MOURC Proceedings Archive - Wrens Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Wrens
Rock Wren
Bewick's Wren
Carolina Wren
Northern House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren

Marsh Wren (R) (Cistothorus palustris)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
avian
information
1991-12-011991-12-05Rice12/1-5 Rice (first winter record)
avian
information
1997-12-20Dakota12/20 Dakota (first winter record)
Reported 12/13–1/1 Hennepin (Bass Ponds) mob. Reported on the Excelsior CBC. Only three previous winter records.
3:111931indexTwo Notes on the Long-billed Marsh Wren
25:471953indexWinter Record for the Long-billed Marsh Wren
171:361997-12-20Excelsior C.B.C.Hennepin(location?) (record #98-67, vote 7-0). Accepted
avian
information
1997-12-22Carver12/22 Carver (first winter record)
Reported 12/13–1/1 Hennepin (Bass Ponds) mob. Reported on the Excelsior CBC. Only three previous winter records.
avian
information
2001-12-15Dakota12/15 Dakota (second winter record)
Reported 12/8–16 Hennepin (Mound Springs Park) †SLC. Eight previous winter records.
avian
information
2002-12-14Dakota12/14 Dakota (third winter record)
Reported 12/14 Bloomington †CBC.
avian
information
2003-12-20Dakota12/20 Dakota (fourth winter record)
Two individuals reported: 12/8–1/24 Hennepin (Bass Ponds) †CBr, †MAO, TAT, SLC, and 12/6–21 Hennepin (Coleman Lake) SLC.
avian
information
2006-01-22Scott1/22 Scott (first winter record)
One report: 12/28–1/2 Scott (Wilkie Unit, Minnesota Valley N.W.R.) †DWK.
avian
information
2016-08-31Beltrami8/31 Beltrami (first fall record)
High count 8/14 Polk (12, Agassiz Valley Impoundment) KvM. Late north 9/29 Morrison SEm, 10/12 Lake JWL, 10/22 Lake JWH (median 10/13). Late south 10/30 Hennepin BAF, Lyon (Sham Lake) GWe, 11/19 Lyon (2, Sham Lake, foraging in the snow) GWe (median 10/29).
avian
information
2016-12-04Lyon12/4 Lyon (first winter record)
First winter report in ten years: 12/4 Lyon (Cottonwood W.T.P.) GWe.
avian
information
2018-09-25Beltrami9/25 Beltrami (second fall record)
 High counts 9/18 Lyon (22, Sham Lake) GWe, 8/4 St. Louis (16, Mud Lake) JLK, 9/19 Washington (16, Lake Elmo R.P.) BDo. Late north 10/9 Marshall LiH, KnM, 10/16 St. Louis KRE, 10/27 Todd TLu (median 10/16). Late south 10/19 Lac qui Parle LiH, 10/22 Ramsey BAF, 10/27 Hennepin CDg (median 11/2).
avian
information
2020-08-16Koochiching8/16 Koochiching (first fall record)
High counts 9/5 Aitkin (17, Rice River) SKS, 8/17 Yellow Medicine (16, Spellman Lake) GWe. Late north 10/31 Lake (Two Harbors) GWe, m.ob., followed by record-late 11/5 Lake (Silver Bay) CRa (median 10/15). Late south 11/3 Dakota ebd, Lyon GWe, 11/11 Yellow Medicine RJS, 11/19 Murray KEm (median 11/2).
avian
information
2020-08-182020-09-24Beltrami8/18, 20, 9/24 Beltrami (third fall record)
High counts 9/5 Aitkin (17, Rice River) SKS, 8/17 Yellow Medicine (16, Spellman Lake) GWe. Late north 10/31 Lake (Two Harbors) GWe, m.ob., followed by record-late 11/5 Lake (Silver Bay) CRa (median 10/15). Late south 11/3 Dakota ebd, Lyon GWe, 11/11 Yellow Medicine RJS, 11/19 Murray KEm (median 11/2).
avian
information
2020-10-03Chisago10/3 Chisago (first fall record)
High counts 9/5 Aitkin (17, Rice River) SKS, 8/17 Yellow Medicine (16, Spellman Lake) GWe. Late north 10/31 Lake (Two Harbors) GWe, m.ob., followed by record-late 11/5 Lake (Silver Bay) CRa (median 10/15). Late south 11/3 Dakota ebd, Lyon GWe, 11/11 Yellow Medicine RJS, 11/19 Murray KEm (median 11/2).
avian
information
2020-12-192020-12-20Olmsted12/19, 20 Olmsted (first winter record)
 First reports since 2016 and only the 15th and 16th winter records: 12/20 Olmsted (Cascade Meadows Wetlands) †JWH, 1/11–2/2 Hennepin (Bass Ponds) ph. BeH, m.ob.
avian
information
2023-09-04Beltrami9/4 Beltrami (fourth fall record)
avian
information
2023-09-23Chisago9/23 Chisago (second fall record)
 
 Breeds throughout, except northeast.

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