Greetings All

>From Jay Withgott -- for those who are interested -- the contents of the upcoming?Western Birds:?
Steve Mlodinow
Everett WA

>Here is a summary of the contents of vol. 38 no. 2 (2007)?
>of the journal Western Birds, published by Western Field?
>Ornithologists.?
>?
>* BREEDING AVIFAUNAL CHANGES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO?
> BAY AREA, 1927-2005.?
>* BY WILLIAM G. BOUSMAN.?
>* PP. 74-108.?
>* Documentation of a substantial increase throughout?
> the 20th century in the number of bird species breeding?
> in the San Francisco Bay region, largely a reflection of?
> human-caused changes to the regional landscape.?
>?
>* ARIZONA BIRD COMMITTEE REPORT, 2000-2004?
> RECORDS.?
>* BY GARY H. ROSENBERG, KURT RADAMAKER, AND?
> MARK M. STEVENSON.?
>* PP. 109-136.?
>* The sixth report of the Arizona Bird Committee,?
> chronicling the acceptance of 279 reports and the?
> addition of eight species to the state list, which?
> brings the Arizona list to 530 species.?
>?
>* A ROSS'S GULL REACHES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.?
>* BY GUY McCASKIE.?
>* PP. 137-140.?
>* Documentation of a Ross's Gull, California's first?
> and the southernmost occurrence ever recorded?
> for the species, at the Salton Sea, Imperial County,?
> California, 17-19 November 2006.?
>?
>* THE BRANDT'S CORMORANT IN ALASKA.?
>* BY STEVEN C. HEINL AND ANDREW W. PISTON.?
>* PP. 141-144.?
>* A review and update of the status of Brandt's?
> Cormorant in Alaska, including documentation?
> of the regular wintertime occurrence of the?
> species in the Ketchikan area of southeastern?
> Alaska.?
>?
>* FIRST RECORD OF A NORTHERN LAPWING IN?
> ALASKA AND WESTERN NORTH AMERICA.?
>* BY MICHAEL T. SCHWITTERS.?
>* PP. 145-146.?
>* An adult female Northern Lapwing collected a?
> Shemya, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 12 October?
> 2006, was the first of the species recorded?
> both for Alaska and for western North America.?
>?
>* A SABINE'S GULL IN COAHUILA: FIRST RECORD?
> FROM THE INTERIOR OF MEXICO.?
>* BY ALDEGUNDO GARZA DE LEON AND SAMUEL?
> LOPEZ DE AQUINO.?
>* PP. 147-148.?
>* An alternate-plumage adult Sabine's Gull collected?
> at Presa el Tulillo, Coahuila, 1 April 2006 was the?
> first in Mexico away from the coast, and was notable?
> for being a spring record.?
>?
>* BOOK REVIEW.?
>* REVIEWED BY JESSIE H. BARRY.?
>* PP. 149-150.?
>* Review of "Tanagers, Cardinals, and Finches of?
> the United States and Canada: The Photographic?
> Guide" (Princeton University Press), by David Beadle?
> and James D. Rising.?
>?
>* BOOK REVIEW.?
>* REVIEWED BY CHRIS ELPHICK.?
>* PP. 151-152.?
>* Review of "Important Bird Areas of Nevada"?
> (Lahontan Audubon Society), by Don E. McIvor.?
>?
>* FEATURED PHOTO: WILSON'S AND COMMON SNIPES.?
>* BY JON L. DUNN AND JONATHAN ALDERFER.?
>* PP. 153-156.?
>* Discussion of the taxonomic history, geographic?
> distribution, and field identification of Wilson's?
> and Common Snipes, emphasizing differences in?
> the underwing patterns and urging caution in?
> the identification of vagrants.?
>?
>* PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.?
>* BY DAVE KRUEPER.?
>* PP. 157.?
>* An overview of upcoming initiatives and emphases?
> for the association, among them continuing excellence?
> in the realm of publications and diversification of WFO?
> membership and leadership throughout all of western?
> North America.?
>?
>Please note that vols. 1-35 (1970-2004) of Western?
>Birds are permanently archived and fully searchable?
>online: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php. The?
>service is free to the public, and is made available by?
>Western Field Ornithologists (WFO) and the Searchable?
>Ornithological Research Archive (SORA). More information?
>about WFO is available online: http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/.?
>More information about the journal Western Birds is also?
>available online: http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/journal.html.?
>?

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