Finches and Weaver Finches

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: Finches and Weaver Finches

Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch

House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll

Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
	A	A Brambling -- Minnesota's First Asiatic Species	1984	56:79-80
	AP	Minnesota's Second Brambling Record	1989	61:56-58
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:121-123
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1994	66:127-128
	NP	Brambling -- A Third Record for Minnesota	1994	66:148-149

Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis)
	N	Expedition to Observe the Gray-crowned Rosy Finches on their Nesting Grounds	1957	29:37
	N	Second Record for a Rosy Finch in Minnesota	1968	40:99
	NP	Third Minnesota Record of a Rosy Finch	1972	44:117-118
	N	Fourth Minnesota Observation in 80 Years	1973	45:20
	N	Minnesota's Third Gray-crowned Rosy Finch	1974	46:82
	N	Gray-crowned Rosy Finch at Bemidji	1976	48:185-186
	N	Gray-crowned Rosy Finch in St. Louis County	1978	50:171-172
	N	A Gray-crowned Rosy Finch in Wadena County	1978	50:213
	NP	Gray-crowned Rosy Finch in Minnetonka	1981	53:117

Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
	N	Pine Grosbeaks	1929	1:9
	N	Pine Grosbeaks	1933	5:61
	N	A Few More	1933	5:61
	N	Pine Grosbeaks in Duluth	1940	12:19
	N	Pine Grosbeaks at Sauk Rapids	1947	19:23
	N	Pine and Evening Grosbeaks in Otter Tail and Becker Counties	1955	27:43
	N	Not All Red Birds are Robins	1957	29:38
	N	Pine Grosbeak Nesting in St. Louis County	1962	34:26
	N	Late Pine Grosbeaks in Anoka County	1980	52:120
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:143-144
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	A	Pine Grosbeaks Invade -- Winter 1989-1990	1990	62:123-125
	N	Summer Pine Grosbeaks Seen in Lake of the Woods County	1995	67:65
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1995	67:165-166

Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
	N	Purple Finch Nesting Near St. Cloud	1941	13:34

Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii)
	A	Minnesota's First Cassin's Finch	1988	60:3-5
	AP	Cassin's Finch: The Documentation and Research	1988	60:6-9
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1992	64:15-18

House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
	N	House Finch Record for Minnesota	1971	43:127
	N	Possible House Finch in Minneapolis	1972	44:53-54
	N	House Finch in Minnesota	1981	53:109
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1981	53:129-131
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:41-43
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1983	55:117-119
	NP	House Finch in Hennepin County	1984	56:64
	N	House Finch at Mankato	1984	56:130-131
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1984	56:160-161
	NP	A House Finch in Aitkin County	1984	56:189-190
	N	House Finch at St. Cloud	1984	56:194
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1985	57:34-36
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:146-147
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:143-144
	N	A House Finch in Mower County	1984	56:198-199
	N	Male House Finch at LeSueur	1985	57:134
	NP	House Finch in Winona County	1985	57:137
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1986	58:42-45
	N	Another Minnesota House Finch	1986	58:204
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1987	59:57-58
	N	House Finches in Minneapolis	1987	59:212
	NP	A House Finch at Hastings	1987	59:219
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:13-16
	N	House Finch at Forest Lake	1988	60:54
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1988	60:108-109
	N	House Finch in Northwest Minnesota	1988	60:131
	N	House Finches in Mankato	1988	60:185
	N	House Finches in Albert Lea	1988	60:186
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:10-13
	N	Minnesota's First House Finch Nest	1989	61:93
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1989	61:121-123
	NP	House Finches in Lac Qui Parle County	1989	61:144-145
	N	First House Finch Record in Duluth	1989	61:151
	NP	House Finch Nesting in Rice County	1989	61:207
	NP	An Unusual Nesting	1991	63:274
	A	The House Finch in Minnesota	1992	64:79-81

Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
	N	Red Crossbills in Duluth	1949	21:21-22
	NP	Red Crossbills at Morris	1952	24:34-35
	N	Not All Red Birds are Robins	1957	29:38
	N	Crossbills and Pine Siskins at Itasca Park	1958	30:116
	A	Comments on Winter Invasions of Birds	1959	31:35-39
	N	Red Crossbills at Fargo-Moorhead	1964	36:140
	N	Red Crossbill Nesting at Moorhead	1967	39:106-107
	N	Curious Crossbill-Siskin Behavior	1970	42:37
	N	Nesting Red Crossbills, Washington County	1970	42:144
	N	Crossbills and Siskins in Chisago County	1970	42:144
	N	Pine Siskins and Red Crossbills Nesting Outside Usual Range in 1970	1971	43:27
	N	The Red Crossbill Invasion of 1988	1988	60:177-178

White-winged Crossbill (Loxi leucoptera)
	N	Juvenile White-winged Crossbill in St. Louis County, Minnesota	1941	13:31
	N	White-winged Crossbill in Itasca Park	1955	27:42
	N	Crossbills and Pine Siskins at Itasca Park	1958	30:116
	N	White-winged Crossbills in Watonwan County	1969	41:128-129
	N	Crossbills and Siskins in Chisago County	1970	42:144
	NP	Feeding Behavior of a White-winged Crossbill	1972	44:92-93
	N	Summer Sightings of White-winged Crossbill and Bonaparte's Gull in Southern Minnesota	1975	47:139-140
	A	A Major Invasion of White-winged Crossbills, 1989-1990	1990	62:69-71

Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
	N	Common Redpoll in Otter Tail County	1955	27:41
	N	Not All Red Birds are Robins	1957	29:38
	N	Winter Roosting of Common Redpolls	1960	32:124-125
	N	Greater Redpoll Specimen	1970	42:77
	A	Banding Redpolls and Siskins at Fargo, North Dakota	1970	42:94
	N	Notes on Winter Redpoll Movements	1981	53:229-230
	NP	Food Consumption of Common Redpolls	1990	62:166-167

Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)
	N	Hoary Redpoll Observations	1967	39:60-61
	N	Hoary Redpoll Identification	1967	39:102
	N	Notes on Winter Redpoll Movements	1981	53:229-230
	N	May Record of a Hoary Redpoll	1982	54:191

Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
	N	Notes from Duluth	1949	21:19
	N	Crossbills and Pine Siskins at Itasca Park	1958	30:116
	N	Early and Late Arrivals	1959	31:60-61
	NP	A Minnesota Pine Siskins Nest	1961	33:55-56
	N	Pine Siskins Common and Breeding in the Duluth Area	1961	33:90
	N	Pine Siskin Nest	1966	38:109-109
	N	Pine Siskin Nest	1968	40:60
	N	Curious Crossbill-Siskin Behavior	1970	42:37
	N	Young Pine Siskins	1970	42:75-76
	A	Banding Redpolls and Siskins at Fargo, North Dakota	1970	42:94
	N	Crossbills and Siskins in Chisago County	1970	42:144
	N	Pine Siskins Probably Nesting, Hennepin County	1970	42:145
	N	Pine Siskins and Red Crossbills Nesting Outside Usual Range, 1970	1971	43:27
	N	Nesting Pine Siskins	1973	45:96-97
	N	Banded Pine Siskins	1982	54:251
	N	First Confirmed Nesting of Pine Siskins in Southeastern Minnesota	1984	56:197-198
	N	Siskins Again Nest at Winona	1985	57:141
	N	Pine Siskin Travels 1300 Miles	1992	64:63

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
	N	Goldfinches	1933	5:22
	N	Nesting of the Thistle Bird	1943	15:36-37
	N	The Goldfinch Likes Chard	1943	15:38
	N	Observations on Goldfinches	1943	15:52
	N	Notes on Goldfinch Nesting, 1944	1944	16:83-84
	A	Goldfinches in St. Paul	1948	20:47-51
	AP	Thistle-Nesting Goldfinches	1952	24:104-110
	N	Goldfinches Choose Odd Nesting Sites	1952	24:159
	N	Cowbird Parasitizing Goldfinch	1955	27:131

Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
	N	Evening Grosbeak	1936	8:12
	N	Feeding Grosbeaks in Winter	1943	15:40
	N	Evening Grosbeaks at Duluth	1944	16:18
	N	Evening Grosbeaks on our Campus	1944	16:85
	N	Feeding Habits of the Evening Grosbeak	1950	22:125-126
	N	Pine and Evening Grosbeaks in Otter Tail and Becker Counties	1955	27:43
	AP	Evening Grosbeaks in Minnesota -- Summer 1964	1964	36:115-119
	A	Banding Evening Grosbeaks at Chisholm, Minnesota	1965	37:95-99
	N	Notes on Nesting Evening Grosbeaks at Look Lake, Cass County	1965	37:151-152
	N	Southerly Nesting of Evening Grosbeaks	1974	46:91
	N	Evening Grosbeak Predation on House Sparrow	1976	48:77-78
	AP	An Evening Grosbeak Gynandromorph	1983	55:22-24
	NP	Xanthochroistic Evening Grosbeak in Aitkin County	1984	56:188-189

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
	N	A Bird Apartment House	1933	5:20
	N	A Good Word for the House Sparrow	1933	5:50
	A	The Punishment of Passer domesticus	1934	6:21
	N	English Sparrow	1936	8:51
	N	English Sparrow Nests	1938	10:11
	A	A Swimming House Sparrow	1940	12:16-17
	N	Sparrow Nest, Oriole Style	1946	18:65
	N	A Sparrow "Shocker" That Really Works	1952	24:36-37
	N	Living in Harmony	1954	26:41
	A	My Revolution with the House Sparrow	1962	34:112-113
	A	Jeremiah, the Orphan Fledgling	1965	37:61-63
	N	A White Empidonax and Mutants of the Common Grackle and the House Sparrow	1965	37:110
	N	Shrike Kill	1970	42:39-40
	N	House Sparrow Feeds Young Tree Swallow	1972	44:91
	N	Evening Grosbeak Predation on House Sparrow	1976	48:77-78
	N	Salmonella Epidemic in House Sparrows at Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County	1978	50:53
	AP	House Sparrows Build Roost Nests	1983	55:64-65

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
	A	A Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Minnesota	1990	62:175-177
	A	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	1991	63:41-42
	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

Return to M.O.U. Home Page