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The Quarterly Journal of Western Field OrnithologistsVol. 35, No. 3
September 2004
Western Field Ornithologists

Contents
MAIN ARTICLES
Seasonal Abundance of Marine Birds in Nearshore Waters of Monterey Bay, California
Laird A. Henkel
Glossy Ibis Records for Colorado and Neighboring States
Doug Faulkner
Low Incidence of Cowbird Parasitism on Swainson’s Thrushes in Central Coastal California
Jennifer D. White and Thomas Gardali
NOTES
Expansion of the Breeding Range of the Bufflehead in California
T. Will Richardson
Southernmost Record of a Spotted Owl × Barred Owl Hybrid in the Sierra Nevada
Mark E. Seamans, Jeffery Corcoran, and Angela Rex
The Southern Limit in California of the Northern Pygmy-Owl
Philip Unitt
Book Review
Jeff N. Davis
Featured Photo
Bruce Deuel
Front cover photo by © Steve H. Metz of Tulsa, Oklahoma: Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus), deep water off Santa Barbara, California, 11 September 2004.
Back cover “Featured Photos” by © Stephen J. Davies of Bethesda, Maryland: Lesser Canada Goose (Branta canadensis parvipes) and Taverner’s Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii taverneri), Arrowhead Marsh, Alameda County, California, 25 January 2004.