Species Index to The Loon - Sandpipers

This is a complete species index to The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union through .
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.

Families
Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
New World Quail
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Grebes
Pigeons, Doves
Cuckoos
Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Limpkin
Cranes
Stilts, Avocets
Plovers
Sandpipers
Jaegers
Alcids
Gulls, Terns
Loons
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storks
Frigatebirds
Boobies and Gannets
Anhingas
Cormorants
Pelicans
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Barn Owls
Screech-Owls, Owls
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Caracaras, Falcons
Flycatchers
Vireos
Shrikes
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Chickadees, Titmice
Larks
Martins, Swallows
Kinglets
Waxwings
Silky-flycatchers
Nuthatches
Creepers
Gnatcatchers
Wrens
Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Starlings
Dippers
Thrushes
Old World Flycatchers
Old World Sparrows
Pipits
Finches
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Towhees, Sparrows
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds, Orioles
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Issues
Species: Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
[Calidris sandpiper]
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
[Limnodromus dowitcher]
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)Vol.PageKey
1956The Upland Plover on Our Farm2813-15A
1960Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota325-9A
1968Evidence of Upland Plover Nesting in St. Louis County4021-22N
1968Extremely Late Date for the Upland Plover4060N
1970Upland Plover in with a Flock of Killdeers42147N
1971Upland Plover with Young, Itasca County4394N
1987Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5957-58A
 
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)Vol.PageKey
1943Some Unusual Minnesota Bird Observations1512N
1959Whimbrel and Jaeger on Minnesota Point, St. Louis County31138N
1966Whimbrels Seen Near Rochester3837N
1984Whimbrels in Cook County56131-132N
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee80115-120A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee80115-120A
 
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)Vol.PageKey
 
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)Vol.PageKey
1952An Unusually Tame Long-billed Curlew24131N
1966Sighting of a Long-billed Curlew3873N
1968Long-billed Curlew Visits Wayzata4052N
1972Long-billed Curlew Observation4494N
1976Long-billed Curlew at the Appleton Bridge4879-80N
1979Long-billed Curlew at Rothsay51146N
1980Long-billed Curlew at Cottonwood, Lyon County52115N
1983Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5541-43A
1988Long-billed Curlew Visits Ely6089-90N
1988Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee60108-109A
1988A Fall Record of Long-billed Curlew60186N
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6110-13A
1990Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6212-14A
1990Summer Record for a Long-billed Curlew6258-59N
1990Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee62134-136A
1990A Long-billed Curlew at the Farm62167-168N
1992Long-billed Curlew in McLeod County6461-63NP
1992Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee64138-140A
2000Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee72163-168A
2003Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7541-46AP
2005Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee77169-174A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee80115-120A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee80115-120A
2009Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee817-12A
 
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)Vol.PageKey
1956Interesting Observations from Kandiyohi and Lac Qui Parle Counties28127N
1976Late Hudsonian Godwit48185N
1984Hudsonian Godwits in July56192N
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)Vol.PageKey
1932Godwits and Nitwits438-40A
1942A Note on the Marbled Godwit in Northwestern Minnesota1411N
1951Marbled Godwits in McLeod County2359N
1955Marbled Godwit and Franklin's Gulls at Swan Lake27174N
1956Nest of Marbled Godwit in Clay County28170N
1960Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota325-9A
1990A Marbled Godwit in Minneapolis62114N
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)Vol.PageKey
1933A Fall Turnstone (1)560N
1933A Fall Turnstone (2)560N
 
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)Vol.PageKey
1933Untangle This One560N
 
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)Vol.PageKey
1964First Record of the Ruff for Minnesota3644-45A
1964The Ruff3653-55AP
1971Second Ruff Record for Minnesota4393N
1973Minnesota's Third Ruff4563N
1975A Ruff at Marshall Sewage Lagoons47136N
1977Ruff Sighted in Otter Tail County4945-46N
1977Ruffs at Marshall Sewage Lagoons4956N
1977Ruff at Moorhead49238-239N
1978Ruff -- Otter Tail County50211N
1979A Ruff in Lyon County51197N
1982Ruff and Reeve in Aitkin County54193-194NP
1983Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee55117-119A
1983Ruff at the Albany Sewage Ponds55128N
1984Ruff at Crookston Sewage Lagoons56203-204NP
1984Ruff at Carlos Avery56263N
1985Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5734-36A
1985Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee57119-120A
1985Ruff in Goodhue County57137-138NP
1985Ruff at Cottonwood, Lyon County57183-184N
1986Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5842-45A
1986Ruff in Martin County58139N
1986Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee58146-147A
1987A Ruff in Chisago County59217N
1988Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6013-16A
1988Ruff Seen in Dodge County6093N
1988Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee60108-109A
1988A Ruff (Reeve) at the Bass Ponds, Minnesota River Valley NWR60125N
1988Ruff at Geis Lake, Scott County60181N
1988A Ruff at French Lake60181N
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6110-13A
1991Ruff and Reeve in Yellow Medicine County6373N
1991Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee63154-155A
1991Notes on a Female Ruff63280N
1992Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6415-18A
1992Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee64138-140A
1992Ruffs in Polk County64167-169N
1992Female Ruff in Lac Qui Parle County64169N
1992Ruff in Carver County64173-174N
1993Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6533-37A
1995Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6745-47A
1995Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6746A
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
2000Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7239-43A
2001Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee73168-171A
2002Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee74161-167A
2002Ruff in Dakota County74240N
2003Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7541-46A
2003Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee75160-163A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7639-45A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee76152-161A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee805-13A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee805-13A
2008Ruff in Lac Qui Parle County8044N
2009Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee81115-119A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee823-6A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee823-6A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee82103-106A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee82103-106A
2012Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee84107-112A
 
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)Vol.PageKey
 
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)Vol.PageKey
1967Early Shorebird Records: Stilt Sandpiper39138N
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)Vol.PageKey
1952Curlew Sandpipers at Lake Winona24160N
1993Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee65146-147A
1994Minnesota's First Curlew Sandpiper66113-114AP
1994Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee66127-128A
1998Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee70155-159A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee76152-161A
2006Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee78126-133A
2006Curlew Sandpiper at Lake Byllesby, Dakota County78234N
 
Sanderling (Calidris alba)Vol.PageKey
 
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)Vol.PageKey
2002First Winter Record of the Dunlin in Minnesota74238N
 
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)Vol.PageKey
1967Purple Sandpiper at Grand Marais, December 17, 19663964N
1978Purple Sandpiper in Aitkin County5047-48NP
1982Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5442-46A
1982Purple Sandpiper in Duluth5458-59NP
1992Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6415-18A
1992Purple Sandpiper in Grand Marais6456-57N
2007Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7950-57A
2012Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee843-7A
2012Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee84107-112A
 
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)Vol.PageKey
1964Some Extremely Early Records of the Baird's Sandpiper3664-65N
1966Late Record for the Baird's Sandpiper3840N
1967Early Shorebird Records: Baird's Sandpiper39138N
1991An Early Baird's Sandpiper6365N
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)Vol.PageKey
1959Least Sandpipers Use Building as Feeding Area31134N
1988Springtime Journey of a Minnesota Migrant60178-179N
 
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)Vol.PageKey
1963Early White-rumped Sandpiper at Salt Lake3567N
1996Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee68164-167A
2002Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee74161-167A
 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)Vol.PageKey
1966Interesting Fall Shorebirds3874-75N
1971Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Stearns County4320N
1980Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Grand Portage National Monument52184N
1985Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Hennepin County57109N
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
2005Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee779-15A
 
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)Vol.PageKey
1953Two Early Shorebird Records2580N
1975First Winter Record for the Pectoral Sandpiper4797N
1981A Problem of Identification53234-235NP
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)Vol.PageKey
2001Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee73168-171A
 
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)Vol.PageKey
1960Western Sandpiper Taken in Minnesota32125N
1967Western Sandpiper in Lyon County39140N
1970Western Sandpiper Found in Mille Lacs County4273-74N
1971Western Sandpiper at Whitewater Refuge4392N
1989Western Sandpiper Specimen6192N
1991Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6341-42A
1991Western Sandpiper Documentation63196-197N
1992Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6415-18A
1996Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee68164-167A
1996Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee68164-166A
1998Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee70156-158A
2000Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7239-43A
2002Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7436-40A
2002Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee74161-167A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7639-45A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee76152-161A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee805-13A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee805-13A
2009Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee817-12A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee82103-106A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee82103-106A
 
[Calidris sandpiper] (Calidris sp.)Vol.PageKey
 
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)Vol.PageKey
1961Notes on the Dowitchers of Minnesota3332-33A
1962Which Dowitcher is it?3425N
1986Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers at Grand Marais5895-96N
1990A Late Short-billed Dowitcher62169N
1991Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6341-42A
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)Vol.PageKey
1961Notes on the Dowitchers of Minnesota3332-33N
1962Which Dowitcher is it?3425N
1986Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers at Grand Marais5895-96N
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
[Limnodromus dowitcher] (Limnodromus sp.)Vol.PageKey
 
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)Vol.PageKey
1930Courtship of the Woodcock217N
1945Woodcock Lights on River1764N
1950Woodcock Studies at Cloquet Forest Experiment Station, Minnesota221-7A
1955Census of Woodcock and Wilson's Snipe, 195527128N
1957American Woodcock in Thunder Bay District2974-75A
1957Woodcock Observation in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota2986N
1957Woodcock Singing Grounds29127N
1961Observations on Black-billed Magpies and American Woodcock3354N
1964Late Record for the American Woodcock in Minnesota3667N
1964Nesting American Woodcock3696-98AP
1967Observations of the American Woodcock39138N
1969American Woodcock Near Itasca State Park41129-130N
1970Woodcock Sex and Age Ratios and Weights in Minnesota4231-33A
1970Additional Woodcock Records for Western Minnesota4240N
1970American Woodcock Observations -- Northwestern Minnesota4271N
1971A Woodcock on the Mall4398N
1972American Woodcock4458N
1973Woodcock Display45100N
1974Hennepin County Woodcock Reports46173N
1975Possible American Woodcock Nesting in Southwest Minnesota4748N
1975Woodcock Nesting in Becker County47101N
1976Woodcock Under the Northern Lights4889-91A
1978American Woodcock Breeding in Rice County50221N
1982Minnesota Woodcock54203-211A
1984American Woodcock Carrying Young5666-67N
1984Do Woodcock Carry Their Young?5681-82A
1985American Woodcock Nesting in Pipestone County57108NP
1990Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee62134-136A
1998Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee70155-159A
 
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)Vol.PageKey
1950Bibliography of Wilson's Snipe: Capella gallinago delicata2223-26A
1950A Wilson's Snipe Nest in Hennepin County, Minnesota2244-45N
1950Wilson's Snipe Nesting Near Centerville, Anoka County2245N
1950Bibliography of Wilson's Snipe: Capella gallinago delicata (concluded)2249-60A
1955Census of Woodcock and Wilson's Snipe, 195527128N
1980Common Snipe in Cass County in Late January5244N
 
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)Vol.PageKey
1934Submersible Sandpiper661N
1978An Early Spotted Sandpiper50172N
1982Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5442-46A
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)Vol.PageKey
1973Evidence of Solitary Sandpiper Breeding4596N
1982Second Breeding Record for the Solitary Sandpiper South of Canada54144-147AP
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)Vol.PageKey
1946Marsh Hawk Captures Sick Yellow-legs18107N
1978Summer Record of Lesser Yellowlegs in Stearns County5056N
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)Vol.PageKey
1953The Willet at Duluth25126N
1955A Willet at Itasca State Park27174N
1971Willets on Sugar Lake, Wright County4323N
 
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)Vol.PageKey
1952A Late Record of the Greater Yellowlegs2434N
1953Two Early Shorebird Records2580N
1980Partial Albino Greater Yellowlegs52189N
1995Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds67100-103A
 
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)Vol.PageKey
1952The Wilson's Phalarope in Duluth2438N
1967Unusual Phalarope Feeding39108N
1977Late Date for Wilson's Phalarope in Anoka County4948N
1990Probable Wilson's Phalarope Breeding in Southern Wright County62156N
 
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)Vol.PageKey
1929Northern Phalarope Near Fort Snelling129N
1953Late Record for the Northern Phalarope25157N
1966Interesting Fall Shorebirds3874-75N
1967Unusual Phalarope Feeding39108N
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee61121-123A
1997Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee69151-153A
 
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)Vol.PageKey
1964The Red Phalarope in Minnesota3625N
1977Minnesota's Second Red Phalarope4944-45NP
1977Red Phalarope at Moorhead49172-173NP
1978Red Phalarope -- Mille Lacs Lake5045-46NP
1981First Red Phalarope for Minnesota Point5360-61NP
1992Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6415-18A
1992Red Phalarope in Dodge County6467-68NP
1993Red Phalarope in Hennepin County65208-209N
1994Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6643-44A
1995Red Phalarope in Roseau County67109N
1998Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7043-46A
1999Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7136-39A
1999Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee71156-159A
2001Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee73168-171A
2005Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee779-15AP
2006Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7840-47A
2007Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee79123-129A
2007Red Phalarope in Lac Qui Parle County79236N
2007Red Phalarope in Big stone County79238N
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee823-6A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee823-6A
2013Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee853-7A
2015Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee874-8A

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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