MOURC Proceedings Archive - Finches Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Finches
Brambling
Pine Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
House Finch
Cassin's Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (C) (Leucosticte tephrocotis)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
1MOU1889-01-03MinneapolisHennepinThe Loon 40:99Accepted
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1889-01-03Hennepin1/3 Hennepin (first state record) (first county record)
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information
1967-12-011968-03-30Clearwater12/1-3/30 Clearwater (second state record) (first county record)
first seen on 2-2, remained throughout February, Bagley, Clearwater Co. 1 at feeder, photographed by Richard C. Davids. Second Minnesota record.
2MOU1967-12-201968-03-21BagleyClearwaterThe Loon 40:99Accepted
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information
1972-01-201972-02-21Lake1/20, 1/25-2/21 Lake (third state record) (first county record)
3MOU1972-01-251972-02-21Little MaraisLakeThe Loon 44:117Accepted
4MOU1972-10-28Grand RapidsItascaThe Loon 45:15Accepted
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information
1972-10-28Itasca10/28 Itasca (fourth state record) (first county record)
5MOU1974-03-271974-04-06Pokegama LakePineThe Loon 46:82Accepted
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information
1974-03-271974-04-06Pine3/27-4/6 Pine (fifth state record) (first county record)
6MOU1976-03-31BemidjiBeltramiThe Loon 48:185Accepted
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information
1976-03-31Beltrami3/31 Beltrami (sixth state record) (first county record)
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information
1977-12-151978-03-02Wadena12/15-3/2 Wadena (seventh state record) (first county record)
7MOU1977-12-201978-03-02MenaghaWadenaThe Loon 50:213Accepted
8MOU1978-03-11Hoyt LakesSt. LouisThe Loon 50:171Accepted
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information
1978-03-11St. Louis3/11 St. Louis (eighth state record) (first county record)
9MOU1980-12-191981-01-23Lone Oak Drive, MinnetonkaHennepinThe Loon 53:117Accepted
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information
1980-12-191981-01-23Hennepin12/19-1/23 Hennepin (ninth state record) (second county record)
1072:1642000-02-172000-02-27Connelly Twp.Wilkin(record #2000-20, vote 6–1, The Loon 72:176–177). Accepted
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information
2000-02-172000-02-27Wilkin2/17-27 Wilkin (tenth state record) (first county record)
One at feeder 2/17–18, 2/24–25 & 2/27 Wilkin (Connelly Twp.) MTB (The Loon 72:176–177).
1173:1682001-01-132001-01-28DuluthSt. Louis(record #2001-10, vote 7–0. Accepted
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2001-01-132001-02-04St. Louis1/13-2/4 St. Louis (eleventh state record) (second county record)
Interior form reported 1/13 – 2/4 St. Louis (Port Terminal in Duluth) CHo, JWH, mob.
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2004-12-142005-03-04Pine12/14, 12/30-3/4 Pine (twelfth state record) (second county record)
Interior form at rural residence near Hinckley 12/30 – early March in Pine ph. AXH, ph. †PHS (The Loon 77:182–183). (Note: access restricted by homeowner). Twelfth state record and third in last five years.
1277:1692004-12-302005-03-15near HinckleyPine(record #2005-002, vote 7–0). Accepted
1379:1232006-11-272007-03-15near CloquetCarlton(record #2006-096, vote 7–0 for each of three photographed individuals). Thirteenth state record. All three birds were “interior form” (L. t. tephrocotis). Accepted
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2006-11-272007-03-26Carlton11/27-3/26 Carlton (thirteenth state record) (first county record)
Second earliest arrival in the state and 13th record overall; three individuals of the “interior” form overwintered 11/27+ Carlton (near Cloquet) ph. MSc. All three were seen and photographed by m.ob. through 3/26; written documentation furnished by †MLH, †JLO, †PHS.
1480:52006-12-08Huntersville RoadWadenabird #1 (recirculated record #2006-103, first vote 5–2, second vote 6–1). One of two individuals of the “Interior form” was Accepted. Fourteenth state record. Accepted
80:52006-12-08Huntersville RoadWadenabird #2 (record #2006-103, vote 1–6). The second of two birds (see Accepted records) was poorly seen and, except for its behavior, was not described. Not Accepted
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2006-12-08Wadena12/8 Wadena (fourteenth state record) (second county record)
Three of the “interior form” overwintered 11/27–3/26 Carlton (near Cloquet) ph. MSc, ph. LME, †MLH, †JLO, ph. MSS, †PHS, m.ob. Also found 12/8 Wadena †RBW. [Corrected]
1581:72008-12-05near Maple Lake, Corrina TownshipWright(record #2008-063, vote 7–0). Interior form, photographed. Accepted
81:1152009-03-17near TwigSt. Louis(record #2009-004, vote 3–4). Though possibly correctly identified, field notes were not taken. The bird was briefly observed without optics and identified after reviewing images online. Not Accepted
1682:1032009-12-17Raspberry Island, Big Sandy LakeAitkin(record #2009-064, vote 7–0). First county record. An “interior form” was photographed at a feeder (The Loon 82:121). Accepted
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2009-12-17Aitkin12/17 Aitkin (fifteenth state record) (first county record)
One (interior form) photographed at feeder 12/17 Aitkin (Raspberry Is., Big Sandy Lake) ph. JaH. This was the sixteenth state record, and seventh in the last decade.
1784:32011-10-27BabbittSt. Louis(record #2011-037, vote 7–0). The photos show sufficient detail to confirm the identification. First fall record for St. Louis County. The Loon 84:100Accepted
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information
2011-10-27St. Louis10/27 St. Louis (third county record)
One “interior form” found 10/27 on the shores of Bear Island Lake in Babbitt, St. Louis County †SLF, ph. DBF (The Loon 84:100).
1888:32015-11-14Iona's Beach SNALake(record #2015-041, vote 7–0). Adult, photographed. The following records were voted on and were Not Accepted. (Please note that a record which is only means that the documentation was not complete or convincing enough to include the sighting in The Loon, the journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (“MOU”), or in the MOU's archives of confirmed bird records. Such a vote does not necessarily mean the observer misidentified the bird or did not see it. Summaries of the reasons why a record was are included here. These are in no way intended to be critical of the observer. The only purpose is to highlight the difficulties an observer may encounter while identifying or documenting these and similar species.) Accepted
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2015-11-14Lake11/14 Lake (second county record)
Second county record and third earliest fall arrival 11/14 Lake (Iona's Beach S.N.A.) ph. †TiW.
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2015-12-032016-02-05Cook12/3, 10, 2/5 Cook (first county record)
First winter reports since 2009. New county record: 12/3, 2/5 Cook (private property near Tofte) HHD, ph. RBW, m.ob. Also reported 1/26 St. Louis (“Hepburn's” subspecies, Birch Lake near Babbitt) ph. KHp.
1989:872016-01-26BabbittSt. Louis(record #2016-052, vote 7–0). Photographed. The bird was accepted as the “Hepburn's” race (L. t. littoralis) which is the fourth record of this subspecies in the state. Apparently, it was discovered about two weeks earlier but was not documented until the date given above. Accepted
MOU2016-01-26Birch Lake, near BabbittSt. Louis(record #2016-052, vote 7–0).Accepted
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2016-01-26St. Louis1/26 St. Louis (fourth county record)
First winter reports since 2009. New county record: 12/3, 2/5 Cook (private property near Tofte) HHD, ph. RBW, m.ob. Also reported 1/26 St. Louis (“Hepburn's” subspecies, Birch Lake near Babbitt) ph. KHp.
2093:32021-01-112021-01-18 LomanKoochiching (record #2021-005, vote 7–0). Adult male of the interior form L. t. tephrocotis. Photographed. First county record. 

Accepted
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2021-01-112021-01-18Koochiching1/11, 13, 16, 18 Koochiching (first county record)
 First report since 2015 winter season: 1/11–18 Koochiching (Loman) ph. GVP, ph. †EzH, ph. †LBa, m.ob. An adult male of the interior, brown-cheeked form.
2193:1112021-03-10 private residence, Red Iron Road, Kasota TownshipLe Sueur (record #2021-094, vote 7–0). “Interior” form. Adult, photographed. First county and fourth spring record.

Accepted
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2021-03-10Le Sueur3/10 Le Sueur (first county record)
Only the fourth south record of this Casual visitor: 3/10 Le Sueur (interior form, Kasota) ph. PSh.
 
 Nineteen records: three spring, three fall, one fall-winter, nine winter, and three winter-spring. Recorded in four of the last ten years, most recently 2016.

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