Duplicates
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
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: Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
| Brant (C) (Branta bernicla) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 1 | MOU | 1956-11-23 | Pierce Lake | Martin | The Loon 29:85 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1956-11-23 | Martin | 11/23 Martin (first state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 29:85 | 1957 | index | An American Brant in Martin County, Minnesota | ||||||
| 2 | MOU | 1963-11-02 | Buffalo Bay | Lake of the Woods | Janssen 1987:59 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1963-11-02 | Lake of the Woods | 11/2 Lake of the Woods (second state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 38:105 | 1966 | index | Black Brant at Rice Lake Refuge | ||||||
| 3 | MOU | 1966-05-17 | 1966-05-31 | Rice Lake N.W.R. | Aitkin | Cover of The Loon vol. 38 number 3 The Loon 38:85 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1966-05-17 | 1966-05-31 | Aitkin | 5/17-31 Aitkin (third state record) (first county record) First Minnesota record; one adult spent several weeks at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge near McGregor, Minnesota where it was found by refuge manager Carl E. Pospichal; also seen by RG, WRP, HFH, RLH and excellent photos taken by Frank Martin of the U.S. F. & W. S. The bird was last seen on May 31. (See front cover). | |||||
| 4 | MOU | 1972-10-31 | Agassiz N.W.R. | Marshall | The Loon 45:24 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1972-10-31 | Marshall | 10/31 Marshall (fourth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 45:24 | 1973 | index | Possible Black Brant | ||||||
| 5 | MOU | 1973-10-07 | 1973-12-08 | Rochester | Olmsted | The Loon 46:33 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1973-10-07 | 1973-12-08 | Olmsted | 10/7-12/8 Olmsted (fifth state record) (first county record) | |||||
| 46:33-34 | 1974 | index | Brant at Rochester | ||||||
| 6 | MOU | 1974-10-04 | Grand Marais | Cook | The Loon 47:140 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1974-10-04 | Cook | 10/4 Cook (sixth state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 47:140-141 | 1975 | index | Brant at Grand Marais | ||||||
| 53:174-175 | 1981 | index | Brant at Duluth | ||||||
| 7 | MOU | 1981-06-20 | 1981-07-01 | Duluth | St. Louis | The Loon 53:174 | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1981-06-20 | 1981-07-01 | St. Louis | 6/20-7/1 St. Louis (seventh state record) (first county record) One on Minn. Pt., Duluth 6-20 7- 1 (Loon' 53:174-5). | |||||
| 8 | 54:41 | 1982-11-16 | Grand Marais | Cook | (vote 7-0, Loon 55:36) 1982: | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1982-11-16 | Cook | 11/16 Cook (eighth state record) (second county record) 11/16 Cook KE, KMH. See The Loon (55:36) | ||||||
| 55:36 | 1983 | index | Brant at Grand Marais | ||||||
| 56:194 | 1984 | index | Brant Seen Near Grand Marais | ||||||
| 56:270 | 1984 | index | Brant at Fergus Falls | ||||||
| 56:160 | 1984-04-21 | Grand Marais | Cook | (vote 52; The Loon 56:194). | Recirculated | ||||
| 64:138 | 1984-04-21 | near Grand Marais | Cook | (vote 1-6); previously voted on, accepted and published (The Loon 56:194). The flock of five birds was seen only in flight and at a distance, and the only description was of "blackish" heads and necks, "light grayish" belly and "dark brown" wings. Such a description could also fit immature blue-morph Snow Geese, scaup, or Ring-necked Ducks. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 9 | 57:34 | 1984-10-28 | Lake Alice, Fergus Falls | Otter Tail | (vote 7-0; The Loon 56:270). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1984-10-28 | Otter Tail | 10/28 Otter Tail (ninth state record) (first county record) 10/ 28 Otter Tail L. Nordstrom (The Loon 56:270). | ||||||
| 58:42 | 1985-07-15 | near Evansvi lle | Douglas | (vote 0-7). There was no real description provided , only a crude sketch which could have just as easily fit Mallard or some exotic, barnyard waterfowl. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 10 | MOU | 1985-11-13 | Olmsted | The Loon 58:75,77 | Accepted | ||||
| avian information | 1985-11-13 | Olmsted | 11/13 Olmsted (tenth state record) (second county record) 11/13 Olmsted fide JEB. Shot and identified by DNR. | ||||||
| 59:149 | 1987 | index | Brant at Salt Lake | ||||||
| 11 | 60:13 | 1987-03-27 | Manfred Twp. | Lac qui Parle | (vote 6-1; The Loon 59:149). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1987-03-27 | Lac qui Parle | 3/27 Lac qui Parle (eleventh state record) (first county record) | ||||||
| 61:204 | 1989 | index | Two Immature Brant at Agassiz NWR | ||||||
| 12 | 62:12 | 1989-10-09 | 1989-10-14 | Agassiz N.W.R. | Marshall | (vote 7-0 The Loon 61:204). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 1989-10-09 | 1989-10-14 | Marshall | 10/9-14 Marshall (twelfth state record) (second county record) Reported 10/9-14 Marshall ABe, RJ (The Loon 61 :204). | |||||
| 63:209 | 1991 | index | Brant at Mountain Lake | ||||||
| 13 | 63:154 | 1991-03-28 | Mountain Lake | Cottonwood | (vote 7-0; The Loon 63:209). | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 1991-03-28 | Cottonwood | 3/28 Cottonwood (thirteenth state record) (first county record) Reported 3/29 Cottonwood ED, RG (The Loon 63:209). | ||||||
| 73:35 | 2000-07-09 | Forest L. | Washington | (record #2000-64, vote 0–7). The very brief documentation does not preclude the more likely possibility of this bird being some sort of exotic or barnyard waterfowl escaped or released from captivity; the bird also might have been an injured, summering blue-morph Snow Goose. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 14 | 74:161 | 2002-04-10 | near Coon Creek Wildlife Management Area | Lyon | (record #2002-17, vote 7–0, The Loon 74:179–180). This individual was an adult of the Atlantic race hrota; most previous Brant records in Minnesota have also been of this same race. The documentation includes field notes and sketches made at the time of the observation along with some marginally identifiable photos. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2002-04-10 | Lyon | 4/10 Lyon (fourteenth state record) (first county record) One adult reported 4/10 Lyon (Coon Creek Twp.) ph. †KJB (The Loon 74:179–180). Like most of the previous Minnesota occurrences, identified as the Atlantic race (Branta bernicla hrota). | ||||||
| 15 | 76:152 | 2004-03-21 | 2004-03-22 | Paynesville wastewater treatment ponds | Stearns | (record #2004-020, vote 7–0). Distant photographs and written documentation supported its identification as the Atlantic race (Branta bernicla hrota). | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2004-03-21 | 2004-03-22 | Stearns | 3/21-22 Stearns (fifteenth state record) (first county record) Fifteenth Minnesota record 3/21–22 Stearns (Paynesville W.T.P.) †PCC, †PHS, ph. RLE, ph. JPM (The Loon 76:152). Identified as the Atlantic race (Branta bernicla hrota). | |||||
| 16 | 80:115 | 2008-05-19 | 2008-05-27 | Bayfront Park, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2008-026, vote 7–0). Sixteenth state record. Adult “Atlantic” Brant (subspecies hrota), photographed and seen by many observers. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2008-05-19 | 2008-05-27 | St. Louis | 5/19-27 St. Louis (second county record) A bird of the “Atlantic” race (hrota) in St. Louis (Bayfront Park, Duluth) 5/19–27 provided the sixteenth state record (†LBe, ph. †JWL, ph. †PHS, ph. †KRE, ph. DAC, ph. MSS). | |||||
| 17 | 83:99 | 2011-04-09 | southwest of Herman | Grant | (record #2011-009, vote 7–0). This bird was documented as an adult hrota which may be of consequence because the species may eventually be split. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2011-04-09 | Grant | 4/9 Grant (first county record) Atlantic subspecies discovered in Grant (Nachbor W.M.A.) 4/9 †RMD, †DAB. This is the fourth state record in the last 20 years. | ||||||
| 18 | 85:3 | 2012-11-20 | Park Point, Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2012-041, vote 7–0). Juvenile, photographed. First fall record for St. Louis County. While the MOURC does not review records with regard to specific subspecies, it is clear from the documentation this record was that of the “Atlantic” or “Pale-bellied” subspecies (B. b. hrota). The “Atlantic” Brant breeds in eastern Arctic Canada, Greenland, and Spitzbergen, and winters along the Atlantic Coast of North America and Ireland. The “Black” Brant (B. b. nigricans) ranges geographically from extreme northeast Siberia to northern Canada, and winters to northern Mexico and China (Clements Checklist 2012). Both of these subspecies have occurred in Minnesota and may be split into distinct species in the future. A search of MOU archives reveals only two “Black” Brant records out of a total eighteen Brant records for the state. The first was an adult 17–31 May 1966 at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Aitkin County (see cover page of The Loon, volume 38, September 1966) and the second was a purported juvenile at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, Marshall County on 31 October 1972. Neither “Black” Brant record has been formally reviewed by MOURC because both records precede its formation in 1974. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2012-11-20 | St. Louis | 11/20 St. Louis (third county record) The first fall report since 1989 was of the hrota suspecies: 11/20 St. Louis (Park Point Recreation Area) ph. †SCZ, ph. †PHS, ph. JLK, m.ob (The Loon 85:93–94). | ||||||
| 19 | 89:3 | 2016-10-18 | 2016-10-22 | Agate Bay boat launch, Two Harbors | Lake | (record #2016-041, vote 7–0). Juvenile of the hrota subspecies (“Atlantic” Brant), photographed. First county and the nineteenth state record. The first report since fall 2012. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2016-10-18 | 2016-10-22 | Lake | 10/18-22 Lake (first county record) The 19th state record and only the second fall report since 1989 was the B. b. hrota subspecies: 10/18–22 Lake (Two Harbors, juvenile seen at several locations) †PHS, ph. RZi, ph. JPR, ph. JWL, and photographs from 14 additional observers submitted via eBird. | |||||
| avian information | 2020-09-26 | Houston | 9/26 Houston (first county record) An adult “Atlantic” Brant (B. b. hrota) was the first fall record since 2016, 9/26 Houston (Hwy. 26 Overlook south of Brownsville) ph. †DMf. Also see Documented reports still under review in the introduction to this report. | ||||||
| 20 | 93:111 | 2020-11-07 | near Hutchinson | McLeod | (record #2020-091, vote 7–0). Juvenile shot by a hunter and photographed. First county record. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2020-11-07 | McLeod | 11/7 McLeod (first county record) An adult “Atlantic” Brant (B. b. hrota) was the first fall record since 2016, 9/26 Houston (Hwy. 26 Overlook south of Brownsville) ph. †DMf. Also see Documented reports still under review in the introduction to this report. | ||||||
| avian information | 2021-11-11 | Beltrami | 11/11 Beltrami (first county record) Only the second Minnesota report of two or more together: 11/11 Beltrami (2, “Atlantic” subspecies harvested near Bemidji by a waterfowl hunter) TdN. | ||||||
| 21 | 93:111 | 2021-11-11 | northwest segment of Lake Winnibigoshish | Itasca | (record #2021-083, vote 7–0). Two adults, both of the pale-bellied subspecies (B. b. hrota), were shot by a hunter and photographed. First county record. | Accepted | |||
| Nineteen records: seven spring, one summer, ten fall, and one fall-winter. Recorded in three of the last ten years, most recently 2016. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||