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

Sage Thrasher (A) (Oreoscoptes montanus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
1MOU1974-10-198 miles south of ClarkfieldYellow MedicineD.O.R. The Loon 47:129Accepted
2MOU1985-05-131985-05-14Agassiz NWRMarshallThe Loon 57:115Accepted
avian
information
1985-05-13Marshall5/13 Marshall (second state record) (first county record)
5/13-14 Marshall, J. Matts son (The Loon 57:115-117.
358:1461986-06-16Carlos Avery W.M.A.Anoka(vote 7-0; The Loon 58:139). Accepted
4MOU1987-05-141987-05-21Grand MaraisCookThe Loon 59:150Accepted
560:1081988-06-17MinneapolisHennepin(vote 6-1; The Loon 60:127). Accepted
667:451994-10-231994-11-15RichfieldHennepin(The Loon 66:206). Accepted
avian
information
1994-10-231994-10-29Hennepin10/23-29 Hennepin (sixth state record) (second county record)
Reported 10/23–29 Richfield, Hennepin Co., TT, mob (6th state record, The Loon 66:206).
770:441997-05-011997-05-04BlaineAnoka(record #97–55, vote 7–0). Accepted
872:1642000-02-072000-03-04EdinaHennepin(record #200017, vote 7–0, The Loon 72:181). Accepted
976:392003-10-172003-11-11Grand MaraisCook(record #2003-72, vote 7–0). This bird was seen by numerous observers and photographed. Accepted
avian
information
2003-10-172003-11-13Cook10/17-11/13 Cook (ninth state record) (second county record)
Ninth state record 10/17–11/11 Cook (Grand Marais) †JWL, †KRE et al. Photographed by m.obs. with additional written documentation 10/18 †PCC, †TAT, 10/21 †PHS (The Loon 76:111).
1076:1522004-05-112004-05-12SchroederCook(record #2004027, vote 7–0). Accepted
1176:1522004-06-26Dodge Nature Center, St. PaulRamsey(record #2004-075, vote 7–0). This bird was documented only by an in-flight photograph showing a thin, relatively short, and slightly decurved bill, yellow iris, crisply streaked breast-sides and flanks, and white tips on the outermost three or four rectrices. Accepted
1281:1152009-04-132009-04-14Lake Harriet, MinneapolisHennepin(record #2009-009, vote 7–0). Four of the state's twelve records are from Hennepin County. Photographed by many observers. Accepted
avian
information
2018-05-29St. Louis5/29 St. Louis (thirteenth state record) (first county record)
New county record and first record since 2009:5/29 St. Louis, discovered by ClN near Sky Harbor Airport, Duluth, ph. †PHS, †EzH, ph. †KRE, ph. †REn, m.ob.
1392:32019-06-05County Road 5, FloodwoodSt. Louis(record #2019051, vote 7–0). Photographed. Accepted
1493:32022-05-13 Sherburne National Wildlife RefugeSherburne (record #2022-127, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. First county record.

Accepted
 
 Thirteen records: six spring, three summer, three fall, and one winter-spring. Recorded in two (2009, 2018) 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