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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1929	The Bittern's Courtship Antics	1	15	A
		1931	Unusual Nesting Sites	3	10	A
		1937	A Bittern's Courtship Actions	9(3,4)	12	A
		1938	A Bittern Uses its Coloration	10	5	A
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1933	The Least Bittern's Meal Ticket	5	55	A
		1944	Nesting of the Least Bittern	16	19-21	A
		1956	Interesting Observations from Kandiyohi and Lac Qui Parle Counties	28	127	N
		1968	Least Bittern Nesting	40	36	AP
		1969	Least Bittern Caught in Crow Wing County	41	130-131	N
		2008	Least Bittern nest, 16 June 2007, Jackson County	80	1	NP
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1950	Cormorant-Great Blue Heron Rookery	22	128	N
		1951	Cormorant-Great Blue Heron Rookery	23	58-59	N
		1952	Living with Great Blue Herons	24	131	N
		1952	The 1952 Census of Tom's Island	24	163-164	N
		1953	Great Blue Herons on Long Lake	25	81	N
		1954	Heron Rookery on Lake Koronis	26	41	N
		1954	Heron Rookery Damaged by Storm	26	106-107	AP
		1955	Great Blue Heron Robs Osprey of Fish	27	129	N
		1955	An Unusual Nesting Record in Kandiyohi County	27	173	N
		1955	Sportsmen Slaughter the Great Blue Heron	27	175	N
		1956	A Large Heronry at Afton, Minnesota	28	39	N
		1956	Heron Island - General Shields Lake	28	130-132	A
		1958	The Rice Lake Heronry	30	37	N
		1958	An Oil-soaked Great Blue Heron	30	160	N
		1959	Great Blue Heron and Common Egret Colonies in Minnesota	31	65	A
		1959	Grace Lake Heron Colony	31	100	N
		1961	Possible Sight Record of the Great White Heron	33	56-57	N
		1962	Storm Damage to a Heron Rookery	34	78-80	AP
		1962	Notes on an Unreported Heron Rookery	34	101	N
		1966	Observations of a Rookery Containing Great Blue Herons, Common Egrets, Black-crowned Night-Herons, and Double-crested Cormorants	38	106-107	N
		1967	Feeding Behavior of the Great Blue Heron in Itasca State Park, Minnesota	39	116-120	A
		1968	Great Blue Herons	40	37-40	A
		1968	Raccoon Pilfered a Great Blue Heron's Nest	40	133	N
		1971	Nocturnal Hunting by the Great Blue Heron	43	57-58	N
		1971	The 1971 Spring Migration at the Cold Spring Heron Colony	43	75-77	A
		1972	Late Great Blue Heron at Lake Pulaski	44	30	N
		1972	The 1972 Great Blue Heron Migration in Minnesota	44	85-87	A
		1972	Osprey in a Great Blue Heron Nest	44	91-92	N
		1973	A Study of the Pig's Eye Lake Heron Colonies	45	32-45	A
		1975	The 1973 Great Blue Heron Migration in Minnesota	47	66-69	A
		1975	The 1975 Spring Migration at the Cold Spring Heron Colony	47	153-155	N
		1977	Unusual Feeding Behavior of a Great Blue Heron	49	233-234	N
		1978	Status of Great Blue Herons on the Chippewa National Forest	50	104-106	A
		1979	Mallards Nesting in Great Blue Heron Nests and Near an Active Great Horned Owl Nest	51	100-101	N
		1979	Eagle, Osprey, Heron Nesting Report -- 1979	51	203-205	N
		1980	Unusual Behavior of Black-crowned Night-Herons and Great Blue Herons	52	115-116	N
		1980	Great Blue Heron Feeding Behavior	52	120	N
		1980	Storm Damage to Egrets and Waterfowl, Grant and Wilkin Counties	52	184-185	N
		1980	1980 Bald Eagle, Osprey and Blue Heron Nesting, Superior National Forest	52	193	N
		1984	Heron Rookery at Minnesota Lake	56	200-201	N
		1984	The Aggressive Responses of a Nesting Osprey in a Great Blue Heron Colony	56	214-215	A
		1985	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	57	67-78	A
		1988	The Battle of Moose Lake	60	183-184	N
Great Egret (Ardea alba)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1937	American Egrets	9(3,4)	6	N
		1938	American Egret	10(3-4)	13	N
		1939	More Minnesota American Egret News	11	13	A
		1944	Observations on American Egrets	16	58-59	N
		1945	American Egrets Near Minneapolis	17	91-92	N
		1946	American Egrets in Minnesota	18	63-64	N
		1946	Egrets Near Hastings	18	64	N
		1947	Egrets Near Winona	19	53	N
		1947	American Egrets in Minnesota	19	79	N
		1947	Occurrence of the American Egret and the Little Blue Heron in Northeastern Iowa	19	104-105	N
		1949	Egret Distribution in August, 1949	21	120-121	N
		1953	Status of American Egrets in Rice County	25	81-82	N
		1956	A Large Heronry at Afton, Minnesota	28	39	N
		1956	Heron Island - General Shields Lake	28	130-132	A
		1959	Great Blue Heron and Common Egret Colonies in Minnesota	31	65	A
		1961	A Common Egret in the Minnesota Lakehead Region	33	54	N
		1962	Storm Damage to a Heron Rookery	34	78-80	AP
		1962	Notes on an Unreported Heron Rookery	34	101	N
		1966	Observations of a Rookery Containing Great Blue Herons, Common Egrets, Black-crowned Night-Herons, and Double-crested Cormorants	38	106-107	N
		1967	Common Egret in St. Louis County	39	66	NP
		1969	Common Egrets in Itasca State Park	41	130	N
		1970	Common Egret Seen Near Duluth	42	77	N
		1970	Concentration of Common Egrets, Stearns County	42	117	N
		1971	Common Egrets in Mille Lacs County	43	92-93	N
		1973	A Study of the Pig's Eye Lake Heron Colonies	45	32-45	A
		1980	Storm Damage to Egrets and Waterfowl, Grant and Wilkin Counties	52	184-185	N
		1981	Large Numbers of Great Egrets in Aitkin County	53	232	N
		1983	Late Date for Great Egret	55	34	N
		1984	Heron Rookery at Minnesota Lake	56	200-201	N
		1985	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	57	67-78	A
		1986	First Great Egrets in Cook County	58	47	N
		1992	Atypical Food Capture by Bald Eagle	64	166	N
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1950	Snowy Egret in Faribault County, Minnesota	22	130	N
		1952	Snowy Egret at Lake Traverse	24	86	N
		1953	Snowy Egret in North Dakota	25	111	N
		1963	Snowy Egret at Swan Lake, Nicollet County	35	99-100	N
		1964	Snowy Egret Seen in Hennepin County	36	65	N
		1966	Snowy Egret at Agassiz Refuge	38	70	N
		1966	Snowy Egret at Agassiz Refuge	38	140	N
		1970	Snowy Egret at Cottonwood, Lyon County	42	118	N
		1971	Snowy Egret in St. Paul Suburb	43	56-57	N
		1972	Cattle Egret, Little Blue Heron, and Possible Snowy Egret Nestings at the Lake Johanna Rookery, Pope County, Minnesota	44	36-43	AP
		1975	Snowy Egret Observation	47	134	N
		1976	Early Snowy Egret in Murray County	48	116-117	N
		1976	Snowy Egret Near Lake City	48	117	N
		1976	Snowy Egret at Agassiz Refuge	48	177	N
		1977	Snowy Egret in Lincoln County	49	102-103	N
		1977	Snowy Egret on Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge	49	185	NP
		1978	Snowy Egret, Grant County	50	47	N
		1978	A Gathering of Snowy Egrets	50	207-208	N
		1979	Snowy Egret in Nicollet County	51	154	N
		1979	Snowy Egrets at Heron Lake	51	209	N
		1981	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	53	129-131	A
		1981	Early Snowy Egret in Anoka County	53	164	N
		1982	Ferruginous Hawk and Snowy Egret at Big Stone Dam	54	179-180	N
		1982	Snowy Egret in Nicollet County	54	188	N
		1985	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	57	67-78	A
		1985	First Snowy Egret Record for St. Louis County	57	141-142	N
		1986	Snowy Egret Nest at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge	58	134-135	NP
		1989	A Kentucky Warbler in Houston County and a Few Other Good Birds	61	90-91	N
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1947	Occurrence of the American Egret and Little Blue Heron in Northeastern Iowa	19	104-105	N
		1956	A Second Little Blue Heron in Minnesota	28	165	N
		1964	Little Blue Heron at Frontenac	36	69	N
		1965	Sight Record for a Little Blue Heron	37	46	N
		1967	Possible Little Blue Heron Sighting	39	105-106	N
		1969	Fourth Little Blue Heron Record	41	91	N
		1970	Adult Little Blue Heron at Heron Lake	42	73	N
		1972	Cattle Egret, Little Blue Heron, and Possible Snowy Egret Nestings at the Lake Johanna Rookery, Pope County, Minnesota	44	36-43	AP
		1972	Little Blue Heron at Virginia	44	123	NP
		1973	Cattle Egrets and Little Blue Herons in Grant County Heronry	45	21-22	N
		1973	Little Blue Heron Seen in Hennepin County	45	62-63	N
		1974	Early Date for a Little Blue Heron	46	125	N
		1976	Little Blue Heron at Whitewater	48	120-121	NP
		1977	Little Blue Herons in Lac Qui Parle County	49	48-49	N
		1977	Little Blue Herons at Pelican Lake	49	103	NP
		1977	First Minnesota Specimen Records of the Cattle Egret and Little Blue Heron	49	170	N
		1977	Early Little Blue Heron in Meeker County	49	176	N
		1980	Little Blue Heron at Duluth	52	90	N
		1981	Little Blue Heron Nests at Lake Johanna	53	224	NP
		1985	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	57	67-78	A
		1985	Little Blue Heron at Ely	57	135-136	N
		1989	Two Herons and Some Other Birds	61	80-81	A
		1991	Little Blue Heron in Anoka County	63	136-137	NP
		1992	Little Blue Herons in Lyon County	64	68	N
		2006	Little Blue Heron, 12 April 2006, near Lake Byllesby, Dakota County	78	181	NP
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1964	Observation of a Louisiana Heron in Minnesota	36	106	N
		1971	Second Sight Record for the Louisiana Heron in Minnesota	43	93	N
		1977	Louisiana Herons	49	168	N
		1977	Louisiana Heron Sightings, Grant County	49	168	N
		1981	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	53	129-131	A
		1981	Louisiana Heron at Sherburne NWR	53	171	N
		1982	Louisiana Heron in Becker County	54	188-189	N
		1983	Tricolored Heron Near Alden in Bryson-Pedersen Marsh Area	55	179-180	N
		1984	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	56	17-20	A
		1984	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	56	160-161	A
		1984	Tricolored Heron in Hennepin County	56	196	N
		1987	Tricolored Heron Summers at Agassiz NWR	59	49	N
		1989	Two Herons and Some Other Birds	61	80-81	A
		1989	Tricolored Heron in Hennepin County	61	82	NP
		1989	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	61	121-123	A
		1990	Tricolored Heron in Carver County	62	233	N
		1991	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	63	41-42	A
		1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	138-140	A
		1992	Tricolored Heron from Winona County	64	171-172	N
		1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	155-159	A
		2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	35-38	A
		2001	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	73	168-171	A
		2005	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	77	169-174	A
		2007	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	79	123-129	A
		2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	80	5-13	A
		2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	80	5-13	A
		2012	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	84	107-112	A
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1959	Possible Sight Record of the Cattle Egret in Minnesota	31	103-104	N
		1961	Minnesota's Second Cattle Egret	33	58-59	N
		1962	Cattle Egret Observed Near Vasa, Goodhue County	34	98-99	N
		1964	Cattle Egret Seen in Minneapolis	36	69	N
		1966	Cattle Egrets at Winona	38	38-39	NP
		1969	Cattle Egret in Lac Qui Parle County	41	128	N
		1970	Cattle Egret Observation	42	75	N
		1970	Cattle Egret in Ramsey County	42	76	N
		1970	Cattle Egret at Frog Lake, Stevens County	42	117-118	N
		1970	Cattle Egret Near Wabasha	42	147	N
		1971	Cattle Egret Observation	43	96	N
		1972	Cattle Egret, Little Blue Heron, and Possible Snowy Egret Nestings at the Lake Johanna Rookery, Pope County, Minnesota	44	36-43	AP
		1972	Cattle Egrets in Houston County	44	122-123	NP
		1973	Cattle Egrets and Little Blue Herons in Grant County Heronry	45	21-22	N
		1973	Early Record for Cattle Egrets, Wabasha County	45	62	N
		1973	Cattle Egrets Nesting at Pelican Lake	45	100	N
		1975	Late Cattle Egrets	47	93-94	N
		1976	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Cattle Egret in Duluth	48	34-35	N
		1977	First Minnesota Specimen Records of the Cattle Egret and Little Blue Heron	49	170	N
		1979	Late Cattle Egret	51	205	N
		1982	A Late Cattle Egret	54	62-63	N
		1982	1980 Record of a Cattle Egret from Cook County	54	134	NP
		1982	Prairie Falcon and Cattle Egret in Cottonwood County	54	179	N
		1985	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	57	67-78	A
		1989	Harlequin Ducks Discover Cattle Egrets at Grand Marais	61	202	N
		1995	Cattle Egrets in Ramsey County	67	113	N
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1943	Green Herons at Goose Lake	15	16-17	N
		1958	Little Green Heron in Itasca State Park	30	38	N
		1964	Green Heron Sight Record in Lake County, Minnesota	36	108-109	N
		1971	Observation of a Dying Green Heron at Lake Pulaski, Wright County	43	96-97	N
		1972	Results from the Analysis of the Lake Pulaski Green Heron for Pesticide Poisoning	44	26-27	N
		1980	A Northern Green Heron Colony	52	99-101	A
		1981	Northern Green Heron Colony	53	235-236	N
		1998	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	70	156-158	A
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1937	Banding Return: Black-crowned Night-Heron	9(3,4)	6	N
		1938	Banding Night Herons	10	11-12	A
		1955	An Unusual Nesting Record in Kandiyohi County	27	173	N
		1966	Observations of a Rookery Containing Great Blue Herons, Common Egrets, Black-crowned Night-Herons, and Double-crested Cormorants	38	106-107	N
		1967	A Late Date for the Black-crowned Night-Heron	39	63	N
		1973	A Study of the Pig's Eye Lake Heron Colonies	45	32-45	A
		1980	Unusual Black-crowned Night-Heron Behavior	52	91	N
		1980	Unusual Behavior of Black-crowned Night-Herons and Great Blue Herons	52	115-116	N
		1980	Storm Damage to Egrets and Waterfowl, Grant and Wilkin Counties	52	184-185	N
		1984	Heron Rookery at Minnesota Lake	56	200-201	N
		1985	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	57	67-78	A
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)				Vol.	Page	Key
		1955	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nests in Southeast Minnesota	27	171-172	N
		1956	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons Return to Houston County	28	169	N
		1959	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons at the Fish Hatchery Pool, St. Paul, Ramsey County	31	135	N
		1962	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Olmsted County	34	64	N
		1963	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons Expanding Range in Minnesota	35	102-103	N
		1964	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nesting in South Saint Paul	36	134-135	N
		1965	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in the St. Cloud Area	37	80-81	N
		1965	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Stevens County	37	81	N
		1966	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Record	38	108	N
		1966	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	38	109	N
		1968	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Reported from Hopkins	40	24	N
		1970	Where and How to Find the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Minnesota	42	98	A
		1974	A New Area for Yellow-crowned Night-Herons	46	174-175	N
		1977	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Cedar Creek	49	175-176	N
		1977	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Anoka County	49	230	N
		1978	Northern-most Nest of a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	50	214-215	N
		1981	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Agassiz NWR, Marshall County	53	54	NP
		1981	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron's Nest at Pig's Eye	53	171-172	NP
		1981	Probable Nesting of Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Aitkin County	53	232	N
		1982	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons Nest Again in Aitkin County	54	244-245	NP
		1982	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Thief Lake	54	250-251	N
		1985	Colonial Waterbirds in Minnesota. An Update of Their Distribution and Abundance	57	67-78	A
		1985	Yellow-crowned Night-Herons	57	142	N
		1991	Late Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	63	67-68	N
		2006	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	78	126-133	A

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