MOURC Proceedings Archive - Sandpipers Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
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Spotted Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

Semipalmated Sandpiper (R) (Calidris pusilla)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
73:1681999-11-01Lyon(record #2001-04, vote 0-7). The documentation includes mention of a “buff colored breast with fine brown streaks,” which is inconsistent with Semipalmated Sandpiper in any plumage. The Committee unanimously felt the somewhat vague description could just as easily fit any other small species of shorebird. Not Accepted
avian
information
2017-07-21Wilkin7/21 Wilkin (first summer record)
Seen in all regions with few data distinguishing migration direction. Northbound migrants: late south 6/26 Lyon (3) GWe; late north 6/26 Becker (1) MBH, 6/27 Grant (1) GuN. Southbound migrants: early north 6/30 (1), 7/1 (3) Grant m.ob., 7/3 Stearns (3) AaL.
avian
information
2018-06-07Koochiching6/7 Koochiching (first summer record)
Reported from every region. Northbound migrants: late south 6/10 Wright (1) RCl; late north 6/19 Grant (2) MGi, 6/21 St. Louis (1) JPR. Southbound migrants: early north 7/4 Grant (1) ebd, 7/8 Traverse (5) LiH; early south 7/4 Carver (4) JCy, 7/5 Blue Earth PEJ.
avian
information
2019-07-27Wilkin7/27 Wilkin (second summer record)
 Seen in every region except Southeast. Northbound migrants: late south 6/13 Faribault (3), Blue Earth (4) WCM; late north 6/16 Kanabec (6) MJB, 6/22 Kanabec (1) SPS. Southbound migrants: early north 6/28, 6/29 (4), 6/30 (7) Grant (North Ottawa Impoundment) LS, MaJ, GUn, 7/2–4 Grant (max. 5) m.ob. High count 7/28 Grant (150) EzH, ASu.
avian
information
2020-06-06Isanti6/6 Isanti (first summer record)
 Found in all regions. Northbound migrants: late south 6/11 Sibley (1) m.ob., 6/20 Stearns (injured) PCC; late north 6/10 St. Louis (9) JPR. Midsummer report 6/26 Yellow Medicine (2) GWe — 15 days after the last non-injured spring migrant and 11 days before the first unequivocal fall migrants. Southbound migrants: early north 7/16 Clay (3) TCL; early south 7/7 Carver (3) JCy, 7/9 Lyon (8) GWe. High count 7/21 Big Stone (1,960, 615th Ave, Correll) KJB. [Corrected]
avian
information
2020-06-062020-07-24Wilkin6/6, 7/24 Wilkin (third summer record)
 Found in all regions. Northbound migrants: late south 6/11 Sibley (1) m.ob., 6/20 Stearns (injured) PCC; late north 6/10 St. Louis (9) JPR. Midsummer report 6/26 Yellow Medicine (2) GWe — 15 days after the last non-injured spring migrant and 11 days before the first unequivocal fall migrants. Southbound migrants: early north 7/16 Clay (3) TCL; early south 7/7 Carver (3) JCy, 7/9 Lyon (8) GWe. High count 7/21 Big Stone (1,960, 615th Ave, Correll) KJB. [Corrected]
avian
information
2022-06-05Fillmore6/5 Fillmore (first summer record)
Reported from all regions. Northbound migrants: late south 6/18 Brown (6) BTS, 6/19 Dakota (1) ALw, 6/24–25 Sibley TWe; late north 6/17 Cook (1), St. Louis (1) ebd, 6/17 (5), 6/18 (3) 6/23 (5), 6/26 (4) Marshall (Warren W.T.P.) HHu. Southbound migrants: early north 7/4, 7/11 Marshall (2) HHu; early south 7/8 Hennepin (5) VRL, 7/9 Lyon RJS, Brown KEm, JWH.
avian
information
2022-06-05Isanti6/5 Isanti (second summer record)
Reported from all regions. Northbound migrants: late south 6/18 Brown (6) BTS, 6/19 Dakota (1) ALw, 6/24–25 Sibley TWe; late north 6/17 Cook (1), St. Louis (1) ebd, 6/17 (5), 6/18 (3) 6/23 (5), 6/26 (4) Marshall (Warren W.T.P.) HHu. Southbound migrants: early north 7/4, 7/11 Marshall (2) HHu; early south 7/8 Hennepin (5) VRL, 7/9 Lyon RJS, Brown KEm, JWH.
avian
information
2022-07-282022-07-31Chisago7/28, 29, 30, 31 Chisago (first summer record)
Reported from all regions. Northbound migrants: late south 6/18 Brown (6) BTS, 6/19 Dakota (1) ALw, 6/24–25 Sibley TWe; late north 6/17 Cook (1), St. Louis (1) ebd, 6/17 (5), 6/18 (3) 6/23 (5), 6/26 (4) Marshall (Warren W.T.P.) HHu. Southbound migrants: early north 7/4, 7/11 Marshall (2) HHu; early south 7/8 Hennepin (5) VRL, 7/9 Lyon RJS, Brown KEm, JWH.
avian
information
2023-07-29Koochiching7/29 Koochiching (second summer record)
 
 Migrant throughout.

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