Duplicates
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
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: Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks |
| [Whooper Swan] (P) (Cygnus cygnus) | Start Date 1936-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 77:169 | 2005-05-22 | Sherburne N.W.R. | Sherburne | (record #2005-034, identification Accepted 10–0/origin Not Accepted 0–10). All ten members vote on potential first state records and on questions of origin. This adult was documented by a single photograph; its identity was not in doubt, but there was no written information about the bird's behavior, ability to fly, condition of its bare parts and plumage, and whether or not it was banded. A late May date would be most unusual for a true vagrant. This species has been reported about a dozen times in Minnesota, but very few were documented, all were assumed to be escaped or released from captivity, and none were previously voted on by the committee. Information on the release of captive Whooper Swans in Minnesota and this species' status in North America was recently summarized in North American Birds 58: 301–308. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 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 | ||