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The Quarterly Journal of Western Field OrnithologistsVol. 41, No. 3
September 2010
Western Field Ornithologists

Contents
MAIN ARTICLES
The 34th Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2008 Records
James E. Pike and David M. Compton
Molecular Data Confirm the First Record of the Long-billed Murrelet for New Mexico
Christopher C. Witt, Matthew S. Graus, and Hira A. Walker
Counting the Countless: Estimating the Number of Least Auklets Attending the Colony on St. George Island, Alaska
Heather M. Renner and Martin Renner
Winter Movements by California Spotted Owls in a Burned Landscape
Monica L. Bond, Derek E. Lee, and Rodney B. Siegel
NOTES
First Evidence Suggesting Hybridization between the Summer Tanager and Western Tanager
Edward R. Pandolfino, Pam Risser, and Larry Risser
Killdeer Observed Depredating a Western Snowy Plover Nest
David L. Riensche, Caitlin Robinson-Nilsen, and Carin High
Nesting of the Golden Eagle in the Guadalupe Valley, Baja California, Mexico
Sandra Gallo-Corona and Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella
Software and Book Reviews
Rich Hoyer and Chuck Trost
Featured Photo: Carotenism in Cassin’s Finch
Nancy Bell
In Memoriam: Michael R. San Miguel, 1939–2010
Michael J. San Miguel
Front cover photo by © Mark Scheel of Sierra Madre, California: Hudsonian Godwits (Limosa haemastica), Edwards Air Force Base, Los Angeles County, California, 15 May 2010.
Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Nancy Bell of Livermore, Colorado: Xanthochroistic male Cassin’s Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) near Livermore, Larimer County, Colorado, 26 March 2009, in which yellow-orange has replaced the normal red.