Rails, Coots and Cranes

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: Rails, Coots and Cranes

Yellow Rail
Black Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail

Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot

[Caribbean Coot]
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
	N	Yellow Rail Captured Near St. Paul	1950	22:45-47
	N	Yellow Rail at Duluth	1950	22:47-48
	A	Yellow Rails in Becker and Mahnomen Counties, Minnesota	1959	31:82-83
	NP	Yellow Rails Again Found in Becker County, Minnesota	1960	32:102
	N	Preliminary Observations on a Yellow Rail in a Becker County Marsh	1963	35:28-29
	N	Yellow Rail Specimen from Lake County	1964	36:66
	N	Possible Yellow Rail in Minneapolis	1967	39:68
	N	New Yellow Rail Area	1974	46:41-42
	N	Yellow Rail Heard in Beltrami County	1978	50:205-206
	NP	Yellow Rails of Aitkin County	1984	56:68-69
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	N	Yellow Rail in Lac Qui Parle County	1987	59:149
	N	Yellow Rail in Hennepin County	1989	61:204
	AP	The Yellow Rails of McGregor Marsh	1991	63:92-97
	A	Yellow Rails Recorded from Unusual Locations in Minnesota	1993	65:196-199

Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
	N	Unusual Minnesota Records: Black Rail (?)	1965	37:52
	N	Black Rail Seen in Anoka County	1968	40:101
	N	Black Rail in Goodhue County	1971	43:58
	N	Black Rail in Bloomington	1972	44:121
	N	A Black Rail in Hennepin County	1979	51:142
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16

King Rail (Rallus elegans)
	N	Four Rails on a Road	1945	17:64-65
	N	Interesting Observations from Kandiyohi and Lac Qui Parle Counties	1956	28:127
	N	Breeding Observations of the King Rail in Martin County, Minnesota - 1962	1964	36:28-29
	N	More on Breeding Observations of the King Rail in Southcentral Minnesota	1966	38:76
	N	King Rails Near Buffalo Lake	1966	38:112
	N	King Rails in Houston County	1966	38:145
	N	King Rail Seen at Agassiz Refuge	1969	41:27
	N	King Rail in Duluth	1974	46:121-122
	NP	King Rail in St. Paul	1981	53:225-226
	N	King Rail Nesting in Stearns County	1984	56:72
	N	A King Rail in Duluth	1984	56:190-191
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109
	N	A King Rail Observation	1991	63:73-74
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:154-155
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	N	King Rail in Swift County	1992	64:64-65
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140
	N	Unusual Feeding Behavior Observed for King Rail	1992	64:162-163
	NP	King Rail Record	1992	64:170

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
	A	Marsh Bird Community Study	1938	10:1(13)-3(15)
	A	A Field Study of Sora Rail and Virginia Rail in Central Minnesota	1954	26:2-32
	N	Wintering Virginia Rails in Minnesota	1959	31:23
	A	Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota	1960	32:5-9
	N	Our Virginia Rail	1965	37:54
	N	Virginia Rail Chick on Upper Rice Lake	1969	41:58-59
	N	Late Virginia Rail Sighting	1988	60:55
	A	Social Preening in Soras and in Virginia Rails	1988	60:59-63
	N	Heard-Only King and Virginia Rails	1991	63:139
	N	Early Date for Virginia Rail	1993	65:101

Sora (Porzana carolina)
	A	Marsh Bird Community Study	1938	10:1(13)-3(15)
	A	A Field Study of Sora Rail and Virginia Rail in Central Minnesota	1954	26:2-32
	A	Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota	1960	32:5-9
	N	Late Sora	1971	43:98
	N	Sora Nest Building Behavior	1974	46:91
	A	Social Preening in Soras and in Virginia Rails	1988	60:59-63

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)
	N	Purple Gallinule Specimen Found in Minnesota	1964	36:23
	N	Purple Gallinule Near St. Peter	1970	42:119

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
	N	Common Gallinule at Agassiz Refuge	1965	37:83
	NP	Common Gallinule Record for Stevens County	1965	37:106
	N	First Common Gallinule Record for Northeastern Minnesota	1966	38:72
	N	Common Gallinule Near Grand Rapids	1966	38:109
	N	Common Moorhen in Pine County	1984	56:269
	N	Breeding Bird Records for Jackson County, 1902-1904	1989	61:150
	N	Common Moorhen in Lake of the Woods County	1993	65:102
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:146-147

American Coot (Fulica americana)
	N	A Note on Coot Behavior	1933	5:23
	AP	Waterfowl Mortality Due to Oil Pollution in the Vicinity of Red Wing, Minnesota	1952	24:116-118
	N	Weather-induced Migration of Coots	1986	58:49-50

[Caribbean Coot (Fulica caribaea)]
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:17-20

Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
	A	Record Flight of Sandhill Cranes	1941	13:2-4
	N	Autumn Food Habits of the Sandhill Crane	1941	13:21
	A	Nebraska Crane Flight	1945	17:79-81
	N	Sandhill Cranes, Wisconsin	1945	17:93
	N	Saw-whet Owl, Hawk Owl, and Sandhill Cranes	1946	18:40
	N	Spring Migration of Sandhill Cranes	1946	18:43-44
	N	Sandhill Cranes in Wilkin County, Minnesota	1949	21:89
	N	Sandhill Crane Near Grygla, Marshall County, Minnesota	1950	22:129
	N	A Fighting Young Sandhill Crane	1954	26:41
	N	Sandhill Cranes on the Roseau River Refuge and Public Hunting Grounds, Roseau, Minnesota	1955	27:93
	N	Sandhill Cranes in Morrison County	1958	30:159
	N	Sandhill Cranes in Roseau County	1959	31:138
	N	Sandhill Cranes	1961	33:125
	N	Observations in Martin and Watonwan Counties -- Sandhill Crane	1962	34:29
	N	Unusual Fall Migrants in Duluth: Sandhill Crane	1962	34:131
	N	Possible Sandhill Crane Breeding	1966	38:139
	N	Summer Sandhill Crane at Salt Lake	1967	39:138-139
	A	Sandhill Cranes of the Carlos Avery Wildlife Area	1970	42:124-128
	A	Results of an Observation Card Survey for Sandhill Cranes in Minnesota for 1977	1978	50:112-118
	A	Fall Migration of Sandhill Cranes in Northwestern Minnesota, 1988-89	1990	62:14-19

Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
	A	Recollections of the Sixties	1930	2:3-4
	N	Whooping Cranes	1937	9(3,4):6
	N	1951 Whooping Crane Record	1968	40:21
	N	Possible Whooping Crane in Washington County	1974	46:127
	N	Whooping Crane Observations from Kittson County	1978	50:204
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45
	N	Whooping Cranes in Mahnomen County	1986	58:45
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109
	AP	A Whooping Crane in Minnesota	1990	62:177-181
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140

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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