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EveningGrosbeaks were unusuallynumer- Initialed observers(subregional editors in (Oregon),Vic Nelson,Bob Norton (Olympic ous,evidenced by 154at BattleGround, Clark boldface):Kathy Andrich (KAn), Tom Aversa Pen.), Michael Patterson(Clatsop), Diane 22 Sep 0D) and 500 at Wickiup Res.,De- (WA), Matt Bartels(MBa), Jessie Barry, Gary Pettey,Phil Pickering,W. DouglasRobinson schutes9 Oct (S.Dougill). Bletsch,Keith Brady,Trent Bray (Union), (Benton,Linn) Doug Robberson,Dennis MarvBreece, Wilson Cady, Bill Clemons,Alan Rockwell, Tim Rodenkirk (Coos,Curry), Addenda:A SnowyOwl wasat PenrosePt., Contreras,Craig Corder (Spokane), Cameron Owen Schimdt,Doug Schonewald(DSc), Pierce9 Jul 2006, the Region'sfirst summer Cox (CCx),Jim Danzenbaker,Mike& Merry- Ryan T. Shaw (RTS), Gina Sheridan,Kevin record('•M. Cain). Grant'sfirst RuffedGrouse Lynn Denny(M&MD), DennisDuffy, Matt Spencer(Klamath), Patrick and Ruth Sullivan wasat NorthrupCanyon 20Jun 2006 (MB). Dufort (MDu), Joe Engler(Clark), Dan Far- (P&RS), Khahn Tran, Dennis ¾roman rar, Bob Flores,Andy Frank, Chuck Gates (Josephine),Brad Waggoner (BSW), Terry J. Corrigenda:The WashingtonB.R.C. did not (Crook), JoelGeier, Roy Gerig (Marion, Polk), Wahl (TJW), Jay Withgott, Michael acceptthe ScarletTanager reported from JeffGilligan, Greg Gillson, Wink Gross,Den- Woodruff,Charlie Wright. • Washtucna,Adams 2 Oct 2006 or the Balti- ny Granstrand(Yakima), Randy Hill, Eugene moreOrioles from Vantage,KitLiras 28 May Hunn, Stuart Johnston (Klickitat), Bruce Steven6. Mlodinow,4819 Gardner Avenue 2006 and Sequim,Clallam 24 May 2006. LaBar (BLB), Bill LaFramboise(lower Co- Everett,Washington 98203, (%[email protected]) However, a Lesser Black-backed Gull at lumbia Basin), Nancy LaFramboise,Tom DavidIrons, 2125 Hayes Street MonumentalDam, Walla Walla I Jan 2006 Mickel(Lane), Craig & MarilynMiller (C. & Eugene,Oregon 97405, ([email protected]) wasaccepted, bringing the Washingtontotal M. Miller; Deschutes,Jefferson), Lois Miller, BillTweit, P.O. Box 1271 to six recordsOM&MD). ScottMills (SMi), RussNamitz, Harry Nehls Olympia,Washington 98507, ([email protected]) NorthernCalifornia

grant warblerseason also drew raves,with ed w. of Red Bluff, Tehama(BED). Two ad. numbersof bothspecies and individuals hear- EmperorGeese at theBig R. mouth,Mendoci- keningback to the "glorydays" of the 1970s no 24 Nov (tDT, tRichard Hubacek,tDAJ) and 1980s. werelast seen flying northward; presumably thesame 2 wereinvolved in a reportfarther s. Abbreviations:B.S.O.L. (Big Sur Ornithology nearthe Pt. Arenalighthouse, Mendocino the Lab); C.B.R.C.(California B.R.C.); C.V. (Cen- next day (PetePanchin). Another was at the tralValley); C.R.P (Cosunmes River Preserve, ArcataBottoms, Humboldt 27 Nov (KyleSpra- Sacramento);El. (SoutheastFarallon I., San gens,ph. KGR,m.ob.). Two Rossg Geese with Francisco);PR.B.O. (Pt. ReyesB.O.); S.E (San 26 SnowGeese at IndianSprings Res. 3 Nov Francisco, not State Forest); U.C.H.R.E.C. (TEa)were the first found in Alpine.Brant in- (Universityof CaliforniaHopland Research side S.E Bay includedone at Pt. Isabelin andExtension Center, Mendocino). Reports of Richmond,Contra Costa 17-20 Oct (Alan Ka- exceptionalvagrants submitted without doc- plan), likely the samebird nearbyat Albany, umentationare not published.Documenta- AlamedodContraCosta 28 Oct (JackHayden), tion of C.B.R.C.review species will be for- and one at Palo Alto, SantaClara 12 Nov+ (vt. wardedto GuyMcCaskie, Secretary, PO. Box Manny Vara, Virginia Marshall, mob.). A 275, ImperialBeach, California 91933. Birds CacklingGoose at CarsonValley 26 Nov bandedon El. shouldbe credited to Pt. Reyes (TEa,JCS) was only the 2nd for Alpineand StevenA. GloverI EdPandolfino B.O.and those banded at BigSur R. mouthto thefirst leucopareia. The only Cackling Goose ScottB. Terrill I MichaelM. Rogers the Big Sur OrnithologyLab of the Ventana notidentified as either this subspedes or min- WildernessSociety. imawas a tavernericaptured and measured 20 atherin theRegion was typical Oct-2 Nov at El. (P.R.B.O.). A Barnacle r fall,cool and foggy along the WATERFOWLTHROUGH (UAIL Goosex CacklingGoose hybrid was at Hay- oast and hot inland. Whatever the Up to 4 secretiveFulvous Whistling-Ducks at ward R.S.,Alameda 13 Aug,where one or 2 weatherconditions, it was anotheroutstand- the "DeadPig Pond"n. of Angiola,Tulare 9 suchbirds have been reported sporadically for ing fallin termsof boththe variety and over- Oct+ included2 juvs. starting11 Oct (Tony 17 years(RJR). A DuskyCanada Goose (occi- all numbersof vagrantwaterbirds and passer- Kurz,GaW, JSY, m.ob.). It is temptingto hope dentalis)at VeniceS.B. 12 Nov+ (ph. Garrett ines.Highlights included Fulvous Whistling- thesebirds may havebred nearby; they are Lau, RSTh, m.ob.) was the first found in San Duck, Streaked and Greater Shearwaters, now rare anywherein the state.A countof Mateo; our notebookshave no previous Zone-tailedHawk, Red-neckedand Long- 4800 GreaterWhite-fronted Geese at L. Earl, recordsaway from Del Norteand Humboldt, toed Stints, Common Ground-Dove, Alder Del Norte i Oct (ADB, Onik T. Arian) is the wherethis subspedes is a rarewinter visitor. andFork-tailed Flycatchers and, best of all, a highestnumber ever recorded in nw. Califor- The LongValley, Mono Trumpeter Swan re- first staterecord--Taiga Flycatcher. The va- nia (fideADB); the same day, 5000 were not- portedlast season remained through 22 Oct

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was well documented off Ft. ported,with a maximumof 8 near Cordell Bragg,Mendocino 13 Aug (LHg, Bank,Marin 7 Aug (RS et al.). Nine Ashy ph. RyT, vt. LLu, ph. m.ob.). Storm-Petrelsoff Del Norte22 Oct (PP) pro- •" Two Streaked Shearwaters videda longoverdue county first. As is usual were on MontereyBay: one 15 in recentyears, a few LeastStorm-Petrels ß -- km w. of CypressPt., Monterey were on MontereyBay, Santa Cruz 9-30 Sep 30 Sep(SBT, ph. BLS,ph. LTer (ShJet al.). BrownBoobies continued their et al.) and a 2nd (determinedto pushinto the Region in unprecedentednum- be a differentbird by photo- bers.Singles were at SinkyoneWilderness graphs)15 Oct (DVP,ph. SNGH S.P,Mendocino 8-9 Aug (JRW,Nikki White), et al.) that was seen in both off SantaCruz 15 Oct (subad.female; ph. Montereyand Santa Cruz. Flesh- SNGH,vt. LLuet al.), andat HumboldtBay, footedShearwaters were present Humboldt29 Nov-5 Dec ($KMS,Kady Moore in goodnumbers, as exempli- et al.). The latterwas only the 2nd sulidre- fied by 31 on MontereyBay, portedin Humboldtand the first to be identi- Thiscooperative immature Yellow-billed Loon was at Pescadero Creek, San Mateo SantaCruz and Monterey 22 Oct fied to species.Amazingly, a 2nd BrownBoo- County,Califomia 18-27 (here 24) November 2006. Photograph byRon Wolfe. (ShJ). A well-documented by,an ad. female, was found at HumboldtBay (m.ob.). Four Bewick• Swans were he. of GreaterShearwater was on MontereyBay in 3 Dec, and both birdswere seen through 5 Marysville,Yuba 10 Nov OHS).Five Tundra SantaCruz and Monterey15 Oct (ph. SNGH Dec.The ad. femalewas thoughtto be the Swans at the Madera W.T.P 29 Nov (Pete Fa- et al.), on the sametrip with one of the samebird as an ad. female seen flying past Pt. hey, Frank Gibson)furnished one of few Streaked Shearwaters! Buller's Shearwaters St. George,Del Norte 1 Nov (ADB,Joe D. records for Madera. peakedat 1340 and 2750 on MontereyBay, Gartland),a first for that county.Three fe- A EurasianWigeon at PardeePond 27 Nov Montereyand Santa Cruz, 10 Sepand 7 Oct, males,2 ads.,and a subad.were on El. ($MtB, (HG,DCR) was only the 2nd for Calaveras. A respectively(ShJ), with singleflocks estimat- ph. JTz, $RbFet al.). At leastone ad. was maleAmerican Wigeon x Mallardhybrid was presentthere 20 Aug-30 Nov,at least2 were reportedfrom the Ukiah S.T.P., Mendocino 17 present26 Sep-12Nov, and at least3 birds Nov (CE¾). An imm. female Tufted Duck at werepresent 20 Oct-1 Nov. Heenan Res. 19 Nov ($SAG) was a first for Alpine;other Tufted Ducks were at L. Merritt, HERONSTHROUGH CRANES Alameda12 Nov (BobBattagin) and L. Hen- The only LeastBittern reported was Lake's nessey,Napa 15-30 Nov (MBe). A White- 8th, at ClearL. 8 Aug (SCH).The Del Norte wingedScoter at O'NeillForebay, Merced 18 LittleBlue Heron was found molting into ad. Nov (KVV) was a surprisinginland occur- plumage27 Aug-18Oct at theSmith R. estu- renceof this decliningspecies. Eight Long- ary(ph. Dick Cronberg, ph. ADB, m.ob.), and tailedDucks were reported, including the 6th later back where first discovered in Feb at the for Shastaat Fall River L. 18 Nov (Ken Able AlexandreDairy near Ft. Dick 20-21 Nov et al., ph. B&CY)and one at MonoL., Mono (ADB, Onik T. Arian, Joe D. Gartland).The 28 Oct+ (K. Duvall,m.ob.); the summering onlyother Little Blue Heron reported was a male in Mendocinowas last noted 28 Aug juv. at the YoloBypass W.A., Yolo8-9 Aug ($KHv). Six juv. HoodedMergansers at the (TFi, CLZ,JSL). Cattle Egret reports included LittleR. mouth,Humboldt 19 Aug (RbF, KGR) thefirst in SanMateo in severalyears at Red- stronglysuggest nearby breeding. California ThisGalapagos/Hawaiian Petrelput ou a twenty-minuteshow woodCity 21-25Aug (RichFerrick et al.), Quailbred late againin SantaCruz, with 3 asit circledthe boat off Fort B•agg, Mendodno County, Cali- one at BurrisCreek W.A. 2 Sep (4th for ten-dayold youngaccompanied by an ad. fomia13 August 2006; the"Dadc-rumped Petrer (now consid- Tehama;BED), 2 at the Ukiah S.T.P 15 Sep eredtwo species) has been found increasingly frequently off (very few recentMendocino records; CEV, malealong Glen Canyon Rd. 27 Sep(BSch). Califomiainrecent years. Photograph byDon Doolittle. GEC), the first record for Santa Cruz, Santa LOONSTHROUGH BOOBIES ed to containup to 1000birds. These num- Cruz in a numberof years,along West Cliff A Yellow-billedLoon was at Eureka,Humboldt bersrepresent substantial concentrations for Drive25 Sep(SGe), and Lake's 2nd at Robin- 13 Aug-22Sep (ph. RbF,$DFx, m.ob.), and the Region.After the firstaccepted record in son L 27 Oct (GEC). White-faced Ibis were possiblythe samebird was reportedfrom California in 1993, Manx Shearwatershave reported from seven coastalcounties 19 ShelterCove, Humboldt1 Nov (RBS).A well- provento be annual,and reports have been Aug-21Nov; 177at NavyBeach, Mono L. 15- photographedjuv. Yellow-billedLoon was at increasingin recentyears. This year, 22 to 25 16 Aug(BrtM) was a highcount for Mono. PescaderoCr. mouth, San Mateo 18-27 Nov were reported, with many documented. Earlyjuv. NorthernGoshawks in surpris- (FrT,RSTh, ph. m.ob.)."AI" the Laysan Alba- While someof thesereports may involve the ing locationsincluded one at BearR. Ridge, tross returned to Pt. Arena Cove, Mendocino samebirds, most do not. Records spanned the Humboldt22 Aug ($DFx) and anotherat the 24 Nov (RosieRhia) for its 14th consecutive coastfrom Humboldt to Monterey,where most MaderaW.T.P, Madera 5 Sep (JND). The winter. Another Laysanwas seen off Ft. of therecords occurred. After several years of Sonoma Common Black-Hawk was last seen Bragg,Mendocino 13 Aug (ShJ).A distant absenceor nearabsence in theRegion, Black- at Lagunade SantaRosa 7 Oct (StartMoore); Mottled Petrel was seen from El. 26 Nov ventedShearwaters returned to MontereyBay presumablythe same bird was seen flying far- ($JTz). Now apparentlyannual in summer with a maximumof 1000+on 15 Oct (ShJ). thern. near the SonomaCounty Airport 19 and early fall, a Galapagos/HawaiianPetrel Nineteen Wilsonõ Storm-Petrels were re- Sep (Elmer Dudik). FifteenBroad-winged

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Hawkswere reported from five coastal coun- ties 16 Sep-30Oct. Late Swainson'sHawks included birds at Ed Levin C.P., Santa Clara 17 Oct (RandyLittle), the Presidio,S.E 10 Nov 0sC), andsw. of Madera,Madera 27 Nov 0ND). A Zone-tailedHawk seen 7 Nov along SummitRd. se. of Hwy.17 (tDLSu)was a first for both Santa Clara and Santa Cruz. Harlan's Hawks returned for an 8th winter near Hum- boldt Bay,Humboldt 4 Nov+ (ph. ScCet al.) and for a 4th winter alongBarker Rd. e. of Hwy.33, Kings14 Nov 0Sy). A Ferruginous Hawkat El. 25 Oct (AndyPfeifer, tJTz et al.) made only the 2nd islandrecord. Rough- leggedHawks were reportedfrom coastal countiesin goodnumbers 27 Sep-26Nov, in- cluding3 at El. 10 Nov (AndyPfeifer et al.). An ad. Crested Caracara continued in coastal n. Montereythrough the period(m. ob.); an- otherbriefly seen 8 km s. of Gilroy8 Oct wouldbe Santa Clara's first if acceptedby the C.B.R.C.(•Mike &JeanneFritz). Early Mer- lins returnedto Del Norte11 Aug (ADB)and ThisStreaked Shearwater (center), with Pink-footed 5hearwater and Pomafine Jaeger, spent nearly an hour with birders in Humboldt12 Aug (RBS).An overduefirst for MontereyBay, California 30 Septernber2006. Photograph byBrian L. Sullivan. Del Norte, 2 imm. Common Moorhenswere at L. Earl 26 Sep(SMcA). A singleSandhill Turnstone31 Aug-3 Sep(ad. andjuv.; FrO, gion. A Long-toedStint reportedfrom the Craneflying s. overLewiston L. 7 Oct (Dale GaW,m.ob.), 3rd and 4th of Semipalmated CasparCr. mouth 23 Aug (tJRW,tDT) would Kuhn)was one of veT fewfound in Trinity. Sandpiper15 Aug and 7 Sap(juvs.;JND,JSy), be Mendocino's first and California's 2nd if ac- and first of Ruff 1-8 Sep (juv. male;GaW, ceptedby the C.B.R.C.Baird's Sandpipers SHOREBIRDS m. ob.). A Hudsontan Godwit at the Davis werewidely reported3 Aug-29 Sep;one at It was a good fall for AmericanGolden- Wetlands1 Sep(tJKn) wouldbe the firstfor MoonglowDairy, Monterey 26 Nov (tRF,JSo) Plovers,with 11 juvs. found16 Sep-17Nov, Yoloif acceptedby theC.B.R.C. A beautifully wasone day shy of the latestfor the Region. including 2 undocumentedreports from photographedjuv. Bar-tailed Godwit at MacK- Modestnumbers of PectoralSandpipers in- Marin;remarkably, 6 of thesebirds were first erricher S.E 6-16 Aug (ph. tMMtt, tDT, cluded12 in Nov,including a latebird 24 Nov foundin Nov,which is late. Following the Sep tJRW,tGEC, vt. LLu, m.ob.) wasMendocino's at BlackButte Forebay, Tehama (RoS). Five Marin birds, one was at MacKerricherS.E, 2nd;another flying n. pastAfio Nuevo Pt. 3 Sharp-tailedSandpipers were reported: along Mendocino1-5 Oct (ph. '•MMIt, DT, KHv), Sep(PJM) would be SanMateo's 4th. 6th Avenuein se.Kings 17 Sep(3rd county andup to 2 wereat theYolo Bypass record;JRow, FrO et al.); at El. 6 W.A., Yolo 24-26 Oct (tStefan Oct (juv.;ph. RbF); near Gustine, Schlick,ph. Jon Katz, tJennifer " Merced10 Oct (juv.;tPJM); at the Rycengaet al.). Up to 4 birdswere ArcataS.T.E, Humboldt (juv.; KGR, found at the ArcataBottoms, Hum- DCo); and at ShollenbergerPark, boldt1-8 Nov (ph. KGR,DCo, RbE Sonoma7 Nov (juv.;ph. LHg).Only ph. ScC).One at the Sacramento 5 StiltSandpipers were reported, 3 Regional W.T.E 6-15 Nov (ph. from Humboldt3 & 9 Sep (ScC, tCCo, JTr, EP,KLL, m.ob.) and at SMcA) and 2 late birds in Alviso, the nearbyStone Lakes N.W.R. 17 SantaClara 3-11 Nov (MJM, SCR, Nov 0SL, RHw et al.) wasonly the ph. WGB, ph. MMR). Eight Buff- 2nd for Sacramento. The last was breastedSandpipers were reported presentin Milpitas,Santa Clara 6- from five coastal counties: at Asilo- 12 Nov (tSCR, RGJ, ph. Peggy marS.B., Monterey 28-29 Aug (juv.; Don, ph. tMMR, m.ob.). A Snowy BJW,ph. DR,ph. BHI,m. ob.); at Big Plover n. of Pleasant Grove 15-16 Lagoon,Humboldt 30 Aug (Amber Aug (FRO,SAG, JSL) was Sutter's Oneof several recorded infall 2006 off California, this Streaked Shearwater was pho- Transou et al.); at L. Tolowa, Del 3rd. SeventeenSolitary Sandpipers tographed inMonterey Bay on 1S October; the species has been detected annually inthe Norte4-8 Sep(up to 2 juvs.;ADB, in 11 counties6 Aug-24 Sepwas Regioninrecent years, Photograph b•Steven N. G.Howell. Joe D. Gattland,Lucas Brueg); at aboutaverage. The MaderaW.T.E attracted About42 SemipalmatedSandpipers were the PilardtosCr. mouth,San Mateo 6-14 Sep manynotable shorebirds, including Madera's reportedin 18 counties,with thelast being at (juv.;AJ, ph. AlanWalther, ph. DWN); at Ab- first recordof Willet 20 Aug-3 Sep (GaW, El. 16 Sep (RbF). A worn ad. Red-necked bottsLagoon, Marin 19 Sep-2Oct (2 on last Pete Fahey,JND, m.ob.), 2nd of Marbled Stintat L. Tolowa11 Aug(vt. LucasBrueg) is date; Mark Butler,JsC, m.ob.); and near Ft. Godwit25 Aug(4 birds;JND),first of Ruddy the 2nd for Dei Norte and the 5th for the Re- Dick,Del Norte 25 Sep(juv.; Lucas Brueg). A

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(RSTh). South Polar Skuas an exceptionalfind e. of theSierra (TEa); sin- were presentin approximate- glesat SanJose 14 Aug (BGE) and San Martin ly normalnumbers, with a 19-20Sep (SCR et al.) furnishedthe 4th and maximumof 26 onMonterey 5th records for Santa Clara. An Inca Dove at Bay,Monterey and Santa Cruz Muir Beach,Marin 1 Sep(Dave MacKenzie, 30 Sep (ShJ).On the other m.ob.)was thought by most to bean escapee. hand, Long-tailedJaegers A cooperativeCommon Ground-Dove at Ter- were quite scarcethis year, race Pt., SantaCruz 13-19 Oct was the first with onlyone day of double- documentedin theRegion in at leasta decade digit numbers:32 off Ft. ($SGe, $LGo, Wally Goldfrank,ph. JCS, Bragg,Mendocino 14 Aug m.ob.).The presenceof Yellow-billedCuck- (ShJ).In the interior,where oosat Cock RobinI. was noted throughat this speciesis alwaysquite least31 Aug (GregGray); 3 birdsthere on 5 rare,a juv. at CampFar West Augprovided a newsingle-site high count for Res.27 Aug(GjH et al.) was Humboldtand further fueled hopes that a firstfor Yubaand probably breedingmay be takingplace (Cameron Rog- Withover 20 Manx Shearwaers reported off Northern California inautt•nn 2006, nan). A Greater Roadrunnerw. of Winters, onewonders whether the species increasing inthe Region or just being more read- for the C.V.portion of Placer. ilydetected. This bird was smartly photographed inMonterey Bay on 22 October. One can only speculate Yolo25 Oct providedthe first report from PhotographbyClay I(empf. whetherthis speciesoccurs PutahCr. Canyonin "manyyears" (JTr). A much farther offshore some Long-earedOwl nearMcArthur 18 Nov pro- whopping32 Ruffswere reportedfrom 17 years,or if significantannual fluctuations re- videdjust the 2nd recordfor Shasta(ph. counties,including at least5 fromSanta Clara flect real populationdifferences between B&CY,Ken Able et al.); anotherLong-eared and4 eachfrom Humboldtand Monterey. No- years.An ad. Thick-billedMurre was found l0 Nov provideda firstfor theheavily birded tablewere reports from Pleasant Grove, Sutter deadat AsilomarS.B., Monterey 1 Aug (ph. CarmelR. mouth,Monterey (ph. SDry).No 18 Aug (2 birds;TEa), the formerU.S. Naval BLS,MtB). Xantus'sMurrelets were quite fewerthan 8 Long-earedswere talliedat El. Air Stationat Alameda,S.F./Alameda 8 Sap scarcein theRegion, with theonly reports be- 28 Sep-29Oct, includinga new single-day (firstS.E record away from El., juv.; JSL, Leo- ing one near CordellBank, Marin 24 Sep highcount of 4 on29 Sep(P.R.B.O.). A Short- ra Feenay),the American Canyon wetlands 1- (ShJ)and 2 off Ft. Bragg,Mendocino 13 Aug earedOwl 7 Octat thePresidio was an excep- 22 Oct (Napas3rd, juv. male;LKe, tional find for mainland S.E (PSar). MBe,JLx, JCS), n. of Alpaugh,Tulare Fifteen Short-eareds were recorded on 14-16 Oct (juv. female;KiK, $SDS), El. 28 Aug-8 Nov (PR.B.O.). An and the above-cited first Madera unidentifiednighthawk reached the record.Up to 3 juv. Short-billedDow- coastat Wilder Ranch S.P.,Santa Cruz itchers at the Mud Lake S.T.P. 23-28 14 Oct (BarryMcLaughlin). Chimney Augwere the firstfor Alpine 0CS, JSL, Swiftsightings at Big Sur R. mouth, SAG). Red Phalaropeswere scarce Montereycontinued through at least everywhere,and completely absent on 20 Sepand included a highcount of 8 manypelagic trips, but a fewwere lo- on 16Aug (ph. OsJ,MtB, RyT, BLS). catedslightly inland around S.E Bay SixBlack-chinned Hummingbirds in 27 Aug-18 Sap. coastalSanta Cruz 23 Aug-17Sep and 3 more in S.E 1-9 Oct continued a re- GULLSTHROUGH ALCIDS centpattern; singles reached Marin at The first Glaucous Gull of the season outerPt. Reyes,where less expected, was at PigeonPt., SanMateo 27 Nov 13 Aug (RS) and 23 Sep(RyT, SBT, (StefanSchlick). ElegantTerns are LTer,MtB, OsJ). Three Yellow-bellied typicallypresent in relativelysmall Sapsuckerswere reported:3 Nov at numbersin s. San FranciscoBay, so Woodfords(first for Alpine;TEa), 12 1400off CoyotePt., San Mateo 2 Aug Nov+ at Ed Levin C.P., Santa Clara (RSTh)and 1040off Hayward, Alame- Yetanother record of Greaer Shearwater forCalifornia carne fTom Monterey Bay (DvWb, m.ob.), and 19 Nov at L. Suc- 15October 2006--the sarne day as birders docurnented a Streaked Shearw•er cess,Tulare (SDS). A PileatedWood- da 25 Aug (MJM) wereunprecedent- nearby. Photograph bySteve IV. 6. Howell. ed.Also unprecedented was a groupof pecker11 Nov at GroverHot Springs, 23 Common Terns at the Kansas Ave. Ponds 2 (ShJ).There were no reportsof CraverisMur- Alpineprovided a rarerecord for thee. slopeof Sep(John Lockhart, ph. SDS),a firstfor Tu- relet. A Horned Puffin was off Mendocino the Sierra(JCS, TEa). An unidentifiedwood- lare. Three Common Terns at East Park Res. 6 HeadlandsS.P., Mendocino 3-9 Aug(SSa, Alan pewee1 Nov at NearyLagoon provided just Sep (tJCS) were a Colusafirst. Arctic Terns Whitehead,OsJ et al.). the 2nd Santa Cruz record [or Nov (Scott werequite scarce offshore, where they nor- Smithson,Paul Miller). A Yellow-belliedFly- mally occurin numbers.Inland, where this DOVESTHROUGH FLYCATCHERS catcherreported from El. 7 Oct(1'Jared Wolfe) speciesis alwaysscarce, one was at Crowley A bannerseason for White-winged Doves saw awaitsapproval from the C.B.R.C. A well-stud- L., Mono23 Sep(JuH). Black Skimmer num- no fewer than 21 individuals reach coastal or iedEmpidonox onEl. 8-11Sep was strongly be- berscontinue to increase,as indicatedby 31 near-coastalareas i Aug-3 Nov. One at lievedto be an Alder Flycatcher; if accepted by at Redwood Shores,San Mateo 13 Sep Markeleeville3 Nov was a firstfor Alpine and the C.B.R.C.,it wouldrepresent just the 3rd

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Robertson),and in SantaCruz at RanchoDel S A ATaiga Flycatcher alongPutahCr., w.ofWinters, Solano/Yolo,was aremarkable find25Oct (ph. JCS,ph. SBT etal.). Oso 15-30 Oct (DLSu, CGE). The Santa Cruz • Alucky few were able to reach the site and see the bird that afternoon, butthe eager throng that assembled thefol- catbirdwas that county• 3rd or 4th record lowingmorning leftdisappointed. Thisfirst state record provided thefirst North American record s.of Alaska (where there are and the first since 1991. A Northern Mock- approximately15records; fideThede Tobish) andjust the 2nd for fall. Auspiciously, theTaiga Flycatcher alsorepresents thefirst ingbird presentmid-Sep-mid-Nov near L. newnon-introduced birdfamily (Muscicapidae) tobe recorded inCalifornia since1939 (when anAnhinga wasdiscovered atL. Earl, Del Norte (Onik Arian, m.ob.) waslocal- ly notable.Three reports of BrownThrasher Merced,S.F..). Although several species ofAsian passetines havebeen found along the California coastand on offshore islands, included one found dead near Patrick's Point onlysingles ofNorthern Wheatear, Rustic Bunting, andIkarnbling haveever been recorded inland inthe Region. S.E,Humboldt 17 Nov (JeffAlan) and 2 band- ed on El. 11-16 Oct (PR.B.O.). Del Norte's Regionalrecord and the 5th for California(b.; phia Vireoswere reported5 Sep-15 Oct, 2nd Red-throatedPipit record was document- ?MtB,vt. JIz, ph. RbF,Jared Wolfe). Seven thoughone at L Merced,S.E 14 Oct (tBFi, ed by a soundrecording 27-29 Sep(RLeV). LeastFlycatchers 29 Aug-8Oct were on EI. or LLu,CLu) was the only one for which any de- Red-throatedPipits were also at Pt. Reyes, theimmediate coast, the lone exception being tailswere received. Fourteen Red-eyed Vireos Marin 29 Sep (RS, Len Blumin), CarmelR. one along CoyoteCr., Santa Clara 8 Oct 5 Sep-10Oct, including at least7 fromHum- mouth,Monterey I Oct (DR), and at Light- (SCR).Vagrant Eastern Phoebes were at Davis, house S.B., Santa Cruz 11 Nov Yolo16 Oct (MP) and Ierrace Pt., SantaCruz (SGe). 20 Oct (?SGe).One of the Region•rarest va- grant passetines,single Great Crested Fly- WARBLERS catcherswere at outerPt. Reyes,Marin 12 Oct Observersall along the coast not- (ph. JukkaJantunen) and the Big Sur R. ed the exceptionalvariety and mouth,Monterey 13 Oct (b.; B.S.O.L.).Iwen- abundance of uncommon and ty-eightTropical Kingbirds were tallied22 vagrantwarblers this season. Ihe Sep-14Nov, including rare sightingsaway total number of individuals from the immediatecoast at South S.E, San (587)was the highest for ourRe- Mateo 19 Oct (ASH), San Jose-SantaClara gion since the banneryear of W.EC.E, SantaClara 6 Nov (SCR,RGJ, MJM, 1991 and the speciestotal (24) DMa),and Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz 8 Oct(ph. thehighest since 2001. Ihe only AdamRomswinckel-Guise). SixEastern King- Blue-wingedWarbler, found near birdswere tallied, the most noteworthy being the CarmelR. mouth,Monterey one5 Augflying nw. over Neary Lagoon, San- ElevenAmerican Golden-Plovers, alljuveniles, were reported inautumn 2006 27 Oct (MtB, RyT,ph. DR, ph. ta Cruz(SGe) and the lone inland report, one inNorthern California, induding this bird present at VirginCreek Beach in BHI,m.ob.), was present through 8 Sepat theU.C.H.R.E.C. (RJK, GEC, Barbara Macl(erricherState Park, Mendocino County 1 (here) through 5 October 2006. Dec. An impressivetotal of 49 Dolan, C. Watson, G. HOneken). Remarkable Sixof these birds were first detected in November,rather late. Photograph by Iennessee Warblers included 13 MatthewA. Matthiessen. wasa Fork-tailedFlycatcher 28 Sepn. ofYuba in Marin and 12 in S.E, with 6 of City,Sutter (ph. KevinPutnam). Just the 2nd boldt,was higher than the recent fall average. thelatter on El. Ihe onlyC.V. report for this recordfor the Region and California, the pres- A heavilywatched Yellow-green Vireo graced specieswas from Putah Cr., Solano9 Sep enceand the true identity of thebird went un- outerPt. Reyes,Marin 26 Sep-2Oct (RS,ph. (RMu).A VirginiasWarbler at HaywardR.S., reporteduntil a month after the sighting, when MWE, m.ob.). A Chestnut-backedChickadee Alameda19 Sepwas the firstin 10 yearsat photographswere shown to a more experi- 13 Octprovided just the2nd recordfor outer thatlocation (RJR). Other Virginia's Warbler encedbirder (PBS). Pt. Reyes,Marin (RS). A single Pygmy Nuthatch17 Sepwas just the2nd ever found SHRIKESTHROUGH PIPITS on El. andthe firstsince 1969 (RyI, ?JIz et NorthernShrikes are expected in winteralong al.). Ihe expectednuthatch on El., Red- the Region•n. coastin Humboldtand Del breasted,was completely absent there this fall Nortebut are virtuallyaccidental along the (fideJTz). Out-of-placeRock Wrens were at ,4. coastas far s. asthe S.E Bay Area, so an imm. Stanford,Santa Clara 25 Sep(DSt), near the at the Presidio,S.E 20 Oct (?HuC) and an ad. CliffHouse, S.E 29 Oct+(ASH, m.ob.), and at at BolinasLagoon, Marin 6-7 Nov (KH) were San Mateo, San Mateo 11-24 Nov (ADeM et stellarfinds. A Bell'sVireo near Gah 11 Aug al.).A singingCanyon Wren 16 Aug at Big Sur (DGY) provideda rarerecord for Sacramento R. mouth,Monterey was a localrarity (ph. and SanJoaquin and continuedthe recent OsJ);Canyon Wrens are exceptional anywhere stringof C.V. sightings.A Yellow-throatedalong Region• coast. Vireomade a briefappearance on outerPt. Theseason• six reports of GrayCatbird in- Reyes,Marin I Oct (?ThomasWurster, Liga cludedan Alameda first at HaywardR.S. 5 Sep Auzins et al.). Four Blue-headedVireos were (RJR,m.ob.), and Mono'sfirst fall record24 reported9 Sep-3Oct, though the only one for Sepnear Lee Vining (,JuH, BrtM, m.ob.). Gray which we received details was at Mad River Catbirds were also in Humboldt at Mad River C.P.,Humboldt 9 Sep(?DCo, Adam Wachtel). C.P 16 Oct (?RonMelin, ph. DCo,ph. ScC), ThisBuff-breasted Sandpipers wasproseat atthe Pilarcitos This would tie the earliest fall record for Cali- in Marinat Pt. Reyes30 Sep(?ES, Mike Mc- Creekmouth, San Mateo County, California 6-14 (here 10) forniaif acceptedby the C.B.R.C. Six Philadel- Claskey),in S.E8-16 Sep(DvA, CLo, Kathy September2006. Photograph byOavtd W. Nelson.

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at Pt. Reyes,Marin 30 Sep(Ed DeBellevue, startsincluded singles in Sacramento2 Sep GDg,DWN). Therewere 22 reportsof single (TEa,Tanner Easterla), Fresno 16 Sep (Pete Fa- Blackburnian Warblers, the bulk of those hey), and Monoon the late dateof 18 Nov from Marin (11) and S.E (6). Mendocino (JuH).The seasonsone Prothonotary Warbler recordedits first Blackburnian,a hatch-year was in San Mateo at San Bruno Mountain State femaleat SinkyoneWilderness S.E 19 Sep andCounty Park 4-5 Oct(Herb Brandt). Three 0RW). A Regionalhighlight was a Yellow- Ovenbirdswere on El. (PR.B.O.), 2 were in throatedWarbler at Pt. Reyes,Marin that Marin(RS), and singles were in Humboldt24 stayed16-28 Sep (Scott Schneider, BDP, David Oct (?COg,KMS, PAH, ph. KGR),Sonoma 5 Hofmann,ph. DWN, m.ob.). Of the14 Prairie Sep(DN, BDP),and at C.R.P.I Oct (first Warblersin the Region,one 21 Aug at Pt. Sacramentorecord; JTr). Twenty Northern Wa- Reyes(RS) was the earliestMarin record by terthrnshesincluded one returning for its 5th 10 days,and another early bird provided Men- winter to CharlestonRoad marsh, Santa Clara docino's2nd record24 Aug (?DT). The 125 (MDo, m.ob.).A KentuckyWarbler at West- Palm Warblerswere all in coastalcounties, al- port22-23 Sep (CEV, GEC, JRW) was Mendo- Reportsofleadstic shorebirds arereceived occasionally, thoughone 23 Octnear Garberville in Hum- cino'sfirst. Seven Connecticut Warblers was a butseldom are they so nkely documented asthis Western boldtwas well inland(RBS, Doug Wallace et remarkabletotal for theRegion. Five of those SandpiperinAlviso, Santa Clara County, California 19Sep- al.). TwoBay-breasted Warblers were reported were on El. between 3 Sep and 29 Oct tember2006 (here); the bird remained here through 5 October.Photograph byLarry Semo. fromHumboldt, but descriptions were sketchy (ER.B.O.).Singles were in Arcata,Humboldt or non-existent.Another Baysbreasted was at 15-16Sep (ph. KGR, ?DCo, ph. vt. SMcA)and reportsincluded singles from Pt. Reyes, Marin Pt.Reyes, Marin 27-29 Aug (Mark Butler, Mary 26 Aug (RS) and 24 Sep(Toby Romer) and AnnRotello, Heather Cameron, RS). Complet- onenear L. Merced,S.E 27 Sep-3Oct (BFi, inga fineseason [or Oporornis warblers was a DWN, MWE, m.ob.). Thirteen Northern MourningWarbler on El. 11-12Sep (PR.B.O.). Parulaswere found in eightdifferent coun- A HoodedWarbler at SpringLake Park, Sono- ties,3 in Monterey,2 eachin Humboldt,Marin, maspent the summer and was last seen 4 Sep. and S.E, and one each in Mendodno,Mono, AnotherHooded was in S.E 5 Oct (DvA), and SanMateo, and SantaClara. The Monoparu- the seasons3rd wasat NaturalBridges S.B., la, at RushCr. 2-12 Aug (CMc), wasa juv., SantaCruz 5-7 Sep(LGo, MSc, SGe, m.ob.). suggestingthis species may have bred nearby Seven Canada Warblers included Santa Cruz's The Region's58 Chestnut-sidedWarblers 6th and7th records,plus 2 in Marin,2 in San werereported from everycoastal county ex- Mateo,and one in Monterey. ceptDel Norte.Away from the coast,Santa Clara recorded its 6th and 7th Chestnut-sid- TANAGERSTHROUGH ORIOLES eds;single birds were in ContraCosta, Mono, Only 2 SummerTanayers were reported this and Solano. The Solano Chestnut-sided, season,one banded on El. and the other a foundat the BeniciaS.R.A. 10-16 Sep(EPi, rare ContraCosta find nearDanville 14 Sep m.ob.), is believedto be the 2nd county (PEG). The only ScarletTanager was on El. record.Magnolia Warblers were presentin 27 Oct (PR.B.O.). Sevencoastal Green-tailed largenumbers, with 39 thehighest total since Towheeswere in S.E (3), Monterey(2), and 1999.The Magnolia found at AndersonRiver SantaClara (2), 24 Sep-24Oct. It wasrain- Park9 Sep(?RoS, Cathy Santry) provided the ThisEmpidonax, thought to be an Alder Flycatcher, was ing Spizellasparrows this fall.Eight Ameri- 3rd record for Shasta. We count ourselves presenton Southeast Farallon Island, California on8 (here) can Tree Sparrows,39 Brewer's,and 118 through11 September 2006. If acceptedbythe California lucky to find one or 2 CapeMay Warblers BirdRecords Committee, it will represent just the fifth each fall, so this seasonstotal of 6 was as- recordfor the state. Photograph byRob Fowler. tounding.The Region'snw. corner was partic- ularlyblessed, with Del Norte hosting 2 Cape Pt. Reyes,Marin in Sep(fide RS), but the ex- Mays,one s. of CrescentCity 18 Sep(Onik act dateis unknown.Our 84 BlackpollWar- Arian) and one near L. Earl 27 Sep(RLeV, blers included San Benito's first at Paicines SMcA). Humboldt added another at Shelter Res.27 Sep(DLSh). A Sacramentobird found Cove27 Sep(tAdam Brown). Singles were on on 1 Oct0Tr) couldonly be safely identified El. 1-3 & 27-28Sep (ER.B.O.), and one was asa "Baypoll"(Blackpoll or Bay-breasted). in Foster City, San Mateo 3 Oct (RSTh, Black-and-white Warblers in Modesto 23 ADeM). EightBlack-throated Blues included Sep(first for Stanislaus; ERC) and Gray Lodge Mendocino's2nd record,5 Oct (]Hv, DT, KHv), WA., Butte26 AugOH) werethe only two in- and a very late bird bandedon El. 26 Nov landrecords among the 41 individualsreport- (PR.B.O.).A BlacksthroatedGreen Warbler at ed this season.Among the 71 American Rancho Del Oso 15 Oct (DSLu) was Santa Restartswas Trinity'sfirst, a hatch-yearbird Cruz's5th record.S.E had 2: oneon El. 30 Sep bandedat HockerFlat 17 Oct (DeanSedg- GreatCrested Flycatcher, a rare transient to California,was (PR.B.O.) and one at the Presidio7 Oct (PSar, wick),and Solanos first at PutahCr. 25-27Sep foundat PointReyes National Seashore, Marin County 12 ?MWE) Another Black-throatedGreen was (MBe, RMu, JLx, RLCL). Other notablered- October2006 (here). Photograph byJukka Jantunen.

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sels were in Humboldt 9 Oct Gjon Hazard,Pablo A. Herrera,Rob Hewitt (KI), on El. 12-13 Oct (RHe),Bill Hill, JustinHite, Alan S. Hopkins, (PRB.O.), and in San Mateo 1 SteveN. G. Howell,Lisa Hug, John E. Hunter Sep (AJ). A Bobolinkat Her- (Trinity), Ken Irwin, Alvaro Jaramillo, bert Wetland Prairie Preserve 6 RichardG. Jeffers,David A. Jensen,Oscar Sep(•'RH) was Tulare• first. A Johnson,Shearwater Journeys, Robert J. Keif- RustyBlackbird was banded fer (Mendocino),Larry Kent,Jon King, Kim on El. and hung around31 Knska,Kimya L. Lambert,Cathie LaZier, Oct-4 Nov (ph. ER.B.O.). Robin L. C. Leong(Solano), Ron LeValley, Great-tailed Grackles contin- Cindy Lieurance,Leslie Lieurance, Jim Lo- ued to consolidatetheir place max, Calvin Lou, John S. Luther,Michael J. in theRegion, with a maleand Mammoser, Dean ManIcy, Matthew A. femalegiving Sierra its 4th and Matthiessen, Scan McAllister, J. Mac Mc- 5th records,new highs for Cormick(Plumas & Sierra),Chris McCreedy, Contra Costa, Santa Cruz, and PeterJ. Metropulos(San Mateo), Bartshe ThisFork-tailed Flycatcher near Yuba City, Sutter County, California 28September Solano, and the first fall record Miller,Roger Muskat, Dan Nelson, David W. 2006was just the second ever found in the state and the first since 1992. for San Mateo. All of our 9 Or- Nelson, Kristie N. Nelson (Mono), Chet PhotogrophbyKevin Putnam. chard Orioles were found Ogan,Frances Oliver, Ed Pandolfino (Placer), Clay-coloredsare numbersthat have not alongthe coastfrom Marin to SantaCruz 31 BenjaminD. Parmeter,Michael Perrone, Eric beenseen in our Regionfor manyyears. No- Aug-9Nov. A BaltimoreOriole was banded Pilotte, Jude C. Power (Humboldt),Peter tableAmerican Tree Sparrow reports include on El. 29 Sep(PR.B.O.), and an ad.male was Pyle, David C. Rice,Robert J. Richmond Shastag6th on 28-29 Nov (Ken Able, •BED, in SantaCruz 4 Sep(KAr, Emma Arul). (Alameda), Don Roberson (Monterey), RoS) and 2 at Yolo BasinW.A., Yolo20-26 Oct MichaelM. Rogers,Kerry G. Ross,Stephen C. (MarySchiedt, ph., m.ob.), with at leastone Cited observers(county coordinatorsin Rottenborn,James Rowoth, Ruth A. Rudesill remainingthrough the period. Solano record- boldface):David Armstrong, Kumaran Arul, (Sonoma),Salvatore Salerno, Peter B. Sands, edits 5th Clay-coloredSparrow on PutahCr. Alan D. Barron(Del Norte),Murray Berner Rob Santry(RoS), Paul Saraceni,Barbara 9 Sep (RMu), and a Clay-coloredat Llano (Napa),William G. Bousman(Santa Clara), Schar[enstein,Michelle Scott, Jeff Seay, Debra Seco Unit of Sacramento L. Shearwater, Keith M. Slauson, Jim H. N.W.R. (Scott Huber, JHS, Snowden,John Sorenson, Rich Stallcup, John JohnLewis, Mike Skram)was C. Sterling(Modoc, Alpine, & Calaveras), Tim Steurer (Amador & E1 Dorado), Emilie aitogood had itsfind 4thfor and Butte. 5th SanBrewer•Ben- Strauss,Dick Stovel, David L. Suddjian(San- Sparrowrecords 3 Sepand 5 ta Cruz), Brian L. Sullivan, Steven D. Sum- Oct (both DLSh). Seven Ves- mers (Tulare), Robert B. Sutherland,Linda perSparrows in SanMateo was Terrill,Ryan Terrill (Marin),Scott B. Terrill, the mostever for that county RonaldS. Thorn, Jim Iietz (El.), DorothyTo- A Black-throatedSparrowin bkin, FrancisToldi, John Trochet, Steve Um- PanocheValley was San Beni- land (Tuolumne),Chuck E. Vaughn,Kent Van to's3rd (DLSh), and a bird at Vuren (Merced& San Benito),David Vander C.R.E 26-28 Oct (,JTr,ph. Pluym(Mariposa), Dave Weber (DvWb), Bri- CCo) was an excellent C.V. anJ. Weed,Jerry R. White (Lake),Brian D. find. Four of the 7 Lark ThisBlue-winged Warbler, representing theNorthern California Region's first fall C. Williams(Nevada), Gary Woods, David G. Buntingswere in S.E (3 on recordsince 2001, was found near the Camel River mouth in Monterey County Yee,Bob & CarolYutzy (Shasta). Many more 27(here 28) October 2006. It remainedthrough the period and over the winter. El.), with singlesin Monterey, observersare not specificallycited; all areap- PhotographbyDon Roborson. Marin, and Humboldt. Mon- preciated.• tereyhad 2 Nelson'sSharp-tailed Sparrows, MatthewBrady (MtB), Eric R. Caine,Scott one 27-28 Oct at the CarmelR. mouth (ph. CareyGeorge E. Chaniot;Josiah Clark, Luke StevenA. Glover, (Doves to Wrentit) MtB,ph. BHI et al.) andone at MossLanding W. Cole (Kings), Daryl Coldren, Chris 6526Conestoga Lane, Dublin, California 94568 5 Nov (John Thompson).Alpine's first Conard(Sacramento & Yolo),Hugh Cotter, ([email protected]) SwampSparrow 28 Sep(TEa) was one of 56 Jeff N. Davis(Madera), Gary Deghi, A1 De- EdPandolfino, (Thrashers to Finches) reportedthis season, with Humboldtaccount- Martini, Bruce E. Deuel (n. C.V. counties), 5530Delrose Court, Carmichael, California 95608 ingfor 23 of those.Humboldt also led the way MatthewDodder, Stan Dryden, Todd Easterla, ([email protected]) with 3 of our 5 Harris•Sparrows. MarkW. Eaton(San Francisco), Ray Ekstrom ScottB. Terrill, (Loons toFrigatebirds, Laddsto Alcids) Theseason• only Snow Bunting, found 19 (Siskiyou),Bruce G. Elliot,Chris G. Emmons H.T.Harvey & Associates Oct near the mouth of Redwood Cr. in Hum- (CGE), Brian Fitch, Tim Fitzer, David Fix 3150Almaden Expressway, Suite145 boldt,would be theearliest ever for California (Humboldt),Rick Fournier (RF), Rob Fowler SanJose, California 95118 if acceptedby theC.B.R.C. (•'KI). Five of our (RbF), James H. Gain (Stanislaus),Steve ([email protected]) 33 Rose-breastedGrosbeaks were inland, one Gerow,Steve A. Glover (Contra Costa),Lois MichaelM. Rogers in Lassen,one in Yolo,and a surprising3 in Goldfrank,Philip E. Gordon,Helen Green, (WaterfowltoQuail, Herons toShorebirds) Sacramento.Ten Indigo Buntingsincluded Steve C. Hampton, Keith Hansen,Rob 499Novato Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94086 one summer holdover in Sacramento. Dickds- Hansen,Jim T. Havlena, Karen A. Havlena, (rn.rn.rogers•corncast.net)

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