Westernand a LeastSandpiper were observed in May (BM, MT). One female Common andat nearbyILL 14May (BM, MT) werelate. ILL.15 May (BM, MT), while18least Sandpipers Yellowthroat was at S.Emangroves 9 May (BM), werereported for Celestfin30 Apr (AD). Two whilea first-yearmale was in ILL 14 May (BM, Contributors (area compiler in boldface): White-rumpedSandpipers were seen 30 May in MT). Alejandrode Alba, Joanne Andrews, David Bacab, Cdestfin(DB), and a StiltSandpiper was there 9 William Beatty,Chris Benesh,lsmad Caamal, Apr(DB). Two Stilt Sandpipers were in a saltpond TANAGERSTHROUGH ORIOLES AlexanderDzib, SandraFlores, Dutton & Caroline inILL 1May (BM), while a Wilson's Phalarope was A femaleRose-throated Tanager was one of 25 Foster,H6ctor G6mez de Silva,Rich Hoyer, observed8 Apr in Celestfin(DB). A singleLeast speciesin IslaPobre 19 Apr (BM).Of specialnote BarbaraMacKinnon (BM), StaufferMiller, Uriel Ternshowed up in Celestfn,where known to nest, for the samelocation and datewas one juv. male Ortiz Chay,Maria TeresaPuig, Melgar Tabasco 10Apr, perhaps aweek earlier than usual (DB). One Red-leggedHoneycreeper being fed by an ad., with (MT), Margarito Tuz (MTuz), Paul Wood. Ring-billedand an imm. HerringGull werein 4 othersnearby. Inland from E1 Cuyo in a forested Uncredited observationsare by Barbara Celestfn9 Apr (DB).Three Herring Gulls were at area,3 maleand a femaleRed-legged Honeycreeper MacKinnon. Celestfn30 May (DB). Single Eurasian Collared- werefeeding on annona fruit 19 May (JA & MTP). Doveswere reported from Cancfn, Q. Rooin Jan Another new record for the S.K.B.IL was a White- Literature cited (PW) and6-8 km s. of SanMiguel, Cozumel 10 crownedSparrow netted at Sac.21 Apr. Of interest Forcey,J.E, in press.Notes on the birds of central Mar (CB).Four Spot-tailed Nightjars were heard were 2 male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at Xcalak Oaxaca,Part III.' Columbidaeto Vireonidae.See and seenin Tab.from the 2nd bridgen. of La feedingon seeds of the dune plant Trema micrantha the on-line journal Huitzil Libertad,Chis. 13 & 18 Mar (RH, D&CF,SM). 4 May.This locality is important as a refudingand (http://www.huitzil.net). reststop for northboundmigrants that crossthe G6mez de Silva,H., E Gonzglez-Garcia& M.P. FLYCATCHERSTHROUGH WARBLERS Bayof Honduras.Two male Bobolinks in transi- Casillas-Trejo.1999. Birds of theupper cloud A GreatCrested Flycatcher was in Celestfin9 Apr tionalplumage were at Sac.21 Apr (BM).A Brown- forest of E1 Triunfo, Chiapas,Mexico. (DB). Sevenexhausted Eastern Kingbirds were headed Cowbird was observed at Celest•n in the OrnitologiaNeotropica110: 1-26. observed two km inland from the coasdine at samearea as during fall 2001, but this one was on Howell,S.N.G. and S. Webb. 1995. A guideto the Xcalak4 May,probably having just completed their 27 Feb,earlier than expected for a transient(BM). birdsof Mexico and northern Central America. northboundcrossing of theBay of Honduras.Two Singlemale Orchard Orioles at S.E8 May (MT) vocalMangrove Vireos were in Tab.rr of La OxfordUniversityPress, Oxford. z• Libertad,Chis. 19 Apr (HGdS).Spring Purple Martinmigration is ratherthin over the Y.R com- paredto the fall, and a few observationswere reportedfor this period. One was recorded 9Apr in Central America Celest6n,moving along with Barn Swallows. A total of 20was reported 21 Apr in Celestfin(AD), while 2-3 maleswere feeding and moving amidst hun- dredsof BarnSwallows over ILL 1 & 13 May. Amongthe swallows flowing through Celestfin 21 Aprwere 2 Bankand 5 CliffSwallows (AD). A few HONDURAS BarnSwallows were seen as earlyas 27 Febin GUATEMA•[•'.BELIZE Celest6n,and a few werein S.E8-9 May (BM). Anothernew species for the S.K.B.ILwas a Gray- checkedThrush netted and photographed 22Apr ---'% NICARAGUA (BM).Only one Gray Catbird was observed 9 Apr in Cdestdn. ELSA Singlemale Golden-wingedWarblers were reportedin Celestfin8-10 Apr (DB, BM). A female NorthernParula was seen in S.Emangroves 6 May, whenmost migrant warblers had left. The latest YellowWarblers were one ad. and one first-year COSTARICA malein ILL 14-15May (BM, MT). A PalmWarbler wasnetted at S.IL22 Apr. Another new record for theS.K.B.IL was a maleBlackpollWarbler in alter- nateplumage 20 Aprat Sac.A femaleAmerican H. Lee Jones winter season;nevertheless, the number of first Redstartwas in S.E 6 May (BM). A male P. O. Box 158 and second country records continuesto ProthonotaryWarbler was in Celestfin10 Apr. A Punta Gorda,Belize increaseunabated. Two long overduedocu- NorthernWaterthrush at Sac.21 Apr (BM) was the U.S. address: mentedcountry firsts were Upland Sandpiper onlymigrant found during aweek that should have 6108 Wildwood Road in E1Salvador and Orange-crowned Warbler in beenthe middleof the springmigration. The LakeIsabella, California 93240 Belize. Other not-so-surprisingfirsts were winds,however, were east-northeast, which would ([email protected]) Ring-neckedDuck in E1Salvador and Rufous- not have favoredbirds crossingthe Bay of necked Wood-Rail in Guatemala. Six addition- Honduras.Only one Northern Waterthrush was henumber ofobservers submitting records al specieswere recorded for only the second detectedin ILL 5 May,and another was in S.E14 thisspring was down substantially from the time in either Belize, E1 Salvador, or VOLUME 56 (2OO2), NUMBER 3 369 Guatemala. Costa Rica and Panama, with their Quetzaltenango (Guatemala) National CUCKOOS THROUGH VIREOS more completeornithological record, had no Hospital16 Apr (lB). Noteworthy,also, was a TwoBlack-billed Cuckoos were on LimeCaye, first or secondrecords to report;however, two CrestedEagle at Tikal 29 Apr (lB). This rare Belize2 May (LJ,CW). Althoughconsiderably storm-petrels,thought to be Leach's,on the forestspecies is seldomseen in n. C.A.. Equally more plentifulthan Black-billed,20+ Yellow- Caribbeancoast of CostaRica may have been noteworthywas an ad. Harpy Eagleobserved billedCuckoos on tiny LimeCaye, with several the mostexciting fmds of the season. feedingon a Tamandua(Tamandua mexicana) moreon other,nearby cayes 29 Apr (LJ,CW) 15 Apr (MA, SY) in what little wasleft of the wasan impressiveconcentration. A Mangrove Abbreviations: Cockscomb Basin Hurricane Iris-ravagedforest near Golden Cuckoowas seen near David, Chiriqui 19 Mar (CockscombBasin Wildlife Sanctuary,Stann Stream, Toledo. This is the latest in a series of (JR,JC, Field Guides tour). This species is rare Creek District, Belize); Tikal (Tikal National reportsof this spedesin s. Belizein the past in Panama, and its status as a rare resident or Park, Pet•n District, Guatemala). Hunting, fouryears. A lateMerlin wasobserved migrat- migrant remainsunresolved. Lime,and NicholasCayes are in the Sapodilla ingpast Hunting Caye, Belize 1 May (LJ). A Vermiculated Screech-Owl at Finca CayesMarine Reserveoff s.Belize. Patrocinio,Retalhuleu 14 Mar (lB) was unex- RAILS THROUGH TERNS pected,as this species had not been previously •ADuckswere the big news in E1 A Rufous-necked Wood-Rail observed near reportedfrom the Pacificslope of Guatemala. ß,•ff"•Salvador this spring• •thanks-to the Tilapa,San Marcos 10 Apr (lB) maybethe first TheBrown Violet-ear is seldom reported in the •onfinuin•efforts of RIP andWR, whose ever documented in Guatemala. The status of lowlands of Belize, so one at lower elevations ,cOunt13mddeDucks Unlimited waterfowl this elusivespecies along much of the Pacific in the e. CockscombBasin 18 Mar (J&DB) was surveyshave alteadY 0dded a new chapter coast of s. Mexico and n. C.A. is unclear. In unexpected. A Black-crested Coquette, to ,our understanding,of !Ns largely contrast,its presenceon the Caribbeanside is uncommonon the Pacificslope of Guatemala, ignored' 'family in C,A.On 1'5 •Apr, on well documented.For example,J & DB rou- was at Finca Patrocinio, Retalhuleu 14 Mar Lagdna'E1Jocotal, SanMiguel they didCow tinelysee as many as a dozenin sightat one (lB) . A groupfrom Quebecwas surprised to ered El Salvador',s sixth cinnamon Teal timeseasonally in theiryard on CayeCaulker, find an ad. femaleYellow-bellied Sapsucker in and the first recorded in springi An Belize(they live on the edgeof a mangrove MetropolitanNature Park, Pfinama City on 14 impressive546 LesserScaup were on Lake swamp).In Mar,they had up to 13daily, but by Mar (DM, LRo). Guija,Santa Aria 13 M ar' and 200 were on May their numbershad dwindled,and the last TheVermilion Flycatcher is a casualmigrant Lagunade Olomega,San Miguel 26 Mar. one wasrecorded 31 May. This speciesis not in Panama, so a male and 2 females at Finca But the real surprisecame late in the sea- seenon the cayebetween Jun and mid-Sep, Batipa,Chiriqui 31 Mar werea treat for LR, JJ, sonwhen RIP found a pairof Ring-necked suggestingit either dispersesoff the cayeor and LS. Two Western Kingbirds were at Duckson Lake Gnija 22 May.'Thiswas not movesto the uninhabitedand largely inacces- Duplooy'sJungle Lodge near San Ignacio, Cayo onlya firstcountry record but an excep- siblen. half of the cayeduring the breeding 27 Feb(TW), andanother was at the Qnirigua tionally late date as well. A flock of 43 season.Two Sorasat LagunaEl Jocotal,San Ruins,Izaba124 Apr (lB) in theCaribbean low- Ruddy Ducks, first 'observed3 Mar at Miguel24 Apr (RIP,WR) werelate migrants. A landsof Guatemalajust s. of Belize.This species LagunaOlomega, were still present15 SnowyPlover at CorozalTown 3 Mar (TS) was was first documentedin Belizeonly last fall; May,suggesting that there may be a breed- onlythe 3rd confirmedrecord for Belize;how- however,it maybe overlookedto someextent ing populationat this site.Received late, ever,this speciesis likely to occurmore fre- becauseof its similarity to the abundant but equallysignificant, is a report of a quentlythan thesefew recordssuggest--if Tropicaland Couch'sKingbirds. The Yellow- remarkaNe21 MuscovyDucks, an endan- onlymore people paid attentionto the wealth greenVireo is strictlya migranton the Belize geredspecies in El Salvador,on LagunaE1 of shorebirdsin the country!An impressive cayes.Thus, one on NicholasCaye 1 May (LJ, locotal5 F•b (RIP,WR). flockof 87American Oystercatchers was at Isla CW) was either an exceedinglylate spring Martin P&ez in the Gulf of Fonseca23 Apr migrant or a wanderingindividual, as this (ph.