Wheatears, Thrushes, Mimics and Thrashers

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: Wheatears, Thrushes, Mimics and Thrashers

Northern Wheatear
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Fieldfare
American Robin
Varied Thrush

Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
	N	Northern Wheatear in Ramsey County	1983	55:27-28
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43
	A	A Northern Wheatear Sighted in Winona County	1983	55:151-153
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:17-20
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:146-147
	AP	Minnesota's Second Northern Wheatear	1995	67:189-191

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
	A	Unusual Nesting Sites	1931	3:10
	N	Bluebirds Winter in Duluth	1943	15:11
	N	One Season of Bluebirds	1944	16:62-64
	N	Nesting of Bluebirds	1947	19:80
	A	He Brought the Bluebirds Back	1952	24:6-11
	N	Duluth Bluebird Trail - 1952	1952	24:158-159
	N	Duluth Bluebird Trail - 1953	1954	26:126-127
	A	Experience with Bluebird Housing	1957	29:69-71
	A	Suburban Housing Project Booms -- Bluebirds Utilize New Homes	1959	31:33-34
	N	Records of White Eggs Laid by Eastern Bluebirds in Minnesota	1960	32:39-30
	N	Bluebird Trail Duluth	1961	33:91
	N	Further Notes on Bluebird Housing at Kasson, Minnesota	1961	33:123-124
	N	Bluebird Trail Results, Duluth	1962	34:132
	N	Bluebird Nesting	1962	34:132
	N	Bluebird Reflections	1963	35:104-105
	N	Bluebird Trail, Winona	1966	38:39
	N	Unusual Bluebird Nesting Site	1969	41:91-92
	N	Black-capped Chickadee Takes Over Bluebird Nest	1969	41:131
	N	Wintering Bluebirds	1970	42:55-56
	N	Wrens and Bluebirds are Neighbors	1970	42:147
	A	An Eastern Bluebird Nesting Study in South Central Minnesota	1972	44:80-84
	N	Eastern Bluebird uses Cliff Swallow Nest	1975	47:143-144
	A	Eastern Bluebirds: a 1982 Nesting Survey in Eastern Becker and Southern Hubbard Counties, Minnesota	1983	55:17-22
	N	Eastern Bluebirds Raise Three Broods in Hubbard County	1983	55:180-181
	NP	Mountain Bluebird Paired with an Eastern Bluebird	1986	58:194-196
	NP	Hybrid Bluebird in Todd County	1994	66:149-150

Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
	N	Mountain Bluebird at Bemidji	1949	21:18
	N	Mountain Bluebird in Mower County	1955	27:174
	N	Mountain Bluebird Near Moorhead	1967	39:61-62
	N	Mountain Bluebird Sighting	1970	42:33-34
	N	Mountain Bluebird During MOU Winter Trip	1971	43:20
	N	Mountain Bluebird Seen	1972	44:94
	N	Mountain Bluebirds -- Spring 1974	1974	46:118
	N	Mountain Bluebird at Faribault	1974	46:118
	N	Female Mountain Bluebird Seen at Minneota	1974	46:118
	N	Mountain Bluebird in Lac Qui Parle County	1974	46:118-119
	N	Mountain Bluebirds and Prairie Falcon in Rock County	1974	46:119-120
	N	A Mountain Bluebird in Lac Qui Parle County	1975	47:131-132
	N	Mountain Bluebird at Bemidji	1975	47:132
	N	Another Mountain Bluebird in Rock County	1976	48:117-118
	N	Mountain Bluebird at Duluth	1977	49:46-47
	N	Mountain Bluebird	1977	49:171
	N	Mountain Bluebird in Anoka County	1978	50:49-50
	N	Mountain Bluebird at Stoney Point	1978	50:50
	N	Mountain Bluebird Winters Near LeSueur	1978	50:119-120
	NP	Mountain Bluebird Paired with an Eastern Bluebird	1986	58:194-196
	NP	Minnesota's First Mountain Bluebird Nest	1990	62:160-161
	N	Nesting Mountain Bluebirds	1991	63:207-208
	N	Hybrid Bluebird in Todd County	1994	66:149-150

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Minneapolis Area	1954	26:83-84
	N	Townsend's Solitaire Seen in Anoka County, 1961	1964	36:136-137
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Northfield	1965	37:152-153
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Lake County	1966	38:35-36
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Duluth	1966	38:142
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Minneapolis	1967	39:25
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Anoka County	1967	39:25-26
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Virginia	1967	39:103
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at St. Bonifacius	1969	41:28-29
	N	Townsend's Solitaire Seen at St. Peter	1970	42:71
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Wirth Park, Minneapolis	1971	43:22
	N	A Townsend's Solitaire in Chisago County	1973	45:66
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Duluth	1976	48:34
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Minnetonka	1977	49:107
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Otter Tail County	1977	49:107-109
	N	Another Townsend's Solitaire	1977	49:108
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Duluth	1978	50:51
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Duluth	1978	50:221
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Austin	1979	51:106-107
	N	Townsend's Solitaire Near Lac Qui Parle State Park	1979	51:107
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Mankato	1980	52:42-43
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Hawk Ridge	1981	53:55-56
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Stoney Point	1981	53:56
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:42-46
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Duluth	1982	54:60
	N	Townsend's Solitaire in Grand Marais	1982	54:60-61
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Bemidji	1982	54:61
	N	A Second Townsend's Solitaire in the Same Yard	1982	54:67
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1982	54:147-150
	N	Townsend's Solitaire at Mankato	1982	54:191-192
	N	A Townsend's Solitaire at Mankato	1982	54:191-192
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43
	N	Solitaires in Dakota County	1990	62:227
	A	The Townsend's Solitaire in Minnesota	1993	65:110-115
	N	A First Summer Record for Townsend's Solitaire	1995	67:62

Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
	N	From Out of the Forest	1933	5:10
	N	Cowbird's Nest?	1934	6:59
	N	Some Observations on the Density of Population of Certain Birds	1954	26:157
	A	Veery, Gray-cheeked, and Swainson's Thrush: Minnesota Spring Migration Dates	1995	67:44-45

Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
	N	A July Gray-cheeked Thrush in Dakota County	1978	50:206
	A	Veery, Gray-cheeked, and Swainson's Thrush: Minnesota Spring Migration Dates	1995	67:44-45

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
	A	Whisper Songs	1933	5:49
	N	Swainson's Thrush in Immature Plumage	1961	33:125
	N	A Swainson's Thrush Attempts to Winter in St. Paul	1974	46:42
	N	Early Swainson's Thrush	1991	63:138
	A	Veery, Gray-cheeked, and Swainson's Thrush: Minnesota Spring Migration Dates	1995	67:44-45

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
	N	The Song of the Swamp Angel	1942	14:48
	N	Hermit Thrush at Fergus Falls	1976	48:75
	N	A December Hermit Thrush	1976	48:75
	N	Another December Hermit Thrush	1976	48:75-76
	NP	Hermit Thrush Winters in Cottonwood County	1980	52:119
	NP	A Winter Visitor at Richardson Nature Center	1994	66:153

Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
	A	The Tale of a Wood Thrush	1929	1:2-3
	N	The Wood Thrush at Duluth	1939	11:22
	N	Wood Thrush in Duluth	1946	18:66
	N	Cowbird - Wood Thrush Relationship	1950	22:108-109
	N	An Early Wood Thrush Record	1975	47:141
	NP	Nesting Wood Thrush Near East Grand Forks	1988	60:48
	N	Nesting Wood Thrush in Lac Qui Parle County	1989	61:206

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
	AP	A Minnesota Fieldfare	1991	63:215-217
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:138-140

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
	A	Unusual Nesting Sites	1931	3:10
	N	Watching a Robin's Nest	1932	4:46
	N	A Bird Apartment House	1933	5:20
	A	Whisper Songs	1933	5:49
	A	The Chipping Sparrow that Raised Robins	1934	6:15
	A	A Tame Robin	1936	8:8
	N	Bird Triangle	1943	15:13
	N	Cedar Waxwing Dismantles Robin's Nest	1947	19:24-25
	N	Different Species Nest in Same Tree	1947	19:103
	N	Wintering Robins in Winona	1951	23:16-18
	N	An Unsuccessful Early Robin Nest	1952	24:159
	N	Early Nesting of the Robin	1953	25:127
	N	Partially Albino Robin Observed at Morris, Stevens County	1967	39:65
	NP	Albino Robin at Janesville	1967	39:107
	N	Fall Robin Migration	1972	44:24-26
	N	Sharp-shinned Hawk Kills Robin	1973	45:65
	N	Mourning Dove Hatches Robin Eggs	1975	47:138-139
	NP	Robin Nests in Artificial Tree	1975	47:189-190
	N	Fall Robin Migration	1977	49:239-240
	A	Two Broods from One Lake Itasca Robin's Nest	1978	50:189-191
	A	Nest Switchings Among American Robins and Eastern Phoebes at Itasca State Park	1979	51:169-170
	N	Robin Defends Mountain Ash Food Supply	1980	52:87-88
	N	Observations of American Robins with Unusual Plumage Characteristics	1988	60:49
	NP	An Unusual Nesting	1991	63:274
	N	Robin Migration	1992	64:233-234

Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
	N	The Varied Thrush in Duluth	1941	13:18
	N	Unusual Additions to the University Museum Collection	1942	14:16
	A	The Varied Thrush in the Interior	1953	25:143-144
	N	Report of a Varied Thrush in Ramsey County	1964	36:133
	N	Possible Observation of a Varied Thrush	1965	37:55
	NP	Varied Thrush Seen in Morris	1966	38:34-35
	N	Varied Thrush Seen Near Cushing	1966	38:35
	N	Varied Thrush in Dakota County	1966	38:72
	N	Unusual Winter Visitors at Northfield	1967	39:62
	N	Varied Thrush Records from Carlton and Lake Counties	1967	39:66
	N	A Varied Thrush in Chisago County	1967	39:68-69
	N	A Flock of Varied Thrushes on the North Shore	1968	40:53-54
	N	Varied Thrush Near Emily	1969	41:53-54
	N	Another Varied Thrush Record	1970	42:34
	N	Varied Thrush at Worthington	1971	43:22-23
	N	Varied Thrushes in Mille Lacs County	1973	45:25
	NP	Varied Thrush Seen Near Winona	1974	46:87-88
	NP	The Winter of the Varied Thrush	1988	60:45
	N	Early Date for Wilkin County Varied Thrush	1991	63:70
	AP	The Varied Thrush in Minnesota	1995	67:129-136

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
	A	Unusual Nesting Sites	1931	3:11
	N	The Imitative Songs of the Catbird	1933	5:23
	A	Whisper Songs	1933	5:49
	N	Winter Bird Count Observations	1960	32:30
	N	Catbird in Late December	1965	37:48
	N	Catbird Winter Record	1968	40:21
	N	A Catbird Winters in Bloomington	1972	44:93-94
	N	Winter Record of Gray Catbird from Crow Wing County	1991	63:75

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
	N	Mocking Bird	1936	8:51
	A	Mockingbirds in North Dakota	1947	19:19-20
	N	A Mockingbird at Faribault	1950	22:20
	N	Mockingbird in Itasca County	1950	22:109-110
	N	Some Notes on the Appearance of the Mockingbird in Minnesota	1952	24:93-96
	N	Another Mockingbird for Minnesota	1953	25:47
	N	A Mockingbird in Sauk Rapids	1957	29:86
	N	The Magpie and Mockingbird in Anoka County, Minnesota	1959	31:102
	N	Immature Mockingbird at Duluth	1959	31:133
	N	Winter Mockingbird	1967	39:104-105
	N	Mockingbird in Onamia, Mille Lacs County	1968	40:101
	N	More Mockingbird Reports	1968	40:133-134
	N	Mockingbird at Mille Lacs	1969	41:58
	N	Mockingbirds Nesting at Royalton, Minnesota, in 1968	1969	41:128
	N	Mockingbird	1970	42:55
	N	Mockingbird in Northern Otter Tail County	1970	42:116-117
	N	Possible Winter Mockingbird, St. Paul	1971	43:24
	N	Possible Summer Mockingbird, Washington County	1971	43:24
	NP	Aggressive Mockingbird	1974	46:83-84
	N	Second Minnesota Nesting of the Mockingbird	1977	49:229-230
	N	Mockingbird in Beltrami County	1978	50:205
	N	Northern Mockingbirds in Pipestone County	1991	63:201
	N	Northern Mockingbird in Scott County	1993	65:101

Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
	NP	A Sage Thrasher Specimen	1975	47:129
	AP	First Sight Record for the Sage Thrasher in Minnesota	1985	57:115-117
	N	Second Sage Thrasher Record for Minnesota	1986	58:139
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	NP	Sage Thrasher at Grand Marais	1987	59:150-151
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109
	N	Sage Thrasher in Minneapolis	1988	60:127
	AP	A Minnesota Fall Sage Thrasher	1994	66:206
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:45-47

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
	A	Unusual Nesting Sites	1931	3:11
	A	Whisper Songs	1933	5:49
	N	Adoption of Brownie	1942	14:53-54
	N	A Brown Thrasher Feeding Three Young Cowbirds	1943	15:52
	N	A Wintering Brown Thrasher	1944	16:59
	N	An Unusual Brown Thrasher Song	1944	16:84
	N	Wintering of Brown Thrasher in Minneapolis	1948	20:63
	N	Brown Thrasher Killed by a Gray Squirrel	1949	21:60
	N	Winter Record for the Brown Thrasher	1953	25:47
	N	Brown Thrasher Winters at Duluth Banding Station	1959	31:23
	N	Brown Thrasher Feeding on a Mammal	1963	35:104
	N	Wintering Brown Thrasher	1966	38:75
	N	Unusual Winter Visitors at Northfield	1967	39:62
	N	Brown Thrasher Loses Tail Feathers, Beak	1971	43:93-94
	N	Brown Thrasher Visits Feeder	1972	44:56-57
	N	Hazards Birds Encounter	1984	56:204

Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostom curvirostre)
	N	First Curve-billed Thrasher Record for Minnesota	1976	48:179-180
	AP	Minnesota's Second Curve-billed Thrasher	1991	63:150-151
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18

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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