MOURC Proceedings Archive - Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys Accepted
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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.
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Proceedings
Species: Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Spruce Grouse
Willow Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan
Sharp-tailed Grouse

Spruce Grouse (R) (Canachites canadensis)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
1:37-381929indexSome Notes on the Spruce Grouse
11:211939indexSpruce Grouse at Grand Rapids, Minnesota
13:181941indexCanada Spruce Grouse Along the Gunflint Trail
16:331944indexNotes on Fall Drumming of Ruffed Grouse and Distribution of Spruce Grouse
50:2071978indexSpruce Grouse Feeds on Mink Frog
51:152-1531979indexSpruce Grouse Display
54:200-2021982indexA Spruce Grouse Record from Pine County
155:411982-06-20Chengwatana State ForestPine(vote 5-2, Loon 54:200-202) Accepted
avian
information
1982-06-20Pine6/20 Pine (first county record)
Breeding data from Cook. One seen 6/ 20 Chengwatana SF, Pine Co. (The Loon 54:200-202).
avian
information
1983-04-151983-04-16Anoka4/15-16 Anoka (first county record)
4/28 Lake SWIMS, only report.
avian
information
1983-09-12Marshall9/12 Marshall (first county record)
8/1 to 10/5 Lake SWIMS, 9/12 Beltrami (I) RG, 10/20 Lima Mt., Cook Co. KMH, 10/29 Lake (2) SS, 11 120 Cook SWIMS. Also reported "October" Cook SL.
avian
information
2007-01-13Aitkin1/13 Aitkin (first county record)
Unusual location 1/13 Aitkin (female, Hedbom Forest Road) DPG. High count 2/18 Lake (14) JCC. Also reported from Lake of the Woods.
avian
information
2018-07-26Hubbard7/26 Hubbard (first county record)
Seen in Beltrami, Cook, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, St. Louis.
avian
information
2019-06-08Hubbard6/8 Hubbard (second county record)
 Seen in Cook, Hubbard, Lake, Marshall, St. Louis.
avian
information
2019-06-13Marshall6/13 Marshall (second county record)
 Seen in Cook, Hubbard, Lake, Marshall, St. Louis.
61:39-411989indexMale Spruce Grouse Displays
 
 Permanent resident far north.

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