Hawks, Golden Eagle, Caracaras and Falcons

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: Hawks, Golden Eagle, Caracaras and Falcons

[Common Blackhawk]
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel

Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Prairie Falcon

[Common Blackhawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)]
	AP	Black Hawk Found in Bemidji	1978	50:31-34
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
	N	Red-shouldered Hawk	1930	2:17
	N	Repeated Nesting of the Red-shouldered Hawk Near Rochester	1944	16:30-31
	N	Nesting Birds of Prey: Red-shouldered Hawk, Wisconsin	1946	18:16-17
	AP	A Nesting of the Red-shouldered Hawk	1946	18:76-78
	N	Red-shouldered Hawk Comes to Feeding Station	1960	32:65
	N	Southern Birds in Stearns County	1964	36:104
	N	Red-shouldered Hawk Observed in Stevens County	1967	39:137
	N	Red-shouldered Hawk Nest, Hubbard County	1979	51:148
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	N	First Nest Record of the Red-shouldered Hawk in Becker County	1984	56:274-275
	N	Winter Records for Red-shouldered Hawk	1990	62:114-115
	A	Southeast Birds in Northwest Minnesota	1991	63:31-34

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
	A	Hawk and Owl Notes	1931	3:14
	A	Liberty	1932	4:46
	N	Banding Returns: Broad-winged Hawk	1938	10:10
	A	Banding Hawks and Owls	1939	11:17
	N	Nesting Birds of Prey: Broad-winged Hawk	1946	18:16-17
	N	Hawk Flight in Minneapolis	1957	29:39
	N	Melanistic Broad-winged Hawks	1964	36:23
	N	Gulls Drown Hawk in Lake Superior	1971	43:26
	N	Tree Swallow, Broad-winged Hawk, and Blue-winged Teal Stay Late in Duluth	1971	43:26
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:147-150
	N	Broad-winged Hawk Nest in Maplewood	1983	55:127
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:160-161
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:119-120
	N	Broad-winged Hawks -- March 10, 1985	1986	58:47
	N	Broad-winged Hawks Kettle Through Dodge County	1989	61:89
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
	N	A Swainson's Hawk Near Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota	1943	15:56
	N	Living in Harmony	1954	26:41
	N	Swainson's Hawk in Dodge County, Minnesota	1959	31:98
	N	Swainson's Hawk Nesting in Dodge County	1960	32:124
	N	Swainson's Hawk in Duluth	1962	34:99
	N	Melanistic Swainson's Hawk in Duluth	1970	42:145
	N	Possible Nesting of Swainson's Hawk in Steele County	1974	46:172
	A	Nesting of Swainson's Hawks in Southeastern Minnesota	1975	47:61-66
	N	Swainson's Hawks Nest Again in Austin	1975	47:193
	N	Swainson's Hawk Concentration	1976	48:186
	N	Late Swainson's Hawk in Anoka County	1979	51:47-48
	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	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:147-150
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	N	Erythristic Swainson's Hawk	1984	56:275
	N	Two Late Fall Migrant Raptors in Hennepin County	1985	57:183
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	N	A Kettle of Swainson's Hawks	1987	59:158
	A	The Red-tailed Hawk Impersonator	1989	61:119-121
	N	Very Late Date for Swainson's Hawk	1990	62:57
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140
	NP	First Summer Season Record of Swainson's Hawk in St. Louis County	1994	66:47-48
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1994	66:127-128

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
	A	Hawk and Owl Notes	1931	3:14
	A	Notes on Hawk Food	1931	3:28
	N	Red Squirrel Victim of Hawk	1941	13:10
	N	The Fred A. Barker Collection of Birds	1942	14:52-53
	N	Red-tailed Hawks and Garter Snakes	1943	15:35
	N	Nesting Birds of Prey: Red-tailed Hawk	1946	18:16
	N	Some Notes on Hawks, Owls, and Their Prey	1952	24:127-129
	N	A Pair of Hawks Nest with the Cliff Swallows	1955	27:175
	N	Red-tail Eats Cottontail	1956	28:161
	N	Harlan's Hawk Record	1964	36:67-68
	N	Harlan's Hawk Sight Record	1964	36:137
	AP	The Identification of Harlan's Hawk	1967	39:4-7
	N	Red-tailed Hawk Kills Pheasant Chick	1967	39:109
	N	Observation of a Krider's Hawk	1968	40:24
	N	Peregrine and Krider's Hawk Records	1968	40:132
	N	Harlan's Hawk in Lyon County	1968	40:132-133
	N	Harlan's Hawk in Lac Qui Parle County	1968	40:134
	N	Mating Behavior of Red-tailed Hawks	1969	41:90-91
	A	The Nesting Ecology of Some Hawks and Owls in Southeastern Minnesota	1970	42:48-62
	N	Buteo Hawks with Unusual Plumages	1971	43:22
	N	Red-tailed Hawk Attacks Pheasant	1972	44:56
	N	Partial Albino Buteo in Yellow Medicine County	1974	46:126
	AP	Observation of Nest Decoration and Food Habits of Red-tailed Hawks	1978	50:6-8
	A	A Study of Nesting Red-tailed Hawks in Central Minnesota	1978	50:129-137
	NP	Unusual Red-tailed Hawk Behavior	1979	51:208
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	N	First Nesting Record of Red-tailed Hawk in Ramsey County	1982	54:243-244
	A	Use of Artificial Nests by Great Gray Owls, Great Horned Owls, and Red-tailed Hawks in Northeastern	1985	57:150-152
	N	Rare Dark Phase Harlan's Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis harlani) Observed in Hennepin County	1986	58:204
	N	Report of an Albino Red-tailed Hawk Near Winona	1990	62:114
	N	Albino Red-tailed Hawk in Winona County	1992	64:61
	A	A Tale of "Tails": New Records at Hawk Ridge	1995	67:9-12

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
	N	Ferruginous Rough-leg (Buteo regalis) in Minnesota in July	1948	20:83
	N	Two Additional Records of the Ferruginous Hawk	1963	35:103-104
	N	Ferruginous Hawk Sight Record for Traverse County	1964	36:108
	N	Ferruginous Hawk Sight Record for Morrison County	1965	37:109
	N	Adult Ferruginous Hawk	1966	38:75
	N	First Winter Record for a Ferruginous Hawk	1976	48:74
	N	Ferruginous Hawk at Lake Benton	1976	48:121-122
	N	Probable Ferruginous Hawk in Lyon County	1977	49:176
	N	Immature Ferruginous Hawk in Rock County	1977	49:176-177
	N	Summer Observation of a Pair of Ferruginous Hawks	1977	49:234
	N	Ferruginous Hawk, Traverse County	1979	51:102
	N	Dark Phase Ferruginous Hawk	1979	51:150-151
	N	Immature Ferruginous Hawk	1980	52:90-91
	N	Ferruginous Hawk, Traverse County	1981	53:115-116
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1981	53:129-131
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:147-150
	A	Field Identification of the Ferruginous Hawk	1982	54:161-164
	N	Ferruginous Hawk and Snowy Egret at Big Stone Dam	1982	54:179-180
	N	Ferruginous Hawk at Agassiz NWR, Marshall County	1982	54:191
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43
	N	Immature Ferruginous Hawk -- Wilkin County	1984	56:268
	N	Ferruginous Hawk -- Further Notes on Identification	1985	57:138-139
	N	Ferruginous Hawk in Big Stone County	1985	57:180
	N	Ferruginous Hawk in Grant County	1988	60:52
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109
	N	Ferruginous Hawk in Dodge County	1989	61:92
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:121-123
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	N	Summer Record of Ferruginous Hawk	1991	63:64
	N	Immature Ferruginous Hawk in Wilkin County	1991	63:200-201
	N	Ferruginous Hawk at Felton Prairie	1991	63:279
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	N	Summer Record for Ferruginous Hawk	1994	66:53-55
	N	Ferruginous Hawk Seen in Red Lake County	1994	66:212-213
	N	Ferruginous Hawk in Itasca County	1995	67:187

Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
	A	Notes on Hawk Food	1931	3:28
	N	American Rough-legged Buzzard	1936	8:51
	N	A Summer Sight-record of the American Rough-legged Hawk	1950	22:127-128
	N	Rough-legged Hawk Attempts to Kill Pheasants	1965	37:50
	N	Strange-plumaged Buteo Observed in Stevens County	1967	39:69-71
	N	Summer Observations of Rough-legged Hawks in Aitkin County	1976	48:35
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:143-144
	N	Summer Sighting of a Rough-legged Hawk	1987	59:149-150
	N	A Note on Variable Rough-legged Hawk Plumages	1988	60:131-132
	N	Rough-legged Hawk Preys on Short-eared Owl	1990	62:108
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	A	A Tale of "Tails": New Records at Hawk Ridge	1995	67:9-12

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
	N	Eagles in Minnesota	1947	19:53-54
	N	Golden Eagle in Lyon County	1962	34:63-64
	N	Golden Eagle at Nerstrand Woods	1963	35:139
	N	Golden Eagles in Houston County	1966	38:144-145
	N	First Summer Record of Golden Eagle in Minnesota	1984	56:196-197
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45
	N	Early Golden Eagle in Stevens County	1992	64:234-235
	A	A Tale of "Tails": New Records at Hawk Ridge	1995	67:9-12

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:45-47
	N	Crested Caracara in Scott County	1995	67:59-61

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
	N	Winter Sparrow Hawk	1934	6:13
	N	Adventures with a Sparrow Hawk	1941	13:32
	N	Banded Marsh and Sparrow Hawk Returns	1941	13:34
	N	Nesting Birds of Prey: Sparrow Hawk	1946	18:16-17
	N	Notes on Hawks	1946	18:108
	N	Sparrow Hawks Move into a Martin House	1948	20:82-83
	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	Sparrow Hawks Accept Make-shift Nest	1957	29:39
	N	Hawk Notes	1959	31:101
	N	Sparrow Hawks Catch Mouse and Eat Snake	1967	39:109
	AP	A Most Unusual and Unique Sparrow Hawk	1969	41:4-7
	N	Sparrow Hawk Chases Junco	1972	44:56
	N	Crow Harasses Kestrel	1974	46:123
	N	A Kestrel Kill in Downtown Minneapolis	1976	48:178
	N	Interesting American Kestrel Nest Site	1980	52:195
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	NP	American Kestrels Fledged	1987	59:53
	N	Albino American Kestrel at Duluth	1988	60:44
	AP	Minnesota's Mini-Falcon	1995	67:136-138

Merlin (Falco columbarius)
	N	Pigeon Hawk	1936	8:51
	A	Banding Hawks and Owls	1939	11:17
	N	Pigeon Hawk Recovered	1941	13:10
	N	Eastern Merlin Releases Small Bird	1955	27:128
	N	Pigeon Hawk Observed Capturing Chimney Swift	1959	31:133
	N	Winter Record for the Pigeon Hawk	1966	38:76
	A	The Pigeon Hawk in Minnesota	1966	38:129-132
	N	Winter Observation of a Merlin in Polk County	1977	49:108-109
	N	Winter Merlin in Sherburne County	1978	50:47
	A	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	1982	54:73-104
	N	An Unusual Merlin Diet	1993	65:214-215
	A	A Tale of "Tails": New Records at Hawk Ridge	1995	67:9-12

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
	N	Duck Hawks of the Mississippi River Bluffs	1940	12:32-33
	A	Adventure with a Duck Hawk	1941	13:13-14
	N	Further Notes on Duck Hawks	1941	13:38
	N	Duck Hawks of the Mississippi and the North Shore	1942	14:32
	N	Duck Hawk Strikes Decoys	1942	14:53
	N	Nesting Birds of Prey: Duck Hawks	1946	18:16
	N	Two Interesting Bird Incidents	1948	20:64
	N	Duck Hawk at West Twin Lake	1955	27:130
	N	Evidence that Falcons Fly at Night	1955	27:132
	N	Peregrine Falcon in Western Minnesota	1965	37:83-84
	A	Peregrine Falcon Sightings	1968	40:41
	N	A Fall Record for the Peregrine Falcon in Western Minnesota	1968	40:54
	N	Peregrine and Krider's Hawk Records	1968	40:132
	N	Winter Peregrine Sighting	1972	44:30
	N	Summer Peregrine Sighting	1972	44:54-55
	N	Fall Peregrine Sighting	1972	44:123-124
	N	Peregrine Seen	1974	46:125-126
	N	Peregrine Falcons in Clay County	1975	47:43
	N	Peregrine Falcon Sightings in Northwestern Minnesota	1978	50:51-52
	N	Peregrine Falcon Shot	1978	50:204
	N	Green-winged Teal vs. Peregrine Falcon	1979	51:200
	N	Peregrine Falcon Observation	1979	51:206
	N	Summer Sighting of a Peregrine Falcon in Nobles County	1981	53:219-220
	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
	AP	Minnesota's Peregrine Falcon Reintroduction Project: 1982 Hack Site Report	1983	55:3-8
	N	An Observation of a Peregrine Falcon	1985	57:183
	NP	Peregrine Falcon Sightings at NSP King Plant	1988	60:138
	AP	Dispersal, Nest Site Selection, and Age of First Breeding in Peregrine Falcons Released in the Upper Midwest,	1988	60:148-151
	N	Falcons at French Lake, Hennepin County	1988	60:183
	AP	Peregrine Falcon Restoration: Expectation vs. Reality	1989	61:160-162
	N	Spring Peregrine Falcon Sightings in Western Minnesota	1990	62:117
	N	Peregrine Falcon Preys on Sharp-tailed Grouse at Lek	1990	62:230
	A	1991 Peregrine Falcon Nesting Summary -- Midwest United States	1991	63:191-193
	N	Peregrine Falcon Behavior	1993	65:100-101
	AP	Peregrine Paternity Case	1993	65:107-110
	NP	Immature Peregrine Falcon Preys on Sharp-shinned Hawk	1993	65:213-214

Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
	N	Winter Occurrence of the Gyrfalcon in Lake County, Minnesota	1957	29:86
	N	Gyrfalcons in the Duluth Area	1960	32:31
	N	Sight Record of a Gyrfalcon	1964	36:24-25
	N	Gyrfalcon Sight Record	1964	36:25-26
	N	Gyrfalcon Record	1965	37:53-54
	N	Gyrfalcon Observation in Lake County	1966	38:71
	N	Gyrfalcon Seen in Scott County	1966	38:72
	N	Gyrfalcon in Cook County	1966	38:144
	N	Gray Gyrfalcon in Cook County	1967	39:62-63
	N	Gyrfalcon in Roseau County	1967	39:104
	N	Possible Gyrfalcon	1968	40:26
	N	Possible Gyrfalcon at Duluth	1968	40:55
	N	A Minnesota Gyrfalcon	1970	42:144
	A	Gyrfalcon Loaded with Poisons	1971	43:32
	N	Gyrfalcon in Aitkin County	1973	45:25
	N	Gyrfalcon Sighting	1974	46:89-90
	NP	A Gyrfalcon at Hawk Ridge	1975	47:45-46
	N	Late Gyrfalcon -- Otter Tail County	1977	49:109
	NP	Gyrfalcon Specimen	1977	49:177
	N	Gyrfalcon in Beltrami County	1979	51:148-149
	N	Gyrfalcon in Wadena County	1982	54:132-133
	N	Gyrfalcon Recovery from West Central Minnesota	1982	54:181
	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
	N	A Record Late Date for Gyrfalcon	1991	63:201
	N	Gyrfalcon Observation in Norman County	1992	64:68
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140
	A	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991, 1992	1992	64:189-195
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1994	66:43-44
	A	A Home for a Wandering Gyrfalcon	1994	66:70-71
	N	Gyrfalcon in Duluth	1994	66:104
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1994	66:127-128
	N	Eye to Eye with a Gyrfalcon	1995	67:118-119
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:165-166

Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
	N	Golden Plovers, Magpie, Prairie Falcon, and Buteos at Lake Traverse	1943	15:11-12
	N	Prairie Falcons in Mahnomen and Pennington Counties	1959	31:135
	N	Mountain Bluebirds and Prairie Falcon in Rock County	1974	46:119-120
	A	The Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1974	46:166
	N	A Prairie Falcon in Anoka County	1974	46:168
	N	Prairie Falcon	1974	46:168-169
	N	Prairie Falcon in Yellow Medicine County	1975	47:98-99
	N	A Prairie Falcon in Clay County	1976	48:38-39
	N	Additional Prairie Falcon Reports for Minnesota	1977	49:47-48
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Prairie Falcon in Morrison County	1977	49:54
	N	Prairie Falcon at Blue Mounds Park	1977	49:106
	N	Prairie Falcon, Otter Tail County	1977	49:231
	N	Prairie Falcon in Aitkin County	1977	49:231-232
	N	Prairie Falcon Seen at Rothsay	1977	49:244
	N	Prairie Falcon at Rothsay Prairie	1978	50:216
	N	Prairie Falcon Near Fergus Falls	1979	51:49-50
	N	Prairie Falcon Observed at Hawk Ridge	1979	51:205-206
	N	More Prairie Falcons in Western Minnesota	1980	52:40-41
	N	A Prairie Falcon in Lake County	1980	52:90
	N	Prairie Falcon in Roseau County	1980	52:91-92
	A	The Prairie Falcon: Minnesota's Next Regular?	1981	53:104-107
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1981	53:129-131
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:147-150
	N	Prairie Falcon and Cattle Egret in Cottonwood County	1982	54:179
	N	Prairie Falcon Observations	1983	55:122-123
	N	Prairie Falcon Returns to Winter at Rothsay	1984	56:130
	N	Falcons at French Lake, Hennepin County	1988	60:183
	N	Prairie Falcon in Hennepin County	1989	61:42-43
	N	Prairie Falcon Seen in Olmsted County	1989	61:153-154
	N	Smith's Longspurs and Prairie Falcons in Western Minnesota	1989	61:200
	A	The Prairie Falcon in Minnesota	1990	62:63-69
	N	Two Prairie Falcons in Marshall County	1990	62:106-108
	N	Prairie Falcon in Cottonwood County	1990	62:117
	N	High Numbers of Prairie Falcons in Western Minnesota	1992	64:64
	N	Prairie Falcon in Minneapolis	1992	64:69
	N	Prairie Falcon in Renville County	1992	64:69
	N	Prairie Falcon at Black Dog Lake	1992	64:70
	N	Prairie Falcon Overwinters in Minneapolis	1995	67:114

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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