Flycatchers

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: Flycatchers

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis)
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109

Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
	N	A New Minnesota Species	1972	44:115-116
	NP	Western Wood Pewee, Roseau County	1977	49:169-170
	N	A Puzzle Finally Solved	1979	51:198
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	N	Western Wood-Pewee in Duluth	1984	56:263-264
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45
	N	Western Wood-Pewee in Clearwater County	1986	58:50
	N	Western Wood-Pewee in the Sax-Zim Bog	1989	61:147-148
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:12-14
	N	Western Wood-Pewee in Roseau County	1992	64:179
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37

Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
	N	Early Spring Date for the Eastern Wood Pewee	1965	37:111
	N	Late Eastern Wood-Pewees: Winona County	1994	66:208-209

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
	N	A Very Late Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	1974	46:39-40
	N	Comments on the November Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	1975	47:48-49

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
	AP	Acadian Flycatcher Nest in Southeastern Minnesota	1968	40:4-6
	N	Acadian Flycatcher Nesting at Vasa	1974	46:175
	N	Acadian Flycatcher Sighting and Winter Wren Nesting at Franconia	1976	48:187-188
	AP	Acadian Flycatcher Breeding Range Extension in Minnesota	1987	59:117-121
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	A	Problems With Resolving our Ignorance Concerning some Empidonax Flycatchers in the North-central Region	1991	63:113-115
	N	Acadian Flycatcher Record from Clay County	1992	64:164
	N	Acadian Flycatcher Nest in Ramsey County	1993	65:94-95
	N	Unusual Summer Observations in Hennepin County	1994	66:150-151
	A	Nest Observations: Louisiana Waterthrush, Acadian Flycatcher, Winona County 1994	1995	67:74-76

Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
	A	Breeding Distribution, Song and Habitat of the Alder Flycatcher and Willow Flycatcher in Minnesota	1981	53:208-214
	N	The Alder Flycatcher as a Breeding Species in Northwestern Sherburne County	1981	53:225
	A	Problems with Resolving our Ignorance Concerning Some Empidonax Flycatchers in the North-central Region	1991	63:113-115

Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
	A	Breeding Distribution, Song and Habitat of the Alder Flycatcher and Willow Flycatcher in Minnesota	1981	53:208-214
	A	Problems with Resolving our Ignorance Concerning Some Empidonax Flycatchers in the North-central Region	1991	63:113-115

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
	N	Song of the Least Flycatcher	1943	15:39
	N	Red-eyed Vireo and Least Flycatcher Observed in Joint Family Relationship	1959	31:134
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37
	Empidonax	sp.
	NP	A Very Late Empidonax Flycatcher	1989	61:206

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
	N	Sight Record of Black Phoebe in Minnesota	1953	25:47-48

Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
	N	How a Phoebe's Nest Was Moved	1945	17:20
	N	Phoebe Broods at Itasca State Park, Minnesota	1954	26:155
	N	Activity at a Phoebe Nest	1962	34:102
	N	Mixed-up Phoebe	1969	41:60
	A	Nest Switching Among American Robins and Eastern Phoebes at Itasca State Park	1979	51:169-170
	N	Strange Behavior of a Pair of Eastern Phoebes	1979	51:202-203
	N	A Late Date for Eastern Phoebe	1987	59:47
	N	First December Eastern Phoebe	1991	63:62
	N	A Late Eastern Phoebe	1994	66:48-49

Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
	A	Say's Phoebe and Ground Dove Specimens Found	1968	40:19
	A	Say's Phoebe Seen in Minnesota	1969	41:10-11
	N	Say's Phoebe and Barn Owl Observed in Rock County	1974	46:37-39
	N	Say's Phoebe in Rock County	1974	46:120
	AP	Possible Say's Phoebe Nesting at Blue Mounds State Park	1975	47:13-15
	N	Say's Phoebe Near Duluth	1976	48:39
	N	Say's Phoebe Seen Near Rothsay	1979	51:144
	N	Say's Phoebe in Big Stone County	1980	52:41
	N	Say's Phoebe Seen at Felton	1981	53:163
	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	Say's Phoebe at Blue Mounds Park	1982	54:188
	N	Say's Phoebe at Grand Marais	1983	55:90
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:119-120
	N	Say's Phoebe in Murray County	1988	60:92
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109
	N	Say's Phoebe at Blue Mounds Park	1988	60:129
	N	Say's Phoebe in Olmsted County	1988	60:180-181
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136
	N	Say's Phoebe at Big Stone NWR	1990	62:164
	N	Say's Phoebe in Polk County	1991	63:198-199
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18

Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
	N	Vermilion Flycatcher, Otter Tail County	1978	50:45
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	NP	Minnesota's Second Vermilion Flycatcher	1992	64:57-58
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:45-47
	NP	A Vermilion Flycatcher in Kandiyohi County	1995	67:57-59

Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
	AP	First Minnesota Record of the Ash-throated Flycatcher -- Discovery	1991	63:3
	AP	First Minnesota Record of the Ash-throated Flycatcher -- Identification	1991	63:4-11
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:154-155

Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
	N	Flycatcher Pulls the Snake Skin Stunt	1956	28:85
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1990	62:134-136

Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
	N	Kingbird Chorus	1933	5:59
	N	Another Western Kingbird Report in Minneapolis	1952	24:38
	N	Western Kingbird in Anoka County	1952	24:89-90
	N	Unusual Fall Migrants in Duluth: Western Kingbird	1962	34:131
	N	Where are our Kingbirds?	1968	40:56-57
	N	Our Disappearing Kingbirds	1971	43:89-90

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
	N	Kingbird Chorus	1933	5:59
	N	A Revamped Yellow Warbler's Nest Becomes the Home of Kingbirds	1944	16:85
	AP	Spring Mortality in Insectivorous Birds	1965	37:134-135
	N	Where are our Kingbirds?	1968	40:56-57
	N	High Eastern Kingbird Nest	1969	41:91
	N	Our Disappearing Kingbirds	1971	43:89-90
	N	An Early Eastern Kingbird	1974	46:126-127

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Muscivora Forficata) in Northern Minnesota	1958	30:37
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Hennepin County	1963	35:107
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	1966	38:108
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Near Elba, Minnesota	1967	39:136
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Wright County	1967	39:136
	NP	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Duluth	1972	44:52
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Mille Lacs County	1973	45:65-66
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Hubbard County	1974	46:121
	N	A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Edina	1974	46:175
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Cattle Egret in Duluth	1976	48:34-35
	NP	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Prairie Falcon in Morrison County	1977	49:54
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Sibley County	1978	50:212
	N	Early Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Duluth	1979	51:105
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Clay County	1979	51:199-200
	NP	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Near Aitkin	1983	55:35-36
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Roberts Sanctuary	1983	55:92
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	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	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Winona County	1984	56:199-200
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Rochester	1985	57:109
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:119-120
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Grand Marais	1985	57:181
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Cook County	1986	58:136-137
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Goodhue County	1987	59:217
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16
	NP	Report of Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Near Ely	1988	60:179-180
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Duluth	1989	61:203
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Rock County	1990	62:227
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Norman County	1991	63:62
	N	A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Duluth	1991	63:99
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Anoka County	1991	63:208
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Lac Qui Parle County	1991	63:277
	N	A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Knife River	1991	63:278
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	N	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Record for Hubbard County	1993	65:214
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1994	66:43-44
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:45-47
	N	A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Near Rothsay	1995	67:63
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:165-166

Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)
	AP	First Record of the Fork-tailed Flycatcher in Minnesota	1991	63:217-220
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	NP	Minnesota's Second Fork-tailed Flycatcher	1992	64:118-119
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140

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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