Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: new issue of Western Birds
Date: Jan 26 12:23:02 2007
From: Dennis Paulson - dennispaulson at comcast.net


I notice Steve Mlodinow's forwarding of Jays' message was incomplete
(the version that came on the digest was incomplete, so I assume the
message itself was), so I'll try again from this address.

Begin forwarded message:

> Hi Tweeters --
>
> Below is a summary of the contents of vol. 37 no. 4 of WESTERN
> BIRDS, the quarterly journal of field ornithology for western North
> America. All members of WFO (Western Field Ornithologists) receive
> WESTERN BIRDS, and this newest issue was mailed out this week. In
> order to raise awareness of the journal among birders, we would
> like to begin posting the table of contents on Tweeters and other
> western birding listservs 4 times a year. WESTERN BIRDS would also
> welcome more submissions from field ornithologists in Washington,
> so consider this an invitation. More information about WESTERN
> BIRDS is available online at http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/journal.html.
> General information about WFO, including membership information, is
> available online at http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/memship.html.
>
> Jay Withgott, WFO Director, Portland OR
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> * SEABIRDS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA AND ADJACENT
> WATERS: OCTOBER TO MAY.
> * ROBERT H. DAY.
> * PP. 190-214.
> * Results of a five-year study during the non-breeding
> season (October-May) of the avifauna of the northern
> Gulf of Alaska. The five most frequently detected
> species were Common Murre, Northern Fulmar,
> Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Sooty Shearwater, and
> Black-legged Kittiwake.
>
> * AUTUMN LANDBIRD COMMUNITIES IN THE BOISE FOOTHILLS
> AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO.
> * JAY D. CARLISLE, CHARLES H. TROST, SARAH L. STOCK,
> AND GREGORY S. KALTENECKER.
> * PP. 215-227.
> * Results of a fall-season (August-October)
> mist-netting study in southwestern Idaho,
> demonstrating the importance of montane deciduous
> habitats for migratory landbirds. The five most
> frequently captured species were Dark-eyed Junco,
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-crowned Sparrow,
> Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Spotted Towhee.
>
> * EXPANSION OF THE BREEDING RANGE OF THE HOODED
> MERGANSER WITHIN CALIFORNIA.
> * EDWARD R. PANDOLFINO, JEREMY KWOLEK, AND
> KIM KREITINGER.
> * PP. 228-236.
> * Documentation of a recent range exansion of Hooded
> Merganser in California. A recent addition to the
> breeding avifauna of California, Hooded Mergansers
> were found nesting in 20 California counties during
> the period 1996-2004. This range expansion is
> consistent with a general population increase and
> wider range expansion in the species.
>
> * BOOK REVIEW. HANDBOOK OF AVIAN HYBRIDS OF THE WORLD,
> BY EUGENE M. McCARTHY.
> * PETER PYLE, REVIEWER.
> * PP. 237-239.
> * Review of a book that enumerates approximately 4,000
> avian hybrid combinations.
>
> * BOOK REVIEW. BIRDS OF THE WORLD: RECOMMENDED ENGLISH
> NAMES, BY FRANK GILL AND MINTURN WRIGHT.
> * STEVE N. G. HOWELL, REVIEWER.
> * PP. 239-240.
> * Review of the long-awaited effort by the
> International Ornithological Congress to generate
> a standardized checklist of the English-language
> names of the birds of the world.
>
> * FEATURED PHOTO. PRIMARY MOLT IN THE BLACK-FOOTED
> ALBATROSS.
> * STEVE N. G. HOWELL.
> * PP. 241-244.
> * Analysis of primary molt in Black-footed Albatross,
> contending that feather replacement begins with P7
> and progresses inward in stepwise fashion.
>
> * FEATURED PHOTO. REPLY TO HOWELL ON PRIMARY MOLT IN
> ALBATROSSES.
> * SIEVERT ROHWER AND ANN E. EDWARDS.
> * PP. 245-248.
> * Response to Howell, contending that primary molt
> in Black-footed Albatross proceeds inward from
> P5 and outward from P6, and not in stepwise
> fashion.
>
> * INDEX. WESTERN BIRDS, VOLUME 37, 2006.
> * PHILIP UNITT, COMPILER.
> * PP. 249-259.
> * Index of authors and bird species for volume 37
> of Western Birds.
>