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The Quarterly Journal of Western Field OrnithologistsVol. 42, No. 2
June 2011
Western Field Ornithologists

Contents
MAIN ARTICLES
Winter Habitat Associations of Diurnal Raptors in California’s Central Valley
Edward R. Pandolfino, Mark P. Herzog, Stacie L. Hooper, and Zachary Smith
Trends in Riparian Songbirds Banded at Big Sur, Central California Coast
Mike M. Stake and Kelly Sorenson
Nesting Success of the Yellow Warbler in a Disturbed Riparian Forest in Coastal California
Matthew Timmer, David L. Suddjian, Susan Lambrecht, and Shannon Bros-Seemann
Status and Distribution of the Barred Owl in Marin County, California
Scott Jennings, René L. Cormier, Thomas Gardali, David Press, and William W. Merkle
NOTES
Two Recent Records of the Clapper Rail from the Ballona Wetlands, Los Angeles County, California
Daniel S. Cooper
Important Recent Bird Records from Attu Island, Alaska
Jack J. Withrow and David W. Sonneborn
Book Review
Peter Pyle
Regional Reports from the Northwest Now Available on the Web
Alan Contreras
Featured Photo: Attraction of Birds to Human Food in Yosemite National Park, California
Douglas E. Weidemann and Floyd E. Hayes
Front cover photo by © Glen Tepke of Oakland, California: Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, 6 November 2010, representing the second California record of this arctic species.
Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Floyd E. Hayes of Angwin, California: Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus), Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, 6 August 2006.