Since 1995, the BIRDING BY HINDSIGHT series of articles on bird identification has appeared in every issue of The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union. Following are the most recent articles dating back to 2004, plus the first 21 articles (Winter 1994-95 to Winter 1999-2000). Eventually, the entire series of articles will be reproduced in these pages. ~ Click on the TITLES below for the texts of each article ~ (Notes: Several “Hindsight” articles have been edited to make minor changes in wording, punctuation, or layout. Some information in older articles may be outdated or in need of revision, and in some cases this has been corrected, clarified, or updated in subsequent installments. Over the years, a few articles were edited without consultation with the author, but they are included here as originally written – “Internet III” is one of these, in which the last three highlighted paragraphs were considered controversial by some editors and deleted before publication.) * * * BIRDING BY HINDSIGHT / 2010 - 2004 INTERNET IV (Possible ID errors posted on MOU-net, Spring 2010 – The Loon 82:38-41/Spring 2010) FORESIGHT: FIRST STATE RECORDS (The Loon 81:196-201/Winter 2009-10) HERONS (The Loon 81:152-156/Fall 2009) INTERNET III (ID postings on Frontiers of Field Identification and MOU-net – The Loon 81:100-105/Summer 2009) BLACKBIRDS (The Loon 81:43-47/Spring 2009) FLYCATCHERS (The Loon 80:226-230/Winter 2008-09) LOONS and GREBES (The Loon 80:166-171/Fall 2008) HUMMINGBIRDS (The Loon 80:94-100/Summer 2008) INTERNET II (Possible ID errors posted on MOU-net, Spring 2008 – The Loon 80:40-44/Spring 2008) JOURNALS (Update of comments on bird ID references, especially birding journals – The Loon 79:230-234/Winter 2007-08) ESCAPES and HYBRIDS (The Loon 79:177-182/Fall 2007) JAEGERS (The Loon 79:111-115/Summer 2007) IDENTITY THEFT (Most frequently misidentified birds – The Loon 79:44-50/Spring 2007) SWANS II (Comments on two photographed swans – The Loon 78:227-231/Winter 2006-07) PHOTOGRAPHS (Difficulties with using photos in ID articles – The Loon 78:172-175/Fall 2006) MEADOWLARKS (The Loon 78:111-114/Summer 2006) DOWITCHERS (The Loon 78:48-52/Spring 2006) BEHAVIOR (Bird behavior clues to ID – The Loon 77:251-256/Winter 2005-06) GROUSE (The Loon 77:175-180/Fall 2005) SWALLOWS (The Loon 77:111-114/Summer 2005) LAST TEN YEARS II (Revision of information from previous Hindsight articles – The Loon 77:41-47/Spring 2005) LAST TEN YEARS I (Index to first 10 years of Hindsight articles – The Loon 76:228-232/ Winter 2004-05) SPLITTING (Potential splits based on geographic populations – The Loon 76:162-165/Fall 2004) HONKERS (Cackling vs Canada Goose ID – The Loon 76:99-102/Summer 2004) INTERNET I (MOU-net postings on revised Minnesota checklist – The Loon 76:48-50/Spring 2004) * * * BIRDING BY HINDSIGHT / 1999 - 1995 I. D. JOURNALS (Journal articles on bird ID – The Loon 71:229-231/Winter 1999-2000) EGO, ID, I. D. (Author’s personal ID difficulties – The Loon 71:160-164/Fall 1999) GEOGRAPHIC FIELD GUIDE (The Loon 71:107-111/Summer 1999) SONGS IV (Vocalizations: sparrows to winter finches – The Loon 71:42-46/Spring 1999) MAPS (Range and habitat clues to bird ID – The Loon 70:232-237/Winter 1998-99) I. D. BOOKS (Field guides and other books on bird ID – The Loon 70:160-167/Fall 1998) HAWKS (The Loon 70:110-115/Summer 1998) SONGS III (Warbler vocalizations – The Loon 70:52-57/Spring 1998) REDPOLLS (The Loon 69:214-216/Winter 1997-98) OWLS (The Loon 69:155-160/Fall 1997) FALL WARBLERS (The Loon 69:95-99/Summer 1997) SONGS II (Vocalizations: flycatchers to starling – The Loon 69:32-37/Spring 1997) FIRST STATE RECORDS II (ID of potential first state records, Part 2 – The Loon 68:232-237/ Winter 1996-97) DUCKS (The Loon 68:168-172/Fall 1996) WESTERN SANDPIPER (ID of “peeps” – The Loon 68:121-124/Summer 1996) SONGS I (Vocalizations of non-passerines – The Loon 68:62-66/Spring 1996) FIRST STATE RECORDS I (ID of potential first state records, Part 1 – The Loon 67:232-237/ Winter 1995-96) GULLS (The Loon 67:157-161/Fall 1995) SHOREBIRDS (The Loon 67:100-103/Summer 1995) CALENDAR (ID by awareness of early/late dates – The Loon 67:40-44/Spring 1995) INTRODUCTION (The Loon 66:194-195/Winter 1994-95) Internet_IV.htmlFirst_State_Records_III.htmlHerons.htmlInternet_III.htmlBlackbirds.htmlFlycatchers.htmlLoons_%26_Grebes.htmlHummingbirds.htmlInternet_II.htmlJournals.htmlEscapes_%26_Hybrids.htmlJaegers.htmlIdentity_Theft.htmlSwans_II.htmlPhotographs.htmlMeadowlarks.htmlDowitchers.htmlBehavior.htmlGrouse.htmlSwallows.htmlLast_10_Years_II_.htmlLast_10_Years_I.htmlSplitting.htmlHonkers.htmlInternet_I.htmlID_Journals.htmlEgo,_Id,_I.D..htmlGeographic.htmlSongs_IV.htmlMaps.htmlI.D._Books.htmlHawks.htmlSongs_III.htmlRedpolls.htmlOwls.htmlFall_Warblers.htmlSongs_II.htmlFirst_State_Records_II.htmlDucks.htmlWestern_Sandpiper.htmlSongs_I.htmlFirst_State_Records_I.htmlGulls.htmlShorebirds.htmlCalendar.htmlIntroduction.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18shapeimage_2_link_19shapeimage_2_link_20shapeimage_2_link_21shapeimage_2_link_22shapeimage_2_link_23shapeimage_2_link_24shapeimage_2_link_25shapeimage_2_link_26shapeimage_2_link_27shapeimage_2_link_28shapeimage_2_link_29shapeimage_2_link_30shapeimage_2_link_31shapeimage_2_link_32shapeimage_2_link_33shapeimage_2_link_34shapeimage_2_link_35shapeimage_2_link_36shapeimage_2_link_37shapeimage_2_link_38shapeimage_2_link_39shapeimage_2_link_40shapeimage_2_link_41shapeimage_2_link_42shapeimage_2_link_43shapeimage_2_link_44shapeimage_2_link_45