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Western Birds solicits papers that contribute significantly to the scientific literature and that are useful and accessible to professional and amateur field ornithologists. The journal welcomes contributions from professional and amateur scientists alike. Appropriate topics include distribution, migration, status, identification, geographic variation, conservation, behavior, ecology, population dynamics, habitat requirements, the effects of pollution, and techniques for censusing, sound recording, and photographing birds in the field. Papers of general interest will be considered regardless of their geographic origin, but particularly desired are reports of studies done in or bearing on the Rocky Mountain and Pacific states and provinces, including Alaska and Hawai'i, western Texas, northwestern Mexico, and the northeastern Pacific Ocean. |
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Western Birds Volume 41-1 Contents Egg-Turning Behavior and Nest Attentiveness of the Endangered Hawaiian Goose on Kauai Wesley W. Weathers and Brenda J. Zaun A New and Cryptic Call Type of the Red Crossbill Kenneth Irwin A Reassessment of Homologies in the Vocal Repertoires of Phoebes D. Archibald McCallum and Nathan D. Pieplow Notes Ground-nesting Marbled Murrelets in Juneau, Alaska Mary F. Willson, Katherine M. Hocker, and Robert H. Armstrong Two Oriental Turtle-Doves (Streptopelia orientalis) reach California Jon L. Dunn and Keith Hansen Thank You to Our Supporters A Little Bunting Reaches Baja California Sur Kurt A. Radamaker and David J. Powell Book Reviews Chris Butler and Oscar Johnson Featured Photo: Black-chinned Sparrow: Notes on Breeding Behavior and Nesting Ecology in San Diego County, California Lori Hargrove Front cover photo by © Kurt A. Radamaker of Scottsdale, Arizona: Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla), Rancho San José de Castro on the Vizcaíno Peninsula, Baja California Sur, 8 October 2008. See Radamaker and Powell, pp. 55–58, in this issue. Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Jack C. Daynes of Poway, California: Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis), along Boulder Creek Road 5 miles west of Lake Cuyamaca, west slope of Cuyamaca Mountains, San Diego County, California. |
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Western Birds Volume 40-4 Contents Recent Purple Martin Declines in the Sacramento Region of California: Recovery Implications Daniel A. Airola and Dan Kopp Further Decline in Nest-Box Use by Vaux’s Swifts in Northeastern Oregon Evelyn L. Bull and Charles T. Collins Use of a Nesting Platform by Gull-billed Terns and Black Skimmers at the Salton Sea, California Kathy C. Molina, Mark A. Ricca, A. Keith Miles, and Christian Schoneman Birds of Prey and the Band-tailed Pigeon on Isla Guadalupe, Mexico Juan-Pablo Gallo-Reynoso and Ana-Luisa Figueroa-Carranza Food Habits of Wild Turkeys in National Forests of Northern California and Central Oregon Greta M. Wengert, Mourad W. Gabriel, Ryan L. Mathis, and Thomas Hughes Seasonal Variation in the Diet of the Barn Owl in Northwestern Nevada Abigail C. Myers, Christopher B. Goguen, and Daniel C. Rabbers Notes First Record of a Mangrove Yellow Warbler for Arizona Nathan K. Banfield and Patricia J. Newell Prey Remains in Nests of Four Corners Golden Eagles, 1998–2008 Dale W. Stahlecker, David G. Mikesic, James N. White, Spin Shaffer, John P. DeLong, Mark R. Blakemore, and Craig E. Blakemore Book Reviews Dave Trochlell and John Sterling Featured Photo: Juvenal Plumage of the Rufous-crowned Sparrow Brad Schram Index Daniel D. Gibson Front cover photo by © Todd Easterla of Rancho Cordova, California: Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas), Monterey Bay, Monterey County, California, 12 October 2008. A species of the western Pacific, the Streaked Shearwater has been substantiated once in Oregon, 18 times in California (most frequently on Monterey Bay but once inland), and once in Wyoming. Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Brad Schram of Arroyo Grande, California: juvenile Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps), Deer Canyon, San Luis Obispo County, California, 6 August 2006. Note the pencil-streaked upper breast and sides over buff, streaked crown, and facial pattern, a paler version of the adult’s. |
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Western Birds Volume 40-3 Contents The 33rd Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2007 Records Daniel S. Singer and Scott B. Terrill Distribution, Abundance, and Survival of Nesting American Dippers Near Juneau, Alaska Mary F. Willson, Grey W. Pendleton, and Katherine M. Hocker Changes in the Winter Distribution of the Rough-legged Hawk in North America Edward R. Pandolfino and Kimberly Suedkamp Wells Nesting Success of California Least Terns at the Guerrero Negro Saltworks, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2005 Antonio Gutiérrez-Aguilar, Roberto Carmona, and Andrea Cuellar Notes Sandwich Terns on Isla Rasa, Gulf of California, Mexico Enriqueta Velarde and Marisol Tordesillas Curve-billed Thrasher Reproductive Success after a Wet Winter in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona Carroll D. Littlefield First North American Records of the Rufous-tailed Robin (Luscinia sibilans) Lucas H. DeCicco, Steven C. Heinl, and David W. Sonneborn Book Reviews Rich Hoyer and Alan Contreras Featured Photo: Juvenal Plumage of the Aztec Thrush Kurt A. Radamaker Front cover photo by © Bob Lewis of Berkeley, California: Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus), Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, 9 October 2008, discovered by Emilie Strauss. Known in North America including Alaska from over 30 records, the Dusky is the Old World Warbler most frequent in western North America south of Alaska, with 13 records from California and 2 from Baja California. Back cover “Featured Photos” by © Kurt A. Radamaker of Fountain Hills, Arizona: Aztec Thrush (Ridgwayia pinicola), recently fledged juvenile, Mesa del Companero, about 20 km west of Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 1 September 2007. |
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Western Birds Volume 40-2 Contents Birds of the Ketchikan Area, Southeast Alaska Steven C. Heinl and Andrew W. Piston Book Reviews Paul Hess, Eugene S. Hunn, and John Thomas Featured Photo: Regional Phenotypic Variation in the Sooty Grouse Michael A. Schroeder, Steven C. Heinl, Andrew W. Piston, and Fred C. Zwickel Western Field Ornithologists 34th Annual Meeting Front cover photo by © Andrew W. Piston of Ward Cove, Alaska: Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), at its nest in a cavity in a stump at Vallenar Bay, Gravina Island, Alaska, 4 June 2006. Back cover “Featured Photos” by © Michael A. Schroeder of Bridgeport, Washington: (top) Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), male near Turner Valley, Alberta, 14 May 2005. This male has red apteria on the neck, apparently typical of all Dusky Grouse; (bottom) Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus), male south of Terrace, British Columbia, 15 May 2008. Red apteria appear to be the rule in Sooty Grouse from Terrace north through southeastern Alaska, rather than yellow as they are farther south. |
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Western Birds Volume 40-1 Contents The Winter Distribution of the Western Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi) Kathy C. Molina, Kimball L. Garrett, Keith W. Larson, and David P. Craig First Record of Newell’s Shearwater from the Mainland of North America Philip Unitt, Meryl A. Faulkner, and Charles Swanson Nestling Provisioning by American Dippers near Juneau, Alaska Mary F. Willson and Katherine M. Hocker Notes First Modern Record of the White-tailed Eagle in Hawaii Brenda J. Zaun Egg Retrieval by the Hawaiian Goose after Attempted Predation by a Cat Brenda J. Zaun and Wesley W. Weathers Book Reviews Alan Contreras Featured Photo: First Record of the Variegated Flycatcher for Western North America Steven G. Mlodinow and David S. Irons Front cover photo by © Martin Meyers of Truckee, California: Baird’s Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii), Highland Park, Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, 6 September 2008. First confirmed occurrence of Baird’s Sparrow in Nevada. Back cover “Featured Photos” by © Steven G. Mlodinow of Everett, Washington: Variegated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius), Windust Park, Franklin County, Washington, 7 September 2008. First known occurrence of this South American species in western North America and fourth known occurrence anywhere in North America. |
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Western Birds Volume 39-4 Contents Report of the Alaska Checklist Committee, 2003–2007 Daniel D. Gibson, Steven C. Heinl, and Theodore G. Tobish, Jr. 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 Withgott 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 × Blackcrowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea × Nycticorax nycticorax), 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. |
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Western Birds Volume 39-3 Contents The 32nd Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2006 Records Matthew T. Heindel and Kimball L. Garrett Shorebird Use of Muted Tidal Wetlands in a California Estuary Sarah Connors Notes Purple Martin Distribution and Nesting Habitat at Shasta Lake, California Len Lindstrand III Sap Feeding on Birch Trees by American Three-toed Woodpeckers Theodore N. Bailey First Records of the Brown Creeper Breeding along the Middle Rio Grande in Central New Mexico Jean-Luc E. Cartron, David L. Hawksworth, and Deborah M. Finch Book Reviews Jan Hodder, George A. Jobanek, and Ted Floyd Featured Photo: First Documentation of a Eurasian Kestrel in California Angus C. Hull, Michael G. Armer, Bethany J. Sturgeon, and Allen M. Fish Front cover photo by © Bob Steele of Inyokern, California: Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis), Galileo Hill, Kern County, California, 7 September 2007, one of three Arctic Warblers found and photographed in California 6–13 September 2007. Away from Alaska, this species had been recorded in North America only five times previously, four times in California, once in Baja California. Back cover “Featured Photos” by © Michael Armer of Mountain View, California: Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), juvenile female, banded at the Marin Headlands, Marin County, California, 23 October 2007. Southernmost record of this species for western North America, following 11 for Alaska, one for British Columbia, and one for Washington. |
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Western Birds Volume 39-2 Contents Nest Spacing in Elegant Terns: Hexagonal Packing Revisited Charles T. Collins and Michael D. Taylor Reassessment of Tropical Parula Subspecies in Baja California Sur Marshall J. Iliff, Richard A. Erickson, and Mark J. Billings Habitat Fragmentation and Scrub-Specialist Birds: San Diego Fragments Revisited Autumn R. Sartain and Allison C. Alberts Notes First Documented Breeding Colony of Caspian Terns on the Copper River Delta, Alaska Tyee G. Lohse, Teal K. Lohse,Trae W. Lohse, and Aaron Lang Caspian Terns Nesting in Alaska: Prophecy, Serendipity,and Implications for Regional Climate-Related Change Robert E. Gill, Jr. Breeding Behavior and Dispersal of Radio-Marked California Clapper Rails Michael L. Casazza, Cory T. Overton,John Y. Takekawa, Tobias Rohmer, and Kenneth Navarre Book Reviews Richard C. Hoyer and Nathan Pieplow Featured Photo: Great Gray Owls Nesting in Fresno County,California David E. Quady Front cover photo by © Matt Sadowski of Chula Vista, California: Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus), Santa Margarita River mouth, San Diego County, California, 14 August 2007. Second Bridled Tern identified in Calif ornia and first to be photographed. The species’ northernmost known nesting site in the eastern Pacific is in Nayarit, central western Mexico. Back covers (inside and outside) “Featured Photos” by © Gary L. Woods of Fresno, California: Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) female and young at nest, Shaver Lake area, Fresno County, California, 1 June 2007. |
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Western Birds Volume 39-1 Contents First Record of the Lanceolated Warbler Breeding in North America Erik M. Andersen, Cornelius Schlawe, and Stephen Lorenz Extirpation of the Willow Flycatcher from Yosemite National Park Rodney B. Siegel, Robert L. Wilkerson, and David F. Desante Breeding Records of the Surfbird, Wandering Tattler, American Golden-Plover, and Upland Sandpiper in the Southwest Yukon Territory Sabine Nouvet, Scott Wilson, and Kathy Martin Notes Black Skimmer Occurrences in New Mexico, Including a High Elevation Record Sartor O. Williams III, and William H. Howe Terrestrial Foot-Paddling by a Glaucous-winged Gull Ryan P. O’Donnell First Record of the Cassin’s Vireo Nesting in Alaska Lucas H. DeCicco and Nicholas Hajdukovich Current Status of the Cactus Wren in Northwestern Baja California Kevin B. Clark, Mark Dodero Book Reviews David Fix, Enriqueta Velarde, Steve N. G. Howell,and J. Michael Reed Featured Photo: Attemped Kleptoparasitism by a South Polar Skua on a Laysan Alabatross Steve N. G. Howell and Debra L. Shearwater Front cover photo by © Cornelius Schlawe of Berlin, Germany: Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata), Buldir Island, western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 11 August 2007. Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Steve N. G. Howell of Stinson Beach, California: South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki) attacking a juvenile Laysasan Albatrossss (Phoebastria immutabilis) near Cordell Bank, Marin County, California, 30 September 2007. |
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Western Birds Volume 38-4 Contents Status of the Broad-winged and Red-shouldered Hawks during Fall Migration in Southwestern Idaho, 1995–2006 Jay D. Carlisle, Gregory S. Kaltenecker, and Ryan S. Brady Insects Predominate in Peregrine Falcon Predation Attempts in Arizona David H. Ellis, Charles T. LaRue, James K. Fackler, and R. Wayne Nelson Colonization of the Brown Booby at the Coronado Islands,Baja California, Mexico Darrell L. Whitworth,Harry R. Carter, Josh S. Koepke, and Richard J. Young An Apparent Hybrid Brewer’s × Black-chinned Sparrow Philip Unitt Notes Additional Notes on Leucistic Eared Grebes at Mono Lake Joseph R. Jehl, Jr. Carcass Scavenging by a Black-necked Stilt at the Salton Sea, California Thomas W. Anderson California Brown Pelican Nesting on Isla Alcatraz, Sonora, Mexico Juan Pablo Galván Commensal Feeding of Great Egrets with Black-tailed Deer Garth Herring and Heidi K. Herring Book Review Steve N. G. Howell 32nd Annual WFO Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada: Retrospective Jay Withgott Featured Photo: Notes on Plumage Maturation in the Red-tailed Tropicbird Ron LeValley and Peter Pyle President’s Message Dave Krueper Front cover photo by © Arlene Ripley of Dunkirk, Maryland: Smew (Mergellus albellus), Willow Springs, Tuolumne County, California, 29 January 2007. Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Ron LeValley of Arcata, California: Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda), about 400 miles southwest of the tip of Baja California, 9 April 2006. |
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Western Birds Volume 38-3 Contents The 31st Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2005 Records Marshall J. Iliff, Guy McCaskie, and Matthew T. Heindel Colonization of the Eastern Bluebird along the Rio Grande in New Mexico Jean-Luc E. Cartron, Michael D. Means, David L. Hawksworth, and Deborah M. Finch Notes Increasing Winter Abundance of the Marbled Godwit in Washington Joseph B. Buchanan Pellet-Casting by a Western Scrub-Jay Mary J. Elpers and Jeff B. Knight A White-crowned Sparrow with Three Legs Anja M. Schiller, Keith W. Larson, and John D. Alexander Great Horned Owl Diurnal Response to a Passerine Distress Vocalization Robert M. Bogardus, Kent A. Hatch, and Landon R. Jones A California Specimen of the Wedge-tailed Shearwater Steve N. G. Howell A Nesting Record of the Masked Booby from Guerrero, Southern Mexico José Alfredo Castillo-Guerrero, Juan Pablo Ceyca, and Eric Mellink Predation by the Sonoran Whipsnake on Birds in Southwestern New Mexico Carroll D. Littlefield The Short Tale of a Melanistic Black-vented Shearwater Steve N. G. Howell Book Reviews Steve N, G. Howell and David Lukas Featured Photo: Identification at Sea of Hawaiian and Galapagos Petrels Michael P. Force, Sophie W. Webb, and Steve N. G. Howell Front cover photo by © Bob Steele of Inyokern, California: Streak-backed Oriole (Icterus pustulatus), Zzyzx, San Bernardino County, California, 13 October 2006. Back cover “Featured Photos” by © George Armistead of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia), near Isla San Cristobal, Galápagos, 21 July 2005 (top); and © Malcolm and Michael Boswell of Kitimat, British Columbia: Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), off Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California, 13 August 2006 (bottom). |
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Western Birds Volume 38-2 Contents Arizona Bird Committee Report, 2000–2004 Records Gary H. Rosenberg, Kurt Radamaker, and Mark M. Stevenson Breeding Avifaunal Changes in the San Francisco Bay Area 1927–2005 William G. Bousman Notes A Ross’s Gull Reaches Southern California Guy McCaskie The Brandt’s Cormorant in Alaska Steven C. Heinl and Andrew W. Piston First Record of a Northern Lapwing in Alaska and Western North America Michael T. Schwitters A Sabine’s Gull in Coahuila: First Record from the Interior of México Aldegundo Garza de León and Samuel López de Aquino Book Reviews Jessie H. Barry and Chris Elphick Featured Photo: Wilson’s and Common Snipes Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer President’s Message Dave Kreuper Front cover photo by © Kenneth Z. Kurland of El Centro, California: Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea), Red Hill, Imperial County, California, 18 November 2006. Back cover “Featured Photos” by © Harold Stiver of Paris, Ontario, Canada: Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata), Carden Plain, Ontario, 11 July 2006 (top); and © Suppalak Klabdee of Bangkok, Thailand: Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Laem Pak Bia, Thailand, 14 March 2004 (bottom). |
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Western Birds Volume 38-1 Contents Northward Range Expansion by the Short-tailed Hawk, with First Records for New Mexico and Chihuahua Sartor O. Williams III, John P. DeLong, and William H. Howe Summer Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use of Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets in California’s Central Valley W. David Shuford, Joan M. Humphrey, Robert B. Hansen, Gary W. Page, Lynne E. Stenzel, and Catherine M. Hickey Geographic Variation in Cactus Wren Songs Jonathon L. Atwood and Susannah B. Lerman Evidence of Double-clutching by Brandt’s Cormorants on Alcatraz Island, California Benjamin L. Saenz and Julie A. Thayer Notes Noteworthy Bird Records from Sinaloa, Mexico Marco Antonio González-Bernal, José Alfredo Castillo-Guerrero, Cecilia del Rocío Hernández-Celis, and Eric Mellink Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia) in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska Stephen Lorenz and Daniel D. Gibson Book Reviews Richard A. Erickson and Jay Withgott Featured Photo: Leucistic Grebe at Mono Lake — An Identification Challenge Len Blumin Front cover photo by © Larry Sansone of Los Angeles, California: Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca), Grizzly Bay, Solano County, California, 22 January 2007. Back cover “Featured Photo” by © Len Blumin of Mill Valley, California: Leucistic grebe (Podiceps sp.), Mono Lake, Mono County, California, 14 October 2006. |
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Back issues of Western Birds within the U.S. are available for $40 per volume or $10 for single issues, plus $1.00 for postage. Outside the U.S., rates are $55 per volume, $15 for single issues, including postage. Limited copies of the special issue on California Gnatcatchers — Vol. 29, No. 4 — are available for $25 including shipping. Individual copies of the special 104 page issue on Birds of the Ketchikan Area - Vol. 40, No. 2 - are available for $15 each, including shipping.
You may mail a check, payable to WFO, to Robbie Fischer, 1359 Solano Drive, Pacifica, CA 94044. Please be sure to include your mailing address. Alternatively, contact Robbie via email at robbie22@pacbell.net to pay with a credit card.
PDFs of articles from all back issues of Western Birds, except for the last three years, are now searchable and downloadable from the SORA website.
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Electronic access to past articles in Western BirdsYou may mail a check, payable to WFO, to Robbie Fischer, 1359 Solano Drive, Pacifica, CA 94044. Please be sure to include your mailing address. Alternatively, contact Robbie via email at robbie22@pacbell.net to pay with a credit card.
PDFs of articles from all back issues of Western Birds, except for the last three years, are now searchable and downloadable from the SORA website.
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Back issues (1970–2006) of Western Birds are now available and searchable online at the Searchable Ornithological Research Archives (SORA) website maintained by the University of New Mexico. This was made possible by generous contributions from WFO’s members to our Publication Fund and by additional fundraising by the WFO Board. We are very grateful to all for their contributions, and we hope that everyone with an interest in field ornithology in western North America will take advantage of the easy accessibility of past issues of the journal.
To view back issues, go to the SORA homepage, click on the link to California Birds/Western Birds, select the appropriate year and issue, and choose the article you are seeking.
To search for articles by keyword, author, or title, simply check the box for Western Birds, enter your search phrase, and click on “Submit.” The articles that appear are downloadable as PDFs.
Our hope is to update Western Birds on SORA regularly, so that all but the most recent two volumes of the journal are available at the site.
Thanks again to those generous members who donated funding to support making Western Birds more available to researchers and the public through this wonderful resource. Happy viewing!
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How do I submit a contribution to Western Birds?To view back issues, go to the SORA homepage, click on the link to California Birds/Western Birds, select the appropriate year and issue, and choose the article you are seeking.
To search for articles by keyword, author, or title, simply check the box for Western Birds, enter your search phrase, and click on “Submit.” The articles that appear are downloadable as PDFs.
Our hope is to update Western Birds on SORA regularly, so that all but the most recent two volumes of the journal are available at the site.
Thanks again to those generous members who donated funding to support making Western Birds more available to researchers and the public through this wonderful resource. Happy viewing!
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Western Birds solicits papers that are useful to and understandable by amateur field ornithologists and that contribute significantly to the scientific literature. The journal welcomes contributions from both professionals and amateurs. Appropriate topics include distribution, migration, status, identification, geographic variation, conservation, behavior, ecology, population dynamics, habitat requirements, the effects of pollution, and techniques for censusing, sound recording, and photographing birds in the field. Papers of general interest will be considered regardless of their geographic origin, but particularly desired are reports of studies done in or bearing on the Rocky Mountain and Pacific states and provinces, including Alaska and Hawai'i, western Texas, northwestern Mexico, and the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
To submit a manuscript, send three copies on paper as well as an electronic file to:
Associate Editor Kathy Molina
Section of Ornithology
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
kmolina@nhm.org
Before preparing your manuscript, please read the Suggestions to Contributors to Western Birds in full.
Good photographs of rare and unusual birds, unaccompanied by an article but with caption including species, date, locality, and other pertinent information are wanted for publication in Western Birds. Submit photos and captions to the Photo Editor. Also needed are black-and-white pen and ink drawings of western birds. Please send these, with captions, to the Graphics Manager.
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SUGGESTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS TO WESTERN BIRDS [click to download]To submit a manuscript, send three copies on paper as well as an electronic file to:
Associate Editor Kathy Molina
Section of Ornithology
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
kmolina@nhm.org
Before preparing your manuscript, please read the Suggestions to Contributors to Western Birds in full.
Good photographs of rare and unusual birds, unaccompanied by an article but with caption including species, date, locality, and other pertinent information are wanted for publication in Western Birds. Submit photos and captions to the Photo Editor. Also needed are black-and-white pen and ink drawings of western birds. Please send these, with captions, to the Graphics Manager.
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GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS FOR STUDIES OF WESTERN BIRDS [click to download]
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Editor: Philip Unitt, San Diego Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 121390, San Diego, CA 92112-1390; birds@sdnhm.org
Assistant Editor: Kathy Molina, Section of Ornithology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007; kmolina@nhm.org
Associate Editors: Doug Faulkner, Thomas Gardali, Daniel D. Gibson, Robert E. Gill, Ronald R. LeValley, Tim Manolis, Dan Reinking
Graphics Manager: Virginia P. Johnson, San Diego, CA; gingerj5@juno.com
Photo Editor: Peter LaTourrette, Los Altos, CA; petelat1@stanford.edu
Featured Photo: Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA; jmorlan@ccsf.edu
Book Reviews: Alan Contreras, Eugene, OR; acontrer@mindspring.com
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Assistant Editor: Kathy Molina, Section of Ornithology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007; kmolina@nhm.org
Associate Editors: Doug Faulkner, Thomas Gardali, Daniel D. Gibson, Robert E. Gill, Ronald R. LeValley, Tim Manolis, Dan Reinking
Graphics Manager: Virginia P. Johnson, San Diego, CA; gingerj5@juno.com
Photo Editor: Peter LaTourrette, Los Altos, CA; petelat1@stanford.edu
Featured Photo: Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA; jmorlan@ccsf.edu
Book Reviews: Alan Contreras, Eugene, OR; acontrer@mindspring.com
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