Larks, Swallows, Jays, Magpies, Crows, Ravens, Chickadees and Creepers

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: Larks, Swallows, Jays, Magpies, Crows, Ravens, Chickadees and Creepers

Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

Gray Jay
Blue Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
[Pygmy Nuthatch]
[Brown-headed Nuthatch]
Brown Creeper

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
	N	Horned Lark Observations	1939	11:23
	N	Greater Scaup, White-fronted Geese and Hoyt's Horned Larks Near Fort William, Ontario	1946	18:102,104
	N	An Albino Horned Lark	1961	33:92-93
	A	A Study of Wintering Horned Larks in Southwestern Minnesota	1968	40:93-97
	N	Horned Lark Highway Casualties	1978	50:121-122

Purple Martin (Progne subis)
	N	Swallows and More Swallows	1933	5:61
	N	Martin Houses, Their Proportions and Locations	1944	16:35-36
	N	When Martins Make News in Duluth	1949	21:105-106
	N	Unusual Purple Martin Nest Building Behavior	1958	30:160
	N	Albino Purple Martin	1964	36:102
	N	Swallows Congregate at Howard Lake	1968	40:131
	N	Purple Martins Feeding on Tent Caterpillars	1980	52:190-191
	A	A Survey of Purple Martins Nesting in Central Minnesota	1987	59:93-98
	N	Blue Jays Harass Purple Martins	1988	60:53
	NP	Unusual Purple Martin Nesting	1994	66:215
	N	Purple Martins Continue to use Siren Complex for Nesting	1995	67:178

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
	A	Unusual Nesting Sites	1931	3:10
	N	Swallows and More Swallows	1933	5:61
	A	Nesting of the Tree Swallows	1946	18:90-91
	N	Early and Late Arrivals	1959	31:60-61
	A	Notes on Gregarious Breeding Season Behavior of the Tree Swallow	1961	33:65-66
	AP	Spring Mortality in Insectivorous Birds	1965	37:134-135
	N	Swallows Congregate at Howard Lake	1968	40:131
	N	Tree Swallow, Broad-winged Hawk, and Blue-winged Teal Stay Late in Duluth	1971	43:26
	N	Tree Swallow Nesting	1971	43:97
	N	House Sparrow Feeds Young Tree Swallow	1972	44:91
	A	Tree Swallow Nesting Study on a Bluebird Trail in South Central Minnesota	1972	44:100-105
	N	Tree Swallow Nest Destroyed by Red-Headed Woodpecker	1980	52:186-187

Violet-green Swallow (Tachycinet thalassina)
	N	Violet-green Swallow at Claremont Sewage Ponds -- Second State Record	1990	62:226-227
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
	N	Swallows and More Swallows	1933	5:61
	N	Swallows Congregate at Howard Lake	1968	40:131
	N	Albino Swallow	1973	45:136
	N	A Late Rough-winged Swallow	1980	52:190
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109

Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
	N	Swallows and More Swallows	1933	5:61
	N	Bank Swallows at Glyndon, Clay County	1947	19:103
	NP	Banding Bank Swallows in Minnesota	1955	27:22-23
	AP	Spring Mortality in Insectivorous Birds	1965	37:134-135
	N	Swallows Congregate at Howard Lake	1968	40:131
	N	An Albino Bank Swallow	1973	45:22

Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)
	N	Swallows and More Swallows	1933	5:61
	N	The Cliff Swallow	1940	12:33
	NP	Large Cliff Swallow Colony	1950	22:126-127
	N	Colonies of Cliff and Barn Swallows	1950	22:127
	A	Survey of Cliff Swallow Colonies in Minnesota	1955	27:148-152
	N	A Pair of Hawks Nest with the Cliff Swallows	1955	27:175
	N	Cliff Swallow Colony	1957	29:30
	N	Partial Albino Cliff Swallow	1962	34:28
	AP	Spring Mortality in Insectivorous Birds	1965	37:134-135
	N	Eastern Bluebird Uses Cliff Swallow Nest	1975	47:143-144
	N	Late Cliff Swallow	1991	63:277
	N	Abundant Cliff Swallows	1995	67:246

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
	N	Notes on the Nesting Barn Swallow	1942	14:49
	N	Colonies of Cliff and Barn Swallows	1950	22:127
	N	Barn Swallows Killed by Electric Fence	1960	32:126
	AP	Spring Mortality in Insectivorous Birds	1965	37:134-135
	N	A Late Barn Swallow	1976	48:187
	N	Another Albino Barn Swallow	1977	49:230-231
	NP	Barn Swallows Nest on Moving Boat on Lake Itasca	1988	60:184-185
	NP	Albino Barn Swallow in Winona County	1995	67:253

Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
	N	Another Canada Jay Record	1930	2:7
	A	The Clown of the North Woods	1930	2:15-16
	AP	"Whiskey Jack"	1953	25:134-135
	N	Predation by Gray Jays on the Young of the Hoary Bat	1959	31:100
	N	Nesting Record of the Gray Jay in Itasca County	1963	35:68
	A	Gray Jay Invasion, Fall 1965	1967	39:22-23
	N	Unusual Winter Records for Stearns County	1967	39:63
	NP	Gray Jay in Edina	1968	40:22
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:147-150
	N	Gray Jay Takes Live Mammal	1984	56:72-73
	A	A Documented Invasion of Gray Jays in Duluth, Fall 1986	1987	59:41-44
	N	Incursion of Gray Jays into Southern Minnesota, 1986-87	1987	59:153-154

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
	N	Blue Jay Notes	1933	5:21
	N	Blue Jay Notes	1933	5:21
	N	An Early Cardinal's Nest Plundered by a Blue Jay	1944	16:59
	N	Concentration of Flickers and Blue Jays	1946	18:106
	N	Blue Jay Attacks Little Brown Bat	1955	27:175
	N	Blue Jay Banded Eight Years Ago	1957	29:160
	N	Albino Blue Jay	1964	36:66
	N	Jay Kills Hummingbird	1970	42:118
	AP	A Preliminary Report on the Breeding Behavior of the Blue Jay in Anoka County, Minnesota	1980	52:146-149
	N	Blue Jays Harass Purple Martins	1988	60:53

Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
	N	Clark's Nutcracker in Hennepin County	1970	42:34
	N	Clark's Nutcracker at St. John's College	1972	44:125
	N	Clark's Nutcracker at Christmas Lake	1973	45:20-21
	N	Clark's Nutcracker Record from Tracy	1974	46:86
	N	A Clark's Nutcracker in Duluth	1978	50:119
	N	Clark's Nutcracker in South Minneapolis	1978	50:120
	N	Clark's Nutcracker Sighting	1986	58:199
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:57-58

Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
	N	The Magpie in Minnesota	1939	11:21
	N	Golden Plovers, Magpie, Prairie Falcon, and Buteos at Lake Traverse	1943	15:11-12
	N	Notes on the American Magpie in Minnesota, Winter, 1949-50	1950	22:42-44
	N	Magpies in Minnesota	1951	23:90
	N	A Mallard Cowbird	1954	26:40-41
	NP	Magpie at Rochester, Minnesota	1955	27:42
	A	Distribution of the American Magpie in Minnesota	1957	29:95-99
	N	Magpie Observations in Red Lake County	1958	30:35
	N	A Magpie Invasion	1958	30:159
	N	Black-billed Magpies in Wadena County	1959	31:61
	N	The Magpie and Mockingbird in Anoka County, Minnesota	1959	31:102
	N	Observations on Black-billed Magpies and American Woodcock	1961	33:54
	N	Summer Observations in Roseau County	1966	38:111-112
	N	Summer Record for the Magpie	1966	38:144
	N	Black-billed Magpies in Roseau County	1967	39:137
	A	Black-billed Magpie: New Breeding Records in Minnesota	1971	43:78-79
	AP	Black-billed Magpie Nestings in Clay County	1973	45:120-123
	N	Black-billed Magpie Nestings in St. Louis County	1974	46:174-175
	N	Magpie Nesting in Polk County	1976	48:119
	NP	Black-billed Magpies Nest in Aitkin County	1988	60:135-136

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
	N	Lack of Crows at Madison	1934	6:13
	N	A Banded Crow	1936	8:2
	N	Albino Crows	1963	35:99
	N	Pirate Crow	1969	41:59-60
	N	Crow Harasses Kestrel	1974	46:123
	N	Crows Preying on Juvenile Killdeer	1979	51:149

Common Raven (Corvus corax)
	N	Ravens Seen Near Grand Rapids	1942	14:48-49
	N	Another Minnesota Raven Record	1943	15:39
	N	The Raven in Northwestern Lake County	1944	16:18
	N	Strange Raven Antics in Minnesota Bog Country	1950	22:42
	N	Young Raven in Northeastern St. Louis County	1951	23:56
	N	Raven Observations, Summers 1950-1952	1950	22:51-52
	N	Raven Recorded from Blue Earth County	1953	25:156-157
	N	Ravens Nesting in Northern Minnesota	1956	28:170
	N	Raven Nesting Record for Minnesota	1958	30:39-40
	N	A Raven Nesting Observation	1958	30:115
	A	On the Lookout for Ravens	1959	31:4-5
	N	Common Raven Nesting in Minnesota	1958	30:39-40
	N	Some Common Raven Records for Central and Southern Minnesota	1962	34:100-101
	N	Scavenger, Predator Roles Reversed	1979	51:48-49
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:57-58
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:143-144
	N	Sighting of Common Raven at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge	1990	62:57-58
	N	Common Raven Nest in Pine County	1992	64:176

Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
	A	Unusual Nesting Sites	1931	3:10
	N	A Chickadee Lends Charm	1934	6:24
	N	The Chickadees Build a Nest	1942	14:51-52
	N	Confiding Chickadees and Nuthatches	1944	16:31-32
	N	Chickadees Excavate Nesting Cavity	1956	28:39
	N	A Deformed Chickadee Bill	1956	28:128
	N	Black-capped Chickadee Migration, Fall 1959	1960	32:32
	A	Comparative Trap Vulnerability of the Chickadee and the Slate- Colored Junco	1962	34:47-49
	N	Black-capped Chickadee Takes Over Bluebird Nest	1969	41:131
	N	Night Feeding of a Chickadee	1970	42:71-72
	N	Black-capped Chickadee Nesting Behavior	1971	43:25
	N	Winter Roosting Habits of the Black-capped chickadee	1974	46:85-86
	N	One-footed Chickadee Survives the Minnesota Winters	1975	47:95-96
	N	Northern Shrike-Chickadee Interaction	1977	49:55
	A	Social Organization in Winter Flocks of Black-capped Chickadees	1979	51:121-126
	N	Full Albino Black-capped Chickadee	1979	51:203
	N	Bull Snake Predation on Black-capped Chickadee Nest	1986	58:132
	NP	Another Partial Albino Chickadee	1989	61:205
	A	A Case of Polyandry in Black-capped Chickadees	1981	53:152-154

Boreal Chickadee (Parus hudsonicus)
	N	Tufted Titmouse and Hudsonian Chickadee in St. Paul	1943	15:38
	N	Hudsonian Chickadees in Minnesota	1944	16:17
	N	Boreal Chickadees at Morris	1967	39:60
	N	Boreal Chickadees at Morris	1967	39:60
	N	Notes on the Boreal Chickadee	1968	40:24
	A	Early Summer Warbler Records and Boreal Chickadee Nest Near Itasca Park	1977	49:198-201
	A	Observations on a Boreal Chickadee Nest	1979	51:135-140

Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)
	A	A Tragedy in Bird-dom	1929	1:1
	N	Tufted Titmouse Nesting in Minnesota	1943	15:35
	N	Tufted Titmouse and Hudsonian Chickadee in St. Paul	1943	15:38
	N	Tufted Titmouse Near Anoka	1945	17:19
	N	The Tufted Titmouse	1945	17:93
	N	Tufted Titmouse in Minnesota	1946	18:42
	N	Tufted Titmouse Record in St. Cloud	1957	29:85
	N	Titmice Now Nesting in Minnesota	1957	29:127
	N	Three Tufted Titmice Spend Winter in Duluth	1959	31:25
	N	Tufted Titmice Again Seen in the Duluth Area	1959	31:133
	N	A Tufted Titmouse Family	1977	49:241

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
	N	Red-breasted Nuthatch	1930	2:17
	N	Red-breasted Nuthatch	1936	8:12
	N	Confiding Chickadees and Nuthatches	1944	16:31-32
	N	Red-breasted Nuthatch Winters at Lake Nokomis	1947	19:52
	N	Nesting Record of Red-breasted Nuthatch	1958	30:115
	N	Unusual Nuthatch Seen at Red Lake	1966	38:139
	N	Red-breasted Nuthatch Nesting in Bloomington	1970	42:38
	AP	Successful Red-breasted Nuthatch Nest in Ramsey County	1981	53:217-218

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
	A	A Dapper Nuthatch	1932	4:16
	N	Confiding Chickadees and Nuthatches	1944	16:31-32
	A	A Winter Territory Study of the White-breasted Nuthatch in Central Minnesota	1979	51:79-81
	A	Breeding Biology of the White-breasted Nuthatch	1981	53:184-187

[Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)]
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43

[Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)]
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119

Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
	N	Brown Creeper Breeding Record in Southern Minnesota	1956	28:39
	A	Minnesota Nest Records of the Brown Creeper	1975	47:108-109
	A	Observations at Three Brown Creeper Nests in Itasca State Park in 1973	1975	47:110-113
	A	Nesting and Foraging Activity of the Brown Creeper in Northeastern Minnesota	1977	49:78-80
	NP	Brown Creeper Nest at Crookston	1992	64:65-67

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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