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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 Ornithological Records Committee	80	5-13	A
		2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	80	5-13	A
		2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	80	115-120	A
		2008	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	80	115-120	A
		2011	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	83	3-5	A
		2011	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological 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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