eWestern Birds

Contents

MAIN ARTICLES

Historical Changes in the Abundance and Distribution of the American Avocet at the Northern Limit of its Winter Range
Mark A. Colwell, Tamar Danufsky, Ryan L. Mathis, Stanley W. Harris

Report of the California Bird Records Committee
Richard A. Erickson, Robert A. Hamilton

Arizona Bird Committee Report
Gary H. Rosenberg

Recolonization of the Flicker and Other Notes from Isla Guadalupe, Mexico
Paul R. Sweet, George F. Barrowclough, John T. Klicka, Liliana Montañez-Godoy, Patricia Escalante-Pliego

Featured Photo
Steve N. G. Howell

Book Reviews
Birds of North America
Steve N. G. Howell
The Sibley Guide to Birds
Robert A. Hamilton

NOTES

Orange Bishops Breeding in Phoenix, Arizona
Thomas A. Gatz

Breeding-Season Home Ranges of Spotted Owls in the San Bernardino Mountains, California
Guthrie S. Zimmerman, William S. Lahaye, R. J. Gutiérrez

First Report of the Gray Heron in the United States
Kenneth M. Burton, Sean D. Smith

Cloacal Inspection or Pecking in Allen's Hummingbird
Janet L. Leonard

Cover photo by © Brian E. Small of Los Angeles, California: Nutting Flycatcher (Myiarchus nuttino), Mason Regional Park, Irvine, California, January, 2001. If accepted, this will be the first record of Nutting's Flycatcher for the State of California.