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.

Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)		Vol.	Page	Key
1934	Screech Owl Notes	6	22	N
1946	A Screech Owl Visitor	18	41	N
1953	A Screech Owl Incident	25	156	N
1958	Screech Owl Note	30	158	N
1960	Owl Pellet Studies From Three Areas in Hennepin and Scott Counties	32	13-14	A
1964	Owl Observations -- Screech Owl	36	109	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1988	Nesting Eastern Screech-Owls	60	128	N
1989	Nine Owls	61	189-191	A
1990	Owls and Moths	62	72-75	AP
1995	An Early Nesting Eastern Screech-Owl	67	182	N
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1930	Unusual Nesting Site of the Great Horned Owl	2	19	N
1931	Owl Notes	3	5	N
1932	Great Horned Owl Nests That I Have Seen	4	10-14	A
1937	Hunting Owl Nests at Shakopee	9(2)	9	A
1939	Banding Hawks and Owls	11	17	A
1941	Horned Owl Preys On Brown Rat	13	21	N
1942	Observations on a Captive Great Horned Owl	14	17-22	A
1945	Great Horned Owl and Giant Water Beetle	17	18	N
1946	Nesting Birds of Prey: Great Horned Owl	18	16-17	N
1952	Food of Owls	24	91-92	N
1959	Captive Great Horned Owls	31	45	A
1960	An Owl Trap	32	65	N
1963	Owls Attack Human Beings	35	67-68	N
1964	Owl Observations -- Great Horned Owl	36	110	N
1968	Observations: At a Great Horned Owl Nest in Mille Lacs County	40	133	N
1970	The Nesting Ecology of Some Hawks and Owls in Southeastern Minnesota	42	48-62	A
1971	Owl and Grouse Seemingly Try to Outdo Each Other as Noisemakers	43	59-60	N
1974	Arctic Horned Owl	46	84	N
1976	Great Horned Owl Nesting Dates Differ in Winona and Mille Lacs Counties	48	55-56	N
1977	An Early Great Horned Owl Nesting	49	6	N
1977	Arctic Horned Owl Observation	49	187	N
1979	Great Horned Owl Display	51	53-54	N
1979	Mallards Nesting in Great Blue Heron Nests and Near an Active Great Horned Owl Nest	51	100-101	N
1980	Great Horned Owl Recovered in Illinois	52	114	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1985	Use of Artificial Nests by Great Gray Owls, Great Horned Owls, and Red-tailed Hawks in Northeastern Minnesota	57	150-152	A
1989	Nine Owls	61	189-191	A
2007	Western Great Lakes Region Owl Monitoring Survey	79	65-71	A
Great Horned Owl (Labrador) (Bubo v. heterocnemis)		Vol.	Page	Key
Great Horned Owl (Eastern) (Bubo v. virginianus)		Vol.	Page	Key
Great Horned Owl (Arctic) (Bubo v. subarcticus)		Vol.	Page	Key
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1929	Snowy Owl	1	35	N
1930	Snowy Owls at Shakopee	2	5-6	A
1931	Owl Notes	3	5	N
1933	Northern Migrants	5	59	N
1936	Snowy Owls	8	12	N
1940	Snowy Owl in the Arrowhead	12	20	N
1946	Another Snowy Owl Year	18	10	N
1950	Some Snowy Owl Observations for the Winter of 1949-50	22	111-112	N
1956	Snowy Owls, Measurements and Food	28	82	N
1958	Snowy Owl Varies His Diet When He Comes South	30	72	N
1960	An Owl Trap	32	65	N
1962	Observations in Martin and Watonwan Counties -- Snowy Owl	34	29-30	N
1964	Late Snowy Owl Observation	36	106	N
1964	Owl Observations -- Snowy Owl	36	109-110	N
1968	Minnesota's 1966-67 Snowy Owl Invasion	40	90-92	A
1976	Winter Vocalization of Snowy Owl	48	76	N
1976	Snowy Owl Behavior	48	76	N
1979	Scavenger, Predator Roles Reversed	51	48-49	N
1979	Snowy Owl at Moorhead	51	49	N
1979	Snowy Owl Vocalization	51	148	N
1979	Duluth-Superior Snowy Owl Study	51	218-219	N
1989	Nine Owls	61	189-191	A
1992	Snowy Owl in Yellow Medicine County	64	172	NP
1992	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991-1992	64	189-195	A
1994	Minnesota Snowy Owl Invasion 1993-94	66	160-165	A
1995	Bald Eagle Predation on Snowy Owl	67	107	N
Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)		Vol.	Page	Key
1936	Hawk Owls	8	12	N
1946	Saw-Whet Owl, Hawk Owl, and Sandhill Cranes	18	40	N
1956	Hawk Owl in Carlton County	28	84	N
1959	Hawk Owls -- Lake of the Woods County	31	23	N
1959	Summer Sight Record of a Hawk Owl in Beltrami County, Minnesota	31	96	N
1963	Hawk Owl Invasion, Winter 1962-63	35	77-78	A
1963	Hawk Owls in St. Louis County, Minnesota	35	129-134	AP
1971	Hawk Owl Seen in Beltrami County	43	123-124	N
1973	Hawk Owl Observation in Aitkin County	45	19	NP
1979	Hawk Owl Seen in Stevens County	51	54	N
1980	Diet of a Minnesota Hawk Owl	52	117-118	N
1981	Summer Hawk Owl Record	53	53-54	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1982	Nesting Hawk Owls in Lake of the Woods County	54	182-185	NP
1987	Observations of Northern Hawk Owls Nesting in Roseau County	59	165-174	AP
1991	An Influx of Northern Raptors, Fall-Winter 1990-1991	63	163-167	A
1992	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991-1992	64	189-195	A
1993	Nesting Northern Hawk Owls	65	58-60	A
1993	Northern Hawk Owl Breeding Behavior Observed	65	102-103	N
1993	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	65	146-147	A
2006	Unusual Natural Injury in aDouble-crested Cormorant and American White Pelican in Minnesota	78	107	A
2006	Extra Rectrices on Boreal and Northern Hawk Owls	78	108-110	A
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)		Vol.	Page	Key
1933	Burrowing Owls	5	59	N
1940	Western Burrowing Owl in Otter Tail County	12	20	N
1946	Burrowing Owl Observation	18	119	N
1955	Recent Observations of Burrowing Owls in Lyon and Yellow Medicine Counties, Minnesota	27	40-41	N
1956	An Unusual Day of Migrants	28	160	N
1956	Burrowing Owls	28	168	N
1956	Probable Burrowing Owl Record for Central Minnesota	28	170	N
1957	Additional Burrowing Owls in Traverse County	29	87	N
1958	Nesting Record of a Burrowing Owl	30	159	N
1959	Note on Food Habits of the Burrowing Owl in Minnesota	31	103	N
1960	Burrowing Owls in Martin County	32	127-128	N
1965	The Burrowing Owl in Minnesota	37	2-17	AP
1966	Burrowing Owl in Olmsted County	38	37-38	N
1968	Burrowing Owl in Watonwan County	40	101	N
1974	Nesting Burrowing Owls	46	171	NP
1977	Burrowing Owl, Wilkin County	49	179	N
1978	A Burrowing Owl	50	215-216	N
1980	Burrowing Owls, Clay County	52	116	N
1981	Burrowing Owls in Stevens County	53	227	NP
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1989	Nine Owls	61	189-191	A
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	57-59	A
1997	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	69	28-30	A
1997	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	69	151-153	A
2002	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	74	161-167	AP
2004	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	76	152-161	AP
2005	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	77	169-174	A
2006	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	78	126-133	AP
2006	Burrowing Owls in Norman County	78	178	N
2006	Burrowing Owls in Polk County	78	233	N
2007	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	79	50-57	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	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
2011	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	83	3-5	A
2011	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	83	99-103	A
Barred Owl (Strix varia)		Vol.	Page	Key
1930	Nesting of the Barred Owl	2	18-19	A
1940	Barred Owl Food Habits in Glenwood Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota	12	21-23	A
1952	Food of Owls	24	91-92	N
1963	Owls Attack Human Beings	35	67-68	N
1964	Owl Observations -- Barred Owl	36	109	N
1965	Raptor Predation Upon Raptors	37	108	N
1965	Goshawk Feeds on a Barred Owl	37	110	N
1970	The Nesting Ecology of Some Hawks and Owls in Southeastern Minnesota	42	48-62	A
1972	Biology of Barred Owls in Minnesota	44	111-115	A
1980	Barred Owls Use Nest Box	52	193-194	NP
1982	Unusual Barred Owl Behavior	54	65-66	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1989	Nine Owls	61	189-191	A
1993	An Exciting Visit with a Barred Owl	65	51	N
2006	Leucistic Barred Owl Found During the Winter of 2005	78	36-39	A
2007	Western Great Lakes Region Owl Monitoring Survey	79	65-71	A
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)		Vol.	Page	Key
1933	Northern Migrants	5	59	N
1934	An Arctic Visitor	6	10	A
1936	Great Gray Owl	8	12	N
1952	Food of Owls	24	91-92	N
1959	The Great Gray Owl and Indigo Bunting at Basswood Lake, Lake County, Minnesota	31	137	N
1964	Summer Record of a Great Gray Owl	36	108	N
1965	Great Gray Owl in Becker County	37	45-46	N
1965	June Record for the Great Gray Owl	37	150	N
1966	Influx of Northern Owls, Winter 1965-66	38	44-45	A
1966	Great Gray Owl Seen in June	38	107-108	N
1969	Northern Owl Invasion, Winter, 1968-1969	41	36-39	A
1970	Great Gray Owls Nesting Near Roseau	42	88-93	A
1974	Great Gray Owls Occupy Artificial Nest	46	161-165	AP
1975	Summer Record of Great Gray Owls in Aitkin County	47	188-189	NP
1977	Records of Great Gray Owls in Otter Tail County	49	101-102	N
1978	Invasion of Great Gray and Boreal Owls, Winter 1977-78	50	63-68	A
1979	Great Gray Owl Specimen from Filmore County	51	46-47	N
1979	Summer Observation of a Great Gray Owl in Lake County	51	47	N
1979	Great Gray Owl Nest in St. Louis County	51	199	N
1981	Great Gray Owl in Anoka County	53	173	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1982	Three Young Great Gray Owls in Itasca County	54	194-195	N
1984	A Record Invasion of Great Gray Owls	56	143-147	AP
1984	Great Gray Owl in Nest, Lake of the Woods County	56	207	NP
1985	Use of Artificial Nests by Great Gray Owls, Great Horned Owls, and Red-Tailed Hawks in Northeastern Minnesota	57	150-152	A
1987	Great Gray Owl Nesting Activity	59	105	N
1988	Use of Nestboxes by Great Gray Owls in Northern Minnesota	60	121-123	AP
1989	A Great Gray Owl Influx, Winter 1988-89	61	115-117	A
1989	Nine Owls	61	189-191	A
1990	Great Gray Owl in Meeker County	62	109	N
1990	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	62	134-136	A
1990	Great Gray Owl at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge	62	229	NP
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
1992	Great Gray Owl in Kandiyohi County	64	126-127	NP
1992	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991-1992	64	189-195	A
1996	Close encounters with a hungry Great Gray Owl	68	124-126	A
2006	The 2004-2005 Influx of Northern Owls	78	3-10	A
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1931	Hawk and Owl Notes	3	14	A
1939	Banding Hawks and Owls	11	17	A
1943	Long-eared Owl Near Cass Lake, Minnesota	15	56	N
1959	Long-eared Owls in Scott and Hennepin Counties	31	62	N
1960	Owl Pellet Studies from Three Areas in Hennepin and Scott Counties	32	13-14	A
1960	An Owl Trap	32	65	N
1964	Owl Observations -- Long-eared Owl	36	110	N
1970	A Recent Minnesota Nesting Record of the Long-eared Owl	42	74	N
1972	Long-eared Owl Nest on Sherburne Refuge	44	29-30	N
1975	Fall Owl Migration at Duluth, Minnesota	47	56-58	AP
1975	Food Habits of Two Long-eared Owl Families in East-central Minnesota	47	58-61	A
1977	Observations of Three Long-Eared Owls	49	42-43	A
1978	Unusual Diurnal Hunting Behavior of a Long-eared Owl	50	122	N
1980	Long-eared Owl Nests	52	186	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1995	Long-eared Owls in Winter	67	114-114	N
1995	Long-eared Owls Nest in Aitkin County	67	161-163	AP
1995	Prey Items of Long-eared Owls Wintering in Minnesota	67	238-240	A
1996	Unusual numbers of wintering Long-eared Owls	68	73	N
2007	Western Great Lakes Region Owl Monitoring Survey	79	65-71	AP
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1930	Short-eared Owl	2	50	N
1936	Short-eared Owl	8	12	N
1936	Short-eared Owl	8	51	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
1959	Short-eared Owl Preying on Pocket Gopher	31	98	N
1974	Aggressive Short-eared Owls in Aitkin County	46	40	N
1975	Fall Owl Migration at Duluth, Minnesota	47	56-58	A
1977	Short-eared Owls in Wilkin County	49	104-105	N
1980	Short-eared Owls in Aitkin County	52	87	N
1980	Unusual Plumaged Short-eared Owl	52	92	NP
1981	Unusual Nest Site, Short-eared Owl	53	230-231	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1987	Wintering Short-eared Owls	59	157-158	N
1989	Nine Owls	61	189-101	A
1990	Rough-legged Hawk Preys on Short-eared Owl	62	108	N
1996	Short-eared Owl interaction with a Rough-legged Hawk in Roseac County	68	179	N
Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1934	Richardson's Owl at St. Peter	6	22	N
1947	Richardson's Owl Near Cloquet	19	76	N
1949	Richardson's Owl at Sebeka	21	18-19	N
1952	Food of Owls	24	91-92	N
1960	An Owl Trap	32	65	N
1960	Boreal Owl Banded at Duluth	32	66	N
1963	Boreal Owl Captures Northern Flying Squirrel	35	28	N
1963	Boreal Owl Flight Along the North Shore	35	70-71	N
1966	Influx of Northern Owls, Winter 1965-66	38	44-45	AP
1966	Observations of a Boreal Owl at Two Harbors	38	46-47	A
1966	Observations of a Boreal Owl at Duluth	38	47-48	A
1967	Boreal Owl Observation from Hubbard County	39	65	NP
1969	Northern Owl Invasion, Winter, 1968-1969	41	36-39	A
1975	A Boreal Owl Along the Gunflint	47	98	N
1977	Fall Migration of Boreal Owls	49	165-167	A
1978	Invasion of Great Gray and Boreal Owls, Winter, 1977-78	50	63-68	AP
1979	First Boreal Owl Nesting Record South of Canada: A Diary	51	20-27	AP
1979	Another Boreal Owl Nest Found in Cook County	51	198-199	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1982	An Invasion of Boreal Owls	54	176-177	A
1982	A Nesting Boreal Owl in Minnesota	54	212-214	AP
1982	Possible Cannibalism in Boreal Owls	54	246	N
1983	Boreal Owl in Itasca County	55	38-39	N
1985	Boreal Owl in Mahnomen County	57	110	NP
1987	Boreal Owl at Duluth	59	52	NP
1987	Some Boreal and Northern Saw-whet Owl Comparisons	59	151-153	NP
1987	Breeding Boreal Owls in Roseau County	59	163-165	AP
1988	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	60	13-16	A
1988	1988 Boreal Owl Survey in Cook County	60	99-104	AP
1989	Boreal Owl in Minneapolis	61	85-87	N
1989	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	61	121-123	A
1989	Nine Owls	61	189-191	A
1991	Physical Interaction Between a Male Boreal Owl and Male Northern Saw-Whet Owl	63	74-75	N
1992	A Record Invasion of Northern Owls, Fall-Winter 1991-1992	64	189-195	A
1996	A Boreal Owl in Kandiyohi County	68	128-129	NP
2006	Extra Rectrices on Boreal and Northern Hawk Owls	78	108-110	A
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1946	Saw-whet Owl, Hawk Owl, and Sandhill Cranes	18	40	NP
1948	Two Interesting Bird Incidents	20	64	N
1960	Owl Pellet Studies from Three Areas in Hennepin and Scott Counties	32	13-14	A
1960	Saw-whet Owl Pellets	32	59	NP
1960	An Owl Trap	32	65	N
1961	Saw-whet Owl Observation	33	55	N
1973	Overwintering Saw-whet Owls in Clay County	45	114-117	AP
1974	Saw-whet Owl Observation	46	88-89	NP
1975	Fall Owl Migration at Duluth, Minnesota	47	56-58	AP
1978	Partial Albinism: Saw-whet Owl and Goshawk	50	52-53	NP
1981	Summer Saw-whet Owl Observation from Southeastern Minnesota	53	173-174	N
1982	Raptors of Minnesota -- Nesting Distribution and Population Status	54	73-104	A
1987	Some Boreal and Northern Saw-whet Owl Comparisons	59	151-153	N
1987	Northern Saw-whet Owl Nesting in Hubbard County	59	154	NP
1988	Northern Saw-whet Owls Breeding in Hennepin County	60	132	N
1989	Nine Owls	61	189-191	A
1991	Physical Interaction Between a Male Boreal Owl and Male Northern Saw-whet Owl	63	74-75	N
1993	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	65	33-37	A
2007	Western Great Lakes Region Owl Monitoring Survey	79	65-71	A
2008	An Old Northern Saw-whet Owl Nesting Record from Southeast Minnesota	80	101-102	A

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