Bitterns, Herons, Ibis and Storks

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: Bitterns, Herons, Ibis and Storks

American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
White Ibis
[Wood Stork]

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
	A	The Bittern's Courtship Antics	1929	1:15
	A	Unusual Nesting Sites	1931	3:10
	A	A Bittern's Courtship Actions	1937	9(3,4):12
	A	A Bittern Uses its Coloration	1938	10:5

Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
	A	The Least Bittern's Meal Ticket	1933	5:55
	A	Nesting of the Least Bittern	1944	16:19-21
	N	Interesting Observations from Kandiyohi and Lac Qui Parle Counties	1956	28:127
	AP	Least Bittern Nesting	1968	40:36
	N	Least Bittern Caught in Crow Wing County	1969	41:130-131

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
	N	Cormorant-Great Blue Heron Rookery	1950	22:128
	N	Cormorant-Great Blue Heron Rookery	1951	23:58-59
	N	Living with Great Blue Herons	1952	24:131
	N	The 1952 Census of Tom's Island	1952	24:163-164
	N	Great Blue Herons on Long Lake	1953	25:81
	N	Heron Rookery on Lake Koronis	1954	26:41
	AP	Heron Rookery Damaged by Storm	1954	26:106-107
	N	Great Blue Heron Robs Osprey of Fish	1955	27:129
	N	An Unusual Nesting Record in Kandiyohi County	1955	27:173
	N	"Sportsmen" Slaughter the Great Blue Heron	1955	27:175
	N	A Large Heronry at Afton, Minnesota	1956	28:39
	A	Heron Island - General Shields Lake	1956	28:130-132
	N	The Rice Lake Heronry	1958	30:37
	N	An Oil-soaked Great Blue Heron	1958	30:160
	A	Great Blue Heron and Common Egret Colonies in Minnesota	1959	31:65
	N	Grace Lake Heron Colony	1959	31:100
	N	Possible Sight Record of the Great White Heron	1961	33:56-57
	AP	Storm Damage to a Heron Rookery	1962	34:78-80
	N	Notes on an Unreported Heron Rookery	1962	34:101
	N	Observations of a Rookery Containing Great Blue Herons, Common Egrets, Black-crowned Night-Herons, and Double-crested Cormorants	1966	38:106-107
	A	Feeding Behavior of the Great Blue Heron in Itasca State Park, Minnesota	1967	39:116-120
	A	Great Blue Herons	1968	40:37-40
	N	Raccoon Pilfered a Great Blue Heron's Nest	1968	40:133
	N	Nocturnal Hunting by the Great Blue Heron	1971	43:57-58
	A	The 1971 Spring Migration at the Cold Spring Heron Colony	1971	43:75-77
	N	Late Great Blue Heron at Lake Pulaski	1972	44:30
	A	The 1972 Great Blue Heron Migration in Minnesota	1972	44:85-87
	N	Osprey in a Great Blue Heron Nest	1972	44:91-92
	A	A Study of the Pig's Eye Lake Heron Colonies	1973	45:32-45
	A	The 1973 Great Blue Heron Migration in Minnesota	1975	47:66-69
	N	The 1975 Spring Migration at the Cold Spring Heron Colony	1975	47:153-155
	N	Unusual Feeding Behavior of a Great Blue Heron	1977	49:233-234
	A	Status of Great Blue Herons on the Chippewa National Forest	1978	50:104-106
	N	Mallards Nesting in Great Blue Heron Nests and Near an Active Great Horned Owl Nest	1979	51:100-101
	N	Eagle, Osprey, Heron Nesting Report -- 1979	1979	51:203-205
	N	Unusual Behavior of Black-crowned Night-Herons and Great Blue Herons	1980	52:115-116
	N	Great Blue Heron Feeding Behavior	1980	52:120
	N	Storm Damage to Egrets and Waterfowl, Grant and Wilkin Counties	1980	52:184-185
	N	1980 Bald Eagle, Osprey and Blue Heron Nesting, Superior National Forest	1980	52:193
	N	Heron Rookery at Minnesota Lake	1984	56:200-201
	A	The Aggressive Responses of a Nesting Osprey in a Great Blue Heron Colony	1984	56:214-215
	A	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	1985	57:67-78
	N	The Battle of Moose Lake	1988	60:183-184

Great Egret (Ardea alba)
	N	American Egrets	1937	9(3,4):6
	N	American Egret	1938	10:13(25)
	A	More Minnesota American Egret News	1939	11:13
	N	Observations on American Egrets	1944	16:58-59
	N	American Egrets Near Minneapolis	1945	17:91-92
	N	American Egrets in Minnesota	1946	18:63-64
	N	Egrets Near Hastings	1946	18:64
	N	Egrets Near Winona	1947	19:53
	N	American Egrets in Minnesota	1947	19:79
	N	Occurrence of the American Egret and the Little Blue Heron in Northeastern Iowa	1947	19:104-105
	N	Egret Distribution in August, 1949	1949	21:120-121
	N	Status of American Egrets in Rice County	1953	25:81-82
	N	A Large Heronry at Afton, Minnesota	1956	28:39
	A	Heron Island - General Shields Lake	1956	28:130-132
	A	Great Blue Heron and Common Egret Colonies in Minnesota	1959	31:65
	N	A Common Egret in the Minnesota Lakehead Region	1961	33:54
	AP	Storm Damage to a Heron Rookery	1962	34:78-80
	N	Notes on an Unreported Heron Rookery	1962	34:101
	N	Observations of a Rookery Containing Great Blue Herons, Common Egrets, Black-crowned Night-Herons, and Double-crested Cormorants	1966	38:106-107
	NP	Common Egret in St. Louis County	1967	39:66
	N	Common Egrets in Itasca State Park	1969	41:130
	N	Common Egret Seen Near Duluth	1970	42:77
	N	Concentration of Common Egrets, Stearns County	1970	42:117
	N	Common Egrets in Mille Lacs County	1971	43:92-93
	A	A Study of the Pig's Eye Lake Heron Colonies	1973	45:32-45
	N	Storm Damage to Egrets and Waterfowl, Grant and Wilkin Counties	1980	52:184-185
	N	Large Numbers of Great Egrets in Aitkin County	1981	53:232
	N	Late Date for Great Egret	1983	55:34
	N	Heron Rookery at Minnesota Lake	1984	56:200-201
	A	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	1985	57:67-78
	N	First Great Egrets in Cook County	1986	58:47
	N	Atypical Food Capture by Bald Eagle	1992	64:166

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
	N	Snowy Egret in Faribault County, Minnesota	1950	22:130
	N	Snowy Egret at Lake Traverse	1952	24:86
	N	Snowy Egret in North Dakota	1953	25:111
	N	Snowy Egret at Swan Lake, Nicollet County	1963	35:99-100
	N	Snowy Egret Seen in Hennepin County	1964	36:65
	N	Snowy Egret at Agassiz Refuge	1966	38:70
	N	Snowy Egret at Agassiz Refuge	1966	38:140
	N	Snowy Egret at Cottonwood, Lyon County	1970	42:118
	N	Snowy Egret in St. Paul Suburb	1971	43:56-57
	AP	Cattle Egret, Little Blue Heron, and Possible Snowy Egret Nestings at the Lake Johanna Rookery, Pope County, Minnesota	1972	44:36-43
	N	Snowy Egret Observation	1975	47:134
	N	Early Snowy Egret in Murray County	1976	48:116-117
	N	Snowy Egret Near Lake City	1976	48:117
	N	Snowy Egret at Agassiz Refuge	1976	48:177
	N	Snowy Egret in Lincoln County	1977	49:102-103
	NP	Snowy Egret on Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge	1977	49:185
	N	Snowy Egret, Grant County	1978	50:47
	N	A Gathering of Snowy Egrets	1978	50:207-208
	N	Snowy Egret in Nicollet County	1979	51:154
	N	Snowy Egrets at Heron Lake	1979	51:209
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1981	53:129-131
	N	Early Snowy Egret in Anoka County	1981	53:164
	N	Ferruginous Hawk and Snowy Egret at Big Stone Dam	1982	54:179-180
	N	Snowy Egret in Nicollet County	1982	54:188
	A	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	1985	57:67-78
	N	First Snowy Egret Record for St. Louis County	1985	57:141-142
	NP	Snowy Egret Nest at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge	1986	58:134-135
	N	A Kentucky Warbler in Houston County and a Few Other Good Birds	1989	61:90-91

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
	N	Occurrence of the American Egret and Little Blue Heron in Northeastern Iowa	1947	19:104-105
	N	A Second Little Blue Heron in Minnesota	1956	28:165
	N	Little Blue Heron at Frontenac	1964	36:69
	N	Sight Record for a Little Blue Heron	1965	37:46
	N	Possible Little Blue Heron Sighting	1967	39:105-106
	N	Fourth Little Blue Heron Record	1969	41:91
	N	Adult Little Blue Heron at Heron Lake	1970	42:73
	AP	Cattle Egret, Little Blue Heron, and Possible Snowy Egret Nestings at the Lake Johanna Rookery, Pope County, Minnesota	1972	44:36-43
	NP	Little Blue Heron at Virginia	1972	44:123
	N	Cattle Egrets and Little Blue Herons in Grant County Heronry	1973	45:21-22
	N	Little Blue Heron Seen in Hennepin County	1973	45:62-63
	N	Early Date for a Little Blue Heron	1974	46:125
	NP	Little Blue Heron at Whitewater	1976	48:120-121
	N	Little Blue Herons in Lac Qui Parle County	1977	49:48-49
	NP	Little Blue Herons at Pelican Lake	1977	49:103
	N	First Minnesota Specimen Records of the Cattle Egret and Little Blue Heron	1977	49:170
	N	Early Little Blue Heron in Meeker County	1977	49:176
	N	Little Blue Heron at Duluth	1980	52:90
	NP	Little Blue Heron Nests at Lake Johanna	1981	53:224
	A	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	1985	57:67-78
	N	Little Blue Heron at Ely	1985	57:135-136
	A	Two Herons and Some Other Birds	1989	61:80-81
	NP	Little Blue Heron in Anoka County	1991	63:136-137
	N	Little Blue Herons in Lyon County	1992	64:68

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
	N	Observation of a Louisiana Heron in Minnesota	1964	36:106
	N	Second Sight Record for the Louisiana Heron in Minnesota	1971	43:93
	N	Louisiana Herons	1977	49:168
	N	Louisiana Heron Sightings, Grant County	1977	49:168
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1981	53:129-131
	N	Louisiana Heron at Sherburne NWR	1981	53:171
	N	Louisiana Heron in Becker County	1982	54:188-189
	N	Tricolored Heron Near Alden in Bryson-Pedersen Marsh Area	1983	55:179-180
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:17-20
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:160-161
	N	Tricolored Heron in Hennepin County	1984	56:196
	N	Tricolored Heron Summers at Agassiz NWR	1987	59:49
	A	Two Herons and Some Other Birds	1989	61:80-81
	NP	Tricolored Heron in Hennepin County	1989	61:82
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:121-123
	N	Tricolored Heron in Carver County	1990	62:233
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140
	N	Tricolored Heron from Winona County	1992	64:171-172

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
	N	Possible Sight Record of the Cattle Egret in Minnesota	1959	31:103-104
	N	Minnesota's Second Cattle Egret	1961	33:58-59
	N	Cattle Egret Observed Near Vasa, Goodhue County	1962	34:98-99
	N	Cattle Egret Seen in Minneapolis	1964	36:69
	NP	Cattle Egrets at Winona	1966	38:38-39
	N	Cattle Egret in Lac Qui Parle County	1969	41:128
	N	Cattle Egret Observation	1970	42:75
	N	Cattle Egret in Ramsey County	1970	42:76
	N	Cattle Egret at Frog Lake, Stevens County	1970	42:117-118
	N	Cattle Egret Near Wabasha	1970	42:147
	N	Cattle Egret Observation	1971	43:96
	AP	Cattle Egret, Little Blue Heron, and Possible Snowy Egret Nestings at the Lake Johanna Rookery, Pope County, Minnesota	1972	44:36-43
	NP	Cattle Egrets in Houston County	1972	44:122-123
	N	Cattle Egrets and Little Blue Herons in Grant County Heronry	1973	45:21-22
	N	Early Record for Cattle Egrets, Wabasha County	1973	45:62
	N	Cattle Egrets Nesting at Pelican Lake	1973	45:100
	N	Late Cattle Egrets	1975	47:93-94
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Cattle Egret in Duluth	1976	48:34-35
	N	First Minnesota Specimen Records of the Cattle Egret and Little Blue Heron	1977	49:170
	N	Late Cattle Egret	1979	51:205
	N	A Late Cattle Egret	1982	54:62-63
	NP	1980 Record of a Cattle Egret from Cook County	1982	54:134
	N	Prairie Falcon and Cattle Egret in Cottonwood County	1982	54:179
	A	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	1985	57:67-78
	N	Harlequin Ducks Discover Cattle Egrets at Grand Marais	1989	61:202
	N	Cattle Egrets in Ramsey County	1995	67:113

Green Heron (Butorides striatus)
	N	Green Herons at Goose Lake	1943	15:16-17
	N	Little Green Heron in Itasca State Park	1958	30:38
	N	Green Heron Sight Record in Lake County, Minnesota	1964	36:108-109
	N	Observation of a Dying Green Heron at Lake Pulaski, Wright County	1971	43:96-97
	N	Results from the Analysis of the Lake Pulaski Green Heron for Pesticide Poisoning	1972	44:26-27
	A	A Northern Green Heron Colony	1980	52:99-101
	N	Northern Green Heron Colony	1981	53:235-236

Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
	N	Banding Return: Black-crowned Night-Heron	1937	9(3,4):6
	A	Banding Night Herons	1938	10:11-12
	N	An Unusual Nesting Record in Kandiyohi County	1955	27:173
	N	Observations of a Rookery Containing Great Blue Herons, Common Egrets, Black-crowned Night-Herons, and Double-crested Cormorants	1966	38:106-107
	N	A Late Date for the Black-crowned Night-Heron	1967	39:63
	A	A Study of the Pig's Eye Lake Heron Colonies	1973	45:32-45
	N	Unusual Black-crowned Night-Heron Behavior	1980	52:91
	N	Unusual Behavior of Black-crowned Night-Herons and Great Blue Herons	1980	52:115-116
	N	Storm Damage to Egrets and Waterfowl, Grant and Wilkin Counties	1980	52:184-185
	N	Heron Rookery at Minnesota Lake	1984	56:200-201
	A	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	1985	57:67-78

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax violaceus)
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nests in Southeast Minnesota	1955	27:171-172
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons Return to Houston County	1956	28:169
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons at the Fish Hatchery Pool, St. Paul, Ramsey County	1959	31:135
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Olmsted County	1962	34:64
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons Expanding Range in Minnesota	1963	35:102-103
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nesting in South Saint Paul	1964	36:134-135
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in the St. Cloud Area	1965	37:80-81
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Stevens County	1965	37:81
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Record	1966	38:108
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	1966	38:109
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Reported from Hopkins	1968	40:24
	A	Where and How to Find the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Minnesota	1970	42:98
	N	A New Area for Yellow-crowned Night-Herons	1974	46:174-175
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Cedar Creek	1977	49:175-176
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Anoka County	1977	49:230
	N	Northern-most Nest of a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	1978	50:214-215
	NP	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Agassiz NWR, Marshall County	1981	53:54
	NP	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron's Nest at Pig's Eye	1981	53:171-172
	N	Probable Nesting of Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Aitkin County	1981	53:232
	NP	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons Nest Again in Aitkin County	1982	54:244-245
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Thief Lake	1982	54:250-251
	A	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	1985	57:67-78
	N	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons	1985	57:142
	N	Late Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	1991	63:67-68

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
	N	A Glossy Ibis at Weaver, Minnesota	1956	28:167
	N	Glossy Ibises Observed on Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge	1966	38:41
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:57-58
	A	A Glossy Ibis in Minnesota	1992	64:5-10
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
	N	White-faced Ibis at Heron Lake	1967	39:108
	N	Fall Observation of a White-faced Ibis	1971	43:126
	N	A White-faced Ibis in Lincoln County	1975	47:131
	N	White-faced Ibis in Wabasha County	1975	47:131
	N	Ibis Sighting in Mahnomen County	1977	49:181-182
	N	White-faced Ibis at Shields Lake	1978	50:170-171
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1981	53:129-131
	N	White-faced Ibis	1981	53:165
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	N	White-faced Ibis at Gun Club Lake	1985	57:59
	N	White-faced Ibis in Lac Qui Parle County	1986	58:138
	N	White-faced Ibis in Martin County	1986	58:138
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	N	A White-faced Ibis on Salt Lake Weekend	1988	60:137
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136
	NP	A White-faced Ibis in Dakota and Hennepin Counties	1990	62:154-156
	N	Brown County's First White-faced Ibis	1990	62:159-160
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	N	White-faced Ibis Near Waterville	1991	63:206
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136
	AP	Minnesota's First State Record White Ibis	1995	67:71-72
	Plegadis	sp.
	N	Ibis Seen in Roseville	1972	44:91
	N	Ibis Seen in Clearwater County	1976	48:179
	N	Ibis in Big Stone County	1977	49:51
	N	An Ibis in Cook County	1978	50:171
	N	An Ibis in Lyon County	1980	52:191
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1981	53:129-131
	N	An Ibis in Cottonwood County	1981	53:164-165
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	N	An Ibis at the Crookston Sewage Ponds	1983	55:128
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:17-20
	N	Ibis at North Heron Lake	1986	58:141
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	N	An Ibis in Marshall County	1989	61:201
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:12-14
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	AP	Immature Plegadis Ibises at Thielke Lake	1995	67:123-129
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:165-166

[Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)]
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:121-123

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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