MOURC Proceedings Archive - Thrashers, Mockingbirds Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Curve-billed Thrasher
Sage Thrasher

Sage Thrasher (C) (Oreoscoptes montanus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
1MOU1974-10-198 miles south of ClarkfieldYellow MedicineD.O.R. The Loon 47:129Accepted
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information
1974-10-19Yellow Medicine10/19 Yellow Medicine (first state record) (first county record)
47:1291975indexA Sage Thrasher Specimen
57:115-1171985indexFirst Sight Record for the Sage Thrasher in Minnesota
2MOU1985-05-131985-05-14Agassiz NWRMarshallThe Loon 57:115Accepted
avian
information
1985-05-13Marshall5/13 Marshall (second state record) (first county record)
5/13-14 Marshall, J. Matts son (The Loon 57:115-117.
58:1391986indexSecond Sage Thrasher Record for Minnesota
358:1461986-06-16Carlos Avery W.M.A.Anoka(vote 7-0; The Loon 58:139). Accepted
avian
information
1986-06-16Anoka6/16 Anoka (third state record) (first county record)
One seen 6/ 16 at Carlos A very Refuge, Anoka Co. (The Loon 58:139; third state record).
59:150-1511987indexSage Thrasher at Grand Marais
4MOU1987-05-141987-05-21Grand MaraisCookThe Loon 59:150Accepted
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information
1987-05-141987-05-21Cook5/14-21 Cook (fourth state record) (first county record)
5/14 Cook KMH and m.ob. (The Loon 59:150-151 ).
60:1271988indexSage Thrasher in Minneapolis
560:1081988-06-17MinneapolisHennepin(vote 6-1; The Loon 60:127). Accepted
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information
1988-06-17Hennepin6/17 Hennepin (fifth state record) (first county record)
Fifth state record; 6/17 Hennepin (The Loon 60:127).
66:2061994indexA Minnesota Fall Sage Thrasher
667:451994-10-231994-11-15RichfieldHennepin(The Loon 66:206). Accepted
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information
1994-10-231994-10-29Hennepin10/23-29 Hennepin (sixth state record) (second county record)
Reported 10/23–29 Richfield, Hennepin Co., TT, mob (6th state record, The Loon 66:206).
770:441997-05-011997-05-04BlaineAnoka(record #97-55, vote 7-0). Accepted
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1997-05-011997-05-04Anoka5/1-4 Anoka (seventh state record) (second county record)
Only report: 5/1–4 (seventh state record) Anoka JHa, mob.
70:1561997-05-04Prior Lake Scott(recirculated record #97-76, vote 1-6). The majority first voted to accept this record of two individuals, but after being reconsidered and discussed the description of both birds was found to be inadequate. Since bill shape and eye color were not described, and the underparts streaks are described as gray, the possibility of Curve-billed Thrasher is not precluded. Also, there is mention of “white outer feathers on their tails”, although a Sage Thrasher's tail only has white corners. It was also felt very unlikely that two such individual vagrants would appear simultaneously at the same location during migration. Not Accepted
72:401999-05-21DuluthSt. Louis(record #99-52, vote 3-4). While this bird was probably correctly identified, the majority felt the observers' written descriptions are not complete or clear enough to preclude entirely other species of thrashers. The descriptions include features of the bill which seem inconsistent with Sage Thrasher: “long beak, with a downward curl... bill dark at the tip (about 25% of the length of the bill), basal part yellowish.” One observer also describes the eye as “deep orange-yellow,” which also is not consistent with this species. Not Accepted
872:1642000-02-072000-03-04EdinaHennepin(record #2000-17, vote 7-0, The Loon 72:181). Accepted
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2000-02-072000-03-04Hennepin2/7-3/4 Hennepin (eighth state record) (third county record)
First reported in Edina, Hennepin Co. as early as 2/7, but not confirmed until 2/20. Eighth state record and first winter occurrence (The Loon 72:181).
976:392003-10-172003-11-11Grand MaraisCook(record #2003-72, vote 7-0). This bird was seen by numerous observers and photographed. Accepted
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information
2003-10-172003-11-13Cook10/17-11/13 Cook (ninth state record) (second county record)
Ninth state record 10/17–11/11 Cook (Grand Marais) †JWL, †KRE et al. Photographed by m.obs. with additional written documentation 10/18 †PCC, †TAT, 10/21 †PHS (The Loon 76:111).
1076:1522004-05-112004-05-12SchroederCook(record #2004-027, vote 7-0). Accepted
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2004-05-112004-05-12Cook5/11-12 Cook (tenth state record) (third county record)
Tenth state record 5/11–12 Cook (Schroeder) †DJS.
1176:1522004-06-26Dodge Nature Center, St. PaulRamsey(record #2004-075, vote 7-0). This bird was documented only by an in-flight photograph showing a thin, relatively short, and slightly decurved bill, yellow iris, crisply streaked breast-sides and flanks, and white tips on the outermost three or four rectrices. Accepted
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information
2004-06-26Ramsey6/26 Ramsey (eleventh state record) (first county record)
Eleventh state record 6/26 Dakota (Dodge Nature Center) ph. DN. [Corrected]
1281:1152009-04-132009-04-14Lake Harriet, MinneapolisHennepin(record #2009-009, vote 7-0). Four of the state's twelve records are from Hennepin County. Photographed by many observers. Accepted
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information
2009-04-132009-04-14Hennepin4/13-14 Hennepin (twelfth state record) (fourth county record)
One at Lake Harriet, Hennepin 4/13–14 †TAT, ph. †DWK, ph. †MDu, †PEB, ph. TPB, ph. JMu, ph. DOB, m.ob. provided the first spring record since 2004.
90:832018-05-29Minnesota Point, Nature Trail southeast of Sky Harbor AirportSt. Louis(record #2018-023, vote 7-0). Photographed. First county record. Thirteenth state and sixth spring record. Not Accepted
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information
2018-05-29St. Louis5/29 St. Louis (thirteenth state record) (first county record)
New county record and first record since 2009:5/29 St. Louis, discovered by ClN near Sky Harbor Airport, Duluth, ph. †PHS, †EzH, ph. †KRE, ph. †REn, m.ob.
1392:32019-06-05County Road 5, FloodwoodSt. Louis(record #2019-051, vote 7-0). Photographed. Accepted
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2019-06-05St. Louis6/5 St. Louis (fourteenth state record) (second county record)
 Seen 6/5 St. Louis (Floodwood) † StK.
1495:32022-05-13 Sherburne National Wildlife RefugeSherburne (record #2022-127, vote 7-0). Adult, photographed. First county record.

Accepted
1595:1152023-11-132023-11-16 Battle Creek Regional ParkRamsey (record #2023-108, vote 7-0). Adult, photographed and video recorded. First county record.

Accepted
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2023-11-132023-11-16Ramsey11/13, 14, 15, 16 Ramsey (fifteenth state record) (second county record)
 
 Sixteen records: seven spring, four summer, four fall, and one winter-spring. Recorded in four of the last ten years, most recently 2023. Formerly Accidental.

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