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Appendix 3 Photographs in Species Accounts

Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Captives at Sea World (A. Mercieca). Pied-billed Grebe: Winter-plumaged bird at Mission Bay Greater White-fronted Goose: Fall migrants at sod farm in the (A. Mercieca). River valley, 2002 (A. Mercieca). Horned Grebe: Winter-plumaged bird at Bay Snow Goose: Wintering flock at the south end of the Salton (A. Mercieca). Sea, Imperial Co. (A. Mercieca). Eared Grebe: Winter-plumaged bird at Mission Bay Ross’s Goose: On shore at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Western Grebe: Pair at Sweetwater Reservoir (A. Mercieca). Brant: On San Diego Bay shore at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Clark’s Grebe: At Sweetwater Reservoir (A. Mercieca). Canada Goose: Captive at Sea World (A. Mercieca). Laysan Albatross: In eastern tropical Pacific (P. Unitt). Tundra Swan: Captive at Sea World (A. Mercieca). Black-footed Albatross: Near San Clemente Island Wood Duck: Male at Santee Lakes (A. Mercieca). (R. E. Webster). Gadwall: Male at El Cajon (A. Mercieca). Northern Fulmar: Captive at Sea World (K.W. Fink). Eurasian Wigeon: Captive male at Sea World (K. W. Fink). Pink-footed Shearwater: Near San Clemente Island American Wigeon: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Mallard: Female with ducklings at Santee Lakes (A. Mercieca). Flesh-footed Shearwater: Off Fort Bragg, Mendocino Co., Blue-winged Teal: Male at Famosa Slough (A. Mercieca). 17 August 2002 (B. L. Sullivan). Cinnamon Teal: Pair at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Buller’s Shearwater: On ocean off (R. E. Webster). Northern Shoveler: Male at Santee Lakes (A. Mercieca). Short-tailed Shearwater: On ocean off San Diego Northern Pintail: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (R. E. Webster). Green-winged Teal: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Black-vented Shearwater: On ocean off La Jolla, January 2002 Canvasback: Male at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Redhead: Male at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Black Storm-Petrel: Flock on ocean off San Diego Ring-necked Duck: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (M. B. Stowe). Tufted Duck: Male at Miramar Lake, 1992 (A. Mercieca). Masked Booby: Subadult at La Jolla, January 2002 Greater Scaup: Male in Alaska (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Lesser Scaup: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Brown Booby: Subadult at Shelter Island 17 November 1997 King Eider: Adult male at Imperial Beach, December 1982 (A. Mercieca). (M. B. Stowe). American White Pelican: Flock soaring over Salton Sea, Harlequin Duck: Male at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Imperial Co. (A. Mercieca). Surf Scoter: Male in San Diego Bay at Chula Vista Brown Pelican: Adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Brandt’s Cormorant: Adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). White-winged Scoter: Captive female at Sea World Double-crested Cormorant: Adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Pelagic Cormorant: Adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Black Scoter: Female at Salton Sea, Imperial County Magnificent Frigatebird: Immature over south San Diego Bay (K. Z. Kurland). (A. Mercieca). Long-tailed Duck: Immature at south San Diego Bay American Bittern: Bird held in captivity for rehabilitation at (A. Mercieca). Sea World (A. Mercieca). Bufflehead: Male at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). Least Bittern: Adult male at Wild Animal Park, 24 July 2004 Common Goldeneye: Captive female at Sea World (D. Furseth). (A. Mercieca). Great Blue Heron: Pair at nest at Point Loma submarine base Barrow’s Goldeneye: Captive female at Sea World (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Great Egret: At Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Hooded Merganser: Pair at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Snowy Egret: At Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Common Merganser: Captive female at Sea World Little Blue Heron: Adult at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Tricolored Heron: At Chula Vista Nature Center (A. Mercieca). Red-breasted Merganser: Female or immature in Reddish Egret: At Salton Sea, Imperial Co. (K. Z. Kurland). estuary (A. Mercieca). Cattle Egret: Adult at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Ruddy Duck: At San Diego Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca) Green Heron: Adult at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Ring-necked Pheasant: Captive male at San Diego Zoo Black-crowned Night-Heron: Adult retaining some immature (A. Mercieca). plumage at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Wild Turkey: Captive male at Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: Adult at Sea World, 3 April (A. Mercieca). 1979 (A. Mercieca). Mountain Quail: Adult at Idyllwild, Riverside County, April White Ibis: Immature in Florida (A. Mercieca). 2002 (J. C. Daynes) White-faced Ibis: Immature at Whelan Lake, December 2002 California Quail: Male at Lakeside (A. Mercieca). (J. C. Daynes). Gambel’s Quail: Male near Tucson, Arizona (A. Mercieca). Roseate Spoonbill: Immature in Imperial Co. (K. Z. Kurland). Red-throated Loon: Winter-plumaged bird at Mission Bay Wood Stork: Adult at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Turkey Vulture: Adult at Ramona (A. Mercieca). Pacific Loon: Winter-plumaged bird at Mission Bay California Condor: Captive pair at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Common Loon: Winter-plumaged bird at San Diego Bay Osprey: Over Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). 618 Appendix 3: Photographs in Species Accounts

White-tailed Kite: Adult and nestlings in Texas (A. Mercieca). Upland Sandpiper: Immature in the Tijuana River valley, Mississippi Kite: Adult in Colorado (A. Mercieca). October 1999 (J. W. Schlotte). Bald Eagle: Captive adult at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). Whimbrel: At La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Northern Harrier: Adult female and nestlings in Saskatchewan Long-billed Curlew: At Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Bar-tailed Godwit: Immature at Coronado, November 1981 Sharp-shinned Hawk: Immature at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Cooper’s Hawk: Adult at Poway, October 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Marbled Godwit: At San Diego Bay (A. Mercieca). Northern Goshawk: Falconer’s bird in captivity (A. Mercieca). Ruddy Turnstone: Fall migrants at south San Diego Bay, July Harris’s Hawk: Recently fledged juvenile at Boulevard, 12 July 2003 (J. C. Daynes). 2000 (A. Mercieca). Black Turnstone: In winter plumage at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Red-shouldered Hawk: Adult in San Diego (A. Mercieca). Surfbird: In winter plumage at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Broad-winged Hawk: Adult in Costa Rica (A. Mercieca). Red Knot: In winter plumage at south San Diego Bay Swainson’s Hawk: Light-morph adult in Arizona (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Zone-tailed Hawk: Adult at Oak Hill Cemetery, Escondido Sanderling: In winter plumage at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Semipalmated Sandpiper: Juvenile at Mono Lake Red-tailed Hawk: Adult female at nest, Indian Gorge, Anza– (R. E. Webster). Borrego Desert State Park (A. Mercieca). Western Sandpiper: Juvenile on San Diego Bay at Chula Vista Ferruginous Hawk: Injured adult held in captivity for (A. Mercieca). rehabilitation (A. Mercieca). Least Sandpiper: In winter plumage at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Rough-legged Hawk: At Lower Klamath National Wildlife Baird’s Sandpiper: Juvenile at Bosque del Apache, New , Refuge, Oregon, December 2002 (J. C. Daynes). September 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Golden Eagle: Adult and nestlings near Jacumba (A. Mercieca). Pectoral Sandpiper: Juvenile at San Clemente Island, 22 American Kestrel: Male at Lee Vining, Mono Co. September 2002 (B. L. Sullivan). (A. Mercieca). Dunlin: In winter plumage on San Diego Bay at Chula Vista Merlin: Falconer’s bird in captivity (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Peregrine Falcon: Adult at Point Loma (A. Mercieca). Stilt Sandpiper: In winter plumage at the Salton Sea, Imperial Prairie Falcon: Pair at nest in Anza–Borrego Desert State Park Co. (K. Z. Kurland). (A. Mercieca). Buff-breasted Sandpiper: Juvenile at sod farm, Tijuana River Yellow Rail: Female found moribund in Santee 16 December Valley, September 2002 (A. Mercieca). 1998, now SDNHM 50186 (J. Melli). Ruff: Adult in winter plumage on San Diego Bay at Chula Vista Black Rail: Bird found in Imperial Valley, held for (A. Mercieca). rehabilitation in San Diego, later released back in Imperial Short-billed Dowitcher: Juvenile at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Valley (A. Mercieca). Long-billed Dowitcher: Juvenile at San Clemente Island Clapper Rail: Adult in Tijuana River estuary (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Virginia Rail: Adult at San Elijo Lagoon (A. Mercieca). Wilson’s Snipe: In Tijuana River valley (A. Mercieca). Sora: Adult in Tijuana River estuary (A. Mercieca). Wilson’s Phalarope: Female in breeding plumage at Bear River, Common Gallinule: Adult at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Utah (A. Mercieca). American Coot: Adult and chick at Santee Lakes (A. Red-necked Phalarope: Pair at Churchill, Manitoba Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Sandhill Crane: At Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Red Phalarope: In winter plumage at south San Diego Bay Refuge, New Mexico (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Black-bellied Plover: Molting adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). South Polar Skua: In Antarctica (J. R. Jehl, Jr.) American Golden-Plover: Migrant in coastal Texas Pomarine Jaeger: Adult in Alaska (K. W. Fink). (A. Mercieca). Parasitic Jaeger: Adult in Alaska (K. W. Fink). Pacific Golden-Plover: Adult in Hawaii (A. Mercieca). Long-tailed Jaeger: Over Pacific Ocean off Ventura Snowy Plover: Incubating adult at Border Field State Park (R. E. Webster). (A. Mercieca). Laughing Gull: Captive in winter plumage at San Diego Zoo Wilson’s Plover: Adult in coastal Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Semipalmated Plover: Adult in Alaska (A. Mercieca). Franklin’s Gull: Adult in nonbreeding plumage in Montana Killdeer: Incubating adult at Proctor Valley (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Mountain Plover: In Imperial Valley, Imperial Co. Little Gull: Immature in captivity at Sea World, after having (K. Z. Kurland). been captured in fishing line at Oceanside, 27 December American Oystercatcher: Pair in (K. W. Fink). 1981 (K. W. Fink). Black Oystercatcher: At La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Bonaparte’s Gull: Immature over Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Black-necked Stilt: Incubating adult near Susanville, Lassen Heermann’s Gull: Adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Co. (A. Mercieca). Belcher’s Gull: At the Tijuana River mouth, August 1997 American Avocet: Incubating adult at Bear River, Utah (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Black-tailed Gull: Adult in Virginia, December 1998 Greater Yellowlegs: In winter plumage at Mission Bay (B. L. Sullivan). (A. Mercieca). Mew Gull: Winter-plumaged adult at Coronado (A. Mercieca). Lesser Yellowlegs: In Montana (A. Mercieca). Ring-billed Gull: Winter-plumaged adult at San Diego Spotted Redshank: Captive in winter plumage at San Diego (A. Mercieca). Zoo (A. Mercieca). California Gull; Winter-plumaged adult at Mission Bay Solitary Sandpiper: In Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Willet: In winter plumage at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Herring Gull: Winter plumaged adult at Mission Bay Wandering Tattler: In winter plumage at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Spotted Sandpiper: In winter plumage at La Jolla Thayer’s Gull: First-winter immature at Salton Sea, Imperial (A. Mercieca). Co. (R. E. Webster). 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Lesser Black-backed Gull: Winter-plumaged adult at Barn Owl: Adult at nest, Sycuan Indian Reservation Oceanside, February 1996 (J. W. Schlotte). (A. Mercieca). Yellow-footed Gull: Adult at Otay dump, February 1981 Flammulated Owl: Injured bird held in captivity for (R. E. Webster). rehabilitation (A. Mercieca). Western Gull: Adult and fledglings at La Jolla (J. C. Daynes). Western Screech-Owl: In Cuyamaca Mountains (A. Mercieca). Glaucous-winged Gull: First-winter immature at Mission Bay Great Horned Owl: Nestlings at Del Mar (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Burrowing Owl: Family of fledglings at Bonita. Site Glaucous Gull: First-winter immature at Otay dump (with subsequently destroyed for development (A. Mercieca). immature Western Gull; R. E. Webster). Spotted Owl: Adult near Wynola (A. Mercieca). Sabine’s Gull: Adult in breeding plumage at Del Mar Long-eared Owl: Adult at Tamarisk Grove Campground, (R. E. Webster). Anza–Borrego Desert State Park (A. Mercieca). Black-legged Kittiwake: Immature at La Jolla (K. W. Fink). Short-eared Owl: In Montana (A. Mercieca). Gull-billed Tern: Adult at south San Diego Bay, July 2003 Northern Saw-whet Owl: In Montana (A. Mercieca). (J. C. Daynes). Lesser Nighthawk: Incubating adult at Lower Otay Lake Caspian Tern: Adults and chick at salt works, south San Diego (A. Mercieca). Bay (A. Mercieca). Common Nighthawk: Adult near Reno, Nevada (A. Mercieca). Royal Tern: Incubating adult at salt works, south San Diego Common Poorwill: Adult at Descanso (A. Mercieca). Bay, May 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Whip-poor-will: In Saskatchewan (A. Mercieca). Elegant Tern: Adults and chick at salt works, south San Diego Chimney Swift: Adult at Santa Barbara, June 1970. Originally Bay, May 2003 (J. C. Daynes). published by P. Devillers, 1970, Chimney Swifts in coastal Sandwich Tern: Adult in breeding plumage in coastal Texas southern California, Calif. Birds 1:147–152. Reproduced (A. Mercieca). by permission of Western Field Ornithologists. Common Tern: Immature on San Diego Bay, August 2003 White-throated Swift: In Montana (A. Mercieca). (J. C. Daynes). Broad-billed Hummingbird: Male in Madera Canyon, Arizona Arctic Tern: Adult at Churchill, Manitoba (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Forster’s Tern: Incubating adult at salt works, south San Diego Violet-crowned Hummingbird: At the home of Frank and Bay (A. Mercieca). Betty Scheible, Carlsbad, November 1996 (A. Mercieca). Least Tern: Incubating adult at Naval Amphibious Base, Magnificent Hummingbird: Immature male at Kate Sessions Coronado (A. Mercieca). Park, October 2003 (M. Sadowski). Sooty Tern: Courting pair at Santa Margarita River mouth, Black-chinned Hummingbird: Female at nest at Sweetwater 7 July 1996 (B. Foster). Reservoir (A. Mercieca). Black Tern: Winter-plumaged adult in Montana (A. Mercieca). Anna’s Hummingbird: Female at nest at Chula Vista Black Skimmer: Incubating adult at salt works, south San (A. Mercieca). Diego Bay (A. Mercieca). Costa’s Hummingbird: Female at nest, Anza–Borrego Desert Common Murre: In winter plumage off San Diego State Park (A. Mercieca). (R. E. Webster). Calliope Hummingbird: Female in Montana (A. Mercieca). Pigeon Guillemot: In Oregon (K. W. Fink). Rufous Hummingbird: Male visiting sap wells at Lee Vining, Xantus’s Murrelet: Subspecies S. h. scrippsi on ocean off San Mono Co. (A. Mercieca). Diego (R. E. Webster). Allen’s Hummingbird: Male at Tarzana, Los Angeles Co. Craveri’s Murrelet: At San Benito Islands, Baja California (A. Mercieca). (J. R. Jehl, Jr.). Belted Kingfisher: Male in Manitoba (A. Mercieca). Ancient Murrelet: On ocean off California (J. R. Jehl, Jr.) Lewis’s Woodpecker: At Cabin Lake, Oregon (A. Mercieca). Cassin’s Auklet: In captivity at Sea World (K. W. Fink). Acorn Woodpecker: At Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Parakeet Auklet: In breeding plumage in Alaska (K. W. Fink). (A. Mercieca). Rhinoceros Auklet: Captive in winter plumage at Sea World Williamson’s Sapsucker: Female at Paso Picacho Campground, (A. Mercieca). Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (A. Mercieca). Horned Puffin: Captive in winter plumage at Sea World Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Adult female in Texas (A. Mercieca). (K. W. Fink). Red-naped Sapsucker: Male at Paso Picacho Campground, Tufted Puffin: Captive in breeding plumage at Sea World Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Red-breasted Sapsucker: At Paso Picacho Campground, Rock Pigeon: At San Diego (A. Mercieca). Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (A. Mercieca). Band-tailed Pigeon: At (A. Mercieca). Ladder-backed Woodpecker: Male at Green River, Arizona Eurasian Collared Dove: In Imperial Valley, Imperial Co. (A. Mercieca). (K. Z. Kurland). Nuttall’s Woodpecker: Male at nest hole at Poway, May 2003 Spotted Dove: Captive in San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). (J. C. Daynes). White-winged Dove: At Big Bend National Park, Texas (A. Downy Woodpecker: Female at Poway, July 2003 Mercieca). (J. C. Daynes). Mourning Dove: Adult and nestlings at Chula Vista (A. Hairy Woodpecker: Male at nest at Yuba Pass, Sierra Co. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Inca Dove: At Spring Valley, February 1997 (A. Mercieca). White-headed Woodpecker: Male at Cabin Lake, Oregon Common Ground-Dove: Near Falcon Dam, Texas (A. (A. Mercieca). Mercieca). Northern Flicker: Male at Cabin Lake, Oregon (A. Mercieca). Ruddy Ground-Dove: Pair at Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum Olive-sided Flycatcher: In Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside (A. Mercieca). Co., June 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Red-crowned Parrot: Captive at San Diego Zoo (K. W. Fink). Western Wood-Pewee: Adult at nest at Pine Valley Yellow-billed Cuckoo: In Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Greater Roadrunner: Incubating adult at Bonita. Site was Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: Juvenile at Fort Rosecrans Cemetery, destroyed for development before young fledged Point Loma, 29 September 2003 (M. Sadowski). (A. Mercieca). 620 Appendix 3: Photographs in Species Accounts

Willow Flycatcher: Adult and nestlings along the upper San Cliff Swallow: At Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Luis Rey River (A. Mercieca). Barn Swallow: Recently fledged juvenile at south San Diego Least Flycatcher: Adult in Manitoba (A. Mercieca). Bay, June 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Hammond’s Flycatcher: At Bonita (A. Mercieca). Mountain Chickadee: At Paso Picacho Campground, Gray Flycatcher: Adult at nest at Cabin Lake, Oregon Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Oak Titmouse: In Laguna Mts. (A. Mercieca). Dusky Flycatcher: Adult at nest in Sierra Nevada Verdin: Adult and nestlings in Indian Gorge, Anza–Borrego (A. Mercieca). Desert State Park (A. Mercieca). Western or Pacific-slope Flycatcher: At Poway, March 2002 Bushtit: Female at nest, Lower Otay Lake (A. Mercieca). (J. C. Daynes). Red-breasted Nuthatch: In Ontario, Canada (A. Mercieca). Black Phoebe: Adult and nestlings at San Pasqual (A. Mercieca). White-breasted Nuthatch: Male at Paso Picacho Campground, Eastern Phoebe: At San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside Co., Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (A. Mercieca). 5 January 2003 (D. Furseth). Pygmy Nuthatch: At Mt. Pinos, Ventura Co. (A. Mercieca). Say’s Phoebe: At Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Brown Creeper: At Lee Vining, Mono Co. (A. Mercieca). Vermilion Flycatcher: Adult male along the Verde River, Cactus Wren: Adult and nestlings at Bonita (A. Mercieca). Arizona (A. Mercieca). Rock Wren: In Anza–Borrego Desert State Park, March 2003 Dusky-capped or Olivaceous Flycatcher: In Cave Creek (J. C. Daynes). Canyon, Arizona (A. Mercieca). Canyon Wren: In Sierra San Francisco, Baja California Sur Ash-throated Flycatcher: In Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside (S. I. Bond). Co., May 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Bewick’s Wren: Adult at Poway, June 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Great Crested Flycatcher: At Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). House Wren: Adult at nest hole, Sierra Nevada (A. Mercieca). Brown-crested or Wied’s Crested Flycatcher: In Guadalupe Winter Wren: At Point Loma, 19 October 1967 (A. M. Craig). Canyon, Arizona/New Mexico (A. Mercieca). Marsh Wren: Winter visitor of subspecies Cistothorus palustris Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: At El Descanso, Baja California, plesius at Tijuana River estuary (A. Mercieca). October 2002—a first for Baja California; see N. Am. Birds American Dipper: Along Lee Vining Creek, Mono Co. 57:121 (B. L. Sullivan). (A. Mercieca). Tropical Kingbird: In Costa Rica (A. Mercieca). Golden-crowned Kinglet: In Tijuana River valley (S. Streit). Cassin’s Kingbird: Adult and nestlings at Lower Otay Lake Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Male at Paso Picacho Campground, (A. Mercieca). Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (A. Mercieca). Thick-billed Kingbird: At Bonita, 26 December 1966 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: Adult female and nestlings at Spring (J. M. Sheppard). Valley (A. Mercieca). Western Kingbird: At Lower Otay Lake (A. Mercieca). California Gnatcatcher: Adult female and nestlings at Spring Eastern Kingbird: In Montana (A. Mercieca). Valley (A. Mercieca). Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: In Texas (A. Mercieca). Black-tailed Gnatcatcher: Adult female and nestlings in Indian Loggerhead Shrike: Adult and nestlings in Proctor Valley Gorge, Anza–Borrego Desert State Park (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Western Bluebird: Male at Wynola (A. Mercieca). White-eyed Vireo: Along Sweetwater River above Sweetwater Mountain Bluebird: Male at Lee Vining (A. Mercieca). Reservoir, July 2000 (A. Mercieca). Townsend’s Solitaire: Adult in Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside Bell’s Vireo: Adult and nestlings along Sweetwater River above Co., June 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Sweetwater Reservoir (A. Mercieca). Gray-cheeked Thrush: On Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Gray Vireo: On ridge east of Buckman Springs (A. Mercieca). Swainson’s Thrush: Migrant at Cabrillo National Monument, Yellow-throated Vireo: On Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Point Loma (A. Mercieca). Plumbeous Vireo: In Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona (A. Hermit Thrush: Winter visitor at Paso Picacho Campground, Mercieca). Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (A. Mercieca). Cassin’s Vireo: In Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside Co., August Wood Thrush: On Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). 2004 (J. C. Daynes). American Robin: Female at Cabin Lake, Oregon (A. Mercieca). Blue-headed Vireo: On Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Varied Thrush: At Fort Rosecrans Cemetery, Point Loma, 23 Hutton’s Vireo: Adult and fledgling at Sweetwater Reservoir November 2002 (D. Furseth). (A. Mercieca). Wrentit: Adult and nestlings at Bonita (A. Mercieca). Warbling Vireo: At Bonita (A. Mercieca). Gray Catbird: On Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Philadelphia Vireo: At Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Northern Mockingbird: Adults and nestlings at Bonita Red-eyed Vireo: At Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Yellow-green Vireo: At Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin Sage Thrasher: Near Littlefield, Arizona (A. Mercieca). Co., September 1988 (P. LaTourrette). Brown Thrasher: In Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado Steller’s Jay: Adult and nestling near Agua Dulce Campground, (A. Mercieca). Laguna Mts. (A. Mercieca). Bendire’s Thrasher: Near Tucson, Arizona (A. Mercieca). Western Scrub-Jay: At Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Curve-billed Thrasher: Near Tucson, Arizona (A. Mercieca). Pinyon Jay: At Cabin Lake, Oregon (A. Mercieca). California Thrasher: Adult at nest, Bonita (A. Mercieca). Clark’s Nutcracker: At Crater Lake, Oregon (A. Mercieca). Le Conte’s Thrasher: At Mesquite Spring, Death Valley American Crow: At Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (J. Oldenettel). Common Raven: At Ramona (A. Mercieca). European Starling: At Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Horned Lark: Adult and nestlings at Lower Otay Lake Red-throated Pipit: At San Clemente Island, 1 October 2002 (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Purple Martin: Female at San Benito, Texas (A. Mercieca). American Pipit: In Tijuana River valley (A. Mercieca). Tree Swallow: At Lee Vining, Mono Co. (A. Mercieca). Sprague’s Pipit: In Tijuana River valley, 19 October 1974 Violet-green Swallow: At Lee Vining, Mono Co. (A. Mercieca). (J. S. Luther). Northern Rough-winged Swallow: Adult at nest hole, El Cedar Waxwing: At Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Capitan Reservoir (A. Mercieca). Phainopepla: Adult female and nestlings in Indian Gorge, Bank Swallow: In Alaska (A. Mercieca). Anza–Borrego Desert State Park (A. Mercieca). Appendix 3: Photographs in Species Accounts 621

Blue-winged Warbler: On Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Summer Tanager: Male in Big Bend National Park, Texas Golden-winged Warbler: On Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Scarlet Tanager: Female at Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Tennessee Warbler: On Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Western Tanager: Male at Coronado (A. Mercieca). Orange-crowned Warbler: Subspecies lutescens at Chula Vista Green-tailed Towhee: Along Verde River, Arizona (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Nashville Warbler: At Cabrillo National Monument, Point Spotted Towhee: Adult male and nestlings at Bonita Loma (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Virginia’s Warbler: At Guadalupe Canyon, Arizona California Towhee: Adult and nestlings at Bonita (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Lucy’s Warbler: At Guadalupe Canyon, Arizona (A. Mercieca). Cassin’s Sparrow: At San Clemente Island, 2 November 2001 Northern Parula: At Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Yellow Warbler: Male in spring migration at Chula Vista Rufous-crowned Sparrow: Adult and nestlings along the (A. Mercieca). Sweetwater River near Jamacha (A. Mercieca). Chestnut-sided Warbler: Immature Female in Little Italy area American Tree Sparrow: At Point Loma (R. E. Webster). of downtown San Diego, December 2003 (M. Sadowski). Chipping Sparrow: Adult at Cabin Lake, Oregon Magnolia Warbler: Male at Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Cape May Warbler: Female at San Clemente Island, 20 October Clay-colored Sparrow: Fall vagrant at Chula Vista 2001 (B. L. Sullivan). (A. Mercieca). Black-throated Blue Warbler: Male at Point Pelee, Ontario Brewer’s Sparrow: At the Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Yellow-rumped Warbler: At Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Black-chinned Sparrow: Male near Buckman Springs Black-throated Gray Warbler: Female and nestlings at Yuba (A. Mercieca). Pass, Sierra Co. (A. Mercieca). Vesper Sparrow: At the Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum Black-throated Green Warbler: Female at Point Pelee, Ontario (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Lark Sparrow: Adult and nestlings at Lower Otay Lake Townsend’s Warbler: Female at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Hermit Warbler: At Cabrillo National Monument, Point Loma Black-throated Sparrow: Near Landers, San Bernardino Co., (A. Mercieca). February 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Blackburnian Warbler: At San Clemente Island, October 2003 Sage Sparrow: Adult and nestlings at Lower Otay Lake (B. L. Sullivan). (A. Mercieca). Pine Warbler: Male in Louisiana (A. Mercieca). Lark Bunting: Female in Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado Prairie Warbler: Male on Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Palm Warbler: At San Clemente Island, 24 October 2002 Savannah Sparrow: Subspecies Passerculus sandwichensis (B. L. Sullivan). rostratus (Large-billed Sparrow) in San Diego Bay salt Bay-breasted Warbler: Male on Padre Island, Texas works (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Grasshopper Sparrow: Adult and nestlings at Medicine Lake, Blackpoll Warbler: Immature in Alaska (A. Mercieca). Montana (A. Mercieca). Cerulean Warbler: Male on Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Baird’s Sparrow: Juvenile at Fort Rosecrans Cemetery, Point Black-and-white Warbler: Female on Padre Island, Texas Loma, October 1981 (Herb Clarke). (A. Mercieca). Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow: At the Tijuana River estuary American Redstart: Female at Point Pelee, Ontario (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Fox Sparrow: At Cabrillo National Monument, Point Loma Prothonotary Warbler: At Laguna Atascosa, Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Song Sparrow: Adult and nestlings at Lower Otay Lake Worm-eating Warbler: At Laguna Atascosa, Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Lincoln’s Sparrow: In the Tijuana River valley (A. Mercieca). Ovenbird: At Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Swamp Sparrow: In Imperial County (K. Z. Kurland). Northern Waterthrush: At Laguna Atascosa, Texas White-throated Sparrow: At Pacific Beach, December 2001 (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Louisiana Waterthrush: Near the Salk Institute, La Jolla, Harris’s Sparrow: In Imperial County (K. Z. Kurland). February 1990 (A. Mercieca). White-crowned Sparrow: Adult at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Kentucky Warbler: Male at Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Golden-crowned Sparrow: Immature at Sacramento National Mourning Warbler: Male at Long Point, Ontario (A. Mercieca). Wildlife Refuge, Glenn Co. (J. C. Daynes). MacGillivray’s Warbler: Male at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Dark-eyed Junco: Male at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Common Yellowthroat: Female and nestlings along the McCown’s Longspur: At San Clemente Island, October 2002 Sweetwater River at Jamacha (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Hooded Warbler: Female at Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Lapland Longspur: At Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Wilson’s Warbler: At Cabrillo National Monument, Point Loma Point Loma, 23 October 1984 (R. E. Webster). (A. Mercieca). Chestnut-collared Longspur: Female and nestlings at Benton Canada Warbler: Immature male at Chula Vista, October 1988 Lake , Montana (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Pyrrhuloxia: Male near Tucson, Arizona (A. Mercieca). Painted Redstart: In Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona Rose-breasted Grosbeak: At Cabrillo National Monument, (A. Mercieca). Point Loma (A. Mercieca). Yellow-breasted Chat: Adult and nestlings along the Black-headed Grosbeak: Male near Lakeside (A. Mercieca). Sweetwater River near Jamacha (A. Mercieca). Blue Grosbeak: Male and nestlings in Proctor Valley Hepatic Tanager: Female at Point Loma, 2 December 1966 (A. Mercieca). (A. M. Craig). 622 Appendix 3: Photographs in Species Accounts

Lazuli Bunting: Female and nestlings in Proctor Valley Purple Finch: Male near Julian (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Cassin’s Finch: Male at Cabin Lake, Oregon (A. Mercieca). Indigo Bunting: Male at Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). House Finch: Male and nestlings at Lower Otay Lake Painted Bunting: Male at Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Dickcissel: Immature in Tijuana River valley, October 1982 Red Crossbill: Male at Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum (R. E. Webster). (A. Mercieca). Bobolink: Female at Medicine Lake, Montana (A. Mercieca). Pine Siskin: At Portal, Arizona (A. Mercieca). Red-winged Blackbird: Female and nestlings on Otay Mesa Lesser Goldfinch: Pair at nest at Lower Otay Lake (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Tricolored Blackbird: Male at Miramar Lake (A. Mercieca). Lawrence’s Goldfinch: Male at William Heise County Park Western Meadowlark: Adult and nestlings in Proctor Valley (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). American Goldfinch: Pair at nest at Lower Otay Lake Yellow-headed Blackbird: Male at Bear River, Utah (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Evening Grosbeak: Female in Saskatchewan (A. Mercieca). Rusty Blackbird: At San Clemente Island, 24 October 2002 House Sparrow: Female at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: In Texas (A. Mercieca). Brewer’s Blackbird: Female and nestlings at Lower Otay Lake Mute Swan: Adult and cygnets at Long Point, Ontario (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Common Grackle: At Rondeau Park, Ontario (A. Mercieca). Ruddy Shelduck: Captive at Sea World (A. Mercieca). Great-tailed Grackle: Female at San Diego Wild Animal Park Mandarin Duck: Captive male at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). (K. W. Fink). Crested Caracara: At Laguna Atascosa, Texas (A. Mercieca). Bronzed Cowbird: Male near Patagonia, Arizona Black-headed Gull: Captive at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Ringed Turtle-Dove: Captive at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). Brown-headed Cowbird: Female at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Blue-and-yellow Macaw: Captive at San Diego Zoo (K. W. Orchard Oriole: Female at Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). Fink). Hooded Oriole: Female at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Lilac-crowned Parrot: Captive at San Diego Zoo (K. W. Fink). Bullock’s Oriole: Pair at Lower Otay Lake (A. Mercieca). Black-throated Magpie-Jay: In Tijuana River valley Baltimore Oriole: Female at Padre Island, Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Scott’s Oriole: Male in Anza–Borrego Desert State Park, April Purplish-backed or Beechey’s Jay: Captive at Arizona–Sonora 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Desert Museum (K. W. Fink).