MOURC Proceedings Archive - Towhees, Sparrows Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Towhees, Sparrows
Cassin's Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
[Black-chinned Sparrow]
Brewer's Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Abert's Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee

Black-throated Sparrow (A) (Amphispiza bilineata)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
46:100-1011974indexA Black-throated Sparrow in Minnesota
1MOU1974-09-201974-09-23Stoney PointSt. LouisJanssen sighting. The Loon 46:100Accepted
avian
information
1974-09-201974-09-23St. Louis9/20-23 St. Louis (first state record) (first county record)
Found by JG, RBJ 9-20 Stoney Point St. Louis Co.-seen by many 9-21 to 9-23.
2MOU1980-10-07Duluth Twp.St. LouisThe Loon 53:52 The Loon 52:143Accepted
avian
information
1980-10-07St. Louis10/7 St. Louis (second state record) (second county record)
10-7 St. Louis KE, JG second state record (see The Loon, Vol. 52, No. 4, p. 143).
53:521981indexSecond Minnesota Record of a Black-throated Sparrow
3MOU1992-11-251992-12-26DoranWilkinThe Loon 64:240 The Loon 65:49Accepted
avian
information
1992-11-251992-12-26Wilkin11/25-12/26 Wilkin (third state record) (first county record)
Third state record, discovered 11/25 Wilkin (The Loon 65:49–50).
65:49-501993indexBlack-throated Sparrow, Wilkin County
470:441997-11-08AustinMower(record #97-84, vote 7-0, The Loon 70:64-65). Accepted
avian
information
1997-11-08Mower11/8 Mower (fourth state record) (first county record)
Fourth state record 11/8 Mower (Austin) LDo (erroneous date published in The Loon 70:64). [Corrected]
574:362001-10-07Knife RiverLake(record #2001-67, vote 7-0). Seen and photographed by many observers. Accepted
avian
information
2001-10-07Lake10/7 Lake (fifth state record) (first county record)
First-fall bird found by DPB while leading a WINGS tour 10/7 Lake (Knife River) was relocated the same afternoon †JWL, †PHS et al. but not thereafter. Fifth state record, all from fall/early winter.
74:2382002indexBlack-throated Sparrow in Moorhead, Clay County
675:412002-04-162002-04-17MoorheadClay(record #2002-55, vote 7-0, The Loon 74:238-239). This distinctive adult was seen by many observers and photographed. Also note it was in the same yard where the Blackheaded Grosbeak appeared a month later (record 2002-52). Accepted
avian
information
2002-04-162002-04-17Clay4/16-17 Clay (sixth state record) (first county record)
Sixth state record 4/16–17 Clay (Moorhead) †RHO et al. (The Loon 74:238–239).
780:52007-09-222007-09-23west shore of Lake WinnibigoshishCass(record #2007-065, vote 7-0). Seventh state record. Photographed. Accepted
avian
information
2007-09-222007-09-23Cass9/22-23 Cass (seventh state record) (first county record)
An immature at Lake Winnibigoshish, Painted Turtle campsite, in Cass from 9/22–23 furnished a seventh state record (ph. †BAW, MoM, m.ob.).
894:1152022-06-022022-06-05 private residence, MarshallLyon (record #2022-055, vote 7-0). Adult, photographed. Apparently, a second-year bird based on molt characteristics seen in some of the photographs. First county and first summer record. Eighth state record (The Loon 94:167). Accepted
avian
information
2022-06-022022-06-05Lyon6/2, 3, 4, 5 Lyon (eighth state record) (first county record)
Eighth state and first county record: 6/2–5 Lyon (Marshall) MOs, ph. †KEm, †EzH, ph. †NMe, ph. †LBa, †PCC, ph. RZi, ph. †LS, m.ob.
 
 Nine records: one spring, one summer, six fall, and one fall–winter. Recorded in two (2019, 2022) of the last 10 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