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sedatedwith thecoast in theRegion. An ad. Yellow-billedLoon in breedingplumage flew byBodega Head, Sonoma 19 Sep (LLu, CLu), Pt.st.'i• andajuv. was at EagleL., Lassen8 Oct(Ken- neth P. Able, Lew Oring).The total of 5 LaysanAlbatrosses reported was about average.A Dark-rumpedPetrel nw. of Cordell Bankin Sonoma17 Sep (SNGH, ShJ) was the 4th foundin thatgeneral area. A birdshowing characteristicsof Parkinson's Petrel was he. of CordellBank in Sonoma11 Oct (ShJ, 6tear,. •Refuges Valley' iL,TAHOE FortPontBraggi• Are. ' '%,Lake ßSacramen LWC, PP,ASH, ph. DWN). Ihis recordis currentlyunder review by theC.B.R.C. and, if accepted,would represent the first North BodegaB• eSaff•a•Røsa eSacrame,,,• '• Mor• Americanrecord of this species.Based on PtReyes • "• ßSto• •e distribution,this is themost likely Procellar- SanFrancism- •u e Modesto,: ia petrelto occuroff w. NorthAmerica. A S.E.Farallon ls• • • Streaked Shearwater he. of Cordell Bank 17 Sepwas yet anotherSonoma rarity (SNGH, ShJ,ph. RobertZaremba). This speciesre- Mmter•Bayfie mainsquite rare in the Region,but it has Seq• beenrecorded each of thepast four falls, an BigSu• • Tu•reLake NP unprecedentedrun. Evenrarer, a Greater DavidsonSea•ount• ...... •s• Shearwaterwas less than 13 km of[Bodega Head,Sonoma 29 Aug (ph. RSet al.). The onlyManx Shearwater reported was in Mon- Steven A. Glover terey22 Aug(ph. DR,?WGB et al.). Black- anaverage year for vagrants. However, a ventedShearwaters were very scarce, with (DovestoWrentit) ntotalterms of 14ofspecies total numbers,earning boldfacethis wastypebut only 3-4 reported,all fromMonterey Bay. 6526Conestoga Lane wasnothing short of astonishing.Amongst Storm-petrelflocks were concentratedof[ thesewere a possibleNorth American first SantaCruz, with numbersranging from an Dublin,California 94568 (Parkinson'sPetrel), Common Black-Hawk, estimated2600 on 29 Aug to 12,000on 1 ([email protected])the Region's first DuskyWarbler in seven Oct (ShJ,DR et al.). The vastmajority of years,and a veryrare mainland record of theseflocks were comprised of AshyStorm- Cassin'sSparrow. Though Red-breasted Petrels,but they also contained W'flsonh (up LukeW. Cole Nuthatchesshowed early signs of an inva- to 5), Black (15-3250), and Least (12-1420). The latter number of Least (ThrasherstoFinches) sion,Pine Siskinswere the only irruptive that managedto maintainunusually high Storm-Petrels,a record for theRegion if not 561 HillStreet numbersthroughout the period. the state,was recorded on 1 Oct (ShJ).Wil- 5anFrancisco, California 94114 son's Storm-Petrels were also encountered regularlynear Cordell Bank, Marin, where ([email protected])Abbreviations: C.B.R.C. (California B.R.C.); up to 5 wereseen on various trips (ShJ, RS et C.V. (CentralValley); C.tLE (CosumnesR. al.). A booby,thought to bea Brown,was in Preserve,Sacramento); El. (SoutheastFaral- MontereyBay, Monterey 25 Oct (?Bridget ScottB. Terrill lon I., San Francisco);S.E (San Francisco); Watts,James T. Harvey).An imm. Brown (LoonstoFrigatebirds, Laridsto Alcids) U.C.(University of California).Reports of ex- Pelicanat StoneLakes N.W.R. 19Jul-14 Oct (CCo, m.ob.) was the first for Sacramento H.T.Harvey &Associates ceptional vagrants submitted without docu- mentationare not published. Documentation and about the 16th C.V record. 3150Almaden Expressway, Suite145 forC.B.R.C. review spedes will beforwarded SanJose, California 95118 to Guy McCaskie,Secretary, EO. Box 275, HERONSTHROUGH DUCKS ImperialBeach, California 91933. Birds ban& An American Bittern 29 km offshore over ([email protected])ed on El. should be creditedto PointReyes MontereyBay, Santa Cruz 15 Oct was in a B.O.(ER.B.O.) and those banded at Big Sur R. strangelocation for thisnormally secretive mouth to the Big Sur OrnithologyLab species(ShJ). A [east Bittern8-12 Sepat MichaelM. Rogers (B.S.O.L.)of theVentana Wilderness Society ClearLake S.P. furnished only the 6th for (HeronstoShorebirds) Lake0RW). Reports of at least2 birdsfrom 499 NovatoAvenue C.R.P5 Sep-13Nov (JTr et al.) were the only LOONSTHROUGH PELICANS othersnoted. Five coastal reports of Cattle Sunnyvale,California 94086 Nineteen inland Pacific Loom was a rela- Egretincluded single birds at ArcataMarsh, ([email protected]) tively high number for a speciesclosely as- Humboldt13 & 17 Nov (JTz et al.), at Hay-

NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS ward R.S., Alameda21 Nov (RJR), and at sideS.E Bay 11 Oct-30 Nov,and surprising unprecedented.Single Soras near Copper- HarkinsSlough (Santa Cruz• first since 2001; inland birds at the Hollister S.T.P.(San Beni- opolis,Calaveras 8 Nov andalong Rock R. StanWulkowicz, ph. RgW,DLSu, m.ob.). Up to'sfirst; KPa, ph. KVV, m.ob.) and the Road,Tuolumne the sameday (both JSL) to 2 wereat Moonglow Dairy, Monterey 18-24 O'NeillForebay, Merced 0M, RobbieFisch- wereapparently both first county records. Oct, with oneremaining to 6 Nov (RF,LLu, er). An ad. male BarrowõGoldeneye near CLu et al.), and a notable 15. were in SeP MercedFalls 8-14 Nov 0SL, JCS,DVP) was SHOREBIRDS bastopol,Sonoma 10 Oct (Laurence Taylor). onlythe 2nd for Mariposa. Six AmericanGolden-Plovers were reported An ad. California Condor soaring with 28 Aug-29Oct, but we receiveddocumenta- TurkeyVultures over Long Ridge, San Mateo RAPTORSTHROUGH RAILS tionfor only 2 singlejuvs., one 28 Aug-3Sep 13 Aug(Georgia Stigall) had reddish wing A White-tailed Kite at Sierraville 20-24 Nov at ArcataMarsh, Humboldt0Tz, RbF), the tags,indicating that it wasone of thosere- (SAGet al.) wasa first for Sierra;a juv. in other at BodegaBay, Sonoma 6 Sep (ph. leasedat PinnaclesN.M., San Benito. YosemiteValley, Mariposa 20 Sep(DLSu) was AWgh,Don Reinburg, RLeb). Photographs of Coastalreports of GreaterWhite-fronted, likewiseout of place.The CommonBlack- 2 othersat AbbottsLagoon, Marin 6-16 Sep Snow,and CacklingGeese were morenu- Hawk reportedfrom Stockton, 5an Joaquin & 15 Sep have been submitted to the merousthan usual this fall. Forty-fourre- last winter returned to L. Lincoln but was C.B.R.C.(ph. SNGH,fide GuyMcCaskie). A portsof therecently split Cackling Goose 11 seenby onlya luckyfew observers 1 Oct & singleMountain Plover at CrowleyL. 5 Nov Sep+typically involved fewer than 10 birds, 17 Nov (Vi Strain et al.). Red-shouldered OLD,KNN) was only about the 4th forMono. but 500leucopareia were seen over the Mad Hawkscontinued to be reportedfrom new A LesserYellowlegs at BocaRes. l Sep0Lx) R. estuary,Humboldt 20 Oct wasthe firstfor Nevada.Eigh- 0Tz et al.). Twoad. Trumpeter teen SolitarySandpipers from Swans at Lower Klamath 12 counties8 Aug-27Sep was a N.W.R., Siskiyou 28 Nov better-than-averagetotal. Single ('•DVI•,'•MtB, Daryl Coldren) juv.Hudsonian Godwits at Ab- were accompaniedby an ad. boltsLagoon 8 Aug (ph. Dean yellow-billedswan that was DiTommasco,DDeS, RS) and likelyat leastparfly a Whoop- 2-9 Sep(ph. SNGH, RS, m.ob.) er Swan(vt. DVP,MtB, Daryl wereMarin's 3rd and 4th. A juv. Coldten). A wave of Tundra baueri Bar-tailed Godwit at the Swans,involving groups of up Eel R. delta, Humboldt5-14 Oct to 49 birds,hit eight central (ph. SMcA, RbF et al.) was coast counties 20-25 Nov; a thoughtto be the sameas one singlebird at theSouth Wilbur seen25 Sep at nearbyArcata Flood Unit 21 Nov (LLu, CLu) Marsh 0ustin Alvarez).Black was the first reportedfrom Turnstones are rare in s. S.E Kingsin many years. Mono's Bay,so up to 4 birdsin Alviso, first Bew•ck's Swan was at Santa Clara 11-21 Aug were CrowleyL. 7 Nov-4 Dec('•TW, surprising(John B. Hutz, ph. JLD). Singlemale Common Thismale Tufted Duck returned in"eclipse" plumage for a fourthwinter to Scotts Valley, WGB, m.ob.). (EurasianGreen-winged) Teal SantaCruz County, California 4-29 (here S) November 2004. At the end of the month, A Red Knot inland at San were found at Redwood it rapidlymolted its tuft and body plumage. Photograph byLanySelrnan. FelipeL. 6 Sepwas San Benito's Shores,San Mateo 20 Nov+ (RSTh) and locations,or with greaterregularity in areas 2nd (MPx, RJA).Inland Sanderlingsmade Mountain View, Santa Clara 29 Nov+ at theedges of theirrange. Fourteen Broad- headlines,with one at the ReddingS.T.P. 7 (BrookeMiller, Bob Juhl). A male Tufted wingedHawks were reported from six coun- Sep(Shasta's 2nd or 3rdrecord; B&CY), one Duck returnedto ScottsValley, Santa Cruz ties21 Sep-17Oct. Four coastalSwainson• at the Napa-SonomaMarshes W.A. 25 Sep for a 4th winter4-29 Nov (PhilBrown, ph. Hawks5 Sep-10Oct induded3 fromS.E (Napds2nd; KVV), 2 juvs.at L. Hennessey LarrySelman, DLSu, m.ob.); an apparentfe- The Sonomaad. CrestedCaracara reported 27-19 Sep (Napaõ3rd; MBe, RLCL, UzW, malewas a one-daywonder at theSalinas R. lastseason apparently moved northward to JayeCook, JLx), and a juv.at L. Mendocino mouth,Monterey 7 Nov ('•MtB, ph. DVP)_ Westport,Mendocino 20-24 Aug (Roger 30 Sep-1 Oct (possiblythe first inland ThreeGreater Scaup at StampedeRes. con- Hoesterey,ph. m.ob.) and then to Arcata, recordfor Mendocino;GEC); also of note stitutedthe first recordof this speciesfor Humboldt4-6 Sep(ph. RLeV, m.ob.), provid- wereup to 3 birdsin KingsI Sep& 6 Oct Sierra0Lx). The 5th KingEider for Hum- ing firstrecords for both counties.An un- 0Sy,LWC, SAG,JCS, JLx). Semipalmated boldt,a female,was bagged by a localhunter documentedreport e. of Ferndale,Humboldt Sandpiperswere well reported,with about 26 Nov (ph., fide DFx). Two female- 28 Novsuggests that it mayhave remained n. 40 birdsin I5 countiesl Aug-I2 Sep;the plumagedHarlequin Ducks in YosemiteVal- longer than theserecords indicate. The latestbird, reported from Trinity L. 20 Sep, ley,Mariposa 23 Sep(DLSu) may have been northward coastal movement of this individ- wouldbe Trinity's5th butlacked details. Re- relatedto therecent breeding efforts at that ual is reminiscentof the bird two yearsago, portsof a moltingad. Red-neckedStint a• location. A female Surf Scoter at Black Butte which movedfrom Montereyto SantaCruz, the SalmonCr. Mouth, Sonoma8-I0 Aug Res. 16 Nov ('•JLx) was the first ever for and apparentlyalso San Mateo,11 Aug-6 (DDeS,JMR, '•JimWhite) and an ad. Little Tehama;different imms. at Redding'sKutras Nov 2002.The C.B.R.C.has recently accept- Stintat theAlbany mudflats, Alameda I0-I4 L. 7-24 Nov (TEa,fide BED,m.ob.) and at ed the 2002 bird and other 2002 individuals Aug ('•CHK,THK, '•BFi,'•JSL •RAR) await TurtleBay East R.P. 23-30 Nov (RayBruun, from s. Californiaas naturallyoccurring. C.B.R.C.review; both would be firstcounty BED, B&CY) were at most the 5th and 6th TwoMerlins 24 Augin Madera0ND) were records.Baird• Sandpipers were reported in for Shasta.Another at Lakeportwas the 7th notablyearly, but oneat the HollisterS.T.E, above-averagenumbers, with almost200 forLake 0RW, m.ob.). Long-tailed Ducks in- San Benitostarting 6 Aug (ph. SAG,Jim birdsnoted through 6 Oct,including an im- duded 3 in Humboldt19 Oct-29 Nov, 3 in- White)was truly exceptional and apparently pressive76 talliedon a MonoL. census21

VOLUME 59 {2005) NUMBER 1 143 Aug(KNN et al.); the onlyreport after 18 BlackSkimmers continued their Regional Stewart)provided rare Madera records. Sepwas of 9+ birdsnear Kettleman City, expansion,with 2 at theElk R. estuary,Hum- Curiously,all sevenreports of migrant Kings6 Oct(LWC, SAG, JCS, JLx). The only boldt17-23 Aug (a countyfirst; MWa et al.) Olive-sidedFlycatchers were from Sacra- Sharp-tailedSandpiper reported was at furnishingthe northernmostrecord in the mento.Yellow-bellied Flycatchers at Pt. HudemannSlough, Sonoma 7 Nov (DAsh, Region.Ihree madeit n. to AbbottsLagoon, Pinos,Monterey 21 Sep(ph. •DR, vt. •DVP, BDP). The southernmostRock Sandpiper Marin1 Aug (RSet al.), where2 werestill ph. BMth et al.) and outerPt. Reyes,Marin was SantaCruz's returning ad. alongWest present6 Sept(DDeS); another was at Toma- 2-3 Oct (SBT,•DVP m.ob.)will providethe Cliff Drive in SantaCruz 1 Nov+ (SGe,ph. lesBay, Marin 16 Aug(RS), one was at Do- firstRegional records since 1997 if accepted JPo, ph. m.ob.). An alternate-plumaged ran Park,Sonoma 8 Aug (DDeS),and 2 ads. by the C.B.R.C.Other rare coastal Empidon- Dunlin at Lower KlamathN.WR., Siskiyou wereobserved off and on in Solano8 Aug-12 ax included3 Least16 Sep-9Oct, 2 Ham- 10Aug (DS) was hard to explain,as were up Sep,until joined by ajuv. 12 Sep (Jim White, mond's25 Sep-3Oct, and 4 Dusky12 Sep-3 to4 alternate-plumagedbirds in Alviso,San- RLCLet al.). Anotherjuv. at Slaughterhouse Oct. A Leastat LagoonValley 3 Sepwas a ta Clara l-ll Aug (JohnB. Hntz, MMR). Pt.9 Sep4 Dec(MBe, JCS), a firstfor Napa, firstfor Solano(•JSL). A Duskyat Antonelli EightStilt Sandpipers3 Aug-22 Oct were was also seen in Solano. Pond,Santa Cruz throughat least30 Nov slightlyfewer than normal, whereas 8 Buff- Very rare,but regularin fall, a Thick- mayhave been attempting to winter,a rare breastedSandpipers, all duringa narrow billed Murre was off Pt. Pinos,Monterey 15 eventin theRegion (?SGe, DLSu et al.). A window4-20 Sep,were more than expected; Oct (ShJ).Ihe carcassof an apparentLong- GrayFlycatcher atYosemite Valley, Mariposa all but 3 of the latter were at Pt. Reyes, billedMurrelet washed up on NewBrighton 20Sep was a notableSierra foothill find, par- Marin.Up to 17 Ruffs,an above-averageto- S.B.,Santa Cruz 4 Oct(Jide Hannah Nevins). ticularlyfor fall (DLSu).A BlackPhoebe at tal, were foundthrough 15 Nov.Two late Southernmurrelets were relativelyscarce Glenshire,Nevada 16 Octmay have been the Wilson'sPhalaropes were found n. of Strat- thisseason and were missed on mostpelag- first ever found in the TruckeeBasin (Martin ford,Kings 31 Oct(LLu). A groupof 7 Red- ic trips;high counts were 9 Xantus'sand 3 Myers). SingleEastern Phoebes were at neckedPhalaropes at Indian CreekRes. 8 Craveri's22 Augin Monterey(DR et al.). On Pescadero Marsh, San Mateo 9-21 Nov Sepwas thought to constituteonly the 4th the other hand, Iufted Puffinswere unusu- (ADeMet al.), LighthouseField S.B., Santa Alpinerecord of thespecies (EP). ally numerousin both Montereyand Santa Cruz 9 Nov (SGe), and C.R.P. 13 Nov+ Cruz,with oneor 2 birdsreported on at least (MichaelLarken, JIr, m.ob.). LARIDSTHROUGH ALCIDS eightboat trips 5 Sep-15Oct. VermilionFlycatchers rarely reach the Singleinland Long-tailedJaegers were at coast,so an imm. maleat MoonglowDairy, CrowleyL., Mono27 Aug(JmP, DbP et al.) DOVESTHROUGH FLYCATCHERS Monterey10 Oct+was a nicefind (Michad and18 Sep(PJM), and 2 werethere 28 Aug SixteenWhite-winged Doves included 4 Getty,ph. DR, m.ob.).Another imm. male (KNN). Elsewhereinland, one was at Lagoon eachfrom Montereyand SantaCruz and 3 joinedit 29 Oct+(C. Hartzell,m.ob.). Sacra- ValleyL., Solano5-10 Sep(RMu, CCo, ph. from SanMateo; the lone inlandbird was at mento's first Vermilion was at C.R.E 11 Oct CLo et al.). Mono's2nd Little Gull was at ChalfantValley, Mono 2-7 Sep(Andy Zdon). (JTr).Returning C.V. birds were at Lodi,San CrowleyL. 27 Aug(JLD, ph. JmP & DbPet A GreaterRoadrunner near Soda L. 25 Sep Joaquin20 Nov+(Margaret Williams, m.ob.) al.). As usual,small numbersof Mew Gulls was the first for Santa Cruz since the 1950s and Los BanosWA., Merced29 Nov (Lara werereported from Sacramento, aninland lo- (DLSu); one at the Alviso Marina, Santa Sparks).A brieflyseen Great Crested Fly- cationwhere this speciesis regular.Else- Clara7 Sep-30Nov+ (Janet Hanson, m. ob.) catcherat BigSur R. mouth,Monterey 10 Oct where,inland Mew Gullswere reported in wasat an oddlocation surrounded by salt awaitsC.B.R.C. review (•'MtB, tRyI), as Shasta,at TurtleBay East R.E 28 Oct (Ray pondsand urban development. First county doesa bird at C.R.E14 Augthat was heard Bruun),at KutrasL. 22-23 Nov (BED),and at recordswere furnished by an injuredFlam- for 10 minutesbut neverseen (JIr et al.). the ChesterS.T.E, Plumas13 Nov (•'Joelle mulatedOwl picked up at Benida, Solano 23 Thelatter may have been the previously re- Buffa,Clyde Morris). A birdshowing charac- Oct (fideBingham Gibbs) and a Northern portedbird seen 5 Jul,a recordthat was not teristics of Kumlien's Iceland Gull was at the Pygmy-Owl1 Oct at MitchellRavine, sw. acceptedby theC.B.R.C. Rare flycatchers on NimbusFish Hatchery,Sacramento 22 Nov SanJoaquin (WRH et al.). WaywardSpotted El. includedfirst islandrecords of Dusky- (•'JLD,ph. Martin Meyers). Iwo LesserBlack- Owls reachedthe coastat outer Pt. Reyes, cappedFlycatcher 24 Oct (ER.B.O.)and backedGulfs were in Alviso,Santa Clara 31 Marin30 Sep-5Oct and Bodega Bay, Sonoma Sulphur-belliedFlycatcher 1 Oct (the Re- Oct (?MtB,•'DVP, ph. ?MMR),and one bird 10 Oct (both RS). gion's7th; ph. KNN, •'JIz). Thirty-four wasrelocated 7 Nov (RWR et al.). Sevenof 10 Thelone Chimney Swift report involved 2 IropicalKingbirds, all coastal, were detected inlandSabine's Gulls were in Mono,making it at El. 28 Sep (ERB.O.).A flock of 2500 10 Sep-28Nov. Vagrant Eastern Kingbirds a recordyear for that county (fide KNN). Vaux's Swifts at Stafford L. near Novato 30 were at Mono L., Mono21-22 Aug (RS et Remarkable were an estimated 8000 Ele- Sepwas "by far" the most ever seen together al.), HarkinsSlough, Santa Cruz 3-5 Sep(2 gantTerns at Brooks1., Contra Costa 21 Jul in Marin (RS). A Broad-billedHumming- on4 Sep;Stan Wulkowicz et al.), and Big Sur (Keith W Larson).Typically, 20-100 birds bird at Novato25 Sep(and possibly earlier) R. mouth,Monterey 24 Sep(BMth) and 2 occur here, and this representsa record wasMarin's first and the Region's8th (Mar- Oct (TAm). numberof ElegantIerns inside S.E Bay. Ap- garetLuff, ph. Don Freundt). Black-chinned proximately25 CommonTerns were report- Hummingbirds,normally casual coastally, VIREOSTHROUGH WAXWINGS ed awayfrom coastal localities. Much rarer weredetected in significantnumbers in San- SevenBlue-headed Vireos, all coastal,were inland, Arctic Ternswere at CrowleyL., ta Cruzfor the3rd consecutivefall. As many reported30 Sep-18Oct. Ihough this is a Mono14 Aug (tJLD, KNN, KimballGarrett, as 10 non-ad. male birds were found 27 C.B.P,.C.review species, we received descrip- tJmP& DbP), ShastaValley W A., Siskiyou Aug-18Sep (m.ob.). Ihe onlyother coastal tionsfor just 3 of them.Nine Red-eyed Vire- 13 Sep(*RE), and Tule Lake N.WR., Siskiy- reportwas one at Mi. Davidson,S.E 10-22 os includedan ad. bandedat Big Sur R. ou14-16 Nov (RE, ph. Kevin Spencer et al.). Sep(PSar). Four Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers mouth,Monterey 2 Aug (MtB, B.S.O.L.;re- PostbreedingLeast Terns wandered north- 10 Oct-21 Nov were coastal;Red-napeds mainedthrough 6 Sep),one at PotterValley wardto Pt.Reyes, Marin 1 Aug(RS) and Do- near Oakhurst 1 Nov (Helen Button) and 28 Aug(Mendocino's 2nd; GEC), and one at ranPark, Sonoma 22 Aug(Eric IAchtward0. BassL. 8 Nov (BBr,Lynn Hemink,Penny AmericanR. Parkway,Sacramento 28 Sep

NORTH AMERICAN BIRD (WEH). Five Steller'sJays on Humboldt's WARBLERS Sierras. of Tinker'sKnob 6 Aug (ECB)and coastalplain 14 Sep-9 Nov may have been re- It was an averageseason for migrantwar- one 13 Nov at Turlock L. Campground, latedto a lowlandincursion in Oregonand Ners. Coastal counties had 21 Tennessees, Stanislaus(•'JHG, m.ob.). A Prothonotary Washingtonthis fall (]ideDFx). A Western 27 Chesmut-sideds,17 Magnolias,4 Black- Warblergraced the South S.E baylands, San Scrub-Jayat KingSalmon 1-14 Sepwas sim- throatedBlues, 5 Blackburnians,9 Prairies, Mateo26 Sep-8Oct (RSTh, m.ob.). A Worm- ilarly unexpectedfor coastalHumboldt 108 Palms(40 in SantaCruz and 23 in Hum- eatingWarbler was at Pt. Reyes,Marin 2 Oct (MWa).Presumably also part of a largerinva- boldt),3 Hoodeds,and 4 Canadas.Inland (RyT,•'SBT, LTer). An Ovenbirdwas banded sionto then., theRegion's first Blue Jay since mtgrantsincluded Kings's first Tennessee 20 Sepat LanphereDunes, Humboldt (fide C. 1997-1998was at Weed,Siskiyou 8 Oct (ph. Warbler24 Sepalong the Kings R. nearHvo/. JohnRalph); another was at Pt. Reyes,Marin GlennFine). Noteworthy Pinyon Jays includ- 41 (•'ADeM);single Chestnut-sideds on 30 28 Sep(KKr, Ryan BurneU, Michael Rogner, ed 2 at Lake Forest,n. Lake Tahoe, Placer22 Augat SnagL., Lassen(DCR), 28 Sep-2Oct KirstenLindquis0. Fifteen Northern Wa- Sep(WRi) and one near McCumber L. 30 alongthe American R. Parkway,Sacramento terthrusheswere eclipsedby the Louisiana Sep-6Oct (Shasta's 3rd; Don Goodykoontz, 0ML, CCo,TEa, DJo, m.ob.), and 29 Sepat Waterthrush9-18 Aug in Los Gatos,Santa Red& NancyModeen, B&CY). Distant mag- Mill Cr. Ddta, Mono(CMc); Alameda'sfirst Clara0anna Pauser, Joan Brauch, SBT, LTer, pies,each presumably Yellow-billed, were at PrairieWarbler 7 Sepat Hayward R.S. (RJR); •'MtB, ?MWE, •'MMR, ?WGB, ph. TEa, BodegaBay, Sonoma 26-30 --- mob.). An unidentified wa- Sep(MtB, DVP, AWgh, BDP) terthrushat LagoonValley L. and Mt. Davidson,S.F. 2 Nov 10 Sep(ph. TEa, Fritz Steur- (PSar).Once considered acci- er) would be Solano'sfirst, dental on the coast,it seems whateverthe species. Our Re- now that hardly a season gion's unusual Oporornis passeswithout at leastone showedup in a narrowwin- mention of these wanderers dow:a KentuckyWarbler at in thesepages. U.C. Davis, Yolo 30 Sep The Region'sfirst Dusky (Amanda Currier, Peter Arm- Warbler since the "invasion" strong);Mourning Warblers of 1997 was bandedat Big on El. 2 Oct (KNN, •'JTz) Sur R. mouth2 Oct, provid- andat Pt. Reyes,Marin 3 Oct ing a firstfor Monterey(ph. (Michelle Brodie, ?SBT,BDP, B.S.O.L.,Jessica Griffiths). A AWgh);and a Connecticut Veery on outer Pt. Reyes, Warbler on El. 4 Oct (RDiG, Marin I Oct would be just RebeccaGreen, ?JTz). the 8th for the Regionif acceptedby theC.B.R.C. (*JM, TANAGERSTHROUGH Ellen Bluestein,David Her- SPARROWS locker,ph. Jim Holmes). Sin- SevenSummer Tanagers in- gle Gray-cheekedThrushes cludedsingles at ParkerCr., were reportedfrom the Pt. ReyesLighthouse, Marin 21 - i MonoColumbia,15-24 TuolumneSep(Sail)25 andSep & 28 Oct (RS et al.). A Her- (MichaelKelly). The sparrow mit Thrush in a yard at of the season was the Elkhorn, Monterey17 Aug Cassin'sSparrow at Stinson wasa monthearlier than typ- Beach, Marin 16-17 Sep icalmigrants (RF). The Gray ThisBroad-billed Hummingbird photographed 25September 2004 was the first ever found in Marin County, (Dan Cooper,ph. RS, ph. Catbird at Pescadero, San Californiaandwas just the eighth ever found inthe Middle Pacific Coast Region. Photograph byDon Freundt. EWP, •'MWE, m.ob.), only Mateofirst found21 Jul con- the 3rd mainland record for tinuedthrough 15 Sep(GrH et al.). A Sage a PalmWarbler at Vail Road,San Joaquin 30 theRegion (there are 12 recordsfrom El.). Thrasher at Rancho SecoPark, Sacramento Oct (TEa);a pairof AmericanRedstarts 22 ChippingSparrow numbers were up; 5 in 9-13 Oct was out of place(HG, CCo, Liz Augat SouthLake Tahoe, El Dorado(Mona SantaCruz was the bestshowing in years, West). A BrownThrasher was at Pt. Reyes, Brauer);and 3 Black-and-whiteWarblers (2 andit was the first time in manyyears that Marin 23 Oct (EDG). A CaliforniaThrasher in Sacramento,one in Merced).Five North- reportsof this species outnumbered those of at Dean Place29-30 Oct was the first known ern Parulasincluded Solano'sfirst along Clay-colored(fide DLSu). In a lowyear for record for the Sutter Buttes, Sutter (CCo, PutahCr. 21 Aug (RLCk,El', CIH, •MBe). the species,a Clay-coloredSparrow 9-10 JTr).An EasternYellow Wagtail at Abbotts Blackpollnumbers were down, with 25 re- Sepat LagoonValley Park, Solano (]CS, Ed Lagoon,Marin 7-8 Sep(Stuart James, KKr, portedalong the coast;the one reported Harper,George Waldie) was the only one in- KH) furnishedonly the 10threcord for the fromHumboldt compares with the average of landof 27 reported.Eleven Brewer's Spar- Region;remarkably, it was the 3rd record for 11.9/yearover the pastseven years (fide rows included the 3rd and 4th records for AbbottsLagoon, which hosted California's DFx,JCP). Inland, one was along the Amer- SantaCruz. Five Black-throatedSparrows first17 Sep1978. Just 2 Red-throatedPipits ican R. Parkway,Sacramento 27-28 Sep includedsingles 13 Aug at Big Sur R. mouth, were reported:one flying over Pt. Pinos, (]ML, CCo,TEa, DJo,m.ob.), and another Monterey(b.; B.S.O.L.), 3-16 Sepat Prather, Monterey22 Sep(the first recorded on the was at Putah Cr, Solanoand Yolo 1-2 Oct Fresno(]ND), 26-29 Sepat Orick,Humboldt MontereyPeninsula; SBT, ?DR) and one at (RichardHall, JCS,m.ob.). (RbF,KGR, KI), and 2 at Pt. Reyes,Marin 7 Pt. Reyes,Marin 14 Oct (RS). The only Bo- The Southwestsent us 2 Lucy'sWarblers Sep(RS). A wanderingSage Sparrow was at hemianWaxwing noted was one at Paradise, (both in SantaC,-uz) and 8 VirginiasWar- the Pt. ReyesLighthouse, Marin 5 Sep;a Mono20-21 Nov (DH, DbP). blers,all coastalexcept 2: Place•'sfirst, in the LarkBunting was at thesame location the

VOLUME 59 (2005) NUMBER 1 145 sameday (bothLLu, CLu). AdditionalLark Siskinsstaged a significantinvasion of Buntingswere at CrowIcyL., Mono20 Aug coastaland low-lying areas, and Evening (KNN) and BayfrontPark, San Mateo4 Grosbeaksranged widely, though in small Oct-16 Nov (Rich Ferrick, m.ob.). A numbers,along the coast. GrasshopperSparrow 17 Sep at themouth of TulocayCr. maybe thefirst recorded in fall Corrigendum:The MagnificentHumming- migrationin Napa(MBe, fide RLCL). Twen- bird at Eureka,Humboldt 8 Apr-17 May A Birder's Guideto ty-sevenSwamp Sparrows included one 12 should have been attributed to Lina Carro SoutheasternArizona Octat ShastaValley W.A., Siskiyou (RE). (N.A.B. 58: 429). RichardCachor Taylor; revised 2005; 384 An unprecedented14 Harris'sSparrows pages;paper (lay-flao werereported, including 3 fromHumboldt, 2 Cited observers(county coordinators in Greatyear~round birding, grand scenery, and a fromModoc, Shasta, and San Mateo, and sin- boldface):R. J. Adams,Tim Amaral,David birdlistthat includes some of the most sought-after glesin Colusa,Marin, Monterey, Napa, and Armstrong(DvA), Dick Ashford,Edward C. and beautifulbirds in all of NorthAmerica -- these Sonoma.The onlyMcCown's Longspur was Beedy,Murray Berner, William G. Bousman werethe inspirations forJim Lane when he wrote the firstLane Guide at HaywardR.S., Alameda 2 Nov, the first (SantaClara), Matthew Brady, Beverly Brock, in 196.5.Three theresince 1987 (RJR). It wasa strongsea- AdamBrown (El.), GeorgeE. Chartlot,Luke decadeslater, son for Lapland and Chestnut-collared W. Cole(Kings), Chris Conard (Sacramento RichardCachor T•'lor,a near-life- Longspurs,which were reported widely in and Yolo), Hugh Cotter, Jeff N. Davis tinva residentof the Region,including S.F.'s 2nd City record (Madera), AI DeMartini, David DeSante, Southe;astern• forLapland 10 Oct at Crissy Field (ph. HuC, BruceE. Deuel(n. C.V.counties), Ryan Di- Arizona,bird4our guide,and author, MWE, Dan Murphy,DvA). The Lapland Gaudio,Jon L. Dunn, Todd Easterla,Mark flock in the Eel R. delta 23 Oct-4 Nov completeda totall}, W. Eaton (San Francisco),Ray Ekstrom revisededition of • reachedover 300 birds,twice the largest (Siskiyou),Brian Fitch, David Fix (Hum- thatfirst guide in numberpreviously recorded in Humboldt the Laneseries. boldt), Rick Fournier (RF), Rob Fowler Andnow, Rick has .... (DFx, JCP). Awayfrom the coast,single (RbF), JamesH. Gain (Stanislaus),Steve authoreda second • Chestnut-collaredswere at CrowleyL., Gerow,Steve A. Glover (ContraCosta), Ed- editionof hisessential guide to .Southeastern Mono 17 Oct OLD) and Staten1.30 Oct (San ward D. Greaves, Helen Green, Keith Arizona.ß Expandedbar graphs now include 514 species,with records included through 2004 ß Joaquin'sfirst; TEa). SingleSnow Buntings Hansen,W. EdwardHarper, Garth Harwood, Updatedspecialties listof over 240 species ß New were in Humboldt s. of the Mad R. mouth 27 Cliff Hawley,Sacha Heath (Sail), WaldoR. andexpanded site descriptions andmaps for Oct (MikeKelly) and at ShelterCove 6 Nov Holt,Alan S. Hopkins, Debbie House, Steven [•agoniaLake State Park, Chino and Montosa (RBS). Nine Rose-breastedGrosbeaks was a Canyons,the Red Rock area, and more. N.G.Howell, John E. Hunter(Trinity), Ken below-averagetotal. The only Blue Gros- Irwin, David Johnson, Robert J. Keiffer Item #102 ß ABASales Price: $22.95 beaksreported were singles 8 Sep at Carmel (Mendocino),Christine H. Koundakjian, R. mouth,Monterey (MtB, DR, ph. Bill Hill) TheodoreH. Koundakjian,Kim Kreitinger, A Birder's Guide and 18 Sepin GoldenGate Park, S.E (ASH). Jeri M. Langham,Rick Lebaudour, Robin L. FiveIndigo Buntings were along the coast; C. Leong(Napa and Solano), Ron LeValley, to Michigan one15 Sep at O'NeillForebay afforded a rare CindyLieurance, Leslie Lieurance, Jim Lo- AllenChattier and lorry Ziamo; published Mercedrecord (SBT). Five Dickcissds along max, CalvinLou, John S. Luther,Sean McAl- 2004;672 pages; paper the coast [rom Humboldtto Santa Cruz in- lister,J. Mac McCormick (Plumasand Sier- Thelatest addition tothe ABA's birdfinding guide cludedS.F.'s [irst City record 18-21 Sep at ra), ChrisMcCreedy, Blake Matheson, Peter senes,this guide covers more than 200 of Ft. Mason(HuC, MWE, ph. DWN, m.ob.). Mi(higan'sbest bird- J. Metropulos(San Mateo), Joseph Morlan, ingsites and pro- RogerMuskat, David W. Nelson,Kristie N. videsinformation BLACKBIRDSTHROU6H FINCHES Nelson (Mono),Ed Pandolfino(EP; Placer), on how to find No Bobolinkswere reported from Humboldt, borealspecialties, JimParker, Debby Parker, Kathy Parker, Ben- suchas Kirtbnd's wheremore than 5 per yearare normally jamin D. Parmeter,Mark Paxton,Jeff Poklen, Warbte•;Gyrfalcon, found(fide DFx, JCP). Three were along the JudeC. Power(Humboldt), Eric W. Preston, SnowyOwl. coast,and one at LakeForest, n. Lake Tahoe Bbck-backed PeterPyle, Robert W. Reiling,David C. Rice, Woodpecker,and 21-22 Sep(WRi, Richard Carlson) provided Will Richardson,Jean M. Richmond,Robert White-winged just the 2nd Placer record. A Common J. Richmond (Alameda), Don Roberson Crossbill.Includes Gracklereported from a Hwy.80 restarea, (Monterey),Michael M. Rogers,Kerry G. maps,bar-graphs, Solano10 Oct (ph. •Dan Brown) awaits Ross, Ruth A. Rudesill (Sonoma),Paul anannotated list ..... ofspecialty •ecies, C.B.R.C. review; it would furnish a first Saracem,Jeff Seay,Shearwater Journeys and listsof other animals. countyrecord. Orchard Orioles were at Ar- (ShJ),David Shuford, Rich Stallcup, John C. Item #288 ß ABASales Price: $26.95 cataMarsh, Humboldt26 Oct-18 Nov (RbF, Sterling (Alpine,Calaveras, and Modoc), JTz, Jherime Kellerman,M. Colwell) and David L. Suddjian(Santa Cruz), RobertB. LakeMerced, S.F. 5-7 Nov (ASH). Sutherland,Ryan Terrill, Linda Terrill (LTer), PHONE: 800/634-7736 A waywardCassin's Finch was at Hayward ScottB. Terrill,Ronald S. Thorn,Jim Tietz, FAX: 800/590-247 R.S.,Alameda 31 Oct (RJR). Hundredsof John Trochet, Steve Urnland (Tuolumne), RedCrossbills were throughout the coastal Kent Van Vuren (Mercedand San Benito), E-MAIL: [email protected] region,with particularlyheavy concentra- David Vander Pluym (Mariposa),Matt tions in Humboldt. A female Common Red- Wachs,Jerry 1L White (Lake),Alan Wight, PO Box 6599, poll at TuleLake N.W.R., Siskiyou 26 Nov Brian Williams (Nevada),Uzelle Williams, ColoradoSprings, CO 80934 (•DS,Jennifer Roth) was in theonly part of RogerWolfe, Tom Wurster,Bob & Carol Web:www. americanbirding. org/abasales the Regionthat has hosted impressive con- Yutzy(Shasta). Many more observers are not centrationsof thisspecies in yearspast. 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