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The Quarterly Journal of Western Field OrnithologistsVol. 38, No. 4
December 2007
Western Field Ornithologists

Contents
MAIN ARTICLES
Status of the Broad-winged and Red-shouldered Hawks during Fall Migration in Southwestern Idaho, 1995–2006
Jay D. Carlisle, Gregory S. Kaltenecker, and Ryan S. Brady
Insects Predominate in Peregrine Falcon Predation Attempts in Arizona
David H. Ellis, Charles T. LaRue, James K. Fackler, and R. Wayne Nelson
Colonization of the Brown Booby at the Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico
Darrell L. Whitworth, Harry R. Carter, Josh S. Koepke, and Richard J. Young
An Apparent Hybrid Brewer’s × Black-chinned Sparrow
Philip Unitt
NOTES
Additional Notes on Leucistic Eared Grebes at Mono Lake
Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
Carcass Scavenging by a Black-necked Stilt at the Salton Sea,
California
Thomas W. Anderson
California Brown Pelican Nesting on Isla Alcatraz, Sonora, Mexico
Juan Pablo Galván
Commensal Feeding of Great Egrets with Black-tailed Deer
Garth Herring and Heidi K. Herring
Book Review
Steve N. G. Howell
Featured Photo: Notes on Plumage Maturation in the Red-tailed Tropicbird
Ron LeValley and Peter Pyle
President’s Message
Dave Krueper
Index
Philip Unitt
Front cover photo by © Arlene Ripley of Dunkirk, Maryland: Smew (Mergellus albellus), Willow Springs, Tuolumne County, California, 29 January 2007.
Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Ron LeValley of Arcata, California: Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda), about 400 miles southwest of the tip of Baja California, 9 April 2006.