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: Ducks and Mergansers
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Oldsquaw
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
[Smew]
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
   NWintering Wood Ducks194012:18
   AWood Ducks at the Brackens194618:1-2
   NA Concentration of Wood Ducks at Hastings, Minnesota194618:104-105
   NWood Ducks Nesting in St. Paul194921:61
   NUnusual Wood Duck Nestings194921:61-62
   APWood Duck House Project195729:108-109
   AWood Duck in North Dakota195830:42-46
   AWaterfowl Brood Studies, Lake Itasca, Minnesota195830:122-126
   AWood Duck Nest in St. Cloud, Minnesota195931:2-3
   NPFood Habits of the Wood Duck196032:61
   NWood Ducks196133:25
   ADrama at Silver Lake196234:15-16
   NEarly Wood Duck Nesting196537:151
   AA Double-Brooded Wood Duck Record196638:83-84
   NUnusual Winter Records for Stearns County196739:63
   NThe Strange Case of the Stuck Duck196840:52-53
   AThe Wood Duck196941:52-53
   NCanvasback Adopts Young Wood Duck?197143:97
   AWood Duck Nest Box Utilization in Minnesota197749:25-28
   ASite Selection for Wood Duck Nest Boxes197850:191-194
   NFirst Record of a Hooded Merganser-Wood Duck Hybrid in the Wild197850:208-209
   ABack Yard Wood Ducks198658:162-166
   ADevelopment of a Suburban Wood Duck Nesting Colony in Bloomington, Minnesota198860:34-36
   NEvidence of Sense of Smell in Wood Ducks198961:202-203
   NWood Duck Olfactory Sense Questioned199163:137
   NMore on Wood Duck Olfaction199163:199-200
   NAlways? -- Well, Almost Always199163:200
 
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
   AExperiences with a Green-winged Teal19302:45
   NGreen-winged Teal19368:51
   NThe Green-winged Teal as a Diver196436:141
   NPBlue-winged Teal X Green-winged Teal Hybrid196739:59
   NGreen-winged Teal Nesting in South Central Minnesota196840:131-132
   NGreen-winged Teal Brood in Whitewater Park197648:186-187
   NGreen-winged Teal Brood in Beltrami County197850:206
   NGreen-winged Teal vs. Peregrine Falcon197951:200
 
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
   NBlack Duck19368:12
   NSome Unusual Minnesota Bird Observations194315:12
   NNotes on Waterfowl in the Canoe Country195325:48-49
   NShy Black Ducks197143:96
 
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
   NGrackles Destroy Mallard's Nest194315:34
   NFlight Speed of a Flock of Mallards194315:55
   NEight Female Mallard Ducks194517:92
   NA Mallard with Twisted Wings194820:107
   NMallards from Heaven195325:49-50
   NA Mallard Cowbird195426:40-41
   NWho Knows?195729:84
   NSnowy Owl Varies His Diet When He Comes South195830:72
   AWaterfowl Brood Studies, Lake Itasca, Minnesota195830:122-126
   NWaterfowl Sex Ratio195931:24
   NAn Avian Tumor195931:25
   ADrama at Silver Lake196234:15-16
   NBald Eagle Captures Duck196941:27
   NBald Eagle Captures a Mallard196941:57-58
   NUnusual Mallard Nesting Site196941:132-133
   NA Tree Nesting Mallard197749:183-184
   NMallards Nesting in Great Blue Heron Nests and Near an Active Great Horned Owl Nest197951:100-101
   NWintering Mallard Study in North-central Minnesota198658:201-204
   NCross-Species Fostering of a Canada Goose Gosling by a Wild Mallard Hen199365:209
   APRice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Holds Record Concentration of Waterfowl199567:38-39
 
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
 
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
   AMinnesota's First Garganey198759:111-112
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198860:13-16
   APMinnesota's Second Record of Garganey199365:55-57
 
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
   AA Teal in Strange Company19346:20
   NAdditional Notes on Ducks194618:14
   ANotes from a Study of the Blue-winged Teal194921:1-6
   AWaterfowl Brood Studies, Lake Itasca, Minnesota195830:122-126
   NWaterfowl Sex Ratio195931:24
   NBlue-winged Teal, Banded in Minnesota, Recovered in Mexico195931:27
   NPBlue-winged Teal X Green-winged Teal Hybrid196739:59
   NCinnamon Teal X Blue-winged Teal Hybrid196739:59-60
   NBlue-winged Teal Observed Diving196739:139-140
   NAdditional Observations of Teal Diving196941:29
   NTree Swallow, Broad-winged Hawk, and Blue-winged Teal Stay Late in Duluth197143:26
   NBlue-winged X Cinnamon Teal in Aitkin County199163:197-198
   NHybrid Cinnamon X Blue-winged Teal Observation from Lac Qui Parle County199567:179
 
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
   AUnusual Waterfowl Records for Minnesota196032:34-37
   NCinnamon Teal Seen Near Darwin196335:66
   NCinnamon Teal Seen Near Stillwater196335:66
   NCinnamon Teal in Big Stone County196335:66-67
   AUnusual Waterfowl Observed in Southwestern Minnesota196335:94-95
   NAdditional Cinnamon Teal Records196335:107
   NObservations from Morris, Stevens County -- Cinnamon Teal196436:24
   NCinnamon Teal Record196436:68
   NCinnamon Teal Observation196436:105
   NCinnamon Teal X Blue-winged Teal Hybrid196739:59-60
   NCinnamon Teal Seen Near Alberta196941:90
   NCinnamon Teal in Stevens County196941:129
   NCinnamon Teal Observed197446:117-118
   NCinnamon Teal in Yellow Medicine County197446:173-174
   NCinnamon Teal in Blue Earth County197547:134-135
   NCinnamon Teal in Grant County197648:116
   NCinnamon Teal Report197648:116
   NCinnamon Teal in Grant County197749:177-178
   NCinnamon Teal in Lincoln County197749:230
   NCinnamon Teal at Artichoke Lake197850:212-213
   NCinnamon Teal in Watonwan County197951:49
   NA Cinnamon Teal in Pipestone County198052:113
   NCinnamon Teal at the Fulda Sewage Ponds198052:114-115
   NCinnamon Teal in Anoka County198052:188
   NCinnamon Teal Prolongs Visit198153:166-167
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198254:147-150
   NBlue-winged X Cinnamon Teal in Aitkin County199163:197-198
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199567:45-47
   NHybrid Cinnamon X Blue-winged Teal Observation from Lac Qui Parle County199567:179
 
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
   NAdditional Notes on Ducks194618:14
 
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
 
Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
   AUnusual Waterfowl Records for Minnesota196032:34-37
   NAitkin County Observations196032:63
   NEuropean Wigeon Near Halsted196436:103
   NEuropean Wigeon Near Redwing196638:70-71
   NEuropean Wigeon Seen in Houston County196840:131
   NEuropean Wigeon at Mille Lacs Lake196941:27
   NEuropean Wigeon in Aitkin County197345:96
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198254:42-46
   NPEurasian Wigeon at Wood Lake Nature Center198557:181-182
   NEurasian Wigeon at Carlos Avery Refuge198658:99
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198658:146-147
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198759:143-144
   NEurasian Wigeons in Nicollet County198759:146-147
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199062:12-14
   NEurasian Wigeon at Frontenac199062:116
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199062:134-136
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199163:41-42
   NWigeon at Hyland Park199163:138-139
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199365:146-147
   NA Eurasian Wigeon in Wright County199365:154
   NComments on the Eurasian Wigeon Record199365:154-155
   NEurasian Wigeon in Cook County199466:107
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199466:127-128
   NProbable Hybrid Male Eurasian X American Wigeon in Dakota County199567:109-110
 
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
   NWigeon19368:51
   NUnusual Plumaged American Wigeon196436:140-141
   NWigeon at Hyland Park199163:138-139
   NProbable Hybrid Male Eurasian X American Wigeon in Dakota County199567:109-110
 
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
   NCanvasback Adopts Young Wood Duck?197143:97
   NCanvasback Breeding in Minnesota197951:46
 
Redhead (Aythya americana)
 
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
   AA Study of Ring-necked Duck Nesting in the Pothole Region of Mahnomen County, Minnesota195729:22-29
   AWaterfowl Brood Studies, Lake Itasca, Minnesota195830:122-126
   NWaterfowl Sex Ratio195931:24
   APRice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Holds Record Concentration of Waterfowl199567:38-39
 
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
   NGreater Scaup19379(2):7
   NUnusual Additions to the University Museum Collection194214:16
   NThe Greater Scaup in Minnesota194618:13-14
   NGreater Scaup, White-fronted Geese and Hoyt's Horned Larks Near Fort William, Ontario194618:102-104
   NFurther Observations on the Greater Scaup in Minnesota194719:54-55
   NGreater Scaup and Western Grebe in Fillmore County196032:31
   NGreater Scaup196537:109-110
   NThe Relative Abundance of the Greater Scaup in Early Spring Along the Mississippi River196638:74
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198961:10-13
 
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
   AStrange Actions of a Migrating Flight of Lesser Scaups194416:77-79
   APWaterfowl Mortality Due to Oil Pollution in the Vicinity of Red Wing, Minnesota195224:116-118
   NWaterfowl Sex Ratio195931:24
   NLesser Scaup with Unusual Number of Lead Shots in Gizzard196032:103
   NDrowning of Lesser Scaup in Drain Tile196941:56-57
 
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
   AThe Eider in the Upper Midwest195325:141-142
   AUnusual Waterfowl Records for Minnesota196032:34-37
   NAdditional Eider and Scoter Records196638:41
   NCommon Eiders Shot in Pope County196739:26
   NA Common Eider at Stoney Point197951:144
   NProbable Common Eider, Battle Lake, Otter Tail County198052:118
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198355:41-43
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198355:117-119
 
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
   AThe Eider in the Upper Midwest195325:141-142
   NKing Eider and Harlequin Duck in Lake County196335:70
   NPSecond King Eider Record for Minnesota196436:136
   NFour King Eiders at Lower Red Lake197143:90-91
   NKing Eider on Mille Lacs Lake197446:34
   ARare Sea Ducks at Grand Marais197547:11-12
   NPKing Eider Shot at Lake Osakis197749:179
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198961:10-13
   NPA King Eider at Grand Marais198961:38-39
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199163:41-42
   NPEleventh Recorded King Eider for Minnesota199163:66-67
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199567:45-47
   NAnother King Eider Record in Grand Marais199567:62-63
 
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
   AUnusual Waterfowl Records for Minnesota196032:34-37
   NHarlequin Duck Seen at Duluth196234:63
   NAnother Harlequin Duck Record for 1962196234:132-133
   NKing Eider and Harlequin Duck in Lake County196335:70
   NHarlequin Duck at Two Harbors196436:33
   NHarlequin Duck Record196436:65
   NAnother Harlequin Duck Record196436:65
   NAnother Record of the Harlequin Duck for St. Louis County196436:139-140
   NHarlequin Duck at Silver Lake197244:55
   NHarlequin Ducks in Cass County197244:55
   ARare Sea Ducks at Grand Marais197547:11-12
   NHarlequin Duck Near Hastings197749:183
   NTwo Harlequin Ducks in Duluth197749:243
   NImmature Male Harlequin Duck in Bemidji198355:37
   NPSummer Record of a Harlequin Duck198557:135
   NHarlequin Duck in Austin198759:50
   NHarlequin Duck at Lake Harriet198860:44
   NPHarlequin Duck at Whitewater198860:47
   NPHarlequin Duck Specimen198961:44
   NHarlequin Ducks Discover Cattle Egrets at Grand Marais198961:202
   NA Weekend of Sea Ducks198961:208
   NHarlequin Duck in Benton County199163:140-141
   NSummer Record for Harlequin Duck in Roseau County199163:211
   NHarlequin Duck Overwinters in Otter Tail County199365:158-159
   NHarlequin Duck in Hennepin County199466:101-102
 
Oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis)
   NTwo Unusual 1942 Records from the St. Cloud Area194214:30
   NOld-squaw Ducks Starve at Duluth194315:15-16
   NBald Eagle "Stoops" on Old Squaw Duck195022:19-20
   NOld Squaw Taken on Eagle Lake195325:81
   AUnusual Waterfowl Records for Minnesota196032:34-37
   NOldsquaw Seen in Minneapolis Area196032:66
   NNorthern Visitants to the Twin City Area196133:23-24
   NProbable Oldsquaws Near Mille Lacs197143:21
   NTwo Oldsquaws on Lake Minnewaska, Pope County197143:123
   NA First Oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis) Record for Mower County198355:182-183
   NA Weekend of Sea Ducks198961:208
   NA Wintering Oldsquaw in the Twin Cities199264:122-123
 
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
   AUnusual Waterfowl Records for Minnesota196032:34-37
   NWhite-winged, Surf, and Common Scoters in Duluth196234:27
   NScoters at Marshall197648:35-36
   NScoter Observations from Clay County, Minnesota198759:49-50
   NBlack Scoter at Big Stone NWR198961:149
   NA Weekend of Sea Ducks198961:208
   NBlack Scoters in Pine County199062:232
   NEarliest Fall Date for Black Scoter199163:66
 
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
   NSurf Scoter Near St. Paul19346:23
   NSurf Scoters in Cass County, Minnesota195527:92
   NSurf Scoters in Minnesota195830:73
   AUnusual Waterfowl Records for Minnesota196032:34-37
   NWhite-winged, Surf and Common Scoters in Duluth196234:27
   NA Winter Record for the Surf Scoter196436:68
   NSurf Scoter Record, Norman County, Minnesota196537:80
   NSurf Scoter197345:135
   NSurf Scoters at Marshall Sewage Lagoons197547:93
   NScoters at Marshall197648:35-36
   NPSurf Scoter in Marshall County198658:94-95
   NA Weekend of Sea Ducks198961:208
   NSurf Scoter in Hennepin County199062:166
 
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
   NWhite-winged Scoters on the Mississippi at Minneapolis194416:84
   NWhite-winged Scoters in Blue Earth County195426:157
   NUnusual Waterfowl Records for Minnesota196032:34-37
   NWhite-winged, Surf and Common Scoters in Duluth196234:27
   AUnusual Waterfowl Observed in Southwestern Minnesota196335:94-95
   NAdditional Eider and Scoter Records196638:41
   NFall Records of White-winged Scoters196840:54
   NScoters at Marshall197648:35-36
   NScoter Observations from Clay County, Minnesota198759:49-50
   NA Weekend of Sea Ducks198961:208
 
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
   NGolden-eye19368:51
   AObservations on the American Golden-eye194315:5-6
   NWinter Golden-eye Count in Minneapolis194719:22
   APWaterfowl Mortality Due to Oil Pollution in the Vicinity of Red Wing, Minnesota195224:116-118
   NA Possible Hybrid Common Goldeneye X Hooded Merganser198052:37
   ACommon Goldeneyes at Black Dog Lake198254:215-218
   NHybrid Duck in Otter Tail County199466:103-104
 
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
   NOccurrence of Barrow's Goldeneye in Minnesota194820:63-64
   NBarrow's Goldeneye at Saint Paul195628:79
   NPossible Sight Record of Barrow's Goldeneyes196537:47-48
   NBarrow's Goldeneye196537:84-85
   NBarrow's Goldeneye in St. Paul196638:41
   NBarrow's Goldeneyes in Twin Cities Area196739:103-104
   NDescription of Bird Thought to be a Barrow's Goldeneye196739:136-137
   NFemale Barrow's Goldeneye in Minneapolis197345:25
   NBarrow's Goldeneye in Lake County197446:121
   ARare Sea Ducks at Grand Marais197547:11-12
   NBarrow's Goldeneye, Cook County197547:99
   NBarrow's Goldeneye Near Duluth197547:100
   NBarrow's Goldeneye Record for Western Minnesota197547:141
   NPBarrow's Goldeneye Shot in Sherburne County197749:184
   NBarrow's Goldeneye at Duluth197749:243-244
   NBarrow's Goldeneye, Otter Tail County197850:176
   NA Barrow's Goldeneye Near Lilydale Served Up to Order198052:88
   NRare Pair of Barrow's Goldeneye198153:110-112
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198153:129-131
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198254:42-46
   NPBarrow's Goldeneye at Lake Calhoun198456:67
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198456:160-161
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198557:34-36
   NBarrow's Goldeneye at Black Dog198557:61-62
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198557:119-120
   NFemale Barrow's Goldeneye Observed in Hennepin County198658:99
   NBarrow's Goldeneye at Rochester198658:141
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198658:146-147
   NFemale Barrow's Goldeneye at Lake Calhoun198759:55-56
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198759:57-58
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198759:143-144
   NBarrow's Goldeneye at Grand Portage198961:140
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199062:12-14
   AA Well Studied Wintering Barrow's Goldeneye199062:96-99
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199062:134-136
   NBarrow's Goldeneye on Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge199062:165
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199163:41-42
   NBarrow's Goldeneye in Dakota County199163:72-73
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199163:154-155
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199466:127-128
   NFemale Barrow's Goldeneye in Ramsey County199567:61-62
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee199567:165-166
   NBarrow's Goldeneye in Ramsey County199567:176-177
   NBarrow's Goldeneye at Elk River199567:183-184
 
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
   NBufflehead Brood in Marshall County197850:213-214
   NBufflehead and Ducklings Found in Carver Park Reserve198355:123-124
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198456:17-20
   NBufflehead Brood at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge198557:136
   NPAnother Bufflehead Brood at Agassiz NWR198658:140
 
[Smew (Mergellus albellus)]
   AProceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee198557:34-36
 
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
   NHooded Merganser Nesting Near Hastings19346:22-23
   APWaterfowl Mortality Due to Oil Pollution in the Vicinity of Red Wing, Minnesota195224:116-118
   AWaterfowl Brood Studies, Lake Itasca, Minnesota195830:122-126
   NCourtship Activity of the Hooded Merganser196638:76-77
   NFirst Record of a Hooded Merganser-Wood Duck Hybrid in the Wild197850:208-209
   NA Possible Hybrid Common Goldeneye X Hooded Merganser198052:37
   NHybrid Duck in Otter Tail County199466:103-104
   NPUnusual Merganser Nesting199567:185-186
 
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
   NPacing Mergansers194012:34
   NUnusual Observation of American Merganser194719:78-79
   NHabits of the American Merganser194820:30
   NA Chimney-nest of the American Merganser195123:85-86
   APWaterfowl Mortality Due to Oil Pollution in the Vicinity of Red Wing, Minnesota195224:116-118
   NPA Common Merganser Hangs Itself198759:220
   APNesting Behavior of the Common Merganser199163:188-190
   ALate Fall Common Merganser Concentrations on the Mississippi River199264:10-12
 
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
   NBreeding of the Red-breasted Merganser194315:38
   APWaterfowl Mortality Due to Oil Pollution in the Vicinity of Red Wing, Minnesota195224:116-118
   NNotes on Waterfowl in the Canoe Country195325:48-49
   NRed-breasted Mergansers Breeding in Cass County197850:122-123
 
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
   AAn Isolated Ruddy Duck Colony194113:23-24
   NMiscellaneous Notes on Ruddy Ducks on the Mud Lake National Wildlife Refuge195628:128
   NRuddy Duck on Grand Marais Bird Count198456:70

Notes:

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