MOURC Proceedings Archive - Jaegers Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Jaegers
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
[Stercorarius jaeger]

[Stercorarius jaeger] (S) (Stercorarius sp.)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
31:31-1381959indexWhimbrel and Jaeger on Minnesota Point, St. Louis County
36:1391964indexJaegers Seen Near Duluth Again in the Fall of 1964
54:46-481982indexRecord Number of Jaeger Sightings
55:181-1821983indexJaeger (sp.) at Itasca State Park
56:266-2671984indexSabine's Gull and Jaeger on Lake of the Woods
59:1431987-04-10White Bear LakeRamsey(vote 2-5). The observer, who had no previous experience with jaegers, was not using binoculars, the bird was described as the size of a "big gull" Uaegers are smaller than this) , and the identification was made only from memory after looking at field guides three hours later. Not Accepted
62:2331990indexA Possible Jaeger in Hennepin County
174:1612001-08-01Cass LakeCass(record #2002-01, vote 7–0). The observer reported this as a probable adult Parasitic Jaeger, but he also stated that he (and the description provided) could not entirely rule out the possibility of it being a Long-tailed. The record was accordingly accepted only as an unidentified jaeger. Accepted
avian
information
2007-07-15Cass7/15 Cass (first county record)
Reported as a Parasitic and accepted as an unidentified jaeger 7/15 Cass (Pelican Island, Leech Lake) †BAW, †DAY. Second county record, following another unidentified jaeger at Cass Lake, 1 August 2001 (The Loon 74:95).
 
 

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