Plovers, Sandpipers and Phalaropes

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: Plovers, Sandpipers and Phalaropes

Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
[Mountain Plover]
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper

Upland Sandpiper
Eskimo Curlew
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
[Spoonbill Sandpiper]
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
	N	Golden Plovers, Magpie, Prairie Falcon, and Buteos at Lake Traverse	1943	15:11-12
	N	Fall Records of the Golden Plover at the Canadian Lakehead	1949	21:60-61
	N	American Golden Plover: An Unusual Date	1964	36:30
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
	N	Snowy Plover at Marshall	1976	48:115
	NP	Snowy Plover at Big Stone NWR	1981	53:220-221
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	NP	Snowy Plover at Lake of the Woods	1982	54:242
	N	Another Snowy Plover at Lake of the Woods	1983	55:177
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:17-20
	N	Minnesota's Fifth Snowy Plover Record	1986	58:142-143
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:57-58
	N	A Snowy Plover at Agassiz NWR, Marshall County	1987	59:155
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16

Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
	AP	First Record of Wilson's Plover for Minnesota	1981	53:123-125
	N	Wilson's Plover at Duluth	1982	54:243

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
	N	The Status of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) on Minnesota Point	1940	12:34
	N	Additional Observations on the Nesting of Piping Plovers in Duluth	1946	18:11
	NP	A Killdeer Egg in a Piping Plover Nest	1948	20:79-81
	N	Piping Plover in Minneapolis	1963	35:71
	AP	Notes on the Nesting Ecology of the Piping Plover	1979	51:74-78
	N	Observations from Pine/Curry Islands - Lake of the Woods	1979	51:144-145
	A	New Colonies in Lake of the Woods	1982	54:37-39
	A	Status and Reproductive Success of the Piping Plover in Lake of the Woods	1984	56:106-109
	N	Piping Plover in Hennepin County	1986	58:94
	A	Population Studies of Piping Plovers at Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, 1982-1987	1987	59:113-117

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
	NP	A Killdeer Egg in a Piping Plover Nest	1948	20:79-81
	N	Killdeer Feeding	1956	28:78-79
	N	Killdeer Nest on Roof; Young Jump Down	1970	42:117
	N	Upland Plover in with a Flock of Killdeers	1970	42:147
	N	Crows Preying on Juvenile Killdeer	1979	51:149
	NP	An Albinistic Killdeer in Duluth	1987	59:147-148

[Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)]
	N	Possible Mountain Plovers Seen at Moorhead	1974	46:115
	A	Minnesota's First Mountain Plover Record	1986	58:154-158
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:57-58
	A	Deletion of Mountain Plover from Minnesota State List	1988	60:146-148
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1981	53:129-131
	NP	Black-necked Stilts in Stevens County	1989	61:139
	N	Black-necked Stilts, Stevens County	1989	61:139-140
	N	Minnesota's First Black-necked Stilt	1989	61:197
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:12-14
	N	Minnesota's Third Record of Black-necked Stilt	1992	64:166-167
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
	N	American Avocets	1937	9(3,4):6
	N	American Avocet in Duluth	1944	16:55
	N	Recent Records of the Avocet in Minnesota	1950	22:112
	N	April 1950 -- Records of the Avocet	1951	23:16
	N	Avocets in Southwestern Minnesota	1956	28:168
	N	Avocets at Worthington	1958	30:36
	N	American Avocets Nesting in Minnesota	1959	31:99
	N	Nesting of the American Avocet in Minnesota	1959	31:101
	NP	Avocets Nesting in Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota	1961	33:57-58
	N	Breeding Lark Buntings and American Avocets in Lac Qui Parle County	1965	37:82-83
	N	Interesting Fall Shorebirds	1966	38:74-75
	NP	Nesting Avocet in Big Stone County	1973	45:97-98
	NP	American Avocets at Rochester	1977	49:182
	N	American Avocets in Ramsey County	1982	54:252
	NP	American Avocets Nesting in Traverse County	1984	56:204-205
	N	American Avocet Breeding Record for Lyon County	1985	57:142
	N	American Avocets Abandon Nest in Lac Qui Parle County	1986	58:50
	NP	American Avocets in Pine County	1990	62:153-154
	NP	Nesting American Avocets in Big Stone County	1992	64:125-126

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
	N	A Late Record of the Greater Yellowlegs	1952	24:34
	N	Two Early Shorebird Records	1953	25:80
	N	Partial Albino Greater Yellowlegs	1980	52:189
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
	N	Marsh Hawk Captures Sick Yellow-legs	1946	18:107
	N	Summer Record of Lesser Yellowlegs in Stearns County	1978	50:56
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
	N	Evidence of Solitary Sandpiper Breeding	1973	45:96
	AP	Second Breeding Record for the Solitary Sandpiper South of Canada	1982	54:144-147
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
	N	The Willet at Duluth	1953	25:126
	N	A Willet at Itasca State Park	1955	27:174
	N	Willets on Sugar Lake, Wright County	1971	43:23

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
	N	Submersible Sandpiper	1934	6:61
	N	An Early Spotted Sandpiper	1978	50:172
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
	A	The Upland Plover on Our Farm	1956	28:13-15
	A	Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota	1960	32:5-9
	N	Evidence of Upland Plover Nesting in St. Louis County	1968	40:21-22
	N	Extremely Late Date for the Upland Plover	1968	40:60
	N	Upland Plover in with a Flock of Killdeers	1970	42:147
	N	Upland Plover with Young, Itasca County	1971	43:94
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:57-58

Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
	N	Some Unusual Minnesota Bird Observations	1943	15:12
	N	Whimbrel and Jaeger on Minnesota Point, St. Louis County	1959	31:138
	N	Whimbrels Seen Near Rochester	1966	38:37
	N	Whimbrels in Cook County	1984	56:131-132

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
	N	An Unusually Tame Long-billed Curlew	1952	24:131
	N	Sighting of a Long-billed Curlew	1966	38:73
	N	Long-billed Curlew Visits Wayzata	1968	40:52
	N	Long-billed Curlew Observation	1972	44:94
	N	Long-billed Curlew at the Appleton Bridge	1976	48:79-80
	N	Long-billed Curlew at Rothsay	1979	51:146
	N	Long-billed Curlew at Cottonwood, Lyon County	1980	52:115
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43
	N	Long-billed Curlew Visits Ely	1988	60:89-90
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109
	N	A Fall Record of Long-billed Curlew	1988	60:186
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:12-14
	N	Summer Record for a Long-billed Curlew	1990	62:58-59
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136
	N	A Long-billed Curlew at the Farm	1990	62:167-168
	NP	Long-billed Curlew in McLeod County	1992	64:61-63
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140

Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
	N	Interesting Observations from Kandiyohi and Lac Qui Parle Counties	1956	28:127
	N	Late Hudsonian Godwit	1976	48:185
	N	Hudsonian Godwits in July	1984	56:192
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
	A	Godwits and Nitwits	1932	4:38-40
	N	A Note on the Marbled Godwit in Northwestern Minnesota	1942	14:11
	N	Marbled Godwits in McLeod County	1951	23:59
	N	Marbled Godwit and Franklin's Gulls at Swan Lake	1955	27:174
	N	Nest of Marbled Godwit in Clay County	1956	28:170
	A	Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota	1960	32:5-9
	N	A Marbled Godwit in Minneapolis	1990	62:114
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
	N	A Fall Turnstone (1)	1933	5:60
	N	A Fall Turnstone (2)	1933	5:60

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
	N	Untangle This One	1933	5:60

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
	N	Western Sandpiper Taken in Minnesota	1960	32:125
	N	Western Sandpiper in Lyon County	1967	39:140
	N	Western Sandpiper Found in Mille Lacs County	1970	42:73-74
	N	Western Sandpiper at Whitewater Refuge	1971	43:92
	N	Western Sandpiper Specimen	1989	61:92
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	N	Western Sandpiper Documentation	1991	63:196-197
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
	N	Least Sandpipers Use Building as Feeding Area	1959	31:134
	N	Springtime Journey of a Minnesota Migrant	1988	60:178-179

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
	N	Early White-rumped Sandpiper at Salt Lake	1963	35:67

Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
	N	Some Extremely Early Records of the Baird's Sandpiper	1964	36:64-65
	N	Late Record for the Baird's Sandpiper	1966	38:40
	N	Early Shorebird Records: Baird's Sandpiper	1967	39:138
	N	An Early Baird's Sandpiper	1991	63:65
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
	N	Two Early Shorebird Records	1953	25:80
	N	First Winter Record for the Pectoral Sandpiper	1975	47:97
	NP	A Problem of Identification	1981	53:234-235
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
	N	Purple Sandpiper at Grand Marais, December 17, 1966	1967	39:64
	NP	Purple Sandpiper in Aitkin County	1978	50:47-48
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	NP	Purple Sandpiper in Duluth	1982	54:58-59
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	N	Purple Sandpiper in Grand Marais	1992	64:56-57

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
	N	Curlew Sandpipers at Lake Winona	1952	24:160
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:146-147
	AP	Minnesota's First Curlew Sandpiper	1994	66:113-114
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1994	66:127-128

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
	N	Early Shorebird Records: Stilt Sandpiper	1967	39:138
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

[Spoonbill Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)]
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)
	N	Interesting Fall Shorebirds	1966	38:74-75
	N	Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Stearns County	1971	43:20
	N	Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Grand Portage National Monument	1980	52:184
	N	Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Hennepin County	1985	57:109
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
	A	First Record of the Ruff for Minnesota	1964	36:44-45
	AP	The Ruff	1964	36:53-55
	N	Second Ruff Record for Minnesota	1971	43:93
	N	Minnesota's Third Ruff	1973	45:63
	N	A Ruff at Marshall Sewage Lagoons	1975	47:136
	N	Ruff Sighted in Otter Tail County	1977	49:45-46
	N	Ruffs at Marshall Sewage Lagoons	1977	49:56
	N	Ruff at Moorhead	1977	49:238-239
	N	Ruff -- Otter Tail County	1978	50:211
	N	A Ruff in Lyon County	1979	51:197
	NP	Ruff and Reeve in Aitkin County	1982	54:193-194
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	N	Ruff at the Albany Sewage Ponds	1983	55:128
	NP	Ruff at Crookston Sewage Lagoons	1984	56:203-204
	N	Ruff at Carlos Avery	1984	56:263
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:119-120
	NP	Ruff in Goodhue County	1985	57:137-138
	N	Ruff at Cottonwood, Lyon County	1985	57:183-184
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45
	N	Ruff in Martin County	1986	58:139
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	N	A Ruff in Chisago County	1987	59:217
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16
	N	Ruff Seen in Dodge County	1988	60:93
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109
	N	A Ruff (Reeve) at the Bass Ponds, Minnesota River Valley NWR	1988	60:125
	N	Ruff at Geis Lake, Scott County	1988	60:181
	N	A Ruff at French Lake	1988	60:181
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	N	Ruff and Reeve in Yellow Medicine County	1991	63:73
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:154-155
	N	Notes on a Female Ruff	1991	63:280
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140
	N	Ruffs in Polk County	1992	64:167-169
	N	Female Ruff in Lac Qui Parle County	1992	64:169
	N	Ruff in Carver County	1992	64:173-174
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:45-47
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
	A	Notes on the Dowitchers of Minnesota	1961	33:32-33
	N	Which Dowitcher is it?	1962	34:25
	N	Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers at Grand Marais	1986	58:95-96
	N	A Late Short-billed Dowitcher	1990	62:169
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
	N	Notes on the Dowitchers of Minnesota	1961	33:32-33
	N	Which Dowitcher is it?	1962	34:25
	N	Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers at Grand Marais	1986	58:95-96
	A	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	1995	67:100-103

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
	A	Bibliography of Wilson's Snipe: Capella gallinago delicata	1950	22:23-26
	N	A Wilson's Snipe Nest in Hennepin County, Minnesota	1950	22:44-45
	N	Wilson's Snipe Nesting Near Centerville, Anoka County	1950	22:45
	A	Bibliography of Wilson's Snipe: Capella gallinago delicata (concluded)	1950	22:49-60
	N	Census of Woodcock and Wilson's Snipe, 1955	1955	27:128
	N	Common Snipe in Cass County in Late January	1980	52:44

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
	N	Courtship of the Woodcock	1930	2:17
	N	Woodcock Lights on River	1945	17:64
	A	Woodcock Studies at Cloquet Forest Experiment Station, Minnesota	1950	22:1-7
	N	Census of Woodcock and Wilson's Snipe, 1955	1955	27:128
	A	American Woodcock in Thunder Bay District	1957	29:74-75
	N	Woodcock Observation in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota	1957	29:86
	N	Woodcock Singing Grounds	1957	29:127
	N	Observations on Black-billed Magpies and American Woodcock	1961	33:54
	N	Late Record for the American Woodcock in Minnesota	1964	36:67
	AP	Nesting American Woodcock	1964	36:96-98
	N	Observations of the American Woodcock	1967	39:138
	N	American Woodcock Near Itasca State Park	1969	41:129-130
	A	Woodcock Sex and Age Ratios and Weights in Minnesota	1970	42:31-33
	N	Additional Woodcock Records for Western Minnesota	1970	42:40
	N	American Woodcock Observations -- Northwestern Minnesota	1970	42:71
	N	A Woodcock on the Mall	1971	43:98
	N	American Woodcock	1972	44:58
	N	Woodcock Display	1973	45:100
	N	Hennepin County Woodcock Reports	1974	46:173
	N	Possible American Woodcock Nesting in Southwest Minnesota	1975	47:48
	N	Woodcock Nesting in Becker County	1975	47:101
	A	Woodcock Under the Northern Lights	1976	48:89-91
	N	American Woodcock Breeding in Rice County	1978	50:221
	A	Minnesota Woodcock	1982	54:203-211
	N	American Woodcock Carrying Young	1984	56:66-67
	A	Do Woodcock Carry Their Young?	1984	56:81-82
	NP	American Woodcock Nesting in Pipestone County	1985	57:108
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
	N	The Wilson's Phalarope in Duluth	1952	24:38
	N	Unusual Phalarope Feeding	1967	39:108
	N	Late Date for Wilson's Phalarope in Anoka County	1977	49:48
	N	Probable Wilson's Phalarope Breeding in Southern Wright County	1990	62:156

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
	N	Northern Phalarope Near Fort Snelling	1929	1:29
	N	Late Record for the Northern Phalarope	1953	25:157
	N	Interesting Fall Shorebirds	1966	38:74-75
	N	Unusual Phalarope Feeding	1967	39:108
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:121-123

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)
	N	The Red Phalarope in Minnesota	1964	36:25
	NP	Minnesota's Second Red Phalarope	1977	49:44-45
	NP	Red Phalarope at Moorhead	1977	49:172-173
	NP	Red Phalarope -- Mille Lacs Lake	1978	50:45-46
	NP	First Red Phalarope for Minnesota Point	1981	53:60-61
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	NP	Red Phalarope in Dodge County	1992	64:67-68
	N	Red Phalarope in Hennepin County	1993	65:208-209
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1994	66:43-44
	N	Red Phalarope in Roseau County	1995	67:109

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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