Owls

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: Owls

Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl

Northern Hawk Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl

Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
	N	Barn Owls	1929	1:39
	N	Barn Owl at Hastings	1960	32:101
	N	Barn Owl at Duluth	1960	32:101
	N	Barn Owl at Kasson	1960	32:101
	N	Barn Owl Record from Steele County	1960	32:125
	N	Barn Owl Record for 1953	1961	33:23
	N	Another Barn Owl Record for Dodge County	1962	34:65
	AP	A Family of Barn Owls	1964	36:6-7
	N	Owl Observations -- Barn Owl	1964	36:110
	N	Say's Phoebe and Barn Owl Observed in Rock County	1974	46:37-39
	N	Barn Owl in Murray County	1976	48:40
	N	Barn Owl at Northfield	1978	50:211-212
	N	Barn Owl in Wabasha County	1980	52:189
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	A	Common Barn-Owl Sighted at Wood Lake Nature Center	1984	56:159-160
	NP	Common Barn-Owl Specimen from St. Louis County	1984	56:195
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	NP	Common Barn-Owl Sighting in Polk County	1987	59:47-48
	A	The Saga of the Lake Vermilion Common Barn-Owls	1987	59:72-76
	NP	Barn Owl Nests in Dakota County	1990	62:231
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1994	66:43-44

Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio)
	N	Screech Owl Notes	1934	6:22
	N	A Screech Owl Visitor	1946	18:41
	N	A Screech Owl Incident	1953	25:156
	N	Screech Owl Note	1958	30:158
	A	Owl Pellet Studies From Three Areas in Hennepin and Scott Counties	1960	32:13-14
	N	Owl Observations -- Screech Owl	1964	36:109
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	N	Nesting Eastern Screech-Owls	1988	60:128
	A	Nine Owls	1989	61:189-191
	AP	Owls and Moths	1990	62:72-75
	N	An Early Nesting Eastern Screech-Owl	1995	67:182

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
	N	Unusual Nesting Site of the Great Horned Owl	1930	2:19
	N	Owl Notes	1931	3:5
	A	Great Horned Owl Nests That I Have Seen	1932	4:10-14
	A	Hunting Owl Nests at Shakopee	1937	9[2]:9
	A	Banding Hawks and Owls	1939	11:17
	N	Horned Owl Preys On Brown Rat	1941	13:21
	A	Observations on a Captive Great Horned Owl	1942	14:17-22
	N	Great Horned Owl and Giant Water Beetle	1945	17:18
	N	Nesting Birds of Prey: Great Horned Owl	1946	18:16-17
	N	Food of Owls	1952	24:91-92
	A	Captive Great Horned Owls	1959	31:45,48
	N	An Owl Trap	1960	32:65
	N	Owls Attack Human Beings	1963	35:67-68
	N	Owl Observations -- Great Horned Owl	1964	36:110
	N	Observations: At a Great Horned Owl Nest in Mille Lacs County	1968	40:133
	A	The Nesting Ecology of Some Hawks and Owls in Southeastern Minnesota	1970	42:48-62
	N	Great Horned Owl Nesting Dates Differ in Winona and Mille Lacs Counties	1976	48:55-56
	N	Owl and Grouse Seemingly Try to Outdo Each Other as Noisemakers	1971	43:59-60
	N	Arctic Horned Owl	1974	46:84
	N	An Early Great Horned Owl Nesting	1977	49:6
	N	Arctic Horned Owl Observation	1977	49:187
	N	Great Horned Owl Display	1979	51:53-54
	N	Mallards Nesting in Great Blue Heron Nests and Near an Active Great Horned Owl Nest	1979	51:100-101
	N	Great Horned Owl Recovered in Illinois	1980	52:114
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	A	Use of Artificial Nests by Great Gray Owls, Great Horned Owls, and Red-tailed Hawks in Northeastern Minnesota	1985	57:150-152
	A	Nine Owls	1989	61:189-191

Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
	N	Snowy Owl	1929	1:35
	A	Snowy Owls at Shakopee	1930	2:5-6
	N	Owl Notes	1931	3:5
	N	Northern Migrants	1933	5:59
	N	Snowy Owls	1936	8:12
	N	Snowy Owl in the Arrowhead	1940	12:20
	N	Another Snowy Owl Year	1946	18:10
	N	Some Snowy Owl Observations for the Winter of 1949-50	1950	22:111-112
	N	Snowy Owls, Measurements and Food	1956	28:82
	N	Snowy Owl Varies His Diet When He Comes South	1958	30:72
	N	An Owl Trap	1960	32:65
	N	Observations in Martin and Watonwan Counties -- Snowy Owl	1962	34:29-30
	N	Late Snowy Owl Observation	1964	36:106
	N	Owl Observations -- Snowy Owl	1964	36:109-110
	A	Minnesota's 1966-67 Snowy Owl Invasion	1968	40:90-92
	N	Winter Vocalization of Snowy Owl	1976	48:76
	N	Snowy Owl Behavior	1976	48:76
	N	Scavenger, Predator Roles Reversed	1979	51:48-49
	N	Snowy Owl at Moorhead	1979	51:49
	N	Snowy Owl Vocalization	1979	51:148
	N	Duluth-Superior Snowy Owl Study	1979	51:218-219
	A	Nine Owls	1989	61:189-191
	NP	Snowy Owl in Yellow Medicine County	1992	64:172
	A	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991-1992	1992	64:189-195
	A	Minnesota Snowy Owl Invasion 1993-94	1994	66:160-165
	N	Bald Eagle Predation on Snowy Owl	1995	67:107

Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
	N	Hawk Owls	1936	8:12
	N	Saw-Whet Owl, Hawk Owl, and Sandhill Cranes	1946	18:40
	N	Hawk Owl in Carlton County	1956	28:84
	N	Hawk Owls -- Lake of the Woods County	1959	31:23
	N	Summer Sight Record of a Hawk Owl in Beltrami County, Minnesota	1959	31:96
	A	Hawk Owl Invasion, Winter 1962-63	1963	35:77-78
	AP	Hawk Owls in St. Louis County, Minnesota	1963	35:129-134
	N	Hawk Owl Seen in Beltrami County	1971	43:123-124
	NP	Hawk Owl Observation in Aitkin County	1973	45:19
	N	Hawk Owl Seen in Stevens County	1979	51:54
	N	Diet of a Minnesota Hawk Owl	1980	52:117-118
	N	Summer Hawk Owl Record	1981	53:53-54
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	NP	Nesting Hawk Owls in Lake of the Woods County	1982	54:182-185
	AP	Observations of Northern Hawk Owls Nesting in Roseau County	1987	59:165-174
	A	An Influx of Northern Raptors, Fall-Winter 1990-1991	1991	63:163-167
	A	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991-1992	1992	64:189-195
	A	Nesting Northern Hawk Owls	1993	65:58-60
	N	Northern Hawk Owl Breeding Behavior Observed	1993	65:102-103
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:146-147

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
	N	Burrowing Owls	1933	5:59
	N	Western Burrowing Owl in Otter Tail County	1940	12:20
	N	Recent Observations of Burrowing Owls in Lyon and Yellow Medicine Counties, Minnesota	1955	27:40-41
	N	An Unusual Day of Migrants	1956	28:160
	N	Burrowing Owls	1956	28:168
	N	Probable Burrowing Owl Record for Central Minnesota	1956	28:170
	N	Additional Burrowing Owls in Traverse County	1957	29:87
	N	Nesting Record of a Burrowing Owl	1958	30:159
	N	Note on Food Habits of the Burrowing Owl in Minnesota	1959	31:103
	N	Burrowing Owls in Martin County	1960	32:127-128
	AP	The Burrowing Owl in Minnesota	1965	37:2-17
	N	Burrowing Owl in Olmsted County	1966	38:37-38
	N	Burrowing Owl in Watonwan County	1968	40:101
	NP	Nesting Burrowing Owls	1974	46:171
	N	Burrowing Owl Observation	1946	18:119
	N	Burrowing Owl, Wilkin County	1977	49:179
	N	A Burrowing Owl	1978	50:215-216
	N	Burrowing Owls, Clay County	1980	52:116
	NP	Burrowing Owls in Stevens County	1981	53:227
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	A	Nine Owls	1989	61:189-191

Barred Owl (Strix varia)
	A	Nesting of the Barred Owl	1930	2:18-19
	A	Barred Owl Food Habits in Glenwood Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota	1940	12:21-23
	N	Food of Owls	1952	24:91-92
	N	Owls Attack Human Beings	1963	35:67-68
	N	Owl Observations -- Barred Owl	1964	36:109
	N	Raptor Predation Upon Raptors	1965	37:108
	N	Goshawk Feeds on a Barred Owl	1965	37:110
	A	The Nesting Ecology of Some Hawks and Owls in Southeastern Minnesota	1970	42:48-62
	A	Biology of Barred Owls in Minnesota	1972	44:111-115
	NP	Barred Owls Use Nest Box	1980	52:193-194
	N	Unusual Barred Owl Behavior	1982	54:65-66
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	A	Nine Owls	1989	61:189-191
	N	An Exciting Visit with a Barred Owl	1993	65:51

Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)
	N	Northern Migrants	1933	5:59
	A	An Arctic Visitor	1934	6:10
	N	Great Gray Owl	1936	8:12
	N	Food of Owls	1952	24:91-92
	N	The Great Gray Owl and Indigo Bunting at Basswood Lake, Lake County, Minnesota	1959	31:137
	N	Summer Record of a Great Gray Owl	1964	36:108
	N	Great Gray Owl in Becker County	1965	37:45-46
	N	June Record for the Great Gray Owl	1965	37:150
	A	Influx of Northern Owls, Winter 1965-66	1966	38:44-45
	N	Great Gray Owl Seen in June	1966	38:107-108
	A	Northern Owl Invasion, Winter, 1968-1969	1969	41:36-39
	A	Great Gray Owls Nesting Near Roseau	1970	42:88-93
	AP	Great Gray Owls Occupy Artificial Nest	1974	46:161-165
	NP	Summer Record of Great Gray Owls in Aitkin County	1975	47:188-189
	N	Records of Great Gray Owls in Otter Tail County	1977	49:101-102
	A	Invasion of Great Gray and Boreal Owls, Winter 1977-78	1978	50:63-68
	N	Great Gray Owl Specimen from Filmore County	1979	51:46-47
	N	Summer Observation of a Great Gray Owl in Lake County	1979	51:47
	N	Great Gray Owl Nest in St. Louis County	1979	51:199
	N	Great Gray Owl in Anoka County	1981	53:173
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	N	Three Young Great Gray Owls in Itasca County	1982	54:194-195
	AP	A Record Invasion of Great Gray Owls	1984	56:143-147
	NP	Great Gray Owl in Nest, Lake of the Woods County	1984	56:207
	A	Use of Artificial Nests by Great Gray Owls, Great Horned Owls, and Red-Tailed Hawks in Northeastern Minnesota	1985	57:150-152
	N	Great Gray Owl Nesting Activity	1987	59:105
	AP	Use of Nestboxes by Great Gray Owls in Northern Minnesota	1988	60:121-123
	A	A Great Gray Owl Influx, Winter 1988-89	1989	61:115-117
	A	Nine Owls	1989	61:189-191
	N	Great Gray Owl in Meeker County	1990	62:109
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136
	NP	Great Gray Owl at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge	1990	62:229
	N	A Cure for the Winter Blahs	1991	63:69-70
	A	An Influx of Northern Raptors, Fall-Winter 1990-1991	1991	63:163-167
	NP	Great Gray Owl in Kandiyohi County	1992	64:126-127
	A	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991-1992	1992	64:189-195

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
	A	Hawk and Owl Notes	1931	3:14
	A	Banding Hawks and Owls	1939	11:17
	N	Long-eared Owl Near Cass Lake, Minnesota	1943	15:56
	N	Long-eared Owls in Scott and Hennepin Counties	1959	31:62
	A	Owl Pellet Studies from Three Areas in Hennepin and Scott Counties	1960	32:13-14
	N	An Owl Trap	1960	32:65
	N	Owl Observations -- Long-eared Owl	1964	36:110
	N	A Recent Minnesota Nesting Record of the Long-eared Owl	1970	42:74
	N	Long-eared Owl Nest on Sherburne Refuge	1972	44:29-30
	AP	Fall Owl Migration at Duluth, Minnesota	1975	47:56-58
	A	Food Habits of Two Long-eared Owl Families in East-central Minnesota	1975	47:58-61
	A	Observations of Three Long-Eared Owls	1977	49:42-43
	N	Unusual Diurnal Hunting Behavior of a Long-eared Owl	1978	50:122
	N	Long-eared Owl Nests	1980	52:186
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	N	Long-eared Owls in Winter	1995	67:114-114
	AP	Long-eared Owls Nest in Aitkin County	1995	67:161-163
	A	Prey Items of Long-eared Owls Wintering in Minnesota	1995	67:238-240

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
	N	Short-eared Owl	1930	2:50
	N	Short-eared Owl	1936	8:12
	N	Short-eared Owl	1936	8:51
	N	Some Notes on Hawks, Owls, and Their Prey	1952	24:127-129
	N	A Feeding Procedure of a Short-eared Owl and a Sparrow Hawk	1955	27:134
	N	Short-eared Owl Preying on Pocket Gopher	1959	31:98
	N	Aggressive Short-eared Owls in Aitkin County	1974	46:40
	A	Fall Owl Migration at Duluth, Minnesota	1975	47:56-58
	N	Short-eared Owls in Wilkin County	1977	49:104-105
	N	Short-eared Owls in Aitkin County	1980	52:87
	NP	Unusual Plumaged Short-eared Owl	1980	52:92
	N	Unusual Nest Site, Short-eared Owl	1981	53:230-231
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	N	Wintering Short-eared Owls	1987	59:157-158
	A	Nine Owls	1989	61:189-101
	N	Rough-legged Hawk Preys on Short-eared Owl	1990	62:108

Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)
	N	Richardson's Owl at St. Peter	1934	6:22
	N	Richardson's Owl Near Cloquet	1947	19:76
	N	Richardson's Owl at Sebeka	1949	21:18-19
	N	Food of Owls	1952	24:91-92
	N	An Owl Trap	1960	32:65
	N	Boreal Owl Banded at Duluth	1960	32:66
	N	Boreal Owl Captures Northern Flying Squirrel	1963	35:28
	N	Boreal Owl Flight Along the North Shore	1963	35:70-71
	AP	Influx of Northern Owls, Winter 1965-66	1966	38:44-45
	A	Observations of a Boreal Owl at Two Harbors	1966	38:46-47
	A	Observations of a Boreal Owl at Duluth	1966	38:47-48
	NP	Boreal Owl Observation from Hubbard County	1967	39:65
	A	Northern Owl Invasion, Winter, 1968-1969	1969	41:36-39
	N	A Boreal Owl Along the Gunflint	1975	47:98
	A	Fall Migration of Boreal Owls	1977	49:165-167
	AP	Invasion of Great Gray and Boreal Owls, Winter, 1977-78	1978	50:63-68
	AP	First Boreal Owl Nesting Record South of Canada: A Diary	1979	51:20-27
	N	Another Boreal Owl Nest Found in Cook County	1979	51:198-199
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	A	An Invasion of Boreal Owls	1982	54:176-177
	AP	A Nesting Boreal Owl in Minnesota	1982	54:212-214
	N	Possible Cannibalism in Boreal Owls	1982	54:246
	N	Boreal Owl in Itasca County	1983	55:38-39
	NP	Boreal Owl in Mahnomen County	1985	57:110
	NP	Boreal Owl at Duluth	1987	59:52
	NP	Some Boreal and Northern Saw-whet Owl Comparisons	1987	59:151-153
	AP	Breeding Boreal Owls in Roseau County	1987	59:163-165
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16
	AP	1988 Boreal Owl Survey in Cook County	1988	60:99-104
	N	Boreal Owl in Minneapolis	1989	61:85-87
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:121-123
	A	Nine Owls	1989	61:189-191
	N	Physical Interaction Between a Male Boreal Owl and Male Northern Saw-Whet Owl	1991	63:74-75
	A	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991-1992	1992	64:189-195

Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
	NP	Saw-whet Owl, Hawk Owl, and Sandhill Cranes	1946	18:40
	N	Two Interesting Bird Incidents	1948	20:64
	A	Owl Pellet Studies from Three Areas in Hennepin and Scott Counties	1960	32:13-14
	NP	Saw-whet Owl Pellets	1960	32:59
	N	An Owl Trap	1960	32:65
	N	Saw-whet Owl Observation	1961	33:55
	AP	Overwintering Saw-whet Owls in Clay County	1973	45:114-117
	NP	Saw-whet Owl Observation	1974	46:88-89
	AP	Fall Owl Migration at Duluth, Minnesota	1975	47:56-58
	NP	Partial Albinism: Saw-whet Owl and Goshawk	1978	50:52-53
	N	Summer Saw-whet Owl Observation from Southeastern Minnesota	1981	53:173-174
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	N	Some Boreal and Northern Saw-whet Owl Comparisons	1987	59:151-153
	NP	Northern Saw-whet Owl Nesting in Hubbard County	1987	59:154
	N	Northern Saw-whet Owls Breeding in Hennepin County	1988	60:132
	A	Nine Owls	1989	61:189-191
	N	Physical Interaction Between a Male Boreal Owl and Male Northern Saw-whet Owl	1991	63:74-75
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37

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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