Duplicates
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles |
Accepted Duplicates | |
| 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. |
| Families |
| Species: Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles |
| White-tailed Kite (A) (Elanus leucurus) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 48:180-182 | 1976 | index | White-tailed Kite in Wilkin County | ||||||
| 57:119 | 1976-10-11 | near Lawndale | Wilkin | (vote 1-6). This 1976 record, which was originally accepted on a 6-0 vote and published (The Loon 48:180-181 ), was reconsidered and found unacceptable. There were four details in the original description found to be inconsistent with Black-shouldered Kite: I) as the bird approached at eye level, the leading edge of the wing was noted as white on the inner half and black on the outer half (it should be the opposite); 2) the undersides of the outer half of the wings were described as "very black" (never this dark in Black-shouldered Kite); 3) the black wrist marks were never seen even though the bird flew low overhead, and these marks are very obvious; and 4) the trailing edge of the undersides of the secondaries were noted as being darker than the rest of the inner half of the wings (another mark which is not present in Black-shouldered Kite). Since this record had been the only one for this species in Minnesota, Black-shouldered Kite has now been deleted from the official list. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 57:119 | 1976-10-11 | near Lawndale | Wilkin | (vote 1-6). This 1976 record, which was originally accepted on a 6-0 vote and published (The Loon 48:180-181 ), was reconsidered and found unacceptable. There were four details in the original description found to be inconsistent with Black-shouldered Kite: I) as the bird approached at eye level, the leading edge of the wing was noted as white on the inner half and black on the outer half (it should be the opposite); 2) the undersides of the outer half of the wings were described as "very black" (never this dark in Black-shouldered Kite); 3) the black wrist marks were never seen even though the bird flew low overhead, and these marks are very obvious; and 4) the trailing edge of the undersides of the secondaries were noted as being darker than the rest of the inner half of the wings (another mark which is not present in Black-shouldered Kite). Since this record had been the only one for this species in Minnesota, Black-shouldered Kite has now been deleted from the official list. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 57:34 | 1984-08-19 | near Morris | Stevens | (vote 4-3, with 70 required for Acceptance.) The minority felt that this report of a bird in juvenile plumage was primarily flawed by the description of a muti-banded tailthe Black-shouldered Kite only has one sub-terminal band. The details seemed to indicate the bird may have been a pale, immature Swainson 's Hawk, especially in the description of the under wing pattern and wing shape. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 65:146 | 1993-05-07 | Bloomington | Hennepin | (vote 010). While it was unanimously agreed the identification, based primarily on manner of flight and whitish appearance, may well have been correct, the experienced observer was unable to provide anything more than a vague plumage description of the distant bird in flight. It was felt that a first state record should be documented by a much more thorough description. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 1 | 73:35 | 2000-05-10 | 2000-05-19 | Afton State Park | Washington | (record #2000-36, vote 10–0, The Loon 72:193–194). Note that all ten members, seven regular members plus three alternates, vote on potential first state records. | Accepted | ||
| avian information | 2000-05-10 | 2000-05-19 | Washington | 5/10-19 Washington (first state record) (first county record) First state record 5/10–19 Washington (Afton S. P.) †RJ, TP, EQ, et al. (The Loon 72:193–194). | |||||
| 2 | 80:115 | 2008-05-04 | near Austin | Mower | (record #2008-023, vote 7–0). Second state record; photographed. The Loon 80:116 The Loon 80:117 | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2008-05-04 | Mower | 5/4 Mower (second state record) (first county record) Second state record photographed 5/4 Mower (near Austin) BPl. | ||||||
| 81:7 | 2008-08-29 | Ortonville | Big Stone | (record #2008-052, vote 2–5). Documentation was submitted more than a month after the sighting and was not supported by field notes or sketches. This species' diagnostic black wrist spots were not noted, even though the bird was observed in flight for three to four minutes from distances as close as 100 yards. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 3 | 84:3 | 2011-08-04 | Bluestem Prairie S.N.A., Felton | Clay | (record #2011-026, vote 7–0). Photos are diagnostic. Third state record and first county record. | Accepted | |||
| avian information | 2011-08-04 | Clay | 8/4 Clay (third state record) (first county record) Third state record 8/4 Clay (Bluestem Prairie) ph. SFe, DHe. | ||||||
| Three records: two spring and one summer. Recorded in one (2011) of the last ten years. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||