MOURC Proceedings Archive - Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk (A) (Buteo regalis)Start Date 1987-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
1:053:1291980-10-01Traverse(vote 6-1, Loon 53:115-116) Accepted
2:054:421981-08-07WillmarKandiyohi(vote 7-0) 1981: Accepted
3:054:421981-10-02near HendersonSibley(vote 7-0) Accepted
4:054:1471981-12-12Clay(vote 4-3) Accepted
5:054:1471982-04-17Chippewa(vote 7-0) Accepted
6:054:1471982-04-24Big Stone N.W.R.Lac qui Parlevote 7-0, Loon 54:179 Accepted
7:054:411982-05-07Agassiz N.W.R.Marshall(vote 7-0, Loon 54:191) Accepted
8:054:411982-05-15Cottonwood(vote 6-1) Accepted
9:160:1081987-08-16Land Twp.Grant(vote 7-0; The Loon 60:52). Accepted
10:261:1211989-05-10near EdenDodge(vote 7-0; The Loon 61:92) . Accepted
11:363:411989-06-03Mound Twp.Rock(vote 7-0 The Loon 62:64). Accepted
avian
information
1990-06-031990-06-25Rock6/3, 25 Rock (first summer record)
12:464:151991-07-24Felton prairieClay(vote 7 -0; The Loon 63:279). Accepted
avian
information
1992-03-291992-03-31Otter Tail3/29-31 Otter Tail (third state record) (first county record)
Only report 3/29–31 Otter Tail CS/KC.
avian
information
1993-05-08Stevens5/8 Stevens (fifth state record) (first county record)
Reported 5/8 Stevens fide PB, 5/25 Pope HH.
avian
information
1993-05-25Pope5/25 Pope (fourth state record) (first county record)
Reported 5/8 Stevens fide PB, 5/25 Pope HH.
avian
information
1994-05-07Roseau5/7 Roseau (sixth state record) (first county record)
Reported 4/16 Big Stone DN et al., 4/30 Lac qui Parle HK, 5/7 Roseau PS.
avian
information
1994-09-19Dakota9/19 Dakota (seventh state record) (first county record)
Reported 8/28 Red Lake KSS, 9/19 Dakota TT.
avian
information
1995-04-23Yellow Medicine4/23 Yellow Medicine (eighth state record) (first county record)
Only reports 4/22 Lac qui Parle AB, DB, OJ and 4/23 Yellow Medicine DBM.
avian
information
1995-08-15Itasca8/15 Itasca (ninth state record) (first county record)
Unusual report 8/15 Itasca (immature) SCM (The Loon 67:187).
avian
information
1997-05-10Lincoln5/10 Lincoln (eleventh state record) (first county record)
All reports: 5/10 Lincoln (Tyler) PS, 5/12 Jackson (Delafield Twp.) PS, 5/18 Lac qui Parle (Perry Twp.) AH, PH, PS.
avian
information
1997-05-12Jackson5/12 Jackson (tenth state record) (first county record)
All reports: 5/10 Lincoln (Tyler) PS, 5/12 Jackson (Delafield Twp.) PS, 5/18 Lac qui Parle (Perry Twp.) AH, PH, PS.
13:570:1561997-08-10McKinley Twp.Kittson(record #9803, vote 7–0). Accepted
14:670:441997-08-24near AitkinAitkin(record #97–59, vote 6–1, The Loon 70:65). Accepted
avian
information
1999-08-21Polk8/21 Polk (fourteenth state record) (first county record)
After no fall 1998 reports, two or three were documented this year: 8/15 Polk †SKS, 8/21 Polk (adult at Mentor Ranch) †PS, 9/25 Lac qui Parle (adult along the Auto Tour at BSNWR) †AH.
avian
information
2001-05-12Yellow Medicine5/12 Yellow Medicine (fifteenth state record) (second county record)
Only report: 5/12 Yellow Medicine (Florida Twp.) †TAT.
avian
information
2002-04-19St. Louis4/19 St. Louis (first county record)
All reports: 4/19 St. Louis (adult light morph at W.S.H.C., Duluth) ph. †FJN, DSC, 4/25 Clay (adult light morph, Hawley Twp.) †KJB. [Corrected]
avian
information
2002-09-21Jackson9/21 Jackson (second county record)
Immature light morph in kettle of eight Swainson's Hawks 9/21 Jackson (2.5 miles south of Sandy Pt. C.P.) †KRE et al., adult light morph 10/12 Clay (Felton Prairie) †PHS. Also see undocumented reports.
avian
information
2003-10-14Stevens10/14 Stevens (second county record)
Three reports from West-central: 10/9 Big Stone (adult light morph) †BJU, 10/12 Lac qui Parle (juvenile near Salt L.) †RMD, JWH (The Loon 76:110), 10/14 Stevens (2, Synnes Twp.) †RBJ, JEB.
avian
information
2005-09-17Yellow Medicine9/17 Yellow Medicine (third county record)
Two documented reports: 9/17 Yellow Medicine (imm. near Canby) †KRE, 10/8 Mahnomen (adult in Lake Grove Twp.) †BJU.
avian
information
2005-10-08Mahnomen10/8 Mahnomen (first county record)
Two documented reports: 9/17 Yellow Medicine (imm. near Canby) †KRE, 10/8 Mahnomen (adult in Lake Grove Twp.) †BJU.
avian
information
2006-04-14Swift4/14 Swift (first county record)
All reports: 4/14 Swift (immature light morph at Lac qui Parle W.M.A.) †BJU, 4/17 Big Stone (adult light morph near Twin Lakes) †BJU, 4/21 Lac qui Parle (adult light morph near Dawson) †BJU, 5/1 Lac qui Parle (adult light morph in Baxter Twp., same individual as 4/21?) †BJU.
avian
information
2008-05-03Sherburne5/3 Sherburne (first county record)
All documented reports: 5/3 Sherburne/Stearns (juvenile) †MCA, 5/22 Marshall (adult at Agassiz N.W.R.) †PHS.
avian
information
2008-05-03Stearns5/3 Stearns (first county record)
All documented reports: 5/3 Sherburne/Stearns (juvenile) †MCA, 5/22 Marshall (adult at Agassiz N.W.R.) †PHS.
avian
information
2008-05-22Marshall5/22 Marshall (first county record)
All documented reports: 5/3 Sherburne/Stearns (juvenile) †MCA, 5/22 Marshall (adult at Agassiz N.W.R.) †PHS.
15:786:32013-06-26County Roads 102 and 9Polk(record #2013-070, vote 5–2). Age undetermined. Considerable weight was given to the experience of the observers. Accepted
16:890:32017-08-05Lac qui Parle County (record #2017-039Lac qui Parle(record #2017-039, vote 7–0). The photos are marginal at best and don't clearly show the long gape. However, the large gape is mentioned in the description. . The observer mentions field marks pointing to Ferruginous Hawk such as the dark post-ocular eyeline and structure with the head. Accepted
17:990:862017-08-05Lac qui Parle County (record #2017-039Lac qui Parle(record #2017-039, vote 7–0). The photos are marginal at best and don't clearly show the long gape. However, the large gape is mentioned in the description. . The observer mentions field marks pointing to Ferruginous Hawk such as the dark post-ocular eyeline and structure with the head. Accepted
avian
information
2017-08-22Wilkin8/22 Wilkin (first fall record)
All north 10/16 Red Lake (Plummer) ph. PCt (The Loon 90:79). All south 8/5 Lac qui Parle (State Line Rd.) ph. † DnS, MWS. Also see Documented Records still under Review.
18:1090:32017-10-16Red Lake County (record #2017-045Red Lake(record #2017-045, vote 7–0). Photo is diagnostic. Accepted
19:1190:862017-10-16Red Lake County (record #2017-045Red Lake(record #2017-045, vote 7–0). Photo is diagnostic. Accepted
avian
information
2017-10-23St. Louis10/23 St. Louis (second fall record)
All north 10/16 Red Lake (Plummer) ph. PCt (The Loon 90:79). All south 8/5 Lac qui Parle (State Line Rd.) ph. † DnS, MWS. Also see Documented Records still under Review.
 
 Former regular migrant and summer visitant mostly west. Recorded in two (2013, 2017) of the last ten years. Formerly Casual.

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