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.

Cassin's Sparrow (Peucaea cassinii)		Vol.	Page	Key
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)		Vol.	Page	Key
1983	Grasshopper Sparrow at Grand Marais	55	180	N
1990	A Winter Record of a Grasshopper Sparrow	62	39-41	AP
Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)		Vol.	Page	Key
1974	A Black-throated Sparrow in Minnesota	46	100-101	AP
1981	Second Minnesota Record of a Black-throated Sparrow	53	52	N
1993	Black-throated Sparrow, Wilkin County	65	49-50	NP
1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	43-46	A
2002	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	74	36-40	A
2002	Black-throated Sparrow in Moorhead, Clay County	74	238	N
2003	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	75	41-46	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
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1965	Comments on the Distribution and Abundance of the Lark Bunting and Other Prairie Fringillids in Minnesota and North Dakota	37	70-72	A
1967	Late Lark Sparrows	39	68	N
1987	A Lark Sparrow in Cook County	59	221	N
1988	Lark Sparrow in Cook County	60	44	N
1988	Lark Sparrow and Whip-poor-will Nest Records for Anoka County	60	133-134	N
1995	A December Lark Sparrow	67	67	N
1995	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	67	165-166	A
1995	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	67	165	A
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)		Vol.	Page	Key
1951	The Lark Bunting in Rice County	23	18-19	N
1951	Lark Bunting at Virginia	23	87-88	N
1956	Lark Bunting at Salt Lake, Minnesota	28	167	N
1964	Blue Grosbeaks and Lark Bunting in Rock County	36	26-28	N
1964	Lark Buntings Nesting at Salt Lake	36	92-93	NP
1965	Lark Bunting and Dickcissel in Cook County	37	48-49	N
1965	Lark Bunting Occurrence in Southwestern Minnesota	37	63-69	A
1965	Comments on the Distribution and Abundance of the Lark Bunting and Other Prairie Fringillids in Minnesota and North Dakota	37	70-72	A
1965	Lark Bunting in Lake County	37	82	N
1965	Breeding Lark Buntings and American Avocets in Lac Qui Parle County	37	82-83	N
1965	Lark Bunting Record for the North Shore	37	109	N
1966	Blue Grosbeaks and Lark Buntings in Nobles County	38	141-142	N
1968	Lark Bunting Seen in St. Paul	40	58	N
1977	An Unusual Visitor at our Feeder	49	105-106	NP
1977	Summer Record of a Lark Bunting in Stearns County	49	229	N
1979	Lark Bunting in the BWCA	51	200-202	N
1982	Lark Bunting in Cook County	54	189	N
1984	Lark Bunting in Aitkin County	56	191	NP
1985	Lark Bunting in Cook County	57	181	N
1987	Some Unusual Fall Dates from Duluth and Vicinity	59	46-47	N
1987	Lark Bunting at Duluth	59	53	N
1988	Lark Bunting in Aitkin County	60	137	N
1993	Lark Bunting at the Felton Prairie, Clay County	65	48	N
1999	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	71	156-159	A
2000	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	72	39-43	A
2000	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	72	163-168	A
2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	35-38	A
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	152-161	A
2005	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	77	9-15	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
2007	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	79	50-57	A
2007	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	79	123-129	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
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
2011	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	83	3-5	A
2012	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	84	107-112	A
2015	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	87	4-8	A
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)		Vol.	Page	Key
1934	The Chipping Sparrow that Raised Robins	6	15	A
1976	A Late Record for the Chipping Sparrow	48	77	N
1977	Winter Record for a Chipping Sparrow	49	51	NP
1979	Minnesota's First Overwintering Chipping Sparrow	51	100	NP
1982	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	54	147-150	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	155-159	A
1999	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	71	36-39	A
2000	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	72	163-168	A
2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	168-171	A
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)		Vol.	Page	Key
1975	Clay-colored Sparrows in Pipestone County	47	190	N
1975	Clay-colored Sparrows in Olmsted County	47	191	N
1985	Minnesota's First Wintering Clay-colored Sparrow	57	104-105	NP
1988	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	60	108-109	A
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)		Vol.	Page	Key
1967	A Field Sparrow Colony in Pope County	39	139	N
1968	Field Sparrows in Pope County	40	54-55	N
1969	Early Date for the Field Sparrow	41	27	N
1970	Field Sparrow	42	55	N
1976	December Field Sparrow Record	48	77	N
1977	Field Sparrows in Duluth	49	171	N
1984	December Field Sparrow at Two Harbors	56	135-136	NP
1985	Winter Field Sparrow in Cook County	57	61	N
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)		Vol.	Page	Key
1975	Hypothetical Brewer's Sparrow Sighting	47	40-41	N
2006	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	78	126-133	A
2007	Brewer's Sparrow	79	59	N
2015	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	87	4-8	A
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)		Vol.	Page	Key
1967	Wintering Fox Sparrow	39	104	N
1974	Possible Fox Sparrow Nesting in Minnesota	46	35	N
American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)		Vol.	Page	Key
1940	Winter Records of Golden-crowned Kinglet and Eastern Tree Sparrow	12	19	N
2000	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	72	39-43	A
2002	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	74	161-167	A
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)		Vol.	Page	Key
1952	Oregon Junco Nesting in Seattle	24	36	N
1958	A "White-throated" Junco	30	35	N
1959	Texas Recovery of Minnesota Slate-colored Junco	31	97	N
1962	Comparative Trap Vulnerability of the Chickadee and the Slate Colored Junco	34	47-49	A
1964	Notes on the White-winged Junco	36	39-40	A
1966	Possible Slate-colored Junco-White-throated Sparrow Hybrid	38	110-111	N
1969	First Gray-headed Junco Record for Minnesota	41	10	A
1970	Second State Record for the Gray-headed Junco	42	116	N
1972	Sparrow Hawk Chases Junco	44	56	N
1973	Gray-headed Junco Record	45	26	N
1984	Gray-headed Junco Sighted at Richardson Nature Center, Hennepin County	56	70	N
1991	A Dark-eyed Junco's Long Journey	63	65	N
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco h. hyemalis)		Vol.	Page	Key
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (Junco h. oreganus)		Vol.	Page	Key
Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) (Junco h. mearnsi)		Vol.	Page	Key
Dark-eyed Junco (White-winged) (Junco h. aikeni)		Vol.	Page	Key
Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) (Junco h. caniceps)		Vol.	Page	Key
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)		Vol.	Page	Key
1936	White-crowned Sparrow	8	12	N
1964	Late White-crowned Sparrow	36	102	N
1981	July Record of a White-crowned Sparrow	53	226-227	N
1983	Two White-crowned Sparrows Winter at Byron	55	87	N
1990	Summer Record for a White-crowned Sparrow	62	230	N
1991	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	63	41-42	A
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern) (Zonotrichia l. leucophrys)		Vol.	Page	Key
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (Zonotrichia l. gambelii)		Vol.	Page	Key
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)		Vol.	Page	Key
1982	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	54	147-150	A
1986	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	58	42-45	A
1987	Golden-crowned Sparrow in Chippewa County	59	101-102	NP
1990	Second State Record of Golden-crowned Sparrow	62	55-56	NP
1994	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	66	127-128	A
2003	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	75	41-46	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
2009	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	81	115-119	A
2009	Golden-crowned Sparrow in Eagan	81	157	N
2012	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	84	107-112	A
2013	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	85	3-7	A
2014	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	86	107-110	A
2015	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	87	4-8	A
Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)		Vol.	Page	Key
1956	First Winter Record of Harris' Sparrow in Minnesota	28	81	N
1956	Interesting Observations from Kandiyohi and Lac Qui Parle Counties	28	127	N
1960	The Harris' Sparrow and Ruby-crowned Kinglet Winter at Sauk Rapids	32	65	N
1964	Harris' Sparrows Winter at Monticello	36	26	N
1964	Wintering Harris' Sparrows	36	63-64	N
1965	Immature Harris' Sparrow Attempts to Winter at Cloquet	37	108-109	N
1991	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	63	41-42	A
1991	Summer Record for a Harris' Sparrow	63	63	N
1995	Harris' Sparrow in Winter -- Winona County	67	112-113	NP
2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	35-38	A
2003	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	75	41-46	A
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)		Vol.	Page	Key
1936	White-throated Sparrow	8	12	N
1947	White-throated Sparrow Wintering Near Ely	19	53	N
1960	Winter Bird Count Observations	32	30	N
1960	Duluth White-throated Sparrow Retrapped in Saskatchewan	32	32	N
1966	Possible Slate-colored Junco-White-throated Sparrow Hybrid	38	110-111	N
1973	Wintering White-throats	45	19	N
1990	A White-hooded White-throated Sparrow	62	232	N
[Dark-eyed Junco X White-throated Sparrow] (Junco hyemalis X Zonotrichia albicollis)		Vol.	Page	Key
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1982	Vesper Sparrow, Late Migrant in Cook County	54	134-135	N
LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii)		Vol.	Page	Key
1952	Le Conte's Sparrow in Duluth	24	89	N
1953	Le Conte's Sparrow in Anoka County	25	47	N
1959	Breeding Distribution of Henslow's and Le Conte's Sparrows	31	145	N
1962	Nesting Le Conte's Sparrows in South St. Louis County	34	26-27	N
1973	Status of Le Conte's Sparrow in Minnesota	45	131-132	N
1984	Habitat and Size of the Le Conte's Sparrow Territory	56	162-165	A
1991	Summer LeConte's Sparrow	63	203	N
1996	Le Conte's, Sharp-tailed, and Henslow's sparrows in Grant County	68	127-128	N
Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni)		Vol.	Page	Key
1946	Nelson's Sparrow	18	105	N
1978	A Sharp-tailed Sparrow Nest	50	48-49	N
1984	Sharp-tailed Sparrow in Carver Park Reserve	56	274	N
1985	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	57	34-36	A
1989	Sharp-tailed Sparrow Seen in Migration	61	204	N
1990	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	62	12-14	A
1995	Group of Six Sharp-tailed Sparrows in Anoka County	67	249-250	N
1996	LeConte's, Sharp-tailed, and Henslow's sparrows in Grant County	68	127-128	N
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
Baird's Sparrow (Centronyx bairdii)		Vol.	Page	Key
1966	Summer Observations in Roseau County	38	111-112	N
1969	Baird's Sparrow	41	28	N
1970	Baird's Sparrow in Clay County	42	95-96	A
1977	Baird's Sparrow Singing at Rothsay	49	102	N
1977	Baird's Sparrow at Felton	49	175	N
1986	Baird's Sparrow in Crow Wing County	58	131-132	NP
1987	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	59	57-58	A
1988	Baird's Sparrow at Felton Prairie	60	132-133	N
1989	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	61	10-13	A
1991	Baird's Sparrow at Felton Prairie	63	275	N
1991	Baird's Sparrow in Roseau County	63	284-285	N
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	15-18	A
1993	Baird's Sparrows at Felton Prairie	65	1571-58	NP
1994	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	66	43-44	A
1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	43-46	A
2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	35-38	A
2003	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	75	41-46	A
2005	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	77	169-174	A
Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)		Vol.	Page	Key
1954	Henslow's Sparrow in Virginia	26	155	N
1959	Henslow's Sparrow Extends Range in Minnesota	31	102	N
1959	Breeding Distribution of Henslow's and LeConte's Sparrows	31	145	N
1974	Henslow's Sparrow and Bell's Vireo in Southwest Minnesota	46	122-123	N
1978	Fall Henslow's Sparrow Observation	50	216-217	N
1982	Henslow's Sparrow Nest, Hennepin County	54	192	N
1983	Henslow's Sparrow in Red Lake Peatland	55	120-121	N
1986	Henslow's Sparrow in Norman County	58	130	N
1987	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	59	57-58	A
1987	Preliminary Report on the Henslow's Sparrow in Southeastern Minnesota	59	121-124	AP
1987	Henslow's Sparrow Observation	59	216-217	N
1989	A Henslow's Sparrow in October	61	42	N
1992	Henslow's Sparrow Identified in Duluth	64	121	N
1995	Henslow's Sparrow in Wilkin County	67	186	N
1996	Henslow's Sparrow seen in Red Lake County	68	74-75	N
1996	LeConte's, Sharp-tailed, and Henslow's sparrows in Grant County	68	127-128	N
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-167	A
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-166	A
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)		Vol.	Page	Key
1960	The Savannah Sparrows of Minnesota	32	110-113	A
1969	Savannah Sparrows at Feeding Station	41	131	N
1993	Minnesota's First Wintering Savannah Sparrow	65	95-96	N
1996	Savannah Sparrow overwinters at a Brooklyn Park feeding station	68	128	NP
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-167	A
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-166	A
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)		Vol.	Page	Key
1938	Marsh Bird Community Study	10(3-4)	1-3	A
1969	Oddly-colored Song Sparrow	41	129	N
1974	Song Sparrow "Enjoys" Winter in Tracy	46	90-91	N
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)		Vol.	Page	Key
1945	Observations on the Gunflint Trail	17	89-91	N
1966	Summer Observations of Cerulean Warbler and Lincoln's Sparrow in Crow Wing County	38	142	N
1969	A Nesting Record of Lincoln's Sparrow	41	93-94	N
1982	A December Lincoln's Sparrow	54	66	N
1983	Lincoln's Sparrow Winter Observation	55	86-87	N
1986	Lincoln's Sparrow Behavior	58	143	N
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)		Vol.	Page	Key
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-167	A
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-166	A
Abert's Towhee (Melozone aberti)		Vol.	Page	Key
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1967	The First Green-tailed Towhee Record for Minnesota	39	135	N
1990	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	62	134-136	A
1990	Minnesota's Second Green-tailed Towhee	62	152-153	N
1991	A Green-tailed Towhee Visits Lowry Nature Center	63	156-157	AP
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	138-140	A
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	57-59	A
2007	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	79	123-129	A
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1948	Spotted Towhee Seen in Eastern Minnesota	20	26-27	NP
1990	Winter "Spotted" Towhee in Hennepin County	62	115	NP
1997	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	69	28-30	A
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1963	Yellow-breasted Chat and Rufous-sided Towhee Wintering in Fargo	35	27	N
1965	Rufous-sided Towhee Winters in Hennepin County	37	46	N
[Spotted Towhee X Eastern Towhee (Pipilo maculatus X P. erythrophthalmus)]
[Pipilo towhee (Pipilo sp.)]

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