
	avian information	1963-07-14	1963-07-22		Anoka	7/14-22 Anoka (fourth county record) Anoka Co., Carlos Avery Game Refuge, July 14, ad, 2 downy black y, Avifaunal Club.
39	MOU	1963-09-01		Alberta	Stevens	The Flicker 35:123	Accepted
40	MOU	1963-09-21		Section 3, Township 105, Range 29	Blue Earth	The Flicker 36:29	Accepted
	avian information	1963-09-21	1963-10-15		Blue Earth	9/21, 10/15 Blue Earth (second county record) Sept. 1, Alberta, Stevens Co., Ken Haag.
41	MOU	1963-10-15		Section 27, Township 106, Range 29	Blue Earth	The Flicker 36:29	Accepted
42	MOU	1965-06-11		Section 16, Township 106N, Range 30W	Watonwan	The Loon 38:76	Accepted
43	MOU	1965-09-08		Mickelson Wetland Unit	Brown	The Loon 38:76	Accepted
44	MOU	1966-07-17		Highway 212, 2 miles east of Buffalo Lake	Renville	The Loon 38:112	Accepted
45	MOU	1966-07-20		Blue Lake, south of the La Crescent-La Crosse causeway	Houston	The Loon 38:145	Accepted
	avian information	1967-05-01	1967-05-31		Blue Earth	5/1-31 Blue Earth (third county record)
46	MOU	1967-06-20		Rosendale Twp.	Watonwan	The Loon 39:124	Accepted
47	MOU	1968-05-25		Agassiz NWR	Marshall	The Loon 40:79, Janssen 1987:135	Accepted
48	MOU	1971-08-16	1971-09-11	Regier Slough	Cottonwood	The Loon 44:12	Accepted
49	MOU	1971-08-27		La Crescent	Houston	The Loon 44:12	Accepted
50	MOU	1972-06-01	1972-07-31	Heron Lake	Jackson	The Loon 44:108	Accepted
51	MOU	1972-10-21		Swan Lake	Nicollet	The Loon 45:13	Accepted
52	MOU	1973-06-23		La Crescent	Houston	The Loon 46:19	Accepted
53	MOU	1974-05-03		Minnesota Point	St. Louis	The Loon 46:121	Accepted
54	MOU	1975-04-23			Clearwater	The Loon 47:165	Accepted
55	MOU	1975-06-13		Big Stone NWR	Lac qui Parle	The Loon 48:18	Accepted
56	MOU	1976-06-01	1976-08-07	La Crescent	Houston	2 young and 2 adults The Loon 49:32	Accepted
57	MOU	1977-06-02		Gabriel Lake	Lyon	The Loon 50:13	Accepted
58	MOU	1980-03-01	1980-05-31		Ramsey		Accepted
59	MOU	1981-05-15		St. Paul	Ramsey	The Loon 53:225	Accepted
60	56:17	1983-05-31	1983-06-02	Brockway Twp.	Stearns	(vote 7-0); Loon 56:72).	Accepted
	avian information	1983-05-31	1983-06-07		Stearns	5/31-6/7 Stearns (third county record)
61	MOU	1984-06-09	1984-06-16	Mud Lake, Duluth	St. Louis	The Loon 56:190	Accepted
62	63:154	1990-05-02		Vermillion Twp.	Dakota	(vote 7-0; The Loon 63:73-74).	Accepted
63	64:15	1991-10-24		near Appleton	Swift	(vote 7-0; The Loon 64:64-65).	Accepted
64	64:138	1992-06-07	1992-06-14	Bloomington	Hennepin	(vote 7-D; The Loon 64:170).	Accepted
65	MOU	1996-07-04			Lyon		Accepted
66	86:107	2014-05-27		West 3rd St, Zumbrota	Goodhue	(record #2014-034, Accidental, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. This normally cryptic species was foraging amongst ferns and flowers in a residential yard in broad daylight. Last recorded in 1992.	Accepted
67	89:87	2017-06-15	2017-08-19	North Ottawa Impoundment	Grant	(record #2017-024, vote 7–0). Two birds were present. Both were photographed and accepted. Second county record; first record was 26 June 1923 near Herman.	Accepted
	avian information	2017-06-15	2017-07-20		Grant	6/15-7/20 Grant (first county record) Second county record 6/15+ Grant (2, North Ottawa Impoundment) ph. WPl, well documented and photographed by m.ob.
68	MOU	2017-06-29			Grant	Janssen sighting.	Accepted
	avian information	2017-08-05	2017-08-19		Grant	8/5-19 Grant (second county record) Two adults first reported 6/15 continued to be seen 8/5â€“19 Grant (North Ottawa Impoundment) with a juvenile also present 8/12 â€ KRE, m.ob.
69	93:115	2022-05-22			Steele	(record #2022-106, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed.	Accepted

	Former summer resident south. Recorded in two (2014, 2017) of the last ten years. Last breeding record 2017. State designation: Endangered.

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