Blackbirds, Meadowlarks and Orioles

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: Blackbirds, Meadowlarks and Orioles

Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole
[Hooded Oriole]
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
	N	The bobolink in St. Louis County	1944	16:64-65
	N	Early Bobolinks	1979	51:149-150

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
	N	Red-winged Blackbird	1936	8:12
	A	Marsh Bird Community Study	1938	10:1[13]-3[15]
	N	On a Blackbird Flyway	1946	18:110-112
	N	Winter Records of Bronzed Grackles and Red-winged Blackbird near Fort William, Ontario	1948	20:81
	A	Nesting Behavior of the Red-winged Blackbird	1950	22:61-77
	N	Red-winged Blackbird uses Bluebird Box as Nesting Site	1966	38:40
	N	Red-winged White Bird	1966	38:77
	N	Unusual Winter Visitors at Northfield	1967	39:62
	N	Red-wing Strikes Low Blow, Can't He Distinguish Pileated from Crow?	1970	42:146
	N	Red-winged Black and White Bird	1973	45:24

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
	N	Meadowlark Habitat	1955	27:133
	N	A Winter Meadowlark in Aitkin County	1992	64:121

Western Meadowlark (Sturnell neglecta)
	N	Meadowlark Habitat	1955	27:133

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
	N	Yellow-headed Blackbird at Duluth	1953	25:126
	N	Yellow-headed Blackbirds in Winona and Wabasha Counties	1956	28:169
	N	Odd Colored Yellow-headed Blackbird	1958	30:74
	AP	The Kako Morita Painting of the Yellow-headed Blackbird	1959	31:46-47
	N	Yellow-headed Blackbirds in Cass County	1968	40:57
	N	Yellow-headed Blackbird Winters in Hennepin County	1982	54:135

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
	N	Rusty Blackbirds	1936	8:12
	N	Rusty Blackbirds	1973	45:134-135
	N	Second Summer Observation of a Rusty Blackbird	1975	47:144-145
	N	Rusty Blackbird Observations Near Babbitt	1975	47:192
	N	Rusty Blackbird Family Group at Swamp Lake, Cook County	1981	53:223
	AP	Minnesota's First Rusty Blackbird Nest	1982	54:141-143
	N	Rusty Blackbirds -- Lake County	1982	54:246-247

Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
	N	Brewer's Blackbird	1936	8:12
	N	Brewer's Blackbird Colony on Minnesota Point, Duluth	1952	24:163
	N	First Nest Record for Brewer's Blackbirds in Clay County	1986	58:50-51
	N	Late Brewer's Blackbird at Duluth	1987	59:51-52

Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43
	N	A Probable Great-tailed Grackle in Dakota County	1983	55:83-84
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:17-20
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:146-147
	AP	A Minnesota Great-tailed Grackle	1993	65:148
	A	A Minnesota Great-tailed Grackle With Notes on the Species' Range Expansion in the Midwest	1993	65:148-150

Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
	A	Unusual Nesting Sites	1931	3:11
	N	Grackles Destroy Mallard's Nest	1943	15:34
	N	Different Species Nest in the Same Tree	1947	19:103
	N	Winter Records of Bronzed Grackles and Red-winged Blackbird Near Fort William, Ontario	1948	20:81
	A	Our Grackle Guest	1958	30:105-107
	N	Common Grackle Feeding on Fish	1962	34:100
	N	Bird "Anting" With Moth Balls	1962	34:131-132
	N	A White Empidonax and Mutants of the Common Grackle and the House Sparrow	1965	37:110
	N	Common Grackles "Anting" with Oranges	1969	41:130
	A	A Nesting Study of Common Grackles in Southeastern Minnesota	1976	48:149-156
	NP	An Albinistic Common Grackle in Morris	1988	60:130-131
	N	Common Grackle Attacks Bat	1990	62:111

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
	N	Not Easily Discouraged	1933	5:11
	N	Cowbird's Nest?	1934	6:59
	N	A Brown Thrasher Feeding Three Young Cowbirds	1943	15:52
	N	A Rose-breasted Grosbeak-Cowbird Puzzle	1946	18:62
	A	The Victims of the Cowbird	1947	19:39-42
	N	Indigo Bunting Nest with Five Cowbird Eggs	1949	21:121
	N	Cowbird-Wood Thrush Relationship	1950	22:108-109
	N	Cowbird Parasitizing Goldfinch	1955	27:131
	N	Cowbird Parasitizes Baltimore Oriole	1967	39:24
	N	Odd Plumaged Cowbirds	1968	40:60
	N	An Incomplete Albino Brown-headed Cowbird	1968	40:100-101
	N	Concentration of Wintering Cowbirds	1974	46:89
	N	Unusual Summer Observations in Hennepin County	1994	66:150-151

Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
	N	Immature Orchard Oriole at St. Cloud	1947	19:25
	N	Orchard Oriole Observations	1956	28:40
	N	Orchard Oriole in Otter Tail County	1956	28:127
	N	Large Orchard Oriole Group	1994	66:155

[Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)]
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:33-37

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
	N	Rachel, a Young Baltimore Oriole	1939	11:22
	N	The First Baltimore Oriole X Bullock's Oriole Reported for Minnesota	1966	38:73-74
	N	Cowbird Parasitizes Baltimore Oriole	1967	39:24
	N	Unusual Winter Visitors at Northfield	1967	39:62
	N	Baltimore Oriole Attempt to Winter in Minneapolis	1969	41:28
	N	Oriole Nest Building with Synthetic Fiber	1969	41:59
	N	Baltimore Oriole Attempts to Winter in Anoka	1970	42:125-126
	N	A Baltimore Oriole Winter Record	1972	44:90-91
	NP	Possible Hybrid and Longevity Record for the Northern Oriole in Ramsey County	1980	52:36-37
	N	Unusual Summer Observations in Hennepin County	1994	66:150-151

Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
	N	The First Baltimore Oriole X Bullock's Oriole Reported for Minnesota	1966	38:73-74
	AP	First Bullock's Oriole for Minnesota	1969	41:41-42

Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum)
	AP	Scott's Oriole Banded in Duluth	1975	47:22-24
	N	Scott's Oriole -- Further Information	1976	48:34
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1993	65:146-147

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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