eWestern Birds

Contents

MAIN ARTICLES

First Record of the Lanceolated Warbler Breeding in North America
Erik M. Andersen, Cornelius Schlawe, and Stephen Loren

Extirpation of the Willow Flycatcher from Yosemite National Park
Rodney B. Siegel, Robert L. Wilkerson, and David F. DeSante

Breeding Records of the Surfbird, Wandering Tattler, American Golden- Plover, and Upland Sandpiper in the Southwest Yukon Territory
Sabine Nouvet, Scott Wilson, and Kathy Martin

NOTES

Black Skimmer Occurrences in New Mexico, Including a High Elevation Record
Sartor O. Williams III and William H. Howe

Terrestrial Foot-Paddling by a Glaucous-winged Gull
Ryan P. O’Donnell

First Record of the Cassin’s Vireo Nesting in Alaska
Lucas H. DeCicco and Nicholas Hajdukovich

Current Status of the Cactus Wren in Northwestern Baja California
Kevin B. Clark and Mark Dodero

Book Reviews
David Fix, Enriqueta Velarde, Steve N. G. Howell,
and J. Michael Reed

Featured Photo: Attemped Kleptoparasitism by a South Polar Skua on a Laysan Albatross
Steve N. G. Howell and Debra L. Shearwate

Front cover photo by © Cornelius Schlawe of Berlin, Germany: Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata), Buldir Island, western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 11 August 2007.

Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Steve N. G. Howell of Stinson Beach, California: South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki) attacking a juvenile Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) near Cordell Bank, Marin County, California, 30 September 2007.