Oregon Field Ornithologists Special Publication Number 10 • 1997 Cumulative Index to Oregon Birds Magazine Volumes 1-22 (1975-1996) Oregon Field Ornithologists Special Publication Number 10 Copyright © 1997 A list of species is good to have, but without a knowledge of the birds themselves, it is like Emersons sparrow brought home without the river and the sky. Florence Merriam Bailey Permission to use this material in electronic form on-line or to down- load it for personal use in electronic or paper form is granted. Produc- tion or distribution of multiple electronic or paper copies is permitted provided no changes or additions are made to the content of the text. Production or distribution of electronic or paper versions containing added, removed or revised text, or under another authors or publishers name, is not permitted. 1 Cumulative Index to Oregon Birds Volumes 1-22 Dedicated to the memory of Martha Schmitt Indexer of Oregon Birds and member of the Southern Willamette Ornithological Club, Eugene. prepared by Alan Contreras incorporating earlier indices and contributions by Jim Johnson Martha Schmitt Dave Werschkul E. G. White-Swift and Range Bayer, for the Journal of Oregon Ornithology 2 Oregon Field Ornithologists Special Publication Number 10 • 1997 Contents Bibliographic Commentary (reprinted from index to vol. 3-5) ...............4 Martha Schmitt Introduction, including volume-year concordance and roster of editors... 4 Alan Contreras Index by Author ........................................................................................ 7 Alan Contreras Index by Title (organized by subject)................................................... 20 Alan Contreras Banding and Marking ........................................................................... 47 Behavior ................................................................................................... 47 This section includes articles dealing principally with what birds do. Big Days and Related Activities ......................................................... 49 This section deals mainly with big days, big years, and similar events. Listing results are included under the heading Listing. Biography ................................................................................................49 Articles about birders and ornithologists. See also In Memoriam. Birding techniques and ethics............................................................. 50 How to bird effectively and how to be nice while doing so. Censuses. BBS, Atlas, NAMC, Christmas Bird Counts etc. ......... 50 This section deals with the organization, results, and related aspects of Christmas Bird Counts. Computers. .............................................................................................. 53 The use of computers in field ornithology, networks etc. Conservation, Ecology and Related Topics ......................................53 This section covers a wide variety of topics loosely related to avian biology, ecology, and conservation. See also the section on Behav- ior. County Data. ........................................................................................... 55 Indexes material that provides considerable information about the birds in a specific county. See also Site Guides, Status Errata ........................................................................................................ 61 This section contains corrections, published separately, to errors found in Oregon Birds, or published elsewhere and corrected in Or- egon Birds. Note that OBRC errata are included only in the OBRC section, and that sometimes errata are included in the OBRC report without that fact being apparent from the title. Field Notes .............................................................................................. 62 This section contains the citations to the general-purpose field notes 3 Cumulative Index to Oregon Birds Volumes 1-22 sections. Note that many first state records, information regarding location, and other noteworthy reports appear in the sections on Status, Species Finding, and elsewhere. Also note that volumes 10, 11, and 12 have been indexed for each species mentioned, and for photos, so greater detail is available for those volumes. That index, prepared by Jim Johnson and published previously in Or- egon Birds, has been included in this publication as Appendix A. History of Oregon Ornithology .......................................................... 65 This section includes articles dealing principally with the history of Oregon ornithology. Note that some of these are useful for research on the status of a given species, or the birds of a region. Some ar- ticles appearing in other sections include significant historical in- formation. Considerable data regarding older Oregon bird records can be found in several of the Gahmken Press publications listed in the back of this publication. Identification .......................................................................................... 66 This section includes material that focuses on identification. Note that many of these articles also provide status information, just as many articles in the Status section, especially those on rarities, pro- vide identification information. Listing and birding travel .................................................................... 67 This section contains articles related to listing and related topics. In Memoriam .......................................................................................... 68 This section lists articles regarding birders and ornithologists who have died. Oregon Bird Records Committee........................................................ 69 This section includes the reports of the Oregon Bird Records Com- mittee (OBRC) and related material. Oregon Field Ornithologists (OFO) ................................................... 70 This section contains information about the establishment, history, function, and meetings of OFO and its predecessor, the Southern Willamette Ornithological Club (SWOC). It also includes references to the previous indices to Oregon Birds. Pelagic birds and trips. ......................................................................... 72 Results of trips and commentary on Oregon seabirds. Regional Studies and Lists .................................................................. 72 This section deals with studies, lists, and similar material regarding large sections of the state, in particular counties or sections of coun- ties, refuges, sizable regions, and so on. These are mostly research articles not intended as “site guides.” Guides to the birds of smaller areas, and a few guides to larger regions, appear under Site Guides, which are intended to be guides for visiting birders. Many site guides include significant distributional information. Research and Requests ......................................................................... 73 This section includes all requests for information regarding Oregon 4 Oregon Field Ornithologists Special Publication Number 10 • 1997 birds. It is based on the cumulative summary of such requests in the summer, 1990 issue, and is brought to date only through the last issue of 1991. Reviews.................................................................................................... 76 This section contains reviews of books, tapes, and a few related items. Site Guides .............................................................................................. 77 This section contains items of interest mainly to visiting birders. Most in-depth studies are included under Regional Studies and Lists. However, many of the site guides contain considerable data about the birds of little-known parts of the state. Sites are organized by county. Species Finding Guides........................................................................ 80 These articles and short notes are intended principally to help birders find particular species. They vary in length from a sentence to sev- eral pages. See also the Status section. Titles have in some cases been rearranged or truncated in order to organize the section by species. Status ........................................................................................................ 82 This section includes longer works on the status of particular spe- cies or small groups of species in Oregon. It also includes articles on first state records and other rarities. A few articles fall on the edge of this category. Taxonomy and Related Issues............................................................. 88 This section contains information about changes in the AOU Check- list as well as other taxonomic matters. Miscellaneous ......................................................................................... 88 This section contains a variety of material that did not fit well into other categories. Appendices A. Index to All Species References in Volumes 10-12 ....................... 91 Jim Johnson B. Index to all Photos in Volumes 10-12 ............................................ 107 Jim Johnson Special section on Gahmken Press publications Index to Journal of Oregon Ornithology (Gahmken Press) .......... 110 Listing of Studies in Oregon Ornithology (Gahmken Press) ....... 116 5 Cumulative Index to Oregon Birds Volumes 1-22 Bibliographic Commentary * Martha Schmitt The bibliographic history of Oregon Birds is somewhat complicated; users of the Index should be aware of this. The change of name from