MOURC Proceedings Archive for The Loon

	MOURC Proceedings Archive - Warblers	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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Proceedings

Species: Warblers

	Ref	First	Last	Location	County	Comment	Status
Worm-eating Warbler (C) (Helmitheros vermivorum)						Start Date 1988-01-01
1:0	MOU	1944-05-23			Olmsted	The Loon 52:33	Accepted
2:0	MOU	1949-05-22		Robert's Sanctuary	Hennepin	The Loon 21:57	Accepted
3:0	MOU	1953-05-07		Madison	Lac qui Parle	Bell Museum files, record by Mrs. C.E. Peterson	Accepted
4:0	MOU	1957-05-11	1957-05-13	near London	Kandiyohi	The Loon 29:36	Accepted
5:0	MOU	1957-05-21		St. Thomas	Hennepin	The Loon 29:36	Accepted
6:0	MOU	1958-05-01		St. Louis Park	Hennepin	The Flicker 30:73	Accepted
7:0	MOU	1959-05-03		Theodore Wirth Park	Hennepin	The Loon 31:62	Accepted
8:0	MOU	1962-04-27	1962-04-30	Brooklyn Park	Hennepin	The Loon 34:56, 34:65	Accepted
9:0	MOU	1963-05-05	1963-05-08	Robert's Sanctuary	Hennepin	The Loon 35:57, 35:103	Accepted
10:0	MOU	1967-05-13		Theodore Wirth Park	Hennepin	The Loon 39:95	Accepted
11:0	MOU	1969-04-30		Sunfish Lake	Dakota	Photos in Bell Museum files	Accepted
12:0	MOU	1969-05-18		Camp Wilder	Washington	The Loon 41:90	Accepted
13:0	MOU	1973-08-26		Robert's Sanctuary	Hennepin	The Loon 46:172	Accepted
14:0	MOU	1973-11-18		Garrison	Crow Wing	The Loon 46:35	Accepted
15:0	MOU	1974-04-27		Richfield	Hennepin	The Loon 46:122	Accepted
16:0	MOU	1975-05-18		Robert's Sanctuary	Hennepin	The Loon 47:135	Accepted
17:0	MOU	1975-11-15		Boy Lake	Cass	The Loon 48:38	Accepted
18:0	MOU	1978-05-17	1978-05-18	Hormel Nature Center	Mower	The Loon 50:213	Accepted
19:0	MOU	1979-05-05		Theodore Wirth Park	Hennepin	The Loon 51:106	Accepted
20:0	MOU	1979-05-07		Robert's Sanctuary	Hennepin	The Loon 51:154	Accepted
21:0	MOU	1979-05-20		Fergus Falls	Otter Tail	The Loon 51:155	Accepted
22:0	MOU	1980-05-30			Ramsey	The Loon 63:169 (specimen)	Accepted
23:0	53:129	1981-05-05		Austin	Mower	(vote 6-1, Loon 53:172)	Accepted
24:0	MOU	1982-05-07	1982-05-09	Wood Lake Nature Center	Hennepin	The Loon 54:234	Accepted
25:0	MOU	1982-05-19		T.S. Roberts Sanctuary	Hennepin	The Loon 54:234	Accepted
26:0	56:17	1983-05-11		Flandrau State Park	Brown	(vote 7-0; Loon 55:126).	Accepted
27:0	56:17	1983-05-17		Minneopa State Park	Blue Earth	(vote 7-0; Loon 55: 126).	Accepted
28:0	MOU	1984-04-29			Cottonwood	The Loon 56:257	Accepted
29:0	56:160	1984-05-08		Courthouse Park	Waseca	(vote 7-0 The Loon 56:193-194).	Accepted
30:0	57:119	1985-05-04		Austin	Mower	(vote 7-0; The Loon 57:108) .	Accepted
31:0	59:57	1986-05-08		near Kasota	Le Sueur	(vote 7-0; The Loon 58:139).	Accepted
32:0	58:146	1986-05-11		Forestville Twp.	Fillmore	(vote 7-0; The Loon 58:133).	Accepted
33:0	58:146	1986-05-22		Pilot Mound Twp.	Fillmore	(vote 7-0; The .Loon 58:133).	Accepted
34:1	MOU	1988-05-04	1988-05-08	Hormel Nature Center	Mower	The Loon 60:168 The Loon 60:93	Accepted
35:2	60:108	1988-05-04		St. Paul	Ramsey	(vote 7-0). The Loon 60:178	Accepted
	avian information	1988-05-08	1988-05-10		Goodhue	5/8-10 Goodhue (first state record) (first county record) Three reports: 5/4 Mower RRK, 5/4 Ramsey AB (The Loon 60:179), 5/8 Mower RG (The Loon 60:93).
36:3	60:108	1988-05-08		Austin	Mower	(vote 7-0; The Loon 60:93).	Accepted
37:4	62:134	1990-04-30		Sakatah Lake S.P.	Rice	(vote 7-0; The Loon 62:118) .	Accepted
38:5	63:154	1991-05-11		Eagle's Nest Co. Park	Watonwan	(vote 7-0; The Loon 63:208).	Accepted
39:6	63:154	1991-05-18		Minneapolis	Hennepin	(vote 7-0; The Loon 63:201).	Accepted
40:7	64:138	1992-05-09		Rice Lake S.P.	Steele	(vote 6-1).	Accepted
41:8	64:138	1992-05-11		Minneapolis	Hennepin	(vote 7-0).	Accepted
42:9	64:138	1992-05-12		Faribault	Rice	(vote 7-0).	Accepted
	avian information	1992-05-12	1992-05-17		Rice	5/12-17 Rice (sixth state record) (second county record) All reports: 5/9 Steele KV, 5/11 Hennepin SC (*The Loon* 64:170–171), 5/12–17 Rice TB (*The Loon* 64:171), 5/12 Washington EC (*The Loon* 64:166).
43:10	65:33	1992-05-12		Warner Nature Center	Washington	(vote 7-0; The Loon 64: 166).	Accepted
44:11	65:33	1992-10-01		Olson Lake	Washington	(vote 5-2).	Accepted
45:12	MOU	1993-05-08		MVNWR Hq.	Hennepin	The Loon 65:191	Accepted
46:13	MOU	1993-05-09		Afton SP	Washington	The Loon 65:191	Accepted
47:14	MOU	1994-05-14		MVNWR Hq.	Hennepin	The Loon 66:189	Accepted
48:15	MOU	1995-05-10		Theodore Wirth Park	Hennepin	The Loon 67:227	Accepted
49:16	MOU	1995-05-15		Wood Lake Nature Center	Hennepin	The Loon 67:227	Accepted
50:17	MOU	1997-05-27	1997-05-30	St. Paul	Ramsey	The Loon 69:205	Accepted
	avian information	1997-05-27	1997-05-31		Ramsey	5/27-30, 31 Ramsey (eleventh state record) (second county record) Only documented report: 5/27–30 (latest date on record) Ramsey JWe, mob.
51:18	MOU	1998-06-02		Seven Mile Creek County Park	Nicollet	The Loon 71:30	Accepted
52:19	MOU	1999-05-02	1999-05-03	Bergquist Nature Area	Kandiyohi	The Loon 71:209	Accepted
	avian information	1999-05-02	1999-05-08		Kandiyohi	5/2-3, 8 Kandiyohi (thirteenth state record) (first county record) Like the other “southern” warblers, more reports than usual. All records: 5/2–3 Kandiyohi (near Willmar) RJF, 5/8 Kandi-yohi (Sibley S. P.) RE, 5/9–12 Winona (Whitewater S. P.) mob, 5/29 Mower (Hormel Nature Center) AH, 5/31 (second latest south) Wabasha (Co. Rd. 29) PS.
53:20	MOU	1999-05-08		Sibley SP	Kandiyohi	The Loon 71:209	Accepted
54:21	MOU	1999-05-09	1999-05-12	Whitewater SP	Winona	The Loon 71:209	Accepted
	avian information	1999-05-09			Winona	5/9 Winona (first county record) Like the other “southern” warblers, more reports than usual. All records: 5/2–3 Kandiyohi (near Willmar) RJF, 5/8 Kandi-yohi (Sibley S. P.) RE, 5/9–12 Winona (Whitewater S. P.) mob, 5/29 Mower (Hormel Nature Center) AH, 5/31 (second latest south) Wabasha (Co. Rd. 29) PS.
55:22	MOU	1999-05-29		Hormel Nature Center	Mower	The Loon 71:209	Accepted
56:23	MOU	1999-05-31		county road 29	Wabasha	The Loon 71:209	Accepted
57:24	MOU	2000-05-13		Darwin-Dassel Park	Meeker	The Loon 72:224	Accepted
58:25	MOU	2001-05-01		Veteran's Park	Hennepin	The Loon 73:224	Accepted
59:26	MOU	2001-05-12	2001-05-20	Hyland Park	Hennepin	The Loon 73:224, 74:54	Accepted
60:27	MOU	2001-07-28		Linwood Lake	Anoka	The Loon 74:31	Accepted
61:28	77:169	2005-04-15		Warner Nature Center	Washington	(record #2005-011, vote 7–0). Netted, banded, and photographed in the hand on a record-early date.	Accepted
62:29	80:5	2007-04-23		Camden State Park	Lyon	(record #2007-058, vote 7–0).	Accepted
63:30	79:123	2007-05-06		Moorhead	Clay	(record #2007-023, vote 7–0).	Accepted
64:31	82:3	2009-04-26		Eloise Butler Wildflower Sanctuary, Minneapolis	Hennepin	(record #2009-045, vote 7–0). Hennepin County now has 23 records of this Casual species.	Accepted
65:32	81:115	2009-05-15		Veteran's Memorial Park, Richfield	Hennepin	(record #2009-029, vote 7–0).	Accepted
66:33	85:99	2013-05-04	2013-05-05	Fridley	Anoka	(record #2013-009, vote 7–0). Adult. First spring record for Anoka County. Confidence in the documentation could have been appreciably improved by supplying contemporaneous field notes.	Accepted
67:34	86:3	2013-05-16		River Bend Nature Center, Faribault	Rice	(record #2013017, original vote 4–3; recirculated vote 3–4). The observer reported the undeparts as “gray” rather than having buff or caramel-colored tones which one would normally expect a Worm-eating Warbler to exhibit. In addition, the submission was generally too succinct for several of the members to Accept.	Accepted
68:35	87:95	2015-05-30		Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve	Scott	(record #2015-017, vote 7–0). Photographed, first county record.	Accepted
69:36	88:91	2016-05-14	2016-05-18	Cannon River Wilderness Area	Rice	(record #2016-013, vote 6–1).	Accepted
70:37	89:87	2017-05-16		farm near Saco, Somerset Township	Steele	(record #2017-009, vote 5–2).	Accepted
71:38	89:87	2017-05-22		Sakatah State Park near campsite number 54	Le Sueur	(record #2017-013, vote 7–0).	Accepted
72:39	89:87	2017-05-31		Hawk Creek, Minnesota River Valley	Renville	(record #2017-016, vote 6–1). First county record.	Accepted
73:40	91:89	2018-05-04		Wood-Rill SNA	Hennepin	(record #2018-058, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed.	Accepted
	avian information	2018-05-13			Rock	5/13 Rock (first county record) Two reports: 5/4 Hennepin (Wood Rill S.N.A.) ph. SuH, 5/13 Rock (Blue Mounds S.P.) †VKl.
74:41	93:3	2023-05-01	2023-05-03	Bass Ponds, Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington	Hennepin	(record #2023-030, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed.	Accepted

	Sixty-eight records: 62 spring, 2 summer, and 4 fall. Recorded in five of the last ten years, most recently 2018.

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