eWestern Birds
The Quarterly Journal of Western Field OrnithologistsVol. 36, No. 2
June 2005
Western Field Ornithologists

Contents
MAIN ARTICLES
Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2003 Records
Mike San Miguel and Todd McGrath
Black Phoebe Breeding Range Expansion into Colorado
Doug Faulkner, Coen Dexter, Rich Levad, and Tony Leukering
Changes in Winter Abundance of the Ruddy Turnstone Along the Coast of California
Edward R. Pandolfino and James W. Helmericks
NOTES
California Gnatcatcher Feeds Bewick’s Wren Nestlings in an
Abandoned Rodent Burrow
Michael C. Couffer
First Record of a Shy Albatross in Alaska
R. Bradley Benter, Heather M. Renner, and Martin Renner
Hudsonian Godwit in Baja California
Mark J. Billings and Guy McCaskie
New Breeding Localities for the Snowy Plover in Western Mexico
Eric Mellink and Mónica Riojas-López
Clark’s Grebe in Western Washington
Steven G. Mlodinow
Book Reviews
Alvaro Jaramillo and Steve N. G. Howell
Featured Photo: Pink-Sided × Gray-Headed Juncos
Robert A. Hamilton and Peter A. Gaede
Front cover photo by © Tom Shermer of New Westminster, British Columbia: McKay’s Bunting (Plectrophenax hyperboreus), Iona Island, British Columbia, 19 December 2004.
Back cover “Featured Photos” by © Tony Leukering of Brighton, Colorado: Pink-sided Junco (Junco hyemalis mearnsi), Maysville, Colorado, December 2004 (top); © Robert A. Hamilton of Long Beach, California: apparent Pink-sided × Gray-headed Junco (J. h. mearnsi × J. h. caniceps) Rancho El Descanso, Baja California, 4 October 2004 (middle); and © Carol Davis of Taylorsville, Utah: Gray-headed Junco (J. h. caniceps), Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, April 2002 (bottom).