eWestern Birds

Contents

MAIN ARTICLES

Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2002 Records
Luke W. Cole and Guy McCaskie

Warbling Vireo Nesting Ecology in the Northern Sierra Nevada
Julia I. Smith, Mark D. Reynolds, and Gretchen LeBuhn

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Update on the Status and Distribution of Wilson’s Phalarope and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Alaska
Carol A. Erwin, Kristen B. Rozell, and Lucas H. DeCicco

Bat Predation by the Acorn Woodpecker
Laine MacTague

First Record of the Sora in the State of Hawaii
Kimberly J. Uyehara

Additions to the Avifauna of St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea
James A. Johnson, Steven M. Matsuoka, Daniel R. Ruthrauff,
Michael A. Litzow, and Maksim N. Dementyev

Book Reviews
Diana L. Humple and Steve N. G. Howell

Featured Photo
Joseph Morlan, Robin E. Dakin, and Jim Rosso

Front cover photo by © Kenneth Z. Kurland of El Centro, California: Le Conte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii), Niland, California, 15 January 2003.

Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Jim Rosso of Arlington, Virginia: Apparent hybrid between American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) and Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Elkhorn Slough, Monterey County, California, 13 March 1994.