shouldalso send their documentation to Guy McCaskie,Secretary, EO. Box275, San Diego CA 91933. Banded birds on El. should be cred- Middle ited to PointReyes Bird Observatory,those handedat Big Sur R. mouth to Big Sur OrnithologyLab of the VentanaWilderness Pacific Coast Society, LOONSTHROUGH FRIGATEBIRDS A Yellow-billedLoon was 100 m offWestport, Mendocino17 Aug (PE •GMcC, •RJK,ph. DWN etal.). Of 70 prior Californiarecords, George•• onlytwo occurredbetween Jun and Aug. All sevenprior. pelagic records of StreakedShear- waterwere from Monterey Bay (there is also an •:E• •Re•, odd inland record),so 2 farthern. werea sur- prise:9.6 km w. of Westport, Mendocino 17Aug OLD,?GMcC, •RJK, ph. DWN, ph. B. L. Sulli- ßChico van), and at CordellBank, Marin 29 Sop ) FortBragge • Sacrarnebtb (SNGH etal.). This was the first fall to have multiplerecords (3 additionalbirds occurred PointAren n •Z" W adf•gyes •;L.TAHOE offs. California),but dates were generally con- • •Sa,.t=,•RosaeSacramento sistentwith previousoccurrences (7 Sop-9 BodegaBay• "•' •.Mono Oct). As mentionedin previousRegional reports,Manx Shearwaters are now considered ...... SanFrancisco•.•Oakla9d ßModesto' annualin smallnumbersß This species occurs ß ' ß v•_z' •½banjoaquin throughoutthe year, but the majority of records are from fall. One was near shore at Ft. Montereybanzauruz, Bat2 ,•ß •'.;. Fresnoß'Ca•., , Bragg,Mendocino 16 Aug OLD, ?GMcC,M. Monter;½•Salinasa•= NP SanMiguel), and severalwere reported from •' Sequoia BigSur•.• , Np ' MontereyBay Cm. oh.), as is thenorm. Storm- TulareLake petrelnumbers have been relatively low for the • •Basin DavidsonSea•ount pastseveral years, the large flocks that form in MontereyBay and morerecently off Cordell Bankbeing largely absent. However, a large ScottB. Terrill &Thomas P.Ryan itingfrom the Farallones, Peter Pyle group was encounteredon a 2 Soptrip to ummarizedthelandbird migration as CordellBank, Marin including30 Wilson's, (LoonstoFrigatebirds, Laridsto Akids) "avery poor year for easternwarblers 300 Fork-tailed,2 Leach's,3000-4000 Ashy, 20 H.T.Harvey &•ssociates but a typicallygood year for variety."He might Black, and one Least (RS, SBT etal.). An 3150Almaden Expressway, Suite145 havebeen speaking for the entire coasdine. Gen- unidentifiedfrigatebird was seenflying off erallydear and sunnyweather early in the EaglePt., S.E 20 Sop(JND, ASH). SanJose, California 95118 periodmay have encouraged many migrants to ([email protected]) overfly the Region, but therewere still lots of HERONSTHROUGH DUCK5 interesnngbirds aroundß No fewerthan eight LeastBitterns at the CosumnesR.P., Sacramento ([email protected]) birds rated "boldfacing • this season, including 15Aug (JTr) and at ClearLake S.E, Lake 4 Sep multipleStreaked Shearwaters, the returmng (JRW)were the only ones reported this season. MichaelM.Rogers Common Greenshank, Alder Flycatcher, Ruby- Theonly Little Blue Heron was an imm. at Rod- (HeronstoShorebirds) throated , and, bestof all, the manSlough 14 Sep(JRW), the 2nd for Lake. 499 NovatoAvenue Region'sfirst Little Bunting. We wouldlike to Onlyfive Cattle Egret reports were received and thankDon Roborson for hissix years of assem- fourof theminvolved single birds. This is well Sunnyvale,California 94086 blingthe landbirdssection of the reportand bdow totals from recent falls. White-faced Ibis ([email protected])turning all of oursections into a coherentprod- had their "bestfall influx ever"to SantaCruz, uct, a time-consumingtask in sucha heavily- with up to 30 birdspresent at HarkinsSlough StevenA. 61over bin:ledregion. His expertise will beraissed. The 11 Aug--30 Sop.A similartotal was reported secondhalf of the landbirds will henceforth be in fromseveral locations in Monterey10 Aug--F} (DovestoWrentit) thecapaNe hands of LukeCole. Sep,likely involving some of the samebirds. 6526Conestoga Lane Surprisingly,other coastal reports were limited, Abbreviations: C.B.R.C. (California Bird with 2 birdsin Mendocino2•19 Aug(Cheryl Dublin,California 94568 RecordsCommittee); C.V. (CentralValley); Heinecken,GEC) and a singlebird in Santa ([email protected])C.P (County Park); El. (SoutheastFarallon I., Clara 11-12Oct (JeffWall, PennyHowell). A San Francisco),N.S. (NationalSeashore); R.P lingeringibis was near San Lucas, Monterey 4- DonRoborson (River Preserve);R.S. (RegionalShoreline); 30 Nov (J&HBa). S.B. (StateBeach); S.E (San Francisco);S.R. Greater White-fronted Geese reached the (•rashersto Finches) (StateReserve); W.A. (Wildlife Area). coast in record numbers. Humboldt had its 282Grove Acre Avenue "largestflight ever recorded" with at least16 PacificGrove, California 93950 Reportsof exceptionalvagrants submitted flocksof 30-300+birds, mostly heading s. or withoutdocumentation are normally not pub- se. 20-22 Sep(fide SWH). A countof 70 in ([email protected]) lished. Observerswishing C.B.R.C.review neighboringTrinity 22 Ocl wasa recordhigh

112 NORTH AMERICAN BIRD count (TWL). Flocks of 60+ in Sonoma5 Oct placeSwainson• included Humboldt• SAG), and Calaveras•first at CamancheRes. (DN), 24 at Pt.Reyes, Marin 28 Sep(RS), 60+ 4th at theArcata Bottoms 21 Sep(tJTz, Anna 15 Sep (JCSet al., undocumented).A fall in S.E26 Nov(PSa), 39 at El. 11Oct (fide PP), Clark),juvs. over the Marin Headlands, Marin recordof 6 in SantaCruz 19 Aug•8 Oct (m. 80 in SanMateo 5 Oct (MerryHaveman), 27 in 19Sep & 2 Oct(Tim Behr), in SanCarlos, San ob.) includedthe latestcounty record on the SantaCruz (DVP, Matt Brady), 24 in SanBenito Mateo 19 Oct (RSTh), and 2 birds in Santa last date. Another was at 3180 m elevation at Cruzat Soqueland Capitola 30 Aug RaeLakes, Fresno 14 Aug(CHw, Rosie Beach). and 4 Sep, respectively(both A WanderingTattler made it to MonoL., Mono DLSu). An ad. Zone-tailedHawk in 24 Aug (ph. PaulMcFarland). An impressive thelower Carmel Valley 3 Nov---4 total of 3 Upland Sandpiperswas reported • Dec (•Mike Tyner,•CHo, •DR et fromEl. 17-26Aug (D. Gardneret al.). Mar- al.) was Montereyh2nd and the bled Godwitsat ProsserCreek Res.,Nevada 6 Region's3rd. SantaCruz experi- Sep(TEa) and CamancheRes., Calaveras 15 enced " overload," with a Sep(JCS et al.) wereapparently both county record-breaking77 reportsbegin- firsts but undocumented. ning17Sep. InlandBlack Turnstones included one pho- Coastal Sandhill Cranes tographednear Dayton,Butte 15 Aug (ph. includeda flybyat Arcata,Hum- ?BobFlores, Mike Skram) and 4 at Clear Lake ThisStreaked Shearwater, one of two found in the Region this season, boldt28 Nov (SWH,BCa), a long- S.E5-6 Sep(DvW, Brian Woodward; Lake• 2nd wasphotographed 10km west of Westport, Mondodno County on staying"Greater" at the Garcia record).Inland Sanderlings (all juvs.) included 17August 2002. Photoõra#h byBrian L.Sullivan. RiverFlats, Mendocino 15--30 Nov the 2nd and 3rd for Placer near Lincoln 17-18 (RS, m. ob.), and a county-first Aug (EP) and at Lake Forest9 Sep (WRi), 12 Oct (MJM), and 45+ in Monterey24 Sep "Lesser"at the samelocation 26 Nov (JLx). respectively,and the first for Amadorat (RF) wereall examplesof thiswidespread and Other coastal cranes were San Mateo birds at CamancheRes. 23 Sep (TS). Semipalmated sustainedmovement. A juv.Emperor Goose at MossBeach 6 Sep(RSTh) and Afio Nuevo S.R. Sandpiperswere well reported, with at least43 RodmanSlough 29 Sep--7 Nov ($Darlene 2 Oct (GJS),4 at SodaL., SantaCruz 2 Oct birdsin 15inland and coastal counties 1 Aug-- Hecomovich,Jeanerie Knight, $JRW, ph., m. (CGE), and flocks of 13 and 8 birds in 19 Sep. Over 160 Baird'sSandpipers were ob.)was the first for Lake. A carefullystudied terey2-3 Oct (LoisGoldfrank et al., Bryan foundin 19 counties1 Aug•6 Oct,with a late swanat Lower KlamathN.W.R., Siskiyou 30 Largay).Inland, 3 at CrowleyL., Mono29 Sep bird at ShastaValley W.A., Siskiyou15 Nov Nov (iRE), thoughtbe a hybridWhooper x (PJM)constituted only the 2nd recordsince (RE).Sacramento's first Sharp-tailed Sandpiper TundraSwan, might have been from the hybrid the 1950s for the Mono Basin. wasat CosunmesR.E 12 Oct (JTr).The only familyseen here two years earlier. Notable among Pacific Golden-Plover otherswere in Humboldtat theMad R. estuary EurasianWigeon are ra_relyreported in reportswas an imm. wintering near the Stevens 13 Sep(Peter Walsh) and at theEel River W.A. Mono;an ad. maleat CrowleyL. 14 Sepwas Cr. mouth 1-30 Nov+ (WGB, MMR, m. ob.), 4 Oct (KI). perhapsonly the 2nd ever OLD). Four Tufted the first to winter in Santa Clara since 1970. A Nine Stilt Sandpipersincluded a likely Duckswere reported: one at theO'Neill Fore- SemipalmatedPlover at SaltSpring Valley Res. returningwintering bird at theMerced N.W.R., bay,Merced 19 Oct (ADeM);an ad.male at L. 17Aug (JSL, JCS) was a firstfor Calaveras. Two Merced22 Nov (ADeM,ph. JHG). FourBuff- Mendocino,Mendocino 1 Nov (GEC); a female Black-necked Stilts at Prosser Creek Res. 10 breastedSandpipers were found: lower Eel R., at RedwoodShores, San Mateo 15 Nov+ (RSTh, Sep(EP) provided the 2nd record for Nevada. Humboldt9 Sep (SMcA); Ft. Bragg,Mendocino m. ob.);and a maleat FosterCity, San Mateo 23 An ad.Common Greenshank, likely last year• 22-23Aug (DT, GEC); Abbotts Lagoon, Marin Nov+(RSTh). A maleHarlequin at Coy- juv. birdreturning, spent 18-25 Oct at Klopp 3-14Sep (CCb, SNGH); and Yolds first at Davis otePt., San Mateo 6 Aug--10 Nov (RSTh,m. L., Arcata, Humboldt(Paul Lohse, tDFx, m. 2 Sep(JKn). A recordnumber of Ruffs(up to ob.) wasunusual for S.EBay, especially as it ob.). SolitarySandpipers were well reported, 13) movedthrough Humboldt 4 Aug--13 Nov; mayhave summered locally. Surf Scoters were with4 in Humboldt20 Aug--13 Sep (JTz, Mar- 7 othersincluded up to 2 inlandat the Yolo widelyreported inland. Up to 3 maleWhite- garetVarga, SWH, DFx), 3 in Placer11-20 Aug BypassW.A., Yolo 11-30 Nov (SaWet al.). A wingedScoters at ProssetCreek Res. 27 Oct-- (CIH, TEa),3 in Alpine23-26 Aug (TEa,JSL, Short-billedDowitcher at lone 17 Aug (JCS) 2 Nov(Rudy Darling, m. ob.)were the first for Nevada.Inland Long-tailedDucks included S/• Ajuv. Crested Caracara moltinginto basic plumage wasfound n.of Marina, Afonterey 11-13Aug(ph. RS,vt. tLLu, oneat theShasta Valley W.A., Siskiyou 22--24 /"1CLu, m.ob.).This wasfollowed bySanta Cruz Crested Cara•ara reports w.of Santa Cruz 16 Sep (Cliff Shackelford) and Oct (RE)and up to 2 in MountainView, Santa nearDavenport 21-27 Sep (Madeleine Oyde, fro. ob.). This bird was clearly more adult-like than the Afonterey bird, but Clara 15 Nov--3 Dec (BrookeMiller, Andy whetherthe differences could be explained Gibb,Kris Olson, m. ob.); 7 otherswere coastal bycontinued molt during the six-week gap 13 Oct--2 Dec. The most notable Barrow's inobservations ornot is a matterof debate. Goldeneye,apparently Mariposak first, was an ad. male alongthe MercedR. 22--24 Nov Severalundocumented laterreports of (RHw,GjH, JSL, JLx). CrestedCaracaras feeding on road kills far- ther n. in San Afateoincluded birds at HAWKSTHROUGH SHOREBIRDS Pescadero28Sep (fide Tim Sullivan) and s. Three Red-shoulderedHawk reportsfrom ofHalf Moon Bay 21 Oc• (//de DLSh) and 6 Alpine20 Aug--13 Oct (PKB,JSL, Bill Hart, NovMonathan Lundell).Thus farno reports SAG)were noteworthy, as there was only a sin- ofthis species have been accepted asnatu- gle previousrecord from there.Seven coastal Broad-wingedHawks were reported away from rallyoccuning vagrants bythe C.B.R.C., but theMarin Headlands 21 Sep--2Oct, including theab ove sightings, combified withseveraF Sparking contreve•y bothwith regard toquesliens •f@rovenance and recentoccurrences ins. California, suggest tothe number of birds involved, Crested Caracara reports came 2 slightlyinland in ContraCosta 25 Sepand 1 fromseveral locations inthree coastal counties. This image, of the Oct (SAG) Moreunexpected was Morto's 2nd thatthe possibility of natural occurrence firstbird reported, was captured north of Marina, Monterey at MonoLake C.E 19 Sep(ADeM). Out-of- shouldbe reexamined. Court,on 11Au.ust2002. Photocjmphb BiliHill.

VOLUME 57 (2003) NUMBER 1 113 was a first for Amador. Late Wilson's maleat LanphereDunes 25-29 Sep (Humboldt's Vireoat the U.C.-HoplandResearch Center, Phalaropeslingered at the YoloBypass W.A., first;?JTz; ?DFx, ph. SWH, m. ob.).An imm. Mendocino23 Aug would be only the 4th ever Yolo15-30 Nov+ (EP, WEH). Red Phalaropes at maleBroad-tailed Hummingbird 27-31 Aug at foundin theinterior of theRegion (?CEV). TahoeKeys Marina, El Dorado11-12 Oct (TEa, Davis,Yolo was the first ever confirmedin the The otherreports have come from the Mano TS) and at the ChowchillaSewage Ponds, C.V. (?SCH;?JKn, ph. RogerAdamson). portionof theGreat Basin. Hurtoh's Vireos are Madera12 Oct (tKVV) were both county firsts. Though Broad-tailedHummingbirds are scarcelymentioned here but singles near Wen- reportedannually away from dell 2 Sep(likely a Lassenfirst; tBMS) and LARIDSTHROUGH ALCIDS typical Great Basin haunts, LakeForest, Placer 20 Sep (WRi) were e. of the ElevenParasitic Jaegers near veryfew are ever documented. Sierracrest, where they are extremely rare. At Pt., San Mateo 2 Oct ThreeYellow-bellied Sapsuck- least20 Red-eyedVireos were far morethan (RSTh)was a high numberfor ersand 5 Red-napedSapsuck- normal.Amongst them was an apparently insideS.E Bay; another was far ers constituteda respectable summeringbird in heavymolt near the conflu- inland,where quite rare, at n. L. showingbut were overshad- enceof theEel and Van Duzen Rivers 4 Aug Tahoe,Placer 27-28 Nov (WRi). owedby a Red-breastedSap- (JTz)and one at 2100m nearBig Meadow 20 Therewere 3 inlandLong-tailed suckerof the n. subspeciesS.r. Aug (a firstfor Calaveras;tRich Kuehn, Pat Jaegersreported; this may be the tuberat GoldenGate Park, S.E Pauch).The lone Yellow-green Vireo was at Big most frequentjaeger inland. California'sfourth Ruby-throated Hum- 16 Nov+(?JM; ph. BillieSev- SurR. mouth, ManteKy 29 Scp(tDR, ?RF). Heermann'sGulls are quite mingbirdwas near Arcata, Humboldt ery,m. ob.).The status of S. r. A Steller'sJay at LanphereDunes, Humboldt scarceaway from the immediate County,25to 29 (here 28) September tuberin the Regionis poorly 6 Octwas the first ever recorded at that long- coast,so one at Kelseyville12 2002.Photograph byStanley 1•.Harris. known. A male Williamsoh's termbanding station (JTz). A PurpleMartin at Oct(Jeannette Knight, ?Darlene Sapsuckerat the Del Monte Mono L. 3 Aug (JustinHite) wasone of few Hecomovich) and another bird there 25 Oct Forest,Pebble Beach 27 Oct+was Monterey's everfound in Mano.Remaining reports, all (?DvW,?JRW), representing the first 2 for 6th (R.J.Adams, m. ob.).A vagrantNuttall's coastal,ranged from 2 Augthrough 26 Sep. Lake, were unusual. Inland Sabine'sGulls Woodpeckerat the Nurses Rancb 14 Sepwas Out-of-place White-breastedNuthatches includeda first for Shasta at theRedding W.T.P apparentlythe first ever recorded on outerPt. included3 at SutroHeights, S.E 7 Oct(Myra 13 Sep(one juv.; TEa et al.) andanother at the Reyes,Marin (JimHolmes). A PileatedWood- Ulvang,Siobhan Ruck) and singles at Moss DavisWetlands 15-16 Sep, the first for Yolo peckerperched on driftwoodat the mouthof Beach21 Aug (AME) and 13 Oct (RSTh), prob- sincefall 1998(SCH, Frances Oliver, EP, JKn, theMad R.,Humboldt 29 Nov (KGR)must have ablythe first records for the outer coast of San WEG). Unusuallyhigh numbers of Elegant beena strangesight! Mateo. An Eastern Winter Wren at El. 22 Oct Ternswere observed in the n. part of the Animm. Alder Flycatcher banded and pho- mayhave been the firstsuch bird ever docu- Region,where over 600 were at Humboldt Bay, tographedat El. 25 Oct--2 Novwas the 2nd mentedin theRegion (ph. KNN, audiotape Humboldt8 Sep(SWH, Mark Colwell).Like- recordfor the islandand the Region(Scot RyanDiGaudio). Ruby-crowned Kinglets in wise,943 ElegantTerns at CoyotePt., San Anderson,ph. Adam Brown,?PP). Other SantaCruz at BigBasin Redwoods S.P 22 Aug Mateo20 Sep(RSTh) was a significantnumber unusualEmpidonax included 7 coastalLeasts andSoqud Cr. 28 Aug were unexpectedly early forinside S.E Bay. Common are regular 31 Aug--16Oct, a Duskyat CoyotePt., San (DLSu). reports included 5 inland,but up to 35 at n. L. Tahoe,Placer 6-27 Mateo13 Sep(RSTh), and single Grays, both overMr. Davidson,S.E 27 Oct (PSa)and 7-8 at Sep(TEa, WRi, m. ob.) representeda robust 26 Sep,at CoyotePt. (RSTh)and Mountain Muno LakeC.P. 31 Oct (not recordedin Mano numberfor any inland location. View, Santa Clara (EYM). m, • "inyears"; Chris McCreedy). CommonMurre sightingsfrom S.E Bay, AnotherGray at SequoiaL., Eight Townsend'sSolitaires whereunusual, included: 2 juvs. at thePalo Fresno8 Augwas the firstseen • reachedthecoast 28Sept22 Alto estuary,Santa Clara 29-30 Aug (Tom thereby the observer in over37 Nov. Single Gray-cheeked Moutoux,m. ob.);one near Newby I., Santa years (GWPo)_ Significant Thrusheswere reportedat Clara31 Aug(Sue Macias); and one at Coyote BlackPhoebe reports included the Pt. ReyesLighthouse, Pt., SanMateo 9 Sep(RSTh). A countof 142 oneat thelofty altitude of 3300 Marin 20 Scp (RS, m. ob.) MarbledMurrelets at Afio Nuevo S.R., San m at KearsargeLakes, Fresno 13 and 5 Oct (?RAR).An esti- Mateo10 Aug representedabout half of the Aug (CHw, RosieBeach) and mated 150 Varied Thrushes SantaCruz Mountainsbreeding population fledglingson thelate date of 27 at Cosumnes R.P, Sacra- (PJM). Nov at San Jose, Santa Clara memo15 Nov was an impres- (Eric& NoreenFeuss). Single sivetally for theC.V. 0Tr). DOVESTHROUGH FLYCATCHERS Eastern Phoebes were at Afio ThisAlder Flycatcher onSoutheast Faral- Unusual C.V. columbids included a White- NuevoS.R., San Mateo 7 Sep lonIsland 25 Octoberto 2 November2002 WARBLERS wingedDove at Fresno.Fresno 2 Oct (ph. Kris (GJS), Natural BridgesS.B., wasthe island'ssecond and second for the It wasa verypoor autumn for McNew)and a Band-tailedPigeon at Davis, SantaCruz 2 Oct (SGe,Alexan- Region.Photograph byAdam Brown. vagrantwarblers. Although Yolo11 Oct(MP). Seven other White-winged der Gaguine),and Pt. Pints, we haveincomplete returns Dovesincluded one at Martinez 3 Aug(Contra Monterey2-3 Nov (DavidVander Pluym, Matt (i.e.,no reportingfrom Del Norte, no county Costa's2nd; JCR). Burrowing in notewor- Brady,RbF et al.). Vagrant kingbirds, all coastal compilerfor Marin), we talliedonly 364 thylocations included a rare Mono report from ornear-coastal asis typical,included 24 Tropi- vagrantwarblers of 24 species.These figures PathaI., MonoL. 20 Oct (ChrisMcCreedy) calsafter 19 Sep and 3 Easterns11 Aug--14 arequite similar to autumn2000, when overall andone inside the EmbarcaderoBART Station, Sep.More exciting was a Scissor-tailedFly- numberswere down41% froma six-year S.E4 Nov(Libby Ingalls). A Long-earedOwl at catcherI Nov at PajaroDunes (Santa Cruz's (1994-1999)average. Compared against that Ft. Miley14 Sep was S.E city's first since 1983 4th;•Jim & NatalieWhite). sameaverage, vagrants warblers in fall 2002 (HuC,ASH et al.). LoneChimney Swifts were One Blue-headedand 3 Plumbeous Vireos weredown 36%, and the trendwas felt "across at MossBeach, San Mateo 27 Sep(RSTh) and were reported,though the only one docu- theboard," with eastern-origin species down El. 9-10 Oct (ER.B.O.). mentedwas a Plumbeousat the Pt. Reyes 35%,southeastern origin warblers down 16%, TheRegion's first chaseable (and 4th overall) Lighthouse,Marin 8 Oct(ph. RS, m. ob.).A and southwesternwarblers down 53%. Palm Ruby-throatedHummingbird was an imm. single-observerreport of a Yellow-throated andBlackpoll Warblers and American Redstart,

114 NORTH AMERICAN BIRD usuallyour three most common vagrants, were off36% to 45%;indeed, the 89 Palmsreported '• Byfar the best landbird wasaLittle Bunting onF.L 2748Sep (ph,?KNN, fPPetaL).Just the'2ndfor California isthe lowest figure in thelast 10 years. Lower- i (thefirst was atPt. Lorea, SanOi•o 21-24 Oct 1991; Western Birds24: 95-97), thisAsian bunting wasparticuhrly than-expectednumbers for other species surprisingbecausethe season didnot feature other Siberian landbird strays, though Gainbell, St.Lawrence I.,AK also had included:Tennessee (26 birds, -13%), Chest- 2 LittleBuntings thisseasou,one on30 Sep. nut-sided(31, -28%), Magnolia(18, -20%), Thiswasthe 403rd species tobe recorded on the tiny rocky Islet,located just43kre w.of S.F., willits two plan tadtrees Black-throatedBlue (6, -62%), Black-throated andadjacent banding traps.By our count,this bringsour Regional totalto574 birds. EttleBunting mustsurely rankamong Green(2,-14%), Prairie (12, -19%), Black-and- thebest ofthem, corepeting willsoree Asian waders (Greater Sandplover, LittleCufiow, Terek Sandpiper),a coupleof white (19, -48%), Ovenbird(4, -45%), and seabirds(Ught--mantlad Albatross,-tailed ),and three other Farallon:only landbirds(Lanceolated Warbler, NorthernWaterthrush (12, -55%). Bucking Red-fi•inkedB•uetaJl,and Golden-cheeked Warbler) as•he picks Ofthe litter. thesetrends were Northern Parula (8, +26%), Blackburntan(15, +45%),and (unexpectedly) CanadaWarbler (9, +135%).Blackburntan and andvagrants appeared at Big Basin Redwoods 2002 report:the Harris• Sparrowat Wat- Canadahave broadly similar breeding ranges S.E, SantaCruz 13 Sep (DLSu)and Babd sonville,Santa Cruz actually stayed through 7 andthese numbers might suggest high produc- Slough,Yolo 28-29 Sep 0Kn). A California May,and a 17 Maybreeding record of Great- tivity.Three Canada Warblers were very early: Towbeeat Tuolumne Meadows,Yosemite N.E, tailedGrackle from Hollister was actually the 28Aug at Palomarin, Marin (banded P.R.B.O.), Tuolumne18Sep (DLSu) was very high (2580 2ndSan Benito nesting (not the first, see Field 30Aug at Pt. Reyes, Marin (RS, m. ob.), and 31 m elev.).Reaching the coast were 55 Clay-col- Notes52: 501). Aug on Mt. Davidson,S.E (?DavidArm- ored,8 Brewer's,4 American Tree, and 5 Vesper strong).The overall "poor" showing may be Sparrows;unexpected inland Vespers were at Citedobservers (county coordinators bol& relatedto sunnySep weather that encouraged Chester,Plumas 22 Aug (HG) and High Valley, faced):Jim & Hden Banks,William G. Bous• manywarblers to simply overfly our Region. In Lake 4-25 Oct (DvW, JRW). Four Black- man(Santa Clara), Penelope K. Bowen(Alpine fall2001, we opined that much coastal overcast throatedSparrows were coastal (3 onEl., one & Calaveras),Byron Cariss, Rita Carratello, contributedto a "strong"warbler showing. in Mendocino14 Sep;?JRW), and one banded GeorgeE. Charttot,Luke Cole (Kings), Chris Perhapsthe most appreciated warbler was a atDevils Postpile N.M. 13 Aug (Yen Luc, Noah Conard (Sacramento& Yolo),Chris Cotben, glowingmale Golden-winged at Pt. Reyes 27- Hamm) was a first for Madera.Two coastal HughCotter, Jeff N. Davis,A1 DeMartini, 29 Sep (Mike Bumgardner,Dennis Braddy, LarkBuntings were complemented bya proba- BruceE. Deuel (n. C.V.counties),Jon L. Dunn, ?DWN,m. ob.).Among rarer vagrants were 4 ble winrefer on the C.V. floor in Madera 26 ToddEastefta, Mark W. Eaton(S.E city), Alan Virginia•,2 Lucy's,and 3 ProthonotaryThe Nov+(?Edmond Case et al.) andan exception• M. Eisner,Ray Ekstrom (Siskiyou), Elias Elias, Faralloneshosted the only Cape May (27 Sep) allyhigh-elevation bird (3210 m elev.)in Patri- ChrisG.Emmons, David Fix (Humboldt),Rick andMourning Warblers (2 birds,31 Aug•26 arch Grove, White Mts., Mono 12-13 Aug Fournier (RF), Rob Fowler,James H. Gain Sep;KNN, Adam Brown); and the only Hooded (Gary Bloomfidd).Among a few Lapland (Stanislaus),Steve Gerow, Steven A. Glover wasat BodegaBay, Sonoma 14--16 Sep (LLu, Longspursreaching the coast was S.E city's first (ContraCosta), Helen Green, William E. Gren- CLu, DN). A remarkable3 ConnecticutWar- at CandlestickPt. 4 Nov (?ADeM); another fellJr., Steve C. Hampton,W. EdwardHarper, blerswere documented in a downyear: 10 Sep wasat n. L. Tahoe,Placer 29 Sep(EP, WRi). StanleyW. Harris,Cliff Hawley, Gjon Hazard, on Mt. Davidson,S.E (?PSa);14 Sepat Muir Eightcoastal Chestnut-collared Longspurs RobHewitt, Craig Hohenberger, Alan S. Hop- Beach,Marin (banded, fide RS);and 2 Oct on after12 Oct was a fairshowing, and 9 at Crow- lons,Chris Howard, Steven N. G. Howell,John El. (R.Digaudio et al.). ley L. 19 Octwas a goodnumber for Mono E. Hunter(Trinity), Ken Irwin, Robert J. Keif- A totallyunexpected Kentucky Warbler vis- (ChrisHoward, JLD). What appeared to bethe fer (Mendocino),Jon King, Robin L.C. Leong iteda backyardin GraniteBay, Placer 15-16 sameimm. SnowBunting was both at Pt. (Napa& Solano),Tom W. Leskiw, Cindy Lieu- Nov (VirginiaVanDermeer, ph. WEGet al.). Cabrillo10 Nov (ph.John Klein) and Laguna rance, Les Lieurance,Jim Lomax,John S. Otherinteresting warblers inland included Pt. 11-16Nov (Fei Tom,Richard Gage, ph. Luther,Eugene Y. Makishima, Michad J. Mam- Chesmut-sidedsin Tilden Park, ContraCosta MAM,ph. RJK, m. t•b.), just the 2nd for Men- ranset,Matthew A. Matthiessen,Sean McAllis- 18 Sep(?ES) and at Davis15 Sep(2nd Yolo docino.Another was at Mad R. SloughW.A., ter,Guy McCaskie, Mac McCormick (Sierra & record;Laura Davis), and 3 Prairies:8 Sepat Humboldt30 Oct--21 Nov (JTz, ?DFx,JCP, Plumas),Peter J. Metropulos(San Mateo), GrassL., Plumas(first countyrecord, ?Colin EE),and a veryunexpected 3rd was in Tilden JosephMorlan, Dan Nelson(DN), DavidW. Dillingham),17-19 Sep in YosemiteValley, Park28 Nov(?Barbara Kelly), a firstfor Contra Nelson(DWN), KristieN. Nelson(Mono), Ed Mariposa(?DLSu), and 13 Nov at Mill Cr., Costa. Pandolfino (Placer), Michael Perrone, Point Mono(River Gates). As notedabove, it wasa poorfall for gros- ReyesBird Observato• Gary W. Potter, Jude beaks and relatives. Four .coastal Blue Gros- C. Power(Humboldt), Peter Pyle (EI.), Will TANAGERSTHROUGH FINCHES beaks were scattered from Humboldt to Santa Richardson,Robert J. Richmond(Alameda), The same downward trends that affectedwar- Cruz,and an imm. Painted Bunting was in Lin- MichaelM. Rogers,Don Roberson (Monterey), blerswere apparent in tanagers,grosbeaks, and colnPark, S.E 31 Aug(?Nate Dias). A Rusty JohnC. Robinson,Kerry G. Ross,Ruth A. . Only 5 Summer Tanagerswere Blackbirdwas behind the BearValley visitor Rudesill (Sonoma),Paul Saracent,Debra L. located,but onewas inland along the Calav- center,Marin 9•25 Nov (?GWPo, ph. RS). The Shearwater,Rich Stallcup,John C. Sterling, erasR. nearJenny Lind 22-24 Nov (?GjH,m. onlyorioles of notewere 7 coastalOrchards Tim Steurer(El Dorado),Bradley M Stovall, ob.),a firstfor Calaveras.At thatsame spot on andthe inland Baltimore. Finches were notably GaryJ.Strachan, Emilie Strauss, David L. Sud- 15 Sepwas Calaveras's first Baltimore Oriole absent.A female-plumagedCassin's Finch was djian (DLSu;Santa Cruz), Scott B. Terrill, (DanCooper, JCS), the only one all fall. Num- describedamong a flightof Purpleson Mt. RonaldS. Thorn,Jim Tietz,Dorothy Tobkin, bersof vagrantRose-breasted Grosbeaks (11, Davidson,S.E 21 Oct (?PSa).An unexpectedly JohnTrochet, Kent Van Vuren (Merced & San includingtwo summering in early Aug), Indigo low-devationGray-crowned Rosy-Finch was Benito),David VanderPluym, Chuck E. Buntings(5), and Bobolinks(7) werewell in aJeffrey Pine forest s. of MonoLake, Mono Vaughn,Sally Walters, Jerry R. White(Lake), belowexpected averages. 15Sep OLD). BrianD. Williams(Nevada), Dave Woodward, Sparrows,however, were nicely represented. Bob & Carol Yutzy (Shasta).Many more A winteringGreen-tailed Towbee arrived in CORRIGENDA observerswere not specificallycited; all are PacificGrove, Monterey 21 Oct (ph.RC, DR), DLSuforwards these corrections to our spring appreciated.•

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