Duplicates
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Longspurs and Snow Buntings |
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. |
| Families |
| Species: Longspurs and Snow Buntings |
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Chestnut-collared Longspur |
Smith's Longspur |
Thick-billed Longspur |
| Chestnut-collared Longspur (C) (Calcarius ornatus) | Start Date 1936-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| avian information | 1954-05-29 | Wilkin | 5/29 Wilkin (first state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| avian information | 1955-06-01 | 1955-07-31 | Murray | summer Murray (second state record) (first county record) | |||||
| avian information | 1964-04-25 | Big Stone | 4/25 Big Stone (third state record) (first county record) 4-25 Beardsley, Big Stone Co, RBJ; 4-25 Felton, Clay Co, several singing males, RG, RLH. | ||||||
| avian information | 1970-05-29 | Stevens | 5/29 Stevens (fourth state record) (first county record) 3 reports and 5-23 usual spot near Felton, Clay Co. (3) DB, KE, PE; 5-29 Morris Stevens Co. EB. | ||||||
| avian information | 1971-05-01 | Wadena | 5/1 Wadena (fifth state record) (first county record) 4 reports Clay Co. 1-IK; 5-22 Felton, Clay Co. KE, RR (6); 5-1 Wilkin VL; 5-l Wadena, 1 female collected by R Oehlenschlager; there are few reports of the species away from Felton, and it is quite interesting that there were 3 reports in 3 different counties on the same day_ | ||||||
| avian information | 1971-05-01 | Wilkin | 5/1 Wilkin (sixth state record) (second county record) 4 reports Clay Co. 1-IK; 5-22 Felton, Clay Co. KE, RR (6); 5-1 Wilkin VL; 5-l Wadena, 1 female collected by R Oehlenschlager; there are few reports of the species away from Felton, and it is quite interesting that there were 3 reports in 3 different counties on the same day_ | ||||||
| avian information | 1973-09-30 | Rock | 9/30 Rock (seventh state record) (first county record) Three reports: 8-15 Clay 20) (FL); 9-9 Clay (2) (RBJ); 9-30 Rock (15) (KRE) (one of the few reports away from Clay Co.). | ||||||
| avian information | 1974-06-15 | 1974-06-18 | St. Louis | 6/15, 18 St. Louis (eighth state record) (first county record) Nested at Felton prairie, Clay Co. (6-27, two eggs, PH); 30 still present there on 7-28 (KE); also 6-15 and 6-18 at Duluth (D. Scheer, MMC). SPRING MIGRANT SHOREBIRDS | |||||
| avian information | 1975-04-26 | Lac qui Parle | 4/26 Lac qui Parle (tenth state record) (first county record) 2 reports: 4-26 Lac qui Parle CF; 427 Big Stone PG, JC, DY. | ||||||
| avian information | 1975-04-27 | Big Stone | 4/27 Big Stone (ninth state record) (second county record) 2 reports: 4-26 Lac qui Parle CF; 427 Big Stone PG, JC, DY. | ||||||
| avian information | 1975-07-19 | Yellow Medicine | 7/19 Yellow Medicine (eleventh state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 18:65 | 1946 | index | Chestnut-collared Longspur and Sprague's Pipit | ||||||
| 21:64 | 1949 | index | A Nest of the Chestnut-collared Longspur in Clay County | ||||||
| 32:99-100 | 1960 | index | Chestnut-collared Longspurs in Clay County, Minnesota | ||||||
| 37:70-72 | 1965 | index | Comments on the Distribution and Abundance of the Lark Bunting and Other Prairie Fringillids in Minnesota and North Dakota | ||||||
| 48:79 | 1976 | index | Chestnut-collared Longspur on North Shore | ||||||
| 64:138 | 1976-03-21 | near Cascade R. | Cook | (vote 16); previously voted on, accepted and published (The Loon 48:79). The identification was based on the bird's "chestnut collar ... black cheek stripes, a black breast. .. a beige throat"; the tail pattern was not seen. However, this description also fits Lapland Longspur, especially a male molting into breeding plumage. | Not Accepted | ||||
| avian information | 1978-05-16 | Otter Tail | 5/16 Otter Tail (twelfth state record) (first county record) 5-14 Clay (14); 5-16 Otter Tail GO; 5-21 Clay SM, SV. | ||||||
| avian information | 1978-06-01 | 1978-07-31 | Wilkin | summer Wilkin (thirteenth state record) (third county record) Seen in Clay (Felton) and Wilkin (6-4, female, GLO). | |||||
| avian information | 1978-10-27 | Grant | 10/27 Grant (fourteenth state record) (first county record) Two reports: 10-1 Clay RJ and 10-27 Grant (150+ ) NH. | ||||||
| avian information | 1980-06-01 | 1980-07-31 | Red Lake | summer Red Lake (fifteenth state record) (first county record) Seen in Red Lake, Clay (very common Felton Prairie), Traverse (Clifton Twp\ Big Stone (Clinton Twp.). | |||||
| 58:3-11 | 1986 | index | A Relict Population of Chestnut-collared Longspurs in Western Minnesota | ||||||
| 58:51 | 1986 | index | Longspurs Breed in Traverse County | ||||||
| 59:143 | 1986-11-23 | Kurtz Twp. | Clay | (vote 2-5). The identification of non-breeding-plumaged longspurs is very difficult, and the description of this late individual was not clear enough to eliminate Smith's or even McCown's. Laplands were present for comparison and this was clearly not a Lapland, but not enough information was given to say which of the other three it was. | Not Accepted | ||||
| avian information | 1987-05-27 | Traverse | 5/27 Traverse (first county record) All reports: 4124 Felton Prairie, Clay Co. MF, 5/24 Miller Prairie West, Traverse KE, 5130 Clay TK. | ||||||
| avian information | 1988-05-08 | Marshall | 5/8 Marshall (first county record) Two reports: 5/8 Marshall SKS, 5/22-27 Clay m.ob. | ||||||
| avian information | 1988-06-14 | Big Stone | 6/14 Big Stone (third county record) Only reports: seen in Clay and Big Stone (6/14, BHa). | ||||||
| avian information | 1989-05-27 | Lake | 5/27 Lake (first county record) Two reports: 4/18 Clay DJ, 5/27 Lake AB (The Loon 61 :146). | ||||||
| avian information | 1989-06-28 | Pipestone | 6/28 Pipestone (first county record) A pair seen 6/28 Troy Township, Pipestone NO, JP; probable breeding in Clay. | ||||||
| avian information | 1993-06-04 | Norman | 6/4 Norman (first county record) Observed at usual Felton Prairie location in Clay Co.; plus one bird observed on 6/4 two miles SW of Lockhart in Norman County BBk. | ||||||
| 61:146 | 1989 | index | Chestnut-collared Longspur in Lake County | ||||||
| 61:201 | 1989 | index | Longspur Extravaganza at the Felton Prairie | ||||||
| 67:165 | 1994-10-25 | Agassiz N.W.R. | Marshall | The entire description of the bird only includes references to a buffy head, lightly streaked back and breast, a "very obscure" eye mark, a "great deal of white on the tail," and "the colored tail feathers were the shape of a triangle." However, such a description does not preclude Smith's or McCown's Longspur; for that matter, there is no indication the bird was even a longspur, since the incomplete documentation does not preclude Vesper Sparrow, American Pipit, or juvenile Horned Lark. Gyrfalcon, 16 January 1995, Nereson Township, Roseau County. The Committee unanimously agreed that this identification by a very experienced observer was probably correct; however, the majority also fe lt the documentation of this perched raptor seen only at a range of 500-700 yards is not detailed enough for acceptance. No useful plumage details were visible at the distance involved, the description does not indicate why the bird was a falcon and does not preclude the possibility of Northern Goshawk. | Not Accepted | ||||
| avian information | 1995-06-01 | 1995-06-31 | Polk | 6/1-31 Polk (first county record) Probable nesting at traditional Felton Prairie site in Clay Co.; plus eight singing males present through June within Chester Township in Polk County MCBS, RJ. | |||||
| avian information | 1997-11-16 | Aitkin | 11/16 Aitkin (first county record) All reports: 8/8 Felton Prairie, Clay Co. (4) RO, 11/16-17 Aitkin CB, ties the latest date on record for the state. [Corrected] | ||||||
| avian information | 1998-05-21 | St. Louis | 5/21 St. Louis (second county record) Early north 4/24 Clay (Felton) RK, 5/21 St. Louis (Cook sewage pond) RJ. | ||||||
| avian information | 2001-04-07 | Kandiyohi | 4/7 Kandiyohi (first county record) Earliest south date and first county record 4/7 Kandiyohi †RAE et al. (The Loon 73:254) Also seen 4/26+ Clay (Felton Prairie) KJB, mob. | ||||||
| avian information | 2002-04-13 | Renville | 4/13 Renville (first county record) First county record 4/13 Renville (2 in Hawk Creek Twp.) †RPR. Also reported 4/15+ Clay (Felton Prairie) m.ob. | ||||||
| avian information | 2004-04-17 | Swift | 4/17 Swift (first county record) Reported 4/15+ Clay (Felton Prairie) DTT, SMT, m.obs., 4/17 Swift (male near Shible L.) †BJU, 5/7 St. Louis (male in pasture at junction of Old North Shore Drive and Homestead Road, Duluth) JCG. | ||||||
| avian information | 2004-05-07 | St. Louis | 5/7 St. Louis (third county record) Reported 4/15+ Clay (Felton Prairie) DTT, SMT, m.obs., 4/17 Swift (male near Shible L.) †BJU, 5/7 St. Louis (male in pasture at junction of Old North Shore Drive and Homestead Road, Duluth) JCG. | ||||||
| avian information | 2004-06-11 | Lac qui Parle | 6/11 Lac qui Parle (second county record) Reported 6/6–7/27 Clay PHS, m.ob., 6/11 Lac qui Parle (Yellow Bank Hills S.N.A.) †BJU, 7/9 Yellow Medicine (Fortier Twp.) †BJU. | ||||||
| avian information | 2004-07-09 | Yellow Medicine | 7/9 Yellow Medicine (second county record) Reported 6/6–7/27 Clay PHS, m.ob., 6/11 Lac qui Parle (Yellow Bank Hills S.N.A.) †BJU, 7/9 Yellow Medicine (Fortier Twp.) †BJU. | ||||||
| avian information | 2005-10-16 | St. Louis | 10/16 St. Louis (fourth county record) All reports: 9/17 Clay (8 at Felton Prairie) BWF, 10/16 St. Louis (Stoney Point) †JCG. | ||||||
| avian information | 2006-04-17 | Lac qui Parle | 4/17 Lac qui Parle (third county record) Reported from Felton Prairie starting 4/27+ Clay PBB, m.ob. Also seen 4/17 Lac qui Parle (near Big Stone N.W.R.) †BJU. | ||||||
| avian information | 2006-06-04 | 2006-06-24 | Pipestone | 6/4, 24 Pipestone (second county record) Many reports from usual Felton Prairie location in Clay, plus south reports 6/4,24 Pipestone MCBS, 6/25 Lincoln BJU. | |||||
| avian information | 2006-06-25 | Lincoln | 6/25 Lincoln (first county record) Many reports from usual Felton Prairie location in Clay, plus south reports 6/4,24 Pipestone MCBS, 6/25 Lincoln BJU. | ||||||
| avian information | 2006-08-23 | Lac qui Parle | 8/23 Lac qui Parle (fourth county record) Only report: 8/23 Lac qui Parle (“molting male” at Big Stone N.W.R., Auto Tour Route) BJU. | ||||||
| avian information | 2008-05-10 | Polk | 5/10 Polk (second county record) One seen 5/10 Polk (Pembina Trail Preserve) †DLT. All other reports were from Felton Prairie: 5/6 Clay RHO, 5/17 Clay JWH, 5/19 Clay WCM, LBF. | ||||||
| avian information | 2009-04-18 | Dakota | 4/18 Dakota (first county record) Unusually far east was a male picked out of a large flock of Lapland Longspurs 4/18 Dakota †MDu. All other reports were from Clay: 5/9 RHO, 5/16 DBM, PLJ, 5/21 (nest with 4 eggs) DAC, RBJ, 5/30 (2 adults with 4 chicks) AXH. | ||||||
| avian information | 2011-04-28 | Lac qui Parle | 4/28 Lac qui Parle (fifth county record) Only south report 4/28 Lac qui Parle (male, near Plover Prairie) ph. BJU. All north reports from traditional Felton Prairie location where first reported 5/21 Clay (3) RHO (median 4/15). | ||||||
| avian information | 2016-06-18 | Yellow Medicine | 6/18 Yellow Medicine (third county record) Reported from Clay and 6/18 Yellow Medicine (male and female, 130th St., Canby) GWe. | ||||||
| Recorded in eight of the last ten years, most recently 2023. Rare breeder west. State designation: Endangered. Formerly Regular. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||