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The Quarterly Journal of Western Field OrnithologistsVol. 39, No. 4
December 2008
Western Field Ornithologists

Contents
MAIN ARTICLES
Report of the Alaska Checklist Committee, 2003–2007
Daniel D. Gibson, Steven C. Heinl, and Theodore G. Tobish, Jr.
The Changing Status of the Gray Hawk in New Mexico and Adjacent Areas
Sartor O. Williams III and David J. Krueper
An Apparent Hybrid Black × Eastern Phoebe from Colorado
Nathan D. Pieplow, Tony Leukering, and Elaine Coley
NOTES
Observations of Adult Peregrine Falcons Capturing Stoneflies
Jay Sumner and Kate Davis
A Fregetta Storm-Petrel off Western Mexico
Rich Pagen, Peter Pyle, and Lisa T. Ballance
Book Reviews
Michael A. Patten and Peter Pyle
Featured Photo: Hybridization of a Yellow-crowned and Black-crowned Night-Heron in Southern California
Mary F. Platter-Rieger,
Tiffany M. Shepherd, and Marie Molloy
Outgoing President’s Message
Dave J. Krueper
WFO’s 33rd Annual Conference: Retrospective
Jay Withgot
Index
Philip Unitt
Front cover photo by © David E. Quady of Berkeley, California: Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis), Arrowhead Marsh, Oakland, Alameda County, California, 21 January 2008. Before 1940 the Yellow Rail was apparently a regular winter visitor to the San Francisco Bay area. Since then it has been recorded there only about 10 times. Like other rails, it is most accessible to birders and predators during the highest tides of the year, as when this individual was photographed.
Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Mary F. Platter-Rieger of San Diego, California: Hybrid Yellow-crowned Night-Heron × Black- crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea × Nycticorax nycti corax), Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, San Diego County, California, 24 June 2007. Second known occurrence of this hybrid combination in the wild and first observation of an active nest of a hybridizing pair.