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The Quarterly Journal of Western Field OrnithologistsVol. 50, No. 3
September 2019
Western Field Ornithologists

Contents
MAIN ARTICLES
Winter Distributions and Habitat Associations of Raptors across Nevada
Robert A. Miller, Jay D. Carlisle, Joseph G. Barnes, Ross D. Haley, and Mackenzie R. Jeffress
The Aleutian Cackling Goose in Arizona
David Vander Pluym
Arizona Bird Committee Report, 2015–2017 Records
Gary H. Rosenberg, David Vander Pluym, and Laurens Halsey
NOTES
A House Finch’s Successful Use of a Barn Swallow Nest
Leo C. Gaskins
Ridgway’s Rails Climbing Shrubs at High Tide
Hiram Rafael Moreno-Higareda, Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos,
and Horacio de la Cueva
Tricolored Blackbirds Feeding in Joshua Tree Inflorescences
Ryan S. Terrill, James M. Maley, Whitney L. E. Tsai,
Kevin B. Fistanic, Rowdy J. Freeland, Anna Franceschelli,
Bryce Lewis-Smith, Leeza L. Lu, and Jeremy B. Yoder
Northwest Limit of the Breeding Range of the Ruddy Duck
Bryce C. Lake
The Current Northernmost Breeding Pair of the
California Gnatcatcher
Michael C. Couffer
In Memoriam: Jerry R. Oldenettel, 1942–2019
John Parmeter
Featured Photo: First Record of the Eastern Meadowlark for California
Logan Kahle
Front cover photo by © Gordon Karre of Mesa, Arizona: Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma tethys) at Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona, 8 September 2016, one of seven occurrences encompassing 13 individuals scattered across central and southeastern Arizona in the wake of Hurricane Newton. The report of the Arizona Bird Committee in this issue of Western Birds details the amazing fallout of the unprecedented variety of seabirds that Newton carried inland, including two other species new to Arizona, the Juan Fernandez Petrel (Pterodroma externa) and Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica).
Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Larry Sansone of Los Angeles, California: Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) at Day, Modoc Co., California, 12 June 2018, representing the first confirmation of the species’ occurrence in California and only the third of the eastern subspecies west of the Rocky Mountains.