[Birdtalk] RE: Contents of Western Birds, vol. 37 no. 4

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Utah birders.

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 last week. In order to raise
awareness of the journal among birders, WFO would like to begin posting
the table of contents on the Utah Birds list. WESTERN BIRDS would also
welcome more submissions from field ornithologists in Utah, so please
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.

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* 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.

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Ted Floyd
Editor, Birding

American Birding Association
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