This is a complete species index to The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union through 2024-08-22.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1995	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	67	45-47	A
1995	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	67	45	A
1995	Crested Caracara in Scott County	67	59-61	N
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)		Vol.	Page	Key
1934	Winter Sparrow Hawk	6	13	N
1941	Adventures with a Sparrow Hawk	13	32	N
1941	Banded Marsh and Sparrow Hawk Returns	13	34	N
1946	Nesting Birds of Prey: Sparrow Hawk	18	16-17	N
1946	Notes on Hawks	18	108	N
1948	Sparrow Hawks Move into a Martin House	20	82-83	N
1952	Some Notes on Hawks, Owls, and Their Prey	24	127-129	N
1955	A Feeding Procedure of a Short-eared Owl and a Sparrow Hawk	27	134	N
1957	Sparrow Hawks Accept Make-shift Nest	29	39	N
1959	Hawk Notes	31	101	N
1967	Sparrow Hawks Catch Mouse and Eat Snake	39	109	N
1969	A Most Unusual and Unique Sparrow Hawk	41	4-7	AP
1972	Sparrow Hawk Chases Junco	44	56	N
1974	Crow Harasses Kestrel	46	123	N
1976	A Kestrel Kill in Downtown Minneapolis	48	178	N
1980	Interesting American Kestrel Nest Site	52	195	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1987	American Kestrels Fledged	59	53	NP
1988	Albino American Kestrel at Duluth	60	44	N
1995	Minnesota's Mini-Falcon	67	136-138	AP
1996	1995 fall raptor migration along the Mississippi River at Reno, Minnesota	68	158-164	A
Merlin (Falco columbarius)		Vol.	Page	Key
1936	Pigeon Hawk	8	51	N
1939	Banding Hawks and Owls	11	17	A
1941	Pigeon Hawk Recovered	13	10	N
1955	Eastern Merlin Releases Small Bird	27	128	N
1959	Pigeon Hawk Observed Capturing Chimney Swift	31	133	N
1966	Winter Record for the Pigeon Hawk	38	76	N
1966	The Pigeon Hawk in Minnesota	38	129-132	A
1977	Winter Observation of a Merlin in Polk County	49	108-109	N
1978	Winter Merlin in Sherburne County	50	47	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1993	An Unusual Merlin Diet	65	214-215	N
1995	A Tale of "Tails": New Records at Hawk Ridge	67	9-12	A
1996	1995 fall raptor migration along the Mississippi River at Reno, Minnesota	68	158-164	A
Merlin (Taiga) (Falco c. columbarius)		Vol.	Page	Key
Merlin (Prairie) (Falco c. richardsonii)		Vol.	Page	Key
Merlin (Black) (Falco c. suckleyi)		Vol.	Page	Key
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1957	Winter Occurrence of the Gyrfalcon in Lake County, Minnesota	29	86	N
1960	Gyrfalcons in the Duluth Area	32	31	N
1964	Sight Record of a Gyrfalcon	36	24-25	N
1964	Gyrfalcon Sight Record	36	25-26	N
1965	Gyrfalcon Record	37	53-54	N
1966	Gyrfalcon Observation in Lake County	38	71	N
1966	Gyrfalcon Seen in Scott County	38	72	N
1966	Gyrfalcon in Cook County	38	144	N
1967	Gray Gyrfalcon in Cook County	39	62-63	N
1967	Gyrfalcon in Roseau County	39	104	N
1968	Possible Gyrfalcon	40	26	N
1968	Possible Gyrfalcon at Duluth	40	55	N
1970	A Minnesota Gyrfalcon	42	144	N
1971	Gyrfalcon Loaded with Poisons	43	32	A
1973	Gyrfalcon in Aitkin County	45	25	N
1974	Gyrfalcon Sighting	46	89-90	N
1975	A Gyrfalcon at Hawk Ridge	47	45-46	NP
1977	Late Gyrfalcon -- Otter Tail County	49	109	N
1977	Gyrfalcon Specimen	49	177	NP
1979	Gyrfalcon in Beltrami County	51	148-149	N
1982	Gyrfalcon in Wadena County	54	132-133	N
1982	Gyrfalcon Recovery from West Central Minnesota	54	181	N
1991	A Cure for the Winter Blahs	63	69-70	N
1991	An Influx of Northern Raptors, Fall-Winter 1990-1991	63	163-167	A
1991	A Record Late Date for Gyrfalcon	63	201	N
1992	Gyrfalcon Observation in Norman County	64	68	N
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	138-140	A
1992	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991, 1992	64	189-195	A
1993	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	65	33-37	A
1994	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	66	43-44	A
1994	A Home for a Wandering Gyrfalcon	66	70-71	A
1994	Gyrfalcon in Duluth	66	104	N
1994	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	66	127-128	A
1995	Eye to Eye with a Gyrfalcon	67	118-119	N
1995	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	67	165-166	A
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-167	A
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-166	A
1997	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	69	151-153	A
1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	43-46	A
1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	155-159	A
2000	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	72	163-168	A
2002	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	74	161-167	A
2004	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	76	152-161	A
2005	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	77	169-174	A
2006	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	78	40-47	A
2006	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	78	126-133	AP
2006	Gyrfalcon in Walter Township, Lac Qui Parle County	78	176	N
2007	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	79	123-129	A
2009	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	81	115-119	A
2010	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	82	3-6	A
2010	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	82	3-6	A
2011	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	83	99-103	A
2013	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	85	3-7	A
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1940	Duck Hawks of the Mississippi River Bluffs	12	32-33	N
1941	Adventure with a Duck Hawk	13	13-14	A
1941	Further Notes on Duck Hawks	13	38	N
1942	Duck Hawks of the Mississippi and the North Shore	14	32	N
1942	Duck Hawk Strikes Decoys	14	53	N
1946	Nesting Birds of Prey: Duck Hawks	18	16	N
1948	Two Interesting Bird Incidents	20	64	N
1955	Duck Hawk at West Twin Lake	27	130	N
1955	Evidence that Falcons Fly at Night	27	132	N
1965	Peregrine Falcon in Western Minnesota	37	83-84	N
1968	Peregrine Falcon Sightings	40	41	A
1968	A Fall Record for the Peregrine Falcon in Western Minnesota	40	54	N
1968	Peregrine and Krider's Hawk Records	40	132	N
1972	Winter Peregrine Sighting	44	30	N
1972	Summer Peregrine Sighting	44	54-55	N
1972	Fall Peregrine Sighting	44	123-124	N
1974	Peregrine Seen	46	125-126	N
1975	Peregrine Falcons in Clay County	47	43	N
1978	Peregrine Falcon Sightings in Northwestern Minnesota	50	51-52	N
1978	Peregrine Falcon Shot	50	204	N
1979	Green-winged Teal vs. Peregrine Falcon	51	200	N
1979	Peregrine Falcon Observation	51	206	N
1981	Summer Sighting of a Peregrine Falcon in Nobles County	53	219-220	N
1982	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	54	42-46	A
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1983	Minnesota's Peregrine Falcon Reintroduction Project: 1982 Hack Site Report	55	3-8	AP
1985	An Observation of a Peregrine Falcon	57	183	N
1988	Peregrine Falcon Sightings at NSP King Plant	60	138	NP
1988	Dispersal, Nest Site Selection, and Age of First Breeding in Peregrine Falcons Released in the Upper Midwest,	60	148-151	AP
1988	Falcons at French Lake, Hennepin County	60	183	N
1989	Peregrine Falcon Restoration: Expectation vs. Reality	61	160-162	AP
1990	Spring Peregrine Falcon Sightings in Western Minnesota	62	117	N
1990	Peregrine Falcon Preys on Sharp-tailed Grouse at Lek	62	230	N
1991	1991 Peregrine Falcon Nesting Summary -- Midwest United States	63	191-193	A
1993	Peregrine Falcon Behavior	65	100-101	N
1993	Peregrine Paternity Case	65	107-110	AP
1993	Immature Peregrine Falcon Preys on Sharp-shinned Hawk	65	213-214	NP
1996	1995 fall raptor migration along the Mississippi River at Reno, Minnesota	68	158-164	A
2002	A Mythical Undiscovered Peregrine Falcon Population	74	191-193	A
2006	Vertically Mobile Nesting Peregrine Falcons	78	123-125	A
2006	Are There Undiscovered Peregrine Falcon Nests in the Midwest?	78	185-187	A
2008	Amelia	80	3-4	AP
Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1943	Golden Plovers, Magpie, Prairie Falcon, and Buteos at Lake Traverse	15	11-12	N
1959	Prairie Falcons in Mahnomen and Pennington Counties	31	135	N
1974	Mountain Bluebirds and Prairie Falcon in Rock County	46	119-120	N
1974	The Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	46	166	A
1974	A Prairie Falcon in Anoka County	46	168	N
1974	Prairie Falcon	46	168-169	N
1975	Prairie Falcon in Yellow Medicine County	47	98-99	N
1976	A Prairie Falcon in Clay County	48	38-39	N
1977	Additional Prairie Falcon Reports for Minnesota	49	47-48	N
1977	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Prairie Falcon in Morrison County	49	54	N
1977	Prairie Falcon at Blue Mounds Park	49	106	N
1977	Prairie Falcon, Otter Tail County	49	231	N
1977	Prairie Falcon in Aitkin County	49	231-232	N
1977	Prairie Falcon Seen at Rothsay	49	244	N
1978	Prairie Falcon at Rothsay Prairie	50	216	N
1979	Prairie Falcon Near Fergus Falls	51	49-50	N
1979	Prairie Falcon Observed at Hawk Ridge	51	205-206	N
1980	More Prairie Falcons in Western Minnesota	52	40-41	N
1980	A Prairie Falcon in Lake County	52	90	N
1980	Prairie Falcon in Roseau County	52	91-92	N
1981	The Prairie Falcon: Minnesota's Next Regular?	53	104-107	A
1981	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	53	129-131	A
1982	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	54	42-46	A
1982	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	54	147-150	A
1982	Prairie Falcon and Cattle Egret in Cottonwood County	54	179	N
1983	Prairie Falcon Observations	55	122-123	N
1984	Prairie Falcon Returns to Winter at Rothsay	56	130	N
1988	Falcons at French Lake, Hennepin County	60	183	N
1989	Prairie Falcon in Hennepin County	61	42-43	N
1989	Prairie Falcon Seen in Olmsted County	61	153-154	N
1989	Smith's Longspurs and Prairie Falcons in Western Minnesota	61	200	N
1990	The Prairie Falcon in Minnesota	62	63-69	A
1990	Two Prairie Falcons in Marshall County	62	106-108	N
1990	Prairie Falcon in Cottonwood County	62	117	N
1992	High Numbers of Prairie Falcons in Western Minnesota	64	64	N
1992	Prairie Falcon in Minneapolis	64	69	N
1992	Prairie Falcon in Renville County	64	69	N
1992	Prairie Falcon at Black Dog Lake	64	70	N
1995	Prairie Falcon Overwinters in Minneapolis	67	114	N
1997	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	69	28-30	A
2000	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	72	39-43	A
2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	35-38	A
2002	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	74	161-167	A
2006	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	78	126-133	A
2007	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	79	123-129	A

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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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Click on the volume number to see The Loon reference pages.

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