Terns, Alcids, Doves, Parakeets, Cuckoos and Anis

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: Terns, Alcids, Doves, Parakeets, Cuckoos and Anis

Caspian Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
[Black Skimmer]

Dovekie
Ancient Murrelet
Rock Dove
[Red-billed Pigeon]
Band-tailed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Passenger Pigeon

Common Ground-Dove
[Carolina Parakeet]
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
[Smooth-billed Ani]
Groove-billed Ani

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
	N	Caspian Tern at Itasca Park	1945	17:64
	N	A Caspian Tern Colony Near San Francisco, California	1952	24:131
	AP	Tern Mortality Due to Entanglement in Nylon Monofilament Fishline	1969	41:50-51
	AP	First Caspian Tern Nesting in Minnesota	1969	41:83-84
	N	Caspian Terns in Mille Lacs County	1971	43:94
	N	Late Caspian Tern in Crow Wing County	1977	49:48
	N	Fall Migration of Caspian Terns in the Twin Cities	1994	66:50-51

Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
	AP	A Sandwich Tern in Duluth	1986	58:103-104

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
	N	A New Common Tern Colony	1957	29:39
	N	Common Tern Colony on Barker's Island, St. Louis Bay	1958	30:39
	AP	Tern Banding	1960	32:118-119
	N	Late Fall Common Tern Observation	1966	38:143-144
	AP	Tern Mortality Due to Entanglement in Nylon Monofilament Fishline	1969	41:50-51
	AP	Gulls and Terns Nesting at Duluth	1975	47:70-77
	A	Larid Breeding Populations in the Western Tip of Lake Superior	1980	52:3-14
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1981	53:129-131
	A	New Colonies in Lake of the Woods	1982	54:37-39
	A	Status of Common Terns Nesting at the Duluth Port Terminal, 1982-83	1984	56:20-24
	A	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	1985	57:67-78
	A	Common Terns at Minnesota's Largest Colony: Breeding Site Shift, Population Decline, and Reproductive Success	1991	63:12-16
	A	Establishing Common Tern Habitat	1993	65:31-32
	A	The History of Colonial Waterbird Management in the Duluth-Superior Harbor 1937-1990	1993	65:163-174

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
	AP	Arctic Tern and Little Gull as Migrants in Duluth	1974	46:52-57
	N	Arctic Terns at Port Terminal	1978	50:173-174
	N	Additional Arctic Tern Observations	1978	50:174-175
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	N	Fourth Minnesota Record of Arctic Tern	1983	55:127
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:160-161
	N	Arctic Tern at Carlos Avery Refuge	1984	56:194
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:119-120
	N	Arctic Tern at Duluth	1985	57:136
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45

Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
	N	Nesting of Forster's Tern in Hennepin County	1941	13:19
	A	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	1985	57:67-78
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136

Least Tern (Sterna antillarum)
	N	Sight Record of Least Terns in Minnesota	1966	38:40
	N	Possible Immature Least Tern in Lyons County	1971	43:25-26
	N	A Least Tern at Marshall	1975	47:92
	NP	Least Tern at Marshall, Lyon County	1975	47:132-133
	N	Least Tern Observation in Nobles County	1975	47:133
	N	Least Tern, Sham Lake, Lyon County	1978	50:220
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:147-150
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45
	N	Least Tern in Lyon County	1986	58:48-49
	N	Least Tern in Olmsted County	1986	58:129-130
	N	A Least Tern at Duluth	1986	58:138
	N	Least Terns in Olmsted County	1986	58:144-145
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	N	Least Tern in Murray County	1988	60:135
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	N	Least Tern at Hastings	1989	61:140-141
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:12-14
	A	Least Terns in Dakota County	1992	64:222-223
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37

Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
	N	Black Tern Colony, St. Louis Bay	1953	25:126
	N	Fish Eating a Black Tern	1956	28:160
	A	Nesting Habits of the Black Tern	1961	33:3-4
	AP	Nesting Black Terns	1961	33:14-15

[Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)]
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45

Dovekie (Alle alle)
	NP	A Second Minnesota Dovekie Record	1963	35:30

Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
	N	Another Ancient Murrelet Found in Minnesota	1962	34:62-63
	NP	Ancient Murrelet Found Dead on Highway	1969	41:57
	NP	Ancient Murrelet Specimen from Lake Winnibigoshish	1981	53:60

Rock Dove (Columba livia)

[Red-billed Pigeon (Columba flavirostris)]
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:57-58

Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata)
	AP	Minnesota's First Band-tailed Pigeon	1969	41:68-69
	N	Band-tailed Pigeon	1971	43:57
	N	Third Record for the Band-tailed Pigeon in Minnesota	1975	47:186
	N	Band-tailed Pigeon at Hawk Ridge	1982	54:249
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	N	Minnesota's First White-winged Dove	1986	58:92-93
	N	Minnesota's Second White-winged Dove	1994	66:213-214
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:45-47

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
	A	Unusual Nesting Sites	1931	3:10
	N	Mourning Dove Meets Competition's Demands	1934	6:61
	N	Open Season on Mourning Doves	1946	18:109-110
	A	Protection of Mourning Doves	1947	19:47-49
	A	Dove Protection Advances	1947	19:99-100
	N	Different Species Nest in Same Tree	1947	19:103
	N	Report of Highway Dove Count	1951	23:89
	N	Mourning Dove Nest on the Ground	1954	26:86
	N	Ring Doves Rear Mourning Dove	1959	31:24
	N	Mourning Dove Nest with Three Eggs	1962	34:64
	N	Mourning Doves Wintering Near Northfield	1964	36:66-67
	NP	Mourning Dove Banding	1969	41:132
	N	Mourning Dove Hatches Robin Eggs	1975	47:138-139
	A	Reproductive Success of Mourning Doves Near a Nuclear Generating Plant	1977	49:201-204
	N	Mourning Doves Have a Problem with Heated Bird Baths	1994	66:55

Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
	A	Review of the Passenger Pigeon: Its Natural History and Extinction	1955	27:126-127

Common Ground-Dove (Columbin passerina)
	A	Say's Phoebe and Ground Dove Specimens Found	1968	40:19
	AP	First Minnesota Record of the Common Ground-Dove	1994	66:3
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1994	66:43-44

[Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)]
	A	Was the Carolina Parakeet a Minnesota Bird?	1995	67:222-223

Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
	N	A Recollection	1933	5:10
	N	Black-billed Cuckoo	1966	38:111
	A	An "Invasion" of Cuckoos in Austin	1974	46:113-114
	N	A Late Nesting Record of the Black-billed Cuckoo	1975	47:46-47
	N	An Early Black-billed Cuckoo	1980	52:90

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
	N	Observation of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Hubbard County	1968	40:26-27
	A	An "Invasion" of Cuckoos in Austin	1974	46:113-114
	N	Yellow-billed Cuckoos at Grand Marais	1983	55:178-179

[Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)]
	N	Smooth-billed Ani Sighting	1974	46:34
	N	Comments on Recent Smooth-billed Ani Reports	1974	46:92-93

Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
	N	Groove-billed Ani in Lac Qui Parle County	1959	31:60
	N	Groove-billed Ani Specimen Taken in Minnesota	1959	31:133
	NP	Groove-billed Ani Record for Washington County	1969	41:54
	N	Probable Groove-billed Ani	1976	48:73
	N	A Groove-billed Ani in Stearns County	1980	52:185-186
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:17-20
	N	Groove-billed Ani Near Sleepy Eye	1984	56:74-75
	N	Groove-billed Ani in Cook County	1984	56:75
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	NP	Groove-billed Ani Taken in Stearns County	1985	57:178

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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