Western Birds Volume 30, 1999

Black Rail © John Cang

Vol. 30, No. 1, 1999 Contents Seabirds in Southeastern Hawaiian Waters --Larry B. Spear, David G. Ainley, and Peter Pyle Raptor Migration in Autumn Through the Upper Tanana River Valley, Alaska --Carol L. McIntyre and Robert E. (Skip) Ambrose First Record of the Ivory Gull in California --Joel D. Weintraub and Mike San Miguel NOTES Snowy Plover Diets in 1995 at a Coastal Southern California Breeding Site --Mark A. Tucker and Abby N. Powell A Sight Record of a Streaked Shearwater in Oregon --Michael P. Force, Richard A. Rowlett, and Geoff Grace Second Mainland Specimen of the Red-breasted Nuthatch from Baja California, Mexico --Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos and Armando J. Contreras-Balderas A Previously Unreported Nesting Colony of the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron near Mulege, Baja California Sur --Robert C. Whitmore, R. Craig Whitmore, and Michael M. Whitmore Featured Photo --Jon R. King and Steve N. G. Howell

Eye-browed Thrush © Jack Jeffrey

Vol. 30, No. 2, 1999 Contents Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 1996 Records --Guy McCaskie and Mike San Miguel Identification of Adult Male Rufous and Allen’s Hummingbirds, With Specific Comments on Dorsal Coloration --Paul McKenzie and Mark B. Robbins Arizona Bird Committee Report, 1974-1996: Part 2 (Passerines) --Gary H. Rosenberg and Janet L. Witzeman NOTES First Sooty Tern Nest in the Contiguous Western United States --Michael R. Smith Book Reviews --Bill Tweit, Steve N. G. Howell, Kimball L. Garrett, Jon R. King, Robert A. Behrstock Featured Photo --Bert McKee and Alvaro Jaramillo

Bristle-thighed Curlew © Keith C. Kwan

Vol. 30, No. 3, 1999 Contents The Bristle-thighed Curlew Landfall of 1998: Climatic Factors and Notes on Identification --Steven G. Mlodinow, Steven Feldstein, and Bill Tweit First Record of American Woodcock for California, with a Summary of its Status in Western North America --Michael A. Patten, Guy McCaskie, and Joseph Morlan Spring Migration of Spectacled Eiders at Cape Romanzof, Alaska --Brian J. McCaffery, Michael L. Wege, and Christopher A. Nicolai NOTES Head Color in Bronzed Common Grackles, Quiscalus quiscula versicolor --Kenneth C. Parkes Additional Records of the Least Tern from the West Coast of Mexico --Thomas P. Ryan and Daniel A. Kluza Book Review --Michael A. Patten and Steve N. G. Howell Featured Photo --Peter Pyle

Island Scrub-Jay © Peter LaTourrette

Vol. 30, No. 4, 1999 Contents Seabirds Carried Inland by Tropical Storm Nora --Roy M. Jones Recent Changes in the Winter Distribution and Abundance of Rock Sandpipers In North America --Joseph B. Buchanan Further Data on Food Items of Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus brooksi) on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia --Spencer G. Sealy Greater Sandhill Crane Productivity on Privately Owned Wetlands in Eastern Oregon --Carroll D. Littlefield NOTES More Additions to the Birds of the Nevada Test Site --James L. Boone, Patrick E. Lederle, and Steven L. Petersen New Historic Records of Anna’s Hummingbird from Oregon --Alan Contreras Book Review --Steve N. G. Howell and Colleen M. Handel Featured Photo --Steve N. G. Howell Index --Jack W. Schlotte and Philip Unitt

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