eWestern Birds
The Quarterly Journal of Western Field OrnithologistsVol. 44, No. 4
December 2013
Western Field Ornithologists

Contents
MAIN ARTICLES
Movements of the Mangrove Warbler in Baja California Sur
Cheryl L. Schweizer and Robert C. Whitmore
History of the Red-necked Stint Breeding in North America
Lucas H. DeCicco, Nils Warnock, and James A. Johnson
Estimating the Number of Territorial Males in Low-Density Populations of the Sooty Grouse
James D. Bland
Apparent Extirpation of the Sooty Grouse from the Sky Islands
of South-Central California
James D. Bland
NOTES
The Distribution of Bubo virginianus pinorum North and West to Washington
Robert W. Dickerman
Records of the Black Merlin in New Mexico, with Comments on Its Identification
Robert W. Dickerman
Behaviors of Nestling and Juvenile Black Vultures in Northwestern Mexico
Marcelino Montiel-Herrera and Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso
Book Reviews
Jeffrey L. Lincer
Featured Photo: Hybridization of the Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses
Cameron Rutt
Index
Daniel D. Gibson
Front cover photo by © Luke Eberhart-Phillips, of Bielefeld, Germany: presumed male Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) brooding two of four chicks, Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 30 June 2013, representing the species’ first confirmed nesting in North America in 37 years.
Back cover: “Featured Photos” by © Cameron Rutt of Blooming Glen, Pennsylvania: hybrid Laysan x Black-footed Albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis x P. nigripes) on Laysan, northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Top, presumed F1 hybrid; bottom, presumed F2 backcross to the Black-footed Albatross, paired with a likely female Black-footed Albatross.