Whistling-Ducks, Swans and Geese

Species Index to The Loon

Families

Loons
Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants and Frigatebirds
Bitterns, Herons, Ibis and Storks
Whistling-Ducks, Swans and Geese
Ducks and Mergansers
Vultures, Osprey, Kites, Bald Eagle, Harriers and Accipiters
Hawks, Golden Eagle, Caracaras and Falcons
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys and Quail
Rails, Coots and Cranes
Plovers, Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Jaegers
Gulls
Terns, Alcids, Doves, Parakeets, Cuckoos and Anis

Owls
Nighthawks, Poorwills, Swifts, Hummingbirds and Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Flycatchers
Larks, Swallows, Jays, Crows, Chickadees and Creepers
Wrens, Dippers, Kinglets and Gnatcatchers
Wheatears, Thrushes, Mimics and Thrashers
Wagtails, Pipits, Waxwings, Shrikes, Starlings and Vireos
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings and Dickcissel
Towhees, Sparrows, Longspurs and Snow Bunting
Blackbirds, Meadowlarks and Orioles
Finches and Weaver Finches

Species: Whistling-Ducks, Swans and Geese

Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan

Mute Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross' Goose

Brant
Canada Goose

Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygn bicolor)
	Np	Fulvous Tree Duck Specimen for Minnesota	1964	36:107
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygn autumnalis)
	Np	Minnesota's First Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	1986	58:97-99
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	NP	Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in Meeker County	1987	59:217-218
	NP	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Seen	1989	61:143-144
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:12-14
	N	Update on Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Sighting	1990	62:109
	N	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck in Roseau County	1995	67:247-248

Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
	N	Geese and Swans	1930	2:16-17
	N	The Lake Harriet Swan	1933	5:12
	N	Whistling Swans	1933	5:22
	N	Northern Migrants	1933	5:59
	A	Whistling Swans at Long Meadow Slough	1936	8:24
	N	Whistling Swans in Houston County	1948	20:64
	N	Notes of the Whistling Swan	1951	23:54-55
	N	Whistling Swan Report from Virginia, Minnesota	1956	28:79
	N	Whistling Swan Observations	1956	28:161
	N	Whistling Swan Summer Record	1965	37:111
	N	Summer Whistling Swan	1966	38:140-141
	N	Wintering Whistling Swan	1967	39:62
	N	Unusual Winter Records for Stearns County	1967	39:63
	AP	Tundra Swan Migration Over the Twin Cities	1984	56:3-5
	N	Tundra Swan Summers at Agassiz NWR	1987	59:49
	N	Disturbance to Tundra Swans by Barge and Boat Traffic	1988	60:92

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
	A	Will Trumpeter Swans Return to Minnesota?	1965	37:122-126
	N	Possible Trumpeter Swans from Carver Park Captive Flock	1971	43:59
	N	Status of the Trumpeter Swan in Minnesota	1974	46:169
	N	Trumpeter Swans Seen Over Lake Traverse	1977	49:234-235
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:17-20
	N	Trumpeter Swans Nest in the Chippewa National Forest	1986	58:194
	N	Trumpeter Swan Project Summary 1986	1986	58:197-198
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16
	AP	A Wild Trumpeter Swan in Minnesota	1991	63:147-150
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	N	"Wild" Trumpeter Raises a Family	1994	66:46

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
	N	A Mute Swan Observation	1975	47:41-42
	N	Mute Swans in Western Lake Superior	1975	47:42-43
	N	Mute Swan Influx in the Duluth Area	1980	52:116-117
	N	More Mute Swan Records from Duluth	1981	53:165
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:160-161
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:57-58
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:143-144
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anse albifrons)
	N	Greater Scaup, White-fronted Geese and Hoyt's Horned Larks Near Fort William, Ontario	1946	18:102,104
	A	Unusual Waterfowl Observed in Southwestern Minnesota	1963	35:94-95
	N	White-fronted Goose Winters at Rochester	1969	41:59
	N	Winter Record of a Canada X White-fronted Goose Hybrid	1970	42:34-35
	A	Unusual Goose Sightings in Spring, 1989	1989	61:60-61
	N	Large Concentrations of Greater White-fronted Geese in Western Minnesota	1993	65:45
	NP	Uncommon Flock of Geese in St. Louis County	1995	67:108

Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
	A	Snow Goose at Hastings, Minnesota	1929	1:17
	N	Snow Goose	1929	1:36
	N	Geese and Swans	1930	2:16-17
	N	Snow Geese	1936	8:51
	N	Blue and Snow Geese Visit Eastern Minnesota	1941	13:20
	N	Migrating Geese on the Mississippi	1944	16:35
	N	A Summer Record of the Snow Goose at Talcot Lake, Minnesota	1955	27:134
	N	Early and Late Arrivals	1959	31:60-61
	N	Observation of an Attack on a Snow Goose by a Bald Eagle	1961	33:90
	N	Early Snow Goose Record for Lake Superior	1966	38:37
	N	Wintering Snow Goose	1967	39:104
	N	Late Snow and Blue Geese in Big Stone County	1968	40:135
	N	White Pelican/Snow Goose Relationship	1979	51:105-106
	N	Snow Geese Summer in Lac Qui Parle County	1985	57:179
	NP	Uncommon Flock of Geese in St. Louis County	1995	67:108

Ross' Goose (Chen rossii)
	A	Unusual Waterfowl Observed in Southwestern Minnesota	1963	35:94-95
	NP	Ross' Goose at Rochester	1965	37:79
	N	Ross' Geese at Howard Lake, Wright County	1966	38:36-37
	N	Ross' Goose, Watonwan County	1977	49:186-187
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	A	Intermediate Ross' Goose at Black Dog	1982	54:105-111
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43
	NP	Another Ross' Goose Controversy	1983	55:84-85
	N	Ross' Goose Observation	1983	55:91-92
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	NP	Ross' Goose on Silver Lake, Rochester	1987	59:215
	AP	Ross' Goose at Agassiz NWR: Comments on Immature Plumage and Hybrid Determination	1988	60:66-69
	N	A Ross' Goose in Minneapolis	1988	60:181-182
	N	Ross' Goose at Rochester	1989	61:50
	A	Unusual Goose Sightings in Spring, 1989	1989	61:60-61
	N	A County Lister's Dream Come True	1989	61:88
	N	Ross' Goose Observed Near Spring Valley in Fillmore County	1989	61:88-89
	N	Two Ross' Geese in Cottonwood County	1989	61:89-90
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:121-123
	N	Two Immature Ross' Geese Seen in Becker County	1989	61:205
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:12-14
	N	A Ross' Goose in Winona County	1990	62:117-118
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136
	N	Ross' Geese in Lac Qui Parle County	1990	62:168
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	N	Ross' Goose in Renville County	1991	63:136
	N	Ross' Goose in Lincoln County	1991	63:138
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:154-155
	A	A Concentration of Eleven Ross' Geese	1991	63:157-158
	N	Ross' Goose in Rock County	1991	63:202
	N	Further Comments on Ross' Goose Abundance	1991	63:281
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	N	Another Concentration of Ross' Geese	1992	64:121-122
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140
	NP	Uncommon Flock of Geese in St. Louis County	1995	67:108

Brant (Branta bernicla)
	N	An American Brant in Martin County, Minnesota	1957	29:85
	NP	Black Brant at Rice Lake Refuge	1966	38:105
	N	Possible Black Brant	1973	45:24
	NP	Brant at Rochester	1974	46:33-34
	N	Brant at Grand Marais	1975	47:140-141
	NP	Brant at Duluth	1981	53:174-175
	N	Brant at Grand Marais	1983	55:36
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:160-161
	N	Brant Seen Near Grand Marais	1984	56:194
	N	Brant at Fergus Falls	1984	56:270
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45
	N	Brant at Salt Lake	1987	59:149
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16
	N	Two Immature Brant at Agassiz NWR	1989	61:204
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:12-14
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:154-155
	N	Brant at Mountain Lake	1991	63:209
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
	N	Canada Geese	1936	8:51
	N	Canada Geese Wintering at Mayowood, Rochester	1944	16:31
	N	Migrating Geese on the Mississippi	1944	16:35
	N	Richardson's Geese Shot Near Dassel	1949	21:121
	N	V's in the Wintry Sky	1953	25:153
	N	An Albino Canada Goose?	1958	30:115
	N	Canada Geese Nesting in Rice County	1963	35:102
	N	Winter Record of a Canada X White-fronted Goose Hybrid	1970	42:34-35
	N	Unusual Canadian Goose Behavior	1971	43:20
	N	Fish-feeding Behavior in Canada Geese	1976	48:37-38
	N	Cross-Species Fostering of a Canada Goose Gosling by a Wild Mallard Hen	1993	65:209
	N	Pied-billed Grebe Attacks Canada Goose	1994	66:104

Notes:

Each entry to the index is preceded with a code, which denotes one of the following:

A
AP
N
NP
-- the reference is a major or minor article
-- the reference is a major or minor article and is accompanied by a photograph
-- the reference is a Note of Interest
-- the reference is a Note of Interest and is accompanied by a photograph

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