Duplicates
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Nightjars |
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: Nightjars |
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Common Nighthawk |
Common Poorwill |
Chuck-will's-widow |
| Common Nighthawk (R) (Chordeiles minor) | Start Date 1936-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 15:35 | 1943 | index | Nighthawk Migration at White Bear Lake | ||||||
| 24:36 | 1952 | index | Unusual Behavior of Nighthawks | ||||||
| 58:197 | 1986 | index | Common Nighthawk Migration Along the North Shore in Duluth | ||||||
| 59:143 | 1987-03-10 | Minneapolis | Hennepin | (vote 0-7). The bird was never seen for sure, and the entire identifiction of this extremely early individual was based on a call heard out a window; however, the observer himself admits it could have been a starling -it could also have been the similar call of a goldeneye from the nearby river. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 59:143 | 1987-04-04 | North Oaks | Ramsey | (vote 0-7). No bird was ever seen and the identification was only based on hearing the nighthawk-like call given on or over a lake; most likely the observer heard a goldeneye which has a call very similar to a nighthawk. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 1 | 60:108 | 1988-04-04 | Minnetonka | Hennepin | (vote 5-2). | Accepted | |||
| 61:121 | 1988-11-02 | White Earth L. | Becker | (vote 3-4). The identification was based primarily on the "peent'' vocalizations of the bird , but it is possible other calls of other species could also be described in the same way; more importantly, nighthawks apparently only give their "peent" call during summer while on their breeding territory, not in late fall. Also the plumage description was too sketchy for such an unusual record, with a "white bar" on the wing and a "white neck" being the only content of the description . | Not Accepted | ||||
| 63:63 | 1991 | index | Common Nighthawks Over Chanhassen | ||||||
| 63:68-69 | 1991 | index | A Record Movement of Common Nighthawks | ||||||
| 63:141-143 | 1991 | index | Survey of Common Nighthawks in Minnesota, 1990 | ||||||
| 65:33 | 1992-04-05 | near Detroit Lakes | Becker | (vote 3-4). The entire description only mentioned "a dark bird with fairly long, pointed wings ... white bars on each wing," and a tail that "was squarish with a slight V-shape." No mention was made of its manner of flight or size, nor was the size, shape and position of the wing bars described. | Not Accepted | ||||
| avian information | 2017-06-22 | Lincoln | 6/22 Lincoln (first summer record) Observed statewide in small (single digit) numbers. | ||||||
| avian information | 2018-05-20 | 2018-05-22 | Wilkin | 5/20, 22 Wilkin (first spring record) Early south (median 5/3) 4/24 Anoka DPG, 4/28–5/1 Hennepin CRM, JmM, 5/2 Dakota DEv, Olmsted JPr. Early north (median 5/11) 5/10–11 Morrison (max. 2) KEm, SEm, Otter Tail (2) JsS, 5/14 Aitkin PEJ. High counts 5/22 Anoka (50, Old Game Farm Rd.) ebd, 5/16 Hennepin (35, Normandale Lake Park) DGu. | |||||
| avian information | 2019-05-28 | Wilkin | 5/28 Wilkin (second spring record) Early south (median 5/3) 5/3 Anoka MKo, LKo, Goodhue DSh, 5/5 Dakota DnS, MWS, Dodge JJS, 5/7 Carver MSc. Early north (median 5/11) 5/14 Morrison ANy, 5/16 Pine KrM, 5/17 Aitkin IVa, JiM. High counts 5/20 Chisago (200, Carlos Avery W.M.A.) SLf, 5/26 Morrison (100) KEm. | ||||||
| avian information | 2022-06-07 | Norman | 6/7 Norman (first summer record) Reported statewide. Counts of 20 in early June (6/1 Crow Wing, 6/1 Kittson, 6/4 Polk) represented the tail end of spring migration. | ||||||
| Breeds throughout. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||