MOURC Proceedings Archive - Woodpeckers Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
[White-headed Woodpecker]

Acorn Woodpecker (A) (Melanerpes formicivorus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
182:32009-11-09Crow Wing State ParkCrow Wing(record #2009-053, vote 10-0 for identification; physical evidence also accepted, vote 10-0). First state record. Serendipitously photographed at his campsite by an observer from South Dakota. Though not prone to frequent wandering, there are records of this species from North Dakota and Iowa. Accepted
avian
information
2009-11-09Crow Wing11/9 Crow Wing (first state record) (first county record)
First state record photographed by a South Dakota birder 11/9 Crow Wing (Crow Wing S.P.) ph. DoB. The bird could not be relocated the following day (The Loon 82:51).
289:32016-09-14private residence, Detroit LakesBecker(record #2016-050, vote 7-0). Adult, photographed. The bird was seen at a feeder. Second state and first county record. Accepted
avian
information
2016-09-14Becker9/14 Becker (second state record) (first county record)
The second state record was photographed 9/14 Becker ph. ArB.
394:1152022-07-022022-07-05 private residence, Corona TownshipCarlton (record #2022-071, vote 7-0). First county and third state record. This is the first summer record; all previous records were in the fall (The Loon 94:120-122). Accepted
avian
information
2022-07-032022-07-05Carlton7/3, 4, 5 Carlton (third state record) (first county record)
Third state record: 7/2–5 Carlton (adult female, Corona Twp., found by Russell Stewart) †EzH, ph. †LBa, †RZi, ph. †PHS, ph. †AXH, †KEm, m.ob. (The Loon 94:120–122).
 
 Three records: one summer and two fall. Recorded in two (2016, 2022) 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