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

Curve-billed Thrasher (A) (Toxostoma curvirostre)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
avian
information
1971-12-30Wabasha12/30 Wabasha (first state record) (first county record)
avian
information
1972-12-28Wabasha12/28 Wabasha (second state record) (second county record)
avian
information
1973-12-20Wabasha12/20 Wabasha (third state record) (third county record)
avian
information
1974-12-19Wabasha12/19 Wabasha (fourth state record) (fourth county record)
48:179-1801976indexFirst Curve-billed Thrasher Record for Minnesota
1MOU1976-09-09Blue Mounds State ParkRockThe Loon 48:179Accepted
avian
information
1976-09-09Rock9/9 Rock (fifth state record) (first county record)
First state record on 9-9 at Blue Mounds St. Pk., Rock Co. KE.
63:150-1511991indexMinnesota's Second Curve-billed Thrasher
264:151991-05-041991-05-09Eden PrairieHennepin(vote 7-0; The Loon 63:150-151). Accepted
avian
information
1991-05-041991-05-09Hennepin5/4-9 Hennepin (sixth state record) (first county record)
Second state record. 5/4-9 Eden Prairie, Hennepin Co. SC et al. (The Loon 63:150-151).
372:1641999-11-182000-03-24Brandrup Twp.Wilkin(record #2000-12, vote 7-0, The Loon 72:177-178). Accepted
avian
information
1999-11-182000-03-24Wilkin11/18-3/24 Wilkin (seventh state record) (first county record)
avian
information
2006-08-042006-12-04Itasca8/4-12/4 Itasca (eighth state record) (first county record)
Though its identity was not confirmed until after its disappearance in early December, one was first seen in August near Nashwauk, Itasca ph. RLa, LLa. Fourth state record.
479:1232006-08-152006-12-03NashwaukItasca(record #2006-097, vote 7-0). Fourth state record. Photographed. Accepted
80:1152007-09-16Charles Lindberg State ParkMorrison(record #2008-012, vote 0-7). Poor quality images were submitted four months after the observation, with a detailed mathematical analysis of the bird's silhouette. Plumage was undescribed and the bird was not heard vocalizing. Not Accepted
589:872017-01-042017-01-17private residence in Grand RapidsItasca(record #2017-001, vote 7-0). Photographed. Apparently, this bird was discovered about a month earlier but was not documented until the first date given above. Fifth state record and, interestingly, a second county record for this Accidental species. The first county record was midAugust - 3 December 2006 (The Loon 79:126). Accepted
avian
information
2017-01-042017-01-17Itasca1/4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 Itasca (ninth state record) (second county record)
Fifth state record and first since December 2006:1/4–1/17 Itasca (Grand Rapids) MDC, †JPE, †RMD, ph. BU, ph. RZi, †DAB, m.ob.
695:32023-04-192023-04-22 private residence, 490th Street, CorrellBig Stone (record #2023-009, vote 7-0). Adult, photographed. First county record.

Accepted
avian
information
2023-04-192023-04-22Big Stone4/19, 22 Big Stone (tenth state record) (first county record)
Sixth state and first county record, 4/19–22 Big Stone (Appleton) ph. †CVk, ph. †DOr, ph. †KEm. First spring record since 2000.
 
 Six records: two spring, one fall, one fall-winter, one fall-spring, and one winter. Recorded in two (2017, 2023) 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