Species Index to The Loon - Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

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.

Families
Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
New World Quail
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Grebes
Pigeons, Doves
Cuckoos
Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Limpkin
Cranes
Stilts, Avocets
Plovers
Sandpipers
Jaegers
Alcids
Gulls, Terns
Loons
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storks
Frigatebirds
Boobies and Gannets
Anhingas
Cormorants
Pelicans
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Barn Owls
Screech-Owls, Owls
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Caracaras, Falcons
Flycatchers
Vireos
Shrikes
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Chickadees, Titmice
Larks
Martins, Swallows
Kinglets
Waxwings
Silky-flycatchers
Nuthatches
Creepers
Gnatcatchers
Wrens
Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Starlings
Dippers
Thrushes
Old World Flycatchers
Old World Sparrows
Pipits
Finches
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Towhees, Sparrows
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds, Orioles
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Issues
Species: Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
[Rose-breasted Grosbeak X Black-headed Grosbeak]
[Pheucticus grosbeak]
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
[Lazuli Bunting X Indigo Bunting]
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)Vol.PageKey
1964Summer Tanager Seen in Winona County3631N
1964Male Summer Tanager in Duluth3663NP
1965First Summer Tanager Banded in Minnesota37113N
1968Summer Tanager Seen in St. Paul4059N
1972Summer Tanager at Detroit Lakes4453N
1972Another Summer Tanager Record4457-58N
1972An Enigmatic Bird44122-123N
1973Summer Tanager Sighting4563-64N
1975Summer Tanager in Roberts Sanctuary47137-138N
1976Fall Summer Tanager48176-177N
1979A Summer Tanager at Fairmont51154N
1979Summer Tanager at Marshall51206N
1979Summer Tanager at Duluth51207N
1980A Summer Tanager in Duluth52189N
1981Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee53129-131A
1981Summer Tanager at Frontenac53170NP
1981A Summer Tanager in Kandiyohi County53170N
1981Summer Tanager in Crow Wing County53223N
1982Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5442-46A
1982Adult Male Summer Tanager in DuluthÔ5463N
1982Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee54147-150A
1982Summer Tanager at Westwood Nature Center54180N
1982Another Lyon County Summer Tanager54181-182NP
1983Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee55117-119A
1983Another Summer Tanager in Lyon County55124N
1984Summer Tanager in Hubbard County5673-74N
1984Summer Tanager, Tamarac Nature Center56201NP
1984Summer Tanager in October in Duluth Township56269-270N
1988A Winter Summer Tanager60135NP
1994Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee66127-128A
1995Summer Tanager at Faribault, Rice County67176N
1999An Influx Of Summer Tanagers71216A
2007A Nesting Summer Tanager X Scarlet Tanager in Minnesota797-10AP
 
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)Vol.PageKey
1933A Strange Bird521N
1933Abnormally-colored Scarlet Tanager550N
1939A Xanthocroid Scarlet Tanager1123N
1952A Possible Xanthocroic Scarlet Tanager2438N
1971Scarlet Tanager in Late November43124N
1982Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee54147-150A
1987Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee59143-144A
2007A Nesting Summer Tanager X Scarlet Tanager in Minnesota797-10AP
 
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)Vol.PageKey
1962Possible Western Tanager34132N
1966Western Tanager in Bloomington38106N
1968Western Tanager Record From St. Louis County4023N
1968Western Tanager Record From Cook County4023N
1968Western Tanager Record From Becker County4023N
1968Western Tanager at Morris4057N
1971Western Tanager in Marshall County43123N
1973Western Tanager in Mille Lacs County4562N
1977Western Tanager49239N
1978Western Tanager in Duluth50170N
1978Western Tanager in Martin County50209N
1978Western Tanager at Austin50209N
1979Western Tanagers at Wood Lake51146-147N
1979Male Western Tanager at Bemidji51147NP
1981Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee53129-131A
1981An Early Western Tanager53169NP
1983Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5541-43A
1983Western Tanager Sighted at Agassiz NWR5592N
1983Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee55117-119A
1983An Adult Male Western Tanager in Bemidji55122NP
1984A Western Tanager in Washington County56133-134NP
1984Western Tanager at Tamarack Nature Center, Ramsey County56269N
1985Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5734-36A
1985Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee57119-120A
1985Western Tanager in Clay County57140-141N
1986A Western Tanager in Morrison County5899N
1986Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee58146-147A
1989Western Tanager in Rochester6191NP
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee61121-123A
1989A Fall Record for Western Tanager in Duluth61198-199N
1990Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6212-14A
1990Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee62134-136A
1990Western Tanager in Otter Tail County62154N
1991Western Tanager in Polk County6361-62N
1991Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee63154-155A
1991Western Tanagers, Spring 199163203-205NP
1992Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6415-18A
1993Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6533-37A
1994Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6643-44A
1994Western Tanager in Kandiyohi County66151-152NP
1995An Influx of Western Tanagers67180-181NP
1996Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee68164-167A
1996Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee68164-166A
1996A Western Tanager in Sherburne County68175-176N
1997Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6928-30A
1997Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee69151-153A
1998Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7043-46A
1998Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee70155-159A
1999Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee71156-159A
2001Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7335-38A
2001Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee73168-171A
2006Western Tanager in Beltrami County7853-54N
 
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)Vol.PageKey
1929Ramblings Rewarded128-29A
1934A Few More or Less Stray Individuals660N
1940Cardinal in Duluth1219N
1942Cardinal Records from North Central Minnesota1431N
1944An Early Cardinal's Nest Plundered by a Blue Jay1659N
1944Courting Display of a Male Cardinal1660N
1945The Cardinal Bird in Montevideo, Minnesota1766-67N
1946A Cardinal Family1812-13N
1946Black-headed Sapsucker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and Cardinal1813N
1946Cardinals in St. Cloud1866-67N
1948The Cardinal Extends its Nesting Range to Western Minnesota20110N
1948Cardinals North of Two Harbors20110N
1949Eastern Cardinals in Duluth2120-21N
1959The Cardinal in Minnesota31105N
1960Aitkin County Observations3263N
1965Cardinal Observation37111-112N
1967Cardinal Seen in Beltrami County3926N
1971Odd Plumaged Cardinal43124-125NP
1975Cardinal Observations in Rock County47138N
1980Unusual Behavior of a Cardinal52185N
1991Southeast Birds in Northwest Minnesota6331-34A
 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)Vol.PageKey
1946A Rose-breasted Grosbeak-Cowbird Puzzle1862N
1947Rose-breasted Grosbeak Battles with Snake1953N
1960Late Record for the Rose-breasted Grosbeak32128N
1967Late Fall Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Duluth3926N
1970Female Albino Rose-breasted Grosbeak4237-38N
1973Recovery of a Banded Rose-breasted Grosbeak4524-25N
1973Late Rose-breasted Grosbeak4526N
1973Hybrid Rose-breasted-Black-headed Grosbeak4564-65N
1975Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Winter4797N
1983Rose-breasted Grosbeak Overwinters in Eagan5586N
 
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)Vol.PageKey
1947Black-headed Grosbeak in Bemidji19104N
1972Black-headed Grosbeak in Dakota County44121-122N
1973Hybrid Rose-breasted-Black-headed Grosbeak4564-65N
1974Black-headed Grosbeak in Freeborn County46116-117N
1974More Black-headed Grosbeak Reports46117N
1975Black-headed Grosbeak Seen in Rock County47139N
1979Was it a Black-headed Grosbeak?51164-169AP
1982Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5442-46A
1982Black-headed Grosbeak in Grand Marais5461-62N
1983Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5541-43A
1983Black-headed Grosbeak in Carver County5593N
1983Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee55117-119A
1984Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5617-20A
1984Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee56160-161A
1984Black-headed Grosbeak in St. Paul56196N
1986Black-headed Grosbeak at Blue Mounds58140N
1986Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee58146-147A
1987Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5957-58A
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6110-13A
1989A Black-headed Grosbeak in Aitkin6147-48NP
1989First Black-headed Grosbeak Record for Southeastern Minnesota6184N
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee61121-123A
1989Black-headed Grosbeak in Lac Qui Parle County61140N
1990Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6212-14A
1992Black-headed Grosbeak at Bemidji64231-232N
1993Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6533-37A
1993Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee65146-147A
1993Black-headed Grosbeak in Jackson County65159N
1994Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6643-44A
1994Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee66127-128A
1994Black-headed Grosbeak in Lac Qui Parle County66155N
1995Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee67165-166A
1995Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee67166A
1995Black-headed Grosbeak at Moorhead67182N
1997Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6928-30A
1998Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee70155-159A
1999Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee71156-159A
2000Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee72163-168A
2001Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7335-38A
2001Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee73168-171A
2002Black-headed Grosbeak in Moorhead, Clay County74240-241NP
2003Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7541-46A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7639-45A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee76152-161A
2005Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee77169-174A
2006Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7840-47A
2006Black-headed Grosbeak in Marshall County7854-55N
2007Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee79123-129A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee805-13A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee805-13A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee823-6A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee823-6A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee82103-106A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee82103-106A
2015Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee874-8A
 
[Rose-breasted Grosbeak X Black-headed Grosbeak] (Pheucticus ludovicianus X P. melanocephalus)Vol.PageKey
 
[Pheucticus grosbeak] (Pheucticus sp.)Vol.PageKey
 
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)Vol.PageKey
1962First blue Grosbeak Specimen for Minnesota3499N
1964Blue Grosbeaks and Lark Bunting in Rock County3626-28N
1964Blue Grosbeak Observation36103-104N
1965Blue Grosbeaks Extend Range in Minnesota3746-47N
1965Further Observations of the Blue Grosbeak in Rock County37112-113N
1966Blue Grosbeaks and Lark Buntings in Nobles County38141-142N
1974Blue Grosbeak in Blue Earth County46120-121N
1975Possible Blue Grosbeak Nesting at Blue Mounds State Park4747-48N
1980A Blue Grosbeak in Dakota County52116N
19801972 Record of Blue Grosbeaks in Dakota County52192N
1984Blue Grosbeak in Olmsted County56197N
1988Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee60108-109A
1988Blue Grosbeak at the Felton Prairie60129-130N
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee6110-13A
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee61121-123A
 
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)Vol.PageKey
1964Lazuli Bunting Observation36105N
1965Hybrid Indigo Bunting X Lazuli Bunting from Rock County3747N
1965Unusual Minnesota Records: Lazuli Bunting3753N
1974Lazuli Bunting in Moorhead46115-116N
1981Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee53129-131A
1981Lazuli Bunting at Grand Marais53162-163NP
1983Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5541-43A
1983Lazuli Bunting in Chisago County55120N
1984Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5617-20A
1984Two Lazuli Buntings Seen in Duluth56262N
1985Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5734-36A
1985A Very Early Lazuli Bunting57110-111N
1985Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee57119-120A
1986Lazuli Bunting in Stearns County58192N
1987Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5957-58A
1987Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee59143-144A
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee61121-123A
1989Lazuli Bunting at Detroit Lakes61141NP
1991Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee63154-155A
1991Lazuli Bunting at Eloise Butler Wildflower and Bird Sanctuary63194N
1997Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee69151-153A
1998Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7043-46A
1999Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee71156-159A
2000Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee72163-168A
2003Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7541-46A
2003Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee75160-163A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7639-45A
2005Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee779-15A
2005Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee77169-174A
2006Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7840-47A
2006Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee78126-133AP
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee805-13A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee805-13A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee80115-120A
2009Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee81115-119A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee823-6A
2010Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee823-6A
2012Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee84107-112A
2013Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee853-7A
2014Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee863-5A
2014Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee86107-110A
2015Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee874-8A
 
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)Vol.PageKey
1949Indigo Bunting Nest with Five Cowbird Eggs21121N
1959The Great Gray Owl and Indigo Bunting at Basswood Lake, Lake County, Minnesota31137N
1965Hybrid Indigo Bunting X Lazuli Bunting from Rock County3747N
1989Late Date for an Indigo Bunting6143N
1989Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee61121-123A
 
[Lazuli Bunting X Indigo Bunting] (Passerina amoena X P. cyanea)Vol.PageKey
 
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)Vol.PageKey
1965Painted Bunting Photographed in Cook County37150N
1969Painted Bunting at Mountain Lake4189N
1986Painted Bunting in Nobles County58129N
1987Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5957-58A
1992Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee64138-140A
1994Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee66127-128A
1994Painted Bunting in Cook County66152N
1998Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee70155-159A
1999Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7136-39A
2000Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7239-43A
2001Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee7335-38A
2001Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee73168-171A
2002Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7436-40A
2002A Most Unexpected and Welcome Visitor: Painted Bunting in Aitkin County74237-238NP
2003Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7541-46A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee7639-45A
2004Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee76152-161A
2007Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee79123-129A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee805-13A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee805-13A
2008Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee80115-120A
2009Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee81115-119A
 
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)Vol.PageKey
1939The Dickcissel in Minnesota1123N
1940More Dickcissels1218N
1940Further Notes on the Dickcissel1233N
1965Lark Bunting and Dickcissel in Cook County3748-49N
1967Dickcissel Flock3924N
1967Dickcissel Record for Duluth39136N
1968A Late Dickcissel Record and an Early Snow Bunting Record4054N
1986Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee5842-45A
1988A Major Invasion of Dickcissels (1988)60143-144A
1991Dickcissel in Grand Marais63285N

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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