The Autumn Migration August 1-November 30, 1983

CONTINENTAL SURVEY

The Autumn Migration

August 1--November 30, 1983

NORTHEASTERN MARITIME REGION /Richard A. Forster

In general,the weatherin August,September, and October was very warm and dry with few pronouncedcold fronts producinglandbird waves. The second and fourth weeks of November were mild but otherwise the monthwas nearnormal. November was very rainy partlyas a resultof easterlystorms. These storms were responsiblefor excellent waterbird numbersat coastalvantages, at least in southernNew Eng- land. Most observersRegionwide termed the fall migrationfair at best. A betterperspective of migrationis providedby bird observatoriesand bandingstations that allow for yearlycomparisons. Although the band- mg data supportsthe generalconsensus of field observers,clearly some speciesappeared in aboveaverage numbers. This wasespecially true of residentor commonspecies, which tend to be ignoredor unreportedby .a• T LANTI C mostfield observers.However, these negatives aside. there were some phenomenalrarities including a new North Americanrecord, and ob- OCEAN serversin Newfoundlandwere treatedto a reversemigration in mid- November that producedno fewer than sevenprovincial records.

LOONS, GREBES -- There were very few reportsof this groupof birds but thosereceived were noteworthy.Storm-driven Red-throated Loonsnumbered 125 at SandyNeck, Barnstable,Mass., Oct. 25 (fide RPE) and 225 during a stormat Rockport,Mass., Nov. 5 when 340 Com. Loonswere alsonoted (RSH). The only otherremarkable count of regularlyin Augustand September. Leach's Storm-Petrels were report- Red-throatedswas of 87 at Pt. Judith, R.I., Nov. 11 (fide DLE). The ed in normal numbersbut 30 seenduring a stormat SandyNeck, Pied-billedGrebe, a specieswhich several regional observers expressed Barnstable,Mass., Aug. 13 (fide BN) was a high numberfor suchan concernabout in recentyears, seems to be on a rebound(or are being earlydate. NorthernGannet is a regularfeature along the coast In fall, better reported). The highestcount was of 60 at Amherst Pt. Bird especiallyduring storms. This year, countsof 12,000 were notedin 2 Sanctuary(hereafter, A.P.B.S.) while they were said to be in good hoursat First EncounterBeach Oct. 25 (BN), and 2800 were seenat Pt. numbersthroughout the period in Massachusettsand Connecticut. Judith, R.I., Nov. 25 (DLE), where such numbers are unusual. There was not muchmention of Red-neckedGrebes. They wereconsidered early in NewfoundlandSept. 11 with a high countof 53 at Saint HERONS,IBISES -- LeastBitterns are now scarcely reported in the Pierre/MiquelonI., in earlyNovember (RE). The reliableW. Grebewas Region,perhaps indicating a localdecline. There were only six reported observedat Wells, Me., Nov. 22 (SH). in Augustand September,all from Massachusettsand RhodeIsland. The fall period is one of post-breedingdispersal and concentrationat TUBENOSES THROUGH GANNET -- It would seem that the nightroosts. This yearcounts of 39 GreatEgrets and 706 SnowyEgrets Manx Shearwaterwas the mostprevalent species in offshorewaters this weremade at PlumI., Mass., Sept.26 (GWG). Noteworthyreports of season.Numbers of all other specieswere considerablylower than in sevenGreat Egretsin interiorMassachusetts during August (fide SK), previousyears. The usualN. Fulmarswere presentwith the 30 seenat andtwo in Novemberin NovaScotia were exceptional. The Little Blue StellwagenBank, Mass., Sept. 25 beingthe bestcount. Cory's Shear- Heroncontinued its propensityfor lingeringlate in the season.Three waterswere particularlyscarce despite warm watertemperatures. Only were presentin Massachusettsduring November, eight were in Nova a few were notedon the "Bluenose" ferry crossingsand a maximum Scotia,mostly in September,and one was presentin Newfoundlandat count of 20 was noted at Cox's Ledge, R.I., Aug. 31 (fide DLE). WitlessBay Nov. 13 (MP,fide BM). Wanderingimm. CattleEgrets are Somewhatsurprising in an off-yearwas a Cory'sseen at FirstEncounter routineduring this seasonin Octoberand November.One at Trinity Beach,Eastham, Mass., Nov. 30 (BN). The only appreciablenumbers Bay, Nfld., Oct. l0 wasunusual, while 61 in Ipswich,Mass., Aug. 28 of Greater Shearwaterswere 2000 at Seal I., N.S., Sept. 4 (fide RBr), possiblyrepresented a regionalhigh count(fide RPE). The maximum and2400 at Rockport,Mass., Nov. 5 (RSH) duringa storm.Perhaps not numberof Yellow-crownedNight-Herons was six in Eastham,Mass., so surprising,given the amountof attentionpelagic birding is receiving Sept. 2 (RAF), while one at GrandManan I., N.B., Sept. 2, andtwo now, were reportsof Audubon's Shearwater. One was seenat Cox's individualsin Newfoundlandin August(fide BM) were rare. Glossy Ledge, R.I., Sept. 4 and threewere seenat HydrographerCanyon, 75 Ibises,unlike the herons, depart the Region early. No exceptionalnum- miles s. of NantucketI., Mass., Aug. 22 (WRP et al.). Wilson's Storm- bers were reported,but one at MiquelonI., Nfld., Aug. 22-23 was Petrelswere concentratedin the lower Bay of Fundywith estimatesof considerablyn. of its usualrange. up to 100,000 in early August(NF). More typicalof maximumcounts were 2500 at StellwagenBank, Mass., Aug. I (RSH). For the 2nd WATERFOWL -- This groupperforms the bulk of its migration consecutiveyear White-facedStorm-Petrels were observed on a 2-day duringthe latter part of thisreporting period but reports were scarce and pelagictrip to GeorgesBank, Mass. Two were seenin the vicinity of manyobservers commented on eitherthe scarcity of birdsor the lateness HydrographerCanyon Aug. 22 (WRP et al.) where it may appear of arrival.Two FulvousWhistling-Ducks were present at Monomoy I.,

Volume 38, Number 2 175 Mass , Aug 7 (ph , RE) Novembersaw a rashof reportsof Tundra RAILS, GALLINULES, CRANES -- A possiblereport of a Black Swans.Seven were seenat Yarmouth,N.S., Nov. 20 qTdeIAM) while Rail wasnoted at Milford, Conn.,Oct. 3, by a rail hunter(fide DR). The possiblyas manyas 22 wereobserved at 3 coastalMassachusetts loca- few ClapperRail reports were from coastal s. NewEngland and no King tions Nov. 27. A Greater White-fronted Goosegraced a Rochester, Railswere reported. Reports of otherrails were exceedingly sparse An Mass., cornfield Oct. 31-Nov. 30+. The Snow Goose migration ad. PurpleGallinule was presentin Concord,Mass. Great Meadows, throughthe Regiondefies classification. Flocks totalling 2903 birds (hereafter,G.M.N.W.R.) whereone has appeared for thelast 4 yearsA were noted in interior MassachusettsOct. 9, 16, 19 & Nov. 13 (fide Com. Moorhenwas unusual at SealI., N.S., Sept. I (fideIAM) aswas SK). The only otherreport that coincideswith thesedates was of 3 oneat MonheganI., Me., duringSeptember (v.o.). Up to 11 moorhens flocks totalling 75 birds in Chatham, Mass., Oct. 16 (BN). "Big were noted in Longmeadow,Mass., at least to Oct. 11 (fide SK) fi•ghts" of SnowGeese were notedin Connecticutabout Oct. 9 (fide Reflectinga trendin recentautumns, Am. Coot numberswere down, DR). Fifty-oneBrant inland at QuabbinRes., Mass., Oct. 20 was an causingnegative comments froin someRegional observers. Two Sand- unusuallyhigh count(fide SK). CanadaGoose migration goes largely hill Craneswere foundat Middle Musquodoboit,N.S., Oct. 9 (ftde uncommentedon due to the now-highresident populations. Thus, 20 IAM). The speciesis now almost annual in Nova Scotiaand other flocks totalling 1000+ birds in New HampshireOct. 9 (TR) were sectionsof the Region. notworthy.Wood Ducks seldom assemble in appreciablenumbers in the Regionand 250 in Longmeadow,Mass., Sept. 18was a goodcount. An SHOREBIRDS -- Shorebirdcounts were belowaverage during the echpse-plumageCinnamon Teal was carefullyobserved at Seal I., seasonbut this groupalways provides interesting reports. No sizable N S., Sept. 2-4 (ELM, SIT). The usual scatteredEur. Wigeons were flocksor notablefall-outs of LesserGolden-Plovers were reported, presentfrom Newfoundlandto RhodeIsland with oneat E. Providence, probablyas a resultof a lack of coastalstorms. A lateindividual was R I., Sept. 20 perhapsa bit on the early side (fide DLE). The only seenin Portland,Me., Nov. 11 (fideWT). The Region'sonly Wilson's s•zablecount of Canvasbackswas of 1200 at E. Providence,R.I., Nov. Plover wasseen at NinigretPd., R.I., Aug. 6 (RoC). Mostreports for 19 (fide DLE) at a now traditional location. An impressivecount of this speciesare in spring.The first breedingrecord, and only recent R•ng-neckedDucks was of 1075 at Lakeville, Mass., Nov. 5 (WRP). provincialrecord, of the Piping Plover occurredat Deadman'sBay, The Tufted Duck first discoveredat MonomoyI., Mass., in May was Nfld., Aug. 13, when two fledglingswere seen(BM). Post-breeding presentthroughout the reportingperiod. countsof Am. Oystercatchersreflect their strong foothold in theRegion There was very little commentregarding sea ducks but the general A maximumcount of 40 was at MonomoyI., Mass., Aug. 7, andtwo consensuswas that they arrivedlate andin lowerthan normal numbers. lingeredat Chatham,Mass., to Nov. 6 (BN). Reportsof an Am. Avocet However,there are alwaysexceptions. A high of 25,000 Com. Eiders in S. Thomaston,Me., Aug. 6-7, Rye, N.H., Aug. I0, andPlum I , was notedat Plymouth,Mass., Nov. 19 (fide RPE). A NE stormat Mass., Aug. 10-18may all haverepresented the sameindividual Rockport, Mass., Nov. 5 produced6000 Oldsquaws,12,000 Surf Threeupland Sandpipers in NovaScotia Aug. 14-Sept.3 wereunusu- Scoters,and 8500 Red-breastedMergansers (RSH), while6000 + Red- al while one on the ratherlate dateof Sept. 28, at BurinPen., Nfld , breastedMergansers were at Provincetown,Mass., Nov. 20 (BN). Sept.28 (JM,fide BM) provideda firstprovincial record. Regional h•gh Noteworthywere 521 Black Scotersinland at QuabbinRes., Mass., countsfor bothWhimbrel and Hudsonian Godwit were reported from Oct. 15 (fide SK). At SachuestPt., R.I., ten King Eiders and 12 MonomoyI., Mass; 190 Whiinbrelswere observedAug. 2, and 156 HarlequinDucks were observedin late November(fide DLE). These HudsonianGodwits were counted Aug. 6 (BN). A lateWhimbrel was at representrather high numbersfor a southerly,but now established, Nauset,Mass., Nov. 27 (BN) andtwo notablylate Hudsonian Godw•ts location. were seenat Portland,Me., Nov. 5, and at Seabrook,N.H., Nov 12 (DWF). A HudsonianGodwit at inland Longmeadow,Mass., Oct 1 VULTURES, DIURNAL RAPTORS-- Hawkwatchenthusiasts pro- (TG, fide SK) was remarkable.The Marbled Godwit is a rare fall wdemore information than can readily be summarizedhere. Suffice it to migrantin thes. portionof theRegion. Noteworthy reports included two saythat Sept. 13-14 werethe daysthat hawkwatcherswill longremem- in Maine, one each in Augustand Septemberand one at Red Head ber. A capsulereport follows. Marsh, N. B., Sept. 17-23. Two late individualswere found at Chat- In keepingwith its spreadjust to the s. of thisRegion there were 2 ham, Mass., Nov. 19-23 (WB). The best count of Red Knots at the reportsof Black Vultures.One was seenat Mr. Battle,Me., Sept. 8 traditionalstaging area of Third Cliff, Scituate,Mass., wasof a rather (JP), while anotherseen in Vernon, Vt., and in 2 adjacentMassachu- disappointingI000 Aug. 14 (fideRPE). Onehundred observed at Grand settstowns Sept. 8-27, mightwell havebeen the sameindividual (fide Pr•, N.S., Nov. 8, wasa largenumber for solate a date.A Sanderhng SK). seen at Seabrook,N.H., Aug. 28, had been color-bandedin Chile •n The generallylow hawkwatchingtotals can be attributedto frequent December 1982 (LH). SW winds not conduciveto migration.However, when windswere The SemipalmatedSandpiper is probablythe commonestmigrant favorablea massivemigration occurred. On Sept. 13 Broad-winged shorebirdin theRegion. Nonetheless, 155,000 estimated at Mary'sPt, Hawk totals were 19,912 at WachusettMr., Mass., 12,424 at South- N.B., Aug. 1-2 is a staggeringtotal. The W. Sandpiperis a scarcebut w•ck, Mass., and5434 at Mt. Tom, Mass.On Sept. 14 in Connecticut, regularmigrant to the Regionwith this year's totalsabove average Broad-wingedsstaged a lessimpressive flight, whichwas probably a Maximumcounts of 11 wereseen in RhodeIsland (fide DLE) anda total spdl-overfrom the Massachusettsflight. Broad-wingedsnumbered of 12 in Septemberin Maine. Seventeenwere seenalong the New 6025 at Goshen,Conn., Sept. 14, and2281 at S. Litchfield,Conn., the Hampshirecoast Sept. 5 (DJA). The regionalmaximum of 30 wasnoted sameday (fide NC). On Sept.14 in New Hampshirethere were 10,992 at Nauset, Mass., Sept. I0 with ten still presentthere Nov. 5 (BN) Broad-wingedsat 4 locationsbut the reporter indicated there may have beensome duplication (fide KCE). Somewhatenigmatic considering theirscarcity in s. New Englandin Octoberwere 200 + Broad-wingeds An imm. Little Stint wasobserved and photographed at Hart- at Brier I., N.S., Oct. 6-11 (fide IAM). Otherwisehawk counttotals len Pt., N.S., Oct. 23-24 (IAM et al.). This representedthe third were substantiallylower at well-mannedstations. At LighthousePt., Canadian record and sixth for e. North America. Other less well- Conn., the seasonaltally wasjust over I0,000 birds,including 6400 documentedshorebird reports include both Temminck's Stint Sharp-shinnedHawks, 1900Am. Kestrels,488 Ospreys,18 Peregrine and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at Monomoy I., Mass., Oct. 23 Falcons,84 Merlinsand 333 N. Harriers.About 500 Sharp-shinneds (WB), and a Long-toedStint at New Haven, Conn., Sept. 11 were estimatedat Brier I., Nova Scotia, Oct. 8 but hawk watchersin (PD). The latterwas photographed and copies are being distribut- Maine(fide GA) andRhode Island (fide DLE) reportedmeager results. ed to acknowledgedshorebird experts but the authoris not privy A hawk watchin Hancock,Mass. reported20 N. Goshawks,most in to their decisionat this writing. lateOctober, and four Golden Eagles Oct. 16-Nov. 13 (fideSK). Falcon reportswere aboutaverage for the periodwith 35 Merlins and eight Peregrinesat MonheganI., Me., Sept. 24 beinghigh counts(RSH). The mostfrequently reported shorebird in the Regionwas the Wh•te- Therewere 2 Gyrfalconreports, both of dark-phaseindividuals, at Port rumpedSandpiper. The bestcounts came from the n. part of theRegion Joh,N.S., Oct. 12 (fideIAM), andPlymouth, Mass., Nov. 27. (JB). where I00 were at Lawrencetown,N.S., Aug. 6 and 300 + at Conrads

176 AmericanB•rds, March-April 1984 Beach,N S , Aug 27 OCtdeFS) Continuinga trend(9) werelate reports A Gull-balledTern seenand photographedat Red Head Marsh near of 16 White-rumpedsat Gander,Nfld., Nov. 13 (fide BM) andten at St. John's,N.B., Aug. 22-29 (fide DSC) and anotherat North Head, Machias,Me., Nov. 10, while six at inlandPittsfield, Mass., Nov. 6 N.B., Aug. 27 provided extralimital records. Three seen in Rhode octdeSK) wasunprecedented. Baird's Sandpiper was reported in much IslandAug. 19-25 (fide DLE) were morethan usual. A few Caspian lowernumbers than usual this fall exceptat a turf farm in Richmond, Terns were observedmigrating along the coastin late Septemberand R I , wherea maximumof eightB aird's and 27 Buff-breastedsandpip- earlyOctober. Unique for the Regionwas a SandwichTern at Monomoy erswere observed Aug. 29. Othernoteworthy reports were of a Baird's I., Sept.4 (WD). An estimated15,000 Com. andRoseate terns came to at St John's,Nfld, Sept.1 (BM), 12+ at SealI., N.S., Aug. 23-Sept. anevening roost at MonomoyI., Sept.3. (BN), and2500 Roseamswere 5, and a late individualat MonomoyI., Mass., Nov. 6 (WH). Most seenthere Aug. 3 (RSH). Forster'sTern stagedan impressivemigration uniquewere two Baird'sseen on outerGeorges Bank on a pelagictrip into the s. portionof the area. In Connecticutthere was an "abundance Aug 22 (RRV). Therewere few commentson PectoralSandpipers in of Forster'sTerns" with 47 still presentNov. 10 (fide DR). The high theRegion, indicating a poormigration, and no Curlew Sandpipers were count in Massachusettswas of 125+ at EasthamOct. 5 (BN). One reported.Stilt Sandpiperswere scantily reported with the most unique inlandat Longmeadow,Mass., Aug. 27 (fideSK) wasdecidedly unusu- beingone at Crescent,N.S., Nov. 13(fide FS) and five at GrandManan al. An imm. LeastTern was seenn. of its breedingrange at Seal I , I , N.B., Aug. 26 (DSC). Otherthan the previously mentioned Rhode N.S., Sept. 1-7 (IAM et al.). An ad. Bridled Tern was observed50 ml Islandlocation, Buff-breasted Sandpipers totalled 20 -+ individualswith s. of Martha'sVineyard Aug. 7, (VL). BlackTerns were scarce but one mostunusual being three at Lubec,Me., Aug. 28. In keepingwith the strayedto Newfoundlandat ConceptionBay Oct. 1 (fide BM) andtwo sparseshorebird flight veryfew Ruffswere reported. However, one at were in Chatham,Mass., Nov. 6, with one still presentNov. 19 (BN) St Johns,Nfld., Nov. 23 wasextremely late andfurnished one of few Modestnumbers of post-breedingBlack Skimmers visited the s. portion provincialrecords. The lion's shareof Long-billedDowitchers in the of the Region but two at Seabrook,N.H., Aug. 24, (EWP,fide KCE) Regionare seen in Massachusetts.The best count was of 150at Plum I., representedone of the few staterecords. Sept.23 (GWG) and40 werestill thereNov. 1. One at CherryHill, N S , Oct. 1 was out of place. Most commonspecies receive few ALCIDS -- A decadeago ocean storms would have produced Dove- comments,but 13 Am. Woodcocksat GrandManan I., N.B., Oct. 3, kies in surprisingnumbers but recentlythey have provedto be very and seventhere Nov. 3 providedinsights into the migrationof the scarce.The only Dovekiereported from Nova Scotiawas at HartlenPt, speciesthrough the Region. Nov. 6; 25 were in Grand Manan channelNov. 29; and the maximum Fewerthan normal numbers of Wilson'sPhalaropes were reported in countfrom Massachusettswas of 61 at RockportNov. 5, wherethe only s New England.One in MiquelonI., Nfld., Aug.23 andanother at St. Corn. Murre was found s. of its normalhaunts Nov. 16 (RSH). The Johns,Nil&, Sept.13-14 (JW) represented fourth and fifth provincial Thick-billedMurre wasexceedingly scarce but Razorbillspicked up late records. Less unusual were two individuals in Nova Scotia and two at in the period.At GrandManan channel 125 were seenNov. 19 (NF), CastaliaMarsh, GrandManan I., N.B., Aug. 8. Red-neckedPhalaropes 100 were seen Nov. 26, and 200 on Nov. 30 at First EncounterBeach, weresparsely reported in offshorewaters. The usualconcentration at Eastham(BN), while 200 unidentifiedlarge alcidson the latter date PassamaquoddyBay, N.B., wasestimated at 300,000in mid-August wereprobably also Razorbills. A wanderingimm. BlackGuillemot was but the figurewas termed "lower thannormal". The onlysignificant seen at Plum I., Aug. 23 (RSH), and two Atlantic Puffinswere at numbersof Red Phalaropeswere noted at BrierI., N.S., when2000- RockportOct. 25 (RSH). In Newfoundlandalcids were termed"com- 3000 were seen Sept. 4 & 8. mon as usualat the right time and place" (fide RE).

JAEGERS THROUGH SKIMMER -- To continuethe monotony, DOVES THROUGH SWIFTS -- A White-wingedDove was discoveredat MonheganI., Me., Sept. 23 (RSH et al.) and was seen jaegerswere also poorly reported. A few PomarineJaegers were seen on the "Bluenose" ferry crossingbetween Maine and Nova Scotia.The throughOct. 10 beforebeing found dead. There was somespeculation that this may have been the sameindividual seen there last fall. The only significantcount of Pomarineswas of eightplus at FirstEncounter Beach, Eastham,Mass., Nov. 26 after a storm. Five ParasiticJaegers Yellow-billed Cuckoo is an uncommonbreeding species as far n. as were seenat Pt. Judith,R.I., Nov. 25, (DLE). Thesestorm-driven birds Massachusetts,so the abundancethis fall in morenortherly sections is of are seldomseen from landin RhodeIsland and the datewas very late. interestbut hardlyunprecedented (see Griscom, L., 1955AFN 9:7). In Maine it was"quite a fall for Yellow-billedCuckoo," 24 were•eported The only regionalreport of the Long-tailedJaeger was also from Rhode Island, an individualnoted at Cox's LedgeSept. 7 (RBo, fide DLE). from New Brunswickin Septemberand October,43 were observedin Nova ScotiaSept. 3-Oct. 23, and threewere seenin Newfoundland•n Singleskuas (sp?) were observed from the "Bluenose"ferry Aug. 11 & October. An E. Screech-Owl seen and heard in Cutler, Me., to late 22 Well-describedGreat Skuaswere seenat Miquelon, Nfld., Oct. 4 October,was considerably n. of its usualrange. There was no indication (RE) and at First EncounterBeach Oct. 25 (BN). Summerskua reports are usuallyof South Polar Skuas. One wasseen and photographed off of a major movementof Snowy Owls. The Regionaltotal from Nova Scotia to Massachusetts,all in November, was ten, making six •n Connecticutin LongIsland Sound Aug.~19 (fide DR) andanother was ConnecticutOct. 31-Nov. 10 (fide DR) surprising. seenoff New HampshireSept. 17 (DSA). Both constitutedfirst state records. SoAo The usual small numbers of Little Gulls were seen with the most An anomalyin thisyear when n. speciesremained at home was unusualbeing an immatureat Deadman'sBay, Nfld., Aug. 13. Com- a Boreal Owl discoveredin downtownBoston by PhilipThayer. monBlack-headed Gull numberspeaked at 78 at St. Johns,Nfld., Nov. 25 The Mew Gull madenews in the Regionthis fall. Threeseparate Originallythought to be a N. Saw-whetOwl, the individualwas •ndlvidualswere seenin NewfoundlandSept. 13-Nov. 6 (ph., BM), and seen and photographedNov. 2 & 8. It was not until January, an adult was observedat Provincetown,Mass., Nov. 30 (BN, PG). whenphotographs were sent to theMassachusetts Audubon Soci- ety, that the true identitywas realized. Theseindividuals are suspected of beingthe European subspecies Larus canuscanus. No numbersof Icelandor Glaucousgulls were reportedin the Region.The LesserBlack-backed Gull is now reportedregularly in It was an exceptionallygood year for Com. Nighthawksmigrating the Region.Three were seenin NewfoundlandSept. 20-Nov. 30, and throughthe ConnecticutRiver Valley in w. Massachusetts.In South- eightwere notedin Massachusetts.Traditional wintering birds returned wick, Mass., 5169 wereobserved Aug. 20-Sept.4 with a peakof 2756 to Connecticutand Nova Soctia.The Black-leggedKittiwake was well Aug. 28 (SK). A late Ruby-throatedHummingbird was at W. Pubnico, representedin NE storms.Exceptional counts were of 3000at Rockport, N.S., Nov. 6 (fide IAM), andan exceptionallylate Chimney Swift was Mass., Nov. 16, (RSH), 2000 at Eastham,Mass., Nov. 26 (BN), and a feedingover a manurepile in Bridgewater,Mass., Nov. 5-6 (WRP) surprising4400 + at Pt. Judith,R.I., Nov. 25 (DLE). A Black-legged The latter individualwas intentlyscrutinized for indicationsof a differ- Klttlwake at W. Haven, Conn., Sept. 8 (PD) providedone of the few ent species. state records. Six Sabine's Gulls were noted in offshore Massachusetts watersin late Augustand Septemberand an adult was at Seal I., N.S., WOODPECKERS THROUGH FLYCATCHERS -- Woodpeckers, Oct 16 (RBr). being predominantlysedentary species, are infrequentlyreported. The

Volume 38, Number 2 177 Red-headedWoodpecker, a veryrare breeder in theRegion, was repre- SoAo sentedby nearly50 records.Most reportswere in the latter half of The first North American record for Stonechat (Saxicolator- Septemberand October with peaksof threeeach occurring at Monhegan quata)was observed and photographed at CastaliaMarsh, Grand I , Sept.22-24, Sept.23-24 at BlockI., R.I., andagain there Oct. 3-5 Manan I., N.B., Oct. 1 by Cecil Johnstonand Jim Wilson. The (v o.). However,seven observed at Martha'sVineyard, Mass., Sept. 11 rump was rusty chestnut,indicative of a Siberianrace, S.t. stej- were mostlyresident birds. The Yellow-belliedSapsucker is a species negeri or S.t. maura. with a very restrictedmigratory period in late Septemberand early October.Only six migrantswere reported in Nova Scotiaand 25 were seenat MonheganI.. Sept. 22-24 (RSH). Field observerscannot assess Newfoundland'sfirst Townsend's Solitaire wasphotographed at St Empidonaxflycatcher migration. Twenty-four migrant Yellow-bellied John's Nov. 24 (BM). Veeries were more noticeablethis fall with 32 Flycatchersoccurred on AppledoreI., Me., Aug. 24-Sept.9, with peaks bandedat AppledoreI., Me., Aug. 26-Sept.10 (DWH), and 15 seenat of six Aug. 24 & 30 (DWH). A Willow Flycatcherwas seen and heard MarbleheadNeck Wildlife Sanctuary,Mass., Sept. 9 (RSH). TheGray- singingwell n. of its breedingrange at GrandManan I., N.B., Aug. 7- cheekedThrush was betterreported than in recentyears and this is 13, (CEG). At SealI., N.S., LeastFlycatchers totalled 25 on Sept.5 and reflectedin bandingtotals. Four were banded at AppledoreI., Sept 8- 20 on Sept. 8. 10 (DWH), eightwere banded at Rockport,Mass., in September(RN), and 17 were bandedat NantucketI., Mass., Sept. 9-28 (EA). Five thousandAm. Robinswere at Brier I., Oct. 8 anda "major movement" SoAo was notedin Maine Oct. 10-12 ffide WT). Twenty-twoN. Mocking- An individualof thegenus Myiodynastes was seen at Martha's birdswere seen in NovaScotia, including five in CapeBreton, at then Vineyard, Mass.. Nov. 12-13 (WM, VL). The bird was origi- limit of its range.Evidence of a majorflight of BohemianWaxwings nally thoughtto be a StreakedFlycatcher because of paleunder- wasshaping up in lateOctober and November. Early individualswere at partsbut subsequentlythe thoughtof Sulphur-belliedcouldn't be Brier I., Oct 22 ffideJSC), FundyN.P., N.B., Oct. 31 (fideBD), and14 ruled out. Photographswill be circulatedto expertsin tropical at Dixmont, Me., Oct. 30. Two were seenin Richmond,Mass., Nov 5 bird identificationfor possibleconfirmation. (SK), andat leastfive wereat Provincetown,Mass., Nov. 18 (KS,fide BN). As many as 80+ were in Orono, Me., by Nov. 14 (PDV) NorthernShrikes were widely reportedin the Regionin very small WesternKingbirds, non-breeders in the Region, were well reported numberswith no indicationof a majorwinter influx. The earliestwas at this fall. The earliestarrival appearedat Deer I., Me., Aug. 20 (fide the s. White Mrs., N.H., Oct. 14 (TR, fide KCE). The Loggerhead WT) while nearly40% of the 40 + reportsoccurred in November. Shrikeis now a legitimatelyrare bird in theRegion. The only individ- Two Scissor-tailedFlycatchers, possibly the sameindividual, were uals were singlesin Massachusettsduring September and October and noted in Connecticutat HammonassetS.P., and LighthousePt., on 2 one in Connecticutin late October ffide DR). unspecifieddates in Octoberffide DR). VIREOS, WARBLERS -- Surprisingin a seasonof almostuniversal SWALLOWS THROUGH NUTHATCHES -- An estimated25,000 negativecomment were vireo reports, especially from the n. partof the Tree Swallowwere at Plum I., Sept. 17 (fide RPE). Notablylate were Region.Once again it is apparentthat continuous daily banding oper- six N. Rough-wingedSwallows in W. Harwich,Mass., Sept. 18 (BN). ationsprovide the mostaccurate migration information. In Newfound- Also late was a Cliff Swallowat Salisbury,Mass., Oct. 7 (RSH), but landa White-eyedVireo waspresent at St. PierreNov. 1, (REv), a Red- one at St. Pierre, Nfld., wasastonishing Oct. 24 •de RE). In Connecti- eyed Vireo waslate at St. John'sOct. 30 (fide BM), anda Warblingin cut, Blue Jaysstaged a "large flight alongthe coast" in October(fide the samelocation Oct. 2 & 5 providedonly the 3rd provincialrecord DR), andlesser numbers were reported from Massachusetts.Reflecting Six WarblingVireos were noted at Seal I., in Septemberand a Yellow- its rapid increasein Massachusetts,Com. Raven was notedin 7 loca- throatedwas noted there Sept. 6 & 9. Commentson Red-eyedVireos tions. There was much commentin the Region on the Black-capped indicateda good flight in New Brunswick(fide BD), and 256 were Chickadeemigration. Migrants were noticeable in New Brunswickfrom bandedAug. 25-Sept. 10 at AppledoreI., Me., with peaksof 32 on early to mid-Septemberwith 100 reportedfrom Red HeadMarsh, and Sept. 9 and 31 on Sept. 8 (DWH). Twenty-twoPhiladelphia Vireos in "large numbers"were present along the Connecticutcoast in October. Septemberin w. Massachusetts(fide SK) wasa goodtotal and 15 were Manomet Bird Observatory(hereafter, M.B.O.) bandingtotals of seenat Martha's VineyardSept. 11 (fide RPE). chickadeeshave beenexceeded in only one otheryear, 1971. The fall S.A. bandingtotal was nearly 3000 with a pronouncedpeak occurringOct. The mostsignificant event of the seasonwas the reversemi- 31-Nov. 2, when 1007 were banded(TL-E). As is oftenthe caseBoreal grationof warblersthat occurredat St. John's,Nfld., in mid- Chickadeesaccompanied this movement.In New Hampshireseven November.Strong southerly air flowson Nov. 7 andagain Nov wereseen s. of their normalrange Oct. 16-Nov. 1 (fide KCE). Manomet 12-13 apparentlywere responsiblefor this occurrence.Bruce Bird Observatorybanded four BorealsOct. 26-Nov. 3, and one was Macravish,one of the benefactorsof this largess,described it bandedat Rockport,Mass., Nov. 10 (RN). A BorealChickadee was thusly: "But a more intensecoverage of the city this fall has particularlynoteworthy in E. Orleans,Mass., Nov. 13 (BN), and sin- broughtto light the fact thatSt. John'smay be a bit of a vagrant gleswere at E. Haven, Conn., Oct. 6 andLighthouse Pt., Oct. 30 (fide trap•an oasisof lush deciduoustrees and ornamentalhedges DR). Red-breastedNuthatches were commonin the n. sectionof the andgardens on a barrencoast strategically located at theeastern- Regionwith daily averagesof 30-40 at Seal I., N.S., Sept.9-15 but in mostpoint of land in North Americaand on the pathof many Massachusettsthere were only modestnumbers. low-pressureareas that come from thesouth and west. The birding hasbeen continuously exciting and new this fall. Perhapsthe WRENS THROUGH SHRIKES -- A Carolina Wren at Fredrickton, mostexciting moment of my birdinglife was standingin a back N B., Sept.25 constitutedonly the 7th provincialrecord. Two separate yard with four otherbirders in front of a mapletree containing HouseWrens were seen at Seal I., Sept.13 and Oct. 15.In NovaScotia, sevenspecies of warblers,two of whichwere new for the prov- Winter Wrenswere termed very scarceand were generally uncomment- ince--Townsend's Warbler and Pine but also a rare Yellow- ed on in theremainder of theRegion. The Region'sonly reported Sedge throatedWarbler and an Orange-crowned."With the exception Wrens were one each in Connecticut, at Greenwich and New Haven of a q?Hooded Warbler (first provincial record) seen Nov. 8-16 Oct. 2, and one in Newton, Mass., Oct. 5 (OK,.fide RPE). More than mostwere discoveredNov. 16-30. The amazinglist includestwo 500 Golden-crownedKinglets were at Brier I., N.S., Oct. 10 (ELM), Black-and-whites,an Orange-crowned,a Nashville,three Cape and they were termed "early and common" in Connecticut.A scarce Mays, a Townsend's(first provincial record), two or threeYel- Blue-grayGnatcatcher was at Seal I., Sept. 3 (fide JSC), and a late low-throateds,two Pines,two Prairies(2nd and 3rd provincial individual was at Woods Hole, Mass., Nov. 14 (RAF). Northern records),a Yellow-breastedChat, a Hooded, four Wilson's, and Wheatearswere seenat Seal I., Oct. 14 (SF), Mt. Agamenticus,Me., a Yellow Warbler Dec. 1. Sept. 15 (ReC,fide WT) with a possibleat SaintJohn's, N.B., Aug. 16.

178 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 TheGolden-winged Warbler was well reported Three were banded at Novemberwas termedexcellent White-throatedSparrows were very AppledoreI., Sept. 4-10 (DWH), two were seenin Massachusettsand a commonthroughout the Region duringmigration but White-crowned late individualwas bandedat NantucketI., Oct. 8 (EA). Reportsof Sparrowswere almostnonexistent with only four seenin Nova Scotia Orange-crownedWarblers were sparse. The CapeMay Warblerwas one An ad. Harris' Sparrow wasseen in Tmro, Mass., Sept. 28-29 (RiC, of thebetter reported species with 200 at SealI., Sept.3 and281 banded fide BN). In excessof 5000 Dark-eyedJuncos were at Brier I., Oct. 10 at NantucketI., in September.Migrant Yellow-rumped Warblers to- (ELM). talled 1000 + at Brier I., Oct. 8. Other than Newfoundland's remark- Someimpressive counts of Bobolinkswere made this fall; 2500 were able Yellow-throatedWarblers, one was at Seal I., Sept. 8 (SIT), and migratingin Moncton, N.B., Aug. 23, 1000 were in S. Windsor, two in Massachusettsat HolyokeAug. 23 (fide SK) and Gloucester Conn.,Sept. 1 05'deDR) and3000 wereat TinstomPond N. W.R., Sept Aug 14 (CWL). In New Brunswickeight Pine Warblers were observed 6 (fide DLE). FifteenYellow-headed Blackbirds were seenAug. 20- this fall with four Nov. 9 + certainly related to the Newfoundland Sept.24 fromNova Scotiato RhodeIsland. Two Brewer'sBlackbirds situation.The first provincial records for CeruleanWarbler were seen in at Sakonnet Pt., R.I., Nov. 13 (RBo, fide DLE) representedone of the NovaScotia this fall, all at SealI., Aug. 16, 31 & Sept.2 (v.o.). August few staterecords. Undetennined as of thiswriting was a largegrackle, reportsof the ProthonotaryWarbler were two in Massachusetts,one at eitherBoat-tailed or (moreprobably) Great-tailed, at AnnapolisRoyal, GrandMarian I., Aug. 25-29 05'deDSC), andone at SealI., Aug. 18 N.S., Nov. 17-30(fi'de ELM). Two (possiblyfour) Orchard Orioles at (ftdePRD). Very unseasonalwas a Prothonotaryat GrandBank, Burin Seal I., Sept. 1-4 were very late (ELM). The previouslymentioned Pen , Nfld., Oct. 15-16 (JW) for a new provincialrecord. One hundred reversemigration brought three or fourN. Oriolesto St. John's,Nfld , sixtyN. Waterthrusheswere banded at AppledoreI., Aug. 25-Sept.11. in mid-November and five to Nantucket I., Nov. 19 (EA). Northof theirusual range were Kentucky Warblers at MarbleheadNeck HouseFinches continue their tenuouspresence in Nova Scotiawith WlldhfeSanctuary, Mass., Aug. 19-21and one banded at Appledore I., six presentin September.Winter fincheswere conspicuousby their Aug 30 (DWH). ConnecticutWarblers seemed to be betterreported absence.Small numbers of White-wingedCrossbills were present from than usual. An Opororniswarbler netted, banded,measured, photo- Newfoundlands. to n. Maine but s. of therethe only reportwas of 15 at graphedand released was identified as a MacGillivray'sat NantucketI., New Haven Nov. 26 05'deDR). Pine Siskinswere said to be quite Sept 4 (EA, v.o.). The elusiveYellow-breasted Chat was reportedin commonin Maine 05'deWT). To the s. therewas a minorincursion from the usual low numbers. mid-Octoberto early Novemberbut theseapparently moved on and nonereplaced them. EveningGrosbeaks were scarce in s. New England TANAGERS THROUGH CARDUELINES -- A SummerTanager until mid-Novemberwhen flocks began to drift S. wasobserved at Chatham,Mass., Sept. 18 (BN). LateScarlet Tanagers were at Rockport,Mass., Nov. 8 (DT) and St. John's,Nfld., Nov. 15- SUB-REGIONAL EDITORS, contributers and observers-- Edith 21 (JW). Four Blue Grosbeaks,scarce but regularmigrants in New Andrews,George Appel, DennisJ. Abbott,Wallace Bailey, Richard England,were noted in Nova Scotia.Six Dickcisselswere rather early Bowen(RBo), RichardBrown (RBr), Jeff Bryant,David S. Christie,J in Nova ScotiaAug. 1-15 and another40+ werenoted Regionwide Shirley Cohrs, RichardComeau (RiC), RobertConway (RoC), Rena duringthe period. American Tree Sparrowswere very scarcewith many Cote (ReC), Neil Currie, Brian Dalzell, Paul Desjardins,Phyllis R commentson their absence. In NovaScotia 3 reportstotalled 13 individ- Dobson, William Drummond, Jon Dunn, Kimball C. Elkins, David L uals TheClay-colored Sparrow was reported in below-normalnumbers Emerson, Ruth P. Emery, Roger Etcheberry,Roger Everett (REv), but one at St. John's, Nfld., Nov. 15-30 and anotherthere Nov. 25-30 Norm Famous,Richard L. Ferren, Davis W. Finch, Sylvia Fullerton, (BM) providedfirst provincial records. The northernmostLark Sparrow Tom Gagnon,Clive E. Goodwin,George W. Gove,Peter Grant, Lynn wasat SealI., Sept.4-5. At leastthree singing c• Henslow'sSparrows Harper, WinthropHarrington, Richard S. Heil, Sib Higginbotham, were discoveredin Windsor,Mass., Aug. 6 and breedingwas later David W. Holmes,Seth Kellogg, Oliver Komar, VernonLaux, Chris continned(DS, fide SK). Migrant Henslow'swere notedat Plum I., W. Leahy, Trevor Lloyd-Evans,Bruce Mactavish, Whit Manter, John Mass Nov. 1 (fide RPE) andat New Haven, Conn., Oct. 2 (fide DR) Maunder, Ian A. McLaren, Eric L. Mills, Blair Nikula, RussellNorris, and anotherWas seen in early November.A well-describedLeConte's Mike Pannenter,Wayne R. Petersen,Elizabeth W. Phinney,Jan Pier- Sparrowwas at PlumI., Oct. 21 (RLF). Out-of-rangeSeaside Spar- sen,Tudor Richards, David Rosgen, Francis Spalding, K. Shea,David rowswere at Seabrook,N.H., Sept.5 (DJA,fide KCE), Machiasport, Stemple,Donna Taylor, StuartI. Tingley,William Townsend,Richard Me , in the 3rd week of Septemberand Economy,N.S., Nov. 12-23 R. Veit, PeterD. Vickery, JohnWelIs.•RICHARD A. FORSTER, Ode PRD). The Fox Sparrowflight in Massachusettsduring early MassachusettsAudubon Society,Lincoln, MA 01773.

QUEBEC REGION sightingof a Double-crestedCormorant inland at L. Dumont,Pontiac Co., Sept.4 (ML) wasnot unexpected.Great Egrets again frequented /Yves Aubry and Richard Yank marshesalong the s. shoreof L. Saint-Frangoisthis summerand fall, with a peakof 14 talliedAug. 11 (fideJS) duringan aerialsurvey of the Augustwas generally dry andcool, except in southwesternQuebec area; elsewhere,one was observedat Sainte-Clothilde,Arthabaska Co whereit was very warm. Septemberand Octobersaw aboveaverage (CH et al.), andone was at Havre-aux-BasquesAug. 29-30 (YA), a first precipitationand temperaturethroughout the province.Precipitation for the MadeleineIs. SingleSnowy Egrets turned up at Portneuf(EB, levelswere 2-3 timesthe meanin southernQuebec and the Gaspfi AB) andCacouna (GS, m.ob.) duringthe period, while an imm. Little Peninsuladuring November; temperatures were normalin the south, Blue Heron was at Havre-aux-BasquesSept. 2 (YA). The Tricolored above normal in central Quebec, and below normal in the north. Heronpresent at Rimouskisince early July was last seen Sept. 12 (GG) CattleEgrets were again widely reported, if in slightlylower numbers LOONS THROUGH EGRETS -- An ad. Arctic Loon at Hauterive thanlast fall; Augustand Septembersightings included one at Pike- Oct 1 (CD) provideda secondrecord for the St. LawrenceR., while a River (RG), one at Hauterive(VB), and two each at MissisquoiBay SootyShearwater at BergeronnesOct. 15 (CC, RC) wasthe latestever. (RG) andLa Pocatiare(BV, JL), whilemid-October saw the species A Leach'sStorm-Petrel was on L. Saint-Frangoisoff Saint-ZotiqueOct. invadethe extreme e. partof theprovince with fourat Cap-d'Espoirca 1 (SB), wherea storm-petrelsp. (possiblythe same bird) wassubse- Oct. 12 (LN,fide RB; injured bird found Oct. 19) and ten at Grande- quentlyobserved Oct. 9 (fide PS); thesebirds are casual w. of Quebec EntreeOct. 19 (DE), anotherfirst for the MadeleineIs. City NorthernGannets also moved into the Upper St. Lawrencethis fall as singleswere reported from QuebecCity Sept.28 (JH) andBeauhar- WATERFOWL -- Two ad. SnowGeese with threedowny, "chick- nolsDec. 15 (GD), andfour immatures were found along the Ottawa R.; en-size" goslingswere at DeceptionBay in July (LG); the only other theseincluded two groundedbirds shot near Quyon Nov. 30 (fide BD), breedingrecords for theRegion originated from Povungnituk, farther s , and two otherson the river at LuskvilleDec. 3 (BD). The first local in 1966-68 (see Palmer R.S., 1976, Handbookof North Am. Birds,

Volume 38, Number 2 179 (AC, YM), Quebec City the same day (CV), Rimouski Sept. 2 and Pointe-au-Pb•reSept. 22 (YG), two at L. Taureau Aug. 27-Sept. 5 (FH), and up to threeat Station-du-CoteauAug. 30-31 (GH, BB, MM). Other notableshorebird reports included a Ruff at ChandlerSept. 4 (RB, PPo), the Gasp• Pen.'s first, anotherat KatevaleNov. 12 (PB), a new record late date, and a Long-billed Dowiteher identified at Pointe-au-Pb•re Sept. 18 (MGw, TH, BG; details on file); this species,like the W. Sandpiper,has been found annuallysince 1981, due undoubtedlyto increased observer awareness.

JAEGERS THROUGH ALCIDS -- The presenceof all 3 jaeger specieswas notedat the mouthof the SaguenayR., and in the upper estuaryof the St. LawrenceR. duringAugust and September (YA, YH, RM); in addition, an ad. ParasiticJaeger was at BeauharuoisSept. 17 (RY), accompaniedby an immaturethe next day (BB, MM), and a Long-tailedJaeger was seen at QuebecCity Sept. 28 (JH). A skuawas observedfrom shoreat ForilionN.P., Aug. 30 (TS); thedescription did not allow the determinationof species.Noteworthy gull sightingsincluded single Laughing Gulls at Trois-PistolesSept. 17 (TH) and Aylmer Oct. 15-i 6 (RL, m.ob_), a Franklin'sGull off the Trois-Pistoles Vol. 2, p. 133)and 1978 (C.W.S. survey,fide G. Chapdelaine),both ferry Sept. 10 (CMr) and at leasttwo in the Montrealarea Aug. i 4-Sept. referringto A.c. caerulescens. A flock of 1000Snow Geese at Piaisance 20 (PBa, BB, MM), an ad. Corn. Black-headed Gull at Beauhamois Oct. 19(JS) was notable so far fromthe species' normal migration path. Nov. 19 (BB, RY), a first-winterThayer's Gull at Aylmer Oct. 30 A recordlate juv. Ross'Goose was at Cap-TourmenteOct. 23 (BH). A (DSH), up to two ad. LesserBlack-backed Gulls also at AyimerOct. i 5- groupof four Mallards at Tasiujak Sept. 17 (RS) provided a 2nd record Nov. 15 (RD, BD) and one at BeauharnoisNov. 20-27 (PBa, BB, MM). in asmany years for Ungava Bay. The usual fall concentration of diving A flock of 75 + Black-leggedKittiwakes (about 95 % imm.) that passed ducksoff Montreal1., apparentlypeaked during the first week of No- by the lattersite Nov. i 2 (BB, MM) was truly unexpectedas only one to vemberas an aerialcensus Nov. 2 produced105,000 birds, including three/yearhave been seenthere since 1969; one at the same location 75,000 on L. desDeux Montagnes(fide LMS, no statedconfidence Sept.4 (PB) and 15 at QuebecCity Sept.28 (JPO)were early, while an limitson counts); while scaup predominated, the latter total included an adultat Ayimer Nov. 15 (DD, SBa, CB) madea rarelocal appearance. estimated17,000 Canvasbacks,a high althoughnot unprecedented Sabine'sGulls were well reported:no fewer thanfour (onead., 3 imm.) number. A c• Corn. Eider, seldomseen away from the Lower St. frequentedthe mouthof the SaguenayAug. 24-Sept.24 (GG, ET, YA, LawrenceR., wasat La BaleNov. 2 (GS). TheHarlequin Duck bred at m.ob.) and two immatures visited BeauharnoisSept. 17-18 (PBa, new localitieson theGasp• Pen.: a femalewith threeflightless young m.ob.). There was a rare inland sightingof three Arctic Terns at the wasfound on theMadeleine R., Aug. 24 (AD; ducklingsalso there Aug. BaskatongRes., Aug. 25 (DPa, JM). Severallate ternswere reported, 19, 1982) and four 0 birdswere sightedon the Sainte-AnneR., in includingup to four Corn. Ternsat Havre-aux-MaisonsNov. 2-3 (PF, Gasp•sieP.P., Aug. 21 (PD)where a broodhad been observed earlier in RM) and a Black Tern at Pointe-LebelOct. 30 (GC). While only one the season.On the otherhand, post-breeding migration could not be Dovekiewas seen from the Mataneferry thisfall, on Oct. 22 (AD), two ruledout for a groupof fiveRuddy Ducks in ForilionN.P., Aug.30 turnedup at QuebecCity Oct. i I (GD). A Razorbill was shot by a (TS) whichincluded nearly full-grown young; the species is neverthe- "hunter" at Rivib•re-BeaudetteNov. 15 (fide FC). lessa rarity on the Gasp• Pen.

CUCKOOS THROUGH THRASHERS -- This season's movement RAPTORS THROUGH SHOREBIRDS -- Four Turkey Vultures of Yellow-billed Cuckoosinto s.e. Quebecwas the mostimpressive iffa werenoted over AiguebeileP.P., Aug. 24 (DP), the2nd Abitibi sight- decade;22_ + reportsoriginated e. of QuebecCity (Gasp•Pen., 10; ing. Eventhough within the species'known breeding range, a pairof Lower St. Lawrence,4 on s. shore,2 on n. shore;Quebec City area, 6) BaldEagles attending a nestlingon the Mitchinam6cus Res., Aug. 4 and whileonly four came from s.w. Quebec.The N. Hawk-Owlat Havre- 10 (PH, DPa) wasnoteworthy since few eaglenest records are received. aux-MaisonsOct. i 2 (RT, PF, LL) was the first to be sightedin the Red-shoulderedHawks nested at Saint-Aubert(GB) on theedge of their MadeleineIs., this century.The first Great Gray Owl to arrive in s. range.The only regularlymanned fall hawkwatchin the provinceis at Quebecthis fall wasat L. Bouchette,Montcalm Co., Oct. 18 (PH,JM); thew. tip of MontrealI.; thisyear's tally was 2nd only to theexceptional by theend of Novemberan invasion of majorproportions was indicated, flightof 1981,with totalsfor thefollowing species exceeding the 1976- possiblysurpassing that of 1978-79(see AB 33:266),as individuals 82 averageby 50% or more:Osprey, N. Harrier,Sharp-shinned Hawk, appearedat a numberof locationsalong the n. shoreof theSt. Lawrence Broad-wingedHawk, Rough-leggedHawk and Am. Kestrei (MM, R.: Pont-RougeNov. 13 (GL), Sainte-Anne-de-BellevueNov. 14(fide BB). Followingthe successfulnesting of PeregrineFalcons this sum- PS), Cap-TourmenteNov. 19 (CS), GatineauN.P., Nov. 21 (MGu), mer, furthergood news came from Montrealas in late Septembera BerthiervilleNov. 22 (DPe), Pointe-LebelNov. 23 (fide CCo), Sainte- bandedfemale joined a male (alsobanded) which had been on territory Foy(LM) andCap-Tourmente Nov. 27 (DB;3 birds)and Saint-G•rard- in thedowntown area since April (RS);observed behavior indicated pair des-LaurentidesNov. 30 (RQ). SingleBoreal Owls alsocreated some formation.An ad. Am. Coot with two flightlessyoung at Roquemaure excitementat Saint-Marc Nov. 7 (GCo, MP), I. des SoeursNov. 18-19 Aug. 21 (RN, NB) extendedthe breeding range of thisspecies well N (RG, VM, m.ob.) and Cap-TourmenteNov. 27 (PO, DL). A Red- into the Abitibi area. The only SandhillCrane encountered during the headedWoodpecker at CloutletOct. 2 (RGu)was possibly a firstfor fall migrationwas at KazabazuaAug. 18 (JT, HF). Abitibi. An impressive105 HudsonJanGodwits were at ChandlerAug. 7 A latePurple Martin was at RimouskiOct. 12(YG). A CarolinaWren (RB); the speciesalso showed up in s.w. Quebecwhere it is irregular, observedat AylmerSept. 23 (TH) wasthe first there since 1975. Blue- with oneat Oka Sept.24(LC) andup to threeat VaudreuilOct. 8-12 grayGnatcatchers once again wandered E of theirnormal, restricted (BB, MM, m.ob.). A lingeringRed Knot was located at Pointe-au-Pb•re rangewithin the province with one each at RimouskiSept. I (GG) and Nov. 30 (YG), one monthlater thanthe previousrecord departure date. nearbyPointe-au-Pb•re Sept. 23 (YG). Fourmigrant N. Wheatearswere WesternSandpipers were reportedfor the 3rd consecutiveyear, with encounteredalong the St. LawrenceR. estuaryas follows:Sainte- oneat Coteau-du-LacAug. 15 (GH), anotherat Sainte-LuceAug. 26 Th•r•se-de-Gasp•Sept. 8 (PF), Sainte-Anne-des-MontsSept. 10-11 (YG), anda recordlate bird at QuebecCity Oct. 9- i 0 (PP); unfortunate- (AD), RimouskiSept. 25 (JLr) and Pointe-LebelOct. 23 (CT). The ly, no descriptionswere submitted.Buff-breasted Sandpipers made a BrownThrasher extended its knownbreeding range E to Rimouskiwith better-than-averageshowing this fall with oneeach at CacounaAug. 28 thebelated report of a nestcontaining a clutchof foureggs June 16 and

180 American Birds, March-April 1984 two unfledgednestlings last seenJune 30 (YG, GP); a singingmale at while a Ring-neckedPheasant of unknownorigin was at KiamikaAug. Rollet July 31 (DP) and a late bird visitinga feederin Arvida Nov. 14 18 (EBr et aLL (SD) were also of interest. CONTRIBUTORS AND OBSERVERS -- P. Bannon (PBa), B. VIREOS THROUGH FINCHES -- A Yellow-throated Vireo was at Barnhurst,S. Barrette(SBa), C. Baumann,N. Beaudet,R. Bisson,P. L•vis Aug. 28 (PBr). Lingeringwarblers included a closely studied Boily (PB), D. Bordage,A. Borichard,E. Bouchard(EB), G. Bori- Blackpoll at 1. des SoeursNov. 26 (PBa et al.) and a record late chard,V. Bouchard,S. Bongie,E. Breault(EBr), P. Brousseau(PBr), Connecticutdiscovered at Aylmer Sept.23 (TH). A ScarletTanager at F. Cadieux, Claudette Cormier (CCo), C. Cormier, R. Cormier, G. L. Opasatica,T6miscamingue Co., in late summer(DP) providedyet Cossette(GCo), A. C6t•, L. Courtemanche,G. Cyr (GC), D. Dallaire, anotherAbitibi sighting.A carefullyidentified Indigo Buntingwas at S. Dassilva,C. Deschines,A. Destochefs(ADc), A? Desrosiers(AD), the Tadoussacdump Oct. 23 (YA, RY, PBr), establishinga newrecord B. DiLabio, R. Dubois, P. Dupuy, G. Duquette,D. Eloquin,P. Fra- departuredate. Also noteworthywas a Rufous-sidedTowhee at Mur- dette, H. Fr6chette,S. Gagnon, R. Galbraith(RG), L. Gariepy,J-C dochvilleNov. 26 (MLe). The mostsurprising birds of the seasonwere Ganthief, M. Gauthier (MGn), Y. Ganthief, R. Gauvin (RGu), M. Lark Sparrows at Baie-ComeauSept. 25 (GC et al.) and Perc• Oct. 23 Gawn (MGw), G. Gendron, B. Gorman, J. Hardy, Y. Hamel, F. (PPo, DS), the Region's6th and7th recordsand the first since1973; the Hilton, T. Hince. C. Hogue. B. Houde.P. Houde.G. Huot, D. Jauvin, latter was in the companyof a Field Sparrow,itself an outstandingfind. J. Lachance(JL), M. Lalancette(ML), D. Lacroix, J. Lariv6.e(JLr), R. QuebecCity had its secondever GrasshopperSparrow Oct. 9 (ADc). LeBrun, L. Lef•vre, M. Lemieux(MLe), G. Lepage,C. Maheu(CM), The range of the White-throatedSparrow may extendfarther N than Y. Maheu, C. Marcotte(CMr), M. Mcintosh, L. Messely,R. Michaud, previouslybelieved; the specieswas reportedfrom DeceptionBay in J. Montpellier, V. Montpetit, R. Nation, L. Nicolas, P. Otis, J-P. Julyand August (LG) whereit was foundto breedin 1972(see Ouellet Ouellet, M. Pageau, D. Par6 (DPa), D. Perreault (DPe), P. Perreault and Bider, 1973, Can. Field-Nat. 87:321). A Corn. Grackle at Quuj- (PP), P. Poulin (PPo), D. Prescott(DP), G. Proulx, R. Quenneville, J.- juarapikJuly 5 (LG) was alsoextremely far n. of its presentlyknown P. Raiche, C. Rudolph,T. Sabo,D. Saint-Hilaire(DSH), J. Sauro,G. range. Small numbersof HousesFinches continued to visit feedersin s. Savard,C. Simard, R. Simard, D. Smith, P. Smith, L-M Soyez, R. Quebec, including Drummondville (CR), Saint-Cyrille (JCG) and Thfiriault,C. Tremblay, J. Tremblay, E. Tull, B. Vanlet, C. Vachon.-- Pierreville (DJ). YVES AUBRY, Canadian Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 10100, Sainte- Foy, P.Q. GIV 4H5, and RICHARD YANK, 566 Chester Road, ADVENTIVES -- A Barnacle Goose at Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Beaconsfield, P.Q. H9W 3K1. Sept.13 (CM) waspossibly one of the birdsnear Quebec City in June,

HUDSON-DELAWARE REGION /Robert O. Paxton, William J. Boyle, Jr., and David A. Cutler l

Corm The fall seasonwas warm and varied--wetter than averagealong the coastbut with droughtcontinuing in the interioruntil late in the season. Low water permittedgood heron and shorebirdcounts in the interior. Early cold frontswere weak or trackednorth of this Region, dispersing hawk migrationaway from the principalobservatories, retaining divers andducks in the north,and makingfor a dull early passefineseason in some areas. The waves that came later were all the more spectacular, especiallyalong the coast.On September23 it "rained warblers" at Higbee's Beach, Cape May, New Jersey(KB), along with 10130+ Hodsen Rose-breastedGrosbeaks (REM), and there was a considerablewire and windowkill aroundCape May (PD). Early Octoberproduced conspicuous waves of thrushes,vireos, and warblers (FF, CS, DH). Strong easterlies in late October pushed pelagics ashore (cf jaegers, kittiwakes). ant;he NWR

Somespecies (swans, some hawks) moved late, but others(Canada city Geese,Broad-winged Hawks) werea bit early, andthere were as many early migrantsin August(chickadees, kinglets, warblers) as there were latelingerers, reminding us that bird migrationcannot simply be readoff the thermometer. Places mentionedfrequently are abbreviatedas follows: B. Hook: BombayHook N.W.R., nearSmyrna, Del.; Brig.: BrigantineN.W.R., Atlantic Co., N.J.; H.M.: the HackensackMarshes, between Kearny andN. Arlington,N.J.; J.B.W.R.: JamaicaBay W. R., New York City; SalemHarbor, in the DelawareR., off Andalusia,Bucks-Philadelphia and Tinicum: Tinicum National RecreationCenter, Philadelphia. cos.(F.Windfelder, R.Smith), werephotographed (AB) to authenticate the first Pennsylvaniarecord. They evencircled obligingly over the New GREBES TO WOOD STORKS -- Only threeRed-necked Grebes Jerseybank to be addedto the BurlingtonCounty list (BMo). werereported, one providinga first localityrecord at GreenLane Res., We learned,belatedly, that Double-crestedCormorants bred on Gar- MontgomeryCo., Pa., Oct. 29 (•'GLF,GAF). An Eared Grebe in diner's 1., Long Island (hereafter,L.I.), in Summer1983, extending breedingplumage in the surfat JonesBeach S.P., Long IslandAug. 4 theirbreeding range S of Fisher'sI., N.Y., off theRhode Island coast, (ROP) recalleda similar recordin Virginia in July 1982. their s. outpostin this Regionsince 1978 (C, Safina, D. Peterson,and An American White Pelican was observedsporadically in coastal M. Scheibelin Kingbird33:4 (Fall 1983), pp. 244-5). Someidea of this New Jerseyfor the 2nd fall in a row (AM. CS, AG, m.ob.). What may species'immense coastal passage is givenby a countof 20,000 at the havebeen the samebird appearedin Delawarein early Decemberfor a Cape May hawk watch Oct. 11 (L. Metcalf). The largestof many first staterecord (APE, KCL, DAC). Followingsingle-observer records interiorreports was of 31 at GreenLane Aug. 21 (GLF, AM), andthe goingback to the 1940s,five imm. GreatCormorants that hung around usualhundreds gathered in the DelawareR., below Philadelphia.

Volume 38, Number 2 181 Low waterlevels permitted more herons than usual to wanderinland. operations.Three of the six releasedlast summer near New Bloomfield, Reid found6 speciesin n.e. Pennsylvania,and 7 wereat drawn-down Pa., werestill therein latefall (OKS). Most inlandridges. however. had SpruceRun Res., HunterdonCo., N.J. (GH). Noteworthywere a first fewer than usual,perhaps only becausethe birdsdispersed in the tran- LuzerneCounty. Pa.. recordfor the Little BlueHeron at PittstonSept. quil weather.Widespread observations of singlebirds includedone 3-23 (WR) andan unprecedented16 SnowyEgrets on the Susquehanna adult over ManhattanNov. 13 (J. Machado), and an immaturediscov- R., from Berwickto Pittstonin lateAugust (WR, DG). A White Ibis at eredfeeding on a road-killeddeer near Dallas, Pa., Nov. 20 (W. Perry), Cape May Sept. 29 (RK) was aboutthe third adultfor New Jersey. for which the PennsylvaniaGame Commissionprovided a new deer An imm. Wood Stork at Cape May Aug. 15 wasjoined by another carcassevery week or so into December(WR). Aug. 30 (ph., S. LaFrance,E. Breden,CS), providingthe 4th record NorthernGoshawks continued their build-up of thepast several years. thereand aboutthe 6th for New Jersey.They remaineduntil at least Records were set at Cape May (45), and at Upper Montclair (10), Sept. 23, althoughtwo (the same?)were there Oct. 15 (J. Cadbury, althoughHawk Mt.'s 126was still well belowthe numbers seen during HGA). Oddly,there are moreold recordsfrom inlandNew York and thegreat incursion falls of 1972and 1973.Other accipiter numbers were Pennsylvaniathan from New Jersey. below normalexcept for a recordtotal of 49 Cooper'sHawks at Upper Montclair. Theselow numbersprobably tell us little aboutreal populationtrends. however. for mosthawks seem to havemigrated on a broad front, in the absenceof windsto concentratethem on thecoast or along ridges. The Red-shoulderedHawk wasthe only Buteospecies to turnin high counts,Hawk Mt.'s 450 beingexceeded only oncein thepast decade (503 in 1977) and only 3 times in that observatory'slong history. Recordswere also set at Mt. Peter, N.Y. (93), and at Scott's Mt. (51). The Broad-wingedHawk flight, usually so spectacularalong the Kittatinny-BlueMt. Ridge, madea very poorshowing at all the traditional hawk watches.This might have suggestedsome catastrophic declinehad not a few observersbeen in the rightplace to tracka massive and ratherearly "megaflight" (GH) acrossc. New JerseySept. 14. Workingon a roofat Boonton,Morris Co., P. Karnersaw thousands go over in the morning.That afternoon,18,500 werecounted over Scott's Mt., Warren Co. (GH et el.), and 10,000 farther s.w. near Easton, Pa. (D. DeReamus,A. Koch). The restof the flight was dispersedin both spaceand time, somehawk watchesnot reachingtheir peaksuntil the next cold front on Sept. 23 (e.g., 2601 at Upper MontclairL An imm. light-phaseSwainsoh'S Hawk at Cape May Aug. 7 & 17, possiblythe Imm. WoodStork, Cape May Pt., N.J., Aug.15, 1983.Photo/A. Brady. same,provided the 2nd Augustrecord there and the earliest(CS). Golden Eagle numberswere encouraginginland, but lessso on the coast. In addition to about a dozen scattered individuals, Hawk Mt.'s WATERFOWL--The mainmovement of TundraSwans was highly concentratedand about2V2 weeks late (RMS). With remarkableconver- countof 56 had beenexceeded only oncein the last decade,and Rac- gence,observers reported them Nov. 26 over a broadfront extending coonRidge's 16 only once since 1979. Bake Oven Knob had a newhigh from Tobay, L.I. (D. Kurtz), where they are rare, w. to Green Lane countof 51, and five were in WestchesterCounty, N.Y., during the (GLF) and BeachHaven, on the SusquehannaR. (Kolbachs).Hundreds season(fide TWB). passedHawk Mt. andnearby Beer Rocks (SB, KK) andgathered on the AmericanKestrels posted their lowesttotals of the decadeat some New Jerseyand Delawarecoasts. Two GreaterWhite-fronted Geese of hawk watches,and were mostlybelow last fall's alreadydismal totals, the Greenlandrace (orange bill) werereported: Great Swamp and adja- suggestingthat somethingmore than dispersedmigration may be at cent Morris County, N.J., throughOct. 31, probablywild (AK, RK), work. It is hard to draw conclusionsabout Peregrine Falcons in this and in ChesterCounty, Pa., Oct. 4 (HGA), a bird that wasnot disturbed unfocusedmigration, but the 72 thatpassed the Cape May hawk watch by passingtrucks. A Ross'Goose was at Brig., for the 2nd straightfall Oct. 9 constitutedan all-timeone-day high there.Continuing a streakof (J. Williams, L. Larson,ph., S. LaFrance),and wasapparently joined fall and winter Gyrfalconrecords, a dark-phasebird was at Cape May by an immaturesuperbly sketched by BarberNov. 15. They provided Oct. 14 (?H. Axtell), andanother (or the same?)was seen at Bernegat the 3rd New Jerseyrecord and the 3rd year in a row for the Region, Light Nov. 25 (fide AH). Anotherdark-phase bird passed Bearfort Mt., where this specieswas unknownbefore 1971. N.J., at closerange Oct. 15 carryinga robin(?TV). Very few sea duckswere downedinland. Black Scoterswere, as The hawk watch data above are credited to S. Benz (Hawk Mt.), A. usual,the mostwidespread, 22 at KiameshaL., SullivanCo., N.Y. (K. Bihun (Upper Montclair), G. Hanisek(Scott's Mt.), K. Kranick (Baer Niven), and 17 at Culver'sL., SussexCo., N.J. (FT), beingthe largest Rocks), A. Martin (Mt. Peter), D. Panko (Fire Island), H. Richard of half a dozenreports (AG, JC, K. Sieminski,C. Bailey).A • White- (Breezy Pt.), P. Dunneand C. Sutton(Cape May), F. Tetlow (Sunrise winged Scoterremained at a small pond near Allentown, Pa., Oct. 29- Mt.), and F. Wolfarth (RaccoonRidge). Nov. 2 (BLM), anda few wereat Culver'sL., alongwith the only Surf Scotersreported inland (FT). GALLINULES, SHOREBIRDS -- A Purple Gallinule found in a Philadelphiabackyard Oct. 22 is nowin thePhiladelphia Zoo (fideAH). RAPTORS -- Twenty Black VulturesNov. 19 near Woodsville, Droughtconditions as well as artificialdraw-downs made such areas MercerCo., wasthe largestnumber ever observedat oneNew Jersey as Brig., GreenLane, Spruce. Run, andthe upper Lehigh and Susque- roost (P. Fahey). Other frontierrecords included Starlight L., Wayne hannarivers favorablefor shorebirdrecords. Reid found 20 specieson Co., Pa. (JC), a first for thatarea, andthree in Septemberin Dutchess theupper Susquehanna, "the bestever." GreenLane hosted 25 species County, N.Y. (B. Bohler, C. Terhune). •GLF), with a peakof about200 birdsthere Aug. 27, whenwater levels Four MississippiKites were at Cape May for the 5th fall in a row, were the lowest Mirabella had ever seen. Conditionswere superbat threein Augustand one, the latestever, Sept_25 (CS, PD). BaldEagle Brig., aftermany years of highwater; an estimated100,000 shorebirds numberswere encouraging along the coast and at inlandbodies of water. of 23-24 specieswere there in the first daysof August(TH, AB). At the The CapeMay hawk watchtotal of 27 (all imm.) wasthe bestsince the other end of the season,R.E. Maurer and C. Danzenbakercame upon a moderncount began in 1976, and aboutten otherswere in the vicinity greatmass of shorebirdson then. endof BrigantineI., Nov. 23:10,000 (CS). Twenty at Bake Oven Knob was the besttotal therein l0 years Dunlins, 1000 Black-belliedPlovers, 250+ W. Sandpipers,150 San- (SS), andseven passed Scott's Mt., Sept. 14 (GH). A fine concentration derlings, 140 Am. Oystercatchers,20 Red Knots, and a RuddyTurn- of I l wasjust belowthe ConowingoDam, LancasterCo., Pa., Nov. 16 stone. (fide AH). Someof this improvementmay have resultedfrom hacking At J.B.W.R., where Davis continuedhis intensiveshorebird study

182 American Birds, March-April 1984 that recorded35 speciesbetween June 23 and early November, 1127 Black-belliedPlovers Sept. 23 was his highestcount so far by 50%, althoughsuch figures may have moreto do with local conditionsthan with general populationtrends. The LesserGolden-Plover flight fell shortof recentlevels, the largestconcentrations being up to 130 at a sod farm nearRiverhead, L.I., in late August-earlySeptember (PB). 45 at Baiting Hollow, Suffolk Co., L.I., Sept. 4 (GT), and 78 at the Colum- bussod farm, BurlingtonCo., N.J., Oct. 22 (B. Nixdorf). Davis' Aug. 18 count of 1203 SemipalmatedPlovers at J.B.W.R., was also about 50% higher than his previousmaximum. The late summerAm. Avocet build-uppeaked at 300 at Raymond Pool, B. Hook Oct. 7 (KCL); 25 at Kitt's Hummock Nov. 2-Dec. 5 (APE. D. Niles) marka new Delawarelocation. But theyhardly budged to the n. Only two reachedBag., Aug. 3 (REM), and .I.B.W.R. had nonefor the first time since 1976 (THD). The healthiestUpland Sand- piper assemblagewas a good 57 in alfalfa fields near Intercourse, LancasterCo., Pa., Aug. I (T. Amico), but the bestLong Island count wasof a meager27 at WesthamptonAirport July 25 (RFM, M. BollinoL Curlew Sandpiper.Brigantine N.W.R., N.J., Aug. 8, 1983. Photo/ The bestthe Columbussod farm coulddo was25 on Aug. 6-7 (fide AH), A. Brady. althoughanother 15 were at Elmer, Salem Co., Aug. 2 (J. Haag). The bestDelaware count was of only nineat Dover A.F.B., July23 (JMA). ropesat GreenLane Aug. 21-22 (RW, GLF, A & JM) werenoteworthy. A remarkable55 HudsonianGodwits were reportedfrom the Dela- Five other Red-neckedPhalaropes were all coastal(BMo, REM, CS et ware Bay ferry Aug. 26 (DW, D. Sibley), but numberselsewhere were al.). Far more remarkablewere three inlandRed Phalaropes:Spruce unexceptional(8-9 at J.B.W.R.). Marbled Godwitswere in good num- Run, Aug. 31-Sept. 6 (E. Patten), a first record for Central Park, bers,the largestgathering being seven at Brig., Oct. 30 (BMo). Individ- N.Y.C., Sept. 23 (ph., D. Krauss),and Culver's L., Nov. 19-20 (IHB, ual RuddyTurnstones were highlyunusual inland at GreenLane Oct. 4 FFr, H. Wallum, TV). (F. Brock), on the Lehigh R., at BethlehemSept. 12-20 (m.ob.), and at SpruceRun Aug. 5, the 2ridever there(GH). In more normalhabitat, Davis had his all-time maximumof 235 for J.B.W.R., Aug. 18. A similar peak was of 736 Red Knots thereAug. 9 (THDL and a notable late count was of 640 at Zachs Bay, JonesBeach S.P., L.I., Nov. 24 (PAB). A Sanderlingwas highly unusualinland on the Lehigh R., at BethlehemSept. 19 (fide BLM).

SoAo Davis found the substantiallylater molt of Semipalmated Sandpiper'sa furtheraid in separatingthem from W. Sandpipers. "Of the smallnumbers ofjuv_ Semipalmatedspresent late Octo- ber-earlyNovember, all were heavilyworn, but noneexhibited obviousbody molt. Adult Semipalmatedsobserved in the first half of Septembershowed considerable body molt, but none were seenin full winter plumage.An ad. Westernon Aug. 22 was in full winter plumage, most juveniles exhibited obvious bodymolt after mid-September.and the lonebird Nov. 8 was in first-winter plumage." RedPhalarope, Central Park, New York,N. E, Sept,23, 1983. Photo/ D. Krauss.

White-rumpedSandpipers were below their high numbers of theearly 1980s, like many w. and plainswaders. But Baird's Sandpiperswere very widely reported.In additionto individualsat most coastalsites JAEGERS TO ALCIDS -- Many jaegerswere observedfrom on- (J.B.W.R.; Brig.;Pickering Beach, Del., tFH), therewas a largenum- shore,especially during the strongE winds of Oct. 20-24. The best ber of multiple inland reports: five at Ashokan Res., Sullivan Co., onshorecount of ParasiticJaegers was 17 in 3V2hours at Avalon,Cape N.Y., Aug. 31 (RT), up to fourat GreenLane Sept. 3-10, themost ever May Co., N.J., Oct. 20. About sevenof the less-expectedPomafine found there (RW, GLF, A & JM), two at Doe Run, ChesterCo., Pa., Jaegerswere also reported(Dart, HLeG. RDB), the bestcount being Sept. 1 (L. Lewis,fide PH), andtwo at PittstonSept. 3, the first Luzerne three at OceanCity, N.J., Oct. 24 (REM). Countyrecord (WR, J. Hoyson). In a definite changeof status,Laughing Gulls were regular on the Brigantine,with two or threeCurlew Sandpipers in August(B. Conn, SchuylkillR., in Philadelphiafor the 2nd late summerin a row, and TH, DW. RD, BMo) joined J.B.W.R., with two in late July-early lingeredon the Delaware R., thereinto November(KR). A remarkable August,as a prime site for this "regularaccidental." Stilt Sandpipers inlandcount was of 75 at Mercer County P., N.J., Oct. 19 (RJB, DR). were unspectacular,two in n.e. Pennsylvania(WR) and nine at Green Five Little Gulls (GT, REM, TH) and three Com. Black-headed Gulls Lane Oct. 4 (GLF) being unusual,and 241 at Little Creek W.M.A., (PB, IHB, RD) were well below the averagesof a decadeago. The Aug. 26 (JMA) beingthe bestcoastal report. Buff-breasted Sandpipers Lesser Black-backed Gull at Mamaroneck, WestchesterCo., N.Y., werewidespread, but only on LongIsland did theyreach modest 2-digit returnedfor its 4th winter, one of an averageof about nine for the figures:20 at a sodfarm nearRiverhead (PB), 15 at Mecox(m.ob.), and season.The strongeasterlies of late Octoberbrought two imm. Black- 13 at BaitingHollow (GT), all at the beginningof September.Not all leggedKittiwakes inside Delaware Bay near the Maurice R. mouth, Ruffsare reported now, but theseason's five wereabout par. All wereat CumberlandCo., N.J., Oct. 21, Kunkle'sfirst in manyyears of bay usualcoastal sites except one Sept. 14 at GreenLane (?GLF, GAF), experience.Another was even more drasticallydisplaced to Marsh only aboutthe 4th s.e. Pennsylvaniarecord outside Tinicum. An imm. CreekS.P., ChesterCo., Pa., Oct. 25 (L. Lewis, B. Cook,fidePH), a Long-billedDowitcher at GreenLane Oct. 2-4 (ph., RW, tGLF), was 2nd s.e. Pennsylvaniarecord. oneof very few authenticatedrecords for s.e. Pennsylvania. For the 3rd straightfall, post-breedingGull-billed Terns, someof Not all Wilson's Phalaropesare reportednow, and there were no thembegging young birds, gathered at Whitesbogin the BurlingtonCo., concentrationsthis season,but bothWilson's and Red-neckedphala- N.J., pine barrensJuly 2+. The count reached30 on Aug. 31 (L.

Volume 38, Number 2 183 Little), andthe last were seen Sept 3 (REM) The bestof manyCaspian or 3 low ones,as the figures from his Alpine, N J , HudsonR overlook Tern reportswas an unprecedented50 at Kitifs Hummock,Del., Sept. show. 16 (APE, SSp), fourremaining until Nov. 2. Post-breedingRoyal Terns Forthe 6th fall outof thelast 7, aNorthern Wheatear turned up, this reacheda fair 43 at Mecox, L.I., Oct. 1, plusone at Sagaponackand onean immatureat Brig., Sept.15 (B. Tannery,ph., G. Dewaghe) five at Shinnecock(GSR), anda recordstate total of 1000+ at Hereford Gray-cheekedThrushes, which may pass unobserved, were commoner Inlet, Cape May Co., N.J., Oct. 8 (CS). Two were very muchout of thanusual at LongIsland banding operations (ROP) andpositively placeover the pine barrens at Tabernacle, Burlington Co., N.J., Aug. 4 abundantat CapeMay, whereDunne estimated 25 in thegreat Sept 23 (JS). Now almostannual, even without storms, a post-breedingSand- wave.This year's Varied Thrush was at Rifle CampP., W. Paterson, wlch Tern was at ShinnecockSept. 9 (J. Greenlaw).Unusual ashore in N.J., Nov. 26 (P. Both, J. Guthrie). New Jersey,a RoseateTern was at Holgate Sept. 4 (JDo). An Arctic FiveBohemian Waxwings, the first in thisRegion since 1980, were Tern was at SagaponackSept. 18 (GSR). reportedamong Cedar Waxwings in DutchessCounty, N.Y.; Nov. 18 Forster'sTerns were exceptionallynumerous and late. We suspect (MVW, H. Manson,M. Yegella).We learnedof onlytwo N. Shrikes that goodinland counts like theup to 25 + at MuddyRun, Drumore, Allendale,Bergen Co., N.J., Nov. 18-19(W. Johnson,H. Bristow), LancasterCo., Pa., Sept.15-Nov. 3 (RMS) aremigrants from the n. andSmith's Point S.P., L.I., Nov. 27 (RFM). SevenLoggerhead GreatPlains population. Post-breeding dispersants reached the largest Shrikeswas about average (MVB, WJB, JS,RT, GT, RJB, JPT,MK, et numbersever seenon Long Islandby Oct. 12:80 at Mecox and20 at al.), theRosedale Park, N.J., birdturning up for the 12th year of thelast Shinnecock(GSR). An equallyextraordinary 75 were in the H.M., 17. This speciesis nowon theNew York Stateendangered list. Sept. 16 (Dart) and250 thesame day at Kitt's Hummock,Del. (APE, SSp).After a longdecline, Black Terns put in a somewhatbetter appear- VIREOS TO TANAGERS-- A WarblingVireo at Willow L, ance;13 at Nummy'sl., AtlanticCO., N.J., Aug. 31 (CS) and25 at QueensCo., Oct. 22 (q'GT)was very late. PhiladelphiaVireos were HolgateSept. 4 (JDo) werethe best counts in 10 years(RK). evenmore numerous than last fall. Thebest of a numberof multipleone- A waywardDovekie delivered to the BronxZoo Nov. 11 (fide D. daycounts reported to us were eight at Higbee's Beach, Cape May Sept Kraus)was the only alcidreported. 10 (WJB), 15+ thereSept. 16 (AC), andfive at HawkMr., Sept.26 (SB). DOVESTO FLYCATCHERS-- A White-wingedDove passed the Eventhough the principal warbler waves were delayed to Sept. 23 (30 CapeMay hawkwatch going N Sept.6 (q'HLeG,P. Sutton).A small speciesat CapeMay--PD) andearly October (22 speciesat CapeMay andfleeting Snowy Owl movementbrought several to Long Islandin Oct. 9--REM), a numberof long-distancemigrant species were already early November(fide GSR) and two to Pennsylvania:one at Nocka- onthe move in earlyAugust. Notable in thiscategory was a Tennessee mixon S.P., BucksCo., Oct. 30 (GAF, GLF, A & JM), and anotherin WarblerAug. 7 nearAllentown, Pa. (BLM). Mostsoutherly-breeding downtownAllentown from approximatelyNov. 8-26, learnedof by warblersslip away early, so Prothonotary Warblers at Princeton,N J , birdersonly after it hadapparently been pecked to deathby crows(/}'de Oct. 9 (J. Garcia,H. Summers)and Berwyn,Pa., Oct. 13 (•'T D BLM). NorthernSaw-whet Owls seem particularly vulnerable to road Roberts)were unusual. An extremelylate Hooded Warbler was picked killing. We learned of no fewer than seven casesthis season,all in up deadat Culver'sL., SussexCo., N.J., Oct. 12 (FT). November(DH, JKM, RDB), andincluding four alongthe Pennsylva- In thesame category were Summer Tanagers at Tobay,L.I., Sept3 ma Turnpike Nov. 5-6 (DAC). (EL) andat Baer Rocks, Pa., Sept. 18 (KK). WesternTanagers were at The Ruby-throatedHummingbird passage at HawkMr., ourlongest- TobayOct. 16(MK) andCape May Sept. 25 (S. Russell,R. Ogden) runningmeasure, was a below-average71 (SB), although52 from the ButlerSanctuary hawk watchin WestchesterCo., N.Y. (fide TWB), GROSBEAKS, SPARROWS -- A countof 25 + Blue Grosbeaksat seemedrather impressive. Red-headed Woodpeckers seemed common- Higbee'sBeach, Cape May Sept. 16 (AC) was a measureof thisspecies' er againthis fall, thebest counts being up to 27 in GreatSwamp, Morris explosionin this area. Co., N.J. (RK, AK, FFr), andeight to tennear Bally, Pa. (GLF). They Westernsparrows were mostly scarce. Three Clay-colored Sparrows were "way up" at CapeMay, with up to eightin a day(RDB). andthe Sept.18-Oct. 16 (EL, A. Dove,G. McChesney)and five Lark Sparrows new Fire I. hawkwatch counted nine, includingthree Oct. 8 (DPa). But (AW, EL, WJB, RD, J. Peachey)were all coastal,as usual.Three only a mediocre27 of this erraticspecies passed Hawk Mr. (SB). Henslow'sSparrows were identified: J.B.W.R., Sept.29 (H. Fischer), Aboutten W. Kingbirdsalong the coastwere unremarkable,but one FortTilden, N.Y., Oct. 1$ (M. Sohmer,B. Baker),and Mercer County inlandat NewtownSquare, w. of PhiladelphiaNov. 23 (fide AH) was P., N.J., Sept.24 (RJB).An "Oregon"Dark-eyed Junco returned to a noteworthy. Blairstown,N.J., feederNov. 11for the 3rd straight year (fide EPW)

ICTERIDS TO FINCHES -- About five Yellow-headed Blackbirds CORVIDS TO SHRIKES-- The quietincrease of FishCrows inland wereunexceptional: two or threeat CapeMay Sept. 10-24(B. & N hasgone largely undocumented. This time we have reports that they are Murphy,REM, HLeG), JonesBeach, L.I., Sept.18 (AW, S. Schiff), muchcommoner in s.e. Pennsylvania(PH, AM), andup to 125were andSurf City, N.J., Sept.10-14 (B. Jones).A 9 Brewer'sBlackbird reportedin Novemberfrom Belmont Lake S.P., L.I. (GSR), andLaw- wascarefully described at Eckville,Pa., Oct. 8 (T. Clauser).Although renceTownship, N.J. (RJB).Common Ravens are becoming regular in thereis nowa confirmingphoto for New Jersey(N.J. Aud., Suppl themountains. where they were accidental a decade ago. We had12 Spring1979, V: 1), thisspecies, probably annual in thes. of ourRegion, reportsthis season, 7 fromBake Oven Knob, Pa. (SS),3 fromStokes lacksphotographic or specimen documentation for Pennsylvaniaand StateForest, Sussex Co., N.J. (L. Soucy),and one each from Raccoon Delaware. Ridge (FPW) and Mr. Peter(AMa). A minorwinter finch flight included a veryfew PineGrosbeaks in the Black-cappedChickadees were already on the movein August Pennsylvaniamountains: one at HawkMr., Oct. 18 (SB) andnine at (R T.W.B.C., NRB, GH), butthe irruption developed mostly in e. BaerRocks Nov. 4-12 (KK). Oddly,nine White-winged Crossbills at Pennsylvania(GLF, RMS) withonly normal numbers elsewhere. Even BakeOven Knob Nov. 12(GLF) and54 at nearbyBaer Rocks Nov. 4- thispartial irruption brought a fewBoreal Chickadees. Singles were at 12 (KK) outnumberedthe more usual Red Crossbills. A trickle of Red HawkMr. (SB), StokesState Forest, N.J. (C. Sturm),Liberty S.P., Crossbillscame down the Hudson R. (11at Alpine during November-- JerseyCity (DR), andPleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N.Y. (MVW), all NRB), five reachedBaer Rocks Nov. 4 (KK), andtwo reached Cape m Octoberand November, and a remarkableAug. 4 reportfrom Mor- May Nov. 14(HLeG). Pine Siskins moved late, in lateSeptember, and lches,L.I. (K. Tuohy),is under study. Red-breasted Nuthatches, whose were numerousonly on Long Island. EveningGrosbeaks were wide- irruptionsgenerally coincide with those of chickadees,also made a big spreadafter 2 leanyears but patchy, only here and there in "truly feintin August(GH, NRB), onlyto subsidelater. massive"numbers (Cumberland County, N.J.--RDB). Onlyfour elusive Sedge Wrens were reported: Higbee's Beach, Cape May Oct.4 (RDB)& 28 (REM),Brig., Oct. 2 (P. Guriset al.), and EXOTICS-- MonkParakeets persist at Lafayette, Sussex Co., N.J , LincolnP., MorrisCo., N.J., Oct. 12 (J. Broschart,DR). Forthe 2nd whereone to threemingled with a blackbirdflock (J. Zamos).An yearin a row,Golden-crowned Kinglets were abundant, Boyajian com- AustralianDiamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata) was in a yard in Philadel- mentingthat this breaks the usual pattern of onebig year followed by 2 phiaSept. 9 (B. Cohen).A RedBishop (Euplectes orix) an African

184 AmericanBirds, March-Aprd 1984 weaver, was at Piermont, Rockland Co., N.Y., in October (C. Harten). NY: 50 ClintonAve., Nyack, NY 10960), Rich Ditch, Jim Dowdell A Brazilian Cardinal was in Mantua, Gloucester Co., N.J., in mid- (JDo), Peter Dunne (coastalNJ: C.M.B.O., Box 3,707 E. Lake Drive, November (fide W. Middleton). CapeMay Pt., NJ 08212), A.P. Ednie (New Castle& Kent cos., DE: 21 N. Wells Ave., Glenolden, PA 19036), Fran File, G.L. Freed, W.W. UNCONFIRMED REPORTS -- A dark-leggedCalidris with brigh! Freer {SussexCo., DE: Cart. Rt. 3, Box ! 144, Lewes, DE 19958), reddishsecondaries and tertialsat Brig., Sept. 10 was identifiedas a FrankFrazier (FFr), G.A. Franchois,AI Gariente,Doug Gross.Tom Little Stint (MVB et al.). The bird was not found subsequentlyor Halliwell, Greg Hanisek (n.w. NJ: 363 JamesSt., Phillipsburg,NJ photographed,and in the absenceof informationabout age or molt, we 08865), David Harrison(Dart). DorothyHartman, Floyd Hayes,Ar- leaveit underthis headingfor now. JuvenileLeast Sandpipers, brighter- mas Hill (s.c. PA: 232 OrlemannAve., Oreland,PA 19095), Phyllis backedthan adults, may often showdark legs. Hurlock, Rich Kane, Alan Keith, Michel Kleinbaum, Ken Kranick, WaynePeterson described a SolitaryVireo at CapeMay Oct. 8 that D.E. Kunkle, A.J. Lauro, S.R. Lawrence,Harry LeGrand(HLeG), stronglysuggested the westernplumbeus race, a form neverconfirmed Emanuel Levine, K.C. Liehr, Adam Martin (AMa), R.E. Mauer, J.K. in this Region(cf. J. Bull, Birds of New YorkState. 1974. p. 459). Meritt {s.w. NJ: 809 SaratogaTerrace, Turnersville, NJ 08012), B.L. Morris (e. PA: 825 N. MuhlenbergSt., Allentown,PA 18104), R.F. CORRIGENDA --The Wilson'sPhalarope illustrated in AB 37:853 Miller. August and Judy Mirabella, Brian Moscatello (BMo), D.M. was at Beach Haven, Pa., not New Jersey. Niles, Drew Panko(DPa), EleanorPink. G.S. Raynor,Tom Reeves, The LouisianaHeron at Wyalusing,Pa., Apr. 2. 1981.in AB 35:805 William Reid (n.e. PA: 556 CharlesAve., Kingston.PA 18704), shouldbe changedto Little Blue Heron. HanneloreRichard, David Roche, Keith Russell, R.M. Schutsky,Steve Smith, S. Speck(SSp). Jim Stasz,O. K. Stephenson.Clay Sutton.R. OBSERVERS -- (subregionalcompilers in boldface):J.M. Abbott, Terwilliger, Fred Tetlow, J.P. Tramontario(Orange, Sullivan, and H.G. Alexander, R.D. Barber, M.V. Barnhill, Seth Benz, Paul Bcr- Ulstercos., NY: OrangeCo. CommunityCollege, Middletown, NY nath, I.H. Black (n.e. NJ: 68 Mill St., Belleville, NJ 07109), R.J. 10940), Guy Tudor, Marian Van Wagner,Tim Vogel, David Ward, Blicharz (n.c. NJ: 827 PennsylvaniaAve., Trenton,NJ 08638), N.R. R.T. WatermanBird Club (DutchessCo., NY), W.J. Wayne, Rick Boyajian,Alan Brady, Kate Brethwaite,P.A. Buckley,T.W. Burke Wilttaut, F.P. Wolfarth, Alvin WolIin.--ROBERT O. PAXTON, 560 (WestchesterCo., NY: 235 HighlandAve., Rye, NY 10580), JoeBur- Riverside Drive, Apt. 12K, New York, NY 10027, WILLIAM J. giel, JohnChristian, Alan Crawford,Thomas H. Davis(s.e. NY, L.!.: BOYLE, JR., 15 Indian Rock Road, Warren, NJ 07060, and DA- 94-46 85th Rd., Woodhaven, NY ! 1421), R.F. Deed (Rockland Co., VID A. CUTLER, 1110 Rock Creek Drive, Wyncote, PA 19095.

MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST REGION /Henry T. Armistead

Late summer was extremely dry and hot. Rains returned in late Septemberand the restof the fall was increasinglyseasonably mild and alsowet. Waterfowl were late andlow. Hawkswere well reportedand in fair to good numbersas were shorebirds,except in most impounded areas.Gulls and ternswere abundantand stayedlate. Warblerswere well observed,especially at the two majornetting sites. Northern irrup- tive birdswere in poor supplyas in the pastfew years.

LOONS THROUGH IBISES -- Always scarceaway from the coast, singleRed-throated Loons were at Hart., Oct. 16-23(RFR et al.), Swift Creek Res., w. of RichmondOct. 26 (FRS), D.C., Oct. 27 (DC) and on the SusquehannaR., Nov. 22 (RMS). An ArcticLoon at Ft. Hunt, Va., near D.C., Oct. 27 awaits the verdict of the state rarities committee (JMA, DFA). Massive loon flights included360 Red-throatedsand 1445 Commonson the lower Bay in Mathews County, Va., Nov. 26 (the latter a recordstate count--JBB), 1125 Commonsplus 450 Horned Grebeson EasternBay s. of Kent I., Md., Nov. ! (JGG) and275 Red- throatedswith 70 Commonsoff Ocean City Nov. 27 (PGD). Season's high of Pied-billedGrebes was but 30 at Swift Creek Res., Nov. 26 (FRS et al.). HornedGrebe numbers seem to beup slightlybut still way Aug. 16 (CRV), 24 at Chinc., Oct. 13-14 (CPW), 22 on ParramoreI., under the norm (v.o.). Hart. had the fanciestgrebes such as a Red- Oct. 29 (CSR et al.) and 18 at Virginia BeachSept. 5 (TRW). By neckedOct. 30 (RFR et al.) and an Eared Grebe scrutinizedat 20 ft, period'send they were gone. Some predict they may nest soon on the Oct. 16 (2nd Marylandfall record--EB, HM, BD et al.). Anomalous Virginia EasternShore. The only Marylandrecord was of sevenon wasa N. Fulmarcaptured at FalseCape S.P., Va., ca. Sept. 30 (ML, Assat. I., Aug. 26 (BH, FH). The first Great Cormorantwas at Ocean fide RLA, ph.) on the heelsof TropicalStorm Dean. Pelagicreporting City Oct. 9, seen at 25 ft (RFR, m.ob.). Most interestingwas an was minimal. However, 200 Greater and 12 Manx shearwaterswere off immatureon the SusquehannaR., Oct. 17 (RMS). Fifteen were on OceanCity Nov. 5 (HLW et al. ) andan Audubon'sand five Cory'splus LowerMachodoc Cr., Va., Nov. 26 (JEJ,S J). At Hopewell,Va., 156 200 Wilson's Storm-Petrelswere 21-42 mi out from Wachapreague, Double-crestedCormorants Oct. 2 wasa goodlocal count(FRS). As Va., Sept.4 (HTA, GR). An unbelievable3000 N. Gannetswere seen early as Sept. 7, 1850 were al Kipt. (FRS, HTA) and 3200 were at fromOcean City Nov. 27 (PGD). Thoseseen Mar. 27 in the lowerBay Chinc.,Nov. 7-8 (CPW) while27 at HuntingCr., Va., Sept.22 was of Maryland(HLW. DMo) did not involveduplicates (see AB 37:855). goodfor the D.C. area (DFA). Mea culpa. The Region'sobligatory Am. White Pelicanwas at Chine., Schutskycounted 211 GreatBlue Herons at SusquehannaR., Oct. 31 for most of November (DFH, CPW et al.). Brown Pelicanscontinued surpassinghis previous high of 117.At Hopewell106 Great Egrets were their unprecedentedinvasion and massedat Fish I., with 260 Sept. 7 seenSept. 3 (FRS, BR etal.) & 19, plus 16 SnowyEgrets at BackR., (FRS, HTA), 250 Sept. 10 (KB), 461 Sept.24 and290 Sept.26 (CP, Oct. 5 was a good count for the Baltimorearea (EB). One hundred HTA). As recentlyas 1981 the recordVirginia countwas 25. Other SnowyEgrets at Tilghman Aug. 21 wasexcellent for thec. Bay(JKE et sightingsincluded 108 at Kipt., Aug. 7 (FRS, JWD), 39 at WallopsI., al.). Cattle Egretspeaked at 560 at Kipt., Sept. 7 (FRS, HTA) and

Volume 38, Number 2 185 s•ngleshngered near Charlottesvalle Nov 8 (KF), OceanC•ty Nov 27 Sept 9 (with a Red-tadedHawk HTA, MEA) and 100+ were seen (PGD), and into Dece•nberat Locustvalle,Va. (GR). As usual•nost of herecrossing the Bay Nov. 8 (KD). It is oddto seesuch soanng species the biggestheron concentrations were at Chinc., wheremost impound- crossingthis 18 mi stretchof water.Highs of bothvultures were subm•t- mentsbecmne bone dry by smn•ner'send: 224 GlossyIbises Aug. 4-5; ted from SusquehannaR., where there were 122 TurkeysAug. 30 and 112 Little Blue Heronsand 1055 Snowy EgretsAug. 11-12; 183 Great 90 BlacksOct. 17 (RMS). Sixty Black Vultureswere at LilyponsSept EgretsAug. 25-26 (CPW). 18 (DHW). Ospreysstayed later than usualwith two at Swift Creek Res., Nov. 26 (FRS) and one at Great Falls, Va., Nov. 25 (PV). The WATERFOWL -- The mild fall causedthe late arrival of many roostnear Hopewell held six adult and 21 i•n•n. Bald EaglesAug 13 waterfowl, especiallyTundra Swans,Snow Geese, Canada Geese, and (FRS) and 15 wereseen in the BlackwaterRef. areaOct. 29 in co•npany d•vingducks. Southern outpost Mute Swanswere near peak numbers at with an early Rough-leggedand 73 Sharp-shinnedhawks and another the s. edgesof theirrange with 47 at Chinc., Aug. 6 (FRS, JWD) and 12 early Rough-leggedwas at BellevueOct. 22 (HTA). At Covey's Land- at Hooper's I., Md., Oct. 29 (HTA). Single Greater White-fronted ing, CarolineCo., Md., a Bald Eaglewas seen constructing a new nest Geesewere at D.C., Oct. 21 (DC), Creswell, Harford Co., Md., Nov. Nov. 22 (EE). On the SusquehannaR., Balds built up frownseven •n 19 (4th straightwinter--DK) andBlackwater N.W.R., Nov. 26 (MO). Augustto 15 in Nove•nber(RMS). At Tilghmana hawk flight Oct 22 Early geeseat Chinc., includedone Blue and 13 Snowgeese and a Brant consistedof 71 Sharp-shinnedHawks, 12 N. Harriers,a Rough-legged Sept. 17 (FRS). UnusualBrant locationswere 11 in D.C., Oct. 20 (DC) Hawk, and 15 A•n. Kestrels (JKE et al.). The Kipt. bandingstation, and 30 at Hart., Oct. 30 (RFR et al. ). Two Hutchin'srace Canada Geese primarilya warblermist-netting operation, banded 108 Sharp-shinneds were in the Blackwater area Oct. 29 and one was at Bellevue, Talbot Sept.5 -Oct. 16 with 43 caughtOct. 5 andan earlyone was there Sept 5 Co., Md., Nov. 13 (HTA, MEA). (PS). NorthernGoshawks were reportedrather widely for this Region Early weretwo Green-wingedTeal at Lilypons,Frederick Co., Md., with singlesat Ft. SmallwoodP., Anne ArundelCo., Md., Oct 21 Aug. 13 (RFR) and six at BlackwaterAug. 21 (EMW) where 300 N. (HLW), Nokesville, Va., Oct. 31 (KB), in D.C., Nov. 11 (DC) and at P•ntailswere already presentSept. 2 (HTA). Good early countsof Sterling,Va., Tufts sawan immatureNov. 20-December.At Kipt , as d•verswere 300 Canvasbacks,1500 Greater Scaup, 250 White-winged •nanyas seven late Broad-winged Hawks were seen Oct. 22 (BW) butno Scoters,190 Buffleheads,and 300 Ruddy Ducksat N. Beach, Calvert reportswere receivedof big flights anywhere.An ad. Golden Eagle m Co., Md., Nov. 1 (EB). One hundredten Ring-neckedDucks and 62 D.C., Nov. 2 was most unusual(DC); an i•nmatureat Queenstown, Buffieheadswere in D.C., at GeorgetownRes., Nov. 23 (DC). A QueenAnnes Co., Md., Nov. 9 was lesssurprising (JGG). HarlequinDuck wasseen frown C.B.B.T., Nov. 30 (PB,fide FRS). A 9 Representativehigh countswere of 10 Wild Turkeysat Lilypons, Black Scoterat Piney Run County P., Md., Nov. 6 was new to the Md., Aug. 7 (DHW) and40 ClapperRails e. of MockhornI., Va., Sept Carroll County list (RFR) and 175 at Hart., Oct. 30 was an unusual 24 (CP, HTA). There was a good passageof Sorasthrough the rice countso far up the Bay (EB et al.). Notabletotals frown Tilgh•nan were marsheson tributariesw. of the Bay, long a classicsetting for rml 400 Surf and 600 White-wingedscoters plus 1500Oldsquaws Oct. 27 hunters.On Oct. 4, 29 were countedalong the Mattaponi R.. Va. (BP) (JKE, JGR). Eighty HoodedMergansers were at Piney Run Nov. 20 and the sameobserver encountered 2 hunterswho hadshot 49 in oneday (EB) and90 wereat Swift Cr., Nov. 18 (FRS)indicating the i•nportance alongMount LandingCr., nearTappahannock, Va. Portlockalso had of Pied•nontreservoirs for this species.Odd wasa flying RuddyDuck 24 at PresquileN.W.R., Va., Oct. 13. Gregoirealso commented on a on the Manokin R., SoonersetCo., Md., Aug. 7 (SHD). betterthan average flight andone was seen at a smallpond near Shaws- ville, HarfordCo., Md.. Sept.5 (DK). Othertypical counts were of nine Virginia Rails at Elliott I., Md., Oct. 29 (HTA) and 456 A•n. Cootsat RAPTORS THROUGH CRANES -- A practicallyunknown 54-page Swift CreekRes., Nov. 18 (FRS)--the highesttotals on hand. Umque paper, co•n•nissionedby Richard H. Pough, has been rediscovered was a Sandhill Crane near Cecilton in s.e. Cecil Co., Md., Nov 20- whichdescribes fall flights,especially of raptors,in theKipt. areaSept. Dece•nber(JO, ph.) for aboutthe 7th staterecord. 22-Nov. 11, 1936by Willia•nJ. Ruslingentitled "Flight-Cape Charles- 1936." It includesdetailed analyses of flight directionand weather. Someof his moreinteresting totals included 272 Corn. LoonsNov. 7, SHOREBIRDS-- Wilds continuesher thoroughsurveys of shore- 388 Black-crownedNight-Herons Oct. 13,286 Cooper'sHawks Oct. 2, birdsat Chinc.,and this fall did 14two-day censuses between Aug 4 & 81 Merlins Sept. 29, 3155 N. FlickersSept. 25,825 E. BluebirdsNov. Nov. 8. This year mostof the impoundmentsdried up in mid-August 4, and 975 ChippingSparrows Nov. 4. Few copiesof this exist. My precipitatinga "terrible fall on the refugefor shorebirdswith legs copyis poor but legible.I canprovide copies of it at costfor $4.70. shorterthan an avocetand longer than a tumstone."Most areas stayed In 1983at Kipt., 19,846raptors of 15 specieswere counted in 35 days dry until late Septe•nber.Her peakcounts were: Aug. 4-5, Hudsoman Sept. 3-Nov. 19 duringa total of only 277 hoursfor an averageof 72 Godwit17; Stilt Sandpiper141, Short-billedDowitcher 445; Aug 11- b•rds/hr vs. 96 in 1982. 12, Se•nipal•natedPlover 1175, GreaterYellowlegs 374, LesserYel- Rarities were single N. GoshawksOct. 13 & Nov. 2 (DS, DMn), lowlegs614, Whi•nbrel62, Se•nipahnatedSandpiper 632, Long-balled GoldenEagles Oct. 29 & 30 (BW). Best countswere of 130 Ospreys Dowitcher34; Aug. 18-19, RuddyTurnstone 286; Aug. 25-26, Spotted Oct. 9, 2437 Sharp-shinnedHawks Oct. 3 plus 2081 on the late date of Sandpiper24; Sept.1-2, LeastSandpiper 408; Sept. 8-9, W. Sandpiper Oct. 22, and 347 Am. KestrelsSept. 28 (BW, DS et al.). Basically 926;Sept. 22-23, LesserGolden-Plover 21, PipingPlover 25, RedKnot Septemberwas slower than normal; October was good. An additionalN. 481, Baird's Sandpiperfour, PectoralSandpiper 83, Buff-breasted Goshawkwas nearby Oct. 16 (JMA). Also nearbyon Fish. I., 50 Sandpiper42; Oct. 13-14, Am. Avocet 18; Oct. 20-21, Sanderling Merlins were in sightat one time Oct. 10 (HLW, DMo) and 500 hawks 2612, White-rmnpedSandpiper 38, Dunlin4431. Ringler,Blown et al bandedhere and at Wise Pt., by Byrd et al., duringthe season including stagedthe most completecoverage ever for anywhereelse in the Re- 90 Merlins and eight PeregrineFalcons. On Assat. I., Ward et al. gion,completing 18 censuses of Hart., e. of BaltimoreJuly 31-Nov 26 capturedPeregrines for the 14th straightyear, banding116. On Oct. 10, at weeklyintervals. Until a few yearsago this area was never covered 13 were caughtand 22 on Oct. 11, a recordfor one day for his team;76 and the entire upperBay was considereda shorebirddesert. Of most were seenOct. 11 and 62 Oct. 13. Ward statesthe usual peak is Oct. 6-9 interestwere: Black-bellied Plover (16-18) (•neans seen 16 of 18days), andthat migration was very slowthrough Oct. 9. Bandingwas conduct- 26 onOct. 9, oneNov. 26;Se•nipahnated Plover (15-18) 20 on Aug 21- ed Sept. 17-Oct.21with a seasontotal of 631 observations.His studies Sept.11, two Nov. 5; PipingPlover one Aug. 28 (2ndBalti•nore County of natal locality determinationby trace element analysisof feathers record);A•n. Avocetone July 31, one Sept.5, two Sept. 11 (3rd-5th continue(Auk July 1983, p. 560-7). Only 217 Merlins were seenon countyrecords); (western) Willet, one-threeJuly 31-Aug. 28; Marbled Assat. (vs. 312, 345 and 365 previous3 years), his lowest per 100 Godwitone-three, July 31-Sept. 5 (ph.);Ruddy Tumstone (11-18) sev- •nanhourssince 1974. At BackBay, Va., 21 Peregrineswere banded in en Sept.5; RedKnot two Aug. 21, oneAug. 28; Sanderling(16-18) 25 one day (date?,TN, fide MAB). A hawk watchat Chinc. wasconducted onSept. 18-Oct. 16, five Nov. 12;W. Sandpiper,co•rnnonest peep, 100 on 18 daysSept. 19-Oct. 14 (120 hrs total)with 65% of the birdsbeing onAug. 28;Baird's Sandpiper (6-18) 11on Aug. 21, fiveAug. 28, four Sharp-shinnedHawks, 212 Oct. 3 and 135Oct. 14, indicatingthat this is Sept.5-11 (ph.); PurpleSandpiper one Nov. 12 & 19 (differentb•rds, not a •najoror generalraptor flyway. On theC.B .B .T., in the•niddle of firstcounty records); Buff-breasted Sandpiper two Aug. 21, threeSept the Bay, single•nigrant Turkey Vultureswere seenSept. 10 (TF) & 11 (3rd & 4th countyrecords). The Baird'stotal is oneof the highest

186 A•nencanBirds, March-April 1984 (CPW). Four Royal Terns at Choptank Oct. 22 were new to inland CarolineCounty. Md. (EE, RFR). CommonTerns also lingeredlate with two at PL Lookout Nov. 14 (EMW) and two at Hart., Oct. 30 (EB). The top Black Skimmercount was only 600 at Fish. I., Sept. 7 (FRS, HTA).

PARROTS THROUGH WAXWINGS -- Monk Parakeets were seen in Dare, Va., Oct. 5 (DM, MM), at Hart., Aug. 21 (EB) andin Alexan- dria in September(SMn). Two Yellow-headedParrots were at Cape HenryNov. 20 (RLAk, RLA et al.). Earlywas a Black-billedCuckoo at Kirkham, Md., Aug. 21 (deadon road--PS, JGR) and late wasone at Kipt., Oct. 30 (BW) as was a Yellow-billedCuckoo in D.C., Oct. 26 (DC)• The smashhit of the seasonwas a Burrowing Owl at Scotsville, AlbemarleCo., Aug. 10-Oct. 16 (NPL, JMAc, GS, MAc, FRS, m.ob., ph.), the first confirmedVirginia record.A Long-earedOwl wasreported from Bozman, Md., Nov. 18 (JKE). All N. Saw-whet Owl records wereof singleswith birdsat SandySpring, Md, Nov.5, 20 & 30 (JSW) and a road-kill at Kipt., Nov. 19 (BW). At Richmond12 Corn. Night- Buff-breastedSandpiper, Hart-Miller ls. Dike, BaltimoreCo., Md., hawksOct. 12 were late (BR). aswere tenChimney Swifts there Oct• 23 Aug. 21, 1983. Photo/R.Ringlet. (FRS) andone at HuntingCr., Oct. 26 (DFA) andgroups of 100or more were still at D.C. (DC), PiscatawayBay, Md. (PN) and Richmond (FRS) almost to mid-October. The top Ruby-throatedHummingbird ever on the East Coastand the adult seenJuly 31 one of the few ever in countwas 23 at Kipt., Sept. 17 (BW, BRd). A RufousHummingbird the East (LB). At nearbyBack R., a Baird's was pre•ent Sept. 13 as was found in D.C., 3 blocks from the White House Nov. 29-Dec. 3 were 61 LesserYellowlegs, 11 Stilt Sandpipersand a Red-necked (PBt, DC, BSt, SD, ph.), for aboutthe 6th Regionalrecord. Phalarope(first BaltimoreCounty record LB). Regionalfall maxima elsewhereincluded: Black-bellied Plover, 800 at Ship Shoal I., Va., Sept. 25 (CP, HTA); Am. Oystercatcher,650 at Great Machipongo Inlet, Va.,Oct. 16 (BP, DB); Black-necked Stilt, six at Deal Island W.M.A., Md., Aug. 13 (new statehigh count--WS); Willet, 189 at Mockhorn1., Sept. 26 (CP, HTA); UplandSandpiper, 12 at Richmond Aug. 3 (DP) and 12 in FrederickCounty, Md., Aug. 21 (JOI); Marbled Godwit, 86 on Mockhorn [, Sep[ 5-26 (HTA, PS, MEA, CP, GLA); PectoralSandpiper, 135 Aug. 26, Curlew Sandpiper,one Sept. 14-15, Sharp-tailedSandpiper, one Sept. 14-24(first for Virginia, if accepted by raritiescommittee), Ruff, threesingles, various dates Aug. 13-Sept. 17, theseall at Hunting Cr. (DFA, JMA et al.); Wilson's Phalarope. eight at Chinc., Sept. 10 (TF). The warm fall inducedshorebirds to linger, especially Solitary, Spotted and White-rumpedsandpipers: (threeof latter at Piney Run Nov. 20, latestever in Md.--v.o., LB). Two aseasonalPurple Sandpipers were at C.B.B.T., Aug. 26 (CPW).

JAEGERS THROUGH SKIMMER -- Off OceanCity three Pomar- ine Jaegersand 20 Black-leggedKittiwakes were seenNov. 5 (HLW et al.). A ParasiticJaeger was at ParramoreI., Oct. 29 (CSR etal.). Due to mild weatherLaughing Gulls, Forster's,Royal and Caspianterns lin- Rufous Hummingbird, Washington,D.C., Dec. 2, 1983. Photo/ geredlater than usual, such as 1500Laughing Gulls at BackR., Nov. 26 B. Swift. (all but 3 were ad.--EB, RFR), 520 Forster's and 100 Royals at Hooper'sI., Oct. 29 (HTA), 75 Royalsin St. Mary's County, Md., SevenOlive-sided Flycatchers were seenAug. 21-Sept. 17, threeof Nov. 14 (EMW), a Caspianat HopewellNov. 6 & 20 (BR, FRS et al.), theseat Tilghman(JKE et al.) andone at SandySpring Sept. 17 (NMc, 104 Royalsin CalvertCounty, Md., Nov. 1 (LB), 150 Forster'sat Tarr SM). A W. Wood-Peweewas reported at Ft. Hunt Sept.22 (DFA, RA) I., Talbot Co., Md., Nov. 13 (JKE). Franklin'sGull singleswere at and, althoughcalling, must await rarities committeejudgment. espe- Back R., Sept. 17 (LB) and Nov. 26-December(latest Maryland rec- cially in view of the "inadvisabilityof field identificationof out-of- ord--RFR, LB, BD, ph.) aswell asD.C., Sept.30 (2ndD.C. record-- rangewood-pewees under all butexceptional circumstances" (W Tan- DC, AF). At Hart., one-twoLittle Gulls were seenJuly 3 l-Sept. 11, an ager, Dec., 1983, p. 1-3). At Adventurenear Potomac,Md., 16 imm. Black-leggedKittiwake Oct. 23 (3rd Marylandrecord away from Yellow-belliedFlycatchers were banded Aug. 16-Sept.22 (MD et al.). coast),475 CaspianTerns Sept. 5 (recordMaryland count), six Royal Williamson saw an Ash-throatedFlycatcher in Dismal Swamp, Va., TernsSept. 18 (high BaltimoreCounty count) and 680 Forster'sTerns Oct. 5 (ca. 6th staterecord) and five W. Kingbirdsat Chesapeake,Va., Aug. 21 (RFR, EB et al.). Uniquewas a California Gull reportfrom Oct. 31 (four there Nov. I--HCI et al.). Two W. Kingbirdswere at HuntingCr., Nov. 2 (JMA). The lone white-wingedgull was a Glau- Kipt., Oct. 22 (BW, FD). Threelate E. Kingbirdyoung were still in the cousat Back R., Nov. 26 (LB). LesserBlack-backed Gulls were seenat nestat Chinc., Aug. 20 (JAO) and 575 were countedat Kipt., Sept. 3 12 localities with three at Back R., in November (LB). Outstanding (HTA). MonsterPurple Martin roostswere in Salisbury(1332 banded; maxima from SusquehannaR., were 1700 Great Black-backedGulls 30,000 seenmid-August; 6000 still presentSept. 17•RV, MKK et Nov. 27 (a record Md. count--LB) and 262 CaspianTerns Aug. 30 al.) andHampton, Va., where50,000 wereestimated Sept. 2-3 (TK). A (RMS). Two suspectedGreat Black-backedx Herring Gull hybrids verylate N. Rough-wingedSwallow was at Lilypons Oct. 30 (GD) anda were studiedat Back R., Oct. 16 (LB, RFR, ph.) and D.C., Nov. 24 Bank Swallowat HuntingCr., Oct. 27 wasretarded (DFA). Cliff Swal- (DFA). Raritieswere a Sabine's Gull at Chinc., Sept. I (4th Virginia lowswere still feedingyoung in the nestat LibertyRes., nearBaltimore record•CPW), a RoseateTern at C.B.B.T., Aug. 19 (EMW, MR), and Aug. 13 (RFR). At Kipt., Blue Jayspeaked at 2345 Oct. 9 (BW). Two singleSandwich Terns at Pt. LookoutAug. 31 (EMW) and Bozman, Com. Ravenswere again seenin a quarryin extremen.e. Goochland Talbot Co., Sept. 10 (RLK), the 4th & 5th recordsrespectively for the County,Va., w. of Richmond(RD). A strongBlack-capped Chickadee Marylandpart of theBay. At Fish.I., 140were seen Sept. 8 (HTA) and invasiontook place in Piedmontareas in Novemberstarting ca. Nov. 5, an extremelylate one was at Chinc., Oct. 13-14 (CPW). PeakChinc. but peteredout by month'send with birds being bandedat Ivy, Va. tern tallies were 141 CaspiansSept. 15-16 and 126 BlacksAug. 11-12 (BD), Sterling(CT), KentCounty, Md. (JGG),Bel Air, Md. (firstbirds

Volume38, Number2 187 mid-October--EB), and an exceptionalbird as far s. as Kipt., Oct. 3 CPW) and SterlingNov. 5 (CT). The HouseFinch plague continues (CWH), this being the first major influx since 1975-76 (RFR). Van- with reportsof a groupof 500 n. of Salisbury,Md.. Nov. 6 (SHD) and guardRed-breasted Nuthatches came as early as Aug. 21 in Kent Coun- 300 at TilghmanNov. 20 (JGR, JKE), thesein areaswhere they are ty, Md. (JGG) and Tilghman(JKE), yet no major flight developed usuallynot abundant. The only sightingof RedCrossbill was of a male (v.o.). Late Blue-grayGnatcatchers were at RichmondNov. 24 (PB) at BlackMarsh e. of BaltimoreOct. I (EB), a mostenigematic species. and Arnold, Md., Oct. 27 (WK). Pine Siskinsstaged a modestflight (CE, RFR, FRS) but Am. Gold- Thrushpeaks at the 2 major bandingsites were, for Adventure,Sept. finchesmanaged a strongerone with 250 in s. DorchesterCounty, Md., 15, Gray-cheekedeight, Wood 16, Sept. 16, SwainsoWs60, Oct. 21, Oct. 29 (HTA). EveningGrosbeaks were alsoin modestnumbers with Hermit 14; for Kipt., Sept.23, SwainsoWs30, Sept.24, Wood 6, Sept. firstreports on Oct. 30 at Sterling(CT), Bel Air (EB) andKipt. (BW) 25, Gray-cheeked13, unmentionedspecies being indeterminate (MD; with the maximumnumber from the unlikelylocality of CapeHenry CWH, WPS et al.). Extreme SwainsoWsat Adventurewere singles where 150 were seenNov. 20 (RLA, RLAk et al.). Aug. 21 and Nov. 26 (MD et al.) and 300 were estimatedpassing overheadat Kipt., before dawn Sept. 24 (CP, HTA). Various highs ABBREVIATIONS: Assat. I., AssateagueI., Md./Va.; Back R., included 100 Hermit Thrushesat Tilghman Oct. 16 (JKE et al.), 1350 BackR. SewageTreatment Plant, near Baltimore; the Bay, Chesapeake Am. Robinsat Hoopers1., Oct. 29 (HTA), GrayCatbird peaks Sept. 25 Bay;C.B.B.T., ChesapeakeBay Bridge/Tunnel,Va.; Chinc.,Chinco- at both Adventure(18--MD et al.) and Kipt. (42--WPS et al.), 210 teagueN.W.R.; D.C., Washington,D.C.; Fish. I., FishermanIsland Water Pipits in LoudounCounty, Va., Oct. 22 (KHW, KS), and 800 N.W.R.; Hart., Hart & Miller Islandse. of Baltimore,Md.; Kipt., Cedar Waxwingsat Kipt., Nov. 19 (BW, BRd). Kiptopeke,Va. & CapeCharles area; Susquehanna R., SusquehannaR. nearConowingo Dam, Md.; Tilghman.Tilghman I., TalbotCo., Md.; WARBLERS-- At Adventure4012 birdsof 92 specieswere banded italicized date indicates birds were banded. in 25,548 net hourson 76 daysAug. 15-Oct.31, the five commonest being Yellow-rumpedWarbler 576, Swainsoh'sThrash 526, White- OBSERVERS -- D.F. Abbott, J.M. Abbott, RobertAbbott, J.M. throatedSparrow 256, Gray Catbird212 andOvenbird 166 (MD et al.). Ackerman (JMAc), Madeline Ackerman (MAc), I.W. Ailes, R.L. Ake At Kipt., moreof a flyway,operations were curtailed to 29 daysSept. (RLAk), R.A. Anderson,R.L. Anderson,Mary Arginteanu,G.L. Ar- 17-Oct. 16 resultingin 4036 birds of 85 speciesin 5104 net hours mistead,M.E. Armistead,M.V. Barnhill,Ken Bass,Don Baugh, J.B. (CWH, WPS et al.). Peaksthere came on Sept.23 for manywarblers Bazuin, JoeBeau, Paul Bedell, Eirik Biota, L.D. Bonham,Paul Burnett including25 Bay-breasteds,185 Corn. Yellowthroatsand 105 Am. (PBt), M.A. Byrd, L.B. Chamberlaine,Barry Cooper, Dave Cymrot Redstarts.On Sept.24 therewere six PhiladelphiaVireos, on Oct. 6 (DCt), DaveCzaplak, George Daniels, Richard Daub, Bruce Davenport four ConnecticutWarblers. Adventure highlights were a Brewster's (BDt), FentonDay, J.W. Dillard, BobDixon, KathieDixon, Margaret Warblerhybrid Aug. 15, peaksof Tennesseeand Black-and-white war- Donnald,Susan Drake, P.G. DuMont, S.H. Dyke, J.K. Effinger,Ethel blers,Am. Redstarts,Ovenbirds, and N. Waterthrushesall Sept.14, a Engle, KathleenFinnegan, Tad Finnell, A.J. Fletcher,R.B. Fletcher, late OvenbirdOct. 30, and 17 ConnecticutWarblers Sept. 8-Oct. 6. R.A. Forster,John Frary, Anthony Futcher, Inez Glime, J.A. Gregoke, Late warblerswere a Golden-wingedat Chinc., Oct. 7 (RAF et aLL a J.C. Gruber,C.W. Hacker, WarrenHarrington, Bill Hayes,Floyd Tennesseeat CharlottesvilleOct. 24 (CES), a Yellow in D.C., Oct. 27 Hayes,Marvin Hewitt. D.F. Holland.David Holmes, H.C. Irving,J.E. & Nov. 14 (DC), a Yellow-throatedat Ft. Hunt Nov. 27 (JMA), and a Johnson,Sylvia Johnson,Leigh Jones,Teta Kain, Hank Kaestner, Hooded in Alexandria Nov. 19 (DC, BSt). The microdis•ibutionof DennisKirkwood, R.L. Kleen, M.K. Klimkiewicz,Wayne Klockner, somemigrants is indicatedby the presenceof a recordstate count of 110 AliciaKnotts, Yulee Larner, Mark Lassiter,N.P. Lewis,Nancy Mac- CapeMay Warblerson treeless Wreck 1., Va., Sept.25 (CP, HTA) plus Clintock, StuartMacClintock, SharonMadison, Ted Marchese,S.J. 13other warbler species, yet Kipt. bandedonly 41 all fall andAdventure McCandless,Debbie Mignogno (DMo), Dorothy Mitchell, Mike none. At Violet's Lock, Md., 20 Black-throatedGreen Warblerswas an Mitchell, Myriam Moore (MMe), N. Morgan, Dick Morton (DMn), excellentcount Sept. 24 (PN). Severalcommented on thebig fall flight HarveyMudd, Tom Nicholas,Paul Nistico, MariannaNuttie, Michael of Bay-breastedWarblers (RFR, JSW, HTA). At Kipt.. the 5 highest O'Brien,Joseph Ondek, J.A. Ondrejko,John O'Neill (JOl),Carl Perry, bandingtotals were Yellow-rumpedWarbler 965, Corn. Yellowthroat Darrell Peterson,Don Peterson(DriP), Bill Portlock, J.G. Reese,Bruce 548, Am. Redstart415, Gray Catbird231 andHouse Wren 138(CWH, Reid (BRd), GeorgeReiger, R.F. Ringlet, C.S. Robbins,L.G. Robin- WPS et al.). son,Betsy Roszell, Mike Rowan,Kurt Savoie,R.M. Schutsky,F.R. Scott,Dot Silsby,Bonnie Smith, W.P. Smith,Paul Spitzer, J.L. Stasz, GROSBEAKS THROUGH CARDUELINES -- Tilghmanis one of C.E. Stevens,Gebhard Stillfried, Wally Sumner,Byron Swift (BSt), the major flyways in the c. Bay area of Marylandas evidencedby BrianTaber, CraigTufts, Ed Unger,Peter Vankevich, C.R. Vaughn, estimatesof 100 Rose-breastedGrosbeaks Sept. 23 and1000 N. Orioles D.H. Wallace, F.P. Ward, K.H. Weber, J.S. Weske, Steve Westre, Sept. 8 (JKE, JGR et al.). Late was a Blue Grosbeakin Loudoun H.L. Wierenga, C.P. Wilds, Bill Williams, Gary Williamson, E.J. County, Va., Oct. 20 (KHW, DriP). Fancysparrows seen were single Willoughby, E.M. Wilson, T.R. Wolfe. C.S. Wood.- HENRY T. Clay-coloredsat Chinc., Sept. 24 & Oct. 27 (BC; CPW), anothernear ARMISTEAD, 28 E. Springfield Ave., Philadelphia,PA 19118. St. Michaels,Md., Nov. 6 (JKE), andone at Kipt., Oct. 2 (CWH). Two Lark Sparrowswere at Chinc. (FRS, PB, BS) plustwo moreat Kipt. (BW, BRd) all Sept. 17, oneat Dyke, Va., Oct. 10 (JMA) andthe 3rd D.C., oneSept. 26-Oct. 2 (DC etal.. ph.). a Henslow'sat Kipt., Oct. 8 (WPS), and a Le Conte'sSparrow at HopewellSept. 25 (FRS), tbr aboutthe l lth Virginia record.All Lincoln'sSparrow reports fell be- tweenSept. 28 & Oct. 22 (v.o.). A finecount of White-crownedSpar- rowswas the 150 at LilyportsNov. 26 (GD). Most peculiarwas a Dark- eyed (Slate-colored)Junco at HopewellAug. 14 (FRS). A Dark-eyed (Gray-headed)Junco was reportedat Ft. Hunt Oct. 9 (JMA), still an- otherrarities committee charge. Someone forgot to tell the SnowBunt- ingsit was a mild fall becausethey were seenat 4 sitesin late October includingsix at Hart. (RFR et al.) and one at Claiborne, Md. (JKE et al.) Oct. 23 and one was at L. Anna, Va., Oct. 30 (JBB, JF). The high Bobolinktotal was of only 600 at Kipt., Sept. 10 (HTA). Singlec• Yellow-headedBlackbirds were captured in Norfolkin additionto a WoodDuck and a cat Sept. 15 & 18 (MAB) andanother was at Manassas,Va., Aug. 16 (DCt). An extremelylate OrchardOriole was at a feederin Mt. Vernon,Va., Nov. 25-26 (JB,fide JMA). Reportsof N. (Bullock's) Orioles includedsingles at Dyke Aug. 30 (TM, fide JuvenalAmerican Robin/Drawing by JohnH. Gerdes.

188 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 SOUTHERN ATLANTIC COAST REGION /Harry E. LeGrand Jr.

The droughtand heat wave of July continuedthrough mid-Septem- ber, when severalstrong cold frontscrossed the Region.October pro- ducedmostly northeasterly winds, generallypoor conditions for birding.Another series of goodcold fronts (with northwesterly winds) from late October to mid-November was followed by a period of above- normaltemperatures in late November.Precipitation was nearly normal after mid-September.and many of the coastaland southernportions of the Regionavoided subfreezing temperatures. The consensuson the migrationas a whole was that it was about average,ranging from "probablythe best one in thepast five years"in Atlanta, Georgia,to "disappointing"in otherareas. The droughtthat producedexpanses of mudfiatson somereservoirs was partly responsible for an exceptionalvariety of shorebirdsinland. The passerinemigration was, as expected,slow in gettingunderway, and there were many more "late" datesthan "early" ones;yet the peak flight occurred earlierthan usual, following a very strongcold front on September22- 24. EveningGrosbeaks and Pine Siskins pushed south in fairly good numbersthis fall, unlike Fall 1982, which was completelydevoid of thesespecies. The highlightof the seasonwas the continuedsuccess of pelagictrips in discoveringspecies formerly considered casual or acci- dentalalong most of the Atlanticcoast--boobies, tropicbirds, and cer- notablecounts of 19 at PeachtreeCity L., s. of Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 12 tain storm-petrels. (JG,CA); and40 duringthe fall at JordanL. (BW, MW) and16 at Falls L., Aug. 16 (RJH), both in c. North Carolina. A goodtally of 12 PETRELS THROUGH PELICANS -- Haneyspent much of the fall Anhingaswas made near Dublin, Ga., Sept. 7 (TKP). off the Georgiacoast, continuing to addto thatstate's meager data base on Procellariiformes.He had20-30 Black-cappedPetrels far off Cum- WADERS -- After the excitementoffshore, happenings onshore berlandI., Oct. 5-8, and abundantCory's ShearwatersAugust to late were overshadowedby comparison.The post-breedingheron roost at October.He collecteda Manx Shearwater off St. CatherinesI., Aug. Augusta,Ga., peakedin numbersAug. 19:56 Great Egrets,289 Little 12 for Georgia'sfirst specimen;and he observedothers 90 mi e. of Blue Herons, six TricoloredHerons, 1894 Cattle Egrets, 39 White Myrtle Beach,S.C., Sept.29 and50 mi e. of SapeloI., Ga., Nov. 21. Ibisesand two GlossyIbises (AW). Excellentegret counts for inland There was a surprisingcount of 130 Audubon'sShearwaters off St. North Carolinawere of 125 Greatsat Falls L., e. of Durham, in early SimonsI., onthe late date of Nov. 21, butonly three Greater Shear- August(TH), 135 thereSept. 3 (RJH), and250 Cattlesmuch of August watersall fall. Pelagictrips off North Carolinain late Augustand at Fayetteville(PJC). Georgiahas fewer than 10 recordsof Reddish Octoberalso producedthe usual numbersof shearwaters--plentyof Egret; thus, a rarity wasan immatureat St. SimonsI., Oct. 12-15 (JGro, Cory'sand Audubon's, a few Greaters,and the scarce-in-fallSooty off TM et al.). A surprisingnumber of Yellow-crownedNight-Herons was CapeLookout Aug. 27 (AB, RD) andoff CapeHatteras Aug. 28 (2 foundinland•at JordanL. (RF, EM, C.H.B.C.) andHalifax County birds--RA, DS). At least 5 North Carolinapelagic trips had Black- (FE) in North Carolina. in South Carolina near Townville (SG et al.), L. cappedPetrels, with the maximuma routine30 off HatterasOct. 9 (RA Keowee(PBH), and Fort Mill (DW), and in Georgianear Atlanta (PB, party).Despite spending 30 daysoffshore. Haney had only 12 Wilson's TM). GlossyIbises, always notable inland, were found at JordanL., in Storm-Petrelsall seasonoff Georgia.The only Leach'sStorm-Petrels lateJuly and August, with two July39 (BW et al.). Two WoodStorks weresingles off HatterasAug. 27 (RA, DS), in thesame area Oct. 9 (RA were over a month late at Myrtle BeachNov. 26-Dec. 3 (fide KB). et al.), and 90 mi e. of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Oct. 12 (CH). Band- rumpealStorm-Petrels continue to be seenin increasingnumbers off WATERFOWL -- A noteworthytotal of Snow Geesefor Atlanta our coast.In additionto a handfulof unpublishedsightings (including were 12 (nine Blues)found 25 mi n.e. of the city Nov. 25 (PM, TM); specimens)this summer, three were seen off Cape Lookout, N.C., Aug. whereasNorth Carolina's2nd inlandrecord of Brant was of an imma- 20 (WI), singleswere noted by Haneyoff GeorgiaAug. 30 & Sept.4, ture at JordanL., Nov. 14 (BW, MW, MAF). Early arriving puddle andan apparent Band-rumped was seen off HatterasAug. 28 (RA, DS). ducksincluded Green-winged Teal at Ft. Macon S.P., N.C., Aug. 15 Evenmore exciting than the Band-mmpedswere White-faced Storm- (JF) and nearClemson, S.C., Aug. 25 (SW, CW); and a N. Pintail in n. Petrels;one photographed off HatterasAug. 28 (RA, DS, DWa) andtwo York County,S.C., Oct. 7-15 (DW). Very rarefor SouthCarolina was a seen in that area Oct. 9 (RA et al.) provided about the 5th and 6th cTEur. Wigeonat MagnoliaGardens near Charleston Nov. 5-12 (DF et recordsfor North Carolina and for the Region. al.). Out of seasonwas an imm. CTCom. Eider at HatterasInlet Aug. 31 Very rarefor theAtlantic coast. yet the 5th for NorthCarolina, was an (BL) - Sept. 4 (MVB, GM). JordanL. washome to two seaducks scarce imm. Red-billed Tropicbird observedoff CapeLookout Aug. 27 (AB, inland acT OldsquawNoy. 13 (RD) anda $ BlackScoter Oct. 30 RD); whereasthe somewhatmore numerousWhite-tailed Tropicbird (AB, RD). Noteworthyfor Georgiawere five White-wingedScoters at was found only off Cape Hatteras--animmature Aug. 28 (DS, DWa, Jekyll I., Nov. 20 (PB, DB), and althoughHooded Mergansers breed RA). Both North Carolina and Georgiahad 3rd staterecords of the sporadicallyin n. NorthCarolina, one at JordanL., Aug. 20 (C.H.B.C.) Masked Booby: a "near adult" adjacentto the boatoff CapeHatteras was certainlyan early migrant. Extraordinarilyearly was a $ Corn. Oct. 9 (RA et al.) and a sub-adultAug. 30 off St. Simons I. (CH). Merganserat RoanokeRapids L., N.C., Aug. 23-30 (ML, KM), whilea Apparentlythe earliestever N. Gannetsfor Georgiawere four seenoff recordAtlanta count of 51 Red-breastedMergansers were at.Peachtree Tybee I., Oct. 24 (CH), and an excellentcount Oct. 23 were 275 at City L, Nov. 27 (A.A.S.). BogueBanks, N.C. (JF). Five reportsof Am. White Pelicanswere excellent:singles at Hatteras Inlet Oct. 17-Nov.30 + (J & JC1etal.)., at HAWKS THROUGH CRANES -- Quite late for Georgia was a MoreheadCity Nov. 15 (TN), at Charleston,S.C., Sept.22 (THu), at MississippiKite at AugustaOct. 1 (AW), andlate and out-of•range was MagnoliaGardens n.w. of CharlestonNov. 6 (R & CT), andfar inland anothernear Davidson, N.C., Oct. 6 (DW). BaldEagle reports continue at JordanL., Nov. 25 (WI, FI). Mighty early. if correct,were 3 South to increase,at least inland; truly remarkablewas a count of nine at Carolinareports of undescribedGreat Cormorantsin Septemberand JordanL., Sept. 3, with threeapparently different birds there Sept. 4 October;one near MoreheadCity, N.C., Nov. 27 + (JF, RJH) was (WI et al.). On the otherhand, coastalreports, except for the breeding more seasonable.Double-crested Cormorants, rare at many inlandsites area in c. SouthCarolina, continuein shortsupply. only 5 yearsago, continueto occuras migrants on mostevery lake, with Althoughhawks, of course,do passthrough the Regionin fall, counts

Volume 38, Number 2 189 of migrantsare seldom as spectacular as those along the coast to ourn S C , Nov 7 (WP), 50 early Dunllnsat JordanL , Sept 20 (BW, MW) andthe ridges to our n. andw. Nonetheless,a few notablecounts were and55 Short-billedDowitchers at JordanL., Sept.3-5 (AB, RD). Stilt made.Along the coast, 538 Sharp-shinned Hawks were tallied Oct. 9 at Sandpipers,formerly quite rare inland, appearedat 8 suchsites, the Pea I., N.C. (CS, JOP, EP), 1000+ Sharp-shinnedswere notedat bettercounts were of 23 at JordanL., Sept. 10 (AB, RD), 11 near JekyllI., Oct. 8-16(TM), andKiawah I., S.C., hadan excellent flight Burlington,N.C., Sept. 4 (AB), and six eachnear Roanoke Rapids Oct. 16, with 174Sharp-shinneds, 22 Cooper'sHawks, and nine Mer- Sept.25 (ML) andClemson Sept. 2 (DM). Buff-breastedSandpipers hnsbeing notable (PN, JH).An outstandingBroad-winged Hawk flight alsoseem to haveincreased over the Region during the past 10 years, passedthrough the w. partof thePiedmont Sept. 23-24:1434 at Pilot with 3 coastalreports and 5 inlandones--in North Carolina at JordanL Mt., N.C. (P & JCu)and 1100 at L. Lanier,Ga. (FM) onthe former date (WI, FI) andCharlotte (DW, JW), in SouthCarolina near Clemson (SG and214 at SassafrasMt., S.C. (DM), and 100+ nearAtlanta (TM et et al.), and in Georgianear Dublin (TKP) andGainesville (JP). Still a al ) on the latterdate. Most Rough-leggedHawks in the Regionare greatfind, a Ruff was notedat Davis Aug. 28 (RD); whereasvery rare poorlydescribed; fortunately, one near Greensboro, N.C., Nov.20 was inlandLong-billed Dowitchers were at JordanL., Aug. 27 (JMcC), at amplydetailed (PJC). Golden Eagles avoided detection, but Peregrine BeaverdamRes., Sept. 11 (RD), andnear Atlanta Oct. 21-23 (RM et Falconsdid stagea very goodcoastal flight, highlightedby 50 + at al.). Lucky indeedwere the birderswho foundboth a Wilson's Phala- JekyllI., Oct.8-16 (TM etal.). Peregrineswere also found at4 placesin ropeand a Red-neckedPhalarope at JordanL., Sept. 18 (MS, AT) c North Carolinaand on 4 occasionsin inlandGeorgia, whereas there Othernotable phalarope records were: Wilson's---one at nearbyFalls were9 inlandreports for Merlins.Both are better than average represen- L., Sept.20 (RJH) andten at Ft. MaconS.P., Sept.3 (JF, TLQ); Red- tationsaway from the coast. necked---onefar inlandon the ChattoogaR., Ga., Sept.4 (MM) and a An ad. d' Ruffed Grouse flew into a wall near Roswell, Ga., this fall peak pelagiccount of 78 off HatterasAug. 27 (RA); and Red--four (no date),becoming Atlanta's first record(fide TM). Seldomnoted swimmingon "semi-inland" L. Mattamuskeet,N.C., Sept. 21 (AB) inlandnowadays, single King Railswere found near Atlanta Sept. 18 (JC)& Nov. 19 (JP,JC). An imm.Purple Gallinule was rare and late on JAEGERSTHROUGH TERNS -- Noneof the pelagictrips turned Oct. 17 at SunsetBeach, N.C. (PJC), a locality where breedingis up a skuaor Long-tailedJaeger, but PomarineJaegers were widely possiblebut has not yet been reported. Inland migrating Com. Moorhens recorded,with notable counts off Hatterasof 11on Aug. 28 (RA) and15 wereat ClaytonCounty, Ga., Sept.7 (PB), nearChapel Hill, N.C., onOct. 9 (RA). Fussellhad 22jaegers, most or all Parasitics,from shore Sept.9-10 (BW, MW), andnear Raleigh Oct. 30-Nov. 4 (DT, JM). at AtlanticBeach, N.C., Oct. 23. A few LaughingGulls, as expected, Somewhatto thee. of theirmigration mute were five SandhillCranes appearedinland: one at JordanL., Oct. 1 (ACet al.), two nearAtlanta near Townville, S.C., Nov. 13 (CW); whereasthe craneflight over Oct. 23 (TM et al.), andtwo at SanteeN.W.R., S.C., Nov. 25 (PN et Atlanta,usually a Novemberphenomenon, occurred mostly in Decem- al.). North Carolinagot its long overduesecond Franklin's Gull--a ber this year (fide TM). first-yearbird at CapeHatteras Pt., Oct. 8 (WCH, WK et al.). Georgia againhad early fall LesserBlack-backed Gulls, with one or two (possi- SHOREBIRDS -- Black-bellied Plovers were detected at a number bly three)at JekyllI., Sept.3-Oct. 16 (TM et al.). Anotherat Ocracoke, of placesin c. NorthCarolina, with thebest count being of five at Falls N.C., wasmore seasonable Nov. 25 (CWi). Inadvertentlyomitted from L , Oct. 24 (RJH). LesserGolden-Plovers were widely reportedalso, the springreport was a GlaucousGull photographedat Isle of Palms, highlightedby a possibleNorth Carolinarecord 40 at DavisSept. 18 S.C., Mar. 26 (FGS, GMcC, LG1). The only Black-leggedKittiwakes (JF, WI); other respectabletotals were of ten at Falls L., Aug. 22 of the seasonwere singlesoff CapeLookout Oct. 28 & Nov. 13 (WI) (JMcC), a peakof six at Gainesville,Ga., Sept.21-Oct. 5 (JP), anda andanother 20 mi off CharlestonNov. 13(DF) thatwas surprisingly just peak of five at Dublin Sept. 11-17 (TKP). Very rare inland, a Piping thesecond ever for SouthCarolina. The best Caspian Tern counts inland Ploverat Pineville,N.C., Aug. 13-17 (PH, DW) providedCharlotte's were of sevenat RoanokeRapids L., Sept. 30 (ML, KM) and five at first record;and just asnotable away from thecoast was an Am. Avocet JordanL., bothAug. 29 & Sept.22 (BW, MW). Amongthe noteworthy at a farm pond(diving to escapea PeregrineFalcon!) in c. Halifax tern totalswere 750 CommonsOct. 11 at Beaufort, N.C. (JF), 35 + County, N.C., Oct. 16 (FE). A first recordfor the Dublin area was Forster'sat JordanL., Sept. 14 (AT), and900 Leastsat SunsetBeach providedby a Willet Aug. 27 (TKP), andan UplandSandpiper in s.w. Aug.28 (PJC).Bridled Terns were seen on nearly every pelagic trip in HalifaxCounty, Sept. 21-22 (ML, KM) waslikewise a goodfind. Even August and September.They were especiallynumerous in Georgia rarerwas a Whimbrelat JordanL., Sept.5 (RD), andlikely a different waters,where 50 + were off JekyllI., Sept.4 (TM et al.); andHaney bird was there Oct. 1-9 (AT, TS, WI, FI). Fussellhad one of the few had50 + on manydays in these2 months,with one aslate asNov 22 Regionalrecords of theEurasian race at Ft. MaconS.P., Oct. 17. Long- Two moreBridleds at CapeLookout Aug. 5 (BrP, JF, HH) were North billed Curlewswere found at 2 of their favoritehangouts--four at Carolina'sfirst non-stormbirds seenfrom shore.Sooty Terns were PortsmouthI., N.C., Oct. 8 (FP) andthree at Little St. SimonsI., Ga., reportedin smallnumbers, as expectedin a fall with no majortropical Oct. 28 andtwo thefollowing day (HG, LG). Georgia'ssecond positive storms:singles off HatterasAug. 27 & 28 (RA, DS), twoAug. 11off St HudsonianGodwit--2 othersight reports did notrule out Black-tailed CatherinesI., Ga. (CH), and two onshoreat Waits I., S.C., July 12 Godwit--was of one at St. SimonsI., Oct. 15 (TM, PM, HG, PB); (DWo). Otherpelagic goodies were an ArcticTern off CapeLookout anotherat Ft. Macon S.P., Aug. 28 (JF, RD) wasthe first in Carteret Aug. 27 (RD) and a Brown Noddy Oct. 11 off Charleston(CH), CountySince 1971. A firstinland record for NorthCarolina, and just the apparentlythe first noddy in theRegion since Hurricane David in 1979 2nd suchrecord for the Region,was a Marbled Godwit Aug. 25-Sept. and the latest ever in fall, as well. 10 (BW et al.) at this season'spremier hotspot, Jordan L. Notable coastal totals for Marbleds were 60 on Oct. 30 at Little St. Simons I. CUCKOOSTHROUGH FLYCATCHERS-- Sadto say, therewas (LG, HG), 140 at HatterasInlet Nov. 25 (CWi), and230 thereNov. 11 just one reportof Black-billedCuckoo, at BeaverdamRes., Sept 25 (C & PSu). (RD). Short-earedOwls are not knownto breedin theRegion; so one As manyas threeRuddy Tumstones visited Jordan L., Sept.3-11 seenin late afternoonnear Wanchese, N.C., July9 (DW, JW) wasmost (AB, RD, BW, MW), andanother turned up inlandat Cartersville,Ga., unusualand muchtoo early for a fall migrant.A N. Saw-whetOwl, Sept. 11 (PB et al.). Notableinland total of Sanderlings,all for North injuredby a car, was foundin Union County,S.C., Nov. 9; it was Carolina,were five each at L. NormanSept. 15 (PH) and Winston- turnedin to a raptorrehabilitation center near Charlotte (fide DW) SalemSept. 18 (BP, CF), 25 at JordanL., Sept. 3 (AB, RD), and a Severalthousand Com. Nighthawkswas an excellent flight near Atlanta stunning50 + thereSept. 20 (BW et al.). Rarely seeninland in fall, a Sept.3 (D & PMcC), andvery late werebirds in NorthCarolina in New White-rumpedSandpiper was photographed near Charlotte Oct. 18-19 Bern Nov. 1 (BH) and FayettevilleNov. 6 (PJC). A Ruby-throated (CWa, HW, DW), andtwo wereobserved Sept. 11 at BeaverdamRes., Hummingbirdlingered at a feederat far-inlandGainesville until Nov 23 n of Raleigh(RD). Alwaysexciting, Baird's Sandpipers were reported (JP). What appearto be SouthCarolina's 4th and5th recordsof Rufous at Davis, N.C., Sept.4 (JF, HH, TLQ), at JordanL., Sept.3-10 (AB, Hummingbirdswere individualsnear Pendleton in late fall (fide JS) RD), andClayton County, Ga., Oct. 8-9 (PB, HG). Very goodtotals of and in SumterNov. 13-30 + (KMal, ED, SC). The first bird was not othershorebirds included 75 + PectoralSandpipers at Winston-Salem described,but the Sumterbird, an imm. male with somerusty-red Aug. 10 (BP, RS), 77 PurpleSandpipers on a beachat SullivansI., featherson the back, wasthoroughly detailed. The scarceOlive-sided

190 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 Flycatcherwas encounteredon 3 occasionsnear ChapelHill Sept 9 not at a feeder, at Winston-SalemNov 1 (CF) Dlckclsselsturned up (BW, MW) andnear Atlanta Sept. 3 (D & PMcC) & 25-29 (PM, TM et only alongthe coast,at JekyllI., Oct. 8 (DaF) andPea I., Oct. 15 (JOP, al ) Justas elusive, Yellow-bellied Flycatchers were also found only 3 EP); and the always noteworthyClay-colored Sparrow was found at t•mes, all in South Carolina:Kershaw County Sept. 11 (CW), York Atlanta Sept. 12-18 (PB et al. ) andFt. Macon S.P., Oct. 12 (CM). Lark CountySept. 18 (DW), anda birdcollected at SullivansI., Oct. 8 (WP). Sparrowscontinued to be reportedin a fractionof theirformer numbers All five W. Kingbirdswere again found only coastally, and surprising- asa coastalmigrant; only fourwere reported, all fromthe coast Aug. 26- ly, the fourfrom NorthCarolina were in November•oinjock (WM), Sept. 23. Good finds were Henslow'sSparrows Oct. 15 in n. York Buxton(WM), Ocracoke(C & PSu), ande. BrunswickCounty (JHC). County, S.C. (DW, M.A.S.), and in the Atlanta areaOct. 26 (PB) & Oct. 30-Nov. 2 (A.A.S.); as was an inland Sharp-tailedSparrow at SWALLOWS THROUGH VIREOS --An estimate of 250,000 Tree JordanL., Oct. 17 (AT, TS). A Lincoln'sSparrow at SullivansI., Nov Swallowsat HuntingtonBeach S.P., S.C., Oct. 9 (PN et al.) staggers 4 (WP) was notablefor the coast,but only 2 reportsfor the Piedmont, the mind. Seldom seen inland after October were three Trees at Jordan where the speciesis not all that rare, was a disappointment.Perhaps L, Nov. 13 (JOP, EP) and anothernear Atlanta Nov. 15 (D & PMcC). oversummeringwas an ad. White-throatedSparrow along the Roanoke Also late werefour N. Rough-wingedSwallows at RoanokeRapids L., R., NorthamptonCo., N.C., on the absurddate of Aug. 13 (ML, HL) Sept 30 (ML) anda BankSwallow near Vass, N.C., Oct. 1 (TH et al.). Oftenmissed in fall, LaplandLongspurs were noted in n. York County The endangeredBewick's Wren wasfound only once--a typicalsitua- Oct. 9 (DW, AWl), Pea I., Oct. 14 (JOP, EP), and up to five at the tion in the 1980s--at Pendergrass,Ga., Nov. 24-26 (JPet al.). Golden- Gainesvilleairport Nov. 16-30(JP et al.); whereasjust 2 SnowBunting crownedKinglets were in muchgreater numbers than usual, especially reports,both in Novemberin CarteretCounty, N.C. (SP, RJH), sug- m Georgiaand SouthCarolina (e.g., 200 nearCharleston Nov. 6•PN gestedanother off winter for the species. party). August27 was early for a Ruby-crownedKinglet nearAtlanta Yellow-headedBlackbirds were found inland nearDesser, Ga., Nov (PB), whereaslate were a Blue-grayGnatcatcher at JordanL., Nov. 25 13 (BPu) and near the coastat Pine Knoll Shores,N.C., Sept. 22-23 (CL), a Wood Thrush on Bogue Banks, N.C., Nov. 6 (RE), and a (KK), L. MattamuskeetSept. 24 (AB), andJekyll I., Oct. 8 (SG et al ) White-eyedVireo at Conyers,Ga., Nov. 5 (FMi). The very rare-in-fall Casualaway from s. Georgiawas an imm. c3Northern (Bullock's) Warbling Vireo was carefullydetailed from AtlantaOct. 6 (PB). Fall Oriole at AugustaAug. 11 (AW, VW). Winter finchesstaged a moder- 1983 will be rememberedfor the PhiladelphiaVireo; mostbirders who ate althoughcertainly better than averageflight into the Region.Good wereafield regularly looking for passerinemigrants saw at leastone, as counts of House Finches for n. South Carolina were 125 in one field at therewere about 24 reports! Highlights were six seen by DavisSept. 11- CatawbaNov. 27-28 (J & ACon) and 126 bandedat nearbyYork Oct Oct 8 in the Raleighand ChapelHill areas,6 sightingsin the Atlanta 30-Nov. 27 (BHi). The only crossbillreports were of Redsin the North area Sept. 3-Oct. 2 (TM et al.), three at Bodie I., N.C., Sept. 23-25 Carolinamountains (DM), but Pine Siskinswere fairly commonover (HW, CWa, AB), and singleson 3 datesSept. 15-25 in Halifax County muchof the Region,with first arrivalsin mid-October.Following on the (ML). heelsof the siskins,by a week or two, were EveningGrosbeaks, no- wherereally commonby the end of November,but certainlypresent in WARBLERS -- The warblermigration was about average this sea- fair numbersand obviouslysignaling a "finch winter" in the months son, with an excellentflight notedSept. 22-24. Althoughuncommon, ahead. Blue-wingedand Golden-wingedwarblers were widely reported, the bettersightings being an early Golden-winged at Alpharetta,Ga., Aug. 14 (JB) anda rarecoastal Golden-winged at EmeraldI., N.C., with a ß OBSERVERS -- Robert Ake, Carol Anderson,Atlanta Audubon Blue-wingedSept. 24 (JF, RJH). A hybridwarbler at Augusta(no Society, M.V. Bm'nhillIII, Kate Brethwaite,Donna Brisse, Pamck date--VW) wasapparently an unusually-plumagedLawrence's Warb- Brisse,Jerry Brunner,Allen Bryan, J.H. Carter III, Jack Carusos, ler The best of the many NashvilleWarbler sightings involved late ChapelHill Bird Club, RuthChesnutt, Jo & JoelClark (J & JC1),Steve birdsone until Nov. 8 atCharlotte (HW), onenear Atlanta Nov. 6 (JP), Compton,June & Albert Conway(J & ACon), AnsonCooke, P J andtwo in thatarea Nov. 9 (PR). Otherlate warblers included a Magno- Crutchfield,Pat & Jim Culbertson(P & JCu), EvelynDabbs, Ricky ha Nov. 3 in JacksonCounty, Ga. (JP);a CapeMay at JordanL., Nov. Davis, RossEarnest, Frank Enders,Ruth Fink, Dan Forster(DaF), 25 (CL); a Yellow-throatedat L. Mattamuskeet,N.C., Nov. 30 (AB); DennisForsythe, M.A. Foster,Charles Frost, John Fussell, Hugh Gar- anda Prairienear Raleigh Nov. 20 (JM). SevenBay-breasted Warblers rett,Liz Garrett,Sidney Gauthreaux, Lex Glover (LG1), Joe Greenberg, Sept 23 (AB) wasgood in thetidewater zone at L. Mattamuskeet.Why JohnGroover (JGro), Henry Haberyan, R.J. Hader,P.B. Hamel, Chris areCerulean Warblers so regular in fall at Atlanta(15 reportsAug. 9- Haney, Paul Hart, Julia Hill, Bill Hilton (BHi), Bob Holmes, Tom Sept 22--fide TM) and so rare everywhereelse? In my 8 yearsat Howard,W.C. Hunter, EileenHutcheson, Tom Hutcheson(THu), Fran Clemson,I sawonly one in autumn,and other Regional birders also are Irvin,Wayne Irvin, Kathy Kirkman, Wayne Klockner, Harry LeGrand, doingwell to seeone in fall every5-10 years.The only other Ceruleans Bob Lewis, Merrill Lynch,Charlie Lyon, KathleenMallard (KMal), thisseason were males near Fort Mill, S.C., Aug. 8 (DW) andAugusta Robert Manns, Chris Marsh, Greg Massey, Karen Masson,Frank Aug 28 (AW). A Black-and-whiteWarbler was tardy near Gainesville McCamey,Mike McCandless,Dennie & Pam McClure(D & PMcC), Nov 23-30 (JP), andthe infrequentlyseen Swainsoh's Warbler was a Jim McConnell (JMcC), George McCoy (GMcC), Eva McKenna, goodfind nearFayetteville Aug. 30 (PJC).Rarely reported in fall from DouglasMcNair, MecklenburgAudubon Society, Francis Michael thecoast were a KentuckyWarbler at Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., Sept.23 (FMi), PeggyMoore, Terry Moore, Jim Mulholland, William Murphy, (RE) anda CanadaWarbler near Charleston Sept. 23 (TR). The Mourn- ThomasNewport, Perry Nugent,Barbara Page, John Paget, Brainard lng Warbler provedtoo elusivefor birdersthis season,but a few of the Palmer-Ball(BrP), T.K. Patterson,Fred Patton,Will Post, Skip nearlyas secretive Connecticut Warblers were encountered•ne at Pea Prange,Billy Pulliam (BPu), ElizabethPullman, J.O. Pullman,T L I , Sept.25 (HW,CWa), anotherat Bat Cave, N.C., Sept.27 (RW), and Quay,Paul Raney, Tom Reeves,Mike Schultz,Tony Shrimpton, Jay two nearAtlanta Oct. 16 (JSt, EH). A Wilson'sWarbler, rare nearthe Shuler,Dave Sibley,F.G. Smith,Ramona Snavely, Cal Snyder,Jay coast,was at Moore's Landingn.e. of CharlestonSept. 22 (TR). Stolar(JSt), Clay & Pat Sutton(C & PSu), Don Tarbet,Reed & Conme Taylor,Andy Towle, Bill Wagner,Margaret Wagner, Steve Wagner, TANAGERS THROUGH CARDUELINES-- A SummerTanager at ClareWalker (CWa), HeathyWalker, DaveWard (DWa), RonWarner, Rock Hill, S.C., was 3 weekslate Nov. 7 (J & ACon). WesternTan- Anne Waters, Vernon Waters, Claudia Wilds (CWi), All Winrich agersappeared at theirfavorite habitat: coastal plain feeders, at Fayette- (AWl), Dwight Woods(DWo), CharlieWooten, David Wright, Jill ville Sept. 12 (RC) and at Sumterlate November-December(KMal, Wright.•HARRY E. LeGRAND, JR., 331 Yadkin Dr., Raleigh, SC) Extremelyrare for the Piedmontwas a 0 Black-headedGrosbeak, N.C. 27609.

Volume 38, Number 2 191 FLORIDA REGION CENTRALSOUTHERN /Lyn S. and Brooks H. Atherton Florida did not escapethe effectsof the world'slargest weather •,"• • • -L DIVISION i,•.• .OCEAN disturbanceof recenthistory. El Nifo wascredited with producingone ta•a•se•.-,',:/Live'Oak ' •St. Johng•ver of the mildesttropical weather seasons recorded in the AtlanticOcean. Balmy trade windscaressed Florida throughout August and most of ' -• •/•T+MARKS /• •/NAT*t • NORTHERN • . September.A low-pressuretrough, composed of threeseparate upper- St.:George ]s• / uog/Wt0u•E•. o•, Daytona•each atmospherelaws lying on a line from southernGeorgia northeast to off ...... 1•,/.EFUG E theCarolinas, spawned the season's first cold front, which stumbled Alllgoto into northernFlorida September14, and then stalledout acrossthe Po,nt Key• CoCoa centralpeninsula two dayslater. An unusualpattern of moderateto [amp•/ 8 L. Wale• hMelbourne strongupper-level winds from the northeastwas associatedwith the •t Petersburg •• ...... sightingof numbersof Atlanticmigrants (notably Lesser Golden-Plover ß • • • ,•_cn •Fort Pierce and Cape May Warbler) in western Florida. Just one week later a Sarasota•L bebnn• •LL.O•eechobee powerfulstorm over Hudson Bay setup anotherstrong north to north- eastcirculation along the easternseaboard, bringing more Atlantic mi- ..... grantsfarther west than usual. A thirdfront, powered by anintense low- Corkscrew pressurecell locatedover HudsonBay, set up very strongnortherly Marc• I- •- - .ff WILDLIFE winds sweepingfrom central Canadato the Florida panhandle.The resultwas observedas a spectacularpasserinc fallout at St. George Island September22. , ,, , , , DryTortugas Key g•,•Flamlngo On the weekendof October 14-16, Florida birders attendingthe /' Westm• '• Upper Keys JacksonvilleFlorida Ornithological Society meeting witnessed another majorweather disturbance. On October12-13, a stronguppor-atmos- t J LOWERKEYS • F•ridaBay pherelow over the Canadianborder established strong southerly winds over the easternthird of the countryin advanceof a fast movingcold front. With the passageof the front October14-15 the windsshifted to an equallystrong northwest pattern sweeping south from the Dakotasto GreaterWhite-fronted Goose, rare although sightings are increasing, Florida. Sandwichedbetween these two opposingwind patternswere accompaniedSnow Geese near St. MarksLight Nov. 5-10 (TE, JECet sloppywc•tthcr and someof the bestbirding of the season.The last al.). SnowGeese, normally rare s. of Gainesville,visited Merritt Island major cold front of the seasonoccurred November 10-12, followedby N.W.R., Nov. 12 (3--DS), Clear SpringsMine Nov. 13 (14•BC, moderatelystrong westerly to northwesterlywinds. DAC, LG), and L. Morton in LakelandNov. 30 (one--JL, TP, CG). CanadaGeese, rare migrants even in theTall. Div., wereearly at Merritt LOONSTHROUGH FRIGATEBIRDS-- Becauseby season'send Island N.W.R., Nov. 4 (DS). the weatherfarther n. wasstill relativelymild andCam. Loonswere just Numbersand species of duckswere still very low by winterat E.N.P. arriving,we wereunable to determinethe effect of lastspring's massive (fideOB); however,at otherlocations there were some unusually early kill (seeAB 37:861) on this winter's population.An Eared Grebe at arrivalsincluding a Blue-wingedTeal at SugarloafKey Aug. 18 (T1, JI) OkceheeleeP., near West Palm Beach Oct. 8 (CK et el.) was rare and anda Redheadat ZellwoodSept. 23 (CT). A Mottled Duck. rare in the early;however, three at Clear Springs Mine, Polk Co., Nov. 30 (CG, Tall. Div., wasnear St. MarksLight Aug. 11 (JEC) andunusual in the RG) were not surprisingsince the speciesis "becomingregular" in Keyswas a $ N. Pintailat Key WestNov. 27 (GY, FH). At theBanana winterthere (fide CG). "Large numbers"of Cory'sand Greater shear- R., NASA Compound,Merritt I., a d Harlequin Duck, firstobserved waterswere moving just offshoreof BrevardCounty Oct. 25 (JJ), and65 duringsummer (no date given) in eclipseplumage, was in its spectacular Cory's, one Greater,and one Audubon'swere 45 mi c. andn. of Ponce breedingplumage by mid-October(DB, LR, m.ob.; 4- and ph. to Inlet Oct. 29 (TR, CT). Six Audubon'sShearwaters heading S l0 mi F.O.S.R.C.). Althoughmany looked for scoters,the only one reported offshoreof PalmBeach Nov. 5 (HL, WM) werelate. An imm.White- wasa Surf Scoterat Marco I., Nov. 27 + (rare there--TB, VB). Clear tailedTropicbird found ill on thebeach at JupiterI., Sept. 19 (fide H & SpringsMine had 206 Hooded Mergansers Nov. 30 (very high count-- WD) wastaken to theMartin CountyAudubon Wildlife Hospital,where CG, RG) andlarge numbers of Red-breastedMergansers were reported it died 2 dayslater (* to T.T.R.S.). Two MaskedBoobies were offshore at several coastal locations. of PineliasCounty Sept. 17 (JM, CBB et el.) and,during strong SE winds, an adult was observedfrom the Lake Worth Pier Nov. 20 (PWS, RAPTORS-- Late Am. Swallow-tailedKites at Key WestAug. 29 TT). SebastianInlet hosteda BrownBooby Oct. 18 (DD), and60 N. (headingS•KW) andat GainesvilleSept. 3 (RR) furnishedrare occur- Gannetswas an unusuallyhigh total nearMolasses Reef, MonroeCo., fencesat thoselocations. Another at E.N.P., Nov. 2 (BP, AB) wasvery Nov. 25 (GY et el.). late. SnailKites n. of theusual range were at StateRoad 60, St. John's TwelveAm. White Pelicansheading S at NaplesAug. 19 (TB) were R., Sept. 14, the SavannasRecreation Area, Ft. Pierce,Oct. 4 (2--H & earlymigrants, although some nonbreeders summer in thestate. Unusu- WD), and at StateRoad 50, St. John'sR., Nov. 28 (KD). An imm. Bald al in LeonCounty were three Anhingas at TallahasseeS.T.P., Aug. 23 Eagleat Port Everglades Aug. 24 (WG, ER) wasonly the 2nd sighting in (rare in summer),and a very largeconcentration of 68 Anhingasat L. 10years in e. BrowardCounty, and seven eagles during October in Leon LafayetteOct. 23 (GM). Severalhundred Magnificent Frigatebirds fre- County(GM, TM) was a significantincrease there. Early N. Harriers quentingthe "Marco Roost" area, Collier Co., throughoutfall (when visiteds. BrevardCounty Sept. 3 (county'searliest by 2 weeks--DD) usuallyonly 12-*- appearonce or twice--fide TB), couldhave been a and HomesteadSept. 4 (BN). Betterthan usualAccipiter movements resultof themild weather.More thanusual also lingered as far n. asFt. werenoted along the pen. coastswith "reverse"migrations at Hypo- De Soto P., PinellasCo., throughNovember (LA), and at Ft. Pierce luxoI., Oct. 20 (HL, C & FC), DuckKey Nov. I andLong Key Nov. 3 Inlet Oct. 17 (8--JB). (HND). The max]mumcount of Broad-wingedHawks was 100 at Key West Oct. 30 (FH). Short-tailed Hawks were fewer than usual at WADERS, GEESE AND DUCKS -- An Am. Bitternat E.N.P., E.N.P., wherethey winter •de OB); however,at leastfour appeared in Aug. 19 (BZ; ph. to T.T.R.S.) wasvery early and a LeastBittern at the theLower Keys Oct. 8 + (MB, HND, LK). Outsidethe species' usual "upperSt. MarksR.," LeonCo., Oct. 6 (TM) waslate. Two Glossy rangewas one at Rock SpringsRun S.P., OrangeCo., Nov. 12 (GB, Ibisesat L. MiccosukeeOct. 23 (GM) providedrare occurrences for JD) andanother at Lake WorthNov. 14 (TT). A veryearly Swainson's LeonCounty. A • FulvousWhistling-Duck with downyyoung at Hawk wasat E.N.P., Sept.4 (CM) andthree were in theLower Keys ZcllwoodAug. 21 (BM, A.A.S.) wasn. of thespecies' usual breeding duringNovember (HND, MB, PB). Fromlocations throughout (mostly range.Twenty-eight Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks had returnedby coastal),a total of at least 17 Merlins and 60 PeregrineFalcons was Nov. 7 (BS, PE) to lastyear's location e. of Sarasota(see AB 37.'171). A observedfrom mid-Septemberthrough November.

192 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 RAILS THROUGH SHOREBIRDS -- A Yellow Rail struck the A total of six Black-balledCuckoos included the earliest,at S G I, WCTV tower n. of TallahasseeOct. 7 (fide RC, * to T.T.R.S.) and a Sept.22 (2--JEC), andthe latest,Oct. 7, at S.G.I. (CW) andFt. De Sorawas very early nearSt. Marks Light Aug. 11 (JEC, BZ). Twenty- Soto(LA). A tardyYellow-billed Cuckoo at Ft. De SotoNov. 13 (J & sevenshorebird species that visiteda temporaryimpoundment at Port LH, LA) wasthe latetst of threethere in November."Numerous sight- Evergladesincluded 11 Am. AvocetsOct. 27-Nov. 9 (rarein county-- ings"of MangroveCuckoos at CapeFlorida from September through mob ), a hatching-yearWhite-rumped Sandpiper Nov. 18-22 (state November(fide OB) wereprobably wanderers from nearby breeding rarity in fall--WG et al.) and the county'sfirst record of Buff-breasted groundssince the species is rare n. of BiscayneBay. On Nov. 11(JV), a SandpiperSept. 14 (2--WG). Lesser Golden-Plovers,usually rare, Groove-billedAni appearedat AnhingaTrail, E.N.P., whereup to two, were more numerousthan usual.Among thosewere: earliest--fourat associatingwith Smooth-billeds,have beenobserved intermittently the Leon CountyS.T.P., Sept. 15 (HMS), latest-•oneat Tallahassee sinceSpring 1982. As before,none was reported in summer. S T P., Nov. 19-25 (GM, m.ob.), and maximumcount---eight at Zell- Threehatching-year Burrowing Owls remained at a MarcoI. burrow wood's sod farm Sept. 18 (LA, BA). Ohio Key's 200 Semipalmated firstobserved in July.However, no trace was found of theadults origi- PloversNov. 26 (GY et al.) and Ft. George Inlet's 37 Am. Oyster- nally there. As far as known, this was the island'sfirst recordof the catchersNov. 27 (Duval County--MD) were high numbersfor those species,and the southernmostfor the Gulf Coast(TB). An injured locations.A Black-neckedStilt nearSt. MarksLight Aug. 11 (JEC, BZ) LesserNighthawk died soon after being found in Miami Oct. 10 (MC, * constituteda fall rarity for the Tall. Div., andone was a late migrantat to E.N.P.). CommonNighthawks moved through in goodnumbers, Duda Farms-BelleGlade Nov. 13 (PWS, PO). The Am. Avocet, rare in notably,e. of SarasotaSept. 14 (317--D & GM), but werelate at the Duval Countyand the Tall. Div., was at BlountI., Aug. 6 (4•PP), near following locations:near Lake PlacidOct. 6 (7 "severalweeks" late• St MarksLight Sept.3 (4•TE, SJ) andHickory Mound Impoundment, FL), TallahasseeOct. 15 (oneflying N--GM), FloridaCity Nov 7 Taylor Co., Sept. 23 (one--JEC). (calling PO), and Delray BeachNov. 28 (PWS). Sarasotahad an Rare in Palm Beach County, three Whimbrelsat HighlandBeach unusuallyhigh count of 56 ChimneySwifts Oct. 16 (D & GM). But, Sept 23 (C & FC) wereparticularly significant in lightof the species' more astonishing,on the s.e. coastwhere ChimneySwifts are rare aversionto crowdedbeaches. A Whimbrel at Deer Key Nov. 23 (AS) exceptas migrants in smallgroups, an unprecedented 775 were tallied in was rare that far s. The outstandingshorebird of the seasonwas a 2 hoursat HypoluxoI., Oct. 25 (HL et al.). Threeothers were late at HudsonJanGodwit at Zellwood Sept. 16-18 (CT, TR, m.ob.; '• to TallahasseeNov. 9 (JMS). F O S.R.C.), in the samefield whereone appearedduring Fall 1980 (AB 35:172-76).Fifty Red Knotsat Ohio Key Nov. 28 (GY et al.) wasa FLYCATCHERS An E. Wood-Pewee was an uncommon and high numberfor the Keys. Sanderlings,usually rare in Leon County, earlymigrant at Key WestAug. 19 (TI, JI); however,others were quite madestops at TallahasseeS.T.P., Aug. 30 (HMS, JEC), Leon County late farthern.; S.G.I., Nov. 9 (calling--HMS; * to T.T.R.S.), Ft. De S T P., Sept. 15 (HMS) anda pondnear Tallahassee Oct. 22 (2•M). SotoNov. 11(LA), andCasey Key, SarasotaCo., Nov. 12(A & SS).A The Tall. Div. 's first fall sightingof the White-rumpedSandpiper oc- Yellow-belliedFlycatcher was banded at CaseyKey Sept. 15 (A & SS) curredat S.G.I., Sept. 22 (JMS). Visiting Stilt Sandpipersat Tallahas- and an AcadianFlycatcher was late at TallahasseeOct. 22 (HMS) see S T.P., established2 Tall. Div. records,highest count was of 40 Hatching-yearc3 Alder Flycatchers were banded at CaseyKey Sept.9, Oct 9, and latestwas Nov. 5 (GM). One at GainesvilleOct. 13 (BM, 17, 19 & 25 (A & SS). Two "Traill's" Flycatcherswere identifiedat RR) was AlachuaCounty's first ever. Buff-breastedSandpipers were S.G.I., Sept.22 (JMS,SC, JEC)and another was banded at CaseyKey unusualat the followinglocations: Tallahassee S.T.P., Aug. 21 (JEC), Oct. 8 (A & SS). On bothSept. 22 (JMS) andOct. 14 (SC, JMS, JEC), Ft De SotoAug. 31 (MS, BS) andSept. 14-16 (LA, CJD, m.ob.), and threeLeast Flycatcherswere at S.G.I., and one, calling, was late at Port CanaveralOct. 1 (6th county record BA et al.). A Wilson's Payne'sPrairie S.P., AlachuaCo., Nov. 30 (CH). Five callingat Phalarope,rare in theTall. Div., wasan unexpectedmigrant at theLeon Wellington,Palm BeachCo., Nov. 6 (HL, PWS, GH) werepresumed CountyS.T.P., Sept. 15 (HMS). wintering.A veryearly E. Phoebewas banded at Casey Key Sept.2 (A & SS). A c3Vermilion Flycatcher at FlamingoCampground, E.N.P , GULLS AND TERNS -- The permanentclosing last spring of the Nov. 3 + (m.ob.) delightedFlorida Aud. Soc. members,and a female ToytownLandfill in PineliasCounty--birders, take note--greatlyre- appearednear St. Marks Light Nov. 5 (TE et al.). ducedthe numberof rare gulls usuallyfound in that area; however, Althougha few W. Kingbirdsare foundeach fall alongthe coasts, routinevisits to otherfacilities frequented by gullsproved rewarding. inlandsightings in the N. Pen. are rare;thus, one at Duda Farms,Lake Unusualin LeonCounty was a LaughingGull thatintermittently visited Co., Sept.23 (early--CT) wasthe mostsignificant of sevenreported TallahasseeS.T.P., Aug. 13+ (GM). An ad. Franklin'sGull Sept.19 Largenumbers of E. Kingbirdsmoved along the Gulf Coastwith high anda first-basic-plumagedindividual Nov. 14 fed at theHillsborough countsof 250 at Ft. De SotoSept. 14 (LA) and 150 at S.G.I., Sept. 22 HeightsLandfill, HillsboroughCo. (SP). Amazingly,the St. Lucie (JMS, SC). However, inland at Lake Placid, Lohrer reportedthat his Countyand the Indian River Countylandfills each had at leastfour in the only observationwas of 145 in 2 flocksSept. 1, althoughthe speciesis latterplumage Nov. 29 + (H & WD et al.). A Bonaparte'sGull was normallyvery commonthere during late August through early Septem- early at TallahasseeS.T.P., Nov. 5 (GM) and an ad. Lesser Black- ber. At least500 gatheredat a sitenear St. MarksLight Sept.9-11 (TE, backedGull fed at a smalllandfill in PinellasCounty Nov. 27 + (GW). SJ) and sincelarge numbershave frequented this areain pastyears, it An ad. Sabine'sGull 12 mi e. of CapeCanaveral Aug. 31 (RB; 'kto was suspectedof beingan annualroost (fide HMS). Gray Kingbirds F O S.R.C.) was, by far, the rarestgull of the season. were late at Alligator Pt., Oct. 5 (CW) and Ft. PierceInlet StateRecrea- A goodGulf Coastmigration of Com.Terns was indicated by 400 at tion Area Oct. 17 (JB). Quite interestingwere 11 Scissor-tailedFly- LongboatKey Oct. 3 (BS, MS), and,during severe weather preceding a catchersfeeding on beesat a Key West beehiveNov. 22 (GY et al.) cold front, by 250 restingon the beachat Ft. De SotoOct. 13 (LA). Threebirds tagged as adultsin Torontoduring 1981-82 fed aboutthe Ft. SWALLOWS THROUGH WAXWINGS -- For about 8 years, a De Sotofishing pier Oct. 22-Nov. 11 (FL, LA). Approximately100 downtownNaples parking lot hasbeen a "stagingground" for Purple Forster'sTerns at L. TalquinOct. 15 (GM) wasLeon County's highest Martinsheading S. This year, the martinsfirst appearedin mid-August, countever, and Least Terns at TallahasseeS.T.P., Sept.11 (2--GM) peakedto about3500 by Sept.3, anddwindled to noneby Oct. 5 (TB, andLeon County S.T.P., Sept.15 (one--HMS) were the county's latest VB). Excellent details accompaniedthe report of several Bahama ever Swallowsin the Lower Keys, one at StockI., Aug. 16 andtwo at Key West Aug. 19 (TI, JI; ? to F.O.S.R.C.). Thirty N. Rough-winged DOVESTHROUGH SWIFTS-- In lateAugust, a colonyof White- Swallowsn. of Marco I., Nov. 13 (TB, MW) providedthe "first good crownedPigeons (100 _+ pairs) at ArsenickerKey, s. BiscayneBay reportfor the area" (fide TB), and one waslate at TallahasseeS.T.P , (RH), was unusualsince most nest in Florida Bay (fide OB). One at Nov. 25 (GM). Bank Swallowswere notedin highestnumbers ever at HypoluxoI., Oct. 7--and possiblythe same, Oct. 30•was well n. of its Zellwood (CT, m.ob.) and were unusuallycommon at Ft. De Soto usualrange (HL, PWS). Two White-wingedDoves at S.G.I., Oct. 16 + (LA). A Cliff Swallow,an uncommonmigrant in theKeys, was early at (SC, JEC)were probably w. strays,but the origin of 30 _+at a Key West Key West Aug. 17 (TI, JI); one at Ft. De SotoOct. 31 (LA) was late, as feederNov. 29 + (FH, PM) was unknown. was an inland Barn Swallow at TallahasseeS.T.P., Nov. 5 (GM).

Volume 38, Number 2 193 Sincethe 2 crow speciesdo not normallyintermingle, it was ironic that at Virginia Key, where Fish Crows abound, an Am. Crow was calling Oct. 1 (BN) and at Royal Palm Hammock, E.N.P., whereAm. Crows are common, a Fish Crow was vocalizingOct. 7 (CM). A Red- breastedNuthatch was early at Alligator Pt., Oct. 3 (CW), but tbur CarolinaWrens at West Palm Beachdidn't fledgeuntil Oct. 11 (HL et al.). An early arrival in OrangeCounty was a SedgeWren at Rock SpringsS.P.. Oct. 8 (GB). By late October.Golden-crowned Kinglets were less rare than usual in the n. portion of the Region and Ruby- crownedKinglets seemedrather abundant,even farther s. The thrush migration was excellent, both in Palm Beach County where sightingsoccurred daily from late Septemberto mid-October (fide HL), and at S.G.I., wherethe following high totalsresulted from frontal activity: 40 Veeries Sept. 22 (JEC), and 23 Gray-cheeked,190 Swainsoh'sand 21 Wood thrushesOct. 14 (JEC, JMS). A Veery at Lake Worth Oct. 25 (TT) missedby one day tying that area'slatest record ever. AmericanRobins arrived early in many locationsand, by winter, couldbe found in mostareas. A Gray Catbirdat SugarloafKey Aug. 17 (TI, Jl) was possiblythe earliestever in the Lower Keys, and high numberswere at S.G.I., Sept. 22 (100•JEC) and Oct. 14 (90•JMS, JEC). At Port Everglades,where the Water Pipit is rarelyencountered, oneNov. 2 wasjoined by anotherNov. 12 (WG et al.). Sincethe species is not expectedin PinellasCounty until at leastlate November,a juv. Cedar Waxwing at Ft. De Soto Oct. 5 (LA) was rathersurprising.

VIREOS AND WARBLERS -- A well-describedWarbling Vireo at Hypoluxo I., Sept. 30 (HL, GH, ME) providedthat area's 3rd fall Townsend'sWarbler, Ft. De SotoP., PineliasCo., Fla., Sept. 14-15, sighting.Interestingly, migrating Red-eyed Vireos at HypoluxoI., were 1983. Photo/B.Atherton. See Changing Seasons, p. 173. describedas "unusuallyplentiful" (HL), but this year's WCTV tower- kill dataindicated that Red-eyeds represented only 4.2% of total species killed, tf. 17.5% for the first 25 years(fide RC). Warbler was very early at SugarloafKey Aug. 17 (TI, JI) and another In mostlocations, particularly along the coastswhere frontal activity was late at Ft. De SotoNov. 5 (LA). A Pine Warbler, a rare migrantat usuallyhas a greatereffect, the warblermigration was alsoexcellent. Cape Florida, visited there Oct. 15, and one of Florida's earliest-ever Blue-wingedWarblers, usually rare alongthe e. coast,appeared at the Palm Warblerswas there Aug. 21 (BN et al.). Twenty-sevenPrairie following locations:n. Clay County Aug. 21 (HC), JacksonvilleAug. Warblersat S.G.I., Sept. 22 (JMS, SC) and 50+ Bay-breastedWar- 29 (PP) and Sept. 6 (JPC), and Ft. PierceSept. 25 (H & WD). They blersnear Tallahassee Oct. 14 (TM)--both very high totals--were re- were "pretty common" at Gainesville(fide BM) as well as in Pinellas sultsof passingcold fronts. The latterspecies, more common than usual County (m.ob.). Gainesville's unusuallyhigh total of nine Golden- at manylocations, was lateat SaddleCreek P., Nov. 5 (PF) andat Ft. De wingedWarblers (m.ob.) was pleasantlysurprising and, sincethey are Soto Nov. 12, where a high of nine was recordedNov. 9 (LA). A rarely encounteredalong the e. coastand Keys, singlesat Jacksonville BlackpollWarbler at SaddleCreek P., Oct. 15 (CG. PF) wasrare away Sept. 26 (c•--PP) and SugarloafKey Oct. 16 (MB) werenoteworthy. from the e. coast,and a CeruleanWarbler at SugarloafKey Aug. 17 LettuceLake P., HillsboroughCo., recordedthe only Brewster'shy- (BZ) was exceptionalfor the Keys. brids,one Sept. 14 and another,differently plumaged, Sept. 19 (WH). SaddleCreek P. had33 Am. Redstarts,many more than usual, and a TennesseeWarblers were not only commonalong the Gulf Coast, but late ProthonotaryWarbler Oct. 15 (PF, m.ob.). A total of sevenSwain- someremained as late as mid-November.High countswere of 32 at son'sWarblers at 4 widespreadlocations, doubled the usualnumber and S.G.I., Oct. 14 (JMS, JEC) and 20 at Ft. De Soto Nov. 11, where the typifiedthis season'sexciting migration. The earliest,Sept. 16, andthe lastremained until Nov. 15 (LA). Onebanded at CaseyKey Nov. 17 (A latest, Sept. 25, were both at Ft. De Soto (LA). Late waterthrushes & SS) wasthe latestmentioned. An Orange-crownedWarbler at S.G.I., were: at S.G.I., a Northern Nov. 9 (HMS) and a Louisiana Oct. 14 Sept. 22 (JEC) was the Tall. Div.'s earliestever. NashvilleWarblers, (JMS), and one of the latter at LoxahatcheeN.W.R., Oct. 8 (HL). A late alwaysnoteworthy, visited Ft. De Soto Sept. 23 (LA), Cape Florida Kentucky Warbler at TallahasseeOct. 15 (JMS) was a WFSU tower Sept. 26 (BN), Hypoluxo L, Oct. 8 (HL, BH) and Ft. LauderdaleOct. casualty.A ConnecticutWinbier, rare in fall, stoppedat Elliot Key, 15 (WG, BH). The best and most surprisingbird of the year was a BiscayneN.P., Oct. 13 (RS). A hatching-year$ MourningWarbler, a Lucy's Warbler at S.G.I., Sept. 22 for the first staterecord (JEC; '• to rare and elusivemigrant, made a brief appearanceat Ft. De SotoSept. F.O.S.R.C.). 26 (LA) and another, late, slruck the WCTV tower n. of Tallahassee Unusually high numbers of Chestnut-sidedWarblers were 22 at Oct. 15 (RC; * to T.T.R.S.). HoodedWarblers are usuallymuch less S.G.I., Sept. 22 (JMS, SC), five at Ft. PierceOct. 8 (H & WD, JB) and commonin fall than in spring,even after cold fronts;therefore, 16 at sevenin n. Pinellas County Oct. 15 (KT et al.). One at Hypoluxo I., S.G.I., Sept. 22 (JMS, SC) was a significantnumber. A few remained Sept.30 (HL, GH, ME) wasrare there. Considering the species'usually muchlater than usual farther s., with singlesrecorded at S.C.P., Oct. 21 very active behavior, 75 Magnolia Warblersnear TallahasseeOct. 14 (PF) and Ft. De Soto Oct. 21-25 (LA). The latest, at the latter location, (TM) musthave been rather entertaining, but difficult to count--unlikea were a male and femaleNov. 9 (the c• remainingthrough Nov. 12-- late, tired-lookingone at Ft. De SotoNov. 8 (LA). Sightingsof Cape LA). There werefive Wilson's Warblers,the earliestat S.G.I., Sept. 22 May Warblershave increased along the Gulf Coastduring the pastfew (JMS, SC) andthe latesta male at JacksonvilleNov. 9-19 (JPC). The ten years.However, 14 in PinellasCounty (m.ob.) includinga late one at CanadaWarblers included the earliest, a "building-kill" at Lake Buena Ft. De Soto Oct. 27 (LA), were unusual, as was a lone bird at S.G.I., Vista, Orange Co., Aug. 31 (HK; * to F.A.S.), one bandedat Casey Oct. 14 (JMS). Althoughthere have been a numberof previoussight- Key Sept. 29 (A & SS), and the latest, near Bartow Oct. 16 (TP). ings,an alternate-plumagedad. c• Townsend'sWarbler at Ft. De Soto Sept. 14-15 (LA, BA, m.ob.; ? andph. to F.O.S.R.C.) providedthe TANAGERS THROUGH ICTERIDS -- A d' Stripe-headedTanager first undisputableevidence of the species'occurrence in the state. It at CapeFlorida Oct. 17 (BN et al.) wasin the samearea visited by one shouldbe notedthat, contraryto Roberson(Rare Birds Of The West last spring(AB 37: 860-63); but, as before, attemptsto relocateit were Coast, p. 382), a pale yellow washextended down from the rump and unsuccessful.The effectof the major cold front that movedthrough in acrossthe vent. Twenty Black-throatedGreen Warblersnear Tallahas- mid-Octoberwas exemplifiedby the 110 Rose-breastedGrosbeaks at see Oct. 14 (TM) was an exceptionallyhigh total. A Blackburnian S.G.I., Oct. 14 (JMS) and at least 25 at one Jacksonvillelocation Oct.

194 American Birds, March-April 1984 16 (JPC). Two Blue Grosbeaks(one * to T.T.R.S.) and six Indigo ville Aug. 14 (JPC), 14 gatheredSept. 16 (TP) at a HainesCity roost Buntingswere late at S.G.I., Nov. 9 (HMS); however,an Indigo at usedlast year, and a rare" Bullock's" andnine" Baltimores"at S.G.I., Casey Key Sept. 24 (A & SS) was about 2 weeksearly. A Painted Sept. 22 (JEC). Buntingarrived early at OrlandoSept. 5 (HK) andothers, usually rare in the Tall. Div., were at S.G.I., Oct. 14 (JMS) and Nov. 9 (latestTall. ABBREVIATIONS -- E.N.P.: EvergladesNat'l Park;F.O.S.R.C.: Div.--HMS; * to T.T.R.S.) and Hickory Mound Oct. 16 (DBr). Lone FloridaOrnithological Society Records Committee; S.G.I.: St. George Dickcisselsappeared early at HypoluxoI., Sept. 23 (CK, DC) and at a Island;S.T.P.: SewageTreatment Plant; Tall. Div.: TallahasseeDivi- Miami feeder Oct. 5 (MC). sion; T.T.R.S.: Tall Timbers ResearchStation; date with a "+ ": re- A late-nestingRufous-sided Towhee was flushed from a nestcontain- cordedbeyond end of period.Unless noted otherwise, any "Key" refers ing two warm eggsat ArchboldBiological Station, Lake Placid,Sept. 2 to one of the FloridaKeys, MonroeCounty. (CEW). Rare in the Keys were a ChippingSparrow at SugarloafKey Nov. 13-15 (MB, HND); two Clay-coloredSparrows at Lignumvitae INITIALED OBSERVERS -- (Area and seasonaleditors in bold- Key Nov. 8 (MB, JP et al.) and a GrasshopperSparrow at Key West face)Alachua Audubon Society, Brooks and Lyn Atherton, Danny Nov. 10 (PO, FH). Other Clay-coloreds,notable anywhere, were at Bales,Oron Bass,Jane P. Behr,Ted Below,Virginia Below, Greg S.G.I., Oct. 14 (JMS), CaseyKey Oct. 22 (banded--A & SS), and Betz, C.V. Bowes, Jr., Robert Bradley,Jane Brooks,Dana Bryan Flamingo,E.N.P., Nov. 12-19 (m.ob.). Lark Sparrows,rare migrants (DBr), Marge Brown, Page Brown, Amelia Bruno, CharlesB. Buhr- that sometimeswinter, were early at Royal Palm Hammock,E.N.P., man,James E. Cavanagh,Carolyn and Frank Christian, Dorothy Clif- Sept. 16 (CM), late or winteringat S.G.I. Nov. 9 (HMS) andw. of Lake ford,Julie P. Cocke,Sam Cole, Harold Conner, Bymm Cooper, Deana WorthNov. 12 (imm.--HL). The elusiveHenslow's Sparrow was early A. Cooper,Morton Cooper,Jeff Cox, RobertCrawford, Harry N. at Lake Kenopha,Alachua Co., Oct. 25 (BM). Addedto thevery few Darrow, Mary Davidson,Don Divitt, JonDodrill, Helen and William inlandrecords of Sharp-tailedSparrow were two that struckthe WFSU Dowling(H & WD), KevinDowling, C. JackDozier, MargeEaton, tower(JMS) and one downedby the WCTV tower (RC; * to T.T.R.S.), PaulEngberg, Todd Engstrom. Paul Fellers, Florida Audubon Society, all Oct. 15. An early SwampSparrow Oct. 7 (RC; * to T.T.R.S.) was Dot Freeman, Charles Geanangel,Roberta Geanangel, Wally alsoa casualtyat the latterlocality. Despite the unusuallywarm weather George,Linda Grable, RogerHamer, Frances Hames, Wayne Hoff- andthe species'rarely being found s. of the Tall. Div., loneDark-eyed man, Brian Hope, Judi and Larry Hopkins, ChuckHunter, Gloria Juncoswere e. of SarasotaNov. 10 (D & GM), at Ft. De SotoNov. 12- Hunter,John Imhof, Tom Imhof, JohnnyJohnson, Steve Jones. Herb 13 (LA, BA, J & LH), andLignumvitae Key Nov. 12 (JP etal.). A rare Kale II, CecilKilmer, Lois Kitching, Howard Langridge, Jeanne Lee, Lapland Longspur near Mahogany Hammock, E.N.P., Nov. 24-27 RobertLoftin, Fred Lohrer, Don andGrace Mace (D & GM), William (m.ob.; CM, ph. to E.N.P.), provideda "first" for the park and the Matthews, Paul May, ScottMele, Gall Menk, Cliff Miles, Edith Mil- state's southermost ever. ler, Jeff Moore, Tom Morrill, BarbaraMushlitz, Bruce Neville, Mark Two more additionsto the TallahasseeS.T.P.'s "noteworthy-sight- Oberle, Bill Olle, Phil Olsen,Tom Palmer,Jeanne Parks, Steve Patton, ings" list were a late BobolinkOct. 22 (JEC, GM) and a Yellow-headed Rich Paul, BobbiePettit, PeggyPowell, Robert Repenning,Ted BIackbird Nov. 5 (GM). Six other Yellow-headedswere noted at var- Robinson,Lois Robison, Ed Rosenberg,Jim Sigsbee,Bob Sokol, Mar- iouslocations throughout, with theearliest at Ft. De SotoSept. 14 (LA, gie Sokol,Alexander Sprunt IV (AS), Annetteand Stan Stedman (A & CJD, m.ob.) andthe latest,e. of SarasotaNov. 26 (D & GM). By Nov. SS), Henry M. Stevenson,James M. Stevenson,Roger Stone, Doug 27 (GW), seven Brewer's Blackbirds and a Bronzed Cowbird had ar- Stuckey,Karen Sunderland, Paul W. Sykes,Jr., Karl Thompson,Tad- rivedat a horsestable in PinellasCounty where both wintered previous- ziu Trotsky,Chuck Turner. Juan Villarail, CharlesWatt, Merle White- ly. Five thousandBrown-headed Cowbirds, a high numberanywhere, sell, Chet E. Winegarner,Kathy Wolf, Glen Woolfenden,Gus Yaki, invadedTallahassee S.T.P., Nov. 5 (GM). Adding a bit of color to a Barry Zimmer.--LYN S. and BROOKS H. ATHERTON, P.O. Box very busyand exciting season were two early $ N. Oriolesat Jackson- 58124, Tierra Verde, FL 33715-8124.

ONTARIO REGION /Ron D. Weir • LakeSuperior / • JAMES Mostof Ontarioenjoyed a warmautumn well intoOctober with onlya few strongcold fronts that grotreded migrants. Heavy night flights were detectedSeptember 6-7, 7-8, 11-12, and 21-22 (e.g., 3500/hour at •_•Saui,Saint •Kenøra•N•igø" Kingston).The hawksmoved September 13 through15, 23 through25, October9 and10, 15, 19and 26, andowls October 16 through 19 and29 and30; bothgroups one to two weekslater than usual. An extraordinary numberof migrantslingered to providelate dates.Purple Sandpipers, LesserBlack-backed Gulls and Black-legged Kittiwakes were found in record numbers while Northern Gannets rivalled their 1950 incursion. NorthernGoshawks (again) and chickadees irrupted. Among the rarities Ottawa• were Groove-billed Ani, Mountain Bluebird, Townsend's Solitaire, .% ..... Lark Buntingand Ontario's first Brambling. As theseason closed, Great Gray Owls appearedpoised to invade southeasternOntario. Italicized [ ...... R•r ri• Peterboroug h ( L• .... •rt King•o• place namesare counties. I Marsh Ho•e•olfe Is. j LOONS THROUGH GANNET -- An early Red-throatedLoon at SarniaAug. 20 (DFR) presageda heavyflight ledby the 59 thereand 25 L.St. • • -London •NiagaraFalis k. OHTARIO elsewherein the s. Only one of the two that landedon a lawn near C•a•r• • • • • ,Fort Erie KirklandL., Nov. 24 survived(PWR). SingleArctic Loonsreported s. • • .... LongPoi• r of Hudson and Jamesbays were at Kettle Pt., Nov. 6 (AHR) and • RonddauPP Pobl Pdee HamiltonNov. 7 (AGC) andtheir documentationhas yet to be consid- NP L. ERIE ered by the provincial recordscommittee. Peak Corn. Loon numbers

Volume 38, Number 2 195 were 169 at Kettle Pt, Oct 9 (AHR) and at Hamilton Nov 5 (RR) at NiagaraFalls Nov 15-Dec 2 (fide RWK) Notableconcentrations HornedGrebes were more numerousalong L. Ontario thanfor many included 156 N. Shovelersand 250 Am. Wlgeons at Ottawa Oct 16 years.There were 200 at StoneyCr., Oct. 30 (KMcL) andearly arrivals (BMD), 88 Gadwallsat PeleeNov. 25 (JBa) and 148 RuddyDucks at on L. Erie includedsingles at LongPt., Aug. q2 (L.P.B.O.) andRon- Blenheim Oct. 29 (KB). deauAug. 23 (PT). Red-neckedsprovided high counts of 48 at Burling- ton Oct. 10 (IR) and 25 at Ottawa Oct. 27 (SG) in an otherwisepoor RAPTORS-- A Turkey Vulture in A.P.P., Oct. 22 providedtheir flight.The 1983total for EaredGrebes was raised to 12, surpassingthe first fall record(DSt) and 200 appearedat Kimberley,Grey Aug 27 previousrecords of ninein 1973and 1981. Singles were at Winona Aug. (EB). Late Ospreyswere at ParisNov. 9 (N & HW) andManotick Nov 20-30 (KMcL et al.), Toronto'se. headlandSept. 15-November(fide 11 (BMD). Bald Eagle reportstotalled 59. The car-killedimmature at BDP), MountsbergSept. 15 (ADB), e. tip of Long Pt., Oct. 30 BracebridgeSept. 26 was apparentlybanded during the previousweek (L.P.B.O.), P.E. Pt., Nov. 6 (K.F.N.) and SarniaNov. 13-Dec. 4 at L. Placid,N.Y. (fide RLB). Peaknumbers of Cooper'sHawks were (DFR). 40 and43 at P.E. Pt., andHawk Cliff Oct. 15 & 16, respectively(PM, S.A. DEF), at whichtime theirnumbers equalled or exceededthose of Sharp- shinneds.An echoflight of N. Goshawkswas detected along the lower NorthernGannets appeared in numbersunsurpassed in more GreatLakes. Some 51 passedHawk Cliff (cf. 23 in 1982)with 17 there than30 years.Two in first-winterplumage were seen at Hamil- Nov. 5 and 12 Oct. 29 (DEF), the same day nine passedP.E Pt ton Oct. 29-Nov. 20 (KMcL et al.), the first since 1971. At (K.F.N.). Red-shoulderedsnumbered 100 each at P.E. Pt., Oct 15 Ottawa,one and two immatureswere seen flying Nov. 29 & Dec. (PM) andLong Pt., Oct. 26 (L.P.B.O.). An imm. Broad-wingedwas n 3 (JH, BL, BMD) andtwo otherimmatures were shot Nov. 30 of North Pt., Aug. 24 (CR) and one was still in GeorgianBay Islands afterbeing grounded and mistaken for geesestanding in a field N.P., Nov. 22 (BH). One Swainson'swas reported at Hawk Cliff Oct (BMD). Presumablythese birds were funneledalong the St. 29 (TNH, RKH). Totals of 26 Golden Eagles,83 + Merlins and 75 Lawrenceand Ottawa rivers by abnormalweather conditions. The last invasion on this scale occurred in autumn and winter PeregrineFalcons were reported.The imm. Peregrinecaptured in a Pembrokechurch Oct. 4 died as a resultof pellet wounds(fide JBo) 1949-50 when immaturesalso predominated. SingleGyrfalcons were seenat SparrowL., MuskokaNov. 5: a gray bird huntingseaup (RLB et al. ) and at North Keppel, Grey-BruceNov PELICANS THROUGH HERONS -- Two Am. White Pelicansap- 5, and a dark immature caught taking domesticducks, but released pearedat P.P.P., Aug. 28 (J & JT) anda singleat PortDover lingered (WE, JWJ). Nov. 18-27(TW et al. ). Impressivenumbers of Double-crestedCormo- rantswere reported along the lower Great Lakes. Leading the totals were Table 1. Hawk totals at two stations, Autumn 1983 1000 on Big ChickenI., in w. L. Erie Nov. 9 (DVW, JSt), 850 along AmherstI., Sept.4 (K. F.N. ), 300 eachat P.P.P., Sept.15 (AGC et al. ) Holiday andP.E. Pt., Oct. 1 (PM, O.F.O.), whereone was still presentNov. 26 Beach Hawk (JHE, RDW). The latestreport was from Erieau Nov. 27 (KB). The only Species p.p.t Cliff2 LeastBittern reports were of singlesat LongPt., Aug. 22 andPicker- Turkey Vulture 5635 1106 lng's CornerMarsh Sept. 24 (L.P.B.O., PL). At least17 GreatEgrets Osprey 48 46 were seenat Ingersoll,Cranberry Marsh, Port Elgin, Wildwood(8 + ), Bald Eagle 13 3 LongPt., ConestogaDam andDundas Marsh Aug. 2-Oct. 9. In sharp N. Harrier 420 380 contrastto last spring,only one SnowyEgret was found, a juvenile at Sharp-shinnedHawk 11,922 7815 Hamilton Aug. 25-Sept. 4 (GP et al.). Ontario'ssecond Little Blue Cooper'sHawk 453 317 Heron for 1983 was an immaturephotographed at Ottawa Aug. 14 N. Goshawk 32 51 (RBr). SingleCattle Egrets were seenat Port RobinsonAug. 2 (RWK, Red-shouldered Hawk 840 74 JC) and Erieau Oct. 28 (KB). Single imm. Black-crownedor Yellow- Broad-wingedHawk 35,800 3532 crownednight-herons were at SudburyAug. 28 (JCN), P.P.P., Sept. 10 Swainson's Hawk -- 1 swimmingin L. Ontario (AGC et al.), and at Whitby Oct. 29 (CEG, Red-tailed Hawk 5006 2645 JEG). Rough-leggedHawk 122 12 GoldenEagle 12 3 SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS --The FulvousWhistling-Duck shotby Am. Kestrel 2112 1733 a hunternear SmithsFall Oct. 22 (T. Curtiss)is now in the Nat'l Mus. of Merlin 32 9 Canada.There are about 12 acceptablerecords for Ontario.Arrival of PeregrineFalcon 20 12 650 + Tundra Swanswas reportedat SarniaNov. 25-27 (DFR) along unidentified 266 293 with a few hundredeach day moving E over Hawk Cliff Nov. 25-26 (DEF). The 65 Snow Geeseat North Pt., were early migrants(CR) and Totals 62,733 18,032 their numbers rose to thousandsat Moosonee Sept. 23-27 (KFA, O F.O.). The main flight of Canadasoccurred along a wide front from t(RL Benoitet al.) Aug. 27-Dec.5:79 days 2(DEFet al.) Aug. 29-Nov.26:67 days Atikokanto the OttawaValley Oct. 1-7 in a majorwaterfowl movement that resulted in 375 Wood Ducks at Ottawa Oct. 2 (BMD), 400+ GROUSE THROUGH PHALAROPES -- Ruffed Grouse were Gadwallsat InglesideOct. I (BMD) and scotersin the s. A d' Eur. judgedto be at a low pointin their cycleand only in QueticoP.P., were Wigeonremained at NiagaraFalls Nov. 15-Dec. 2 (fide RWK). Num- theyreported in highnumbers (SFP). The only Yellow Rail notedwas at bers of Ring-neckedDucks were up in the Bruce Pen. (JWJ); 475 and the tip of Long Pt., Oct. 12 (L.P.B.O.). An Am. Coot, rare on the n 580 wereat OttawaOct. 29 & Nov. 5 (BMD), and350 in KingstonNov. coast,was at theMoose R. mouthSept. 13 (RWA). The LesserGolden- 11 (K.F.N.). A late LesserScaup was with five downyyoung at Ottawa Ploverflight wasstrongest in early Octoberwith 400 nearLuther marsh Aug. 27 (BMD, BM). Sarniawas the centrefor King Eiderswhere five Oct. 9 (S.P.F.N.), 150near Sudbury Oct. 14 (JCN) and80 at Oshawa's and 13 appearedNov. 11 & 12 (DFR). Elsewheresingle females were at secondmarsh (MJB). Two Piping Ploverswere at Lake of the Woods Ottawa Oct. 29-30 (BMD et al.), P.E. Pt., Nov. 6 (K.F.N.), Hamilton Aug. 4-8 (DHE) andthe immatureat OttawaSept. 7 providedonly their Oct. 30-Nov. 12 where an imm. male was found Nov. 20 (HGC et al. ), 5th record(BMD, PD). An Am. Avocet spentSept. 7-19 visiting var- Kettle Pt., Nov. 13 (AHR) and Niagara-on-the-LakeNov. 13-Dec. 2 ious marshesin the Oshawaarea (E. & B. Pegg et al.) and threewere at (fide RWK). A Harlequin Duck, accidentalon the n. coast,was at the the Kingsvillelagoon Sept. 16-17 (MPW). A Willet wasreported well SuttonR. mouthSept. 26 (POS). In the s. singleswere along Toronto's n. at Winisk Aug. 22 (LF), a placefew observersever visit. The seven waterfront,Hamilton, Port Hope, Kettle Pt., Oct. 28-Nov. 20 andthree Willets found in the s. consistedof two at North KeppelAug. 10 (DF0 wereat CobourgNov. 13 (ERM). Observersin Moosoneenoted a heavy and singlesat Kettle Pt., Aug. 11 (AHR), NiagaraFalls Aug. 19-29 overnightexodus of OldsquawsNov. 3-4 that tied in nicely with peak (fide RFA), ErieauSept. 5 (TW), RondeauSept. 11 (TW), andHamal- numbers3 dayslater at LongPt., andP.E. Pt. A d' and •? Barrow's ton Oct. 2 (JBM). The Upland Sandpipersat Long Pt., Aug. 16 and Goldeneyewere at OttawaOct. 26 & Nov. 11 (BMD) anda malestayed Sept. 1 were unusualthere (L.P.B.O.), and the Whimbrelflight was

196 American Birds, March-April 1984 pooras fewer thanten birdswere reported HudsomanGodwits totalled Whltby's summenngIceland Gull waspresent to Aug 21 (JMS et al ), 45 in the s., of which 20 were at RussellOct. 5 (BMD). Up to 150 were and tn late Octoberunusually large numbers arrived in Ottawa, of which stagingfor migrationat Winisk Aug. 15-23(LF). Two MarbledGodwits 15 were ad. kurnlieni (BMD). were sighted,one at AmherstI., Aug. 4, whichwandered into a duck HybridGlaucous x HerringGulls were at theNepean dump Nov. 15, bandingtrap (MM), andat DundasMarsh Sept. 12-22 (RFi et al.). The 22 & 25 and an adult and two first-yearbirds were involved (RMP, 70 Red Knotsat Ottawa Aug. 17 was the largestgroup reported (BMD, BMD). Suchad. hybridsare extremely rare. A GreatBlack-backed was RBr). Five W. Sandpipersightings were documented.Two were at well n. of its rangeat the SuttonR. mouthAug. 24 (GM). KingstonAug. 14-Oct.2 (K.F.N.), two at HamiltonAug. 27 & Sept.3 (BWD, KMcL) and one at the Essexlagoon Sept. 8 (JEF). White- SoAo rumpedSandpiper reports numbered 105 + ledby 42 at OttawaSept. 21 The 118 recordsof the Black-leggedKittiwake upstaged last (BMD), while Baird's totalled 113 +. autumn'simpressive numbers. Very earlybirds appeared at the A recordflight of PurpleSandpipers was reported,with 57 + birds DundasMarsh and Rock PointP.P., Sept.4 (KMcL, RFA) and alongthe lower Great Lakes,well over previousrecord years 1965 and P.E. Pt., Sept. 25 (RKE, KFE). Onceagain birds were blown 1969. The maingroup appeared after Oct. 30, but oneat OshawaSept. inshoreat Hamiltonby E windswhere 57 werecounted in 2¾2hrs 14 was early (JSa et al., ph.). The largestgroup numbered13 on Nov. 5 (IJ, RR, DAS). Sarnia's41 leaving L. Huron to move AmherstI. (K.F.N.). The 216 Stilt Sandpipersprovided an unusually down the St. Clair R., were less concentratedand moved Oct. highcount. There were 30 at theWiarton lagoons Aug. 30 (MP), andthe 25-Nov. 16; 39 of these were immatures(DFR, AHR). Three 47 reportsfrom Kingstonin late Augustwere unprecedented (K.F.N.). immaturesat OttawaNov. 12 providedonly the 5th occurrence Buff-breastedSandpipers were alsounusually numerous, with 52 away there(RAF et al.). Presumablythese birds were funnelled along from the extremes.w. Two were at Winisk Aug. 17 (LF), andthe two at the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers. Wlarton Aug. 27-29 (JWJ) were the first for Grey-Bruce.Birds were foundas far e. as Russelland Kingston.Single Ruffs were at Havelock Aug 1-4 (AGC et al.) and KingstonSept. 21 (RDW). Eleven Long- Two imm. Sabine'sGul!s were nicely describedat the DundasMarsh billed Dowitcherswere found Aug. 17-Oct. 4 at Oshawa,Kingston, Sept.22 (KMcL) andSarnia Nov. 11 (DFR). The largestconcentrations Dundas Marsh, Winchester, Russell and Ottawa. The Am. Woodcock of Com. Terns reportedwere of 537 at Long Pt., Sept. 16 (L.P.B.O) seenat Moosoneein the periodwas rare there(JJD). Red-neckedPhalar- and 525 on AmherstI., Oct. 2 (K.F.N.). Severalin eachgroup wore opesnumbered 17 withoutany concentrations.Eleven Red Phalaropes wing tagsaffixed by bandersat Toronto'se. Headland.Seven Arctics wereseen Sept. 17-Nov. 30 at Russell,Kingsville, Strathroy, Long Pt., wereseen at closerange roosting with Com. Ternson thebeach at North Erleau, Sarnia,Niagara, Hamilton andToronto I. Highlightsof numer- Pt., Aug. 20 (MF, CR). In the s. the 2 sightingsat OshawaAug. 19 ouslate wader reports were of singleBlack-bellied Plovers at Moosonee (JMS, PH et al.) and5 in OttawaSept. 20 (THi) werereceived without Nov 10 (KFA) and DundasMarsh Nov. 27 (KMcL), Semipalmated details.The 45 Forster'sreports from L. Ontariowere a surprise.Up to Plover on AmherstI., Nov. 15 (RDM, DMo), and RuddyTurnstone eightper flock werein the Oshawa-Whitbyarea Aug. 19-Oct.7 (MJB), Nov 6 (RC et al.), Least SandpiperNov. 27 (KMcL) and Wilson's and the 22 at Kingston Sept. 1-Oct. 20 were unprecedentedthere PhalaropeOct. 7 (DG), all threein the DundasMarsh, Semipalmated (K.F.N.). A singleat the GuelphDam Aug. 28 (MDC) wasthe 2nd ever Sandpiperat BurlingtonNov. 6 (DG), White-rumpedat OttawaNov. 24 for the Region. Several late recordsincluded a Bonaparte'sGull at (BMD), and Baird's at Oshawa Nov. 10 (MW). Ottawa Nov. 27 (WC), a Ring-billedat KenoraNov. 23 (SRM), and single Caspian Terns at Hamilton and Long Pt., Oct. 17 (DP, JAEGERS THROUGH TERNS -- An ad. light-phasePomafine Jae- L.P.B.O.). ACom. Tern was reportedat Big Chicken I., Nov 8 ger wason the JamesBay coastat North Pt., Aug. 24 (MF, CR) and 2 (DVW, JSt) and a Black Tern at Ottawa Sept. 27 (BMD). othersightings involved one at HamiltonNov. I (HGC) and five at DOVES THROUGH HUMMINGBIRDS -- Late records involved SarmaNov. 11 (DFR). The 53 Parasiticswere seenin the s. Sept. 16- Nov 12 with 20+ at Hamilton and 12 at Sarnia OCideKMcL, DFR). theMourning Dove at Whitney Nov. 29, Black-billedCuckoo at Oxton- gue L., Halibutton (RGT) and Yellow-billed Cuckooat KingstonNov Details did not accompanyreports of singleLaughing Gulls at Oshawa 12 (GV, MV). A Groove-billedAni appearedat aThunderBay teeder Sept 24 (DJM, LR) and Rattraymarsh Oct. 4 (WCM), but the one at Nov. 4-5 only to succumbfrom unknowncauses (MJM). The specimen, Moosoneeto Sept.27 wasphotographed (A. Wormington).Four of the the 2nd for Ontario, is now in the LakeheadUniversity collection where sightrecords of LaughingGulls occurredaway from Niagaraat Ottawa Sept 20 & Nov. 8 (BMD), PickeringSept. 25 (J & JT) and Oshawa examinationsuggested a probablewild bird (JPR). Three N. Hawk- Nov 9-10 (DJM, MJB). Numbers of Little Gulls were lower, with 18 Owls in SudburyNov. 18-27 provideda record number, but were overshadowedby at leasteight different Great Grays there Oct. 31-Nov reportsfrom L. Ontario and only 3 from L. Erie. One was still at the 26 (JCN). Indicationsare that a Great Gray invasionis underway SuttonR. mouthAug. 8-9 (GM) wherefound June 1983. Four Com. Extraordinarynumbers were seen within the breeding range: 15 at Rainy Black-headedswere seenaway from Niagara, whereat leastone was alsopresent. Singles appeared at RockPoint P.P., Aug. 1-2 (fide RFA), R., severalat Atikokanand three at ThunderBay in November.Birds LongPt., Aug. 30 (L.P.B.O.), P.E. Pt., Nov. 6 (BM, RDW etal.) and hadreached the L. Superiorshore in earlyNovember, with 14 at Sault Sarma Nov. 12 (DFR, SR). The Sarnia area'sten Thayer's led in the Ste. Marie, threeof which were killed on Highway 17 (TDM). By the overall total of 22 (DFR), followed by Ottawa's six (fide BMD) with endof theperiod, they pushed E andSE withfive at KirklandL., eightat Sudbury,and singlesat Rutherglenand A.P.P. One Boreal Owl ap- four at NiagaraFalls (HGC, RWK) and singlesnear Kingston Oct. 25 pearedon AmherstI., Nov. 27 (JHE, PM). NorthernSaw-whet Owl (RDM) and Erieau Nov. 6 (PAW). Eleven were first-year birds. bandingsnumbered 79 at Long Pt. (L.P.B.O.) and 410 at P.E. Pt S.A. (K.F.N.). Reportsof heavy migrationof Com. Nighthawksincluded The status of the Lesser Black-backed Gull continues to 2000+ e. of Sault Ste. Marie Aug. 18 (BAW), 700 and 400 over change.Four is theaverage number of autumnsightings in On- SudburyAug. 12 & 18 (JGL), 500 at SarniaSept. 4-5 (DFR), anda late tario, with a maximumof eight in 1980, so the 24 this fall were bird at DundasMarsh Nov. 9 (PP). An imm. c• RufousHummingbird astounding.Ottawa's Nepean dump hosted at least11 different was thoughtto havebeen at a feederin Sapawe,Rainy R., Sept. 14-17 birds, all of which were thoughtto be the British race L. f. (NB, ph.). graellsii, andeight of which were adults.Aside from the onethat continuedto remainat the SaubleR. mouth,the birds appeared WOODPECKERS THROUGH SWALLOWS -- Single imm. Red- from Sept. 5 throughoutthe s. at Pelee-Wheatley,Erieau-Blen- headedWoodpeckers were n.e. to A.P.P., Sept. 30, their first since heim, Long Pt., NiagaraFalls, Burlington,Hamilton, andP.E. 1973 (RGT), Deep R. in early October,and Dorset, Muskoka Oct. 28 Pt. Thesehigh numbers suggest that breeding may be or soonwill (RPi). A Red-belliedwandered well N to the MooseR. mouthOct. 15 be occurringsomewhere in e. Canada.These events are excep- wherevery rare (KFA). Both speciesof three-toedwoodpeckers were tional given that Ontario's first recordoccurred in November scarce.Out-of-range flycatchers were a Great Crestednear Moosonee 1971. Oct. 14 (KFA), singleW. Kingbirdsat EastPt., alongthe s.e. cornerof JamesBay Aug. 27 (RJS) andLong Pt., Aug. 30 (DSh, KL), andan E

Volume 38, Number 2 197 Kingbirdat Moosoneesome time betweenSept. 23-27 (KFA, O.F.O.). A Scissor-tailedFlycatcher tarried near St. ThomasSept. 16-Oct. 8 (WRJ, MSS, ph.) raisingthe 1983 totalto thur. PurpleMartins numbered 500 and 300 at Ottawa Aug. 28 & Sept. l0 (BMD). and 500 at Long Pt., Aug. 30 (L.P.B.O.). The largestreported flocks of Tree Swallowswere of 20.000 near Sarnia Sept. 25, 10,000 at Bright's GroveSept. 22 (AHR), and7000 at KingstonSept. 21 (RDM). Young Barn Swallows were still being fed in their nest at A.P.P., Sept. 2 (RGT).

JAYS THROUGH WRENS -- Southof their breedingrange came singleGray Jays to P.E. Pt., Oct. 12 (EK), PortSevern Oct. 16 (RLB), KingstonNov. 23 (HM), andKaladar Nov. 29 (GV). The BlueJay was still at North Pt., Aug. 18 (CR). Nine migrantCom. Ravenswere seen Oct. 10-Nov.6 alongthe Niagara escarpment, Toronto, Ipperwash, and P.E. Pt. Black-cappedChickadees irrupted through areas from Ottawa, Cornwall,and alongthe lakeshorefrom Kingstonto PeleeSept. 15- Nov. 15.The numbersappeared lower than the big invasion of ! 975, but greaterthan those of 1981.Boreals numbered 22 in thes., fewerthan the WesternTanager, Pt. Pelee, Ont., Nov. 18, 1983. Photo/A. Rider. irruptionsof 1975 and 1981. Their main movementwas seenin e. Ontario.but one reachedPelee Nov. 19 (DFR, AHR et al.). Although there was a mass exodus of Red-breasted Nuthatches from A.P.P. (KFA, O.F.O.), a rarity alongJames Bay. A Blue Grosbeakvisited a (RGT), their flight was judged moderateat lakeshoreobservatories. Port Hope feederOct. 5 (N & CW). There were sevenClay-colored White-breastedsmoved in large numbersthrough Kingston, P.E. Pt., Sparrowsreported in the s., Sept. I l-Oct. 15, and one at North Pt., andthe far s.w., whereat LongPt., theywere more numerous than Red- Aug. 21 providedthe area's 2nd record(CR). A Lark Bunting, last breasteds(L.P.B.O.). ThirteenCarolina Wrens were notedof which six recordedin 1974,was photographed at P.P.P., Aug. 31-Sept.1 (LW et were in the extremes.w., five in the Toronto-Oshawaarea, and singles al. ) makingthe 14threcord for the provincesince 194 I. One Le Conte's e. to P.P.P., Aug. 29 (RDM) and KingstonNov. 6 (K.F.N.). Late Sparrowwas at Deep R., Sept. 27 (WW) andfive Sharp-tailedswere wrensincluded a Houseat Long Pt., Oct. 29 (L.P.B.O.), andSedge at reportedSept. 19-Oct. 10 at Long Pt., Ottawa, Oshawaand Dundas. North Bay Sept. 25 (EL). Fox Sparrows were unusuallycommon in many areas, and one on ManitoulinI., Sept. 24 wasan earliestever arrival (JCN). The Lincoln's THRUSHES TO VIREOS -- The Mountain Bluebird at lpperwash Sparrowpeak at Long Pt., occurredSept. 28 with 30 (L.P.B.O.) and at Oct. 30 (DFR et al., ph.) wasOntario's ninth ever. SingleTownsend's KettlePt., Oct. 2 with 35 (AHR). A possibleGolden-crowned Sparrow Solitaires at FonthillNov. 6 (RWK. LK) andCobourg Nov. 13-15 (BG was on Toronto I.. Nov. 9 (RW, RY) and its documentationawaits et al.) alsoprovided outstanding records. A VanedThrush appeared at a review by the provincialrecords committee. feeder in OrangevilleNov. 14 (WMac) and anotherat a feeder in TobermoryNov. 19-26 (fide JWJ). Wanderersto JamesBay included BOBOLINK THROUGH EVENING GROSBEAK -- Over 1000 the N. Mockingbirdat EastPt., Aug. 25 (RJS) and BrownThrasher at Bobolinkswere in RondeauAug. 31 (PT). A meadowlark(sp.) was in MoosoneeSept. 23-27 (KFA, O.F.O.). The 152 sightingsof Bohemian MoosoneeNov. 13-15 (SA, KFA), whereboth speciesare accidental. Waxwingss. of Sudburyheralded a significantincursion into s. Ontario. One 9 N. Oriolewas still at a DeepR. feederNov. 10 (WW). Ontario's Three at OttawaOct. 2 were very early (BMD). The only Loggerhead first Brambling turnedup at a feederin AtikokanOct. 23-26 (DHE, Shrikesreported were threeat Ottawa, the latestSept. 24 (BMD), and ph.). Pine Grosbeakspushed into e. OntarioOct. 15 wherethey re- two at Peleethe sameday (DFR). A White-eyedVireo was singingin mainednumerous to the endof the period.The PurpleFinch migration RondeauSept. 11 (KB). Anotherin PeterboroughSept. 25 (TB) pro- was moderate,but crossbillswere scarce.The only Reds were six at videdtheir first autumnrecord. Late lingerersincluded a Gray-cheeked ThunderBay Nov. ! (EIM) and25 at P.E. Pt., Nov. 6 (K.F.N.). White- Thmsh Nov. 7 (PAW) and Swainson'sNov. 12 (KB, PAW), both at wingedswere in Moosonee,but in lower numbersthan in 1982 (KFA), Rondeau,Yellow-throated Vireo at CranberryMarsh to Oct. 27 (MJB), onewas at P.E. Pt., Oct. 29 (JHE, RDW), andfive wereat ThunderBay Philadelphiain A.P.P., Sept. 27 (RGT) andRed-eyed at ErieauNov. 6 Nov. I (ELM). The redpollflight s. of Sudburywas weak as only a few (KB). reachedA.P.P.. Ottawaand Kingstonafter Oct. 24. A heavyflight of PineSiskins went through Oct. 9-Nov. 6, andby lateNovember only in WARBLERS -- Once again the warbler accountswere laden with Grey were they reportedin goodnumbers (JWJ). EveningGrosbeaks latedates, the extremes of whichwere Golden-winged in A.P.P., Oct. 2 moved S in 2 periodsconsisting of a weak flight in late Augustand (L & JW), Cape May at KingstonNov. 27 (JDR), Bay-breastedat heavymigration Oct. 9-Nov. 15. Some2800 wentover P.E. Pt., Nov. 6 Hamilton Nov. 6 (RC et al.), Cerulean at BronteOct. 27 (M J) and Am. (K.F.N.). Redstartat PeterboroughNov. 6 (IS). The fall migrationindex at L.P.B.O., showeda drop over 1982 for Tennessee(44/80), Magnolia ABBREVIATIONS -- P.E. Pt., Prince Edward Point; Pelee, Pt. (86/98), and Bay-breasted(53/98), but the highestindex in 9 yearsfor PeleeN.P.; Algonquin(A.P.P.), Presqu'ile(P.P.P.) and Rondeauare Blackpollat 150and highest ever for N. Waterthrushat 22 I. One Black- Provincial Parks. throatedGreen Warbler appearedin MoosoneeSept. 23-27 (KFA, O.F.O.). Muskoka-PerrySound's first ever Yellow-throated Warbler SUBREGIONAL EDITORS (boldface) CONTRIBUTORS (italic) visiteda feederin RosseauNov. 1-14 (fideRGT, ph.). ThreeProthono- and CITED OBSERVERS -- K.F. Abraham, S. Anderson, R.F. tary Warblersprovided a high countfor autumn.At Long Pt., a hatch- Andrle, R.W. Archibald, E.R. Armstrong, M.J. Bain, J. Bartell ing-yearfemale and after hatching-year male were present Aug. 15 & 29 (JBa), T. Bigg, N. Blogg, E. Bonner,J. Bouvier(JBo), R.L. Bowies, (L.P.B.O.) and in Manotick, one stayedOct. 19-23 for Ottawa's 3rd A.D. Brewer, R. Brouillet (RBr), D. Bucknell, K. Burk, M.D. Cad- arearecord (RHo et al., ph.). Despitethe strongshowing last spring by man, A.G. Carpentier,J. Chardine,T. Cheskey,G.F. Clay, W. Coburn, the Yellow-breastedChat, only one was foundat Long Pt., Sept. 22 H.G. Currie, R. Curry, M.P. Davis, A.L. Dawe, R.M. Day, B.M. (L.P.B.O.) and anotherbanded in Ottawa Sept. 29 (fide BMD, ph.) Dilabio, J.J. Doyle, B.W. Duncan,P. Dunn, T. Dyke, K.F. Edwards, providedtheir first autumnrecord. R.K. Edwards,D.H. Elder, J.H. Ellis, J.E. Faggan,L. Fazio. D. Fidler (DFi), R. Finlayson(RFi), M. Fournier, D.E. Fowler, R.A. Foxall, TANAGERS THROUGH SNOW BUNTING -- An imm. W. Tan- R.A. Gairdner, D. Gatdiner, S. Gawn, B. Gibson, C.E. Goodwin, J.E. ager was reportedat PeleeNov. 13-22 (R.H_ Westmore,LF et al.). A Goodwin, J. Harris, T.N. Hayman, R.K. Hayward, T. Hince (THi), P. Rose-breastedGrosbeak appeared at Moosoneebetween Sept. 23-27 Holder, R. Holland (RHo), B. Hoover, S.C. Howlett, R.D. James,

198 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 W.R. Jarmain, M. Jennings,J.W. Johnson,I. Jones,E. Keith, A.H. P.W. Richter, A.H. Rider, R. Ridout, C. Rimmer,D. Robinson,D.F. Kelley, KingstonField Naturalists,L. Knapton,R.W. Knapton, S.R. Rupert, S. Rupert, J.P. Ryder, J. Sabean(JSa), D.C. SadIer, D. Kozak, B. Ladoceur, K. Lambert, E. Leblanc, P. Lehman, J.G. Lem- Shepherd (DSh), M.S. Sinout, South Peel Field Naturalists, J.M. on, Long Poin! Bird Observatory,W. Loney, E.I. MacDonald, W. Speirs,R.T. Sprague, P.O. Steele,1. Stewart,R.J. Stitt, D. Strickland MacIvor, P. Mackenzie, H. Makepeace,W.C. Mansell, T.D. Mar- (DSt), J. Struger(JSt), D.A. Sutherland,P. Taylor, J. & J. Thomson, wood, M. Matthews, B. Maybank, M.J. McCormick, E.R. Mc- R.G. Tozer, G. Vance, M. Vance, N. & H. Walker, W. Walker, N. & Donald, D.B. McGregor, K. McKeever, K. McLaughIin, S.R. C. Wallace, R.D. Weir, D.V. Weseloh,L. Weseloh, M.P. Whalen, McLeod, R.D. McRae, G. Melvin, J.B. Miles, D. Moffat (DMo), D.J. B.A. White, M. Wilson, R. Wilson, P.A. Woodliffe, T. Woodrow, L. Mountjoy,J.C. NichoIson,Ontario Field Ornithologists, B.D. Parker, & J. Wright, R. Yukich.--RON D. WEIR, 294 Elmwood Street, M. Parker,S.F. Peruniak, R. Pittaway(RPi), G. Pond,R.M. Poulin, Kingston, Ontario, K7M 2Y8, Canada. D. Powell, P. Powell, L. Raczkowski,J.D. Reynolds,I. Richards,

NIAGARA-CHAMPLAIN REGION /DouglasP. Kibbe and Cheryl M. Boise

July endedcool but Augustseemed more like the middleof summer, cool temperaturesmid-month and local frostsin mid-Septemberbeing the only indicationthat anotherfall was upon us. We were scarcely prepared,however, for the onslaughtof raritiesthat appearedin all cornersof the Region. More than 35 speciesthat have received special attentionin this Regionalreport over the pastdecade were recorded, requiringa rigorousre-evaluation of our rationalefor boldfacingspe- cies. The migrationwas generallytermed good, from the pointof view of the observersat least, with notablelocal peaksat diverselocations September4-6, 12, 20 and26, andOctober 9 and 17-19. Neitherraptors nor winter finchesgave evidenceof impendinginvasions. Cone crops location,one of the bestin the Regionfor viewing fall waterbirds,also wereunspectacular although other wild foodswere locally plentiful. We yielded4000 + OldsquawsOct. 29, plus500 Blackand 260 Surfscoters arehappy to reportthat the strong migration was not reflected in Region- Oct. 17. Black Scoterswere found throughout the Regionin greaterthan al tower-kills. Weather-inducedfallout however,was noteworthy. usualnumbers, with 55 on ChenangoL., in c. New York Oct. 16 (RD) beingthe highestcoun! away from the Great Lakes. ChautauquaL. LOONS THROUGH HERONS -- Red-throatedLoons peaked late in againhosted an armadaof HoodedMergansers, 940 Nov. 28 (DG, DD) the season,a tally of 150 near RochesterNov. 27 (WS) beingthe best andMissisquoi N.W.R., seta Regionalhigh, with 7600+ Ring-necked count.A strongflight of Corn.Loons throughout the Region was reflect- Ducks Oct. 31. For sheerspectacle, however, imagine the 10,000+ ed in countsof 66 at Grand i., Oct. 18 & 29 (RL) and717 movingSW on Com. Mergansersthat gatherednightly at RobertMoses Power Dam L. Erie off Barcelona in less than 3 hours Oct. 23 (DG et al.). Three near Massenain November (JVR). Rarities includeda Corn. Eider Nov. HornedGrebes at RochesterAug. 25 (R.B.A.) wereearly as wasa Red- 16 at Dunkirk Harbor(BC,fide B.O.S), five King Eidersat Derby Hill neckedGrebe at BuffaloAug. 28 (B.O.S.). An EaredGrebe at Hamlin Nov. 12 and scatteredsingles thereafter, and four HarlequinDucks at Beach S.P., Oct. 6 (WS) was notable, but more surprisingwas the BraddockBay in November(MD et al.). Also rarebut possibly escapees Region's second-everWestern Grebe on Cayuga L., at Long Point were Mute Swans at Dunkirk, Rochester, and at Perch River Wildlife S.P., Nov. 9 (BM, RF). Possiblytwo (or three)N. Gannetswere noted; ManagementArea (breedinglocally at the last locality), a Barnacle immatures were seen Oct. 27 & 28 at Hamlin Beach (CC et al.) and Goose at Dead Creek Wildlife ManagementArea, Eur. Wigeon at Nov. 17 at Derby Hill (DC, JH). Presumablyentering the Great Lakes Niagara Falls and Ruddy Shelduckin OneidaCounty. via the St. Lawrence,these birds are probablydoomed since they are A TurkeyVulture at Hamlin Nov. 25 (WS) waslate but asthe species unlikely to ventureS over land as do the manyjaegers which appear hasgrown more abundant it hasalso proved more likely to lingerinto annually. Several strongflights of Double-crestedCormorants were winter. Tardy hawksat Winhall, Vt., includeda Red-shoulderedNov. noted on the Great Lakes in the first one-half of October but it was 1! and a Broad-wingedNov. 8 (WN), the latterexceptionally late. Both unclearwhether these represented departures from the growingcolony a Bald Eagle and a PeregrineFalcon were found shotin New York. on Gull 1., in e. L. Ontario or arrivals from farther w. or n. Least Abouta dozenof eachspecies was reported, while Merlinswere less in Bitterns,seldom reported in the fall, were foundat West Rutlandand evidencethan usual with only about a half-dozensightings. A single Colchester,Vt. (WN), the latterSept. 4, a recordlate date for thatstate. Golden Eagle at PompeyOct. !l (FLF) and a Gyrfalconat Webster Widely scatteredreports of Great Egretsincluded up to sevenat Monte- Nov. 9 (JC) round out the rarities. zuma,N.W.R., and2 sightingson L. Champlain.A singlestray Snowy Egret Aug. 13-27 at EldoradoBeach (GS) and a TricoloredHeron SHOREBIRDS AND GULLS -- The PipingPlover, now only a rare spottedAug. 15 (GC, RH) on ChimneyPt., AddisonCo., whichsubse- migrantin theRegion, was seen once, on OneidaL., Sept.3-4 (KS). An quentlyflew acrossL. Champlaininto New York, roundout the list of Am. Avocet gracedEldorado Shores on July 21 (GS), we belatedly regularlyoccurring long-legged waders this fall. The belatedreport of a learned.The bestshorebirding was, as usual,on the Ontariolake plains successfulbreeding colony of CattleEgrets on Little Galloo 1., in e. L. and at MontezumaN.W.R., where drainingattracted large concentra- Ontario(CW) is welcomebut therewas still only one sightingfor the tionsas evidencedby the flock of 450 LesserYellowlegs present Aug. Regionthis fall, a pair in the L. Champlainvalley (J & MCD). A Green- 30 (KG). At leastthree Willets stoppedover in c. New York Aug. 14- backedHeron near Rochester Nov. i (R.B.A.) wasexceptionally hardy. Sept. 11 andat leastfour Whimbrelswere noted there Aug. i-Oct. 9. HudsonianGodwits were scarce,five nearRochester providing the best WATERFOWL THROUGH HAWKS -- Tundra Swans whistled count.Purple Sandpipers staged one of theirbest showings to datewith throughthe Regionin lateNovember with 2350 at Mayville (LBu, FR) 25 + recorded,including two at BlodgettsBeach and another on Char- beingthe bestof severalgood counts. A flock of 11 over Northfield, lotteBeach (SA) on L. Champlain.At leastnine Buff-breasted Sandpip- Vt., Oct. 6 (WHB et al. ) wassurprisingly early and well e. of theirusual erswere noted from 4 locationsand a Ruff wasspotted at OnondagaL., flightpath. Brant also put in an excellentshowing with 2800 at Hamlin in early September.With the exceptionof 125 Short-billedsnoted at Beach S.P., Nov. 3 and 8000 there the following day (WS). This MontezumaN.W.R., Aug. 30, the dowitcherflight was mediocre.

Volume 38, Number 2 199 AmericanWoodcock are notedfor staginglarge fall flightson theEast Swalnson'snear Ithaca Nov 6 (ftde C B C ) and Wood at Jamestown Coast.Sixty at TheresaSept. 13 (ALF,fide LC) werethe first indication Oct. 18(E & DA). By Novembera few Bohemianswere accompanying in manyyears that this phenomenon still occurshere. Although widely thehordes of CedarWaxwings present in c. New York. FewN. Shrikes reportedin smallnumbers in w. andc. New York, all threephalaropes appeared.The only LoggerheadShrikes sighted were exceptionally escapeddetection in thee. halfof theRegion. Moderating temperatures tardy,Oct. 30 andNov. 6, bothdates more typical of theN. Shrike A lulledat least13 speciesof shorebirdsinto lingeringinto Novemberin White-eyedVireo spottedSept. 12 on Mt. Philo(J & MCD) wasa rare the Rochester area. find, particularlyfor Vermont. Jaegerscontinue to presentidentification problems for Regionalob- servers.Parasitic Jaegers constituted nearly all birdsreported from the e. WARBLERSTHROUGH FINCHES -- Fewer than adozen Orange- end of L. Ontario, while nearly 50% of the sightingsnear Rochester crowned Warblers were identified, two of them in Vermont. More were calledPomafines. The earliestsighting• were of lone Parasitics unusual,particularly in fall, was the Yellow-throatedWarbler at Forest Aug. 27, but the majorityof the flight camein Octoberwhen up to a LawnNov. 13-15(CC et al.), KentuckyWarbler at SandyPond Sept 8 dozenbirds/day could be seenat favoredvantage points. Little Gull (JH) and the half-dozenConnecticut Warblers, one of themin Vermont numberRwere unimpressive compared with recent years, and only one A Hooded Warbler in Shaftsbury,Vt., was also notableif correct Franklin'sGull wasnoted, at Rochesterin September.An ad. Common Unprecedentedfor New York and the Regionwas a possible Black-headedGull was foundat NiagaraFalls and both an adultand MacGillivray's Warbler reportedlybanded at FredoniaOct. 29 (MJ, immatureappeared at Hamlin BeachS.P. The summering2nd-year fide L.E.B.C.i. Althoughfall wasrelatively mild only6 speciesof IcelandGull seenat Dunkirkwas replaced by anequally surprising adult warblerslingered into November. Only the aforementionedYellow- in mid-August(AS). A LesserBlack-backed Gull waspresent at L. Erie throatedWarbler, Cape Mays at Sodusand FredoniaNov. 20, and a S.P., Oct. 7 (W & SB et al.) andNiagara Falls Nov. 13 (RA et al.). Wilson'sat DurandEastman P., Nov. 22 wereparticularly unexpected Black-leggedKittiwakes were present in numbers(max. 16/day)on L. The falloutof migrantsat PompeyOct. 9 includeda recordtotal of 65 Ontarioafter Oct. 27. A reportof two on the ConnecticutR., Nov. 5 Rufous-sidedTowhees and 575 White-throatedSparrows (DC) Also (DW) will giye Vermont'srecords committee cause for deliberation. presentfarther n. on the L. Ontarioshore that date were 250 Dark-eyed The imm. Sabine's Gull at Hamlin BeachS.P., Sept. 11 (MD et al.) Juncos.Many localitiesreported late sparrows.Although a Grasshopper was exceptionallyearly as well as rare. The previouslyreported Royal Sparrowat BuffaloOct. 25 waslater than usua!ly reported, the date is Ternat BraddockBay lingered only until Aug. 2. CommonTerns, well probablywell within the species'typical departureperiod. A possible reported,lingered into early Novemberat Buffalo and Hamlin Beach LarkSparrow at RochesterAug. 27 escapedconfirmation but a Sharp- S.P. Severalareas also reported higher than usual Forster's Tern tallies tailedSparrow Oct. 23 at Eastport(TB et al.) remainedanother day for with 21 at SandyPond (MR) leadingall comers.Black Ternswere last furtherexamination. The Sharp-tailedis probablyfar moreregular than sightedOct. 16 (RAS), slightlylate. sightrecords indicate. A tower-killedspecimen found the day after the Westportbird departedhints of a generalflight acrossNew York that ALCIDS THROUGH NUTHATCHES -- A tiny alcid, presumablya week. SeveralN. Oriolesoccurred past local departuredates, the latest Dovekie, flew pastCharlotte Beach on L. OntarioSept. 22. Exception- Nov. 25 in the Rochesterarea. Whether theseindividuals represent ally tardywas the Yellow-billedCuckoo car-killed Nov. 2 at Lysander lingeringhalf-hardies or loststrays from some other region, however, is (RS). SnowyOwls were scarceand nocturnal n. visitorswere unremark- a questionwarranting investigation. Winter finches were barely report- ableto nonexistent.Whip-poor-wills are too seldom reported in fall to ed. Crossbillswere particularlyscarce and redpollsabsent. say whetheran Oct. 9 sightingin c. New York is really late. Several commentedon the mass movementof Com. Nighthawksin the s. ConnecticutR. valley Aug. 25-27. From Vermont,where Red-headed CONTRIBUTORS (BOLDFACE) AND CITED OBSERVERS -- Woodpeckersare at bestrare breeders,came at leasta half-dozenfall Allegany CountyBird Club, D. & E. Anderson,R. Andtie, S. Antell, reports.Perhaps recent harsh winters have made E. Phoebescautious? T. Barber,W.H. Barnard,J. Berry, M. Blauer, E. Brooks,W & S In any event, only one was reportedafter mid-November.Although Brockner,Buffalo Ornithological Society,L. Buick (LBu) L. & D. regularon the EastCoast, Western Kingbirds are rarely seenen route, Burton, G. Carleton, C. Cass, Cayuga Bird Club, L. Chamber- at least in c. New York, making the Oct. 16 appearanceof one near laine, B. Chilton, K.L. Crowell, D. Crumb, J. Czeck, R. Daigle, M South Otselic (DM, JGL) particularlyexciting. A Tree Swallow at Davids, P. DeBenedictis(PDB), D. Dister, J. & M.C. Dye, R. Folder, Dui'andEastman P., Nov. 25 (WL) anda N. Rough-wingedat Derby D. Gagne,Genessee Ornithological Society, K. Griffith,R. Hagar,J Hill Oct. 15 (JL) were relativelylate. A goodflight of Red-breasted Hanyak,High PeaksAudubon Society, M. Jones,F. LaFrance(FLF), Nuthatchesoccupied boreal areas. A. LaFrac (ALF), Lake Erie Bird Club, J. Lally, S. Laughlin, R Lavalle, S. Lavalle, J.G. Lehman, W. Listman, D. Messineo, M. WRENS THROUGH VIREOS Not surprisinglyconsidering the Metcalf, B. Mitchell, L. & N. Moon, T. Mosher, J. Nicholson, W. dearthof summerreports, only a singleSedge Wren wasnoted. A fog Norse, OnondagaAudubon Society, B. & j. Peterson,V. Pitzrick, bank over n. PompeyTownship Oct. 9 causeda recordfallout of mi- F. Rew, RochesterBirding Association,M. Rusk,A. Schaffner,F.G. gran[sincluding 750 Golden-crowned Kinglets (DC). Vermont'ssecond Scheider,W.S. Scott, R. Slack, K. Slotnick,G. Smith, R.G. Spahn, Northern Wheatear wasphotographed as it lingeredat CornwallSept. R.A. Sundell, W. Symonds,S. Taylor, J. Van Riet, Vermont Insti- 13-17 (B & JP et al.). Late departuresseemed the role amongthe tute of Natural Science, C. Weseloh, D. Wilson.--DOUGLAS P. thrusheswith a Gray-cheekedat Pomfret, N.Y., Oct. 20 (B.O.S.), KIBBE and CHERYL M. BOISE, Box 34, Maryland, NY 12116.

APPALACHIAN REGION werefew frostsand the first killing frost was later Nan normal at most places.Late Novemberwas cold with snowat oneor two places,but /GeorgeA. Hall even by the end of the periodno real winter had set in. The passerinemigration was generallyvery good, althoughsome It wasgenerally a mildand pleasant fall season,and at most places the places,as usual, did not seemuch of it. The mild lateseason produced a birdingwas just as pleasant. The migration could well be termeda better tremendous rash of late dates for warblers and other small birds The thanaverage one, if not a greatone. waterfowlmigration was very poor, and in thesouth few had arrived by Augustand early September were warmer than usual at mostplaces the endof theperiod. The hawkmigration was not very spectacular,and andin theeast were much drier than normal. The westernpart of the while therewere lots of unusualshorebirds reported the totalflight was Regionhad more normal rainfall. In lateSeptember, and in particular probablypoorer than normal, partly owing to thelack of waterin many afterthe passing of HurricaneDean theweather changed. It waswarmer places. thanusual but for therest of theperiod rainfall was above normal. There By Novemberthere were signsof a modestincursion of northern

200 AmericanBirds, March April 1984 (BK et al.); and Rockingham,Va., Oct. 17 (R.B.C.). Two imm. White Ibiseswere seenin Botetourt,Va., Aug. 6-8 (BK et al.). Somewhatmore remarkable were Glossy Ibises at StateCollege, Pa., July 27 (PA), and Cumberland, Pa., Aug. 9-11 (JE), and an I Youn unidentifiedPlegadis ibis in Lawrence,Pa., Aug. 7-13 (DF et al.). A Wood Stork was at KnoxvilleSept. 10-Oct.7 (m.ob.), providingthe OHIO 3rd record for Tennessee(CN).

WATERFOWL -- The Tundra Swan did not deviate from its normal migrationroute and only one report, Deep Creek L., Md., Nov. 13 (RR), camefrom outsiden. Pennsylvania.Sizable flocks were seen over Warren,Pa., in November(WH), therewas a majorflight at Erie Nov. 24 (JM), and 1100 were seenat PymatuningL., Pa., Nov. 26 (RFL, ML). A Snow Gooseat L. Arthur, Pa., Sept. 20 (MG) was unusually early. This specieswas also reportedfrom PymatuningL., Oct. 29 & Nov. 5 (RFL) and from Elizabethton,Tenn., Nov. 16 (GE). The extensive introductionsof CanadaGeese in someparts of this Regionmake it difficultto assessthe timing and the extent of themigration, but flocks of severalhundred over the Warren, Pa., areain late November(fide WH) indicatedmigration. At PymatuningL., the goosepopulation was 5000 + Sept. 26 and peakedat 8000 on Nov. 26, aboutthe sameas in mostrecent years (RFL, ML). Brantwere reported from P.I.S.P., three Nov. 6 and one Nov. 8 & 11 (JM). The duck migrationwas on the low side and someareas reported species,but only two specieswere really involved in this. seeingvery few. There were, however,some interesting exceptions. As usualin the fall manyof the datacame from the two big banding The Gadwall is not normallyvery commonin this Regionbut this year stations,Powdermill Nature Reserve, near Ligonier, Pa. (hereafter, therewas a large numberof reports,usually of largeflocks. Two were P.N.R.), where 9269 birds (secondhighest total) with 54 out of 76 seenat PymatuningL., Pa., Aug. 18 (RFL). Most unusualwas a flock speciesin above-averagenumbers (RCL) andthe AlleghenyFront Mi- of 100+ at Lewisburg,W.Va., on the earlydate of Sept.22 (DW), and grationObservatory (hereafter, A.F.M.O.) on the Grant-Tuckerline in a few near there Sept. 18 (CH). Ruddy Ducks were reportedon some northernWest Virginia where9366 birds(a recordhigh) were banded veryearly dates, Aug. 7 at L. Arthur, Pa. (DF), K.S.P., Tenn., Aug. 27 (GAH). Two smallerbanding operations also contributed data: Norris, & 28 (C.T.O.S., DJ). Tennessee,where 949 birdsof 70 specieswere banded(CN) and Pres- The exceptionsto therather dull flightwere the 3 scoterspecies which que Isle State Park, Pa., where 598 birds were banded(fide JM). At wereunusually numerous and widespread. The BlackScoter is normally P.N.R., the peak day was October 18 when 453 birds were handled the rarestof the 3 in the Region but at P.I.S.P., Nov. 6 a flock of 475 (RCL) and at A.F.M.O., the peak day was October4 with 666 birds. scotersof which 180were definitely Blacks and the others probably this Unlike last year the supplyof naturalfood seemsto havebeen very specieswas seen (SS & JM). Otherrecords came from Bald EagleS.P., good at most places, althoughthere was no cone crop in the high Pa., Nov. 5 & 6 (TS & MK), Colyer L., Pa., Nov. 6 0Mc), Lock mountains of eastern Tennessee. Haven, Pa., Nov. 5-6 (PS), Garrett, Md., Nov. 12 (RR), and Chicka- In the following accountplace namesin italics are counties. maugaL., Tenn., Nov. 26-27 (D], ]S). Surf Scoterswere reportedat Colyer L., Pa., Oct. 27-Nov. 5 (KJ et al.), StoneValley, Pa. (DM), LOONS, GREBES AND CORMORANTS --There was an unusual- NickajackDam, Tenn., Nov. 12 (MB), ChickamaugaL., Tenn., Nov. ly large numberof reportsof Red-throatedLoons: Pittsburgh Oct. 23 28 (RS & KD). The White-wingedScoter is normallythe common (RT); L. Arthur, Pa., Oct. 30 (DF) & Nov. 6 (PH); Indiana, Pa., Nov. speciesbut wasreported only from the State College, Pa., area(no date 13-14 (M & RH); StateCollege area, Pa., PresqueIsle S.P, (hereafter, given--JMc), and from ChickamaugaL., Tenn., Dec. 3 (RS). P.I.S.P.) Nov. 27 (SS) & Nov. 30 (JM); ChickamaugaDam, Tenn., The two most unusualrecords were of a Eur. Wigeon in Meigs, Nov. 7-8 (K & LD), & Nov. 14-16 (LD & RS); andL. Conasauga,Ga., Tenn., Oct. 22, the 2rid state record (RS) and three King Eiders at OCt.27 (HD). CommonLoons were more common and widespread than P.I.S.P., Nov. 13 (JM, SS, JB). in recentyears with countsof hundredsat P.I.S.P., in mid-November (JM) and 200 at SenecaL., O., Nov. 18 (ME). At the TuscaroraMt., RAPTORS-- The resultsfrom the principalhawk watching stations Pa., hawk lookout 26 were seenOct. 26 (CG) and 54 were countedin a are summarizedin Table 1. Most reportersfelt thatthis was a pooryear 2-hr period Nov. 13 (CB). HornedGrebes were abundantat P.I.S.P. comparedwith otheryears. Someother counts reported were of 1144 (JM) but elsewhere were scarceor absent. An Eared Grebe was at the Broad-wingedsfrom 3 locationsin e. TennesseeSept. 23 (fide CN), and Kingston Steam Plant (hereafter, K.S.P.) Tenn., Oct. 23-Nov. 1 1400 nearCharleston, W.Va., Sept. 15 (fide NG). Severalof the sta- (m.ob.). A Red-neckedGrebe was found in Rockingham,Va., Oct. 31 tions remained in operationthrough October and into November and (R.B.C.). Double-crestedCormorants were reportedin unusualnum- these were rewardedby some unprecedentedcounts of Red-tailed bers from all parts of the Region. Hawks.At TuscaroraSummit, Pa., 446 werecounted Sept. 21 (CB) and at RockfishGap, Va., 1484were counted during the seasonwith 284 on HERONS, IBISES AND STORK -- Least Bitterns were found at one day (DP, YL). P.I.S.P., Aug. 23 (SS), McClinticWildlife Area,Mason, W.Va., Aug. The goodnews on raptorsis thatthe numberof reportsof botheagle 30 (TI), and a late one at L. Arthur, Pa., Oct. 2 (DF). Great Blue Herons species,the N. Goshawk,and the PeregrineFalcon are too numerousto andGreat Egrets were morecommon than usual in the fall, andreports be listedin detail. The Bald Eaglesin Crawford,Pa., raisedfive young of the egret came from throughoutthe Regionin August. The only (includingone transplant),one more than last year (RFL). Bald Eagles reportsof Snowy Egretscame from e. Tennessee,Hiwassee R. Area werereported from 20 locations,21 at the hawkwatching stations and Aug. 28-Sept. 3 (fide DJ) andBradley Sept. 11 (LD & RS). Little Blue 13 at otherlocations. Forty-one N. Goshawkswere tallied, eight away Heronswere reported from AustinSprings. Tenn., Aug. 1 (RK), Hiwas- from the stations.There were a few scatteredrecords of Rough-legged see R. Area, Tenn., Sept. 3 (IS), Meigs, Tenn., Sept. 2 (fide RS), Hawks, with s. recordscoming from RockfishGap, Va., and Mendota Ooltewah,Tenn., Sept. 12 (LD), Botetourt,Va., Aug. 6-Sept. 13 (NM, Tower, Va. (DP), and 2 recordsin Rockingham,Va. (R.B.C.). Forty- MP, HT), Clinch Valley, Va., Aug. 7 (RP), andRowan, Ky., through fourGolden Eagles were reported from 12 locationsfrom StateCollege, August(FB). Cattle Egretswere reportedfrom Meigs, Tenn., Aug. 27 Pa., to n. Georgia.Nineteen were seenat the TuscaroraSummit station (RS), Ooltewah,Tenn., Sept. 12 (LD), HiwasseeR. Area, Tenn., Aug. (CB). Ten of thesewere seenat placesother than the ridge-top hawk 3 (JS), NickajackL., Tenn., Oct. 5 (D & PC), Roanoke,Va., Sept. 14 watchingstations. A GoldenEagle was "hacked"nearState College

Volume 38, Number 2 201 (fide KJ) Merlins were reportedmuch more frequentlythan usualand Region) as LesserGolden-Plover, Whlte-rumped Sandpiper, Batrd's an early one was seenat JerseyShore, Pa., Aug. 24 (PS). Peregrine Sandpiper,and Stilt Sandpiperwere reportedin suchnumbers at so Falconswere not sonumerous but thefigures were still muchbetter than many placesthat spacedoes not permit the detailingof theserecords in any recentyear. Twenty-two birds were reportedfrom 6 locations, RuddyTumstones were reported from P.I.S.P., August-Oct.9 (mob ), eight at placesother than the hawk watchingstations. Cheshire,O., Aug. 30 (4th local record)& Oct. 19 (TI), Rowan, Ky (firstlocal record--FB), Roan'sCr., Tenn., Sept.8-14 (RK), Douglas Table 1. Hawk Migration AppalachianRegion, Fall 1983 L., Tenn., Sept.2 (AK), andseveralreports from K.S.P. (fideDJ, CN) Red Knotswere reportedfrom K.S.P., Aug. 29 (K & LD) & Sept 2 Days Br-wg (RS), DouglasL., Tenn., Sept. 18 (AK), andP.I.S.P., Aug. 21-Sept obs.Sh-sh • Br-wg2 High Total 21 (SS). Sanderlingswere found at K.S.P., Aug. 24 (DJ)-Oct.8 fitde Tuscarora CN), at PymatuningL., Pa., Sept. 7 (RFL), P.I.S.P., Sept. 3 (RFL, Summit, PA * 1382 1526 * 4613 ML), andat BaldEagle S.P., Pa., Aug. 12 (HH) & Sept.25 (CHa) and (CG, CB) Roanoke,Va., Sept. 14-21(MP et al.). Buff-breastedSandpipers were Washington found at K.S.P., Aug. 27-Sept. 18 (fide CN), at DouglasL., Tenn, Mon. S.P., Aug. 28 (AK) and2 locationsnear Roanoke Aug. 27-30 & Sept. 14-15 MD (TD) * 1211 2030 628 (9/15) 4796, (MP). Bear Rocks, WV 14 8 1372 1049 (9/15) 1421 The moreunusual species were: Piping Plover, K.S.P., Aug. 13-15 (fide DP) (AH, K & LD) and P.I.S.P., Oct. 4 & 8 (JM, KA); Am. Avocet, East River K.S.P., Sept. 6 (JT); Willet, P.I.S.P., July 23 (MK & TS) & Sept 3 Mt., WV 17 43 2437 1272 (9/15) 2506 (RFL); WataugaL., Tenn., Sept. 8-14 (RK); and HiwasseeR. Area, (JP) Tenn., Aug. 27 (DJ & JS);Whimbrel, P.I.S.P., Aug. 28-Oct. 15 (very Peters Mt., WV 15 61 2444 648 (9/16) 2601 late) (SS) and RoanokeSept. 14 (first local record TF); Hudsonian (GH) Godwit, P.I.S.P., Oct. 8 (SS) and HiwasseeR. Area, Tenn., Nov 12 Rockfish Gap, (2nd fall record--PR); PurpleSandpiper, P.I.S.P., Nov. 5, 6, 17 (T & VA (fide DP) 69 1194 14,609 10,611 (9/15) 17,491 NMc) (SS, JM); Long-billedDowitcher, PymatuningL., Pa., Sept 7 Harvey's Knob, (RFL), P.I.S.P., Oct. 16 (SS& JM), andRoanoke (first county record), VA (fide DP) 56 628 8131 3642 (9/15) 9992 Oct. 13-17(MP et al.); Wilson'sPhalarope, Hiwassee R. Area,Tenn, Mendota Fire Aug. 18-20 (DJ, JS), P.I.S.P., Aug. 21-23 (SS, JM), K.S.P., Aug 28 Tower, VA 14 42 7419 * 7228 (DJ); Roan'sCr., Tenn., Sept.9 (RK), Rowan,Ky., Sept.21 (FB), and (fide DP) Huntington,W.Va., Sept. 17 (TI); Red-necked Phalarope, Guilford Look Rock L., O., Sept. 17 & 18 (EP, DFo); Red Phalarope, nineat PointS P , Chilowee Mt., PittsburghNov. 21 (JKe, DF). TN (fide LF) 14 16 2063 1566 (9/24) 2602 SignalPoint, GULLS AND TERNS -- Therewas an unusualnumber of reportsof TN (fide LF) 9 29 1351 700 (9/24) 1419 LaughingGulls, Bald Eagle S.P., Aug. 12-20 (HH, MW, CHa, PS), Laurel Grove P.I.S.P., Oct. 10 (2nd fall record JM), K.S.P., Aug. 24 (DJ et al ), Fire Tower, andChickamauga L., Tenn., Oct. 29 (JS). Unreportedfor the summer TN (fide LF) 8 8 888 * 974 seasonwas a Franklin'sGull at BaldEagle S.P., July23 (MK). A Little Thorn Hill Gull was at P.I.S.P., Nov. 5 (BG). At PymatuningL., Pa., 2000 (Clinch Mt.), Bonaparte'sGulls were presentNov. 12 (RFL). The only reportof a TN (fide LF) 6 6 2998 2464 (9/22) 3317 Great Black-backedGull wasfrom Bald Eagle S.P., Nov. 26-27 (PS) Mt. Roosevelt Perhapsthe mostunusual gull was a Black-leggedKittiwake at P.I S P, Fire Tower, Nov. 6 (SS, JM, JB). TN fit'deLF) 4 0 321 * 338 Caspianand Black ternswere morewidely reportedthan usual with a countof 25 Caspiansat P.I.S.P., Aug. 12 (DS). Forster'sTerns were at 1. Sharp-shinnedHawk, 2. Broad-wingedHawk, *Data not submitted. P.I.S.P., Aug. 6-Nov. 8 (a recordlate date--SS). Otherreports came GALLINACEOUS BIRDS THROUGH CRANES -- The Ring- from Roanoke, Va., Oct. 5 (BH) and near Whitethorne,Va., Oct 14 neckedPheasant, never a commonbird in mostof thisRegion, contin- (ES). The besttern was the Least Tern reported from Rowan, Ky., Sept uesto declinein numbers.Both the Ruffed Grouseand Wild Turkey are 7 & 12 (FB), from DouglasL., Tenn., Sept. 13 (AK) and from Austin m low numbers. The N. Bobwhite remains scarce in the n. Springs,Tenn., Oct. 17 (2ndfall record--RK). At P.I.S.P., Aug 13 a A King Rail capturedin downtownChattanooga Sept. 2 died after short-leggedtern with an all-redbill was seenand photographed, th•s beingkept at a naturecenter for 3 weeks(fide RS). Oddlythere was only wasprobably an ArcticTern, but asit wasnever seen in flight, identifi- one sightingof Am. Cootsin the Crawford,Pa. area(RFL) but else- cation could not be confirmed(JB). wherenumbers were normal,with a high countof 2700 at Nickajack Dam, Tenn., Nov. 11 (RS). Thereare now two cootsthat appear to be DOVES, CUCKOOS AND OWLS -- The MourningDove popula- the problematicCaribbean species present in the Chattanoogaarea (fide tionsthrough thc arearemained high but are somewhatlower than last D J). Downy youngcoots were seenat ChickamaugaL., Tenn., as late year. Bothspecies of cuckoowere very scarce in latesummer, despite a as Sept. 1 (JS). heavyoutbreak of fall webwormsin s.w. Pennsylvania,n. WestVirgin- SandhillCranes were reported from Austin Springs, Tenn., oneNov. ia, and e. Ohio. 23 + (RK), the 2nd recordin 40 years,Whi•'eld, Ga., Nov. 7 and 75 Therewas only onereport of Corn.Barn-Owl, Lyndhurst,Va., Aug over the ChattahoocheeN.F., Ga., Nov. 29 (HD). At Knoxville a total 24, a well-known nestingsite (JH). Short-earedOwls were reported of 452 hadbeen counted Nov. 12-Dec. 1 with the biggestflights Nov. from P.I.S.P., Oct. 23 (SS), Botetourt, Va., Oct. 29 (MM), and •n 22-26 (WJ). A small flock was reportedat the MendotaTower hawk Wise, Va., Oct. 31 (RP). An early N. Saw-whetOwl with somejuv lookout Nov. 14 (fide RP). feathersbanded at P.N.R., Sept. 25 may have been raised locally (RCL). SHOREBIRDS -- The two shorebird"hotspots," P.I.S.P. and K.S.P., bothhad very goodyears. At P.I.S.P., Augustwas rather poor GOATSUCKERS THROUGH WOODPECKERS -- The flight of butwith a shiftin windsto then. in lateAugust the birds began to arrive. Com. Nighthawkswas aboutnormal in numbers.Nighthawks were still A shorebirdbanding station there had its bestseason, and Aug. 28, 51 presentin placesin early Octoberwith the latestdate Oct. 19 at Eliza- birdsof 9 specieswere banded(fide JM). Besidesthese places many bethton,Tenn. (GE). A Chuck-will's-widowwas heardAug. 29 at other localitiesturned up shorebirdsand an unusualnumber of rarities Stuart'sDraft, Va. (AM). At P.N.R., the bandingof Ruby-throated was reported.Even suchusually noteworthy species (for this inland Hummingbirdswas down slightly from the average(RCL) and the

202 AmericanB•rds, March-April 1984 numberlogged at A F M O , was lower than last year (GAH) the bandingswere 63% aboveaverage Noteworthywere the bob-tafied At A.F.M.O., a total of 35 Red-headedWoodpeckers was seen flying youngHermit Thrushesnoted near Sheriheld,Pa., on the very late date alongthe mountainpast the stationduring the 8 weeksof operation of Oct. 24 (NS). (GAH). Severalof the hawkwatching stations also reported this species NorthernMockingbirds are still increasingin numbersat Lock Ha- flying past, and therewere numerousreports from throughoutthe Re- ven, Pa. (PS), andreports came from Sheffield,Pa., Oct. 20 (NS) and glon, the mostfavorable fall seasonfor someyears. On the otherhand Warren, Pa., Nov. 2 (TG). theRed-bellied Woodpecker is notdoing well at then. edgeof itsrange. It was in unusuallylow numbersin the Pittsburghregion (PH) andhas PIPITS, SHRIKES AND VIREOS -- Water Pipits were reported disappearedfrom Crawford in then.w. cornerof Pennsylvania.Howev- from 10 locations from P.I.S.P., in the n. to several locations in e er, one was seenat Tidioute, throughoutthe period (AE) and two at Tennessee.The onlyreport ofN. Shrikecame from P.I.S .P., in Novem- Irvine Oct. 13 (NT), both locationsin extremen. Pennsylvania.One ber (DSm). The LoggerheadShrike situation looked a little betterthan in was seennear Jennerstown,Somerset, Pa., the first recordin 15 years the recentpast but the following are all of the reportsof this species (RM). Prichard, W.Va., Oct. 1 & 8 (TI); Waynesboro,Va., Oct. 22 (RSn), Murray, Ga., Oct. 31 (DCr); Elizabethton,Tenn., threeto sixbirds seen FLYCATCHERS, RAVENS AND CHICKADEES -- There were 3 regularly(GE), andnine birds in the Harrisonburg,Va., area(R.B.C) unusualflycatcher records: A WesternFlycatcher was found at Eliza- None wasreported at Blacksburg,Va., whichusually has some (JMu) bethton,Tenn., Sept. 20 (HL), the first sightingthere since 1947; a W. There were severalreports of Warbling Vireos, a bird often not Kingbirdwas seen in Allegheny,Pa., Aug. 13, the secondlocal record recordedin the fall season,including the first bandingof this speciesat (DF), anda Scissor-tailedFlycatcher in Meigs,Tenn., Oct. 1-2, thefirst A.F.M.O. The field birdersreported many more PhiladelphiaVireos s e Tennesseerecord (KH, PHa). Olive-sidedFlycatchers were report- thanusual with reportsfrom 12 locations,but bandingsat bothP.N.R edfrom P.I.S.P., Sept.9 & 11(JM, SS)& Sept.24 (DF), anda verylate (RCL), andA.F.M.O. (GAH), werejust aboutaverage. Red-eyed Vir- one in Washington,Pa., Oct. 16 (AB); four were bandedat P.N.R., eos were thoughtto be in low numbersin the Pittsburgharea (PH) and Aug 24-Sept. 13 (RCL). An E. Wood-Peweewas feedingyoung at bandingsat P.N.R., were 16% aboveaverage (RCL), but at A.F.M.O , Cooper'sRock S.F., W.Va., Sept. 14 (GB). The bandingsof Yellow- captureswere about40% abovethe average(GAH). belhedFlycatchers at P.N.R., were up 27% over average(RCL), but they were low at A.F.M.O. (GAH) andmissing completely at P.I.S.P. WARBLERS -- The warbler flight was generallypretty good. The (JM) flight beganin late Augustwith a peakat A.F.M.O., Aug. 22. A major ACom. Raven was seen at Beech Fork S.P., W.Va., Oct. l influx was notedSept. 12 at A.F.M.O. (CBa). Most placeshad heavy (H B C.). This is well removedfrom the normalrange in the statebut movementin the lastweek of Septemberand at A.F.M.O., the highest the bird may havecome from the recentlyestablished population in s.e. numberof bandingsin one day was Oct. 4 (GAH). A flock of 230_+ Kentucky. There were severallow-elevation records at Elizabethton, birds of 18+ specieswas seenat Blacksburg,Va., Oct. 2 (CK). At Tenn (GE). Knoxvillethe Septemberflight waspoor, but severalgood waves came A majorfeature of the fall seasonwas the massiveinvasion of Black- throughin October(CN). The mild early fall produceda largeseries of cappedChickadees from the n. The influx wasnoticeable in late Sep- late dates. temberand continuedwell into earlyNovember. At P.N.R., 490 were At P.N.R., 22 specieswere banded in above-averagenumbers, while banded(RCL), andat Morgantown55 werebanded (GAH). In Rocking- 2 were in averagenumbers and 7 belowaverage (RCL). At A.F.M.O , ham, Va., therewere some 80 reportswith 45 bandings(R.B .C.). A few 14 specieswere aboveaverage, 4 were in averagenumbers, and only were seenas far s. as Roanoke,Lewisburg, W.Va., and Blacksburg, onewas below average(GAH). In the Pittsburgharea birders felt that 8 Va specieswere in aboveaverage numbers and 6 below.Tennessee, Nash- NUTHATCHES AND WRENS -- There was little agreementfrom ville, andespecially Magnolia warblers were generallyquite common everywhere.At A.F.M.O., 266 TennesseeWarblers were banded Oct the variousparts of the Regionabout the statusof the Red-breasted Nuthatch. The S movementwas certainlybetter than last year, but did 4. Otherspecies produced a moremixed report, but mostareas reported Yellow-rumped Warblers in below-normalnumbers. The 173Blackbur- not comparewith 1981. Mostplaces reported a few comingto feeders, nianWarblers banded Aug. 22 at A.F.M.O., mayindeed be a "world's but at Knoxvillethey were common (CN). They werein low numberson record" for oneday (GAH). The 2 mostunusual species for thisRegion, the Roan Mt., Tenn. breedinggrounds (GE) and alsolow at A.F.M.O., the Orange-crownedand the Connecticut,were more common than which is also locatedon the breedinggrounds. A Brown-headedNut- usual. hatch was at Dalton, Ga., Oct. 31 (HD). Carolina Wrens continued their slow comeback. There were 2 records GROSBEAKS AND EMBERIZINES -- There was a total of 31 •n Warren, Pa. (WH, JK), and one was bandedat P.I.S.P. •ide JM). The only reportof Bewick'sWren camefrom Culloden,W.Va., Nov. recordsof Blue Grosbeakfrom the Harrisonburg,Va., area, and a 17 (TI). Winter Wrens had been abundantin the breedingrange in Dickcisselwas seenthere Aug. 3 (R.B.C.). summer,and the fall migrationwas heavy. At P.N.R., 27 werebanded AmericanTree Sparrowsremain very scarcein this Region. Clay- (221% aboveaverage--RCL) and 18 werebanded at A.F.M.O. (GAH). coloredSparrows were reportedfrom L. Arthur,Pa., Oct. 2 (DF) and Most observersalso reported them in unusualnumbers. Marsh Wrens from Rockingham,Va., Oct. 9 (R.B.C.). Six Sharp-tailedSparrows were more commonlyreported than usual, while SedgeWrens were were seenat Guilford L., O., Sept. 25 (CBa). A White-throatedSpar- reportedfrom L. Arthur,Pa., Aug. 14 (DF), Ooltewah,Tenn., Aug. 2- row was seen at Black MoshannonS.P., Pa., on 2 occasionsin August 21 (K & LD), Knoxville Aug. 19-31 •ide CN), and Austin Springs, (HH, TS). This suggestslocal breeding. The migrationof White-throat- Tenn, Oct. 11-16 (RK). ed Sparrowsthrough Morgantown was extremelyheavy and record numbersof theseremained at the end of the seaon(GAH). Otherplaces KINGLETS, THRUSHES AND MIMIDS -- The S flight of both had similarflights. A Harris' Sparrowwas seenat StateCollege, Pa, kinglet specieswas very goodat mostplaces, and a remarkablyearly Nov. 27 (fide AF). At P.N.R. (RCL), and Morgantown(GAH) the Ruby-crownedKinglet was seenin Dawson, Ga., Aug. 27 (PB). flight of Fox Sparrowswas also heavy. The only reportof Lapland Most placesfound the spottedthrushes to be in excellentnumbers. Longspurscame from P.I.S.P., earlyOctober-Nov. 30+ (JM et al ) Gray-cheekedThrushes were abovenormal at P.N.R., but below at SnowBuntings were reportedfrom P.I.S.P., late October-Nov.30 + A F M.O. This specieswas somewhatmore commonlyreported than (fideJM), from Lock Haven,Pa., Oct. 30 (PP), from Bald EagleS.P , normal. There were some exceptions;in Wise, Va. (RP) and Ona, Pa., in November(fide K J), andmost unusually in Botetourt,Va., Nov W Va. (LW) the migration was termed poor. At A.F.M.O., and 8-13 (BK, BH, MD). P N R., as well as the P.I.S.P. bandingstation, there were excellent flights of Swainson'sThrushes but numberswere not as great as in FINCHES -- The only reportof a Pine Grosbeakwas from Indiana, 1982 On Sept. 15 a movementof at least1100 thrushes, mostly Swain- Pa. (fideMH). The flightof PurpleFinches was good at someplaces but son's,in a 70-min periodwas seenat Monroeville,Pa. (DD). The 23 it was missingat others.The only reportsof Red Crossbillscame from Hermit Thrushesbanded at A.F.M.O. was a new high, and at P.N.R., that mountainarea near Harrisonburg,Va., wherethey are more or less

Volume 38, Number 2 203 permanentresidents (R B C ) andfrom the Chattahoochee N F, Ga PaulHess (PH), MargaretHlbgee, Roger Hlgbee, William Highhouse, (HD). CommonRedpolls were reported from the Washington Monu- JoyceHiner (JH), AudreyHoff, Bill Hunley,Huntington Bird Club mentS.P., Md., hawkwatching station Oct. 16 (TD) andfrom Union (H.B.C.), GeorgeHurley, Tom Igou, DanielJacobson, Wesley James, City,Pa., Oct. 26 (JM).Pine Siskins staged a small flight, and a few KatherineJennings, John Kendall (JKe), Clyde Kessler, Jim King (JK), wereto beseen in almostevery part of theRegion Nov. 1+. Evening BarryKinzie, Mike Kissick,Rick Knight,Anthony Koella, Howard Grosbeaksarrived in theRegion in lateOctober and by theend of the Landgridge,YuLee Larner,Mary Leberman,Robert C. Leberman periodthey were present throughout. Numbers coming to feeders were (RCL), RonaldF. Leberman(RFL), Nellie McGary(NMc), Thomas notlarge at thistime, but reports from the higher elevations in West McGary(TMc), JohnMcGuire (JMc), Jerry McWilliams (JM), David Virginiaindicated that they were abundant in the mountains.Most Middleton, Norwood Middleton (NM), AlexandraMinarik, Mynam remarkablewas a recordfrom Cherry Grove, Pa., Aug.20 (fideWH). Moore, RobertMulvihill, JohnMurray (JMu), CharlesNicholson, Mark Oberle, RichardPeake, ParkerPerry, ElizabethPeinotto, Jim CONTRIBUTORS-- PeterAdler, RichardAlmy, KevinAnderson, Phillips,Dan Puckette, Mike Purdy, Robert Rine, Robert Ringler (RR), CaroleBabyak (CBa), Jim Baxter, Andrew Berchin, Michael Bierly, PeterRobinson, Rockingham Bird Club (R.B .C.), LorraineRollefson, GeorgeBreiding, Charles Brightbill (CB), Patrick Brisee, Fred Busroe, Norm Samuelson,Terry Schiefer, Paul Schwalbe, Merit Skaggs,Den- ChattanoogaTennessee Ornithological Society (C.T.O.S.), Dot Craw- nis Smeltzer (DSm), Edwin Smith, Don Snyder (DS), Ruth Snyder ford,Paul Crawford, Delano Crowe (DCr), Dean Demarest, Harriett Di (RSn), JerieStewart, Joe Stone (JS), RandyStringer (RS), SamStull, Gioia, Mike Donahue,Truman Doyle, Ken Dubke,Lil Dubke,Jane Jim Tanner, Nancy Tilghman,Robert Tisony, Harry Turner, Ron Earle,Mabel Edgerton, Glen Eller, A1 Emery,Tad Finnell,Linda Warner, David White, Leon Wilson, Merrill Wood--GEORGE A. Fowler,Douglas Fowler (DFo), Dave Freeland(DF), Dot Freeman, HALL, Divisionof Forestry(Mail Address:Department of Chemis- AliceFuller, Carl Gamer, Marguerite ,Geibel, Bonnie Ginader, Norris try, P.O. Box 6045), WestVirginia University,Morgantown, WV Gluck, Ted Grisez,Kerry Hambleton,Charles Handley (CH), Paul 26506-6045. Harris(PHa), Cecil Hazlett (CHa), Harry Henderson, John Heninger,

WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION /Daryl D. Tessen takeofthe Wo•d• .

Meteorologicallythis fall mirroredthe just-concluded summer season. The recordheat, 90-100+øF, and humidity,65-90%, persisted AULT STE MARIE until mid-September.During this periodtemperature records were brokenthroughout the Region, being too numerous tomention. Suffice it to say,for many observers it was too hot to bird. Moisture was lacking duringmost of thistime, producing severely dry, almostdrought-like conditions.Fortunately late Augustbrought a changethat continued throughSeptember. Unfortunately rainfall became excessive in many areas,producing occasional localized flooding. The few cold fronts of Septemberbarely lowered temperatures into the normalrange. Octoberproved to bea monthof contrast.Cooler, wet weather alter- natedwith warm, dry periods. The first half of Novembersaw pleasant, Indian-summerweather, abruptly coming to a conclusionduring the thirdweek. Michigan's Upper Peninsula, northwestern Wisconsin, and especiallyMinnesota were particularly hard hit. Record snowfall fell in and Smith'sLongspur in Wisconsin. mostof thisarea. For example, Duluth was staggered by a successionof In the followingtext, placenames in italicsare counties. snowstormsincluding 20 inchesNovember 22 to 24, 16.5 incheson November23 and 10 incheson November28. Slightlylesser amounts LOONS THROUGH IBISES -- There were only 2 Red-throated fell south to the Twin Cities and east into northern Wisconsin. The Loonsightings. One was in Ozaukee,Wis., Oct. 15 (DT), whilethe remainderof the Regionsaw a morenormal arrival of winter. otherwas in St.Joseph, Mich., Oct. 29 (RS,WB). An ArcticLoon was Ornithologicallythe season was a repetitionof summer,dull, dull and seenby LaFond Oct. 16at Leech L., Minn.A die-offof severalhundred dull! Last fall manyobservers wondered how therecould be a more Com. Loonswas discovered Nov. 4 at Nauistique,Mich. (CT). Besides lacklustermigration. This autumn we foundout. Again this year there theother Wisconsin nesting sites Red-necked Grebes were also found in werefew big migratorywaves. These were centered around late Sep- Chippewa.Birds lingered well into December inthe state. Michigan had tember-earlyOctober, unusually late for the Region. On a morepositive sightingsfrom 3 counties.Eared Grebes were found at 3 Michigan notethere were numerous late nestings.Also therewas an exceptional locales,including Sept. 3 atCaledonia (SM), Sept.12 at Fremont (ES), numberof latesightings, many of whichprovided records. This tardi- andfour Oct. 15 at Muskegon(DP, BB). One wasfound at Bayfield, nesselicited numerouscomments, indicating the main exodusfor a Wis., Oct. 19 (SSw). A singleW. Grebewas at WestTwin L , St significantnumber of speciesoccurring two or threeweeks later than Croix,Wis., Sept.9 withthree present Sept. 21 (JE).Minnesota had a normal. Besidesthe small numbersobserved migrating through the goodpeak of 110at L. Benton,Lincoln Aug. 14 (KE) witha verylate Region,there were few rarities sighted. In keepingwith the down theme onein BemidjiNov. 29 (JP).Single Am. WhitePelicans were seen in of theseason many of thesedid not linger, and in severalinstances were Michiganat CopperHarbor Sept. 25-26 (MM) andnear Port Huron eitherfound dead (Chuck-will's-widow, Fork-tailed Flycatcher) or dy- Sept.27-28 (HD, DMi). Significantconcentrations of Double-crested ing. The majorexception to thispattern was in theUpper Peninsula. ß..ormorants occurred at GreenBay (thousands) and La Crosse( 1000 on Here outstandingnumbers of warblers,thrushes, sparrows and some Oct. 15--FL). An individuallingered into December in Berrien,Mlch winter fincheswere found. Particularlyinteresting were the "hun- (LL). SnowyEgrets remained into September at HoriconN.W.R , and dreds"of Harris' Sparrowsobserved. Not to be outdonewere the GreenBay. Single birds were seen at 2 Michigansites in earlySeptem- raritiesalso found, includinga PaintedRedstart and the Fork-tailed ber. LateCattle Egrets included sightings Nov. 5 at HoriconN W R Flycatcher.Other sightings of specialinterest were the White Ibis, King (DT), andtwo Nov. 20 in Delta, Mich. (CT, BT). Theonly Yellow- Eider, Groove-billedAni, andMountain Bluebird in Michigan,Bar- crownedNight-Herons were found in Wisconsinwith one in Milwaukee row'sGoldeneye, Sabine's Gull, andGroove-billed Ani in Minnesota, Sept.1 (BC)and at ManitowocOct. 2-21(CS). Only Michigan's 3rd and Chuck-will's-widow,Pomarine Jaeger, Black-throated Sparrow, record for the White Ibis was established this fall with an adult at

204 AmericanBirds, March-Aprd 1984 ShiawasseeN.W.R., Sept. 26 (CF, BG). A Plegadisibis wasobserved conditionsthat prevailedthis autumn.The peak Broad-wingedflight alongthe MississippiR., in Winona,Minn., Oct..3-4 (RL). occurredSept. 20-23 in Minnesotaand Wisconsin, while Michigan's peak was about a half-week later. In all 3 statesnumbers were not impressive.An ad. FerruginonsItawk wasobserved by LaFondNov. 5 at SplitRock Creek S.P. SingleGolden Eagles were observed by EpsteinOct. 25 & Nov. 10 nearNorwalk, Wis. Again thisautumn all 3 statesreported an impressivePeregrine Falcon migration. An injured Gyrfalcon was broughtto the Sarett Nature Center, Berrien, Mich. Minnesotahad no fewer than 3 sightingsof Prairie Falcon. They includedOtter Tail Sept. 11 (S & DM), PipestoneOct. I (RJ), and Wilkin Nov. 6 (S & DM). Minnesota'sHawk Ridge tallied 54,254 hawksduring the season.Among the more interestingsightings were recordhigh countsof 1446 Turkey Vultures. 224 Ospreys,384 Bald Eagles,29 GoldenEagles, and 57 Merlins. Other interestingfigures included274 N. Harriers(record low), 9439 Sharp-shinneds,1999 N. Goshawks,35,932 Broad-wingeds,two Swainson's,one Red-shouldered, and 28 PeregrineFalcons, (2nd highest).

GROUSETHROUGH CRANES-- SpruceGrouse were sighted in 3 Michigan and 2 Wisconsincounties. A Yellow Rail was found in a Barnacle Goose, Allegan S.G.A., Mich., Oct. 22, 1983. Photo/ WhitefishBay, Wis., yard Oct. 19; it died the followingday (fide JF). T. Smythe. Ten King Railswere tallied at HoriconN.W.R., Sept. 1. Peaknumbers of Sandhill Cranesincluded 600 at Crex MeadowsW.A., Wis., Oct. 22 WATERFOWL -- Early were Tundra SwansSept. 28 at Horicon (JHo) and 1000-1200at HaehnleSanctuary, Mich., Oct. 14 & Nov. 4 N.W.R. (BC) andSept. 29 in Langlade(BP), bothin Wisconsin.lhe (LW). Very late wasan individualin GreenLake. Wis., Nov. 29 (TSc). majorexodus occurred Regionwide Nov. 24-26. For exampleO. John- son saw 6000 migratingin one hr in the Twin Cities area Nov. 25. SHOREBIRDS -- Late were Black-bellied Plovers at Manitowoc Unusual for this season was a count of 58 Greater White-fronted Geese Nov. 12 (CS) and AshlandNov. 14 (DV), and a LesserGolden-Plover Oct. 23 in Cottonwood,Minn. (DWe). It was alsofound at Wisconsin's in Ozaukee,Nov. 13 (DT), all Wisconsin.The only sightingof Piping Crex MeadowsW.A., Oct. 30 (JHo). Surprisingwas the maximumof Ploverduring the fall wasone at st. JosephAug. 20 (WB). SingleAm. ten Brant found on the St. Clair R., at Port Huron duringNovember Avocetswere seen at HoriconN.W.R., Aug. 11 (DT) andat Milwaukee (PY). A BarnacleGoose (escaped?) was seen at the AlleganState Game Sept. 10-Oct. 8 (DG, WM, BC et al.). Severallate Greaterand Lesser Area betweenlate October-Nov.6 (TS et al.). This was Michigan's7th yellowlegswere sightedin Wisconsinwith the latestbeing a Greater record. Peak Canada Goose numbersincluded 63,000, Oct. 25 at Lac Nov. 21 in Marinette (HL). A few Willets wereseen intermittently Aug. Qui Parle W.A., Minn.. and 83.000. Nov. 16 at Horicon N.W.R., Wis. 3-8 at Kewaunee,Wis. (EE). One wasfound inMarquette, Mich., Aug. Two Eurasian Wigeons wereat MuskegonOct. 12 (JW). There wasan 26 (JS). A recorddeparture date of Nov. 17 for the SpottedSandpiper impressiveconcentration of severalduck species along the Mississippi was recordedin Juneau, Wis. (ST et al.). Very late was an Upland R., in Houston,Minn., Nov. ! (RJ). They included100,000 Canvas- SandpiperSept. 30 in Hennepin,Minn. (VL). Whimbrelswere seen backs,250,000 Ring-neckedsand 200,000 LesserScaup. The rareKing intermittentlyAug. 29-Oct. 15 at Manitowoc,with a maximumof four Eider was foundNov. 11 by Young on the St. Claire R., and another Sept. 18-20 (CS, WM). The Oct. 15 date representeda Wisconsin was shot Nov. 13 on the Detroit R. (SS), both Michigan. Harlequin recorddeparture. Hudsonian Godwits were seen in Wisconsinincluding Ducks were observedin Michiganand Minnesota.In the former, one two Aug. 27 at LaCrosse(FL) and a very late individualthat daily wasphotographed at HollandS.P., Oct. 14-15 (JW), with anotherat accompanieda flock of dowitchersat dusk into the Manitowoc im- MuskegonS.P., Nov. 27 (LF). In the latter statethere were 3 reports poundmentOct. 11-24 (CS). In Michiganone wasin Livingston,Sept. from L. SuperiorOct. 19-Nov. 7. The Oldsquawobserved at Austin 7-8 (DM, LL, BW) and two in Monroe, Sept. 17 (JR). Lone Marbled Nov. 6-19 was most unusualfor s. Minnesota.The scotermigration Godwitswere seenAug. 11 at the BongW.A. (JF. MB, WW, JB) and Regionwidewas later and poorerthan normal. Maximum numbersin- Aug. 16 at Kewaunee(EE), both Wisconsin.Michigan had a total of cluded I I Blacks, 16 Surfs and 140 White-wingeds,all in Wisconsin. four Red Knotsduring the periodwhile Wisconsinhad approximately Unusualwas the Blackfound Nov. 5 at Split RockCreek S.P., Minn. ten birds. In Michigan'sOntonagon 500 + SemipalmatedSandpipers (KL). A c• Barrow's Goldeneyewas seen Nov. 29-30 in Minneapolis werecounted Aug. 16 (JM, MF). BothWisconsin and Michigan record- (m.ob.). ed 15W. Sandpipersthis fall. LikewiseWhite-rumped Sandpipers were recordedfrom both statesduring the first half of the period. Very late were two PectoralSandpipers Nov. 25 in Milwaukee(DG). A Purple Sandpiper wasseen Nov. 9 at the FremontSewage Ponds, Mich. (ES). RuddyTumstones and Dunlins lingered into Decemberin Milwaukee. A site in Ontonagon,Mich., had impressivenumbers of shorebirds, including200_ + Stilt SandpipersAug. 16-20. anda periodtotal of 55 Buff-breastedSandpipers (JM, MF). Fifteenadditional Buff-breasteds were seen elsewhere in the state while Wisconsin recorded 30 _+ for the season.The Long-billedDowitcher Nov. 11 in LeSueur,Minn., representeda recorddeparture sighting (RJ). There was a peak of 500 + Wilson'sPhalaropes Aug. 13in Polk,Minn. (KC). Latewas one Oct. 30 at Madison, Wis. (ST). Small numbersof Red-neckedPhalaropes were seenthis fall as evidencedby ten in Michigan and severalin both Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Red PhaIarope was seen Oct. 15 at MuskegonS.P. (BB, DP) andMuskegon Wastewater System Oct. 27- HarlequinDuck,'Holland S.P..Ottawa Co., Mich., Oct. 15, 1983. Nov. 9 (GW et al.). Photo/J. Miller. RAPTORS -- Late were nine Turkey Vultures Nov. 26 in D•Mge, LARIDS -- Wisconsin's4th PomarineJaeger record occurred when Wis. (JH). Both Minnesota and Wisconsin noted a fine movement of a sickbird wasfound along a roadnear Mishicot (fide CS). Unfortunate- Ospreys.Again this fall substantialnumbers of N. Goshawksmoved ly it died that evening.Four were seenduring early Novemberat Port throughthe Region. This was despitethe lessthan favorableweather Huron, Mich. (PY). Also in MichiganParasitic Jaegers were observed

Volume 38, Number 2 205 Oct. 29 at St. Joseph(WB) with threeNov. 3 andeight Nov. 11 at Port at Bemidji (JPal). Maerckleinwatched a W. KingbirdSept. 4 on oneof Huron(PY). In MinnesotaParasitics were seen at DuluthSept. 17 (JBet Wisconsin'sApostle Is. In Michiganone was in HoughtonSept. 10-11 al ) & Oct. 15 (PE). Unidentifiedindividuals were also seen in Minne- (AW, DW, MW). Extremelylate for the Upper Peninsulawas an E sotaincluding one Sept.4 at GrandMarais (HT), five atDuluth Sept. 16- Kingbird Oct. 16 in Alger (NI). Michigan'sfirst Fork-tailed Fly- 17 and one Oct. 15-19 (m.ob.). catcher recordwas unfortunatelyof a bird killed by a car Oct. 20 at A few Franklin'sGulls were seen in Wisconsinand Michigan during Rumely,Alger (JJ). The specimenis nowat MichiganState University Augustand September. Single Little Gullswere seen in MichiganAug. Observedon recordlate dateswere N. Rough-wingedSwallows Oct 16 20 & Sept.4 at St. Joseph(RS, WB, BS), Oct. 31 at Metrobeach(AR, in Dakota (MW) & Oct. 17 in Hennepin (SC), Minn. Other record DL) andNov. 3 at PortHuron (PY). Theusual concentration occurred departuresincluded an Oct. 27 Bank Swallowseen in companywith alongthe Wisconsinshoreline of L. Michiganwith severalbirds at Barn Swallowson CrystalL., Dane, Wis. (DC) and a Nov. 12 Barn Manitowocuntil late September(CS) anda maximumof sevenduring Swallowin Scott, Minn. (PE). Palingthe previoussighting was a Barn theperiod at Milwaukee(m.ob.). Thayer's Gulls were found at Duluth Swallowthat lingered into Decemberat a Michiganwastewater plant in beginningNov. 4, with a maximumof four(KE). Onewas seen at the Berrien (WB, RS, DFo). MuskegonW.S., Nov. 19 (PC). Remarkablyearly was an Iceland Gull The 25 Black-billed Magpies seenAug. 6 in Lake of the Woods, at St. JosephSept. 17 (RS, WB). A GlaucousGull was seen Nov. 25 in Minn. (KE) was an unusualconcentration for late summer.South of Marquette,Mich. (NI). SingleBlack-legged Kittiwakes were found at their normal range were Corn. RavensOct. 16 & 25 in Ozaukee,Wls StoneyPt., Sept.11-17 (KC, MH et al.) andin Carlton,Nov. 20 (JP, (BC), & Oct. 21 at MuskegonS.P. (JPonet al.). The TuftedTitmouse AM), bothMinnesota. In Michiganone was observed Oct. 15 at the foundat White Pine Oct. 31 wasonly the 2nd UpperPeninsula record MuskegonS.P. (BB, DP) but remarkablewere the 12 talliedduring (MF). Locally goodnumbers of Red-breastedNuthatches were reported Novemberat PortHuron (PY). The Sabine'sGull seenby JanssenOct. in all 3 statesbut therewas no Regionwideuniformity to representan 2 at L. Bentonrepresented the 7th Minnesotarecord. invasionyear. For a changethis fall CarolinaWrens were found in all 3 Peaknumbers of CaspianTerns included 217 Aug. 15 at Kewaunee, states.One cameto a Milwaukeefeeder during late Augustand Septem- Wis. (EE) and110, Oct. 2 in Dakota,Minn. (MWr). Oneat St. Joseph ber fit'deMD). For Michiganit wasseen Sept. 9 in Kalamazoo(CFo) & Oct. 25 was late (RS). Late Com. Terns includedOct. 22 in Aitkin, Sept. 25 at MuskegonS.P. (BB). In Minnesotabirds appeared at 2 Minn. (OJ) andOct. 25 on L. Wisconsin(DC). Alsolate was a Forster's feedersduring November,one at Brainerdand the other in ltasca Tern in Milwaukee Oct. 26 (DG). The Detroit area had an unusuallygood Golden-crownedKinglet migrationwith flocks of 100+ reported(AK). Late was a Blue-gray CUCKOOS THROUGH GOATSUCKERS -- Both the Black-billed GnatcatcherSept. 29 in Houston,Minn. (E & MF). The (3 Mountain and Yellow-billedcuckoos lingered until mid-Octoberin all 3 states. Bluebird observedby Ilnicky andTichelaar Nov. 6 in Alger represented Groove-billedAnis appearedagain this fall. Minnesotahad its 7th and Michigan's first acceptedstate record. Townsend'sSolitaires were 8th recordswith sightingsin Cook,Oct. 5 (K & MH) andBrown, Nov. foundin all 3 states.In Minnesota,where the speciesis more "regular- 4-12 (m.ob.). Michiganalso had its 8th recordwhen one was observed ly" seenone was at Hawk RidgeOct. 6 (TL). Oneoriginally observed at the SarettNature Center,Berrien, Oct. 27 (RS, WB). Wisconsinhad Oct. 9 in Houghton,Minn., by Weaverwas founddead Oct. 16 At two sightingsof Com. Barn-Owl, unusualfor this infrequentlyseen Wisconsin'sDevil's Lake S.P., Lange found one or two feeding on species.Two nestlingswere discoveredin a silo Aug. 16 in Green mountainash berries Nov. 21, seenintermittently into December The (MMo). They were still presentin early September.The 2nd sighting Gray-cheekedThrush observed Oct. 31 at Ashlandwas late (DV) A was unusuallyfar n. in Clark, whereone was found roosting on a farm Varied Thrush was observedNov. 3 in Keweenaw,Mich. (MM) One nearChili duringlate November.It wasconfirmed Dec. 1 whenFollen cameto anAshland feeder Nov. 14-25(DV etal. ). A tardyGray Catbird bandedand photographedit. Duringthe ensuingweek it commenced cameto a Duluth feederuntil Nov. 28 (MN). Therewere 2 sightingsof rangingbetween 4 adjacentfarms. Gmat HornedOwl numberswere up N. Mockingbirdin Michigan,the only fall reports.There were a few in Minnesota,a parallelto N. Goshawkinvasions that birders there have BohemianWaxwing sightingscommencing in late Octoberwith all beennoting. For exampleEvans banded 41 at Hawk Ridgethis season. from the n. one-third of the Region. There were only 5 reports of In contrastthere were very few SnowyOwl sightingsRegionwide, even LoggerheadShrikes, 3 fromMinnesota and 2 fromWisconsin. This is in fewer than last autumn. Two Northern Hawk-Owls were seen in Min- directcontrast to the excellentnumbers found during the past spring and nesota,with one in Duluth Nov. 11 (JG) and theother in Aitkin, Nov. 17 summer. (JG). The BarredOwl seenSept. 17 in Nobles(AD) wasthe first recent record from s.w. Minnesota. The nine Great Gray Owls found in n. VIREOS THROUGH WARBLERS -- In MichiganWhite-eyed Vir- Minnesotathis fall wereharbingers of a pendingwinter invasion into the eoswere observedat Lost Nation S.G.A. with four Sept. 10 and one state.Michigan had more Short-eared Owl sightingsthan in recentyears Sept.27 (JR). The SolitaryVireos seen Oct. 29 in Hennepin(OJ) and but a similar situationwas not found in the other 2 states,especially Nov. I in Washington(WL) representedrecord departuredates for Wisconsinwhere they have been unusuallyscarce. Minnesota.Very late were N. ParulasOct. 11 in Cook (K & MH) and Thousandsof Com. Nighthawkswere observedmigrating along L. Oct. 14 in Hennepin(SC), alsoMinnesota. A MagnoliaWarbler Oct 28 Superiorat Silver Bay Aug. 25 (SW, MS). Two dayslater in Wisconsin at Troy, Mich. was late (PY). A CapeMay Warblerwas still presentat 1500 were seenpassing over Richland(MG) and 3300 over Norwalk theperiod's conclusion in Fenton,Mich. (CH, GH). A c3Black-throat- (EE). A dead Chuck-will's-widowwas found along Hwy 60 in s. ed Blue Warbler that came to a feeder until Nov. 30 in Washington RichlandSept. 7 (BGr). This is only aboutthe 4th Wisconsinrecord. exceededthe Minnesotadeparture date by a month(m.ob.). Thousands The Whip-poor-willobserved Oct. 3 in Hennepin(SC) representeda of Yellow-rumpedWarblers were observedon severaldifferent days record Minnesotadeparture. Unbelievable was the sightingof two migratingat Hawk Ridge and the KeweenawPen. Very late was a White-throated Swifts in Michigan's KeweenawOct. 31 (MM). If BlackburnJanWarbler seenat Duluth Oct. 13 (KE). Recordlate was the acceptedit wouldrepresent the 3rd record. Late was a ChimneySwift in Pine Warbler found in Cook, Minn., Oct. 31 (K & MH). Volkert Hennepin Oct. 18 (m.ob.). carefullystudied a PrairieWarbler Sept. 6 in Fonddu Lac, Wis. Another recorddeparture date for Minnesotawas the Bay-breasted Warbler seen WOODPECKERS THROUGH STARLING -- Again this fall an Oct. 25 in Dodge (RJ). Late were a BlackpollWarbler in Milwaukee unusualnumber of Red-headedWoodpeckers were observerdin n.e. Oct. 15 (DT) and a N. Waterthrushat MetrobeachOct. 28 (PY). Tardy Minnesota,i.e., 20 + at Duluth. Therewas the usualcomplement of Wilson's Warblers were seen Oct. 1 in Grant (SR) and Oct. 4 in Black-backedWoodpeckers in the n. part of the Region. The species Winnebago(CSc), Wis., andOct. 15 in Washington(DS), Minn. Truly remainsfairly easy to locate in the appropriatehabitat, althoughnot remarkablewas the discoveryof a 5 Painted Redstart at Gladstone quite as abundantas in previousautumns. Very late was a Yellow- Nov. 12-13(CT, BD, JMa). It wasphotographed and represents Michi- belliedFlycatcher Oct. I in Lyon,Minn. (HK). Unusuallyfar n. wasan gan'sfirst record.A Yellow-breastedChat was discoveredat the Man- AcadianFlycatcher banded Aug. 27 in Anoka, Minn. (RK). Late were itowoc impoundmentSept. 13 (CS). However the one seenat Grand GreatCrested Flycatchers Oct. 11 in Genesee,Mich. (CH) andOct. 16 Marais Sept. 23 (K & MH) was doubly significant.Not only doesit

206 AmericanBirds, Marc•Aprd 1984 representa recorddeparture date but alsoIt wasthe first recordbeyond intothe s. portionof eachstate. The oneexception was s.w. Michigan Duluth. where 1000+ were observedmigrating along L. MichiganOct. 30 (WB). TANAGERS THROUGH GROSBEAKS -- Minnesota had several latesightings, including a ScarletTanager Oct. 18 in Hennepin(ESt), a CONTRIBUTORS -- D. Bolduc, Walter Booth, Jerry Bonkoski, Blue GrosbeakOct. 2 in Rock (RJ), an Indigo BuntingOct. 25 at a Marilyn Bontly, Bill Bouton,Jon Bronson. Keith Camburn,Steve Carl- Duluthfeeder (KE), anda Clay-coloredSparrow Oct. 22 in Mille Lacs sen, David Cedarstrom,Phillip Chu, LesterClark, Bill Cowart, H. (DB). Wisconsinrecorded its sixth Black-throatedSparrow with an Davidson, A. DeKam, Mary Donald. Bill Ducanson.Kim Eckert individualbriefly seen at the MosquitoHill NatureCenter, Outagarnie, (Minnesota), Paul Egeland, Eric Epstein,Dave Evans, Jim Evrard, Oct. 14 (LP). Curiously,this is only a few miles from a feederwhere Don Follen, Eugene& Marilynn Ford, Les Ford, Dick Fowler (DFo), onespent most of lastwinter. A Lark Buntingwas seen by CarlsonSept. ChristyFox (CFo), Chip Francke,Jim Frank, Mel Frisk, Mary Gilli- 6 in Duluth. Unusualwas a GrasshopperSparrow seen at GrandMarais land, Janet Green, Bob Grefe, Brad Grover (BGr), Dennis Gustarson, Oct. 3 (K & MH). NorthernWisconsin and the Upper Peninsula had an JudyHaseleu, Mike Hendrickson,Geoff Hickok, JamesHoefler (JHo), exceptionalmigration of Harris' Sparrows.However, this did not in- Ken & Molly Hoffman, Horicon N.W.R. staff, Chris Hull, Nick II- volvethe remainderof the Region.The Gray-headedform of the Dark- nicky, RobertJanssen, Oscar Johnson, Jim Jones,Alice Kelley, Rich- eyed Juncocommenced coming to a Hyland Lake P. Reservefeeder ardKremer, Henry Kyllingstad, Ken LaFond, Tom Lamey,Ken Lange Nov. 16 (m.ob.). This representedMinnesota's 5th record.Early was a (KLa), Lee Laylin, Dick Leasure,Violet Lender, Fred Lesher,Roland LaplandLongspur found Sept. 16 in Dunn, Wis. (JPo).Several Smith's Limpert,Harold Lindberg, William Longley,Joseph MacDonald, Mary Longspurswere studied along a roadsidejust w. of Weyauwega,Wis., MacDonald.Jill Magnuson(JMa), Dan McConeghy,Ann McKenzie, Oct. 22 (DT). The only sizableSnow Bunting flock was of 1500noted Steve & Diane Millard, Dan Miller (DMi), Steve Minard, Mike Moss- Nov. 25 near Muskegon(JPon). man (MMo), William Mueller, Mary Beth Neavers, Jeffrey Palmer Small to modest numbers of Pine Grosbeaks were found in n. Minne- 0Pal), JonPeterson, Bernard Pickering, Janine Polk (JPo),James Pon- sotaand Michigan, with onlya veryfew in n. Wisconsin.Good numbers shair(JPon), David Powell (Michigan), Larry Prickette,Jack R½in- of PurpleFinches were found in theRegion. A •?House Finch came to oehl, Sam Robbins,Alan Ryff, Clark Schultz(CSc), Tom Schultz Weber'sfeeder Oct. 17 & Nov. 7-17 in Vernon,a speciesalmost never (TSc), Jay Scriba,Mary Shedd,Ellen Slater,Roy Smith, ScottSmith, seen in Wisconsinbut still awaited. In Michigan there were many Tom Smythe,Charles Sontag, Dave Sovereign,Evelyn Stanley (ESt), sightingsas it continuesto increase.Both crossbillswere very rare Bob Sundell, Scott Swengel(SSw), Bill Taylor, CharlotteTaylor, Regionwide.Minnesota had modest Com. Redpollnumbers, commenc- Daryl Tessen(Wisconsin), Steve Thiessen, Richard Tichelaar, Helen ing in mid-October,with almostall sightingsin the n. one-thirdof the Tucker, Dick Verch, Bill Volkert, Lawrence Walkinshaw, Arthur state.In contrastWisconsin and Michiganhad veryfew sightings.The Weaver,Betty Weaver, Dorthy Weaver, Madelyn Weaver, Doug Wells Pine Siskinmigration was at best irregular;some n. areashad good (DWe), GeorgeWickstrom, SteveWilson, JoanWolfe, Winnie Wood- numbers,while others had almost none. Good numbersof Evening mansee,Mark Wright (MWr), Paul Young. DARYL D. TESSEN, Grosbeakswere found in all 3 states,with considerablyfewer filtering 2 Pioneer Park Place, Elgin, IL 60120.

MIDDLEWESTERN PRAIRIE REGION /Bruce G. Peterjohn

This summer'svery hot and dry weathercontinued through the first ten days of September.While more moderatetemperatures prevailed PA. duringthe remainderof the month,rainfall was still generallybelow normal.The droughtended in Octoberwith temperaturesremaining ,•keym slightlyabove normal. Similar mild andwet weather prevailed throughout Novemberwith only portionsof Iowa experiencingwinter weather duringthe last week of the month. Forthe most part, it wasa fairly typicaland rather dull fall migration. As expected,the generally mild weatherinduced many species to linger beyondnormal departure dates. Otherwise, the favorableconditions for migrationand absence of strongfrontal systems until November did not producesizable Regionwide flights although overall numbers of most birds were near normal. Northern invaders were more evident than last year with moderatemovements of NorthernGroshawks, Red-breasted and graduallymoving S (D & JH, RH). Pied-billedGrebes improved Nuthatchesand severalwinter finches.Noteworthy among the few slightlywith maximaof 50-150 in moststates and 450 at Merompower raritieswere a NorthernGannet in centralIllinois, Band-tailedPigeon in plant, Ind., Oct. 16 (DJ). Despitea generallylate migration,an early Missouri,Groove-billed Ani and a Selasphorushummingbird in Indi- HornedGrebe returned to Euclid,O., Aug. 30 (TL). Fall migrantswere ana, and WesternWood-Pewee at Chicago. greatlyreduced from last year with peaksof 70 or fewer in all states.A As usual,all extraordinarysight records must be thoroughlydocu- normalnumber of Red-neckedGrebes included 3 sightingsin Ohioand mented at the time of observation. All documented records have been one in Illinois Nov. 4-Dec. 1. Fared Grebes were scarce in the w. states denotedby a dagger(t). Italicizedplace names are counties. with only onereport from Iowa. They havebecome regular fall migrants in Ilinois and Ohio whereas many as four were reportedfrom 7 and 3 LOONS THROUGH ANHINGA -- A total of 6 reportsof Red- locations,respectively, Sept. 3-Dec. 4. throatedLoon Oct. 9-Dec. 3 was normal for recent autumns;they A flock of nine W. Grebesat CoralvilleRes.. Ia., Oct. 16 may have appearedat 5 inland Illinois locationswhere the speciesis casually beenthe largest ever reported in thisRegion (T et al.). Singlesappeared reportedand one site in Ohio. Missouri's3rd Arctic Loon recordwas at oneMissouri and 2 fllinoislocations including a well-describedlight- providedby threeat ThomasHill Res., Nov. 14-17(?PS et al.). Num- phasebird at HorseshoeL., Ill., Nov. 24-Dec. 2 (AS, ?RG et al.). bersof Corn. Loonswere down from lastyear. Largestconcentrations Illinois' firstNorthern Gannet recordwas provided by an immatureat wereof 60 or fewerin mostareas except along L. Erie wherea peakof PekinNov. 19-20(?TP, ?m.ob.).Another was briefly viewed along L. 281 at ClevelandNov. 12 includeda "kettle" of 60 circlinglike hawks Erie at Vermilion Nov. 17 ('['JP).Normal Am. White Pelicanconcentra-

Volume 38, Number 2 207 tlons of 800 to several thousand occurred in Iowa and Missouri while ion, O , Nov 12 (LR), while the mostnoteworthy of 6 inlandreports migrantswandered E to 2 w. Illinois locations.The continuedrecovery wereone in Ja•I•er, Ia., Nov. l 1 (•'T et al. ) andone to fourat Louisville of Double-crestedCormorants is truly remarkable.Concentrations of Surf Scoterspeaked with 12 at Vermilion,O., Nov. 12 and 6 inland 50-300 were widely reportedin Illinois, Iowa, and Missouribut were reportsincluded three at AmanaL., Ia., Oct. 22 (fide CB) and five at dwarfedby countsof 1800at Schell-OsageW.M.A., Mo., Nov. 3 (JW) Spfld., Oct. 27 (H). Surprisingly,White-winged was the least numerous and 1100 at East Harbor S.P., O., Nov. 7 (JP). For comparison,the scoterwith a GreatLakes maximum of five and9 inlandreports includ- largestreported concentration in the fall of 1980 was only 190. Four ingsix shotat HorseshoeL., Ill., duringthe period (WN). EarlyBuffle- Anhingasnear Caruthersville,Mo., Aug. 25 might have summered headsreturned to Chicagoand ClevelandAug. 21. (?JW). VULTURES THROUGH CRANES -- Hawks filtered throughthe HERONS AND IBISES -- Both bitterns remained scarce with 14 Regionin small numberswith few remarkableconcentrations. As many reportsof Americansincluding a late bird in Ja•I•er, II1., Nov. 26 (RE) as five Black Vulturesat Pickerington,O., throughOct. 25 were n of and only 5 sightingsof Leasts.Maximum concentrationsof 100-150 their normalrange (J, CG). TurkeyVultures were particularly numer- Great Blue Herons and 160-230 Great Egrets were normal for recent ous, with many reportsof 50-200 and 263 in Davis, la., Sept. 12 (T & autumns.Three Great Egretslingered at Crab OrchardN.W.R., Ill., DB). Many remainedwell into November,even in n. areas.Ospreys Nov. 30 + (JR). SnowyEgrets continued a gradualincrease with maxi- continuedto improvein all stateswith a maximumof 12 reportedAug ma of 20 at HorseshoeL., Ill., andseven in the w. L. Erie marshesplus 6-Nov. 4. The only extralimitalMississippi Kite appearedin n.w. Mis- 4 reportsaway from thesebreeding areas. A totalof 23 Little BlueHeron souriat St. JosephAug. 28 (?L). In thew. states,concentrations of Bald reportswas compa[able to lastyear, includinggroups of 110 at Mark Eagleswere beginningto developduring late November.A few eagles Twain N.W.R., II1., in early September(HW, m.ob.) and 100 at Bal- were scatteredacross the e. stateswhere numbers of migrantshave not lard W.M.A., Ky., Aug. 29 (BP et al.). Cattle Egrets were noted in appreciablyincreased. Only small numbersof N. Harrierswere ob- normalnumbers after last year's influx; largest flocks were composed of servedin eachstate. Improved numbers of Cooper'sHawks were noted 36-75 at 3 locationswhile one remained at O.W.R., intoearly Decem- in Ohio and Illinois wherethe largestconcentration was 11. The return ber The statusof Green-backedHerons has not improved.As usual, flightof N. Goshawkswas fairly strong.Migrants were noted beginning small numberslingered through late Octoberplus one at L. Jacomo, Oct. 2 from one Indiana, 2 Ohio and Missouri, 9 Iowa, and 12 Illinois Mo , Nov. 6 (C & KH). Black-crownedNight-Herons were reported in locationswith a maximumof six at I.B.S.P., Nov. 25 (SH, JN). They normal numbers with maxima of 75-120 and a late individual in LaSalle, hadwandered S to s. Indianaand c. Missouriby lateNovember. Fewer Ill , Nov. 29 (JHm). Smallnumbers of Yellow-crownedNight-Herons Broad-wingedHawks were observedthan last year. Exceptfor 600 in were reportedfrom 14 locationsthrough Oct. 9. An ad. White Ibis at Fremont,la., Oct. 2 (fide RP), themain movement occured Sept. 15-24 Ballard W.M.A., Ky., Aug. 29-Sept. 3 was a surprise(?BP et al.). with maxima of 100-440 in Ohio, Indianaand Missouriplus 1150 at Most of our late summer records are of immatures. A White-faced Ibis Spfld., Sept. 17 (H) and 1000+ at Carlyle L., Ill., Sept. 22 (BR) wasidentified by its brightcrimson iris at Centerville,111., Sept. 10-22 Migrant Swainson'sHawks were reportedfrom 6 Missouriand 5 Iowa (?RG, ?PS). UnidentifiedPlegadis ibises were found at 4 locationsin locationsincluding a remarkable53 in Pocahontas,la., Oct. 2 (RHa) A Iowa, Missouri and Illinois Oct. 22 +. casualmigrant through the w. states,a FermginousHawk wasdescribed from Page, la., Oct. 26 (?JB,fi'de RP). Rough-leggedHawks were WATERFOWL -- The TundraSwan flight largelybypassed the morewidely reported,beginning with a very earlybird in Fulton, 111, Region.At traditionalstaging areas, largest concentrations were of 165 Aug. 31 (DB). A GoldenEagle near Pickerington,O., Oct. 25 was at New Albin, Ia., and only 20 in the w. L. Erie marshes.Away from locally unusual(?CG) while one or two at one Iowa and 3 Illinois theseareas, they were found at 9 locationsincluding 17 at TalleyBend, locationsafter Oct. 22 were expected.Fewer Merlins werenoted, with Truman Res., Mo., Nov. 13 (JW) and 25 in Clay, Ia., Nov. 24 (fide reportsfrom 15 locationsSept. 10-Oct. 18 and a maximumof six at RHa). Geese were generally reportedin relatively small numbers. I.B.S.P., Oct. 14 (DJo). A total of 30 PeregrineFalcon reportswas GreaterWhite-fronted Geese wandered E to 4 Illinoissites. Early Snow encouragingwith a strongmovement along L. MichiganOct. 8 bringing Geesereturned to Lexington,Ky., Sept. 10 (MF) andChicago Sept. 11 tento Miller Beach,Ind. (?KB et al.) andsix to Chicago(?JL). A dark- (PC, HR), while the largestflocks in w. Iowa andMissouri harbored the phaseGyrfalcon at Lorain,O., Oct. 22 wasearly (tLR, ?JP).Prairie expectedsmall numbers of Ross'Geese. Along the GreatLakes where Falconswere noted at singlelocations in w. Iowa and Missouri where theyare regular, Brant appeared at 3 L. Erie locationsNov. 12-13with a theyare regularin smallnumbers; in 11inois,they returnedto the tradi- maximum of ten at Vermilion (LR), while the single L. Michigan tionalLawrence wintering site and a migrantwas observedat Spfid , sightingwas one in Lake, Ill., Nov. 5 (?JL). Quite unexpectedwas a Oct. 11 (?H). "Black" Brantshot by a hunterin s.w. Iowa nearRiverton W.M.A., Railswere more widely reported than last year. The only Yellow Rail Nov. 18 (*,fide RP). wasa casualtyat a Spfld. towerOct. 4 (*H). King Railswere found at 3 As happenedlast year, the waterfowlmigration was rather late with GreatLakes locations with a late bird at Lorain, O., Nov. 22 (JP). Soras many speciesmoving through the Regionwell into December.Puddle were abundantin the w. L. Erie marshesas exemplifiedby 184 at duckswere particularlynumerous in the w. L. Erie marshesbut ap- M.M.W.A., Oct. 4 (JP) and 64 at CedarPoint N.W.R., Sept.7 (ET et pearedin normal numberselsewhere. Large concentrationsincluded al.). Scatteredreports elsewhere included 50 in Story, la., Oct. I (SD) 35,000 Mallards in the L. Erie marshesduring November (fide ET), anda late migrantat S.C.R., Nov. 6 (L). A total of 37 Corn. Moorhens 2500 N. Pintailsat Nauvoo, Ill., Nov. 20 (AD), and4000 Blue-winged at ChicagoAug. 14 was noteworthyfor this normallyuncommon spe- Teal at Merom powerplant, Ind., Sept. 25 (DJ). The only Cinnamon cies(JL). Few migrantSandhill Cranes were reportedfrom n. Illinois Teal reportwas of two at Schell-OsageW.M.A., Mo., Aug. 13 (JSoet Migrationover Kentuckyand s.w. Ohiobegan Nov. 4 andpeaked Nov al ) 22-26 when as many as 175 were noted in 8 flocks over Kentucky Diving duck numberswere disappointing,perhaps as a resultof the (m.ob.) and 200 flew over Cincinnati(BM). delayedmigration. Exceptional concentrations were only found at Nau- voo, Ill., Nov. 20 where15,000 Canvasbacksand 40,000 LesserScaup SHOREBIRDS-- Theoverall migration was comparable to previous were present(AD). A small flight of eidersdeveloped along the Great yearsalthough many lingered beyond normal departure dates. As usual, LakesNov. 11-12.Although they were viewed briefly, all wereidenti- localhabitat conditions varied considerably from stateto state.Black- fied as Kings with six at MichiganCity, Ind. (?TC, ?KB), one at belliedPlovers and Lesser Golden-Plovers were locally numerouswith Vermilion,O. (?LR), andseven at Huron, O. (?JP,?EP). Only one severalreports of 70-100 +; smallnumbers of bothspecies lingered well HarlequinDuck wasobserved along the GreatLakes this autumn. Old- into November at a number of locations.A SemipalmatedPlover at squawscontinued to decline with a Great Lakes maximumof 15 at Huron, O., Nov. 12 waslate (m.ob.). PipingPlovers remained scarce Chicagoplus 5 inlandsightings Nov. 4-28 includingfour in s.w. Mis- with singlebirds appearing at a total of 5 locationsin Iowa, Ohio and souriat SpringfieldNov. 21 (?NF). Scoterswere generally scarce along IllinoisAug. 3-Sept.12. As manyas five Am. Avocetsat 14locations in L Michiganwhile dark-winged species were more numerous than usual all statesexcept Iowa Aug. 7-Nov. 11 madeup a typicalfall flight for alongL. Erie. Maximum numbersof Black Scoterswere 60 at Vermil- thisRegion. Greater Yellowlegs were generally scarce while groups of

208 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 125-380 LesserYellowlegs were reportedfrom most states.Both spe- Gullswere reportedfrom 4 L. Erie and2 L. Michiganlocations, mostly cieslingered well intoNovember while SolitarySandpipers were widely duringNovember. The only inlandreport was of two at Alton, Ill.-Mo., noted Oct. 8 +. Willets were also widespreadwith as many as ten Nov. 28 (•'RG). IcelandGulls were only observed at oneL. Michigan appearingat a totalof 15 sitesfrom all states.Most noteworthy were two site while a well-describedfirst-year bird was studiedat Alton, Ill., at LouisvilleSept. 2 andone at BallardW.M.A., Ky., Sept.3 (DN) plus Nov. 28 (•'RG). An ad. LesserBlack-backed Gull was discoveredat one to four late birds at L. Vermilion, Ill., Oct. 20-24 (MC). A number Decatur,Ill., Nov. 24-30+ (RS, •'JMi, m.ob.) while singlebirds ap- of SpottedSandpipers remained Oct. 19-25+. Typicallysmall numbers pearedat 3 L. Erie sitesafter Oct. 13. As manyas five Black-legged of Upland Sandpiperswere reportedfrom all statesexcept Kentucky Kittiwakeswere reportedfrom one L. Erie and 2 L. Michigan sites Sept.29 +; theonly largeconcentration was of 48 in Lucas,0., Aug. 12 duringNovember while the only inlandsighting was unexpected in s.w. (JP). As expected,Whimbrels were restrictedto theGreat Lakeswith as Missouriat L. StocktonNov. 19 (•'JD et al.). An imm. Sabine'sGull manyas four at 5 L. Erie and4 L. Michiganlocations Aug. 4-Sept. 25. was photographedat SaylorvilleRes., Ia., Nov. 10-20, providingthe HudsonianGodwits were numerousalong L. Erie with 36 at O.W.R., 5th recordfor the state(•'EIA,'t m.ob.). Nonewas observed along the Oct. 9 (DT) where 12 remainedNov. 8 +. The only otherreport was of Great Lakes. four at L. Chautauqua,Ill., Oct. 10 (LA). Oneor two MarbledGodwits CaspianTerns were fairly numerouswith a maximum of 450 at were scatteredacross 6 L. Erie locationsNov. 6 +. They alsoappeared Huron, O., Aug. 28 (J). Four at RathbunRes., Ia., Nov. 7 were late at Chicagoplus inland singlesat one Ohio and 3 Illinois sites.A late (MH). Sterna terns were scarcealong L. Michigan while maximum RuddyTurnstone remained at Miller Beach,Ind., Nov. 19 (KB, SJ). As concentrationsot 1100Commons and 400 Forster'swere reported from manyas I I Red Knotswidely scatteredalong the Great LakesOct. 29 L. Erie. It was a goodfall for LeastTerns with a totalof 9 reportsfrom constituteda good fall flight; the only inlandsighting was in Illinois. all statesincluding remarkable flocks of 24 at Springfield,Mo., Sept.7 Sandefiingswere rathernumerous, even at inlandreservoirs, and re- (•'CBo, RMa) and 20 at Ballard W.M.A., Ky., Aug. 29 (BP et al.). mainedDec. 4 + at O.W.R. A thoroughlystudied Semipalmated Sand- Peaknumbers of BlackTerns occurred during September which is later piperat Fairport,Ia., Oct. 21 wasquite late (•'JR). Flocksof 52-55 W. than normalincluding 350 alongL. Erie and at L. Chautauqua.The Sandpipersin s.w. Indianaand c. Ohio plus 100in Fulton, Ky., Sept.5 latestreport was of one at ChicagoOct. 27 (HR). (BP) may representtypical fall concentrationsin ideal habitat.Least Sandpiperslingered through November in all statesexcept Iowa and Missouri. Baird's Sandpiperspeaked at 19 in Fremont, Ia., Aug. 13 (MN) while a late bird wasdescribed from Pulaski, Ky., Nov. 4 (?JE). A maximumof 1000+ PectoralSandpipers was reported from L. Chau- tauqua,Ill., Aug. 6 (TW), while the latestwas notedat KentuckyL., Ky., Nov. 26 (CP et al.). Small numbersof Purple Sandpipersare regularlyobserved along L. Erie whereone or two werediscovered at 3 locationsNov. 6-9. Dunlinswere universally scarce while Stilt Sandpip- erswere unusuallyabundant. Inland flocksof 175 in Fulton, Ky., Sept. 24 (BP, DN) and 150 at Killdeer PlainsW.M.A., O., Sept. 17 (JM) were unprecedentedwhile concentrationsof 30-82 were widely reported. Many lingeredinto late Octoberor early November.Buff-breasted Sandpiperswere also much more numerousthan normal Oct. 12+ includingan incredible44 in Will, Ill., Aug. 30 (JMi, DW). It was a good fall for Long-billedDowitchers with many reportsNov. 10+. Largestconcentrations were 370 at MetzgerMarsh W.M.A., O., Oct. 12 (JP)and 93 at L. ChautauquaOct. 9 (TP). Wilson'sPharalopes were scarcealong the Great Lakesbut widely reportedinland where 18 at L. Groove-billedAni, UpIt,M, hM., Oct. 30. 1983_Photo/K. Brock. ChautauquaSept. 11 provideda noteworthyfall concentration(DW). Red-neckedPhalaropes were also more numerousinland where a re- PIGEONSTHROUGH WOODPECKERS-- A Band-tailedPigeon markable14 were foundat L. ChautauquaAug. 27 (TP). AlongL. Erie photographedat Marshall, Mo., Nov. 27-Dec. 10+ providedthe first wherethey are regular,one or two Red Phalaropesappeared 4 times recordfor Missouri(HH, ph., m.ob.). Cuckooswere generallyscarce Sept.24-Nov. 27 while theonly inlandreport was of oneat Horseshoe althoughthe mild weathercaused some to lingerwell into Octoberand L., Ill., Oct. 11 (•'SR, BR et al.). throughNov. 6 in Kankakee,Ill. (RC). This year'sGroove-billed Ani wasphotographed at Taylor Univ., Oct. 16-Nov. 1, providingIndiana's JAEGERS THROUGH TERNS -- The only acceptablyidentified first record(•'MBr, m.ob., ph.). Reflectingincreased interest in this jaegerwas a Pomafineat Spfld., Sept.7-12 (?H). Unidentifiedjaegers decliningspecies, Com. Barn-Owlswere reportedfrom a total of 7 wereobserved on 6 occasionsalong the GreatLakes during October and locationsin all statesexcept Ohio. Most noteworthywere singlesnear November.One or two LaughingGulls were reportedat 2 Great Lakes Booneville, la., Nov. 25 (EuA etal.) and in n.e. Missouri in Scotland, locations Oct. 22 + while inland birds were noted at Louisville Oct. 14- Aug. 19 (SL). SnowyOwls were morenumerous than last year with a 21 (?LRa, BP) and L. ChautauquaAug. 26-27 & Nov. 6 (TP et al.). totalof 10 reportsfrom all statesexcept Kentucky. They had wandered S Most noteworthyof scatteredFranklin's Gull sightingsin e. areaswere to Dayton, O. (D & PK), Winchester,Ind. (fide LC) and St. Charles, concentrationsof 80 at Spfld., Nov. 10 (H) andfive at LouisvilleNov. Mo. (MBa) by the end of November.The othermigrant owls appeared 11-13 (LRa et al.). Little Gulls were scarcealong L. Erie wherethere in similarnumbers as last year with one or two Long-earedsat 7 loca- were only 4 reportswhile one to three were notedat 2 Chicagoarea tionsincluding one at New Hope, Ky., Nov. 19 (fide AC), one or two locationsNov. 11-27 (m.ob.). SingleCorn. Black-headedGulls were Short-eareds at 14 sites and one or two N. Saw-whets at 6 locations. documentedfrom 2 L. Erie sites Nov. 12-28 where the speciesis Groupsof 100-500 Com. Nighthawkswere widely reportedthrough apparentlyannually observed (•'TL, •'JP). mid-Septemberand stragglersremained Oct. 25 + at severals. areas. Migrationof thecommon gulls was not at all typical,especially along Whip-poor-willsalso remained fairly latewith a numberof reportsOct. L. Erie wherethe normallarge concentrations never materialized. Bona- 9+. ChimneySwift populationsappeared to be healthywith many parte'sGulls appeared in unusuallylow numbersalong L. Erie although reportsof 300-1200. They remainedlater than normalwith departure normalconcentrations were foundinland and alongL. Michigan. The datesduring the last half of Octoberin all statesand Nov. 3 at Loraine, majorityof Ring-billedGulls apparently departed from the Great Lakes O. (JP). After severalyears of scarcity,numbers of Ruby-throated to inlandreservoirs and rivers wheregreater than normal numbers were Hummingbirdsrebounded with maxima of 12-23 in all statesduring widelyreported. Only HerringGulls were observed in normalnumbers September;most departed during the first week of October.This year, I on the Great Lakes. received3 reportsof very latehummingbirds, two of whichwere casual- An ad. California Gull was thoroughlystudied at MichiganCity ly dismissedas Ruby-throateds. Observers should be awarethat Novem- Nov. 10, providinga 2nd recordfor Indiana(•'Haw et al.). Thayer's ber hummingbirdscould potentially be any of severalspecies and these

Volume 38, Number 2 209 birdsshould be criticallyidentified In all hkehhood,these late hum- Illinoisas indicated by a maximumof 125 at ChicagoOct 9 (JL) A late mersmay be w. straysas wasthe imm. ? Selasphorushummingbird Wood Thrush was bandedin Blue Island, II1., Oct. 28 (KBa). Since VlSltinga Jeffersonville,Ind. feederDec. 10+ (m.ob., ph., BP). This most Varied Thrushesreported in this Region are winter visitors, a blrd'sspecific identity remains to be conclusivelyestablished. A poor migrantin Sioux, Ia., Oct. 30 was unexpected(fide DH). mastcrop was responsible for thedeparture of Red-headedWoodpeck- Water Pipits were widespreadbut maximumconcentrations were ersfrom Missouriwhere large numbers of migrantswere noted through generallyof 100 or fewer. CedarWaxwings were abundantin most Oct. 5. Other woodpeckerselicited few commentsexcept for 495 N. areasduring late October and November, including "several thousand" Fhckersmigrating past St. Louis Oct. 5 (MP). alongthe Little Miami R., in s.w. Ohio Oct. 23 (fideW). As manyas threeN. Shrikesat 6 locationsin the n. statesduring November repre- FLYCATCHERS, SWALLOWS -- Flycatcherswere generally senteda typicalfall movement.Loggerhead Shrikes are doing well in scarce,perhaps reflecting the affects of theadverse weather during May. Missouribut only ten were reportedfrom the otherstates. A WesternWood-Pewee was identified by its voiceat ChicagoSept. 30 (?JL). Late E. Wood-Peweesremained Oct. 25 + at Spfld. (H) & Oct. VIREOS, WARBLERS-- The unusuallywarm weather produced a 23 in Scott,Ia. (?J, Pet al.) while additionallate wood-peweesightings protractedmigration with few migrantsobserved before early Septem- lacked sufficientdetails for specificidentifications. Empidonax fly- ber and many birds lingeringlater than normalin October.Frontal catcherswere unusuallyuncommon in mostareas although a few lin- systemsproduced few noteworthyconcentrations; most species seemed geredlater thannormal into early October.Alder Flycatcherreports to filter throughin small flocks. Small numbersof Bell's Vireos were consistedof singlesat Sweet Marsh, Ia., Aug. 5 (RM), Madison, II1., observedin Iowa, Illinois and Indiana throughSept. 12. November Sept.2 (PS et al.) andJohnson, Ia., Sept.8 (TS). WesternKingbirds vireoswere restrictedto Ottawa, 0., with two PhiladelphiasNov. 9-10 wereonly reported from n.w. Missouriwhere as manyas sevenwere and a Red-eyedNov. 9 (JP). present.Good numbers of E. Kingbirdsappeared in Missouriand Ohio Golden-wingedWarblers were observedat 12 locationsincluding 3 withseveral reports of 50-60and a remarkabletotal of 300 in Jackson, reportsOct. 1-2. One Brewster'shybrid and one Lawrence'shybrid Mo., Sept. 11 (C & KH, MM). One at CraneCreek S.P., O., Oct. 16 were reportedthis fall. The latestof 4 NovemberTennessee Warbler was rather late (JP). In s.w. Missouri, migrantScissor-tailed Fly- reportswas at Fayette,Mo., Nov. 11 (CR). An early Orange-crowned catcherspeaked at 100 on Oct. 4 while two remainedat NeoshoOct. Warblerwas noted at ChicagoSept. 6 (PC) whilenormal numbers were 30 + (BC). observedthrough Nov. 25 at Urbana, Ill. (BCh) and Chicago(JL) No largeconcentrations of PurpleMartins were reported. Otherwise, Otherlate warblersincluded a Nashvilleat ChicagoNov. 25 (DW), a N swallowswere observedin numberscomparable to thoseof the pastfew Parula at Duck Creek W.M.A., Mo., Oct. 22 (SDi) and Yellow at years.Tree Swallowspeaked with 5000 at Merompower plant, Ind., Eubank,Ky., Nov. 13 (?JE). An early MagnoliaWarbler returned to Oct. 23 (DJ) andremained through Nov. 19 at UnionCounty W.M.A., Eubank,Ky., Aug. 21. CapeMay Warblerswere unreported from Iowa Ill (JR). As customary,N. Rough-wingedsconcentrated in n.w. Mis- but werefairly numerouselsewhere including one lingering at Martins- souriwith 3000 in Buchanan,Sept. 23 (L). The latestof manylingering ville, Ind., throughNov. 25 (fide CK). Black-throatedBlue Warblers at birdswas at Vermilion, O., Nov. 2 (JP). Othernoteworthy concentra- oneMissouri, 3 Iowa, and3 Kentuckylocations represented typical fall tionswere of 4000 BankSwallows at Merompower plant, Ind., Aug. 14 reportsfrom stateswhere this speciesis uncommonlyobserved A and 1500Barn Swallows inBuchanan, Mo., Sept.23. The latterspecies remarkabletally of 5000 Yellow-rumpedWarblers invaded Chicago lingeredinto Novemberat 5 locations,the latest at Pekin,I11., Nov. 20 Oct. 9 (RB), wherean early migrantwas noted Aug. 24 (PC). The mild (LA). fall weatherwas responsiblefor late warblerrecords such as Black- throatedGreen at Mendora, II1., Oct. 31 (JHm), Pine at Carbondale, CORVIDS THROUGH SHRIKES -- A total of 54 Fish Crows in Ill., Nov. 19 (JR), Bay-breastedat Burlington,Ky., Oct. 25 (LM), Madison, II1., Sept. 2 providedan unusualfall concentration(RG et Blackpollat ChicagoNov. 4 (RB), Am. Redstartin Scott,Ia., Oct 23 al ). Black-cappedChickadees staged a moderateinvasion into c. andn. (JR, Pet al. ), Worm-eatingWarbler at LouisvilleOct. 9 (BSh)and three Ohio duringNovember as indicatedby 100 alongthe Clevelandlake- Ovenbirdsin Novemberwith the latestat Columbus,O., Nov. 16 (BS) front Nov. 2 (TL). Similar movementswere not reportedelsewhere. A LouisianaWaterthrush was unexpected at ChicagoSept. 10 (?HR) Moderatenumbers of Red-breastedNuthatches appeared in mostareas; Small numbersof ConnecticutWarblers were reportedfrom 6 Illinois daily maxima were generallyten or fewer. They returnedto most n. locations.Scattered reports elsewhere included five bandedin Ottawa, areasduring late Augustand Regionwideby mid-September.An early O., Sept. 25 (JP). An early MourningWarbler returned to Bettendorf, migrantwas noted in Wayne,Ind., Aug. 17 (JC). Small numbersof Ia., Aug. 9 (P) while smallnumbers in otherstates included a maximum White-breastedNuthatches wer• observedin migrationalong L. Erie of six at Chicago.Single Connecticut, Mourning and Hooded warblers during October. Brown Creeperswere scarcein many areas. at ChicagoOct. 14 werelate (RB) as wasa Yellow-breastedChat there The recoveryof CarolinaWren populationswas most evident in n. Sept. 30 (JL). areaswhere the specieshas been absent for 4-5 years.At leastnine were foundin Iowa thisfall. In contrast,Bewick's Wrens have almost disap- TANAGERS THROUGH EMBERIZINES -- Tanagerswere gener- pearedfrom the Regionas the only sightingwas in Waterloo,la., Aug. ally scarcewith only one SummerTanager reported n. of its normal 10 (RM). All observationsof this speciesshould be reported.A House range.Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were alsoscarce; the largestconcentra- Wren in n.w. Indiana at Cowles Bog Nov. 26 was quite late (KB). tion was of 27. Four Black-headedGrosbeak reports were more than Numbersof Winter Wrens were comparableto the pastfew years. In normalwith at leasttwo at Ft. Ancient,O., Oct. 5 (?RN) andsingles in Kentucky, summeringSedge Wrens were locally unusualin Green, Cherokee,Ia., Sept. 30 (?MB) and BuschW.M.A., Mo., Sept 11 Powelland Calloway (BMo, BP) as werefledglings in LaRue, Aug. 21 (•'SR) & Oct. 6 (?CPa). Additionallate recordswere provided by an (DN). Migrantswere notedin all statesthrough Oct. 29 with peaksof IndigoBunting at HorseshoeLake W.M.A., Ill., Nov. 12 (•'JR) and a 15-19 in Indiana and Illinois. A total of 32 Marsh Wrens in Sullivan, Dickcisselin Pocahontas,Ia., Nov. 26 (fide RHa). Ind., Oct. 9 was ratherhigh (D J) while a late bird was notedat Cowles Sparrowspassed through the Regionin fairly goodnumbers with peak Bog, Ind., Nov. 26. concentrationscomparable to thoseof last year. Their migration was Excellentnumbers of kingletsmigrated through most areas with many also late with many speciesstill moving S in late November.Clay- reportsof 20-60/day. Largestconcentrations were of 135 Golden- coloredSparrows wandered E to Illinoiswhere 4 reportsOct. 5-12 were crownedsat ChicagoOct. 9 (JL) and 100 Ruby-crownedsat Fairfield, normal. A Lark Bunting in e. Missouri at St. Charles, Sept. 5 was Ia , Oct. 11 (DP). The Catharusthrush migration exhibited no discern- unusual(?CS, m.ob.). GrasshopperSparrows remained into November ible Regionwidepattern except for a few sizableconcentrations on the at 2 locations,the latestwas in Knox, Ind., Nov. 13 (DJ). A summering ground.Gray-cheeked Thrushes were nearlyas numerousas Swain- Henslow'sSparrow in Green, Ky., Aug. 6 waslocally unusual (BMo) son's in Ottawa, 0., during Septemberand a late Gray-cheekedwas while fall migrantswere noted at 3 locationsduring September and bandedthere Nov. 10 (JP). An early Swainson'sThrush returned to October.As many as 13 Le Conte's Sparrowswere reportedfrom BeverlyShores, Ind., Aug. 19 (KB, SJ)while a latemigrant was banded traditionallocations E to s.w. Indianaalthough they were thought to be in Ottawa, 0., Oct. 31. Hermit Thrusheswere numerousin Ohio and scarcein Illinois. The 8 reportsof oneto fourSharp-tailed Sparrows in

210 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Sept. 17-Oct. 29 constituteda typical fall similarto thatof the siskinswith scatteredbirds in n. areasduring early migration.A Fox Sparrowat ChicagoSept. 5 wasearly (HR). White- Octoberand a strongerRegionwide flight duringlate Octoberand No- throatedSparrows were particularlynumerous in Illinois and alongL. vember.Maximum concentrations were generallyof 20-40 exceptin Erie where 125-200+/day were frequentlyencountered. A concentra- Kentuckywhere as many as 100 were reported. tionof 275 Harris' Sparrowsin CherokeeOct. 13 wasexceptional for w. Iowa (MB). They appearede. to Monmouth, Ill.. Oct. 8-29 (LMc, ABBREVIATIONS -- S.C.R., Squaw Creek N.W.R., Mo.; MBm). LaplandLongspurs returned to n. Ohio Sept. 24. They were O.W.R., Ottawa N.W.R., O.; M.M.W.A., Magee Marsh W.M.A., quitenumerous in Iowa. Illinoisand Missouri during October and No- O.; I.B.S.P., lllinois BeachS.P., Ill.; Spfld., Springfield,Ill. vemberwith manyreports of 200-800 anda maximumof 2000 in Stor3', Ia., Oct. 29 (PM). The only Smith'sLongspurs were found in Knox, CONTRIBUTORS -- (Subregionaleditors names in boldface;con- Ind., whereeight-15 were presentNov. 13-20 •DJ). Snow Buntings tributorsare requestedto sendtheir reportsto them.) EloiseArmstrong returnedto then. statesduring late October with as many as 400 reported (EIA), EugeneArmstrong (EuA), L. Augustine,A. Barron(AB), K. along L. Erie. Bartel (KBa), M. Bates (MBa), M. Baum, (MBm), C. Bendorf (CB), D. Birkenholz (DB), R. Biss, D. Bohlen (H), C. Bonner (CBo), J. BLACKBIRDS, FINCHES -- Normal numbersof migrant Bobo- Braley, T. & D. Bray, M. Breederland(MBr), M. Brewer (MB), K. links were notedthrough Oct. 23. ExtralimitalYellow-headed Black- Brock(KB), A. Bruner(ABr), M. Campbell,L. Carter,R. Chapel,B. birdsincluded two to four at ClevelandSept. 19-24 (M) plus singlesat Chato(BCh), B. Clark (BC), P. Clyne, A. Coomes,J. Cope, T. Coslet, BallardW.M.A., Ky., Sept.5 (tAB, ?BP), AtterburyW.M.A., Ind., A. Dierkes, S. Dilks (SDi), S. Dinsmore (SD), J. Dobbs, R. Edwards, throughOct. 7 (BG), andin Parke, Ind., Nov. 5 (ABr). A concentration J. Elmore,N. Fay. M. Flynn, C. Gambill, B. Gill, R. Goetz. I. Hamp- of 120 Brewer's Blackbirdswas noteworthyat SaylorvilleRes., la., son (JHm), R. Hannikman (RH), R. Harms (RHa), D. Harr, J. Haw Nov. 20 (SD et al.). Groupsoftbur-20 werefound at a totalof 7 sitesin (Haw), S. Hickman, C. & K. Hobbs, H. Hoey. D. & J. Hoffman (D & Illinois, Kentuckyand Ohio, a greaternumber of fall reportsthan nor- JH), M. Huesinkveld, S. Jackson, D. Johnson(DJo), D. Jones (D J), mal. Great-tailedGrackles remained in s.w. Iowa Aug. 13+ and n.w. Charles Keller (Indiana), Tom Kent (T) (Iowa), W. Klamm (M), Missouri Oct. 22 +. Vernon Kleen •Illinois), D. & P. Knoop, J. Landing, F. Lawhon (L), After last year's scarcity.winter finchesreturned to the Regional- T. LePage,P. Martsching,R. Matthews(RMa), J. McCormac(JM), M. thoughthe flight wasnot overly impressive. Purple Finches were wide- McHugh, L. McKeown (LMc), L. McNeeley (LM), J. Milosevich spreadin Octoberbut declinednoticeably during November. The largest (JMi), B. Monroe (BMo), B. Moring (BM), R. Myers, J. Neal, M. reportedconcentrations were of 35 or fewer.House Finches continued Newlon, W. Nichols, D. Noonan, R. Noss, B. Palmer-Ball (BP), C. to expandand are unusualonly in the w. stateswhere there were 6 Patterson(CPa), Bruce Peterjohn (J) (Ohio), M. Peters,P. Petersen reportsfrom Illinois anda maximumof sevenat St. LouisAug. 3 (BR)_ (P), C. Peterson(CP), R. Phipps,E. Pierce,I. Pogacnik,D. Porter,T. SingleRed Crossbillswere notedat one locationin Ohio and one in Pucelik, L. Rauth (LRa), J. Robinson,L. Rosche(LR), C. Royal, B. Illinoisduring November while a flockof 30 wasnoted in Wayne,Ind., Rudden,S. Russell,H. Rylaarsdam,R. Sandburg,A. Seppi,B. Shan- Oct. 31 (JC). The only White-wingedCrossbill appeared in Vermilion, non(BSh), L. Slater,J. Smith(IS), P. Snetsinger,J. Sower(JSo), C. Ill., Nov. 18 (IS) whileCorn. Redpolls were found at onen. Illinoisand Spencer,Anne Stamm (S) (Kentucky),T. Staudt.B. Stehling(BS). E. 2 n. Ohio locationsOct. 3 l-Nov. 17. PineSiskins generally arrived in n. Tramer, D. Tumblin, T. Ward, D. Williams, Jim Wilson (Missouri), areasduring early Octoberand elsewhere by theend of themonth. The A. Wiseman (W), H. Wuestenfeld.In addition, many personswho flightwas moderate at bestwith 40-50 comprising the largest flocks and couldnot be individuallyacknowledged submitted notes to the various mostreports of ten or fewer. AmericanGoldfinches were fairly numer- subregionalreports.•BRUCE G. PETERJOHN, 105-K E. Ticon- ous, especiallyin c. Illinois. The EveningGrosbeak movement was deroga Dr., Westerville, OH 43081.

CENTRAL SOUTHERN REGION /Robert D. Purrington

It wasa warmfall, wet in partsof the Region,dry in others,which broughtto a close(nearly) a warmand wet year for most of theRegion. New Orleans and Mobile both had 15 inchesabove normal rainfall by theend of theperiod and on the order of 150degree-days above normal. In theTennessee Valley, Julyand August rainfall was the lowest in 58 years.Hurricane Alicia made a feintat theLouisiana Gulf Coast before batteringGalveston and Houston, Texas, but the impact on eventhe coastalparts of theRegion was minimal (although see the record of a Sulphur-belliedFlycatcher for Alabama).The mild fall encouragedan unusualnumber of migratingpassefines to lingerpast normal departure dates,many of whichwere no doubtkilled by lateDecember's severe weather. Of approximately15 frontalpassages after mid-August, those of September13 and 21, October5, 9, 13, and22, andNovember 10,14, and24 were the mostimportant as measuredby reportsof numbersof individualsand species, or of interestingvagrants. Most of thesefronts occurredlate in theweek, offering good weekend birding opportunities. •siand On theother hand, many of thefronts simply reinforced a high-pressure areathat dominated much of thefall andwhich brought light windsand GULF clearskies, and did notbring about significant changes in theweather. Imhofcommented at lengthon thewestward movement of largenum- bersof migratingwaterbirds along the coast off FortMorgan and Gulf Shores,Alabama. Especiallyinteresting were his descriptionsof displacedto theeast of theirdestinations by thewesterly and northwest- 10,000+ ducksflying west November 12 at FortMorgan and an im- erly windsaccompanying a frontalpassage. pressivearray of loons,cormorants, mergansers, etc. moving westward It wasnot a spectacularfall for westernvagrants (with the caveat that November25. He speculatedthat manyof the birdsmay havebeen at this writing,mid-January, I am awareof somevery spectacular

Volume 38, Number2 211 Decemberrecords), and no frontalpassage seemed more effective than the lastfew years A LesserScaup on L Pontchartrmnnear New Or- any other in this regard. Becauseof the mild fall, many wintering leansSept. 14 (RDP) wasearliest ever if a healthybird, while a flock of specieswere late and numbersbuilt up slowly, or were simplyrare 215 at L. FayettevilleNov. 23 (JN, LA) waslarge for the w. Ozarks throughoutthe fall (factorsother than the mild fall may have been Unexpectedin that areawere an imm. Surf ScorerNov. 19-26 at Budd operatingas well). Especiallynoted as late and in low numbersas of the Kidd L., WashingtonCo. (JN, TH, DJ, m.ob), the5th Arkansasrecord, endof the periodwere Ring-billed and Herring gulls at New Orleansand and 14 Red-breastedMergansers at L. Fayetteville,Washington Co , robinsand Yellow-rumpedWarblers everywhere. There was little evi- Nov. 2 (JN, LA). denceof a boreal influx; Red-breastedNuthatches were not reportedat all, therewere few siskinsand EveningGrosbeaks, and PurpleFinches DIURNAL RAPTORS -- At least31 reportsof Ospreyswere submit- appearedin only very modestnumbers. ted, all but one from coastal Louisiana and Mississippi;there were probablyother records not submitted.An Am. Swallow-tailedKite seen LOONS THROUGH FRIGATEBIRDS -- The earliest record for the n. of MemphisSept. 19 (JRW) providedthe 2nd Shelby County record Alabama coast of Red-throatedLoon was of one carefully watched in 55 years.Black-shouldered Kites remained in thevicinity of theirnest flying parallelto the shoreat Ft. MorganNov. 15 (TAD; onewas also sitesto the endof the periodin s.w. Mississippi(JT) and into at least seen at Woods Res., Franklin Co., Tenn., Nov. 13 (DRJ, CGD). A early Septemberat the nearbySt. TammanyParish location (JH, JFH) Com. Loon at AlabamaPt., BaldwinCo., Ala., Aug. 6 possiblysum- Reportsof Bald Eaglesfrom Louisianaand coastal Mississippi totalled mered there, while on the Mississippicoast the first was seenOct. 16 six or sevenbirds (4-5 imm., 2 ad.). A heretoforeunknown nest site was and the peak numberwas 70+ at GulfportNov. 29 (JT, CE, CaE). beingoccupied by the endof the perioddownriver from New Orleans Seventy-fivewere on Wood's Res., Nov. 13 (DRJ, CGD). Horned (FB). Finally, an adultwas seen on HorseshoeL., CrittendenCo., Ark , Grebenumbers were low alongthe Mississippicoast, and on L. Pont- Oct. 28 (PS). Recordsfrom middle Tennesseeincluded a nestingat chartrainnone had been seen by the endof the period.An ad. Brown CrossCreeks N.W.R. (fide VCG), the first in Tennesseein 22 years,as Boobywas seen just off OrangeBeach, Ala., Aug. 5 (RSD) andan imm. well as two in LawrenceCounty Sept. 14-23 (DJS). Few reportsof N Gannet,evidently sick, was found on thebeach in EscambiaCounty Cooper'sHawks were submitted, and Sharp-shinned Hawks were clear- Aug. 14 (MF, OF), for the 3rd Augustrecord for n.w. Florida. When ly belownumbers of recentyears, the highest count being of tenOct 25 placedin the waterit swamoff to an uncertainfuture. A N. Gannethad in HancockCounty, Miss. (JT). Hawk watchesSept. 25 andOct. I on been picked up dead on the beachJuly 25 as well. Double-crested the shoreof L. Pontchartrainyielded six andseven, respectively (JW) Cormorantsreached the Gulf Coastnear New OrleansbySept. 21 (MM, Themwere 4 recordsof Swainson'sHawks: two Sept. 17in Washington DM), andwere in JacksonCounty, Miss., the followingday (JT, MB), County,Ark. (JN), two thenext day in BentonCounty (BS, MMI), one followinga frontalpassage. High countsincluded 274 in BentonCoun- in s.w. LouisianaOct. 15 (JW), and anotherNov. 16 at Ft. Morgan ty, Ark., Oct. 9 (BS, MMI, JN, TH), 174 in WashingtonCounty Nov. (AM, AIM). There are now 13 recordsfor Alabama. Of 20 Red-tafied 13 (JN, MMI), and 1000+ at Mud L., Shelbyand DeSoto cos., Tenn., Hawkscounted by Neal during120 mi of drivingin n.w. ArkansasNov Oct. 30-Nov. 26 (BBC, CC). Recordsfrom extreme n.w. Alabama 12, four were dark-phase"Harlans." Rough-leggedHawks were re- duringNovember (GP) wereencouraging. Although Magnificent Friga- portedfrom LauderdaleCounty, Tenn., Nov. 2 (SF), CrittendonCoun- teNrdsare rarely seenin coastals.w. Louisiana,five were in Cameron ty, Ark., Nov. 13 (BBC, LCC), and Maury County,Tenn., Nov 20 Par., Sept. 18 (DP, LM, KB); somewere lingeringon the Mississippi (BF). American Kestrels were especiallycommon between New Or- coast as late as Nov. 29 (JLS). leans and Venice Oct. 30 (RDP, NN), ahead of a front. There were reportsof at least 16 Merlins, includingone in WashingtonCounty, BITTERNS THROUGH STORKS -- American Bitterns in Baldwin Ark., Sept.23 (JN) andfive at Grand.I., Oct. 9 (JW, GD) in the wake County,Ala., and in EscambiaCounty, Fla., Aug. 6 (OF, AZ, TZ) of a cold Ëont. Earliestreport was Sept. 25 in St. TammanyParish establishedthe first Augustrecord for n.w. Florida and the earliest (DM). There were reports of 18 PeregrineFalcons from Arkansas, coastalrecord for Alabama(summering?). One in BentonCounty, Ark., Tennessee,Mississippi, and Louisiana, including three Oct. 30 between Oct. 9 (BS) providedthe first recordfor thew. ArkansasOzarks in 10 + New Orleans and Venice (RDP, NN). years,while a Least Bitternthere on the samedate was the first in nearly 30 years.This arealacks any permanent natural marsh. Another at Gulf RAILS THROUGH SHOREBIRDS -- A King Rail seenin Center- ShoresNov. 30 (TAI) wasthe latest ever for Alabama(except for winter ton, Ark., Oct. 10 (LA, TH, BK) was the first ever in the w. Arkansas records).Post-breeding dispersal of ReddishEgrets onto the Mississippi Ozarks;eight Sofas there the previous day werealso unusual. In coastal Gulf Coastand the coastof Louisianaat GrandI., producedfewer fall Louisianaand Mississippi they continued to be very scarce.Latest ever recordsthan usual. A GlossyIbis collectedin CameronPar., Oct. 16 for n. Alabama was a Com. MoorhenNov. I at Birmingham(TAI, (*to L.S.U.M.Z.--TSS, GR, VR) confirmedthe species' irregular oc- FD'A). Six SandhillCranes were watched flying along the beach at Ft currencethere; there are no documentedrecords for Texas. Two Plega- MorganNov. 12 (RD, VF, MF et al.); 82 were seenin PickettCounty, dt• ibisesin WashingtonCounty Oct. 7 (JN, RS, TH) representedonly Tenn., Oct. 26 (RCH). A few LesserGolden-Plovers, which are rare in the 2nd recordfor Arkansas.Roseate Spoonbills dispersed widely after theRegion in fall migration,were reported from coastal areas in October nestingand were recorded near Shreveport, La., July24 (PMD) & Sept. andNovember, while a PipingPlover Aug. 14 (DM) establishedthe 3rd 17-Oct. 9, the first area record, in c. LouisianaAug. 21 & Sept. 9 recordfor New Orleans. AmericanOystercatchers seen Oct. I 8,:Nov (DWG), near Grand I., Sept. 11 (NN, RDP, DM). A concentrationof 26 in St. BernardPar. (PN) represented,respectively, the first October 45 in TerrebonnePar., Oct. 10-11 (CN) was unusualthis far e. Wood record,and the latestever for Louisiana.An early LesserYellowlegs Storkswere seenat CrossCreeks N.W.R., Tenn., July26 (FR) & Sept. wasat MusselShoals City, Ala., July5 (GP), while20 Willets at New I (FR); there were 34 at L. Millwood Sept. 11 (HP, MP). OrleansAug. 14 (DM) setan all-timehigh count for thecity. Therewere 3 recordsof Whimbrelsfrom GrandI., Aug. 14-Oct. 9; the speciesis WATERFOWL -- Three FulvousWhistling-Ducks were seen in rare at bestin fall migration.One in EscambiaCounty, Fla., Oct 23 Mobile County, Ala., Sept. 3 (CLK, FW, AZ, TZ); a Black-bellied (TM, WV) providedthe first Octoberrecord for n.w. Florida. That Whistling-Duckkilled by a hunterin St. CharlesPar., Nov. 28 wasof Long-billedCurlews seemto be winteringin small numbersin coastal uncertainorigin. Six Am. BlackDucks in a brackishpond on theedge of Alabamais suggestedby recordsSept. 3 8,:Nov. 19 and22 in Mobile L PonchartrainNov. 20 (DM) furnishedthe first definite recordsfor andBaldwin cos. A HudsonianGodwit, only the3rd for s.e. Louisiana s e Louisianain severalyears, except for hunter'skills. A Mottled in fall, was at the BonnetCarre Spillway Oct. 1-9 (MW, MA, RJS, AS Duckreported from Escambia County, Fla., Aug. 5 (RD) furnishedonly et al.). A RuddyTurnstone in BentonCounty, Ark., Oct. 9-18 (D J, BS, the 2nd sightingfor n.w. Florida.The firstrecord of CinnamonTeal in JN, TH) constitutedthe 2nd occurrencefor the w. ArkansasOzarks, and s e Louisiana(except, again, for reportsfrom hunters) was of a maleat a Red Knot in WashingtonCounty Sept. 1-10 (TH, DJ, JN et al) GrandI., Oct. 13 (MM, JW, DM). An earlyN. Shovelerwas at Blakely providedthe first occurrence for theOzarks. There were 3 recordsof the I , Ala., Aug. 26 (GDJ); in generalthere were few earlyrecords of White-rumpedSandpiper, another fall rariWover most of the Region waterfowl. The small numbers of Canvasbacks seen in s.e. Louisiana Aug. 27 at CrossCreeks N.W.R., Tenn. (MGW et al), Sept. 3 tn andon theMississippi coast were not encouraging, after the scarcityof Mobile County, Ala. (CLK, FW, AZ, TZ) and Sept. 17 in Jackson

212 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 County,Miss. (JT, MC, JD, CR). Four Stilt Sandpiperswere very late hawk at Gulf BreezeNov. 22 (RD, RSD). By the endof the periodthere in Cameron Par., Nov. 26 (VR, DH, PMcK. LH). Buff-breasted Sand- had been 3 reportsof Buff-bellied Hummingbirdsfrom s. Louisiana: piperspeaked at Cape San Bias, ColbertCo., Ala., and at New Orleans Nov. 19 in Harahan (MWa) and Franklin (GDe), & Nov. 26 at Reserve in early September,with a maximumof 80 at the latterlocality Sept. I (RJS, NLN). The heaviestmovement of Ruby-throatedHummingbirds, (NN). There were manyreports Aug. 28-30 from middleTennessee. An accordingto Newfield, was in the last 10 days of September;all were Am. Woodcockwas seenat Laplace, La., July 24 (MyF, MgF); there juveniles and thinner than usual for fall migrants.Newfield bandeda are few local recordsindicative of nesting.Single Red-neckedPhalar- totalof 56 at her Metairiestation during the latesummer and fall. Black- opeswere recordedin LonokeCounty, Ark., Aug. 9 (HP, MP, FF) and chinnedHummingbirds were scarce,and althoughthey arrivedas usual in Mobile County, Ala., Sept. 3 (CLK, FW, AZ, TZ). in late October, Newfield bandedonly two and they were absentfrom severalother feederswhich usuallyhave them. Incredibly, a Calliope Hummingbird appearedNov. 25 at the sameReserve, La. feedersat which one was collected last December (RJS, NLN, m.ob.). The bird representedthe 2nd Louisianarecord, remained for 3 days, was banded and nettedby Newfield, and tail and gorgetfeathers were secured.Yet anotherCalliope appearedin Baton RougeNov. 25 but was not confirmed until Dec. 21. AlthoughSelasphorus hummingbirds were unpre- cedentedlyearly in Metairie Aug. 2 (NLN) and at BatonRouge the day after (SH, KH), the early promisewas not borneout and numberswere not high during the fall. A Selasphorusin MurfrecsboroSept. 6 (LAE, m.ob.), identifiedas a Rufous,would providethe first Tennesseerecord (ph.). Migratory movementsof Red-headedWoodpeckers noted Sept. 17- Oct. 7 in the w. ArkansasOzarks involved as many as 40 high-flying birds on a given day (JN).

FLYCATCHERS THROUGH WAXWINGS -- A wood-pewee,presumedto be an Eastern,was unprecedentedlylate in JacksonCounty, Ad. light-phasePomarb•e Jaeger. Lake Milhvood,Ark., Aug. 21-Oct. Miss., Nov. 10 (JT, MB). Also very late wasan Empidonccrflycatcher 8, 1983. at Logtown, Miss., Nov. 25 (JD, JT). A heavy migratory movementof JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS -- An ad. PomarineJaeger, first seen Ernpidonc•rflycatchers Sept. 17 in CameronPar.. includedan estimated Aug. 21, spent6 weeks on L. Millwood, Ark. (CMi, HP, MP et al). 30 Least Flycatchers,at leastsix "Traill's," one Alder, and four Yel- Two LaughingGulls there Aug. 21 (CMi, MP) weresufficiently unusual low-bellied Flycatchers(VR, GR, TSS). Incompletereports of two thereto suggestsome relationship with HurricaneAlicia. Contrasting Say's Phoebesin s.w. Louisianawere received,Oct. 13 + at Lacassine with this recordis that of 20,000 at EastJetty Beach,Cameron Par., N.W.R. (BA, LF, CMo) & Oct. 21 at Pecan I., Vetmillion Par. (DA, Sept.4 (VR,GR, BT, CC). While the circum-Gulf migrating Fra, nklin's BA, SL). The only Vermilion Flycatcherreported was a maleat Marion, Gull is regularin fall throughArkansas, as indicated by 210 + in Benton Ala., Nov. 18 (LNT), for the 7th inlandrecord. Perhapsthe bird of the CountyOct_ 9 (BS, MMI, MG), they were seenthis fall with unusual seasonwas a Sulphur-beIlied Flycatcher netted, banded,and photo- frequencyalong the c. Gulf Coastwhere they are rarelyencountered: graphedat Dauphin I. Sept. 6 (SH et al.), presentfor 3 days. The Nov. 10 & 12 in coastalMississippi (JT, MB) andNov. 13 at Fourchon excellentcolor photographsof the bird in the hand rule out the other Beachnear Grand I., La. (RDP, NN, DM). An immatureat Gulf Shores Myiodynastesflycatchers. This first recordfor Alabamasupplements Dec. I-9 (TAI et al. ) furnishedonly the 6th coastalrecord for Alabama the earlier single records from Mississippi and Louisiana. Western and on an extraordinarydate. The 2nd recordfor Mississippiof the Kingbirdswere reportedin s. Louisianaand MississippiOct. 23-Nov. LesserBlack-backed Gull wasestablished by an adult seen at Gulfport 27, with a highof four nearPort Sulphur, La., Oct. 30 (RDP, NN). The Nov. 12-30+ (JT, m.ob., ph.). This birdwas thought not to be thesame largestflocks of migratingE. Kingbirdsreported were of 100 and 300 individual seenin March 1983 (AB 37:880). And then there is the caseof Sept. I & 5 in WashingtonCounty, Ark. (JN, TH). Recordsof Scissor- famous"old one-leg," the dark-backedgull whichhas been present for tailedFlycatchers included a nestingat Murfreesboro,Tenn., provided 7 yearson the Alabama-Floridacoast. One hasoften wonderedwhether by two juveniles with an adult Aug. 11-26 (MLB. m.ob.) and one in the bird belongedto eitherof the speciesto whichit hasbeen attributed, inland Tunica County, Miss., Oct. 23 (BP, RP). i.e., LesserBlack-backed or Western.The pink legs,clear nape, shape The peakswallow migration at New Orleansmay havebeen Sept. 9, of gonydealspot, and perhapsbill size and shapehave suggestedthe when at least 2000, mostly Barns, were seen (NN). At Gulf Breeze, latter, while the size and other features(including its "gestalt") have Fla., 3000-5000 were counted Sept. 14 (RD, LD, RSD) as a front favoredL. fuscus. Accordingto Imhof, a "committee" has declared passed.Purple Martins at Gulf Shores,Ala., Nov. 17 & 18 (AM, AIM, thatthe bird is a hybrid,possibly Lesser x GreatBlack-backed, although TAI) werelate, as wereN. Rough-wingedSwallows at Ft. MorganNov. Herringx GreatBlack-backed would seem a possibility.In anycase, the 28 (TAI). Also lingeringwere Barn Swallowsin WashingtonCounty, state of Alabama was thereby left without either specieson its list Ark., Nov. 13 (KS) and Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 30 (MS). It may be (althoughrumor has it thatthe situationmay have been partially reme- ventured that these records were a result of November's mild weather. diedin December),assuming that the presentview prevails.Immature Earliest ever for s.e. Louisiana was a Swainson's Thrush at Grand I., Black-leggedKittwakes were seenNov. 10 in JacksonCounty, Miss. Sept. I I (NN, DM); late, howeverwas one in CameronPar., Nov. 26 (JT, MB) & Nov. 18 at Gulf Shores (AM), for the 4th record for (LH, VR). Also late were Wood Thrushesbanded at Ft. Morgan Nov. Alabama.A RoseateTern, the7th for Alabamaand the latest ever by 10 I I & 12 (TAI, JMI). Peaknumbers of Gray Catbirdson the Mississippi weeks, was seen at Gulf Shores in a steadyrain Nov. 24 (TAD. A coastwere 200+ in JacksonCounty Sept. 22 followinga frontalpas- concentrationof Black Terns numberingat least 1300 individualswas sage(JT, MB). A lateGray Catbirdwas at MemphisNov. 28 (BBC). A seennear Grand I., Aug. 14 (MM, RDP, NN). Cedar Waxwing at Gulf Breeze, Fla., Sept. 15 (RD) was the earliest ever by 28 days. CUCKOOS THROUGH WOODPECKERS -- Latest ever for Lou- isiana was a Black-billed Cuckoo collected in Cameron Par., Oct. 29 VIREOS AND WARBLERS -- Bell's Vireos, expectedonly in the (*to L.S.U.M.Z.--VR). More thanone observerthought that Yellow- n.w. partof the Region,were found in JacksonCounty, Miss., Sept.22 billedCuckoos were down in numbersduring migration. One at Wood's & 26 (JT, MB). A carefullydescribed Warbling Vireo seenin Escambia Res., FranklinCo., Tenn., Nov. 18 (KHD) wasvery late.Groove-billed County, Fla., Oct. 26 (RD) furnishedthe 6th occurrencefor n.w. Anis were presentin s.w. Louisianain typical numbers,and one at Florida. A late PhiladelphiaVireo was sightedin CameronParish Nov. PensacolaBeach Sept. 30 (PT, BT) furnishedthe first record for the 13 (TP, VR)_ There were also late records of TennesseeWarblers, monthof September.Very late, on the otherhand, was a Com. Night- including15 in CameronParish and six at GrandI., Nov. 13. Even later

Volume 38, Number 2 213 was one at DauphinI , Nov 20 (GDJ) Numberswere perhapsbelow Yellow-headedBlackbirds were reportedat 6 coastallocations from normal for this ordinarily ubiquitousmigrant. A "Brewster's"-type SantaRosa I., Fla. to CameronParish, Aug. 30 (New Orleans;the first hybrid was seenin HancockCounty, Miss., Sept. 20 (JT). Among the Augustrecord-NN)-Oct. 14. A ? Great-tailedGrackle at Shreveport, recordsof warblerslingering beyond normal departure dates, presum- La.. Nov. 20-28 (HCH, HHJ) providedthe 2nd occurrencefor thatn w ably becauseof the mild fall, were five N. Parulasin CameronParish Louisianalocale and the first in 26 years.The speciesis common in s w Nov. 13 (TP, VR, AC), a Yellow Warbler in HancockCounty, Miss., Louisiana.Although Bronzed Cowbirds can be foundat any seasonin Nov. 25 (JT, JD), MagnoliaWarblers in coastalCameron and Jefferson the vicinity of New Orleansand are especiallycommon in springand ParishesNov. 13, and tour Black-throated Green Warblers on the latter summer,they are rarely seen elsewhere in Louisianaor in theRegion date at Grand I. There were 4 records of Black-throated Blue Warblers, Thisfall onewas seen at Gulf Breeze,Fla., Oct. 23 (RD), thefirst report all coastal:Sept. 15 in New Orleans(NN), Sept. 17 in CameronParish for n.w. Florida.A singleflock of 10,000Brown-headed Cowbirds near (DS), Sept.27 at DauphinI. (GDJ), andOct. 1 at Ft. Pike,La. (NN, the L.S.U. campuson the samedate was impressive.Pine Siskins SN, MM, DM). While a 3' Bay-breastedWarbler in CameronParish reachedthe coastin CameronParish by Nov. 25 (DM), butoverall there Nov. 25 (DM) wasextremely late, a ConnecticutWarbler reported from was only the slightesthint of evena modestirruption. Very early Am the new TensasN.W.R., MadisonPar., Sept. 16 (DP, RH) provided Goldfincheswere seenin Mobile County,Ala., Sept. 3 (CLK, FW, AZ, only the 3rd fall recordfor Louisiana.Mourning Warblerswere more TZ) and an early flock wasencountered in BentonCounty, Ark., Sept commonthan usual along the coast,as evidenced by recordsSept. 4 & 9 18 (JN). What evidencethere was of an influx of EveningGrosbeaks in s.e. Louisiana(NN, DM), five in CameronParish where they are less camefrom middle Tennessee,with five being seenin PutnamCounty unexpected,Sept. 17 (DM et al.), andone the sameday at Gulf Breeze Nov. 13 (RWS) and"many" presentin thatpart of theRegion from late (RD). A peakof 150+Com. Yellowthroatswas noted Sept. 22 (frontal November on (SS). passage)in JacksonCounty, Miss. Late at BatonRouge Nov. 24 (VR) was a • HoodedWarbler. A total of eight CanadaWarblers in New CONTRIBUTORS (sectionaleditors in boldface)-- Liz Adam, Bon- OrleansSept. 9 (NN) was unusuallyhigh and one Sept. 18 in Benton nie Ardoin, Debbie Ardoin, Mahlon Ayme, Mickey Baker, E D County,Ark., wasunexpected in this w. ArkansasOzarks locality. Barnes,Fred Barry, Kim Bettinger,Michael Lee Bierly, AngeloCap- parella,Robert Casey, Ben B. Coffey, Jr. (w. Tennessee),Lula C Coffey, Mike Collins, Catherine Cummins, Frank D'Alessandro, TANAGERS THROUGH FRINGILLIDAE -- Latest ever for s.e. GeorgeDeSoto (GDe), PaulM. Dickson,C. GeraldDrewry, Kenneth Louisianawas a ScarletTanager at GrandI., Nov. 13 (DM), and 3' W. H. Dubke, Jan Dubuisson, Gwen Dubus, R.S. Duncan, Robert Duncan, Tanagerswere seenSept. 8 in HarrisonCounty, Miss. (MMo,fide JT) Lucy Duncan, CharlesEgerton, Carol Egerton(CaE), Lou A. Erwin, & Oct. 22 in coastalAlabama (JD, DK). Late Rose-breastedGrosbeaks OwenFang, Mike Farley,Sue Ferguson, Barbara Finney, Mary Floyd, were in CameronParish Nov. 13 (AC) and in BirminghamNov. 26 Margaret Floyd (MgF), Marty Floyd (MyF), Lois Francois,Frank (RRR, LGS). Black-headedGrosbeaks were recordedas follows: Oct. 1 Freese,Venetia Friend, Vicki C. Grafe, Dale W. Gustin, Tom Hag- in Pulaski County, Ark. (HP, MP), Oct. 15 in CameronParish (VR), gerty,Linda Hale, RobertHamilton, Sybil Hanks, Dudley Harrington, Oct. 25 in Metairie, La. (NLN), and Nov. 13 at Grand I. (RDP, NN, RobbieC. Hassler,Herbert C. Hervey,Jim Holmes, James F. Holmes, DM). Additionallate recordsfrom the mild fall includedBlue Grosbeak JohnM. Imhof, Thomas A. Imhof (Alabama), Greg D. Jackson,Dan- in CameronParish, Nov. 25 (DM), Indigo Buntingthere the following iel R. Jacobson,Doug James,Horace H. Jeter,Dalton King, Curtis L. day (PMcK, VR), and a • PaintedBunting at Dauphin1., Nov. 16 Kingsberry (Florida), Bret Kuss,Semmes Lynch, Tim Mauch, Paul (GDJ). A Dickcisselwas late at ColbertCity, Ala., Nov. 12 (GP, GeP) McKenzie, Ann Miller, A1Miller (A1M), Clyde Massey,Charles Mills andanother. apparently overwintering with HouseSparrows at Ft. Mor- (CMi), Loya Mitchell, Mike Mlodinow(MM1), GerryMorgan, Mary gan, was seenas late as Nov. 28 (TAB. A carefullydescribed Green- Morris (MMo), Claudia Morton (CMo), David Muth, Mac Myers, Joe tailed Towheeat Pearlington,Hancock Co., Miss., Oct. 20 (JT, DK, Neal (Arkansas),Norton Nelkin, SueNelkin, PauI Newfield, Nancy L MB) providedthe 2nd Mississippirecord. Clay-colored Sparrows con- Newfield, Robert J. Newman (Louisiana),Helen Parker, Max Parker, tinueto be foundalong the coastin thefall, mostlyduring late Septem- Ted Parker,David Pashley,Bill Peeples,Rob Peeples,Glenn Piper, ber throughmid-October. This fall therewere 9 recordsof 17 individ- GeorgePiper (GeP), RobertD. Purrington,Robert R. Reid, Van Rem- uals from Cameron to Dauphin I., Sept. 24-Oct. 16, plus a late sen,Charlene Roemer, Fabian Romero, Gary Rosenberg,Bob Sanger, individualin HancockCounty, Miss., Nov. 22 (JT, GM). Sevenat New Tom S. Schulenberg,Damien J. Simbeck, Richard W. Simmers, A1 OrleansOct. 7 (DM) was an unusualconcentration. A Sharp-tailed Smalley, Kimberly Smith, Louise G. Smith, J.L. Spence,Richard Sparrowwas found in ShelbyCounty, Tenn., Sept.22 (RC), whiletwo Stauffacher, Steve Steadman (middle Tennessee), Ronald J. Stein, seenOct. 9 & 10 in BentonCounty, Ark. (BS, MMI, DJ, TH, BK) Doug Stotz, Pete Strieff, Mark Swann, Bruce Tedford, Phil Tetlow, constitutedthe first recordsfor the w. ArkansasOzarks. A SongSpar- Betsy Tetlow, Lynnes N. Thompson,Judith Toups (Mississippi), row in LauderdaleCounty, Ala., July 23 (GP) suggestedcontinued WayneValentine, Margaret Waguespack (MWa), MarthaG. Waldron, expansionof breedingin that area. Amongthe smallnumbers of Dark- Melvin Weber, Jim Whelan, Fred Wicke, Jeff R. Wilson, Ann Zicardi, eyedJuncos that had reached the s. partof theRegion by theend of the Tony Zicardi.--ROBERT D. PURRINGTON, Dept. of Physics,Tu- period was an "Oregon" Juncoin St. Tammany Par., Nov. 12 (JH). lane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

PRAIRIE PROVINCES REGION This warm weather,late fall freeze-upand lack of major storms resultedin numerousrecord late departures,of which only the most /Wayne C. Harris noteworthycan be mentionedhere.

Theimpact of weatheron the bird life wasless dramatic than in some LOONS THROUGH HERONS -- Arctic Loonswere reportedfrom falls. Augustwas extremely hot and dry butthe only impact noted was at s. Saskatchewanfor the 2ndconsecutive year with singlesat Blackstrap Sheho, Saskatchewan,where late fledgingCliff Swallowsapparently L., s. of SaskatoonSept. 25 & Nov. 9, Quill LakesNov. 12 and at succumbedto the heat in their nests(WNi). The remarkablystable ReginaBeach Oct. 29-Nov. 4 (CJE, JBG, WCH, CA). Concentrations weatherresulted in a slow, steadymigration with very few waves. of Am. White Pelicansoccurred on theFishing Lakes near Fort Qu'Ap- August'shot dry weathercontinued through mid-Septe•nber with simi- pelle,Sask., with 1300+ presentAug. 17 and400+ still presentSept lar migrationpatterns. Wetter and cooler weather prevailed during late 6 (TR, FHB). An outstandingnumber of late heronswas present at Last September,resulting in noticeablewaves of thrushesand sparrows, Mountain Lake Wildlife ManagementUnit (hereafter, Last Mountain particularlyduring the month-end snow falls in southernareas. October L.W.M.U.) e. of Simpson,Sask., Nov. 12 when threeAm. Bitterns, andearly November were mild anddry. After mid-Novembertempera- two Great Blue Herons, and sevenBlack-crowned Night-Herons were turescooled and by theend of monthhad reached - 30øC,resulting in seen (WCH). A single Great Blue Heron was also seen near Sundre, generalfreeze-up of all but thelargest bodies of waterby periodend. Alta., Nov. 18 (FH).

214 American Birds, March-April 1984 CRANES THROUGH SHOREBIRDS-- Oneof theh•ghhghts of the

•ooø fall was the late m•grat•onof SandhallCranes. There were stall150(I at Indian Head Nov. 19 and an amazing1000 in PrinceAlbert N. P., Nov 28 (PB, MS). At one of the major stagingareas in the Last Mountran L.W.M.U.-Quill Lakes area there were still 50,000+ Nov. 1, 25,000 Nov. 12, and 4000 Nov. 28 (WCH). These numbersand dates are exceptionalconsidering that mostcranes have departedby the end of Octoberwith only stragglersremaining in early November. Late dates for shorebirdsprevailed throughout reports. The mostexceptional •n- cluded two Black-bellied Plovers at Last Mountain L.W.M.U., Nov 16, a Killdeer at EdmontonNov. 20, 11 Stilt Sandpipersat St. Am- broise,Man., Oct. 10 and 30 Sanderlingsat RaymoreNov. 30 (WCH, JP, RFK). An excellent count of Am. Avocets was of 207 at Porter L , e. of SaskatoonAug. 11 (ARS). The only Red Knot wasone at Beaver- hill L., Oct. 5, an unusuallylate date (DD). Therewere more reports of W. Sandpiperthan usual, all from the Calgaryarea. There were seven Aug. 13, ten Aug. 14, one Aug. 15, threeAug. 20, and two Aug. 27 MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA (JS, RWS, DE, DCo). Buff-breastedSandpipers are rare inlanddunng the fall, but thisyear therewas one at CalgaryAug. 14, sevenat Buck WATERFOWL -- Thoughnot comparableto the concentrationson L., Aug. 29 and 70 at Oak Hammock Aug. 20 (DCo, RK, JT, RFK, GooseL., s.w. of Saskatoonin the 1970s,the 5450 WhistlingSwans on MGS). For the2nd consecutive year Namaka L. hostedRuffs, this year ReedL., nearMorse, Sask., and 4140 on Luck L. nearLucky L., Sask., twomales (JS). At Ft. McMurray,Alta., therewere 23 UplandSandptp- er sightingsin August,considerably more than expectedfor e. boreal bothOct. 27 were impressiveas was a flight involving2000 + Nov. 22 nearSpring Valley (PB, FB). SnowGeese continue their E shift in fall Alberta(JG). A singlegodwit, possibly fitting the descriptionof a Bar- stagtngareas from c. Alberta,w.c. Saskatchewanto s.e. Saskatchewan. tailedGodwit, waswatched at PorterL., July28 (P. Allen). The largest There were 5000 at Good Spirit L., Oct. 3-6, 40,000 e. of Moose Jaw flock of Red-neckedPhalaropes was of 400 at BrandonAug. 8 (CWC) Oct 17 and30,000 Oct. 26 s. of Regina(W & JA, BL, RK). In addition A singleRed Phalaropewas found at EagleL., n. of CalgarySept. 10 (JS). therewere "thousands"in both the Moose Jaw and Wolseley areasin Octoberand November (EWK, JDH). The presenceof (Black)Brant is exceptionallyrare. A singlebird at BuckL., s. of ReginaOct. 28-Nov. JAEGERSTHROUGH ALCIDS -- The onlyjaeger reports received 26 wasonly the 2nd Saskatchewan record in thepast 10 years, while one were of Parasiticsand with the exceptionof oneOct. 30 at Last Moun- at P•ersonOct. 21-22 wasManitoba's 3rd recordduring the sameperiod tain L.W.M.U., all were from the Edmonton-BeaverhillL. area where (FWL, RDW). Exceptionallylate Blue-wingedTeal were seenat Last singleswere seen on 4 datesSept. 10-Oct.15 (TS, DD). Northerngulls Mountain L.W.M.U., Nov. 1 and at Broderick, Sask., Nov. 20 (KDeS, rarelyseen in the s. portionof the Regionincluded a Mew Gull Oct. 28 CJE) A d' CinnamonTeal was seenat Last Mountain L.W.M.U., Nov. at ReginaBeach (TR); singleThayer's at Lockport,Man., Oct. 23-30, 1 (KDeS). Oldsquawswere more widespreadthan usualwith 6 Sas- GrandBeach Nov. 5, and ReginaBeach Nov. 11 (PT, RFK, BL); an katchewan,2 Albertaand one Manitoba reports. All wereon theusual Iceland at SpruceGrove, Alta., Nov. 12 (GRAE); and a Glaucousat Novemberdates except Oct. 13 at GreenwaterP. P., Sask., Oct. 16 at ReginaBeach Sept. 5-17 (JT, RK). A rare wandererfrom the w. coast NamakaL., e. of Calgaryand Oct. 23 at Calgary(WCH, JS, DCo). An wasthe imm. Glaucous-wingedGull at NamakaL., Aug. 6-21 (JS,MS, •nlandKing Eider (first Regionalrecord 1894, Calgary;second 1962, R. Barclay). A singleIvory Gull was at ChurchillNov. 21-24 (f•de Delta) was foundat BlackstrapL., Oct. 26 andremained until Nov. 18 BC). A Corn.Tern at GoodSpirit L., Oct. 11was exceptionally late for a (ARS, m.ob.). Thebird, animm. male,was photographed and provided speciesnormally gone by early September(W & JA). Late dateswere thef•rst record for Saskatchewan.There were 3 HarlequinDuck reports, alsoreported for CaspianTerns at Lockportwith two onboth Oct. 2 & 5 onefrom each province, all involvingO; TurnerValley, Alta., Aug. 14, (GDG, MGS), and there was a Black Tern at Oak Hammock Oct 1 BlackstrapL., Sept. 17 andGrand Beach, Man., Nov. 5-6 (RWS, CJE, (IAW). Forthe 2nd consecutive year an Ancient Murrelet wasreported ARS, GDG). There was only one Black Scorerreport this fall, from in Albertaat BeaverhillL. (DD). ThlsWas the 3rd provincial record BlackstrapL., Nov. 4 (ARS). The normalsmall number of Surf Scoters wasreported except for Regina-ReginaBeach area where 31 + sightings OWLS THROUGH WOODPECKERS -- A N. Pygmy-Owl was Oct 6-31 was more thanusual (fide CA). Barrow'sGoldeneyes were near Calgary Nov. 13-20 (CHu, RWS). The S Movementof Snowy reportedfrom s. Saskatchewan,for the 2nd consecutiveyear. At Kin- Owls was later thanusual with only 2 localitieshaving October dates, dersleya maleAug. 28 wasphotographed and banded providing the first Morse Oct. 5 and ReginaOct. 29. The Novemberdates were scattered, documentedrecord for the province(E. Martin, U.S.F. & W.S.). At andnumbers were below normal, indicating that this may be a low year BlackstrapL., a malepresent Oct. 10-Nov. 18 andaccompanied by two for Snowies.There were BarredOwl reportsfrom GrandPrairie and femaleswas alsophotographed (ARS, SJS,CJE). ReginaBeach also Calgary,s. Alta., wherethis species is rare (KRL, DCo). A very late hosteda male Oct. 28-30, the 2nd consecutiveyear for this location Corn.Nighthawk migration was reported in s. Manitobawhere 146 were (BL, RK). The first Sinew for the Regionwas a well describedmale seenat WinnipegSept. 25 (RFK, GDG, GEH), almosta monthlater seenby K. and J. Wiggers at ChurchillNov. 7 (fide BC). Hooded thanone would normally expect to find thesenumbers. Chimney Swifts Merganserswere presentin larger numbersthan usual. Severalwere werepresent in Winnipegdaily to Sept.27 with thelast one seen Oct. 4, seenat WabamunL., Oct. 10 (GRAE). In Saskatchewan9 localities had a recordlate date (GEH, RFK). A Ruby-throatedHummingbird caught s•ght•ngsincluding high countsof 26 at BuffaloPound L., n. of Moose in EdmontonNov. 29 was without questiona new record (GRAE) A JawOct. 5; 64 at ReginaBeach Nov. 6 and 11 at GoodSpirit L., Nov. RufousHummingbird atWinnipeg Aug. 15-2i was the 6th s. Manitoba 18 (PB, CA, W & JA). In s. Manitoba the best countswere of 20 at record(WNe, RFK). A Red-breastedSapsucker was at WatertonAug 2 SevenSisters Aug. 27, 22 at Oak HammockOct. 30, and 12 at Seven (DE). The onlyBlack-backed Woodpeckers s. of theboreal forest were S•sters Nov. 20 (PT, RFK). singlesin SaskatoonOct. 27 & Nov. 27 (ARS, MDG). PileatedWood- peckersappear to havetaken up permanentresidence in MooseMoun- RAPTORS -- NorthernGoshawks were reporteds. of the forestfor tain P. P. (RD). the 2nd consecutiveyear, althoughnumbers were slightlylower than lastyear. A Red-shoulderedHawk, a rarity in Manitoba,was seen near SWALLOWS THROUGH THRUSHES -- A groupof 17 N. Rough- Sh•1oAug. 7 (fideRFK)..An excellentcount of Swainson'sHawks was winged Swallowsat Delta was truly exceptionalconsidering that a of 106 nearYellow Grass,Sask., Sept. 21 (ARS). Gyrfalconnumbers singleanywhere in s. Manitobawould be considereda rarity (GEH) A were normalwith 7 Saskatchewansightings and 3 eachin Albertaand singleN. Rough-wingedSwallow Nov. 5 at GardinerDam, Sask., was Mamtoba (WCH, KRL, HWRC). morethan a monthlater than any previousrecord (SJS, CJE). A single

Volume 38, Number 2 215 Steller'sJay Oct. 10-21 and anotherOct. 15-Nov. 30 representedonly SoAo the 3rd and 4th recordsfor the Calgary area (fide DCo). Common A Brambling wasadded to the Manitobaand Region list when Ravensappear to havemoved S of the forestin numbersthis year with a male was found in East St. Paul, Man., Oct. 22 (MGS). It was severalsightings s. of their normalfall-winter range. There were singles subsequentlyseen and photographedby mostbirders in the Win- at ReginaBeach Nov. ll (RK, JT), RaymoreOct. 5-Nov. 30 (WCH, nipeg area. It frequenteda leafy lawn in company of House SML). White Bear Oct. 3 (SOJ), BlackstrapL., Oct. 15 (SJS) and Sparrows,Fox and White-throatedsparrows and severalother SaskatchewanLanding P.P., Nov. 12 (SJS, CJE). Two were seenat species.It foragedfor seedsplaced out to attract migrantspar- Wolseley, Sask., in November (JDH) and at Pierson,Man., Nov. 26 rowsand waslast seen Oct. 24. Amazinglyduring this same time (RW). At Edmontonwhere a few are normally seen, they were more period anotherBrambling was seenat Atikokan, Ont., e. of the commonthan usual(DCu). Both Black-cappedand Borealchickadees Prairie ProvincesRegion. Is it possiblethat these birds were were more common s. of the boreal forest. This combined with the S pushedout of Siberiaby unusuallycold conditionsthat prevailed movementof ravensmay indicatea generallack of food in the forest and there in October? otherspecies may move S as winter progresses.A singleHouse Wren at KenastonOct. 2 was very late (PLB). The usual scatteringof Town- send'sSolitaires e. of the foothills were present.Singles were seenat Good numbersof (Gray-crowned) Rosy Finches appearedin s.w. ReginaNov. 11-28 (and anotherfound dead Oct. 26), KindersleySept. Saskatchewanafter a virtual absencethe last 2 years. 11. Moose Jaw Nov. 6, Swift Current Nov. 16 and St. Ambroise. Man.. Nov. 6 (JT, JMH, V & RA, CHa, GEH). Varied Thrusheswere seenat CORRIGENDA -- In the September-Octoberissue (AB 37: 884) Biggar Oct. 1-3 (RDW. GJW) and ReginaOct. 18-22 (CA. BL. TR). Manitoba's first HouseFinch was creditedto KDG (K.D. Gardner). The Six scatteredManitoba localitiesreported Varied Thrashescompared to correct initials should be KAG (K.A. Gardiner). none last year (fide RFK. HWRC). CONTRIBUTORS -- (Provincialcompilers in boldface;local com- WARBLERS -- Warbler migrations were far from spectacular. pilers in italics). C. Adam, Win. and JoyceAnaka (W & JA), Val and There was an absenceof large waves,virtually no raritiesand a surpris- Rod Andrews (V & RA), P.L. Beckie, M. Belcher, F.H. Brazier, F. ing lack of very late dates.Exceptions of coursedid occur,mostly in s. Bogdan, P. Browne, B. Chartier, D. Collister (DCo) H.W.R. Cop- Manitoba where a prolongedheavy warbler migrationoccurred Aug. land, C.W. Cuthbert, D. Cuthiell (DCu), D. Decker, K. DeSmet, R. 29-Sept. 13. Raritiesincluded N. Pamlaat EmmaL., Sask., Sept. 5 and Dixon, G.R.A. Ebel, D. Elphinston,C.J. Escort,M.D. Gilliland, J.B. BirdsHill P.P. Sept. 4-5 (CJE, GDG); Black-throatedBlue Sept. 12 at Gollop, G.D. Grieef, J. Gulley, C. Harris (CHa), J.M. Harris, W.C. Moose Jaw (M & GZ); singlePines at BrandonAug. 27 and one at Harris, F. Haug, J.D. H•'ward, G.E. Holland,C. Hunt (CHu), S.O. ReginaNov. I 1, an exceptionallylate date(BR, BL). A NashvilleOct. Jordheim, E.W. Kern, R.F. Koes, R. Kreba, F.W. Lahrman, S.M. 24 at Winnipeg was a record late date (RFK). Lamont, K.R. Lurehis, B. Luterbach, W. Neily (WNe), W. Niven (WNi), P. O'Neil, J. Park, J.H. Paton, T. Riffel, B. Robinson, T. CARDINAL THROUGH ROSY FINCH -- Single N. Cardinals Schlenker,S.J. Shadick, M.G. Siepman, A.R. Smith, J. Steeves,M. werereported from St. Adolphe,Man., Nov. 9-12 (•) andSt. Norbert. Steeves,R.W. Storms,M. Syroteuk.P. Taylor, J. Triffo, R. Wang, Man., Nov. 27 ( • ) continuingthe fall reportsof thisspecies in the past I.A. Ward, G.J. Wapple,R.D. Wapple, Mary and Gus Zado (M & few years(fide RFK, HWRC). An unusuallylate imm. Rose-breasted GZ). WAYNE C. HARRIS, Box 414, Raymore, Saskatchewan Grosbeakfrequented feeders at Pinawa, Man., Oct. 30-Nov. 7 (PT). SOA 3JO.

NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS REGION neckedGrebe reported in migrationwas at FargoSept. 20 (MB). A total /David O. Lambeth of 28 Am. Bitternsin the Dakotasincluded one found deadin a trap in Turner, S.D., Nov. 17 (LA). A Least Bittern was seenAug. 26 at Waubay N.W.R., S.D. (MR). Augustbegan with temperaturessoaring well above100 ø F, to makeit Great Egrets,recently discovered nesting in SouthDakota, continueto the hottestperiod in 50 yearsin severallocales. The seasonthen pro- appearin numbersin North Dakotain early fall. Forty-sixwere counted gressednormally until Novemberwhen temperatures in the northwere in one roost at Tewaukon N.W.R., Aug. 27 (DP), and five occurred againabove normal, and the cold snapthat generally drives out mostof much farther n. at Upper Souris N.W.R., Aug. 14. Three countsof the lingeringcranes, swans, and waterfowldid not occuruntil Novem- Cattle Egretstotaled 91 in e. SouthDakota, yet nonewas reported for ber 18-20. In SouthDakota, Novemberwas extremely wet owing in part North Dakota wheresightings are still very infrequent.An imm. night- to stormsthat dumpedup to 19 inchesof snow. The entire seasonwas heron at Upper Souris Aug. 28 was identified as a Yellow-crowned markedby numerouslate records,especially in November. In South Night-Heron after careful comparisonwith a nearby imm. Black- Dakota,20 specieswere designated as very late, and24 as latestever crowned (GBB). (BKH). A concernto editorsof this Regionis the lack of coverageof sparsely populatedareas within the NorthernGreat Plains, many of whichcon- tain prime habitatsfor severalBlue-listed species. In all too many seasons,we do hot receive reports for several of the Blue-listed species, althoughsome are fairly commonwithin their favoredhabitats. It was thereforeparticularly pleasing to receivequantitative information about birdsassociated with prairie-dogtowns in Montana,and also late No- vemberobservations from the badlandsof North Dakota which, apart from the nestingseason, are poorly known ornithologically. Additional surveysof this kind will be most welcome. Italicized place namesin this reportare counties.

LOONS THROUGH NIGHT-HERONS -- Six sightingsof Corn. Loons in e. North Dakota were all in the 3rd week of October. More than 200 Pied-billedGrebes were seenin Wardand McHen•. N.D.. Sept.4 (GBB). Very lategrebes included two Hornedand a Westernseen Nov. 20, and an EaredNov. 24, all in Ward, N.D. (GBB). The only Red-

216 American Birds, March-April 1984 WATERFOWL -- GreaterWhite-fronted Geese were reportedmain- GULLS THROUGH OWLS -- An •mm jaeger was observedat ly from NorthDakota Sept. 22-Oct. 22 wherethe 4 highestcounts were HailstoneN.W.R., Mont., Oct. 22 (HC, WR). Four Bonaparte'sGulls 30 + each. The total of 58,000 Snow Geeseat Tewaukon Nov. 6 was a were in Meade, S.D., Oct. 29 for only the 2nd recordw. of the Missouri recordhigh there (DP). Two Ross'Geese were seen Nov. 6 with Snows R., in thatstate (JB). An ad. Thayer's Gull furnishedthe 2nd record for at Ft Peck, Mont. (CC). Three Wood Ducks found on the w. end of Fort PeckSept. 29 (CC). A Black-leggedKittiwake wasagain seen m C M Russell N.W.R., Mont., Oct. 12 (LM), and an Am. Black Duck Yankton,S.D., Nov. 30 (WH). in Dtvtde, N.D. (M. Nygaard),were all fartherw. thanusual. Twenty- A MourningDove was incubatingon the late dateof Sept. 15 in Bon five Am. Black Ducks were at Tewaukon Oct. 31 (CS). Gadwalls, Homme, S.D. (LA). An Inca Dove appearedat a feedingstation m Redheads,and Ring-neckedsall remainedNov. 30 + in Yankton,S.D., Brookings,S.D., duringthe first half of October(R. Sowell, m.ob ) settinglatest ever recordsthere (WH). Three Oldsquawswere reported Althoughthe dovedid notappear to showcage wear, one wonders about in North Dakota Oct. 28-Nov. 5. A Black Scoter was easily observed the probabilityof this individualof a sedentaryspecies making it to Oct 30-Nov. 20 as it preferentiallyforaged at the baseof a rock-lined, SouthDakota on its own. Yet, anothersedentary species from the s.w , earthendam at Upper Souris(RM), and two were observedin mid- the Groove-billedAni, occasionallywanders to the n. tier of states.The November, inDeuel and Yankton,S.D. (BKH, WH). Two Surf Scoters only reportof a N. Saw-whetOwl wasof oneOct. 30 in Stutsman,N.D werefound Oct. 15 at UpperSouris (RM). A totalof onlyseven White- (PV). wingedScoters was reported, although this is theexpected scoter in this Region. More than 800 Buffieheadswere at Upper Souris Oct. 31 (GBB) The peakcount of 5000 RuddyDucks in Deuel, S.D., Oct. 21 In orderto obtaindata on avian speciesusing Black-tailed was doublethe highestcount previously recorded there (BKH). PrairieDog towns,Grensten under the auspicesof the Bureauof Land Managementsystematically surveyed 112 townswithin an FALCONIFORMES -- The reportsfor thisseason tend to generatea 8638-acrearea 40 mi s. of Malta, Mor}t. Amongthe results feelingof optimismabout some raptors of concern,especially those that obtainedAug. l-Sept.8 werethe following totals for 3 specieson havebeen strongly impacted by DDT. Yet, onemust keep in mindthe the American Birds Blue List: 38 FerruginousHawks, 172 factorof variability, not only in the levelsof individualand collective MountainPlovers, and 415 BurrowingOwls. Althoughrepeated observeractivity, which are difficult to estimate,but alsoin the migra- sightingsof a smallernumber of FerruginousHawks seems prob- torybehavior of a givenspecies which causes it to be commonin a given able, the countsof ploversand owls shouldserve as minimal areain someyears and uncommonin others.With thesecaveats men- estimatesof their populations.Included in thesetallies were 57 tioned,we reportbelow the Regionaltotals for somespecies. Rosche imm. ploversand 227 imm. owls. called this fall the best for hawks in SouthDakota in 14 years, and Gmadek noted that Rough-leggedand Red-tailedhawks were much more numerousin e. Montanathan in the previousyear. NIGHTHAWKS THROUGH WOODPECKERS -- Two Com Five observationsof Turkey Vulturesin e. SouthDakota, and one in Poorwillswere consistentlynoted in Augustat the n. limit of their range FargoNov. 9 (CAS), were unusualfor thoselocations. The Regional in the North Unit of TheodoreRoosevelt N.P. (SS). Five White-throated totalof Bald Eagleswas 234, andwhere reported, roughly a thirdwere Swiftsin Lawrence(WH), anda ChimneySwift in MinnehahaOct. 10 lmmatures.Single adults in theNorth Unit of TheodoreRoosevelt N.P., (GB1) were the latestever for SouthDakota. A BeltedKingfisher was N D , Aug. 7 (SS), and at SandLake N.W.R., S.D., Aug. 28 (DT) very late in the North Dakota badlandsNov. 26 (DS). A Red-bellied were much ahead of the usual migration period. Twenty-two were Woodpeckerwas in Fargo Nov. 10-30 (B. Corwin). Black-backed roostingin onetree near Wibaux, Mont., Nov. 9 (TH). The totalnumber Woodpeckerswere observedwithin their range in the Black Hills in of Cooper'sreported was 20. For the 2ndconsecutive fall, an outstand- Custer and Lawrence, S.D. (RP, EM). ing Northern Goshawkflight wasobserved; the first observationswere •n late Octoberand the numberreported was 22. In e. Montana,seasonal FLYCATCHERS THROUGH KINGLETS -- A Say's Phoebeat L totalsof 373 Red-tailedHawks, 35 Ferruginous,and 97 Rough-leggeds ArdochN.W.R., N.D., Sept. 4 was e. of the known breedingrange wererecorded by Gniadek.The 25 + Am. Kestrelsresting in the lee of (GL). A Cassin'sKingbird was at WoundedKnee in Shannon,S.D , the wind on a hillside near Lewistown,Mont., Aug. 19 was a most Sept. 18 for the 6th year out of I 1. This locationis perhapsthe most unusualobservation (LM). Merlin and PeregrineFalcon sightings to- consistentone for the state (RCR). taled 36 and 10, respectively.Prairie Falconsare beingincreasingly Barn Swallowspeaked at an estimated10,000 in mid-Septemberat reportedeven at thee. boundariesof theDakotas where they now appear the Minor lagoons(RM). Observationsof GrayJay totaled 20 in Custer, every fall following the nestingperiod. S.D. (JB). A Pinyon Jay wasmore than 200 mi e. of the BlackHills in A 2-daysurvey of theNorth Dakota badlands s. of Medoraturned up Beadle, S.D., Sept. 28-29 (J. Johnson).Clark's Nutcrackerswere 42 hawksof 9 speciesNovember 25-26 (GBB, RM, DS), thisat a time foundin Custer,S.D., Oct. 16 & Nov. 6 (MP, RP). More than500 Am when migrantraptors are rare in mostof the state.The total included Crowswere feedingon grasshoppersnear Ft. PeckOct. 1. Common three Bald Eagles, five N. Goshawks,13 Golden Eagles, two Per- Ravens were observed at Minot Oct. 7 & 29 (RM, GBB), and near egnnes,and five PrairieFalcons. Four of six Red-tailedHawks were of Roundup,Mont., Sept. 4 (CC). The most unusual finds of the season were Boreal Chickadees in n c the Harlan's subspecies. North Dakota (RM, GBB). The first was found Oct. 23 at the Minor CountryClub whereat leastfour were present at theend of November CRANES AND SHOREBIRDS-- Two WhoopingCranes stolethe Another was found in the International Peace GardensNov. 13, and two sceneOct. 18 asthey flew in frontof a televisioncrew filming Sandhills more in the experimentalconifer forest near DenbighNov. 28. All m Ktdder,N.D. (CF). A total of 29 Whooperswas observedin North sightingswere in plantingsof maturespruce. There are only 2 previous Dakota by wildlife personnelOct. 6-Nov. 8 (fide PK). records for North Dakota. Unusualsightings of shorebirdsincluded a Red Knot at FargoSept. Most observerscommented on a strongRed-breasted Nuthatch flight 16-20(MB), anda White-rumpedSandpiper at Douglas,N.D., Aug. 14 with daily countsreaching 20-30 in areaswhere this species is seenonly (RM) The latter speciesis rarely observedafter July. Numerousvery as a migrant.Six PygmyNuthatches were seen in Custer,S.D., Oct. 30 late observations were made. Four Killdeer in Grand Forks Nov. 13 (RP). Late wrens included Winter Wrens at Grand Forks Nov. 6 and werea monthbeyond the usualdeparture there. A Willet wasreported Yankton,S.D., Nov. 10, a SedgeWren at GrandForks Nov. 2, and a for FargoOct. 16 (EW). A SpottedSandpiper in Turner,S.D., Nov. 16 Marsh Wren in Fall River, S.D., Nov. 20. Golden-crownedKinglets was the latest ever by 3 weeks(LA). A Long-billedDowitcher in werefirst recordedin 3 widelyseparated North Dakota locations Sept Brown, S.D., Oct. 27 (EM), and a freshlykilled (utility wire?) Com. 28. Snipefound in a GrandForks yard Nov. 12 werealso late. Fourspecies werelast seen Nov. 7 in NorthDakota, just prior to freeze-up:a Pectoral THRUSHES THROUGH VIREOS -- At least 15 Townsend's Soh- Sandpiperat GrandForks, and Black-bellied Plovers, Baird's Sandpip- taireswere present Nov. 25 in the LimberPines area of the North Dakota ers, and Dunlins at both Fargo and Grand Forks (DL, CAS, MB). badlands(RM). A Gray-cheekedThrush in MinorSept. 24 furnishedthe

Volume 38, Number 2 217 first fall observationthere in 7 years althoughthe speciesis fairly lookedby manyobservers, but 23 werebanded in Jackson,S.D. (KG). commonin spring.A WoodThrush in Minnehaha,S.D., Oct. 11 was A W. Meadowlarkfledged Aug. 7 in Hyde, the latestever recordedfor very late and one of a few fall records(GBI). SouthDakota (JH). RosyFinches (Gray-crowned race) appeared in the WaterPipits which seem particularly partial to thedikes of lagoons Pine Hills of e. Montana Oct. 23 (SG); Carlson noted that he had were recordedvery late Nov. 4, 5, and 6 in Minot, Deuel. S.D., and receivedthe mostreports ever. A flock of 30 was seenin the Ponderosa Grand Forks, respectively.A Sprague'sPipit in Bon Hornme,S.D., Pines area of North Dakota badlands Nov. 26 (RM, GBB) and seven Oct. 10 was the latestever (LA). A strongshowing by Bohemian were in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt Nov. 6 (SS). The 3rd Waxwingsbegan Oct. 5 in KnowItoh,Mont. (SG), andby Oct. 20 in recordfor HouseFinch in North Dakotawas of one at Minot Sept. 23- Hope.N.D. (DK). Twojust-fledgedCedar Waxwings were observed in Oct. 11 (GBB, RM). A flock of 25 RedCrossbills was present through- Minot Sept. 22 (GBB). A PhiladelphiaVireo wasbanded in Gregoo; out the summerat Ft. Peckwhere a femaleand two immaturesappeared S.D., Oct. 6 (GS). at a bird bath Aug. 8 (CC). AmericanGoldfinches fledged as late as Sept. 22 at Minot, and Sept. 24 at Tewaukon(DP). After beingabsent WARBLERS -- Late dateswere especially common in thisgroup as lastyear, Evening Grosbeaks were first noted at ForthPeck and 4 North 15 specieswere recorded after Oct. 1. Amongthese was a Tennesseein Dakota localitiesduring the last week of October. Brown, S.D., Oct. 15 (DT), and a Black-throatedGreen in Sanborn, S.D., Nov. 11 (RGR). Cape May Warblers in fall areconsidered very CORRIGENDUM -- Delete the N. Oriole record,AB 37 (5), 885. unusual,but a male was in Ward, N.D., Sept. 18 (GBB). A Black- throatedBlue Warbler in Fall River,S.D., Sept.29 providedthe first CITED CONTRIBUTORS -- (area editors in boldface). MON- SouthDakota record w. of the MissouriR. (RP). Two in North Dakota TANA•Chuck Carlson, H. Carlson, S. Gniadek, J. Grensten, T. were at Fargo Sept. 21 (MB) and Hope Sept. 29-Oct. 3 (DK). Three Hinz, L. Malone, W. Roney. NORTH DAKOTA•ordon B. Bet- MacGillivray's Warblers at Ft. Peck Sept. 23 furnishedthe first tbr key, M. Bergan,C. Faanes,D. Kubischta,P. Konrad,David Lambeth, latilong 10 (CC). G. Lambeth,R. Martin, D. Potter,C. Schuler,S. Snow, C.A. Spur- beck, D. Swingen,P. Van Ningen, E. Welter. SOUTH DAKOTA--L. TANAGERS THROUGH EVENING GROSBEAK -- Four Scarlet Anderson.J. Baker, G. Blankespoor(GBI). K. Graupman,Bruce K. Tanagersin e. NorthDakota in lateSeptember were more than usually Harris, J. Harter, W. Hall, E. Montgomery,M. Parker, R. Peterson, seenin fall. An IndigoBunting banded Oct. 9 in Gregot3;S.D., wasthe M. Rabenberg,R.C. Rosche,R.G. Rogers,G. Steffen,and D. Tall- latestever (GS). AmericanTree Sparrowswere first seenOct. I in both man.---DAVID O. LAMBETH, 1909 20th Ave. S., Grand Fords, ND North Dakota and Montana. Lincoln's Sparrowsare seeminglyover- 58201.

SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS REGION /Frances Williams •Crawford 'Valentine •. "It wasa very slow migrationwhich was over almostas soonas it started" wrote Barry Zimmer from El Paso. "Dull," "uneventful," WYO.• Cresce•tt-N Plat:e LakeNWR NEBR. EBR. • Omaha IOWA "pitiful," "not the mostexciting" were epithets applied by othercon- ' ]- ...... • . Lincoln' •, tributors.Only at Tulsa, wherethere was an extraordinarynumber of •--•NorthPlatte ' •.- .... shorebirds,was there any enthusiasmfor the fall's events. Weatherremained dry andhot until mid-Octoberwhen drought conditionswere relievedby torrentialrains and consequent flooding. Cold • Hays- Cheyenne weatherdid not set in until the end of November,probably accounting CO LO. •. B•)ttomsßMarais deCygn for the numberof late recordscited. At Bartlesville, Melinda Droege ClmmaronKANS . commented,"November birding was unique--we found both longspurs ...... Mo. and scissortails." S.a•Plains. Tulsa•[ Italicized place namesbelow indicatecounties. ' OKLA. itillwa'ter• ARK. AmarilloI • NEW MEX. ß ., 7e•i? ...... Oklahoma -Heavenet LOONS THROUGH CORMORANTS -- An unidentified loon at El I q/•d •,lly Muleshoe • "• •Broken Bow Paso Nov. 24 was the first loon seen there since 1971. A Horned Grebe ßRefuge - •'•.•i•,•.•.• Res. was extremelyearly at Nacogdoches,Tex., Sept. 22 (DW). Western ß W•c••11•i•t a H•erman N •_' R Grebes were found e. to Lancaster,Neb., Nov. 25 (JG), Jefferson, Lubbock ra.s Dallas Kans., Nov. 12 (LM), Tulsa Nov. 14-19 (m.ob.), and Panolo, Tex., Abilene _ ø..', .• a LA. Nov. 25 (SC). Peak of Am. White Pelicanmigration occurred Oct. 9, ;--- • ._••'aso - Midlandß •. - • 1. rorzW&oworth Nacog•doches' i when20,000 passedover GrapevineL., in the Ft. Worth-Dallasarea ' '•'• - - .o'• •Lake Livingstoni (KL). A Brown Pelicanappeared at SanAngelo, Tex., Oct. 20 on the alentlne ,• CollegeStation heelsof Hurricane Tico (TM). More than 3000 Double-crestedCormo- rants restedat L. Oologah, Rogers and Nowata, Okla., Oct. 9-16. MEXl½OxI Alpine• Kerrvilleß OlivaceousCormorants were recordedat CheyenneBottoms W.M.A., Kans., Sept. 10 (SS), Ft. WorthAug. 14-16 (CH), Kerr, Tex., Aug. 4- BigBen NP •i • I 31 (E & KM), and McNary, Tex., Oct. 28 (BZ). onthe edgeof townSept. 14 (JSc), while95 landedin a cormlon a ranch HERONS -- An Am. Bitternin a cat-taildrainage ditch at McNary in Ft. Davis and almoststampeded a herdof quarterhorses Sept. 29 Oct. 28 representedone of thefew recordsof thisspecies in far w. Texas (PE). At El Paso, 244 were countedOct. 11. An imm. Green-backed (BZ). The Least Bitternsthat nestedat OklahomaCity remaineduntil Heronlingered at Washington,Okla., to Oct. 26, 3 weekslate (BG). A Sept. 16 (JGN), andone wasdiscovered at Lewisville,Tex., Sept. 19 flock of 12 Black-crownedNight-Herons at TulsaSept. 7 providedan (ME, DJ). A GreatEgret graced Garden, Neb.. Sept. 16 (RCR). An ad. unusualnumber for that area. A Yellow-crownedNight-Heron found Little Blue Heron visitedRandall, Tex., Sept. 4 (EW). A Tricolored deadin Pawnee,Kans., Sept. 4 provideda 2rid countyrecord (SS). Heron traveledto CheyenneBottoms with the remnantof Hurricane Alicia Aug. 20 (DV). Over 50,000 Cattle Egrets congregatednear IBISES THROUGH STORK -- Migrating White-facedIbises be- Boynton,Okla., Aug. 23 (JM). Extraordinarynumbers of CattleEgrets comemore abundant and widespread in theRegion each year and tend to invadedtrans-Pecos Texas. At Alpine almost4000 gatheredin a pasture linger into late Octoberand evenNovember. Roseate Spoonbills were

218 American Birds, March-April 1984 foundat 5 n.c. Texas localitiesJuly 25-Sept. 10. At Dallas, five Wood mindedteacher took her 4th-gradeclass outside to seea flight of hawks. Storkswere observed Aug. 18, and 19 werepresent Sept. 5. Four were While the studentswatched, a Red-tailedHawk droppedout of the sky seenat Waco, Tex., Sept. 15. Althoughboth RoseateSpoonbills and and grabbeda groundsquirrel, struggled with it momentarilyand then WoodStorks occasionally wander to n. Texas,it seemsprobable that the carried it away (RG). A FerruginousHawk discoverednear Nacog- largenumbers this fall may be relatedto HurricaneAlicia. Certainly,a dochesNov. 1 l provided a first county record and possiblythe first Wood Stork in Lincoln, Okla., Sept. 8 must have had some unusual recordfor the entire Pineywoodsregion (MW, m_ob.). Merlins were impetus(EC). reportedat 10 localities,Peregrine Falcons at only 5. A gray-phase Gyrfalconwas photographedNov. 6 in ColftLr,Neb. (BJR•. WATERFOWL -- A Fulvous Whistling-Duck appearedat Marais des CygnesW.M.A., Kans., in mid-September(fide MC). A Black- RAILS THROUGH CRANES -- A Virginia Rail wanderedamong bellied Whistling-Duck was photographedat Tulsa July 18 (EH, the eggplantsin an Omahagarden Sept. 20 (A & IW). Virginia Rails m.ob.). No nearbyzoos or waterfowl fanciersknew of a missingwhis- skulkedin Comanche,Okla., Sept. 11 (KM), Big BendN.P., Sept. 20 tling-duck.A singleSnow Gooserested on a cattle tank in Brewster, (DS, DL) and Black Gap W.M.A., Tex., Oct. 8 (BM). At Tulsa, a Tex., Nov. 26-30 (BM). Ross' Geesevisited Hagerman N.W.R.. Tex.. Corn. Moorhen walked in a flower bed Oct. 13. At Midland, a Corn. Nov. 19 (SB) and Lubbock Nov. 23 (CSt). Wood Ducks were more MoorhenAug. 14 providedonly the 5th recordin 35 years.and a Purple commonthan usualin w. Texas and were reportedin Potter,Briscoe, Gallinule Aug. 30-Sept. 5 constitutedonly the 2nd record(m.ob.). A Gray, Midland and E1 Paso. A Mottled Duck was discoveredin Hunt, total of 16 WhoopingCranes was sightedin Nebraskain late October, Tex., Sept. 25 (JNu). A CinnamonTeal remainedin Rogers,Okla., ten visited Great Salt Plains N.W.R., Okla., in early November, and throughSeptember (m.ob.). A GreaterScaup was studiedat closerange three flew over Lubbock Nov. 13. in Sheridan,Neb., Oct. 30 (RCR). Three Surf Scotersstopped in Mar- ion, Kans., Oct. 23 (LM et al.). Four White-wingedScoters were at SHOREBIRDS -- Becauseof severedrought conditions, lakes in Tulsa Nov. 26. HoodedMergansers adorned ponds at Omaha Nov. 11, n.e. Oklahomadropped much below normallevels opening enormous CheyenneBottoms Nov. 25, Potter,Tex., Nov. 20 and Midland Nov. mud flats which attractedshorebirds in greatnumbers. Many species 30. normallyconsidered rare in that area were seenon every field trip. A LesserGolden-Plover remained at OklahomaCity until Nov. 8 (JGN). Piping Ploverswere noted at Tulsa Aug. 17, 21, Sept. 4, Nowata. Okla., Aug. 6, HagermanN.W.R., Aug. 18, 20. Two MountainPlo- verswere in a floodedalfalfa field nearDell City, Tex., Sept.25 (SW). More than30 Black-neckedStilts were at QuiviraN.W.R., Kans.,Aug. 20 (SS), and one in Hunt, Tex., Sept. 3 provideda first record(JK). More than 100 Am. Avocets remained at Great Salt Plains Nov. 5. An UplandSandpiper provided a firstrecord at GuadalupeMountains N.P., Tex., Sept. 11 (SW). A Long-billedCurlew at Tulsa Aug. 30 constituted only a 2nd recordthere (JH, JA). A flock of 160Long-billed Curlews at Ft. Davis Oct. 27 was unusualat that locality (BZ). Three Marbled Godwitswere sightedin Nowata Aug. 27 (JH). SevenRuddy Turn- stoneswere at Tulsa Sept. 4. A Red Knot was discoveredin Washing- ton, Okla., Aug. 21 (ED). As manyas 20 Sanderlingscould be counted at onceat L. Oologah.A SemipalmatedSandpiper was carefully identified at E1Paso Sept. 3 (BZ). Dunlinswere sightedat 7 localities.Buff- breastedSandpipers were unusuallynumerous and appearedat 9 localities. Short-billedDowitchers were reportedat Linn, Kans., Oct. 10 (MC), Tulsa, Aug. 29-Sept. 1 (JH), OklahomaCity, Sept.4 (JAG) and HagermanAug. 28 (KH). At Amarillo, an Am. Woodcockcame down in an urbangarden, providing a firstrecord for theTexas Panhandle (JO, m.ob.). Red-neckedPhalaropes visited Cheyenne Bottoms Sept. 6, 17 (DV), Pawnee, Okla., Sept. 5 (JH), Gray, Tex., Sept. 5 (KS) and LubbockSept_ 1 l-Oct. 2 (CSt). Red Phalaropeswere reported at Lub- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck,Earl JohnsonRes., Tulsa, Okla., Julv bock Sept. 12-21 (ML). 18, 1983. Photo/E. Hayes. JAEGERSTHROUGH SKIMMER -- A ParasiticJaeger was found RAPTORS -- Observersin Sarpy, Neb., held an informal hawk at Tulsa Oct. 22 OH). HurricaneAlicia may havebeen responsible for watch alonghills borderingthe MissouriR., Sept. 15-Oct. 16. They LaughingGulls appearingat Quivira N.W.R., andat 4 Oklahomalocal- counted1 ! 96 raptorsof 16 species,which may seem insignificant com- ities.Nine Franklin'sGulls at BlackGap Oct. ! 9 provideda firstrecord paredto othersites, but borderson the spectacularin e. Nebraska(TB). there. A fast moving cold front Nov. 9 broughtunusual numbers of Ospreysfished at almostevery large body of water (and somesmall Franklin'sGulls to far e. Texas:240 in Panola(SC) and360 at Nacog- ones)in theRegion. An Ospreyflying upand down the lagoon in Omaha doches(DW). A CaliforniaGull waslocated in Rogers,Okla., Sept.25 CentralPark Mall hadnearby office workers rushing to windowsto get a (JH). A Thayer's Gull wasphotographed and carefully studied at Tulsa betterlook. Everytime the Ospreymade a fly-by pigeonsboiled up from Oct. 23 (JH. EH et al.). A Sabine'sGull visitedE1 PasoOct. l-3 (BJ, everyroof around(RG). A Black-shoulderedKite couldbe foundnear m.ob.). Caspian,Forster's and Black ternswere common in n.e. Okla- Grand I., Neb., Aug. 31-mid-October(GLi) and one was seenin Clay, homa becauseof the availability of mud flats. The uncommonCorn. Tex., Oct. I (ER). A major influx of MississippiKites occurredin Tern waslocated at 4 localitiesin Oklahoma.A Forster'sTern provided Nebraska,with sightingsin Hamilton, Polk andSarpy in early Septem- a newcounty record in Morton, Kans.,Sept. 11 (SS). Anotherhurricane ber. At Nacogdoches,Tex., 45 MississippiKites were counted Aug. 19 waif was a Black Skimmerat Dallas Aug. 20-2l (MB, HN). (SL). This speciesremained into Octoberin Comanche,Okla., and Amarillo. Northern Goshawkswere encounteredin Douglas, Neb., DOVES THROUGH HUMMINGBIRDS -- An Inca Dove reached Pawnee, Kans., and Cherokee,Okla. Gray Hawks were observedin Randall, Tex., Oct. 16 (KS). A Corn. Ground-Dove in Burieson, Tex., Brewster,Tex., severaltimes Aug. 9-Oct. 28. Oct. 17 was the first at that site since 1978 (KO). Black-billed Cuckoos Many migratinggroups of Swainson'sHawks, some comprising hun- lurkedin Sarpy, Sept. 25 {KC, RM) and Washington,Okla., Sept. 13 dredsof birds,gladdened plains observers: 1000 at Heard,Tex., Oct. 4, (ED, PC). An ani that visited Mohawk P., Tulsa Oct. 5-6 had such a 500 nearLubbock for 2 weeksin September,200 at OmahaOct. 2, 200 liking for dark, secludedplaces that it couldnever be determinedwheth- in Barton, Kans., Oct. 2. Two Zone-tailed Hawks flew over Davis er it hada smoothor groovedbill (BJeet al.). A Groove-billedAni in MountainsS.P., Tex., Oct. 27 (SW). At Bellevue,Neb., an ecology- Big BendN.P., Oct. 15 wasnot so retiring(CS). A screech-owl(East-

Volume 38, Number 2 219 ern9) satin a treebeside a downtownBartlesville, Okla , officebuilding Sept 21 The normallyrare Blue-wmged Warbler was located In Wyan- Nov 18 (BG) No reportsof Long-earedOwls werereceived and only 3 dotte, Kans , Sept 18, Ft Gibson, Okla , Aug 29, Rogers,Okla , of Short-eared Owls. ACom. Poorwill sat in the middle of a Pawnee, Sept. 24, Tulsa Aug. 20 and Ft. Worth Sept. 13. A Golden-winged Kans., roadon the frigid nightof Nov. 2 (SS). A late Com. Nighthawk Warblerbrightened Linn, Kans., Sept. 11 (AC, LM). Chestnut-sided lingered in Johnson,Kans., until Oct. 29 (EM). A flock of Com. Warblers at Omaha Oct. 14 and College Station Oct. 19 were late Nighthawkscomprising 120 birds sweptacross Washington, Okla., MagnoliaWarblers were far w. of theirusual route at BuffaloL., Sept Sept. 15. Severalcongregations of ChimneySwifts were noted: 5000 at 25 (PA, RR), Big Spring,Tex., Oct. 2 (SCo) and El PasoNov. 6 (BJ, Tulsa Oct. 23,200 at BartlesvilleSept. 21. 350 at Cleburne,Tex., Nov. JD). A Black-throatedBlue Warblerprovided a first recordin Wayne, 3 At Bellevue,Neb., a smallflock of ChimneySwifts made life miser- Neb., Oct. 8 (MEr), and one was seenat Ft. Worth Oct. 9 (JWS) A able for a Sharp-shinnedHawk. The sharpiewas trying to crossa watersnake captured a bathingYellow-rumped Warbler in Smith,Tex schoolyard,but any way it turnedthe flock of swiftsblocked its path. (TG). A Townsend'sWarbler and two Hermit Warblersgraced Big This went on for severalminutes before the swiftsseemingly tired of BendN.P., Aug. 10 (GL). A Black-throatedGreen Warbler at Buffalo their gameand let thehawk go on its way (RG). MagnificentHumming- L., Nov. 13 waslate. A PineWarbler provided a firstrecord in Johnson, birdsbrightened El PasoOct. 22-24 (m.ob.) andAlpine, Tex., Sept.6- Tex., Nov. 26 (CE) and one was locatedat Buffalo L., Sept. 25 (RR, 21 (SBo). LuciferHummingbirds remained at Alpine until Sept.25. In KS). PrairieWarblers at OmahaSept. 22 (TB) andCoilin, Tex. (AV), FontenelleForest, Sarpy, Neb., hundredsof Ruby-throatedHumming- constitutedfirst county records. A PalmWarbler was found in Burleson birdsfed onImpatiens capensis in lateAugust and early September. An Sept. 24 (KO). In Sarpy, 15 Blackpollswere seenon the late dateOct Anna's Hummingbirdfed at a Lubbockfeeder Sept. 28-Nov. 3 (RE, 29 (RG). At El Paso,21 N. Waterthrusheswere counted during the mob.) and as many as threevisited El PasoOct. 18-31 (FB, m.ob.). season,more than all previouswaterthrush records over the last 8 years CalliopeHummingbirds enjoyed feeders at Alpineuntil Sept. 11. Peo- (BZ). A ConnecticutWarbler was bandedat Plano OutdoorLearning ple who feedhummingbirds in Texasare usually admonished to takethe Center,Tex., Sept.17 (AV). A HoodedWarbler was sighted in Crosby, feedersdown by Oct. 15in ordernot to entice the hummers to lingerinto Tex., Sept. 16 (ML). winter. To testthis bit of folk knowledge,Pansy Espy persuaded all feeder owners in Ft. Davis to remove them Oct. 1. As of Oct. 31, a GROSBEAKS THROUGH SNOW BUNTING -- A Rose-breasted RufousHummingbird was still present. Grosbeakand an IndigoBunting in Garden,Neb., Sept.15 constituted first fall records(RCR). IndigoBuntings and • PaintedBuntings re- WOODPECKERS THROUGH CORVIDS -- An Acorn Woodpeck- mainedlate at manylocalities. A Green-tailedTowhee was foundat er at Black Gap Sept. 6 constituteda first, but not unexpected,record OmahaOct. 4 (MT). Cassin'sSparrows were abundantand singing (BM). A PileatedWoodpecker at Cleburne,Tex., alsoprovided a new constantlyin Crockett,Tex., Aug. 9 andBig BendN.P., Aug. 12(GL) record(CE). A BlackPhoebe strayed to AmarilloSept. 12 (NE, MEm). At thistime, Cassin's Sparrows had disappeared from the Midland area At Tulsa,an E. Phoebelingered until Nov. 25, almosta monthlater than A Clay-coloredSparrow was found in Grayson,Tex., Sept.24 (SB)and the previousrecord. A Vermilion Flycatcherwandered to Rains,Tex., onein BuriesonOct. 5 provideda first fall record(KO). VesperSpar- Nov. 20 (JNu, RK). A Cassin'sKingbird stoppedat LubbockOct. 3 rows arrived in the TexasPanhandle in goodnumbers but were extreme- (CSt). About 80 E. Kingbirdsrested in Tulsa'sMohawk P., Aug. 20. At ly scarceat Midland.Lark Buntingswere located in Comanche,Okla , Black Gap, an E. Kingbird Sept. 1 provideda first record(BM). An Sept. 22 andJackson, Okla., Oct. 24 (JDT). Two Baird'sSparrows estimated10,000 Barn Swallowsperformed aerial maneuvers above the were found at Buffalo L., Oct. 9 (KS). Le Conte's Sparrowswere Ft Worth NatureCenter Oct. 10. A BarnSwallow in SarpyNov. 6 was locatedin Tulsa, Osage,Okla., andHagerman N.W.R., duringOcto- a monthlater than the previousstate record. A PurpleMartin at El Paso ber. The locallyrare Fox Sparrowwas seen in Rush,Kans., Nov 6 Sept. 18 providedonly the 3rd area record. During early October, Earlywinter storms to the n. pushedlongspurs into theRegion much severalobservers noted a largenumber of BlueJays migrating in flocks earlier than usual. Large numbersof McCown's Longspurswere In comprising40-80 birds. Randall, Tex., Nov. 25. Laplandand Smith's longspurs were present In Tulsa and Osage,Okla., in flocksof hundredsafter Nov. 19, while NUTHATCHES THROUGH PHAINOPEPLA -- Small numbers of more than 500 LaplandLongspurs were in Miami, Kans., Nov 20 Red-breastedNuthatches were presentthroughout the RegionOct. 6- Thousandsof LaplandLongspurs appeared along the Rush-Pawnee line Nov. 30. In Texas, White-breastedNuthatches seem to be increasing in KansasNov. 13, but by Nov. 28 evenlarger numbers appeared On andslowly expanding their range. A RockWren trilled in Bosque,Tex., Nov. 29, Seltmandrove 10 mi in Pawneewithout being out of sightof Nov. 15 (TG). A CarolinaWren at Midland Sept.22-29 wasthe first at LaplandLongspurs. "Estimating their numberswould be like tryingto that locality since 1978. Winter Wrens were seenat 9 localities,and countmosquitoes on a Minnesotalake," he wrote. OneLapland Long- were reportedto be commonat Omahaand Muskogee,Okla. Golden- spurwith a flockof McCown'sin Jackson, Okla., Nov. 25 representeda crownedKinglets were abundantand widespread.Mountain Bluebirds first fall recordfor s.w. Oklahoma(JAG). Chestnut-collaredLongspurs arrivedin Big BendN.P., on the early dateSept. 17. A Townsend's were seenat Tulsa and Bartlesvillewhere they are rarelyfound. Snow Solitairevisited Great Salt PlainsNov. 5 (JH). A Swainsoh'sThrush in Buntingsarrived in Chadron,Neb., Oct. 27 and Lancaster,Neb , m Meade, Kans., Nov. 5 was very late (SS). A Hermit Thrushin Rush, mid-November. Kans., Nov. 6 provideda first countyrecord (SS). Hundreds,even thousands,of Am. Robinsflew over NacogdochesOct. 25-Nov. 20, BLACKBIRDS THROUGH EVENING GROSBEAK -- Rusty nonestopping in the area (DW). A Varied Thrushfound dead in Great Blackbirdsfed on dogwoodberries in FontenelleForest during October Bend, Kans., Oct. 29, constitutedthe 6th staterecord (SS). A Gray and one cameto a feederduring a snowstorm.Up to 2000 Great-tailed Catbird at Buffalo Lake N.W.R., Tex. (hereafter, Buffalo L.), Nov. 13 Gracklespolluted the environmentin Rogers,Okla., throughthe sea- was quite late. Three Curve-billedThrashers were seenin Throckmor- son.Purple Finches were reported only at Omaha,Lincoln and Tulsa ton, Tex., Oct. 28 (WP). Sprague'sPipits are reportedless frequently Red Crossbillsarrived at Lincoln in early October. Seltmanspoke for than any otherregular migrant in the Region. But observersin Rush, everyonein theRegion when he wrote,"Dust off thethistle feeders, the Kans., Grady, Okla., andTulsa have learnedthe habitsand habitatof siskinsare back!" EveningGrosbeaks arrived in Nebraskaby Nov 6 the speciesand report it regularly. Early CedarWaxwings at Elk City, and were visitingfeeders across the stateby Nov. 30. They arrivedm Okla., Aug. 26 wereeating green Pyracantha berries (IB). Two Phaino- Johnson, Kans., Nov. 4. peplasat BuffaloL., Aug. 21 andone in CaprockCanyons S.P., Bris- toe, Tex., Oct. 14 representedfirst recordsfor the Texas Panhandle CORRIGENDA -- The Tillman CountyWhite-tailed Kite wasseen (PA, KS). Nov. 21, not Oct. 21 (AB 37:197). The Chestnut-sidedWarbler was•n ComancheCounty, Oklahoma, not thecity of Comanche(AB 37:198) VIREOS THROUGH WARBLERS -- Almostno vireoswere report- Likewise,the HouseFinch was in ComancheCounty, not the city (AB ed, andeven the normallycommon Solitary Vireo was scarce.Bell's 37:316). Vireos were notedin Comanche,Osage and Pawnee,Okla. Philadel- phia Vireos were observedat Bellevue,Neb., Sept. 9, 21, Pawnee, CONTRIBUTORS AND OBSERVERS -- PeggyAcord, Keith Ar- Kans.,Sept. 5, Stafford,Kans., Sept. 10, Ft. WorthOct. 9 andMidland nold, Jim Arterburn,Sandy Beach, Bob Behrstock,Anne Bellamy,

220 AmericanB•rds, March-April 1984 Flora Bittick, Shine Bounds(SBo), Tanya Bray, lna Brown, Lillian McHugh, BonnieMcKinney, Jeff McMahon,Wayne Mo!!hoff, Lloyd Brown, Mark Brown, SteveCalver, PhyllisChapman, Eva Chesman, Moore, RalphMorocco, Ernest & Kay Mueller,John G. Newell, Hazel Kelly Clark, R.D. Coggeshall,Arlie Cooksey,Mel Cooksey,Sue Cor- Nichols,Jim Norman,J. Nussbaum(JNu), JoyceOelze, Mabel B. Ott, son(SCo), Ella Delap, Jeff Donaldson,Melinda Droege,Charles Eas- Karolee Owens, Warren Pulich, Berrie Roberts, Richard C. Rosche, ley, Nancy Elliott, MargueriteEmpie (MEm), M. Engle, Rosemary B.J. Rose, E. Rose, Rena Ross, John Schmidt (JSc), Scott Seltman, English,Mike Erikson(MEr), PansyEspy, BonnieGall, Tim Gollob, KennethSeyffert, D. Sharp,J.W. Sifford,C. Simmons,Cliff Stogner RuthGreen. J.A. Grzybowski,Joe Gubangyi, Karl Hailer, Kim Haskett (CSt), Mary Tremaine,Jack D. Tyler, A. Valentine,Donald Vannoy, (KHs), ElizabethHayes, Carl Haynie, Jim Hoffman, D. Jackson,Bob EstherWaddill, Steve West, Paul Wilson, David Wolf, Mimi Wolf, A! Jennings(BJe), Bob Johnson,J. Keller, R. Kinney, Greg Lasley, D. & lone Worthman.Barry Zimmer.-•FRANCES WILLIAMS, Rt. 4, Liggett,Gary Lingle(GLi), K. Lockhart,Mark Lockwood,Sue Lower, 2001 Broken Hills E., Midland, TX 79701. Jo Loyd, Kevin Mason, Terry Maxwell, Janet M. McGee, Earl

SOUTH TEXAS REGION /Greg W. Lasley E AustlneJ• ...... ?LA. )( i eBastrøp H Be..... Early Augustwas slightlycooler than normalwith moderaterain in mostareas. Above normal rainfall throughout the summer in Austinand Uvalde mo •- . eastwardprovided an excellentseed and berry crop by the beginningof • Freeport the fall period.Some inlandareas, however, were drier than normal. Eagle Pass . The major weatherevent of the seasonwas HurricaneAlicia, which made landfallon westernGalveston Island early August18. This late- •% WelderRefu•e.• A,•n•asRefuge developinghurricane packed winds up to I 15m.p.h. at !andfall,causing extensivedamage to woodlandsover a largearea of the Upper Texas ,' •1• • • CorpusChri• Coast(hereafter U.T.C.), and propertydamage was in the billionsof dollars. Becausethe stormdeveloped over the Gulf of Mexico rather •l•e Raymondvil• thanthe Caribbeanor the Atlantic. vagrantpelagic species were virtually absent.However, severalcoastal species were driven well inland. Several Black Skimmers fed in a flooded field over 50 miles inland, along with LaughingGulls and coastaltern species(R & GC, MA). Behrstockand Morgan surveyedthe coastfrom AnahuacN.W.R., to GalvestonAugust 20. Notablewere numbers of deadherons and egrets, apparentlystorm-killed, at a roostingsite nearCrystal Beach. •-*e • •4• o• The only other significantweather event was a strongcool front September20-22. It was the secondstrongest cool front in 20 yearsfor the month of September,and its effectswere felt all the way to the Lower Rio GrandeValley (hereafter,L.R.G.V.). Octoberand Novem- SoAo ber were much warmer than normal. Morgan has reportedan "explosion" in the populationof Black-bellied Whistling-Duckson the U.T.C. Although in- GANNET THROUGH STORK -- A sub-ad. N. Gannet was found creasednumbers of this specieshave been noted by U.T.C. dead on the beachat Mustang I., Oct. 24, a rather early date for the observersfor years,no one was prepared for thepopulation boom location(TA). Over 1500 Am. White Pelicanswere counted by partici- seenthis fall. "During Novembernumerous reports from many pantsof the 7th annualhawk watchalong the NuecesR., nearCorpus observers showed that the numbers of B!ack-be!!ieds in w. Harris ChristiOct. 8 (CS et al.). Anhingasmoved through the Regionin good County(particularly at WarrenL.) variedfrom severalhundred numbersduring October with large concentrationsnoted on the U.T.C. to 2500 individuals!The latternumber was obtained by Feltner (GL) and at Alice (RA); 26 over Corpus Christi Nov. 3 (KM) were over a 4-hr period. Felther estimatedthat 60-70% of the birds probablylate migrants,but the specieswinters at variouslocations on were youngof the year, showinga tremendoushatch this sea- the Texas coast in moderatenumbers. Magnificant Frigatebirds ap- son." pearedin higherthan normalnumbers just beforeand after Hurricane Alicia. The largestcounts were of 17 over w. GalvestonBay Aug. 14 birdswere present on EagleL., ColoradoCo., duringthe period(WS, (MA) and50 at AransasN.W.R., Aug. 18 (MK, GL). A lonefrigatebird fide JM). at PortAransas Oct. 6 wasrather late (CC). Heronand egret populations A flock of 80 GreaterWhite-fronted Geese over RockportOct. 14 appearednormal throughout.There were severalreports of Reddish wasconsidered early (CC), butby the endof the periodc. coastobserv- Egretsaway from theirtypical coastal habitats. Individuals were noted ers were still waitingfor geeseto arrive (KM). GreaterWhite-fronteds at L. Alice Aug. 27 (RA), Falcon L., Nov. 25 (G & BL, JN), and ai andSnow geese were observed in highnumbers in w. HarrisC9unty by Sinton(CC). An unusuallylarge roost of 250+ mixed Black-crowned Nov. I (MH); however,low levelsof rice productionin the Eagle L and Yellow-crownednight-herons was foundat the mouthof the Rio areadid not providesufficient food, andthe large number of geesethat Grande,at BocaChica Nov. 27 (G & BL, JN). High numbersof Wood normallywinter there had begun moving toward coastal marshlands by Storkswere counted on thehawk watchnear Corpus Christi Oct. 8, with theend of the period(WS,fide CS). A N. Pintailappeared early in the severalflocks containing 100+ birds (CS et aLL Rockportarea Aug. 27 (CC), occurringlater in goodnumbers throughout. SeveralRedheads were very early at RockportAug. 22 (C•C),and WATERFOWL -- Fulvous Whistling-Ducks were scarce while numberedin the thousandsat LagunaAtascosa N.W.R., by Nov. 27 (G Black-belliedsoccurred in unprecedentednumbers. Black-bellieds bred & BL, JN). GreaterScaup, typically rare in the Region, madeseveral in typicalnumbers at SantaAna N.W.R., butmost had deserted the area appearances.At PadreI., a male wasstudied carefully Nov. 19 (CC), by the 3rd week of September(SL). A pair of B!ack-belliedswith 12 and two femalesat an Austinsewage pond Nov. 25-30 were seenby downy young were at an Austin sewagepond Aug. 30 (EK et al.); at manyobservers (JA et al.). SeveralOldsquaws were present in Austin leastthree pairs fledged young in the Austinarea during August and duringNovember. The only scoterreported for the seasonwas a White- September. winged at AnahuacN.W.R., Nov. 25 (MG, PN). A pair of Ruddy In additionto the fantasticnumbers on the U.T.C., as manyas 600 Ducks with three recentlyhatched young were at the Port Aransas

Volume 38, Number 2 221 sewageponds Sept. 17 (TA). Althoughbreeding has been suspected in Austinsewage ponds from early Augustthrough early October. Unusu- that area, this was the first confirmation. ally abundanlwere Western,Least, Baird's, and Pectoralsandpipers. Stilt Sandpipersmoved through Austin in goodnumbers during mid- RAPTORS -- There were no ad. Hook-billedKites and only one September(GL), and severalindividuals lingered on the U.T.C., as late immatureobserved during the periodat SantaAna N.W.R. (SL). Peak asNov. 14 (JM, MH). Arvin noted,however, that the species winters in MississippiKite movementswere noted Aug. 20 (with Alicia's landfall) moderate numbers at inland locations in the L.R.G.V. Buff-breasted & Aug. 27. On thelatter date, 500 wereseen at Alice (RA). BaldEagles Sandpiperswere reported from numerouslocations during August and weresomewhat more widespread than normal, including three or fourat September.A flock of 200 + nearCorpus Christi Sept. 4 (KM) was varioustimes in Travis County (fide CS), and one adult at Bentsen-Rio noteworthy,as wasa singleindividual on thebeach at MustangI., Oct. GrandeValley S.P., Aug. 8 (GD). Sharp-shinnedHawks numbereda 10(TA) consideringthe late date and the atypical habitat. A Red-necked record 160 on the hawk watch Oct. 8. One Corn. Black-Hawk and at Phalaropewas seen by manyat Austin's"Platt's Ponds" Sept. 20. This leasttwo Gray Hawkswere reported by manyobservers at RanchoSanta speciesis seenin small numbersnearly every fall at thissame location, Margaritaduring November. The majorcool front Sept. 20-22 apparent- but a Red Phalaropethere Oct. 7 (GP) was unexpected. ly concentratedBroad-winged Hawks into virtuallyone massiveflight (TAm, MAn, RA et al.). Ray Little reportedover 250,000 Broad- JAEGERSTHROUGH ANIS -- Anyjaeger species is rarein Texas, wingedsover the Nueces R., Sept. 23, and severalthousand were but therewere numerousreports this fall. Two imm. Pomatines[one reportedalong the coastand in theL.R.G.V., Sept.21-25 (RL, TAm et light-phase,one dark-phase!--Ed. I were well describedat PortAransas al.). The Swainson'sHawk migrationwas described as "fantastic"in Aug. 30 (CC). Two more Pomafineswere at the samelocation Oct. 31 the L.R.G.V. (GD). A White-tailedHawk just s.e. of AustinNov. 25 (BBa, CT). A Parasiticwas observed in Galvestonjust afterAlicia's was unprecedentedin recent decades(BW, fide CS). Ferruginous passage(TE), andan immatureallowed close approach at BoliverFlats Hawks were more numerousand widespreadthroughout the Region Sept.10 (ph., BBe,TBF). Franklin'sGulls were noted in largenumbers thannormal. A GoldenEagle near Luling Nov. 12 (EK) wasa rarefind in w. HarrisCounty Nov. 10-13 (RT), elsewhereoccurring in good in thatBlackland Prairie area. The Merlin andPeregrine Falcon migra- numbersas well. Amosobserved four individuals on Mustangl., Oct. tionswere generallyvery good.Fourteen Peregrines were seenon the 22 still in breedingplumage, complete with "a pinkblush" evident on Oct. 8 hawkwatch and about 300 weretrapped and banded during the thebreast. Lesser Black-backed Gulls have occurred more or lessregu- seasonin the continuingU.S.F. & W.S. studieson PadreI. (KR,fide larlyin recentfall seasonsat severalcoastal locations, usually s. of Port CS). Isabel.The only reportedindividual this season, however, was an adult in summerplummage at Mustang1., Sept. 20 (ph.--TA). A Great CHACHALACA THROUGH CRANES -- Plain Chachalacas intro- Black-backed Gull returned for its 4th consecutive season to Kemah ducedon Welder Wildlife Ref., are apparentlysurviving; at leasttwo (JM). Clarknoted that Corn. Terns become scarce in theRockport area were heardcalling Aug. 17 (CC). Virginia Railshave become increas- andfarther s. on the Texascoast by lateSeptember, and are usually ingly commonin the Austinarea duringmigration in recentyears. At absentin winter. The species,however. is listedas uncommonon the leastfour were notedat variousAustin locations during October (fide U.T.C., in fall and winterand is reportedthere regularly. Clark ques- EK). Five Yellow Rails were flushedby marshbuggy at San Bernard tionswhy the species winters on the U.T.C., andfarther e., butappar- N.W.R., Oct. 22 (JM et al.). ently avoids the c. and lower coast. Sixty-sevenad. and sixjuv. WhoopingCranes were present at Aran- The "parrotproblem" in theL.R.G.V., is becomingmore complex. sasN.W.R., by Nov. 21 (TS). One of the adultshad spentthe summer Flocksof up to 12 Green Parakeetswere seenover Brownsvilleon on therefuge. Stehn also reports that 2 groupsof whooperswere tracked severaloccasions during October (DB,fide JA). The speciesoccurs in s. by radiotelemetry during their migrationfrom Wood BuffaloN.P., to Tamaulipasbut the statusof the Brownsvillepopulation is highlyques- Aransas.Two sub-ad.birds that were banded in 1982traveled together tionable.A groupof four Red-crownedParrots feeding on Anacua throughouttheir journey, leaving Wood Buffalo Sept. 23 andarriving at IEIlretiaanacua) fruit in Bentsen-RioGrande Valley S.P., Sept.16-25 AransasOct. 25. A family groupwas monitored as it left the breeding were thoughtto be wild (JA). Several small flocks of Red-crowneds groundsSept. 23 and arrived al AransasNov. 10. werein Brownsvillefrom earlyOctober through the end of the period. One such flock contained two White-fronted Parrots and at least one Red-loredParrot. The latter2 specieswere probable escapees, but at leastsome of the Red-crownedswere thoughtto be wild birds(TP, JA, WG, BB et al.). Most of the breedingpopulation of Groove-billedAnis haddeserted SantaAna N.W.R., by the 3rd week of SeptembertSL). but what are presumedto be post-breedingwanderers were noted as thr n. asGalves- ton County by ,severalobservers as late as Oct. 29.

NIGHTHAWKS THROUGH WOODPECKERS-- CommonNight- hawksmoved through the Austinarea in impressivenumbers in late August.Several hundred foraged in thebright lights of thestate capitol's domeon the nightof Aug. 29. As manyas six were still being seen there onthe very late date of Nov. 15(GL). Therehave been several reports of Black Swifts in the Regionduring August and Septemberin recent years,and this year was no exception. A groupof sixwas reported with a largeflock of ChimneySwifts near Corpus Christi Sept. 24 (KM et •ar•lcd Oodwit,•,•tin, T•x., Oc•. I0. I•. PhotolO. al.). Becausedocumentation is still lacking.the speciesis considered hypotheticalin the state;further information is solicited.Large migra- PLOVERS THROUGH PHALAROPES -- •sscr Golden-Plovers, tionalflights of ChimneySwifts were noted in mostareas except the uncommonin fall, were •po•ed from scvc•l areas. Three were at L.R.G.V. Arvin saw a lone ChimneySwift over BrownsvilleOct. 12 AustinOct. 3-15, two weresccn in galvestonCounty Oct. g (TBF, LF), whichwas one of the very few fall recordsin thatarea. Duringfall and one was on Bollvet Pen., •l. 24 (•H). Numbersof Am. Av•cts migrationthe speciesapparently moves well E andcrosses the Gulf to were somewhatlow in tbe c. c•sl area (K•), but seemedin •o• CentralAmerica as there are noMexican records in fall exceptfor a few supplyclsewhc•_ Lon•-billed Curlewsa•ived at SantoAna N.W.R., sight reportsfrom CozumelI. (fide JA). An injuredWhite-throated as carly as the lastweck of July(SL). A •a•lcd godwit paida visit to Swift waspicked up in downtownAustin Oct. I I for a 3rd area record Austin Oct. 10-23 for a first f•ll •ea record (JA, OL). Ten Red Knots (fide EK). constituteda new Jim Wells Coun• recordAu•. 28; •o were still Highnumbers of Buff-belliedHummingbirds moved into the U.T.C. pre•nl Sept.2 (RA). Excellentnumbe• of "p•p" sp. werepresent at areaduring November. At least9 substantiatedsightings occurred (MA,

222 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 send'sSolitaires wandered E to Hays CountySept. 23 (BH.fide EK), and two Veeriesbanded near Austinin late Septemberprovided very rare records(DC, CT). AmericanRobins were moving into the area in substantialnumbers by late November{m.ob.); theirnumbers seemed to increasedaily. A SageThrasher was seen briefly at Ft. AnahuacP., Oct. 11 (DD).

VIREOS THROUGH WARBLERS -- A Yellow-throated and a Warbling Vireo were both very early at CorpusChristi Aug. 15 (CC). Warblers,as a rule, appearedin moderatenumbers but with interesting variety. A Blue-wingedat RanchoSanta Margarita Nov. 20 (SC) was very late, and there were severalreports of Golden-wingeds,a very uncommonfall migrant,on the U.T.C. (MA et aLL NashvilleWarblers were typicallyabundant in Austinduring early October, and 100+ were bandedat Driftwood (DC). Two Black-throatedBlues showedup at High I.. Oct. 22-23 (MA et al.), and a female was studiedat Aransas N.W.R., Nov. 30 (CC). Three Black-throatedGrays were seen at Santa Ana N.W.R., during October (SL): this speciesis regular in the L.R.G.V., in fall. A Blackpollprovided a new Jim Wells Countyrecord when one was foundat L. Alice Sept. 11 (RA).

SPARROWSTHROUGH SISKIN -- Most winteringsparrows were reportedin excellent numbersby the end of the period. Grassland speciessuch as Savannah, Grasshopper, and Le Conte'swere especially numerousat severallocations near Austin. Sharp-tailedSparrows were more common than usual at Sabine Pass(WG), and a Dark-eyed Junco Williamsoh's Sapsucker,Traws Co., Tex., Nov. 21, 1983. Photo/B. arrivedearly at PortAransas Oct. 14 (TA). A Bobolinkwas a rarefind at Ribble. L. Alice Aug. 27 (RA). A juv. BronzedCowbird was being fed by a JM et aL). A few RufousHummingbirds remained at Austin and at GreenJay at Bentsen-RioGrande S.P., Oct. 16 (JA). This may repre- severalU.T.C. locationsthrough the end of the period.A GreenKing- sent a new late breedingrecord for that parasiticspecies. Orchard fisher was a rare find at L. Corpus Christi Nov. 15 (CC): the species Orioleswere scarceat most locations,but 500 "Baltimores" in Corpus doesnot normallyrange that far e. A d' Wi!liamson's Sapsuckerwas Christi's Blucher P., Sept. 21 {KM) were noteworthy.Pine Siskins discoveredat Austin's McKinney Falls S.P., Nov. I 1 (EK, KF) and beganshowing up in smallnumbers at a few areasin theRegion. Two at remainedthrough the endof the period.The birdestablished a foraging FreeportOct. 22 (CS) were early, with mostreports in the Austinarea patternin a small area of the park and roostedeach night at the same occurringduring November. The Regionhas not experienceda major siskin invasion since the winter of 1977-78. spot. CONTRIBUTORS AND CITED OBSERVERS -- Richard Albert, FLYCATCHERS THROUGH THRASHERS -- Empidonaxmigra- tion peakedin Austinduring the firstweek of September(DC, GL), and Tom Ammcrman (TAm), Tony Amos, Margaret Anderson(MAn), John Arvin, Mike Austin, Bob Barth (BBa), Benton Basham, Bob mosthad moved throughthe CorpusChristi area by Sept. 19 (KM). A Black Phoebe returned to the same location in Austin for the 2nd con- Behrstock(BBe), Dave Benn, Gary Burke, Sheriton Burr, Charlie secutivefall Nov. 20 (fide EK) andstayed through the end of the month. Clark, Gary Clark, RandyClark, Don Connell,Steven Crawford, David Another Black Phoebe visited Santa Ana N.W.R., in mid-November Dauphin, Gladys Donohue, Victor Emanuel, Ted Eubanks, T. Ben Felther. Linda Felther. Kate Frost, Maurice Gatlin. William Graber, (SL). Many contributorscommented on the variety and the impressive Bob Harms.Tyrrell Harvey, Malcolm Hodges.Charles Kaigler, Mary numbersof migratingkingbirds and flycatchers.Some species were Kmth. Ed Kutac, Steve Labuda. Becky Lasley, Ray Little. Kay notedin numbersfar aboveany previouslyreported. A Brown-crested McCracken,Jim Morgan.Jean Nance, Phillip Nizialek, GlennPerrigo, Tom Pincelli. Jo Redden, John & Barbara Ribbit. Ken Riddle. Daniel Flycatcherwas well out of rangeat High I., Sept. I 1 (SW). September I 1 was also a heavy migrationalflight day for both Couch'sand E. Schmidt,Chuck Sexton, Wayne Shiffiet, Tom Stehn,Henry Stevenson, kingbirds.Albert countedover 250 Couch'sand 250 Easternsmoving RobertThacker, ChristopherThompson, Bret Whitney, Steve Wil- liams.•REG W. LASLEY, 5103 Turnabout Lane, Austin, TX along the shoreof L. Alice, while Clark countedin excessof 340 78731. Easternsin 20 min moving W along the n. shore of Nueces Bay. Cassin'sKingbirds typicallydo not rangeE of the Trans-Pecosarea, but therewere a remarkable3 reportsof the speciesin the Regionthis period,all with excellentdetails: one at L. Alice Aug. 27 (RA), oneat MatagordaBay Oct. 5 (HS), and oneat SanAntonio Oct. 7-10 (TH et al.). Scissor-tailedFlycatchers also staged some very dramaticflights. NORTHWESTERN CANADA REGION "Swarms" of Scissor-tailedsmoved throughthe CorpusChristi area Sept. 4-18 (KM), and severalhundred were countedat one Austin /Helmut Grfinberg locationOct. 6 (JA, G & BL). The most spectacularshow of Scissor- taileds, however, was a flock of 1000+ at dusk Oct. 8 near Robstown Augustand Septemberwere cool and moist in the Region while (G & BL). The birdswere shoulder to shoulderon everyavailable phone Octoberwas about normal. Except in the Fort St. Johnarea, precipita- wire and tree limb in the area. Six late Scissor-taileds remained in Austin tionin Novemberwas extremely low (onetenth of the long-termaverage Nov. 16 {EK). in Whitehorse),setting the stagefor a dry winter in many areas. Tree Swallow numberswere low in Rockport(CC), but unremarkable It hasalways been difficult to receivebird reports from contributors in elsewhere.Northern Rough-winged Swallows appeared in tremendous thefall season,and this one is no exception.The reasonfor thisprobably numbers at several U.T.C. locations Oct. 23. Several thousand were lies in the fact thatthe requestfor bird reportscomes in early December, countedin 15 min at High I., moving S along the beachand coastal the depthof winterin our areawhen most birds have left for the south, grasslands(G & BL), while at the sametime, 45 mi s. at Freeport, and in the fact that the long "fall" seasoncovers the end of the almost Sextoncounted 6000 during 1•/2hrs. Brown Jay populationsremain forgottensummer (August), a shortautumn (September. October) and stableat the usuallocations. Red-breasted Nuthatches went unreported the beginningof winter (November).Only 174 specieswere reportedin this season,but both kingletswere in good numbers.A pair of Town- the Regionthis season.

Volume 38, Number 2 223 and one Oct 19 (WH) A White-breastedNuthatch was recordedin the companyof five Red-breastedsnear Fort St. Johnfor the 2ndPeace R, B.C., record Nov. 20 (CS). A Townsend's Warbler was identified at Swan L., 20 km n. of WhitehorseAug. 21 (CH, TM), and sevenPalm Warblerswere seenin YellowknifeAug. 11 (CH). A •? Connecticut Warbler with onejuvenile was spottedAug. 2 in an areanear Fort St Johnwhere a pair had beenobserved during the summer(CS) The observationof two imm. Harris' Sparrows nearFort St. JohnSept 18 was the first one for the Peace R., B.C. area (CS). ADDENDUM-- Several noteworthy observations ofrare birds came to my attentionafter the seasonalreports had been written. A Black Vulture appearedin s.w. Yukonin lateJuly 1982;it wasobserved by a numberof peopleand photographed at thes. endof KluaneL., July22, 1982 (DL) and at JarvisR., Kluane Game Sactuaryin early August, 1982 (JM). The latterobservation and photograph were published m the newsletter of Kluane N.P., Kluane, Autumn 1982. This observation constitutesthe firstrecord for theYukon and the Region. A Whimbrelof oneof the Eurasiansubspecies (Numenius phaeopus variegatus or N p phaeopus)was seen and photographed near Fort St. JohnJune 11, 1983 (CS et al.). A Forster's Tern was observedat Charlie L., nearFort St Johnin eariyJune 1983 (DS, fide to CS)for a firstPeace R., B C , recordand first recordfor the Region.Three to four apparentSiberian Tits were seenat BluefishCaves, 70 km s.s.w. of Old Crow, Yukon, m open spruceforest at 600 m elevationJuly 8, 1983 (Ro & SC) CONTRIBUTORS-- M. & P. Beattie(M & PBea),M. Bentley (MBen), M. Brook(MBr), K. Cameron,Richard, Robert & Syd Can- nings(Ri, Ro & SC), R. Carlson(RC), J. & P. Dabbs,L. Geddes,W Harms, C. Harris, W. Klassen,L. Kubica, J. Lammers,M. Lammers, D. Leverton,T. Mcllwain, J. Mcintyre,L. Schuler,C. Siddle,D Sterling,P. Wilson--H.GR•INBERG, Yukon Conservation Society, 201 Main Street, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, Y1A 2B6.

LOONS THROUGH HUMMINGBIRDS -- Two observations of a Red-throatedLoon Sept. 18 & Oct. 2 wereconsidered rare in theFort St. Johnarea (CS). A flock of 22 Arctic Loonsnear Fort St. JohnSept. 24 was mostunusual (CS). A Yellow-billedLoon in winterplumage was NORTHERN RocKy MOUNTAIN- observedin the companyof a Com. Loonnear.the Yukon R. bridge25 INTERMOUNTAIN REGION km s.e. of Whitehorse(HG, TM). A rareGreat Blue Heron was reported in Whitehorsein earlyAugust (J & PD). ThreeTrumpeter Swans were /Thomas H. Rogers observednear Fort St. JohnSept. 11 for the area's2nd fall record(CS). An Ospreywas observedat Tagish, Yukon Oct. 5 (WH). A dark- The Region enjoyeda warm autumnwith late freezingof lakesand phasead. Swainson'sHawk wasseen near Fort St. JohnSept. 11 (CS). ponds,inviting lingerers. The westernpart of theRegion was generally This providedthe 2ndconfirmed record for the BritishColumbia section dry andthe easternpart wet in Augustthrough October. The s•tuat•on of the PeaceR. area. A PeregrineFalcon was observedat Slims R., reversed after that, with November one of the wettest on record •n KluaneN.P., Aug. 21 (RiC). OneGyrfalcon was seen near the Haines easternOregon and Washington but relatively dry eastward. High water Rd., n. B.C., Aug. 26 (RiC), and two were recordedat KluaneN.P., levels at Malheur N.W.R., Burns,Oregon, provided roadside habitat Aug. 30 (CH). A "probable" Cooper'sHawk wasnoted near Yellow- where shorebirdswere easily observed. Converscly, low water at knifeAug. 11(CH). Thisspecies has not been documented in anypart of AmericanFalls Reservoir in southernIdaho provided excellent feeding the Regionto my knowledge,although one or 2 sightrecords without areasfor this group. detaileddescriptions exist. A W. Sandpiperwas noted near Fort St. JohnAug. 3 (CS), and one LOONS, GREBES -- A summer-plumagedRed-throated Loon was wasseen at SwanL., 20 km n. of WhitehorseAug. 2t (HG, CH, TM). photographedon CascadeRes., Valley Co., Ida., Aug. 27 (MRC, EightStilt Sandpipers, observed Aug. 21, constitutedthe highest num- m.ob.) and one wasobserved at MassacreRocks S.P., PowerCo , Ida , ber ever encounteredat SwanL. (HG, CH, TM). Duringthe samefield Oct. 13 (DMT). Two Arctic Loons at MassacreRocks Nov. 6 + were trip, at leastsix Short-billedDowitchers were identified. A Long-tailed eventuallyshot by hunters(*to IdahoSt. Univ.--CHT). Onewas s•ght- Jaegerwas seen flying S at KluaneL., Sept.5 (RiC). Duringa trip on ed on Wilson Lake Res., JeromeCo., Ida., Nov. 23 (MRC). Three were the MacMillan R., c. Yukon, a GlaucousGull wasobserved Sept. 23-29 at OkanaganLanding, B.C., Nov. 21-30 (PR) and one or two were (M & PBea). ACom. Tern was seenin YellowknifeAug. l0 (CH). A photographedon Island L., CrowsnestPass, Alta., Nov. 1-2 (MDO, RufousHummingbird was seenin Teslin, Yukon Aug. 11 & 17 (LG), DFF, MW, CT). SilverL., SpokaneCo., Wash., had two Oct. 23 (JA) and two stayedat GrahamInlet, n. B.C., until Aug. 21 (MBr). and one was on L. Lenore, Grant Co., Wash., Oct. 21-22 (DP) A Yellow-billed Loon visited Okanagan Landing Nov. 21-30 (PR, PERCHINGBIRDS -- A probableE.Phoebe stayed near acabin and m.ob.). roostedon the window sill for a weekat OrtellMr.,. e.c. Yukon,in early An ad. Red-neckedGrebe feeding an imm. bird at HenrysL, Fre- Septembe?(KC,fide to M & PBea).A Steller'sJay wasobserved n.e. mont Co., Ida., confirmedbreeding there (CHT). Malheur N W R of its normal range, for the first time in the PeaceR. area of British reportedthe best nestingsuccess ever for W. Grebesthere, wah an Columbiaat a feedernear Fort St. JohnSept. 28-late November(CS). estimated8750 youngproduced. Two ad. and two fully grown •mm SevenAm. Crowswere reported in YellowknifeAug. 11 (CH). Moun- light-phase("Clark's") Grebeswere observedon Wilson Lake Res , tain Chickadeeswere seenthroughout the seasonat a feederin White- Nov. 23 (MRC) andtwo wereon theColumbia R., in Richland,Wash , horse-PorterCreek (LS); two were observedat Tagish, Yukon Oct. 5 Oct. 23 (REW).

224 AmericanB•rds, March-Aprd 1984 puddleducks on aerial surveysover the Idaho PanhandleNov. 11: Mallard 11,552, Am. Wigeon 14,680, andGadwall 450 (firsttime on fall countfor the last). Canvasbacknmnbers at 2700 on that surveywere by far thehighest since at least1972 and Lesser Scaup showed very high numbersat 4800. Redheadsnumbered 16,860 and Ring-neckedDucks 2500. z Forrarities two Eur. Wigeonwere at YakimaNov. 25 (Y.A.S.) anda male was with four O wigeonon Deep L., s.e. of Northport.Wash., Nov. 15 (VB). A supposedAm. x Eur. Wigeonappeared at BendOct. 18 (TC). Two d' HarlequinDucks were at Trail, B.C., Nov. 7 + anda female was sightedthere Nov. 21 (ME). A • Oldsquawstayed at TurnbullNov. I 1 + (m.ob.) andone was at Castlegar,B.C., Nov. 27- 30 (ME). Surf Scotersightings were up: at Trail (ME) and Crowsnest Pass(MDO), B.C.; at Wilson L. and Am. Falls Res. (MRC); at Massa- creRocks an imm. femalecollected for apparentlythe first Idahospeci- men(JMS); at BearLake N.W.R., BearLake Co., Ida. (GLD); at Bend (TC) andUpper Klamath L., Ore. (SS), andat L. Lenore(JA). A few White-wingedScoters, slightly less unusual,appeared in s. British Columbia,n. Idaho,e. Washingtonand at Lakeview,Ore. SingleRed- breastedMergansers were identifiedon the SnakeR., at Lewiston,Ida. (WHe et al.) and at Richland(REW), and Malheur obtainedits first recordand s.e. Oregon'ssecond (MA). Up to eight appearedin Elk Valley near Sparwood,B.C. (DFF).

VULTURES THROUGH FALCONS -- A very late Turkey Vulture was weatheringa snowstormon a snagnear Flathead,B.C., Nov. 10 (GK). One or two nestlingOspreys were seenAug. 7 on the artificial structureerected for theln at Sahnon,Ida., but successfulfledging was not confirmed.A pair of Bald Eaglesat KootenaiN.W.R., Bonners PELICANS, CORMORANTS -- American White Pelican nmnbers Ferry,Ida., createdquite a stirwhen they started a nestin a cottonwood were downmarkedly at N. PotholesRes., MosesL., Wash. Threeof tree. BaldEagle numbers in the McDonaldCr. areaof GlacierN.P., thisspecies were on CrestonWildlife Centre,s.e.B.C., Nov. 12(PRS). Mont., reachedtheir peak Oct. 26, theearliest date ever, but the peak of An aerial surveyat Malheur Nov. 7 revealed1285 Double-crested 251 was the lowest since 1968 (RMcC). A Red-shoulderedHawk was at Cormorants,a muchhigher count than normal. The specieshad at least UpperKlamath L. for the3rd county record (SS). Malheur had a Broad- 30 active neststhis year at N. Potholes. wingedHawk Oct. 20G, DI). An ad. Krider'sRed-tailed Hawk ap- pearedseveral times s. of Pulhnan,Wash., in Octoberfor the state's HERONS, IBISES -- Most colonial nestersat Malheur had a good firstrecord and an ad. andan imm. Harlan'sHawk weresighted near St. year, productionas follows:Great Blue Heron940; GreatEgret 1530; John,Wash., Oct. 2 (RS, JWW). A FerruginousHawk at IslandCity. SnowyEgret 180; Black-crownedNight-Heron 1950 and White-faced Ore., Aug. 13 wasa rarefind (JE). The Elk Valley areahad 23 Rough- Ibis 1020. A CattleEgret lingered in a FranklinCounty, Wash., pasture leggedHawk reports--nonelast fall. An intriguingsighting of five in late November(TT, GS) and singleswere sightedin GlacierN.P., virtuallypure white hawks, apparently Buteos, came froln the Kananas- B.C., Nov. 1 (ED) and at Revelstoke,B.C., the next day (RB). Two kis R., in the Seebe, Alta.. area (M & AG). Merlin sightingswere up. weresighted near Springfield, Ida., Sept.7 (DMT, CHT) andone was at Gyrfalconreports totalled three and Peregrine Falcon four. Big Timber, Mont., Oct. 6 (BE). Klamath County, Ore., had a Green- backedHeron Sept. 18 (SS) andtwo juveniles were at Tranquille,B.C., TURKEY THROUGH CRANES -- A Wild Turkey was reportedon Moscow Mt., Moscow, Ida. (KM). The Idaho Panhandleaerial count Aug. 3. The birdsare extremely rare in interiorBritish Colranbia (RR). founda peakof over 31,000 Am. CootsOct. 14. Malheur'speak was WATERFOWL -- Metcalf N.W.R., Stevensville, Mont., witnessed nearly28,000 and Turnbull's 18,060. The specieswas abundant in n.w. Montana.Greater Sandhill Crane numbers reached 2443 in early Octo- the passageof 1500 Tundra Swans, the largestaggregation reported. The sewagepond at HatfieldL., Bend,Ore., had 14 of the birds,which ber at Malheur.Staging Greater Sandhills at GraysLake Ref., Bonne- ville Co., Ida., numbered3150 in late September.Migrating Lesser are rarelyseen in that area.Trmnpeter Swans ntunbered 39 at Malheur Nov. 28-29 and the three adultsand one cygnetat Turnbull N.W.R., Sandhillsin c. Washingtonshowed in usualnumbers, the largest flocks, Cheney,Wash., remainedto the period'send. A lone Trmnpeterap- 500over Soap L., Sept.20 and1000 over the Grand Coulee. Grant Co.. pearedat La Grande,Ore., Nov. 24-27 (JE, m.ob.). StratfordL., Grant Sept. 17. Co., Wash., hadat leastnine Greater White-fronted and 16 Snowgeese SoA, plus four blue-phase.A lone Greater White-frontedappeared on Pend NineteenWhooping Crane chicks fledged at GraysL., making Oreille L., n. Ida. (PLH) and Malheur had a bhie-phaseSnow. Up to 100,000 Canada Geese were countedon StratfordL., and other waters it the most successfulyear yet for the foster-parentbreeding of GrantCo., Wash., in October(JA, RF). Their peakat Turnbullwas progralnthere. They migrated with theirparent Sandhills Oct. 8- 3899, overthree times last year's, andthe IdahoPanhandle aerial survey 17 and were reportedto havejoined 13 older Whooperson the New Mexico winteringgrounds (ECB). showed3527, up slightly(I.F.G.). Malheur'sgoose peaks were: Can- ada 4535; Snow 3500; and Ross' 700. Canadasat Coltunbia and Saddle Mountain N.W.R.s, Othello, Wash., reached3320 and 1470 respec- SHOREBIRDS -- An amazing125 + Black-belliedPlovers stopped tively and up to 3000 were at Richland. at Am. Falls Res. nearPocatello, Ida., Sept. 25 (JMS, DMT). Hubbard Becauseof high water levelsduck use at Turnbull was doublelast Res., s. of Boise,Ida., hadup to 17 (MRC, JL, ST) andLewiston, Ida., year's, with Mallards, N. Pintailsand Am. Wigeonaccounting for most had one (RN, MK). Reardan, Wash., and Rufus, Ore., each had one of the rise. Mallards at Minidoka N.W.R., Rupert, Ida., peaked at (JA, RG) and one to three stoppedat Malheur. The first sightingsof 18,000, Gadwall at 1000, Canvasback at 1800, Bufflehead at 2000, LesserGolden-Plovers at Malheur since1967 were obtainedin Septem- Coin. Goldeneyeat 1000 and Red-breastedMergansers at 200. Peak ber (MA). In Idaho one appearedat Sandpoint(PRS) and up to 30 puddle duck nranbersat Malheur follow: Green-wingedTeal 3860, stoppedat Am. FallsRes. (JMS et al.). Nakusp,B.C., hadeight (GD). Mallard 5735, N. Pintail 7105, CinnamonTeal 12,450, Gadwall 7890, SnowyPlovers remained scarce at Malheuras their habitat continued to andAm. Wigeon8275. Nranberswere colnparable to previousyears for be inundated.Semipahnated Plovers were observedat Malheur and

Voltune38, Number 2 225 Bend. Single birds were at Little Camas Res., e. of Mountain Home, recordthere (DFF). The specieswas alsoreported from LincolnCounty, Ida. (KBP) and along the SnakeR., near BruneauSand Dunes. Mont.; Helena; Coeurd' Alene; and Spokane.The only N. Saw-whet A HudsonianGodwit was carefully identified at SoapL., Oct. 2 for e. Owls reportedwere one flushed at MalheurSept. 25 (SS, JC, KTS) and Washington'sthird record(JA). The only MarbledGodwit reports were onein sagebrushin MosesCoulee, Grant Co., Wash., in October(RF) of one at Dry Lakes ponds s. of Nampa, Ida. (MRC, ST); one at Black Swifts were reportedonly over the FraserR. near Dunster, Richland(WH, REW), anda few at Malheur.Ruddy Turnstones may be B.C., and at SacajaweaPeak, Wallowa Co., Ore. Anna's Humming- morecommon at Malheurthan records indicate, for the specieswas seen birdswere last seenin Bend Oct. 6. An Anna's appearedat a Spokane Aug. 15-Sept.2 with five on the latterdate (CDL). One was at Richland feederAug. 12 andone or two ad. malesstayed there during September for one of very few e. Washingtonsightings (REW) and Swan L., and October.Then an imm. bird showedup Oct. 29-Nov. 17; the birds Vernon, B.C., had one (MC). A Red Knot appearedat BlacksCreek left of theirown accordin spiteof thefeeder (JA, WH, RM). Two d' and Res., nearBoise (MRC) andone was photographed at Dry Lakes(AL). two 5?Anna's frequenteda Vernon feederOctober+ (JGr). Malheur alsohad one (A & MA). Up to sevenSanderlings stopped at BlacksCreek Res. (MRC), andSpringfield Bottoms at Am. FallsRes., WOODPECKERS THROUGH SWALLOWS -- Three pairs of had up to 40 (JMS, DMT, CHT). The birds were passingthrough Lewis' Woodpeckerswere foundin a burnnear the Fisher-KootenalR MalheurSept. 13-25. A sprinklingof SemipalmatedSandpipers passed confluence,Lincoln Co., Mont., for a new locality but their numbersat throughthe RegionAug. 17-Nov. 17. One on the formerdate at Bend Eureka, Mont., were very low (D & DH). A Red-breastedSapsucker furnishedthe first countyrecord (TC) andone at MalheurSept. 25 was was sightedin the mountainsn. of Enterprise,Ore., Oct. 27 (MCo) noteworthy(SS). A few Dunlins appearedat Hubbard Res. (MRC et Single Williamson's Sapsuckerswere sightedat Fields Spring S P , al.), atBend (TC, CM) andat Fortine,Mont., for onlythe 6th year in 62 Asotin Co., Wash., and at Darland Mr., w. of Yakima. A 5?Whae- yearsof observing(WW). LowerKlamath N.W.R., wasvisited by eight headedWoodpecker, rare in s. British Columbia, was sightednear Short-billedDowitchers (SS, JC), up to fourwere at Bend(TC), andthe CastlegarNov. 23 (MB). Elsewherethe specieswas reported only at a sewageponds at Joseph,Ore., attractedthe species(FC). The Dry few spotsin c. Washington;at Grangeville,Ida.; andat Burns,Ore A Lakes had one (MRC, ST) and Dry L., near Fortine, did likewise "yellow-shafted" N. Flicker was at Malheur Sept. 28 (DI, OS, JG) (WW). A Red Phalaropedropped in at Bend Aug. 28 for the 2nd county An Ash-throatedFlycatcher at Turnbull Aug. 5 was only the lain record (TC) and three were with Red-neckedPhalaropes at the Walla long'ssecond (AP, MP, THR). A mixedflock of thousandsof swallows Walla R. mouth, Wash., Sept. 23 & 27 (FH, BH, DW). was over Vanderhoof, B.C., Aug. 13 and a concentrationof 1000_+ Violet-greenSwallows was at Ft. Klamathwhere this is an annualevent JAEGERS THROUGH TERNS -- An imm. ParasiticJaeger was Severallarge flocks of the latterwere observed in theColumbia Basin of presentat Springfieldfor about2 weeksin Novemberand was photo- Washington,the largest600-700 at Pateros.Barn Swallowswere like- graphed(CHT, DMT) andone washarassing gulls along the Columbia wise abundant in the Basin where 5000_+ were over a corn field s of R., near McNary Dam Sept. 11 (MCo). A Franklin'sGull visitedSwan PotholesRes., Oct. 2; a few Cliff and Bank swallowswere with them L , Sept. 19 (PR) and one appearednear Klamath Falls Oct. 29 (SS). The specieshad no nestingsuccess at Malheurbecause of high water JAYS THROUGH MOCKINGBIRD -- SingleBlue Jaysappeared levels. An imm. bird was at Coeurd' Alene, Ida., in early September at FortineNov. 1-15 (WW), in Kalispell,Mont. (fide EJ). Onevisited a (WT) and one was sightedat HubbardRes., Sept. 4 (MRC). By con- Bend feederOct. 20 for the 2nd countyrecord (CE) and one stopped trast, 2000 _+ were in the Springfieldvicinity (DMT). AmericanFalls briefly at Kimberley, B.C., Oct. 22 (MVW). Bend had a real rarity in Res., had 200-300 Bonaparte'sGulls Oct. 23 andthe Dry Lakeshad one the form of a Scrub Jay that stayedat a feederthrough November (BL) to threein August(G.E.A.S.). A few had arrivedat Malheurby mid- Two White-breasted Nuthatches, rare in s.e. Idaho, were found near August. SevenBonaparte's remained from a populationof 21 that re- TetoniaAug. 27 (DMT). A Bewick'sWren wasidentified at Lakeview portedlysummered at Lakeview,Ore. (KTS). A Mew Gull wasreported Oct. 25 (KTS). The birds seemto be extendingtheir range E, for at LewistonOct. 8 (LL, MK, RS). HerringGulls appearedin increased sightingswere madeas far asPullman and Albion, Wash., andKamlah, numbersat severalreservoirs in s. Idaho. Particularlynotable were 45 + Ida. at CascadeRes. (MRC). A HerringGull at Sparwoodwas that locality's Flocks of up to 60 Mountain Bluebirdsmoved throughBend and a first (DFF) and one at Malheur was the secondthere (TC). tremendousflock of 350 was reportedat Red Rock Lakes N W R , Up to five Thayer'sGulls were carefully identified at AmericanFalls Monida, Mont. (BW). Brushyravines dropping into the GrandCoulee in November(MT, CHT) andone was describedat Lucky PeakRes., e. yielded 50+ Townsend'sSolitaires Sept. 17-18 (S.A.S.). Varied of BoiseOct. 12 (MRC). This speciesmay havebeen around all along Thrusheswere particularly numerousin the vicinity of Wenatchee, but observershere are just learning how to identify it. A Glaucous- Wash., in LincolnCounty, Mont., andat Bend. A N. Mockingbirdwas winged Gull appearedin late Novemberat OkanaganLanding, B.C. photographedat CascadeRes., Aug. 27 (MRC, G.E.A.S.) and one (MC, AC), and a few were sightedalong the Snakeand Columbia rivers appearednear Yakima Oct. 28 (Y.A.S.). from Ice HarborDam e. of Pascoto Celilo, Wash. Kamloops,B.C., had an imm. Glaucous Gull Nov. 19 (RH). An imm. Black-legged PIPITS THROUGH STARLINGS -- About 500 Water Pipits were Kittiwakeat Clarkston,Wash., Nov. 20 wasapparently the secondever migratingthrough the BanksL. area, Grant Co., Wash., Sept. 17-18 there (MK, LL, PS). One or two imm. Sabine'sGulls at the Yakima R. andthe specieswas abundanton high-elevation,reclaimed mine spoil mouth Sept. 9 & 17 were noteworthy(EM, DL, REW). andin cultivatedfields near Sparwood, with flocksof up to 75 (DFF) A single Caspian Tern was at Bend Aug. 15 (CM) and one was Hundredshad gathered in alpineareas of SteensMr., HarneyCo., Ore , sightedat KootenaiN.W.R., Sept. 2 (LDN). Up to nine Com. Terns Sept. 24 (CDL) andthe birdswere very commonin migrationat Rupert were countedon Am. Falls Res., near Springfieldin November(DMT Two Bohemian Waxwings on Browne Mr., SpokaneSept. 12 were et al.) and one was on the SnakeR., at HagermanOct. 2 (MRC, DMT, extremelyearly (previousearliest date for the areawas Oct. 12) suggest- CHT, m.ob.). An imm. Arctic Tern at Bend Sept. 9 providedthe 2nd ing possiblebreeding in nearbymountains. Bonners Ferry's first sight- county record (TC). ing was Oct. 30. Flocks of Eur. Starlingstotalling a monstrous20,000 were in the vicinity of Osoyoos,B.C., Oct. 19 (SC). PIGEONS THROUGH HUMMINGBIRDS A Band-tailedPigeon wasidentified in s.w. GallatinCounty, Mont., Aug. 24 (GC). The only WARBLERS -- The TennesseeWarbler was reported for theDunster FlammulatedOwl reportsfor the periodwere of one foundinjured near andSparwood areas and one was listed for LincolnCounty, Mont (D & Conconully,Wash. (JD), oneheard near Henrys Fork (DMT), andone DH). An imm. Black-throatedBlue Warblerwas identified Sept 10 at bandedat Pocatello(JJ). One of the rarely reportedN. Hawk-Owl was CottonwoodCreek Camp Ground, Boise N.F., e. of Boise(MRC, A & foundin Mr. RevelstokeN.P., B.C. (BB). A pairof GreatGray Owls at HL). SingleBlack-throated Gray Warblers were noted at BrooksMemo- SpringCr., Union Co., Ore., raisedtwo young;a third was apparently rial S.P., n. of Goldendale,Wash. (Y.A.S.) and at Malheur (MA) The killed by a N. Goshawk(JE, HN et al.). One was near Wauconda, specieswas migrating through Bend Aug. 25-Nov. 15 (TC, CS). Single Wash., in early November(GH) andone with a brokenwing wasfound BlackpollWarblers appeared at FieldsSept. 27 andwere photographed near Vernon (JGr). A Barred Owl near Sparwoodprovided the 2nd at Malheur Sept. 28 & Oct. 2 (JG, RSm, DI, B & JK et al. ) anda Black-

226 AmericanBirds, March-Aprd 1984 and-whiteWarbler wasat PocatelloAug. 12 (EF). A c• Hooded War- R. Collie remarkedthat Herring Gulls at Little CamasRes. (AB 37:893) bler in full breedingplumage was identified near Pendleton, Ore., Oct. areprobably of regularoccurrence as migrants and summer visitors, and 21-22 (JE, NB, C & MCo, REW) and probablythe same bird was that Franklin'sGulls at Dry Lakes (Ada County, not CanyonCounty) photographedNov. 8 (FH, MD, DW), constitutingthe first record for e. (AB 37:893) are representedby previousrecords there. Oregon. OBSERVERS CITED -- James Acton, Anne & Merle Archie, Eu- SPARROWS,BLACKBIRDS -- A Clay-coloredSparrow at Fields gene C. Barney, Nancy Bock, Rick Bonar, Bob Braide, May Bur- Sept.27 apparentlyprovided e. Oregon's3rd record.and a Le Conte's roughs,Vern Byrd, SteveCannings, Jim Carlson,Audrey Casperson, Sparrowthere the sameday may have beenthe state'sfirst (JG, D1, Mark R. Collie, Mary Collins (MC) Frank Conley, Craig & Marion RSm). A •?-plumagedLark Buntingat Miller I.. nearKlamath Falls Corder (C & MCo), Tom Crabtree, Gordon Creel, Eric Dafoe, John presumablyconstituted Oregon's secondrecord (SS). ALe Conte's Danielson,Gary Davidson, Mike Denny, Gerald L. Deutscher,Bob Sparrowphotographed at Swan L., Nov. 15-16 establishedthe Okana- Elgas, Maurice Ellison, CharlesErnst, Joe Evanich, Edson Fichter, gan Valley's first record (PR). A Swamp Sparrowwas identifiedat DavidF. Fraser,Ron Friesz,Roy Gerig, Mae & AinsleyGibson, Jeff Boise Sept. 15 (MRC). A very meagersprinkling of White-throated, Gilligan (JG), JamesGrant (JGr), Golden Eagle AudubonSociety, Golden-crownedand Harris' sparrowswas noted. White-crowned num- WarrenHall (WH), GeorgeHalekas, Paul L. Hanna,Bill Hayes,Floyd bersappeared high in thew. partof theRegion with a highof 1200Sept. Hayes, Winnie Hepburn(WHe), Dick & Della Hermsmeyer,Rick 28 at SunnysideGame Range, Wash. (PM). A few LaplandLongspurs Howie, Idaho Fish & Game Dept. (1.F.G.), Dave Irons, JoeJeppson, appeared:at the minespoils near Sparwood, s. of Boise,and at Fortine. Elly Jones,George Kaisner, Barb & JohnKempe, Merlene Koliner, A few Snow Buntingswere reported,with the largestnumbers at the R.C. Kuntz I1, Dan Landeen, Al & Hilda Larson, Louise LaVoie, Bob Sparwoodmine spoils,which had flocksof up to 100. VaseuxL., s. of LeBlanc,C.D. Littlefield, Jim Lyons, Phil Mattocks,Riley McClel- Penticton,B.C., had a RustyBlackbird. the only reportof the species land,Ken Mcintyre, Craig Miller, Ed Miller, RosanneMontague, L. D. (sc). Napier, Harry Nehls, Ron Neu, MichaelD. O'Shea, DennisPaulson, Mary Porter, Ambrose Priestley,Kerry B. Provance,Phil Ransom, FINCHES -- RosyFinches staged a majorirruption in the Sparwood Mike Rippey,Ralph Ritcey, T. H. Rogers,Rusty Scalf (RS), Owen area, with flocksof up to 700 birdson the mine spoils;several Hep- Schmidt,Gary Scriven,John M. ShipleyJr., PaulR. Sieracki.Richard burn'swere among them. Purple Finches were sighted at Dunster(MR), Smith (RSm), Kevin T. Spencer,Spokane Audubon Society, Christy at ChandlerS.P., Lake Co., Ore. (SS) and at Burns (A & MA) and Steck,Paul Sullivan,Steve Summers, Daniel M. Taylor, Terry Thomp- Fields(DI). The only Com. Redpollsreported were a flock of 50 at son,Ward Tollbom,Michael Tove, C. H. Trost,Clayton Truman, Scott Polson, Mont. (BW). Tuthill, JohnW. Weber,Winton Weydemeyer, Bart Whelton, Mildred V. White, MichaelWhittaker, R.E. Woodley,David Wright, Yakima ADDENDA -- DennisPaulson commented that the photoof a sup- AudubonSociety. THOMAS H. ROGERS, E. 10820 Maxwell, posedLaughing Gull (AB 37:893) looksto him like a Little Gull. Mark Spokane, WA 99206.

MOUNTAIN WEST REGION /Hugh E. Kingery

Two new staterecords--a Bramblingin Coloradoand a Hooded Warblerin Utah--punctuateda rather uneventful fall migrationfeatur- J•11•l II1• % WYOMING L ingaverage variety and numbers. Many migrants arrived early; they and manysummering birds left early. Ominouslyfor the comingwinter, "'""' winteringbirds from the North (such as Bohemian Waxwings, Lapland ...... ' Longspurs,Snow Buntings, and American Tree Sparrows) and from the mountains(such as solitaires,Rosy Finches,and Cassin'sFinches) arrivedearly and in good numbers.The annualfall influx of coastal UTAH J COLORAgO speciesincluded most that have occurred in thepast, in averagenumbers...... i Weathervaried across the Region, although generally August brought BRYCE i MONTE wetness,September and Octobermild temperatures,and November severesnowstorms. The stormsof November21-28 left deepsnow all acrossthe Regionand undoubtedly impacted severely on birdlife. Thesummer report mentioned Barn Swallows and Dusky Flycatchers stillnesting in RockyMountain National Park during the National Au- dubonconvention in August.Others still nesting in September,reported suffereddrastically from flooding.They had goodnumbers of water- thisperiod, included Eared Grebes at Cody,Wyoming, Western Wood- fowl, but no place for shorebirds.The premier refuge, Bear River Peweeat RockyMountain National Park, PygmyNuthatch in Ever- N.W.R., northof therailroad, has not had as much damage. This fall it green,Colorado, and Lesser Goldfinches in ColoradoSprings. Latest drew impressivepeak counts of 50,350 TundraSwans, 172,000 ducks report:Barn Swallows fledged young September 15 in Fort Morgan, and geese, 107,000 American Coots, 7400 Marbled Godwits, 11,500 Colorado (JCR). Long-billedDowitchers, and 45,000 CaliforniaGulls. Regionalobservers reported an average362 species,315 fromColo- Multi-milliondollar reparation schemes abound: the Legislaturehas rado, 246 in Wyoming, 235 in Nevada,and 230 in Utah. If we tallied approvedbreaching the railroadcauseway so that the lakeon eachside individuals,Utah wouldtop the list owingto the hugenumbers of will levelout; another scheme would pump water into another salt flat 25 waterfowland shorebirds which use its superbrefuge system. miles westof the lake; a third would drill a hole in the bottomof the lake. LakeMead, south,west, and east of Las Vegasalso has risen, first to WATER-- TheGreat Salt Lake has risen 5 ft thisyear, 7 fi in 2 years. an all-timehigh of 1226fi, now backdown to 1213ft, cf. 1180ft several "The summerevaporation barely kept up with new input, and with yearsago. It has inundatedall beaches,many smallislands, parking coolerweather the evaporationslowed down and the lake then started areas,and boat ramps,and eliminatedresting areas for gulls, terns, againto rise." (JN). A railroadcauseway divides the lake in half like a herons,etc. Western Grebes find the lake less attractive. This year they dam; southof the causewaythe refugesthat line the eastshore have peakedat 250 at Las Vegas,and although other small flocks populated

Volume 38, Number 2 227 the lake, the total was far below their numbersin 1974-76, they peaked & MC, JS) andone at CasperOct. 22 (?BS). Oneof thefew ducksto at 100,000 in winter, 1975, and had replacedcomparable numbers of increaseat BearR., Canvasbacks,peaked there at 11,530,Nov. 10, up EaredGrebes that dotted the lake for someyears before that. Onetheory 43% (LW). Redheadsachieved impressive numbers at Jacksonwith holdsthat too little phosphorus,vital in the food chain, entersthe lake 25,000 on Nov. 9 (BR). Ring-neckedDucks stayedinto November, for two reasons:Glen CanyonDam, upstreamin Utah, has reduced aboutfive at LoganNov. 12 (KD) and 140 at DenverNov. 20 (D F O ) phosphorusqadensediment in theriver (the samesediment responsible BearR. reportedas averagethe 20 GreaterScaup Nov. 10 (LW) Zion for carvingthe GrandCanyon), and an advancedtreatment plant at Las N.P. claimedits first Oldsquaw Nov. 20-Dec.2 (?JG).Casper reported Vegashas removed phosphorus in the wastewater.Algae and plankton oneSept. 27 (JH) anda hunterbagged a femaleat LoganNov. 13 (DV) havedeclined, shad cannot find food, and the grebes cannot find enough The Regionhad ten Surf Scoters:two at PahranagatRef., Nev., Oct 29 shad to eat. (VM), one at Ruby L., in late November(SBf), two at SheridanNov We readabout how habitatdestruction in the tropicslimits the surviv- 12-17 seenby 12 observers(?HD), oneat CasperNov. 20 (JH), andfour al of North Americanlandbirds; what effects do changinghabitats have Oct. 29 in n.e. Colorado (D.F.O.). Minersville, Utah had two different in the United States? White-wingedScoters Nov. 12 & 16 (MW#, ?SH), Casperhad one Oct. 23 and three Nov. 12 (JH), and Denver had one Nov. 12-17 (F & LOONS TO FRIGATEBIRDS -- Nevada reported its fifth Red- JJ). The Region's Com. Goldeneyesarrived late, in mid-November throatedLoon, observedthrough a Questarat 100 ft for 10 min Oct. 29 Bear R. had a hefty 60 HoodedMergansers Nov. 30 (LW). at PahranagatN.W.R. (VM#). Observersreported Arctic Loons in similar numbers as last year--six in Colorado and four in Nevada HAWKS, EAGLES -- A late Turkey Vulture cruisedS of Denver includingone Oct. 24 at Ruby Lake N.W.R. (SBf). Sheridan,Wyo., Nov. 6 (F & JJ). Among32 Ospreysreported, a pair apparentlynested countedthe mostCom. Loons,26 on Nov. 4 (HD). Boulder,Colo., had nearAspen, Colo. (VZ). MississippiKites wandered 50-100 ml N and a Red-neckedGrebe Sept. 24-28 (LH, PG). The GreatSalt Lake's rising W from their nestinggrounds to Ft. Morgan, Colo., Aug. 21 andRye, watersprevented access to AntelopeI.; hencewe have no dataon the Colo., Oct. 1 (JRe, DGr). Tove revivedthe Wellsville Mts. hawk watch hugerafts of EaredGrebes that stop over each fall; howeverBear River (SeeAB 32:237, 33:199), andcounted 1411 raptors on 13 daysAug 27- N.W.R., boasted3000 as its peakNov. 22, an unusuallyhigh number Oct. 20. He tallied 614 accipiters,259 buteos,315 falcons,with top andlate date (LW). Otherpeaks included 1003 Aug. 31 at Sheridanand speciescounts of 441 Sharp-shinnedHawks, 306 kestrels,and 226 Red- 300 Nov. 19 at Rock Springs,Wyo. (HD, FL). Most observerswho taileds.Away from the Wellsvilles,accipiter reports dropped 50-75%, looked for them found dark morphsof the W. Grebe, accompanying to 94 Sharp-shinnedsand 61 Cooper's. A Red-shoulderedHawk, cap- hght-phasebirds. Peak countsof W. Grebesincluded 5000 at Long- tured Aug. 1 alive but ill nearTooele, becameUtah's first specimen, mont, Colo., in early October(KC), 4000 at Bear R., Sept. 30 (LW), confirming10 -+ sightobservations (fide ES). The West's only flocking and 1300 at Denver Oct. 29 (D.F.O.). At Anaho N.W.R., n. of Reno, raptor migrant, Swainson'sHawk, displayedwell: 300 near Denver 4700 pairsof Am. White Pelicansattempted to nest;they fledged 3330 Sept. 11, 170 Oct. 8 in BacaCounty, Colo., 87 nearLevan, Utah, Aug youngcf. 3600 in 1982. They sufferedstress from delayedfish runsand 24, andseveral flocks of 20-50 for a totalcount of 899. Jacksonreported disturbancefrom boaters(EL). BearR., reporteda peakpelican count of differentGyrfalcons Oct. 29 & Nov. 16 (AA, BR) and Sheridanhad a 5000 Sept. 30, and up to 100 stayedinto November(LW). In n.e. young ad. female Nov. 3 (PW). Colorado pelicansalso stayedlate, with 12 found Nov. 28 near Ft. Collins(FG). Anahoproduced 925 youngDouble-crested Cormorants, GROUSE, CRANES -- Isolatedfrom the rest of the Rocky Moun- comparedto 1100 lastyear (EL). A letterto the newspaperprovided an tains, PikesPeak historicallylacked White-tailed Ptarmigans. Appar- adequatedescription of a MagnificentFrigatebird flying over a Las ently stockinghas placed some there now, as F.C.A.S. foundtwo Sept Vegas street Nov. 18 (AS). 25. Sorasstayed late, to Oct. 29 at Ridgway,Nov. 4 at Fountain,and Nov. 25 at Rocky Ford (all Colorado).Sandhill Cranes moved in flocks HERONS, IBISES -- Anaho and StillwaterRefuges respectively of 50-650 in e. Wyomingand Colorado•reportstotaled 3149 Good reportedproduction of 120 and 200 youngGreat Blue Herons, qf. 200 water conditionsand reducedpredation at Grays L., Ida., broughta and 150 last year (EL). Stillwateralso produced 200 GreatEgrets, 510 record 32 WhoopingCranes to Colorado'sSan Luis Valley: by age Snowies, 550 Black-crownedNight-Herons, and 1050 White-faced class, 1976, one; 1978, two; 1979, four; 1980, one; 1982, five, 1983, Ibises, all up slightly (EL). Utahansreported fair numbersof Snowy 19. Egrets--501 at Fish SpringsN.W.R., Aug. 2,232 at Bear R., Oct. 7, and 102 alongthe SevierR., near Scipio--but Coloradanscontinue to SHOREBIRDS --The dramaticspring runoff flooded thousands of seefew, the top countof 40 comingfrom GreeleyAug. 21. Little Blue acresof farmlandaround Provo, Utah; as watersreceded, opportumstlc Herons appearedOct. 9 at 2 e. Coloradoreservoirs, near Rocky Ford shorebirdscame to the exposedmud flats and shallow pools. The flocks (LH, JW). Cattle Egrets remainedin the Region into late fall: 64 at of 50-100 dowitchers,killdeer, avocets, stilts, and phalaropes, even 50- Ordway, Colo., Oct. 13, nine at Provo, Utah Oct. 28, one Nov. 13 at 75 CaspianTerns and 75-100 Franklin'sGulls, were, however,small by Masters, Colo., and two at Reno Nov. 4-30 +. Colorado and Utah saw Bear R. standards(MW). few White-facedIbises, but Aug. 26, 1500+ flew overSalt Lake City at The Region reported24 Black-belliedPlovers--one eachin Nevada sunset(JN), and 610 fed in a shallow oxbow of the Sevier R., near andUtah, threein Wyoming,and 19 in Colorado.Casper hosted one or Scipio Sept. 3 (MW). two LesserGolden-Plovers Oct. 9-22 (JH, FL), Delta, Colo., reported one Oct. 7-9 (?MJ Lat.), andGrand Jct. reportedlyhad oneSept 21 WATERFOWL -- Tundra Swans peaked Nov. 10 at Bear R., at AlthoughMountain Plovers had a poor year at Cheyenne,a rare one 50,350, down 18%from lastyear. Outside of Utah, thetop countwas of stoppedat Provo Aug. 31 (?MW) and groupsof 29, 95, 210, and45 66 at CasperNov. 12 (JH). A well-describedTrumpeter Swan visited flockedon the e. Coloradoplains at LatestChance, Pawnee Grassland, Ordway, Colo., Nov. 25 (?RB). Jacksonand Sheridan,Wyo., each Ft. Morgan, and Two Buttes. On Aug. 1 Black-neckedStilts and Am reported1000 migrating Snow Geese, and Longmont had 200, all in late Avocetspeaked on their nestingground at Bear R., at 4400 and21,000 November. respectively.One stilt visitedCody, Wyo., Aug. 22 (KS Lat.), 285 ml Duckson Utah refugespeaked Sept. 16-30 at 535,413. All fall the n. of Bear R.; 2 dayslater migratingstilts peaked at 500 at CedarCity, totals exceededlast year by 100,000-190,000. As usual, N. Pintails Utah•260 mi s. of Bear R. (SH). November found one to six Am toppedthe totals(139,402 Aug. 16-31), althoughnot as many as usual. Avocetsstill at Cody, RockyFord, Longmont,and Salt Lake City The American Wigeons ranked 2nd high--109,316 Sept. 16-30 Regionsees fewer than one-tenth as many Greater as Lesser yellowlegs, (U. D.W.R.). Stillwater reportedits largest-everoutbreak of botulism, this year a reported140 Greatersand 1000+ Lessers.The Greaters which claimed50,000 ducks,as well as shorebirds,including 13,200 includedone Aug. 10 in the middleof a Jackson,Wyo. sageflatand W. and Leastsandpipers and 1750 avocets(EL). The BearR. countof abandonedhayfield (BW). Greatersstayed later, with late November 9500 N. ShovelersSept. 15 representeda dropof 62%, yet the 6100 birds at Ft. Collins, Colo., Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City, whereas Oct. 29 in n.e. Coloradoprovided an unusuallyhigh count(D.F.O.). Longmonthad the latestLesser Nov. 12. Willet observationsdropped Wyomingboasted two Eur. Wigeons:one at SheridanSept. 22-24 (?HD noticeably,with <10 reported.A Ruddy Turnstonevisited Denver

228 AmericanBirds, March April 1984 Sept. 24 (F & JJ). Denver had one to three Red Knots Sept. 3-13 catcher since 1971 (VM). The Purple Martin at Las Vegas Aug. 11 (D.F.O.) andone stopped at CedarCity Sept. 14 (SH). A White-rumped providedthe first fall recordsince 1971 (KW). Despitethe mild fall, Sandpiperstopped at JulesburgAug. 27 (RB) andten flew intoDenver mostswallows left earlyor on scheduleby mid-September.A few Barn Sept. 25 (JW). SingleStilt Sandpipersvisited Silt, Colo., Aug. 13 (VZ Swallowsalways appear in October;this year flocksof 200 thronged Lat.) and Delta, Colo., Oct. 6 (M J). Barr L. near Denver hostedone or reservoirson cloudydays, Oct. I at Denverand Oct. 12 at Delta; late two Buff-breastedSandpipers Sept. 4-11 (WWB. LH). A Ruff reported- recordsincluded single Barns at Evanston,Wyo., Oct. 15 (CK), Long- ly was at Greeley,Colo., Aug. 21 (JRe #). Away from Bear R., s.e. mont Oct. 27 (MA), and Denver Nov. 3 & 7 (WWB, F & JJ). Coloradoproduced the high countof Long-billedDowitchers, 930 Oct. Gray Jayshave recovered from their scarcityaround Grand L., Colo., 8-9 {JW). Observersfound only modestnumbers of Wilson's Phalar- with four to six/day at feeders{DJ), and observationsincreased at opes,but a spectacular10,000 Red-neckedPhalaropes graced Great Salt Eldora,Colo. (DB, DH). A PlainTitmouse at LoganSept. 6 provideda L., Sept. 24 (MW). They venturedinto s. Utah, with 60-67 at Fish rarerecord (JK, KG). Red-breastedNuthatches have begun to build up SpringsAug. 16-30 (JA) and 80 at CedarCity Sept. 8 (SH). Las Vegas their numbersagain in Coloradoand Wyoming,although the only ones had 115 Oct. 2 (MK). A Red Phalaropeswam in JulesburgRes., Aug. reportedfrom Nevada and Utah were one at Las Vegas Sept. 17 and 24, a birdin intermediateplumage between summer and winter (•'LH three to six at Ogden in August(perhaps because reporting observers Lat.). spentno time in their coniferhabitat).

JAEGERS, GULLS, AND TERNS -- One Pomarine and two Para- WRENS TO THRUSHES -- The CanyonWren Nov. 17 provided sitic jaegers were reportedwithout details from Pueblo, Denver, and Sheridan's 5th record (EM). A late House Wren remained at Denver Casper;Parasitics at LongmontOct. 15-16 (LH) and BonnyRes., Oct. Nov. 6 (F & JJ), while Winter Wrenshad reached St. George,Utah by 15 (?RB, CC) hadbrief descriptions.In e. Colorado,Franklin's Gulls' Oct. 7 (MW), Mesquite,Nev., by Oct. 12, and BoulderCity, Nev., by seasonaltotal dropped to half of lastyear's count, and Bear R. 's peakof Oct. 20 (MK). Two Marsh Wrens lurked in a 10 ft x 10 ft cat-tail 400 Aug. I seemedpuny. To the productionof California Gulls, add swampin BacaCounty, Colo., Oct. 9, isolatedby 50 mi of dry farmland 1100 at Anaho I. (EL). They peaked Aug. I at Bear R., at 45,000. and sagebrushflats from any goodwren-sized marsh 0W, LH). Blue- Wintergulls included an earlyHerring at SheridanAug. 31 (HD), oneat gray Gnatcatchersnest in the oak brushe. of Ogden;six to eight ap- Bear R., Sept. 29 (MT), two at Salt Lake City Nov. 28 (ES); Nov. 19- pearedoccasionally to Sept. 15, confirminga N extensionof their Utah 25, two Thayer'sat Denverand one at Ordway, Colo. (RB Lat.); and range (MK). October I was their last date at Evanston,50 mi to the e. two Glaucousat Masters, Colo., Nov. 13 (tJW, LH). Sabine'sGulls, (FL). BonnyDam had its first W. BluebirdOct. 15 (RB Lat.), 125 mi e. two each,were at GreeleyAug. 25 (TM) andDenver Sept. 24 (F & JJ). of the ponderosapine nesting grounds; Mountain and E. bluebirdswere A CaspianTern stoppedat CarsonCity, Nev., Sept. 9 (BP). there the same day. High Septembercounts of migrating Mountain Bluebirdsincluded: 441 at Ridgway,Colo., on its Sept. 10 "Christmas Count" (A.S.W.C.), 84 on the Denver Fall Count Sept. 10-11 (D.F.O.), and 200 at Cody Sept. 19 (UK). They stayedfor late datesat Evanston,Wyo., Nov. 13 (CK), Ridgway,Colo., Nov. 17 (JRG), and Penrose,Colo., Nov. 26 (RW). Townsend'sSolitaires dropped down from the mountainsearly, to Ft. Morgan, Colo., Sept. 16 & Oct. 3 {JCR) and Las Vegas Oct. 3 {MK). Observersreported ten Varied Thrushes:one at Las VegasNov. 12 joined by threemore by Nov. 25 (CT, J & MC, DW), OgdenSept. 21 (MKi), LoganNov. 25 (HSt), and four in Wyoming--at Jacksonone July 31 andtwo Oct. 19 (JF, RH) and at Cheyenneone Oct. 21, founddead Oct. 28 (D & EH, C & JH).

THRASHERS TO SHRIKES -- Late Gray Catbirds includedone bandedat Denver Oct. 17 (MOS), one that stayedin a Cheyenneyard Sept. l-Oct. 20 {AK), and one that appearedin Laramie Nov. 22 + (DM). The N. MockingbirdOct. 19 providedSheridan's 12th record ImmatureSabine's Gull, Cha•fi'eMS.P.. near Denver.Colo., Sept.24. (PK), and the SageThrasher at PenroseNov. 8 wasa monthlate {RW). 1983. Photo/J. Justice. BrownThrashers ranged W to Grantsville,Utah (?ES) and Las Vegas Nov. 20, the first in s. Nevadasince 1979 (VM, J & MC). They stayed ANIS TO WOODPECKERS -- A Groove-billed Ani at Colorado into late Novemberat Cheyenne(H.P.A.S.), Loveland(F.A.C.), and SpringsSept. 9 provideda 3rd latilong recordand 5th staterecord Eldora(DB). BohemianWaxwings began their winter invasionin Sheri- (RB#). A FlammulatedOwl appearedSept. 4 at Jackson,in the same dan Oct. 21, and by Nov. 30 had moved S to CameronPass, Colo., placeas last fall {K & GN). A mist netcaught a BorealOwl Sept. 23 in a Provo, and Fish Springs,where five Nov. 22 providedthe first record new Coloradosite, Fraser,45 mi s. of its CameronPass nesting site (TN for that Utah desertoasis (JA Lat.). Sheridanwas the waxwing capital, Lat.). That bird and anotherfrom CameronPass now wear back-mount- with 2000 Bohemiansand 500 Cedarsin lateNovember. Cedars ranged ed radio transmitters(RAR). Wyoming moved one step closer to a throughoutthe Region, dozensranging into both plains and mountain nesting record for the Boreal Owl: an immature, probably newly towns.Northern Shrikes arrived late: Colorado reported only one. One fledged,posed Aug. 13 for a picturein PaintbrushCanyon, Grand Teton chasing(Black) RosyFinches at Dubois,Wyo., slammedinto a window N.P. (JB1). Nicholls also mist-nettedfive N. Saw-whet Owls at Fraser with fatal results (MB). duringhis studyof transportof dwarfmistletoe by birds;at leastone N. Saw-whet had seedson its plumage. VIREOS, WARBLERS -- Observersfound single Bell's Vireos in A Blue-throatedHummingbird called at an Evergreen,Colo. feeder Augustat Mesquite,Nev., SantaClara, Utah, and BacaCounty, Colo. Sept.I 1---theynow appear annually (?SBr)--and a MagnificentHum- (MK, MW, M J). Late vireos includeda Hurtoh's Nov. 9 at Las Vegas mingbirdstopped at a feederin Ridgeway,Colo. {JRG). Utah birders (VM), a Warbling at Denver Oct. 8 (HK), and a Red-eyed, bandedat are finding moreLewis' Woodpeckers:this fall with threeat Salemand DenverOct. 6 (MOS). Warblerspassed through at the usualtimes. but two daily Nov. 20+ in Salt Lake City (MW, HS). A Red-bellied in lower numbersand lessvariety than usual.The Regionrecorded only Woodpeckerstopped briefly in ColoradoSprings Nov. 6 (RB). Three 23 species--18 in Colorado. 16 in Nevada, 13 in Wyoming and Utah. Yellow-belliedSapsuckers strayed across the desertto Fish SpringsOct. Raritiesincluded two Tennesseesat Sheridan(HD) andone at Cheyenne 13 (JA). Four Coloradolocations reported 50% more N. Flickersthis (AK); 3 observationsof two Nashvilles at Logan (KD, ASt), one at fall than last. GrandJet., Colo., Oct. 6 (A.S.W.C.), six in BacaCounty Oct. 9 (JW), and one Oct. 15 at Bonny(RB); a Magnoliaat CasperSept. 7 (VH, FLYCATCHERS TO NUTHATCHES -- All birdwatchers in s. Ne- SBr);eight Black-throated Bluestone Nov. 20 at LasVegas for the 3rd vada saw, at Las Vegas Oct. 3-21, the first local Scissor-tailedFly- fall record in 7 years (VM), one at SheridanSept. 2, and six in e.

Volume 38, Number 2 229 Coloradoincluding one Nov 3 at Denver and one Nov 5 at Golden Springsfeeder Oct 20-Nov 4 Sixty-six observerssaw it, photo- (JBe); a Black-throatedGray at CheyenneOct. 15, in the samepinyon graphedit, and watchedit feed on millet withjuncosand House Finches pine as onelast spring(RF); five Black-throatedGreens in e. Colorado, (E & MC et al. ). A first-yearmale, it actedwild, anda Regionalinflux all in October;two Black-and-whitesin the Coloradofoothills at Bailey of threeothers in Decemberbuttressed this conclusion. (Nevada had one Aug. 20 (D.F.O.) and at Eldora Aug. 27 (DB) and one at Logan Nov. near Reno in 1978--AB 33:201.) Rosy Finchesdropped down early 26-27 (M & MC, KA Lat.); N. Waterthrushesat Boulder City, Nev., from the high country, with late Octobersightings in Rock Springs, andLas Vegas (VM), includingone Nov. 2 on an apartmentcomplex Dubois, Pinedale,Wyo., and ColoradoSprings, Colo., and countsof lawn (TW), plus onesin the coloradomountains at RidgwayAug. 15 600 at Sheridanand Casper in mid-November.Photographs confirm the (JRG) andSteamboat Springs Aug. 26 (F & JJ). Utah reportedits first persistentreports of PurpleFinches at feedersin Cody, Wyo.; this fall HoodedWarbler, at PinturaNov. 5, in a pinyon-juniperwoodland with one to eight occurredat feedersAug. 30-Oct. 7 (UK et al.). Cassln's scatteredclumps of shrublive oak (ñMW), and one visitedBoulder, Finchesmoved into townsin the mountainvalleys beginning in mid- Colo,, Nov. 6 (?LH, JW & DWa). A PaintedRedstart turned up on Mt. September.Red Crossbillshave returned to Coloradoand Wyoming-- Charleston,w. of Las VegasSept. 7-10 in an areawhere they may breed 19 observersreported 1000 +. Amongthem at Eldorawere four White- (VM, MK). wingedsSept. 17 (DB, DH). The firstreal snowat Carson City Nov 20, broughttwo Com. Redpolls(BP), and after the November28 snow, Cheyennehad one Nov. 30 (H.P.A.S.). TANAGERS TO SNOW BUNTINGS -- A • SummerTanager was at Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 9 (VT). A pair of N. Cardinalssummered in Casper,one was seenOct. 1, anda male arrivedNov. 8 andstayed (JH). OneRose-breasted Grosbeak was at CasperAug. 9 (JH), a malestopped EXOTICS -- Denver had a craze of exotics: A Monk Parakeet came at Durango,Colo., Sept.21 (EF), anda sluggishone (which nonethe- to a feeder all fall and possiblyhad survivedin the neighborhoodfor less chasedaway jays and blackbirds)stayed at a Ridgway, Colo., overa year. A RingedTurtle Dove reportedlynested in s. Denver Red- feederfrom Nov. 9 until killed by a kestrelDec. 2 (JRG). A Black- crestedCardinals nested in one yard, producingtwo young, one of headedGrosbeak stayed, with EveningGrosbeaks, at Ridgwayuntil which disappearedOct. 10. Individualswere seenNov. 7-Dec 7 and Oct. 27, long after others of its kind had left (JRG). Other Black- Nov. 30, each 10 mi awayin a differentdirection from the nestingpair headedswere seenat Promontory,Utah Oct. 15 (3--JN) and Eldora Oct. 13 (DB, DH). Blue Grosbeaksnested in locust bushesin the Hudson'syard in Cheyenne;the family with threefledglings stayed throughAug. 26 and providedthe first latilong and 3rd Wyoming CORRIGENDA -- U.D.W.R. biologistA1Heggen defends the state nestingrecord. During the fall e. ColOradoreported nine Field Spar- reportsof Peregrineson Utah refuges(AB 37:323). U.D.W.R has rows; checksof two to threeother reportedField Sparrowsrevealed hackedPeregrines at staterefuges since 1979; one pair fledged four insteadimm. White-crowneds,which the field guidesdo not show youngin 1983 and they are seenregularly in refugemarshes--an en- adequatelyfor inexperiencedbird watchers.Vespers were the most couragingrecovery statusreport. abundantmigrating sparrows at Radium, Colo., with 300+ daily to Oct. 15 (D J). ThreeBlack-throated Sparrows stopped at RidgwayOct. 2 (JRG). Two summer-plumaged• Lark Buntingswere at 8100 fi at SheridanAug. 8-9 (MR) andAug. 11, w. of Eldoraa flockof 35 fed on ABBREVIATIONS -- #: no written description;L/L/B/L: Long- the RollinsPass tundra at 11,600 ft (DB, DH). GrasshopperSparrows, montYLyons/Berthoud/Lovelandarea of Colorado:R.M.N.P.: Rocky commonon the e. Coloradoplains during the summer,remained to Oct. Mt. Nat'l Park; Lat.: first latilong record. 16 (m.ob.). Sheridanhad a Fox SparrowSept. 22 (HD), the Indian Peaks, Colo., Fall Count tallied six Sept. 17, and in late November Lyons and McCoy, Colo. feederseach attractedone (PB, ME). The Regionreported 16+ White-throatedSparrows for the season--oneat CONTRIBUTORS (in boldface) and CITED OBSERVERS -- Mac- Zion Nov. 24 + (LE), two to four at Sheridan,and 11 in Colorado•and gill Adams, James Alfonso, K. Archibald, A. Atchison, Audubon 28 Harris' Sparrows--oneat CarsonCity in November(BP), one at Soc. of W. Colo., Mary Back (18 observers),P. Baker, Jim Belh (JB1), LoganNov. 10+, threein Wyoming,and 23 in Colorado.Zion alsohad J. Besser(JBe), John Biewener,Stephen Bouffard (SBf), S. Brockner a Golden-crownedSparrow Nov. 24+ (LE). Of the 1000+ longspurs (SBr), W.W. Brocknet (22), Mark Bromley (MBr), Diane Brown, S flocking in Baca County Oct. 9, the 150 identified proved to be Brummond(SBm), Richard Bunn (9), CharlesChase III, Jean Chris- McCown's. Lapland Longspursspread S to PahranagatNov. 11 (MK) tensen (32), M. Collins, Kevin Cook, M. & M. Coover, J. & M andinto the mountainsNov. 20 at GrandL., eatingheads of alpine Cressman,Ed & Martha Curry, Denver Field Ornithologists,V timothy(D J). The usualSnow Buntingsspread across Wyoming, with Dionigi, K. Dixon, Helen Downing (42), Margaret Ewing, Louise 28 Nov. 28 at Rock Springs(FL); 15 flew S to McCoy, Colo., Nov. Excell-Pettit (12), Scott Findholt, R. Fiske, FoothillsAud. Club, Ft 23 + (ME). Collins Aud. Soc., Elva Fox, J. Freelich, P. Gent, J. Gifford, F Glover, Steve Gniadek, K. Gonzalez, Drew Grainger (19), D Gnf- fiths (DGr), J.R. Guadagno, Carol Hack, Dave Hallock, Laurens BLACKBIRDS TO REDPOLLS -- A W. Meadowlark at Evanston Halsey, May Hanesworth (22), Kathy Hawkins, A. Hay, C & J Nov. 13 had stayedlate, andone Nov. 24 triedfeeding in the middleof Hecker, Steven Hedges, A1 Heggen,Louise Hering (LHe, 44), Jim the snow-coveredhighway on thehighest switchback on BerthoudPass, Herold (15), Verna Herold, R. Hudelson, D. & E. Hudson, Mark Colo., at 11,300 ft surroundedby a spruce-firforest (DJ). Lawson Janos,David Jasper (8), V. Johnson,Frank & JanJustice, M. Kaspr- describedthe colonizationof Nevadaby Great-tailedGrackles. Overton zyk, Ursula Kepler (11), Craig Kesselheim,Merlin Killpack (MK•), hostedthe first major colonyn. of Las Vegas.Then they movedNE to A. King, J. Kirkley, P. Knutson, Chuck Lawson, Edward Loth, Hiko andPahranagat and NW to Pahrumpon the Californiaborder, and Forrest Luke, T. Marsh, E. McWilliams, John Merchant, Vince from thereN to DeathValley andBeatty. This summerthey were found Mowbray (12), David Mozurkewich (5), M. T. Nail, John Nelson, T in e. Nevada at Panacaand Ruby Valley and in c. Nevada between Nicholls, K. & G. Northrup, Peter Paton, Bill Pickslay (3), Bert Tonopahand Austin. They have not spreadso far in the rest of the Raynes(25), J. Reddall(JRe), J.C. Rigli, J.B. Rodriguez,Jr., John MountainWest, with only a footholdin s.w. Utah andisolated colonies Row (3), M. Rozy, R.A. Ryder (8), J. Schneidmiller,K. Sigglns,A in Colorado,the only consistentlocations being Durangoand Monte Slater, M.O. Snyder, Ella Sorerison(4), Bob South,H. Spencer,H V•sta. The W-bound Com. Grackles have consolidated their numbers: Stanley(HSt), Ann Stewart (ASt), Bert Tignor (16), C. Titus, Mike 100 at JacksonSept. 30 (BR), 300-500 in the c. Coloradomountain Tore, Van Truan, D. Verbyla, D. Wallace, K. Wallace, D. Ward townof KremmlingAug. 1-Sept. 30 (D J), andan established flock of 25 (DWa), Judy Ward, Linda Watters, RosieWatts, Merrill Webb, T in Delta, Colo. (MJ). Provoreported a late N. Oriole Oct. 30 (MBr). Werst, P. Widener, Roberta Winn, B. Wood, Vic Zerbi.--HUGH E. The fall's most remarkablebird, a Brambling, came to a Colorado KINGERY, 869 Milwaukee Street, Denver, CO 80206.

230 American Birds, March-April 1984 SOUTHWEST REGION Arizona, Sonora NEV.• Oeo•OeUTAH ! COLD. /Janet Witzeman '•LosV•as•l• - • Plotea• Kayenta Farmington .

Weather continued to have an eflkct on the habitat and thus the '•t•'Hoaver Dam TGrand ,, ß SantaFe •a•s •am • I ß / LasVe•as J occurrenceof birdsin the state. The delugeof late September---early Octoberfrom TropicalStorm Octave destroyed valuable riparian vege- • •tooock eloo,•off"•.Holbrook • Sanla• tation,especially in the Tucsonand Prescott areas. Flooding also created < J"• W'ckenburg Roosevel• 86• oTM JSocorro I . '1 high levels in pondsand lakes that covered shorebirdhabitat in the • I /garker ,Dom . •o•lReserve ? Carnzozo •River• Flagstaff area. Blyth%• Phoenix{-•1o• I e E•phantJ ß However,a positivechange in habitathas been provided by the new .... • p- oho• k •- I J ß • Aamogordo large irrigation storagepond in Chandler, southof Phoenix, that has attractednew and unusualspecies to southcentral Arizona. The seasonwas brightenedby interestingvisitors from southof the border, includinga first record for the United States.

LOONS THROUGH IBISES -- A Red-throated Loon, rare winter J J OF • - • Grandes • visitorto theGulf of California,was observed at Guaymas,Mex., Nov. 27 (DSj, N. Krug). An Arctic Loon, an uncommontransient, especially in s.e. Arizona, was found at TucsonOct. 14 (JS, KK). It appearsthat Cam. Loonsmay stopover regularlyon lakesnear Flagstaff--one was inlmaturesOct. 24-Nov. 30 at Elfrida, s.e. Ariz. (ph., AM). However, at AshurstL., Nov. 4 (JC, m.ob.) and up to five were on L. Mary and the nesting s. of Casa Grande was not successful.The 2 nestswith Mormon L., duringNovember (JC, TC). Farthere. and s. were two on incubatingadults discovered during the summerwere found to have L. PleasantNov. 30 (TC), one at ChandlerOct. 15 (DSj etal.), one at blown down after a storm in late August; one of thesecontained egg Becker L, Oct. 27 (KR) and one in the s.e. at McNeal Oct. 27 (AM). shells(RG). Only onebird. an adult, wasseen there Sept. 31 (TG, MJ et Breedingof Pied-billedGrebes in s. Arizonais variablein tinling;two al.). Sightingsof individualadults in new areaswere at Vekol Washe. partly grown youngat NagalesNov. 5 indicateda ratherlate nesting of Gila Bend in August(fMe RG), at the Gila Bendsewage pond Oct. 22 record(GM et al. ). The onlyHorned Grebes reported during the period (RF) and near 1-10 and Sacatari, Gila R. Indian Reservation Nov. 20 were individualsin s.w. PhoenixNov. 12-13 (DSj et al. ). andat Arivaca (DSy). Jct., Nov. 26 (JS). IndividualW. Grebeswere reported from scattered An imm. Broad-wingedHawk wasfound in a canyons.e. of Oracle localitiesin s.e. and e. Arizona; one near McNeal stayedat leastuntil Oct. 3 {D. Ellis); therehave beenabout a dozenprevious state records. Nov. 30 (AM). Up to five Harris' Hawks werereported in extremes.e. Arizonaduring Four Am. White Pelicanswere at Prescott,where they are uncom- the period(DD. TD, AM); two in the Welton areaNov. 30 were thought mon, on thelate date of Nov. 27 (CT); at leastone was in Phoenixduring November (DT); and 21 were counted at Painted Rock Dam (hereafter, to be from the re-introducedpopulation on the L.C.R. (fide DT). An imm. Zone-tailedHawk, rare in the w. part of the state,was seennear P.R.D.) Oct. 22 (DSj, RFL A Double-crestedCormorant, rare in n.e. Tacna Sept. 22 ('tJJ, DK); an individualover TucsonNov. 13 (?L_ Arizona, was seenat LyreartL, Nov. 19 (GM, BHe). Magnificent Camrack) was quite late. Frigatebirdsare sparse visitors to s.w. Arizona;one at SierraVista Aug. An imm. CrestedCaracara strayed N to ChandlerNov_ I I (½D & 21 (.tJ. & B. Epler) wasremarkably far e. MSy). An Am. Bittern,rarely encountered in s.e. Arizona,was observed at Elfrida Oct. 22 (AM, TD). Cattle Egretsare becomingmore common in TURKEY THROUGH SHOREBIRDS -- A flock of eight Wild s.e. Arizona--up to 12 wererecorded at McNealAug. 10-Nov.5 (AM); Turkeyswas seen Nov. 16 in Arroyo Cajon Bonita. Sonora,Mex.. 5 - two were seenin DouglasNov. 2 (AM) and sevenin HuachucaCity mi s.e. of GuadalupeCanyon (T. Potter, AM, TD). The statusof the Nov. 20 (DD). Up to 165White-faced Ibises at McNealduring Septem- speciesin this area is poorly known. Three MontcTumaQuail at Nu- berand October was a hightotal for s.e. Arizona;eight were still present Nov. 5 (AM et aL). Another late White-faced Ibis was still at P.R.D., triosoAug. 19 (BHe) indicatedthat the White Mrs. populationsurvived the winter of 1978-1979. The populationsin partsof s.e. Arizona have Nov. 6 (DSj, CB, RF). built back upto goodlevels (KK). A PurpleGallinule, the secondrecord of this sparsevisitor for the year, was observedat McNeal on the late WATERFOWL -- TundraSwans, formerly uncommon away from date of Oct. 2-18 (DD, 'tAM, TD). the Lower Colorado River (hereafter, L.C.R.), were found in s.e. Ari- zona for the 3rd consecutivewinter; four were at McNeal Nov. 28 (AM) Three uncommonspecies of shorebirdswere recorded: a Red Knot at Willcox Sept. 14-24 (-tAM, CB et al.)., a Red Phalaropeat Chandler and five at HuachucaCity Nov. 20 (RS). Four q?and two c• Wood Oct. 22-23 (DSj, RF), andtwo RuddyTurnstones•one at TucsonSept. Ducksplus two or threebroods of inlmatures,seen Aug. 12 on Pcck's 17 (PN) and one at PhoenixOct. 19 (DSj). L., nearPrescott, were suspected of havingbred there (CT). The species Individual Black-bellied Plovers were at McNeal Oct. 5 & 16 (AM, wasrecorded again at Winkelman,where uncommon; up to threewere DD, RBa), at PicachoRes., July 30 (JSL at the Chandlersewage pond presentOct. 1l-Nov. 17 (K. Lease). One was in TucsonNov. 16-23+ Sept. 15 (PB); andeight were counted at P.R.D., Oct. 22 (DSj, RF). In (fideCd) andmore than usual (6) werein Phoenixduring the period (M J, contrast to their status elsewhere in the state, Black-necked Stilts are TC et aLL A very late CinnamonTeal wasat BeckerL., Springerville generallyrare tn extreme s.e. Arizona. A numberof reportsfrom that Nov. 19 (GM). areathis fall includedup to six at the Bisbee-Douglassewage ponds Oct. A Eur. Wigran returnedto Phoenixin early Novemberfor the 5th 2 (AM). A Whimbrel at PrescottAug. 5-6 (CT) wasthe first lbr thatarea winterafter an absenceof one year (M. Carpenteret al.). An imm. and one of only a few recordsaway from the LC.R. Four Marbled White-wingedScoter in PrescottNov. 27-30 (V. Miller. CT) was the Godwits were recordedin s.e. Arizona (AM et al. ); and three s. and w. first for that area; there have been about 24 individuals recorded in the of Phoenix (RW, PB) included one on the late date of Nov. 6 at P.R.D. state. (DSj, CB, RF). Up to threeSanderlings were at Willcox Sept. 14-act. 2 RAPTORS -- Single Ospreys,uncommon in s.e. Arizona, were (AM, m.ob.), and one at Nagales Sept. 24 (DSj et aLL reportede. of Portal Sept. 23 (WS). at McNeal Oct. 3 (AM) and at San SinionCienega Oct. 17 (WS, RM). More than usual--up to 14•were GULLS, TERNS -- An ad. LaughingGull at NagalesSept. 24 (DSj, recordedaround and w. of Phoenix;at leastone stayed into December JBa, JS, Cd) was the 2nd for that area; there are <10 records for the (m.ob.). state.Surprising was the ad. Sabine'sGull at Cibola N.W.R., Oct. 6 Additionalevidence of Black-shoulderedKites nestingin the state (-tDK, JJ); only a few adultshave been found inland. Up to four Herring was providedby up to two adults Sept. 14-Nov. 30 and up to two Gulls, uncommonaway from the L.C.R., were found at P.R.D., Oct.

Volume 38, Number 2 231 23-Nov 6 (DSj, RF, CB, PB) Fromone to twoCom Ternswere found ued to accumulate one was far n and w at Beaver Dam Wash Oct 22 far e. at McNeal Oct. 2-5 (AM, DD, TD). (LP) andone was on the SanPedro R., at HerefordOct. 28-29 (P Slsk, J. Newman, fide RS). CUCKOOSTHROUGH HUMMINGBIRDS -- Only 14 Yellow- billed Cuckoos (more commonbefore habitat destructionon the Bill VIREOS, WARBLERS -- A Yellow-throatedVireo was discovered Williams R.) were detectedon the L.C.R., during Augustand early in MaderaCanyon Aug. 5 (?L. Thompson);there have been about 16 September(DK). previousrecords in the state.A Gray Vireo was netted,banded and A FerruginousOwl was foundOct. 15 at Tucsonin a differentlocality photographedAug. 21 in CatalinaFoothills, Tucson (P. Walters),an fromthai of thepair there during the past 2 summers(T. Meyer,GM). area where the speciesis apparentlyrare. Two newly fledgedSpotted Owls wereseen in SycamoreCanyon Aug. Therewere few e. vagrantwarblers reported this fall, butrepresenta- 30 (DK, KC). A lateCom. Nighthawkwas recorded at PrescottSept. 15 tivesof 2 speciesstrayed N fromMexico. A Crescent-chestedWarbler (CT). foundin GardenCanyon Sept. 3-15 provided a firstfor the United States Addingto the summerrecords of thefollowing 2 speciesof humming- (D. Heathcoteetal.).Details and photos will bepublished elsewhere A birdsfrom s. of thebbrder were a Plain-cappedStarthroat in Copper Rufous-cappedWarbler, discoveredin CoronadoN.M., Aug 14 Canyon near CoronadoN.M., Aug. 20 (RBr, PB); and a Berylline (MJ), representedonly the 3rd staterecord. Hummingbirdin GardenCanyon, Huachuca Mts., Aug. 6 (J. Arvin). A Cape May Warbler wasfound at PicachoRes., Oct. 15 (DSj, CB, Portal continuedto attractLucifer Hummingbirds:two imm. females RF). Therehave been only 4 previousstate records. An ad. c• Golden- were at feedersthere Sept. 4-Oct. 7 (S & WS); a femalewas seenin wingedWarbler at PrescottAug. 14 (CT) addedto themystery of the GuadalupeCanyon Aug. 20 (DD, AM, RBo) and a male in Leslie statusof that species--ayear agoa femaleand four youngwere present Canyon near Douglas Aug. 28 (DD). An apparentimm. White-eared for over 2 weeksin early Septemberin anotherlocality in Prescott Hummingbirdwas at a feederin MaderaCanyon Aug. 10 (GM). The There had been recordsof only four individualsin the stateprior to majority of reportsof White-earedHummingbirds in Madera Canyon these. actuallypertain to 0 Broad-billedHummingbirds which are very com- A c• ProthonotaryWarbler at PortalOct. 6 ('kS& WS) wasabout the mon there. Another White-eared Hummingbirdwas observedin the 16th for the state.An imm. Chestnut-sidedWarbler at Boyce Thompson ChiricahuaMts., Sept. |0 (RM). ArboretumNov. 12 (?DSy) wasthe only oneof thatspecies reported Recordsof Calliope Hummingbirdsin s.e. Arizona continuedto A femaleand four imm. Olive Warblerswere seen together in a flock mount:a malewas at Portalfeeders Aug. 10 andan imm. malewas there on MingusMt., n.e. of PrescottSept. 15 (CT), addinganother locality duringSeptember (S & WS); a femalewas found dead at PortalAug. 19 in then. partof the species'range. The c• HoodedWarbler that spent the and a male was observednear Rustler P., ChiricahuaMrs., Aug..28 & summerat PageSprings s. of Sedona,remained until Sept. 15 (CT) A Sept. 3 (RT). One of the MagnificentHummingbirds in the PinalMrs., late andlow elevationPainted Redstart was recorded on the Hassayampa nearGlobe, remained at leastuntil Sept. 12 (RH, BJ); andeven farther R., s. of PrescottNov. 28 (CT). n. ande., oneat a feederin Eagarin earlyAugust (F. Fanning,fideGM) There was one TennesseeWarbler, threeBlack-and-white Warblers, providedone of only a few recordsfor the White Mrs. three Am. Redstartsand two N. Waterthrashesreported during the Two young Anna's Hummingbirdsseen in a nest in Mesa. e. of period. PhoenixNov. 16 (V. Murphy,fide JW) representedthe earliestnesting recordof that speciesin the state.Anna's Hummingbirds were morein SPARROWS, BLACKBIRDS, FINCHES -- A (5 Yellow Gros- evidencethan usual in the Globe area throughoutthe period (RH, J. beak, discoveredin a remote side cacyonof SycamoreCanyon, Atas- Spencer,B J). cosaMrs., Aug. 12 (?T. Harvey),represented the 8th staterecord An IndigoBunting, a raretransient on the L.C.R., wasobserved at Ehren- KINGFISHERS, WOODPECKERS -- A Green Kingfisherat Ari- berg Sept. 26 (•-LL). An imm. c• PaintedBunting (an uncommon vaca Aug. 14 (S. & J. Levy) furnishedthe first report of this rare visitor)was at PortalAug. 20 (ph., RF, DSj), anda 9 PaintedBunting stragglersince 1978. wasreported in with the manyLazuli Buntings at Benso•Sept. 3 (JBo) A Red-breastedSapsucker, an uncommonvisitor, was observedat Two Dickcissels(one * to U. of A.), sparsetransients, were found at Pena Blanca L., w. of NogalesNov. 5 (GM, Cd et al.). An early (5 TucsonSept. 14 (RBo). Three individualsof anothersparse •nlgrant Willimnson'sSapsucker was seens. of RustlerP., Aug. 16 (RT). A (5 Clay-coloredSparrow, were recorded---oneat DouglasSept. 13 (AM, Hairy Woodpeckerat BeaverDam Wash., n.w. Ariz., Oct. 15 was at a RM, S & WS), oneat McNealSept. 14 (AM) andone (* to U. ofA ) at lower than usual elevation (JC, LP). TucsonSept. 15 & 23 (RBo, GM, WD). Three Abert's Towhees were seen Oct. 19 in 2 areas near Roosevelt FLYCATCHERS, CROWS -- There weretwo E. Phoebesduring the L., e. of Phoenix,where the specieshas not beenrecorded previously period--onee. of TucsonNov. 20 (JS)and one at CibolaN.W.R., Nov. (BJ). A SwampSparrow was seen Nov. 19 atRichville, n.e. Ariz (GM, 16-22(?KC, DK, JJ). A Cassin'sKingbird, an uncommontransient on BHe) wherefew recordsof thisspecies have been recorded. Two Harris' the L.C.R., wasat CibolaN.W.R., Aug. 12 & 16 (DK), andthree were Sparrowswere repo[ted---onein TucsonNov. 13-23was banded (C observedat EhrenbergSept. 13-earlyOctober (CH, LL, KC, DK). Two Corchran,Cd), andan ad. maleat Rio de Flag, s. of FlagstaffNov 27- very late Cassin'sKingbirds were seenin BisbeeNov. 22 (AM); and a 28 (JC). Two McCown's Longspurs,uncommon winter visitors, were late first-yearW. Kingbirdwas seenin Avra Valley nearTucson Nov. found at Becker L,, SpringervilleOct. 27 (KR). 14 (CT). A Bobolinkwas observedAug. 20 in the area near Springerv•lle AmericanCrow hasrecently become a localabundant fall and winter wherethe speciesnested in 1979 (BHe); and an individualat Willcox residenton the L.C.R.; by late-Octoberflocks of up to 500+ were Sept.28 (GM, WD) representedone of only a few recordsof thissparse countedat Cibola N.W.R. (DK). migrantin s.e. Arizona. Scatteredreports of individualPurple Finches, irregular fall andwin- CHICKADEES THROUGH THRASHERS -- A Mountain Chicka- ter visitors,came during late Octoberand early November fi'om Parker dee, only a casualwinter visitoron the L.C.R., was at Cibola N.W.R., (KR), w. of Gila Bend at Paloma(DSj), s.w. Phoenix(DSj), Canelo Oct. 24 and anotherindividual was recordedthere Nov. 14 (DK). Red- Hills Cienega(GM, T. Clark), SantaCatalina Mrs. (RBo, WD), w of breasted Nuthatches were found at low elevation localities around Pres- Prescott,s. of Prescott(CT); andtwo on the HassayampaR. (CT) Red cottin October(CT); andtwo wererecorded at TubaCity Aug. 24 (JC). Crossbillsin "goodnumbers" were inhabiting the Chiricahua Mts , Mt PygmyNuthatch is not knownto be a residentin the Pinal Mrs., sothose Lemmon,Bill WilliamsMr.. Flagstaff,Oak Cr. Canyonall fall (RT, seenthe lastweek of Augustto Sept.8 wereunusual (RH). Two Winter CT); andaround Prescott where they werepaired and singing by the end Wrens,sparse winter i'esidents, were seen at BeaverDam WashOct. 15 of theperiod and suspected of breeding again (CT). (JC, LP) and three were in Oak Cr. Canyon Nov. 16 (JC). An ad. LesserGoldfinch, feeding nestlings Oct. 10 in the pine-oak A c• AztecThrush in MaderaCanyon Aug. 30-Sept.13 (?KC, ?DK, riparian zone near Prescott,was late for that elevation(CT). A few ph., JS, m.ob.) was only the 5th for the statebut the 3rdrecord from that EveningGrosbeaks in theSan Francisco Mts., andBill WilliamsMt , m area. Recordsof Gray Catbirdsaway from theirbreeding areas contin- Octoberwere the only onesreported during the fall (CT).

232 American B•rds, March April 1984 CONTRIBUTORS (Area compilersin boldface)-- CharlesBabbitt, CountySept 17 (BZ, KZ), and45 at L McMfilan Sept 16 (SW) Only Richard Bafiowltz (RBa), John Bates (JBa), Pat Beall, Jerry Bock 2 reportsof Pectoralswere received, two nearLos LunasOct. 8 (WH) (JBo), Rick Bowers(RBo), RobertBradley (RBr), Ken Clough,John and one in s. Dona Ana CountyOct. 13 & 15 (SWi, BZ). Dunlinsmade Coons (Flagstaff),Troy Corman, Doug Danforth, Wm. Davis, Tom a reasonableshowing, with 10 + fromthe lower Pecos Valley to s. Dona Deecken,Salome Demaree, Carol deWaard,Richard Ferguson, Tom Ana CountySept. 14-Oct.22 (RH et al.). Stilt Sandpiperswere even Gatz, Rich Glinski, Grace Gregg, SharonGoldwasser, Bill Harrison, moreevident, with 120+ countedfrom the Rio GrandeValley e. Aug Brian Heap (BHe), Rick Heifernon, Chuck Hunter, Betty Jackson 8-Oct. 1 (v,ob.); mostnotable were nine at CochitiL., Aug. 20 (JH) and (Globe), JanetJackson, Marty Jakle, Kenn Kaufman (Advisor),Dave up to eight or more in Dona Ana County Sept. 5-26 (BZ et al.). A Krueper (L.C.R.), Linda LaClaire, Gale Monson,Arnold Moorhouse possibleShort-billed Dowitcher at HollomanL., Sept. 10 (RH) wasthe (HuachucaMrs. & McNeal), RobertMorse, Phil Norton, Larry Pyc, onlyreport. Red-necked Phalaropes were present in smallnumbers from Ken Rosenberg,John Saba, Robert Smith, Sally Spofford (Portal), the lower PecosValley to s. Dona Ana CountyAug. 24-Sept.24 (BZ et Walter Spofford,David Stejskal(DSj), David & Myra Styer (D & al.), while a very rareRed Phalaropewas at HollomanL., Aug. 6 (KZ MSy), Sherman Suter (Tucson),Rick Taylor, Dick Todd, Carl Tom- et al., ph.) & 24 (BZ). off (Prescott),Robert Witzeman.--JANET WITZEMAN, 4619 E. Arcadia Lane, Phoenix, AZ 85018. GULLS THROUGH DOVES -- An ad. gull superficiallyresembling a Mew Gull wasat CaballoDam Nov. 24 & 26; however,it appearsthat New Mexico the bird was mostlikely a CaliforniaGull with an unmarkedbill (JH) /John P. Hubbard An imm. Thayer'sGull wasat ElephantButte L., Nov. 27 (KZ), anda Corn. Tern was reported at Bitter Lake N.W.R., Oct. 1 (RH). Least CORMORANTS THROUGH SPOONBILL -- Olivaceous Cormo- Terns at the samerefuge appearedto have had a productivebreeding rantspersisted through the period in theRio GrandeValley from Bosque season,with threeplus immatures with five adultsthere Aug. 3 (JH) and del ApacheN.W.R. (hereafter,Bosque N.W.R.) to CaballoDam, with four-sevenimmatures Oct. 1 (RH). 60 + in the latterarea Nov. 27 (KZ). CattleEgrets were reported only in Two Band-tailedPigeons were at AguirreSpring in the OrganMts , the lowermostparts of the Rio Grande (BZ, KZ) and Pecos(SW) Oct. 29 (KZ et al.), somewhatlate. White-wingedDove countsincluded valleys,with a maximumof 91 in the formerAug. 24. New Mexico's 14 at Truth or ConsequencesAug. 2 and one Oct. 14 (D. Miller), and first specimenof White Ibis was an adult found dead at Bosque oneat MangasSprings, Grant Co., Sept. 11 (RF); birdswere present at N W R., Oct. 19, theapparent victim of a botulismoutbreak there that Carlsbadat least until October (SW). A Corn. Ground-Doveat Durl- claimedseveral thousand waterbirds (fide JF). Thestate's 2nd report and ing's Farm, s. Dona Ana Co., Oct. 15 (SWi, BZ) wasunusual, as the first confirmedrecord of RoseateSpoonbill was an immatureat Bitter speciesis now very rare in the Rio GrandeValley. Lake N.W.R., Sept. 2-5 (K. Wood et al.; ph.). NIGHT JARSTHROUGH HUMMINGBIRDS -- A nighthawkin the RAPTORS -- The only MississippiKites reportedfrom the Pecos Organ Mts., Nov. 12 (KZ et al.) was unusuallylate, regardlessof Valley w. wereone at RoswellAug. 3 (JH) andtwo at Los LunasAug. species.Lowland occurrences of Whip-poor-willsare infrequent in the 25-Sept. 10 (WH). Twelve days of raptor countingin the Manzano stateenough to be notable;such records were of singlebirds at Owen's Mrs , s.e. of Albuquerque,yielded 865 birdsof 14 speciesSept. 5-Oct. Farm Aug. 30 (KZ) and Durling's Farm Sept. 4 both in s. Dona Ana 22 (S. Hoffmanet al.). Amongthe morenotable records was a peakof County(J. Donaldson,KZ; ph.). Nightjars possibly of thisspecies were 250 birds, includingfive N. GoshawksSept. 25-Oct. 15, 162 Sharp- also seenat Durling's Farm Oct. 25 (KZ) and at Las CrucesSept. 1 shinnedand one Zone-tailed hawks Oct. 16, andthree Merlins Sept. 25- (RH). Chimney Swifts persistedat Clayton with as many as seven Oct 22. presentSept. 14-19 (A. Krehbiel). Late recordsof White-throated Swifts included25 + in the PeloncilloMts., Nov. 16 & 26, and 10+ •n TURKEY THROUGH CRANES -- The introduced Rio Grande race theTres Hermanas Nov. 29 (RH). A c3Magnificent Hummingbird was of Wild Turkey at BosqueN.W.R., continuesto increase,with 100+ presentin Dark Canyon,Guadalupe Mts., Sept.11 (SW); thisspecies is nowpresent; others from this introduction have spread S to theElephant very rarelyreported in s.e. New Mexico. Butte L. area (fide JF). SandhillCranes in areasof infrequentor rare occurrenceincluded the following: two or more in the Zuni Mrs., near WOODPECKERS THROUGH FLYCATCHERS -- Acorn Wood- ThoreauOct. 15 (D.A. McCallurn); 60 +- over the SandiaMrs., Nov. 13 peckersare local in areasof seeminglysuitable habitat in manyparts of (HS), andone at CarlsbadCaverns N. P. (hereafter,C.C.N.P.) Oct. 8 New Mexico, includingin the Jemez,San Mateo (Mr. Taylor), and (SW). After thefledging of 19 cross-fosteredWhooping Cranes in Idaho Guadalupemrs.; records in theserespective areas included one at Los in Summer 1983, up to 32 birds were expectedto migrate to New AlamosAug. 10 & 25 (B. Lewis), four on Mesa ChivatoNov. 15-17 Mexico in the autumn;as of Nov. 15, all 32 had reachedMonte Vista (JH), and two in Dog CanyonSept. 3 (SW). Also notableon Mesa N W R., Colo., and 19 had moved on to New Mexico (fide R. Chivato was a Downy WoodpeckerNov. 15 (JH), while also worth Drewien). noting were single Hairies near Bosque, Valencia Co., Oct. 13 and BernardoOct. 27 (WH). SHOREBIRDS -- Thirty-eightor moreBlack-billed Plovers on the A GreatCrested Flycatcher was banded at RattlesnakeSprings Sept LordsburgPlaya Nov. 1 (RH) was a very high countfor New Mexico, 18, andanother rare-for-the-area species was an E. Kingbirdseen there especiallythat late in the autumn.Twelve SemipalmatedPlovers were Sept. 10 (SW). Late were three-five Scissor-tailedFlycatchers near reportedin theRio GrandeValley andat Hollomanlakes Aug. 20-Sept. Caprock,Chaves Co., Nov. 2 (RH), while the peakfor the periodwas 10 (v.ob.). Impressiveconcentrations of Mountain Plovers were found 20 near CarlsbadOct. 10 (SW). at a new locale,a turf farm nearLos Lunas;44 werecounted there Sept. 11, 75 on Sept.15, and40 on Oct. 8 (WH). UplandSandpiper numbers SWALLOWS THROUGH CORVIDS -- Cave Swallows continue to were downin the lower PecosValley (SW) andin theRio GrandeValley expandin s.e. New Mexico, with 100 with nestsfound in Cottonwood (BZ et al.) comparedto Autumn 1982;however, the specieshas not Cave, GuadalupeMrs., on the Lincoln N. F., Aug. 5 (SW). Seventy been regularin the latter area in the past, and any recordsthere are plusbirds were seen at BlackR. VillageAug. 2 (JH), whileseveral birds notable.In 1983these included one near Los Lunas Sept. 10 (WH), plus werepresent along Hwy 62/180 nearthe Texasline Oct. 1 (T. Bemis, four in the Las Crucesarea Aug. 31 -Sept. 6 (BZ et al.). Largenumbers SW). Of 650 Cave Swallowshandled at C.C.N.P., only five showed of Long-billedCurlews were evidentin the periodin the Carlsbadarea, signsof hybridization(with Barn Swallows);late were four birdsthere with a max.of 178near Loving Oct. 1 (SW). Well-documentedreports Nov. 8 (SW). BlueJays are now apparently resident in smallnumbers at of SemipalmatedSandpipers included one-two immatures at Holloman Carlsbad,and Aug. 30 a beggingjuvenile and two otherbirds were seen L , Aug. 15-25(KZ et al.; photos).Three birds reported at L. McMillan there(SW). Vagrantsincluded singles in CienagaCanyon, Sandia Mts , Sept 7 (SW) wereundetailed, as wasa White-rumpedSandpiper there Oct. 31 (HS) andin Socorroin earlyOctober (fide J. Shipman).A juv Sept 16 (SW)! Baird's Sandpipersmoved throughthe statein good PinyonJay was at SantaFe Aug. 31 (JH), indicatinglater thantypical numbers,including 70 + at Cochiti L., Aug. 20 (JH), 60 in Dona Ana breedingby thespecies there. Three Clark's Nutcrackers were on Mesa

Volume 38, Number 2 233 Chlvato Nov 16-17 (JH), and five plus were on Willow Mt , in the SpringsOct 8 (SW) An amazing45 Indigo Buntingswere countedat MogollonMts., Aug. 19 (KZ); 200 + Am. Crowshad reached Bosque the latter site Sept. 18, along with 20_+ PaintedBuntings (SW) A N.W.R., by Oct. 21 (P. Insley, J. Vance), and therewere 100- s. of vagrantPainted Bunting was at MangasSprings Aug. 10 (RF), while Las CrucesNov. 2 (JH). Forty-threeChihuahuan Ravens at Bernardo eight at Durling's Farm Sept. 14 (BZ) was the highestcount in Dona Sept. 11 (WH) representeda high countfor that area. Ana Countyin manyyears. Dickcissels made a goodshowing w. to the lowerRio GrandeValley, with at leastfive in DonaAna CountyAug WRENS THROUGH VIREOS -- The only Winter Wren reported 17-Sept.24 (KZ et al.); a stragglerreached the Cliff area, whereseen wasat MangasSprings Oct. 13-18 (RF), while the only lowlandrecord Sept. 17 (SM). Clay-coloredSparrows were also in notableevidence in of Golden-crownedKinglet was in s. Dona Ana CountyOct. 28 (BZ). DonaAna Countyin September(BZ), andone was at BernardoSept 11 MountainBluebird numbers were high in the SandiaMrs. (HS), while (WH). Two Black-throatedSparrows were seen Oct. 10 nearGlenwood the only lowland incursionsreported were of severalat Isleta Oct. 16 (JH), wherethe speciesis rare andlocal. A McCown'sLongspur was andfive at BernardoOct. 27 (WH). A BrownThrasher at CaprockOct. heardOct. 8 at Bernardo(WH), whichis in an areawhere the species is 2 (E. Hill) was out-of-habitat,as was a Crissalnear Sitting Bull Falls, very rarely reported. GuadalupeMrs., Aug. 5 (SW). On Aug. 28 a Bell's Vireo wassinging nearMesilla (SW), wherenow quiterare. SingleHutton's and Philadel- ICTERIDS THROUGH CARDUELINES -- Unusual was a Bobo- phia vireoswere reportedand sketchily detailed at PerchaDam Oct. 9; link at Las CrucesSept. 19 (RH). Two Great-tailedGrackles at Pena (BZ, KZ); both speciesare rare in the area in question. Blanca,Santa Fe Co., Aug. 23 (JH) werein anarea where not previously reported.A c• Pine Grosbeakwas reported on SandiaCrest Nov 6, WARBLERS-- For raritybuffs, at leastthe passerinerecord of the while even more unusualthere was a 9 White-wingedCrossbill Oct seasonwas a sparselydetailed but likely correctreport of a Swainson•s 16 (HS). RedCrossbills were numerous in theperiod in theSandia Mts Warbler at RattlesnakeSprings, C.C.N.P., Oct. 8 (SW). This was a (HS), and 150+ were presenton Mesa Chivato Nov. 15-17 (JH) first for New Mexico and perhapsthe 2rid reportfor the Southwest Recordsfrom elsewhere included one-three at SantaFe Aug. 7-Sept 21 Region. Other "rarities" includedan imm. Chestnut-sidedWarbler (JH) and six in Dark Canyon,Guadalupe Mts., Aug. 6 (SW) Pine nearBosque Oct. 13 (WH), a c• Hermitat Durling'sFarm Sept. 9 (BZ et Siskinsreached several lowland areas with recordsmainly in October- al.; KZ photos),a 9 Black-throatedGreen there Oct. 31 (BZ), anda Novemberat suchlocalities as BosqueN.W.R. (RH), Caprock(RH), very late c• HoodedNov. 7 (BZ, KZ; photos).Also notablein s. Dona Mangas Springs(RF), and San Simon Cienaga(JH, RH); early was a Ana Countywere two N. Parulas(photos), a Black-and-whiteWarbler, bird at Los LunasAug. 6 (WH). Two Am. Goldfincheswere at Rattle- and an Ovenbird(photos), (BZ, KZ), while anotherN. Parulawas at snake Springs Aug. 2, including a male in breedingplumage (JH) Bosque(WH). Severalless common species made better than normal EveningGrosbeaks were fairly commonin theSandia Mts., in theearly appearances,most notably the N. Waterthrushin bothdistribution and part of the period,becoming rarer later (HS); threeplus were on Mesa numbers,Nashville Warbler and Am. Redstartin distribution.Among ChivatoNov. 16-17 (JH). Lowerelevational occurrences included one- commonerspecies, an Audubon's(Yellow-rumped) Warbler was early fourat SantaFe Aug. 17+ (JH), sevenat AlbuquerqueOct. 12, andtwo at SantaFe Aug. 18 (JH), late were one-twoOrange-crowneds near at Bernardo Oct. 27 (WH). Mesilla Nov. 23 (KZ) and a Yellow near Mangas SpringsSept. 19 (SM), and unusualin the lowlandswas a late Grace's at PerchaDam Oct. 15 (KZ et al.) and an early PaintedRedstart at Mangas Springs CONTRIBUTORS -- RalphFisher, Jerry French, Randy Hill, Wil- Aug. 31 (RF). liam Howe, John Hubbard, Scott Mills, Hart Schwarz, Steve West, ScottWilson (SWi), Barry Zimmer, Kevin Zimmer; v.ob. means"var- GROSBEAKS THROUGH LONGSPURS -- Single Rose-breasted ious observers."--JOHN P. HUBBARD, 2016 Valle Rio, Santa Fe, Grosbeakswere reportedat Las CrucesSept. 1 (RH) and Rattlesnake NM 87501.

ALASKA REGION observedwell on saltwaterat ValdezNov. 7 (½GJT& MMT) prompted observersto look for them in the Anchorage-KenaiPen. area this fall, /D. D. Gibson but no otherswere reported.

Pelagicbirds that feed in the upperseveral meters of watersuffered in ALBATROSSES, SHEARWATERS -- A number of Short-tailed Fall 1983 in the ChukchiSea, in the Bering Sea, and in the northern Albatrosseswere observed in the n. Gulf of Alaskaduring pelagic work North Pacific Ocean.Apparently because of food species'die-offs or Oct. 4-Nov. 15; details will be presentedelsewhere (RAR). It seems displacements,direct results of warmer-than-usualsea surface tempera- clearthat this species is annual,if very scarce,in Alaskawaters of the tures,Short-tailed Shearwaters and Black-leggedKittiwakes--the two NorthPacific. A few MottledPetrels were seen during this work; maxi- mostnumerous and widespreadof suchbirds in the Region--were, at mum was five each Nov. I & 4, at 59ø30'N 143ø20'Wand at 59ø28'N least in part becauseof their vast numbers,noticeably affected. The 145øW,respectively (RAR). One Mottled Petrelwas seenin Chmlak situation--numbersof deadbirds at seaor on beachesor livingbirds that Bay, Kodiak,Sept. 26 (JBA). Pink-fbotedShearwater is seldomreport- actedstrangely--was remarked on by manycoastal or at-seaobservers ed, so singlebirds off CapeGreville, Kodiak, July31 & Aug. 7 (JBA), from the southern Chukchi Sea to the eastern Aleutian Islands and east to two off Krasni Pt., Attu I., Sept. 6 (PI); and singlesat 58ø19'N Kodiaklsland. Whether or nota long-termproblem exists remains to be 148ø28'Won Oct. 21 (RAR) and at 59ø30'N 143ø20'Won Nov 1 seen. (RAR) were of' interest. Comments on Short-tailed Shearwaters(see Undoubtedlyall birdsthat feed in theupper seawater were affected in above)included the following: someway; perhapsthe inlandoccurrences of Ross' Gulls this season "Had themliterally eatingout of our handswhile halibut fishing off (q.v. ) wereyet anotherspecies' response to a foodproblem in the surface of SpruceCape [Kodiak] 17 Aug. (RAM, JS). During August and seawater.There were no reportsof this situation'shaving affected div- Septemberthere were numerousKodiak area reports of aggressivebirds ingbirds. A numberof peopleare studying the phenomenon, and we can anddead birds. Local suspicion of massstarvation later proven to be true expectto learn more as informationis madeavailable. by U.S.F.W.S. autopsy" (RAM). The only fall bird tour ever conductedto Alaska was ATTOUR's "On Aug. 20 & 21, hundreds[JBA's italics] of dead [Short-taded} Autumn1983 trip to Attu Island.It producedmuch valuable information shearwatersstarted showing up in the tide rips in Ugak Bay [Kodiak] on fall movementthrough the Near lslands. There were similarreports from the wholeeast side of the island The shearwaterswere hangingout at the headsof thebay andfollowing the GREBES -- Western Grebes w. of SE Alaska are unusual. One found boat like gulls, behaviorvery uncharacteristicof them. The surface alive on the highway n. of Wasilla Nov. 1 (KLi & KR) and another water temp was much higher than normaland this seemedto affect the

234 AmericanBirds, March-Aprd 1984 Green Sandpiperseen well at Attu Aug. 16-19(tTGT et al.) constituted the first documented fall record and the 6th overall for Alaska. Three imm. Little Stints were identified with imm. Rufous-necked Stints at Attu Sept.5-7 (two) & Sept.7-9 (?TGT et al.); oneof thefirst two and the third were photographed(ph. GFW and LP, respectively).This speciesat thisage remains a mostdifficult identification problem; these birdsconstitute the 8th Alaskarecord of this speciessubstantiated by specimenor photograph,all since1975. Two imm. Sharp-tailedSand- pipersobserved at KenneyL., on the EdgertonHwy, e. of TonsinaSept. 5 (tFJB) furnished the first inland records in Alaska of this common SEW coastalmigrant from Siberia. Undoubtedlyrelated to thisevent were 80- ePENINSULA •_j"•'College • I00 Sharp-tailedsat the Kasilof R. mouthSept. 28 (MAM) andone at SewardOct. 11 (REM). Not so excitingas inlandSharp-taileds, inland rana J Dunlins(also imm.) werenonetheless of interest:one at FairbanksAug. 23 (DDG), one at Kenney L., Sept. 4-5 (FJB), and four at Fairbanks •) • F• 5• ß -// Sept. l0 (DDG & KL). Heretofore,this species has been known inland in Alaskaonly as a casualspring migrant. An imm. Stilt Sandpiperat JuneauAug. 4-5 (?CM) was one of few SE records.One immatureat •• •,o/_• • •nchorege•• • ß Valdez •x / Z,5• •oe i• • ' Cordova '•. KenneyL., Aug. 28 (?FJB)& Aug. 31 (?GJT), two thereSept. 4 and one Sept. 5 (FJB) numberamong few fall recordsanywhere in Alaska and would seem to have been headed in the same direction as the Juneau IS. Dillinghamt a• •om•, •er PENINSULA bird.

BERINO ' /•{•'•Katm•Nat'lMon. GULLS. TERNS -- CaliforniaGulls againoccurred at Anchorage:a juvenileAug. 30 (?RLS) was the first one therethis fall, and subsequently, throughNov. I I. at leastfour otherswere seen(DWS et al.. ph.). Ross'Gull is commonand annual on theChukchi Sea coast in fall, but it is neitheron the adjacentBeaufort coast, so one bird at Barter I., Aug. 3 [early] (TJD et aL ) and a flock of 45 birdsalong the beachat nearbyKaktovik Sept. 22 (TJD & KOD et al., ph.) were of interest. behaviorof pelagicbirds especially" (JBA). Elsewhere,Ross' Gulls were notedat Deering;at leastfive were seen "A beachsurvey near Dutch Harbor, AmaknakIsland, September 21 Sept.25-26 andone was seen 0.5 mi inlandfrom DeeringSept. 28 (JW). revealed 108 [Sbort-tailedShearwater] carcasses along 3900 feet of Ross' Gulls over 100 km inland in Alaska, on the Koyukuk and Yukon shoreline.About 50 live birdsin a greatlyweakened condition were 50- rivers (*TOO), were unparalleled,however. Five were seen 18 mi up 100 feet offshorethe previousday" (CFZ). At Deering,on the Seward the KoyukukSept. 22; two were seenon Nikolai Slough,off the Koy- Pen. coastof KotzebueSound, up to eightof thesebirds along the beach ukuk, Sept. 23; ten birdswere seenin the vicinity of Three Day Slough Aug. 20-Sept. 10 were unusual,as local Nativeswere unfamiliarwith Sept. 24; andone was seenat Galena, on the Yukon Sept. 26. Finally, them; one was found dead (JW). one Ross' Gull was observedat the junction of Nixon Fork and the TakotnaR.. Sept. 24 (PF & MS)•just n. of McGrath and some275 krn WATERFOWL -- EmperorGeese were early, arrivingat lzembek inland. Two Caspian Terns at CordovaAug. 14 (PI, RF) providedthe N.W.R., Aug. 26 (CPD), at Kodiak Sept. 8 (JBA). and at Attu (one latestseasonal record in the 3-year historyof the speciesin Alaska. bird) Sept. 12 (TGT et al.). About 150,000 Brant departedlzembek Oct. 21, a day earlier thanpreviously; a 2nd wave, of 20,000 + birds, HUMMINGBIRDS TO SWALLOWS -- A $-plumagedAnna's departedlzembek Nov. 2, leavinga winteringpopulation of 3500 at the Hummingbirdpresent at a feeder in Girdwood, near Anchorage,mid- closeof the period (CPD). The first Aleutian reportof the speciesand August-earlyDecember (DWS & RLS et mult. al., ph. JCP) provided thefirst anywhere in thestate in severalyears, a difficult-to-identify,O- the westernmostrecord of the speciesand oneof very few ever w. of SE piumagedBaikal Teal wascarefully studied with Green-wingedTeal at Alaska.An ad. c• Anna'sat a Ketchikanfeeder Nov. 27 (GS,fide TEK) Attu Oct. 14 (tPWS & tGFW); presumablythe samebird was seen furnishedthe only SE reportthis season. A Say'sPhoebe at Anchorage there Nov. 3-4 (tDWS) as well. The observerseliminated to their Oct. 2 (DWS & PWS) providedonly the 2ndOctober record in Alaska. satisfactionpossible confusion with O-plumagedGreen-winged Teal EurasianSkylarks set new recordsfor bothcoming and going, arriving and Garganey, both of which were presenton the island during this Attu Sept. 13 and departingOct. 16 (TGT, GFW); maximumwas six period.A juv. • Garganeyseen at Attu Nov. 3 (DWS) was the latest birds Sept. 14 (TGT). Alaska's 4th Common House-Martin was Alaska record. A Spot-billed Duck observedwith a Mallard at Adak watchedat lengthas it hawkedback and forth beloweye level alonga Oct. 24 (tCFZ & MZ) providedonly the3rd documented Alaska record, beachat St. MatthewI., Aug. 10 (fPDM & ?DGR). the 2nd at that location. Nonbreeder and tailed-breeder Steller's Eiders beganarriving at lzembek in mid-August.The peak of molt was about Sept. 1, and there were 38,835 on lzembek Lagoon Sept. 22. The OLD WORLD WARBLERS, SHRIKES -- A Dusky Warbler care- populationbuilt to its peakby Nov. 1, when90,000-100,000 birds were fully studiedat closerange at Attu Sept.21 (tTGT et al. ) providedthe present(CPD). An ad. • Smewarrived at BuskinL., Kodiak,Nov. 13 5th Alaskarecord, 3 of themin 1983! Precededand followed by intense storms was the almost incredible observation of an imm. Brown Shrike (JBA, RAM) andremained, probably the samebird thathas wintered in that area the last 2 years. huntinga fence line at Anchorageairport Sept. 28 (?TGT & LJO). Alaska's3rd recordof the speciesand the first on the mainland.the bird EAGLES, FALCONS--The singleyoung White-tailed Eagle reared was not seenagain. in the TemnacValley aerie, Attu, in 1983 fledgedsuccessfully; it and the adultswere seen at intervalsin Septemberand October (i.e., as late SPARROWSTO FINCHES -- The first Harris' Sparrowof the fall as observerswere presentto recordthem). A $-plumagedEuraslan arrived at Auke Bay, JuneauOct. 6; a 2nd arrived Oct. 10, and both Kestrel was seen at Attu Oct. 17 (tPWS & tGFW); there have been at remainedto winter (RBW). A Harris' Sparrowat a Homer feederNov. least5 Alaskarecords, all in the c. andw. Aleutianssince 1978, mostin 25 (DWS et al., ph.) providedonly the 4th SC Alaska record. The fall. speciesis annualonly on the mainlandof SE Alaska.where very poorly known except at the perennialfeeding/banding stations of RBW! A SHOREBIRDS -- A juv. Eur. Dotterelat Attu Sept. 18 (Pl) provided Little Bunting was well describedat Attu Sept. 22 (PI); the bird was the 3rd Aleutianrecord, the latestin the stateby a day. A very wild flighty, and it was not seenwell enoughfor identificationby the many

Volume 38, Number 2 235 other observerswho glimpsedit. The 2 previousAlaska recordsare numerousin the Fairbanksarea, but bothwere present(m.ob.). specimens.Two RusticBuntings at Attu Sept.23 (TGT, ATD) provided theonly recordsthis season. A c• Brewer's Blackbird wasseen at close CONTRIBUTORS, OBSERVERS (SUB-REGIONAL EDITOR IN rangeat Craig, Princeof WalesI., Nov. 10 (?TEK). Therehave been a BOLDFACE), AND ABBREVIATIONS --J. B. Allen, F. J. Broer- few otherSE reportsin the past,but theonly unequivocalstate record is man,C. P. Dau, K. O. Doyle, T. J. Doyle, A. T. Driscoll,R. Fairall, P. from Barrow.Fall migrantBramblings arrived at Attu record-earlySept. Feiger, P. lsleib, T. E. Kogut, K. Leuschner,K. Little (KLi), R. A. 11 (TGT et al.), maximumwas 20+ Sept. 23, and two were present Macintosh,C. Marantz,P. D. Martin, R. E. McHenry,M. A. Miller, there at least as late as Oct. 18 (PWS). White-wingedCrossbills were L. J. Oakley, T. O. Osborne,L. Pearlet, J. C. Pitcher,K. Rivard, D. presentall seasonin the Fairbanksarea (m.ob.), and they were numer- G. Roseneau,R. A. Rowlett, J. Sadowski,R. L. Scher, M. Smith, D. ousat Juneauin October,but becamescarce there by endof November W. Sonneborn.G. Stagnet,P. W. Sykes,G. J. Tans, M. M. Tans, T. (PI). They were all but absentat Kodiak (RAM) and rare at Kasilof G, Tobish, G. F. Wagner, J. Walters, R. B. Williams, C. F. Zeille- (MAM). No redpollswere recordedat Kodiak, and Pine Siskinswere maker,M. Zeillemaker;ph. photographon file U.A.M.; ? detailson file relativelyrare (RAM). "Essentiallyno carduelinefinches were present U.A.M.; * specimenat U.A.M.---D. D. GIBSON, Universityof Alas- in the Cook Inlet areaall fall" (TGT). Neitherredpolls nor siskins were ka Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99701.

NORTHERN PACIFIC COAST REGION /Eugene S. Hunn and Philip W. Mattocks, Jr. •ALBE?TA At Vancouver, British Columbia, temperatureswere near normal Rupert August-Octoberwith rainfall 85% of normal. Novemberwas warm and very wet with rainfall 230% of normal.Exotic shorebirdsand vagrant warblerswere little noted,but threevery rareSiberian songbirds in late fall presagedan unprecedentedwinter movement. The topicof mostinterest was the effect of EINiho. As we areprivy to but a piece of that global puzzle, cautiousinterpretation is advised. Nevertheless,El Nifo seemsimplicated in extraordinarypopulation shiftsof BrownPelicans, Heermann's Gulls, Elegantand Caspian terns, Common Murres. and Cassin's Auklets.

LOONS THROUGH HERONS -- A winterplumaged Yellow-billed Loon reportedlast summerwas seenagain Aug. 24 (?DK, ?MD, PC. Siddleet al.) & Sept.20 in SemiahmooBay. White Rock. B.C. (GA). Three other sightingswere of normal migrantsafter Oct. 2 at Port Willapa Angeles, Wash., Saanich, V.I., and W. Vancouver, B.C. Leadbetter Pelagicreports represent 11 offshoretrips Aug. 17-Oct.9. However, 7 of thesewere duringthe brief "peak season,"Aug. 27-Sept. 11. Sevenleft from GraysHarbor, Wash. (TW, EH), 2 from Oregonports Tiltamook• (JC, DI), and 2 to La PerouseBank off s.w.V.I. (MS, fide VG). Corvalli A Solander'sPetrel (Pterodromasolandri) off Westport,Wash., Eugene Sept.11 (?DA, •'TW etal.) wasseen briefly but clearly at a pelagicbird feedingconcentration over Grays Canyon. It wasa firstfor Washington Bandonl of thisc. Pacificspecies and only the2nd report from the West coast (AB /•edford ß 35:857, 973). Details will be publishedelsewhere. Sootyand Short-tailedshearwaters staged a notableinvasion of "In- land Sea" waters."Unprecedented numbers" of Sootieswere seenoff Victoria,VA., with hundredspassing Clover Pt., off andon Sept.26- ton, and three to BritishColumbia. An imm. Black-crownedNight- Nov. 19 (m.ob.,fide VG). Short-tailedShearwaters were notedin the Heronat Westham1., nearVancouver. B.C.. Aug. 26 + (DK) furnished Straitsof Georgiaand Juan de Fucaand on theWashington and Oregon an unusuallocal record, while a groupof six to sevenat Stanwood, coastsAug. 23-Nov. 26 (*RW). Two hundredFork-tailed Storm-Petrels SnohomishCo.. Wash.. Nov. 12+ (J. & S. Van Nell et al.) may have Aug. 20-22 were seenbetween Port Orford, Oreg., and the California wintered. border, a most unusualinshore movement (JC, DF). One likely consequenceof El Niho wasa BrownPelican invasion n. GEESETHROUGH CRANES -- An EmperorGoose was tbundat of theColumbia R. Peakcounts included 1000 off LongBeach, Pacific Yachats,Lincoln Co., Oreg., Oct. 29 + (R. Robb, JG et al., fide DF, Co., Wash., Aug. 17 (RW) and250 in the GraysHarbor channel Oct. 8 HN) andanother appeared at CoosBay, Oreg., Nov. 19 (fide AMG). A (TW), with 600 still at the N.J.C.R., Oct. 22 (RW). Vancouver 1. flock of 27 Brant Sept. 6 in Quick's Bottom, Saanich,VA., was both reportsincluded up to five Oct. 15-16 at Victoria(fide VG) and 24 in extremelyearly and at anunusual inland location (?DFr etal..fide VG). PortRenfrew Aug. 23. Stragglersreachcd Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 27 A c• TuftedDuck with a possible$ companionwas photographed Oct. (•'D. Roberts)and Seattle Nov. 11(DB, EH et al.) wherethey had not 26-27 nearLeadbetter Pt., Wash. (RW, G. Lippert,ph.). This was the beenpreviously recorded in thiscentury. Brown Pelicans this far n. are 4th year in the last 5 that the specieswas notedin Washington.A $ usuallyjuvcniles, but Washingtonflocks this fall contained20-40% King Eider at Vancouver,B.C., Nov. 24 + (B. Emoryet al. ) furnished adults.Last fall's pelicanmovement was only slightly less impressive the5th recordfor thatarea. Two OldsquawsAug. 6 off CordovaSpit, s. (AB 37:215). VA. (A. Porcher,fide VG) and 12 at Pt. RobertsSept. 11 (WW) were Late fall concentrationsof Great Egretsin Oregoncontinue to build well aheadof the usualmid-October influx. SingleBarrow's Golden- with recordhigh countsthis year of 109 at Coos Bay Nov. 4 (J. eyes at Sequim Bay, Clallam Co., Wash., Sept. 13 (EH) and at Pt. McDowell,fide AMG) and83 at FernRidge Res., nearEugene Nov. 11 RobertsSept. 19 (WW) weredown from the mountainsat leasta month (DF, BC). Only five birdswere seen at 3 locationsin Washington.with early. one n. to Port Susan,near Everett Oct. 1 (D. Kvamme et al.). A total of The annual Turkey Vulture paradeover Victoria was near normal 17Cattle Egrets was reported Oct. 26 +, 12 in Oregon,two in Washing- with 200 + daily Sept. 25-29. Novemberstragglers were notedfrom

236 AmericanBirds, Marc•April 1984 Table 1. Pelagicbird observations:Tubenoses

8-17 8-27 8-27 9-3 9-4 9-5 9-6 9-9 9-11 9-17 10-9 Species Wash. Wash. Oreg. B.C. B.C. Oreg. Wash. Wash. Wash. Wash. Wash. Comments Black-lootedAlbatross 116 162 50 3 7 10 98 100 136 30 5 high (TW) NorthernFulmar 106 74 50 800 800 10 115 100 75 100 152 very high (TW) Pink-lootedShearwater 85 129 100 100 300 200 264 50 188 50 16 low (TW) Flesh-looted Shearwater 0 0 I 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 low BulleftsShearwater 0 12 3 0 0 2 8 10 2 10 71 higher than past few years SootyShearwater 1.8K 36K 175 4K 6K 1.5K 6.8K 1.5K 4.6K 200K 3.2K Short-tailed Shearwater 0 12 + 0 0 0 1 1 2 + I 0 1 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 71 18 30 120 3 3 12 15 7 25 0 low (TW) Leach's Storm-Petrel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0

near Vancouver,B.C., s. Thirty Black-shoulderedKites in Oregonwas along the coastsof Oregonand Washington.One at Port Angeles, exactlyas reportedlast year. A roostingflock at Fern RidgeRes., built Wash., Oct. 3+ (SS et al.) may have been the sameindividual that to 14 by period'send (BC, DF, SH), while at Ashlandin the RogueR. winteredthere last year. Two UplandSandpipers on V.I. furnishedthe valley, 11birds shared a roostOct. 11until dispersing in mid-November firstfall reportssince 1980. One was 15 mi s. of CampbellR., Aug. 20- (MM). For the 7th year in successionkites were notedin Washington, 25 (gR. Catchpole,fide H. Telosky)and the otherwas at Esquimault with oneat NisquallyN.W.R., nearOlympia Oct. 1-22 (S. Thompson Lagoonnear Victoria Sept. 27 (•'B. & M. Meiklejohn,fide VG). The et al.) and a juvenileOct. 29 n. to the SamishFlats, SkagitCo. (T. only concentrationoœ Long-billed Curlews was the traditionalflock of Bock). 25-30 on n. WillapaBay Aug. 19-Sept.18 (RW, R. Knapp;WW etal ) Our accipitertallies remainedconsistent, with 90 Sharp-shinned Threesingle birds strayed to nearVancouver, B.C., Sept.6 & Oct. 5 & HawkS, 84 Cooper's,and 11 N. Goshawksreported, compared to 97, 25 (fideDK). A HudsonianGodwit Aug. 14-16at ReifelRef., Ladnet, 70, and 10 last year. There are no clear migratoryconcentrations, B.C. (•'BK, DA, P. Yorke--ph.) maythen have strayed S to the Samish althoughca. 75% of sightingswere for Septemberand October.Coo- R. delta, SkagitCo., Wash., whereone was notedAug. 31 (J. van Os), per's/Sharp-shinnedratios exhibit striking Regional differences. British for w. Washington's5th ever. HudsonianGodwits have been recorded Columbiaobservers reported 1.12 Cooper'sfor every Sharp-shinned in the Region each fall since 1974, most often in the Vancouver, B.C , 11 31 fbr the Victoria area), Oregonobservers reported 0.95:1, while area.A red-breastedad. Bar-tailed Godwit Aug. 9 at theDungeness R WashingIonianscited just 0.39:1. Four Red-shoulderedHawks in Or- mouth,Clallam Co., Wash. (•'SS), constitutedthe only reportth•s egonthis fall washalf of lastyear's record total. Two were notedaway season.Bar-tailed Godwits have beenrecorded in 9 of the past 12 fall from the s. coastalnesting outpost, one Oct. 15 at FinleyN.W.R., near seasonswith mostreports from the Washingtonand Oregon coasts. A Corvallis(J. Krabbe,fideEE) andthe otherin mid-Novemberin nearby singleRed Knot Nov. 1 at Victoria was late (RS, fide VG). n Lane County(AP,fide DF). The only Swainson'sHawk notedwas a SemipalmatedSandpiper reports were again concentrated in the Van- migrantat 6000 ft onMr. Rainier,Wash., Aug. 4 (GR et al.). A Rough- couver, B.C., area, with 18 sightingsof 25 + individuals,and on the leggedHawk at Sea 1., near Vancouver,B.C., Aug. 28 (H. & W. Oregoncoast, with 12 sightingsof 19+ individuals.Washington ob- Hesse)was abouta month aheadof schedule.One at Lebanon,Oreg., serversreported 2 sightingsof four individuals,none coastal.Most Sept. 30 wasjudged 10 daysearly there(B. Thackaberry,fide DF). reportswere in Augustwith the latesta singleSept. 25 at Iona I. (BK) Falconsare holding their own, judging by the numberof reported The 15,000 W. SandpipersAug. 2 at Tillamook Bay, Oreg., had de- sightings.At leastfour Gyrfalcons compares to anaverage of 2.6 for the clinedto 2500by Sept.8 andto 400 by Sept.17, representativeof a very previous5 years. One Sept. 6 at Vancouver,B.C., was very early heavycoastal movement (fide HN). Baird'sSandpipers peaked at 25 at (MMG). Sixty-fivePeregrine reports was up from the 5-yearaverage of Delta, B.C., Sept.6 (MF, T. Plath,MP) with a verylate straggler Oct 40, as were Merlin reports,with 74 this fall comparedto the averageof 10 at Ocean Shores(JS). A winter-plumagedadult at the SiuslawR 65 Five PrairieFalcons reported in Oregonis normal.Two huntingMt. mouth,near Florence, Oreg., Sept. 12 wasmost unusual (DF, SH). One Rmnier'salpin• slopesSept. 7-25 (EH, D. Wechsler,A. Stepniewski) hundredand ten PectoralSandpipers at Iona I., Sept. 16 was the sea- andanother high in GaribaldiP.P., n. of Vancouver,B.C., Aug. 22 (B. son'shigh count, decliningto 30 thereOct. 15, with nonethereafter McGrenere) chosethe high road s. Anotherat LeadbetterPt., on the s. (DA, JI, S. Hosie). One Pectorallingered until Nov. 14 at the Nehalem Washingtoncoast Sept. 26 (RW) was well out of range. ponds,Oreg. (JG, OS,fide HN). Sharp-tailedSandpipers rated below As usual,hundreds of SandhillCranes gathered on SauvieI., Sept. par with maximaof five at Iona I., Sept. 18 (DK, JI, MMG et al.) and 23-Nov. 20. Three hundred were still presentin late November at three at Ocean ShoresOct. 10 (JS). One at Iona I., Nov, 9 (A. Grass) CamasSwale, Lane Co., Oreg. (AP, fide DF), anothertraditional rest wasthe only sightingafter mid-October. A Curlew Sandpiperat Iona stop Nine in C. Saanich,V.I., Sept. 11 wasthe nextlargest concentra- I., Sept.17 (•'GA, m.ob.)was British Columbia's sixth. This species tion noted(BW, AM,.fide VG). The Oregonbirds may comedown the has now been recorded3 fall seasonsin a row. Stilt Sandpiperswere ColumbiaR., from the interior. unusuallyscarce with five individualsreported Aug. 16-Oct. 8, contrastingwith lastfall's record30 + sightings.Nine Buff-breastedSand- SHOREBIRDS -- LesserGolden-Plovers peaked at 200 at Ocean pipersAug. 18-Oct. I wasbelow the averageof 12 for 1980-1982.The ShoresSept. 18 (EH et al.), an increaseover the past2 years.The last 19 RuffsAug. 4-Oct. 13 wasan all time Regionalhigh. Fourwere found was one Oct. 29 at S.J.C.R. (OS,fide HN). A few of the forn•fulva-- togetherSept. 12 at the SiuslawR. mouth,near Florence, Oreg. (•-DF, candidatefor full speciesstatus (Auk 100:607-620)--were identified SH, BC). Short-billedDowitcher numbers declined sharply after m•d- Sept. 5 & 18 at OceanShores (DP, EH) & Sept. 6 at NehalemMeadows, September,and the lastwas reported Oct. 28 at Reifel I., Ladnet, B .C Oreg.(•'DI). ThirteenBlue-listed Snowy Plovers were at CoosBay Oct. (MP, MF). Numbersof Long-billedstapered off after late October 12 (L. Thornburgh,fideAMG), and30 wereat SuttonBeach, Lane Co., Red-neckedand Red phalaropeswere in very low numbersoffshore Oreg., Dec. 3 (BC, DF, SH). Single Am. Avocetsstrayed W of the Red Phalaropeswere unreportedon 5 of 7 pelagictrips out of Grays Cascadesto OceanShores Aug. 28 (B. Reichert)and to Bandon,Oreg., Harbor(TW, EH). However, Novemberstorms brought dozens ashore Sept. 4 (M. Robbins,.fide HN), and four to CoosBay Aug. 28 (T. at Victoria, V.I. (fide VG), and from Willapa Bay, Wash., to Lane Morgan,.fideHN). Bandonseems a favoredsite, as avocetsappeared County, Oreg. (RW, G&GR, DF, HN et al.). there in 1977 and 1978 also. E•ghtSolitary Sandpipers Aug. 21-Oct. 1 werefewer than the average JAEGERSTHROUGH ALCIDS -- Pomafineand Long-tailedjae- for a fall season.Sightings of one-five Willets were widely scattered gers,although in belowaverage numbers offshore, were notedonshore

Volume 38, Number 2 237 Table 2. Offshore sightings: Larids, Alcids

8-17 8-27 8-27 9-3 9 4 9-6 9-9 9-11 9-17 10-3 Species Wash. Wash. Oreg. B.C. B.C. Wash. Wash. Wash. Wash. Wash. Comments PomarineJaeger 9 8 I 5 9 12 I 0 9 I 0 12 low (TW) ParasiticJaeger 0 0 -- 0 0 4 5 2 0 2 low (TW) Long-tailedJaeger 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 7 I 0 low (TW) jaeger species 2 I SouthPolar Skua 0 2 0 I 0 I 5 5 5 3 all dark-phase(EH) Black-leggedKittiwake 0 20 -- -- I 230 30 75 50 192 very high (TW) Sabine's Gull 12 8 2 130 150 4 2 4 l0 0 note La Perouse Bank concentrations Arctic Tern 0 I 0 I 3 0 I 0 I 0 low CommonMurre 337 258 few -- -- 210 250 299 200 91 low, no young(TW) Cassin's Auklet 2 5 10 60 -- I I 10 21 30 214 10c)• of normal before Oct. (TW) Rhino. Auklet 46 37 10 -- -- 47 25 68 20 193 low Tufted Puffin 2 3 I 5 2 0 I 4 2 4 with exceptionalfrequency. Pomarineswere sighted at Vancouver, ton SanJuans Nov. 13 (TW). Singlefirst-year Glaucous Gulls Aug. 18 B.C., Pt. Roberts,Ocean Shores, the Columbia R. jetties, andNewport, at Tsawwassennear Ladner, B.C. ('i'MP)and Sept. 13 at Victoria(MS, Oreg. (m.ob.), from early to mid-September.Eight Long-tailedJaegers fide VG) were very early. Five birdsNov. 5 + were nor•nal.Inshore were onshoreSept. 2-24, with six of these between Vancouverand Sabine'sGulls were reportedfrom Vancouverand Victoria, B.C., Pt. Victoria, B.C. (fide DK, VG). RW identifiedsix skuasSept. 15-25 Robertsand Seattle,Wash., and Newportand CoosBay, Oreg., Aug. from shore off the N.J.C.R_ 24-Oct. 29. Franklin's Gull reportswere downwith maximaof only threeat both Iona I., B.C., and Everett, Wash., in September.Single ad. Little Gulls SoAo werereported Sept. 17-18at Pt. Roberts(F. Kile, gDK et al.), Sept.2 I CaspianTerns experienced near total nesting failure at their at Iona I. (gBK, gMP), and aboutVictoria Sept. 22-Nov. 16 (m.ob., s.w. Washingtoncolonies and most had left the Regionby mid- fide VG). It is possiblethat only a single bird was involved. An ad. September.But El NiXo's mostdramatic effect was the unprec- Common Black-headed Gull was about Victoria Aug. 20-Sept. 25. edentedinvasion of Elegant Terns N from California.Although This is a privilegedlocation for this very rare visitor to our Region. occasionallynumerous as far n. asHumboldt Bay in n. California Bonaparte'sGulls off Victoria were estimatedat 15,000-20,000 Oct. in post-breedingdispersal (e.g.. AB 37:220). nonehad ever be- 29-Nov. 19 (KT, RS, VG). Heer•nann's Gulls were more abundantand forebeen recorded in thisRegion. The drama opened Aug. 4 with widespreadthan usual, presumablyreflecting the impactof El Niho on a sightingat Coos Bay in s. Oregon(fide AMG). August6 their Gulf of Californiabreeding colonies. The 10-20% immaturesnoted broughtthe Coos Bay total to 29 (M. Graybill, B. Pitman,fide at Westport and in the San JuanIs., was consideredan exceptionally DF) and threeto Ocean Shores,Wash. (D. & C. Bruce, G. & W. high proportion(G. Walker, TW). Hundredsremained in the Washing- Hoge). By Aug. 20-22 there were 26 at Cape Blanco, 40 at YaquinaBay, and 14 at TillamookBay in Oregon;25 at Long Beachand 21 at Ocean Shoresin Washington;and sevenN to BoundaryBay, near Vancouver,B.C. (R. Stallcupet al.; photos, MD, KT) for a Canadian first. The Grays Harbor flock reached100 Sept. 4, while 200+ frequentedthe Rogue R. mouth in s. Oregon to Sept. 15. Numbersthereafter declined sharply,with oneNov. 13 at CoosBay the lastreported (AMG). Most were apparentlyadults. some still showingtraces of the pink of breedingplumage.

Forster'sTerns strayedN and W of their normalpath en route to Californiawith an adultnoted at Blaine,Wash., andnearby at Crescent Beach, B.C., Aug. 25-Sept. II (?WW, gBK). Anotherwas at the N.J.C.R., Sept. 14 (•'RW) andthree were reported in OregonSept. I- 2 I. BlackTerns did likewisewith singlesnoted at SeattleAug. 23 (DH), Yaquina Bay, Oreg., Sept. 7 (HN), and at Ocean ShoresSept. 17-18 (EP, H. Fray; BK). EINigo conditionsdiscouraged nesting by Com. Murresand Cassin's Auklets(see Table 2). The large RhinocerosAuklet colonyon Protec- tion I., Wash., wasapparently little affected,as somewhatcolder waters prevailedin the inner Strait of Juande Fuca (Pac. Northwest 17(9):19- 20). Two Xantus' Murrelets off Westport.Wash.. Sept. I I, afterthis summer'ssighting, were the first since 1979. Ancient Murrelets migrating E pastClover Pt., Victoria. peakedat 7000 Nov. 2 and 13.000Nov. 19 (RS,fide VG). Where they go is a mystery,as the largestnumber reportedelsewhere was 100 at Pt. RobertsNov. 22 (JI).

OWLS THROUGH SWALLOWS--No SnowyOwls were reported anywhereby period'send, an unprecedentedevent. BarredOwls were found at 10 locationsbetween Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver,B.C., Sharp-tailedSandpiper, Nehalem Sewage Lagoon, TillamookCo., asthey continued to consolidatetheir position here. A Long-earedOwl Oreg., Sept. 25, 1983. Photo/O. Schmidt. at SauvieI., Orcg., Aug. 13-Sept.23 (V. Teale, D. Daly,fide HN) was

238 AmericanBirds, March April 1984 early. Two were near Vancouvcr, B.C., Nov. 11-18 (m.ob.), and another was in Saanich.V.l., Nov. 18 (S. Fowler, A. Drabitt. tide VG). A Common Poorwill foundstunned Oct. I I nearBurlington, Skagit Co., Wash. (J. Wiggcrs,fide TW). was broughtin for rehabilitation.They are very rare w. of the Cascadesin Washington. The last Black Swifts were 11 over Willapa Bay. Wash., Sept. 18 (WW, MD, MF). Vaux's Swifts were still migratingat Portland,Oreg., on the very latedate of Nov. 5 (DI). Singlec• CalliopeHummingbirds in the Rogue R. valley Aug. 3 & 16 (MM) were near the edge of their breedingrange. SingleLewis' Woodpeckersstrayed to C. Saanich.V.l.. Oct. 8 (DFr. fide VG) and to Corvallis, Oreg.. Oct. 28 (B. & N. Hacker.fide EEl. A Three-toedWoodpecker in Victoria was well describedSept. 19 ½*R. MacKenzie-Grieve,W. Bowie.fide VG) for the first confirmedrecord for s. VA., thoughthey nestfarther n. on the island. "Pure" Yellow- Siberian Aeeentor. Indian i., JeffersonCo., 14•sh.. Oct. 30, 1983. shaftedN. Flickersarrived as early as Sept. 16 in Seattle(DH) andSept. Photo/D_ Paulson 21 in C. Saanich, V.l. (BW, fide VG). The last flycatcherdeparture dates were: Olive-sided,Sept. 10. Dun- bier Sept. 22 at the N.J.C.R. {xRW), WashingtoWs3rd single-person geness,Wash. (SS,fide DS); W. Wood-Pewee,Oct. I, Eugene,Oreg. sightrecord: an Am. RedstartAug. 6 at Chehalis.Wash. (K. Burdenet (DF): Willow. Sept. 22, C. Saanich. V.l. (J & RS, title VG); Ham- al.): andsingle N. WaterthrashesAug. 25 at Vancouver,B.C. (•-BM), mond's. Sept. 29. near Vancouver. Wash. (fide WC); and Western, and Oct. I at Ft. Canb5 S.P., near Ilwaco. Wash. (•EP). Eight Palm Oct. 6, Saanich.V.l. (J & RS.fide VG). SevenSay's Phoebesnoted Warblers appearedOct. 5+ on the outer coast from s. V.I., to s. Aug. 13-Oct. 17 from near Vancouverand Victoria, B.C., Westport, Oregon.One was away from the coastin W. Vancouver.B.C., Oct. 2 Wash., andCapes Meares and Blanco.Oreg., was normal.Three Ash- {tAP). NashvilleWarblers strayed to Vancouver,B.C., Aug. 25 & 30 throatedFlycatchers strayed N and W of their breedingrange to Port- (MP, MF) and to Saanichnear Victoria, V.I., Sept. l0 & Nov. 20-21 land.Oreg., Aug. 17 (S. Jaggers.fideHN), Vancouver.B.C.. Aug. 29- (TZ. VG. MS). The last Yellow Warbler reported was Sept. 22 at 30 (J-DK.2MD et al.). andLong Beach, V.I., Sept.7 (2MS,fide VG). Metcbosin,s. VA. {M & VG). The lastBlack-throated Grays were Oct. The lone Tropical Kingbird sightedwas at WinchesterBay. near 9 at Eugene(DF) and Nov. 5 at Wolf Creek (B. Peters).both Oreg. The Reedsport,Oreg., Oct. 23 (M. Sawyer, D. Herr, fide HN). A W. last Hermit was Oct. 7 near Eugene {L. Hamm, fide EEL The last Kingbird at Metchosin.s. V.l.. Oct. I (Mr. & Mrs. J. Collins, M&VG) MacGillivray's was Sept. 29 at Alaksen N.W.A., near Vancouver, was the farthestn.w. and the latestof the 7 Regionalreports. Fifty B.C. (DK). The last Corn. Yellowthroat was Oct. 16 at Ashland. s. Purple Martins at Nchalcm Meadows. Oreg., Sept. 10-17 (M. Hunter, Oreg. (MM). and the last Wilson's were Sept. 29 at the Alaksen fide HN) was the largestconcentration noted and the latestobservation. N.W.A. (DK) & Oct. 16 in w. SkamaniaCounty. Wash. (fide WC). The last of 4 Bank Swallow reportswas of one Sept. 5 in C. Saanich, V.I. (KT, fide VG). BUNTINGS THROUGH GOLDFINCHES -- Two Lazuli Buntings Oct. 3-8 at Eugene.Oreg., were unusual(DF, SH). A Dickcisselat H. Norbisrath's feeder near Forks. Clallam Co., Wash.. Nov. 4-16 {DS, JAYS THROUGH WARBLERS -- A Blue Jay appearedNov. 2 + M. Carmody;SS. ph.) furnishedthe firststate and 4th Regionalrecord. nearlssaquah, King Co., Wash.{B. Johnson).Steller's Jays "invaded" The only Am. Tree Sparrowsnoted were one-threeat Delta, B.C., the Victoria, V.I.. area beginningin mid-August(fide VG) and were Nov. 25-28 (C. Butt, JI). A Clay-coloredSparrow Nov. 5 + at a North notedas unusuallynumerous in Whatcornand Skamaniacos., Wash., Bend. Oreg.. feederwas a CoosCounty first (B. Griffin, m.ob., fide and about Eugene.Oreg.. this fall (fide TW. WC. DF). Single Scrub AMG. HN). Stray Lark Sparrowson the coastincluded singles Sept. 5- Jays strayedN to Bremcrton,Kitsap Co., in early September{fide J. 10 at Nehalem Meadows, Oreg ;DI. M. Koninendyke),Oct. 4 at the Carson)and to OlympiaOct. 2-5 (D. White, T. Shaver,fide1. Allen), N N.J.C.R. (RW), and Nov. 26 at Devil's Elbow S.P., Lane Co., Oreg. of their normalrange in s.c. Washington.A Clark's Nutcrackerwas w. (BC, DF). The last two were identifiedas immaturcs.A Lark Bunting to nearToledo, Oreg., in late October(F. Shrock,fideHN) Black-billed Nov. 4 in N. Vancouver.B.C. (G. Thomson).was only the 2nd Van- Magpiesturned up nearRuch, s. Orcg.. Sept. 19-Oct. I (J. Keller, fMe couver area record and the 5th for the Region in fall. Single Swamp MM). at the Nisqually N.W.R., near Olympia. Wash., Oct. 7 (T. Sparrows were reportedOct. 16 from Finley N.W.R., nearCorvallis, Peterson), and at Reifel 1., near Ladnor, B.C., Oct. 20+ (DK. C. Oreg. (A. & D. Martin, fide EE), Oct. 30-Nov. 25 from C. Saanich Trefry, L. Haggert).These somewhat unusual corvid sightings are cor- (MS, KT, R. Williams,fide VG), & Nov. 7-8 from Saanich,V.I. (TZ, related with a substantial Mountain Chickadee movement into the low- ph., fide VG). Twenty-threeWhite-throated Sparrows were reported landsbeginning in lateSeptember and remarked upon by observersfrom beginningSept. 25:14 in British Columbia, four in Washington,and Pacific County. Wash.. to North Bend, Oreg. five in Oregon.Eight Harris' Sparrowswere reported Oct. 4 +, with six A PygmyNuthatch Aug. 17 in Saanich,V.I. (tMS,fide VG), was in BritishColumbia, and one each in Washingtonand Oregon. A Snow one of very few reportsw. of the Cascadedivide. The gnatcatcherAug. BuntingOct. 13 at OceanShores was on a recordearly datefor the state I in Saanich,VA. {•'R. & F. Stoba,fide VG), wasBritish Columbia's (DP, PM, J. Erckmann).A Rustic Bunting, pickedout of a largejunco 3rd record.Though presumably a Blue-grayGnatcatcher, details provided do not allow a positiveidentification. It could not be found subsequently.Single Mountain Bluebirds at Pt. Roberts,Wash., Sept. 6 (FK) and at Sea 1., near Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 11 (JI), and a flock of two-seven at Victoria, V.I., Nov. 12-27 (RS, m.ob., fide VG) were displacedmigrants. Northern Mockingbirds were almostnumerous with 8 reports.The first hint of the outstanding"Siberian invasion" in the offingwas the one-day visit of a Siberian AccentorOct. 30 at IndianI., near Port Townsend, Wash. It was found and identified by JS and subsequentlyseen by M. Egger & DP (ph.), but could not be found subsequently.To our knowledge,this was the first report outside Alas- ka. where it is known to have occurred but 4 or 5 times. Three Bohemian WaxwingsNov. 20 at CypressP.P., n. of Vancouver.B.C.. wasunusual (Jl). A LoggerheadShrike strayed to SauvieI., Oct. 13 (HN). North- ern Shrikesarrived on or shortly after Oct. I throughoutthe Region. Vagrant warblerswere little notedthis fall. There were two Tennessee Rustic Bunting, R. Jordan, Renfrew Land District, B.C., Nov. 28, WarblersSept. 17in Saanich.V.I. (•RS,fide VG); a MagnoliaWar- 1983 Photo/T. Zurowski.

Volume 38, Number 2 239 flock at Jordan R., 50 mi w. of Victoria, V.I., Nov. 25 (ME & VG, speciesis known from but 2 previousCanadian records, both in British m.ob.; TZ, ph.), stayedthe winter, for the first confirmedsighting s. of Columbia (fide DK). Alaska. StrayBobolinks were foundSept. ! & !7 in C. Saanich,V.I. (½C.& ABBREVIATIONS: N.J.C.R. = North Jettyof the ColumbiaRiver, T. Burke, AM,fide VG) and Oct. 10 at Seattle(DB). SevenYellow- S.J.C.R. = SouthJetty of the same, N.W.A. = National Wildlife headedBlackbirds were reportedAug. 22-Oct. 12. Rusty Blackbirds Area, V.I. = Vancouver 1., '• = written details submitted. were noted Sept. 24 in C. Saanich(KT, fide VG), Nov. 11 in Saanich (?JB,fide VG), two wereat luna 1., nearVancouver, B.C., Oct. 10-15 INITIALED CONTRIBUTORS, with Sub-regionalEditors in bold- (F. Walker, P. Cook et al.). Rusty Blackbirdsare reportedmost falls, face--D. Aidcroft, G. Anscll. D_ Bcaudette.W. Cady, B. Coombs,J with most records from s. British Columbia. Carlson,M. Daly, E. Eltzroth, D. Fix, M. Force, D. Fraser(DFr), J. A Brambling Nov. 20 at BillingsPt., near Sooke, V.I., was located Gilligan, M. & V. Goodwill, B. Harrington-Tweit, S. Hcinl, D. by KT andseen by manyobservers that day (TZ, ph.), but couldnot bc Hutchinson,J. Ireland, D. Irons, B. Kautesk,D. Kragh, B. MacDon- foundsubsequently. This providedthe 3rd BritishColumbia record and ald, A. MacLead, A. McGic (AMG), M. McGrcnere (MMG), M. the 6th tbr the Region.Ten LesserGoldfinches at Portland,Oreg., Nov. Moore, H. Nehls, A. Pallcroni, D. Paulson, E. Peaslee,M. Price, G. 22 (DI, fide HN) were at the n. limit of their normal range, but stray & R. Ramsey, J. & R. Satterfield,Owen Schmidt, M. Shepard,J. LesserGoldfinches at Vancouver,B.C., Sept. 15-16{fBK. ?H. & J. Skriletz, D. & S. Smith, K. Taylor, T. Wahl, W. Weber, B. Whitting- Mackenzie) and near Sechelt, B.C., Oct. 22-23 ½I-T. Greenfield, K. ton, R. Widrig, T. Zurowski. EUGENE S. HUNN, Dept. of An- Angermeyer)were noteworthyfor this largely sedentarybird. This thropology,and PHILIP W. MATrOCKS, JR., Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.

MIDDLE PACIFIC COAST REGION /Ron LeValley, John Sterling, Richard A. Erickson,and Kenneth V. Rosenberg Yre• t • tara a•os•. M. •.. Shasta•.. ,J More or lesstypical fall weatherwas experienced this year. Septem- • •a• • • :1 N E V ber andOctober had a few minorfronts and November brought our first Eureka SHASTAL • EAGLE• "winter" storms.Ocean temperatures remained above average throughout the periodbut a significantcooling occurred after strongnorthwest •E•DS [ •. '•Bo•Y•' ReaBmu• JReno windsin mid-October.Prior to the coolingperiod, ocean temperatures [ SaC•a•6N•OChico •- Je .,, reachedas high as 18øC,2 ø above the 20-yearaverage. The overallrate of oceancooling was fairly normal, so by the end of the period water Fo,Bragq•- N,rw • " •evadaCity. •'• •'•c,ee temperatureshad cooled to 14-16%still slightlyabove average. . Pt.Arena • o• W•dmond • -'• -. -- -,, Pelagicbirding was particularlyinteresting owing to the continuation of the El Ni•o event. Unprecedentednumbers of somespecies were • •an• •osaß Na na •e•l • ßBridgepar conspicuousin inshorewaters, providing a rare opportunityfor close and prolongedstudy. However, the list of southernoceanic rarities visiting our Region fell shortof someobservers' expectations. On land, shorebirdsprovided most of the entertainment.However, a •araeme•( •eleY • eLosBonos major wave of vagrantlandbirds occurred on Pt. ReyesSeptember 26 •et • Ldg. . e•tes• o when a remarkable19 speciesof wood warblerswere discovered(RS, San /• osOS N M - - ' LCB). Mantone bird species,such as Golden-crownedKinglet, that •e• • - - V•saha were considered decimated after the cold, wet winter of 1981-1982 had recoveredto averageor evenabove average numbers. These birds must be well adaptedto suchadverse conditions and in the long term may not be as susceptibleto short-termfluctuations in the weatheras some observers have feared. It shouldbe notedthat very few reportsreach the Regionaleditors LOONS THROUGH TUBENOSES -- An Arctic Loon on Frick L., with supportingdetails or descriptions.Therefore only sightings preced- Nov. 26, the first recordfor e. Alameda.was joined by a Red-throated ed by a t have been reviewedby us. Nov. 28 (AE, KHi). Normally Frick L., is not deepenough to attract loons. Four thousandArctic Loons near F.I., were presentduring a Last dates: Vaux's Swift Oct. 15 Requa.Del Norte; RufousHum- "bloom" of pelagicred crabs Nov. 15. a phenomenonnormally occur- mingbirdSept. 10 SequoiaN.P.; Olive-sidedFlycatcher Sept. 18 Ba- ring only in mores. waters.A Cam. Loonat the ThermaliraAfterbay, linos;W. Wood-PeweeSept. 27 PaloAlto; W. FlycatcherOct. 14 Putah Butte Oct. 16 (BED) was the only reportfrom away from coastalareas. Creek, Solano;Purple Martin Sept. i 8 Bolinas;Barn Swallow Nov. 20 Up to 20 Horned Grebesat Mona L., near SneakerFlat Oct. 16 {JLo) CreightonRanch; House Wren Nov. 18 Palomarin;SwainsoWs Thrush werenotable as t-his species is scarcee. of the Sierrancrest. Red-necked Oct. 16, F.I.; Warbling Vireo Oct. 23 Carmel R., Monterey; Yellow Grebesapparently arrived late this fall asten in DrakesBay, Marin Sept. Warbler Oct. 7 Marin; Black-throatedGray Warbler Nov. 16 Stockton; 28 wasthe firstconcentration found despite much earlier searching (JE). MacGillivray's Warbler Oct. 28 Tule Lake N.W.R.; Cam. Yellow- A singleRed-necked Grebe reportedwithout details from Bitterwater throat Oct. 20 CrescentCity. L., San Benira in early Novemberwould have been an unusualinland sighting(fide KH). First dates: Rock SandpiperNov. 11 BadegoHead; Red-breasted NorthernFulmars arrived early with upto eightrecorded on Monterey SapsuckerSept. 24 Palomarin;Water Pipit Sept. 11 Point St. George, Bay pelagictrips duringAugust (DR, SFB, ABet al.). Their numbers Del Norte; Cedar Waxwing Aug. 7 Lee Vining; N. Shrike Oct. 22 L. increasedto 250-300 during Octoberand Novemberwhen an onshore Talawa, Del Norte; Nashville Warbler Aug. 22 Gold Bluff Beach, movementwas detectedand many were founddead on beaches{ABet Humboldt; Yellow Warbler Aug. 6, F.I.; "Audubon's" Warbler Aug. al.). All 3 of the commonfall-occurring shearwater species (Pink- 30 Pacific Grove; Black-throatedGray Warbler Aug. 8 Palomarin; footed,Buller's and Sooty) were found in muchbelow average numbers Townsend's Warbler Aug. 10 Palomarin; Hermit Warbler Aug. 13 in Monterey Bay. Off Humboldt Bay, 300 Pink-tbotedShearwaters Palomarin;MacGillivray's Warbler Aug. 6 PointSt. George;Wilson's Sept.22 (RLeV et al.) were morelike normalnumbers. More enigmatic Warbler Aug. 13, F.I. was "the best year ever" (AB) for Short-tailedShearwaters as this

240 American Birds, March-April 1984 species•s generally associated w•th cooler waters The firstarrivals were A Least Bittern at CharlestonSlough, Santa Clara Sept 27 was a singlebird on MontereyBay Sept. 18 (JM, JML) andten offshorefrom followed by two the next day (fide WB). The s. San JoaquinValley HumboldtBay Sept.22 (RLeV et al.). On Oct. 3, two wereseen inside continuesto host good numbersof Cattle Egrets; a peak of 260 was HumboldtBay (RLeV, LD) andone wasseen from shoreat Pescadero, countedat CreightonRanch Oct. 13 (RH). Farthern., 50 nearthe Sutter San Mateo Nov. 11 (BS), illustratingan establishedtendency for this Buttes,Butte Nov. 2 (WA) and60 at DelevanN.W.R., ColusaNov. 10 speciesto approachclose to shore.Up to 35 countedin MontereyBay, (BED) were impressivenumbers for the SacramentoValley. White- many within easysight of shoreNov. 11-30 (AB, DR, B & CY, JML et facedIbises staged a minorinvasion to the coastas follows: one passed al ) andsix seenfrom F.I., Nov. 15 were the respectivepeak numbers Pt. PinosSept. 21 (RS); two iramaturesat L. Talawa, Del Norte Sept from those localities. Warmer waters were correlated with a notable 24 confirmedthe 2ndcounty record (GL, JR); onewas at MossLanding invasion of Black-vented Shearwaters. Small numbers arrived in Mon- Oct. 4 (FB); one immaturewas at Salmon Cr., SonomaOct. 5 (JE); and terey Bay Aug. 14 (AB) and they were presentcontinuously through singlesat PescaderoOct. 15 (CB) andone mi s. of Half Moon Bay Oct m•d-Octoberwith peaknumbers reported Oct. 9 when300 werepresent 16 (BS) providedthe first San Mateo records. (RS). North of therethe first HumboMt recordwas of two birdsdiscov- ered off Humboldt Bay Sept. 2 (JSt, KVR, LD et al.) and the 3rd WATERFOWL -- The fall movementof Brantgenerally passes by through5th F.I. recordswere established Sept. 22, 25 & Oct. 21 respec- our Regionundetected, so 14,400 calculatedto have passedby F.I , tively. duringdaylight hours Nov. 4 werenotable. Peak fall numbersof "Aleu- The Monterey Bay storm-petrelconcentrations again causedgreat tian" Canada Geese occurred Nov. 13-18 when 3800 were counted in excitementthis fall. October15 broughtthe only confirmedWilson's Del Norte and Colusa (PS). Good concentrationsof Wood Ducks were Storm-Petrelsighting (SFB et al.). reportedfrom the followinglocalities: 45 at EspaLagoon, Gold Bluffs The most notablestorm-petrel news may have been the massive Beach,Humboldt Sept. 15-Nov. 10 (GS), 35 at L. Solano,Solano Oct •nvasionof Fork-tailedStorm-Petrels along the entire coast.The first 21 (JML), 39 atthe Auburn sewer ponds Oct. 26 (BBa)and 49 atHanggl s•ghtingswere from Del Norte Aug. 14 when 12 wereseen off PointSt. Pond,Springville, Tulare Nov. 20 (LN). FourteenBlue-winged Teal in Georgeand five werein CrescentCity Harbor(RAE et al. ). On thesame the Smith R. estuary,Del Norte Aug. 16 (JH) werepossibly lingering day five were found in Trinidad Harbor, Humboldt(RLeV, LD, RAE, individualsof a localbreeding population. Two eclipse-plumagedbirds JSt) Peak numbersin the n. countieswere Aug. 16 when 30 were in at EurekaAug. 26 (ph., KVR) werethe only othersightings from the n TrimdadHarbor (GS) and Aug. 21 when 35 were in CrescentCity coastarea. After mid-September,Blue-winged Teal were reportedin Harbor(MR). Farthers. therewas a largeinflux onshore Aug. 24 which small numbersfrom 9 traditionallocalities in the s. half of the Region broughtthree near F.I., for the 2nd fall recordand up to 100 alongthe EurasianWigeon were reportedfrom 8 traditionallocations after mid- MontereyBay shorelinefor one of the mostspectacular concentrations Octoberas usual,with 10 + presentat SacramentoN.W.R., Nov. 30 + m memory(DR, AB, SFB). Mostremarkably, this invasion had nothing (MR-H) the best concentration. to do with the strongNW windsthat typically characterize this species' A 9 Steller's Eider, California's2nd (AB 37:333), was shotby a occurrencesonshore, in fact windswere notably calm during the period duck hunterin s. HumboldtBay in mid-November(fide S. Harris). The of the incursion.Most likely, lack of food in theirnormal waters farther bird is now a mountedspecimen in a privatecollection. Two Harlequin offshoreinduced them to searchfor foodcloser to shore.On two sepa- Ducksat AndrewMolera S.P., MontereySept. 17 (JML et al.) & Sept rate occasions,W. Gulls were seen to captureand eat these storm- 25 (BLAB) were s. of their normalrange. A 9 Oldsquawat Trinidad petrelswhile theyfed in TrinidadHarbor (PS, KI). Perhapspredation is HarborAug. 22 (RLeV) waslikely a lingeringsummer individual. The a factorpreventing inshore feeding as a normalevent in thisspecies. A only one reportedaway from the n. coastalcounties was a female at Leach'sStorm-Petrel seen from shorein a massivefeeding frenzy off Frick L., AlamedaNov. 30 (AE, JR). Inland Surf Scoterswere at Tule Montara,San Mateo Sept. 10 (BS) wasnotable as this species is rarely Lake N.W.R., Oct. 28-Nov. 2 (BED) andat L. Shastina,Siskiyou Nov seenin inshorewaters. A singleWedge-rumped Storm-Petrel found 8 11-13 (RE). A • Com. Goldeneyeon L. ShastinaAug. 23-Sept. 18 km n.w. of Pt. PinosOct. 2 ORS, •'JE)and again Oct. 9 (-i'JML,•'MOC) (RE, MR) and a female at Arcata Sept. 3 (RLeV, KVR) were likely establishedonly the 5th Californiarecord for this tropicale. Pacific lingeringsummer birds. Interior sightings of Red-breastedMergansers species.Probably associated with the warmerwaters were n. recordsfor are unusual,so singlefemales at the Woodlandsewage ponds, Yolo BlackStorm-Petrel. Two werefound off HumboldtBay Sept.2 for only Sept.3 (JML) andat Tule LakeN.W.R., Nov. I (BED) wereof interest the 2nd countyrecord (JSt, KVR, LD) and25 werepresent there Sept. Six 9-type Hooded Mergansersnear the Little R. mouth,Humboldt 22 (RLeV et al.) for what wereprobably the northernmostoccurrences Sept. 4 (KVR) couldhave been the resultof local breeding;there are ever Elsewhere,the first F.I. recordwas established Aug. 22 followed very few confirmednesting records from the n. coast. by five more sightingsthere throughOct. 5. The LeastStorm-Petrel, RAPTORS THROUGH CRANES -- A Turkey Vulture near Ft anotherwarm-water species, was presentin unprecedentednumbers Dick, Del Norte Nov. 27 (GL) was in an area where they do not whenboat trips in early Octoberreported 500-1000. t in MontereyBay normally winter. A roost of 120 Black-shoulderedKites near Liver- (m oh.). Normallyonly oneto threeare sighted in warmwater years but more,Alameda Sept. 2-Oct. 27 (AE) was one of the largestreported the previoushigh countfor the Regionwas of 200 Sept. 21, 1981. A recently.Elsewhere their populationsseem to be increasingslowly or Least Storm-Petreloff Pt. Pinos Nov. 21 (DR) establishedour latest remainingstable at low numbers.Northern Goshawks were reported Regional record. from an impressive14 locations,mostly in the Sierranand Cascade ranges.One alongAlder SpringsRidge, Glen Nov. 1%18 (JLo) was in BOOBIES THROUGH IBISES -- A sub-ad. Brown Booby on the CoastRange at an expectedelevation but anotherreport from n. of F I , Sept.24-28 OKH, P.R.B.O.) furnishedthe first Regional record. Rockport,Mendicino Sept. 21 (BE) wasearly for a migrantand at a low One mightassume that this occurrence would be El Niho related,but no elevation for a breeder. Broad-wingedHawks were scarcethis fall otherboobies reached California this fall andthis species is well known exceptSept. 28 when 10-12passed over Pt. Diablo,Marin in onehour as a hitchhikeron ships. An imm. Brown Pelicanseen at the E1 Rico (JE)! The only otherreports were of singleimmatures at Point Reyes Ranch,Kings Aug. 5 (RH, DY) providedone of veryfew inlandrecords Oct. 1 (HG) and BodegaBay Oct. 4 (BDP) and two immaturesat Pt for the Region.Presumably the samebird wassighted at thejunction of Diablo Oct. 15 (RS). FerruginousHawks were reportedin better than CrossCr. andthe Tule R., Kingslater in August(fide RH). Sightingsof averagenumbers in the interiorof the Regionbut Rough-leggedHawks an immatureat the HaciendaUnit, KingsOct. 9 (GG) and s. of Strat- were presentin low "non-invasion"numbers. Peregrine Falcons were ford, KingsOct. 12 (BrS) mayhave been of a differentindividual. Lack againpresent in encouragingnumbers throughout the Region, with more of food in the warm watersof MontereyBay droveBrown Pelicans to sightingscoming from the C. V. thanin recentyears. While the increas- following fishingboats in above averagenumbers where many were ing sightingsmay be due in partto reintroductionprograms, there seems intentionallymutilated. At least2 prosecutions,but as yet no convic- to be a genuineincrease in wild populationsas well. A Gyrfalcon(•' to tions,have resulted from thosesenseless acts •'de AB). SingleMagnifi- C.B.R.C.) wasdescribed from Tule Lake N.W.R., Oct. 31 OBED) asit cent Frigatebirds,always unusual this far n. were reportedfrom Fort stoopedon GreaterWhite-fronted and (Cackling)Canada Geese! The Bragg,Mendocino July 30 (fide GL); PalomarinAug. 1 •'de JE) and first record from California was of a specimentaken near the same Montara Aug. 4 (BS). location Oct. 23, 1948.

Volume 38, Number 2 241 It is alwayssurprising to findrails away from their normal habitats but Bmrd'sSandpipers passed through Aug. 5-Oct. 2 m smallerthan migrantsthat show up in odd placescan give us informationabout averagenumbers, at leastin the n. counties.Pectoral Sandpipers were migrationperiods. A VirginiaRail washiding behind a shrubon a front alsoslightly below average numbers but an adult at Wilder Beach, Santa porchin SanRamon, Contra Costa Aug. 7 (KHi), whileanother on F.I., CruzJuly 16 (CF), two on theHacienda Ranch, Kings Aug. 14 (MOC), Aug. 27 furnishedthe 4th is]andrecord. Meanwhile a Sofareached F.I., a juvenile nearFt. Dick, DeINorte Aug. 14 (RAE) andone at Frick L , Sept.7. A SandhillCrane in a fieldnear the s. endof TomalesBay Sept. AlamedaAug. 20 (AE) wereall early.Two juveniles near Ft. Dick Nov 16-Nov.22 (JEet al.) providedthe 3rd Marin record.Another unusual 15-16 were at the late end of the spectrum(RAE, GL). Sharp-tailed coastalrecord was providedby four adultsand one immatureat the Sandpiperswere againwell representedwith a minimumof six individ- SalinasR. mouth, Monterey,Nov. 4 (BW). In more normal haunts, uals as follows: Moss LandingSept. 12-27 (BLAB et al.), Pescadero 12,000 were at Merced N.W.R., Nov. 7 (RJB) and 3000 were in the MarshSept. 21-Oct. 3 (RS et al.), BodegaBay Sept. 22 (DHE), Eureka Gray Lodge-ButteSink areaduring the fall fit'deBED). Sept. 28 (RF, JSt), Pt. ReyesOct. 7-9 (BR, JR, KHi et al.), and Pt ReyesOct. 15-18 (JE, AE et al.). Five Stilt Sandpiperswas a good SHOREBIRDS -- Lesser Golden-Plovers were found in small num- showingas follows: one in theArcata Bottoms and Eureka Aug. 20 was bersat manycoastal locations with the largestconcentration being 23 in thoughtto be thesame bird (ph., KVR, JSt,ph., RLeV, LD), whileone the Arcata Bottoms,Humboldt Nov. 3 (JSt). The earliestdominica was at EurekaAug. 26 wasdifferent (ph., KVR); oneat the Woodland sugar spottedAug. 9 at PigeonPt., SanMateo (BS) whilethe firstfhlvawas pondsSept. 4-5 (T & AM, B & HK), oneor two at theBolinas sewage identifiedSept. 18 on Pt. Reyes(JW). AlthoughfMvaregularly winters pondsSept. 6-15 (DDeS, KH, DHE, JM), and the first San Mateo in the Region, the latestdominica were two identifiedNov. 25 at Half recordat PescaderoMarsh Sept. 15-21 (PJM, BS et al.). Two Buff- Moon Bay (BS). Observerswho arelearning to identifythese races have breastedSandpiper records were received, both from Petaluma, Sonoma helpedto elucidatethe relativepatterns of the two formsbut muchmore Aug. 22 (fide Gull) & 27 (KHa). Six Ruffs, now consideredregular in information is needed. Few of our inland records have been identified to the Regionin fall, werediscovered: one bandedat CreightonRanch race but it appearsthat most inland recordspertain to dominica.This Aug. 10-14(RH), onein Fremont,Alameda Aug. 19-23(fide Gull) one year inlandbirds were reportedas follows:four at the Davis sewage at the HaciendaUnit, KingsAug. 27 ('•RG), a juvenileat Pescadero pondsOct. 14 (TBe), 18 thereOct. 16 (BY) andfive Oct. 22 (JML); one Marsh,San Mateo Sept.7-16 ('kDHEet al.), ajuv. femaleat Eureka at the WoodlandTrestle Ponds Oct. 21 (JML), oneat the Lodi sewage Sept. 8-19 (RF, RAE et al.), andone in the LolettaBottoms, Humboldt pondsSept. 8 (JML) and anotherthere Oct. 29 (AE). This last bird was Sept. 20-24 (KI et al.). Short-billed Dowitchers,uncommon at best thoughtto beJhlva.A SemipalmatedPlover at HammondsL., Siskiyou inland, were identifiedas follows;one nearCorcoran, Kings Aug 5 Oct. 29 (RE, MR) wasvery late for aninland locality. Mountain Plovers (RH), two at IrongateRes., SiskiyouAug. 14 (MR), five at Tule Lake foundin oddlocations were three at Pt.Reyes Oct. 2 fit'deGull) 21 there N.W.R., Aug. 20 (MR), nine at Mono L., Sept.4 with onethere the Oct. 9 (KH), onethere Oct. 14 (RS) andone on SamoaBeach, Hum- next day (REW). and two at Tule Lake N.W.R., Sept. 11 (SS). boldt Nov. 22 (JSt). A Black-neckedStilt at Mad River P., HumboldtOct. 8 (RLeV, LD) JAEGERSTHROUGH ALCIDS -- Theonly inland jaeger identified and at Eureka Oct. 10 (RLeV) was one of few n. coastrecords. Seven to specieswas a Parasiticat Mono L., Sept.4 (REW) butjaegers thought SolitarySandpipers were reported this fall, the firstat CreightonRanch to be of this specieswere sightedat Mono L., Sept. 5 (HG) and at Aug. 14 (RH) andthe lastSept. 21 at theAuburn sewer ponds (BBa) CourtrightRes., FresnoSept. 10 (JW). In generalboth Pomarine and beingthe only ones away from the coast. Wandering Tattlers were found Parasiticjaegers were considered present in lowerthan average numbers insideS. F. Bay at Albany, AlamedaAug. 19 (HG) and at Mountain alongthe coast, but Parasitics may have been more conspicuous because View Forebay,Santa Clara Sept. 10 fit'deWB). Also remarkablewas of the large numberof ElegantTerns. An ad. Long-tailedJaeger off one 0.5 mi upsteamfrom the oceanat AndrewMolera S.P., Sept. 17 Montara, San Mateo Aug. 17 (BS) and four-five off HumboldtBay (JML). Few WanderingTattlers are ever found away from rocky ocean Sept. 2 (KVR, LD, JSt) were the only onesreported. At leastten shores.An Upland Sandpiper,for onlythe 5th Regional record, was s. differentS. Polar Skuaswere reportedoffshore Aug. 14-Nov. 7. of Davenport,Santa Cruz Sept.3-4 (+DSi, +CF, '}'BLaB,+SA). Peak A minimumof sevenFranklin's Gulls passed through Aug. 28-Nov numbersof Long-billedCurlews were 1200 at the CorcoranIrrigation 22 with threeat the ArcataOxidation Ponds Sept. 22 (JSt) a notable Districtponds, Kings Sept. 10 (GG), 720 at CreightonRanch Sept. 14 gathering."It will be news whenthe rare gulls don't returnto the (RH), 2.500in the S. Wilbur FloodArea, KingsOct. 15 (fide KH) and Stocktonsewage ponds" (SFB, Gull); an ad. Little Gull returnedOct 500 at Davis Oct. 24 (B 8,:HK), illustratinghow commonthis species 18 and an ad. Corn. Black-headedGull returnedOct. 11 (DYet al.) If canbe in the C. V. A HudsonJanGodwit, only the3rd certainRegional theseare in fact the sameindividuals returning annually, as seems recordand the first from the interior, was photographed Aug. 30-31near likely, thiswould be their6th year!An ad. Mew Gull e. of Buntingville, Merced N.W.R. (-•RJB). A Black Turnstone at Lower Klamath LassenNov. 5-6 appearedto providethe 2nd county record (•'T & AM) N.W.R., Aug. 20 (MR) furnisheda first Siskiyourecord and only the Ring-billed Gulls are extremelyrare offshoreso individualson F I , 2nd fall recordfrom the interior.Sanderlings were reported away from Sept.21, Oct. 14 andNov. 5 werenotable. A first-yearThayer's Gull at the coastat Mono L., Sept. 3 (DP) and in the HaciendaUnit, Kings Lower KlamathN. W.R., Oct. 22 (tSS, RE, MR, BED) furnisheda first Sept.17 (GG). A minimumof 27 SemipalmatedSandpipers was detect- Siskiyourecord. An ad. Glaucous-wingedGull, unusualinland, was at ed Aug. 1-Oct. 1. Notable amongthose were an adult at Lawson's LowerKlamath N.W.R., Oct. 22 (tSS). A wanderingSabine's Gull at Landing, Marin Aug. 1 (JE), anotheradult at Arcata Aug. 13 (ph., Lower Klamath N.W.R., establishedthe first Modoc record Oct 1 KVR, JSt) andthe 2nd Siskiyourecord at Tule Lake N.W.R., Aug. 20 (?SS)and the first Siskiyourecord Oct. 3 (SJ). (MR, RE). This summer'sinvasion of ElegantTerns developed into the most Possiblythe mostcontroversial shorebird of the fall was a peepfirst massiveon record.They were foundin the hundredsat manycoastal identified as a Rufous-neckedStint but now generallythought to be a localitiesand really madebig newsn. of our Region.Black Terns are L•ttle Stint at theBolinas sewage ponds Sept. 14-22.The birdwas first quiterare on the coastso of interestwere single iramatures at L. Earl, tound by D. Edwardsand subsequentlyseen by many andthoroughly DelNorte Sept.29-30 (GL, JR), MontereyBay Oct. 2 (RS, JE), Bodega documented(tJM, 'kJE,½RS et al., ph., A. Ghiorso).Identification as Bay Oct. 14-15 (JL, JW, NTC) and two at Arcata Nov. 2-5 (JSt) LittleStint is basedlargely on analysisof descriptionsand photographs Both Xantus' and Craveri'smurrelets were presentin greaterthan by PeterGrant and Lars Jonsson,European authorities familiar with averagenumbers with the latter stagingan unprecedentedRegional bothspecies. If acceptedby theC.B.R.C., thiswould be the firstrecord invasion.Both species were present on MontereyBay Aug. 13-Oct.16 for w. NorthAmerica s. of Alaska.Another exciting peep seen for only with high countsof Xantus'being six Aug. 13 (DR). Peak Craven's a shortperiod at theSalinas R. mouth,Monterey Aug. 6 wasidentified numberswere 30-35 on Oct. 2 (RS, JE)with 10-20being reported from as a Temminck'sStint (½DRet al.). If acceptedby theC.B.R.C. this manytrips. Of 49 individualsseen Aug. 24 andoriginally thought to be wouldestablish the first record for Californiaand the first in thecontig- Xantus', manyif not mostturned out to be Craveri'safter inspection of uousUnited States.This sightingis consistentin patternwith the only photographs(SFB) illustratingthe caution that is necessarywhen deal- documentedrecord s. of Alaska, that from British Columbia (AB ingwith these small pelagic birds. Unexpected among these warm water 37:347). specieswas a ParakeetAuklet washedashore alive in HumboldtBay at

242 AmericanB•rds, March-Aprfi 1984 SamoaNov 20 (fMe S Harris) The bird died after a week of rehabilita- question,the diagnosticmarks for certainidentification are still hotly tion efforts (*to Humboldt State Univ.) and furnishedonly the 2nd debatedamong the experts.As such,it becomesuseless to enumerate recordin Californiasince 1945. Tufted Puffins lingered at F.I. breeding recordson thesepages with no documentationother than an observer's sitesuntil Sept. 30, about2 weekslater thanusual. reputationto judge them by. The otherF.I. empidsincluded a Hammond'sSept. 26 (rarein fall) DOVES THROUGH NIGHTJARS Notable movements of Band- andtwo GraysSept. 7 & 25. An E. Phoebewas very unusual inland at L tailedPigeons included 2000 flying S pastMoss Landing in a 45 min Yosemite, Merced Oct. 24 (•'RJB). period Aug. 7 (AB) and 345 + migratingpast Pt. Diablo Sept. 24 All four North AmericanMyiarchus appeared; the only expected (SFB) White-wingedDoves made their best fall showingyet with seven species,Ash-throated, lingered until Nov. I in coastalHumboldt after 3 to 12 individuals accounted for on the immediate coast. One found dead othermigrant reports there (JSt et al. ). The Region's 3rd Dusky-capped at MendozaRanch, Pt. ReyesOct. 4 OS'deGull) may havebeen respon- Flycatcherstayed only brieflyat PalomarinNov. 12-14(q'DDeS, RS) siblefor up to five differentsightings near there, beginning Aug. 14. At Highlightedin almostany otheryear, a Great CrestedFlycatcher was the same location, a flock of four (all imm.) remainedOct. 8-16 (RS, bandedon F.I., Oct. 2. But not to be outdoneby its congeners,a LCB et al.). Elsewhere, one or two were in the Pacific Grove area of Brown-crestedFlycatcher stopped on F.I., Sept. 17 to be bandedand Monterey Aug. 12-15 (S. Harrison,fide AB) and one at Pescadero photographed('?KH, P.R.B.O.) establishinga first Regional, and first MarshAug. 24 establisheda first SanMateo record(•'BS, PJM). coastal California record. A waywardYellow-billed Cuckoo Sept. 25 wasthe 6th to landon F.I. The season'sonly Scissor-tailedFlycatcher was an immatureat Pt Currentresearch on SpottedOwls in n. Californiais focusingon juve- ReyesAug. 6 (fide Gull). Twenty-eightTropical Kingbird reports Aug nile dispersal;preliminary results this fall havedocumented previously 31-Nov. 28 were the most ever in a season.Although it is not hard to unsuspectedlong-distance movements as well ashigh mortality OS'de R. imaginethis conspicuous species being "over-counted" as individuals Gutmrez).Meanwhile, at leasttwo of California'snewly foundBarred hop up our coastfrom one birdinghot spot to another,there is no Owls remainresident near Crescent City andSalyer, Trinity OS'de RAE, doubtingthe magnitudewith which thesebirds emanate from the sub- KVR) As for thisRegion's small population of GreatGray Owls, there tropicseach fall. A Cassin'sKingbird provided a first F.I. recordAug was no evidenceof nestinganywhere in 1983 (JW). SevenLong-cared 25; this is actually our rarestkingbird in fall. Only four coastalW Owls were reported from Marin, Solano, and Siskiyou. Short-cared Kingbirdswere reported. Besides being very late, one at StoneLagoon, Owls continue their near-absence from most coastal and C. V. locations. Humboldt Oct. 10 (GS) sporteda shiny silver band. An even more An injuredLesser Nighthawk at Seaside,Monterey was the only one unseasonalbird at Palo Alto, SantaClara Nov. 12-19was apparently reportedaway from the breedingrange (AB, *to PacificGrove Nat. His. well studiedby an observerfamiliar with suchproblems (D. Stovel,fide Mus ) The third F.I. Coin. Poorwill arrived Oct. 15 and liked it well WB), but we havenot seenany details.To roundout our list, ajuv. E enoughto remainfor at leasta month,possibly hibernating. Another at Kingbirdvisited Pt. ReyesStation Sept. 13 (ph., JE). SantaClara Oct. 25 + wasthought to be wintering(CB). A latereport of a Whip-poor-will heardfive timeson the eveningof June21 at Blue SKYLARK TO NUTHATCHES We are runningout of superla- Ridge, Tulare would representthe first for this Region('1'TAB, RN). tiveswith whichto applaudthe returnof the Eurasian Skylark to Pt Reyes;it wasright on scheduleNov. 3 for its 6th year, althoughit could not be locatedafter Nov. 8 (•'DHE et al.). Details of this recordwere SWIFTS THROUGH WOODPECKERS -- Of the few migrant recentlypublished (West. Birds 14:113-126).This year'sarray of late- Black Swifts noted, 15 over StocktonSept. 25 were the most unusual lingering swallowsincluded five Trees at L. Earl, Del Notre Nov. 28 (DY) A lone Chimney Swift wasin directcomparison with Vaux's on (GS), five Violet-greensat Arcata, Nov. 24 & Dec. 10 (KVR), 15 N F I , Sept.25 (?KH, P.R.B.O.) foronly the 2nd Regional fall report.At Rough-wingedsat PalomarinOct. 14 and a Cliff at Arcatato Nov. 11 PrairieCreek S.P., 2000 Vaux's Swiftsentering a hugeredwood at dusk (JSt et al.). Bank Swallows were last noted at their newly found Del Sept 27 & 30 must have been an awesomesight (GS). Notre colony Aug. 14 (RAE). Four extralimital Costa's Hummingbirdswere found including an There were no large-scalemovements of corvidsbut singleindivid- lmm male at F.I., Aug. 14. Otherswere at Kilgore Hills, SiskiyouAug. ualscaused a few local reactions.Heading the list was a Blue Jay seen 4 (q'RE),amale at Del PuertoCanyon, Stanlislaus Oct. 26 (N. Kerr)and one day only at a feederin Willow Creek,Humboldt Oct. 6 (R. Genelli) anothermale throughoutthe periodat Dinuba, Tulare(ph., K. Strass- ScatteredScrub Jays appeared on theimmediate n. coastwhere rare, and berg) Two CalliopeHummingbirds were rare migrantsat Mono L., a Steller's wanderedto the isolatedcottonwoods at Tule Lake N.W.R , Sept 4 (HG) and an immaturewas at Pt. ReyesSept. 7 (RS). Oct. 21 (BED). Butteattracted its firstwayward Pinyon Jay at Mountain A 3rdF.I. recordof Lewis'Woodpecker was of a singlebird Sept. 20. HouseOct. 16 (BED, •'TM). Farallon Island's third ever Clark's Nut- A flock of 28 flying past Pt. Diablo was a very rare coastalsight ([}'de cracker checked out the researchers there and flew off towards the Gull) "Red-naped"Sapsuckers visited F.I., Sept. 28, ThreeRivers, mainlandSept. 28. Anotherfar-ranging nutcracker was on the valley Tulare Nov. 13 (fide KH), and S. F., Nov. 12-26 (JM, AE). A 9 floor at Colusa N.W.R., Oct. 3I (BED, TM, MR-H). NuttaWsWoodpecker that wanderedto Mono L., was "discovered" A few adventuresomeparids also made local news as usual, highlight- independentlyby 3 observersSept. 9, Oct. 16 & 22 (PJM, JLo, ?SFB). ed by Del Norte's first Plain Titmouseat KlamathOct. 28-Nov. 20 At the n.e. edge of their range, three otherswere found in Lassenand (RAE, GL et al.). LowlandMountain Chickadees visited the immediate Shastain August (T & AM). n. coastin largerthan usual numbers (15 + reports)beginning Oct. I4 (RAE et al. ) and establishedfirst recordsin Sutter andSan Mateo in late FLYCATCHERS -- An amazing22 speciesoccurred in the Region October(PBS, WA, q'BS).Red-breasted Nuthatches appeared early and thisfall, roughlytwo-thirds of all the regularoccurring North American in largenumbers in bothinland and coastal reporting areas, as well ason tyranmds.Heading the list was the singingEastern Wood-Peweedis- F.I., where influxeshave been notedin alternateyears since 1978 coveredAug. 18 nearManteca, San Joaquin but not pinneddown until (P.R.B.O.). Stray White-breastedNuthatches reached the coastin 4 Sept 7 (•'DY). It thenobligingly sang to mostof the activeCalifornia locations from Humboldt to S.F., as is normal in fall. birdersuntil Sept. 16 (•-JM,•'DR, q'KHa,'I'TM). This presumably sum- meringindividual was believedby manyto be California'sonly undis- WRENS TO VIREOS -- Single Rock Wrens at CreightonRanch putedrecord. Aug. 13 and Nov. 26 (RH) and Pacific Grove Nov. 12 (AB) were local Equallyexciting, but obliging only a few researcherswas the Yellow- rarities. A singingCanyon Wren at 12,200 ft at IridescentL. Basin, be!liedFlycatcher that landed on F.I., Sept.27 andthen died Sept. 28, TulareJuly 19-21 (HG, MG) was apparentlya Regionalelevation rec- to becomeCalifornia's 2nd record and first specimen (*to Calif. Acade- ord. WinterWrens at LostL., FresnoAug. 11 (KH) andLas Trampas my of Sciences).About 40 Willow Flycatcherswere reportedAug. 13- RegionalWilderness, near Danville, Contra Costa Aug. 24 (KHi) were Oct 8 migratingthrough both coastal and inland localities. An unprec- closeto the recordearly date away from breedinggrounds: Aug. 6, 1980 edentednine Least Flycatchers were banded at F.I., Sept. 17-Oct. 18. at F.I. SingleMarsh Wrens arrived at F.I., Sept. 10 & 26; surprisingly Threeother individuals were reported (without details) from Pt. Reyes therewere only 7 previousisland records. Sept 24-27. Althoughthe statusof this speciesin the Regionis not in Golden-crownedKinglets were reported in goodnumbers away from

Volume 38, Number 2 243 breedingareas; high countsincluded 12 at Las TrampasRegional Wil- 22 & Nov. 3. The only two Cape May Warblerswere at Pt. ReyesSept. dernessOct. 19, 20+ at nearbyBriones Regional P., Nov. 26 (both 17-19 (AE et al. ) and Sept. 27-30 (BBa, AE et al. ). Six Black-throated KHi), and 25 in StocktonDec_ I (DY). Eighty-eight"sightings" of Blue Warblerswere foundSept. 29-Nov_ I from HumboldtBay to F.I. Blue-grayGnatcatchers at Palomarinduring the periodwas an excep- Black-throatedGreen Warblersat Battery Wallace, Marin Oct. 9. (A. tional number. Eisner,tide Gull) and F.I., Nov. 3 were the only ones seen. Three Rareon thecoast was a MountainBluebird at F.I., Nov. 26 andsingle Blackburnian Warblers were found at Lincoln P., S.F., Oct. 1-7 and one Townsend'sSolitaires at GoldenGate P., S.F., Sept. l0 ('•HG. DM). near Ft. Dick Nov. 18-20 (RAE. GS, GL et al.) establishedboth the FairhavenSept. 19 (RF), Martinez Nov. 5 (tide Gull), and GazosCr. northernmost and latest record Ibr California. Nine Prairie Warblers on Road, San Mateo Nov. I I (?BS). At Requa, 313 Am. Robinsand 88 the coastbetween Humboldt Bay and Moss BeachSept. 5-Occ 31 wasa VariedThrushes were counted flying S in onehour Oct. 15and 421 Am. good showing.Another at BolinasLagoon Dec. 3 (RS) was late. Over Robins and 131 Varied Thrushes were counted in one-half hour Oct. 16 100 Palm Warblerswere seenalong the coastSept. 24-Nov. 30; one (RAE). Large numbersof Varied Thrusheswere notedflying over L. nearSalinas Oct. 14-25 (BG) was slightlyinland. A Bay-breastedWar- OrovilleButte, alsoon the early morningof Oct. 16 (BED, T & AM). bler was at Lincoln P., S.F., Sept. 25 (A. Hopkins,tideGull). About62 Elsewhere,the first Varied Thrushwas at Pt. ReyesSept. 25 (KHa) and Blackpoll Warblers were found along the coastSept. 7-Oct. 14. One a majorincrease was noted in the S.F. BayArea in November(JE, KHi, was found dead in S.F., on the late date of Nov. I (fide Gull). RS, P.R.B.O.). Fifteen Black-and-whiteWarblers were found along the coastfrom As usual,N. Mockingbirdswere foundslightly out of rangeand/or Ft. Dick to SantaCruz Sept. 9-Nov. 30. The ad. female foundat Pt. habitatat variouspoints along the coastfrom S.F. to the Oregonborder SaintGeorge July 30 remainedto Sept. 28 (GL) and the ad. d Am. Aug. I l-Nov. 27. Four vagrantSage Thrashers were foundalong the Redstartfound at Mad R. mouth,Humboldt July 17 remainedat leastto coast:Arcata Sept. 3 (ph., RLeV, KVR); ArcataBottoms Sept. 18-19 Aug. 20 (JB, ?KVR). An additional30 redstartswere along the coast (JStet aLL and F.I. arrivalsSept. 29 & Oct. 5. For the first time since Aug. 28-Oct. 27. Inland,one at Mono L., Aug. 22 (fMe JE) wasnormal, 1972, Brown Thrasherwas unrecordedin the fall period. but two very late birds were highly atypical:Redding Nov. 24 (KVV, An imm. Yellow Wagtail at SantaCruz Sept. 4-6 (ñDSi, tCF, KC) and Yreka Nov. 25 (RE, ?MR). A ProthonotaryWarbler was ?BLABet al.) was well seenby many. contrastingwith the 4 previous bandedat LanphereDunes. w. of Arcata Sept. 21 (JSt). staterecords (Sept. 17, 1978 Pt. Reyes;Sept. 16, 1979 BodegaBay; Sept. 7. 1981 Cayucos:Sept. 19, 1982 Pacific Grove) -- all rather briefly seenbut all now acceptedby the C.B.R.C. A late rcportfrom IridescentL. Basin, Tulare was of ten Water Pipit nestsfound and 3-5 more undetecteduntil f/edgingin summer1983 (MG, J. Miller). Mono L. hosteda vagrantPhainopepla Sept. 11 (PJM). Locally rare migrantLoggerhead Shrikes were one mile w. of the Big Oak Flat entranceto YosemiteNat'l P., TuolomneAug. 18 (JML) andn. of Orick HumboMtSept. 16 (GS). Quiteunexpected was aphanbeus Solitary Vireo in SanJose Oct. 25- Nov. 26 (P. LaTourette,P. Judges,.fideWB). Following2 slowfalls, an impressivefive PhiladelphiaVireos were found:two at Pt. ReyesSept. 26 with one presentthe next day (LCB, RS, tAE. BBa et al.): F.I., Sept.26 (gKH, P.R.B.O.); Pt. ReyesOct. 3 (tBDP); andGolden Gate P., S.F.. Oct. 4 (J.M. Spoelman,.fideGull). SingleRed-eyed Vireos nearFort Dick Aug. 17 (?JH) andat F.!., Sept. 17 werethe only ones Ovenbird. Pt. Reyes. Caltf., Sept. 14-Oct. 9. 1983. Photo/P. LaTour- reported. rette. Ovenbirdscontinued to be almost unknown away from F.I., and Pt. WOOD WARBLERS -- The vagrantwarbler season was mediocre, Reyes.One was at MossBeach San Mateo Oct. 12(•-BS) while ten were but certainlyup from last year's poor showing.With all that we have at the two aforementionedsites Sept. 14-Occ 9. Seven N. Water- learnedover the last20 yearsit seemsincredible that no Chestnut-sided thrusheswere on the immediatecoast from Fairhavento Half Moon Bay Warblers were found on F.I., and that for the 2rid fall in a row Blackbur- Aug. 28-Oct. 10 with anotheron S.F. Bay at A!viso bandedSept. 24 njan Warbler was unrecordedon Pt. Reyesor F.!. A detailedaccount of (fMe WB). Five ConnecticutWarblers matched the recordset in 1974. annualvariability in migrantnumbers at F.!. (both commonmigrants Three arrivedat F.I., Sept. 15, 25 & Oct. I I and two were at Pt. Reyes andvagrants) by DeSanterecently appeared in TheAuk (100:826-852). Sept.26 (LCB, ?RS)& Oct. 7 (?RS, '•JE,GS). HoodedWarblers were On the coast,32 TennesseeWarblers spanned Sept. 6-Nov. 30. One foundat MontaraAug. 25 (tBS) andPt_ Reyes Sept. 26-27 (LCB et al.), at Willow Cr., Sept. 22 (JB) and anotherat LafayetteNov. 11-25 (LF) only the 5th recordfor the outerpoint. Wilson'sWarblers at Ferndale were slightlyinland. !n contrastto the last2 years,very few Nashville HumboMtNov. 19 (KVR, JSt) and Half Moon Bay (BS) Nov. 30 were Warblerswere reportedon the coast.A reportof 55 + nearThe Cedars, the last ones seen. Single CanadaWarblers were at Golden Gate P., Placer Aug. 15 (TBe) indicateshow commonthey can be in post S.F., Sept. 24 (E. & A. Makishima)and Pt. ReyesSept. 25 (JM, KHa). breeding/migrantflocks in the mountains.One at AvocadoL., Fresno Seven Yellow-breastedChats on the coastAug. 30-Oct. 15 was well Nov. 27 (JSi. KH) wasvery lateand five alongthe coastin lateNovem- above average. berwere possibly wintering. Interior Virginia's Warblers were at Acker- son Meadow, Tuolu•nneAug. 6 (JW), Mono L., Sept. 9 (PJM), and TANAGERSTHROUGH TOWHEES-- An ad. d' SummerTanager AvocadoL., Nov. 27 (JSi, •'KH) for Fresno'sfirst. Coastalbirds were wasseen slightly inland at Spreckles,Monterey Aug. 28 (BG). Thirteen at F.I., Oct. 5-7, Pt. Ryes Oct. 6-8 (RS, •-KHi eta[.) and nearFt. Dick coastalRose-breasted Grosbeaks, Aug. 27-Nov. 4 was aboutaverage Nov. 22-26 (R. Tryon, 'tGL et al.) for De[ Norte'sfirst. TheNovember with sevenof thesefrom S.F. Blue Grosbeakhad an excellentshowing birdswere nearly3 weekslater thanthe previouslate dateof an obvious with Del Norte's secondat Requa Sept. 2 (RAE), and singlesat Pt. migrantfor the Region.The only Lucy's Warblerarrived at F.I., Sept. ReyesSept. 9 (LCB), Pt. PinosSept. 20 (RS et al.) andPt. ReyesOct. 8 5, the island's4th. Three N. Parulaswere found: Requa Sept. 17 (RAE); (BDP). nearCrystal Springs Res., SanMateo Sept.21 (fideGull); andPt. Reyes Single Indigo Buntingswere seen at Pt. Pinos Sept. 28 (BW), Pt. Sept. 25-29 (JM, KHa et al.). ReyesOct. 7-8 (RS et al.), and very lateon F.l., Nov. 29. Exceptional Only six coastalChestnut-sided Warblers were found: one at Golden wasa DickcisselNov. 17-18at CrescentCity for DeINorte's firstrecord GateP., S.F., Sept.25 (fide Gull) andfive at Pt. ReyesSept. 25-Oct. 8. (GL, RAE et al.). A Green-tailedTowhee turnedup at Pt. ReyesSept. More significantwas Tulare's first at CreightonRanch on the late dates 26 (RS, LCB, JM) and three were on F.I., Sept. 7-Nov. 1I. of Nov. 5-12 (KH, •'MOC et al.). Nine MagnoliaWarblers were found alongthe coast from Fairhavento S.F., Sept.3-Oct. 9 with anadditional SPARROWS THROUGH BLACKBIRDS -- AmericanTree Spar- eightarriving on F.I., betweenthe unusually early and late dates of Aug. rowsinvaded the coastin unprecedentednumbers with ten on F.I., Oct.

244 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 4-27 andten from SantaCruz to KlamathSept. 23-Nov. 6 with another Grackle continuesto be seenin San Franciscowith a sightingOct. 28 at WalnutCr., Oct. 8 (tRHu et al. ) for thefirst East Bay record. Fifteen (fide Gull). Clay-oolored Sparrows along the coast Sept. 23-Nov. 27 was averge. Brewer'sSparrows were seenat PalomarinAug. 23, Gold Bluff Beach, ABBREVIATIONS: C.B.R.C_ = California Bird Records Commit- HumboldtOct. 9 (GS, RAE), SprecklesOct. 12 (BG) and six on F.l., Aug. 24-Oct. 11 for a typical showing. tee; C.V. = Central Valley; Creighton Ranch = Creighton Ranch Nature Preserve, Tulare: F.I. = S.E. Farallon lsland; P.R.B.O. = A very rare Black-throatedSparrow was on F.I., Sept. 25-Oct. 2. An amazing 18 Lark Buntingswere reportedwith sevenon F.l., Sept. 7- PointReyes Bird Observatory;S.F. = SanFrancisco; • = description on file. All observations at Palomarin ½ncarBolinas) and F.l. should be Oct. 7. one eachat Mono L.. Sept. 4 ½REWI,Tulare Sept. 5 (RG), Del credited to P. R.B.O. References to the Gull refer to Golden Gate Audu- Norte's secondat RequaAug. 9 (RF), Orick Sept. 7-8 (GS, RAE, JSt), Arcata BottomsOct. 9 ½JStet al. ), Angel I., S.F. Bay Oct. 9 (fide Gull) bon Society'spublication, whose observations column is written by and three on Pt. ReyesSept. 3-Oct. 2. This numberfar exceedsfall S.F. Bailey. Italicized namesrefer to counties. 1981's high of I I. An interestinglocality for GrasshopperSparrow was PalomarinAug. 3. CONTRIBUTORS -- Dan A. Airola. Steve Allison, Wait Anderson, The Region's 4th Le Conte's Sparrow at Neary's Lagoon, Santa Maurine Armour, RobbyJ. Bacon,Stephen F. Bailey, Alan Baldridge, Cruz was well describedand delightedmany observersOct. 29-30 BerniceBarnes (BBa), BruceBarrett (BBar), Ted Beedy(TBe), Frances (?DG, '•'KH, -•'KHaet aLL Thirty SwampSparrows showed up at Bidstrup, LaurenceC. Binford, Clark Blake, William Bousman,John traditional winter coastal localities, and one at Merced N.W.R., Oct. Brack,Teresa A. Burns,Kurt Campbell.Mark O. Chichester,Nancy T. 31-Nov. I I (?RJB) was inland. White-throatedSparrows were well Conzett, Dave DeSante, Bruce E. Deuel, Linda Doerflinger, Arthur reportedwith 61 on the coastand ten inland Sept_21 +. Five Harris' Edwards,David H. Edwards(DHE), Dave Ekdahl(DEL Ray Ekstrom Sparrowswere reported:Palomarin Oct. 30, JanesvilleNov. 5 (T & (RE), Bruce Elliott, Richard A. Erickson, JulesEvens, Lynn Farrat, AM), Pt. Reyes Nov. 6 (fide Gull). PebbleBeach Monterey Nov. 24 RobertFlores, Carolyn Frederiksen,Kimball Garrett, DouglasGeorge, (DR et al.) and FresnoNov. 30 (KH). Six "Slate-colored"Juncos were B. Geron, Ron Gerstenberg,Greg Gerstenberg,Helen Green, Mike found coastallyOct. 6-Nov. 22. Green. Kern Hainebach (KHa), Keith Hansen (KH), Rob Hansen (RH), Many LaplandLongspurs were seenat 12 localitieswith a high of Phil Henderson,Kevin Hintsa (KHi), Joel Hornstein,Ralph Hudgins, 20+ in the Arcata Bottoms Oct. 29-Nov. 3 (JSt et aLL The rarer Ken lrwin. SandyJacobson. Betty & Harold Kimball, BruceLaBar, Jeff Chestnut-collaredLongspur was at Pt. Reyes Oct. 14-Nov. 5 (RS et M. Langham, Ron LeValley, Paul Lehman, Gary Lester, John Lovio al.), ArcataOct. 29 (JSt) and F.I., Nov. 5 & 15. And the exceptionally (JLo), JohnLuther (JL), Tim andAnnette Manolis, PeterJ. Metropulos. rareMcCown's Longspurwas seen on Pt. ReyesNov. 1-4 (RS et al. • for Joe Morlan, Dan Murphy, Larry Norris, RichardNorris, Point Reyes only the 2nd coastalrecord! Bird Observatory,Dennis Parker, BenjaminD. Parmeter,David Rice Bobolinksstaged an invasionwith 35 in Humboldt(including 27 in (DRi), JeanRichmond, Bob Richmond,Michael Rippey{MRi), Mike one flock at ArcataOct. 10--JSt). A lingeringindividual in an Arcata Robbins(MR), Don Roberson(DR), Ken V. Rosenberg,Marguerite salt marshuntil Nov. 18 was the Region'slatest record by 13 days(JSt, RossHills, RonnieRyno, GeorgeL. SanMiguel, PeterB. Sands,Barry KVR ph. et al.). The occurrenceof the largeflock hasonly one prece- Sauppe(BS), BarbaraScharfenstein (BAS), Brad Schram(BrS), John dent in the Region; 16 in Trinidad, Humboldt,Oct. I, 1970. Eight Silvas (JSi), Dan Singer (DSi), Paul Springer, Rich Stallcup, John arrivalson F.I., was also above average;however, only four others Sterling (JSt), Bob Stewart (BSt), Gary Strachan, Steve Summers, appearedelsewhere along the coastSept. 9-Nov. 3. Chris Swarth, Kent and Karen Van Vuren, Bill Von der Mehden, VagrantYellow-headed Blackbirds were at KlamathAug. 27 (RAE) George E. Wallace, Richard E. Webster, Brian Weed, Jon Winter, anda firstfor PalomarinOct. 29. It wasa goodfall for RustyBlackbird David Yee, Bob and Carol Yutzy.- RON LeVALLEY (loonsthrough with one each at Klamath Oct. 15-16 (RAE, GS, GL), Orick Oct. 29 alcids) 1876 Ocean Dr., McKinleyville, CA 95521; JOHN STER- (JSt, RFL and Pt. ReyesNov. 3 (?DHE. J.G. Hall et al.). Very few LING, P.O. Box 4285, Arcata. CA 95521; RICHARD A. ERICK- OrchardOrioles were reported with one from F.l, andthree on Pt. Reyes SON, P.O. Box 657, Klamath, CA 95548 and KENNETH V. Sept. 16-26. A HoodedOriole Aug. 31 wasthe F.l.'s 4th. anda late N. ROSENBERG. P.O. Box 4912, Arcata, CA 95521 (pigeonsthrough "Bullock's" Oriole was at Klamath Nov. 17 (RAE}. One Great-tailed blackbirds).

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COAST REGION /Guy McCaskie

The moist warm weather of last summer continued on into the fall eliminatingmuch of thenormally occurring coastal fog. Oceantempera- tureswere 2-3 degreeshigher than normal,but apartfrom the early arrival of Black-ventedShearwaters, pelagic birding was uneventful. An impressivevariety of vagrantlandbirds, especially wood warblers. wasfound, but manyremained for only shortperiods of time andwere consequentlyseen by fewer than the normal number of observers ("twitchers" in British lingo).

LOONS, GREBES -- Two Arctic Loons on L. Henshaw in the mountainsof SanDiego Count), Oct. 19(RHi) wereinland where rarely found.A flock of 14 ad. Com. Loonson L. HenshawOct. I (RHi) were clearlyfall migrants,and give us one of theearlier dates for thearrival of fall migrantsin s. California; one at F.C.R., Nov. 8 (DDi) was at an unusuallocalit),. A HornedGrebe at F.C.R., Oct. 19 (DDi) and another nearLancaster, Los AngelesCo., Nov. 6 (KLG) were the only ones found inland away from a large body of water, and 15 on L. Perris, RiversideCo., Nov. 25 + (TM) wasthe largestnumber reported on a large inland body of water this fall.

Volume 38, Number 2 245 ALBATROSSES, SHEARWATERS, STORM-PETRELS -- The presentall summer,and anotherat CarpintenaNov 25 + (JOg)is only only Black-footedAlbatrosses reported were three far off SantaBarbara the 3rd ever found in SantaBarbara County. The only Black Scoter Oct. 22-23 (REW) and 13 in the same area Nov. 5-6 (JM). Two N. reportedwas one in HuntingtonBeach Nov. 27 + (R & MW). An Fulmarsat the CortezBanks off SanDiego Sept. 11 (REW) hadprob- Surf Scorerat DeepSprings, Inyo Co., Oct. 20 (SC), fourmales on L ablysummered locally; wintering birds started to appearin lateSeptem- HenshawNov. 14 (RHi) and a female at N.E.S.S., Oct. 9 (RMcK) were ber, with 20 off San Diego by Oct. 19 (DPo), and remainedrelatively inland.A Corn.Merganser on OtayL., SanDiego Co., Sept.26 (DPo) commoninto December. Two Flesh-footedShearwaters, rare in s. Cali- hadprobably summered locally since wintering birds do notnormally lrorniawaters, were alongthe SantaLucia Escarpmentoff SantaBarbara arrive in s. California before November. Nov. 5-6 (JM). Small numbersof Buller'sShearwaters, rare fall visitors to s. Californiawaters, were present oft'shore as indicated by up to eight HAWKS, FALCONS -- Two Black-shoulderedKites at HarperDry beingseen during various boat trips Sept. 25-Nov. 6, with oneoff San L., SanBernardino Co., Oct. 16 (SC) weresomewhat e. of thespecies' Diego (actuallyin Mexican waters)Oct. 19 (DPo) beingexceptionally normalrange. An imm. Bald Eagleat HarborL., in LongBeach Nov 2 far s. for so closeto shore.Short-tailed Shearwaters are normallyvery (RHo) was at an unusuallocality. A Red-shoulderedHawk in Blythe, rarein the Regionso one off Morro Bay, SanLuis ObispoCo., Sept.25 RiversideCo., Aug. 21 (BBr) and anothernear thereNov. 22 + (SC1) (JMcD, ph., S.D.N.H.M.), sevenoff SantaBarbara Nov. 5-6 (JM), one werewell to the e. of any areaof regularoccurrence. The onlyBroad- seenfrom shorein Goleta, SantaBarbara Co., Nov. 24 (PEL), and two wingedHawks found this fall werean immaturein theFremont Valley, off SanDiego Oct. 19 (DPo)were unexpected. Black-vented Shear- Kern Co., Oct. 2 (MH), anotherat MorongoValley, San Bernardino waterswere morenumerous than usual with 10,000 off SanDiego Oct. Co., Oct. 3 (REW), a 3rd at the summitof Mt. Palomar,San Diego Co , 19 (DPo) and 100 asfar n. as Morro Bay Sept. 25 (TME). A Wilson's Oct. 31 (RHi) andthree in the San Diego areaOct. 16-22 (REW, LSn) Storm-Petrel 5 mi off Long Beach,Los AngelesCo., Aug. 7 (KLG) A flock of 34 Swainson'sHawks near Bakersfield,Kern Co., Oct 22 was only the 5th to be found in s. California waters. A Fork-tailed (MH) wasthe only group noted this fall; oneover Whittier, Los Angeles Storm-Petrel,a casualstray to s. California,was off VenturaAug. 29 Co., Oct. 23 (MCL) and anothernear Imperial Beach Sept. 12 (EC) (CD). An AshyStorm-Petrel off SanDiego Sept. 7 (DPo) wasunusually werealong the coast where now extremelyrare. A Red-tailed(Harlan's) far s. for this time of the year. A Black Storm-Petreloff Pt. Loma, San Hawk, a casualstray to s. California, was near LancasterNov 6+ Diego Co., Nov. 24 (REW) was late. LeastStorm-Petrels were relative- (KLG) and is believedto be the samebird foundwintering here a year ly commonas indicatedby 150 off Long BeachAug. 7 (KLG), and ago. A Rough-leggedHawk at L. HenshawOct. 12+ (RHi) was quite remainedlater than expectedas indicatedby 20_+ off SantaBarbara early and relativelyfar s. Oct. 22-23 (REW). RAILS -- A BlackRail heardand seen in MorongoValley Nov 11 TROPICBIRDS THROUGH FRIGATEBIRDS -- A Red-billed Tro- (BC) wasat a mostunusual location. A ClapperRail at Pt. MuguNov picbirdfound recently dead on a beachin Coronado,San Diego Co., 14 (GC) wasin an areawhere the speciesis tearedto havebeen extirpat- Sept. 24 (MR, *S.D.N.H.M.) was the only one reported.An imm. ed as a breeder. A Corn. Moorhen found dead at the summit of Mt Brown Boobythat remainedfor 2 hrs arounda sportfishing boat 3 mi PalomarOct. 31 (RHi, *S.D.N.H.M.) wasunusually high in the moun- n w. of SantaBarbara I., Oct. 29 (ALH) was only the 2nd ever reported tains. off the coastof s. California. Twenty-six Brown Pelicanswere still presenton the Salton Sea Oct. 21 (SC) withone remaining at SaltonCity PLOVERS THROUGH SANDPIPERS -- A flock of 85 Black-bel- aslate asNov. 9 (MG). MagnificentFrigatebirds continued to be virtu- lied Ploversat Harper Dry L., Oct. 16 (SC) was an unusuallylarge ally nonexistent,but one near Pt. PiedrasBlancas, San Luis Obispo Co., numberfor this areaof California. Two LesserGolden-Plovers at Harp- Sept. 19 (BW) wasunusually far n., andone overL. HenshawAug. 8 er Dry L., Oct. 16 (SC), one at S.E.S.S., Sept. 25 (REW), andfive at (RHi) and anotherat N.E.S.S., Aug. 27 (RMcK) were inland. nearbyBrawIcy Nov. 12 (EC) were all inlandwhere considered very rareto casual;along the coast20 + werefound Sept. 1-Nov. 30. Single HERONS THROUGH STORKS -- Two or three Little Blue Herons Solitary Sandpipersnear Imperial Beach Oct. 2 (REW) and in San were presentaround hnperial Beach, San Diego Co., throughoutthe Diego Oct. 5 (CGE) were both somewhatlate. A RuddyTurnstone in period(EC); thisspecies is nowevidently resident in thisarea. An imm. SantaAna, OrangeCo., Sept. 22 (DRW), oneto two nearLancaster TncoloredHeron on L. HenshawOct. 18 (RHi) was at a mostunusual Aug. 6-14 (FH) and one at N.E.S.S., Aug. 27 (REW) were inland location,being the firstto be foundinland away froin the SaltonSea and whereconsidered rare. SingleSanderlings were nearLancaster Aug 6 ColoradoR. Valley. The ad. Yellow-crownedNight-Heron remained at (NBB), Sept. 9 (REW) & Oct. 10 (KLG), and anotherwas on L SanElijo Lagoon,San Diego Co., throughAug. 29 (CGE), but wasnot HenshawOct. 7 (RHi); thisspecies is very rare inlandaway from the beenseen therealter. An imm. RoseateSpoonbill at S.E.S.S., Sept. 4- SaltonSea. The onlySemipalmated Sandpipers found this fall wereone 10 (BBa) was the first to be found in California since1980. Two Wood on Morro Bay Aug. 27-Sept. 1 (JMcD), one to two at S.C.R.E., Aug Storksnear Palo Verde, ImperialCo., Aug. 12 (DK) were alongthe 24-30 (JLD), two to threenear ImperialBeach Sept. 12-13(EC) and ColoradoR., whererare, and two on L. Hodges,San Diego Co., Oct. 8- anotherthere Sept. 24 (REW). A Baird'sSandpiper on L. HenshawOct 9 (KW) were along the coastwhere now consideredcasual. 18 (RHi) was the latestfound this fall. A PectoralSandpiper on L HenshawNov. 18 (RHi, ph., S.D.N.H.M.) wasexceptionally late Ten WATERFOWL -- Twenty FulvousWhistling-Ducks on FinneyL., Stilt Sandpiperswere found along the coastwith onein GoletaSept 6 nearS.E.S.S., Aug. 11 (JLD) wasa largenumber by today'sstandards. (JLD), four thereSept. 27-Oct. I (LB), singlebirds at S.C.R.E., Sept A flock of 25 Tundra Swansin flight over Morro Bay Nov. 25 (EAC) 1I- 12 (PEL) & Sept.25 (GG), two nearImperial Beach Aug. 7 (GMcC) werethe only onesreported. Single Ross' Geese in GoletaNov. 28 + and anotherthere Oct. 16-23 (REW). A Buff-breastedSandpiper, a (PEL), in SantaBarbara Nov. 23-28 (NSC), at Pt. Mugu, VenturaCo., casualvisitor to s. California,was near Lancaster Sept. 3-9 (BWK, ph , Nov. 20 (LB) and on L. HodgesNov. 20+ (KW) were alongthe coast S.D.N.H.M.). Ajuv. Ruff, a rarebut regular fall stragglerto California, wherescarce, and single birds at Saratoga Springs, San Bernardino Co., was in GoletaSept. 14-24 (PEL), anotherwas at S.C.R.E., Sept 19- Nov. 11 (BWK) andat nearbyF.C.R., Nov. 26 (REW) werein an area Oct. 2 (SJM) and a third was nearImperial Beach Sept. 24 (GMcC) where fcw indeed have been recorded. A flock of 20-30 Wood Ducks on L Sherwood,Ventura Co., duringlate November(JDL) was a large JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS -- As usual, ParastiticJaegers ap- concentrationfor anywherein s. California.A (3 Eur. Wigeonat San pearedon the Salton Sea with five seenSept. 10-Oct. 24 (BBa,SC), one Ehjo LagoonOct. 2 (JZ) establishedthe earliest arrival date for thisrare nearLancaster Sept. 3 (JLD) was oneof a very few foundinland away winter visitant to s. California, and at least 15 more were known to be from the SaltonSea. A singleLong-tailed Jaeger, the rarestjaeger off presentin theRegion by theend of November.A (3 TuftedDuck on L. California,was off Morro Bay Sept. 25 (CM), threewere alongthe PerrisNov. 25 + (TM) wasundoubtedly one of thetwo foundwintering SantaLucia Escarpmentoff SantaBarbara Oct. 22 (REW), onewas in here a year ago. The 9 King Eider foundsummering in Venturare- the SanPedro Channel 12 mi off LongBeach Aug. 7 (KLG) andanother mainedthrough Sept. 18 (DB). A (3 HarlequinDuck seen on SanDiego wasnear the Cortez Bank off SanDiego Sept. 11 (REW). ThreeS. Polar Bay Oct. 5 (AMcM) was unusuallyfar s. andis believedto havebeen Skuasalong the Santa Lucia Escarpmentoff SantaBarbara Oct 22

246 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 (REW) werethe only ones seen in s Cahtormawaters th•s fall A young bird m PetersCanyon near Tustln, OrangeCo , Nov 26 + (DRW) was LaughingGull on L. Henshaw Sept. 30 (RHi) was at a most unusual the same bird presenthere last winter. An E. Kingbird was inland at locality being only the 3rd found inland away from the Salton Sea. StovepipeWells in Death Valley Sept. 3 (JO1);three were found in Franklin's Gulls were unusuallyscarce with only sevenreported, but coastalSanta Barbara and Ventura cos., Sept. 5-11 (PEL, HR) and a •ncludinga very early juvenile at N.E.S.S., Aug. 10 (JLD). An ad. rather late bird was at Pt. Mugu Oct. 1 (AS). Common Black-headedGull in Long BeachSept. 10-Oct. 13 (LRH) had probablysummered locally, and was only the 5th to be found in s. TITMICE THROUGH WAGTAILS -- Mountain Chickadeesap- Cahfornia.Ajuv. Mew Gull at S.C.R.E., Aug. 16 (JLD) was excep- peared in the lowlands, being presentin coastallowlands in slightly tional, this winter visitorto s. Californianot normallyarriving before higher than average numbersafter late September,and appearingat mid-November. A first-winter W. Gull (a color-bandedbird), an acci- manydesert locations during October (e.g., one to threeat F.C.R., Oct dentalstraggler to the interior, was at SaltonCity Oct. 21 (SC), an adult 23-Nov. 9). A Verdin at MesquiteSprings at the n. endof DeathValley (judgedto be wymani) was there Oct. 24 (SC) and a third-winterbird Oct. 19-23 (DDi, SFB) was n. of the species'normal range. Three (judged to be occidentalis)was on L. Perris Nov. 25 (TM). A juv. Brown Creepers,rare alongthe coasts. of Los Angeles,were foundon Sab•ne'sGull on Big Bear L., in the San BernardinoMts., Sept. 24 Pt. Loma Aug. 13-Nov. 6 (B J, REW). A Winter Wren in Carpintena (EAC) wasone of a very few foundinland away from the SaltonSea and Sept. 4+ (PEL) was early. Golden-crownedKinglets were present ColoradoR. ACom. Tern at CaliforniaCity, Kern Co., Oct. 2-20 (MH) along the coast in larger than averagenumbers, appearing in early was at an unusuallocality. A LeastTern at Pt. Mugu Oct. 1 (AS) was October,and reachingthose areas s. of Los Angeleswhere normally exceptionallylate. A Black Skimmerin SantaAna (15 mi inland)Sept. quiterare (e.g., 6+-- on Pt. Loma Oct. 9-11). A Swainson'sThrush on 27 (DRW) was at an unusuallocality, and one in Playa dcl Rey, Los Pt. Loma Nov. 2 (REW) was quite late. A Rufous-backed Robin at AngelesCo., Oct. 8 (B & RS) was the only one reportedalong the coast F.C.R., Nov. 5 (REW, ph., S.D.N.H.M.) wasonly the 5thto havebeen n of San Diego County. foundin Calit•)rnia,and wasfarther n. thanany previousoccurrence in the United States. A Gray Catbird, a casual stragglerto Califorma, AUKS -- A Marbled Murrelet off the SantaMaria R. mouth, Santa landedon a boatoff SanDiego Oct. 26 (MWG, ph., S.D.N.H.M.) and BarbaraCo., Aug. 13 (LB) was a little s. of the species'normal range. anotherwas on Pt. Doma Nov. 7 + (G J). A Bendire'sThrasher, a rare to Craveri'sMurrelets were more numerous than in recentyears with eight casualstraggler to the coastof s. California,was at S.C.R.E., Aug. 21 off Morro Bay Sept.25 (CM), ten off LongBeach Sept. 11 (REW), one (S & DR) and anotherwas on SantaBarbara 1., Aug. 30 (CD, ph , at Dana Pt., OrangeCo., Aug. 19-21 (AP) and 12 off San Diego Sept. S.D.N.H.M.). An imm. White or Black-backedWagtail at the mouthof 10 (GMcC). Arroyode la Cruz, San Luis ObispoCo., Oct. 9 (TME, ph, S.D.N.H.M.) was the 4th suchbird to have beenfound in s. Califorma, PIGEONS THROUGH WOODPECKERS -- A Band-tailedPigeon however,without the knowledgeof diagnosticcharacters for separating at F C.R., Oct. 19 (SC) wasfar from anyarea of regularoccurrence. As immaturesto specieswe are forced to deal with each in this manner usual, small numbersof White-winged Doves wanderedto the coast w•th 35 +_ reported,most during Septemberand October,and one at VIREOS A brightly markedSolitary Vireo on Pt. Doma Sept. 20 Montanade Oro, San Luis ObispoCo., Sept. 8-17 (JMcD) beingthe (EC) was identifiedas the nominantform solitariusfrom the East. The northernmost.An Inca Dove at F.C.R., Oct. 18-23 (DDi, ph., gray Solitary Vireo (V.s. plumbeus)has increasedas a transient/winter S D N.H.M.) was unusuallyfar n., but the 2nd to be found at this visitorto Californiasince first recordedin 1960 (Condor65:534, 1963), locabty. ACom. Ground-Dovein Goleta Oct. 7-Nov. 18 (PEL) and now regularly reachingthe coastwhere 15 were found this fall. Four anotherin Long BeachJuly 30 (BED) were both away from areasof PhiladelphiaVireos were found with one near Oxnard Oct. 2-3 (S & regular occurrence.A Yellow-billed Cuckoo, accidental along the DR) being along the coast, and singlebirds at Kelso, San Bernardino coast,was in GoletaSept. 20-26 (PEL). Two migrantBlack Swiftsover Co., Nov. 2 (EAC, *S.B.C.M.), CaliforniaCity, Kern Co., Oct. 22 Mt Palomar Oct. 24 (RHi) were a little late. A tight pre-roosting (MH) and at MorongoValley Oct. 3 (DRW). Three Red-eyedVireos aggregationof 1000 Vaux's Swifts over c. Los AngelesNov. 2 (KLG) were foundalong the coastwith onenear Oxnard Oct. 3-4 (OA), another was an unprecedentedlylarge concentration for this late date, but up to on Pt. Loma Sept. 16-18 (BED) andthe third at anotherlocation on Pt 100 were still presentat the end of the period. Loma Sept. 18 (GMcC); the first two were obviousexamples of V. o A c• Broad-billedHummingbird, a casualfall transientto s. Califor- fiavoviridis from the s., a casualfall stragglerto California. ma, was in Brentwood,Los AngelesCo., Nov. 6-17 (AK) and another was nearImperial BeachSept. 9-11 (JLD). SingleBlack-chinned Hum- WOOD WARBLERS -- A Blue-winged Warbler well studiedat m•ngbirdsin Long BeachOct. 15 (BED) and nearImperial Beach the Morongo Valley Oct. 2 (LSa) was only the 7th to have been found •n sameday (EC) were both unusuallylate, this speciesnormally being California. The now expectedsmall number of TennesseeWarblers gonefrom Californiaby late September.A •?Williamson's Sapsucker (30 -+), alongwith equallyregular Black-and-white Warblers (35 +__), In YuccaValley, SanBernardino Co., Sept. 30 (EAC) was awayfrom Am. Redstarts(45 +--) and N. Waterthrushes(35 +_), were reported themountains. A 9 Ladder-backedWoodpecker near Vista, SanDiego Only 10 Virginia's Warblers were found along the coast, but one at Co , Nov. 30-Dec. I (CSW) was along the coastwhere considered Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo Co., Sept. 17-Oct. 9 (PEL) was accidental.A Downy Woodpeckernear Imperial Beach Sept. 25 (CGE) unusuallyfar n., anotherinland at DesertHot Springs,Riverside Co , was s. of the species'range. A White-headedWoodpecker in the Fre- Oct. 30 (RMcK) was at an interestinglocality. Lucy's Warblerswere mont Valley of Kern Co., Oct. 2 (MH) was far out in the high desert. scarcewith one at Arroyo GrandeSept. 3-Oct. 6 (CM) and another•n Goleta Sept. 4 (PEL) beingthe only onesreported. A N. Parula, much FLYCATCHERS An Olive-sidedFlycatcher on Pt. LomaOct. 10 rarerin fall thanspring, was at Arroy9 GrandeSept. 30-Oct. 2 (CM), (REW) was the latestreported this fall. A GreaterPewee in Griffith P., anotherwas on Pt. Loma Sept. 18 (REW) and a third was on San LosAngeles Nov. 10 + (HB) wasthe samebird present during the past 4 Clemente I., Nov. 2 (TS). Eleven Chestnut-sidedWarblers and 12 winters.A W. Wood-Peweenear Imperial Beach Oct. 10 (EC) wasthe MagnoliaWarblers during late Septemberand October was about aver- latestreported this fall. A LeastFlycatcher in GoletaOct. 29 + (RAH) age.The only CapeMay Warblers,a specieson the declineas a vagrant andanother near Oxnard Oct. 4 (JLD) were the only onesreported. An to s. Californiain recentyears, were one at Los Osos,San Luis Obispo E Phoebe,a rare but regularfall transientthrough s. California, was at Co., Oct. 10 (JMcD) and anotherat Malibu, Los AngelesCo., Sept 4 F C R., Nov. 4 (REW) and anotherwas at L. HenshawSept. 27 (RHi). (H & PB). A Black-throatedBlue Warbler, a remarkablyregular fall The only Vermilion Flycatcherfound along the coastwas a female near stragglerto California,was at DeepSprings, Inyo Co., Nov. 4 (REW), Imperial BeachSept. 16 (EC). A Great CrestedFlycatcher on Pt. Loma another was in Carpinteria Oct. 12 (PEL) and two were found on Pt Sept 20 (REW) was the 8th to havebeen found in s. California.Most LomaOct. 8-18 (REW). A Yel!ow-rumped(Myrtle) Warbler x Town- unusualwere a Sulphur-bellied Flycatcherat HarborL., LongBeach send'sWarbler in CarpinteriaNov. 23-Dec. 3 (TW, *S.B.C.M.) wasan Oct 8 (DS) and anotheron Pt. Loma Sept. 16-20 (REW) sincethere unexpectedhybrid previously undescribed.A Black-throatedGreen wereonly 3 previousrecords in California.Thirteen Tropical Kingbirds Warbler in California City Nov. 6 (JW, ph., S.D.N.H.M.) and three•n alongthe coastafter Sept. 13 was aboutnormal. A Thick-billed King- the San Diego areaOct. 3-15 (GMcC, REW) were slightlyfewer than

Volume 38, Number 2 247 normal The only BlackburmanWarblers reported were one at Montana terla Oct 5 (PEL) anda third in SanDiego Nov 5 (LZ) alongwith two de Ore Sept. 17 (PEL) and four in the San Diego areaSept. 24-Oct. 31 winteringbirds in Goleta Nov. 9 + (LB) was aboutnormal. (REW, CGE, H & PB). A Grace'sWarbler, one of the rarervagrants to reachthe coastof California,was on Pt. Loma Sept. 7 (REW). A Pine FINCHES -- PurpleFinches appeared along the coastin smallnum- Warbler on Pt. Loma Oct. 13 (REW) wasonly the 7th ever to havebeen bersduring late Octoberand November, and a few foundtheir way out found in s. California. A Prairie Warbler at Arroyo GrandeSept. 17 ontothe desertduring this same period with eightin CaruthersCanyon (PEL), one near San Diego Oct. 1 (CGE) and anotherinland at Califor- of the New York Mrs., San BernardinoCo., Nov. 10 (SC) and one in nia City Nov. 6 (MOC, ph., S.D.N.H.M.) werethe only onesfound. A Needles,San Bernardino Co., Nov. 11 (SC) beingthe most noteworthy Palm Warbler at L. Henshaw Oct. 7 (RHi) was the only one found A RedCrossbill in Calil•brniaCity Nov. 19 (MH) wasat a mostunusual inland,but 33 werereported along the coast after Oct. 2. The only Bay- locality.Pine Siskins were well distributedthroughout the Regionbeing breastedWarblers found this fall wereone in CarpinteriaNov. 16 (TW) relativelycommon along the coast after early October.An Evening andanother near San Diego Oct. 1 (CGE). A BlackpollWarbler in Hart Grosbeakat Scotty'sCastle in Death Valley N.M., Oct. 27 (REW) was P , nearBakersfield Sept. 25 (MOC) was at an unusuallocality, but the the only one reported. 40_+ along the coastduring September and Octoberwere normal. A ProthonotaryWarbler, a decidedlyscarce vagrant to California,was at CORRIGENDA -- The reference to 200 Sandhill Cranes at Harper Morro Bay S.P., Oct. 19-20 (GPS), anotherwas in Goleta Oct. 5 (W & Dry L., San BernardinoCo., Feb. 12 (Am. Bird.s'37:338, 1983) should KA), a third was at Malibu LagoonSept. 18 (KLG) and a fourthwas in be deleted.The winteringWhite-crowned Sparrow reported as remain- nearbySanta Monica CanyonSept. 29 (GF). A Worm-eatingWarbler, ing to the late date of May 11 (Am. Bit& 37:914, 1983) shouldbe anotherscarce vagrant to California,was in Zuma Canyonnear Malibu changedto a White-throatedSparrow. Oct 15 + (KLG). Four Ovenbirdsalong the coast Sept. 23-Nov. 6 were fewer than normal. A Kentucky Warbler at Montana de Ore Oct. 27 ABBREVIATIONS -- F.C.R.--Furnace Creek Ranch, lnyo Co , (GPS) and anotherin Del Mar, San Diego Co., Nov. 14-16 (DDe) were N.E.S.S.--north end of the Salton Sea, RiversideCo.; S.B.C.M.--San remarkableas therewere only 4 previousfall recordsfor s. California. A BernardinoCounty Museum; S.D.N.H.M.-- SanDiego Natural Histo- ConnecticutWarbler, a casualstraggler to California, was observed ry Museum; S.C.R.E.--Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura Co, walkingbeneath vegetation along a creekin CarpinteriaSept. 25 (H & S.E.S.S.--south end of the SaltonSea, ImperialCo. "Birds of South- PB). A MourningWarbler, a speciesnow reportedannually, was at Pt. ern California" by Kimball Garrettand Jon Dunn (1981) is the standard Mugu S.P., Sept. 18 (H & PB) and anotherwas on Pt. Loma Sept. 20 referencefor the statusand distributionof the birdsin this Region As (REW). A Hooded Warbler, muchscarcer in fall than spring,was near virtuallyall raritiesfound in s. Californiaare seen by numerousobserv- OxnardSept. 25 (S & DR) andan exceptionally late individual was at L. ers, only the observerinitially identifyingthe bird is included.Docu- Sherwood,Ventura Co., Nov. 28-Dec. 8 (JLD). A CanadaWarbler was mentationis on file for all rarities listed in the report. in SantaBarbara Sept. 12 (PEL) and one to two were near Imperial Beach Sept. 21-23 (EC). CONTRIBUTORS -- Waldo and Kay Abbott (W & KA), Onlk Arian, StephenF. Bailey, Bruce Barrett (BBa), Hal Baxter, Dean TANAGERS, BUNTINGS -- A c3Hepatic Tanager. a rare vagrant Bazzi, Louis Bevier, Bill Brack (BBr), N. Bruce Broadbrooks,Hank to thecoast, was on Pt. LomaOct. 26 (REW). FifteenSummer Tanagers and Priscilla Bredkin (H & PB), Eugene A. Cardiff (coordinatorfor along the coast was normal, but one near Tecopa, Inyo Co., Oct. 28 San BernardinoCounty), Steve Cardiff, BarbaraCarlson, Mark O. (REW) was somewhatunusual. A ScarletTanager, a very rare straggler Chichester(coordinator for Kern County),Sue Clark (SCI), Guy Com- to California, was on Pt. Loma Oct. 16-17 (FD) and a secondwas there meau, Elizabeth Copper (coordinatorfor San Diego County), Nancy Oct. 29 (REW). Twenty-five Rose-breastedGrosbeaks and an equal S. Crawford, Brian E. Daniels, Dale Delaney (DDe), Fred Dexter, numberof IndigoBuntings was about average. A 52Painted Bunting in Donna Dirtmann (DDi), Charles Drost, Jon L. Dunn, Tom M. Edell GoletaAug. 17-26 (LB) andanother there Oct. 3 (PEL) werethe first to (coordinatorfor San Luis ObispoCounty), ClaudeG. Edwards,George have been found in SantaBarbara County. A Dickcisselnear Blythe Fisler, Kimball L. Garrett (coordinatorfor Los AngelesCounty), Aug. 21 (WCH) was theonly one foundinland, but sevenwere reported Greg Gillson, Michel Gossdin, Mike W. Guest, Robb A. Hamilton, along the coastSept. 13-Oct. 29. Loren R. Hays, Fred Heath, Matt Heindel, Roger Higson(RHi), Rob Hofberg(RHo), Arthur L. Howe, W. ChuckHunter, Ginger Johnson, SPARROWS -- Six Am. Tree Sparrowswere found in Inyo County, BunnieJones, Brian W. Keelan, Abigail King, Dave Krueper (coordi- where small numbersregularly occur Oct. 27-Nov. 25, and one in natorfor theColorado River Valley), Paul E. Lehman (coordinatorfor CahforniaCity Nov. 27 (JW) wasjust s. of that area, but anotheron Pt. SantaBarbara and Ventura Counties), Michael C. Long, Tim Manohs, Loma Nov. 22 (REW) was as far s. as ever recorded.Clay-colored Curtis Marantz, John McDonald (JMcD), Robert McKernan (coordi- Sparrows were unusually scarce with only four reported. A Black- natorfor RiversideCounty), Alayne McMillan (AMcM), JosephMor- throatedSparrow, most unusual along the coast,was on SantaBarbara lan, StephenJ. Myers, Ed Navojosky,Jerry Oldenettel(JOl), John I , Aug. 19 (CD) and anotherwas on Pt. Loma Oct. 9 (REW). The only Ogden(JOg), ArlettaPatterson, Dave Povey(DPo), SylviaJ. Ranney Lark Buntingreported was one on SantaBarbara I., Aug. 1 (CD). A (coordinatorfor OrangeCounty), Hugh Ransan, Steve and Diane Rose GrasshopperSparrow at Oasis, Mono Co., Oct. 19 (DDi) was at an (S & DR), Martha Rosenquist,Larry Sansone(LSa), Luis Santaella unusuallocality. A Sharp-tailedSparrow, a rarestraggler to s. Califor- (LSant), Tom Scott, Bob and RobertShanman (B & RS), Arnold Small, ma, was at Morro Bay Nov. 19 + (CM). FifteenSwamp Sparrows Oct. Greg P. Smith, Don Sterba, Brian Walton, Ken Weaver, Richard E 28 +, was aboutnormal. A Harris' Sparrowin Goleta Nov. 6 + (PEL) Webster,Douglas R. Willick, Cora S. Wilson, JohnWilson, Russand was the only one foundalong the coastand five were reportedin lnyo Marion Wilson (R & MW), Tom Wurster, Linda Zairns, Jim Zimmer County.Two LaplandLongspurs near Imperial Beach Nov. 6 (GMcC) An additional75 + observerswho couldnot be individuallyacknowl- andanother at L. HenshawNov. 14 (RHi) werethe only onesfound, and edgedsubmitted reports this season.--GUY McCASKIE, San Diego Chestnut-collaredLongspurs were remarkablyscarce with six individ- Natural History Museum, Balboa Park, P.O. Box 1390, San Diego, uals reported. CA 92112.

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES -- Bobolinkswere slightlyscarcer than normalwith only 55 _+ reportedSept. 7 +, but oneremaining in Goleta throughNov. 3 (PEL) waslate. SingleRusty Blackbirds at F.C.R., Oct. 28 (REW) & Nov. 11 (BWK) werethe only onesfound in the n.e. part of the Region where small numbersregularly occur each fall, but one nearImperial BeachOct. 28 (GMcC) was alongthe coastwhere casual. Great-tailed Grackles continueto be found along the coast with one at Pt Mugu Nov. 14 (EN) andone to two nearhnperial Beach Nov. 17+ (EC). An OrchardOriole in GoletaSept. 12 (BBa), anotherin Carpin-

248 American Birds, March-April 1984 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS REGION /Robert L. Pyle

Droughtconditions continued through the fall. Honolulu'stotal rainfall Januarythrough November was fewer than4 inchescolnpared to a normal20 inches.Precipitation was proportionatelygreater in the up- landforests, but still well belowaverage. Wind patternsover the north- westernPacific providedfavorable periods this fall for palearcticmi- grantsto reach the islandchain. Fall is theseason when migrants and accidentals add spice and variety to theotherwise unchanging Hawaiian birdlife. This year the occurrence of visitorsfroln both North Americaand Asia rangedfroln moderately goodto spectacular.

PROCELLARIIDS -- A dark-phaseNorthern Fulmar, occasional stragglerto Hawaii, was picked up in weakenedcondition on Kailua Beach, O.. Nov. 18 and turnedin to Sea Life Park (IK). It died 2 days later;the specimenwill go to U.S. Nat'l Museum(SF). A largenumber of (Hawaiian) Dark-rumped Petrels(Endangered) were heard calling Duck numbers on Oahu seemed low at the end of November when most overheadduring the evening Aug. 8 near Holua Cabin in Haleakala of the winteringN. Pintailsand N. Shovelersusually have arrived. At Crater,M. Thirty groundedWedge-tailed Shearwaters had been turned AimakapaPond, H., however,35 + pintailsand 100+ shovelersNov. in to SeaLife Parkby the endof November,mostly in the last2 weeks, 26 (RD) were good countsalong with two Eur. Wigcon at Sand I., which is later than usual. A groundedTownsend's (Newell's) Shear- Midway Oct. 8-21 (PP) and two more at AimakapaPond Nov 13+ waterfound near somebuildings in LanaiCity, L., Oct. 10 wasreleased alongwith a Canvasback(RD). Three Koloa (HawaiianDuck) (Endan- in goodcondition the sameday (PC). This officiallythreatened endem- gered)were seen deep in theAlakai wilderness, K., Aug. 12 (PP, PAL ic, recentlylisted by theA.O.U. asa raceof Townsend'sShearwater, is rarelyrecorded alive on any islandother than Kauai, but see last sea- OSPREYTHROUGH COOTS -- The Osprey,normally only an sows report for a similar occurrenceon Maui. occasionalvisitor to Hawaii, appearedin ahnostan irruptionthis fall. A Leach's Storm-Petrel was found injurednear Wailuku, M., Oct. Individualswere sightednear Kamalo, Molokai I. (DW), in Hilo, H., 30, one mi froln the sea at 50 ft elevation. It died 2 hrs later at the Maui along the waterfront(MS) and later at Lokoaka Pond(RD), and at Kii Zoo (CK, *CBK 83-2). Three to four Band-rumped Storm-Petrels Pond. O. (DW), all in late October and November. The Oahu bird werepicked out by theirdistinctive calls, often likened to rubbinga wet movedto WahiawaRes., andremained through December (DB). At fingeracross smooth glass Aug. 8 (PP, PA, JJ). This storm-petrelwas leastone more Osprey was reported at KanahaPond. M., in lateNovem- formerlyconsidered a race endemic to Hawaiibased on severalflying ber(JW, MU). A birdseen daily by U.S.F. & W.S. personnelat Tern l., juvenilescollected nearly one century ago at Kauai.No nesthas yet been F.F.S., Nov. 4-12 wasreported to be anad. c• Steller'sSea-Eagle (fide found in Hawaii, althoughoccasional fledged juveniles have been BE, SF), for the 2nd state record. turnedin duringthe fall shearwaterrecovery prograln on Kauai. Calls Reportsof threePeregrine Falconson Oahu within 3 weekswas suspectedto be froln thisspecies have been reported a few timesbefore unprecedentedfor thisvery casual visitor. One in nearadult plumage on Maui and Hawaii Is. was studiedperched and in flight at Kii Pond Oct. 29 (RLP, AA). Anotherwas seen in flight andphotographed (R. B.D.P.F. 302) at Wai- BOOBIES THROUGH WATERFOWL- Up to four juv. Brown pio, O., Nov. 15 (PD). Mostincredibly, a fishingboat captain turned Boobieshave been frequenting the harbor at Kawaihae,H., thissummer over an imm. male in goodcondition to statewildlife officialsat Hono- andfall (RD, AT). The speciesis rarelyreported s. of Oahu. One ad. d' lulu harborNov. 21. He reportedthat it croneaboard about 10 days LesserFrigatebird wasobserved at Kure Atoll Sept.27-Oct. 13, with earlier when his vessel was about 1000 mi s. of Hawaii l., somewhere excellentphotographs obtained (PP, R.B.D.P.F. 253-255). Another nearthe Line Is. The bird waskept at HonoluluZoo for a weekand then seenat Tern l., F.F.S., Sept. 8 (fide SF) followed a reportof a bird, sentto the PeregrineFund facility in SantaCruz, Calif., whereit will be possiblythis species.reportedly seen at Tern I.. July I I (SJ). Three held until subspecificdetermination can be made. prior recordswere known for the state, all at Kure. Examinationof the cropof a Wild Turkeytaken at Kaheaon the e. coastof Lanai l., Aug. 22 revealedpipipi shells(Netira pieea), sea- weed, fish scalesand other itemsfroln the marinelittoral zone (PC). Thisconfirms indications from occasional observations and lbotprints thatthis speciesforages regularly on the beachesand tidal rocksof that island.Record counts of 150-158(Hawaiian) Am. Coots(Endangered) at AimakapaPond, H., by severalobservers during August (AT, PS et al.) andalso 95- 100found at Waipio, O., Sept.I l (EWet al.), attestto the exceptionallygood breedingyear for this species.A coot at Kure Sept 20-Oct. 14 (PP) may well have beenthe sameone seenthere in February and June.

SHOREBIRDSTHROUGH TERNS -- The only Black-belliedPlo- versreported this fall weresingle birds at Tern l., F.F.S., Oct. l0 (fide SF) andKii PondOct. 17 & 22 (PP), fewerthan normally expected againthis year. The SemipahnatedPlover at AimakapaReef, H., remainedthrough the summer(v.ob.), and wasjoined by two more in September(AT). (Hawaiian)Black-necked Stilts (Endangered) raised 7- I 0 youngsuccessfully at AimakapaPond (AT). A SolitarySandpip- Lesser Frigatebird, Kure Atoll, n.w. Haw., Sept. 27, 1983. Photo/ ?. pyle. er observedwell at PunaSugar Mill settlingponds, H., Sept.14 (AT) provided the first state record for the species. A photograph Lesscommon species noted through November included a Fulvous (R.B.D.P.F. 301) and full descriptivenotes were submitted. Whistling-Duck at Hanalei N.W.R., K., Nov. 8 (PD), an ad. Snow A remarkablevariety of slnall Calidris sandpiperswas observedin Gooseat MidwayOct. 14-16(PP), a Brantat AimakapaPond Nov. Hawaii this fall, owing in part to the presenceof skilled observers 13+ (RD), threeGreen-winged Teal at Kure Sept.23-Oct. 13 (PP). experiencedwith palearcticstints. One definiteSemipalnmted Sand-

Volume 38, Number 2 249 Attu I., in the Aleutians and Kure Atoll in the Hawaiians have much in common. Both are the westernmost of a 1000-mi chain of smallislands. Both have an airstripmaintained by a small Coast Guard Loran stationcrew, and are otherwiseuninhabited. Accessto eitheris verydifficult for a singlebirder. It wouldnot be expectedthat their respective birdlifes, one subarctic and the othersubtropical, would have much in common.But some palearctic birds found on Kure in the fall of 1983 are remindersthat a goodselection of speciesnormally associated with Attu also occur on Kure. An observer(PP) with extensive field experience in Europe, s.e. Asiaand Micronesia recorded a spectacular(for Hawaii)list of specieson Green I., KureAtoll during a 3-weekvisit Sept. 20- Oct. 14this year. Good to excellentphotos of mostof thesehave beendeposited in the R.B.D.P.F. Severalspecies of North Americanor tropicalorigin are mentionedelsewhere in thisre- port. Some others with Attu affinities are as follows. Garganey,Kure Atoll, n.w. Haw.. Sept. 23. 1983.Photo/P. Pyle. A Garganeyin 9-plumageinjured a wing on an antenna guywireSept. 30 anddied 5 dayslater (B.P.B.M. #159738). A Gray-tailedTattler seen well Sept. 30 wasidentified by diag- nosticcall notes.Separate Bar-tailed Godwits were present Sept.29 & Oct. 10-14, and a first-yearRufous-necked Stint wasseen Oct. 13-14.A differentbird carefully studied Sept. 25- Oct. 11 was either a different Rufous-neckedStint or a Little Stint.A Red-throatedPipit, presentSept. 20-22, was carefully observed and described. Mostremarkable of all wasthe arrival during the night of Sept. 28-29of 12-15Olive Tree-Pipits.They remained and foraged on the island until Oct. 7 when more than one-half of them apparentlydeparted in one night. Threeto five birdswere still presentwhen the observerdeparted Oct. 14. Severalindividuals werephotographed. Not onlydoes this provide the first record of thespecies in Hawaii,but the occurrence of sucha largenumber of vagrantpassefines at one time is unprecedented. Full details of Gray-tailedTattler. Kure Atoll, n.w. Haw., Sept.28, 1983. Photo/ thisoccurrence, including complete discussion of identification, P. Pyle. will be publishedseparately. Theseand many other palearctic species occur on Attu I., in spring.But in fall, recentexperience suggests that thislist for Kure recordedin 3 weeksby one observeron a 0.5 x 2.5 km islandcompares favorably with what may be found on Attu 1., in the sameperiod by 40 observerscovering a muchlarger area. OtherAsiatic and Alaskan species recorded at Kurein past years,mostly in fall andwinter, have included Emperor Goose, Eur. Wigeon,Tufted Duck, Eur. Dotterel,Wood Sandpiper, Slaty-backedGull, SnowBunting and Corn. Redpoll. The hol- , arcticrace of Short-earedOwl (notthe Hawaiian race) and Asiat- ic racesof Eur. Skylarkand WaterPipit have been collected there.White-tailed Eagles have not yet madeit to Kure, but a Steller'sSea-Eagle spent more than a monththere in 1978,in the companyof Black-lootedand Laysanalbatrosses. SandI., in Midway Atoll is thenext island e. of Kure, andis 1, analogousto Shemyanear Attu. This year, during stopover at SandI., Oct. 14-16,the same observer found Eur. Wigeon and a Bar-tailed Godwit, Kure Atoll. n.w. Haw.. Oct. 11, 1983. Photo/ probableCom. RingedPlover. In pastyears Com. Pochard, P. Pyle. Long-toedStint and Com. Black-headedGull havebeen record- ,. ed at Midway. Dailyweather charts for the period of thisyear's visit suggest thatcirculation patterns favoring movement toward Kure from then.w. correlatedwell with occurrences of palearctic species; whilearrivals of commonerNorth American migrants were associatedwith stronger trade wind flow from the e. Ornithologists havenot visited Kure for extendedperiods, particularly in fall, sincethe Smithsonianfield programof the mid-1960s.With regularobservations at Kure. especiallyin fall andwinter, one wondershow much more might be learned about the movements of palearcticspecies across the Pacific. The Coast Guard may haveto abandonAttu, but let us hope that it doesnot leave Kure. Unfortunately,although ATTOUR in springcould not easily become KUTOUR in fall becauseKure is too small and its habitatstoo fragile to withstanda tour-sizedgroup of visitors. OliveTree-Pipit, Kure Atoll, n. w. Haw., Sept. 30, 1983.Photo/P. Pyle.

250 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 piper (Oahu)and one definiteRufous-necked Stint (Kure) furnished expandto anotherisland first recordsof thesespecies for the state.Three otherindividuals on Duringa visit to the Alakai wildernessarea on Kauai Aug. 12-14, PP Kure,Oahu and Hawaii were not identified as to species,but at leasttwo and PA found five Puaiohi (Small Kauai Thrush--Endangered):two probablywere palearcticspecies. Definite W. Sandpiperswere ob- adultsattending a nestwith onechick, one in juv. plumagein the same servedon bothOahu and Kure. Goodphotos of all individualsare in area, anda bird heardcalling in anotherlocality. One Ou (Endangered) R B D.P.F., andfull detailson all of thesesightings are in a paper(PP, was heard. In the Hana Forest Reserveon Maui I., up to 20 Main PD, PA) submittedseparately to AB. Parrotbills(Endangered) were seen each day Aug. 5-8, includingadults Otherscarce visitors to Oahu weresingle Spotted Sandpipers at Wai- feedingyoung (PP, PA, JJ). Numerousfamily groups of KauaiCreepers pio Sept. 11 (m.ob.), SeaLife P., Sept. 13 (PP) andKaneohe Sept. 26 were observed.Good numbers of Akepaon Kauai were seen(but with- (TB), and a Baird's Sandpiperat Waipio and anotherat Kii Pondin out young), and abouttwo-thirds of the liwi seenwere moltingout of August-September(v.ob.). Uncommonbut regularfall migrantsap- juv. plumage,although total numbers of Iiwi werelower than were seen pearedas expected:a highcount of 15 PectoralSandpipers at Kii Pond in 1981. Theseobservations are hearteningindications that breeding of Oct 9, threeSharp-tailed Sandpipers were at Kealia Pond,M., in mid- thesespecies has not been hamperedtoo severelyby the effectsof November(JW), buton Oahuonly a veryfew reportsof singleindivid- Hurricane lwa last November. ualswere received, despite the intensivebirding effort this season.At Threemale and three •? Red Avadavatsobserved closely at leisure Kure up to five Sharp-tailedswere present during October and at Sand alongUpolo Airport Rd., at the extremen. tip of Hawaii I., Sept.12 & I , Midway an incredible21 werecounted Oct. 14-16(PP). One Ruff 15 (AT, VS) constitutedthe first recordof this specieson any island wasat Waipio throughoutthe fall andup to four Wilson'sPhalaropes other than Oahu. were at Kii Pond in August-September.Three speciesof ternswere observedon Oahu: an Arctic at Kii Pond Oct. 22 (PP), a Least Little and ABBREVIATIONS- F.F.S. :FrenchFrigate Shoals, H.:Hawaii 1 , a Blackat WaipioOct. 1-16 (PD, PP), thelatter remaining until Nov. 6 K.: Kauai I., L.: Lanai I., M.: Maui 1., O.: Oahu I., R.B.D.P.F.: Rare (RLP) BirdDocumentary Photo File, maintainedby HawaiiAudubon Society

LANDBIRDS -- Thirteen (Hawaiian) Short-earedOwls on fence- CONTRIBUTORS -- Allen Allison, Phil Ashman, David Bremer, postsin a 2.5 mi stretchalong Saddle Rd., H., oneday in mid-August Tim Burr, Peter Connally, ReginaldDavid, Peter Donaldson,Bruce (RD) wasan extraordinaryconcentration. A Red-ventedBulbul report- Ellerrs,Stewart Fefer, JackJeffrey, Scott Johnston, Cameron Kepler, ed on the groundsof the SheratonHotel on w. Molokai 1., Aug. 24 (fide Ingrid Kang, Marie Morin, PeterPyle, Mike Scott, Verna Slane,Paul MM), couldnot be relocatedin subsequentsearches. This wasonly the Sykes,Avery Taylor, Myer Ueoka,Janet Williams, Erika Wilson, Dave 2ndreport of thisspecies on anyisland other than Oahu, but w. Molokai Woodside.--ROBERT L. PYLE, 741 N. Kalaheo Ave., Kailua, HI wouldbe a naturalfirst stop if theexploding population on Oahuwere to 96734.

WEST INDIES REGION

/Robert L. Norton THEISLANDSNORTHERN AND EASTERNVIRGIN PUERTORICAN RANK .-100fathom line---• "Nothingwholly admirable ever happened in thiscountry except the migrationof birds."--Brooks Atkinson.Indeed, birds exposed to the gauntletof migrationwhether short or long, remarkableor not, inspire admiration for their deeds and a raison d'•tre for observers in remote 6mi I •_ ANEGADA places This reportfor the firsttime hascontributions from the extremes of the Caribbeanarchipelago, Grand Cayman (hereafter, G.C.) in the westto Grenadain the southeast.Several important sightings are report- ß\ ed for thefirst time from Guadeloupe(hereafter, G.). Reportsfrom the lattertwo islandswere receivedjust prior to politicalupheaval. It is ' +•• • '• TORTOLA• hopedthat contactcan be restored. Extensivenotes were receivedfrom PB at G.C. and Cayman Brac (hereafter,C.B.) on the statusof migrantand residentspecies. The number of endemic speciesand subspeciesis remarkablefor islands ST,THOMAS ST,JOHN / CK CassiMill totallingabout 90 squaremiles. They includetwo picids,a psittacid,a musclcapid(turdid), vireonids,emberizids, a columbidand a fringillid. No reporton the statusof Grand Caymanthrush was offeredwhich portendslittle hopethat this species remains extant on thissmall devel- opingisland. The statusof endemicsthroughout the West Indies should receivespecial attention whenever possible as they representthe Re- reportsthat the speciesbreeds at Barbuda.A Green-wingedTeal was glon'struly threatenedfauna. notedat G.C., Nov. 6 (PB et al.) providingan uncommonoccurrence in Precipitationin the Virgin Islands(hereafter, V.I.) variedfrom 83% the w. Caribbean.Northern Shovelers were recordedfrom widely dis- abovenormal in Augustto 62% and52% belownormal for September persedlocations; two wereat G.C., Oct. 21, 12 werefound there Nov. 6 andOctober respectively. November, however, was 67% aboveaverage (PB), and one female was at Marie Galante, G., Oct. 2 (EB-E). One 0 yieldinga + 3% for the periodon a 60-yearperiod of record. Ring-neckedDuck appearedat St. John(hereafter, St. J.) Nov. 2 (RLN) BITTERNS THROUGH COOTS -- An Am. Bittern was seen well and one female was at St. C., Nov. 29 (FS). On Oct. 30 one male and (PB) at G.C., Oct. 10 and a LeastBittern, whichmay havebeen from four •?Lesser Scaup were observed at G.C. (PB) indicatinga represen- Cuba,was also noted at G.C., Aug. 14. Alsofrom G.C., werereports of tativemovement of anatidsin the Regionalthough unexpected at some two White IbisesAug. 28-Sept. 9 (PB, MvL) and five GlossyIbises locations. Oct 10(PB, MvL), bothof whichare casual outside the major islands of Two N. Harriers were notedOct. 10-Nov. 30 at G.C. (PB) as well as theGreater Antilles. Five FulvousWhistling-Ducks were shot by hunt- PeregrineFalcons, possibly two Oct. 20-Nov. 6 at G.C. A Peregrine ersand examined by EB-E Sept.25 at PortLuis, G., andanother bicolor wasalso noted at Cruz Bay, St. J. (RLN), Oct. 24; a singleat SanJuan was reportedfrom St. Croix (hereafter,St. C.) Oct. 25 (FS). Benitez- (AS) Oct. 28; two at St. C. (FS) Oct. 16-Nov. 16; andtwo at Cockroach Esplnalhas traveledand studiedwidely in the LesserAntilles and Cay, St. Thomas(hereafter, St. T.) (RLN) Nov. 8 cruisingthe booby

Volume 38, Number 2 251 colonies.lfperegrbms is territorial in theWest Indies. as I havesuggest- Table 2. Numbers and passagedates of Charadriiformesduring ed in previousreports. then as many as six were observed •other data) fall from the eastern Caribbean, Virgin Islands to Guadeloupe Oct. 22-28 fromthese locations and probably three from the VA., Nov. Spetws St E St. J. St. C. G. fEB-E) 8-11. Two Sofas were noted at St. C. •FS) Nov. 16. American and Less,or Goldcn-Plovcr 12 Sept 17 4 Sept. 25 Caribbean coots continue to be in cahootsat Hart Bay, St. J. The 46 Oct. 9 14 Oct. 8 followingtable offers field data on thelocal population status of this 56 Oct. 10 65 Oct. II troublesomegenus. As reported earlier mixed pairs have been observed 56 Oct. 21 at St. Martinand St. J.. sinceApril 1982.And nowmixed pairs have Solliar) Sandpiper 7 Sept 6 3 Aug. 10 I Scpl. I beenobserved in temperatehabitat (Payne and Master 1983. Wilson 2 Sept. ? 4 Oct. 15 Bull. 95:467-469.)coincidentally in April 1982, illustratinga wide- I Nov. 27 Whimbrcl I Aug. 8* 2 Aug 15 spreadphenomenon. i.e., throughoutthe rangeof F. americana. 5 Aug. 31' 5 Sept. 5* 23 Sept. 25 Table I. Population status of Fulica americana and Fulica cari- 41 Oct. 5 Red Knol 6 Aug 14 baea at Hart Bay, St. J., U.S.V.I., during the fall of 1983 12 Aug. 25 28 Sept. 16 August Septon- Octo- Novem- 19 Sept. 17 12 Oct. 2 Fulica species 10 ber 7 ber 25 ber 2 I Ocl. 22 americana 3 2 5 6 SemipalmaledSandpiper 24 Aug. 8 5 Aug. 10 506 Sept 24 15Sept. 24 314 Sept.6 18 Sept.7 3 Ocl. 8 caribaea 3 I 2 1 20 Oct. 22 pulli 0 2 6 0 Wc,,ternSandpiper lO0 Sept.6 5 Oct. 22 437 Sept.24 2 Sept. 25 Total 6 5 13 7 Lca•;tSandpiper 16 Aug. 8 I Aug. l0 24 Sept.24 176 Sept.6 8 Aug. 18 2 Sept.25 3 Sept. 7 Wh•tc-mmpedSandpiper 2 Sept.6 12Sept. 24 12 Sept. 27 PLOVERS THROUGH TERNS -- The highlightof the shorebird 2 Nov. I migrationwas the occurrenceof a Eurasian Whimbrei (Numeniusp. PectoralSandp•per 17 Sept 6 3 Aug. 25 I Sept.25 phaeopus)first seen at St. T.. Aug. 8 (RLN) at the MangroveLagoon. 31 Oc•. 22 20 Oct. 2 The word went out to St. C. observersto carefullynote all whlmbrels 2 Nov. 7 Still Sandpiper 2 Aug. 8 ? Aug. IO 247 Sept.24 havinga white rump. as the species'ismore commonly seen there on 12 Sept.6 5 Sept.7 465 Sept.27 migration.FS reportedseeing it (or another?)in thecompany ofN. p. 45 Oct. 25 30 c) Oct. 19 55 Nov. I hudson&'usAug. 31 & Sept.5 providingthe 2nd Regional record from 2 locations.The first record is from BarbadosSept. 25, 1962 {Bond

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252 AmericanBirds, March-April 1984 1980). Table2 offersmigration statistics for severalCharadriiformes for Swifts at St. J., Nov. 7 (RLN) well e. of their reportedpassage route thoseinterested in passagedates and numbers. provideda mostunusual record and perhapsthe first e. of Hispaniola. From E! Moro, SanJuan, RP et al., observedtwo Pomafine Jaegers Flocksof swallowsoften harbormixed speciesduring migrationand harryingtern spp. Oct. 30. Sladenreported several interesting observa- offer the carefulobserver an unexpectedopportunity. La Sagra'sFly- tionsof ternsincluding eight Gull-billcds Aug. 12. a late RoseateOct. catcher(formerly Stolid Flycatcher)was notedat G.C., Sept. 4 (PB). 23, threeCommons Oct. 14 and five juvenilesOct. 27. Twelve Com. Northern Rough-wingedSwallows were noted from widely dispersed Terns were seenat PillsburySound, St. J. (RLN) Sept. 16. LeastTerns locations:I 0 + August-Nov.30 at G.C. (PB) and oneat St. J.. Nov. 11 werereported to be nestingat G.C. (PB) andremained until Sept. 10. FS (RLN). A Cliff Swallow was also seen at St. J., Nov. 1 I in a flock of counted665 Least Terns at St. C., Aug. 30 which includedca. 100 30 + Barn Swallows. A report of a Red-eyed Vireo from St. C., is juveniles most of which departedby Sept. 20. PB notedthat Black acknowledgedhere althoughdetails are expectedelsewhere. A Chest- Terns passedthrough G.C., Aug. 27 (2) & Sept. 9 (6). nut-sidedWarbler was notedby MG, EB-E et al.. at Luquillo Forest, P.R., Oct. 31. Two Blackpoll Warblers were seen at St. J., Nov. I PIGEONS THROUGH BOBOLINKS -- On Oct. 30 at El Yunque, (RLN). LouisianaWaterthrushes are early visitorsto the V.I. in fall as P.R.. three Plain Pigeons,one of the mostendangered endemics of the indicatedby sightingsAug. 18 at St. J., and at St. T., Sept. 6 (RLN). Region,were notedby MG, EB-E et al. Six CubanParrots, an endemic Theyappear to precedethe common, winter resident N. Waterthrushby subspeciesat G.C. andC.B., werereported to be locallycommon Nov. oneor 2 weeks.A Kentucky Warbler at G.C., Nov. 28 (PB) provideda 20 (PB). A Com.-Barn Owl was observedat G.C. (PB) roostingin a rareoccurrence outside the largerislands of the GreaterAntilles. Sladen coconuttree in Novemberproviding further evidenceof its rare w. noteda Bobolinkat St. C., Sept. 26 and at GrandeTerre, G., EB-E Caribbeandistribution, though was not determinedwhether it was the reportedthat four Bobolinkswere seenOct. 20. residentTyto a. furcam or a vagrantT. a. pratincolaof the Gulf states. The sameproblem exists when seeinga usuallysilent Commonand ADDENDUM -- A carefully observedtrio of American White Antillean nighthawkduring migration now that they are separated.The Pelicans at St. Martin in late November 1982 (EB-E) deservesnotice. latterbreeds locally from G.C., e. to Anegada.Migrating gundlachii are PB includedobservations from previousseasons which bear repeating seen briefly and rather early in the fall, August to early September. here:Greater Flamingo at G.C., July ! 1-16, 1983; Turkey Vulture at Barbour(1943) recountsthat gundlachiidisappears from Cuba by late C.B., May 25, 1983;and an American Swallowed-tailedKite at G.C., Augustand that minor is regularin October.Wingate (1973) records July 25, 1983. A Wilson's Phalaropewas at Grenadain fall, 1983 (PH). minor at Bermudafrom early Septemberuntil the first week of Novem- ber. Brudenell-Bruce(1975) similarlystates that gundhwhii has depart- CORRIGENDUM -- Haitian should read HispaniolanParakeets ed breedingstations in theBahamas by mid-Septemberand that minor is (Am. Birds 37:917). seenfrom thento early November.Thus, Chordeilesspp. notedin the Caribbeanfrom Augustuntil thefirst weekof Septembermay be regard- CONTRIBUTORS -- Subregionaleditors in italics, EdouardBeni- ed as gundlachiiand thereafteras minor.Their distinctivecalls easily tez-Espinal,Patricia Bradley, Mike Gochfeld, A. Gomez, Peter Hall, separatethem, but are usually heard only in springand summer. RichardPaul, Fred S!aden,Alexander Sprunt, IV, Mars van Liede, and Chuck-will's-widowswere commonlyseen Sept. 10-Nov. 21 at St. other observers.•ROBERT L. NORTON, Division of Fish and J., andnoted at St. C. (FS) Oct. 16. A rareoccurrence of threeChimney Wildlife, 101 Estate Nazareth, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 00802.

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