TheBewick• Wren reported last spring from • IdahoBobolinks wereseenins.w. Bonner theKamiah, ID areawas seen throughout (LC), near St. Maries (DNS, m.ob.), and summer,and may have nested (DNS).Three near Roseberry,ID (KD). This species' Mountain fledglingAmerican Pipits tended by two Idahorange is verydisjunct. Two nesting adultsat ChimneyRock in w.Boundary, ID records for Com. Grackle were obtained in July22 (DNS, JG) providedthe first con- Missoula(WD, T&CT), continuingthe WestRegion firmedbreeding record for n. Idaho. patternof gradualexpansion throughout w. Montana.The specieswas confirmed nest- Warblers to Grackles ing in Idaholatilong 16 for the firsttime A surprisingdiversity of "good"warbler whenwell-developed nestlings were seen records was obtained this summer. Three b,sing fed near .Ashton June 15 (EH, CT). territorial Tennessee Warblers were found nearClark Mt., Lincoln,MT (SK)during Observerscited (Subregionaleditors in June.Northwest Montana is theonly place boldface):IDAHO: Larry Barnes,Dave where this rare and local nester is known to Burrup,Bea Calger, Ead Chapin, Luke Cole breedin theregion. (LC), PatCole, Mark Collie,Gorden Corn- HUGH E. KINGERY "'---- A well-describedsinging N. Parula, tie, Kas Dumroese,John Gatchet (JG), Birdsfound the going tough in themoun- Montana's5th, wasseen July 4 in Glacier DaleGoble, Ed Harper,Winnie Hepburn, tainsof theWest this summer. Heavy spring N.P. 0'PR, •'AD). Idaho's7th Chestnut- Dave Holick (DHk), Dean Jones,Wallace precipitationleft thehigh country covered sidedWarbler was tape recorded and pho- Keck, Florence Knoll, Merlene Koliner, with snowinto July; snow-covered habitats tographedon Fisher Cr., s. of Stanley, ID in LouiseLaVoie, Jeff Palmer, Jimmy Reynolds delayedor preventednesting of alpine the Sawtooth National Recreation Area (JRe),Sharon Ritter, Hadley Roberts, Dan speciesand subalpine ground nesters and June11 ('•LB,m.ob.). Incredibly, another Simpkins(DS), Marilyn Smith,Shirley breeders.Insect cycles ran threeweeks or maleshowed up at City of RocksNational Sturts(SHS), DeeAnn Spencer (DSp), Dan morebehind. Consequently many migrants Preserveby Burley, ID July1 (•'WK,DSp). Svingen(DNS), Dan Taylor, Charles Trost, lingeredon the plains and delayed mountain A singingmale Black-throated Blue War- Helen Ulmschneider, Carol Vande Voorde, nesting.Bird watchers suffered, too, con- bler near Lincoln, MT was seenJune 15 SteveWoltmann (SWo). MONTANA: Clif strainedby mud on plains'roads and snow (RF).This represents Montana's first sum- Barry,Sharon Browder, Dan Casey,Lynn on mountainroads. Observers scrapped mer sighting,and 5th recordoverall. A Clark (LC1), William Diebert, Mike and probablya third of theBreeding Bird Survey Black-and-whiteWarbler summered by MerryLynn Denny (M&MLD), Amanda routesin Coloradoand delayedanother McDevitt Creek, 20 mi s.c. of Salmon, ID Dumlin,Joseph Engler, Rob Fergus, John thirdinto July when roads opened. (HU) in thesame spot where one was found Grant (JGr), Dev and Liz Hill (D&LH), ', Throughmid-June flycatchers, thrushes, lastyear--3 of Idaho's14 records have come GeorgeHolton, Judy Hoy, Shelly Kremer, vireos,warblers, and tanagers thronged mi- fromthis latilong. American Redstart is an Doug Powless,Paul Rodewald,Jean granttraps such as Fontanelle, Wyoming; uncommon and local breederin s. Idaho, so Robocker(JRo), Terry and Chris Toppins Corn Creeknear Las Vegas; Fort Collins, a reportthat the species has been extirpated (T&CT), PhilipWright, Vita Wright. Spe- Colorado;Crow Valley (Pawnee National from a former foothold on the w. shore of cial thanks to Kas Dumroese and Peder Grassland,Colorado); and the Arkansas Val- CascadeRes., Valle 7, dueto increasedcabin Svingenfor consistentlyproviding com- leyaround Ordway and Rocky Ford, Col- developments,isdoubly disturbing (MC, mentson drafts of thisRegions reports. orado.Birds delayed nesting. Above 8000 FK). A Yellow-breastedChat, raren. of the Dan Svingen,P.O. Box 132, Grange- feetin northernUtah most birds building ClearwaterR. drainage,was at thebase of ville, ID 83530. opennests and some cavity nesters post- xMoscowMt., Latah, IDJune 3 (DHk). A maleIndigo Bunting, rare throughout s. Idaho, was at SiphonPond, n.w. of Pocatello,ID July20-30 (BC, CT). A hy- • :,.'• ßSheridan bridIndigo x LazuliBunting was discov- i ___•'.3'•;dy Sundance eredin July near Stevensville, MT (JH). '"' A singingSage Sparrow was 18 min. of White SulphurSprings, MT June 30 (M&MLD), thefirst for ladlong 29. At least Loganß twoGrasshopper Sparrows were on territory •, * RockSprings -.•.•.heyenene throughoutsummer at theWhitebird Bat- • •e Bear•ver .....•:'?• _-- Sa•Great•L. ß NWR .•.-.•:• . ";•'•'•.•:" - - tlefieldby Grangeville, ID (KD, DNS).An- SaltLake-• ' Vernal otherGrasshopper Sparrow was singing at •) RubyLa•'eNWR Ci• '" I •L•U• Bonny, . -•? I :':'•'•:•4.* Dener Res.* SwanRiver N.W.R., Lake,MT July22, sug- RenoNEVADA FishSpr,ng, .;•: I Granddot gestingnew breeding in latilong15 (JE).In . Lahontan Luridß summer 1994, an alarmed female White- Va#ey -'•: • • ;•"•"'•'PuebloLamar throatedSparrow was found near Pole- : , ßDyer •'•'•;•' • n..... •T- •a ey bridge,MT, whilea singingmale was pre- [•_. ZionNat • •' •...- ;. ,-.. sentin theYaak Valley, Lincoln, MT (fide t_J Park • - .;-?;'•':•;.... . LasVegas DC). Thisyear, a singingmale was found nearPolebridge, along the "InsideNorth ForkRoad" (DP). Theseobservations sug- gestthat the species may nest in theRegion.

FIELD NOTES WINTER I995 itudeand longitude, and measures about50 by June14-15 (DP). 70mi]); • (writtendescription onfile with • MississippiKites stayedJune 1-5 at R.E.);:• (writtendescription onfile with, and Walsh,CO, andprobably nested at Las Ani- subjectto approvalof, state or localrecords masand La Junta,CO (HEK) and their committee);# (no written description submit- usual sites at Lamar and Pueblo. An imm. tedto, or photograph notseen by, R.E.). Broad-wingedHawk stopped at Ordway, CO June3 (MJ). At RockyMt. Arsenal, Loons to Waterfowl CO, Swainson'sHawk nest attempts EaredGrebes achieved abundant, successful droppedfrom 14 to 4, andsuccessful nests nestingat Casper--4800counted July 20 from 12 to 4 (JGr).Also at theArsenal, al- (J&VH).High water prevented nesting in a thoughAm. Kestrelsattempted nests in smallcolony at Loveland,CO (AM). A new 28-30 nestboxes,only 10 boxesproduced sitein theSan Luis Valley, CO, sportedat anyyoung: a paltry17 fledglings(last year leastten nesting pairs of Western and Clark's 30 of 35 succeeded).Tall grassinhibited grebes(HEK). A BrownPelican, Coloredo's preycapture (MH). 9th, commuted between2 lakesat Delta, CO July9+ (?SJ,RL, ph.).Las Vegas had Rails to Terns twoBrown Pelicans July 6 (KW). Sixobser- Highwater did not benefit the possibly nest- vations of Am. Bitterns came from the Ft. ingBlack Rails in theArkansas Valley, CO, Collins,CO area.A GreatEgret visited a thoughobservers heard single birds June 29 Baca,CO pondJuly 24-26 (BR). Fish andJuly 16. A SandhillCrane near Walden SpringsN.W.R., UT hostedsuccessful nest- July10 probably had wandered from nesting ingby SnowyEgrets; the species peaked at groundsto the west or north (BD). 329 July13 (JB).Baca also attracted four • Theusual assortment ofshorebirds plied Immature Brown Pelican at Sweitzer Lake, CattleEgrets June 19 (DWi); onefed in theRegions lakeshores, despite high waters. Delta, Colorado,in July 199S. About the ranchlandnear Hugo, CO June15; and 11, Casperreported Willets all season,except ninth state record. Photograph/ somein breedingplumage, stopped at Jules- June 6-15; however,Willets nest to the Scott Jorgensen. burg,CO, July8 (DE,JFB, WL). Reportsof southnear Walden, CO. Casperhad a num- six Green Heronscame from Pueblo,Canon ber of otherJune shorebirds June 20: one ponedegg-laying by two to threeweeks, ac- City,Denver, and Grand Jct., CO. White- GreaterYellowlegs, three Lessers, and six cordingto V.A. Smith. Even in mid-Julythe facedIbis at Fish Springs peaked at 341 July Marbled Godwits. subalpineforests of Colorado'sIndian Peaks 13 (JB).Two-seven scattered ibis appeared -- A Black-belliedPlover arrived July 26 at hostedfew robins, Hermit Thrushes,and June4-16, andby the end of July Baca had FishSprings (JB), which had 43 Snowiesthe juncos,said Dave Hallock. Some ground two-threeand Greeley had 16. At Yellow- sameday. On then. sideof G.S.L.,June 3, nestersdecreased sharply--near Eagle, Col- stoneN.P., two Oldsquaws consorted with Smkhfound 37 SnowyPlovers at Promon- oradoa streambottom usually abundant BarrowsGoldeneyes June 21 (:•WEH)--a tory.In theArkansas Valley, >30 Snowies with Lincoln'sSparrows had only one remarkable summer occurrence for an Arc- startednesting, but only one remained June singingJuly 15, yet it hadnormal numbers ticnester. At Morgan,UT, fiveCom. Gold- 15 (DL). In thesame area 7 pairsof Piping of Chippingand White-crowned sparrows, eneyesremained through the summer; al- Ploversattempted to nest;all failed and left accordingtoJ. Mammoser. thoughthey included 2 pairs and one young by July1. SixMt. Ploversw. of SanLuis, • On theprairies, lush growth of tallgrass drake,they showed no evidence of breeding CO, includedthree fledglings (H&UK); the adverselyaffected birds dependent on short (•VAS).Another Com. Goldeneye stayed in SanLuis Valley hosts a smallcontingent of grass.Swainsons Hawks, American Kestrels, Ft. Collinsuntil June 20 (DL). SingleBuf- nestingplovers. In mid-JulyHeld counted andGreat Horned Owls had poor nesting fieheadsspent single days at Buffalo,WY 42 immatures at Keota, PawneeNational successbecause they had trouble detecting June22 (J&RR),Idaho Springs, CO July18 Grasslands.On July26, >100 Mt. Plovers smallmice. Badgers and coyotes, confronted (TL), andFish Springs July 26 (JB).Buffalo hadassembled in a Bacafield, with many with thesame problem, preyed on prairie alsoreported three Hooded Mergansers moreprobably out of view (JnlT). dogsand Burrowing Owl nests.At Rocky June30 (HD), andsingles were at Fort' , Fish Springsrecorded a peak of 173 MountainArsenal, Colorado, badgers and CollinsJune 3 (DL) andEvergreen, CO Black-necked Stilts and 236 Am. Avocets prairiedogs used the road system to search outshort-grass sites for food or settlement, reportedM. Hetrick andJane Griese. In contrast,the tall grassbenefited Lark Buntingsand Grasshopper Sparrows.

Abbreviations:D.EO. (Denver Field Or- nithologistfield trips, reported byPhil Hayes); G.S.L. ( GreatSalt Lake); I.P.B.S.C. (Indian PeaksBreeding Season Count, reported by DaveHallock); L.L.B.L. (Longmont/Lyons/ Berthoud/Lovelandarea,CO, using Foothills AudubonClub records byAnn Means); R•E. (RegionalEditor); 1st Lat (first latilong record Receivedtoo late for the previousissue was this portrait of the CurlewSandpiper that provided [a latilongisoutlined by one degree each of lat- a first state record at Fallon, Nevada, May S, 199S. Photograph/Jaue Thompson.

VOLUME 49, NUMBER 5 FIELD NOTES just n. of [asAnimas, had bothnest withone seen June 14 and July 29 in Moraine July26. ByJuly 31 shorebirdcounters tallied types July4: a singingphoebe along 31 GreaterYellowlegs at FishSprings, 100 Park(TL). A Blue-throatedHummingbird PurgatoireRiver cliffs and a pair feed- Lessersat Casper,59 Willetsat L. Mead, attendeda feeder briefly one day at Dinosaur, ing youngalong a concrete-linedirri- NV, 168W. Sandpipersand 42 Long-billed CO (?HD), themost northerly record in the gation ditch (H&UK). Dowitchersat FishSprings, and 200 Wil- Regionand probablyfor the speciesany- son'sPhalaropes at Casperand 125 at Las where. Half the usual Black-chinneds sum- Vegas.In theirn.e. Colorado stronghold, 17 meredin Springdale,UT--only 50 in Gif- Twospecies of flycatchersstrayed N of their UplandSandpipers occupied posts 100 ft. ford'syard. Three Black-chinneds in Linwood rangein June:A VermilionFlycatcher ap- apartbetween Crook and Ovid (DE, JFB, Canyon,WY, onthe edge of FlamingGorge pearedat Julesburg, CO June20 (JRe)and WL). Reportsof Long-billedCurlews in- Res.,provided a rare record (?RS, 1st Lat). By Ash-throatedFlycatchers fed at CrowValley cluded24 at FishSprings July 13, one-two July1 a CalliopeHummingbird arrived at campgroundJune 14 & 27 (WL,JHi). An E at Torrey,UT throughJune 15, 40 adults LinwoodCanyon, WY, nearFlaming Gorge Kingbirdfledged two-three young at Farm- andimmatures in BacaJuly 1, and20 in (RS);ten or more appeared July 15+ at Love- ington,UT (?CW).Scissor-tailed Flycatch- RS'owaJuly24 (DB). An earlyPectoral Sand- land,Denver, Evergreen, and Dillon, and one ersstrayed to LasAnimas,Ordway, We• and piperstopped at LaJunta, CO July16 (BP). reachedFort Garland in theSan Luis Valley WoodlandPark, CO (?AV)at varying dates Calland plumage identified an early Short- July 16 (AW). The I.P.B.S.C.tallied 357 fromJune 15-July 17. The femalewhich last billed Dowitcherat Galeton,CO June28 Broad-tailedHummingbirds June 10. The yearmated with a W. Kingbirdand produced (#JH).It tookuntil June 5 foreight late Red- firstRufous Hummingbird reported in the hybridyoung did notreturn to Glenwood neckedPhalaropes to stopat Casper,and Regionarrived at Custer,CO June15 (K& Springs;a pair of W. Kingbirdsnested there until June7 for one at Torrington,WY WJ); otherJune birds came to feedersin thisyear 0M). (J&VH); byJuly 20 Casperhad 20 headed GreenMr. Falls,Evergreen, and Fort Gar- south0&VH) . land,CO, andOgden, UT. Martinto Pipits • A LaughingGull stopped at L. MeadJuly PurpleMartins did not return to their regular 8 (J&MC, ph.).A CaspianTern spent July Flycatchers placesnear Cortez (LB). A lateand out-of- atCasper. Northern Colorado had reports of A fewOlive-sided Flycatchers lingered on the placeTree Swallow flew around a RockyFord one-twoCaspians from May 21-July 1 in 4 plainsinto June: at Boulder June 10, Welling- wildlifearea June 4 (MJ).At Eagle, Tree Swal- locations;they have become regular in sum- ton June12, andFt. CollinsJune 19 (DL, lowsdelayed nesting; in Merchant'syard mer,but no onehas found them breeding S&KM). On June2, at a locationfar below swallowsfirst fledged from 3 housesJuly 24, yet. LeastTerns attempted 11 nestsnear theirexpected montane habitat, apair fed ac- 27, & 31--aboutthe time they usually pro- Lamar,CO but fledgedonly five young; tivelyin ascrub oak-pinyon pine hillside near duce2nd broods.Blue Jays traveled to the theydid not suffer as severely from the high Ignacio,CO (H&UK). Near the Front mountainsat Golden,Eagle, Monte Vista, waterwoes which doomed their Endangered Range,W. Wood-Peweesremained at Fort andAlamosa. Scrub Jays brought a brood neighborPiping Plovers. Collinsto June 5 andthe Crow Valley camp- intoKillpack's yard in Ogden,UT July30, groundon the Pawnee to June 19 (DL). On extremelylate; breeding usually begins in Pigeons to Hummingbirds theplains at RockyFord, CO, aWillow Fly- March. Mountain Chickadees did well in the The ColoradoFront Range reported more catchersang June 4 (MJ).At Torrey,UT, 2 Front Range:233 on the I.P.B.S.C.;they Band-tailedPigeons than in manyyears: apparentlyterritorial pairs of WillowFly- wereseen 49 of 60 daysin the Golden Counts included 62 June 5 w. of Fort catchersdisappeared after June 9; Schmeirer foothills(J&DW). The I.EB.S.C.tallied 64 Collins,51 June30 at Conifer,and 26 June recommendsJune 15 asthe earliest date for Red-breastedNuthatches June 10, whilesev- 7+ nearGolden. On theW. Slope,Eagle had determiningbreeding from territorial behav- eralplains locations recorded them in June two-sixJune 26-July 16, and Grand Jct. had ior.He observed2 other pairs which persisted Crow Valleyreported one Ruby-crowned sixJuly 13. A rareBarn Owl stoppedat Las onterritory after June 15. Four were at Pan- KingletJune 1 andFort Collins had 5 June 2 VegasJune 30 (J&MC).AW. Screech-Owl guitch,UT July16 (SS).A GrayFlycatcher The I.P.B.S.C.tallied 317 kinglets. South of broodincluded four young in Ogden,UT wasat CasperJune 22 (?J&GL).Schmeirer Durango,CO, a Blue-grayGnatcatcher pair ratherlate--Aug. 10-14 (MLK); E. Screech- reported6 CordilleranFlycatcher nests at franticallychased away a femalecowbird June Owlshad young in Denverneighborhoods by Torrey,again this year exclusively in diseased 26; thenest contained 2 gnatcatcher and 2 June5 (H&UK). GreatHorned Owls had aspen.Observers from Tonopah e. to Beaver cowbirdeggs (H&UK). At Rawhide,WY, disastrousnesting in the ColoradoFront Dam Wash(in bothNevada and Utah) and theEastern Bluebird nest with young June 8 Range.At RockyMt. Arsenal,only 3 of 10 n.to Kanarraville and Garfieldreported Black provideda 1stLat breeding record (J&VH) pairsnested successfully 0Gr); 11nested last Phoebesbreeding. A pairreturned June 6 to A Mt. Bluebird n. ofDel Norte, CO incu- year.In s.w.Denver only 3 of 8 pairsobserved lastyear's breeding site at Uravan, CO (RL). batedeggs in an old Cliff Swallownest eventried to nest(HEK). Twelverobins ha- (H&UK). Veerieshad a goodyear in Sheri- rasseda N. Pygmy-Owlat McCoy,CO June S• TheColorado Breeding Bird dan(four June 15, HD). Twosang along the 26 (ME).At RockyMt. Arsenal,CO, 20pairs •'• Atlasdocumented a popula- LaramieR., Larimer,on a B.B.S.route de- of BurrowingOwls attempted nesting (com- tion of E. Phoebesbreeding in LasAn- layeduntil July 14 by spring'sinclemency paredto 23•il pairsthe previous 5 years); 9 imas and Bent. Jones observes that in (WL). Along2 mi of theMichigan R. near hatched23 chicks,of which only eight mostof their rangeE. Phoebeshave Walden,CO, 10sang July 10 and had young forsaken natural nest sites in favor of fledged.High grass and high predation (by man-made structures. Yet the Las An- out of the nestJuly 27 (BD, HEK). One badgers,coyotes, and even automobiles) se- imas phoebesuse natural site• Veeryremained on the plains June 1 at Fort verelyaffected their success (MH). An en- cliffs and boulderson the edgesof Collins,and from Casperto Denverob- serversfound Swainsonsin notable numbers couragingfour Short-eared Owls flew about streams. Four pairs breedingn. and e. GoldenSpike N.M., UT, northof GSL, June in fiat plainsterrain---without natural untilJune 10. On June10 theIndian Peaks 2-18 (VAS).Casper had 3 July25. Black nest site•used bridgesor buildings. count tallied 120 Hermit Thrushesand 387 Swiftsreturned to RockyMountain N.P., Thissummer one Atlas block, in Bent Am. Robins.Gray Catbirds straggled W, reg-

956 FIELDNOTES xYe'INTERI995 ularat Gypsum,CO 0M), threeon territory Chatfield, which hostedterritorial birds2-4 dantforbs, which hobbled raptor food col- atTorrey, UT June3+, oneat Kanarraville, yearsago (#D.EO.); Palm Warblers at Last lectionand Cassin's Sparrow breeding, al- UT July3 (alsoin August1994, SS), one at ChanceJune 4 (DB) andIndian Peaks June lowedincreased numbers of LarkBuntings Jackson,WY June22 (W&AH), andone at 10 (RRC);five Blackpolls from Fontanelle, to nest(52 onthe B.B.S. cf. 4 lastyear). At theTonopah, NV reststop June 24-25 (DT). WY to Rocky Ford; Am. Redstartsat •?rey one-twoFox Sparrows spent the They enjoyedsuccessful breeding in n. TonopahJune 1-2 (two,DT), threeat Crow summer at the low elevation of 6900 ft. Wyomingat Devils Tower and Sheridan. ValleyJune 1 (DL), andone at Corn Cr., (AS).A meadowlarksp. sang the eastern Junel 1 (J&MC);a singingN. Waterthrush songJune 12-July 2 at Ft. Collins(but call S• Overthe past 10 years the at FortCollins June 10; HoodedWarblers at notesnot mentioned, #DL, WL); 2 mi away J'• San LuisValley has had sev- MonteVista N.W.R., June3 (1st Lat, ?JJR) onesang July 25 (#DL).Abundant spring eral reportsof Bendire'sThrashers, andCrow Valley June 4 (#JHi);and a sur- moisturedelayed irrigation at Morgan,UT, somebreeding. On June 26-27 a pos- prisingCanada at Fort CollinsJune 9 whichdelayed cattail growth, which meant sibleBendire's sang non-stop from a (#JMa).By late July, 2 raritiesappeared: a Yellow-headedBlackbirds lacked nesting postand in 3-minute loopsaround Golden-wingedJuly 25 at ColoradoSprings habitat;only one pair fledged young--in the post (H&UK).An hour'sstudy in (#RB, BM), and a well-describedBlack- everanglight producedfield marks mid-August(VAS). The reverse occurred in L.L.B.L., which counted1173 Yellow-head- like a Bendire's,but an hourstudy in and-whiteJuly 22 at HuntoonValley, 30 mi better light the next morningelicited s.of Hawthorne,NV (•'ES). eds,cf. 196 lastyear. The L.L.B.L.also counted a record number of Com. Grack- field marks which definitely peggedit '• Trousdalereported an extraordinary as a SageThrasher. Observations on 30-40 Wilson'sWarblers at TonopahJune les-856 cf.262 last year. Although D.EO. a June3 C.F.O.trip b) a nearbysite 1-2. The I.P.B.S.C. counted 122 Wilson's buckedthis trend on its trips (62 cf.an 11- notedmany field marksof Bendire's, June10. yearspread of 86-261), in Denveritself but the singingbirds still had "fairly •- A follow-upon last year's Colorado Atlas gracklesseemed ubiquitous and dominant d,stinct" breaststreaking (J JR), discoveryof breedingN. Waterthrushes (HEK). Hostsreported for Brown-headed which excludes Bendire's. These ob- foundan adult feeding a fledglingJuly 24 Cowbirds,in additionto the Blue-gray servationssuggest reexamination of nearWalden, as well as three other singing Gnatcatchernoted above, included aDusky the status of Bendire's in the San birds(BD, H&UK). North of Walden,ban- Flycatchernest with youngat Eagle,CO LuisValley. derscaught a femalewith a broodpatch (JM),Warbling Vireo at Eagle(JM), Lark (fideBD). Sparrowat Cody,WY (GB),and two relent- ABrown Thrasher strayedto Divide, n.w.of lessfledglings pursuing a harriedGreen- PikesPeak, July 5 (•'AV).With thealpine Tanagersto Grosbeaks tailed Towhee at Buena Vista, CO zoneblanketed by snowthrough most of A SummerTanager wandered to Ordway (H&UK). Likepipits, rosy-finches delayed June,Am. Pipits flocks occurred in mid-June June3 (MJ). On June 10 the I.EB.S.C. theirjourney to theiralpine cliffs; Buffalo, at 9000 ft. at Eagleand Dillon, CO. The recordedonly 17 W. Tanagers--thelowest WY, had 10 Gray-crownedsJune 8 (LW) I PB S.C.tallied a surprising141 pipits June countin its 12-yearhistory; meanwhile and Beartooth Passnear Yellowstone had 18 10,most apparently below timberline. threesang at Ft. CollinsJune 3-10 anda at variousspots June 20; onlytwo remained glutof 15W. Tanagersstormed Fontanelle July6, sothey probably moved up to nest on Vireos to Warblers June11 (RS). Zion N.P. reportedits 3rd thehigher peaks (WEH). Cassin'sFinches LasVegas observers noted the most Bell's Rose-breastedGrosbeak June 22 (SF) and nestedin a boxelder in a Morgan,UT yard Vireosin manyyears, with many staying on Tonopahhad one June 1 (DT). Killpack (unsuccessfully)--anotherinstance of low territory;they found no fledglings, though banded75 youngand 28 ad.Black-headed elevation,riparian nesting for that supposed (J&MC). The I.P.B.S.C.tallied 142 War- Grosbeaksover the summer;some adults mountainspecies (VAS). Red Crossb.ills bhngVireos. The numberof Red-eyed havereturned for 7-8 years.Indigo Bunting cruised over the mountains from n. Utah to Vireosrose; at Ash MeadowsN.W.R. ban- reportsincluded a maleJune 21 at Ash theBig Horns of WyomingS to Colorado. derscaught, banded, and photoõraphed one Meadowsand a femalebanded there June 28 With them,three White-winged Crossbills June27 (#B&DS,#ph.)• Wanderers came to (D&BS), oneat Zion June22 (SS),and a onthe I.P.B.S.C., June 10 popped up not far GreenR. and Fontanelle,WY June6-16 maleat Torrey, UT July18 (AS).A Painted fromthe site of their unsuccessful nesting at- (fourat Fontanelle June 11, RS). Several June Buntingmaintained a territorylast year in temptof lastwinter. A LesserGoldfinch reportscame from the w. edgeof theirnor- CottonwoodCanyon, Baca; this year one whichremained June 5-23 at Morganpro- malbreeding range, from Casper and Van sangJune 28 in thesame place (DB). A pair videda rarereport for thatlatilong (VAS). Tassel,WY, to Ordway and Boyero, CO. of PaintedBuntings stayed at FortCollins EveningGrosbeaks summered at Torrey '<' DuringJune, migrating orlost-compass June 8-10 (?MM). Dickcisselreports (AS) and occurredin Kane,UT July24. warblerscontinued their spring wandering. dropped-•ColoradoAtlasers did not fan Theybrought two young to a McCoy,CO, Straysincluded Golden-winged Warblers at outover the plains this summer--although feederJuly 29, and occurredregularly at LastChance, CO June4 (#DB);Tennessees Benthad 10 June12 and25 July16 (BP). Casperand Devils Tower. at ColoradoSprings and Ordway June 1 & Similarly,Cassin's Sparrow reports dropped; 4, N Parulaat CornCr., LasVegas, June 9 probablythe moisture-nourished tallgrass Addendum (#RSc), and Last Chance's3rd for the on theprairies explains the decrease. Both I rarelyreport on observations received late spring,a singingmale June 7 (DBr);Chest- Brewer'sand Grasshoppersparrows in- fromprevious seasons, but three N. Parulas nut-sidedsat Wellington,CO June 7 creasedon the Pawnee National Grasslands seenMay 13at Wellington, in thesame tree, (K&SM) and Glendo, WY June 11 (DL, TL). AlthoughSheridan seemed to seemedworthy of mention (S&KM). (W&AH);Magnolia at FortCollins June 6 havelater-arriving and fewer Lark Buntings, (MN); anactively feeding Black-throated Jayem,WY had150 June 8-18 andCasper Corrigendum Blue at RockyMountain N.P., June 13 reported400 July4 (flockingearly?). At ForSpring 1995 I omittedJim and Marion (KC); a Yellow-throatedWarbler June 3 at RockyMt. Arsenalthe tall grasses and abun- Cressmanfrom the list of compilers.Also,

VOLUME 49, NUMBER 5 FIELD NOTES 957 deleteW. A. Howe as a cited observer,and summer,particularly in thenorthwest por- addW. &A. Hines. tionof thestate that was poorly known, and Southwest theywere kind enough to sharesome of their Compilers(with number of observerswho resultswith us. The summer was an extremely contributedto theircompilations): W. W. dryone, with the"monsoon" rains never ma- Brocknet(15), Jim & MarionCressman (8), Region terializingduring June or Jul)• We will have to DaveHallock (19), PhilHayes (9), Ursula waitand see how this has effected the breeding Kepler(22), Jim and Gloria Lawrence (15), successof many of thegrassland species that Tony Leukering(8), Rich Levad (5), arehighly dependent onthe summer rains. WilliamLisowsky (14), Ann Means(40), JackMerchant (5), BertRaynes (5), Robert Abbreviations:A.B.C. (ArizonaBird Rothe (5), Rick Steenberg(5), Janeal Arizona reittee); L.C.R.V. (Lower Colorado R. Valley); Thompson(5). G.EP. (Gila FarmsPond); M.EL. (Many Contributors:Lu Bainbridge,Jay Banta, GARY H. ROSENBERG AND FarmsL.); N.I.R. (NavajoIndian Reserva- HelenDowning, Margaret Ewing, Jewel CHRIS D. BENESH tion);EA.P. (PinalAir Park); P.R.D. (Painted Gifford, JaneGriese (JGr), Mark Janos, Thissummer may well be remembered for RockDam); S.P.R. (San PedroR.); S.T.P. SteveJones, Merlin Killpack, Brandon Per- thedazzling array of"Meyacan rarities that (SewageTreatment Plant); S.W.R.S. (South- cival(18), Lisa andJ. J. Rawinski, J.C. Rigli, werepossible tosee in ashort period of time. westernReseareh Station); and V.O.C. (l•llage Davidand Beth St. George,George and Onecould fly into Tucson, drive up to Dud- ofOak Cr.). MelodieSan Miguel, Alan Schmeirer, V. A. Icyvilleand see the nesting pair of Streak- Smith,Steve Summers, Joe TenBrink, Den- backedOrioles, then turn aroundand make Grebes to Hawks nisTrousdale, Alan Versaw,Jan and Dave it to BogSpring in MaderaCanyon for the Afterfirst being found nesting in s.c.Arizona Waddington. nestingFlame

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