MOURC Proceedings Archive - Thrashers, Mockingbirds Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Curve-billed Thrasher
Sage Thrasher

Curve-billed Thrasher (A) (Toxostoma curvirostre)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
avian
information
1971-12-30Wabasha12/30 Wabasha (first state record) (first county record)
avian
information
1972-12-28Wabasha12/28 Wabasha (second state record) (second county record)
avian
information
1973-12-20Wabasha12/20 Wabasha (third state record) (third county record)
avian
information
1974-12-19Wabasha12/19 Wabasha (fourth state record) (fourth county record)
1MOU1976-09-09Blue Mounds State ParkRockThe Loon 48:179Accepted
264:151991-05-041991-05-09Eden PrairieHennepin(vote 7-0; The Loon 63:150-151). Accepted
372:1641999-11-182000-03-24Brandrup Twp.Wilkin(record #2000-12, vote 7–0, The Loon 72:177–178). Accepted
avian
information
2006-08-042006-12-04Itasca8/4-12/4 Itasca (eighth state record) (first county record)
Though its identity was not confirmed until after its disappearance in early December, one was first seen in August near Nashwauk, Itasca ph. RLa, LLa. Fourth state record.
479:1232006-08-152006-12-03NashwaukItasca(record #2006-097, vote 7–0). Fourth state record. Photographed. Accepted
589:872017-01-042017-01-17private residence in Grand RapidsItasca(record #2017-001, vote 7–0). Photographed. Apparently, this bird was discovered about a month earlier but was not documented until the first date given above. Fifth state record and, interestingly, a second county record for this Accidental species. The first county record was midAugust – 3 December 2006 (The Loon 79:126). Accepted
693:32023-04-192023-04-22 private residence, 490th Street, CorrellBig Stone (record #2023-009, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. First county record.

Accepted
 
 Five records: one spring, one fall, one fall-winter, one fall-spring, and one winter. Recorded in one (2017) 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