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The Quarterly Journal of Western Field OrnithologistsVol. 38, No. 1
March 2007
Western Field Ornithologists

Contents
MAIN ARTICLES
Northward Range Expansion by the Short-tailed Hawk, with First Records for New Mexico and Chihuahua
Sartor O. Williams III, John P. DeLong, and William H. Howe
Summer Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use of Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets in California’s Central Valley
W. David Shuford, Joan M. Humphrey, Robert B. Hansen, Gary W. Page, Lynne E. Stenzel, and Catherine M. Hickey
Geographic Variation in Cactus Wren Songs
Jonathan L. Atwood and Susannah B. Lerman
Evidence of Double-Clutching by Brandt’s Cormorants on Alcatraz Island, California
Benjamin L. Saenz and Julie A. Thayer
NOTES
Noteworthy Bird Records from Sinaloa, México
Marco Antonio González-Bernal, José Alfredo Castillo-Guerrero, Cecilia del Rocío Hernández-Celis, and Eric Mellink
Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia) in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Stephan Lorenz and Daniel D. Gibson
Book Reviews
Richard A. Erickson and Jay Withgott
Featured Photo: Leucistic Grebe at Mono Lake—An Identification Challenge
Len Blumin
Front cover photo by © Larry Sansone of Los Angeles, California: Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus), Grizzly Bay, Solano County, California, 22 January 2007.
Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Len Blumin of Mill Valley, California: Leucistic grebe (Podiceps sp.), Mono Lake, Mono County, California, 14 October 2006.