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THE 2000 CANADIANPEREGRINE FALCON SURVEY. Petra Rowell, Geoffrey L. Holroyd,and Ursula Banasch...... 98
BREEDING SEASON HABITAT USE AND ECOLOGY OF MALE NORTHERN PYGMY-OWLS. Alan R. Gieseand Eric D. Forsman...... 117
HABITAT USE BY SWAINSON'S HAWKS ON THEIR AUSTRAL WINTERING GROUNDS IN ARGENTINA.Sonia B. Canavelli,Marc J. Bechard,Brian Woodbridge, Michael N. Kochert,Juan j. Maceda,and Mafia E. Zaccag•ini...... 125
RAPTOR AND CHIHUAHUAN RAVEN NESTING ON DECOMMISSIONED TELEPHONE-LINE POLES IN THE NORTHERN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT. Don L. Brubaker,Kathleen L. Brubaker,and BruceC. Thompson...... 135
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AERIALTELEMETRY ACCURACY IN A FORESTEDLANDSCAPE. Travis L. DeVault,Warren L. Stephens, BradleyD. Reinhart,Olin E. Rhodes, Jr., and I. LehrBrisbin, Jr...... 147
PERCH-SITE SELECTION AND SPATIAL USE BY CACTUS FERRUGINOUS PYGMY-OWLS IN SOUTH- CENTRAL ARIZONA. Aaron D. Flesch ...... 151
INTERSPECIFIC AND I•V•.CIVIC KLEPTOPAKASITIC INTERACTIONS OF THE BV_X•)v.O VULTURE(GYPAETUS BARBATUS) ATNESTING AREAS. Antoni Margalida and Joan Bertran ...... 157
GYRFALCON PREDATION ON MALLARDS AND THE INTERACTION OF BALD EAGLES WINq•RING IN CENTRAL ALBERTA. Dick Dekker and Gordon Court ...... 161
WINTERINGSNOWY OWLS FEED ON SEADucIcS IN THE BELCHERISLANDS, NUNAVUT, CANADA. GregoryJ.Robertson and H. GrantGilchrist ...... 164 THWCOLONIZATION OF SICILY BY THE BL•CK I•TE (MJLVUSMtGaaNS). Maurizio Sar• ...... 167
LETTERS
Gx•wtt•ot4 COLOR V•d•TIOt4. Ian Flann ...... 173
Two Wi-n•-xAii•wi) Sv_•E•gLES (H•Ttm •Ct•) COI•LII)Wwrn-I Wi•I) Gwt4wv•xo• I• NORTHWRNGWRMAW/. Oliver Krone and Christian Schamweber ...... 174
TALON-LOCKINGIN THE RED-TAILEDHAWK. Robert W• Dickerman ...... 176
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