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.

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)		Vol.	Page	Key
1956	The Upland Plover on Our Farm	28	13-15	A
1960	Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota	32	5-9	A
1968	Evidence of Upland Plover Nesting in St. Louis County	40	21-22	N
1968	Extremely Late Date for the Upland Plover	40	60	N
1970	Upland Plover in with a Flock of Killdeers	42	147	N
1971	Upland Plover with Young, Itasca County	43	94	N
1987	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	59	57-58	A
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1943	Some Unusual Minnesota Bird Observations	15	12	N
1959	Whimbrel and Jaeger on Minnesota Point, St. Louis County	31	138	N
1966	Whimbrels Seen Near Rochester	38	37	N
1984	Whimbrels in Cook County	56	131-132	N
2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	80	115-120	A
2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	80	115-120	A
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)		Vol.	Page	Key
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1952	An Unusually Tame Long-billed Curlew	24	131	N
1966	Sighting of a Long-billed Curlew	38	73	N
1968	Long-billed Curlew Visits Wayzata	40	52	N
1972	Long-billed Curlew Observation	44	94	N
1976	Long-billed Curlew at the Appleton Bridge	48	79-80	N
1979	Long-billed Curlew at Rothsay	51	146	N
1980	Long-billed Curlew at Cottonwood, Lyon County	52	115	N
1983	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	55	41-43	A
1988	Long-billed Curlew Visits Ely	60	89-90	N
1988	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	60	108-109	A
1988	A Fall Record of Long-billed Curlew	60	186	N
1989	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	61	10-13	A
1990	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	62	12-14	A
1990	Summer Record for a Long-billed Curlew	62	58-59	N
1990	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	62	134-136	A
1990	A Long-billed Curlew at the Farm	62	167-168	N
1992	Long-billed Curlew in McLeod County	64	61-63	NP
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	138-140	A
2000	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	72	163-168	A
2003	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	75	41-46	AP
2005	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	77	169-174	A
2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	80	115-120	A
2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	80	115-120	A
2009	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	81	7-12	A
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)		Vol.	Page	Key
1956	Interesting Observations from Kandiyohi and Lac Qui Parle Counties	28	127	N
1976	Late Hudsonian Godwit	48	185	N
1984	Hudsonian Godwits in July	56	192	N
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)		Vol.	Page	Key
1932	Godwits and Nitwits	4	38-40	A
1942	A Note on the Marbled Godwit in Northwestern Minnesota	14	11	N
1951	Marbled Godwits in McLeod County	23	59	N
1955	Marbled Godwit and Franklin's Gulls at Swan Lake	27	174	N
1956	Nest of Marbled Godwit in Clay County	28	170	N
1960	Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota	32	5-9	A
1990	A Marbled Godwit in Minneapolis	62	114	N
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)		Vol.	Page	Key
1933	A Fall Turnstone (1)	5	60	N
1933	A Fall Turnstone (2)	5	60	N
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1933	Untangle This One	5	60	N
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)		Vol.	Page	Key
1964	First Record of the Ruff for Minnesota	36	44-45	A
1964	The Ruff	36	53-55	AP
1971	Second Ruff Record for Minnesota	43	93	N
1973	Minnesota's Third Ruff	45	63	N
1975	A Ruff at Marshall Sewage Lagoons	47	136	N
1977	Ruff Sighted in Otter Tail County	49	45-46	N
1977	Ruffs at Marshall Sewage Lagoons	49	56	N
1977	Ruff at Moorhead	49	238-239	N
1978	Ruff -- Otter Tail County	50	211	N
1979	A Ruff in Lyon County	51	197	N
1982	Ruff and Reeve in Aitkin County	54	193-194	NP
1983	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	55	117-119	A
1983	Ruff at the Albany Sewage Ponds	55	128	N
1984	Ruff at Crookston Sewage Lagoons	56	203-204	NP
1984	Ruff at Carlos Avery	56	263	N
1985	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	57	34-36	A
1985	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	57	119-120	A
1985	Ruff in Goodhue County	57	137-138	NP
1985	Ruff at Cottonwood, Lyon County	57	183-184	N
1986	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	58	42-45	A
1986	Ruff in Martin County	58	139	N
1986	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	58	146-147	A
1987	A Ruff in Chisago County	59	217	N
1988	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	60	13-16	A
1988	Ruff Seen in Dodge County	60	93	N
1988	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	60	108-109	A
1988	A Ruff (Reeve) at the Bass Ponds, Minnesota River Valley NWR	60	125	N
1988	Ruff at Geis Lake, Scott County	60	181	N
1988	A Ruff at French Lake	60	181	N
1989	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	61	10-13	A
1991	Ruff and Reeve in Yellow Medicine County	63	73	N
1991	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	63	154-155	A
1991	Notes on a Female Ruff	63	280	N
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	15-18	A
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	138-140	A
1992	Ruffs in Polk County	64	167-169	N
1992	Female Ruff in Lac Qui Parle County	64	169	N
1992	Ruff in Carver County	64	173-174	N
1993	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	65	33-37	A
1995	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	67	45-47	A
1995	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	67	46	A
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
2000	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	72	39-43	A
2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	168-171	A
2002	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	74	161-167	A
2002	Ruff in Dakota County	74	240	N
2003	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	75	41-46	A
2003	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	75	160-163	A
2004	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	76	39-45	A
2004	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	76	152-161	A
2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	80	5-13	A
2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	80	5-13	A
2008	Ruff in Lac Qui Parle County	80	44	N
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
2010	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	82	103-106	A
2010	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	82	103-106	A
2012	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	84	107-112	A
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)		Vol.	Page	Key
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1967	Early Shorebird Records: Stilt Sandpiper	39	138	N
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)		Vol.	Page	Key
1952	Curlew Sandpipers at Lake Winona	24	160	N
1993	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	65	146-147	A
1994	Minnesota's First Curlew Sandpiper	66	113-114	AP
1994	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	66	127-128	A
1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	155-159	A
2004	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	76	152-161	A
2006	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	78	126-133	A
2006	Curlew Sandpiper at Lake Byllesby, Dakota County	78	234	N
Sanderling (Calidris alba)		Vol.	Page	Key
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)		Vol.	Page	Key
2002	First Winter Record of the Dunlin in Minnesota	74	238	N
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)		Vol.	Page	Key
1967	Purple Sandpiper at Grand Marais, December 17, 1966	39	64	N
1978	Purple Sandpiper in Aitkin County	50	47-48	NP
1982	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	54	42-46	A
1982	Purple Sandpiper in Duluth	54	58-59	NP
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	15-18	A
1992	Purple Sandpiper in Grand Marais	64	56-57	N
2007	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	79	50-57	A
2012	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	84	3-7	A
2012	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	84	107-112	A
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)		Vol.	Page	Key
1964	Some Extremely Early Records of the Baird's Sandpiper	36	64-65	N
1966	Late Record for the Baird's Sandpiper	38	40	N
1967	Early Shorebird Records: Baird's Sandpiper	39	138	N
1991	An Early Baird's Sandpiper	63	65	N
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)		Vol.	Page	Key
1959	Least Sandpipers Use Building as Feeding Area	31	134	N
1988	Springtime Journey of a Minnesota Migrant	60	178-179	N
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)		Vol.	Page	Key
1963	Early White-rumped Sandpiper at Salt Lake	35	67	N
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-167	A
2002	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	74	161-167	A
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)		Vol.	Page	Key
1966	Interesting Fall Shorebirds	38	74-75	N
1971	Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Stearns County	43	20	N
1980	Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Grand Portage National Monument	52	184	N
1985	Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Hennepin County	57	109	N
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
2005	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	77	9-15	A
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)		Vol.	Page	Key
1953	Two Early Shorebird Records	25	80	N
1975	First Winter Record for the Pectoral Sandpiper	47	97	N
1981	A Problem of Identification	53	234-235	NP
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)		Vol.	Page	Key
2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	168-171	A
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)		Vol.	Page	Key
1960	Western Sandpiper Taken in Minnesota	32	125	N
1967	Western Sandpiper in Lyon County	39	140	N
1970	Western Sandpiper Found in Mille Lacs County	42	73-74	N
1971	Western Sandpiper at Whitewater Refuge	43	92	N
1989	Western Sandpiper Specimen	61	92	N
1991	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	63	41-42	A
1991	Western Sandpiper Documentation	63	196-197	N
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	15-18	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
1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	156-158	A
2000	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	72	39-43	A
2002	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	74	36-40	A
2002	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	74	161-167	A
2004	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	76	39-45	A
2004	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	76	152-161	A
2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	80	5-13	A
2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	80	5-13	A
2009	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	81	7-12	A
2010	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	82	103-106	A
2010	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	82	103-106	A
[Calidris sandpiper] (Calidris sp.)		Vol.	Page	Key
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1961	Notes on the Dowitchers of Minnesota	33	32-33	A
1962	Which Dowitcher is it?	34	25	N
1986	Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers at Grand Marais	58	95-96	N
1990	A Late Short-billed Dowitcher	62	169	N
1991	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	63	41-42	A
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1961	Notes on the Dowitchers of Minnesota	33	32-33	N
1962	Which Dowitcher is it?	34	25	N
1986	Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers at Grand Marais	58	95-96	N
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
[Limnodromus dowitcher] (Limnodromus sp.)		Vol.	Page	Key
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)		Vol.	Page	Key
1930	Courtship of the Woodcock	2	17	N
1945	Woodcock Lights on River	17	64	N
1950	Woodcock Studies at Cloquet Forest Experiment Station, Minnesota	22	1-7	A
1955	Census of Woodcock and Wilson's Snipe, 1955	27	128	N
1957	American Woodcock in Thunder Bay District	29	74-75	A
1957	Woodcock Observation in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota	29	86	N
1957	Woodcock Singing Grounds	29	127	N
1961	Observations on Black-billed Magpies and American Woodcock	33	54	N
1964	Late Record for the American Woodcock in Minnesota	36	67	N
1964	Nesting American Woodcock	36	96-98	AP
1967	Observations of the American Woodcock	39	138	N
1969	American Woodcock Near Itasca State Park	41	129-130	N
1970	Woodcock Sex and Age Ratios and Weights in Minnesota	42	31-33	A
1970	Additional Woodcock Records for Western Minnesota	42	40	N
1970	American Woodcock Observations -- Northwestern Minnesota	42	71	N
1971	A Woodcock on the Mall	43	98	N
1972	American Woodcock	44	58	N
1973	Woodcock Display	45	100	N
1974	Hennepin County Woodcock Reports	46	173	N
1975	Possible American Woodcock Nesting in Southwest Minnesota	47	48	N
1975	Woodcock Nesting in Becker County	47	101	N
1976	Woodcock Under the Northern Lights	48	89-91	A
1978	American Woodcock Breeding in Rice County	50	221	N
1982	Minnesota Woodcock	54	203-211	A
1984	American Woodcock Carrying Young	56	66-67	N
1984	Do Woodcock Carry Their Young?	56	81-82	A
1985	American Woodcock Nesting in Pipestone County	57	108	NP
1990	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	62	134-136	A
1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	155-159	A
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)		Vol.	Page	Key
1950	Bibliography of Wilson's Snipe: Capella gallinago delicata	22	23-26	A
1950	A Wilson's Snipe Nest in Hennepin County, Minnesota	22	44-45	N
1950	Wilson's Snipe Nesting Near Centerville, Anoka County	22	45	N
1950	Bibliography of Wilson's Snipe: Capella gallinago delicata (concluded)	22	49-60	A
1955	Census of Woodcock and Wilson's Snipe, 1955	27	128	N
1980	Common Snipe in Cass County in Late January	52	44	N
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)		Vol.	Page	Key
1934	Submersible Sandpiper	6	61	N
1978	An Early Spotted Sandpiper	50	172	N
1982	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	54	42-46	A
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)		Vol.	Page	Key
1973	Evidence of Solitary Sandpiper Breeding	45	96	N
1982	Second Breeding Record for the Solitary Sandpiper South of Canada	54	144-147	AP
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)		Vol.	Page	Key
1946	Marsh Hawk Captures Sick Yellow-legs	18	107	N
1978	Summer Record of Lesser Yellowlegs in Stearns County	50	56	N
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)		Vol.	Page	Key
1953	The Willet at Duluth	25	126	N
1955	A Willet at Itasca State Park	27	174	N
1971	Willets on Sugar Lake, Wright County	43	23	N
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)		Vol.	Page	Key
1952	A Late Record of the Greater Yellowlegs	24	34	N
1953	Two Early Shorebird Records	25	80	N
1980	Partial Albino Greater Yellowlegs	52	189	N
1995	Birding by Hindsight: A Second Look at Shorebirds	67	100-103	A
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)		Vol.	Page	Key
1952	The Wilson's Phalarope in Duluth	24	38	N
1967	Unusual Phalarope Feeding	39	108	N
1977	Late Date for Wilson's Phalarope in Anoka County	49	48	N
1990	Probable Wilson's Phalarope Breeding in Southern Wright County	62	156	N
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1929	Northern Phalarope Near Fort Snelling	1	29	N
1953	Late Record for the Northern Phalarope	25	157	N
1966	Interesting Fall Shorebirds	38	74-75	N
1967	Unusual Phalarope Feeding	39	108	N
1989	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	61	121-123	A
1997	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	69	151-153	A
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)		Vol.	Page	Key
1964	The Red Phalarope in Minnesota	36	25	N
1977	Minnesota's Second Red Phalarope	49	44-45	NP
1977	Red Phalarope at Moorhead	49	172-173	NP
1978	Red Phalarope -- Mille Lacs Lake	50	45-46	NP
1981	First Red Phalarope for Minnesota Point	53	60-61	NP
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	15-18	A
1992	Red Phalarope in Dodge County	64	67-68	NP
1993	Red Phalarope in Hennepin County	65	208-209	N
1994	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	66	43-44	A
1995	Red Phalarope in Roseau County	67	109	N
1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	43-46	A
1999	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	71	36-39	A
1999	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	71	156-159	A
2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	168-171	A
2005	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	77	9-15	AP
2006	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	78	40-47	A
2007	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	79	123-129	A
2007	Red Phalarope in Lac Qui Parle County	79	236	N
2007	Red Phalarope in Big stone County	79	238	N
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
2013	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	85	3-7	A
2015	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	87	4-8	A

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Notes:

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