Sponsored by the American Ornithologists' Union, the British Ornithologists' Union, and Birds Australia
February 2000
CONTENTS
| Subject Heading | Code |
| New journal | B010 |
| Avian biology & life history | B100 |
| Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand | B108 |
| Europe & Iceland | B110 |
| Mexico, Central America, & Caribbean | B112 |
| North Africa & Middle East | B116 |
| North America & Greenland | B118 |
| Northern Hemisphere | B122 |
| Oceania | B124 |
| South America | B130 |
| Behavior & communication | B300 |
| Agonistic & aggressive behavior | B302 |
| Learning, memory, & intelligence | B304 |
| Locomotion | B306 |
| Self-maintenance (Daily time budget, preening, Bathing, Anting, Roosting) | B308 |
| Sensory perception (Auditory, Magnetic, Olfactory, Tactile, Visual sensing) | B310 |
| Sexual behavior (Courtship, Pair Bonding, Copulation) | B312 |
| Social and interspecific behavior (Colonial behavior, Social organization) | B314 |
| Territoriality & home range | B316 |
| Visual signals | B318 |
| Vocalizations & other sounds | B320 |
| Birds & humans | B500 |
| Collisions & other artificial fatalities | B502 |
| Damage to crops or fisheries, Nuisance Control | B504 |
| Gamebird management & hunting | B508 |
| Introduced species (non-game) | B509 |
| Uses of birds by humans | B510 |
| Breeding habits | B700 |
| Breeding schedule & dates | B702 |
| Brood parasitism , Egg dumping, & Foster parenting | B704 |
| Cooperative or communal breeding | B706 |
| Effects of human studies or presence | B708 |
| Eggs & incubation, including egg physiology & morphology | B710 |
| Extra-pair mating, paternity | B712 |
| Mating systems | B714 |
| Nesting habitat, nest site, & structure | B716 |
| Parental care & feeding | B718 |
| Young, from hatching to fledging (Growth & Development) | B720 |
| Conservation | B900 |
| Captives (Maintenance, Rehabilitation, & Release) | B902 |
| Declining & endangered species | B904 |
| Education programs, politics, planning | B906 |
| Effects of man-made environmental changes | B908 |
| Habitat protection & management | B910 |
| Species recovery measures | B912 |
| Diseases, parasites, & pathology | C100 |
| Diseases & disease transmission | C102 |
| Parasites, external & internal | C104 |
| Pathology & injury | C106 |
| Distribution & avifaunas | |
| General, worldwide, or zoogeography | C302 |
| Antarctica & sub-Antarctica | C306 |
| Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand | C308 |
| Europe & Iceland | C310 |
| Mexico, Central America, & Caribbean | C312 |
| New World | C314 |
| North America & Greenland | C318 |
| Northern Asia & Far East | C320 |
| Oceania | C324 |
| South America | C330 |
| Documentation | C700 |
| Bibliographies & databases | C702 |
| Biographies, obituaries, & history | C704 |
| Collecting & collections, taxonomic specimens | C706 |
| Terminology | C708 |
| Ecology, environment, & populations | C900 |
| Biocides & pollution | C902 |
| Birds as environmental monitors | C904 |
| Climate & weather effects | C906 |
| Habitat change, selection, & use; community structure, habitat suitability models | C908 |
| Life span & survivorship | C910 |
| Mortality causes | C912 |
| Population numbers, censuses, trends, & dynamics | C914 |
| Predation & predators | C916 |
| Reproductive effort & productivity | C918 |
| Site fidelity & dispersal | C920 |
| Species composition & competition; biodiversity | C922 |
| Trophic levels, energy cycles, & related relationships | C924 |
| Winter habitat & habits | C926 |
| Evolution & systematics | D100 |
| Classification & phylogeny | D103 |
| Evolutionary patterns, rates, & processes: species or higher taxa | D105 |
| Coevolution or interaction between avian and non-avian species | D106 |
| Intraspecific variation | D108 |
| New taxa | D110 |
| Taxonomy & nomenclature | D114 |
| Food habits & nutrition | D300 |
| Diet, food selection, & nutrition | D302 |
| Drinking, pellet-casting, & defecation | D304 |
| Foraging habits, food transport, storage | D306 |
| Kleptoparasitism | D308 |
| Genetics & hybridization | D500 |
| Behavioral and population genetics | D502 |
| Cytogenetics and molecular genetics | D504 |
| Hybrids & progeny | D508 |
| Identification | D700 |
| Species identification | D702 |
| Sex or age class identification | D704 |
| Migration & navigation | D900 |
| Migratory behavior | D902 |
| Migratory dates, timing, & routes | D904 |
| Migratory physiology | D906 |
| Navigation & homing | D908 |
| Morphology & physiology | E100 |
| Abnormal external appearance | E101 |
| Circulatory system | E102 |
| Digestive system | E104 |
| Embryology & development | E106 |
| Endocrine system & hormones | E108 |
| Excretory system & water metabolism (Urinary structures, Nasal glands) | E110 |
| Integument (Feathers, Molts, Plumages, Integumentary structures, Skin) | E114 |
| General morphology (Body size, Sexual dimorphism, Regional morphology) | E116 |
| Physiology & biochemistry (Body composition, Day length effects, Energy metabolism, Lipid physiology, protein physiology) | E118 |
| Reproductive system & physiology | E120 |
| Respiratory system | E122 |
| Sensory & nervous system | E124 |
| Skeletomuscular system | E126 |
| Paleornithology | E300 |
| Jurassic & Cretaceous fossils | E302 |
| Paleocene, Eocene, & Oligocene fossils | E304 |
| Miocene & Pliocene fossils | E306 |
| Pleistocene & Holocene fossils & subfossils | E308 |
| Site surveys | E310 |
| Techniques | E500 |
| Binoculars and telescopes | E501 |
| Biochemical or biophysical assay | E502 |
| Captive breeding, care, & rehabilitation | E504 |
| Censuses, maps, & surveys | E506 |
| Environmental monitoring | E508 |
| Feeding methods and diet analysis | E509 |
| Field methods not included elsewhere | E510 |
| Genetic methods | E512 |
| Mathematical models | E514 |
| Nesting studies | E515 |
| Physiological methods | E518 |
| Predator and nuisance control | E520 |
| Tracking & remote monitoring | E524 |
| Trapping, netting, banding, & marking | E526 |
The following serials are represented by abstracts in ROL #79:
Acarologia 39(4) (1999)
Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 6(4) (1993)
AFA Watchbird 20(6) (1993)
Alabama Birdlife 44(1) (1998)
Ambio 26 (1997)
American Fisheries Society Symposium 23 (1999)
American Midland Naturalist 138-141 (1997 -1999)
American Zoologist 35-37 (1995-1997)
Anatomia Histolologia Embryologia 19 (1990)
Anatomical Record 232 (1992)
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 24 (1993)
Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest 1(3) (1996)
Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 20-36 (1991-1999)
Argos Newsletter No. 53 (1998)
Austrian Journal of Statistics 27 (1998)
Avian Diseases 39 (1995)
Bahamas Journal of Science 4 (1997)
Behavioural Processes 43 (1998)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 50 (1993)
Biometrics 46-53 (1990-1997)
Biotropica 30-31 (1998-199)
Birding 30 (1998)
Bluebird 64-66 (1997-1999)
Bulletin of Environmental Contaminants & Toxicology 58-59 (1997)
Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society 30-32 (1997-1999)
Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society 29-30, 32 (1996-1997, 1999)
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48, 53 (1991, 1996)
California Fisheries & Game 78-84 (1992-1998)
Canadian Field-Naturalist 112-113 (1998-1999)
Chat 62 (1998)
Club Conchylia Informationen 31 (1999)
Colonial Waterbirds 21 (1998)
Communications in Statistical-Theory & Methods 22 (1993)
Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology Part C 108, 113, 122 (1994, 1996, 1999)
Condor 95, 101 (1993, 1999)
Connecticut Warbler 18-19 (1998)
Current Ornithology 7-8, 10-11 (1990-1991, 1993)
Developmental Dynamics 203 (1995)
Ecological Applications 8 (1998)
Ecology 74, 80 (1993, 1999)
Ecotoxicology 2-3, 6 (1993-1994, 1997)
Elepaio 57-59 (1997-1999)
Environmental Ecology Statistics 3 (1996)
Environmental Health Perspectives Supplement 103 (1995)
Environmental Management 17, 20 (1993, 1996)
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment 18-40 (1991-1996)
Environmental Pollution 65-91 (1990-1996)
Environmental Sciences & Technology 24 (1990)
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 15-17 (1996-1998)
Estuaries 19 (1996)
Ethology 104-105 (1998-1999)
Fieldiana, Zoology n.s. 65 (1991)
Florida Field Naturalist 19, 22-26 (1991, 1994-1998)
Fundamental & Applied Toxicology 34 (1996)
Gosse Bird Club Broadsheet 69 (1997)
Great Basin Naturalist 58 (1998)
Indiana Audubon Quarterly 77 (1999)
Journal of American Mosquito Control Association 8 (1992)
Journal of Applied Ecology 31 (1994)
Journal of the Ecological Society 4 (1991)
Journal of Environmental Management 19 (1995)
Journal of Environmental Quality 27 (1998)
Journal of Experimental Biology 165 (1992)
Journal of Experimental Zoology 262 (1992)
Journal of Great Lakes Research 24-25 (1998-1999)
Journal of Heredity 86, 90 (1985, 1999)
Journal of Louisiana Ornithological Society 2(1), 4(2) (1991, 1998)
Journal of Morphology 213-215 (1992-1993)
Journal of Paleontology 64-68 (1990-1994)
Journal of Parasitology 77-85 (1991-1999)
Journal of Raptor Research 33 (1999)
Journal of Toxicology & Environmental Health 32, 34 (1991)
Journal of Tropical Ecology 11, 14 (1995, 1998)
Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35 (1999)
Journal of Zoo Wildlife Medicine 22-26 (1991-1995)
Kentucky Warbler 74-75 (1999-1999)
Kingbird 48-49 (1998-1999)
Landscape Urban Planning 21 (1991)
Loon 69-71 (1997-1999)
Louisiana Ornithological Society News 186 (1999)
Maryland Magazine 22 (1990)
Meadowlark 6-8 (1997-1999)
Micronesica 31 (1999)
Mississippi Outdoors 57 (1994)
Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 1 (1992)
Museum International 48 (1996)
Natural Areas Journal 13-17 (1993-1997)
Netherlands Journal of Zoology 42 (1992)
New Mexico Ornithological Society Bulletin 25, 27 (1997, 1999)
North American Bird Bander 22, 24 (1997, 1999)
Northeastern Naturalist 4-6 (1997-1999)
Northwestern Naturalist 77-80 (1996-1999)
Ohio Journal of Science 97 (1997)
Oregon Birds 19-22 (1993-1996)
Oriole 61(2/3) (1996)
Ornithologia Caribena 3 (1992)
Pacific Science 52-53 (1998-1999)
Paleobiology 17 (1991)
Park Science 15 (1995)
Passenger Pigeon 59-60 (1997-1998)
Pennsylvania Birds 7-12 (1993-1998)
Proceedings of the American Association Zoological Parks & Aquariums 1991
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians & the Association of Reptile & Amphibian Veterinarians 1994 (1994)
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association of Avian Veterinarians 1990 (1990)
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the MidAtlantic States Association of Avian Veterinarians 12 (1991)
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of SE Association Fish Wildlife Agencies 45 (1991)
Proceedings of the Association of Avian Veterinarians 1992-1993
Proceedings of the Biological Society Washington 110-112 (1997-1999)
Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 106 (1997)
Proceedings of the National Academy Science USA 89, 95 (1992, 1998)
Puget Sound Notes (Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, Olympia, WA) No. 26 (1991)
Purple Martin Update 6 (1995)
Quarterly Review of Biology 72 (1997)
Raptor-link 1 (1993)
Raven 70 (1999)
Review of Environmental Contaminants & Toxicology 115 (1990)
Science Total Environment 224 (1998)
Seminars in Avian & Exotic Pet Medicine 3 (1994)
Society of Caribbean Ornithology 5 (1992)
Studies of Neotropical Fauna and the Environment 25 (1990)
Texas Birds 1(1) (1999)
Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 57-60 (1996-1999)
Transactions of the North American Wildlife Natural Resources Conference 55-63 (1990-1998)
USDA, Forest Service General Technical Reports NC-190 (1997)
Urban Ecosystems 1 (1997)
Virginia Journal of Science 49 (1998)
Waterbirds 22 (1999)
Wetlands 18 (1998)
Wildlife Society Bulletin 26 (1998)
Zoo Biology 10, 14, 16 (1991, 1995, 1997)
Zoologische Jahrbuecher fuer Anatomie 122 (1992)
Zoomorphology (Berlin) 111 (1991)
[Cautionary Note: Some of the volumes indicated above may have only a single reprint that has been brought to the attention of the ROL. In cases of large ranges of volume numbers indicated in this list, some volumes may be missing from this issue. The ROL receives individual reprints or abstracts from authors and other sources and does not wish users to feel that all volumes indicated in this list have been thoroughly scanned for papers of interest to the ROL.]
Acknowledgments: We
appreciate the work of the following abstractors who contributed to this
issue: Vanessa L. Artman, Reed Bowman, Thomas M. Brooks, Sophie Calme,
John S. Castrale, Roger B. Clapp, David L. Evans, Jon. S. Greenlaw, Paul
A. Grindrot, Paul D. Hess, William P. Johnson, Sheridan N. Leckie, J. Brent
Ortego, James R. Phillips, Eloise F. Potter, J. Van Remsen, Ghislain Rompre,
Jay M. Sheppard, P. William Smith, USGS Library (Patuxent Wildlife Research
Center, Laurel, MD), and James C. Vanden Berge.
{B010} Ecology Letters. Subscriptions (US$35 individual) from Blackwell Science Ltd., Journal Subscriptions, PO Box 88, Oxford OX2 0NE, UK. ISSN 1461-023X. Bi-monthly. Aims to publish rapidly "the most exciting work in fast moving areas of the ecological sciences," in English.---T.M.B. {ROL #79}
{B010} Texas Birds is a new publication of the Texas Ornithological Society (TOS). This magazine replaces the newsletter published by the TOS. The editor is Shannon Davies. The first volume was published in 1999. Two volumes per year are planned featuring articles on identification, status, and distribution of Texas avian species; discovery and description of Texas rarities; Texas specialties; research projects; habitat conservation; and other subjects of interest to those who bird in Texas. Price is US$20 per year. To order, contact Texas Ornithological Society at 401 Pinn Oak, Ingram, TX 78025-3525, USA.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{B100} Marshall, J. T. 1999. Ornithological tracts on taxonomy and distribution. 91 pp., priv. publ., Springfield, VA. (PO Box 30890, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA; EM: jtmvz@juno.com)---10 miscellaneous papers; title notwithstanding, one on his shrew collection, another on botany of Mt. Graham, Arizona; manuscripts for some actually completed nearly as much as 20 years ago. Bird papers cited individually.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B100} Moreno, E., & L. M. Carrascal. 1993. Ecomorphological patterns of aerial feeding in oscines (Passeriformes: Passeri). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 50: 147--165. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{B100} Ricklefs, R. E. 1993. Sibling competition, hatching asynchrony, incubation period, and lifespan in altricial birds. Curr. Ornithol. 11: 199--276. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.)---Discusses the problem of long incubation periods, theories concerning variation in hatching synchrony, comparative data tabulated by family of incubation period, association between long incubation period, asynchronous hatching, and laying intervals longer than 1 day, and other related issues.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{B100} Starck, J. M. 1993. Evolution of avian ontogenies. Curr. Ornithol. 10: 275--366. (Zool. Inst., Eberhard Karls-Univ. Tübingen, D-7400 Tübingen 1, Germany.)---Examines the precocial-altricial spectrum of hatchlings with respect to phylogenetic placement; embryonic, postnatal and adult period; eggs, clutch size and incubation; postnatal growth; ecological constraints; feather development; skeleton, brain and intestine development.---S.N.L. {B720} {ROL #79}
{B100} Zweers, G. A., H. Berkhoudt, & J. C. Vanden Berge. 1994. Behavioral mechanisms of avian feeding. In V. L. Bels, M. Chardon, & P. Vandewalle (eds.), Biomechanics of Feeding in Vertebrates. Advances in Comparative Environmental Physiology, Vol. 18. Chapt. 8. Pp. 241--279. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. (No address available.) {B304, D306} {ROL #79}
{B108} Olsen, J., & S. Trost. 1997. Territorial and nesting behavior in Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae). U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 308--313. (Appl. Ecol. Res. Group, Fac. Educ., Univ. Canberra, PO Box 1, Belconnen, ACT 2616, Australia.)---First study of color-marked individuals of this species made during 1993--1997 differed from previous behavior accounts.---J.M.S. {B320, B302, B316, B702, B714, B718, C920} {ROL #79}
{B110} Coles, C. F., & S. J. Petty. 1997. Dispersal behavior and survival of juvenile Tawny Owls (Strix aluco) during the low point in a vole cycle. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 111--118. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Durham, Sci. Lab., South Rd., Durham DH1 3L3, UK.)---Radio-tracking data are discussed in relation to survival, movement patterns, food resources, and habitat preferences of juvenile owls.---J.M.S. {C908, C910, C920, D302} {ROL #79}
{B110} Rohde, P. A., A. Johnsen, & J. T. Lifjeld. 1999. Female plumage coloration in the Bluethroat: No evidence for an indicator of maternal quality. Condor 101: 98--104. (Univ. Gh Kassel, FB-3---Psych., Holländische Str. 36-38, D-34127 Kassel, Germany; EM: percy.rohde@t-online.de)---Clutch size, hatching dates, feeding rates, and nestling growth did not show more colorful female Luscinia svecica svecica were of superior phenotypic quality.---S.N.L. {mate choice, parental care, sexual dichromatism, sexual selection} {ROL #79}
{B110} Tishechkin, A. K., et al. 1997. Breeding population of the Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) in Belarus: Summary of recent knowledge. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 449--455. (Inst. Zool., Belarusian Sci. Acad., ul.F.Skoriny 27, 220090 Minsk, Belarus.)---Population of 50--100 pairs isolated by several hundred km from nearest known conspecifics.---J.M.S. {C310, C914} {ROL #79}
{B112} Gerhardt, R. P., & D. M. Gerhardt. 1997. Size, dimorphism, and related characteristics of Ciccaba owls from Guatemala. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 190--196. (341 NE Chestnut, Madras, OR 97741, USA.)---Results are at odds with important assumptions or predictions of numerous hypotheses regarding the evolution of reversed size dimorphism in owls. Ciccaba virgata, Ciccaba nigrolineata.---J.M.S. {B714, D704, E116} {ROL #79}
{B116} Clouet, M., C. Barrau, & J.-L. Goar. 1999. The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in the Balé Mountains, Ethiopia. J. Raptor Res. 33: 102--109. (16 Ave. Charmettes, 31500 Toulouse, France.)---Also Aquila verreauxii.---P.A.G. {ROL #79}
{B118} Beheler, A. A., & J. B. Dunning, Jr. 1998. American Kestrel use of pine regeneration stands in South Carolina. Chat 62: 173--179. (Dept. For. & Nat. Resour., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.)---Resident adult Falco sparverius at 12 of 90 stands; 1996 breeding season.---E.F.P. {B716, B908, C920} {ROL #79}
{B118} Beletsky, L. D., & G. H. Orians. 1993. Factors affecting which Red-winged Blackbirds acquire territories. Condor 95: 782--791. (Dept. Zool., NJ-15, Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA 981945, USA; EM: beletsky@u.washington.edu.)---Agelaius phoeniceus usually obtained territories their first potential year of breeding and had dispersed ca. 1400 m across an average of 25 territories between natal and breeding sites.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B118} Below, T. H., B. J. Anderson, & J. L. Douglas. 1996. Field notes on Chuck-will's-widow migration. Florida Field Nat. 24: 41--42. (Natl. Audubon Soc., Rookery Bay Sanctuary, Naples, FL 33942, USA.)---5 Caprimulgus carolinensis observed flying in groups with unidentified warblers and roosting with colonial waterbirds.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B118} Belthoff, J. R., & A. M. Duffy, Jr. 1997. Corticosterone and dispersal in Western Screech-owls (Otus kennicottii). U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 62--67. (Dept. Biol., Boise State Univ., Boise, ID 83725, USA; EM: jbelthoff@claven.idbsu.edu)---Locomotor activity levels are reduced in captive owls at time of dispersal under the influence of a corticosterone-blocking drug.---J.M.S. (C920, E108} {ROL #79}
{B118} Bielefeldt, J., et al. 1998. The Cooper's Hawk in Wisconsin: a review of its breeding biology and status. Passenger Pigeon 60: 111--121. (Park Planning, 14200 Washington Ave., Sturtevant, WI 53177, USA.)---Accipiter cooperii. {ROL #79}
{B118} Bogiatto, R. J. 1998. Nesting ecology of ducks at Eagle Lake, Lassen County, California. Calif. Fish. Game 84: 61--73. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Calif. State Univ., Chico, CA 95929-0515, USA; EM: rbogiatto@avax.csuchico.edu)---Nesting community composition, nest density, chronology, cover, and success 1990--1993, principally for Aythya affinis and Anas strepera but some data also for Anas platyrhynchos and Anas acuta.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B118} Breen, T. F., & J. W. Parrish, Jr. 1997. American Kestrel distribution and use of nest boxes in the coastal plains of Georgia. Florida Field Nat. 25: 128--137. (Dept. Biol., Georgia Southern Univ., Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.)---Falco sparverius occupied 3% of 402 nest boxes north to Fort Gordon, near Augusta. Nest success averaged 62%, and small body size suggests the southern paulus subspecies.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B118} Clum, N. J. 1995. Effects of aging and mate retention on reproductive success of captive female Peregrine Falcons. Am. Zool. 35: 329--339. (Peregrine Fund, Inc., 5666 W. Flying Hawk Ln., Boise, ID 83709, USA.)---For Falco peregrinus, mean nestling survivorship increased with age of mother, while other measures peaked at 7 years, and birds retaining mates produced more fledglings.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{B118} David, P. G. 1996. Nesting and food habitats of Barn Owls in south Florida. Florida Field Nat. 24: 93--100. (S. Florida Water Manage. Dist., 23500 SW Kanner Hwy., Canal Point, FL 33438, USA.)---Tyto alba. {B700, D302} {ROL #79}
{B118} Erwin, R. M., V. P. Anders, & K. Miles-Iverson. 1990. Industrial strength herons: The Black-crowns of Baltimore. Maryland Mag. 22: 80. (EM: rme5g@virginia.edu)---The largest Nycticorax nycticorax colony in Maryland is located at the foot of the Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor in an industrial area. Foraging herons were followed from the colony during May-July, and most landed near industrial/urban sites. Availability of perches and lights (at night) may serve to enhance the herons’ prey capture success.---USGS {contaminants, feeding, breeding colony} {ROL #79}
{B118} Fournier, M. A., & J. E. Hines. 1998. Breeding ecology and status of the Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena, in the subarctic of the Northwest Territories. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 474--480. (Can. Wildl. Serv., 5204 50th Ave., Suite 301, Yellowknife, NT X1A 1E2, Can.) {ROL #79}
{B118} Frank, R. A., & R. S. Lutz. 1997. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) productivity and home range characteristics in a shortgrass prairie. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 185--189. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol., Univ. Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA.)---Study in Colorado of breeding owls with radios over 3 nesting seasons.---J.M.S. {B316, C918} {ROL #79}
{B118} Hill, D. P. 1998. An apparent case of between-brood sibling competition in Chestnut-collared Longspurs, Calcarius ornatus. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 161--163. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Can.) {B318, B718} {ROL #79}
{B118} Krementz, D. G., & G. W. Pendleton. 1991. Movements and survival of American Black Duck and Mallard broods on Chesapeake Bay. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish Wildl. Agencies 45: 156--166. (EM: David_Krementz@usgs.gov)---Anas rubripes, Anas platyrhynchos. {ROL #79}
{B118} Lance, B. K., & D. D. Roby. 1998. Diet and postnatal growth in Red-legged and Black-legged kittiwakes: An interspecies comparison. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 375--387. (USFWS/MBM, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: brian_lance@fws.gov)---Rissa brevirostris and Rissa tridactyla on St. George Island, Alaska, differ in diet, rate of feeding and growth curves; brevirostris chicks largely fed lanternfish (Myctophidae), tridactyla diet more varied with juvenile pollock (Theregra chalcogramma) most important.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B118} Lane, W. H., D. E. Andersen, & T. H. Nicholls. 1997. Distribution, abundance, and habitat use of territorial male Boreal Owls (Aegolius funereus) in northeast Minnesota. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 246--247. (195 Main St., Freeport, ME 04032, USA.) {B316, C318, C914} {ROL #79}
{B118} Lish, J. W. 1997. Diet, population size, and high-use areas of Bald Eagles wintering at Grand Lake, Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 30: 1--6. (Okla. Coop. Fish Wildl. Res. Unit, 404 Life Sci. West, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078-2007, USA.)---Maximum of 87 Haliaeetus leucocephalus recorded 23 Jan 1987; blackbirds (Icteridae) and gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, taken most frequently.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B118} Martell, M., S. Willey, & J. Schadweiler. 1998. Nesting and migration of Swainson's Hawks in Minnesota. Loon 70: 72--81. (Raptor Center, 1920 Fitch Ave., Univ. Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.)---Satellite telemetry on Buteo swainsoni.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{B118} Morrison, J. L. 1999. Breeding biology and productivity of Florida’s Crested Caracaras. Condor 101: 505--517. (Dept. Biol., 106 Anat.-Zool. Bldg., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; EM: jlmorris@lamar.colostate.edu)---Caracara plancus. {raptor} {ROL #79}
{B118} Piatt, J. E., et al. 1997. Habitat use, diet, and breeding biology of Tufted Puffins in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Northwest. Nat. 78: 102--109. (USGS Alaska Biol. Sci. Center, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA.)---Nest sites, hatching and fledging success, growth rates, meal size, composition, and delivery rates for Fratercula cirrhata on Seal Island 24 Jun--17 Jul 1995; table compares this site with 6 other colonies.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B118} Piatt, J. F., N. L. Naslund, & T. I. Van Pelt. 1999. Discovery of a new Kittlitz's Murrelet nest: clues to habitat selection and nest-site fidelity. Northwest. Nat. 80: 9--13. (Alaska Biol. Sci. Cent., USGS, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA.)---Brachyramphus brevirostris near Red Mountain on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B118} Remsen, J. V., Jr., S. W. Cardiff, & D. L. Dittmann. 1998. Status and natural history of birds of Louisiana. I. Vireos (Vireonidae). J. Louisiana Ornithol. Soc. 4(2): 59--102. (Mus. Nat. Sci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.)---First chapter of book released.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{B118} Rumbold, D. G., & M. B. Mihalik. 1994. Snail Kite use of a drought-related habitat and communal roost in West Palm Beach, Florida: 1987--1991. Florida Field Nat. 22: 29--38. (Rosensteil Sch. Mar. Atomos. Sci., Miami, FL 33148, USA.)---Rostrhamus sociabilis form large roosts near water during droughts.---R.Bow. {B308, C908} {ROL #79}
{B118} Senner, S. E. 1998. Rare, local, little known, and declining North American breeders. A closer look: Surfbird. Birding 30: 306--312. (PO Box 102264, Anchorage, AK 99510, USA.)---Present status and distribution, life history and conservation and research needs for Aphriza virgata with 9 color photos of birds and range map.---R.B.C. {B904} {ROL #79}
{B118} Smith, N. 1997. Observations of wintering Snowy Owls (Nyctea scandiaca) at Logan Airport, East Boston, Massachusetts from 1981--1997. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 591--596. (Blue Hills Trailside Mus. & Chickatawbut Hill Educ. Ctr., Mass. Audubon Soc., 1904 Canton Ave., Milton, MA 02186, USA.)---25% were re-sighted outside immediate banding area; 10 of 226 banded birds returned in subsequent winters. Diet and other data presented.---J.M.S. {C926}. {ROL #79}
{B118} Steele, B. B. 1993. Selection of foraging and nesting sites by Black-throated Blue Warblers: Their relative influence on habitat choice. Condor 95: 568--579. (Dept. Nat. Sci., Colby-Sawyer Coll., New London, NH 03257, USA; EM: bsteele@colby-sawyer.edu)---Nest-site requirements more important than foraging habitat for Dendroica caerulescens in New Hampshire.---R.B.C. {B716} {ROL #79}
{B118} Walters, E. 1999. An intimate view: The Ring-billed Gull life cycle in the new Waukegan Colony. Meadowlark 8: 14--17. (7714 N. Marshfield Ave. #2, Chicago, IL 60626, USA.)---Chronology and mortality of young in Illinois Larus delawarensis colony.---R.B.C. (B702, C912} {ROL #79}
{B118} Wasilewski, R. L. 1998. Notes on the physical characteristics and behavior of Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) in the Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. PA Birds 12: 179--181. (Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Soc., P.O. Box 535, Dallas, PA 18612, USA.)---Extensive observations of a nest on a bridge during the 1998 breeding season.---P.D.H. {raptors, B904, D302, D306, D702, D704} {ROL #79}
{B118} Wauer, R. H. 1999. A Texas speciality: Whooping Crane. Texas Birds 1(1): 14--18. (315 S. Padre Lane, Victoria, TX 77905, USA.)--Grus americana. {ROL #79}
{B122} Duncan, J. R., D. H. Johnson, & T. H. Nicholls, Eds. 1997. Biology and conservation of owls of the Northern Hemisphere. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 1--635, + xxii. (Orders: N. Central Res. Stn., For. Serv., US Dept. Agric., 1992 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108, USA; also available: www.ncfes.umn.edu)---2nd international symposium held Feb 5--9, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 86 papers (incl. posters and workshops), 5 other speeches, and 31 color photographs of 29 taxa; all but 2 (brief abstract only provided) of the 86 papers, as well as the 2 published speeches cited individually elsewhere in this issue of the ROL.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B124} Baker, P. E., & H. Baker. 1997. Anecdotal observation on Maui Parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys). 'Elepaio 57: 143--144. (44 Springfield Rd., Etwall, Derby DE65 6LA, England, UK.)---Of adults and juveniles, aggressive display, opportunistic foraging, excavation foraging.---R.B.C. {B 302, D306} {ROL #79}
{B124} Cousins, K. L. 1998. Black-footed Albatross population biology workshop. Elepaio 58: 47, 52--53. (West. Pacific Reg. Fish. Manage. Council, 1164 Bishop St., Room 1405, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA; EM: Kathycousins@noaa.gov)---Short review of distribution and biology of Diomedea nigripes.---R.B.C. {C324} {ROL #79}
{B130} Marin A, M., & F. G. Stiles. 1993. Notes on the biology of the Spot-fronted Swift. Condor 95: 479--483. (Casilla 15, Melipilla, Chile.)---Distribution, nests, molt, behavior and diet of Cypseloides cherriei.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B130} Whitney, B. M., & G. H. Rosenburg. 1993. Behavior, vocalizations
and possible relationships of Xenornis setifrons (Formicariidae),
a little-known Chocó endemic. Condor 95: 227--231. (Mus. Nat.
Sci., 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA;
EM: 75213.3314@compuserve.com) {B300, B320, D103} {ROL #79}
{B300} Ellis, D. H., et al. 1998. A sociogram for the cranes of
the world. Behav. Processes 43: 125--151. (EM: David_H_Ellis@usgs.gov)---The
behavioral repertoire for the world's 15 species of cranes includes over
100 behavioral acts with clear social significance. Each species performs
at least 60 discrete social postures, vocalizations, displays, and activities.
Because all but a handful of the stereotyped social displays are common
to all species, the presence or absence of social displays has only limited
usefulness in comparing the relatedness of established crane taxonomic
groups. However, the breadth of the repertoire for each species and for
the family Gruidae tentatively places cranes at the apex of social complexity
(at least for stereotyped displays) in the animal world.---USGS {D103}
{ROL #79}
{B300} McNeil, R., P. Drapeau, & R. Pierotti. 1993. Nocturnality in colonial waterbirds: Occurrence, special adaptations, and suspected benefits. Curr. Ornithol. 10: 187--246. (Dépt. Sci. Biol., Univ. Montréal, Montréal, PQ H3C 3J7, Can.)---Also discusses how and why nocturnality might have evolved in different groups of colonial waterbirds and includes extensive bibliography.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{B302} Brinkley, E. S. 1998. Mobbing of South Polar Skua by Cory’s Shearwater off the North Carolina coast. Chat 62: 33--37. (108 Cocke Hall, Univ. Va., Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.)---Catharacta maccormicki, Calonectris diomedea; behavior apparently not previously reported in Procellariiformes.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{B302} Bryan, J. E. 1998. Inspection of snakes by White-breasted, Sitta carolinensis, and Pygmy, Sitta pygmaea, nuthatches. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 225--229. (British Columbia Min. Environ., 201-3547 Skaha Lake Rd., Penticton, BC V2A 7K2, Can.) {C916} {ROL #79}
{B302} Casey, R. M., & M. C. Baker. 1993. Aggression and song development in White-crowned Sparrows. Condor 95: 723--728. (Dept. Biol., Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO 80523, USA.)---Considerable aggression between captive adult and juvenile Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli disrupted or inhibited song development.---R.B.C. {B320} {ROL #79}
{B302} Cullen, S., & G. J. Robertson. 1999. Temporal changes in the anti-predator flocking behavior of wintering shorebirds. Waterbirds 22: 156--159. (Manomet Obs. Conserv. Sci., PO Box 1770, Manomet, MA 02345, USA; EM: sacullen@sfu.ca)---Complex flashing, rippling and columnar flights more common later in season at Fraternidad Lagoon, Puerto Rico.---R.B.C. {C926} {ROL #79}
{B302} Herting, B. L., & J. R. Belthoff. 1997. Testosterone, aggression, and territoriality in male Western Screech-owls (Otus kennicottii): Results from preliminary experiments. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 213--217. (Dept. Biol. & Raptor Res. Ctr., Boise State Univ., Boise, ID 83725, USA; EM (JRB): jbelthoff@claven.idbsu.edu)---Exogenous testosterone elicits more aggression at all times of the year.---J.M.S. {B316, E108} {ROL #79}
{B302} Kay, M. F., & H. G. Gilchrist. 1998. Distraction displays made by female Common Eiders, Somateria mollissima borealis, in response to human disturbance. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 529--532. (Can. Wildl. Serv., Suite 301, 5204 50th Ave., Yellowknife, NT X1A 1E2, Can.) {B708} {ROL #79}
{B302} McGinity, J. 1997. Florida Scrub-Jay kills Common Ground-Dove. Florida Field Nat. 25: 101--102. (Northern Illinois Univ., Lorado Taft Field Campus, 1414 N. River Rd., P.O. Box 299, Oregon, IL 61061, USA.)---Aphelocoma coerulescens killed Columbina passerina giving a distraction display near a nest.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B302} McLean, I. G., & G. Rhodes. 1991. Enemy recognition and response in birds. Curr. Ornithol. 8: 173--211. (Dept. Zoo., Univ. Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ.)---Defines a cognitive model in which stored knowledge (either innate or experiential) affects response. Considers theories that attempt to explain mobbing behavior. Uses case study of Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) and Grey Gerygone (Gerygone igata) to examine enemy recognition and response to parasitic eggs and chicks.---S.N.L. {B314, B704} {ROL #79}
{B302} McNair, D. B. 1991. Agonistic behavior of Ruddy Turnstones toward Short-billed Dowitchers foraging for horseshoe crab eggs. Florida Field Nat. 19: 83--84. (303 Robinson St., Rockingham, NC 28379, USA.)---Arenaria interpres aggressive towards Limnodromus griseus.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B302} Metz, K. J., & P. J. Weatherhead. 1993. An experimental test of the contrasting-color hypothesis of red-band effects in Red-winged Blackbirds. Condor 95: 395--400. (Dept. Biol., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Can.)---Red color bands had more effect than black or blue ones on aggression towards territorial male Agelaius phoeniceus.---R.B.C. {B318} {ROL #79}
{B302} Stolen, E. D. 1996. Black and Turkey vulture interactions with Bald Eagles in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 24: 43--45. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.)---Haliaeetus leucocephalus displaced Coragyps atratus and Cathartes aura at carcass.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B304} Pranty, B. 1995. Tool use by Brown-headed Nuthatches in two Florida slash pine forests. Florida Field Nat. 23: 33--34. (Archbold Biol. Stn., Lake Placid, FL 33862, USA.)---Sitta pusilla use bark flakes to pry off other bark flakes.---R.Bow. {D306} {ROL #79}
{B306} Adams, N. J., & C. B. Walter. 1993. Maximum diving depths of Cape Gannets. Condor 95: 734--736. (Percy FitzPatrick Inst. Ornithol., Univ. Cape Town, Priv. Bag., Rondebosch 7700, South Africa.)---Morus capensis mean maximum diving depth 5.9 m (n=40, range 1.2--12.6 m) with modal depth range of 2--4 m.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B306} Brigham, R. M., M. B. Fenton, & H. D. J. N. Aldridge. 1998. Flight speed of foraging Common Nighthawks (Chordeiles minor): does the measurement technique matter? Am. Midl. Nat. 139: 325--330. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Can.)---Faster flight speeds recorded with Doppler radar than by timing flights.---V.L.A.{E510} {ROL #79}
{B306} Graves, K. L. 1996. Great Blue Heron swimming. Oregon Birds 22: 9. (H.C. 60, Box 106, Idleyld Park, OR 97447, USA.)---Ardea herodias, while fishing.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B306} Mathews, N. J. C., & A. E. Burger. 1998. Diving depth of a Marbled Murrelet. Northwest. Nat. 79: 70--71. (3570 Telegraph Rd., Cobble Hill RR 2, BC V0R 1L0, Can.)---Brachyramphus marmoratus seen at depth of 13.7 m near Vancouver Island, 25 Oct 1997, apparently the first direct observation of diving depth in this species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B306} Peters, G., et al. 1998. The diving behavior of Magellanic Penguins at Punta Norda, Peninsula Valdés, Argentina. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 1--10. (Inst. Meereskunde, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany; EM: ifm@ifm.uni-kiel.de)---Spheniscus magellanicus spent the most time near the surface but also spent considerable time at 60 m with a maximum recorded depth of 97 m; at night no individual dived deeper than 12 m.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B308} Alsop, F. J., III. 1995. A communal roost of Gray Catbirds at Eco Pond, Everglades National Park. Florida Field Nat. 23: 69. (Dept. Biol. Sci., E. Tennessee State Univ., Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.)---Dumetella carolinensis. {ROL #79}
{B308} Djupstrom, B. 1998. American Coot roosts in tree. Loon 70: 177. (3895 Cranbrook Dr., White Bear Lake, MN 55110, USA.)---Fulica americana. {ROL #79}
{B308} Gostomski, T. J., & D. C. Evers. 1998. Time-activity budget for Common Loons, Gavia immer, nesting on Lake Superior. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 191--197. (522 18th Ave. W., Ashland, WI 54806, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B308} Post, W. 1998. Blue Grosbeak dustbathing. Florida Field Nat. 26: 126. (Charleston Mus., 360 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29403, USA.)---Guiraca caerulea in Charleston County, SC.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B308} Rodway, M. S., H. M. Regehr, & J-P. L. Savard. 1993. Activity patterns of Marbled Murrelets in old-growth forest in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Condor 95: 831--848. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Can.; EM: msrodway@sfu.ca)---Brachyramphus marmoratus; more activity for longer periods during cloudy weather and during the morning.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B308} Sproat, T. McK. 1997. Male Eastern Screech-owl (Otus asio) roosting behavior: Possible effects from nesting stage and nest type. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 408--410. (Dept. Biol., Ball State Univ., Muncie, IN 47306, USA.)---Males roost closer to nest during nestling stage than during incubation, but farther from artificial nest box than from natural cavity.---J.M.S. {B718} {ROL #79}
{B308} Whittingham, L. A. 1993. Effects of nestling provisioning on the time-activity budgets of male Red-winged Blackbirds. Condor 95: 730--734. (Dept. Biol. Sci., PO Box 413, Univ. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA; EM: whitting@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu)---Agelaius phoeniceus feeding nestlings reduce mating and maintenance activities.---R.B.C. {B718} {ROL #79}
{B308} Zador, S. G., & J. F. Piatt. 1999. Time-budgets of Common Murres at a declining and increasing colony in Alaska. Condor 101: 149--152. (JFP: U.S. Geol. Survey, Alaska Biol. Sci. Ctr., 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: john_piatt@usgs.gov)---Study of Uria aalge at 2 breeding sites in Alaska found attendance time-budgets to be a better index of food availability than other breeding parameters---S.N.L. {B718; colony attendance, parental attendance} {ROL #79}
{B312} Arroyo, B. E. 1999. Copulatory behavior of semi-colonial Montagu’s Harriers. Condor 101: 340--346. (Ctr. Natl. Rech. Sci., Ctr. D’Etudes Biol. Chizé, Villiers en Bois, F-79360, France; EM: outarde@cebc.cnrs.fr)---Circus pygargus. {B706, B712; coloniality, extra-pair copulation} {ROL #79}
{B312} Bertran, J., & A. Margalida. 1999. Copulatory behavior of the Bearded Vulture. Condor 101: 164--168. (Grupo de Estudio y Protección del Quebrantahuesos (GEPT), Ap. 43, E-25520 El Port de Suert (Lleida), Spain; EM: casimiro@svt.es)---Gypaetus barbatus. {B712; extra-pair copulations, nesting sites, paternity assurance} {ROL #79}
{B312} Blanchard, L., & R. D. Morris. 1998. Another look at courtship feeding and copulation behavior in the Common Tern. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 251--255. (Dept. Biol., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Can., EM: rmorris@spartan.ac.brocku.ca)---Sterna hirundo mounts and copulations at time of egg laying not predictable from single or strings of courtship feedings.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B312} Catusse, M. 1998. Release factors of breeding activities in Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) hens. Ethology 104: 407--420. (Off. Natl. Chasse, 8 impasse champ fila, 38320 Eybens, France, EM: m.catusse@onc.gouv.fr)---Photoperiod and activity of hens unrelated but activity and receptivity to males, as well as interactions among males affected by interactions between sexes.---R.B.C. {B702} {ROL #79}
{B312} Groves, F. H. 1998. Inedible objects offered during courtship feeding by Black Skimmers. Florida Field Nat. 26: 127. (Northeast Louisiana Univ., Monroe, LA 71209, USA.)---Rynchops niger occasionally offer small sticks or shell to females. Females offered these items, discard them but allow males to copulate.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B312} Hunter, F. M., & I. L. Jones. 1999. The frequency and function of aquatic courtship and copulation in Least, Crested, Whiskered, and Parakeet auklets. Condor 101: 518--528. (Dept. Zool., Downing St., Univ. Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK; EM: f.m.hunter@zoo.cam.ac.uk)---Aethia pusilla, Aethia cristatella, Aethia pygmaea, Cyclorrhynchus psittacula. {Alcidae, sexual selection, sperm competition} {ROL #79}
{B312} McNair, D. B. 1991. Copulation in the Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor). Florida Field Nat. 19: 84--85. (303 Robinson St., Rockingham, NC 28379, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B312} Piersma, T., & J. Jukema. 1993. Red-breasts as honest signals of migratory quality in a long-distance migrant, the Bar-tailed Godwit. Condor 95: 163--177. (Netherlands Inst. Sea Res., PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands; EM: theunis@nioz.nl.)---Limosa lapponica that molt into breeding plumage on their Dutch Wadden Sea staging grounds are thought to have better nutrient reserves and to signal their superior condition to potential mates.---R.B.C. {E114, E118} {ROL #79}
{B312} West, M. J., A. P. King, & T. M. Freeberg. 1998. Dual signaling during mating in Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater; Family Emberizidae/Icterinae). Ethology 104: 250--267. (Dept. Psychol., Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN 47405, USA; EM: mewest@indiana.edu)---Females distinguish local males by their songs; rate of flight whistling related to courtship success of males.---R.B.C. {B320} {ROL #79}
{B314} Matthysen, E. 1990. Nonbreeding social organization in Parus. Curr. Ornithol. 7: 20--249. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.)---Comparative analysis of 3 types of social organization (pair-territorial, group-territorial and flocking) of tits, titmice and chickadees.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{B314} Matthysen, E. 1993. Nonbreeding social organization in migratory and resident birds. Curr. Ornithol. 11: 93--141. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.)---Describes general patterns and differences between the two groups, suggests long-term benefits, and presents hypotheses on how cross-seasonal interactions may influence social organization---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{B314} Merkel, F. R., N. K. Nielsen, & B. Olsen. 1998. Clumped arrivals at an Atlantic Puffin colony. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 261--267. (Greenland Inst. Nat. Resour., PO Box 570, DK-3900, Nuuk, Greenland; EM: merkel@natur.gl)---Group arrivals by Fratercula arctica on the Faroe Islands may reduce kleptoparasitism and predation on arriving birds.---R.B.C. {D308} {ROL #79}
{B314} Pius, S. M., & P. L. Leberg. 1998. The protector species hypothesis: Do Black Skimmers find refuge from predators in Gull-billed Tern colonies? Ethology 104: 273--284. (PLL: Dept. Biol., Univ. Southeast Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA; EM: PLL6734@usl.edu)---Uncertain whether Rynchops niger uses Sterna nilotica colonies for such purposes.---R.B.C. {B706, C916} {ROL #79}
{B314} Siegel-Causey, D., & S. P. Kharitonov. 1990. The evolution of coloniality. Curr. Ornithol. 7: 28--330. (Mus. Nat. Hist. & Dept. Syst. Ecol., Univ. Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.)---Proposes a model that predicts the conditions that may result in a transition from solitary nesting to coloniality---S.N.L. {B706} {ROL #79}
{B316} Atkinson, E. C. 1993. Winter territories and night roosts of Northern Shrikes in Idaho. Condor 95: 515--527. (Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Assoc., 1700 Hawk Mountain Rd., Kempton, PA 19529-9449, USA; EM: atkinson@hawkmountain.org)---Lanius excubitor territories averaged 216 ha (n=12) with ca. 50 ha core range; ca. half (n: 9) hunted significantly more than expected in mesic areas than grasslands, others the reverse. Ten night roosts were all in deciduous shrubs with many small stems.---R.B.C. {C926} {ROL #79}
{B316} Dearborn, D. C. 1998. Interspecific territoriality by a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl): effect of intruder size and resource value. Biotropica 30: 306--313. (Div. Biol. Sci., 105 Tucker Hall, Univ. Missouri, Colombia, MO 65211, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B316} Slabbekoorn, H., & C. Ten Kate. 1999. Collared Dove responses to playback: Slaves to the rhythm. Ethology 105: 377--392. (Inst. Evol. Ecol. Sci., Behav. Biol. Group, Leiden Univ., PO Box 9516, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands; EM: Slabbekoorn@RULSFB.LeidenUniv.NL.)---For Streptopelia decaocto, first element of three-element coo is important in eliciting a territorial response, and the rhythm is also important for eliciting responses.---R.B.C. {B320} {ROL #79}
{B316} Sodhi, N. S. 1993. Correlates of hunting range size in breeding Merlins. Condor 95: 316--321. (Sch. Biol. Sci., Natl. Univ. Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Rd., Singapore 119260, Singapore; EM: dbsns@nus.edu.sg)---Hunting range for both sexes of Falco columbarius in Saskatchewan negatively correlated with one or more measures of prey abundance, but not significantly correlated with season, clutch/brood size, or intruder density.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B318} Denny, M. 1996. Common Poorwill nest behavior near Fields, Harney County, Oregon. Oregon Birds 22: 15. (323 Scenic View Dr., College Place, WA 99324, USA.)---Phalaenoptilus nuttallii distraction display.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B318} Justice, M. J., & T. C. Justice. 1998. Variation and sexual dimorphism of the size of Northern Mockingbirds’ white wing patches. Chat 62: 1--11. (Dept. Sci. & Math., Chowan Col., Murfreesboro, NC 27855, USA.)---Mimus polyglottos has well-developed intersexual visual signals.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{B318} Kennedy, E., & I. McTaggert-Cowan. 1998. Sixteen years with a Bald Eagle's, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, nest. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 704--706. (#101 1440 Beach Dr., Victoria, BC V8N 1S7, Can.) {B700} {ROL #79}
{B318} Wolfenbarger, L. L. 1999. Is red coloration of male Northern Cardinals beneficial during the nonbreeding season?: A test of status signaling. Condor 101: 655--663. (Univ. Maryland, Dept. Biol., College Park, MD 20742, USA; EM: lw137@umail.umd.edu)---Cardinalis cardinalis {competition, dominance, sexual dimorphism} {ROL #79}
{B320} Ammer, F. K., & M. S. Capp. 1999. Song versatility and social context in the Bobolink. Condor 101: 686--688. (Dept. Biol., Clarion Univ. Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA 16214, USA; EM: s_fammer@mail.clarion.edu)---Dolichonyx oryzivorus. {mate choice, repertoire, sexual selection} {ROL #79}
{B320} Baker, M. C. 1993. Evidence of intraspecific vocal imitation in singing honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and Golden Whistlers (Pachycephalidae). Condor 95: 1044--1048. (Biol. Dept., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; EM: mcbaker@lamar.colostate.edu)---Song matching in 14 of 25 neighboring Meliphaga virescens and in 4 of 7 Pachycephala pectoralis in Australia.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B320} Budde, P. 1998. Song mimicry in Clay-colored and Chipping sparrows. Loon 70: 246. (4612 Colfax Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55409, USA.)---Spizella pallida, Spizella passerina. {ROL #79}
{B320} Casey, R. M., & M. C. Baker. 1993. Social tutoring of adult male White-crowned Sparrows. Condor 95: 718--723. (Computing Serv., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ 85287-0101, USA.)---Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli general structure of adult songs unchanged by tutoring.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B320} Collins, S. A., & A. R. Goldsmith. 1998. Individual and species differences in Quail calls (Coturnix c. japonica, C. c. coturnix) and a hybrid. Ethology 104: 997--990. (Sect. Ethol., Leiden Univ., PO Box 9516, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands.)---Time structure of Coturnix coturnix calls discriminated best among individuals and between subspecies and hybrids with the latter having the widest range of vocalizations. Each race responded strongest to playbacks of its own race, intermediate to hybrids, least to other subspecies.---R.B.C. {D108} {ROL #79}
{B320} Cucco, M., & G. Malacarne. 1999. Is the song of Black Redstart males an honest signal of status? Condor 101: 689--694. (Dept. Sci. & Advanced Technol., Univ. Torino, via Cavour 84, 15100 Alessandria, Italy; EM: cucco@mfn.al.unipmn.it)---Phoenicurus ochruros. {B314; age difference, delayed maturation, vocalizations} {ROL #79}
{B320} Dufty, A. M., Jr., & A. Hanson. 1999. Vocal and behavioral responses of Brown-headed Cowbirds to flight whistles from different dialects. Condor 101: 484--492. (Dept. Biol., Boise State Univ., Boise, ID 83725, USA; EM: adufty@bsumail.idbsu.edu)---Response of male Molothrus ater to playbacks of local, near-foreign, and distant-foreign dialects.---S.N.L. {countersinging, vocalizations} {ROL #79}
{B320} Enriquez, P. L., & J. L. Rangel Salazar. 1997. Intra- and interspecific calling in a tropical owl community. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 525--532. (Col. Frontera Sur, Apdo. 63, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas 29290, México.)---Otus guatemalae, Lophostrix cristata, Ciccaba virgata, Pulsatrix perspicillata. Variable response rates in Costa Rica.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B320} Farquhar, C. C. 1993. Individual and intersexual variation in alarm calls of the White-tailed Hawk. Condor 95: 234--239. (Endangered Resour. Br., Texas Parks & Wildl. Dept., 3000 S-IH 35, Ste. 100, Austin, TX 78704, USA; EM: craig.farquahar@tpwd.state.tx.us)---Buteo albicaudatus in Texas.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B320} Green, G. 1999. Noisy buff-bellied hummers. Texas Birds 1(1): 21--23. (Author deceased.)---Vocalization of Amazilia yucatanensis.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{B320} Hall, J. A. 1998. Vocal repertoire of Forster's Tern. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 388--405. (Nature Conservancy, PO Box 52452, Fort Benning, GA 31995, USA; EM: john_hall@tnc.org)---Describes adult and chick/fledgling calls of Sterna forsteri.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B320} Harbison, H., D. A. Nelson, & T. P. Hahn. 1999. Long-term persistence of song dialects in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow. Condor 101: 133--148. (Dept. Ecol. & Evol. Biol., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; EM: heidih@alaska.net)---26-yr study of Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha song found that evolution of song in smaller populations occupying structurally fragmented habitats proceeds more rapidly than in larger populations occupying large contiguous habitat patches.---S.N.L. {cultural evolution, population size} {ROL #79}
{B320} Hughes, M., S. Nowicki, & B. Lohr. 1998. Call learning in Black-capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus): the role of experience in the development of `chick-a-dee' calls. Ethology 104: 232--249. (Nowicki: Dept. Zool., Duke Univ., Box 90325, Durham, NC 27708-0325, USA; EM: snowicki@acpub.duke.edu)---Birds raised under different degrees of social and acoustic isolation all performed the "A" component of call within normal range for wild birds but "B" and "C" components more dependent on experience. This suggests that learning may play different role in components within one vocalization.---R.B.C. {B304} {ROL #79}
{B320} Kuntz, W. A., & P. B. Stacey. 1997. Preliminary investigation of vocal variation in the Mexican Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis lucida): Would vocal analysis of the four-note location call be a useful field tool for individual identification? U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 561--568. (Dept. Environ. Resour. Sci. & Prog. Ecol., Evol. Conserv. Biol., Univ. Nevada, Reno, NV 89512, USA.)---Probably not. Some individual variation overlaps other individuals.---J.M.S. {E510} {ROL #79}
{B320} Langmore, N. E. 1999. Song tutor choice in polyandrous Dunnocks. Ethology 105: 125--136. (Zool. Dept., Downing St., Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK; EM: nel10@hermes.cam.ac.uk)---Yearling Prunella modularis most likely to learn from adult males more aggressive towards them. Because of high incidence of repertorial overlap (76%) between neighboring males, yearlings advantageously may learn a few songs of every neighbor.---R.B.C. {B304} {ROL #79}
{B320} Lucas, J. R., A. Schraeder, & C. Jackson. 1999. Carolina Chickadee (Aves, Paridae, Poecile carolinensis) vocalization rates: Effects of body mass and food availability under aviary conditions. Ethology 105: 503--520. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; EM: jlucas@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu)---Non-song vocalization rates are significantly negatively correlated with body mass, and the effect of mass is greatest in days when food is relatively abundant. Such vocalizations more important than song for energetically stressed birds.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B320} Marshall, J. T. 1999. Sounds produced by Anna's Hummingbird. Pp. 66--71 in J. T. Marshall, Ornithological tracts on taxonomy and distribution. 91 pp. Priv. publ., Springfield, VA. (PO Box 30890, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA; EM: jtmvz@juno.com)---Sonographic analysis of tape recordings of Calypte anna.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B320} Mota, P. G. 1999. The functions of song in the Serin. Ethology 105: 137--148. (Dept. Antropol., Univ. Coimbra, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal; EM: pgmota@ci.uc.pt)---Song in Serinus serinus peaks with nest-building suggesting song may stimulate female to build or begin rapid deposition of yolk; song flight thought to discourage competition from other males.---R.B.C. {B702} {ROL #79}
{B320} Small, P. E., & B. W. Emanuel. 1996. Summer singing of a Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 24: 46--47. (Florida Dept. Environ. Prot., Wekiva Basin GEOpark, Apopka, FL 32712, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B320} Thompson, A. D., Jr., & M. C. Baker. 1993. Song dialect recognition by male White-crowned Sparrows: Effects of manipulated song components. Condor 95: 414--421. (MCB: Biol. Dept., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; EM: mcbaker@lamar.colostate.edu)---Captive Zonotrichia leucophrys responded most strongly to songs local to their origin and to constructed "hybrid" songs with similar introductory components, less strongly when other parts of local songs were used.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B320} Trainer, J. M., & D. B. McDonald. 1993. Vocal repertoire of the Long-tailed Manakin and its relation to male-male cooperation. Condor 95: 769--781. (Dept. Biol., Univ. North. Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, USA.)---Chiroxiphia linearis in Costa Rica has at least 13 distinct vocalizations, many of which function to mediate cooperative interactions.---R.B.C. {B314} {ROL #79}
{B320} Tubaro, P. L., E. T. Segura, & P. Handford. 1993. Geographic variation in the song of the Rufous-colored Sparrow in eastern Argentina. Condor 95: 588--595. (Lab. Fisiol. del Comport., Inst. Biol. Med. Exp., Obligado 2490, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina.)---Talar and steppe dialects of Zonotrichia capensis integrate clinally following vegetation ecotone; dialect changes evidently related to habitat modification.---R.B.C.{D108} {ROL #79}
{B320} Van Pelt, T. I., & J. F. Piatt. 1999. Vocalizations of
the Kittlitz’s Murrelet. Condor 101: 395--398. (Alaska Biol. Sci. Ctr.,
U.S. Geol. Survey, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: thomas_van_pelt@usgs.gov)---Brachyramphus
brevirostris. {Alcidae, calls, communication} {ROL #79}
{B500} Wood, P. B. 1999. Bald Eagle response to boating activity
in northcentral Florida. J. Raptor Res. 33: 97--101. (West Virginia
Coop. Fish & Wildl. Unit, USGS/BRD, WV Univ. Div. For., Morgantown,
WV 26506-6125, USA.)---Haliaeetus leucocephalus.---P.A.G. {B908}
{ROL #79}
{B502} Buckley, P. A., & M. McCarthy. 1994. Insects, vegetation, and the control of Laughing Gulls (Larus atricilla) at Kennedy International Airport, New York. J. Appl. Ecol. 31: 291--302. (EM: pabuckley@gsosunl.gso.uri.edu) {ROL #79}
{B502} Cooper, B. A., & R. H. Day. 1998. Summer behavior and mortality of Dark-rumped Petrels and Newell's Shearwaters at power lines on Kauai. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 11--19. (ABR, Inc., PO Box 249, Forest Grove, OR 97116-0249, USA; EM: abroregon@aol.com)---Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis and Puffinus auricularis newelli flew closer to lines in morning than in evening with ca. 5% of each species reacting thereto; 20% of newelli striking lines were adults, the rest subadult nonbreeders.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B502} Kaplan, J. 1998. Like moths to a flame. Connecticut Warbler 18: 36. (No address given.)---Junco hyemalis non-fatal collision at night with glass window in Connecticut when no moon in the sky.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B502} McNair, D. B. 1998. Sandwich Tern mortality caused by vehicle collision associated with Hurricane Erin. Florida Field Nat. 26: 97--99. (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312, USA.)---High winds cause unusual concentration of Sterna sandvicensis in Apalachicola Bay, Franklin County, FL. Birds killed on causeways crossing the bay.---R.Bow. {C906, C912} {ROL #79}
{B502} Osborn, R. G., et al. 1998. Bird flight characteristics near wind turbines in Minnesota. Am. Midl. Nat. 139: 29--38. (Dept. Wildl. Fish. Sci., South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD 57007, USA.)---Agelaius phoeniceus, Anas platyrhynchos, Quiscalus quiscula, Hirundo rustica. Most birds (82--84%) flew above or below turbine blades.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{B502} Podolsky, R., et. al. 1998. Mortality of Newell's Shearwaters caused by collisions with urban structures on Kauai. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 20--34. (Avian Systems, 95 Magnolia Ave., Tenafly, NJ 07607, USA; EM: RichardP@worldnet.att.net)---Average of 70 breeding adult and 280 subadult Puffinus auricularis newelli killed in summer, 340 fledglings killed in autumn each year by collisions with power lines on eastern and southern Kauai.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B504} Conover, M. 1998. Perceptions of American agricultural producers about wildlife on their farms and ranches. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26: 597--604. (Berryman Inst. & Dept. Fish. Wildl., Utah State Univ., Logan, UT 84322-5210, USA.)---Agelaius phoeniceus, Grus canadensis, Sturnus vulgaris. {ROL #79}
{B504} Master, T. 1995. A summary of ecological and behavioral characteristics of Pennsylvania's piscivorous birds in relation to attraction to aquaculture/hatchery facilities. PA Birds 9: 11--13. (No address given.)---A variety of mitigation methods were recommended as alternatives to eliminate shooting as a control tactic at fish farms plundered by birds.---P.D.H. {B912, D302, D306; herons, egrets, night-herons} {ROL #79}
{B504} Mott, D. F., et al. 1998. An evaluation of winter roost harassment for dispersing Double-crested Cormorants away from catfish production areas in Mississippi. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26: 584--591. (USDA, Wildl. Serv. Prog., Natl. Wildl. Res. Ctr., P.O. Drawer 6099, Miss. State, MS 39762-6099, USA.)---Harassment of Phalacrocorax auritus at night roost sites appeared to reduce their numbers in catfish ponds located within the disturbance area.---W.P.J. {E520} {ROL #79}
{B508} Braun, C. E. 1993. White-tailed Ptarmigan habitat investigations in northeast Oregon. Oregon Birds 19: 72--73. (Colorado Div. Wildl., Wildl. Res. Cent., 317 West Prospect Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA.)---Recommendations for re-establishing Lagopus leucurus in the Wallowa Mountains.---R.B.C. {B912} {ROL #79}
{B508} Conroy, M. J., & D. G. Krementz. 1990. A review of the evidence for the effects of hunting on American Black Duck populations. Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 55: 501--517. (EM: David_Krementz@usgs.gov)---Anas rubripes. {ROL #79}
{B508} Eskowich, K., et al. 1998. Preference and use of nest baskets and nest tunnels by Mallards in the parkland of Saskatchewan. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26: 881--885. (Ducks Unlimited Canada, Box 2139, Melfort, SK S0E 1A0, Can.)---Nesting Anas platyrhynchos prefer cylindrical-tunnel structures over basket structures.---W.P.J. {ROL #79}
{B508} Jensen, T., et al. 1995. Use of Wood Duck boxes by swarming honey bees in California's central valley. Calif. Fish. Game 81: 167--169. (Dept. Wildl. Fish. Conserv. Biol., Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.)---Bee activity evidently an important factor in duck nesting success there. Apis mellifera swarmed into 23 of 27 boxes used by Aix sponsa; only 4 swarms used the 76 unused boxes and none were found in 82 boxes used by owls or starlings.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B508} Johnson, F. A., et al. 1993. Developing an adaptive management strategy for harvesting waterfowl in North America. Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 58: 565--583. (EM: Fred_A_Johnson@usgs.gov) {ROL #79}
{B508} Parker, G. R. 1998. Dispersal and mortality of juvenile American Black Ducks, Anas rubripes, on wetlands under different management strategies. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 586--595. (Can. Wildl. Serv., P.O. Box 6227, 17 Waterfowl Ln., Sackville, NB E4L 1G6, Can.) {C900} {ROL #79}
{B508} Sole, J. D. 1995. Changes in vegetation and Bobwhite Quail and eastern cottontail use in a converted fescue field. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 56(1/2): 1--8. (Upland Game Progr., Dept. Fish Wildl. Resour., Frankfort, KY 40601, USA.)---Converted habitat at Kleber WMA, Kentucky, more valuable for Colinus virginianus and rabbit.---R.B.C. {C908} {ROL #79}
{B509} Male, T. D., & T. J. Snetsinger. 1998. Has the Red-billed Leiothrix disappeared from Kaua'i? Elepaio 58: 39--43. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA; EM: tmale@zoogate.zoo.hawaii.edu)---Introduced Leiothrix lutea presumably gone since 1974; none found in >4000 hours of field work 1992--1997.---R.B.C. {C324, C914} {ROL #79}
{B509} McChesney, G. J., & B. R. Tershy. 1998. History and status of introduced mammals and impacts to breeding seabirds on the California Channel and northwestern Baja California islands. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 335--347. (USGS/BRD, West. Ecol. Res. Cent., 6924 Tremont Rd., Dixon, CA 95620, USA; EM: Gerry_McChesney@usgs.gov)---Introduced cats (Felis) have caused the most damage, reducing or eliminating some colonies of endemic Black-vented Shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas, and Xantus' Murrelet, Synthliboramphus hypoleucus; surveys needed particularly in northern Baja to determine current status of birds.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B509} Raffaele, H. A., & C. B. Kepler. 1992. Earliest records of the recently introduced avifauna of Puerto Rico. Ornithol. Caribena 3: 20--29. (USFWS, Washington, DC 20240, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B510} Mikkola, H. 1997. World distribution of owlaholics. U.S.
Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 583. (Private Mail Bag
Nr. 10, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa.)---People who collect anything
with owls on the object are mostly in U.S., Europe and Australia.---J.M.S.
{ROL #79}
{B700} Andrusiak, L. A., & K. M. Cheng. 1997. Breeding biology
of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) in the lower mainland of British Columbia.
U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 38--46. (Keystone
Wildl. Res., 1480 Foster St. #52, White Rock, BC V4B 3X7, Can.)---Study
at northern limit of species range in N. Am.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B700} Butcher, S., B. Dean, & N. Rodgers. 1996. Observations during the breeding season of the Common Snipe in Lawrence and Mercer counties of western Pennsylvania. PA Birds 10: 42--44. (SB: 11 Norwick Dr., Youngstown, OH 44505, USA.)---Flight displays and other activities from 17 April to 27 June 1996 indicated possible breeding by Gallinago gallinago, but nesting was not confirmed. The locations are south of the species' previous known breeding limits.---P.D.H. {C318} {ROL #79}
{B700} Flint, P. L., & M. P. Herzog. 1999. Breeding of Steller's Eiders, Polysticta stelleri, on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Can. Field-Nat. 113: 306--308. (Alaska Biol. Sci. Ctr., 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA.) {B904} {ROL #79}
{B700} Gretch, M., J.-C. Deobil, & A. Deobil. 1999. Nesting of Osprey at Webb Royce Swamp, Essex County, New York. Kingbird 49: 22--26. (PO Box 392, Elizabethtown, NY 12932, USA.)---Nesting chronology and behavior at nest by Pandion haliaetus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B700} Nunes, M., & L. Vicente. 1998. Breeding cycle and nestling growth of Bulwer's Petrel on the Desertas Islands, Portugal. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 198--204. (CBA/Dept. Zool. Antropol., Fac. Ciencias, Univ. Lisboa, C2 Campo Grande, P-1700 Lisboa, Portugal, EM: mop32660@mail.telepac.pt)---Bulweria bulwerii breeding period and success similar to those in
other colonies; parental performance important in hatching success; pre-laying exodus averages 28 days; long incubation stints suggest food scanty near the Desertas.---R.B.C. {B720} {ROL #79}
{B700} Post, W. 1998. Reproduction of Least Bitterns in a managed wetland. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 268--273. (Charleston Mus., 360 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29403, USA; EM: grackler@aol.com)---Ixobrychus exilis in impounded marsh in South Carolina 1985--1991; includes data on nest-sites, mortality, nesting chronology, clutch size (mean= 3.8), nesting success.---R.B.C. (C912, C918} {ROL #79}
{B700} Toland, B. 1991. Successful nesting by Reddish Egrets at Oslo Island, Indian River County, Florida. Florida Field Nat. 19: 51--53. (Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Comm., 110 43rd Ave. SW, Vero Beach, FL 32962, USA.)---Egretta rufescens. {ROL #79}
{B700} Wilhelm, G. 1994. Breeding Dickcissel behavior---Lawrence County [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 8: 139--140. (513 Kelly Blvd., Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA.)---3 nesting colonies of Spiza americana out of the species' usual recent range were studied between 17--30 July 1994 during an invasion eastward.---P.D.H. {C318} {ROL #79}
{B700} Winton, B. R., & D. M. Leslie, Jr. 1997. Breeding ecology of American Avocets (Recurvirostra americana) in north-central Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 30: 25--32. (USFWS, Lower Rio Grande NWR, Rt. 2, Box 202-A, Alamo, TX 78516, USA.)---Nesting chronology, habitat, success, mortality, and clutch size at Salt Plains NWR, Alfalfa County, 1995--1996.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B702} Arnold, T. W. 1993. Factors affecting renesting in American Coots. Condor 95: 273--281. (Dept. Wildl., Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA 95521, USA; EM: twal@axe.humboldt.edu)---Fulica americana renested for 68% of 281 clutches destroyed 1987--1991 in southern Manitoba and apparently were limited by time or habitat quality but not by amount of food or reserves available for egg production. Renesting intervals following clutch loss during laying and incubation averaged 2.1 ± 1.8 (n=127) and 6.4 ± 1.1 (n=28) days, respectively.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B702} Balz, M. E. 1997. Observations of Roseate Spoonbills and evidence of breeding on North Andros Island, Bahamas. Florida Field Nat. 25: 98--100. (Div. Biol. Sci., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.)---Circumstantial evidence of summer breeding in 1996 by sub-adult Ajaia ajaja.---R.Bow. {C312} {ROL #79}
{B702} Bannor, B. K. 1995. Continuous breeding by American Coots in Dade County, Florida. Florida Field Nat. 23: 87--92. (Miami Metrozoo, Miami, FL 33177, USA.)---Free-ranging Fulica americana in zoological park hatched 6 broods between Jan and Nov.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B702} Bedell, P. 1999. Late-winter nesting attempt by an American Robin. Raven 70: 24--25. (10120 Silverleaf Terr., Richmond, VA 23236, USA; EM: pbedell@saturn.vcu.edu)---Dead nestling and unhatched egg of Turdus migratorius 20 Feb 1998 in Richmond, Virginia; size and physical development of hatchling suggest egg-laying began about 31 Jan.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B702} Brown, C. R., & M. B. Brown. 1999. Fitness components associated with laying date in the Cliff Swallow. Condor 101: 230--245. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Tulsa, 600 S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104-3189, USA; EM: charles-brown@utulsa.edu)---Petrochelidon pyrrhonota. {ectoparasitism, Oeciacus vicarius, reproductive success, survival} {ROL #79}
{B702} LeBlanc, T. P. 1999. A late nesting Veery found in Allegany State Park, NY. Kingbird 49: 30. (PO Box 254, Salamanca, NY 14779, USA; EM: LeBlancT@aol.com)---Catharus fuscescens nest with 3 eggs 27 Jun--6 Jul 1998 is 11 days later than any listed in The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B702} McGaha, H. R. 1998. Late nesting date for the Carolina Wren in Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 31: 8. (Rt. 1, Box 188, Macomb, OK 74852, USA.)---Thryothorus ludovicianus near Macomb, on 5 eggs, 18 Aug 1997, hatching 21 Aug, fledging 2 Sep is later by 32 days than previous latest nesting date.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B702} McNair, D. B. 1996. Late breeding records of a Red-headed Woodpecker and a Summer Tanager in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 24: 78--80. (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312, USA.)---Melanerpes erythrocephalus fledged young 1 October, ca. 10 d later than previous late date; Piranga rubra incubating eggs as late as 24 Jul, ca. 6 wk later than previous late date.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B702} Post, W. 1996. Late autumnal breeding by Killdeer. Florida Field Nat. 24: 109. (Charleston Mus., 360 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29403, USA.)---Charadrius vociferus with young 1--2 da old on 13 Nov, almost 3 months later than previous late date for Florida.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B702} Schillaci, J. M., & R. J. Smith. 1994. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in northwestern Florida produce a second clutch. Florida Field Nat. 22: 112--113. (Dept. Wildl. Range Sci., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Picoides borealis. {ROL #79}
{B702} Vilina, Y. A. 1998. Breeding observations of the Peruvian Tern in Chile. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 101--103. (Dept. Biol. Cel. Gen., Fac. Medicina, Univ. Chile, Casilla 70061-7, Santiago, Chile; EM: yerko.vilina@geotecnica.cl)---40--50 Sterna lorata pairs near Mejillones; asynchronous breeding among terns, one killed by Caracara cheriway.---R.B.C. {C914, C912} {ROL #79}
{B704} Choudhury, S., et al. 1993. Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese. Condor 95: 860--868. (Wildfowl Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, GL2 7BT, UK.)---Adoptions of Branta leucopsis goslings accounted for 5.8% and 24.6% of goslings hatched in two years with goslings as old as 4--12 weeks being adopted; one case of intraspecific nest parasitism found.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B704} Clotfelter, E. D., & K. Yasukawa. 1999. Impact of brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds on Red-winged Blackbird reproductive success. Condor 101: 105--114. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA; EM: ecltfltr@macc.wisc.edu)---Examines brood parasitism by Molothrus ater on a prairie population of Agelaius phoeniceus from 1984--1997.---S.N.L. {C918; clutch size, fledgling production, nest abandonment, nest success} {ROL #79}
{B704} Curson, D. R., C. B. Goguen, & N. E. Mathews. 1998. Western Wood-Pewees accept cowbird eggs. Great Basin Nat. 58: 90--91. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol., Univ. Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA.)---Experimentally added Molothrus ater eggs accepted in 8 of 10 Contopus sordidulus nests in northeastern New Mexico; 16 of 101 unmanipulated nests contained cowbird eggs.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B704} Davis, J. A. 1998. Intraspecific brood parasitism in Purple Martins. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 31: 29--33. (Box 21010, Nairobi, Kenya.)---Occurred in 3.6% of 394 nesting attempts by Progne subis in northeast Oklahoma, inferred from presence of two eggs in 24 hour period, suggests pronounced regional differences in such parasitism.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B704} Dillingham, C. 1994. Incident of House Wren dump nest. Oregon Birds 20: 87. (437 Azalea Park Rd., Brookings, OR 97415, USA.)---Troglodytes aedon nest with 12 eggs at Long Ridge, Curry County, Oregon.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B704} Harber, M. E. 1998. Tree Swallows raise Brown-headed Cowbird nestling. Kingbird 48: 103--107. (Sect. Neurobiol. Behav., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853-2702, USA.)---Tachycineta bicolor nest into which hatchling of Molothrus ater was placed apparently fledged, but there was apparently no post-fledging care, the adult Tree Swallows continuing to feed their own young.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B704} Messerly, E. H. 1998. Carolina Wren feeds fledgling Brown-headed Cowbird. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 31: 34. (344 S.E. Elmhurst, Bartlesville, OK 74006, USA.)---Thryothorus ludovicianus and Molothrus ater, 1 Jun 1998 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B704} Ortega, J. C., C. P. Ortega, & A. Cruz. 1993. Does Brown-headed Cowbird egg coloration influence Red-winged Blackbird responses towards nest contents? Condor 95: 217--219. (Dept. Biol., Fort Lewis Coll., Durango, CO 81301-3999, USA; EM: ortega_j@fortlewis.edu)---Objects mimicking Molothrus ater egg color not rejected by Agelaius phoeniceus; role of tactile stimuli if egg rejected needs further exploration.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B704} Rothstein, S. I. 1993. An experimental test of the Hamilton-Orians hypothesis for the origin of avian brood parasitism. Condor 95: 1000--1005. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA; EM: rothstei@lifesci.ucsb.edu)---Agelaius phoeniceus females whose nests were removed after the first egg was laid did not lay subsequent eggs in other females’ nests but fresh eggs sometimes found at site of removed nest, thus initial response of hypothesis absent in this species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B704} Rukavina, J. 1998. Cowbird flushes tanager from nest. Loon 70: 120. (7531 Brighton St., Duluth, MN 55804, USA.)---Female Molothrus ater hit and flushed female Piranga olivacea from nest; later fledged 2 cowbirds and 1 tanager.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{B706} Breckinridge, W. J. 1998. Unusual nesting of House Finches. Loon 70: 123. (5800 St. Croix Ave. N, Apt. 511, Minneapolis, MN 55422, USA.)---3 pairs of Carpodacus mexicanus fledged young in a 15 inch circular basket. Nest 2 abutted nest 1 and eggs were laid when brood 1 was about to fledge. Nest 3 was on opposite side of basket and eggs laid when brood 2 was about to fledge.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{B706} Brunton, D. 1999. "Optimal" colony size for Least Terns: An intercolony study of opposing selective pressures. Condor 101: 607--615. (Ecol., Evol., & Biostatistics, Sch. of Biol. Sci., Univ. Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, NZ; EM: d.brunton@auckland.ac.nz)---Breeding success and causes of nesting failure for Sterna antillarum in 11 colonies in Connecticut, USA.---S.N.L. {Nycticorax nycticorax, Larus argentatus, Corvus brachyrhynchos, nesting density, nesting synchrony, predation} {ROL #79}
{B706} Lott, D. F., & S. N. A. Mastrup. 1999. Facultative communal brood rearing in California Quail. Condor 101: 678--681. (Dept. Wildl., Fish, and Conserv. Biol., Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; EM: dflott@ucdavis.edu)---Callipepla californica. {fitness} {ROL #79}
{B708} Blanco, G., P. Yorio, & M. Bertellotti. 1999. Effects of research activity on hatching success in a colony of South American Terns. Waterbirds 22: 148--150. (Dept. Biol. Anim., Univ. Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; EM: bnjps@bioani.alcala.es)---Hatching success and daily nest survival rates in colonies of Sterna hirundinacea did not differ between visited and unvisited nests at Chubut, Argentina.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B708} Cairns, D. K., R. L. Dibblee, & P.-Y. Daoust. 1998. Displacement of a large Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, colony following human disturbance. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 520--522. (Dept. Fish. Oceans, Box 1236, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7M8, Can.; EM: cairnsd@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca) {ROL #79}
{B708} Carney, K. M., & W. J. Sydeman. 1999. A review of human disturbance effects on nesting colonial waterbirds. Waterbirds 22: 68--79. (Point Reyes Bird Obs., 4900 Shoreline Hwy., Stinson Beach, CA 94970, USA; EM: kcarney@pangea.stanford.edu)---Review of 64 publications with guidelines for minimizing disturbance.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B708} DeMauro, M. M. 1993. Colonial nesting bird responses to visitor use at Lake Renwick Heron Rookery, Illinois. Nat. Areas J. 13: 4--9. (For. Preserve Dist. Will Co., 22606 S. Cherry Hill Rd., Joliet, IL 60433, USA.)---Observation stations more than 220 meters from rookery islands provided adequate buffer zone, but birds still agitated by activities unrelated to visitor use. Ardea herodias, Bubulcus ibis, Casmerodius albus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Phalacrocorax auritus.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{B708} Gutzwiller, K. J., & S. H. Anderson. 1999. Spatial extent of human-intrusion effects on subalpine bird distributions. Condor 101: 378--389. (Dept. Biol. & Dept. Environ. Stud., Baylor Univ., Waco, TX 76798, USA; EM: kevin_gutzwiller@baylor.edu)---Abundance of Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli), American robin (Turdus migratorius), and Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) found to be lower within intruded sites.---S.N.L. {C318; bird disturbance, Wyoming} {ROL #79}
{B708} Mallory, M. L., & P. J. Weatherhead. 1993. Observer effects on Common Goldeneye nest defense. Condor 95: 467--469. (Can. Wildl. Serv., 49 Camelot Dr., Nepean, ON K1A 0H3, Can.)---Bucephala clangula defend nests increasingly as incubation proceeds; behavior varies widely among individuals, but similar for all females during the last six days of incubation; effects of observer seem inconclusive.---R.B.C. {B718} {ROL #79}
{B708} Sproat, T. M., & G. Ritchison. 1993. The nest defense behavior of Eastern Screech Owls: effects of nest stage, sex, nest type and predator location. Condor 95: 288--296. (Dept. Range Wildl. Manage., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.)---Male Otus asio defended more vigorously than females as a human approached their nests in Kentucky.---R.B.C. {B718} {ROL #79}
{B708} Thayer, J. A., et al. 1999. Attendance and effects on disturbance on coastal Common Murre colonies at Point Reyes, California. Waterbirds 22: 130--139. (Point Reyes Bird Obs., 4990 Shoreline Hwy., Stinson Beach, CA 94970, USA; EM: jthayer@prbo.org)---Following 1995 shipwreck one Uria aalge colony abandoned, three had reduced productivity; a fifth, farthest from the shipwreck apparently unaffected.---R.B.C. {B908} {ROL #79}
{B710} Arnold, J. M., I. C. T. Nisbet, & J. J. Hatch. 1998. Are Common Terns really indeterminate layers? Responses to experimental egg removal. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 81--86. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA; EM: G1744jarno@umbsky.cc.umb.edu)---Fewer than half of Sterna hirundo females from which first egg was removed, then returned, laid an additional egg; most of the birds deserted the original sites when the first egg was removed and laid at different sites.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B710} Flint, P. L., & J. B. Grand. 1999. Incubation behavior of Spectacled Eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Condor 101: 413--416. (Alaska Biol. Sci. Ctr., U.S. Geol. Survey, 1011 East Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: paul_flint@usgs.gov)---Somateria fischeri. {B904; incubation constancy, nest attentiveness, weight loss} {ROL #79}
{B710} Hatchwell, B. J., et al. 1999. Incubation behavior of Long-tailed Tits: Why do males provision incubating females? Condor 101: 681--686. (Dept. Anim. & Plant Sci., Univ. Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK; EM: b.hatchwell@sheffield.ac.uk)---Aegithalos caudatus. {courtship feeding} {ROL #79}
{B710} Källander, H., & J. Karlsson. 1993. Supplemental food and laying date in the European Starling. Condor 95: 1031--1034. (Dept. Ecol., Lund Univ., Ecol. Bldg., S-223 62 Lund, Sweden.)---Supplemental feeding of mealworms to nest-box nesting Sturnus vulgaris near Lund led to significantly earlier laying, a median date 5 days earlier than controls but clutch size and egg mass were unaffected.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B710} Lee, S. C., R. M. Evans, & S. C. Bugden. 1993. Benign neglect of terminal eggs in Herring Gulls. Condor 95: 507--514. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2NC, Can.; EM: lees@cc.umanitoba.ca)---Failure to incubate third eggs by New Brunswick Larus argentatus after hatching of first two chicks did not reduce hatchability and time to hatching.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B710} Littlefield, C. D. 1995. Egg ground coloration of Sandhill Cranes in Oregon and California. Oregon Birds 21: 8--9. (HCR 4, Box 212, Muleshoe, TX 79347, USA.)---182 clutches of Grus canadensis tabida had olive ground coloration, 769 had buff ground, and 5 clutches had mixed hues; but color varied considerably within types.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B710} MacCluskie, M. C., & J. S. Sedinger. 1999. Incubation behavior of Northern Shovelers in the subarctic: A contrast to the prairies. Condor 101: 417--421. (Inst. Waterfowl & Wetland Res., Ducks Unlimited, P.O. Box 703, Bonner, MT 59823, USA; EM: maggiem@bigsky.net)---Anas clypeata. {incubation constancy, nest attentiveness} {ROL #79}
{B710} Mallory, M. L., & P. J. Weatherhead. 1993. Incubation rhythms and mass loss of Common Goldeneyes. Condor 95: 849--859. (Dept. Biol., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Can.)---Bucephala clangula in Ontario spent 81% of day on nest, with an average of 2.7 recesses totaling 114 min per day and began incubating ca. 20% heavier than lowest body mass reached in incubation. Birds typically off nest more in warmer temperatures and when approaching minimum mass.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B710} Meijer, T., et al. 1999. Temperature and timing of egg-laying of European Starlings. Condor 101: 124--132. (Dept. Ethol., Univ. Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany; EM: theo.meijer@biologie.uni-bielefeld.de)---Sturnus vulgaris. {ROL #79}
{B710} Mitchell, J. S., & R. J. Robertson. 1993. Tree Swallows cannot be classified as determinate or indeterminate layers. Condor 95: 546--553. (Dept. Biol., Queen's Univ., Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Can.)---Tachycineta bicolor near Kingston, Ontario laid more eggs when 3rd and 4th eggs removed but did not lay fewer when eggs added on 2nd and 3rd days of laying; keeping clutch to 0 or 1 eggs led to abandonment with 2nd clutch then much larger than 1st.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B710} Olsen, G. H. 1993. Effect of eggshell thickness on hatchability. Adv. Small Anim. Med. Surg. 6(4): 3--4. (EM: Glenn_Olsen@usgs.gov) {ROL #79}
{B710} Sandercock, B. K. 1993. Free-living Willow Ptarmigan are determinate egg-layers. Condor 95: 554--558. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Can.; EM: bsander@frasher.sfu.ca)---Egg removal from clutches of Lagopus lagopus did not affect clutch-size.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B710} Spaans, B., W. van der Beer, & B. S. Ebbinge. 1999. Cost of incubation in a Greater White-fronted Goose. Waterbirds 22: 151--155. (NIOZ, PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Berg, Texel, The Netherlands; EM: Spaans@nioz.nl)---Nonfeeding Anser albifrons albifrons in the northern Taimyr, Russia, lost 25.4 g per day with estimations of 610 kJ per day at 9E C and 2.1 g body stores per day per EC as cost of thermoregulation.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B710} Watson, M. D., G. J. Robertson, & F. Cooke. 1993. Egg-laying time and laying interval in the Common Eider. Condor 95: 869--878. (Dept. Biol., Queen's Univ., Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Can.)---Estimated mean egg-laying hour of Somateria mollissima in Manitoba was 13: 49 CST. Average laying interval 27.7 ±4.3 hr with interval decreasing with increasing clutch-sizes but last egg of 4--5 egg clutches significantly longer than intervals between other eggs.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B710} Whitford, P. C. 1998. Rapid egg deposition and incubation onset by a Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). Passenger Pigeon 60: 270--271. (Biol. Dept., Capital Univ., 2199 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43209, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B710} Yom-Tov, Y., & A. Ar. 1993. Incubation and fledging durations of woodpeckers. Condor 95: 282--287. (Dept. Zool., Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.)---Study of 39 species revealed shorter incubation and longer fledging periods than in altricial birds of similar body and egg mass, but total period in nest the same. Shorter incubation in woodpeckers may be an adaptation to apparently poor gas exchange around eggs.---R.B.C. {B720} {ROL #79}
{B712} Smith, H. G., & T. von Schantz. 1993. Extra-pair paternity in the European Starling: The effect of polygyny. Condor 95: 1006--1015. (Dept. Ecol., Ecol. Bldg., Lund Univ., S-223 62 Lund, Sweden.)---Multilocus DNA fingerprinting on Sturnus vulgaris nestlings from 22 families in southern Sweden revealed eight extra-pair young with six of these represented by a single bird in the nest.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B712} Temrin, H. 1991. Deceit of mating status in passerine birds: An evaluation of the deception hypothesis. Curr. Ornithol. 8: 247--271. (Div. Ethol., Dept. Zool., Univ. Stockholm, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.)---Considers costs and benefits of male strategy of hiding true mating status from secondary female on fledgling success in Ficedula hypoleuca, Phylloscopus sibilatrix, and Acrocephalus arundinaceus.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{B712} Westneat, D. F., P. W. Sherman, & M. L. Morton. 1990. The ecology and evolution of extra-pair copulations in birds. Curr. Ornithol. 7: 331--369. (Sec. Genetics & Dev., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.)---Factors affecting the costs and benefits of extra-pair copulation---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{B714} Gowaty, P. A. 1991. Facultative manipulation of sex ratios in birds: Rare or rarely observed? Curr. Ornithol. 8: 141--171. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC 29634-1903, USA.)---Evidence for manipulation of sex ratio through differential allocation of resources by individuals; mechanisms, ecological circumstances, application of binomial test, obstacles handicapping research. Evidence from studies of Sialia sialis, Picoides borealis, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Agelaius phoeniceus, Parabuteo unicinctus, and Haliaeetus leucocephalus.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{B714} Gretch, M. 1999. Polygynous mating in Eastern Phoebe. Kingbird 49: 126--128. (PO Box 392, Elizabethtown, NY 12932, USA.)---Sayornis phoebe male mated to two females whose nests were within 67 ft of each other; young from second nest not fed by male until young fledged from first.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B714} Hasselquist, D., & A. Lagnefors. 1998. Variable social mating system in the Sedge Warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus. Ethology 104: 759--769. (Dept. Anim. Ecol., Lund Univ., Ecol. Build., 223 62 Lund, Sweden; EM: dennis.hasselquist@zooekol.lu.se)---59% of 58 territorial males in central Sweden 1990--1992 were monogamous, 14% polygamous, and 27% unpaired. 6.4% of 47 females were sequentially polyandrous. Annual reproductive success slightly higher for polyandrous females than for polygynous males.---R.B.C. {C918} {ROL #79}
{B714} Nero, R. W., & H. W. R. Copland. 1997. Sex and age ratios of Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa), winter 1995/1996. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 587--590. (Wildl. Br., Box 24, 200 Saulteaux Cr., Winnipeg, MB R3J 3W3, Can.)---Large hatch in 1994 and subsequent food shortage in 1995 may have caused 2-yr olds to move in great numbers across the continent.---J.M.S. {C914, C926} {ROL #79}
{B716} Abel, V. J., & G. Ritchison. 1999. Nest and roost site selection by American Woodcock in central Kentucky. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 60: 31--36. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Eastern Kentucky Univ., Richmond, KY 40475, USA; EM (GR): gritchis@acs.eku.edu)---21 of 22 nests and 37 of 49 roosts of Scolopax minor were found in thickets. Nest sites were generally closer to trees and in areas with smaller trees than roost and unused sites and roost sites were usually in areas with taller understory vegetation.---R.B.C. {B308} {ROL #79}
{B716} Amat, J. A., R. M. Fraga, & G. M. Arroyo. 1999. Reuse of nesting scrapes by Kentish Plovers. Condor 101: 157--159. (Estación Biol. de Doñana, C. S. I. C., Apartado 1056, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain; EM: aguilar@cica.es)---Charadrius alexandrinus. {nesting sites, nesting success} {ROL #79}
{B716} Baker, P. E., & H. Baker. 1997. Composition of Käkäwahie Paroreomyza flammea nests. Elepaio 57: 150--151. (44 Springfield Rd., Etwall, Derby DE65 6LA, England, UK.)---Details of 7 nests preserved in the Bishop Museum, Honolulu.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Baltz, A. P., & A. B. Clark. 1999. Does conspecific attraction affect nest choice in Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus: Psittacidae: Aves)? Ethology 105: 583--594. (Philadelphia Zool. Garden, 3400 West Girard Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104-1196, USA; EM: baltz.aliza@phillyzoo.org)---Experienced breeding females less likely to be attracted to apparently occupied boxes than females that had not bred before; females receiving injuries from fights with other females showed an aversion to such boxes.---R.B.C. {B314} {ROL #79}
{B716} Buchanan, J. B., & L. L. Irwin. 1998. Variation in Spotted Owl nest site characteristics within the eastern Cascade Mountains Province in Washington. Northwest. Nat. 79: 33--40. (Washington Dept. Fish Wildl., 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501, USA.)---Strix occidentalis caurina nest sites varied widely among areas studied, but results consistent with earlier determinations of important habitat variables.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Casto, S. D. 1999. Nest sites of Curve-billed Thrashers at a rural dwelling in southern Texas. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 32(1): 44--46. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX 76513, USA.)---Toxostoma curvirostre. {ROL #79}
{B716} Clugston, D. A. 1999. Availability of nest cavity trees for Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) at Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Maine. Northeast. Nat. 6: 133--138. (USGS Patuxent Wildl. Res. Ctr., 5768 South Annex A, Orono, ME 04469, USA.)---Density of nest-cavity trees/plot averaged from 1.0 ± 0.4 (mean ± SE) in wet softwoods to 1.9 ± 0.4 in upland hardwoods.---J.S.G. {ROL #79}
{B716} Coburn, L. A. 1996. Gull-billed Tern nesting on a roof in northwest Florida. Florida Field Nat. 24: 76--77. (Dept. Biol., Univ. W. Florida, Pensacola, FL 32514, USA.)---1st record of Sterna nilotica nesting on roofs; 7 Jun 1995, Parker, Bay Co.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B716} Delaney M. F., & S. B. Linda. 1998. Nesting habitats of Florida Grasshopper Sparrows at Avon Park Air Force Range. Florida Field Nat. 26: 33--39. (Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Comm., 4005 S. Main, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.)---Ammodramus savannarum floridanus in Polk and Highlands counties, Florida select more densely vegetated site than those available.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B716} Depkin, F. C., L. A. Brandt, & F. J. Mazzotti. 1994. Nest sites of Florida Sandhill Cranes in southwestern Florida. Florida Field Nat. 22: 39--47. (Dept. Wildl. Range Sci., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Grus canadensis pratensis. {ROL #79}
{B716} Eaton, S. W. 1998. Swainson's Thrush nests in the Allegany Hills. Kingbird 48: 16--18. (2596 Ten Mile Rd., Allegany, NY 14706, USA.)---All but one nest of Catharus ustulatus was found on the lowest living limb of hemlock, Tsuga canadensis. Nests were several meters out from trunk; heights of nests ranged from 2.3 m to 9.8 m (mean 5.8 m, n=9) at an average distance from the trunk of 3.6 m (n=5); elsewhere in New England the species usually nests in firs or spruces with nests placed close to the trunk.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Frederick, P., & T. Towles. 1995. Roseate Spoonbills (Ajaia ajaja) nesting at an inland location in the Everglades. Florida Field Nat. 23: 65--66. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol. Conserv., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B716} Hendricks, P. 1997. Feral pigeons nesting underground in an abandoned mine. Northwest. Nat. 78: 74--76. (Montana Nat. Her. Progr., 909 Locust St., Missoula, MT 59802, USA.)---Columba livia nest with young in near total darkness 19 Aug 1996 in the Millionaire Mine, Beaverhead County, Montana.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} LaHaye, W. S., & R. J. Gutiérrez. 1999. Nest sites and nesting habitat of the Northern Spotted Owl in Northwestern California. Condor 101: 324--330. (P. O. Box 523, Big Bear City, CA 92314, USA; EM: blahaye@gte.net)---Strix occidentalis caurina. Of 69 nests found, 83% were located in Douglas-firs and 60% were in broken-top trees. Minimum nest tree ages averaged 288 years.---S.N.L. {old-growth conifer forests} {ROL #79}
{B716} Linkhart, B. D., & R. T. Reynolds. 1997. Territories of Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus): Is occupancy a measure of habitat quality? U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 250--254. (Rocky Mtn. For. & Range Exp. Stn., USDA Forest Serv., 240 Prospect St., Ft. Collins, CO 80526-2098, USA.)---Yes. Old growth forest held most consistent numbers of breeding pairs; unmated males found in less optimum habitats.---J.M.S. {C908} {ROL #79}
{B716} Littlefield, C. D. 1994. Atypical Sandhill Crane nests in Oregon. Oregon Birds 20: 54--56. (Malheur Field Stn., HC 72 Box 212, Princeton, OR 97721, USA.)---Unusual habitats and nest-sites employed by Grus canadensis tabida, mostly in Malheur NWR.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Marti, C. D. 1997. Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) breeding in deciduous forests. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 262--266. (Dept. Zool., Weber State Univ., Ogden, UT 84408-2505, USA; cmart@weber.edu)---Using nest boxes, owls nested 34 times in 5 years; provides measures of reproduction and habitat needs.---J.M.S. {C918} {ROL #79}
{B716} Mazur, K. M., P. C. James, & S. D. Frith. 1997. Barred Owl (Strix varia) nest site characteristics in the boreal forest of Saskatchewan, Canada. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 267--271. (Grassland & For. Bird Proj., Box 24, 200 Saulteaux Cres., Winnipeg, MB R3J 3W3, Can.)---Large trees used for nest sites; their availability appears to limit occupancy in habitats.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B716} Middleton, A. L. A., & G. Nancekivell. 1999. Unusual nest of a feral Rock Dove, Columba livia. Can. Field-Nat. 113: 278. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Can.)---Constructed almost entirely of straight and screw nails.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{B716} Morrison, J. L., et al. 1997. First record of Crested Caracara nesting in cypress. Florida Field Nat. 25: 51--53. (MacArthur Agro-Ecol. Res. Ctr., 816 Buck Island Ranch Rd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, USA.)---Caracara plancus nest found 11 February 1996 in Highlands County, FL. Two young successfully fledged.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B716} Mossop, D. H. 1997. The importance of old growth refugia in the Yukon boreal forest to cavity-nesting owls. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 584--586. (Arts & Sci. Div., Yukon Coll., Box 2799, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5K4, Can.)---Aegolius funereus used only 1% of nest boxes erected over a 5-yr period; natural sites seemed to be more abundant than was expected.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B716} Murphy, M. T., C. L. Cummings, & M. S. Palmer. 1997. Comparative analysis of habitat selection, nest site and nest success by Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) and Eastern Kingbirds (Tyrannus tyrannus). Am. Midl. Nat. 138: 344--356. (Dept. Biol., Hartwick Coll., Oneonta, NY 13820, USA.)---Extensive overlap in habitat use and nest sites between two species.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{B716} Ontiveros, D. 1999. Selection of nest cliffs by Bonelli’s Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) in southeastern Spain. J. Raptor Res. 33: 110--116. (Depto. Biol. Anim. & Ecol., Fac. Cienc., Univ. Granada, E-18071, Granada, Spain.) {ROL #79}
{B716} Pampush, G. J., & R. G. Anthony. 1993. Nest success, habitat utilization and nest-site selection of Long-billed Curlews in the Columbia Basin, Oregon. Condor 95: 957--967. (Oregon Trout Inc., 5331 S.W. Macadam, Suite 228, Portland, OR 97201, USA.)---Numenius americanus nest success 0.69 (n=40) in 1978 and 0.65 (n=61) in 1979 with lower nest predation in annual grass habitats with low vertical profile, and low vertical density preferred over areas with tall dense shrubs or weedy annual variation; overall, vegetation at nest sites more complex above 5 cm than surrounding areas.---R.B.C. {C918} {ROL #79}
{B716} Post, W., & C. A. Seals. 1993. Nesting associations of Least Bitterns and Boat-tailed Grackles. Condor 95: 139--144. (Charleston Mus., Charleston, SC 29403, USA; EM: grackle@aol.com)---Ixobrychus exilis and Quiscalus major in South Carolina cattail marsh.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Postupalsky, S., J. M. Papp, & L. Scheller. 1997. Nest sites and reproductive success of Barred Owls (Strix varia) in Michigan. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 325--337. (1817 Simpson, Apt. 201, Madison, WI 53713, USA.)---Large trees and snags are critically important to owls.---J.M.S. {C918} {ROL #79}
{B716} Raftovich, R. V., Jr. 1996. Unusually high Field Sparrow nest found. Oriole 61(2/3): 53--54. (Warnell Sch. For. Resour., Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.)---Spizella pusilla flushed from nest 3.5 m up in flowering dogwood, Cornus florida.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Ramos, J. A. 1998. Nest-site selection by Roseate Terns breeding on Aride Island, Seychelles. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 438--443. (Inst. Politec. de Braganca, Esc. Superior Agrária, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5301-854 Braganca, Portugal; EM: jramos@ipb.pt)---Sterna dougallii select sites nearer tall vertical objects and with overhanging material than at random points, with nest-density positively correlated with rock cover and sites in small colonies varying more widely than in the main colony.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Royall, C. 1997. Some eye-catching nest sites. Bluebird 64(4): 29--30. (No address given.)---Turdus migratorius nest in lamp at top of post; Cardinalis cardinalis in hanging wire basket; Icterus galbula nests in vines hanging from wires leading to a utility pole and in grapevines far out on limb of dead elm tree.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Sondreal, M. L., & R. K. Murphy. 1998. Low Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii, nest in dense shrub. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 339--340. (RKM: Des Lacs NWR, 8315 Hwy. 8, Kenmare, ND 58746, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B716} Sprandel, G. L., H. L. Bolte, & D. T. Cobb. 1998. Gull-billed Tern fledged on a roof in northwest Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 94--96. (Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Comm., Rte. 7, Box 3055, Quincy, FL 32351, USA.)---First report of successful Sterna nilotica nesting on roofs in Florida, in Bay County.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B716} Stepnisky, D. P. 1997. Landscape features and characteristics of Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) nests in fragmented landscapes in central Alberta. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 601--607. (18516-84 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5T 1G5, Can.)---Amount of forested edge adjacent to the edge is equally important for the nesting of this species. All 17 nests found were in Populus spp.---J.M.S. {C908} {ROL #79}
{B716} Synatzske, D. R., D. C. Ruthven, III, & L. W. Brothers. 1999. Use of deer-proof fence posts by cavity nesting birds in South Texas. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 32(1): 38--41. (Chaparral Wildl. Manage. Area, P. O. Box 115, Artesia Wells, TX 78001, USA.)---45% of 657 creosote-treated wooden fence posts had nest cavities, with 22% of the cavities being active during 1990. Melanerpes aurifrons, Picoides scalaris, Myiarchus spp., and Thryomanes bewickii were the primary users of the posts for nesting.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{B716} Toland, B. 1991. An unusual nest site of the Florida Sandhill Crane in southeastern Florida. Florida Field Nat. 19: 10--12. (Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Comm., 110 43rd Ave. SW, Vero Beach, FL 32962, USA.)---Grus canadensis pratensis nested on golf course fairway.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B716} Tordoff, H. B., M. S. Martell, & P. T. Redig. 1998. Effect of fledge site on choice of nest site by midwestern Peregrine Falcons. Loon 70: 127--129. (Dept. Ecol., Evol., & Behav., 1987 Upper Buford Circle, Univ. Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.)---Falco peregrinus strongly tends to use same substrate.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{B716} Vroman, D. P. 1994. Where do chickadees get fur for their nests? Oregon Birds 20: 122. (1465 NE 7th St., Grants Pass, OR 97526, USA.)---Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Poecile rufescens take fur from old fox or coyote droppings in Oregon.)---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Wilhelm, G. 1994. Scenario of the Upland Sandpiper in Pennsylvania. PA Birds 8: 204--205. (513 Kelly Blvd., Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA.)---Breeding habitat characteristics for Bartramia longicauda.---P.D.H. {C908} {ROL #79}
{B716} With, K. A., & D. R. Webb. 1993. Microclimate of ground nests: The relative importance of radiative cover and wind breaks for three grassland species. Condor 95: 401--413. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Bowling Green Univ., Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA; EM: kwith@bgnet.bgsu.edu)---Nests of Calcarius mccownii and Eremophila alpestris in the open in north-central Colorado more sheltered from wind than those of Calamospiza melanocorys; overhanging vegetation associated with nests of the latter presumably function to produce cooler conditions at nest.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B716} Witt, J. W. 1998. Notes on activity and characteristics of an inland Marbled Murrelet nest site in Douglas County, Oregon. Northwest. Nat. 79: 27--32. (USDI Bur. Land Manage., 777 NW Garden Valley Blvd., Roseburg, OR 97470, USA.)---Brachyramphus marmoratus nest 47.9 m high in 80.5 m old-growth Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 34 km NW Roseburg, the furthest inland the species has been found nesting in state; summarizes other known Oregon nest sites.---R.B.C. {C318} {ROL #79}
{B716} Yahner, R. H. 1993. Old nests as cues for nest-site selection by birds: An experimental test in small even-aged forest plots. Condor 95: 239--241. (Sch. For. Resour., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA 16802, USA.; EM: rhy@psu.edu)---Number of nests established by breeding birds in even-age plots not affected by the relative density of old nests.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B718} Berlin, K. E., & A. B. Clark. 1998. Embryonic calls as care-soliciting signals in Budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus. Ethology 104: 531--544. (ABC: Dept. Biol. Sci., Binghamton Univ., Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA; EM: aclark@binghamton.edu)---Young call from 24--48 hours before hatching with more calling as egg temperature increases and hatching time approaches; increased calling apparently increases parental care.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B718} Conrad, K. F., & R. J. Robertson. 1993. Patterns of parental provisioning by Eastern Phoebes. Condor 95: 57--62. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK; EM: k.f.conrad@durham.ac.uk)---Sayornis phoebe females in Ontario fed young more than males with feeding rates increasing to day 11 and slightly declining thereafter with per nestling feeding rates not dependent on brood size.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B718} Delaney, D. K., T. G. Grubb, & P. Beier. 1999. Activity patterns of nesting Mexican Spotted Owls. Condor 101: 42--49. (P.O. Box 6873, Champaign, IL 61826-6873, USA; EM: d-delaney@cecer.army.mil)---Behavioral information gathered from 2,665 hr of video surveillance on 19 pairs of nesting Strix occidentalis lucida.---S.N.L. {nest attentiveness, nesting behavior, prey delivery rates} {ROL #79}
{B718} Hipes, D. L., & G. R. Hepp. 1993. Effect of mate removal on nest success of female Wood Ducks. Condor 95: 220--222. (Nat. Areas Inventory, 1018 Thomasville Rd., Suite 200-C, Tallahassee, FL 32303, USA.)---Hatching success and nest success of widowed and paired Aix sponsa not different in southwestern Georgia.---R.B.C. {C918} {ROL #79}
{B718} Obst, B. S., & K. A. Nagy. 1993. Stomach oil and the energy budget of Wilson's Storm-Petrel nestlings. Condor 95: 792--805. (Dept. Biol., Univ. California, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1606, USA.)---Oceanites oceanicus in Antarctica feeds high energy density meals to young relatively frequently (1.1 feeds per chick per day).---R.B.C. {D302} {ROL #79}
{B718} Rohde, P. A., A. Johnsen, & J. T. Lifjeld. 1999. Parental care and sexual selection in the Bluethroat, Luscinia s. svecica: A field-experimental test of the differential allocation hypothesis. Ethology 105: 651--663. (FB03 Psychol., Univ. Kassel, D-34109 Kassel, Germany; EM: percy.rhode@t-online.de)---Experimentally altered plumage in males had no effect on clutch-size, feeding rates, and brood mass thus not supporting the hypothesis that mates adjust their parental effort to the attractiveness of their partner.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B718} Sheffield, S. R. 1998. Nest defense and prolonged incubation in the Rio Grande Wild Turkey. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 31: 25--28. (Dept. Environ. Toxicol., Inst. Wildl. Environ. Toxicol., Clemson Univ., PO Box 709, One TIWET Dr., Pendleton, SC 29670, USA.)---Female Meleagris gallopavo intermedia attacked black rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta, near Stillwater, Oklahoma, 14 Jun 1993; nest with 1 egg, 2 m away, incubated 108 days until 29 Sep.---R.B.C. {B710} {ROL #79}
{B718} Whitford, P. C. 1998. American Robin (Turdus migratorius) nestlings fed a diet of dragonflies. Passenger Pigeon 60: 269--270. (Biol. Dept., Capital Univ., 2199 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43209, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B720} Burns, K. J. 1993. Geographic variation in ontogeny of the Fox Sparrow. Condor 95: 652--661. (Dept. Ornithol., Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024, USA; EM: kburns@amnh.org)---Differences between two populations of Passerella iliaca morphologically distinct as adults.---R.B.C. {D108} {ROL #79}
{B720} Dykstra, C. R., & W. H. Karasov. 1993. Daily energy expenditure by nestling House Wrens. Condor 95: 1028--1030. (7715 Mitchell Park Dr., Cleves, OH 45001-9654, USA.)---Mean field metabolic rate of 11--14 day-old Troglodytes aedon chicks in Wisconsin was 28.0 ±1.6 kJ per bird per day; adult must collect an estimated 9.7 g dry mass of insects per day to maintain itself and its nestlings.---R.B.C. {E118} {ROL #79}
{B720} Erwin, M. R., et al. 1999. Aspects of chick growth in Gull-billed Terns in coastal Virginia. Waterbirds 22: 54--59. (USGS Patuxent Wildl. Res. Cent., Dept. Environ. Sci., Clark Hall, Univ. Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA; EM: rme5g@virginia.edu)---Sterna nilotica from marsh shellpiles with higher mass and culmen growth rates than those from barrier islands; first-hatched chicks had higher culmen-growth rates than second hatched chicks; only significant effects of year (1994--1996) were in mass growth rates.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B720} Hippner, J. M., & A. J. Gaston. 1999. The relationship between egg size and posthatching development in the Thick-billed Murre. Ecology 80: 1289--1297. (Biopsychol. Progr., Memorial Univ. Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X9, Can.; EM: d66jmh@morgan.ucs.mun.ca)---Uria lomvia egg size had little effect on chick mass increase but rate of wing growth increased with increasing size of eggs; chicks with faster growth rates depart colony sooner.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B720} Overskaug, K., et al. 1999. Fledgling behavior and survival
in Northern Tawny Owls. Condor 101: 169--174. (Norwegian Inst. Nat.
Res., tungasletta 2, N-7005 Trondheim, Norway; EM: kristian.overskaug@ninatrd.ninaniku.no)---Strix
aluco. {area and habitat use, mortality, Vulpes vulpes, Martes
martes} {ROL #79}
{B902} Brock, M. K., & B. N. White. 1993. The Puerto Rican Parrot:
Genetic assessment of the captive breeding program. AFA Watchbird 20(6):
58--63. (No address available.)---Amazona vittata. {D504} {ROL #79}
{B902} Brock, M. K. 1991. Semen collection and artificial insemination in the Hispaniolan parrot (Amazona ventralis). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 22: 107--114. (No address available.) {E512} {ROL #79}
{B902} Carpenter, J. W., M. N. Novilla, & J. S. Hatfield. 1992. The safety and physiologic effects of the anticoccidial drugs monensin and clazuril in Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 23: 214--221. (JSH: EM: Jeff_Hatfield@usgs.gov)---Crane chick mortality from disseminated visceral coccidiosis (DVC) at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center increased in 1988, suggesting that the parasite may be developing a resistance to amprolium. Therefore, a target animal safety study using coccidiostats, monensin and clazuril, was conducted on 27 subadult cranes.---USGS {C102, C104; Toxicity, Parasites, Treatment, Drugs, Testing, Pathology, Parasitic Diseases, Incidence of Disease, Food Consumption} {ROL #79}
{B902} Carpenter, J. W., N. J. Thomas, & S. Reeves. 1991. Capture myopathy in an endangered Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pulla). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 22: 488--493. (EM: Nancy_Thomas@usgs.gov)---Mississippi Sandhill Crane. {C106} {ROL #79}
{B902} Gee, G. F., J. Hatfield, & P. J. Howey. 1995. Remote monitoring of parental incubation conditions in the Greater Sandhill Crane. Zoo Biol. 14: 159--172. (EM: George_Gee@usgs.gov)---Grus canadensis tabida. {E524; eggs} {ROL #79}
{B902} Martin, K., & C. A. Wright. 1993. Estradiol cypionate (ECP) markedly improves survival of Willow Ptarmigan in captivity. Condor 95: 211--217. (Dept. For. Sci., Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Can.; EM: kmartin@unixg.ubc.ca)---Captive Lagopus lagopus without injections of ECP all (4) died, but only 14 (16%) of those injected died. Injection route and amount of ECP given affected survival.---R.B.C. {E504} {ROL #79}
{B902} McKeever, K. 1997. Remaining choices. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 6--10. (The Owl Found., 4117 21st St., R.R. 1, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Can.)---Provides summary of the rehabilitation, captive care and breeding, and release to the wild for some 3,600 injured owls representing more than 13 species.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B902} Nelson, J. T., C. R. Small, & D. H. Ellis. 1995. Quantitative assessment of pair formation behavior in captive Whooping Cranes (Grus americana). Zoo Biol. 14: 107--114. (EM: David_H_Ellis@usgs.gov) {captive breeding, pair compatibility} {E504} {ROL #79}
{B902} Nelson, J. T., G. F. Gee, & R. D. Slack. 1997. Food consumption and retention time in captive Whooping Cranes (Grus americana). Zoo Biol. 16: 519--531. (EM: George_Gee@usgs.gov) {ROL #79}
{B902} Olsen, G. H. 1991. Problems and diseases associated with incubation and hatching. Proc. Annu. Conf. MidAtlantic States Assoc. Avian Vet. 12: 178--189. (EM: Glenn_Olsen@usgs.gov) {E504} {ROL #79}
{B902} Olsen, G. H. 1994. Orthopedics in cranes: pediatrics and adults. Sem. Avian & Exotic Pet Med. 3: 73--80. (EM: Glenn_Olsen@usgs.gov) {diet, prosthetics, fractures} {ROL #79}
{B904} Baltz, M. E. 1997. Is the Bahama Yellowthroat a threatened species? Bahamas J. Sci. 4(3): 2--5. (Div. Biol. Sci., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.)---Geothlypis rostrata. {ROL #79}
{B904} Darby, P. C., P. V. Darby, & R. E. Bennetts. 1996. Spatial relationships of foraging and roosting sites used by Snail Kites at Lake Kissimmee and Water Conservation Area 3A, Florida. Florida Field Nat. 24: 1--9. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol. Conserv., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---20% of Rostrhamus sociabilis individuals followed from foraging sites roosted alone rather than in communal roosts. Communal roost counts may underestimate population size.---R.Bow. {C914, B308} {ROL #79}
{B904} De Smet, K. D. 1997. Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) monitoring and management activities in Manitoba, 1987--1996. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 123--130. (Wildl. Br., Manitoba Nat. Resour., Box 520, Melita, MB R0M 1L0, Can.)---Population of Athene cunicularia declined from 34 known pairs to 1 during study period.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B904} Gross, D. A. 1995. Pennsylvania's breeding birds of special concern: the current list and petition. PA Birds 9: 6--10. (Susquehanna SES Environ. Lab., RR 1, Box 1795, Berwick, PA 18603, USA.)---Updated list of 1 extinct, 6 extirpated, 7 endangered, 8 threatened, 4 candidate-at-risk, 8 candidate-rare, and 13 candidate-undetermined species.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{B904} Holroyd, G. L., & T. I. Wellicome. 1997. Workshop: Report on the Western Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) conservation workshop. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 612--615. (Can. Wildl. Serv., Environ. Can., Rm. 200, 4999-98 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6B 2X3, Can.; EM: geoffrey.holroyd@ec.gc.ca)---Status, future conservation, and needed studies discussed for Athene cunicularia hypugaea on a continental basis.---J.M.S. {B912} {ROL #79}
{B904} Kentucky State Preserves Comm. 1996. Rare and extirpated plants and animals of Kentucky. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 57: 69--91. (801 Schenkel Ln., Frankfort, KY 40601, USA.)---48 species of birds listed of which 16 are considered endangered, 10 threatened.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B904} Kentucky State Preserves Comm. 1997. Rare and extirpated plants and animals of Kentucky: 1997 update. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 58: 96--99. (801 Schenkel Ln., Frankfort, KY 40601, USA.)---Aquila chrysaetos removed from list.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B904} Lee, D. S., M. Walsh-McGehee, & J. C. Haney. 1997. A history, biology, and re-evaluation of the Kirtland's Warbler habitat in the Bahamas. Bahamas J. Sci. 4(2): 19--29. (N. Carolina State Mus. Nat. Sci., PO Box 29555, Raleigh, NC 27626, USA.)---Dendroica kirtlandii. {ROL #79}
{B904} Marshall, J. T., & R. B. Clapp. 1999. The Black-capped Vireo in Mexico and Ft. Hood [Texas]. Pp. 23--39 in J. T. Marshall, Ornithological tracts on taxonomy and distribution. 91 pp. Priv. publ., Springfield, VA. (PO Box 30890, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA; EM: jtmvz@juno.com)---Results of field work 1983--1985 on Vireo atricapillus and Vireo (atricapillus) nelsoni; maps localities where sighted.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B904} Marshall, J. T. 1999. Spotted Owl sightings in Arizona and Mexico. Pp. 77--86 in J. T. Marshall, Ornithological tracts on taxonomy and distribution. 91 pp. Priv. publ., Springfield, VA. (PO Box 30890, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA; EM: jtmvz@juno.com)---Detailed listing 1949--1983 of Strix occidentalis records 1949--1983 including negative reports; in Mexico, found in Sonora, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B904} Martínez-Morales, M. A. 1999. Conservation status and habitat preferences of the Cozumel Curassow. Condor 101: 14--20. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Cambridge, Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK; EM: mam26@hermes.cam.ac.uk)---Crax rubra griscomi, with a critically endangered population of about 300 birds, prefers tropical semi-deciduous forest with old stands and freshwater sources.---S.N.L. {density, hunting, Yucatán Peninsula} {ROL #79}
{B904} Milling, T. C., et al. 1997. Population densities of Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) in degraded boreal forests of the southern Appalachians. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 272--285. (Dept. Biol., Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC 28608, USA.)---Population beset with air pollution, exotic insect pest, and loss of habitat, but appears to be stable at this time ca. 500 pairs.---J.M.S. {C914} {ROL #79}
{B904} Reilly, S. E. 1998. Saving the Po'o-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma), the world's rarest bird. ‘Elepaio 58: 17--18. (No address given.)---Population has dropped from 141 to 3 over 25 years; overview of conservation measures not likely to be sufficient.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B904} Sheffield, S. R. 1997. Current status, distribution, and conservation of the Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) in midwestern and western North America. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 399--407. (Inst. Wildl. Environ. Toxicol., Dept. Environ. Toxicol., Clemson Univ., Pendleton, SC 29670, USA.)---Athene cunicularia continues to decline over most of its range.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B904} Spennemann, D. H. R. 1999. Exploitation of bird plumages in the German Mariana Islands. Micronesica 31: 309--318. (Johnstone Cent., Charles Stuart Univ., PO Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia; EM: dspennemann@csu.edu.au)---These seabird populations hunted almost to extinction, Phaethon sp., Sula leucogaster, Fregata sp., and Gygis alba being considered the most desirable species.---R.B.C. {B510} {ROL #79}
{B904} Thrailkill, J. A., R. G. Anthony, & E. C. Meslow. 1997. An update of demographic estimates for Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) from Oregon's central Coast Ranges. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 432--448. (Oregon Coop. Wildl. Res. Unit, 104 Nash Hall, Dept. Fish. Wildl., Oregon State Univ., Corvalis, OR 97331, USA.)---Extensive banding over 6 years indicates that population continues to decline.---J.M.S. {C912, C914, C920} {ROL #79}
{B906} Enriquez, P. L., & H. Mikkola. 1997. Comparative study of general public owl knowledge in Costa Rica, Central America and Malawi, Africa. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 160--166. (Colegio Frontera Sur, Apdo. 63, 29290 San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.)---Strong negative superstitions contribute to unnecessary killing by public in Africa, but many owls are also killed in Costa Rica.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B906} Foster, M. S. 1992. The international component of managing biological diversity. Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 57: 321--329. (EM: foster.mercedes@nmnh.si.edu) {ROL #79}
{B906} Kuleshova, L. V. 1994. Ornithological research in reserves of the former Soviet Union. Nat. Areas J. 14: 12--16. (Dale Taylor, Natl. Pk. Serv., Div. Nat. Resour., 2525 Gambell St., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA.)---Describes reserves, current research and management activities, and opportunities for collaborative research.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{B906} Millsap, B., et al. 1998. Review of the proposal to de-list the American Peregrine Falcon. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26: 522--538. (Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Comm., 620 S. Meridian St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600, USA.)---Authors agree with de-listing Falco peregrinus anatum for all regions except the Eastern Recovery Region.---W.P.J. {B912} {ROL #79}
{B906} Phillips, M. L., K. J. Boyle, & A. G. Clark. 1998. A comparison of opinions of wildlife managers and the public on endangered species management. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26: 605--613. (Kleinschmidt Assoc., P.O. Box 376, Pittsfield, ME 04967, USA.)---Falco peregrinus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Sterna dougallii. {ROL #79}
{B906} Trauger, D. L., & R. J. Hall. 1992. The challenge of biological diversity: Professional responsibilities, capabilities and realities. Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 57: 20--36. (No address available.) {biodiversity} {ROL #79}
{B906} Wilson, M. J. 1997. Workshop: "Mission Possible: Owls in education." U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 620--632. (P.O. Box 220, Dunstable, MA 01827-0220, USA.)---Discussion on how owls can be used to educate the public.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B908} Aleixo, A. 1999. Effects of selective logging on a bird community in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Condor 101: 537--548. (Mus. Nat. Sci. & Dept. Biol. Sci., Louisiana State Univ., 119 Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3216, USA; EM: aaleixo@lsu.edu) {point counts, species diversity} {ROL #79}
{B908} Askins, R. A. 1993. Population trends in grassland, shrubland, and forest birds in eastern North America. Curr. Ornithol. 11: 1--34. (Dept. Zool., Connecticut Coll., New London, CT 06320, USA.)---Examines the evidence for population declines in three ecological groups and discusses habitat fragmentation, colonization ability, winter habitat and related issues.
---S.N.L. {C914} {ROL #79}
{B908} Askins, R. A., J. F. Lynch, & R. Greenberg. 1990. Population declines in migratory birds in eastern North America. Curr. Ornithol. 7: 1--57. (Dept. Zool., Connecticut Coll., New London, CT 06320, USA.)---Patterns of population changes, effects of habitat loss and fragmentation, and implications for conservation.---S.N.L. {C914} {ROL #79}
{B908} Blanco, G., & R. Roddriguez-Estrella. 1998. Human activity may benefit White-faced Ibises overwintering in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 274--276. (Dept. Biol. Anim., Univ. Alacalá de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain; EM: bnjps@bioani.alcala.es)---Flocks of 50--500 Plegadis chihi feeding on coprophilic beetles at a poultry farm.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B908} Borges, S. H., & P. C. Stouffer. 1999. Bird communities in two types of anthropogenic successional vegetation in central Amazonia. Condor 101: 529--536. (Fundação Vitória Amazônica, casa 07, Quadra Q, Manaus, AM, Brazil, 69080-510; EM: sergio@fva.org.br) {ant-following birds, Cecropia, human disturbance, secondary forest birds, tropical birds, Vismia} {ROL #79}
{B908} Boulinier, T., et al. 1998. Higher temporal variability of forest breeding bird communities in fragmented landscapes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 7497--7501. (JD Nichols: USGS/BRD, Patuxent Wildlife Res. Ctr., 11510 Am. Holly Dr., Laurel, MD 20708, USA; EM: Jim_Nichols@usgs.gov)---Forest fragmentation is associated with a reduced number of forest bird species and increased temporal variability in the number of species. This higher temporal variability is associated with higher local extinction and turnover rates. These results have major conservation implications. This approach provides a practical tool for the study of the dynamics of biodiversity.---USGS {E506} {ROL #79}
{B908} Camp, R. J., & R. L. Knight. 1998. Rock climbing and cliff bird communities at Joshua Tree National Park, California. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26: 892--898. (Dept. Fish. Wildl. Biol., Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.)---Numbers of bird taxa differed between climbed and unclimbed cliffs; birds were observed flying more at climbed cliffs and perched more at unclimbed cliffs. Invasive species (Sturnus vulgaris, Molothrus ater) were seen only at climbed cliffs.---W.P.J. {B708} {ROL #79}
{B908} Copley, D., D. Fraser, & J. C. Finlay. 1999. Purple Martins, Progne subis, a British Columbia success story. Can. Field-Nat. 113: 226--229. (JCF: 270 Trevlac Pl., RR3, Victoria, BC V8X 5N9, Can.)
{B908} Drolet, B., A. Desrochers, & M.-J. Fortin. 1999. Effects of landscape structure on nesting songbird distribution in a harvested boreal forest. Condor 101: 699--704. (Ctr. rech. biol. for., Fac. For. & Géomatique, Univ. Laval, Sainte-Foy, PQ G1K 7P4, Can.; EM: bruno.drolet@sbf.ulaval.ca)---Study includes 14 species. Dendroica castanea absent from landscapes with <55% forest cover. Vireo solitarius also associated with high forest cover while Turdus migratorius associated with poorly-forested landscapes.---S.N.L. {forest management, fragmentation}
{B908} Ellis, D. H., C. H. Ellis, & D. P. Mindell. 1991. Raptor responses to low-level jet aircraft and sonic booms. Environ. Pollut. 74: 53--83. (EM: David_H_Ellis@usgs.gov) {noise, raptors} {C902} {ROL #79}
{B908} Kingsford, R. T., & W. Johnson. 1998. Impact of water diversions on colonially nesting waterbirds in the Macquarie Marshes of arid Australia. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 159--170. (Natl. Parks Wildl. Serv. (NSW), PO Box 1967, Hurstville, NSW 2220, Australia; EM: richard.kingsford@npws.nsw.gov.au)---Numbers decline.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B908} Knight, R. L., R. J. Camp, & H. A. L. Knight. 1998. Ravens, cowbirds, and starlings at springs and stock tanks, Mojave National Preserve, California. Great Basin Nat. 58: 393--395. (Dept. Fish. Wildl. Biol., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.)---Corvus corax and Sturnus vulgaris found only at stock tanks, Molothrus ater usually at stock tanks, seen only once at springs.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B908} Maccarone, A. D., & J. N. Brzorad. 1998. The use of foraging habitats by wading birds seven years after the occurrence of major oil spills. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 367--374. (Biol. Dept., Friends Univ., Wichita, KS 67213, USA; EM: alanm@friends.edu)---Some herons have returned to the Arthur Kill estuary between New York and New Jersey, but effects of oil spill may remain.---R.B.C. {C902} {ROL #79}
{B908} Marich, A., Jr. 1993. Impacts of water level fluctuation for fishery management on waterfowl usage and brood production. PA Birds 7: 7. (1 Rock Cabin Rd., Markleton, PA 15501, USA.)---Drawdowns at a lake in Somerset Co., PA, caused extirpation of Common Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus) and impaired breeding productivity of Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) and Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos).---P.D.H. {C918} {ROL #79}
{B908} McNair, D. B. 1998. Henslow’s Sparrow and Sedge Wren response to a dormant-season prescribed burn in a pine savanna. Florida Field Nat. 26: 46--47. (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312, USA.)---Ammodramus henslowii and Cistothorus platensis sought refuge from fire in unburned wet longleaf pine forest, resulting in an unusual concentration of birds in this type of habitat.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{B908} O'Connell, A. F., Jr., F. A. Servello, & S. D. Whitcomb. 1995. Spruce Grouse on Mount Desert Island: fragmented habitat complicates species management. Park Sci. 15: 10--11. (No address available.) {B508} {ROL #79}
{B908} Olsen, G. H. 1992. Introduced avian disease and its effects on the Hawaiian ecosystem. Proc. Assoc. Avian Vet. 1992: 279--282. (EM: Glenn_Olsen@usgs.gov) {C102; Hawaii} {ROL #79}
{B908} Perkins, J. P., et al. 1997. Landscape patterns around Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) nest sites in Oregon's central Coast Ranges. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 314. (Oregon Coop. Wildl. Res. Unit, 104 Nash Hall, Dept. Fish. Wildl., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.)---Amount of habitat appears to be more important than pattern of habitat mosaic.---J.M.S. {B716} {ROL #79}
{B908} Simeone, A., & R. P. Schlatter. 1998. Threats to a mixed species colony of Spheniscus penguins in southern Chile. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 418--421. (Inst. Zool., Univ. Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile; EM: csimeone@entelchile.net)---Tourists and domestic goats have caused substantial damage to burrows in only known mixed colony of Spheniscus humboldti and Spheniscus magellanicus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B908} Thaxton, J. E., & T. M. Hingten. 1996. Effects of suburbanization and habitat fragmentation on Florida Scrub-Jay dispersal. Florida Field Nat. 24: 25--37. (Uplands, Inc., P.O. Box 805, Osprey, FL 34229, USA.)---Aphelocoma coerulescens from suburbs disperse farther than birds from undisturbed habitat. Dispersal between habitats was one-way; no birds dispersed from undisturbed habitats to the suburbs.---R.Bow. {C920} {ROL #79}
{B908} Thompson, I. D., H. A. Hogan, & W. A. Montevecchi. 1999. Avian communities of mature balsam fir forests in Newfoundland: Age-dependence and implications for timber harvesting. Condor 101: 311--323. (Can. For. Serv., 1219 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5M7, Can.; EM: ian.thompson@nrcan.gc.ca)---Of 3 mature age-classes of forests, 40--59 year-old stands had the greatest species richness. Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) and Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) were most abundant in old forests. Cone seed-eaters were more common in second-growth forests.---S.N.L. {B910, C922; bird community, forest management} {ROL #79}
{B908} Warnock, R. G., & P. C. James. 1997. Habitat fragmentation and Burrowing Owls (Speotyto cunicularia) in Saskatchewan. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 477--486. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Saskatchewan, 112 Science Pl., Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Can.)---For Athene cunicularia, habitat continuity and patch dimensions are more important than isolation with core of population.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B908} Whitfield, M. B., & M. Gaffney. 1997. Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) breeding habitat use within altered forest landscapes. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 498--505. (North. Rockies Conserv. Coop., P.O. Box 241, Tetonia, ID 83422, USA.)---Owls tolerated clear-cutting of 17--26% only.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B908} Whitman, A. A., J. M. Hagan III, & N. V. L. Brokaw. 1998. Effects of selection logging on birds in Northern Belize. Biotropica 30: 449--457. (Manomet Ctr. Conserv. Sci., Div. Conserv. For., P.O. Box 1770, Manomet, MA 02345, USA.)---Numbers of total birds were similar between logging gaps and the logged forest matrix, and between the logged forest matrix and unlogged forest.---G.Rom. {ROL #79}
{B910} Anderson, J. T., & L. M. Smith. 1998. Protein and energy production in playas: implications for migratory bird management. Wetlands 18: 1437--446. (Dept. Range, Wildl., & Fish. Manage., Texas Tech Univ., Mail Stop 2125, Lubbock, TX 79409-2125, USA.) {D906} {ROL #79}
{B910} Day, J. H., & M. A. Colwell. 1998. Waterbird communities in rice fields subjected to different post-harvest treatments. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 185--197. (USGS, West. Ecol. Res. Cent., Dixon Field Stn., 6924 Tremont Rd., Dixon, CA 95620, USA; MA Colwell EM: mac3@axe.humboldt.edu)---Species richness in the Sacramento Valley, California was greater in conventionally harvested, flooded fields but was unaffected by method of straw disposal.---R.B.C. {C922} {ROL #79}
{B910} Dick, T. M. 1993. Restored wetlands as management tools for wetland-dependent birds. PA Birds 7: 4--6. (No address given.)---An 80-acre farmland in Bedford Co., PA, was restored to its pre-agricultural state of an emergent marshland and quickly attracted large numbers of waterfowl, shorebirds, and marsh dwellers.---P.D.H. {B716, C922} {ROL #79}
{B910} Erwin, R. M. 1996. Dependence of waterbirds and shorebirds on shallow-water habitats in the Mid-Atlantic coastal region: An ecological profile and management recommendations. Estuaries 19: 213--219. (EM: rme5g@virginia.edu) {ROL #79}
{B910} Erwin, R. M., et al. 1993. Resource protection for waterbirds in Chesapeake Bay. Environ. Manage. 17: 613--619. (EM: rme5g@virginia.edu) {Chesapeake Bay, habitat requirements} {ROL #79}
{B910} Herkert, J. R. 1994. Breeding bird communities of midwestern prairie fragments: The effects of prescribed burning and habitat-area. Nat. Areas J. 14: 128--135. (Dept. Ecol. Ethol. Evol., Univ. Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL 61820 USA.)---Ammodramus henslowii avoided recent spring-season burns, whereas Dolichonyx oryzivorus and Ammodramus savannarum increased. Agelaius phoeniceus, Sturnella magna, Geothlypis trichas, Spizella pusilla, Melospiza melodia.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{B910} Kannan, R., & D. A. James. 1999. Fruiting phenology and the conservation of the Great Pied Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) in the western Ghats of Southern India. Biotropica 31: 167--177. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.)---Importance of forest integrity for maintenance of compositions and densities of lipid-rich fruit tree species utilized by the bird.---G.Rom. {ROL #79}
{B910} Reynolds, M. C., & P. R. Krausman. 1998. Effects of winter burning on birds in mesquite grassland. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26: 867--876. (Dept. Fish. Wildl. Sci., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA 24061-0321, USA.)---Wintering bird abundance increased in burned areas and decreased in unburned areas; however, the relative abundance of Ammodramus savannarum, Ammodramus leconteii, and Cistothorus platensis increased in unburned areas. Wintering Zenaida macroura, Melospiza lincolnii, and Passerculus sandwichensis were more common in burned sites. Prescribed winter burns did not affect the abundance of breeding birds the following spring, although Zenaida macroura and Quiscalus mexicanus increased in burned areas and Dendrocygna autumnalis decreased in burned areas.---W.P.J. {B908} {ROL #79}
{B910} Shriver, W. G., P. D. Vickery, & S. A. Hedges. 1996. Effects of summer burns on Florida Grasshopper Sparrows. Florida Field Nat. 24: 68--73. (Dept. For. Wildl. Manage., Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.)---Summer burns may be beneficial to Ammodramus savannarum floridanus.---R.Bow. {B908} {ROL #79}
{B910} Sureda, M., & M. L. Morrison. 1998. Habitat use by small mammals in southeastern Utah, with reference to Mexican Spotted Owl management. Great Basin Nat. 58: 76--81. (20290 Jamestown Rd., #12, Sonora, CA 95470, USA.)---Pinyon-juniper habitat in canyons important to Strix occidentalis lucida.---R.B.C. {C908} {ROL #79}
{B910} Syphax, S. W., & R. S. Hammerschlag. 1995. The reconstruction of Kenilworth Marsh, the last tidal marsh in Washington, D.C. Park Sci. 15: 1, 16--19. (EM: Richard_Hammerschlag@usgs.gov) {ROL #79}
{B910} Willson, M. F., S. M. Gende, & B. H. Marston. 1997. Wildlife habitat models and land management plans: Lessons from the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in Tongass National Forest [Alaska]. Nat. Areas J. 17: 26--29. (For. Sci. Lab., 2770 Sherwood Ln., Juneau, AK 99801, USA.)---Caution against misapplying criteria derived for populations with differing ecology and inappropriate use of habitat models in planning process.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{B912} Bogliani, G., & F. Bellinato. 1998. Conditioned aversion as a tool to protect eggs from avian predators in heron colonies. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 69--72. (Dipto. Biol. Anim., Univ. Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy; EM: bogliani@ipv36.unipv.it)---Predation by Corvus corone of emetic-treated brown eggs was lower than that of untreated blue eggs during the conditioning period, but high predation resumed on eggs of both colors when they were untreated.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B912} Brock, M. K., & B. N. White. 1992. Application of DNA fingerprinting to the recovery program of the endangered Puerto Rican parrot. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 11121--11125. (No address available.)---Amazona vittata. {D504} {ROL #79}
{B912} Carpenter, J. W., R. R. Gabel, & J. G. Goodwin. 1991. Captive breeding and reintroduction of the endangered Masked Bobwhite. Zoo Biol. 10: 439--449. (No address available.)---Colinus virginianus ridgwayi. {ROL #79}
{B912} Castrale, J. S, & A. R. Parker. 1999. Peregrine Falcon nesting and management in Indiana. Indiana Audubon Q. 77: 65--74. (Indiana Div. Fish & Wildl., RR 2, Box 477, Mitchell, IN 47446 USA; EM: wildlife@kiva.net)---60 Falco peregrinus chicks released from 1991 to 1994; population increased from a single nesting pair in 1989 to 8 pairs in 1998.---J.S.C. {ROL #79}
{B912} Fritts, T. H., & G. H. Rodda. 1996. Trouble in paradise: The brown tree snake in the western Pacific. Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest 1(3): 26--27. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{B912} Lieberman, A., et al. 1991. The first experimental reintroduction of captive-reared Andean Condors (Vultur gryphus) into Colombia, South America. Proc. Am. Assoc. Zool. Parks Aquar. 1991: 129--136. (J. W. Wiley: 2201 Ashland St., Ruston, LA 71270, USA.) {ROL #79}
{B912} Pagels, J. E. 1993. Oregon's Peregrine plight. Oregon Birds 19: 78--79. (Rogue River Natl. For., PO Box 520, Medford, OR 97501, USA.)---Only 12 of 44 Falco peregrinus nesting sites in Oregon and northern California produced young in 1993, the low productivity in part due to shell-thinning and presumed other effects from pesticides.---R.B.C. {C902} {ROL #79}
{B912} Rodda, G. H., et al. 1998. Managing island biotas: Can indigenous species be protected from introduced predators such as the brown treesnake?. Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 63: 95--108. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{B912} Ryan, M. R., et al. 1998. Breeding ecology of Greater Prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido) in relation to prairie landscape configuration. Am. Midl. Nat. 140: 111--121. (Sch. Nat. Res., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.)---Contiguous 65 ha tracts of prairie important for conservation.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{B912} Trulio, L. A. 1997. Strategies for protecting Western Burrowing Owls (Speotyto cunicularia hypugaea) from human activities. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 461--465. (Dept. Environ. Stud., One Washington Sq., San Jose State Univ., CA 95192-0115, USA.)---Examines various techniques to manage Athene cunicularia around their nest burrows.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B912} Ward, M. P. 1998. Wetland bird research in northeastern Illinois. Meadowlark 7: 135--138. (Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv., 607 E. Peabody, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.)---Overview of two projects.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{B912} Wellicome, T. I., et al. 1997. The effects of predator exclusion and food supplementation on Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) population change in Saskatchewan. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 487--497. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Can.)---Population decline rate of Athene cunicularia cut in half by intensive productivity enhancement.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{B912} Witmer, G. W., et al. 1996. Predator management to protect endangered avian species. Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 61: 101--107. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{B912} Work, T. M., et al. 1999. Survival and physiologic response of Common Amakihi and Japanese White-eyes during simulated translocation. Condor 101: 21--27. (USGS/BRD, Natl. Wildl. Health Ctr., Honolulu Field Stn., P.O. Box 50167, Honolulu, HI 96850, USA; EM: thierry_work@usgs.gov)---Effects of 3 translocation trials on Hemignathus virens and Zosterops japonicus.---S.N.L. {physiology} {ROL #79}
{B912} Wright, V., S. J. Hejl, & R. L. Hutto. 1997. Conservation
implications of a multi-scale study of Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus)
habitat use in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA. U.S. Dept. Agric.,
For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 506--516. (USGS/BRD, Sci. Ctr., Glacier
Natl. Park, West Glacier, MT 59936, USA.)---Conservation measures should
be based on the results of landscape-level, as well as microhabitat studies.---J.M.S.
{C908} {ROL #79}
{C100} Olsen, G. H. 1993. Common infectious and parasitic diseases
of quail and pheasants. Proc. Assoc. Avian Vet. 1993: 146--150. (EM:
Glenn_Olsen@usgs.gov) {ROL #79}
{C102} Franson, J. C., et al. 1994. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in a captive Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 25: 446--448. (No address available.) {B902, E504} {ROL #79}
{C102} Olsen, G. H., et al. 1995. Mycotoxin-induced disease in captive Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) and Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 26: 569--576. (EM: Glenn_Olsen@usgs.gov) {B902, E504} {ROL #79}
{C102} Oyarzabal, O. A., D. E. Conner, & F. J. Hoerr. 1995. Incidence of Campylobacters in the intestine of avian species in Alabama. Avian Dis. 39: 147--151. (DEC: Dept. Poult. Sci. & Alabama Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL 36849-5416, USA.)---Almost all confirmed or presumptive infections of Campylobacter spp. were found in domesticated, livestock, or cage birds rather than wild birds.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{C102} Samuel, M. D., et al. 1999. Antibodies against Pasteurella multocida in Snow Geese in the western Arctic. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 440--449. (USGS/BRD, Natl. Wildl. Health Ctr., 6006 Schroeder Rd., Madison, WI 53711, USA.)---Prevalence of seropositive Chen caerulescens caerulescens was 3.5% on Wrangell Island, Russia, and 2.8--8.2% on Banks Island, Canada.---J.R.P. {avian cholera, disease reservoir, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, serology} {ROL #79}
{C102} Terrell, S. P., M. G. Spalding, & D. J. Forrester. 1998. Diagnosis and management of a small epizootic of salmonellosis in passerines. Florida Field Nat. 26: 114--116. (Dept. Pathobiol., Coll. Vet. Med., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Epizootic associated with bird feeder use and build up of waste seed and fecal material near feeders. Careful clean-up and disinfection of feeder areas reduced mortality.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C102} Wilson, M. A., et al. 1995. Serotypes and DNA fingerprint profiles of Pasteurella multocida isolated from raptors. Avian Dis. 39: 94--99. (USDA, Anim. Plant Health Inspection Serv., Vet. Serv., Natl. Vet. Serv. Lab., Ames, IA 50010, USA.)---Molecular analysis provides more detailed characterization than serological typing of isolates from 21 non-captive Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Circus cyaneus, and 10 other raptors.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{C102} Wilson, M. A., et al. 1995. Pasteurella multocida isolated from wild birds of North America: A serotype and DNA fingerprint study of isolates from 1978 to 1993. Avian Dis. 39: 587--593. (USDA, Anim. Plant Health Inspection Serv., Vet. Serv., Natl. Vet. Serv. Lab., Ames, IA 50010, USA.)---Serological and molecular methods used to characterize isolates from 320 wild birds of 35 species including Anas platyrhynchos, Branta canadensis, Chen caerulescens, Anser albifrons, Chen rossii, Anas acuta acuta, Fulica americana, and Anas americana from Pacific, Central, and Mississippi Flyways.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{C104} Atyeo, W. T., & T. M. Perez. 1991. Phycoferus, a new genus of pterolichid feather mites (Acarina, Pterolichidae) from the Megapodiidae (Aves). J. Parasitol. 77: 32--37. (Dept. Entomol., Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.)---Two new species from Megapodius freycinet and Megapodius wallacei from the Moluccas.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Ball, S. J., & P. Daszak. 1997. Isospora tiaris n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Sooty Grassquit (Tiaris fuliginosa), a passeriform bird of South America. J. Parasitol. 83: 465--466. (Sch. Life Sci., Kingston Univ., Penrhyn Rd., Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK.) {ROL #79}
{C104} Barber, K. E., & J. N. Caira. 1995. Investigation of the life cycle and adult morphology of the avian blood fluke Austrobilharzia variglandis (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) from Connecticut. J. Parasitol. 81: 584--592. (Dept. Ecol. Evol. Biol., Univ. Connecticut, Storrs, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, USA.)---This fluke, which causes clam digger’s itch in people, uses the common mud dog whelk (Ilyanassa obsoleta) as intermediate host and parasitizes primarily Larus argentatus, Larus delawarensis, and Larus marinus.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Bergstrom, S., P. D. Haemig, & B. Olson. 1999. Distribution and abundance of the tick Ixodes uriae in a diverse subantarctic seabird community. J. Parasitol. 85: 25--27. (Dept. Microbiol., Umeå Univ., S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.)---Diomedea melanophrys, Diomedea chrysostoma, Eudyptes chrysolophus. {ROL #79}
{C104} Blem, C. R., & L. B. Blem. 1993. Do swallows sunbathe to control ectoparasites? An experimental test. Condor 95: 728--730. (Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Dept. Biol., Richmond, VA 23284-2012, USA; EM: cblem@cbell.vcu.edu)---Tachycineta thalassina treated with pesticide in Montana sunbathed significantly less frequently than controls; the difference between groups disappeared when the pesticide would be expected to lose its effect.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C104} Canaris, A. G., & N. T. Munir. 1991. Helminth parasites of the Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri (Aves), from El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas. J. Parasitol. 77: 787--789. (Lab. Environ. Biol., Univ. Texas El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.)---Fifty sandpipers yielded 53 helminths of 4 cestode and 1 nematode species.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Cheadle, M. A., M. Toivio-Kinnucan, & B. L. Blagburn. 1999. The ultrastructure of gametogenesis of Cryptosporidium baileyi (Eimeriorina: Cryptosporidiidae) in the respiratory tract of broiler chickens (Gallus domesticus). J. Parasitol. 85: 609--615. (Dept. Pathobiol., Coll. Vet. Med., Auburn Univ., AL 36849-5519, USA.)---Microgamonts, macrogamonts, and oocysts were contained in a host cell membrane or in a parasitophorous vacuole.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Clinchy, M., & I. K. Barker. 1994. Dynamics of parasitic infections at four sites within Lesser Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) from the breeding colony at La Pérouse Bay, Manitoba, Canada. J. Parasitol. 80: 663--666. (Biol. Dept., Queen’s Univ., Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Can.)---Prevalence and intensity of 5 species of nematodes, 1 trematode, 1 protozoan and microfilariae in the blood, gizzard, ceca and kidneys of adult females.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Dame, J. B., et al. 1995. Sarcocystis falcatula from passerine and psittacine birds: synonymy with Sarcocystis neurona, agent of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. J. Parasitol. 81: 930--935. (Dept. Pathobiol., Coll. Vet. Med., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are the definitive host, but many birds, from Molothrus ater to Cacatua moluccensis are reservoir hosts.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Delany, M. F., & D. J. Forrester. 1997. Ticks from Florida Grasshopper Sparrows. Florida Field Nat. 25: 58--59. (Dept. Pathobiol., Coll. Vet. Med., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Low prevalence (< 2 ticks per bird) of Amblyomna maculatum and Haemaphysalis chordeilis found on Ammodramus savannarum floridanus in Highlands and Polk counties, FL.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C104} Didyk, A. S., & M. D. B. Burt. 1997. Himasthla limnodromi n. sp. (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) from the Short-Billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus (Aves: Scolopacidae). J. Parasitol. 83: 1124--1127. (Dept. Biol., Bag Serv. No. 45111, Univ. New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 6E1, Can.)---This worm was found in dowitchers on the wintering grounds in Venezuela and the spring staging grounds at Delaware Bay, USA but not the breeding grounds in Canada.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Doby, J. M. 1999. [Contribution to knowledge of the biology of Ixodes (Trichotoixodes) pari Leach (= I. frontalis (Panzer)) (Acari: Ixodidae), a bird-specific tick.] Acarologia 39(4): 315--325. (Rt. St. Gilles, 35590 L’Hermitage, France.)---Turdus merula are the most frequently and intensively parasitized host, in the fall; 60 other European and West Asian bird hosts are listed. (French, English summ.)---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Durden, L. A., et al. 1998. Ticks, Lyme disease spirochaetes, trypanosomes, and antibody to encephalitis viruses in wild birds from coastal Georgia and South Carolina. J. Parasitol. 83: 1178--1182. (Inst. Arthropod. Parasitol., Georgia Southern Univ., P.O. Box 8056, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.)---Fourteen passerine species were examined; some may be reservoir hosts for Lyme disease and encephalitis viruses; some may disperse Lyme disease ticks during migration.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Ewald, J. A., & D. W. T. Crompton. 1993. Centrorhynchus aluconis (Acanthocephala) and other helminth species in Tawny Owls (Strix aluco) in Great Britain. J. Parasitol. 79: 952--954. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.)---C. aluconis was most prevalent and uses shrews as intermediate hosts; nematodes (Porrocaecum spirale) were second most abundant, and cestodes were also found.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Fabiyi, J. P. 1996. Association between duration of humid season and geographical distribution patterns of different species of chewing lice (Mallophaga: Insecta) infecting domestic chickens in Nigeria. J. Parasitol. 82: 1034--1036. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Univ., Bauchi, Nigeria.)---On Gallus gallus, 3 species were restricted to areas with a long humid season, while 4 species thrived in short humid season areas.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Garvin, M. C., et al. 1993. Hematozoa from passeriform birds in Louisiana. J. Parasitol. 79: 318--321. (Mus. Nat. Sci. Dept. Zool. Physiol., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.)---Haemoproteus, Trypanosoma, Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon and microfilariae from 19 bird species.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Graczyk, T. K., et al. 1994. An ELISA for detecting anti-Plasmodium spp. antibodies in African Black-footed Penguins (Spheniscus demersus). J. Parasitol. 80: 60--66. (Johns Hopkins Univ., Sch. Hyg. Publ. Hlth., Dept. Immunol. Infect. Dis., 615 N Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.)---An enzyme-linked immunoassay using 3 Plasmodium falciparum antigens was developed to detect anti- P. elongatum and P. relictum antibodies in zoo penguins.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Graczyk, T. K., et al. 1994. Hematologic characteristics of avian malaria cases in African Black-footed Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) during the first outdoor exposure season. J. Parasitol. 80: 302--308. (Johns Hopkins Univ., Sch. Hyg. Publ. Hlth., Dept. Immunol. Infect. Dis., 615 N Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.)---Twelve blood parameters were monitored in 29 captive penguins, 18 of which got malaria (Plasmodium spp.).---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Graczyk, T. K., et al. 1995. Avian malaria seroprevalence in Jackass Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in South Africa. J. Parasitol. 81: 703--707. (Johns Hopkins Univ., Sch. Hyg. Publ. Hlth., Dept. Immunol. Infect. Dis., 615 N Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.)---Malaria prevalence was higher in captive than wild birds, and in oiled penguins than non-oiled birds.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Graczyk, T. K., M. R. Cranfield, & J. Shiff. 1994. Extraction of Haemoproteus columbae (Haemosporina: Haemoproteidae) antigen from rock dove pigeons (Columba livia) and its use in an antibody ELISA. J. Parasitol. 80: 713--718. (Johns Hopkins Univ., Sch. Hyg. Publ. Hlth., Dept. Immunol. Infect. Dis., 615 N Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C104} Hinojos, J. G., B. K. Campbell, & A. G. Canaris. 1993. Helminth parasites of the American Avocet Recurvirostra americana (Aves) from the Salt Lake Basin, Utah. J. Parasitol. 79: 114--116. (Lab. Environ. Biol., Univ. Texas El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.)---Five species of cestodes and 1 species of trematode from 60 avocets.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Hollmén, T., et al. 1999. An experimental study on the effects of polymophiasis in Common Eider ducklings. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 466--473. (Fac. Vet. Med., Dept. Basic Vet. Sci., P. O. Box 17, 00014 Univ. Helsinki, Finland.)---Polymorphus minutus attached to the posterior small intestine of Somateria mollissima, causing reduced weight gain and reduced levels of serum proteins.---J.R.P. {Acanthocephala, experimental infection, pathology, serum chemistry, C106} {ROL #79}
{C104} Keirans, J. E., & E. H. Lacombe. 1998. First records of Amblyomma americanum, Ixodes (Ixodes) dentatus, and Ixodes (Ceratixodes) uriae (Acari: Ixodidae) from Maine. J. Parasitol. 84: 629--631. (U.S. Natl. Tick Coll., Inst. Arthropodol. Parasitol., Georgia Southern Univ., Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.)---Nymphs of I. uriae were found in Fratercula arctica burrows.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Lindsay, D. S., et al. 1993. Prevalence of encysted Toxoplasma gondii in raptors from Alabama. J. Parasitol. 79: 870--873. (Dept. Pathobiol., Coll. Vet. Med., 166 Greene Hall, Auburn Univ., AL 36849-5519, USA.)---Twenty-seven of 101 Falconiformes and Strigiformes were parasitized.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Lindsay, D. S., et al. 1995. Isolation and characterization of Trichinella pseudospiralis Garkavi, 1972 from a Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus). J. Parasitol. 81: 920--923. (Dept. Pathobiol., Coll. Vet. Med., 166 Greene Hall, Auburn Univ., AL 36849-5519, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C104} Lindsay, D. S., J. P. Dubey, & B. L. Blagburn. 1991. Toxoplasma gondii infections in Red-tailed Hawks inoculated orally with tissue cysts. J. Parasitol. 77: 322--325. (Dept. Pathobiol., Coll. Vet. Med., 166 Greene Hall, Auburn Univ., AL 36849-5519, USA.)---None of the Buteo jamaicensis developed clinical signs of toxoplasmosis.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Madden, D., & W. M. Harmon. 1998. First record and morphology of Myialges caulotoon (Acari: Epidermoptidae) from Galapagos hosts. J. Parasitol. 84: 186--189. (Dept. Biol., Yosemite Comm. Coll. Dist., 435 College Ave., Modesto, CA 95350, USA.)---An avian skin mite from louseflies (Hippoboscidae) from Buteo galapagoensis, Pelecanus occidentalis, and Phalacrocorax harrisi.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Massey, J. G., T. K. Graczyk, & M. R. Cranfield. 1996. Characteristics of naturally acquired Plasmodium relictum capistranoae infections in naive Hawaiian Crows (Corvus hawaiiensis) in Hawaii. J. Parasitol. 82: 182--185. (Dept. Land Nat. Res., Div. For. Wildl., Olinda End. Sp. Prop. Facility., 535 Olinda Rd., Makawao, HI 96768, USA.)---White blood cell counts, lymphocytosis, and total solids increased significantly.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} McCoy, K., et al. 1998. Dispersal and distribution of the tick Ixodes uriae within and among seabird host populations: the need for a population genetic approach. J. Parasitol. 85: 196--202. (Div. Zool., Dept. Biol., Univ. Oslo, P.O. Box 1050 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway.)---Ticks were found on Rissa tridactyla, Uria aalge, Alca torda, and Fratercula arctica in Newfoundland.---J.R.P. {D502} {ROL #79}
{C104} McQuistion, T. E., & A. Capparella. 1992. Two new coccidian parasites from the Slate-colored Grosbeak (Pitylus grossus) of South America. J. Parasitol. 78: 805--807. (Dept. Biol., Millikin Univ., Decatur, IL 62522, USA.)---Oocysts of Isospora pityli and L. formarum from 2 grosbeaks in Ecuador.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Merino, S. 1998. Babesia bennettii n. sp. from the Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans, Aves, Laridae) on Benidorm Island, Mediterranean Sea. J. Parasitol. 84: 422--424. (Lab. Ecol., CNRS URA 258, Univ. Pierre Marie Curie, Bât A, 7ème étage, 7 quai St. Bernard, Case 237, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.) {ROL #79}
{C104} Munro, J. F., D. W. T. Crompton, & R. C. Stoddart. 1995. Andracantha tunitae (Acanthocephala) in the Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) from Shetland, Scotland. J. Parasitol. 81: 496--498. (Dept. Environ. Evol. Biol., Univ. Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G12 8QQ, UK.)---69% of 61 shags examined had sexually mature A. tunitae in their small intestines.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Nakai, Y., H. Tsukiya, & S. Takahashi. 1992. Cultivation of Eimeria tenella in Japanese Quail embryos (Coturnix coturnix japonica). J. Parasitol. 78: 1024--1026. (Dept. Anim. Microbiol. Parasitol., Tohoku Univ., 1-1 Tsutsimidori-Amamiyacho, Sendai 981, Japan.)---Development from sporozoites to oocysts occurred in 138 hrs.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Nakamura, K., et al. 1997. Pathogenesis of reduced egg production and soft-shelled eggs in laying hens associated with Leucocytozoon caulleryi infection. J. Parasitol. 83: 325--327. (Natl. Inst. Anim. Health, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.)---Schizonts in the ovary and oviducts of Gallus domesticus caused inflammation, edema, and atrophy.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Olson, V. A., et al. 1998. A new Isospora sp. from Carduelis tristis (Aves: Fringillidae) from Ontario, Canada. J. Parasitol. 84: 153--156. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Can.) {ROL #79}
{C104} Pozio, E., et al. 1999. Trichinella pseudospiralis in sedentary night-birds of prey from central Italy. J. Parasitol. 85: 759--761. (Lab. Parasitol., Inst. Superiore Sanità, viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.)---Strix aluco, Athene noctua. {ROL #79}
{C104} Rintämaki, P. T., et al. 1999. Leucocytozoonosis and trypanosomiasis in Redstarts in Finland. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 603--607. (Dept. Popul. Biol., Evol. Biol. Ctr., Uppsala Univ., Norbyvägen 18 D SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden.)---Blood parasites in Phoenicurus phoenicurus were much more numerous during the breeding season (48%) than during migration (13%).---J.R.P. {Leucocytozoon spp., Trypanosoma avium} {ROL #79}
{C104} Rogers, J. A., Jr., S. T. Schwikert, & A. S. Wenner. 1993. The prevalence of abdominal lesions on Wood Stork nestlings in north and central Florida. Condor 95: 473--475. (Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Comm., 4005 South Main St., Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.)---108 of 8,220 nestlings (1.3%) examined at 11 colonies 1981--1985 had lesions caused by larval dermestids, Dermestes nidum; parasitism may have contributed to death of only 1 of the 108 birds.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C104} Rózsa, L. 1993. An experimental test of the site specificity of preening to control lice in feral pigeons. J. Parasitol. 79: 968--970. (Dept. Parasitol. Zool., Univ. Vet. Sci., H-1400 Budapest, P. O. Box 2, Hungary.)---In Columba livia, preening efficiency varies among locations and is higher for underwing covert feathers than tail feathers.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Sasai, K. S., et al. 1996. Characterization of a chicken monoclonal antibody that recognizes the apical complex of Eimeria acervulina sporozoites and partially inhibits sporozoite invasion of CD8+ T lymphocytes in vitro. J. Parasitol. 82: 82--87. (Parasite Immunobiol. Lab., Livestock Poultry Sci. Inst., USDA, ARS Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.).---Gallus domesticus. {ROL #79}
{C104} Spalding, M. G., et al. 1997. Dermatitis in young Florida Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis pratensis) due to infestation by the chigger Blankaartia sinnamaryi. J. Parasitol. 83: 768--771. (Dept. Pathobiol., Box 110880, Coll. Vet. Med., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C104} Speer, C. A., & J. P. Dubey. 1999. Ultrastructure of schizonts and merozoites of Sarcocystis falcatula in the lungs of budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). J. Parasitol. 85: 630--637. (Dept. Vet. Mol. Biol., Montana State Univ., MT 59717-3610, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C104} Strout, R. G., et al. 1994. Developmentally regulated lectins in Eimeria species and their role in avian coccidiosis. J. Parasitol. 80: 946-- 951. (Dept. Anim. Nutr. Sci., Univ. New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.)---The lectins of 3 Eimeria species each have different sugar specificities, that may contribute to determining the site of infection in the intestine.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Stuht, J. N., W. W. Bowerman, & D. A. Best. 1999. Leucocytozoonosis in nestling Bald Eagles in Michigan and Minnesota. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 608--612. (Small Anim. Clin. Sci., Coll. Vet. Med., Michigan State Univ., E Lansing, MI 48823, USA.)---L. toddi parasitized 13 of 21 nestling Haliaeetus leucocephalus.---J.R.P. {anemia, leucocytosis, survey, threatened species} {ROL #79}
{C104} Telford, S. R, Jr., et al. 1997. Plasmodium forresteri n. sp., from raptors in Florida and southern Georgia; its distinction from Plasmodium elongatum morphologically within and among host species and by vector susceptibility. J. Parasitol. 83: 932--937. (Florida Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Florida, Gainesville FL 32611, USA.)---Otus asio, Bubo virginianus, Strix varia, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Buteo lineatus, Buteo platypterus, Buteo jamaicensis, Coturnix japonica, Anas platyrhynchos. {ROL #79}
{C104} Telford, S. R., et al. 1994. A species of Plasmodium from Sandhill Cranes in Florida. J. Parasitol. 80: 497--499. (Dept. Infect. Dis., Coll. Vet. Med., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Three cases of Plasmodium infections in Grus canadensis.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Tella, J. L., et al. 1998. High host specificity of Craeterina melbae (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) in a mixed colony of birds. J. Parasitol. 84: 198--200. (Estación Biol. Doñana, CSIC, Avda M. Luisa s/n, Pabellón Peru, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.)---Prevalence was 85.9% on Alpine Swifts (Apus melba) but 0 on 8 other species.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C104} Work, T. M., & R. A. Rameyer. 1996. Haemoproteus iwa n. sp. in Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor [Gmelin]) from Hawaii: parasite morphology and prevalence. J. Parasitol. 82: 489--491. (Natl. Biol. Serv., Natl. Wildl. Health Ctr., Honolulu Field Stn., P.O. Box 50167, Honolulu, HI 96850, USA.)---Prevalence was 35% on Laysan Island and 36% on Tern Island.---J.R.P. {ROL #79}
{C106} Cork, S. C., et al. 1999. Aspergillosis and other causes of mortality in the Stitchbird. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 481--486. (Harper Adams Univ. Coll., Newport, Shropshire, UK.)---Notiomystis cincta. {C102, C912; diseases} {ROL #79}
{C106} Erdélyi, K., M. Tenk, & Á. Dán. 1999. Mycoplasmosis associated perosis type skeletal deformity in a Saker Falcon nesting in Hungary. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 586--590. (Dept. Wildl. Dis., Central Vet. Inst., H-1149 Budapest, Tábornok u.2, Hungary.)---Falco cherrug. {case report, Mycoplasma buteonis, C102} {ROL #79}
{C106} Husak, M. S. 1999. Observation of survival by a Golden-fronted Woodpecker with an injured tongue. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 32(1): 42--44. (Dept. Biol. Angelo State Univ., San Angelo, TX 76909, USA.)---Melanerpes aurifrons with broken tongue was observed from July 1995 through April 1996 foraging by gleaning food from substrates.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C106} Kreuder, C., et al. 1999. Avian pox in Sanderlings from Florida. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 582--585. (Care Rehab. Wildl. Inc., P.O. Box 150, Sanibel, FL 33957, USA.)---Calidris alba. {case report, cytology, C102} {ROL #79}
{C106} Ostrowski, S., et al. 1995. Debilitating cutaneous poxvirus lesions on two captive Houbara Bustards (Chlamydotis undulata). Avian Dis. 39: 907--911. (Natl. Wildl. Res. Ctr., Natl. Comm. Wildl. Conserv. Dev., P. O. Box 1086, Taif, Saudi Arabia.)---Report first isolation of poxvirus in this species from birds in a captive breeding facility. Lesions were successfully removed, but birds not released to prevent accidental introduction to wild populations.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{C106} Puette, M., K. S. Latimer, & T. M. Norton. 1995. Epicardial keratinaceous cyst in a Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides plumiferus). Avian Dis. 39: 201--203. (Dept. Vet. Pathol., Coll. Vet. Med., Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7388, USA.)---First record in birds of keratin-containing cyst in location other than skin. Cyst was not associated with morbidity.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{C106} Swayne, D. E., & R. D. Slemons. 1995. Comparative pathology
of intravenously inoculated wild duck- and turkey-origin type A influenza
viruses in chickens. Avian Dis. 39: 74--84. (Dept. Vet. Pathol., Coll.
Vet. Med., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH 43210, USA.)---A wide range of
hisopathological changes occur in chickens inoculated with low pathogenicity
virus isolates from wild Anas crecca, Anas platyrhynchos, Anas rubripes,
and Anas acuta from Ohio.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{C302} Smith, P. W., & S. A. Smith. 1995. Determining the origin
of non-native birds seen in the wild of Florida---a case study case: Wooly-necked
Stork. Florida Field Nat. 23: 10--12. (S. Florida Res. Ctr., Everglades
Natl. Park, Homestead, FL 33034, USA.)---Ciconia episcopus was a
zoo escapee.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C308} Baker, A. J. 1991. A review of New Zealand ornithology. Curr. Ornithol. 8: 1--67. (Dept. Ornithol., Royal Ontario Mus., Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Can.)---Topics include origin of avifauna, geographic variation, flightlessness and melanism, extinct birds, rare and endangered species, conservation, introduced birds, history of ornithol., ornithol. organizations, long-term population studies, and future prospects.---S.N.L. {B509, C704} {ROL #79}
{C310} Abelló, P., & D. Oro. 1998. Offshore distribution of seabirds in the northwestern Mediterranean in June 1995. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 422--426. (Dept. Biol. Anim. (Vertebr.), Fac. Biol., Univ. Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; EM: pere@icm.csic.es)---Most abundant were species breeding in area: Larus audouinii, Calonectris diomedea, Puffinus yelkouan mauretanicus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C312} Davis, S., & H. Lounges. 1997. Watchable wetlands. Gosse Bird Club Broadsheet 69: 10--14. (Dept. Life Sci., Univ. West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, W.I.)---Avifauna of Great Salt Pond, Jamaica, and nearby wetlands.---P.W.Sm. {ROL #79}
{C312} Douglas, L., & B. Zonfrillo. 1997. First Record of Audubon's Shearwater and Black-capped Petrel from Jamaica. Gosse Bird Club Broadsheet 69: 4--6. (Dept. Life Sci., Univ. West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, W.I.)---Puffinus lherminieri prospecting for nest sites on Southwest Morant Cay; Pterodroma hasitata observed enroute from Jamaica mainland.---P.W.Sm. {ROL #79}
{C312} Marshall, J. T. 1999. The Barred Owl and Spotted Owl in Mexico. Pp. 87--88 in J. T. Marshall, Ornithological tracts on taxonomy and distribution. 91 pp. Priv. publ., Springfield, VA. (PO Box 30890, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA; EM: jtmvz@juno.com)---Brief notes on range and variation of races of Strix varia and Strix occidentalis based on museum specimens.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C312} McNair, D. B., W. J. Arendt, & E. Massiah. 1996. Sightings of the Blackpoll Warbler in the West Indies during winter. Florida Field Nat. 24: 81--82. (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312, USA.)---Winter reports suggest some Dendroica striata overwinter in West Indies.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C312} Villarreal Orias, J. 1998. A new nesting record for the Jabiru in Costa Rica. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 256--257. (Apto. Post. 27-1007, Centro Colón, San José, Costa Rica; EM: jvillarr@samara.una.ac.cr)---Jabiru mycteria nest with 3 young 24 Mar 1995 is the first recorded in Los Guatuzos forest floodplain, Alajuela province.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C312} Wallace, G. E., & D. R. Fillman. 1994. Sighting of a Northern Gannet in Cuba. Florida Field Nat. 22: 114--117. (Long Pt. Bird Obs., Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0, Can.)---1st record of Morus bassanus; 24 Jan 1993, Havana.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C312} Wiley, J. W., & J. A. Ottenwalder. 1990. Birds of Islas Beata and Alto Velo, Dominican Republic. Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 25: 65--88. (2201 Ashland St. Ruston, LA 71270, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C314} Marshall, J. T., & R. B. Clapp. 1999. Status of the Texas Botteri Sparrow. Pp. 40--65 in J. T. Marshall, Ornithological tracts on taxonomy and distribution. 91 pp. Priv. publ., Springfield, VA. (PO Box 30890, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA; EM: jtmvz@juno.com)---1984--1984 survey found Aimophila botterii texana thriving in Texas, almost gone from Mexico; notes on habitat, plumage, vocalizations, field identification, variation with maps of sighting localities.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Adams, M. T., & K. B. Bryan. 1999. Botteri’s Sparrow in Trans-Pecos Texas. Texas Birds 1(1): 6--13. (Univ. Texas-Mcdonald Observ. P. O. Box 1337, Fort Davis, TX 79734, USA; EM: mta@astro.as.utexas.edu)---First occurrence and breeding evidence for Aimophila botterii in this region was discovered 8 June 1997 on the Casa Piedra Breeding Bird Survey.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Adamus, P. 1996. Oregon Breeding Bird Atlas Project: 1995 field season report. Oregon Birds 22: 17--19. (PO Box 2189, Corvallis, OR 97339, USA.)---246 of 270 species confirmed as nesting in first season; ones most frequently confirmed were Turdus migratorius, Sturnus vulgaris, Anas platyrhynchos, and Hirundo rustica; most widely reported were Turdus migratorius, Colaptes auratus, Corvus corax, and Buteo jamaicensis.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Altman, B. 1994. A documented nesting of the Eastern Kingbird in western Oregon. Oregon Birds 20: 56--57. (18000 SE Vogel Rd., Boring, OR 97009, USA.)---Tyrannus tyrannus in 1993 in the Sandy River Delta, Multnomah County, where the species is rare.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Austin, M., et al. 1998. Tufted Duck in Warren County. Kentucky Warbler 74: 86--87. (6804 Cove Ct., Louisville, KY 40291, USA.)---Male Aythya fuligula seen and photographed 5--15 Apr 1997 is the first record for Kentucky.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Beaton, G. 1996. First Georgia record of Cliff Swallow nesting away from water. Oriole 61(2/3): 52--53. (320 Willow Glen Dr., Marietta, GA 30068, USA.)---Two Petrochelidon pyrrhonota nests in barn near Carter's Lake, Murray County.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Behrens, K. 1998. White Wagtail in South Carolina: First record on US Eastern Seaboard. Chat 62: 149--152. (110 Mifflin Hills Dr., West Mifflin, PA 15122, USA.)---Motacilla alba, Huntington Beach S.P., 16 April 1998; published photograph.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{C318} Benner, W. 1998. Broad-billed Sandpiper---First record for lower 48 states. Kingbird 48: 182--185. (113 Shore Rd., Glen Cove, NY 11542, USA.)---Limicola falcinellus seen 27 Aug--4 Sep 1998 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens County, New York; 2 photos.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Bennett, A. J. 1996. Pacific and American Golden Plovers breeding in southwestern Alaska. Northwest. Nat. 77: 49--51. (Lake Clark Nat. Park Pres., PO Box 2643, Kenai, AK 99611-2643, USA.)---Pluvialis fulva and Pluvialis dominica breeding ranges likely contiguous from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta through Nushagak Hills to the Alaska-Aleutian Range.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Bennett, F. K. 1999. Purple Gallinules hatch young at Mermet Lake. Meadowlark 8: 11. (2726 Teague Hill Rd., Grantsburg, IL 62943, USA.)---Porphyrula martinica with young 13 Jul 1998 apparently 3rd breeding record for Illinois.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Blalock, J. C. 1999. The 1998 Halifax County Foray. Raven 70: 3--17. (103 Elizabeth Ct., South Boston, VA 24592, USA.)---Annotated list of 101 species recorded 1--7 Jun in Piedmont County on southern border of Virginia; 33 species confirmed as breeding.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Bowman, M. C. 1995. Sightings of Masked Duck ducklings in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 23: 35. (P.O. Box 783, Wabasso, FL 32970, USA.)---1st nesting record of Nomonyx dominicus in Florida; 11 Feb 1977, Loxahatchee NWR, Palm Beach Co.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Bowman, R., P. W. Smith, & J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1995. First winter record of an Eastern Kingbird in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 23: 62--64. (Archbold Biol. Stn., Lake Placid, FL 33862, USA.)---Tyrannus tyrannus; 27 Dec 1994, Lake Placid, Highlands Co.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Breininger, D. R. 1997. Avifauna on an unimpounded salt marsh on Merritt Island [Florida]. Florida Field Nat. 25: 1--10. (DYN-2, The Dynamac Corp., NASA Biomed., Oper. Off., John F. Kennedy Space Ctr., FL 32899, USA.)---Thirty-one species of regional conservation concern use salt marshes. Species richness and density high.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Brennan, C. G., & R. F. Lauff. 1998. First nest record of Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula, in Nova Scotia. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 524--526. (RFL: Dept. Biol., St. Francis Xavier Univ., Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Can.)---Cape Breton Highlands Natl. Park nest found in 1996; description of habitat included. Recent habitat changes caused by spruce budworm may be responsible for recent arrival.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C318} Bridges, J. T. 1998. Black Vulture in New York State--- Confirmed nesting and observations of development. Kingbird 48: 289--300. (PO Box 792, New Paltz, NY 12561-0792, USA.)---Coragyps atratus nest in 1997 at New Paltz, Ulster County, is first certain nesting record for state.---R.B.C. {B720} {ROL #79}
{C318} Brock, K. J. 1999. A Wood Stork in the Indiana Dunes. Indiana Audubon Q. 77: 61--64. (Dept. Geosci., Indiana Univ. NW, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, USA; EM: kebrock@indiana.edu)---Single, immature Mycteria americana photographed in late October 1998 is the first Indiana record since 1944.---J.S.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Browning, M. R., & S. P. Cross. 1994. Third specimen of Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) in Oregon from Jackson County and comments on earlier records. Oregon Birds 20: 119--120. (15373 Elk Creek Rd., Trail, OR 97541, USA; EM: rlbrning@jeffnet.org)---Male collected 2.5 mi NW Trail in fall 1991.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Bruner, A. W. 1999. Report of the Indiana bird records committee---1998. Indiana Audubon Q. 77: 196--203. (RR 1, Box 73, Marshall, IN 47859, USA.)---22 of 32 records were accepted resulting in Brachyramphus perdix, Zenaida asiatica, Pyrocephalus rubinus being added to the official Indiana list.---J.S.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Carrier, P. 1999. Site guide: Nepaug Reservoir and adjoining state forest. Connecticut Warbler 19: 66--76. (80 High View Dr., Harwinton, CT 06791, USA.)---Site in Connecticut had one of the most diverse breeding avifaunas during field work for the Connecticut breeding bird atlas; 2 maps.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Carter, R., & C. M. Eastman. 1998. White-winged Crossbill observed in Richland County, South Carolina: First record for South Carolina. Chat 62: 157--158. (4165 E. Buchanan Dr., Columbia, SC 29206, USA.)---Juvenile Loxia leucoptera at feeder, 3 April 1996; photographs, videotape.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{C318} Carter, R. M., & C. M. Eastman. 1998. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper observed in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. The first sight record for South Carolina. Chat 62: 38--40. (4165 E. Buchanan Dr., Columbia, SC 29206, USA.)---Calidris acuminata at sod farm 24--30 July 1994.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{C318} Casto, S. D. 1997. The birds collected at San Antonio [Texas] by A. L. Heermann. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 30: 2--10. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX 76513, USA.)---His collection from 1854--1865 contained most importantly Dendroica chrysoparia, Nyctea scandiaca, Tryngites subruficollis, and Numenius borealis.---J.B.O. {C706} {ROL #79}
{C318} Conant, S. 1994. First confirmed Evening Grosbeak nest in Pennsylvania---Wyoming County. PA Birds 8: 133--135. (126 Ashwood Rd., Springfield, PA 19064, USA.)---Coccothraustes vespertinus discovered breeding in July 1994.---P.D.H. {B700} {ROL #79}
{C318} Conteras, A., & K. C. Parkes. 1995. First confirmed record of Veery for Malheur County, Oregon. Oregon Birds 21: 77. (2254 Crestview Dr. S., Salem, OR 97302, USA.)---Overlooked specimen record of Catharus fuscescens (Carnegie Museum 36142) from Willow Creek Valley, 30 Jun 1910, had been reported as Catharus ustulatus in 1911.---R.B.C. {C706} {ROL #79}
{C318} Contreras, A. 1993. The Yellow Rail in Oregon. Oregon Birds 19: 31--32. (Oregon Comm. Coll. Assoc., 1201 Court St., NE, Salem, OR 97301, USA.)---Summary of records of Coturnicops noveboracensis.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Crabtree, T. 1993. Oregon's first Vermilion Flycatcher. Oregon Birds 19: 31. (1667 NW Iowa, Bend, OR 97701, USA.)---First-year male Pyrocephalus rubinus seen 10--25 Oct 1993 near Bend, Deschutes County.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Cross, B. 1999. 1998 report of the Virginia Avian Records Committee. Raven 70: 26--32. (1523 Live Oak Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32301, USA.)---Three species, Pterodroma arminjoniana, Selasphorus sasin, Pipilo maculatus, added to Virginia list; also Dendroica virens 20 Dec 1997 in Montgomery County.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Cutten, D. R., & R. H. Cutten. 1998. First nest record of the Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) in Alabama. Alabama Birdlife 44(2): 22--23. (107 McDermott’s Way, Madison, AL 35758, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C318} Denny, M. 1994. Streak-backed Oriole at Malheur, N.W.R., Harney Co., Oregon. Oregon Birds 20: 41--42. (323 Scenic View Dr., College Place, WA 99324, USA.)---First Icterus pustulatus seen in Oregon, seen again 1 Oct 1993.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Devine, A., & D. G. Smith. 1999. Site guide: Crook Horn Road, Southbury (Strawberry Patch Road). Connecticut Warbler 19: 97--100. (18 South St., Plymouth, CT 06782, USA.)---Particularly good area for fall migrants in Connecticut; B&W map.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Dittmann, D. L., J. P. Kleiman, & S. W. Cardiff. 1998. Eighth report of the Louisiana Bird Records Committee. J. Louisiana Ornithol. Soc. 4(2): 103--154. (Mus. Nat. Sci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.)---Thirteen species new to State List are included in this report: Phaethon aethereus, Somateria spectabilis, Parabuteo unicinctus, Limosa limosa, Cynanthus latirostris, Lampornis clemenciae, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, Empidonax difficilis, Empidonax occidentalis, Tyrannus savana, Nucifraga columbiana, Motacilla alba, and Oporornis tolmiei. These additions bring the State List to 449.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Donaldson, S. 1996. Site guide: The upper Molalla River Basin. Oregon Birds 22: 5--6. (Cascades Resour. Area, BLM Salem Distr., 1710 Fairoaks Way NW, Salem, OR 97304, USA; EM: sdowlan@BLM.GOV)---In Clackamas County, northwestern Oregon; map.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Duncan, J. R., & P. A. Duncan. 1997. Increase in distribution records of owl species in Manitoba based on a volunteer nocturnal survey using Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) and Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) playback. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 519--524. (Box 253, Balmoral, MB R0C 0H0, Can.)---Surveys increased known range of Aegolius acadicus by 88%, with large increases also for Aegolius funereus (40%) and Strix nebulosa (19%); small increases (10%) were made for Surnia ulula, Strix varia, and Bubo virginianus. No increases were determined for Otus asio, Asio otus, Asio flammeus, Athene cunicularia, Nyctea scandiaca, and Tyto alba.---J.M.S. {E506} {ROL #79}
{C318} Dunmire, M. A. 1993. First documented record of Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks for Pennsylvania. PA Birds 7: 50. (RR 1, Box 720B, Saltsburg, PA 15681, USA.)---Dendrocygna autumnalis, Indiana & Westmoreland Cos., 8--10 June 1993, photograph.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C318} Dunn, D. R. 1999. Successful breeding Common Terns in Illinois: with a summary of Common Tern nesting occurrences in Illinois. Meadowlark 8: 12--13. (60 Ravinoaks Ln., Highland Park, IL 60035, USA; EM: donniebird@msn.com)---Sterna hirundo, considered endangered by state.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Dunning, J. B., Jr., T. M. Braile, & D. M. Knudson. 1999. First state record of Black-headed Grosbeak. Indiana Audubon Q. 77: 146. (Dept. For. & Nat. Resour., Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1159, USA; EM: bdunning@fnr.purdue.edu)---Late December record of Pheucticus melanocephalus near Lafayette, Indiana.---J.S.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Easterla, D. A., & L. G. Maher. 1998. A Greater Prairie Chicken lek in Nodaway County in extreme northwest Missouri. Bluebird 65(1): 9--11. (Dept. Biol., Northwest Missouri State Univ., 800 Univ. Dr., Maryville, MO 64468, USA.; EM: 01.00112@acad.nwmissouri.edu)---Four male and one female Tympanuchus cupido 6 mi SE Conception in spring 1996 is northwestmost record of lek in state; habitat destroyed by agricultural activities in 1997.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Eckert, K. R. 1998. A first state record Eurasian Collared Dove. Loon 70: 199--200. (8255 Congdon Blvd., Duluth, MN 55804, USA.)---Streptopelia decaocto; 27 Apr 1998 in Big Stone Co., Minnesota.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C318} Eitniear, J. C., & T. Rueckle. 1996. Noteworthy avian breeding records from Zapata County, Texas. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 29: 43--44. (218 Conway Dr., San Antonio, TX 78209, USA.)---Documents Ortalis vetula, Icterus gularis, Sporophila torqueola, and Geothlypis trichas from 1993--1995 near San Ygnacio, TX.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Faxon, D. 1995. Site guide: Southern Lincoln County. Oregon Birds 21: 71--74. (1192 Thornton Creek Rd., Toledo, OR 97291, USA.)---Birding localities in coastal Oregon; map.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Feirer, S. T., & R. S. Shepperd. 1999. First nesting record of the Tricolored Heron for Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 32: 4--5. (Okla. Coop. Fish Wildl. Res. Unit., Dept. Zool., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.)---Egretta tricolor nests with eggs at Salt Plains NWR, Alfalfa County, in 1998.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Finnegan, S. 1993. Slaty-backed Gull, Sauvie Island, Multnomah Co., Oregon. Oregon Birds 19: 64. (4710 Dexter Dr., #7, Santa Barbara, CA 93110, USA.)---2nd account of 27 Dec 1992 Larus schistisagus, 1st for Oregon.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Floyd, T. 1994. First breeding colony of Herring Gulls in Pennsylvania. PA Birds 8: 34. (Great Basin Bird Obs., 443 Marsh Ave., Reno, NV 89509, USA.)---Larus argentatus nests discovered 27 March 1994 on navigation structures on the Allegheny River, Allegheny Co.---P.D.H. {B700} {ROL #79}
{C318} Frederickson, R. 1998. Minnesota's first Yellow-throated Warbler nest. Loon 70: 230--232. (416 19th St. NW, Willmar, MN 56201, USA.)---Unsuccessful nest of Dendroica dominica found 27 May 1997 in Sibley State Park, Kandiyohi Co., almost 320 km beyond normal range.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C318} Galizio, J. M., J. Hardwick, & J. F. Parnell. 1998. First record of Black Guillemot in North Carolina. Chat 62: 32--33. (Dept. Psychol., Univ. N.C., Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA.)---Cepphus grylle in first-winter plumage, Wrightsville Beach, 24--30 April 1993.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{C318} Gawlik, D. E., et al. 1998. Long-term trends in population and community measures of colonial-nesting waterbirds in Galveston Bay Estuary [Texas]. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 143--151. (Everglades Systems Res. Div., S. Florida Water Distr., 3301 Gun Club Rd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406, USA; EM: dale.gawlik@sfwmd.gov)---From 1973--1990 populations of Roseate Spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, Snowy Egret, Egretta thula, and Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, decreased significantly; Neotropical Cormorants, Phalacrocorax brasilianus, and Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis increased. Changes thought due to loss of coastal marsh and increased feeding conditions outside Galveston Bay.---R.B.C. {B908} {ROL #79}
{C318} Gostomski, T. J. 1997. Observations of Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa) within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and surrounding area, Bayfield and Ashland counties [Wisconsin]. Passenger Pigeon 59: 275--277. (Apostle Islands Natl. Lakeshore, Rt. 1, Box 4, Bayfield, WI 54814, USA.)---Sightings suggest possible breeding population.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C318} Graves, M. 1996. Curve-billed Thrasher in Oregon. Oregon Birds 22: 14. (H.C. 60, Box 106, Idleyld Park, OR 97447, USA; EM: kgraves@netcom.com)---Toxostoma curvirostre seen 12 Jul 1995 at Idleyld Park.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Grosek, R. J. 1998. Anna's Hummingbird in Binghamton, New York. Kingbird 48: 280--288. (8½ Newton St., Binghamton, NY 13901, USA.)---Male Calypte anna seen 18 Nov--11 Dec 1998 and banded is the first state record.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Gross, D. A. 1994. Discovery of a Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) nest, a first for Pennsylvania---Wyoming County. PA Birds 8: 128--132. (RR 1, Box 1795, Berwick, PA 17859, USA.)---29 June 1994.---P.D.H. {B700} {ROL #79}
{C318} Gryzbowski, J. A. 1998. Status of the Solitary Vireo complex in Oklahoma: Two "new" species for Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 31: 1--5. (715 Elmwood Dr., Norman, OK 73072, USA; EM: grzybow@aix1.ucok.edu)---Vireo solitarius is the common species; Vireo plumbeus, and Vireo cassinii, known from 5 and 3 specimens from northwestern Cimmarron County.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Grzybowski, J. A. 1997. Status of the Crested Caracara in Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 30: 7--9. (715 Elmwood Dr., Norman, OK 73072, USA; EM: grzybow@aix1.ucok.edu)---Four sight records of Polyborus plancus 1944--1993 do not meet standards of Oklahoma Bird Records Committee.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Haggerty, T. M., & J. T. Garner. 1998. First nesting record for the Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) in the Tennessee Valley. Alabama Birdlife 44(1): 8--10. (Biol. Dept., Univ. N. Alabama, Florence, AL 35632-0001, USA.)---Nest with 2 eggs photographed on 20 May 1999 in Colbert Co. AL.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Heck, B. A. 1999. Breeding record of the Tree Swallow in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 32: 6--7. (109 Kaye Dr., Broken Bow, OK 74728, USA.)---Tachycineta bicolor nest with young in dead tree, 31 May--15 Jun 1998 represents range extension in state.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Herbert, L. 1997. First nesting record for the Cedar Waxwing in eastern Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 30: 33--34. (1711 Goetz, Joplin, MO 64801, USA.)---Bombycilla cedrorum building nest 7 Jun 1997 in Bicentennial State Park, ca. 6 km E of Quapaw, Ottawa County is the second known nest for Oklahoma except for the Panhandle.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Herlyn, H. 1994. Oregon's first Streak-backed Oriole. Oregon Birds 20: 39--41. (PO Box 904, Philomath, OR 97370, USA.)---Icterus pustulatus seen 28--30 Sep 1993.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Herlyn, H. G., S. Jones, & J. L. Simmons. 1994. Oregon's first Streak-backed Oriole. Oregon Birds 20: 75--77. (134 NE Conifer Blvd. #9, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA.)---3rd published account of Icterus pustulatus at Malheur NWR., Sep. 1993.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Hobbs, C., & W. C. Rowe. 1999. Missouri Birds Record Committee Eleventh Annual Report. Bluebird 66(1): 33--44. (13121 Swartz Rd., Bonner Springs, KS 66102, USA; EM: chobbs@ix.netcom.com)---Accepted records include an adult Calidris ferruginea, seen 14--15 July 1998 at Eagle Bluffs; Missouri list now 397 species not including another 19 "hypothetical" species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Hobbs, C. 1998. Tenth annual report of the Missouri Bird Records committee. Bluebird 65(1): 20--25. (13121 Swartz Rd., Bonner Springs, KS 66102, USA; EM: chobbs@ix.netcom.com)---Accepted records include a White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica, seen 26 Apr--mid-May 1998 at Columbia (2nd documented state record) as well as first state nesting record for Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Hoffman, W. 1994. Yellow-nosed Albatross specimen from Key Largo. Florida Field Nat. 22: 75--77. (Natl. Audubon Soc., 115 Indian Mound Tr., Tavernier, FL 33070, USA.)---3rd record and 1st specimen of Thalassarche chlororhynchos in Florida; 27 May 1992.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Hoffman, W., et al. 1991. Golden-crowned Sparrow appears in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 19: 19--21. (Natl. Audubon Soc., 115 Indian Mound Tr., Tavernier, FL 33070, USA.)---First record of Zonotrichia atricapilla from Florida; 20 Jun 1990, Monroe Co.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Hunter, J. E., et al. 1998. Status of the Marbled Murrelet in the inner north coast ranges of California. Northwest. Nat. 79: 92--103. (USDA For. Serv., Six Rivers Natl. For., 1330 Bayshore Way, Eureka, CA 95501, USA; EM: John.Hunter/r5_sixrivers@fs.fed.us)---Brachyramphus marmoratus was not found despite intensive surveys 1995--1996.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Islam, K. 1994. Oregon's first verified record of a Lark Bunting. Oregon Birds 20: 84. (1115 NW 35th St., Corvallis, OR 97330, USA.)---Female Calamospiza melanocorys collected 3 Jan 1967 near Corvallis predates by 13 years the "First verified record" as stated by Oregon Records Committee.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Janssen, R. B. 1998. Chronology of the Minnesota Bird List since 1991. Loon 70: 159. (162 Lakeview Rd. E, Chanhassen, MN 55317, USA.)---13 new species; total 423.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C318} Janzen, T. 1996. Site guide: Birding locales in Clackamas Co., Oregon. Oregon Birds 22: 7--9. (12367 SE Ridgecrest Rd., Portland, OR 97236-6124, USA.)---map. {ROL #79}
{C318} Jobanek, G. A. 1993. The European Starling in Oregon. Oregon Birds 19: 93--96. (2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405, USA.)---History of occurrence of Sturnus vulgaris 1883--1993 in North America, with data on populations from Eugene and Portland, Christmas Bird Counts.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Jobanek, G. A. 1994. Dubious records in the early Oregon bird literature. Oregon Birds 20: 8--23. (2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405, USA.)---Discusses records for 77 species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Jobanek, G. A. 1994. History of the Bobolink in Oregon. Oregon Birds 20: 50--54. (2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405, USA.)---Review of occurrence of Dolichonyx oryzivorus, uncommon in Oregon.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Jobanek, G. A. 1994. Some thoughts on Acorn Woodpeckers in Oregon. Oregon Birds 20: 124--127. (2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405, USA.)---Occurrence and status of Melanerpes formicivorus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Johnson, J. 1995. First record of Eastern Wood-Pewee for Oregon. Oregon Birds 21: 3--4. (3244 NE Brazee St., Portland, OR 97212, USA.)---Contopus virens seen, photographed and tape recorded at Malheur NWR 28--30 May 1994.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Klein, H. G. 1998. New nesting site of Great Black-backed Gull on Lake Champlain, New York. Kingbird 48: 199--206. (5 Haynes Rd., Plattsburgh, NY 12901, USA.)---Adult Larus marinus attending one downy young on Garden Island, Clinton County, 16 June 1996 is third nesting record on lake and "modest" range extension; reviews range expansion and previous inland breeding in New York.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Krohn, W. B., R. B. Boone, & S. L. Painton. 1999. Quantitative delineation and characterization of hierarchical biophysical regions of Maine. Northeast. Nat. 6: 139--164. (Maine Coop. Fish Wildl. Res. Unit, Univ. Maine, Orono, Me 04469, USA.)---Modeling employed elevation, slope, species richness of birds and other vertebrates and woody plants, and three weather factors as variables to delineate regions. A map shows geographical variation of bird species richness in Maine.---J.S.G. {C908. C922, E514} {ROL #79}
{C318} Kwater, E. 1993. Fourth report of the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee, April 1992. PA Birds 7: 9--11. (3803 Cloverhill Ct., Brandon, FL 33511, USA; EM: himantopus@aol.com)---44 reports of 40 species were accepted including 1st state records of Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica), Mew Gull (Larus canus), Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea), Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata), and LeConte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii); 2nd 20th-century record of Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa).---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C318} Kwater, E. 1994. Fifth report of the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee, June 1994. PA Birds 8: 20--23. (3803 Cloverhill Ct., Brandon, FL 33511, USA; EM: himantopus@aol.com)---74 reports of 65 species were accepted including 1st state records of Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus), Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla), and Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga); 2nd records of Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica), Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus), and LeConte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii).---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C318} Kwater, E. 1994. First Record of Ross's Gull for Pennsylvania. PA Birds 8: 87. (3803 Cloverhill Ct., Brandon, FL 33511, USA; EM: himantopus@aol.com)---Rhodostethia rosea, York Co., 9 October 1991, videotape.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C318} Langridge, H. P., & G. E. Woolfenden. 1998. First record of the Thick-billed Murre from Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 88--89. (1421 W. Ocean Ave., Lantana, FL 33462, USA.)---Uria lomvia observed in December in Palm Beach County.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Langridge, H. P. 1995. First January sighting in the United States of a Yellow-nosed Albatross. Florida Field Nat. 23: 70--71. (1421 W. Ocean Ave., Lantana, FL 33462, USA.)---Only 2nd winter record of Diomedea chlororhynchos in eastern US; 5 Jan 1995, Palm Beach Co., Florida.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Langridge, H. P. 1996. Probable Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) at Dry Tortugas National Park. Florida Field Nat. 24: 16--17. (1421 W. Ocean Ave., Lantana, FL 33462, USA.)---5 May 1995, Monroe Co., Florida.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Larkin, J. L., et al. 1999. Common Ravens breeding in Knott County. Kentucky Warbler 75: 50--52. (Dept. For., Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0073, USA.)---Corvus corax breeding record in 1999 only 3rd record since species was extirpated from Kentucky in the early 1900's; expands breeding range northwestward 48 km.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lauff, R. F. 1997. Range expansion of Northern Hawk Owls (Surnia ulula) and Boreal Owls (Aegolius funereus) in Nova Scotia. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 569--571. (Dept. Biol., St. Francis Xavier Univ., Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Can; EM: rlauff@stfx.ca)---Photos of 1 of 3 hawk-owl nests; Boreal Owl nesting suspected with this first summer record.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lee, D. S., & H. T. Hendrickson. 1998. Recent breeding range expansion of Cedar Waxwings in North Carolina. Chat 62: 141--148. (N.C. State Mus. Nat. Sci., P.O. Box 29555, Raleigh, NC 27626, USA.)---Map shows first known breeding by Bombycilla cedrorum in eastern Piedmont and coastal plain mostly post-1980.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{C318} LeGrand, H. E., Jr., & A. V. Ziccardi, Jr. 1998. First record of Lazuli Bunting for North Carolina. Chat 62: 183--184. (N.C. Nat. Heritage. Prog., P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, NC 27611, USA.)---Passerina amoena, Ft. Macon S.P., 22 March--2 April 1996; photographs.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{C318} LeGrand, H. E., Jr. 1998. First record of Chestnut-collared Longspur for North Carolina. Chat 62: 185--186. (N.C. Nat. Heritage. Prog., P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, NC 27611, USA.)---Basic--plumaged Calcarius ornatus, 28 February--early March 1992; photographs.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lehman, P. 1993. Oregon's first Slaty-backed Gull. Oregon Birds 19: 63. (PO Box 1061, Goleta, CA 93116, USA.)---Adult Larus schistisagus seen 27 Dec 1992.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lehman, P. 1998. Letter---more on Bell's Vireo in the East. Kingbird 48: 31--33. (PO Box 379, Cape May, NJ 08204, USA.)---Some of the published records of Vireo bellii are wrong and many are insufficiently documented. There are apparently three specimens records from the east north of Florida and several well-documented birds, but the species’ occurrence in the region must be considered casual at best.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Levine, E. 1998. The new Checklist of the Birds of New York State. Kingbird 48: 2--15. (585 Mead Terrace, South Hempstead, NY 11550, USA.)---List of 451 species known from state incorporating changes through the 41st supplement to the A.O.U. checklist.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lewis, T. E., & D. B. McNair. 1998. Second verified record of the Couch’s/Tropical Kingbird complex (Tyrannus couchii/T. melancholicus) in Northwest Florida. Alabama Birdlife 44(1): 11--12. (USFWS, St. Vincent NWR, P. O. Box 447, Apalachicola, FL 32329, USA.)---Photographed on 9 May 1996 in Gulf County.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lewis, T. E., & D. B. McNair. 1998. Second breeding locality of Cliff Swallows in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 117--121. (St. Vincent Natl. Wildl. Refuge, P.O. Box 447, Apalachicola, FL 32329, USA.)---Petrochelidon pyrrhonota successfully bred in wooden boathouse in Franklin County.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lockwood, M. W. 1999. Texas Bird Records Committee Report for 1998. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 32(1): 26--37. (Nat. Resource Program, Texas Parks & Wildl. Dept., 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744, USA.)---Acceptance of records for Pterodroma hasitata, Sterna paradisaea, Coccyzus melacoryphus, Streptopelia decaocto, Amazilia beryllina, Sphyrapicus ruber, and Myioborus miniatus brings the official Texas state-list to 613 species.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Long, M. P., & C. I. Long. 1997. Breeding records of Tree Swallows at Grand Lake, Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 30(2/3): 21--23. (60701 E, 265th Pl., Rt. 1, Box 798-1, Grove, OK 74344, USA.)---Tachycineta bicolor nesting in iron pipes, June 1994, and in boxes, 1995, extend nesting range in state.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lowe, J. 1998. Report of the New York State Avian Records Committee for 1995. Kingbird 48: 301--308. (Cornell Lab. Ornithol., 159 Sapsucker Woods Dr., Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C318} Loyd, J., & M. B. Kamp. 1999. First record of the Great Black-backed Gull for Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 32: 1--4. (6736 E. 29th St., Tulsa, OK 74129, USA.)---First winter Larus marinus seen and photographed at Lake Keystone Dam, Tulsa County, 14 Jan--11 Feb 1997.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lundsten, J. 1993. Breeding bird survey on Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon. Oregon Birds 19: 74--75. (2352 Bunker Hill Rd., Salem, OR 97306, USA.)---35 species recorded during 3 days in June 1992.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Lundsten, J. 1994. Coast Range birds at Mount Hebo, Oregon. Oregon Birds 20: 90--92. (2352 Bunkerhill Rd. S, Salem, OR 97306, USA.)---Monthly checklist of birds recorded Apr 1992--Oct 1993.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Marshall, J. T. 1999. Overlap of Eastern and Western screech-owls. Pp. 10--22 in J. T. Marshall, Ornithological tracts on taxonomy and distribution. 91 pp. Priv. publ., Springfield, VA. (PO Box 30890, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA; EM: jtmvz@juno.com)---Reports mixed pairs of Otus asio swenki and Otus kennicottii aikeni along the Arkansas River in Colorado; Otus asio mccallii and Otus kennicottii suttoni along the Rio Grande in Texas as well as a colony of Otus kennicotti suttoni well within range of Otus asio hasbroucki at Kerr Wildlife Management Area in Texas.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Mawhinney, K., B. Allen, & B. Benedict. 1999. Status of the American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, on the Atlantic coast. Northeast. Nat. 6: 177--182. (Atlantic Coop. Wildl. Ecol. Res. Network, Univ. New Brunswick, PO Box 45111, Fredericton, NB E3B 1R7, Can.)---Breeding range has spread northward to e. Maine (Green I., Washington Co.) and to Nova Scotia, Canada (Cape Sable I.)---J.S.G. {ROL #79}
{C318} McConaughy, M. 1996. First Double-crested Cormorant nesting in Pennsylvania. PA Birds 10: 151. (No address available.)---One Phalacrocorax auritus nest discovered and photographed in July 1996 on a Susquehanna River island, Dauphin Co.---P.D.H. {B700} {ROL #79}
{C318} McNair, D. B., & J. A. Gore. 1998. Occurrences of flamingos in northwest Florida, including a recent record of the Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber). Florida Field Nat. 26: 40--43. (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312, USA.)---First occurrence of Greater Flamingo in Florida panhandle in 23 years. Most occurrences in this region associated with tropical storms.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} McNair, D. B. 1997. Early winter breeding record of the Eurasian Collared-Dove in northern Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 22--23. (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312, USA.)---Two large squabs of Streptopelia decaocto in nest 8 January 1996 at Carabelle, Franklin County.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} McNair, D. B. 1998. Sprague’s Pipit overwinters at Apalachicola, Franklin County, and an assessment of its winter status. Florida Field Nat. 26: 21--23. (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312, USA.)---Three individuals of Anthus spragueii seen in each of 3 winters in grasslands at Apalachicola Airfield, Florida. Review of previous sightings suggests species occurs very rarely and irregularly with occasional incursions in Florida. Regular overwintering has not been documented from southeastern states.---R.Bow. {C926} {ROL #79}
{C318} McNeely, L. K. 1998. Sixth report of the Kentucky Bird Records Committee. Kentucky Warbler 74: 26--27. (PO Box 463, Burlington, KY 41005, USA.)---Accepted records include Aythya fuligula (1st state record), Troglodytes troglodytes (3rd summer record), Pipilo maculatus (1st); state list now stands at 354 species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} McNeely, L. K. 1999. Seventh report of the Kentucky Bird Records Committee. Kentucky Warbler 75: 48--49. (PO Box 463, Burlington, KY 41005, USA.)---Accepted records include first records for Pelecanus occidentalis, Plegadis falcinellus, Elanus leucurus, Larus minutus, Archilochus alexandri, Calcarius pictus, and 2nd record for Stercorarius pomarinus, bringing the list of species known from Kentucky to 359.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} McWilliams, G. M. 1998. A Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) found on the shore of Lake Erie in Pennsylvania. PA Birds 12: 127--128. (3508 Allegheny Rd., Erie, PA 16508, USA.)---Corpse found 24 Feb. 1998 in Erie Co. was the 1st state record.---P.D.H. {Seabirds} {ROL #79}
{C318} McWilliams, J. 1995. Attempted nesting of three species of Laridae at Presque Isle State Park [Pennsylvania], 1995. PA Birds 9: 79--80. (3508 Allegheny Rd., Erie, PA 16508, USA.)---The state had no previous Ring-billed Gull (Larus argentatus) breeding, one previous Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) breeding, and no Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) breeding since 1966.---P.D.H. {B700} {ROL #79}
{C318} Meisenzahl, K. 1998. Second record of the Green Violet-ear in Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 31: 24--25. (911 Bob White, Lawton, OK 73507, USA.)---Colibri thalassinus thalassinus seen at feeder in Lawtown, Comanche County, 30 May 1998--13 Jul 1998.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Muschlitz, B. P. 1995. Asiatic Marbled Murrelet: first spring record in North America. Florida Field Nat. 23: 30--32. (4859 NW 20th Pl., Gainesville, FL 32605, USA.)---Brachyramphus perdix; 16 Mar 1994, Cedar Key, Levy Co., Florida.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Nehls, H. 1993. Slaty-backed Gull, 29 December 1992. Oregon Birds 19: 65. (4710 Dexter Dr., #7, Santa Barbara, CA 93110, USA.)---3rd account of 1st Larus schistisagus for Oregon.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Nehls, H. 1993. The records of the Oregon Bird Records Committee, 1992--1993. Oregon Birds 19: 91--93. (2726 SE 20th Ave., Portland, OR 97202, USA.)---Accepted records include 1st state record for Sayornis phoebe, at Falls City; Lagopus leucurus, a failed introduction, Aethia cristatella, and Anthus spragueii are removed from the Oregon list.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Nehls, H. 1994. The records of the Oregon Bird Records Committee, 1993--1994. Oregon Birds 20: 113--114. (2736 SE 20th Ave., Portland, OR 97202, USA.)---Accepted records for 19 species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} New York State Avian Records Committee. 1999. Report of the New York State Avian Records Committee for 1996. Kingbird 49: 114--121. (J. Lowe, Sec'y, Cornell Lab. Ornithol., 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.)---Records accepted include those for Anhinga anhinga (2nd state record), Selasphorus rufus (3rd), Vireo bellii (3rd); none added to state list which now totals 454 species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Niemi, G. R., et al. 1998. Biogeographic patterns of breeding birds in Minnesota. Loon 70: 3--11. (Nat. Resour. Res. Inst., 5013 Miller Trunk Hwy., Duluth, MN 55811, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C318} Norton, R. L., & J. Ripple. 1997. First report of Fuertes’ Red-tailed Hawk from Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 138--140. (Dept. Nat. Sci., Santa Fe Comm. Coll., 3000 NW 83rd St., Gainesville, FL 32609, USA.)---Entirely white underparts suggest Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi on 14 February 1996 in Levy County, FL.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Palmer-Ball, B., Jr. 1998. New nesting records of Least Bittern. Kentucky Warbler 74: 84--86. (Kentucky State Nat. Preserves Comm., 801 Schenkel Lane, Frankfort, KY 40601, USA.)---Breeding records for Ixobrychus exilis from three Kentucky counties (Henderson, Fulton, Muhlenberg) where breeding was not previously reported.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Palmer-Ball, B., Jr. 1998. Northern Shovelers nesting in Christian County. Kentucky Warbler 74: 87--89. (Kentucky State Nat. Preserves Comm., 801 Schenkel Lane, Frankfort, KY 40601, USA.)---Female Anas clypeata with 9 young 5 Jun 1997 at Morgan's Pond, western Kentucky, represents 1st state breeding record.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Papish, U. 1993. Black Terns nest at Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lane County, Oregon. Oregon Birds 19: 97--98. (1797 East 25th St., Eugene, OR 97403, USA.)---Chlidonias niger nest with downy young, 27 Jul 1992, is one of few known nestings in Oregon west of the cascades.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Parkes, K. C. 1997. The Summer Atlas of North American Birds---a Pennsylvania Perspective. PA Birds 11: 141--142. (Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.)---The book's distribution maps fail to show the presence of at least 30 species well known to inhabit the state, including 20 confirmed or probable breeders. State and provincial breeding bird atlas maps were recommended for accurate information about all species' distribution.---P.D.H. {E506} {ROL #79}
{C318} Phillips, G. 1998. Yellow-billed Loon in Oswego harbor. Second state record. First live sighting! Kingbird 48: 98--102. (12599 Rt. 34 South, Cato, NY 13033, USA.)---Gavia adamsii seen and photographed on the Oswego River 21 Dec 1997; reprinted better photograph of bird in Kingbird 48: 208.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Post, W. 1998. The status of Nelson’s and Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed sparrows on Waccasassa Bay, Levy County, Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 1--6. (Charleston Mus. 360 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29403, USA.)---Of 162 overwintering sharp-tailed sparrows examined, 96% were Ammodramus nelsoni and only 4% were Ammodramus caudacutus.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Post, W., et al. 1998. Northern Fulmar collected in South Carolina: Southernmost verified occurrence for Atlantic Coast. Chat 62: 152--154. (Charleston Mus., 360 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29403, USA.)---Juvenile pale-morph Fulmarus glacialis found dead, Kiawah Island, 27 February 1998.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{C318} Post, W., et al. 1998. Red-billed Tropicbird salvaged in South Carolina: First specimen for state. Chat 62: 155--157. (Charleston Mus., 360 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29403, USA.)---Flightless Phaethon aethereus, Folly Island, 14 October 1995.---E.F.P. {ROL #79}
{C318} Pranty, B., & M. D. Scheuerell. 1997. First summer record of the Henslow’s Sparrow in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 64--66. (Florida Grasshopper Sparrow Proj., Avon Pair Air Force Range, FL 33825, USA.)---A single singing Ammodramus henslowii observed 5 June 1996 in Okeechobee County.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Pulcinella, N. 1995. Official list of the birds of Pennsylvania. PA Birds 9: 118--123. (210 Welcome Ave., Norwood, PA 19074, USA.)---2nd edition listed 378 species including 20 added since 1990.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C318} Pulcinella, N. 1995. Sixth report of the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee, June 1995. PA Birds 9: 70--72. (210 Welcome Ave., Norwood, PA 19074, USA.)---78 reports were approved including 1st state records of Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) and Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica).---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C318} Pulcinella, N. 1996. Seventh report of the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee---June 1996. PA Birds 10: 48--50. (210 Welcome Ave., Norwood, PA 19074, USA.)---56 records of 38 species were accepted including 1st state records of Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) and Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), and 2nd record of Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus).---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C318} Pulcinella, N. 1997. Eighth report of the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee, June 1997. PA Birds 11: 126--133. (210 Welcome Ave., Norwood, PA 19074, USA.)---96 records of 56 species were accepted including 1st state records of Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea), specimen; Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto), photograph; and White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica), photograph.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C318} Reeves, T. 1997. Documented breeding and seasonal records for birds in San Juan County, New Mexico. New Mexico Ornithol. Soc. Bull. 25: 23--28. (Dept. Comp. Info. Syst., San Juan Coll., Farmington, MN 87402, USA.)---Records for Nycticorax nycticorax, Asio otus, Toxostoma bendirei, and Calamospiza melanocorys.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Reinhold, D. S., A. J. Mueller, & G. Ellis. 1998. Observations of nesting Double-crested Cormorants in the Delta Region of Mississippi. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 450--451. (USDA, Anim. Plant Health Inspect. Serv., PO Box 316, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA; EM: david.reinhold@usda.gov)---Two nest sites of Phalacrocorax auritus found in 1998 annual state waterfowl survey apparently are the 2nd and 3rd known nestings there.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Remsen, J. V. 1991. First record of Williamson’s Sapsucker from Louisiana. J. Louisiana Ornithol. Soc. 2(1): 15--17. (Mus. Nat. Sci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.)---Sphyrapicus thyroideus was collected near Johnson's Bayou on 14 November 1982; Louisiana State Univ. Mus. Zool. #107748.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Renfrow, F. 1998. An American Swallow-tailed Kite in Boone County, Kentucky. Kentucky Warbler 74: 24--25. (611 South O'Fallon Ave., Bellevue, KY 41073, USA.)---Elanoides forficatus seen several times Aug--Sep 1997 is the first sighting in state since Aug 1875; bird feeding on dragonflies and snatching cicadas from cicada killer wasps.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Renfrow, F. 1999. An active nest of the Red-breasted Nuthatch at the Red River Gorge. Kentucky Warbler 75: 53--54. (611 South O'Fallon, Ave., Bellevue, KY 41073, USA.)---Sitta canadensis nesting in half-dead Acer rubrum in Wolfe County, Kentucky. This area and another ca. 120 mi NE may hold the only two nesting populations in the unglaciated Cumberland Plateau.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Renfrow, F. 1999. The Blue-headed Vireo at the Red River Gorge: A successful fledging and other records. Kentucky Warbler 75: 52. (611 South O'Fallon, Ave., Bellevue, KY 41073, USA.)---Vireo solitarius well distributed in suitable habitat in Wolfe, Menifee, and Powell counties, Kentucky.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Robbins, M. B. 1999. Unprecedented numbers of Sedge Wrens in late fall and early winter. Bluebird 66(1): 5--6. (Div. Ornithol., Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA; EM: mrobbins@ukans.edu)---33 Cistothorus platensis recorded in Missouri, 29 at one locality, 7 Dec 1998 and others recorded on other dates in December. The species formerly had only about 15 records after the end of October, none of them involving more than two individuals.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Robert, M., & P. Laporte. 1999. Numbers and movements of Yellow Rails along the St. Lawrence River, Quebec. Condor 101: 667--671. (Can. Wildl. Serv., Quebec Region, Environment Canada, 1141 route de l’Église, P. O. Box 10100, Sainte-Foy, PQ G1V 4H5, Can.; EM: michel.robert@ec.gc.ca)---Coturnicops noveboracensis. {agriculture, banding, molt migration, radiotelemetry} {ROL #79}
{C318} Robinson, J. A., & G. Aumann. 1997. An American Woodcock nest in Galveston County, Texas. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 30: 20--23. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5513, USA.)---Scolopax minor nest was photographed on 6 Feb 1996 at 29E 05'N, 95E 02'W.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Ruckdeschel, C., C. R. Shoop, & D. Sibley. 1996. First sighting of the Shiny Cowbird in Georgia. Oriole 61(2/3): 29--30. (PO Box 796, St. Marys, GA 31558, USA.)---Molothrus bonariensis pair on Cumberland Island, May 1989.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Sees, M. D., & D. W. Freeman. 1998. Observed nesting of the Snail Kite in eastern Orange County, Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 124--125. (City of Orlando, P.O. Box 1375, Christmas, FL 32709, USA.)---Rostrhamus sociabilis. {ROL #79}
{C318} Seyler, D. A. 1998. Nesting Least Bitterns at the Tonawanda/Iroquois/Oak Orchard wetland complex. Kingbird 48: 108--115. (1889 Colvin Blvd., Tonawanda, NY 14150, USA.)---Two Ixobrychus exilis nests with eggs 22 May, 10 Jun 1996 are the first found in the area in 38 years for a species proposed for listing as threatened in New York.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Shackelford, C. E., D. Saenz, & R. R. Schaefer. 1996. Sharp-shinned Hawks nesting in the pineywoods of eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 29: 23--25. (Texas Parks & Wildl. Dept., 4200 Smith School Rd., Austin, TX 78744, USA.)---Five nests of Accipiter striatus probably constitute the 1st confirmed nests ever of this species in the Pineywoods Region of eastern Texas and the 1st in many decades in the Pineywoods Region of western Louisiana".---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Sherrell, P. 1994. Oregon's first verified Rustic Bunting. Oregon Birds 20: 111--112. (3528 Regent Ave., Eugene, OR 97401, USA.)---Emberiza rustica seen and photographed at author's feeder 31 Mar--17 Apr 1994.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Smith, P. W., & G. E. Woolfenden. 1995. Status of the Northern Wheatear in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 23: 93--96. (South Florida Res. Ctr., Everglades Natl. Park, Homestead, FL 33034, USA.)---All Florida records of Oenanthe oenanthe are of the leucorhoa subspecies from eastern arctic Canada, Greenland, and perhaps Iceland.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Smith, P. W., S. A. Smith, & W. Hoffman. 1991. A Yellow-faced Grassquit in Florida, with comments on importation of this and related species. Florida Field Nat. 19: 21--24. (S. Florida Res. Ctr., Everglades Natl. Park, PO Box 279, Homestead, FL 33030, USA.)---First record of Tiaris olivacea from Florida, but possible escapee.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} St. Louis, M. J. 1995. Whooper Swan at Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon, and California wintering areas. Oregon Birds 21: 35--37. (36981 Hgwy. 31, Summer Lake, OR 97640, USA.)---Cygnus cygnus 1st verified record at SLWA 10 Nov--3 Dec 1994; 5 B&W photos.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Stedman, S. J. 1998. Breeding bird survey of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee, 1994--1996. Kentucky Warbler 74: 35--42. (Dept. English, Box 5053, Tennessee Tech. Univ., Cookeville, TN 38505, USA.)---Summary of three BBS routes run by author.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Stern, M. A., J. F. Morawski, & G. A. Rosenberg. 1993. Rediscovery and status of a disjunct population of breeding Yellow Rails in southern Oregon. Condor 95: 1024--1027. (Oregon Nat. Heritage Progr., The Nature Conservancy, 1205 NW 25th, Portland, OR 97210, USA; EM: mstern@tnc.org)---Coturnicops noveboracensis found at seven localities in Klammath and western Lake counties during breeding seasons 1988--1992; documents 3rd breeding record for Oregon; 1st for western U.S. since 1950.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Summerour, B. 1998. Second nesting record for the Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) in Alabama. Alabama Birdlife 44(1): 13. (2012 Cedar Springs Dr., Jacksonville, AL 36265, USA.)---Observed building nest on 24 June and feeding young on 18 July 1997 near Waterloo.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} Svingen, P. 1998. The American Avocet in Minnesota. Loon 70: 11--20. (2602 E. 4th St., Duluth, MN 55812, USA.)---Recurvirostra americana increased from virtually nonexistent to regular migrant and occasional breeding bird in past 50 years.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C318} Sweet, P. R., & D. Martinelli. 1998. Two new Razorbill specimens from Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 90. (Dept. Ornithol. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 100124, USA.)---Two Alca torda specimens, considered rare and irregular in Florida, salvaged on Atlantic coast during late Fall 1996.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Tarbutton, B., & D. Clapp. 1998. First record of the Green Violet-ear for Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 31: 21--24. (Rt. 2, Box 140-T, Noble, OK 73068, USA.)---Adult male Colibri thalassinus thalassinus seen 2--5 Sep 1996 in rural east Norman, Cleveland County.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Thayer, C. 1999. Illinois' second confirmed breeding Osprey. Meadowlark 8: 6--7. (8727 Flint Lane, Orland Park, IL 60462-1490, USA; EM: bncthay@aol.com)---Pandion haliaeetus with nest in southwest Cook County in 1997.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Tice, B. 1993. Oregon's first verified Eastern Phoebe. Oregon Birds 19: 3--4. (750 Wood St., Falls City, OR 97344, USA.)---Sayornis phoebe seen and photographed 5--23 Jun 1992 at Falls City, Polk County.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Tice, B. 1995. Site guide: Sugarloaf treasures. Oregon Birds 21: 74--75. (750 Wood St., Falls City, OR 97344, USA.)---Birds of Sugarloaf Mountain, Polk County, Oregon; B&W map.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Tice, B. 1996. Site guide: The "new" Baskett Slough. Oregon Birds 22: 3--4. (750 Wood St., Falls City, OR 97344, USA.)---In Polk County, northwestern Oregon; map.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Walk, J. W., & E. L. Kershner. 1999. Breeding birds of Chauncey Marsh Natural Area, Lawrence County. Meadowlark 8: 22--23. (Dept. Nat. Resour. Environ. Sci., Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA.)---List of birds and relative abundances in different habitats.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Walters, E. 1997. First state record of Gull-billed Tern: Waukegan Beach. Meadowlark 6: 122--123. (7714 N. Marshfield Ave. # 2, Chicago, IL 60626, USA.)---Sterna nilotica seen 30 May 1997 in Lake County, Illinois; 4 B&W photos.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Ware, D. M. 1997. White-crowned Pigeon north of it’s [sic] known range. Florida Field Nat. 25: 141--142. (662 Fairway Ave., Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32547, USA.)---Columba leucocephala seen 16 April 1997 at Ft. Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, FL. This species rarely seen outside of south Florida.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Waters, A. R. 1996. Status of selected wetland species in the Augusta, Georgia area. Oriole 61(2/3): 31--41. (1621 Apple Valley Dr., Augusta, GA 30906, USA.)---Annotated list of 75 species, mostly waterfowl and shorebirds.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Webber, T., & C. T. Collins. 1995. Recordings verify that Vaux's Swifts visit Florida in winter. Florida Field Nat. 23: 25--29. (Florida Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Sonograms confirm Chaetura vauxi in Florida during winter.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} White, M. 1999. Inland occurrences of Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Texas Birds 1(1): 34--39. (2518 Monroe St., Commerce, TX 75428 USA.)---Ammodramus nelsoni at 15 inland sites in Texas.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C318} White, M. 1999. Texas review species: Black-headed Gull. Texas Birds 1(1): 29--33. (2518 Monroe St., Commerce, TX 75428 USA.)---Larus ridibundus. {ROL #79}
{C318} Wilhelm, G. 1993. First breeding record of Sandhill Crane for Pennsylvania, Lawrence/Mercer Counties. PA Birds 7: 91--92. (513 Kelly Blvd., Slippery Rock, PA 16057.)---Grus canadensis pair fledged 1 young discovered on 3 August 1993.---P.D.H. {B700} {ROL #79}
{C318} Wilhelm, G. 1993. King Rail breeding in western Pennsylvania, Butler County. PA Birds 7: 89--90. (513 Kelly Blvd., Slippery Rock, PA 15057, USA.)---Adult Rallus elegans with 2 young, 7 July 1993. No regularly occupied nesting location had been known in the state.---P.D.H. {B700} {ROL #79}
{C318} Williams, S. O., III. 1997. Checklist of New Mexico birds. New Mexico Ornithol. Soc. Bull. 25: 51--66. (New Mexico Dept. Game Fish, PO Box 25112, Santa Fe, NM 87504, USA.)---Simple list of 530 species, 493 verified as occurring in the state with indication of breeding status.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Williams, S. O., III. 1999. Fourth report of the New Mexico Bird Records Committee. New Mexico Ornithol. Soc. Bull. 27: 35--46. (65 Verano Loop, Santa Fe, NM 97505, USA.)---Includes accepted records for Dendrocygna bicolor (1st record), Caracara plancus (1st record in over a decade), Heteroscelus incanus (1st ), Streptopelia decaocto (1st ); 495 species now known from state.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Wilson, A., & A. Guthrie. 1999. Black Brant in New York State. Kingbird 49: 98--106. (4 Washington Sq. Vill., Apt 2i, New York, NY 10012, USA; EM: wilsoa02@popmail.med.nyu.edu)---Three Branta bernicla nigricans at Riis Park, Queens, during winter 1997--98 an unprecedented high number in eastern U.S.A.; 2 photos.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Wilson, A., & A. Guthrie. 1999. Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) at Jones Beach, Nassau County 31 Jan--1 Feb 1999; first record for New York State. Kingbird 49: 2--7. (4 Washington Square Village, Apt. 2i, New York, NY 10012, USA; EM: wilsoa02@popmail.med.nyu.edu)---455th species for New York list; 2 photos.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C318} Wiltraut, R. 1993. First documented record of American Oystercatcher in Pennsylvania. PA Birds 7: 51. (205 Washington St., Nazareth, PA 18064, USA.)---Haematopus palliatus, Carbon Co., 2 April 1993, photograph.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C318} Woolfenden, G. E., et al. 1996. Western Wood-Pewee recorded in Highlands County, Florida. Florida Field Nat. 24: 61--67. (Archbold Biol. Stn., Lake Placid, FL 33862, USA.)---1st record of Contopus sordidulus from Florida; 19 Jun 1995, Lake Placid, Highlands Co.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Woolfenden, G. E., W. B. Robertson, Jr., & B. Pranty. 1996. Comparing the species lists in two recent books on Florida birds. Florida Field Nat. 24: 10--14. (Dept. Biol., Univ. South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.)---Reconciles differences in lists between "Florida bird species: An annotated list" by Robertson and Woolfenden and "The birdlife of Florida" by Stevenson and Anderson.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C318} Wright, P. L. 1996. Status of rare birds in Montana, with comments on known hybrids. Northwest. Nat. 77: 57--85. (Div. Biol. Sci., Univ. Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.)---Detailed annotated list of 113 species and 16 hybrid pairs; includes 2-pp. map of localities mentioned in text.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C320} Lee, C.-T., & N. Shany. 1998. Birding Taiwan. Birding 30: 492--503. (PO Box 381085, Cambridge, MA 02238, USA.)---Maps, color photos, and comments on birds that may be found at various localities.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C320} Sibley, F., W. Lu., & J. Lazell. 1999. Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel, Bridled Tern, and Lesser Crested Tern at Wu Yu (Black Rock), Nan Ao County, Guangdong, China. Waterbirds 22: 142--144. (The Conserv. Agency, 6 Swinburne St., Jarnestown, RI 02835, USA; EM: jcinjtown@aol.com)---Nesting Oceanodroma monorhis, Sterna anaethetus, and Sterna bengalensis 21 July 1997; petrel range extension of ca. 500 km; ca. 1000 km for anaethetus and bengalensis range extensions.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C324} Buden, D. W. 1999. Reptiles, birds, and mammals of Oroluk Atoll, Eastern Caroline Islands. Micronesica 31: 289--300. (Div. Math. Sci., Coll. Micronesia, PO Box 159 Palikir, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia 96491; EM: mathscience@mail.fm)---Summarizes all previous observations and lists 10 reptiles, 17 birds, 4 introduced mammals; the only seabirds confirmed as breeders are Sula sula, Anous stolidus, and Anous minutus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C324} Hake, M. E., M. Goldin, & R. P. Cook. 1998. Laughing Gull sighted in American Samoa. Elepaio 58: 50. (Cook: Natl. Park of American Samoa, Pago Pago, AS 96799, USA.)---Larus atricilla in breeding plumage seen 19--23 Mar 1998 on the south coast of Tutuila is the 2nd record in the Samoan Islands.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C324} Kessler, C. C. 1999. New cuckoo record and vagrant bird sightings for the Mariana Islands (1995--1998). Micronesica 31: 283--287. (Zoology Unltd., PO Box 31132, Flagstaff, AZ 86003, USA; EM: Zoology@infomagic.com)---New records for Anatahan, Pagan (Cuculus sp.?, 1st cuckoo in Marianas), Saipan (Milvus migrans, 1st record), Sarigan (Sterna lunata, 1st ), Oceanodroma matsudairae (1st records off Anatahan and Saipan).---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C324} Morin, M. P., et al. 1998. Sightings of Ka-ho'olawe birds. Elepaio 58: 55, 62--65. (PO Box 3543, Kailua-Kona, HI 96745, USA; EM: mpmorin@ibm.net)---Annotated list of 25 species seen 11--13 Dec 1996 and 23--25 Feb 1997.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C324} Nelson, J. T., & A. Vitz. 1998. First reported sighting of Japanese Bush-warbler Cettia diphone on the island of Hawai'i. Elepaio 58: 1. (USGS/BRD, Pacific Islands Ecosyst. Res. Cent., PO Box 44 Hawaii Natl. Park, HI 96718, USA; EM: Jay_Nelson@usgs.gov)---Seen 9 June 1997.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C324} O'Daniel, D., & S. Kreuger. 1999. Recent sightings of the Micronesian Megapode on Tinian, Mariana Islands. Micronesica 31: 301--307. (PO Box 714, APO 96558, Johnston Atoll.)---Five surveys on military leased land 1994--1995 found no Megapodius laperouse laperouse, but three were seen in the Maga, Bateha, and Mt. Lasu areas in April--June 1995.---R.B.C. {B904} {ROL #79}
{C324} Steadman, D. W. 1998. Status of land birds on selected islands in the Ha'apai Group. Pacific Science 52: 14--34. (Florida Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Florida, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; EM: steadman@flmnh.ufl.edu)---Survey of 13 islands 1995--1996 revealed Gallicolumba stairi, Ptilinopus perousii and Clytorhynchus vitiensis extremely rare or extirpated on all islands except Tofua whose greater species richness thought to be due presence of primary forest; gives annotated list of 18 species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C330} Parkes, K. C. 1998. First record of the Great Blue Heron for Brazil. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 89--90. (Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburg, PA 15212, USA; EM: parkes@prodigy.net)---3 Ardea herodias seen in the Anavilhanas Archipelago 20 Oct 1997 may have occurred farther south than usual owing to severe drought in Amazonia.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C330} Willard, D. E., et al. 1991. The birds of Cerro de la Neblina,
Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela. Fieldiana, Zool. n.s. 65: i--iv,
1--85. (EM: Mercedes_Foster@usgs.gov) {ROL #79}
{C700} Jobanek, G. A. 1993. A case for field notes and their preservation.
Oregon Birds 19: 45. (2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405, USA.)---Makes a strong
case.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C700} Levine, E., et al. 1998. Guidelines of the New York State Avian Records Committee, a committee of the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs. Kingbird 48: 116--119. (585 Mead Terrace, South Hempstead, NY 11550, USA.)---Composition, procedures, etc.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C702} Clark, R. J. 1997. Summary and concluding remarks [2nd International Symposium: Biology and conservation of owls of the Northern Hemisphere]. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 11--20. (Biol. Dept., York Coll. Pennsylvania, York, PA 17405-7199, USA.)---Comparison of topics and species covered between the 1987 and 1997 symposia, including a plea for studies and conferences of owls in lesser-known parts of the world.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C702} Jones, P. R., et al. 1998. A bibliography of New York State ornithology for 1997. Kingbird 48: 309--315. (Sullivan County Comm. Coll., Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759, USA; EM: jonespr@sullivan.suny.edu). {ROL #79}
{C702} Wemmer, C., M. Erixon-Stanford, & A. L. Gardner. 1996. Natural history museums and cyberspace. Mus. Int. 48: 35--39. (ALG: USGS/BRD MRC-111, Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC 20560-0111, USA.)---Natural history museums are entering the electronic age as they increasingly use computers to build accessible and shareable databases that support research and education on a world-wide basis. Museums are exploring the Internet and other shared uses of electronic media to enhance their traditional roles in education, training, identifications, technical assistance, and collections management.---USGS {C706} {ROL #79}
{C702} Zingo, J. M., & J. A. Spendelow. 1998. Ornithology at Falkner and Goose Islands [Connecticut]: Overview and historical records. Connecticut Warbler 18: 18--34. (Dept. For. Wildl. Manage., Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-4210, USA; EM: jzingo@forwild.mass.edu)---Bird list with comments on rarer species as well as extensive bibliography of published articles and unpublished reports dealing with the islands.---R.B.C. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C702} Zingo, J. M. 1998. Connecticut ornithological literature. Connecticut Warbler 19: 12--13. (Dept. For. Wildl. Manage., Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-4210, USA; EM: jzingo@forwild.mass.edu)---Miscellaneous citations 1995--1997.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C702} Zingo, J. M. 1999. Connecticut ornithological literature. Connecticut Warbler 19: 77--80. (Dept. For. Wildl. Manage., Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-4210, USA; EM: jzingo@forwild.mass.edu)---Miscellaneous citations from as early as 1972 to 1998; most from 90s.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C704} Anon. 1999. In memoriam: Anne L. Stamm. Kentucky Warbler 75: 39. (No address given.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Anon. 1999. In memoriam: Chastain L. Frazer, Sr. Kentucky Warbler 75: 39. (No address given.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Anon. 1999. In memoriam: Lee Kern Nelson. Kentucky Warbler 75: 39. (No address given.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Bayer, R. D. 1993. Fred Evenden, 1921--1982. Oregon Birds 19: 107. (PO Box 1467, Newport, OR 97365, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Burnett, J. A. 1999. A passion for wildlife: a history of the Canadian Wildlife Service, 1947--1997. Can. Field-Nat. 113: 1--183. (Sackville, NB E4L 1G6, Can.)---Contains many references to avian research.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C704} Contreras, A. 1993. Beth Kostenbader, 1912--1993. Oregon Birds 19: 107. (2254 Crestview Dr., Salem, OR 97302, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Contreras, A. 1995. Ann Ward: 35 years of birding in Baker County [Oregon]. Oregon Birds 21: 17. (2254 Crestview Dr., Salem, OR 97302, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Fingerhood, E. D., ed. 1995. Notes on the extermination of the wild pigeon. PA Birds 9: 132--133. (Deceased.)---Annotated transcript of an 1894 report on the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) in Pennsylvania by Capt. Anthony A. Clay.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{C704} Jobanek, G. A. 1993. Gordon Gullion. Oregon Birds 19: 108. (2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Jobanek, G. A. 1993. In Memoriam: W. E. Griffee 1903--1988. Oregon Birds 19: 41--43. (2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405, USA.)---Early Oregon oologist with annotated list of titles.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C704} Jobanek, G. A. 1994. Charles Bendire. Oregon Birds 20: 78--84. (2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405, USA.)---Biography.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C704} Johnston, D. W. 1991. An overlooked early Florida oologist and ornithologist, Joseph E. Gould. Florida Field Nat. 19: 110--116. (5219 Concordia St., Fairfax, VA 22032, USA.)---Collected extensively in central Florida.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C704} Levine, E. 1999. Obituary--Geoffrey Carleton. 1909--1998. Kingbird 49: 122. (585 Mead Terrace, South Hempstead, NY 11550, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Lincoln, S. R. 1998. Federation of New York State Bird Clubs. History of the first fifty years 1948--1998. Kingbird 48 (Suppl.): 1--35. (PO Box 296, Somers, NY 10589, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Marshall, D. B. 1993. At Malheur in 1939 with Stanley G. Jewett. Oregon Birds 19: 11--13. (4365 South Chesapeake Ave., Portland, OR 97201, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Matteson, S. W. 1998. John T. Emlen, Jr.: a naturalist for all seasons, part 1: the making of a naturalist-ornithologist, 1908--1934. Passenger Pigeon 60: 123--167. (5101 Coney Weston Pl., Madison, WI 53711, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Matteson, S. W. 1998. John T. Emlen, Jr.: a naturalist for all seasons, part 2: of adventure, innovation, and conscience, 1934--1959. Passenger Pigeon 60: 203--250. (5101 Coney Weston Pl., Madison, WI 53711, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Matteson, S. W. 1998. Samuel D. Robbins, Jr. at 75: an interview with the author of Wisconsin Birdlife. Passenger Pigeon 60: 3--43. (Bur. Endangered Resour., Dept. Nat. Resour., P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C704} Messerly, E. H. 1998. Albert J. B. Kirn and his work in Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 31: 9--20. (344 S.E. Elmhurst, Bartlesville, OK 74006-2604, USA.)---Includes partial bibliography and unpublished manuscript. material available from author.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C704} Robbins, S. D. 1998. In memoriam: John T. Emlen, Jr. 1908--1997. Passenger Pigeon 60: 103--104. (No address given). {ROL #79}
{C704} Ruhme, R. 1997. Im memoriam: William R. Pieper. Loon 69: 175. (9655 Upton Rd. S, Bloomington, MN 55431, USA.)---Published "Where to Find Birds in Minnesota" in 1955.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C704} Tomer, J. S. 1997. The first listing of Oklahoma birds. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 30(2/3): 13--21. (5911 E. 48th St., Tulsa, OK 74135, USA; EM: js-tomer@msn.com)---Observations of S. H. Woodhouse in 1849 and 1850.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C704} Walsberg, G. E. 1993. History of The Condor. Condor 95: 748--757. (Dept. Biol., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ 85287-1501, USA; EM: walsberg@asu.edu)---Over the last 50 years or so, papers on ecology and behavior have predominated while papers on taxonomy and systematics and distribution have declined.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C704} Warren, D. 1993. Joe Evanich, 1963--1993. Oregon Birds 19: 101. (No address given.) {ROL #79}
{C706} Browning, M. R. 1995. The importance of collecting birds and preserving museum specimens. Oregon Birds 21: 45--49. (15373 Elk Creek Rd., Trail, OR 97541, USA; EM: rlbrning@jeffnet.org)---Limitations of sight reports of various forms in Oregon indicated with reasons for continued collecting given.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C706} Casto, S. D., & J. S. Tomer. 1999. Texas bird records of S. Woodhouse. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 32(1): 13--25. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX 76513, USA.)---Reports on specimens and observations from 153 species collected from 27 Feb--29 Jun 1851.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C706} Jobanek, G. A. 1993. The reliability of Dr. Albert G. Prill. Oregon Birds 19: 44--45. (2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405, USA.)---Early egg collector who was not especially reliable as to rare birds, particularly later in life; paper in Wilson Bull. 49: 119, 1937 about Oregon bird records previously rejected by Condor and perhaps included erroneous records. {ROL #79}
{C706} Lepson, J. K. 1998. Notes on appearance and speculated behavior of the O'ahu 'O'o (Meliphagidae). Pacific Science 52: 210--219. (118 Vienna St., Livermore, CA 94550, USA.)---Two specimens of the long extinct Moho apicalis from a museum in Berlin have conspicuous yellow bare orbital rings.---R.B.C. {E114} {ROL #79}
{C708} Wander, N. 1998. A bird of the heavens will carry the voice.
Birding 30: 300--305. (PO Box 301, Port Orford, OR 97465, USA.)--Etymology
of various bird-related phrases such as kibitz, lame duck, gobbledygook.---R.B.C.
{ROL #79}
{C900} Cabe, P. R. 1999. Dispersal and population structure in the
European Starling. Condor 101: 451--454. (Biol. Dept., St. Olaf Coll.,
Northfield, MN 55057-1098, USA; EM: cabe@stolaf.edu)---Sturnus vulgaris.
{C914, C920; banding data, allozyme allele frequencies} {ROL #79}
{C900} Jones, G. A. 1999. Neotropical migrant use of a commercial citrus grove for fall stopover. N. Am. Bird Bander 24: 29--33. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol. Conserv., Univ. Florida, PO Box 110430, Gainesville, FL 32611-0430, USA; EM: gaj0@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu)---Census at Lake Alfred, Florida mid-Sep--mid-Oct 1998.---R.B.C. {D904} {ROL #79}
{C900} Lemay, Y., et al. 1998. Habitat de reproduction et succes de nidification d'une population introduite de Tetras du Canada, Falcipennis canadensis, dans l'isle d'Anticosti, Quebec. [Breeding habitat and nesting success of Spruce Grouse introduced on Anticosti Island, Quebec.] Can. Field-Nat. 112: 267--275. (Dept. Biol. Sci. Sante, Univ. Quebec, 300 Allee des Ursulines, Rimouski, PQ G5L 3A1, Can.)---Habitat utilization and nesting success of newly introduced birds. (French, Engl. summ.)---D.L.E. {B912, C908} {ROL #79}
{C900} Russell, R. W. 1999. Comparative demography and life history tactic of seabirds: implications for conservation and marine monitoring. Am. Fisheries Soc. Symp. 23: 51--76. (Mus. Nat. Sci., 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana St. Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.)---Reviews demography of seabirds and the consequences of longevity for conservation. Elasticity analysis shows that seabird population growth rates are particularly sensitive to small variations in adult survivorship; therefore, monitoring adult survival rates is critical to conservation strategies.---J.V.R. {B912, C910, C914} {ROL #79}
{C900} Thompson, C. W., et al. 1998. Population characteristics of Common Murres and Rhinoceros Auklets entangled in gillnets in Puget Sound, Washington, from 1993 to 1994. Northwest. Nat. 79: 77--91. (Washington Dept. Fish Wildl., 16018 Mill Creek Blvd., Mill Creek, WA 98012, USA.)---Uria aalge and Cerorhinca monocerata 91.7% of total entangled; 63% of murres adults, 63% of auklets 1st -year birds but sex ratios 1: 1 regardless of age class, year or fishery.---R.B.C. {B714, C912} {ROL #79}
{C900} van Woudenberg, A. M., & D. A. Christie. 1997. Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus) population and habitat inventory at its northern range limit in the southern interior of British Columbia. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 466--476. (Cascadia Nat. Resour. Consult., 2675 Skeena Dr. Kamloops, BC V2E 2M9, Can.)---Includes recommendations for survey protocols.---J.M.S. {E506} {ROL #79}
{C902} Allen, G. T., S. H. Blackford, & D. Welsh. 1998. Arsenic, mercury, selenium, and organochlorines and reproduction of Interior Least Terns in the northern Great Plains, 1992--1994. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 356--366. (USFWS, 315E Houston St., Manhattan, KS 66502-6172, USA; EM: George_T_Allen@fws.gov)---Only selenium (80% of 78 eggs with >3 microg/g dry-weight) likely to have affected reproduction of Sterna antillarum athalassos; nest predation and flooding thought to be major causes of low recruitment.---R.B.C. (C912} {ROL #79}
{C902} Beyer, W. N., et al. 1997. The role of sediment ingestion in exposing Wood Ducks to lead. Ecotoxicology 6: 181--186. (EM: Nelson_Beyer@usgs.gov)---For Aix sponsa, most of the Pb in the digesta came from ingested sediment, rather than from plant material in the diet.---USGS {contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Beyer, W. N., et al. 1998. Relation of lead exposure to sediment ingestion in mute swans on the Chesapeake Bay, USA. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17: 2298--2301. (EM: Nelson_Beyer@usgs.gov)---Forty-two Cygnus olor were collected from unpolluted portions of central Chesapeake Bay in spring 1995. The Pb concentrations in the digesta were 2--3 times the concentration that would have been predicted from sediment Pb concentrations; presumably the swans had ingested clays high in Pb that had settled on the vegetation. The swans had hepatic Cu concentrations that would be considered very high if found in other species.---USGS {contaminants, Chesapeake Bay, risk assessment, waterfowl, copper, metals} {ROL #79}
{C902} Beyer, W. N., et al. 1998. Lead exposure of waterfowl ingesting Coeur d’Alene River Basin sediments. J. Environ. Qual. 27: 1533--1538. (EM: Nelson_Beyer@usgs.gov)---Cygnus columbianus, Branta canadensis, Anas platyrhynchos; the sediment was the primary source of the lead ingested by waterfowl.---USGS {ROL #79}
{C902} Beyer, W. N., et al. 1998. Retrospective study of the diagnostic criteria in a lead-poisoning survey of waterfowl. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 35: 506--512. (EM: Nelson_Beyer@usgs.gov)---National Wildlife Health Center conducted a nationwide study of lead poisoning of waterfowl from federal and state refuges 1983--1986. Of 1,041 moribund or dead waterfowl, 421 were diagnosed as lead-poisoned; 95% of waterfowl diagnosed as lead-poisoned had hepatic lead concentrations of at least 38 ppm, dry weight (10 ppm, wet weight). Fewer than 1% of the waterfowl that died of other causes had a concentration that high. This 5th percentile, of 38 ppm dry weight (10 ppm wet weight), is a defensible criterion for identifying lead-poisoned waterfowl when interpreting hepatic lead concentrations in the absence of pathological observations.---USGS {ROL #79}
{C902} Beyer, W. N., G. Miller, & J. W. Simmers. 1990. Trace elements in soil and biota in confined disposal facilities for dredged material. Environ. Pollut. 65: 19--32. (EM: Nelson_Beyer@usgs.gov) {contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Beyer, W. N., M. Spalding, & D. Morrison. 1997. Mercury concentrations in feathers of wading birds from Florida. Ambio 26: 97--100. (EM: Nelson_Beyer@usgs.gov)---Feathers collected from 92 wading birds had mean concentrations for nestlings of 2.0 ppm Hg in Ajaia ajaja, 3.5 ppm Hg Ardea herodias, 4.7 ppm Hg Ardea herodias occidentalis, and 7.1 ppm Hg Casmerodius albus. Concentrations increased with the age of bird and were greatest in piscivores. The regression of liver (wet weight) Hg concentrations (Y) on feather Hg concentrations (X) was: log(Y) = 1.52 log(X) - 0.722. Hg concentrations in southern Florida may be high enough to reduce productivity of wading bird populations.---USGS {C918; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Blus, L. J. 1994. A review of lead poisoning in swans. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 108C: 259--267. (USGS/BRD., Pac. NW Field Sta., 3080 Clearwater Dr., Corvalis, OR 97333, USA; EM: lawrence_blus@usgs.gov) {contaminants, Cygnus columbianus, Cygnus buccinator} {ROL #79}
{C902} Blus, L. J., et al. 1991. Lead toxicosis in Tundra Swans near a mining and smelting complex in northern Idaho. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 21: 549--555. (USGS/BRD., Pac. NW Field Sta., 3080 Clearwater Dr., Corvalis, OR 97333, USA; EM: lawrence_blus@usgs.gov)---Die-offs of waterfowl have occurred since at least the early 1900`s. Of the 36 Cygnus columbianus livers from the contaminated area, 32 contained lethal levels of lead (6 to 40 micrograms/g, wet weight) and all birds exhibited symptoms of lead poisoning.---USGS {C912; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Blus, L. J., et al. 1993. Accumulation and effects of lead and cadmium on Wood Ducks near a mining and smelting complex in Idaho. Ecotoxicology 2: 139--154. (USGS/BRD., Pac. NW Field Sta., 3080 Clearwater Dr., Corvalis, OR 97333, USA; EM: lawrence_blus@usgs.gov)---Contaminants in Aix sponsa.---USGS {ROL #79}
{C902} Blus, L. J., et al. 1995. Accumulation in and effects of lead and cadmium on waterfowl and passerines in northern Idaho. Environ. Pollut. 89: 311--318. (USGS/BRD., Pac. NW Field Sta., 3080 Clearwater Dr., Corvalis, OR 97333, USA; EM: lawrence_blus@usgs.gov) {C912; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Blus, L. J., et al. 1998. Contaminants in eggs of colonial waterbirds and hepatic cytochrome P450 enzyme levels in pipped tern embryos, Washington State. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 35: 492--497. (USGS/BRD., Pac. NW Field Sta., 3080 Clearwater Dr., Corvalis, OR 97333, USA; EM: lawrence_blus@usgs.gov)---Sterna forsteri eggs collected in 1991 generally contained low residues of organochlorine pesticides and metabolites, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Some pipped embryos seemed unaffected by contaminants. Other embryos revealed developmental abnormalities, but limited sample sizes and number of compounds analyzed precluded determining whether or not the abnormalities are related to contaminants. Eggs of Sterna caspia collected from one colony also contained generally low residues of contaminants, only one developmental abnormality was noted, and limited data indicated that cytochrome P450 enzyme activity apparently was unaffected by contaminants. Organochlorine contaminants were generally low in addled eggs of Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.---USGS {E106} {ROL #79}
{C902} Blus, L. J., et. al. 1999. DDE, PCBs, cadmium, lead, and mercury concentrations in Rhinoceros Auklets from Washington. Northwest. Nat. 80: 14--16. (USGS, For. Range. Ecosyst. Sci. Cent., 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.)---All concentrations less than known effect levels in five Cerorhinca monocerata from near nesting areas on Protection and Destruction Islands.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C902} Brisbin, L., Jr. 1991. Avian radioecology. Curr. Ornithol. 8: 69--140. (Savannah River Ecol. Lab., Aiken, SC 29801, USA.)---Outlines principles of ionizing radiation. Reviews key studies of radiation effects and of uptake and cycling of radioactive contaminants. Implications of findings discussed with respect to Chernobyl nuclear accident.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{C902} Clark, D. R., Jr. 1992. Organochlorines and heavy metals in 17-year cicadas pose no apparent dietary threat to birds. Environ. Monit. Assess. 20: 47--54. (No address available.) {contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Custer, C. M., et al. 1998. Reproduction and environmental contamination in Tree Swallows nesting in the Fox River drainage and Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17: 1786--1798. (USGS/BRD, P.O. Box 818, LaCrosse, WI 54602-0818, USA.)---Concentration, accumulation, and effects of PCBs on reproduction in Tachycineta bicolor were studied in 1994 and 1995. DDE was the only other organochlorine found in all samples; concentrations averaged ±0.20 µg/g wet weight. Total PCBs and p,p'DDE concentrations did not differ among clutches where all eggs hatched, some eggs hatched, and no eggs hatched.---USGS {ROL #79}
{C902} Custer, T. W., & C. A. Mitchell. 1993. Trace elements and organochlorines in the shoalgrass community of the lower Laguna Madre. Environ. Monit. Assess. 25: 235--246. (USGS/BRD, P.O. Box 818, LaCrosse, WI 54602-0818, USA.) {contaminants, waterfowl, ducks, geese, swans} {ROL #79}
{C902} Custer, T. W., & W. L. Hohman. 1994. Trace elements in Canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) wintering in Louisiana, USA, 1987--1988. Environ. Pollut. 84: 253--259. (USGS/BRD, P.O. Box 818, LaCrosse, WI 54602-0818, USA.) {contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Custer, T. W., et al. 1997. Contaminant concentrations and biomarker response in great blue heron eggs from 10 colonies on the upper Mississippi River, USA. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 16: 260--271. (USGS/BRD, P.O. Box 818, LaCrosse, WI 54602-0818, USA.)---Ardea herodias. {contaminants, SETAC} {ROL #79}
{C902} Custer, T. W., et al. 1998. Organochlorines, mercury, and selenium in Great Blue Heron eggs from Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana. J. Great Lakes Res. 24: 3--11. (USGS/BRD, P.O. Box 818, LaCrosse, WI 54602-0818, USA.)---20 Ardea herodias eggs (1 per nest) were collected, artificially incubated until pipping started, and then analyzed for organochlorines, mercury and selenium; species is not threatened by contaminants.---USGS {E502} {ROL #79}
{C902} Dykstra, C. R., et al. 1998. Low reproductive rates of Lake Superior Bald Eagles: low food delivery rates or environmental contaminants? J. Great Lakes Res. 24: 32--44. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol., Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.)---Reproductive rates of Haliaeetus leucocephalus affected by food scarcity and possibly PCBs.---V.L.A. {C918} {ROL #79}
{C902} Eisemann, J. D., et al. 1997. Mercury residues in south Florida apple snails (Pomacea paludosa). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 58: 739--743. (EM: Nelson_Beyer@usgs.gov)---Attempted to determine if Pomacea paludosa or its eggs are good indicators of bioavailable mercury. Then, examined geographic differences in the concentrations of mercury in south Florida.---USGS {contaminants, Rostrhamus sociabilis, Everglades} {ROL #79}
{C902} Frank, R. A., & R. S. Lutz. 1999. Productivity and survival of Great Horned Owls exposed to dieldrin. Condor 101: 331--339. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol., 1630 Linden Dr., A231 Russell Labs, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1598, USA; EM: rslute@facstaff.wisc.edu)---Bubo virginianus. {C910, C918; biomonitoring, organochlorines} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hebert, C. E., et al. 1999. Historical changes in PCB patterns in Lake Ontario and Green Bay, Lake Michigan, 1971 to 1982, from Herring Gull monitoring data. J. Great Lakes Res. 25: 220--233. (Can. Wildl. Serv., Natl. Wildl. Res. Ctr., 100 Gamelin Blvd., Hull, PQ K1A 0H3, Can.)---Larus argentatus. {ROL #79}
{C902} Heinz, G. H., & D. J. Hoffman. 1998. Methylmercury chloride and selenomethionine interactions on health and reproduction in Mallards. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17: 139--145. (EM: Gary_Heinz@usgs.gov)---Adult Anas platyrhynchos were fed a control diet or diets containing 10 ppm mercury as methylmercury chloride, 10 ppm selenium as seleno-DL-methionine, or 10 ppm mercury plus 10 ppm selenium. The results show that mercury and selenium may be antagonistic to each other for adults and synergistic to young, even within the same experiment.---USGS {B502; SETAC} {ROL #79}
{C902} Heinz, G. H., & D. J. Hoffman. 1996. Comparison of the effects of seleno-l-methionine, seleno-dl-methionine, and selenized yeast on reproduction of Mallards. Environ. Pollut. 91: 169--175. (EM: Gary_Heinz@usgs.gov)---Anas platyrhynchos. {C918, E502; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Heinz, G. H., & M. A. Fitzgerald. 1993. Reproduction of Mallards following overwinter exposure to selenium. Environ. Pollut. 81: 117--122. (EM: Gary_Heinz@usgs.gov) {C918; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Heinz, G. H., & M. A. Fitzgerald. 1993. Overwinter survival of Mallards fed selenium. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 25: 90--94. (EM: Gary_Heinz@usgs.gov)---Anas platyrhynchos. {C910; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Heinz, G. H., D. J. Hoffman, & L. J. LeCaptain. 1996. Toxicity of seleno-l-methionine, seleno-dl-methionine, high selenium wheat, and selenized yeast to Mallard ducklings. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 30: 93--99. (EM: Gary_Heinz@usgs.gov)---The toxicity of four chemical forms of selenium was compared in day-old Anas platyrhynchos ducklings. Biologically incorporated selenium, derived from high selenium wheat was no more toxic than selenium derived from the two purified forms of selenomethionine, and the selenium in selenized yeast was not as toxic as that in the two forms of selenomethionine.---USGS {C912; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Heinz, G. H., et al. 1999. Toxicity of lead-contaminated sediment to Mallards. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 36: 323--333. (EM: Gary_Heinz@usgs.gov)---Lead-contaminated sediment has been suspected as the cause of waterfowl mortality in the Coeur d’Alene River basin in Idaho. Lead was higher in the livers of Anas platyrhynchos experimentally fed 24% lead-contaminated sediment in the corn diet (38 Fg/g) than in the commercial diet (13 Fg/g).---USGS {C912} {ROL #79}
{C902} Henny, C. J., et al. 1991. Lead accumulation and Osprey production near a mining site on the Coeur d’Alene River, Idaho. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 21: 415--424. (USGS/BRD., Pac. NW Field Sta., 3080 Clearwater Dr., Corvalis, OR 97333, USA; EM: Chuck_Henny@usgs.gov)---Pandion haliatus. {C918; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Henny, C. J., et al. 1994. Lead in hawks, falcons and owls downstream from a mining site on the Coeur d’Alene river, Idaho. Environ. Monit. Assess. 29: 267--288. (USGS/BRD., Pac. NW Field Sta., 3080 Clearwater Dr., Corvalis, OR 97333, USA; EM: Chuck_Henny@usgs.gov) {contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Henny, C. J., L. J. Blus, & R. A. Grove. 1991. Contaminant accumulation in marine birds wintering in Puget Sound. Puget Sound Notes (Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, Olympia, Washington) No. 26: 1--8. (USGS/BRD., Pac. NW Field Sta., 3080 Clearwater Dr., Corvalis, OR 97333, USA; EM: Chuck_Henny@usgs.gov) {contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Henny, C. J., R. J. Hallock, & E. F. Hill. 1994. Cyanide and migratory birds at gold mines in Nevada, USA. Ecotoxicology 3: 45--58. (USGS/BRD., Pac. NW Field Sta., 3080 Clearwater Dr., Corvalis, OR 97333, USA; EM: Chuck_Henny@usgs.gov) {contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., & G. H. Heinz. 1998. Effects of mercury and selenium on glutathione metabolism and oxidative stress in Mallard ducks. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17: 161--166. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov)---Compares the effects of Se and Hg separately and in combination on Anas platyrhynchos.---USGS {contaminants, SETAC, Mallard, selenium , mercury interaction , oxidative stress} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J. 1990. Embryotoxicity and teratogenicity of environmental contaminants to bird eggs. Rev. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 115: 39--89. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov) {E106} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., B. A. Rattner, & R. J. Hall. 1990. Wildlife toxicology. Environ. Sci. Technol. 24: 276--283. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov) {C912; contaminants, risk assessment, biomarkers, wildlife toxicology} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., et al. 1991. Developmental toxicity of diphenyl ether herbicides in nestling American Kestrels. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 34: 323--336. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov)---Falco spaverius nestlings were orally dosed with one of the diphenyl ether herbicides (nitrofen, bifenox, or oxyfluorfen). Findings suggest that altricial nestlings are more sensitive to diphenyl ether herbicides than young or adult birds of precocial species.---USGS {C912; contaminants, hepatotoxicity, nestling growth} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., et al. 1991. Interactive effects of boron, selenium, and dietary protein on survival, growth and physiology in Mallard ducklings. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 20: 288--294. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov)---Findings suggest the potential for more severe toxicological effects of Se and B independently and interactively on Anas platyrhynchos duckling survival and development when dietary protein is diminished.---USGS {C910, E118; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., et al. 1991. Subchronic hepatotoxicity of selenomethionine ingestion in Mallard ducks. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 32: 449--464. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov)--Anas platyrhynchos; subchronic effects of selenomethionine, which occurs in vegetation, are of particular interest with respect to the health of wild aquatic birds in seleniferous locations.---USGS {C106; contaminants, histopathological effects} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., et al. 1992. Interactive effects of selenium, methionine, and dietary protein on survival, growth, and physiology in Mallard ducklings. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 23: 163--171. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov)---Anas platyrhynchos. {C910; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., et al. 1996. Developmental toxicity of PCB 126 (3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl) in nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius). Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 34: 188--200. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov)---Planar PCB congeners are embryotoxic and teratogenic to birds including kestrels. Nestling kestrels are more susceptible to PCB 126 toxicity than adults, but less sensitive than embryos, and that planar PCBs are of potential hazard to nestling birds.---USGS {C912, contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., et al. 1996. Toxicity and oxidative stress of different forms of organic selenium and dietary protein in Mallard ducklings. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 31: 120--127. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov)---All forms of selenium caused significant increases in plasma and hepatic glutathione peroxidase activities. Se as L at 30 ppm in the diet was the most toxic form, resulting in high mortality (64%) and impaired growth (>50%) in Anas platyrhynchos survivors and the greatest increase in ratio of oxidized to reduced hepatic glutathione (GSH). In a second experiment using a commercial duck feed, survival was not affected by 30 ppm Se and oxidative effects on GSH metabolism were less pronounced than with the wheat diet.---USGS {C912; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., et al. 1998. Association of mercury and selenium with altered glutathione metabolism and oxidative stress in diving ducks from the San Francisco Bay region. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17: 167--172. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov)---Aythya marila, Melanitta perspicillata, and Oxyura jamaicensis were collected from the greater San Francisco Bay area to assess exposure to inorganic contaminants. Measurement of associated enzymes in conjunction with thiol status may be a useful bioindicator to discriminate between Hg and Se effects.---USGS {C904, E502; SETAC} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hoffman, D. J., et al. 1998. Comparative developmental toxicity of planar polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in chickens, American Kestrels and Common Terns. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17: 747--757. (EM: David_Hoffman@usgs.gov)---Gallus gallus, Falco sparverius, Sterna hirundo, Sterna forsteri; suggest additional involvement of compounds other than PCBs in the Great Lakes.---USGS {contaminants, Planar PCBs} {ROL #79}
{C902} Hughes, K. D., D. V. Weseloh, & B. M. Braune. 1998. The ratio of DDE to PCB concentrations in Great Lakes Herring Gull eggs and its use in interpreting contaminants data. J. Great Lakes Res. 24: 12--31. (Can. Wildl. Serv., 4905 Dufferin St., Downsview, ON M3H 5T4, Can.)---Larus argentatus. {C904} {ROL #79}
{C902} King, K. A., T. W. Custer, & D. A. Weaver. 1994. Reproductive success of barn swallows nesting near a selenium-contaminated lake in east Texas, USA. Environ. Pollut. 84: 53--58. (TWC: USGS/BRD, P.O. Box 818, LaCrosse, WI 54602-0818, USA.) {C918; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Lowe, T. P., & R. C. Stendell. 1991. Eggshell modifications in captive American kestrels resulting from Aroclor 1248 in the diet. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 20: 519--522. (EM: Peter_Lowe@usgs.gov) {B710; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Miles, A. K., & H. M. Olendorf. 1993. Environmental contaminants in Canvasbacks wintering on San Francisco Bay. Calif. Fish. Game 79: 28--38. (Patuxent Wildl. Res. Center, Dept. Wildl. Fish. Biol., Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616-5224, USA.)---11 trace elements, 21 organochlorines, 13 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and 13 aliphatic hydrocarbons were low in Aythya valisineria in 1988 except for selenium which occurred at levels associated with impaired reproduction.---R.B.C. {C918} {ROL #79}
{C902} Ohlendorf, H. M., et al. 1991. Trace elements and organochlorines in Surf Scoters from San Francisco Bay, 1985. Environ. Monit. Assess. 18: 105--122. (CH2M Hill, 2485 Natomas Park Dr., Sacramento, CA 95833, USA.)---Melanitta perspicillata. {contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Powell, D. C., et al. 1998. Effects of 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin injected into the yolks of Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) eggs prior to incubation. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17: 2035--2040. (Dept. Anim. Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C902} Rattner, B. A., & J. R. Jehl, Jr. 1997. Dramatic fluctuations in the liver mass and metal content of Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) during autumnal migration. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 59: 337--343. (EM: Barnett_Rattner@usgs.gov)---Adult Podiceps nigricollis show 3-fold fluctuation in body mass and up to a 5-fold variation in liver weight during the course of their annual breeding and migratory cycle. Concentrations of 20 metals or metalloids were quantified in livers obtained as newly arrived migrants (July-August-September), staging (October-November), and immediate post-migration (December-January). The need for temporally- and physiologically-matched reference birds, and at least knowledge of circannual organ mass fluctuations, appears to be a requirement for ecotoxicological exposure assessments in species such as Podiceps nigricollis. Findings may be of broad significance, as well as of immediate importance in resolving the cause of the die-off of approximately 150,000 grebes (perhaps 7% of the North American population) at the Salton Sea in 1991--1992.---USGS {C912, E118} {ROL #79}
{C902} Rattner, B. A., et al. 1997. Cytochrome P450 and organochlorine contaminants in Black-crowned Night-Herons from the Chesapeake Bay region. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 16: 2315--2322. (EM: Barnett_Rattner@usgs.gov)---Nycticorax nycticorax offspring were compared from a relatively uncontaminated coastal reference site to two sites in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Findings demonstrate induction of cytochrome P450 in pipping night-heron embryos, probably by exposure to PCB congeners of local origin, and the accumulation of organochlorine pesticides and metabolites in nestling herons from Baltimore Harbor.---USGS {contaminants, SETAC, Chesapeake} {ROL #79}
{C902} Rodgers, J. A., Jr. 1997. Pesticides and heavy metal levels of waterbirds in the Everglades Agricultural Area of South Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 33--41. (Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Comm., 4005 S. Main, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.)---Levels of mercury, lead, DDT, DDE, and several other biocides generally low, but a few individuals among eight species showed elevated levels of mercury and DDE. Mercury levels were highest in Eudocimus albus.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C902} Soledad Sepulveda, M., et al. 1998. Concentrations of mercury and selenium in tissues of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) from southern Florida. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 35--42. (Dept. Physiol. Sci., Coll. Vet. Med., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; EM: mariesep@ufl.edu)---Concentrations of over 3 mg/kg ww selenium in liver and over 2 mg/kg mercury in brain in 57% and 37%, respectively, of 99 birds collected 1994--1997 may be causing damage.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C902} Spalding, M. G., et al. 1997. Metal and organchloride contaminants in tissues of nestling wading birds (Ciconiiformes) from southern Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 42--50. (Dept. Pathobiol., Coll. Vet. Med., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Nestlings wading birds found dead in colonies had higher than expected levels of lead, cadmium, and DDE concentrated in livers and brains. Individuals with high levels on one contaminant were likely to have high levels of another contaminant.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C902} Sparling, D. W., & N. E. Federoff. 1997. Secondary poisoning of kestrels by white phosphorus. Ecotoxicology 6: 239--247. (EM: Don_Sparling@usgs.gov)---Falco sparverius fed 10-day-old domestic chickens that had been dosed with white phosphorus. Eight of 15 kestrels fed intact chicks with a pellet of P4 implanted in their crops died within seven days. Three of 15 kestrels fed chicks that had their upper digestive tracts removed to eliminate any pellets of white phosphorus also died. Raptors can become intoxicated either by ingesting portions of digestive tracts containing P4 pellets or by consuming tissues of P4 contaminated prey.---USGS {ROL #79}
{C902} Sparling, D. W. 1991. Acid precipitation and food quality: Effects of dietary al, ca and p on bone and liver characteristics in American Black Ducks and Mallards. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 21: 281--288. (EM: Don_Sparling@usgs.gov)---Anas platyrhynchos, Anas rubripes. {E118; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Sparling, D. W., D. Day, & P. Klein. 1998. Acute toxicity and sublethal effects of white phosphorus in mute swans, Cygnus olor. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 36: 316--322. (EM: Don_Sparling@usgs.gov)---Cygnus columbianus, Cygnus buccinator, and other waterfowl are affected by white phosphorus (P4) at a military base in Alaska. To estimate the toxicity of P4 to swans and compare the toxic effects to those of Anas platyrhynchos, 30 juvenile Cygnus olor were dosed with 0 to 5.28 mg P4/kg body weight. The estimated LD50 was 3.65 mg/kg (95% CI: 1.40 to 4.68 mg/kg). However, many still had P4 in their gizzards after dying, as determined by 'smoking gizzards', and a lower LD50 might be calculated.---USGS {C912} {ROL #79}
{C902} Sparling, D. W., S. Vann, & R. A. Grove. 1998. Blood changes in Mallards exposed to white phosphorus. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17: 2521--2529. (EM: Don_Sparling@usgs.gov)---Anas platyrhynchos. Propose a biomarker of exposure based on LDH activity and hemoglobin.---USGS {E102, E502; Contaminants, white phosphorus, hematology, bioindicator} {ROL #79}
{C902} Stanley, T. R., Jr., et al. 1994. Main and interactive effects of arsenic and selenium on Mallard reproduction and duckling growth and survival. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 26: 444--451. (EM: James_Spann@usgs.gov)---Anas platyrhynchos. {C910; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Stanley, T. R., Jr., et al. 1996. Effects of boron and selenium on Mallard reproduction and duckling growth and survival. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15: 1124--1132. (EM: Gary_Heinz@usgs.gov)---Anus platyrhynchos. {C918; contaminants, SETAC} {ROL #79}
{C902} Tsuji, L. J. S., J. Young, & D. R. Koslovic. 1998. Lead shot ingestion in several species of birds in the western James Bay region of northern Ontario. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 86--89. (Dept. Biol., York Univ., North York, ON M3J 1P3, Can.) {ROL #79}
{C902} Vyas, N. B., et al. 1996. Regional cholinesterase activity in white-throated sparrow brain is differentially affected by acephate (Orthene®). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 113C: 381--386. (EM: Nimish_Vyas@usgs.gov)---Effects of a 14-day dietary exposure to an organophosphorus pesticide were determined on cholinesterase activity in three regions (basal ganglia, hippocampus, and hypothalamus) of the Zonotrichia albicollis brain. Adverse effects to birds in the field may occur at pesticide exposure levels customarily considered negligible.---USGS {C912, E118; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} Wakelyn, L. A., et al. 1999. Organochlorine contaminant levels in Willow Ptarmigans, Lagopus lagopus, from the western Canadian Arctic. Can. Field-Nat. 113: 215--220. (Elkin, B. T., Northwest Terr. Dept. Resour., 600, 5102 50th Ave., Yellowknife, NT X1A S38, Can.) {ROL #79}
{C902} White, D. H., & D. J. Hoffman. 1995. Effects of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans on nesting Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) at Bayou Meto, Arkansas. Environ. Health Perspect. Suppl. 103: 37--39. (EM: Donald_White@usgs.gov) {C918; contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} White, D. H., & J. G. H. Geitner. 1996. Environmental contaminants and productivity in an extinct heronry at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, U.S.A., 1984. Environ. Monit. Assess. 40: 137--141. (EM: Donald_White@usgs.gov)---Pesticide residues in eggs were not correlated with productivity in corresponding nests. Heavy metals and selenium in tissues of wading bird chicks were also representative of background levels. Follow-up studies after the diversion of the Cooper River were not feasible because the heronry was abandoned in 1985. However, baseline results will be useful in determining potential contaminant effects due to diversion of the Cooper River should wading birds return in the future.---USGS {herons, egrets, ibises} {ROL #79}
{C902} White, D. H., & J. W. Hardy. 1994. Ambient air concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, coplanar PCBs, and PAHs at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge, Jackson County, Mississippi. Environ. Monit. Assess. 33: 247--256. (EM: Donald_White@usgs.gov) {contaminants} {ROL #79}
{C902} White, D. H., et al. 1994. Environmental contaminants in nonviable eggs of the endangered Mississippi Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pulla). Environ. Monit. Assess. 31: 225--232. (EM: Donald_White@usgs.gov) {ROL #79}
{C902} Wilson, L. K., et al. 1998. Lead poisoning of Trumpeter Swans, Cygnus buccinator, in British Columbia, 1976--1994. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 204--211. (Can. Wildl. Serv., 5421 Robertson Rd., RR#1, Delta, BC V4K 3N2, Can.) {C912} {ROL #79}
{C902} Winger, P. V., & P. J. Lasier. 1998. Toxicity of sediment collected upriver and downriver of major cities along the lower Mississippi River. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 35: 213--217. (EM: Parley_Winger@usgs.gov)---Toxicity testing and chemical analyses indicated that quality of sediments collected from the Lower Mississippi was good, except at sites sampled upriver of Memphis.---USGS {ROL #79}
{C904} Petty, S. J., & B. L. Fawkes. 1997. Clutch size variation in Tawny Owls (Strix aluco) from adjacent valley systems: Can this be used as a surrogate to investigate temporal and spatial variations in vole density? U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 315--324. (Woodland Ecol. Br., For. Comm. Res. Div., Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9SY, Scotland, UK.)---Yes. Owl clutch sizes varied with abundance of voles in March each year in each of 2 valleys on Scottish-English border; the 2 valleys being separated by about 10 km.---J.M.S. {B710} {ROL #79}
{C904} Sheffield, S. R. 1997. Owls as biomonitors of environmental contamination. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 383--398. (Inst. Wildl. Environ. Toxicol., Dept. Environ. Toxicol., Clemson Univ., Pendleton, SC 29670, USA.)---Reviews the use of wild owls as biomonitors.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C906} Dolby, A. S., & T. C. Grubb Jr. 1999. Effects of winter weather on horizontal and vertical use of isolated forest fragments by bark-foraging birds. Condor 101: 408--412. (Dept. Biol., Univ. South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA; EM: dolby@chumal.cas.usf.edu)---Study of abiotic edge effects in deciduous forest fragments in Ohio on Poecile carolinensis, Sitta carolinensis, Baeolophus bicolor) and Picoides pubescens.---S.N.L. {B908} {ROL #79}
{C906} Feldstein, S. B. 1995. A fallout of Horned Grebes during a snowstorm. PA Birds 9: 61--62. (Earth System Science Center, Pennsylvania State Univ., 248 Deike Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, USA.)---Detailed atmospheric analysis suggested why 250 Podiceps auritus landed on a small pond in Centre Co., PA, staying only briefly.---P.D.H. {D902} {ROL #79}
{C906} Floyd, T. 1996. Weather and the distribution of birds: evidence from Pennsylvania Birds. PA Birds 10: 2--5. (Great Basin Bird Obs., 443 Marsh Ave., Reno, NV 89509, USA.)---Review of 22 articles in the state journal that reported weather effects on migrating, wintering, and breeding birds.---P.D.H. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C906} Hess, P. 1993. Migrant numbers may not be what they seem. PA Birds 7: 131--132. (1412 Hawthorne St., Natrona Heights, PA 15065, USA.)---A "poor" 1993 spring passerine migration from the viewpoint of field-observers in Pennsylvania was attributed to persistent weather conditions favoring nonstop overflights.---P.D.H. {D902} {ROL #79}
{C906} Hess, P. 1995. A note on the spring passage. PA Birds 9: 77--78. (1412 Hawthorne St., Natrona Heights, PA 15065, USA.)---A succession of low-pressure storm centers crossing the mid-Atlantic states brought the 1995 migration to a near standstill in western Pennsylvania for 11 days.---P.D.H. {D902} {ROL #79}
{C906} Luttrell, E. E. 1992. Swallow mortality during the "March miracle" in California. Calif. Fish. Game 78: 128--130. (Cal. Dept. Fish. Game, Pest. Invest. Unit, 1701 Nimbus Rd., Suite F, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670, USA.)---Principally Petrochelidon pyrrhonota and Tachycineta bicolor following cold rains in Mar 1991.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C906} Pulcinella, N. 1996. Hurricane Fran's fallout. PA Birds 10: 138--142. (210 Welcome Ave., Norwood, PA 19074, USA.)---14 species were considered to be part of a fallout in Pennsylvania caused by the storm in September 1996, including Pterodroma hasitata, Calonectris diomedea, and Sterna fuscata.---P.D.H. {seabirds, C318} {ROL #79}
{C906} Stouffer, P. C., & R. O. Bierregaard, Jr. 1993. Spatial and temporal abundance patterns of Ruddy Quail-Doves (Geotrygon montana) near Manaus, Brazil. Condor 95: 896--903. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Southeast. Louisiana Univ., Hammond, LA 70401-0814, USA; EM: stouffer@selu.edu)---Highly variable abundance correlated with rainfall in the same period the previous year; doves avoided isolated forest fragments of 1 ha.---R.B.C. {C908} {ROL #79}
{C906} Whitmore, D. 1994. Waterfowl killed by lightning. Calif. Fish. Game 80: 43--44. (Calif. Dept. Fish. Game, 1701 Nimbus Rd., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670, USA.)---At least 600+ waterfowl of 10 species died in storm over Beale Air Force Base, 50 mi N Sacramento, 19 Feb 1993; most were Chen caerulescens caerulescens and Chen rossii.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Ainley, D. G., C. A. Ribic, & L. B. Spear. 1993. Species-habitat relationships among Antarctic seabirds: A function of physical or biological factors? Condor 95: 806--816. (H. T. Harvey & Assoc., PO Box 1180, Aliviso, CA 95002, USA.)---Replicate transects through rapidly changing areas of pack ice in the Scotia-Weddell Confluence in Antarctica revealed that pack-ice and open-water species occurred in higher densities in preferred habitats no matter where that habitat was.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Belant, J. L., et al. 1993. Importance of landfills to nesting Herring Gulls. Condor 95: 817--830. (Great Lakes Indian Fish. Wildl. Comm., 1908½ W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55806, USA.)---Landfills unimportant to Larus argentatus on Lake Erie, Ohio, presumably because other higher quality food was available.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Benoit, J., J.-L. DesGranges, & C. Boutin. 1998. Farmland habitat use by breeding birds in southern Quebec. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 611--618. (Can. Wildl. Serv., 1141 Route de l'Eglise, Ste. Foy, PQ G1V 4F5, Can.) {ROL #79}
{C908} Block, W. M., & L. A. Brennan. 1993. The habitat concept in ornithology. Curr. Ornithol. 11: 35--91. (Rocky Mountain For. & Range Exp. Stn., For. Sci. Lab., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.)---Reviews the history of the habitat concept, discusses theoretical and applied approaches to the study of birds and their habitat including principles in designing and conducting bird-habitat studies, and examines the management of habitats using case histories, including Picoides borealis and Strix occidentalis.---S.N.L. {B910} {ROL #79}
{C908} Bradley, R. A., & D. W. Bradley. 1993. Wintering shorebirds increase after kelp (Macrocystis) recovery. Condor 95: 372--376. (Dept. Evol. Ecol. Organ. Biol., Ohio State Univ., Marion, OH 43302, USA; EM: Bradley10@osu.edu)---Arenaria interpres and Arenaria melanocephala showed most dramatic responses to increased availability of kelp in southern California.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Buchanan, J. T. 1997. A spatial analysis of the Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) population in Santa Clara County, California, using a geographic information system. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 90--96. (Johnson Controls World Serv., NASA Ames Res. Ctr.-MS242, Moffet Field, CA 94035-1000, USA.)---Habitats utilized by Athene cunicularia in heavily urbanized area.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C908} Butler, R. W. 1998. Moulting sites of sea ducks and other marine birds in Frederick Sound, southeast Alaska. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 346--347. (Can. Wildl. Serv., 5421 Robertson Rd., RR 1, Delta, BC V4K 3N2, Can.)---Sites typified by submerged glacial moraines at the mouths of inlets with freshwater flow.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C908} Calmé, S. 1998. Les patrons de distribution des oiseaux des tourbières du Québec méridional. [Bird distribution patterns in peatlands of southern Quebec.] Ph.D. Dissert., Univ. Laval, Quebec, Can. (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Div. Conserv. Biodiversidad, AP 424, Chetumal, Q. Roo, CP 77000, Mexico; EM: scalme@ecosur-qroo.mx)---Bird assemblages in peatlands were distinct from those found in surrounding landscapes. They were also strongly nested, owing to nested distribution of microhabitats among peatlands. The presence of Dendroica palmarum, a peatland specialist, was affected by peatland size and isolation. Conservation issues are discussed. (Engl., French title.)---S.Cal. {B912} {ROL #79}
{C908} Camp, R. J., & R. L. Knight. 1997. Cliff bird and plant communities in Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA. Nat. Areas J. 17: 110--117. (Dept. Fish. Wildl. Biol., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.)---Cliffs support a diversity of avian and floral species. Zenaida macroura, Corvus corax, Amphispiza bilineata, Carpodacus mexicanus, Archilochus alexandri, Salpinctes obsoletus.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{C908} Christie, D. A., & A. M. van Woudenberg. 1997. Modeling critical habitat for the Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus). U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 97--106. (Cascadia Nat. Resour. Consultants, 2675 Skeena Dr., Kamloops, BC V2E 2M9, Can.)---Pilot habitat prediction map prepared for south-central British Columbia; refinements to come from further study.---J.M.S. {B910} {ROL #79}
{C908} Colwell, M. A., & S. L. Landrum. 1993. Nonrandom shorebird distribution and fine-scale variation in prey abundance. Condor 95: 94--103. (Wildl. Dept., Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA 95521, USA; EM: mac3@axe.humboldt.edu)---Calidris sandpipers forage in sandy areas within 1 m of tide line, Arenaria interpres and Charadrius semipalmatus in drier, coarser grained substrates more than 1 m from shoreline in the Mad River Estuary, California.---R.B.C. {D306} {ROL #79}
{C908} Colwell, M. A. 1993. Shorebird community patterns in a seasonally dynamic estuary. Condor 95: 104--114. (Wildl. Dept., Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA 95521, USA; EM: mac3@axe.humboldt.edu)---Shorebirds in such estuaries may use space and behave differently from those in coastal estuaries with more predictable habitat availability and food resources.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Delany, M. F., & S. B. Linda. 1994. Characteristics of occupied and abandoned Florida Grasshopper Sparrow territories. Florida Field Nat. 22: 106--109. (Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Comm., 4005 S. Main, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.)---Compared with occupied habitat, abandoned habitat of Ammodramus savannarum floridanus had higher grass cover and lower shrub cover associated with domestic livestock grazing.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C908} Duncan, J. R., & A. E. Kearns. 1997. Habitat associated with Barred Owl (Strix varia) locations in southeastern Manitoba: A review of a habitat model. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 138--147. (Box 253, Balmoral, MB R0C 0H0, Can.)---Validity check of a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C908} Edwards, N. T., & D. L. Otis. 1999. Avian communities and habitat relationships in South Carolina Piedmont beaver ponds. Am. Midl. Nat. 141: 158--171. (South Carolina Coop. Fish Wildl. Res. Unit, Dept. Aquaculture, Fish., Wildl., Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC 29634, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C908} Elphick, C. S, & G. L. Hunt, Jr. 1993. Variations in the distributions of marine birds with water mass in the northern Bering Sea. Condor 95: 33--44. (Hunt: Dept. Ecol. Evol. Biol., Univ. Calif., Irvine, CA 92717, USA; EM: hlhunt@uci.edu)---Significant preferences found among 11 of 12 species studied 1984--1986.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Gaines, K. F., et al. 1998. Foraging habitat use by Wood Storks nesting in the coastal zone of Georgia, USA. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 43--52. (SREL, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA; EM: gaines@srel.edu)---Mycteria americana fed in tidal creeks at low tide levels, in freshwater wetlands during high tides, but foraging patterns varied considerably among colonies.---R.B.C. {D306} {ROL #79}
{C908} Gill, M., & R. J. Cannings. 1997. Habitat selection of Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus brooksi) on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 197--204. (Cannings Holm Consulting, 1330 Debeck Rd., S. 11, C. 96, RR#1, Naramata, BC V0H 1N0, Can.)---Nest not yet known for this form. Several characteristics of occupied habitat described.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C908} Grüll, A., & A. Ranner. 1998. Populations of the Great Egret and Purple Heron in relation to ecological factors in the reed belt of the Neusiedler See [Austria]. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 328--334. (Biol. Stn. Neusiedler See, A-7142 Illmitz, Austria; EM: biol.stat@netway.at)---Colony size of Casmerodius albus and Ardea purpurea not related to water depth at site, positively correlated with width of reed belt.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Hebschi, A. 1998. Foraging site preferences of Brandt's Cormorants off the Santa Cruz, California, coast. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 245--250. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Calif., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; EM: ahebsch@prbo.org)---Phalacrocorax penicillatus foraging alone or in groups prefer areas less affected by heavy winds and seas; solitary foragers occur more often in rocky reef habitats than in habitats with sandy bottoms.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Hedeen, D. L., & S. E. Hedeen. 1998. Winter-bird communities in a western mesophytic forest and two proximate urban habitats. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 59: 168--173. (Dept. Entomol. Appl. Ecol., Univ. Delaware, Newark, DE 19717, USA.)---Study in Cincinnati, Ohio area 1990--1994 found fewer bark-feeding and more ground-feeding birds in suburbs than in forest. Suburban areas had more birds but less diversity than forests, presumably owing to large populations of non-native birds.---R.B.C. {C922} {ROL #79}
{C908} Hirth, D. H., L. D. Harris, & R. F. Noss. 1991. Avian community dynamics in a peninsular Florida longleaf pine forest. Florida Field Nat. 19: 33--48. (Sch. For. Resour. & Conserv., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---May not serve as major wintering area for migrants.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C908} Howe, H. F., & J. S. Brown. 1999. Effects of birds and rodents on synthetic tallgrass communities. Ecology 80: 1776--1781. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Illinois, 845 West Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60607-7060, USA.)---Experimental study suggests that birds reduce tallgrass plant densities on open ground while voles alter community structure.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Kelly, J. P. 1993. The effect of nest predation on habitat selection by Dusky Flycatchers in limber pine-juniper woodland. Condor 95: 83--93. (Audubon Canyon Ranch, Cypress Grove Preserve, Marshall, CA 94940, USA; EM: kellyjp@nbn.com)--- Breeding Empidonax oberholseri in Pinus flexilis-Juniperus scopulorum woodland preferred areas with more cover and denser trees; successful nests have better concealment from below, closer nearest neighbor trees, and more small trees.---R.B.C. {C916} {ROL #79}
{C908} Laing, K. K., & D. G. Raveling. 1993. Habitat and food selection by Emperor Goose goslings. Condor 95: 879--888. (USFWS, Migr. Bird Manage., 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: karen_laing@mail.fws.gov)---Alaskan Chen canagica move from inland to vegetated coastal mudflats where they feed on Puccinellia phryganoides and Carex subspathacea.---R.B.C. {D306} {ROL #79}
{C908} Lane, W. H., D. E. Andersen, & T. H. Nicholls. 1997. Habitat use and movements of breeding male Boreal Owls (Aegolius funereus) in northeast Minnesota as determined by radio telemetry. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 248--249. (195 Main St., Freeport, ME 04032, USA.) {E524} {ROL #79}
{C908} Liverman, M. C., & M. L. Morrison. 1998. Elevational distribution of forest birds in the Sierra Santa Cruz, California. Northwest. Nat. 79: 41--53. (Natl. Mar. Fish Serv., 825 NE Oregon St., Portland, OR 97232, USA; EM: Marc.Liverman@noaa.gov)---Patterns of abundance vary with elevation, but individual tree species are a better indicator of abundance, composition, and distribution of bird species.---R.B.C. {C318, C922} {ROL #79}
{C908} Lynn, S., et al. 1998. Bird use of riparian vegetation along the Truckee River, California and Nevada. Great Basin Nat. 58: 328--343. (Sch. Renew. Nat. Resour., Wildl. Fish. Sci. Progr., Univ. Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.)---Molothrus ater most frequent recorded species; greatest number of species (98 of 116) found in native mixed willow riparian scrub vegetation.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} McGuinness, B., & D. deCalesta. 1996. White-tailed deer alter diversity of songbirds and their habitat in northwestern Pennsylvania. PA Birds 10: 55--56. (No address given.)---Deer densities greater than 20 animals per sq. mi. significantly reduced bird species richness and abundance by destroying understory nesting habitat.---P.D.H. {B716, B910, C922} {ROL #79}
{C908} Meiklejohn, B. A., & J. W. Hughes. 1999. Bird communities in riparian buffer strips of industrial forests. Am. Midl. Nat. 141: 172--184. (Field Nat. Prog., Dept. Botany, Univ. Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.)---Dendroica castanea, Dendroica fusca, Dendroica virens, Dendroica tigrina more abundant in reference sites than buffer strips.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{C908} Morrison, M. L. 1992. The use of high-cut stumps by birds. Calif. Fish. Game 78: 78--83. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Sacramento State Univ., Sacramento, CA 95819, USA.)---Short snags (= high-cut stumps) in the western Sierra Nevada of California provide some useful foraging for woodpeckers but few nest sites; Incense cedar, Calocedris decurrens, is of little use.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Moskowitz, D. P. 1998. Vegetation change in a forested wetland after a bird roost. Northeast. Nat. 5: 61--66. (EcolSciences, Inc., 75 Fleetwood Dr., Suite 250, Rockaway, NJ 07866, USA.)---Quiscalus quiscula and Sturnus vulgaris roost in New Jersey.---J.S.G. {ROL #79}
{C908} Ritter, M. W., & J. A. Savidge. 1999. A predictive model of wetland habitat use on Guam by endangered Mariana Common Moorhens. Condor 101: 282--287. (U.S. Fish & Wildl. Ser., Guam Natl. Wildl. Refuge, P.O. Box 8134, MOU-3, Dededo, GU 96912, USA; EM: islaguam@netpci.com)---Gallinula chloropus guami. {E514} {ROL #79}
{C908} Robichaud, I., & M.-A. Villard. 1999. Do Black-throated Green Warblers prefer conifers? Meso- and microhabitat use in a mixedwood forest. Condor 101: 262--271. (M-AV: Dépt. Biol., Univ. Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, Can.; EM: villarm@umoncton.ca)---Dendroica virens. {foraging ecology, songposts} {ROL #79}
{C908} Rumble, M. A., & J. E. Gobeille. 1998. Bird community relationships to succession in green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) woodlands. Am. Midl. Nat. 140: 372--381. (USDA For. Serv., Rocky Mtn. Res. Sta., 501 E. St. Joseph, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C908} Smith, J. H., & N. F. Payne. 1997. Relationship of birds to various age aspen stands. Passenger Pigeon 59: 267--274. (U.S. Army Corps Engineers, Suite 211, Old Fort Square, 211 N. Broadway, Green Bay, WI 54303, USA.)---Diversity higher on old age stands; density similar on all age stands.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C908} Smith, S. A., N. J. Stewart, & J. E. Gates. 1999. Home ranges, habitat selection and mortality of Ring-necked Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) in north-central Maryland. Am. Midl. Nat. 141: 185--197. (Appalachian Lab., Univ. Maryland Ctr. Environ. Sci., Frostburg, MD 21532, USA.)---High proportion of shrublands and wetlands in home ranges.---V.L.A. {B316, C912} {ROL #79}
{C908} Sveum, C. M., J. A. Crawford, & W. D. Edge. 1998. Use and selection of brood-rearing habitat by Sage Grouse in south central Washington. Great Basin Nat. 58: 344--351. (USGS/BRD, Upper Mississippi Sci. Cent., 2630 Fanta Reed Rd., LaCrosse, WI 54603, USA.)---Hen Centrocercus urophasianus in Artemisia/Agropyron habitat selected for greater food and total forb cover and lower shrub heights; those in altered sagebrush/bunchgrass selected taller grass with more vertical cover; no preferences found in grassland habitat.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C908} Walk, J. W., & R. E. Warner. 1999. Effects of habitat area on the occurrence of grassland birds in Illinois. Am. Midl. Nat. 141: 339--344. (Dept. Nat. Res. Environ. Sci., Univ. Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.)---Larger grassland area correlated with occurrence of Tympanuchus cupido, Bartramia longicauda, Passerculus sandwichensis,and Ammodramus henslowii.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{C908} Wenny, D. G., et al. 1993. Population density, habitat selection and minimum area requirements of three forest-interior warblers in central Missouri. Condor 95: 968--979. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; EM: danwenny@zoo.ufl.edu)---Densities of Seiurus aurocapillus and Oporornis formosus significantly higher in large forest tract (>800 ha) than two 300 ha ones; Helmitheros vermivorus found only in large tract; habitat selection differs among species and among sites.---R.B.C.
{C908} Williams, J. B., B. I. Tieleman, & M. Shobrak. 1999. Lizard burrows provide thermal refugia for larks in the Arabian desert. Condor 101: 714--717. (Dept. Evol., Ecol., & Organismal Biol., Ohio State Univ., 1735 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA; EM: jbwbird+@osu.edu)---Burrows of large, herbivorous lizard Uromastyx aegypticus used by Dunn’s Lark (Eremalauda dunni), Bar-tailed Desert Lark (Ammomanes cincturus), Black-crowned Finch Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps), and Hoopoe Lark (Alaemon alaudipes).---S.N.L. {E118; evaporative water loss, water economy}
{C908} Wunderle, J. M., Jr., & R. B. Waide. 1993. Distribution of overwintering Nearctic migrants in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles. Condor 95: 904--933. (Internatl. Inst. Trop. For., USDA For. Serv., PO B, Palmer, PR 00721, USA; EM: fswals=j.wunderle/ou=r08f16d01a@mhs.att)---Diversity and abundance related to habitat, habitat specialization, land size, distance from North America, island size, size of range in North America.---R.B.C. {C312} {ROL #79}
{C910} Clayton, K. M., & J. K. Schmutz. 1997. Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) survival in prairie Canada. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 107--110. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W0, Can.)---Most mortality of Athene cunicularia occurs during post-fledging period, females survival higher than males or juveniles; vehicular collisions important in some habitats.---J.M.S. {B502} {ROL #79}
{C910} Dobson, A. 1990. Survival rates and their relationship to life-history traits in some common British birds. Curr. Ornithol. 7: 115--146. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.)---Evaluates 3 methods (Lack’s, Haldane’s, and Haldane’s Combined) used to estimate mean adult survival rates for 50 species. Examines factors responsible for observed patterns of species-specific survival rates.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{C910} Frederiksen, M., & A. Petersen. 1999. Adult survival of the Black Guillemot in Iceland. Condor 101: 589--597. (NERI, Dept. Coastal Zone Ecol., Kalø, Grenåvej 12, 8410 Rønde, Denmark.)---Capture-recapture data set for Cepphus grylle collected 1974--1995 at a colony in western Iceland.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{C910} Frock, R. F., Jr. 1998. New longevity record for a wild Red-tailed Hawk. PA Birds 12: 52. (1305 Bridgeton Hill Rd., Upper Black Eddy, PA 18972, USA.)---Banded Buteo jamaicensis found dead in Carbon Co., Pennsylvania on 20 October 1973 was age 25 years, 9 months.---P.D.H. {raptors} {ROL #79}
{C910} Guyn, K. L., & R. G. Clark. 1999. Factors affecting survival of Northern Pintail ducklings in Alberta. Condor 101: 369--377. (Ducks Unlimited Can., P. O. Box 1160, Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0, Can.; EM: k_guyn@ducks.ca)---Anas acuta. {brood survival, hatching date} {ROL #79}
{C910} Hussell, D. J. T., & S. J. Anderson. 1999. Longevity record for the Tree Swallow. N. Am. Bird Bander 24: 6--8. (Wildl. Nat. Heritage Sci. Sect., Ontario Ministry Nat. Resour., PO Box 7000, Peterborough, ON K9J 8M5, Can.)--- Male Tachycineta bicolor banded as nestling in Ontario 14 Jun 1986 recaptured 3 Jul 1998 when 12 yr, 32 d old supersedes earlier record for 11-year-old female; detailed recapture history given.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C910} Jenkins, M. J., R. E. Jackman, & W. G. Hunt. 1999. Survival and movements of immature Bald Eagles fledged in northern California. J. Raptor Res. 33: 81--86. (Tech. & Ecol. Serv., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3400 Crow Canyon Rd., San Ramon, CA 94583, USA.)---Site-fidelity, dispersal, and survivorship of 2 cohorts of Haliaeetus leucocephalus totaling 13 radiotagged birds.---P.A.G. {C920} {ROL #79}
{C910} Sasvári, L., Z. Hegyi, & P. Péczely. 1999. Brood reduction in White Storks mediated through asymmetries in plasma testosterone concentrations in chicks. Ethology 105: 569--582. (Dept. Gen. Zool., Eötvös Univ., H-1445 Budapest, Pf/330, Puskin u. 3, Hungary; EM: sasvari@abc.hu)---Testosterone concentration higher in first-hatched chicks of female Ciconia ciconia in poor condition and one or more later-hatched chicks die. Testosterone concentration less different in chicks of healthier females and all chicks survive.---R.B.C. {B720, C912} {ROL #79}
{C910} Schmutz, J. A. 1993. Survival and pre-fledging body mass in juvenile Emperor Geese. Condor 95: 222--225. (Alaska Fish Wildl. Cent., USFWS, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: joel_schmutz@usgs.gov.)---For Chen canagica goslings, body mass at banding is positively related to subsequent survival.---R.B.C. {E116} {ROL #79}
{C910} Zwickel, F. C., & N. A. M. Verbeek. 1997. Longevity record for the Northwestern Crow, with a comparison to other corvids. Northwest. Nat. 78: 111--112. (Box 81, Mansons Landing, BC V0P 1K0, Can.)---Banded Corvus caurinus present until 29 Feb 1996 had been banded, presumably as a nestling, 6 Jun 1979; longevity of 16 yr 4--9 mo is 4 years more than previous greatest longevity and is on the order of North American and Old World corvid maximum longevities.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C912} Alexander, L. L. 1991. Patterns of mortality among Common Loons wintering in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Florida Field Nat. 19: 73--79. (Dept. Zool., Fl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Molt and age influence mortality of Gavia immer.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C912} Baudvin, H. 1997. Barn Owl (Tyto alba) and Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) mortality along motorways in Bourgogne-Champagne [France]: Report and suggestions. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 58--61. (La Choue, Lignière, 21350 Beurizot, France.)---Systematic study along 259 km of highway Nov 1991--Dec 1995. Includes summary of all vertebrates found, incl. almost 4 dozen species of birds.---J.M.S. {B502} {ROL #79}
{C912} Bennetts, R. E., M. R. Shannon, & W. M. Kitchens. 1998. Causes of mortality of post-fledgling juvenile and adult Snail Kites in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 84--87. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol. Conserv., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Most Rostrhamus sociabilis die of unknown causes (34.0%). Predation rates on juveniles and adults are high (32.2 and 43.8%). Some juveniles starve (6.5%) and some adults are struck by cars (12.5%)---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C912} Coulson, J. C., & J. Strowger. 1999. The annual mortality rate of Black-legged Kittiwakes in NE England from 1954 to 1998 and a recent exceptionally high mortality. Waterbirds 22: 3--13. (29 St. Mary's Close, Shincliffe Villate, Durham City, DH1 2ND, UK; EM: JohnCoulson@compuserve.com)---Most annual mortality of Rissa tridactyla in 15--30% range; high mortalities in 1997 (39%) and 1998 (58%) apparently caused by toxin-producing red algal blooms.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C912} Denny, M. A. 1994. High bird mortality as a result of Painted Lady butterfly migration in eastern Oregon, spring 1992. Oregon Birds 20: 23. (323 Scenic View Dr., College Place, WA 99324, USA.)---Infers much increased road-kill of birds as they fed on enormous numbers of Vanessa cardui.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C912} Ellis, D. H., & D. G. Smith. 1993. Preliminary report of extensive gyrfalcon and snowy owl mortality in northern Siberia. Raptor-link 1: 3--4. (EM: David_H_Ellis@usgs.gov)---Falco rusticolus, Nyctea scandiaca. {ROL #79}
{C912} Gauthier-Clerc, M., Y. Clerquin, & Y. Handrich. 1998. Hyperinfestation by ticks Ixodes uriae: a possible cause of death in adult King Penguins, a long-lived seabird. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 229--233. (Centr. Ecol. Physiol. Energet., CNRS, 23 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, France; EM: michel.gauthier@c-strasbourg.fr)---Aptenodytes patagonica in the Crozet Archipelago, South Indian Ocean had up to 263 adult ticks, 545 nymphs, or 3,500 larvae on them.---R.B.C. {C104} {ROL #79}
{C912} Haemig, P. D., S. Bergström, & B. Olsen. 1998. Survival and mortality of Grey-headed Albatross chicks in relation to infestation by the tick Ixodes uriae. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 452--453. (BO: Dept. Infect. Dis., Kalmar County Hospital, SE-391 85 Kalmar, Sweden; EM: BjornOl@LTKALMAR.se)---Survival and mortality not significantly different between infested and uninfested Diomedea chrysostoma on Bird Island, South Georgia.---R.B.C. {C104} {ROL #79}
{C912} Houston, C. S. 1997. Is there regional variation in Great Horned Owl recovery rates within Saskatchewan? N. Am. Bird Bander 22: 16--17. (863 University Dr., Saskatoon, SK S7N 0J8, Can.)---Wooded areas from which young Bubo virginianus were banded had lower recovery rates than areas in open country where carcasses would be more visible and for those near cities.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C912} Hunter, D. B., C. Rohner, & D. C. Currie. 1997. Black-flies and Leucocytozoon spp. as causes of mortality in juvenile Great Horned Owls in the Yukon, Canada. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 243--245. (Dept. Pathobiol., Ontario Vet. Coll., Univ. Guelf, Guelf, ON N1G 2W1, Can.)---Black fly feeding and infection of juvenile Bubo virginianus caused significant mortality in 1989--90, although losses were mediated by low prey base of Lepus americanus.---J.M.S. {C104} {ROL #79}
{C912} Newton, I., I. Wyllie, & L. Dale. 1997. Mortality causes in British Barn Owls (Tyto alba), based on 1,101 carcasses examined during 1963--1996. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 299--307. (Inst. Terrestrial, Ecol., Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambs PE17 2LS, UK.)---Main causes were collisions with road traffic and starvation, but organochlorine pesticides accounted for 20% prior to 1970, decreasing afterwards until last report in 1976.---J.M.S. {B502, C902} {ROL #79}
{C912} Olsen, G. H., J. M. Nicolich, & D. J. Hoffman. 1990. A review of some causes of death of avian embryos. Proc. Annu. Conf. Assoc. Avian Vet. 1990: 106--111. (EM: Glenn_Olsen@usgs.gov) {E106} {ROL #79}
{C912} Pesek, L. 1998. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) killed by bumblebee? Passenger Pigeon 60: 272--273. (W3284 Grundy Rd., Irma, WI 54442, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C912} Tsipoura, N., & J. Burger. 1999. Shorebirds and surf clams: An unusual interaction. Waterbirds 22: 140--141. (Dept. Life Sci., Rutgers Univ., 604 Allison Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; EM: tsipoura@rci.rutgers.edu)---39 of ca. 3000 Calidris alpina found with bills caught between valves of washed up Spisula solidissima.---R.B.C. {D106} {ROL #79}
{C912} Work, T. M., & R. A. Rameyer. 1999. Mass stranding of Wedge-tailed Shearwater chicks in Hawaii. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 487--495. (U.S. Geol. Survey, Biol. Res. Div., Natl. Wildl. Health Ctr., Honolulu Field Stn., P.O. Box 50167, Honolulu, HI 96850, USA.)---Mortality coincided with the fledging period for Puffinus pacificus, strong southeasterly winds, and emaciation, dehydration or bacteremia.---J.R.P. {hematology, pathology, serum chemistry, C102} {ROL #79}
{C914} Abraham, K. F., J. O. Leafloor, & H. G. Lumsden. 1999. Establishment and growth of the Lesser Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens caerulescens, nesting colony on Akimiski Island, James Bay, Northwest Territories. Can. Field-Nat. 113: 245--250. (Ontario Min. Nat. Resour., 300 Water St., Peterborough, ON K9J 8M5, Can.) {ROL #79}
{C914} Agler, B. A., et al. 1999. Decline in marine bird populations in Prince William Sound, Alaska coincident with a climatic regime shift. Waterbirds 22: 98--103. (PO Box 1063, Westbrook, CT 06498, USA; EM: skuas@yahoo.com)---From1989--1993, loons, cormorants, Melanitta perspicillata, Larus philadelphia, terns, six alcids declined more than 50%, but non-piscivorous Histrionicus histrionicus, Bucephala clangula, Bucephala islandica, and Haematopus bachmani increased 1972 to 1989--1993.---R.B.C. {C906} {ROL #79}
{C914} Banko, P. C., et al. 1998. Palila population estimate for 1997. Elepaio 58: 11, 14--15. (USGS/BRD, Pacific Islands Ecosyst. Res. Ctr., PO Box 44, Hawaii Natl. Park, HI 96718, USA.)---4396 ±625 Loxioides bailleui on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Beaulieu, R. 1999. The new Porcupine Forest flock of Trumpeter Swans, Cygnus buccinator, in Saskatchewan. Can. Field-Nat. 113: 269--272. (Saskatchewan Env. & Resour. Manage., Unit #1, 201 2nd St. W, Meadow Lake, SK S9X 1C7, Can.) {ROL #79}
{C914} Bolgiano, N. C. 1997. Pennsylvania CBC counts of Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks. PA Birds 11: 134--137. (711 W. Foster Ave., State College, PA 16801, USA.)---Christmas Bird Counts of Accipiter striatus and Accipiter cooperii from 1931 to 1995 have increased since the early 1970s.---P.D.H. {raptors} {ROL #79}
{C914} Bolgiano, N. C. 1997. Northern finches and the Red-breasted Nuthatch [Sitta canadensis] in the Pennsylvania Christmas Bird Count. PA Birds 11: 187--191. (711 W. Foster Ave., State College, PA 16801, USA.)---Temporal and spatial patterns of winter invasions by 8 species were examined from 1950 to 1996.---P.D.H. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C914} Brauning, D. 1994. Population trends of Pennsylvania's nesting birds. PA Birds 8: 66--71. (PA Game Commission, RR 2, Box 484, Montgomery, PA 17752, USA.)---Response listing errors and misinterpretations in PA Birds 8: 2--9 regarding Neotropical migrants.---P.D.H. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C914} Bruner, A. W. 1999. Overview of 1994--1995 survey of nesting birds of the Shades St. Park property [Indiana]. Indiana Audubon Q. 77: 137--145. (RR 1, Box 73, Marshall, IN 47859, USA.)---Compared to similar efforts in 1979--1980.---J.S.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Brush, T. 1999. Current status of Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet and Tropical Parula in Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park and Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, southern Texas. Bull. Texas Ornithol. Soc. 32(1): 2--12. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Texas-Pan American, 1201 W. Univ. Dr., Edinburg, TX 78539, USA.)---Camptostoma imberbe, Parula pitiayumi. {ROL #79}
{C914} Burford, L. S. 1998. Kentucky midwinter eagle survey. 1998 state summary. Kentucky Warbler 74: 45--47. (Dept. Fish Wildl., 1 Game Farm Rd., Frankfort, KY 40601, USA.)---35 routes surveyed in early January revealed seven Aquila chrysaetos and 162 Haliaeetus leucocephalus, 69.8% of latter were adults.---R.B.C. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C914} Castrale, J. S, C. E. Mills & T. Hayes. 1999. Growth of the Least Tern population at Gibson Lake, Indiana. Indiana Audubon Q. 77: 150--158. (Indiana Div. Fish & Wildl., RR 2, Box 477, Mitchell, IN 47446 USA; EM: wildlife@kiva.net)---Colony of Sterna antillarum near Wabash River in southwestern Indiana increased from 2 pairs and 1 nest in 1986 to 85 adults and 65 nests in 1998.---J.S.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Clark, K. E., L. J. Niles, & J. Burger. 1993. Abundance and distribution of migrant shorebirds in Delaware Bay. Condor 95: 694--705. (Endang. Nongame Species Progr., New Jersey Div. Fish, Game, Wildl., PO Box 236, Tuckahoe, NJ 08250-0236, USA.)---Delaware Bay most important spring stopover site in the eastern U.S. for Arenaria interpres, Calidris canutus, Calidris pusilla and Calidris alba; populations of the latter two declined significantly 1986--1992.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Collazo, J. A., et. al. 1998. An interdecadal comparison of population parameters of Brown Pelicans in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 61--65. (Coop. Fish Wildl. Res. Unit, BRD/USGS, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27685, USA; EM: Jaime_Collazo@ncsu.edu)---Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis winter population counts 2,280 and 593 for 1980--82 and 1992--95, respectively; mean young per successful nest 1.65 and 1.14 for the same periods. Declines evidently not due to either pesticides or loss of roosting and nesting habitats.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Daulton, T., M. W. Meyer, & P. Rasmussen. 1997. The 1995 status of the Common Loon in Wisconsin. Passenger Pigeon 59: 195--205. (Sigurd Olson Environ. Inst., Northland Coll., Ashland, WI 54806, USA.)---Gavia immer. {ROL #79}
{C914} Earnst, S. L., et al. 1998. Status of the White-faced Ibis: Breeding colony dynamics of the Great Basin population, 1985--1987. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 301--313. (USGS For. Rangel. Ecosyst. Sci. Cent., Snake River Field Stn., 970 Lusk, Boise, ID 83706, USA; EM: searnst@eagle.idbsu.edu)---Plegadis chihi population nearly tripled 1985--1997 both at periphery of range and in core in Nevada and Utah.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Erdman, T. C., et al. 1998. Productivity, population trend, and status of Northern Goshawks, Accipiter gentilis atricapillus, in northeastern Wisconsin. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 17--27. (Richter Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI 54311, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C914} Faccio, S. D., C. C. Rimmer, & K. P. McFarland. 1998. Results of the Vermont forest bird monitoring program, 1989--1996. Northeast. Nat. 5: 293--312. (Vermont Inst. Nat. Sci., RR 2 Box 532, Woodstock, VT 05091, USA.)---Breeding census data from an 8-yr study of forest birds used to examine population trends for 67 species. Rates of population change in these data were poorly correlated to BBS trends.---J.S.G. {ROL #79}
{C914} Fancy, S. G., R. J. Craig, & C. W. Kessler. 1999. Forest bird and fruit bat populations on Sarigan, Mariana Islands. Micronesica 31: 247--254. (USGS/BRD, Pacific Island Ecosyst. Res. Cent., PO Box 44, Hawaii Natl. Park, HI 96718, USA; EM: Steven_Fancy@nps.gov)---Five species of forest birds recorded on island with introduced cats, goats, and coconut plantations: Myzomela rubratra estimated 1,821 individuals, Megapodius laperouse laperouse 497, Aplonis opaca 107, Halcyon chloris 170; no figures available for Gallicolumba xanthonura.---R.B.C. {C324} {ROL #79}
{C914} Garber, S. D. 1998. Barn Owl populations as reflected in data from John F. Kennedy International Airport. Kingbird 48: 22--25. (Grad. Progr. Ecol. Evol., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ 08855-1059, USA.)---113 Tyto alba struck by airplanes 1979--1995 (3% of all bird strikes). Strikes have declined in recent years owing to closing of nearby landfills but may increase again as a result of use of boxes erected in nearby Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.---R.B.C. {B912, C912} {ROL #79}
{C914} Gore, J. A. 1991. Distribution and abundance of nesting Least Terns and Black Skimmers in northwest Florida. Florida Field Nat. 19: 65--72. (Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Comm., 6938 Hwy. 2321, Panama City, FL 32409, USA.)---Most colonies of Sterna antillarum and Rynchops niger on rooftops.---R.Bow. {C318; nest sites, trends} {ROL #79}
{C914} Gray, E. M., et al. 1999. 1998 Palila population census. 'Elepaio 59: 33--39. (USGS/BRD, Pacific Island Ecosyst. Res. Cent., PO Box 44, Hawaii Natl. Park, HI 96718, USA.)---Non-breeding population of Loxioides bailleui estimated at 4811, breeding population at 6048, on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Greenberg, R., et al. 1999. Tits, warblers, and finches: Foliage-gleaning birds of Nearctic and Palearctic boreal forests. Condor 101: 299--310. (Smithsonian Migratory Bird Ctr., Natl. Zool. Pk., Washington, DC 20008, USA; EM: antbird@erols.com)---Two major patterns of bird abundance exist at 4 sites in Canada, Russia and Siberia. Both the Resource Seasonality Hypothesis and the Ecological Replacement Hypothesis are supported.---S.N.L. {Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, community convergence, community structure, continental comparison} {ROL #79}
{C914} Guinard, E., H. Weimerskirch, & P. Jouventin. 1998. Population changes and demography of the Northern Rockhopper Penguin on Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 222--228. (Weimerskirch: Centr. Ecol. Biol. Chizé, Centr., Natl. Rech. Sci., F-79360 Beauvoir sur Niort, France; EM: henriw@cebc.cnrs.fr)---2.7% annual decline 1971--1993 of Amsterdam Island Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi significantly related to decline in mean sea surface temperature, possibly also related to increase in fur seal population. Saint Paul populations increased 5.5% per year.---R.B.C. {C906} {ROL #79}
{C914} Hadidian, J., et al. 1997. A citywide breeding bird survey for Washington, DC. Urban Ecosys. 1: 87--102. (EM: John_Sauer@usgs.gov)---DC Birdscape' was initiated in 1993 to systematically count the birds occurring throughout Washington, D.C. during the breeding season. This study represents a prototype that will allow efficient and economical monitoring of urban bird populations.---USGS {E506} {ROL #79}
{C914} Haig, S. M., & J. H. Plissner. 1993. Distribution and abundance of Piping Plovers: results and implications of the 1991 international census. Condor 95: 145--156. (For. Range. Ecosyst. Sci. Cent., USGS/BRD, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; EM: haigs@fsl.orst.edu)---5482 breeding adult and 3451 wintering Charadrius melodus censussed, the highest number yet recorded. The most birds wintered in Texas (55%); breeding populations were largely in the northern Great Plains (63.2%) and along the Atlantic Coast (36%).---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Hawrot, R. Y., et al. 1998. Bird population trends in Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin forests, 1991--1997. Loon 70: 130--137. (Nat. Resour. Res. Inst., 5013 Miller Trunk Hwy., Duluth, MN 55811, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C914} Hess, P., & T. Floyd. 1994. Neotropical migrants in Pennsylvania: evidence of absence, or absence of evidence? PA Birds 8: 201--203. (1412 Hawthorne St., Natrona Heights, PA 15065, USA.)---Trends of 136 species on Breeding Bird Survey routes, 1966-1991, showed a symmetrical frequency distribution of increases, declines, and stable numbers.---P.D.H. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C914} Hess, P. 1995. The "old days": or, how I learned to love the spruce budworm. PA Birds 9: 124--125. (1412 Hawthorne St., Natrona Heights, PA 15065, USA.)---25 years of data from Allegheny County, PA, showed high numbers of fall-migrant passerines during an insect outbreak in Canada in the late 1970s.---P.D.H. {D300, D900} {ROL #79}
{C914} Hilsabeck, J., & R. Bell. 1999. Marsh and water bird nesting at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge 1992--1997. Bluebird 66(1): 24--32. (No address given.)---Annual totals of nests of Podilymbus podiceps, Ixobrychus exilis, and Gallinula chloropus at refuge in Holt County, Missouri. Average water depth at nest sites was 0.88 m for the grebe, and 0.57 m for the bittern and moorhen.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Houston, C. S. 1997. Banding of Asio owls in south-central Saskatchewan. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 237--242. (863 University Dr., Saskatoon, SK S7N 0J8, Can.)---Populations of Asio otus and Asio flammeus fluctuated with Microtus cycles over 50-year period.---J.M.S. {C924} {ROL #79}
{C914} Jahncke, J., & E. Goya. 1998. The status of the Peruvian Diving Petrel at its main breeding area along the coast of Peru. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 94--97. (Inst. Mar. Peru (IMARPE), Apto. 22, Callao, Peru; EM: jjahnck@mail.cosapidata.com.pe)---12,216--13,270 pairs of Pelecanoides garnotii on San Gallan and La Vieja islands on the central coast are the only remaining colonies.---R.B.C. {C330} {ROL #79}
{C914} Jehl, J. R., Jr. 1999. Population studies of Wilson's Phalaropes at fall staging areas, 1980--1997: A challenge for monitoring. Waterbirds 22: 37--46. (Hubbs SeaWorld Res. Inst., 2595 Ingraham St., San Diego, CA 92109, USA; EM: jjehl@hswri.org)---Phalaropus tricolor populations of 500,000--600,000 in the 1980s dropped by half in the 1990s; BBS data indicate a general decline on the breeding grounds.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Kendall, S. J., & B. A. Agler. 1998. Distribution and abundance of Kittlitz's Murrelets in southcentral and southeastern Alaska. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 53--60. (USFWS, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: Steve_Kendall@mail.fws.gov)---An estimated 12,130 ±8,312 Brachyramphus brevirostris in lower Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound and southeastern Alaska during June 1993 and 410 ±744 in Prince William Sound during Feb.--Mar. 1994.---R.B.C. {B314} {ROL #79}
{C914} Lepson, J. K. 1998. Conservation status of the Tinian Monarch and proposed new category of protection for single island endemic species. Elepaio 58: 23--27. (1118 Vienna St., Livermore, CA 94550, USA.)---Thriving Monarcha takatsukasae with population of ca. 50,000 in the 1990s.---R.B.C. {B912} {ROL #79}
{C914} Lind, J. W. 1999. Preliminary research on Black-Throated Blue Warblers in northeastern Minnesota. Loon 71: 5--11. (917 9th Ave., Two Harbors, MN 55616 USA.)---Dendroica caerulescens. {ROL #79}
{C914} Lundsten, J. 1993. A survey of the Northern Pygmy-Owl in the Oregon Coast Range. Oregon Birds 19: 75--76. (2352 Bunker Hill Rd., Salem, OR 97306, USA.)---Ca. 7--8 Glaucidium gnoma pairs in 31 sq km area of fragmented forest in the Alsea Ranger District.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Lutz, R. S., & D. L. Plumpton. 1997. Metapopulation dynamics of a Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) population in Colorado. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 255--259. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol., 1630 Linden Dr., 226 Russell Labs., Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1598, USA.)---Capture-recapture models used to estimate survival, recapture rates and Leslie matrix models used to project population growth in Athene cunicularia.---J.M.S. {E514} {ROL #79}
{C914} Marks, J. S. 1997. Is the Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) nomadic? U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 260. (Montana Coop. Wildl. Res. Unit, Univ. Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.)---Maybe, in some portions of its range. Need more studies of breeding populations.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C914} Martin, J. A., & M. L. Morrison. 1999. Distribution, abundance, and habitat characteristics of the Buff-breasted Flycatcher in Arizona. Condor 101: 272--281. (4849 Lotus St., San Diego, CA 92107, USA; EM: lanius@earthlink.net)---Geographic range and numbers of Empidonax fulvifrons and preferred vegetation type, structural stage, canopy cover, and forest patch width of habitat.)---S.N.L. {C908, C918; reproductive success} {ROL #79}
{C914} McMillian, M. A., & B. Pranty. 1997. Recent nesting of the White-tailed Kite in central Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 143--145. (MacArthur Agro-Ecol. Res. Ctr., 816 Buck Island Ranch Rd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, USA.)---Elanus leucurus nesting in south and central Florida may be increasing and more widespread than previously believed. Between 1986 and 1997, 18 nests have been reported, but only 4 nests reported between 1872 and 1930.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C914} Mellon, R. 1994. Neotropical migrants in Pennsylvania. PA Birds 8: 2--9. (1305 Big Oak Rd., Yardley, PA 19067, USA.)---Preliminary analysis of Breeding Bird Surveys indicates that most species' downtrends in the state were localized, not statewide.---P.D.H. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C914} Nicoletti, F. J. 1998. Record high Pine Grosbeak count at Hawk Ridge [Duluth, Minnesota]. Loon 70: 62--63. (3128 Valet Rd., Duluth, MN 55804, USA.)---1,025 Pinicola enucleator on 3 Nov 1997.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C914} Nicoletti, F. J. 1998. Summary of 1997 spring hawk count at Enger Tower, Duluth [Minnesota]. Loon 70: 47--52. (3128 Valet Rd., Duluth, MN 55804, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C914} Nicoletti, F. J. 1998. The 1997 migration at Hawk Ridge [Duluth, Minnesota]. Loon 70: 105--108. (3128 Valet Rd., Duluth, MN 55804, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C914} Page, G. W., L. E. Stenzel, & J. E. Kjelmyr. 1999. Overview of shorebird abundance and distribution in wetlands of the Pacific coast of the contiguous United States. Condor 101: 461--471. (Point Reyes Bird Obs., 4990 Shoreline Hwy., Stinson Beach, CA 94970, USA; EM: gpage@prbo.org)---Coordinates censuses from April 1988 to April 1995 and surveys 66 sites in Washington, Oregon and California.---S.N.L. {Charadrii} {ROL #79}
{C914} Peterjohn, B. G., & J. R. Sauer. 1995. Purple martin population trends from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, 1966--1994. Purple Martin Update 6: 2--8. (EM: Bruce_Peterjohn@usgs.gov)---Progne subis. {ROL #79}
{C914} Piatt, J. F., & R. G. Ford. 1993. Distribution and abundance of Marbled Murrelets in Alaska. Condor 95: 662--669. (Alaska Fish Wildl. Cent., USFWS, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA.)---Estimated 160,000 Brachyramphus marmoratus present; 97% in the Alexander Archipelago, southeast Alaska, Prince William Sound and the Kodiak Archipelago.---R.B.C. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C914} Pranty, B., & M. A. McMillian. 1997. Status of the White-tailed Kite in northern and central Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 117--127. (8515 Village Mill Row, Bayonet Point, FL 34667, USA.)---Elanus leucurus reports increasing in Florida since 1960's, especially during 1990's. Kites resumed nesting in central Florida in 1996 after a 66-year absence from the region.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C914} Raveling, D. G., & D. S. Zezulak. 1992. Changes of Cackling Canada Geese in autumn. Calif. Fish. Game 78: 65--77. (Dept. Wildl. Fish. Biol., Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.)---Branta canadensis minima occur increasingly in the lower Columbia River of Washington and Oregon and the Willamette Valley of Oregon.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Robbins, M. B., B. R. Barber, & K. Zyskowski. 1998. Census of Cerulean Warblers along the Upper Current River, with comments on the status of other riparian species. Bluebird 65(3): 10--16. (Div. Ornithol., Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA; EM: mrobbins@ukans.edu)---Canoe surveys of 31.5 mi of river in Missouri 1997--1998 showed Dendroica cerulea to be one of the most common riparian species (73 and 114 singing males found in 1997 and 1998, respectively). Cerulean Warblers were consistently found in mid-sized to tall sycamores, Platanus occidentalis, that had at least some adjacent hardwood forest.---R.B.C. {C908} {ROL #79}
{C914} Roberts, T. A., R. Cull., & A. Flannery. 1996. Distribution of nesting Greater Sandhill Cranes in the South Fork Pit River Valley, Modoc County, California. Calif. Fish. Game 82: 137--140. (Environ. Sci. Assoc., 301 Brannan St., Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 04107-1849, USA; EM: esa.sf@esassoc.com)---Grus canadensis tabida population mean 11.5 pairs for years 1971, 1981, 1988, 1994.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Rohner, C. 1997. Non-territorial floaters in Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus). U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 347--362. (Dept. Renew. Resour., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 3H1, Can.)---Up to 50% of the population in southwestern Yukon may be unmated birds over 1 year of age; these birds are secretive and would be undetectable in standard surveys, as well as delay any observable declines in the breeding population for one or more years.---J.M.S. {C910} {ROL #79}
{C914} Sabin, W. B. 1998. New York State waterfowl count, January 1998. Kingbird 48: 186--191. (652 Kenwood Ave., Slingerlands, NY 12159-0044, USA.)---130 persons counted 10--24 Jan 1998 total of 338,063 birds of 43 species; Branta canadensis (129,141 birds), Anas platyrhynchos (33,809), Branta bernicla (31,592), and Aythya marila (22,870) were the most abundant species. Least common were Bucephala islandica, Anas penelope (1 each), and Aythya fuligula (2).---R.B.C. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C914} Sauer, J. R., S. Orsillo, & B. G. Peterjohn. 1994. Population status and trends of grouse and prairie-chickens from the North American Breeding Bird Survey and Christmas Bird Count. Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 59: 439--448. (EM: John_Sauer@usgs.gov) {Tetraoninae} {ROL #79}
{C914} Saurola, P. L. 1997. Monitoring Finnish owls 1982--1996: Methods and results. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 363--380. (Finnish Mus. Nat. Hist., Ringing Ctr., P.O. Box 17, FIN-00014 Univ. Helsinki, Finland.)---Results of extensive survey and banding program. Bubo bubo, Nyctea scandiaca, Strix aluco, Strix uralensis, Strix nebulosa, Surnia ulula, Glaucidium passerinum, Aegolius funereus, Asio otus, and Asio flammeus.---J.M.S. {E506} {ROL #79}
{C914} Seaman, D. E. 1997. Abundance and population characteristics of Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Olympic National Park, Washington. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 381. (USGS/BRD, For. & Rangeland Ecosystem Sci. Ctr., Olympic Field Stn., 600 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles, WA 98362, USA.)---Park population estimate for 1992--1996 was 230 pairs (_71, 90% CI), most on east side of park.---J.M.S. {C918, D302} {ROL #79}
{C914} Severinghaus, L. L. 1997. Population dynamics of Lanyu Scops Owls (Otus elegans botelensis). U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 382. (Inst. Zool., Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.)---Population appears to be stable, judging from monthly visits since 1986 to this small island in Taiwan.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C914} Seyler, D. A. 1999. Post-breeding populations of Pied-billed Grebes (Podilymbus podiceps) at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. Kingbird 49: 14--21. (1889 Colvin Blvd., Tonawanda, NY 14150, USA.)---Ten surveys 18 Aug--7 Oct 1994 resulted in counts of 28--108 birds for a species proposed for listing as threatened in New York.---R.B.C. {C318, B904} {ROL #79}
{C914} South, J. 1999. The status of the Monk Parakeet in Illinois: with comments on its native habitat and habits. Meadowlark 8: 2--5. (5704 S. Harper #202, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.)---Some 83 active chambers in Myiopsitta monachus nests in Chicago, 1998; others present 6 localities nearby.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Steenhof, K., et al. 1999. Long-term Prairie Falcon population changes in relation to prey abundance, weather, land uses, and habitat conditions. Condor 101: 28--41. (USGS For. & Rangeland Ecosystem Sci. Ctr., Snake River Field Stn., 970 Lusk St., Boise, ID 83706, USA; EM: ksteenho@eagle.idbsu.edu)---Falco mexicanus studied from 1974--1997 to identify factors that influence abundance and reproduction.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{C914} Steffes, M. W. 1999. The Black-throated Blue Warbler along the Superior Hiking Trail in northeastern Minnesota. Loon 71: 11--13. (1583 Fulham St., St. Paul, MN 55108 USA.)---Dendroica caerulescens. {ROL #79}
{C914} Svingen, P. 1998. Recent status of the Henslow's Sparrow in Minnesota. Loon 70: 153--154. (2602 E. 4th St., Duluth, MN 55812, USA.)---Ammodramus henslowii. {ROL #79}
{C914} Swengel, A. B., & S. R. Swengel. 1997. Auditory surveys for Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) in southern Wisconsin 1986--1996. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 411--420. (909 Birch St., Baraboo, WI 53913, USA.)---4-yr cyclic variation in birds detected. Bubo virginianus, Otus asio, and Strix varia did not show similar cyclic variation.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C914} Takats, D. L., & G. L. Holroyd. 1997. Owl broadcast surveys in the Foothills Model Forest, Alberta, Canada. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 421--431. (Dept. Renewable Resour., 751 GSB, Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1, Can.)---Study of both the owls in this forest and the techniques used in this and other playback protocols. Bubo virginianus, Strix varia, Strix nebulosa, Aegolius acadicus, Aegolius funereus, Glaucidium gnoma.---J.M.S. {E506} {ROL #79}
{C914} Tershy, B. R., E. van Gelder, & D. Breese. 1993. Relative abundance and seasonal distribution of seabirds in the Canal de Ballenas, Gulf of California. Condor 95: 458--464. (Conserv. Internatl. Mexico, AC, Sea of Cortez Ecosyst. Progr., 59-A, Col. Miramar, Guaymas, Sonora 85450, Mexico; EM: tershy@cats.ucsu.edu)---19 of 42 species seen accounted for >99% of all sightings; overall Larus heermanni, Phalaropus lobatus, Pelecanus occidentalis, Larus livens, Sula nebouxii and Sula leucogaster most abundant, but highly variable from season to season.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} van Franeker, J. A., et al. 1999. Distribution and abundance of the Antarctic Petrel. Waterbirds 22: 14--28. (Inst. For. Nat. Res. (IBN-DLO), PO Box 167, 1790 AD Den Borg (Texel), Netherlands; EM: J. A.vanFraneker@ibn.dlo.nl)---35 colonies of Thalassoica antarctica with ca. 500,000 breeding pairs are currently known; estimates based on observations indicate a total population of 4--7 million pairs, suggesting other colonies remain undiscovered.---R.B.C. {C306} {ROL #79}
{C914} Vanderkist, B. A., et al. 1999. Evidence of male-bias in capture samples of Marbled Murrelets from genetic studies in British Columbia. Condor 101: 398--402. (CWS/NSERC Wildl. Ecol. Res. Chair, Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., BC V5A 1S6, Can.; EM: vanderki@sfu.ca)---Brachyramphus marmoratus. {D704, DNA extraction, molecular sexing, mist-netting} {ROL #79}
{C914} Vanderwerf, E. A., A. Cowell, & J. L. Rohrer. 1997. Distribution , abundance and conservation of O'ahu 'Elepaio in the southern leeward Ko'olau Range. 'Elepaio 57: 99--105. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Hawaii, 2538 The Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA; EM: ewerf@zoogate.zoo.hawaii.edu)---An estimated 270 Chasiempis sandwichensis gayi most in areas of tall forest canopy and continuous understory at 200--400 m; decline of Oahu 'Elepaio may be related to avian pox.---R.B.C. {C324} {ROL #79}
{C914} Verner, J., & K. L. Purcell. 1999. Fluctuating populations of House Wrens and Bewick’s Wrens in foothills of the western Sierra Nevada of California. Condor 101: 219--229. (USDA For. Serv., Pacific Southwest Res. Stn., 2081 East Sierra Ave., Fresno, CA 93710, USA; EM: jverner/psw_fresno@fs.fed.us)---Troglodytes aedon, Thryomanes bewickii. {interspecific competition, population trends, precipitation} {ROL #79}
{C914} Vyatkin, P. S. 1993. Nesting of the Northern Fulmar on the western Bering Sea coast. Condor 95: 226--227. (Russian Acad. Sci., Prosapekt Rybakov, 19A, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatshy, Russia 683024.)---55,000 Fulmarus glacialis pairs counted in 10 colonies 1--22 Jun 1990, more than double the number previously known from the area.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Watts, B. D., & M. A. Byrd. 1999. Expansion of the James River [Virginia] Bald Eagle concentration area. Raven 70: 18--23. (Cent. Conserv. Biol., College William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, USA; EM: bdwatts@mail.wm.edu)---Peak of 448 Haliaeetus leucocephalus counted 11 Jun 1997, ca. 2 birds/km shoreline; highest peak in early 1990s exceeded 4/km; area of concentration now with 8X more shoreline than earlier surveys for what may be the largest summer concentration in eastern North America.---R.B.C. {C318} {ROL #79}
{C914} Weiss, R. A. 1997. Trends in Indiana House Finch counts: a comparison of Indiana Audubon Society May, summer, and Christmas bird counts, 1980--1995. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 106: 67--77. (Chipper Woods Bird Obs., 10329 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, IN 46280, USA; EM: chipperwoods@worldnet.att.net)---Numbers of Carpodacus mexicanus have increased exponentially in Indiana, but are showing signs of leveling off.---J.S.C. {ROL #79}
{C914} Zambrano, R., et al. 1997. Distribution and status of Least Tern nesting colonies in southeast Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 85--91. (Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Comm., 551 N. Military Tr., West Palm Beach, FL 33415, USA.)---Surveys found 1,437 breeding pairs of Sterna antillarum at 29 colonies in six counties; 93% of the colonies occurred on gravel-and-tar roofs. Population may have increased over last decade.---R.Bow. {B716} {ROL #79}
{C916} Anderson, D. R., et al. 1997. Predation on artificial ground nests at Itasca State Park [Minnesota]. Loon 69: 176--183. (R. M. Zink: J. F. Bell Museum, 100 Ecology Bldg., Univ. Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.)---Rates were higher at 'hard' edges than 'soft' edges.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C916} Bauer, P. 1999. But everyone has to eat something!. Bluebird 66(1): 20--21. (No address given.)---Accipiter striatus captured and ate Picoides pubescens in Missouri.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C916} Beneke, B. 1998. Northern Shrike takes a Pine Grosbeak. Loon 70: 168--169. (Tamarac NWR, HC 10, Box 145, Rochert, MN 56578, USA.)---Lanius excubitor, Pinicola enucleator. {ROL #79}
{C916} Burness, G. P., & R. D. Morris. 1993. Direct and indirect consequences of mink presence in a Common Tern colony. Condor 95: 708--711. (Dept. Zool., Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Can.; EM: burness@zoology.ubc.ca)---Mustela vison predation on Sterna hirundo chicks on a breakwater in Lake Erie was substantial; resultant death of chicks from exposure was also an importance source of mortality.---R.B.C. {C912} {ROL #79}
{C916} Dekker, D. 1998. Over-ocean flocking by Dunlins, Calidris alpina, and the effects of raptor predation at Boundary Bay, British Columbia. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 694--697. (3819 112A St., Edmonton, AB T6J 1K4, Can.)---Over-ocean flocking appeared to compensate for the lack of inland roosting areas during high tide inundation of feeding areas, as a way to avoid predators.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{C916} Drever, M. C., & A. S. Harestad. 1998. Diets of Norway Rats, Rattus norvegicus, on Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia: implications for conservation of breeding seabirds. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 676--683. (Can. Wildl. Serv., RR1, 5421 Robertson Rd., Delta, BC V4K 3N2, Can.) {B912} {ROL #79}
{C916} Eason, P. K. 1998. Predation of a female House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, by a Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 713--714. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C916} Ellis, D. H., et al. 1999. Golden Eagle predation on experimental Sandhill and Whooping cranes. Condor 101: 664--666. (USGS Patuxent Wildl. Res. Ctr., Laurel, MD 20708-4019, USA; EM: david_h_ellis@usgs.gov)---Grus americana and Grus canadensis attacked by Aquila chrysaetos during experiments to lead cranes on migration behind motorized aircraft.---S.N.L. {B302, D902, ultralight aircraft} {ROL #79}
{C916} Giesbrecht, D. S., & C. D. Ankney. 1998. Predation risk and foraging behavior: an experimental study of birds at feeders. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 668--675. (CDA: Dept. Zool., Univ. Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Can.) {ROL #79}
{C916} Hall, K. 1998. Badger (Taxidea taxus) predation on Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus). Passenger Pigeon 60: 272. (200 Pine Bluff Rd., Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C916} Hendricks, P., & S. Schlang. 1998. Aerial attacks by Common Ravens, Corvus corax, on adult feral pigeons, Columba livia. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 702--703. (Montana Nat. Heritage Prog., 909 Locust St., Missoula, MT 59802, USA.; EM: phendricks@nris.mt.gov) {B302}
{C916} Kaplan, J. 1999. [Great] Black-backed Gull catches a skate. Connecticut Warbler 19: 81--82. (No address given.)---Adult Larus marinus dove into water at Niantic, Connecticut eventually got one Raja ocellata.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C916} Larivière, S. 1999. Reasons why predators cannot be inferred from nest remains. Condor 101: 718--721. (Ducks Unlimited Inc., One Waterfowl Way, Memphis, TN 38120, USA; EM: slariviere@ducks.org) {egg remains, nest predation, predator identification} {ROL #79}
{C916} Mallory, M. L., & R. Lariviere. 1998. Wood Duck, Aix sponsa, eats Mink Frogs, Rana septentrionalis. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 714--715. (Can. Wildl. Serv., 49 Camelot Dr., Nepean, ON K1A 0H3, Can.) {D302} {ROL #79}
{C916} McNair, D. B., & T. E. Lewis. 1998. Unusual prey of Sharp-shinned (Accipiter striatus) and Cooper’s (A. cooperii) hawks in Florida. Alabama Birdlife 44(2): 17--19. (Tall Timbers Res. Sta., 13093 Henry Beadel Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32312-9712, USA.)---Accipiter striatus killed an Aythya affinis, and Accipiter cooperii killed a mullet (Mugil sp.).---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{C916} Melampy, M. N., E. L. Kershner, & M. A. Jones. 1999. Nest predation in suburban and rural woodlots of northern Ohio. Am. Midl. Nat. 141: 284--292. (Dept. Biol., Baldwin-Wallace Coll., Berea, OH 44017, USA.)---Predation rates for artificial nests higher on ground than in trees. No effect of woodlot size or suburban/rural areas.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{C916} Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 1994. Giant toad eaten by Red-shouldered Hawk. Florida Field Nat. 22: 54--55. (Archbold Biol. Stn., Lake Placid, FL 33962, USA.)---Buteo lineatus, Bufo marinus. {ROL #79}
{C916} Miller, C. K., & R. L. Knight. 1993. Does predator assemblage affect reproductive success in songbirds? Condor 95: 712--715. (Nature Conserv., PO Box 816, Clear Lake, SD 57226, USA; EM: miller@ci.boulder.co.us)---Low nest predation rates associated with absence of Raccoons, Procyon lotor, and snakes; effects of predation strongest on passerines nesting in grasslands; 2 pp. table summarizes results from other studies.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C916} Morton, M. L., K. W. Sockman, & L. E. Peterson. 1993. Nest predation in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow. Condor 95: 72--82. (Dept. Biol., Occidental Coll., Los Angeles, CA 90041-3392, USA; EM: birds@oxy.edu)---For Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha, mean annual rate of predation 29.9% over 19-yr study was largest cause of failure; predation highest during nestling period, lowest during incubation; rate did not vary with parental age or clutch-size.---R.B.C. {C918} {ROL #79}
{C916} Mullin, S. J., & R. J. Cooper. 1998. The foraging ecology of the gray rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta spiloides)---visual stimuli facilitate location of arboreal prey. Am. Midl. Nat. 140: 397--401. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.)---Snakes are likely to visually detect nestling feeding activity.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{C916} Nesbitt, S. A., & L. C. Badger. 1995. Coyote preys on young Florida Sandhill Crane. Florida Field Nat. 23: 15--16. (Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Comm., 4005 S. Main, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.)---Grus canadensis pratensis, Canis latrans. {ROL #79}
{C916} Newton, I. 1993. Predation and limitation of bird numbers. Curr. Ornithol. 11: 143--198. (Inst. Terrestrial Ecol., Monks Wood Exp. Stn., Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, PE17 2LS, UK.)---Discusses and gives examples of types of predator-prey interactions that may hold populations below the level that resources would permit: Density-dependent, delayed density-dependent resulting in regular cycles in numbers over multiple years, and density-independent predation where prey have no effective defenses.---S.N.L. (C914} {ROL #79}
{C916} Otto, R. D. 1998. Attempted predation on a Snowshoe Hare, Lepus americana, by an American Marten, Martes americana, and a Northern Raven, Corvus corax. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 333--334. (Fac. For. Environ. Manage., P.O. Box 44555, Univ. New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 6C2, Can.) {ROL #79}
{C916} Phillips, L. F., Jr., & K. E. Gault. 1997. Predation of Red-cockaded Woodpecker young by a corn snake. Florida Field Nat. 25: 67--75. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol. Conserv., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Circumstantial evidence of predation by Elaphe guttata on 2--3 Picoides borealis young 4--5 days old at Eglin Air Force Base, Okaloosa County, FL.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C916} Samelius, G, & M. Lee. 1998. Arctic Fox, Alopex lagopus, predation on Lesser Snow Geese, Chen caerulescens, and their eggs. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 700--701. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Saskatchewan, 112 Science Pl., Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Can.) {ROL #79}
{C916} Seitz, L. C., & D. A. Zegers. 1993. An experimental study of nest predation in adjacent deciduous, coniferous and successional habitats. Condor 95: 297--304. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ 08855, USA; EM: liseitz@rci.rutgers.univ)---Predation of quail eggs in artificial nests greater in successional habitats than others at site in Pennsylvania; ground nests survived better than those above ground.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C916} Toland, B. 1991. Great Horned Owl predation of Atlantic loggerhead turtle hatchlings. Florida Field Nat. 19: 117--119. (Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Comm., 110 43rd Ave. SW, Vero Beach, FL 32962, USA.)---Bubo virginianus. {ROL #79}
{C916} Velarde, E. 1993. Predation of nesting larids by Peregrine Falcons at Rasa Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Condor 95: 706--708. (Inst. Biol., Dept. Zool., Apto. Post. 70--153, 04510, México D.F., México; EM: vgme@minervaux.fciencias.unam.mx)---Falco peregrinus pair fed on Larus heermanni, Sterna elegans, and Sterna maxima, March--May 1982, not enough to influence nesting populations.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C918} Aho, T., et al. 1999. Reproductive success of Eurasian Treecreepers, Certhia familiaris, lower in territories with wood ants. Ecology 80: 998--1007. (Dept. Ecol. Syst., PO Box 17, FIN-00014 Univ. Helsinki, Finland; EM: teija.aho@helsinki.fi)---Later nesting, smaller second clutches, smaller near fledging body mass and higher mortality of nestlings in territories with ants; differences thought due to food depletion by ants.---R.B.C. {C912} {ROL #79}
{C918} Bannor, B. K. 1998. Common Moorhens in Dade County, Florida, raise five broods in one year. Florida Field Nat. 26: 24--25. (Miami Metrozoo, 12400 SW 152 St., Miami, FL 33177, USA.)---Unmarked Gallinula chloropus observed raising five subsequent broods. Mean interval of 20 days from hatching of the first chick in a brood to laying of the first egg in a successive clutch.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C918} Bennetts, R. E., et al. 1998. The proportion of Snail Kites attempting to breed and the number of breeding attempts per year in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 77--83. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol. Conserv., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---All adult Rostrhamus sociabilis attempt to breed each year. Adults average is 1.4 attempts per year, 65% attempt breeding once, 30% twice, and 4% three times. Only 33% of subadults attempt to breed.---R.Bow. {B702} {ROL #79}
{C918} Connelly, J. W., et al. 1993. Renesting by Sage Grouse in southeastern Idaho. Condor 95: 1041--1043. (Idaho Dept. Fish Game, 1345 Barton Rd., Pocatello, ID 83204, USA.)---Renesting by unsuccessful yearling (12%) and adult (17%) Centrocercus urophasianus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C918} Doherty, P. F., Jr., & T. C. Grubb, Jr. 1998. Reproductive success of cavity-nesting birds breeding under high-voltage powerlines. Am. Midl. Nat. 140: 122--128. (Dept. Zool., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH 43210, USA.)---Reproductive success of Tachycineta bicolor lower under powerlines than in reference area. Troglodytes aedon reproductive success did not differ.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{C918} Drietz, V. J., & M. R. Shannon. 1998. The occurrence of Snail Kite nests with four fledglings in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 122--123. (Dept. Biology, Univ. Miami, P.O. Box 249118, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.)---Usually fewer than 2% of Rostrhamus sociabilis nests have more than 3 eggs. In 1997, two nests of 345 successfully fledged 4 young in Dade and Broward counties, FL.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C918} Eyler, T. B., et al. 1999. Aspects of hatching success and chick survival in Gull-billed Terns in coastal Virginia. Waterbirds 22: 54--59. (Maryland Coop. Fish. Wildl. Unit, Univ. Maryland Eastern Shore, 1120 Trigg Hall, Princess Anne, MD 21853, USA.)---Sterna nilotica hatching success less in marsh shellpile colonies than those on barrier islands overwash fans; survival rate to 14 days dependent on hatch-order and year, but not brood size or time of season.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C918} Fowler, G. S. 1995. Stages of age-related reproductive success in birds: Simultaneous effects of age, pair-bond duration and reproductive experience. Am. Zool. 35: 318--328. (Dept. Biol., Pomona Coll., 609 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711, USA.)---Summarizes effects and interrelationships of factors and suggests ways to separate relative contribution of each.---E.C.K. {B700} {ROL #79}
{C918} Frere, E., P. Gandini, & D. Boersma. 1998. The breeding ecology of Magellanic Penguins at Cabo Virgenes, Argentina: What factors determine reproductive success. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 205--210. (Univ. Nac. de la Patagonia Austral (UACO), Puerto Deseado (9050), Sand Cruz, Argentina; EM: rqfrere@criba.edu.ar)---Weather conditions most important to Spheniscus magellanicus.---R.B.C. {C906} {ROL #79}
{C918} González, J. A. 1998. Phenology and reproductive success of the Maguari Stork in the southern llanos of Venezuela. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 135--142. (Apto. Post. R18-017, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru; EM: jaglez@mail.cospidata.com.pe)---Ciconia maguari laid Jun--Sep, peak late Jun--early Aug. Mean clutch size 3.08 (2--4, N=60), incubation period 28--32 days; young left nest 59--74 d; mean nest success 33%, lower in solitary nests; relatively low nesting success thought due to drought.---R.B.C. {B702} {ROL #79}
{C918} Hebert, P. N. 1993. An experimental study of brood reduction and hatching asynchrony in Yellow Warblers. Condor 95: 362--371. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Manitoba, MB R3T 2N2, Can.; EM: phebert@cc.umanitoba.ca)---Nestling mortality concentrated in last-hatched nestlings in normal clutches of Dendroica petechia; in those manipulated so they would hatch synchronously nestling mortality was random. Asynchronous broods fledged more young. Most of results support Lack's brood reduction hypothesis for hatching asynchrony.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C918} Holford, K. C., & D. D. Roby. 1993. Factors limiting fecundity of captive Brown-head Cowbirds. Condor 95: 536--545. (Dept. Zool., Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL 62901, USA.)---Reducing calcium in diet lowered fecundity in Molothrus ater but lack of host nests did not.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C918} Klucsarits, J. R., B. Robertson, & S. Robertson. 1997. Breeding success of American Kestrels nesting in boxes in eastern Pennsylvania, 1987--1994. PA Birds 11: 138--140. (Dept. Biol., Alvernia Coll., Reading, PA 19607, USA.)---Falco sparverius occupied 27%--53% of 200 boxes each year; reproductive success was 44%--82% annually; eggs or nestlings disappeared from 6%--21% of boxes used; annual productivity ranged from 1.9--3.1 nestlings per box in which eggs were laid.---P.D.H. {raptors, C916} {ROL #79}
{C918} Marti, C. D. 1997. A 20-year study of Barn Owl (Tyto alba) reproduction in northern Utah. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 261. (Dept. Zool., Weber State Univ., Ogden, UT 84408-2505, USA; cmart@weber.edu)---Includes lifetime reproductive success and other measures of reproductive biology.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C918} McIntyre, C. L., & L. G. Adams. 1999. Reproductive characteristics of migratory Golden Eagles in Denali National Park, Alaska. Condor 101: 115--123. (Natl. Park Serv., 201 1st Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99701, & Dept. Fish. & Wildl., 104 Nash Hall, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; EM: carol_mcintyre@nps.gov)---Laying rates, mean brood size, and overall population productivity of Aquila chrysaetos significantly correlated with abundance of Lepus americanus and Lagopus lagopus populations.---S.N.L. {cyclic prey} {ROL #79}
{C918} Menyushina, I. E. 1997. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) reproduction in relation to lemming population cycles on Wrangel Island. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 572--582. (Chukotka Div. Pacific. Inst. Geog., Far-East Branch Russian Acad. Sci., RF, Russia.)---Reproductive effort was positively correlated to lemming numbers. Polygamy noted in high lemming years.---J.M.S. {C924} {ROL #79}
{C918} Miller, M. W. 1999. Relative effects of plumage coloration and vegetation density on nest success. Condor 101: 255--261. (USGS Patuxent Wildl. Res. Ctr., 11510 American Holly Dr., Laurel, MD 20708-4017, USA; EM: mark_w_miller@usgs.gov)---Tests hypothesis that cryptically-colored individuals will have greater hatching success than brightly-colored individuals.---S.N.L. {B318, B710, Cardinalis cardinalis, incubation, predation, sexual selection} {ROL #79}
{C918} Neuman, J., J. W. Chardine, & J. M. Porter. 1998. Courtship feeding and reproductive success in Black-legged Kittiwakes. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 73--80. (17 Raglan Ave. Apt. 16, Toronto, ON M6C 2K7, Can.; EM: jan.neuman@utoronto.ca)---Courtship feeding of Rissa tridactyla in Newfoundland in 1994 made subsequent copulations more successful but was unnecessary for successful copulation; feeding rate was not significantly correlated with reproductive success.---R.B.C. {B312} {ROL #79}
{C918} Öst, M. 1999. Within-season and between-year variation in the structure of Common Eider broods. Condor 101: 598--606. (Dept. Ecol. & Syst., Div. Instruction in Swedish, Zool. Lab., P.O. Box 17, FIN-00014, Univ. Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; EM: markus.ost@helsinki.fi)---Four-year census of Somateria mollissima broods in the northern Baltic.---S.N.L. {B720, body condition, lone tending, post-hatching brood amalgamation, female aggression} {ROL #79}
{C918} Perkins, D. W., et al. 1998. Florida Grasshopper Sparrow reproductive success based on nesting records. Florida Field Nat. 26: 7--17. (Dept. For. Wildl. Conserv., Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.)---Nesting success of Ammodramus savannarum floridanus in Polk and Highlands counties varied from 11--33%. Annual fledgling production ranged from 1.4 to 5.4 per pair, but production was sufficient to maintain current population levels at only 1 of 3 populations studied.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C918} Phillips, L. F., Jr., et al. 1998. Double-clutching and double-brooding in Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 109--113. (Dept. Biol., Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ., Red-cockaded Woodpecker Res. Team, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.)---Both behaviors appear to be rare (<1% of all breeding groups per year) but widespread in Picoides borealis.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C918} Regehr, H. M., & M. S. Rodway. 1999. Seabird breeding performance during two years of delayed capelin arrival in the Northwest Atlantic: a multi-species comparison. Waterbirds 22: 60--67. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Can.; EM: hmregehr@sfu.ca.)---Inshore surface-feeding gulls had lower breeding success than pursuit-diving alcids; offshore surface-feeding Oceanodroma leucorhoa apparently unaffected by decline in Mallotus villosus.---R.B.C. {C924} {ROL #79}
{C918} Roberts, B. D., & S. A. Hatch. 1993. Behavioral ecology of Black-legged Kittiwakes during chick rearing in a failing colony. Condor 95: 330--342. (SAH: Alaska Fish Wildl. Cent., USFWS, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA.)---Rates of Rissa tridactyla chick feeding and begging at Middleton Island, Alaska strongly correlated with overall breeding performance but time allocated by adults to nest attendance and foraging were not.---R.B.C. {B700} {ROL #79}
{C918} Rodgers, J. A., Jr. 1996. Frequency of addled eggs of nesting Wood Storks in north and central Florida. Florida Field Nat. 24: 38--40. (Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Comm., 4005 S. Main, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.)---Addled eggs not an important factor in nesting failures of Mycteria americana.---R.Bow. {B710} {ROL #79}
{C918} Rodway, M. S., & H. M. Regehr. 1999. Habitat selection and reproductive performance of food-stressed Herring Gulls. Condor 101: 566--576. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Can.; EM: msrodway@sfu.ca)---Effects of late arrival of capelin (Mallotus villosus) on breeding Larus argentatus on Great Island, Newfoundland.---S.N.L. {B720, C924, D302; breeding failure, ideal-free distribution} {ROL #79}
{C918} Rodway, M. S., J. W. Chardine, & W. A. Montevecchi. 1998. Intra-colony variation in breeding performance of Atlantic Puffins. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 171--184. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, V5A 1S6, Can.; EM: msrodway@sfu.ca)---Nest density of Fratercula arctica at Great Island, Newfoundland 1992--93 related to distance from shore; breeding success related to distance and slope.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C918} Sæther, B.-E. 1990. Age-specific variation in reproductive performance of birds. Curr. Ornithol. 7: 25--283. (Norwegian Inst. Nat. Res., N-7004 Trondheim, Norway.)---Compares breeding success of juvenile and adult birds and considers factors that may explain why juveniles are generally inferior breeders than adults---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{C918} Watts, D. L., D. J. Twedt, & A. J. Mueller. 1994. MAPS is for the birds. Mississippi Outdoors 57: 6--9. (DJT: USGS/BRD, 21524 S. Frontage Rd., Ste. C, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C920} Arsenault, D. P., A. Hodgson, & P. B. Stacey. 1997. Dispersal movements of juvenile Mexican Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) in New Mexico. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 47--57. (Dept. Environ. Resour. Sci., Univ. Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA.)---Radio-tracked 15 owls across variety of habitats.---J.M.S. {B312, C908} {ROL #79}
{C920} Collister, D. M. 1997. Seasonal distribution of the Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) in southwestern Alberta. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 119--122. (URSUS Ecosystem Manage. Ltd., 3426 Lane Cr. SW, Calgary, AB T3E 5X2, Can.)---Diversity of available habitats appears to allow the owls in this region to remain and not force irruptive movement to more distant habitats.---J.M.S. {B316} {ROL #79}
{C920} Ellsworth, E., & J. R. Belthoff. 1997. Sex-biased dispersal of young Western Screech-owls (Otus kennicottii) in southwestern Idaho. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 155--159. (Dept. Biol. & Raptor Res. Ctr., Boise State Univ., Boise, ID 83725, USA; EM: jbelthoff@claven.idbsu.edu)---Females average greater dispersal distances than the less dominant males.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{C920} Evrard, J. O. 1999. Mallard and Blue-winged Teal philopatry in northwest Wisconsin. N. Am. Bird Bander 24: 38--42. (Dept. Nat. Resour., Box 367, Grantsburg, WI 58480, USA.)---Return rates for adult and yearling female Anas platyrhynchos and adult female Anas discors were higher than those for males; return rates for both were higher for females and adults than males and yearlings, respectively.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C920} Fischer, R. A., et al. 1993. Nesting-area fidelity of Sage Grouse in southeastern Idaho. Condor 95: 1038--1041. (Dept. Fish. Wildl. Resour., Univ. Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA.)---Median distance moved from nests to summer/fall range for 32 radio-tracked Centrocercus urophasianus was 20.9 km (range 0.4--53.0 km); median distances between consecutive nests for adults and yearlings was 740 m (n=18, range 5--2098 m) and 777 m (n=4, range 206--2585 m), respectively; movements following successful and unsuccessful nestings similar.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C920} Forero, M. G., et al. 1999. Causes and consequences of territory change and breeding dispersal distance in the Black Kite. Ecology 80: 1298--1310. (Dept. Appl. Ecol., Estacion Biol. de Donana, CSIC, Avda Mn Luisa s.n. 41013, Sevilla, Spain; EM: gforero@ebd.csic.es)---Significant effects of breeding success, mate loss, and interaction between two on territory change in Milvus migrans in southern Spain; older birds dispersed shorter distances with 90% of individuals moving <5 km.---R.B.C. {B316} {ROL #79}
{C920} Jenkins, J. M., & R. E. Jackman. 1993. Mate and nest fidelity in a resident population of Bald Eagles. Condor 95: 1053--1056. (Tech. Ecol. Serv., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3400 Crow Canyon Rd., San Ramon, CA 94583, USA.)---Haliaeetus leucocephalus on the Pit River, California, showed a high degree of nest-site fidelity; males more faithful than females; mate fidelity was also high---R.B.C. {B714} {ROL #79}
{C920} Kampp, K., & K. Falk. 1998. A long distance colony shift by a Thick-billed Murre. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 91--93. (Zool. Mus., Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; EM: kk@cph.ih.dk)---8 year-old Uria lomvia breeding at Hakluyt Island, Thule, Greenland, was banded as a chick on Coats Island, Hudson Bay, Canada, 1650 km away. Said to be 1st known case of colony interchange in the species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C920} Marshall, J. T. 1999. Owls as island colonizers. Pp. 2--9 in J. T. Marshall, Ornithological tracts on taxonomy and distribution. 91 pp. Priv. publ., Springfield, VA. (PO Box 30890, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA; EM: jtmvz@juno.com)---Suggests that small island scops-owls, e.g. Otus spp. purposefully seek out offshore or remote islands in Southeast Asia.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C920} North, M. R. 1998. Breeding site fidelity in a Whip-poor-will. Loon 70: 109--110. (North Country Ecol. Stud., P.O. Box 13, Moorhead, MN 56561, USA.)---Caprimulgus vociferus. {ROL #79}
{C920} Payne, R. B., & L. L. Payne. 1993. Breeding dispersal in Indigo Buntings: Circumstances and consequences for breeding success and population structure. Condor 95: 1--24. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; EM: rbpayne@umich.edu)---Nearly half of yearling male Passerina cyanea in southern Michigan held a different territory in their second breeding season; 95% of older males returned to the same territory; dispersing birds were as successful as those that did not.---R.B.C. {B316} {ROL #79}
{C920} Sykes, P. W., Jr., & H. P. Langridge. 1991. Banded Brown Pelicans in southeastern Florida. Florida Field Nat. 19: 55--56. (1080 Forest Rd., Watkinsville, GA 30677, USA.)---Pelecanus occidentalis. {ROL #79}
{C922} Gerstell, A. T., & J. C. Bednarz. 1999. Competition and patterns of resource use by two sympatric raptors. Condor 101: 557--565. (JCB: Dept. Biol. Sci., Arkansas State Univ., State Univ., AR 72467, USA; EM: jbednarz@navajo.astate.edu)---Examines diets of Swainson’s (Buteo swainsoni) and Harris’(Parabuteo unicinctus) hawks during a prey decline.---S.N.L. {D302; resource partitioning, territoriality} {ROL #79}
{C922} Greenberg, R., et al. 1993. Frugivory and coexistence in a resident and a migratory vireo on the Yucatan Peninsula. Condor 95: 990--999. (Smithson. Migr. Bird Cent., Natl. Zool. Park, Washington, DC 20008, USA; EM: antbird@erols.com)---Vireo pallens and migratory Vireo griseus; major foraging differences are lower reduced attack rate and greater use of fruit by griseus; both species show a strong reciprocal along successional gradient from regenerating pasture and old forest to mature dry forest.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C922} Holtz, R. E. 1998. Avian species diversity in urban and suburban areas. Loon 70: 40--42. (668 Overlook Dr., Roseville, MN 55113, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C922} Horn, D. J., & M. Benninger-Truax. 1997. The summer bird community in a late-successional beech-maple forest in Ohio. Ohio J. Sci. 97: 14--16. (Dept. Biol., Hiram Coll., Hiram, OH 44234, USA.) {ROL #79}
{C922} Lacki, M. J., & M. D. Baker. 1998. Observations of forest-interior bird communities in older-growth forests in eastern Kentucky. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 59: 174--177. (Dept. For., Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA; EM: mlacki@pop.uk.edu)---Most abundant species in order were Vireo olivaceus, Seiurus aurocapillus, Dendroica virens, and Empidonax virescens; only one Molothrus ater heard in 32 surveys 1994--1995.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C922} Leonard, D. L., Jr. 1994. Avifauna of forested wetlands adjacent to river systems in central Florida. Florida Field Nat. 22: 97--128. (Archbold Biol. Stn., Lake Placid, FL 33862, USA.) {C318} {ROL #79}
{C922} Mitchell, M. C., L. B. Best, & D. L. Fischer. 1995. Bird abundance in Florida citrus groves. Florida Field Nat. 23: 1--9. (Dept. Anim. Ecol., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011, USA.)---30 species recorded; abundance varied with tree height and percent of grove edge adjacent to either herbaceous or deciduous woodlands.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C922} Ornelas, J. F., et al. 1993. Variability profiles for line transect bird censuses in a tropical dry forest in Mexico. Condor 95: 422--441. (Dept. Ecol., Inst. Ecol. AC, Km 2.5 antigua carretera a Coatepec, AP 63 Xalapa, Veracruz 91000, Mexico; EM: ornelasj@sun.ieco.conacyt.mx)---Species diversity similar among different coastal tropical dry forest habitats of Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico, rising during the rainy season at arroyo habitats and in the dry season at disturbed habitats.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C922} Rabenold, K. N. 1993. Latitudinal gradients in avian species diversity and the role of long-distance migration. Curr. Ornithol. 10: 247--274. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.)---Examines evidence that general trend of greater diversity in tropics is reversed in eastern North America during temperate summer. Regional ecological characteristics, such as high productivity, are important in temperate regions, while evolutionary history plays a role in tropics.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{C922} Sharp, B. 1994. Avian biodiversity and abundance in northeast Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Oregon Birds 20: 85--86. (Ecological Perspect., 2234 NE 9th Ave., Portland, OR 97212, USA.)---Numbers and species compared between more and less heavily developed areas.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C922} Shealer, D. A., & J. Burger. 1993. Effects of interference competition on the foraging activities of tropical Roseate Terns. Condor 95: 322--329. (Dept. Biol., Colgate Univ., Hamilton, NY 13346, USA; EM: dshealer@mail.colgate.edu)---Frequency of foraging attempts by Sterna dougallii in Puerto Rico declined in larger mixed flocks due to passive interference by Anous stolidus. Roseate Terns aborted more dives and foraged more by dipping when in mixed flocks. Size of monospecific Roseate Tern flocks had no effect on number of foraging attempts.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C924} Duxbury, J. M., & G. L. Holroyd. 1997. You are what you eat: Stable isotope ecology of owl diets in Alberta, Canada. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 148--154. (Dept. Renewable Resour., 751 General Serv. Bldg., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1, Can.; EM: jduxbury@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca)---Stable isotope ratio analysis used to analyze trophic levels of the diets of Strix varia, Surnia ulula, and Bubo virginianus.---J.M.S. {D302} {ROL #79}
{C924} Marti, C. D., E. Korpimäki, & F. M. Jaksic. 1993. Trophic structure of raptor communities: A three-continent comparison and synthesis. Curr. Ornithol. 10: 47--137. (Dept. Zool., Weber State Univ., Ogden, UT 84408, USA.)---Compares raptor diet and feeding behavior at the assemblage, guild and species level in Europe, North and South America.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{C926} Best, L. B., et al. 1998. Avian abundance in CRP and crop fields during winter in the Midwest. Am. Midl. Nat. 139: 311--324. (Dept. Anim. Ecol., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011, USA.) {C914} {ROL #79}
{C926} Camphuysen, K. 1998. Diurnal activity patterns and nocturnal group formation of wintering Common Murres in the central North Sea. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 406--413. (Netherlands Inst. Sea Res., Mar. Ecol. Dept., PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands; EM: camphuys@nioz.nl)---Mean flock size of Uria aalge during the day; large single or mixed species flocks form just before sunset, the latter not having been previously described.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{C926} Dawson, D., C. S. Robbins, & J. S. Sauer. 1992. Winter habitat occurrence patterns of temperate migrant birds in Belize. Soc. Caribbean Ornithol. 5: 3--4. (EM: Deanna_Dawson@usgs.gov) {C908} {ROL #79}
{C926} Hess, P., M. R. Leahy, & R. M. Ross. 1998. Pennsylvania's crossbill winter of 1997--98. PA Birds 12: 2--6. (PH: 1412 Hawthorne St., Natrona Heights, PA 15065, USA.)---Statewide distribution, abundance, timing, Red Crossbill "types," and behavior of Loxia curvirostra and Loxia leucoptera during a major irruption.---P.D.H. {C914, D302, D306} {ROL #79}
{C926} Laubhan, M. K., & K. A. Metzner. 1999. Distribution and diurnal behavior of Steller’s Eiders wintering on the Alaska Peninsula. Condor 101: 694--698. (Midcontinent Ecol. Sci. Ctr., U.S. Geol. Survey, Fort Collins, CO 80525-3400, USA; EM: murray_laubhan@usgs.gov)---Polysticta stelleri at Izembek Lagoon and Cold Bay, Sept. 1980 to May 1981.---S.N.L. {B308, C318; population distribution, winter habitat use} {ROL #79}
{C926} McNair, D. B., & T. E. Lewis. 1997. Vaux’s Swifts overwinter at a roost in Apalachicola, Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 54--57. (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312, USA.)---Chaetura vauxi flock of 30--40 birds overwintered 1994--1995 in Franklin County, FL. In 1995--96, only three birds used the roost.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C926} Olsen, J. A., & M. C. Perry. 1997. Watershield use by Ring-necked Ducks. Northeast. Nat. 4: 197--204. (P.O. Box 200894, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT 06520, USA.)---Amount of Brasenia schreberi in Maryland wetlands not significantly correlated with number of wintering Aythya collaris in these wetlands.---J.S.G. {ROL #79}
{C926} Smith, H. T., et al. 1994. Banded Royal Terns recovered at Sebastian Inlet, Florida. Florida Field Nat. 22: 81--83. (Florida Dept. Environ. Prot., Florida Park Serv., Hobe Sound, FL 33455, USA.)---Eastern Florida coast may be an important wintering area for Sterna maxima from North Carolina and Virginia.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{C926} Twedt, D. J., et al. 1998. Shorebird use of managed wetlands
in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Am. Midl. Nat. 140: 140--152. (USGS
Mississippi Valley Res. Field Sta., 2524 S. Frontage Rd., Vicksburg, MS
39180, USA.)---Densities of wintering shorebirds higher on soybean fields
than rice or moist-soil fields.---V.L.A. {C908} {ROL #79}
{D103} Chesser, R. T. 1999. Molecular systematics of the rhinocryptid
genus Pteroptochos. Condor 101: 439--446. (Dept. Ecol. &
Evol. Biol., Univ. Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; EM: chesser@u.arizona.edu)---Systematics
of Moustached Turca (Pteroptochos megapodius), Black-throated Huet-Huet
(Pteroptochos tarnii) and Chestnut-throated Huet-Huet (Pteroptochos
castaneus) of Chile.---S.N.L. {Nothofagus forest, riverine barriers,
species limits} {ROL #79}
{D103} Dessauer, H. C., G. F. Gee, & J. S. Rogers. 1992. Allozyme evidence for crane systematics and polymorphisms within populations of Sandhill, Sarus, Siberian and Whooping cranes. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 1: 279--288. (EM: George_Gee@usgs.gov)---Grus americana, Grus canadensis, Grus leucogeranus, Grus antigone. {ROL #79}
{D103} Rice, N. H., A. T. Peterson, & G. Escalona-Segura. 1999. Phylogenetic patterns in montane Troglodytes wrens. Condor 101: 446--451. (Nat. Hist. Mus. & Dept. Ecol. & Evol. Biol., Univ. Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA; EM: nrice@falcon.cc.ukans.edu)---Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) and Timberline Wren (Thryorchilus browni) distantly related to remainder of Troglodytes; genus Nannus proposed for Winter Wren.---S.N.L. {D114; mtDNA sequences} {ROL #79}
{D105} Ligon, J. D. 1993. The role of phylogenetic history in the evolution of contemporary avian mating and parental care systems. Curr. Ornithol. 10: 1--46. (Dept. Biol., Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.)---Considers paternal care in ratites and tinamous, clutch size in shorebirds, and other examples to examine the role of phylogenetic constraint (that certain evolutionary pathways are not likely to be followed by a species as a result of prior evolutionary history) in adaptation.---S.N.L. {B714, B718} {ROL #79}
{D105} McKitrick, M. C. 1993. Phylogenetic constraint in evolutionary theory: has it any explanatory power? Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 24: 307--330. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{D106} Foster, M. S., & L. S. DeLay. 1998. Dispersal of mimetic seeds of three species of Ormosia (Leguminosae). J. Trop. Ecol. 14: 389--412. (EM: Mercedes_Foster@usgs.gov)---The "mimetic seed" and "hard-seed-for-grit" hypotheses are both supported by observations.---USGS {ROL #79}
{D106} Greenberg, R., M. S. Foster, & L. Marquez-Valdelamar. 1995. The role of the White-eyed Vireo in the dispersal of bursera fruit on the Yucatan Peninsula . J. Trop. Ecol. 11: 619--639. (Smithsonian Migratory Bird Ctr., Natl. Zool. Pk., Washington, DC 20008, USA; EM: antbird@erols.com)---Vireo griseus. {ROL #79}
{D106} Kinnaird, M. F. 1998. Evidence for effective seed dispersal by the Sulawesi Red-knobbed Hornbill, Aceros cassidix. Biotropica 30: 50--55. (Internat. Progr., Wildlife Conserv. Soc., 185th and Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10460, USA.) {D302} {ROL #79}
{D106} Meyer, G. A., & M. C. Witmer. 1998. Influence of seed processing by frugivorous birds on germination success of three North American shrubs. Am. Midl. Nat. 140: 129--139. (Dept. Biol., Williams Coll., Williamstown, MA 01267, USA.)---Turdus migratorius, Hylocichla mustelina, Catharus guttatus, Catharus minimus, Bombycilla cedrorum. Removal of fruit pulp from seeds critical for germination.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{D106} Pruett-Jones, S. G., M. A. Pruett-Jones, & H. I. Jones. 1991. Parasites and sexual selection in a New Guinea avifauna. Curr. Ornithol. 8: 213--245. (Dept. Ecol. & Evol., Univ. Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.)---Discusses and tests hypothesis that a correlation between parasite load and male showiness may be an evolved indicator of genetic fitness and mechanism of selection.---S.N.L. {B312, C104, D105) {ROL #79}
{D108} Benítez-Diaz, H. 1993. Geographic variation in coloration and morphology of the Acorn Woodpecker. Condor 95: 63--71. (Mus. Zool., Fac. Ciencias, Univ. Nac. Auto. México, AP 70-399, México, D.F. 04510, México.)---Distinct clinal patterns and discrete differences in measurements and plumage of Melanerpes formicivorus exist across range; seven subspecies recognized.---R.B.C. {D114} {ROL #79}
{D108} Krattner, A. W. 1993. Geographic variation in the Yellow-billed Cacique, Amblycercus holosericeus, a partial bamboo specialist. Condor 95: 641--651. (Mus. Nat. Hist, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.)---Essentially two groups; morphological variation apparently not related to bamboo specialization by some birds.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D108} Lougheed, S. C., P. Handford, & A. J. Baker. 1993. Mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity and vocal dialects in a subspecies transition of the Rufous-collared Sparrow. Condor 95: 889--895. (Dept. Biol., Queen's Univ., Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Can.)---Exceptionally diverse variability of Zonotrichia capensis mtDNA along a 50-km transect spanning three dialects and four habitats interpreted as secondary introgression between two well-differentiated subspecies.---R.B.C. {D504} {ROL #79}
{D108} Miller, E. H., E. L. Walters, & H. Ouellet. 1999. Plumage, size, and sexual dimorphism in the Queen Charlotte Islands Hairy Woodpecker. Condor 101: 86--95. (Biol. Dept., Memorial Univ. Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF A1B 3X9, Can.; EM: tmiller@morgan.ucs.mun.ca)---Picoides villosus picoideus described and compared with less isolated populations.---S.N.L. {island biology, Pacific Northwest, Vancouver Island} {ROL #79}
{D110} Rando, J. C., & M. López. 1999. A new species of extinct flightless passerine (Emberizidae: Emberiza) from the Canary Islands. Condor 101: 1--13. (Dept. Genética, Univ. La Laguna, La Laguna E-38271, Tenerife, Canary Is., Spain; EM: jcrando@ull.es)---Long-legged Bunting (Emberiza alcoveri), a new species of extinct flightless passerine, is described from bones found in a volcanic cave. Bone ratios similar to those of Stephens Island Wren (Traversia lyalli) and Long-billed Wren (Dendroscansor decurvirostris) from New Zealand.---S.N.L. {E308; paleontology} {ROL #79}
{D110} Remsen, J. V., & R. T. Brumfield. 1998. Two new subspecies of Cinnycerthia fulva (Aves: Troglodytidae) from the southern Andes. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 111: 1008--1015. (Mus. Nat. Sci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; EM: najames@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu)---Cinnycerthia fulva fitzpatricki from the Cordillera Vilcabama, Depto. Cuzco, Peru and Cinnycerthia fulva gravesi from Depto. Puno, Peru south to Depto. Cochabamba, Bolivia.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D114} Banks, R. C., & M. R. Browning. 1996. Tyrannula minima Baird & Baird, 1843 (currently Empidonax minimus) and Contopus pertinax Cabanis & Heine, 1859 (Aves, Passeriformes): proposed conservation of the specific names. Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 53: 116--119. (USGS/BRD MRC-111, Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC 20560-0111, USA.) {ROL #79}
{D114} Banks, R. C. 1991. Comments on the proposed conservation of the specific name Coccyzus euleri Cabanis, 1873 (Aves, Cuculiformes). Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 48 : 254--255. (USGS/BRD MRC-111, Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC 20560-0111, USA.) {ROL #79}
{D114} Graves, G. R. 1998. Taxonomic notes on hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 1. Eriocnemis dyselius Elliot, 1872 is a melanistic specimen of Eriocnemis cupreoventris (Fraser, 1840). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 111: 320--325. (Dept. Vert. Zool., Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC 20560, USA; EM: gravesg@nmnh.si.edu) {E101} {ROL #79}
{D114} Klicka, J., et al. 1999. Evidence supporting the recent origin and species status of the Timberline Sparrow. Condor 101: 577--588. (J. F. Bell Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108-6097, USA; EM: klicka@biosci.umn.edu)---Spizella taverneri should be considered as a separate species from Spizella breweri.---S.N.L. {late Pleistocene speciation, mtDNA, morphometrics, phylogeography, species limits} {ROL #79}
{D114} Ludwig, C. A. 1998. Type locality and taxonomic status of
Saltator
plumbiceps "Baird, MS." Lawrence, 1867 (Aves: Passeriformes: Cardinalidae).
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 111: 511--520. (Dept. Vert. Zool., Natl. Mus. Nat.
Hist., Washington, DC 20560, USA.)---Older name of plumbiceps is
available for the subspecies currently known as Saltator coerulescens
richardsoni van Rossem, richardsoni thus becoming a junior synonym
of Lawrence's name.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D300} Atkinson, E. C., & T. J. Cade. 1993. Winter foraging
and diet composition of Northern Shrikes in Idaho. Condor 95: 528--535.
(Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Assoc., 1700 Hawk Mountain Rd., Kempton, PA 19529-9449,
USA; EM: atkinson@hawkmountain.org)---Foraging success of Lanius excubitor
over 69%, varying with prey attacked: arthropods >90%, small mammals (63.9%),
passerines (29.8%); small mammals were most important (83.1% of prey biomass),
passerines less so (11.8%).---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D300} Kacelnik, A., & M. Bateson. 1996. Risky theories---The effects of variance on foraging decisions. Am. Zool. 36: 402--434. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Oxford, South Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.)---Tabulates methods and results for 41 bird studies plus others and reviews theoretical models. Columba livia, Coereba flaveola, Sturnus vulgaris, Perisoreus canadensis, Zonotrichia leucophrys, Junco hyemalis, Junco phaeonotus.---E.C.K. {E514} {ROL #79}
{D300} Mascitti, V. 1998. James Flamingo foraging behavior in Argentina. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 277--280. (Caracas 5112 (1419), Capital Federal, Argentina; EM: rotondar@escape.com.ar)---Phoenicoparrus jamesi choose 2-cm deep foraging habitat in altiplano salt lakes and take diatom prey 21--80 micro-m in greater proportion than prey occur in lakes.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D300} McCarty, J. P., & D. W. Winkler. 1999. Foraging ecology and diet selectivity of Tree Swallows feeding nestlings. Condor 101: 246--254. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA; EM: jm395@umail.umd.edu)---Tachycineta bicolor. {B720, diet selectivity, insect sampling} {ROL #79}
{D302} Aguilera, E., C. Ramo, & B. Busto. 1993. Food habits of Scarlet and White ibis in the Orinoco Plains. Condor 95: 739--741. (Estación Biol. Doñana, C.S.I.C., Apdo. 1056, 41080 Sevilla, Spain.)---Little seasonal variation in food of Eudocimus ruber ruber; feeds largely on insects, mostly beetles; Eudocimus albus also eats insects but takes a wider variety.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D302} Babcock, B. J. 1993. Northern Pygmy Owl seen fishing. Oregon Birds 19: 59. (17297 Antioch Rd., White City, OR 97503, USA.)---Glaucidium gnoma tried unsuccessfully to capture goldfish in a backyard pool.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D302} Belson, M. S., & P. E. Small. 1998. Uncommon behaviors of Red-headed Woodpeckers in Central Florida. Florida Field Nat. 26: 44--45. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.)---Unusual diet items for Melanerpes erythrocephalus include bird nestling and worm lizard. Adults continue to feed nestlings in fallen nest snag in Orange County, FL.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D302} Bevis, K. R., et al. 1997. Food habits of the Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) at six nest sites in Washington's East Cascades. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 68--73. (Yakama Indian Nation, Wildl. Resour. Manage., P.O. Box 151, Toppenish, WA 98948, USA.)---Flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) most important food item.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{D302} Brugger, K. E. 1993. Digestibility of three fish species by Double-crested Cormorants. Condor 95: 25--32. (DuPont Agric. Products Exp. Stn., Wilmington, DE 19880-0402, USA; EM: BruggeKE@exvax.dnet.dupont.com)---Metabolizeable energy coefficients for fish Ictalurus punctatus (79%), Dorosoma cepedianum (78%), and Lepomis macrochiris (75%) in diet of captive adult Phalacrocorax auritus.---R.B.C. {E118} {ROL #79}
{D302} Bryan, A. L., Jr., & J. C. Gariboldi. 1998. Food of nestling Wood Storks in coastal Georgia. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 152--158. (SREL, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA; bryan@srel.edu)---Mummichogs, Fundulus heteroclitus, are most common prey of Mycteria americana in coastal colonies; a wider variety taken to inland colonies; prey from freshwater habitats are shorter and lighter than those from coastal habitats.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D302} Bull, E. L., & R. C. Beckwith. 1993. Diet and foraging behavior of Vaux's Swifts in northeastern Oregon. Condor 95: 1016--1023. (USDA For. Serv., Pac. Northwest Res. Stn., La Grande, OR 97850, USA.)---Breeding Chaetura vauxi feed largely on Homoptera, Diptera, Ephemeroptera and Hymenoptera; a pair fed an average of 5,344 arthropods to their nestlings per day; swifts foraged up to 5.4 km from the nest.---R.B.C. {B718, D306} {ROL #79}
{D302} Chavez-Ramirez, F., & S. S. Tan. 1993. Habitat separation and arthropod resource use in three Lesser Antillean hummingbirds. Condor 95: 455--458. (Dept. Wildl. Fish. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843, USA; EM: kffc000@tamuk.edu)---Reports differences in feeding methods, foraging heights, and habitats used by Eulampis holosericeus, Eulampis jugularis, and Orthorhynchus cristatus on Dominica; all three feed largely on arthropods.---R.B.C. {C922, D306} {ROL #79}
{D302} Chubbs, T. E., & P. G. Trimper. 1998. The diet of nesting Ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, in Labrador. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 502--505. (Dept. Natl. Defence, 5 Wing Goose Bay, P.O. Box 7002, Station A, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, NF A0P 1SO, Can.) {ROL #79}
{D302} Delehanty, C. 1999. Wintering Pine Warbler takes niger seed. Kingbird 49: 28--29. (PO Box 758, Tupper Lake, NY 12986, USA.)---Dendroica pinus. {ROL #79}
{D302} Erwin, R. M., et al. 1998. Diets of nestling Gull-billed Terns in coastal Virginia. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 323--327. (USGS/PWRC, Dept. Environ. Sci., Clark Hall, Univ. Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA; EM: rme5g@virginia.edu)---Sterna nilotica diet 1995 & 1996 varied with size of young, during season and with tides; major marine invertebrate taken fiddler crab (Uca spp.), primary terrestrial prey large odonates and orthopterans.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D302} Fontenot, W. R. 1998. A survey of bird frugivory in Louisiana. J. Louisiana Ornithol. Soc. 4(2): 31--58. (Lafayette Nat. Hist. Mus., 637 Girard Park Dr., Lafayette, LA 70503, USA.)---Data from 1041 bird/fruit interactions involving 20 families, 46 genera, and 67 species of birds; and 28 families, 44 genera, and approximately 50 species of plants.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{D302} Glahn, J. F., J. B. Harrel, & C. Vyles. 1998. The diet of wintering Double-crested Cormorants feeding at lakes in the southeastern United States. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 431--437. (USDA, Natl. Wildl. Res. Cent., Mississippi Field Stn., PO Drawer 6099, Mississippi State, MS 39762-6099, USA; EM: JGlahn@netdoor.com)---Stomachs of 193 Phalacrocorax auritus collected at two lakes in Mississippi and on the Alabama/Georgia border contained mostly shad (Dorosoma spp.) and sunfishes (Lepomis spp.); food habits of increasing cormorant population suggest negligible impact on southern sport fisheries.---R.B.C. {B504} {ROL #79}
{D302} Gould, P. J., W. Walker, & P. Ostrom. 1997. Foods of Northern Fulmars associated with high-seas drift nets in the transitional region of the North Pacific. Northwest. Nat. 78: 57--61. (Alaska Sci. Cent., USGS, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: Patrick_Gould@USGS.gov)---Digestive tracts of 29 Fulmarus glacialis salvaged from drift-nets showed that lantern-fishes (Myctophidae) were their principal prey; other items suggested scavenging at fishing operations.---R.B.C. {D306} {ROL #79}
{D302} Hendricks, P. 1998. A migration of adult Army Cutworms, Euxoa auxiliaris (Grote) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) at high elevation. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 165--166. (Montana Nat. Heritage Prog., 909 Locust St., Missoula, MT 59802, USA.)---Fed on extensively by up to 75 Common Ravens, Corvus corax.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{D302} Higuchi, A., & M. T. Abe. 1997. Estimation of food consumption from pellets cast by captive Ural Owls (Strix uralensis). U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 551--552. (Grad. Sch. Sci. Tech., Niigata Univ. Ikarashi 2-8050, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan; EM: aki@gs.niigata-u.ac.jp)---Enerygy intake was positively correlated to dry pellet weight: kcal=33.82 x dry pellet mass (g) + 7.38. ---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{D302} Jackman, R. E., et al. 1999. Prey of nesting Bald Eagles in northern California. J. Raptor Res. 33: 87--96. (Garcia & Assoc., P.O. Box 776, Fall River Mills, CA 96028, USA.)---Haliaeetus leucocephalus. {B718} {ROL #79}
{D302} Jaramillo, A. P. 1993. Wintering Swainson's Hawks in Argentina: food and age segregation. Condor 95: 475--479. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Can.)---Juvenile Buteo swainsoni feed largely on migratory dragonfly Aeshna bonariensis on the Argentine pampas.---R.B.C. {C926} {ROL #79}
{D302} Kappes, H. 1999. [Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in the dietary spectrum of Carrion Crows (Corvus corone corone Linnaeus, 1758).] Club Conchylia Informationen 31: 23--26. (Gertrudenstr. 19, 51149 Köln, Germany.)---Birds feed opportunistically on Corbicula along Rhine River shoreline. Distribution of shell length frequency of prey corresponds to that available. (German, Engl. summ.)---J.S.G. {ROL #79}
{D302} Kuenzi, A. J., et al. 1998. Diets of three predators at Concord Naval Weapons Station, Contra Costa County, California. Northwest. Nat. 79: 64--67. (Wildl. Fish. Sci., Sch. Renew. Resour., Univ. Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.)---Buteo jamaicensis fed most frequently on Microtus californicus (48 in 107 pellets) and Spermophilus beecheyi (46); other predators studied were mammals, Canis latrans and Urocyon cinereoargenteus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D302} Litzow, M. A., J. F. Piatt, & J. D. Figurski. 1998. Hermit crabs in the diet of Pigeon Guillemots at Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 242--244. (Alaska Biol. Sci. Cent., USGS/BRD, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: litzow@cats.ucsc.edu)---Occasionally important in diet of nestling Cepphus columba, whose diet is usually almost exclusively fish.---R.B.C. {B718}
{D302} López-Calleja, M. V., & F. Bozinovic. 1999. Feeding behavior and assimilation efficiency of the Rufous-tailed Plantcutter: A small avian herbivore. Condor 101: 705--710. (Dept. Ciencias Ecológicas, Fac. Ciencias, Univ. Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile; EM: mvlopez@abello.dic.uchile.cl)---Phytotoma rara. {food preferences}
{D302} Lorentson, S.-H., & T. Anker-Nilssen. 1999. Diet of Common Murres wintering in the Northern Skagerrak during 1988--1990: Variation with sex, age and season. Waterbirds 22: 80--89. (Norwegian Inst. Nat. Res., Tungasletta 2, N-7005 Trondheim, Norway; EM: shl@ninatrd.ninaniku.no)---Stomachs of 522 Uria aalge killed in fishing nets contained fish (90% of items, mostly clupeids, gadids, and gobids) and polychaete worms. Immatures took fewer gadids than adults, females more gobids than males, males more clupeids, gadids than polychaetes than females; seasonal variation among groups in gadids. Estimated total take by murres ca. 10% of commercial landings of fish.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D302} Miller, K. E. 1994. Prey selection of the Common Barn-Owl in a northern Florida wetland. Florida Field Nat. 22: 11--13. (Dept. Wildl. Range Sci., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Diet of Tyto alba mainly rice rats and hyspid cotton rats.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D302} Murphy, R. K. 1997. Importance of prairie wetlands and avian prey to breeding Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) in northwestern North Dakota. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 286--298. (USFWS, Des Lacs NWR Complex, 8315 Hwy. 8, Kenmare, ND 58746, USA.)---Owls rely upon wetland-dependent birds (mostly Anserinae & Rallidae) for majority of prey taken during breeding season, regardless of wetland availability.---J.M.S. {B718} {ROL #79}
{D302} Niemuth, N. D. 1997. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) feeds at hummingbird feeder. Passenger Pigeon 59: 233--234. (Coll. Nat. Resour., Univ. Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA.) {ROL #79}
{D302} Obermeyer, K. E., A. Hodgson, & M. F. Willson. 1999. American Dipper, Cinclus mexicanus, foraging on Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus sp., eggs. Can. Field-Nat. 113: 288--290. (MFW: Forest Sci. Lab., 2770 Sherwood Ln., Juneau, AK 99801, USA.) {ROL #79}
{D302} Rains, C. 1997. Comparison of food habits of the Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) and Western Screech-owl (Otus kennicottii) in southwestern Idaho. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 339--346. (Raptor Res. Ctr., Boise State Univ., Boise, ID 83725, USA.) {ROL #79}
{D302} Remsen, J. V., Jr., M. A. Hyde, & A. Chapman. 1993. The diets of neo-tropical trogons, motmots, barbets and toucans. Condor 95: 178--192. (Mus. Nat. Sci., Foster Hall 119, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; EM: najames@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu)---Fruit predominates but one motmot, Electron platyrhynchum, is highly insectivorous; comparisons made among species within various groups.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D302} Sample, B. E., R. J. Cooper, & R. C. Whitmore. 1993. Dietary shifts among songbirds from a diflubenzuron-treated forest. Condor 95: 616--624. (Oak Ridge Natl. Lab., Environ. Sci. Div., PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038, USA.)---Diets or total biomass of gut contents were significantly different for 7 (Contopus virens, Polioptila caerulea, Vireo olivaceus, Dendroica cerulea, Dendroica pinus, Helmitheros vermivorus, Piranga olivacea) of 9 species between treated and untreated forest in eastern West Virginia. Only Baeolophus bicolor and Poecile atricapillus apparently were unaffected; Piranga olivacea showed the most adverse effects.---R.B.C. {B908, C902} {ROL #79}
{D302} Scolaro, J. A., et al. 1999. Feeding preferences of the Magellanic Penguin over its breeding range in Argentina. Waterbirds 22: 104--110. (Centro Patagonico, Blvd. Brown s/n, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chabut, Argentina.)---Spheniscus magellanicus at five colonies in Argentina feeds mostly on pelagic fish schools but also takes some squid and shrimps, with substantial variation among colonies. Dependence on commercially-exploited fish makes penguin particularly susceptible to effects of fishing operations.---R.B.C. {D306} {ROL #79}
{D302} Tishechkin, A. K. 1997. Comparative food niche analysis of the Strix owls in Belarus. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 456--460. (Dept. Biol. Sci., 402 Life Sci. Bldg., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1710, USA.)---Strix nebulosa, Strix uralensis, Strix aluco.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{D302} Todd, L. D., R. G. Poulin, & R. M. Brigham. 1998. Diet of Common Nighthawks (Chordeiles minor: Caprimulgidae) relative to prey abundance. Am. Midl. Nat. 139: 20--28. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Can.)---Prefers Coleoptera, Hymenoptera; avoids Diptera.---V.L.A. {ROL #79}
{D302} Tsipoura, N., & J. Burger. 1999. Shorebird diet during spring migration stopover on Delaware Bay. Condor 101: 635--644. (Rutgers Univ., Div. Life Sci., Nelson Biol. Labs, 604 Allison Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; EM: tsipoura@rci.rutgers.edu)---Annual gathering of migrating shorebirds along the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware coincides with May spawning of horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus).---S.N.L. {D902, D306; body mass, gut sampling} {ROL #79}
{D302} Van Vuren, D., T. G. Moore, & C. A. Ingels. 1998. Prey selection by Barn Owls using artificial boxes. Calif. Fish. Game 84: 127--132. (Dept. Wildl. Fish. Conserv. Biol., Univ. Calif., Davis, CA 95616, USA; EM: dhvanvuren@ucdavis.edu)---Tyto alba in 1996 in San Joaquin County, California, fed most frequently on Thomomys bottae and on Microtus californicus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D302} Willson, M. F., & R. H. Armstrong. 1998. Intertidal foraging for Pacific Sand-Lance, Ammodytes hexapterus, by birds. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 715--716. (For. Sci. Lab., 2770 Sherwood Ln., Juneau, AK 99801, USA.)---Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Corvus caurinus, Corvus corax, Larus glaucescens. {ROL #79}
{D302} Willson, M. F., & T. A. Comet. 1993. Food choices by Northwestern Crows: Experiments with captive, free-ranging and hand-raised birds. Condor 95: 596--615. (The Nature Conservancy, 8 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60603, USA; EM: mwillson@tnc.org)---Corvus caurinus selects native Alaskan fruits in a highly variable manner; captives commonly preferred red, blue, or green fruits over yellow ones.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D302} Yosef, R., & M. Deyrup. 1994. Pellet analyses of Burrowing Owls in south central Florida. Florida Field Nat. 22: 78--80. (Archbold Biol. Stn., Lake Placid, FL 33862, USA.)---Athene cunicularia floridana ate primarily beetles.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D302} Young, A. D. 1993. Intraspecific variation in the use of nutrient reserves by breeding female Mallards. Condor 95: 45--56. (373 Edgehill Dr., Barrie, ON L4M 4S4, Can.)---Between Anas platyrhynchos from western grasslands and eastern parkland in Saskatchewan. Results did not support hypothesis that stored body fat limits clutch size.---R.B.C. {B710, E118} {ROL #79}
{D304} Roldán, A. I., & R. O. Varela. 1999. [Fecal depositions of seeds by birds: importance for a method of classification.] Biotropica 31: 184--186. (Fac. Cienc. Nat., Univ. Nac. Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, San Miguel de Tucumán (4000), Argentina.) (Spanish.) {D106, E509} {ROL #79}
{D306} Abbruzzese, C. M., & G. Ritchison. 1997. The hunting behavior of Eastern Screech-owls (Otus asio). U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 21--32. (GR: Dept. Biol. Sci., Eastern Kentucky Univ., Richmond, KY 40475, USA.)---Report success rates and hunting perch heights under different conditions.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{D306} Arengo, F., & G. A. Baldassarre. 1998. Potential food availability and flamingo use of commercial salt impoundments in the Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 211--221. (Wildl. Conserv. Soc., 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10460, USA; EM: farengo@wcs.org)---Phoenicopterus ruber ruber in northern coastal Yucatan feeds in low and high salinity ponds and in coastal lagoons; most of impoundment area not suitable feeding habitat.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Blendinger, P. G. 1999. Facilitation of sap-feeding birds by the White-fronted Woodpecker in the Monte desert, Argentina. Condor 101: 402--407. (Biodiversity Res. Group, IADIZA-CRICYT, CC 507, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina; EM: pblendin@lab.cricyt.edu.ar)---Melanerpes cactorum. {competition} {ROL #79}
{D306} Brown, B. T. 1993. Winter foraging ecology of Bald Eagles in Arizona. Condor 95: 131--138. (SWCA Inc., Environ. Consultants, 56 W 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, USA.)---Haliaeetus leucocephalus foraging along the Colorado River hunted live prey (86.6%), scavenged food (7.7%) and pirated food (5.7%) from other birds; trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, was principal prey. Success for catching trout greater in creek than river habitat and adults more successful than immatures throughout.---R.B.C. {C926} {ROL #79}
{D306} Gould-Beierle, K. L., & A. C. Kamil. 1998. Use of landmarks in three species of food-storing corvids. Ethology 104: 361--378. (Dept. Psychol., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14867, USA.)---Aphelocoma coerulescens, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus, and Nucifraga columbiana did not differ in experimental study.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Graves, K. L. 1996. Feeding symbiosis between American Coot and American Wigeon. Oregon Birds 22: 9. (H.C. 60, Box 106, Idleyld Park, OR 97447, USA.)---Food released by diving Fulica americana in Oregon taken at surface by Anas americana; the latter occasionally stealing food from coots.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Hui, C. A., & W. N. Beyer. 1998. Sediment ingestion of two sympatric shorebird species. Sci. Total Environ. 224: 227--233. (EM: Nelson_Beyer@usgs.gov)---Pluvialis squatarola digesta contained an estimated 29% sediment, and Catoptrophorus semipalmatus digesta an estimated 3% sediment. Sediment ingestion may be species specific, not necessarily linked to bill length or probing behavior, and may greatly affect a bird’s exposure to environmental contaminants in sediment.---USGS {C902} {ROL #79}
{D306} Inki, K., & J. Suhonen. 1993. Characteristics of cache sites most likely to be robbed by Willow Tits (Parus montanus). Condor 95: 742--744. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Jyväskylä, Konnevesi Res. Stn., SF-44300 Konnevesi, Finland.)---Surprisingly, well hidden seeds were found more often than those less well concealed; seeds cached in twigs found more often.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Johnson, W. C., et al. 1997. Nut caching by Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata): implications for tree demography. Am. Midl. Nat. 138: 357--370. (Dept. Horticulture, For., Landscape, Parks, South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD 57007, USA.)---Blue Jays cache acorns in regenerating woodlands and edge habitats, areas suitable for germination.---V.L.A. {D106} {ROL #79}
{D306} Källander, H., & H. G. Smith. 1990. Food storing in birds: An evolutionary perspective. Curr. Ornithol. 7: 147--207. (Dept. Ecol., Anim. Ecol., Univ. Lund, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden.)---Aspects of food storing including taxonomic variation, factors relevant to the evolution of hoarding, survival and reproductive consequences, adaptations that reduce cost of hoarding, defense of and retrieval from cache, relationship to social organization and role in seed dispersal.---S.N.L. {D100} {ROL #79}
{D306} Keane, J. J., & M. L. Morrison. 1999. Temporal variation in resource use by Black-throated Gray Warblers. Condor 101: 67--75. (Stanislaus Natl. For., 19777 Greenley Rd., Sonora, CA 95370, USA.)---Foraging behavior of Dendroica nigrescens varies seasonally and annually.---S.N.L. {Neotropical migrant, habitat use} {ROL #79}
{D306} Kessler, R. S., J. R. Holland, & B. S. Turner. 1998. An observation of possible tandem cooperation by immature Bald Eagles. Kentucky Warbler 74: 22--24. (Dept. Biol., Campbellsville Univ., #1 Univ. Dr., Campbellsville, KY 42718, USA.)---Two Haliaeetus leucocephalus "herded" a flock of Fulica americana in Taylor County, Kentucky.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} King, D. T., et al. 1998. Observations of nocturnal foraging in the Double-crested Cormorant. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 234--235. (USDA, Wildl. Serv., PO Box 316, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA; dtking@netdoor.com)---Phalacrocorax auritus in Mississippi.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Klein, H. G. 1998. Early spring flycatching of stoneflies by Bohemian Waxwings. Kingbird 48: 26--30. (5 Haynes Rd., Plattsburgh, NY 12901, USA.)---Bombycilla garrulus not actually seen catching stoneflies but capture inferred from date (29--31 Mar 1996), habitat (over brook), and insects in numbers representing families Capniidae and Taenipterygidae in this habitat at Beekmantown, Clinton County, northeastern New York.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Latta, S. C., & J. M. Wunderle, Jr. 1998. The assemblage of birds foraging in native West Indian Pine (Pinus occidentalis) forests of the Dominican Republic during the nonbreeding season. Biotropica 30: 645--656. (Int. Inst. Trop. For., USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 490, Palmer, PR 00721, USA.)---The diversity of foraging substrates and maneuvers used by birds, rather than foraging height, appears to be the primary means by which birds separate ecologically.---G.Rom. {C922} {ROL #79}
{D306} Lemmon, C. 1999. Crow caches food. Connecticut Warbler 19: 81. (No address given.)---Corvus brachyrhynchos hid buttered noodles at base of dead perennial stalks in Connecticut garden; bird 10 times walked with dead brown leaf obtained some 15 ft away and tucked it in the snow next to the noodle cache.---R.B.C. {B304} {ROL #79}
{D306} Lima, S. L., & R. M. Lee, III. 1993. Food caching and its possible origin in the Brown Creeper. Condor 95: 483--484. (Dept. Life Sci., Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA; EM: LSLima@scifac.indstate.edu)---First report of this behavior in Certhia americana and the family Certhiidae involved birds storing bits of sunflower seed kernels.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Maniscalco, J. M., W. D. Ostrand, & K. O. Coyle. 1998. Selection of fish schools by flocking seabirds in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 314--322. (USFWS, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: William_Ostrand@fws.gov)---Flocks chose schools closer to shore and in shallow water in Jul--Aug 1995; flock size positively correlated with school chord length, negatively with density and depth of schools.---R.B.C. {D302} {ROL #79}
{D306} Matyjasak, P., et al. 1999. Foraging cost of a long tail ornament: An experiment with Sand Martin females. Ethology 105: 521--530. (Dept. Vert. Ecol. PAS, 05-092 ºomianki, Poland; EM: ekolog@warman.com.pl)---Riparia riparia with elongated tails fed nestlings less frequently and captured more but smaller insects; feeding rate by males did not increase simultaneously, suggesting that there is a cost to having a tail ornament for birds feeding in flight.---R.B.C. {B718} {ROL #79}
{D306} McMillian, M. A. 1998. "Foot-hunting" behavior by a Great-horned Owl. Florida Field Nat. 26: 91--93. (MacArthur Agro-Ecol. Res. Ctr., 816 Buck Island Ranch Rd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, USA.)---Bubo virginianus tracks observed in Sterna antillarum colonies often ended at depredated nests.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D306} Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 1996. Theft or cooperative foraging in the Barred Owl? Florida Field Nat. 24: 15. (South Florida Res. Ctr., Everglades Natl. Park, Homestead, FL 33034, USA.)---Strix varia hunt in tandem to capture Cuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis).---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D306} Pratt, H. D. 1999. Panhandling by 'Amakihi: A novel feeding behavior for a Hawaiian Honeycreeper. 'Elepaio 59: 45--47. (Mus. Nat. Sci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70809, USA.)---Hemignathus virens wilsoni take food from the hand at Halaeakala National Park, Maui.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Sallibanks, R. 1997. Packing fruits at dusk: Fuel storage in an American Robin wintering in western Oregon. Northwest. Nat. 78: 62--64. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.)---Turdus migratorius reject fewer fruits of Crataegus monogyna as dusk approaches.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Smith, D. G. 1998. Raptor hunting during plowing. Connecticut Warbler 18: 35--36. (Biol. Dept., Southern Connecticut State Univ., New Haven, CT 06515, USA.)---Buteo swainsoni, Buteo regalis, and Buteo jamaicensis followed tractor to capture prey thereby flushed near Logan, Utah; B. jamaicensis also on farm fields near Durham, Connecticut.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Smith, H. T., & J. A. Rodgers, Jr. 1996. Sanderling (Calidris alba) flight duration in response to inadvertent disturbance. Florida Field Nat. 24: 74--75. (Florida Dept. Environ. Prot., Florida Park Serv., Hobe Sound, FL 33455, USA.)---Sanderlings may maximize foraging time in presence of frequent, low intensity disturbance by minimizing flight duration.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D306} Tremblay, Y., & Y. Cherel. 1999. Synchronous underwater foraging behavior in Penguins. Condor 101: 179--185. (YC: Ctr. d’Etudes Biol. Chizé, Ctr. Natl. Rech. Sci., F-79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France; EM: cherel@cebc.cnrs.fr)---Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi. {B314; euphausiid, Thysanoessa gregaria, communal feeding, food patchiness, synchronous diving} {ROL #79}
{D306} Vanderwerf, E. A. 1993. Scales of habitat selection by foraging 'Elepaio in undisturbed and human-altered forests in Hawaii. Condor 95: 980--989. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Hawaii, 2538 The Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA; EM: ewerf@zoogate.zoo.hawaii.edu)---Chasiempis sandwichensis choose foraging sites with high foliage density, large bark surface area and many twigs and branches and are "hyperselective" of high density sites in disturbed areas. Other differences between habitats reported based on three scales of measurement.---R.B.C. {B908} {ROL #79}
{D306} Watanuki, Y., Y. Miyamoto, & A. Kato. 1999. Dive bouts and feeding sites of Adélie Penguins rearing chicks in an area with fast sea-ice. Waterbirds 22: 120--129. (Lab. Appl. Zool., Fac. Agric., Hokkaido Univ., Kita-ku, Kita-9 Nishi-9, Sapporo, 060 Japan; EM: ywata@res.agr.hokudai.ac.jp)---1.6--3.7 feeding sites per foraging trip by Pygoscelis adeliae with 3.2--6.2 dive bouts of 78--85 min at feeding sites in Lüztow-Holm Bay, Antarctica; other details for foraging activities given.---R.B.C. {B306} {ROL #79}
{D306} Weikel, J. M., & J. P. Hayes. 1999. The foraging ecology of cavity-nesting birds in young forests of the northern coast range of Oregon. Condor: 101: 58--66. (Dept. For. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; EM: weikelj@ccmail.orst.edu)---Foraging needs of Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis), Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), & Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) in 30--45 year-old Douglas-fir forests.---S.N.L. {C908}; habitat selection} {ROL #79}
{D306} Witter, M. S. 1993. Motivation and measures of accessibility. Condor 95: 485--488. (Zool. Dept., Bristol Univ., Woodland Rd., Bristol BS8 1UG, UK.)---Based on trials with captive wild-caught Sturnus vulgaris, birds in more highly-deprived energetic state are more willing to perform risky foraging behavior; that energetic state should be carefully controlled in studies of accessibility.---R.B.C. {E509} {ROL #79}
{D306} Wunderle, J. M., Jr. 1991. Age-specific foraging proficiency in birds. Curr. Ornithol. 8: 273--324. (Inst. Trop. For., South. Forest Exp. Stn., U.S. Dept. Agric. For. Serv., Rio Piedras, PR 00928-2500, USA.)---Juveniles and adults differ in proficiency of selecting foraging sites, search patterns, recognition and selection of food, and capture and handling techniques. Aggravating factors, skill acquisition and compensating strategies of juveniles. Summary list of species in which differences have been documented.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{D306} Yosef, R., & T. C. Grubb, Jr. 1993. Effect of vegetation height on hunting behavior and diet of Loggerhead Shrikes. Condor 95: 127--131. (Int. Birdwatching Cent., PO Box 774, Eilat 88000, Israel; EM: ryosef@bgumail.bgu.ac.il)---Lanius ludovicianus hunting success in Florida not different between mown and unmown areas, but shrikes over taller grass hovered more and engaged in more aerial chases.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D306} Yosef, R. 1993. Prey transport by Loggerhead Shrikes. Condor 95: 231--233. (Int. Birdwatching Cent., PO Box 774, Eilat 88000 Israel; EM: ryosef@bgumail.bgu.ac.il)---Mode of transport (beak only, beak and feet, feet only) and distance flown with prey by Florida Lanius ludovicianus significantly related to prey body mass. These shrikes can attack and carry prey up to at least 129% their own body mass.---R.B.C. {C916} {ROL #79}
{D306} Zickefoose, J., & W. E. Davis, Jr. 1998. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) uses bread as bait for fish. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 87--88. (Rt. 1, Box 270, Whipple, OH 45788, USA; EM: JulieZick@aol.com)---Adult heron caught fish attracted to bread thrown in water near it at man-made lake in Richmond, Virginia.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D308} Clench, M. H. 1991. Another case of Blue Jay kleptoparasitism. Florida Field Nat. 19: 109--110. (Dept. Internal Med., Univ. Texas Med. Branch, Galveston, TX 77550, USA.)---Cyanocitta cristata imitated Buteo lineatus call to flush other birds from bird feeder.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D308} Loftin, R. W. 1991. Blue Jay imitates hawk for kleptoparasitism. Florida Field Nat. 19: 55. (Univ. N. Florida, 4567 St. John's Bluff Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32216, USA.)---Cyanocitta cristata. {ROL #79}
{D308} Russock, H. I. 1999. Vigilance behavior of wintering Bald
Eagles in Connecticut. Connecticut Warbler 19: 101--107. (Dept. Biol.
Environ. Sci., Western Connecticut State Univ., Danbury, CT 06810, USA.)---Haliaeetus
leucocephalus watch other eagles for cues to food sources and piracy;
parasitism attempted after more than 30% of captures. Adults and immatures
equally subject to parasitism but immatures over 75% of potential pirates.---R.B.C.
{ROL #79}
{D500} Confer, J. L., J. Gebhards, & J. Yrizarry. 1998. Golden-winged
Warbler and Blue-winged Warblers at Sterling Forest: a unique circumstance.
Kingbird 48: 19--21. (Biol. Dept., Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA;
EM: Confer@Ithaca.edu)---Vermivora chrysoptera and Vermivora
pinus have occurred together in similar habitat on the New York/New
Jersey border for at least 90 years. Only 1 of 30 males seen in 1997 showed
any signs of introgression as compared with 9% and 16% hybrids in previous
studies in north-central New York and in the Delaware Valley, respectively.---R.B.C.
{ROL #79}
{D504} Da Silva, M. C., & J. P. Granadeiro. 1999. Genetic variability and isolation of Cory’s Shearwater colonies in the northeast Atlantic. Condor 101: 174--179. (Dept. Zool., Box 351800, Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; EM: mcsilva@u.washington.edu)---Calonectris diomedea borealis. {DNA fingerprinting, gene flow, island populations, procellariiform} {ROL #79}
{D504} Jarvi, S. I., et al. 1995. A complex alloantigen system in Florida Sandhill Cranes, Grus canadensis pratensis: Evidence for the major histocompatibility (B) system. J. Hered. 86: 348--353. (EM: George_Gee@usgs.gov) {ROL #79}
{D504} Jarvi, S. I., et al. 1999. Identification, inheritance, and linkage of B-G-like and MHC class I genes in cranes. J. Hered. 90: 152--159. (EM: George_Gee@usgs.gov)---B-G-like genes identified in Grus canadensis pratensis and Grus americana.---USGS {stranded conformational polymorphism, genetic polymorphism, restriction fragment patterns, major histocompatibility complex} {ROL #79}
{D504} Small, M. F., K. M. Hogan, & J. F. Scudday. 1993. The karyotype of the White-winged Dove. Condor 95: 1051--1053. (California Energy Comm., Environ. Prot. Off., 1516 Ninth St., MS-40, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA.)---Zenaida asiatica. {ROL #79}
{D508} Baker, M. C., & J. T. Boylan. 1999. Singing behavior, mating associations and reproductive success in a population of hybridizing Lazuli and Indigo Buntings. Condor 101: 493--504. (Biol. Dept., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; EM: mcbaker@lamar.colostate.edu)---Four-year field study in North American Great Plains region of Passerina amoena, Passerina cyanea and hybrids.---S.N.L. {B320, B312, C918; bird song, cultural transmission} {ROL #79}
{D508} Fall, B. A. 1997. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher paired with Western Kingbird. Loon 69: 183--185. (4300 29th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55406, USA.)---Probable female Tyrannus forficatus and probable male Tyrannus verticalis constructed 3 partial nests; no copulations or eggs observed.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{D508} Graves, G. R. 1997. Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 3. Parentage of Lesbia ortoni Lawrence. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 110: 314--319. (Dept. Vert. Zool., Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC 20560, USA; EM: gravesg@nmnh.si.edu)---Hybrid between Lesbia victoriae and Ramphomicron microrhynchum shows blended mosaic of parental plumage characters.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D508} Graves, G. R. 1997. Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 4. Hybrid origin of Calothorax decoratus Gould. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 110: 320--325. (Dept. Vert. Zool., Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC 20560, USA; EM: gravesg@nmnh.si.edu)---Hybrid between Acestrura heliodor and Acestrura mulsanti shows plumage characters that are a blended combination of the parents and is first hybrid recorded in genus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D508} Graves, G. R. 1998. Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 5. Probably hybrid origin of Amazilia distans Wetmore & Phelps. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 111: 28--34. (Dept. Vert. Zool., Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC, 20560, USA; EM: gravesg@nmnh.si.edu)---Hybrid between Hylocharis cyanus and Amazilia fimbriata shows blended mosaic of parental plumage characters.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D508} Graves, G. R. 1998. Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 6. An intergeneric hybrid, Aglaiocercus kingi × Metallura tyrianthina, from Venezuela. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 111: 511--520. (Dept. Vert. Zool., Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC 20560, USA; EM: gravesg@nmnh.si.edu)---Hybrid has iridescence of back bluer than parental species, thought to have been caused by a development aberration or mutation.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D508} Graves, G. R. 1999. Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 7. Probable parentage of Calliphlox iridescens Gould 1860. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 112: 443--450. (Dept. Vert. Zool., Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC 20560, USA; EM: gravesg@nmnh.si.edu)---Hybrid of Calliphlox amethystina and Chlorostilbon aureoventris with plumage characters intermediate between parental species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D508} Janzen, T. 1996. Nesting of Glaucous-winged × Western gulls in Clackamas County, Oregon. Oregon Birds 22: 11--12. (12367 SE Ridgecrest Rd., Portland, OR 97236-6124, USA.)---Larus glaucescens × Larus occidentalis. First nesting in the Willamette Valley.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D508} Merrifield, K. 1998. Two presumed hybrid Mallard × Gadwall hybrids (Anas platyrhynchos × A. strepera in Lincoln County, Oregon. Northwest. Nat. 79: 54--58. (Dept. Bot. Plant Pathol., Oregon State Univ., 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2902, USA.)---One bird resembled a late eclipse male Mallard, the other a breeding male Gadwall, both had features of presumed parental species, blending features, and features characteristic of neither.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D508} Pierotti, R., & C. A. Annett. 1993. Hybridization and male parental investment in birds. Condor 95: 670--679. (Dept. Syst. Ecol., Univ. Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2106, USA; EM: pierotti@falcon.cc.ukans.edu)---Hybridization within genera most common in groups with considerable male parental involvement, such genera usually with fewer species than those with less investment, and typically with more subspecies.---R.B.C. {B712} {ROL #79}
{D508} Vallely, A., & T. Fiore. 1999. A presumed hybrid warbler
in Brooklyn's Prospect Park [New York]: Common Yellowthroat × Mourning
Warbler. Kingbird 49: 123--125. (132 High Ave., Apt. 5, Nyack, NY 10960,
USA; EM: valand@prodigy.net)---Geothlypis trichas × Oporornis
philadelphia seen 11 May 1991 is second report of this combination.---R.B.C.
{ROL #79}
{D700} Feldstein, S. B. 1997. An annotated list of the field-identifiable
and non-field-identifiable bird subspecies and morphs of Pennsylvania.
PA Birds 11: 178--186. (Earth System Science Center, Pennsylvania State
Univ., University Park, PA 16802, USA.)---Explanation of forms for which
PA Ornithological Records Committee seeks documentation.---P.D.H. {C318}
{ROL #79}
{D700} Hess, P. 1998. Status and field identification problems of the Willet subspecies in Pennsylvania. PA Birds 12: 42--46. (1412 Hawthorne St., Natrona Heights, PA 15065, USA.)---Describes field characters to distinguish the Western and Eastern races, (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus and Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus).---P.D.H. {shorebirds, C318} {ROL #79}
{D702} Avian Records Comm. of Connecticut. 1998. Shrike identification notes (Pitfalls?). Connecticut Warbler 18: 15--17. (2C Yale Rd., Storrs, CT 06268, USA.)---1 B&W figure, 2 pp of notes on how to distinguish Lanius excubitor from Lanius ludovicianus---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D702} Bayer, R. D. 1994. Identifying Long-billed Curlews along the Oregon Coast: A caution. Oregon Birds 20: 121--122. (PO Box 1467, Newport, OR 97365, USA.)---Ways in which Numenius phaeopus can be misidentified as Numenius americanus.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D702} Comins, P. 1999. The Roseate Tern. Connecticut Warbler 19: 108--100. (30 Marlborough St., Portland, CT 06480, USA.)---Distinguishing Sterna dougallii from Sterna hirundo.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D702} Dittmann, D. L., & S. W. Cardiff. 1999. Let’s take another look---in search of Louisiana’s mid-sized Sterna terns. Louisiana Ornithol. Soc. News 186: 8--13. (Mus. Nat. Sci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA.)---Discusses identification of Sterna hirundo, Sterna forsteri, Sterna paradisaea, and Sterna dougallii.---J.B.O. {ROL #79}
{D702} Feldstein, S. 1996. Documentation of Bicknell's Thrush for P.O.R.C. [Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee]. PA Birds 10: 47. (248 Deike Bldg., Earth System Science, PA State Univ., University Park, PA 16802, USA.)---Committee listed criteria it requires for review of records.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D702} Hess, P. 1997. The "Hawk Mountain Petrel": first Pennsylvania record, but which species? PA Birds 11: 2--5. (1412 Hawthorne St., Natrona Heights, PA 15065, USA.)---History of a controversial 1959 sighting & photographs.---P.D.H. {seabirds, C704, C906} {ROL #79}
{D702} Koch, A. 1993. The less than Lesser Goldfinch. PA Birds 7: 129--130. (No address given.)---A mystery feeder-visitor on the Hamburg, Pennsylvania, Christmas Bird Count was belatedly identified as a Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus), an exotic escape.---P.D.H. {B509, C318} {ROL #79}
{D702} Kwater, E. 1997. An unusual pelican in Beaver County [Pennsylvania]? PA Birds 11: 55--57. (3803 Cloverhill Ct., Brandon, FL 33511, USA; EM: himantopus@aol.com)---An American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) had black inner secondaries, a character typically attributed to Eastern White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus).---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D702} Lee, C.-T., & A. Birch. 1998. Field identification of female and immature Bullock's and Baltimore Orioles. Birding 30: 282--295. (Dept. Earth Planet Sci., 20 Oxford St., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.)---Icterus bullockii, Icterus galbula, and their hybrids; range maps, color plate, 6 color photos.---R.B.C. {D508} {ROL #79}
{D702} Lethaby, N., & J. Bangma. 1998. Identifying Black-tailed Gull in North America. Birding 30: 470. (1112 North Abbott Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035, USA.)---Larus crassirostris with summary of new world reports, also mapped; 18 color photos, 1 B&W fig.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D702} McKenzie, P. 1997. The finer points of identification---Part VII. Bluebird 64(2): 14--15. (USFWS, 608 Cherry St., Columbia, MO 65201, USA; EM: paul_mckenzie@mail.fws.gov)---Distinguishing Connecticut Warbler, Oporornis agilis, from Mourning Warbler, Oporornis philadelphia in the field.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D702} Parkes, K. C. 1996. Subspecies and intergrade Red-tailed Hawks in western Pennsylvania. PA Birds 10: 203--205. (Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.)---Identification of various races of Buteo jamaicensis & their status in the state.---P.D.H. {raptors, C318} {ROL #79}
{D702} Schwalbe, P., & G. Schwalbe. 1996. Cory's subspecies determined [in Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 10: 206. (No address available.)---Specimen of 1st state record, Sept. 1997, identified as Calonectris diomedea borealis.---P.D.H. {seabirds, C318, C906} {ROL #79}
{D702} Stevenson, H. M. 1991. Incorrect identification of a Red-throated Loon as a Pacific Loon based on bill shape. Florida Field Nat. 19: 107--109. (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Rt. 1, Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312, USA.)---Gavia stellata mistakenly identified as Gavia pacifica.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D704} Delany, M. F., C. T. Moore, & D. R. Progulske, Jr. 1994. Distinguishing gender of Florida Grasshopper Sparrows using body measurements. Florida Field Nat. 22: 48--51. (Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Comm., 4005 S. Main, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.)---Ammodramus savannarum floridanus. {ROL #79}
{D704} Jehl, J. R., A. E. Henry, & S. I. Bond. 1998. Sexing Eared Grebes by bill measurement. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 98--100. (Hubbs-Sea World Res. Inst., 2595 Ingraham St., San Diego, CA 92109, USA; jjehl@hubbs.sdsu.edu)---90% of Podiceps nigricollis can be sexed; of those with bills <23.5 mm long, 88% were females; of those >24.5 m long, 92.4% were males.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D704} Mínguez, E., et. al. 1998. Age-related variations in bill size of Chinstrap Penguins. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 66--68. (Estacion Biol. Donana, CSIC, AvdaM Luisa, s/n, 41013, Sevilla, Spain; EM: EMinguez@ebd03.ebd.csic.es)---Adult breeding Pygoscelis antarctica have larger bills than one-year-olds and size apparently does not differ between the sexes after one year.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D704} Ottomeier, A. A., & J. A. Crawford. 1996. Revised measurements for classification of age of Sage Grouse from wings. Calif. Fish. Game 82: 61--65. (Dept. Fish. Wildl., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331-3803, USA.)---For Centrocercus urophasianus, primary 4 is 3--5% shorter in Oregon birds than those from Nevada.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D704} Reed, L. M., D. F. Caccamise, & E. P. Orrell. 1998. Aging of Laughing Gull nestlings using head-bill length. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 414--417. (Dept. Entomol., Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA; EM: lreed@aesop.rutgers.edu)---Larus atricilla can thus be aged with standard error of 1.93 days.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D704} Renner, M., et al. 1998. Sexing of adult Gentoo Penguins in Antarctica using morphometrics. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 444--449. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand; EM: martin.renner@stonebow.otago.ac.nz)---In Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi from Ardley Island, South Shetlands, two formulas derived from discriminant function analysis allow sexing of 70% with >95% confidence.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D704} Sanchez-Guzmán, J. M., & A. Muñoz del Viejo.
1998. A method for age determination for nestling Gull-billed Terns.
Colon. Waterbirds 21: 427--430. (Área Biol. Anim., Univ. Extremadura,
Ave. Elvas s/n, 06071 Badajoz, Spain; EM: jsanchez@unex.es)---Principal
components analysis of head and wing-lengths of Sterna nilotica
in Spain allows aging to within a day.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D902} De Leon, M. T., & L. M. Smith. 1999. Behavior of migrating
shorebirds at North Dakota prairie potholes. Condor 101: 645--654.
(U.S. Fish & Wildl. Serv., Ouray Natl. Wildl. Refuge, 266 W 100 N,
Suite #2, Vernal, UT 84078, USA; EM: manuel_deleon@fws.gov)---Diurnal time-activity
budgets of American Avocets (Recurvirostra americana), Long-billed
Dowitchers (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Stilt Sandpipers (Calidris
himantopus), Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla), and
Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla).---S.N.L. {B308} {ROL #79}
{D902} Hochachka, W. M., et al. 1999. Irruptive migration of Common Redpolls. Condor 101: 195--204. (Bird Population Studies, Lab. Ornithol., Cornell Univ., 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850-1999, USA; EM: wmh6@cornell.edu)---Results of 1993--94 study suggest patterns of movements of redpolls, principally Carduelis flammea, more allied to conventional winter migration than to nomadism.---S.N.L. {American Tree Sparrow, Spizella arborea, Project FeederWatch} {ROL #79}
{D902} King, J. G., B. A. Cooper, & R. J. Ritchie. 1998. Mixed species swan flocks migrating in east-central Alaska. Northwest. Nat. 79: 104--107. (ABR Inc., Box 80410, Fairbanks, AK 99708, USA.)---Ca. 7% of 211 flocks observed at two sites 1987--1990 contained both Cygnus columbianus and Cygnus buccinator; flocks also contained geese (80 flocks), ducks (16), Grus canadensis (3), and large gulls (2).---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904) Wright, K. G., G. J. Robertson, & R. I. Goudie. 1998. Evidence of spring staging and migration route of individual breeding Harlequin Ducks, Histrionicus histrionicus, in southern British Columbia. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 518--519. (6090 Blink Bonnie Rd., West Vancouver, BC V7W 1V8, Can.) {ROL #79}
{D904} Atkinson, E. C., L. J. Goodrich, & K. L. Bildstein. 1996. A temporal field guide to autumn raptor migration at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Pennsylvania. PA Birds 10: 134--137. (Hawk Mtn. Sanctuary, 1700 Hawk Mtn. Rd., Kempton, PA 19529, USA; EM: atkinson@hawkmountain.org)---Abundance charts show timing of passage for 16 species.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Bayer, R. D., R. W. Lowe, & D. Faxon. 1995. Spring and fall migration of geese across the coast range of Lincoln County, Oregon. Oregon Birds 21: 10--12. (PO Box 1467, Newport, OR 97365, USA.)---Uncommon species recorded there; B&W map.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Blauer, M. 1994. Fall raptor migration summary, 1993 [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 8: 54--57. (240 Pine St., Nanticoke, PA 18634, USA.)---Species counts at 11 hawk watch locations.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Brei, A. 1997. Early Stilt in northern Illinois. Meadowlark 6: 139--140. (5601 Whiting Rd., Poplar Grove, IL 61065, USA.)---Himantopus mexicanus seen 21 Mar 1997 at Garden Prairie Slough is earliest for state by nearly one month.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Brinker, D. F., et al. 1997. Autumn migration of Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) in the Middle Atlantic and Northeastern United States: What observations from 1995 suggest. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 74--89. (Heritage Biodiver. Conserv. Prog., Maryland Dept. Nat. Resour., Annapolis, MD 21401, USA.)---More than 5,900 owls banded in fall 1995 in one of the largest movements recorded. Discusses winter range and habitat needs. Appendix provides method for determining sex.---J.M.S. {D704} {ROL #79}
{D904} Brooks, E. W. 1997. Capture times of passerines on the south shore of Lake Ontario during spring migration. N. Am. Bird Bander 22: 1--5. (1435 Waterwells Rd., Alfred Station, NY 14803, USA.)---Found significant interspecific differences in capture times during spring. Mean capture time 15 of 17 species 0.3 to 2.3 hours earlier at Braddock Bay on the south shore than at Point Traverse on the north shore.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Brown, C. R., & M. B. Brown. 1998. Late record of the Purple Martin for Oklahoma. Bull. Oklahoma Ornithol. Soc. 31: 33--34. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Tulsa., 600 S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104, USA; EM: charles-brown@tulsa.edu)---Yearling female Progne subis seen 1 Nov 1998 in northeastern Broken Arrow, is 2--3 weeks later than previous latest date for state.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Chapman, J. 1999. View from Mount Peter. Kingbird 49: 98--106. (65 Anona Dr., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, USA.)---Overview of hawk watch station in southeastern New York with summary of fall migration data 1958--1998.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Combreau, O., et al. 1999. Outward migration of Houbara Bustards from two breeding areas in Kazakhstan. Condor 101: 159--164. (N.A.R.C., P.O. Box 45553 Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.; EM: narc@emirates.net.ae)---Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii. {central Asia, satellite tracking} {ROL #79}
{D904} Cooke, F., et al. 1999. Seasonal movements of Marbled Murrelets: Evidence from banded birds. Condor 101: 671--674. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., 8888 University Dr., Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Can.; EM: fcooke@sfu.ca)---Brachyramphus marmoratus. {population movements} {ROL #79}
{D904} DeLong, J., & S. W. Hoffman. 1999. Differential autumn migration of Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s hawks in western North America. Condor 101: 674--678. (Utah State Univ., Dept. Biol., Logan, Utah 84322, USA; EM: jdelong@biology.usu.edu)---Accipiter striatus, Accipiter cooperii. {foraging efficiency} {ROL #79}
{D904} Duncan, R. A. 1995. Migration of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in the Florida panhandle. Florida Field Nat. 23: 67--68. (614 Fairpoint Dr., Gulf Breeze, FL 32561, USA.)---Tyrannus forficatus may use overland route through panhandle to reach south Florida.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D904} Erdman, T. C., et al. 1997. Autumn populations and movements of migrant Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) at Little Suamico, Wisconsin. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 167--172. (Richter Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr., Green Bay, WI 54311, USA.)---Annual catch rate increased 10-fold after starting use of audiolures. Analysis of >200 recoveries.---J.M.S. {E526} {ROL #79}
{D904} Floyd, T. 1998. The 7th annual North American Migration Count (NAMC) in Pennsylvania [1998]. PA Birds 12: 106--126. (Great Basin Bird Obs., 443 Marsh Ave., Reno, NV 89509, USA.)---237 species listed in 43 counties.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Gregory, A. C. 1994. Report of the third Pennsylvania May count, May 14, 1994. PA Birds 8: 72--75. (P.O. Box 571, Conyngham, PA 18219, USA.)---226 species listed in 30 counties.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Gregory, A. C. 1995. Report of the fourth Pennsylvania May count [1995]. PA Birds 9: 50--60. (P.O. Box 571, Conyngham, PA 18219, USA.)---220 species listed in 32 counties.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Gregory, A. C. 1996. Report of the Fifth Pennsylvania Migration Count, May 1, 1996. PA Birds 10: 63--79. (P.O. Box 571, Conyngham, PA 18219, USA.)---219 species listed in 39 counties.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Gregory, A. C. 1997. Report of the sixth Pennsylvania May Count. PA Birds 11: 62--81. (P.O. Box 571, Conyngham, PA 18219, USA.)---234 species were listed in 36 counties.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Hansrote, C., & M. Hansrote. 1999. 1998's heavy flight of American Goldfinches in the Virginia Piedmont. N. Am. Bird Bander 24: 34--37. (24 Greenwell Ct., Lynchburg, VA 24502, USA.)---528 Carduelis tristis banded late Feb--May 1998 in Campbell County.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Hohenleitner, F. 1995. Fall raptor migration summary, 1994 [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 9: 73--76. (910 Larchmont Ave., Havertown, PA 19083, USA.)---Species counts at 12 hawk watch locations.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Hohenleitner, F. 1995. Fall raptor migration summary, 1995 [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 9: 193--198. (910 Larchmont Ave., Havertown, PA 19083, USA.)---Species counts at 15 hawk watch locations.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Hohenleitner, F. 1996. Spring raptor migration summary 1996 [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 10: 80--81. (910 Larchmont Ave., Havertown, PA 19083, USA.)---Species counts at 4 hawk watch locations.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Hohenleitner, F. 1996. Fall raptor migration summary 1996 [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 10: 207--212. (910 Larchmont Ave., Havertown, PA 19083, USA.)---Species counts at 13 hawk watch locations.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Hohenleitner, F. 1997. Hawk watch sites of Pennsylvania. PA Birds 11: 8--13. (910 Larchmont Ave., Havertown, PA 19083, USA.)---A guide to 18 locations ranked by organization, coverage, and openness to watchers.---P.D.H. {raptors} {ROL #79}
{D904} Hohenleitner, F. 1997. Spring raptor migration summary 1997 [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 11: 82--84. (910 Larchmont Ave., Havertown, PA 19083, USA.)---Species counts reported at 3 hawk watch locations.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Hohenleitner, F. 1997. Fall raptor migration summary 1997 [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 11: 210--215. (910 Larchmont Ave., Havertown, PA 19083, USA.)---Species counts at 12 hawk watch locations.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Hohenleitner, F. 1998. Spring raptor migration summary 1998 [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 12: 49--52. (910 Larchmont Ave., Havertown, PA 19083, USA.)---Species counts at 5 hawk watch locations.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Hohenleitner, F. 1998. Fall raptor migration summary 1998 [Pennsylvania]. PA Birds 12: 170--175. (910 Larchmont Ave., Havertown, PA 19083, USA.)---Species counts at 12 hawk watch locations.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Houston, G. S., S. C. Drury, & G. Holroyd. 1999. Upland Sandpiper banding in North America. N. Am. Bird Bander 24: 1--2. (863 University Dr., Saskatoon, SK S7N 0J8, Can.)---Only 11 of 1484 Bartramia longicauda banded were subsequently recovered; one of these recoveries being the 1st record for Spain, another from the wintering ground near Quixada, Brazil.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Iliff, M. J. 1993. Report on the 2nd Pennsylvania May Count---May 8, 1993. PA Birds 7: 34--44. (901 Crystal Spring Farm Rd., Annapolis, MD 21403, USA.)---208 species listed in 29 counties.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
{D904} Jehl, J. R., Jr. 1993. Observations on the fall migration of Eared Grebes, based on evidence from a mass drowning in Utah. Condor 95: 470--473. (Hubbs/Sea World Res. Inst., 1700 South Shores Rd., San Diego, CA 92109, USA; EM: jjehl@hubbs.sdsu.edu)---97% of 517 Podiceps nigricollis downed 10 Dec 1991 were adults; 1: 1 sex ratio; an estimated 14,000 grebes drowned overall.---R.B.C. {B714, C912} {ROL #79}
{D904} Johnson, D. B., & R. Biss. 1997. The 1996--97 record invasion of Snowy Owls in Illinois. Meadowlark 6: 124--128. (504 Crown Point Dr., Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, USA.)---Detailed list of records for Nyctea scandiaca with notes on mortality, food, and earlier invasions. {ROL #79}
{D904} Kelly, J. F., et al. 1999. Influence of summer biogeography on wood warbler stopover abundance. Condor 101: 76--85. (USDA For. Serv., Rocky Mountain Res. Stn., 2205 Columbia SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA; EM: jkelly/rmrs_albq@fs.fed.us)---Uses mist-net capture data from 4 migration stopover sites and summer biogeography indices of 47 species of wood warblers (Parulidae).---S.N.L. {Gulf Coast, Neotropical migrant, Rio Grande Valley, migration} {ROL #79}
{D904} Lundsten, J. 1993. A visit to Hawk Mountain, Oregon. Oregon Birds 19: 68. (2352 Bunker Hill Rd. S., Salem, OR 97306, USA.)---Migrant raptors seen 9 Oct 1992.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Lundsten, J. 1994. Cascades Hawk Mountain revisited. Oregon Birds 20: 88--89. (2352 Bunkerhill Rd. S, Salem, OR 97306, USA.)---262 hawks of 11 species seen during 14 days 8 Sep--26 Oct 1993; B&W map of area.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Marcotte, R. E. 1998. Neckbanded Canada Geese observed at a migratory stopover. Kingbird 48: 192--198. (4533 Dewey Ave., Rochester, NY 14612, USA.)---861 neckbanded Branta canadensis seen 1992--1998 along a 9.5 mi stretch of shore of Lake Ontario from Parma to Hamlin, New York. Information given on site fidelity and length of stay, longevity, social structure, areas where banded and other places sighted.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Marcotte, R. E. 1999. Fall warbler census Badgerow Park, Greece, N.Y. Kingbird 49: 8--13. (4533 Dewey Ave., Rochester, NY 14612, USA.)---Counts 1995--1998. Dendroica magnolia (692), Dendroica coronata (307), Dendroica virens (303), and Wilsonia pusilla (237) were the most abundant of 2704 warblers counted. Patterns of migration varied but there was an at least 3-day long major movement during the first 10 days of Sep in every year.---R.B.C. {C318, C914} {ROL #79}
{D904} Merrifield, K. 1997. Nearshore flights of seabirds past the Yachats River mouth, Oregon. Northwest. Nat. 78: 93--101. (Dept. Bot. Plant Pathol., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331-2902, USA.)---Data for loons, shearwaters, cormorants, pelicans, ducks, and alcids.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Mikuska, T., J. A. Kushlan, & S. Hartley. 1998. Key areas for wintering North American herons. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 125--134. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Osijek, Osijek, Croatia; EM: tmikuska@knjiga.pedos.hr)---Analysis of banding suggested 43 areas in the southeastern United States, California, Mexico, and Cuba that account for ca. 63% of recoveries.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Mueller, H. C., et al. 1997. The phenology of autumnal hawk migration at Cedar Grove, Wisconsin. Passenger Pigeon 59: 207--218. (Dept. Biol., Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.)---Migration patterns of 21 species from 1951 to 1996.---D.L.E. {ROL #79}
{D904} Pugesek, B. H., K. L. Diem, & C. L. Cordes. 1999. Seasonal movements, migration, and range sizes of subadults and adult Bamforth Lake California Gulls. Waterbirds 22: 29--36. (USGS/BRD, Natl. Wetlands Res. Cent., 700 Cajundome Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70506, USA; EM: Bruce_Pugasek@usgs.gov)---Larus californicus from Wyoming migrate west and northwest to the Pacific coast before moving south along the coast during winter to southern California and northern Mexico; fledglings have the largest ranges, with most subadults and a substantial proportion of breeding aged birds remaining on the Pacific Coast.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Pyle, P., et al. 1993. The effects of weather and lunar cycle on nocturnal migration of landbirds at Southeast Farallon Island, California. Condor 95: 343--361. (Point Reyes Bird Obs., 4990 Shoreline Highway, Stinson Beach, CA 94970, USA; ppyle@prbo.org)---Low wind speeds, low to moderate visibility, full cloud cover and lack of fog associated with arrivals and low wind speeds, low but rising barometric pressure, clear and clearing skies, high visibility and decreased moonlight (latter in fall) lead to increased departure.---R.B.C. {C906, D902} {ROL #79}
{D904} Roehmer, D. 1998. The Woodburn Lakes---1998. Kentucky Warbler 74: 92--95. (294 Drakes Creek Dr., Bowling Green, KY 42103, USA.)---73 waterbirds recorded at transient lakes in Warren County, Kentucky; table lists early and late spring and early fall dates for species recorded there.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D904} Spear, L. B., & D. G. Ainley. 1999. Migration routes of Sooty Shearwaters in the Pacific Ocean. Condor 101: 205--218. (H. T. Harvey & Assoc., P. O. Box 1180, Alviso, CA 95002, USA; EM: spearlarry@yahoo.com)---Puffinus griseus. {El Nino, ocean warming} {ROL #79}
{D904} Woolfenden G. E., & W. B. Robertson, Jr. 1991. A banded Red Knot seen at the Dry Tortugas. Florida Field Nat. 19: 106--107. (Dept. Biol., Univ. S. Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.)---Calidris canutus was thought to have been banded on wintering grounds in Patagonia and not a member of the Florida Gulf Coast wintering population.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{D904} Yunick, R. P. 1997. Geographical distribution of re-encountered Pine Siskins capture in upstate, eastern New York during the 1989--1990 irruption. N. Am. Bird Bander 22: 10--15. (1527 Myron St., Schnectady, NY 12309-4223, USA.)---Details of recaptures/recoveries of Carduelis pinus show its erratic and wandering migratory behavior; one banded bird was found dead 3470 km WNW in British Columbia.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D906} Bensch, S., & B. Nielsen. 1999. Autumn migration speed of juvenile Reed and Sedge warblers in relation to date and fat loads. Condor 101: 153--156. (Dept. Anim. Ecol., Ecol. Bldg., Lund Univ., S-223 62 Lund, Sweden; EM: steffan.bensch@zooekol.lu.se)---Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus. {ringing recoveries, banding} {ROL #79}
{D906} Holberton, R. L. 1993. An endogenous basis for differential migration in the Dark-eyed Junco. Condor 95: 580--587. (Dept. Biol. Sci., State Univ. New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.)---Captive female Junco hyemalis showed Zugunruhe 12 days earlier than males and continued after males ceased such activity under conditions of similar photoperiod and unlimited access to food.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D906} Skagen, S. K., F. L. Knopf, & B. S. Cade. 1993. Estimations of lipids and lean mass of migrating sandpipers. Condor 95: 944--956. (USGS, 4512 McMurray Ave., Ft. Collins, CO 80525-3400, USA; EM: susan_skagen@usgs.gov)---Various measures tested on Calidris pusilla and Calidris fuscicollis. An equation derived from lean mass and indices of total body electrical conductivity predicts lean and lipid mass with average errors of 4.6% and 23.2%, respectively.---R.B.C. {E118, E518} {ROL #79}
{D906} Yong, W., & F. R. Moore. 1993. Relation between migratory activity and energetic condition among thrushes (Turdinae) following passage across the Gulf of Mexico. Condor 95: 934--943. (Dept. Nat. Resour. Sci., Univ. Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.)---Lean captive Hylocichla mustelina and three species of Catharus showed less night activity than individuals with undepleted fat stores, more active during day and resumed night activity as fat-stores increased.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D908} Budzynski, C. A., R. Strasser, & V. P. Bingman. 1998. The effects of zinc sulphate anosmia on homing pigeons, Columba livia, in a homing and a non-homing experiment. Ethology 104: 111--118. (Dept. Psychol., Bowling Green Univ., Bowling Green, OH 43404, USA; cherib@bgnet.bgsu.edu)---Experimental study suggests that the anosmia does not impair general information processing, thus supporting idea that pigeons use olfactory cues in homing.---R.B.C. {B310} {ROL #79}
{D908} Burt de Perera, T., & T. Guilford. 1999. The orientational consequences of flocking behaviour in Homing Pigeons, Columba livia. Ethology 105: 13--23. (Anim. Behav. Res. Group, Dept. Zool., Univ. Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS UK; EM: theresa.burtdeperera@wolfson.ox.ac.uk)---Homing Pigeons can home more quickly if they take cues from another bird more knowledgeable about the area of release.---R.B.C. {B304} {ROL #79}
{D908} Giunchi, D., E. Mongini, & N. E. Baldaccini. 1999. The influence of repeated releases on the homing behaviour of Sand Martins (Riparia riparia). Ethology 105: 111--124. (NEB: Dipto. Etol. Ecol. Evol., Univ. di Pisa, via A. Volta 6, I-56126 Pisa, Italy; EM: bedini@discau.unip.it)---Initial orientation and homing improved progressively in four trials from roughly the same area; birds released at roughly the same distance in the opposite direction did not differ from birds without any prior release experience.---R.B.C. {B304} {ROL #79}
{D908} Muheim, R., L. Jenni, & P. Weindler. 1999. The orientational behaviour of Chaffinches, Fringilla coelebs, caught during active migratory flight, in relation to the sun. Ethology 105: 97--110. (Dept. Anim. Ecol., Lund Univ., Ecol. Bldg., s-223 62 Lund, Sweden; EM: rachel@zool.unizh.ch)---Freshly caught birds are too stressed to show appropriate orientation when tested immediately after they are caught.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{D908} Weindler, P., V. Leipa, & W. Wiltschko. 1998. The direction
of celestial rotation affects the development of migratory orientation
in Pied Flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca. Ethology 104: 905--916.
(Wiltschko: Fachbereich Biol. der J. W. Goethe-Univ., Zool., Siemayerstrasse
70, Frankfurt a.M., Germany; EM: wiltschko@zoology.uni-frankfurt.d400.de).
{ROL #79}
{E101} Alaja, P., & H. Mikkola. 1997. Albinism in the Great
Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) and other owls. U.S. Dept. Agric.,
For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 33--37. (Dept. Appl. Zool., Univ. Kuopio,
P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland.) {ROL #79}
{E101} Brooks, T., & K. Balent. 1996. Peach-colored Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in southern Florida. Florida Field Nat. 24: 108. (Dept. Ecol. Evol. Biol., Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.)---Individuals completely peach-colored; color usually restricted to crown, throat, and mantle.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{E101} Eakin, R. R., & L. Brinker. 1997. An aberrant Purple Sandpiper in Maine. Northeast. Nat. 4: 51--54. (Div. Arts & Sci., Westbrook Coll., Portland, ME 04021, USA.)---Partial albino Calidris maritima.---J.S.G. {ROL #79}
{E101} Easterla, D. A. 1998. A leucistic Franklin's Gull in northwest Missouri. Bluebird 65(1): 14--15. (Dept. Biol., Northwest Missouri State Univ., 800 Univ. Dr., Maryville, MO 64468, USA.; EM: 01.00112@acad.nwmissouri.edu)---Larus pipixcan near Mound City, 9 May 1996 had an ash gray head rather than black, white wing mantles rather than dark gray, and only a small amount of dark coloration on the wing tips of the longest primaries; 2 B&W photos.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E101} Johnson, B., & C. Johnson. 1997. Albino American Robin. Loon 69: 228--229. (150 Farley Lane, Duluth, MN 55803, USA.)---Turdus migratorius. {ROL #79}
{E101} McKenzie, P. 1998. Notes on an unusual plumage of Painted Bunting in southern Missouri. Bluebird 65(3): 8--9. (USFWS, 608 Cherry St., Columbia, MO 65201, USA; EM: paul_mckenzie@mail.fws.gov)---Singing immature male Passerina ciris seen 30 May 1998 largely with yellowish-green plumage resembling female but with all dark blue head lacking red-eye ring typical of adult males.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E101} Nicoletti, F. J., S. Millard, & B. Yokel. 1998. First description of albinism in a dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk in North America. Loon 70: 117--118. (3128 Valet Rd., Duluth, MN 55804, USA.)---Buteo jamaicensis. {ROL #79}
{E101} Oxley, J. R. 1999. Albino Leach's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa, in Nova Scotia. Can. Field-Nat. 113: 287--288. (Biol. Dept., Acadia Univ., Wolfville, NS B0P 1X0, Can.; EM: 007845o@acadiau.ca) {ROL #79}
{E102} Ely, C. R., D. H. Ward, & K. S. Bollinger. 1999. Behavioral correlates of heart rates of free-living Greater White-fronted Geese. Condor 101: 390--395. (Alaska Biol. Sci. Ctr., U.S. Geol. Survey, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: craig_ely@usgs.gov)---Anser albifrons. {activity, aggression, flight} {ROL #79}
{E104} DeGolier, T. F., S. A. Mahoney, & G. E. Duke. 1999. Relationships of avian cecal lengths to food habits, taxonomic position, and intestinal lengths. Condor 101: 622--634. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Bethel Coll., St. Paul, MN 55112, USA; EM: t-degolier@bethel.edu)---Compares 154 species representing 21 orders.---S.N.L. {D302, ceca, cellulose, chitin, taxonomy} {ROL #79}
{E104} Jakubas, W. J., W. H. Karasov, & C. G. Guglielmo. 1993. Ruffed Grouse tolerance and biotransformation of the plant secondary metabolite coniferyl benzoate. Condor 95: 625--640. (Dept. Zool., Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL 62901-6504, USA.)---Bonasa umbellus eats buds of quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides, which contain this substance.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E106} Nalin, A. M., T. K. Greenlee, Jr., & L. J. Sandell. 1995. Collagen gene expression during development of avian synovial joints: transient expression of Types II and XI collagen genes in the joint capsule. Developmental Dynamics 203: 352--362. (No address available.) {E126} {ROL #79}
{E106} Powell, D. C., et al. 1998. A photographic guide to the development of Double-crested Cormorant embryos. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 348--355. (Dept. Anim. Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; EM(S.J. Bursian): bursian@pilot.msu.edu)---Phalacrocorax auritus. {ROL #79}
{E106} Shapiro, F. 1992. Vertebral development of the chick embryo during days 3--19 of incubation. J. Morphol. 213: 317--333. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{E108} Deviche, P. 1995. Androgen regulation of avian premigratory hyperphagia and fattening: From eco-physiology to neuroendocrinology. Am. Zool. 35: 234--245. (Inst. Arctic Biol., Univ. Alaska-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, USA.)---Examines evidence for interaction between testosterone and other hormones.---E.C.K. {D906} {ROL #79}
{E108} Hahn, T. P., et al. 1995. Endocrine basis of spatial and temporal opportunism in Arctic breeding birds. Am. Zool. 35: 259--273. (Dept. Psychol., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.)---Endocrine mechanisms and environmental cues used by Fringilla montifringilla, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii, and Loxia leucoptera.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{E108} Hunt, K., et al. 1995. Temporal patterns of territorial behavior and circulating testosterone in the Lapland Longspur and other Arctic passerines. Am. Zool. 35: 274--284. (Dept. Zool., NJ-15, Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.)---The relationship between testosterone and aggression in Calcarius lapponicus may differ from that in Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii, Spizella arborea, and Passerculus sandwichensis and may be related to tundra breeding constraints.---E.C.K. {B302, B316} {ROL #79}
{E108} Lacombe, D., et al. 1993. The effect of restricted feeding on plasma growth hormone (GH) concentrations in growing American Kestrels. Condor 95: 559--567. (Avian Sci. Conserv. Cent., McGill Univ., 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Can.)---Increases secretion of GH in captive Falco sparverius.---R.B.C. {B720} {ROL #79}
{E108} O'Reilly, K. M., & J. C. Wingfield. 1995. Spring and autumn migration in Arctic shorebirds: Same distance, different strategies. Am. Zool. 35: 222--233. (Dept. Zool., NJ-15, Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.)---Spring flocks of Calidris mauri larger, with higher levels of luteinizing hormone and corticosterone.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{E108} Silverin, B. 1995. Reproductive adaptations to breeding in the North. Am. Zool. 35: 191--202. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Götenborg, Medicinargatan 18, 413 90 Götenborg, Sweden.)---Parus major, Cygnus spp. {E120} {ROL #79}
{E108} Wingfield, J. C., K. M. O'Reilly, & L. B. Astheimer. 1995. Modulation of the adrenocortical responses to acute stress in Arctic birds: A possible ecological basis. Am. Zool. 35: 285--294. (Dept. Zool., NJ-15, Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.)---Maximum corticosterone levels significantly lower in individuals providing the most parental care. Melospiza melodia kenaiensis, Melospiza melodia morphna, Lagopus mutus, Passerculus sandwichensis, Phalaropus fulicaria, Carduelis flammea.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{E110} Klein, P. N., K. Charmatz, & J. Langenberg. 1994. The effect of flunixin meglumine (Banamine) on the renal function in Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus): an avian model. Proc. Annu. Conf. Am. Assoc. Zoo Vet. Assoc. Reptil. Amphib. Vet. 1994: 128--131. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{E110} Wideman, R. F., L. Holt, & J. S. Pla. 1992. Glomerular size and volume distributions for cranial, medial, and caudal divisions of domestic fowl kidneys. Anat. Rec. 232: 512--519. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{E114} Berrow, S. D., et al. 1999. Wing and primary growth of the Wandering Albatross. Condor 101: 360--368. (Br. Antarctic Survey, Nat. Environ. Res. Council, High Cross, Madingley Rd., Cambridge, CB3 OET, UK; EM: sdbe@pcmail.nerc-bas.ac.uk)---Relationship between body mass and rate and pattern of feather growth of 4 outermost primaries of Diomedea exulans.---S.N.L. {ROL #79}
{E114} Bonser, R. H. C., & M. S. Witter. 1993. Indentation hardness of the bill keratin of the European Starling. Condor 95: 736--738. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Bristol, Woodland Rd., Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK.)---Melanic sections of Sturnus vulgaris bill are harder than non-melanic sections, suggesting differences in bill color may serve as more than sexual or social signals.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E114} Gates, R. J., et al. 1993. The annual molt cycle of Branta canadensis interior in relation to nutrient reserve dynamics. Condor 95: 680--693. (Dept. Zool., Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL 62901, USA; EM: rgates@siu.edu)---Temporal and geographic variation in intensity of prebasic molt in Mississippi Valley geese in relation to lipid and protein reserves.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E114} Hussell, D. J. T. 1999. Additional comments on the first prebasic molt in Snow Buntings. N. Am. Bird Bander 24: 8--9. (Wildl. Nat. Heritage Sci. Sect., Ontario Ministry Nat. Resour., PO Box 7000, Peterborough, ON K9J 8M5, Can.)---Earlier report (N. Am. Bird Bander 23: 78--80), cited to contrary, supports idea that Plectrophenax nivalis does not replace tertials or greater coverts during the first prebasic molt.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E114} Marshall, J. T. 1999. The Common Yellowthroat of San Francisco Bay. Pp. 72--74 in J. T. Marshall, Ornithological tracts on taxonomy and distribution. 91 pp. Priv. publ., Springfield, VA. (PO Box 30890, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA; EM: jtmvz@juno.com)---Notes and color plate of Geothlypis trichas occidentalis and Geothlypis trichas sinuousa in molt in late summer or early fall.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E116} Arendt, J. D. 1997. Adaptive intrinsic growth rates: an integration across taxa. Q. Rev. Biol. 72: 149--177. (Dept. Biol., Binghamton Univ., Binghamton, NY 13902, USA.)---Examines hypotheses that account for evolution of growth rates which fall short of the physiological maximum in a taxon. Review covers animals and plants. Of interest to ornithologists.---J.S.G.
{E116} Buchanan, J. B., et al. 1996. Body mass and lipid levels of shorebirds collected in western Washington. Northwest. Nat. 77: 51--54. (Washington Dept. Fish Wildl., 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501, USA.)---Data for Charadrius semipalmatus, Pluvialis squatarola, Arenaria interpres, Calidris canutus, Calidris alba, Calidris mauri, and Calidris alpina.---R.B.C. {E118} {ROL #79}
{E116} Fernie, K. J., & D. M. Bird. 1999. Effects of electromagnetic fields on body mass and food-intake of American Kestrels. Condor 101: 616--621. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Can.; EM: kfernie@yahoo.com)---Study of captive Falco sparverius paired for one or two breeding seasons.---S.N.L. {E114, molt} {ROL #79}
{E116} Gille, U., & F.-V. Salomon. 1999. Growth of duck bills. Condor 101: 710--713. (Inst. Vet. Anat., Univ. Leipzig, Semmelweisstr. 4, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; EM: vethisto@rz.uni-leipzig.de) {allometry, Anas, growth curve}
{E116} Hertel, F., & L. T. Balance. 1999. Wing ecomorphology of seabirds from Johnston Atoll. Condor 101: 549--556. (Dept. Biol., Univ. California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA; EM: fhertel@ucla.edu)---Studies nine species of seabirds in the central tropical Pacific: Phaethon rubricauda, Puffinus nativitatis, Puffinus pacificus, Anous stolidus, Sula sula, Sula leucogaster, Sula dactylatra, Sterna fuscata, Gygis alba.---S.N.L. {Laridae, Phaethontidae, Procellariidae, Sulidae, flight} {ROL #79}
{E116} Johnson, D. H. 1997. Wing loading in 15 species of North American owls. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 553--561. (Washington Dept. Fish Wildl., 600 Capitol Way N., Olympia, WA 98501-1091, USA.)---Includes analysis of sexual dimorphism for most of the 15 species.---J.M.S. {B306} {ROL #79}
{E116} Valentine-Darby, P. L., R. E. Bennetts, & W. M. Kitchens. 1997. Breeding season masses of Snail Kites in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 25: 60--63. (Dept. Wildl. Ecol. Conserv., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus body masses differ between age and sex. Males maintain body mass through breeding season, but female mass increases during egg laying.---R.Bow. {ROL #79}
{E118} Blem, C. R. 1990. Avian energy storage. Curr. Ornithol. 7: 59--113. (Dept. Biol., Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA 23284-2012, USA.)---Energy stores within the bird (carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids), intermediate stores in the crop and external caches of food are examined. Lipid depots are the major energy reserve for most birds and aspects of lipid storage are detailed. The relationships between energy storage and starvation, egg production, growth, molt, and migration are considered.---S.N.L. {B710, D906, E114} {ROL #79}
{E118} Bromley, R. G., & R. L. Jarvis. 1993. The energetics of migration and reproduction of Dusky Canada Geese. Condor 95: 193--210. (Dept. Renew. Resour., Govt. NWT, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9, Can.)---Body mass, water, lipid, and protein varied by stage of reproduction in Branta canadensis occidentalis collected in Oregon and Alaska, 1977--1979. Lipid and protein reserves increased prelaying, declined during laying, incubation and migration.---R.B.C. {D906, E120} {ROL #79}
{E118} Firman, M. C., R. M. Brigham, & R. M. R. Barclay. 1993. Do free-ranging Common Nighthawks enter torpor? Condor 95: 157--162. (Div. Ecol., Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Can.)---Apparently not; Chordeiles minor in a energetically stressful season in British Columbia evidently sometimes starved, but temperatures never fell below homeothermic levels.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E118} Gwinner, E., & A. Scheuerlein. 1999. Photoperiodic responsiveness of equatorial and temperate-zone Stonechats. Condor 101: 347--359. (Res. Ctr. Ornithol. of the Max-Planck-Society, von der Tannstr. 3-7, D-82346 Andechs, Germany; EM: gwinner@erl.ornithol.mpg.de)---Gonadal and molt cycles of Saxicola torquata axillaris and Saxicola torquata rubicola.---S.N.L. {circannual rhythms, refractoriness, tropical birds} {ROL #79}
{E118} Hickey, M. B. C. 1993. Thermoregulation in free-living Whip-poor-wills. Condor 95: 744--747. (Dept. Biol., York Univ., North York, ON M3J 1P3, Can.)---Caprimulgus vociferus maintained body temperatures well above ambient and did not enter torpor under colder environmental temperatures.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E118} Hobson, K. A., R. T. Alisaukas, & R. G. Clark. 1993. Stable-nitrogen isotope enrichment in avian tissues due to fasting and nutritional stress: Implications for isotopic analyses of diet. Condor 95: 388--394. (Prairie & Northern Wildl. Res. Cent., 115 Perimeter Rd., Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4, Can.; EM: keith.hobson@ec.gc.ca)---Studies of captive Coturnix japonica and wild Chen rossii suggest enrichment may be due to physiological effects rather than diet.---R.B.C. {D302} {ROL #79}
{E118} Hohman, W. L. 1993. Body composition of wintering Canvasbacks in Louisiana: Dominance and survival implications. Condor 95: 377--387. (USFWS, Natl. Wetlands Res. Center, 700 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70506-3152, USA.)---Size-adjusted body mass and fat of Aythya valisineria varied by age, month, and site at two locations; protein levels were higher in adults and males, lower in immatures and females. Females had more fat than males and body mass was greater than in Canvasbacks wintering elsewhere.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E118} Holmes, D. J., & S. N. Austad. 1995. The evolution of avian senescence patterns: Implications for understanding primary aging processes. Am. Zool. 35: 307--317. (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA.)---Review status of avian gerontology and pose questions for future research.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{E118} Maloney, S. K., & T. J. Dawson. 1993. Sexual dimorphism in basal metabolism and body temperature of a large bird, the Emu. Condor 95: 1034--1037. (Sch. Biol. Sci., Univ. New South Wales, PO Box 1, Kensington 2033, Australia.)---BMR of male Dromaius novaehollandiae in summer (2.42 ±0.29 ml O2 per kg per min) and winter (2.53 ±0.36) significantly lower than in females (2.95 ±0.09 and 3.08 ±0.29, respectively; both sexes heavier in summer.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E118} McKechnie, A. E., & B. G. Lovegrove. 1999. Circadian metabolic responses to food deprivation in the Black-shouldered Kite. Condor 101: 426--432. (Dept. Zool. & Entomol., Univ. Natal (Pietermaritzburg), Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa; EM: mckechnie@agric.unp.ac.za)---Elanus caeruleus. {metabolic depression} {ROL #79}
{E118} Renauld, A. E., M. J. Melancon, & L. M. Sordillo. 1999. Identification of in vitro cytochrome P450 modulators to detect induction by prototype inducers in the Mallard duckling (Anas platyrhynchos). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C 122: 273--281. (No address available.)---Identification of these 7 selective in vitro modulators may improve detection and measurement of low level cytochrome P450 induction in avian species.---USGS {C904, C902} {ROL #79}
{E118} Williams, J. B. 1993. Energetics of incubation in free-living Orange-breasted Sunbirds in South Africa. Condor 95: 115--126. (Dept. Zool., Ohio State Univ., 1735 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA; EM: jbwbird+@osu.edu)---Incubating female Nectarinia violacea may use hypothermia as an energy conserving mechanism; field metabolic rate and water flux determined.---R.B.C. {B710} {ROL #79}
{E118} Williams, J. B. 1999. Heat production and evaporative water loss of Dune Larks from the Namib Desert. Condor 101: 432--438. (Percy FitzPatrick Inst. African Ornithol., Univ. Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa, and Dept. Evol., Ecol., & Organismal Biol., Ohio State Univ., 1735 Neil Ave., Columbus OH 43210, USA; EM: jbwbird+@osu.edu)---Miafra erythrocephalus. {avian energetics, basal metabolic rate, heat transfer coefficient} {ROL #79}
{E120} Briskie, J. V., & R. Montgomerie. 1993. Patterns for sperm storage in relation to sperm competition in passerine birds. Condor 95: 442--454. (Dept. Zool., Oxford Univ., S. Parks Rd., Oxford 0X1 3PS UK; james.briskie@zoology.oxford.ac.uk)---Sperm storage tubules (SST) studied in 20 species; more numerous in birds with greater body mass; length was correlated with sperm length. Mating system, testis length, oviduct length, clutch size and sperm storage capacity did not correlate with number or size of SST.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E120} Esler, d. 1999. Time of day of ovulation by three duck species in subarctic Alaska. Condor 101: 422--425. (U.S. Geol. Survey, Alaska Biol. Sci. Ctr., 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; EM: daniel_esler@usgs.gov)---Ovulation times of Northern Pintails (Anas acuta), American Wigeon (Anas americana) and Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) found to be highly variable.---S.N.L. {egg laying, waterfowl} {B710} {ROL #79}
{E120} Martin, K. 1995. Patterns and mechanisms for age-dependent reproduction and survival in birds. Am. Zool. 35: 340--348. (Can. Wildl. Serv., 5421 Robertson Rd., RR#1, Delta, BC V4K 3N2, Can.)---Reviews age-related effects and urges further study of proximate and ultimate mechanisms.---E.C.K. (C910} {ROL #79}
{E120} Ottinger, M. A., I. C. T. Nisbet, & C. E. Finch. 1995. Aging and reproduction: Comparative endocrinology of the Common Tern and Japanese Quail. Am. Zool. 35: 299--306. (Dept. Poult. Sci., Univ. Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.)---Summarize information on breeding biology and endocrine status of Sterna hirundo and compare to that for Coturnix japonica.---E.C.K. {E108} {ROL #79}
{E122} Boggs, D. F. 1997. Coordinated control of respiratory pattern during locomotion in birds. Am. Zool. 37: 41--53. (Div. Biol. Sci., Univ. Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.)---Cineradiographic studies of Columba livia and Pica pica in flight indicate phasic coordination of wingbeat and respiration.---E.C.K. {B306, E126} {ROL #79}
{E122} Scala, G., et al. 1991. Sur la structure du Sac Aerien Claviculaire chez le Canard. [On the structure of the clavicular air sac in a duck.] Anat. Histol. Embryol. 19: 135--142. (Dipto. Strutture, Funzioni e Tecnologie Biol., Via Veterinaria 1, 80137 Napoli, Italia.)---Light- and electron-microscopic study of the clavicular air sac in Anas platyrhynchos.---J.C.V.B. {ROL #79}
{E122} Scala, G., M. Corona, & G. V. Pelagalli. 1990. Sur la structure de la Syrinx chez le Canard (Anas platyrhynchos). [On the structure of the syrinx in the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos).] Anat. Histol. Embryol. 20: 111--117. (Dipto. Strutture, Funzioni e Tecnologie Biol., Via Veterinaria 1, 80137 Napoli, Italia.)---LM and EM study of the Membrana tympaniformis medialis.---J.C.V.B.
{E122} Wang, N., et al. 1992. An aerodynamic valve in the avian primary bronchus. J. Exp. Zool. 262: 441--445. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{E124} Starck, J. M. 1992. Towards a model of the functional morphology of the avian middle ear---the transfer function. Zool. Jb. Anat. 122: 287--302. (Zool. Inst., Eberhard Karls-Univ. Tübingen, D-7400 Tübingen 1, Germany.) {ROL #79}
{E124} Suburo, A. M., & J. A. Scolaro. 1999. Environmental adaptations in the retina of the Magellanic Penguin: Photoreceptors and outer plexiform layer. Waterbirds 22: 111--119. (Fac. Cien. Bioméd., Univ. Austral, Av. Juan de Garay 125, 1063 Buenos Aires, Argentina; EM: amsuburo@austral.edu.ar)---Morphology of eye in Spheniscus magellanicus suggests adaptations to low illumination and contrast in deep oceanic waters.---R.B.C. {B310} {ROL #79}
{E124} Zweers, G. A., R. G. Bout, & J. Heidweiller. 1994. Motor organization of the avian head-neck system. In M. Davies & P. R. Green (eds.), Perception and Motor Control in Birds. Chapt. 10. Pp. 201--221. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. (No address available.) {E126} {ROL #79}
{E126} Meyer, W., T. Bartels, & N. Lange. 1991. Construction of the avian skull as demonstrated by direct magnifying microfocal radiography (Aves). Zoomorphol. 111: 119--124. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{E126} Meyers, R. A. 1992. The morphological basis of folded-wing posture in the American Kestrel, Falco sparverius. Anat. Rec. 232: 493--498. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{E126} Meyers, R. A. 1993. Gliding flight in the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius): an electromyographic study. J. Morphol. 215: 213--224. (No address available.) {B306} {ROL #79}
{E126} Moreno, E., & L. M. Carrascal. 1993. Leg morphology and feeding postures in four Parus species: an experimental ecomorphological approach. Ecology 74: 2037--2044. (No address available.) {B306} {ROL #79}
{E126} Raikow, R. J., et al. 1993. Interspecific variation in the hindlimb muscles of the Ivory-billed Woodcreeper and the Blue Jay, with a review of other species. Condor 95: 497--506. (Sect. Birds, Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.)---Xiphorhynchus flavigaster and Cyanocitta cristata, plus table comparing work with 12 species studied previously.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E126} Streicher, J., & G. B. Muller. 1992. Natural and experimental reduction of the avian fibula: developmental thresholds and evolutionary constraint. J. Morphol. 214: 269--285. (Dept. Anat., Univ. Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.) {D105} {ROL #79}
{E126} Van Den Heuvel, W. F. 1992. Kinetics of the skull in the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). Neth. J. Zool. 42: 561--582. (No address available.) {ROL #79}
{E126} Van Der Leeuw, A. H. J., & G. Zweers. 1992. Some scaling effects on neck motion during drinking in Anatidae. Zool. Jb. Anat. 122: 321--324. (No address available.) {D304} {ROL #79}
{E126} Van Der Leeuw, A. H. J. 1992. Scaling effects on cervical kinematics in drinking Anatidae. Netherlands J. Zool. 42: 23--59. (No address available.) {D304} {ROL #79}
{E126} Witmer, L. M., & K. D. Rose. 1991. Biomechanics of the
jaw apparatus of the gigantic Eocene bird Diatryma: implications
for diet and mode of life. Paleobiology 17: 95--120. (No address available.)
{D306, E509, E304,} {ROL #79}
{E302} Tokarky, T. T., & C. R. Harrington. 1992. Baptornis
sp. (Aves: Hesperornithiformes) from Judith River Formation (Campanian)
of Saskatchewan, Canada. J. Paleontol. 66: 1010--1012. (Saskatchewan
Mus. Nat. Hist., 2340 Albert St., Regina, SK S4P 3V7, Can.)---Vertebra,
Cretaceous.---E.C.K. {ROL #79}
{E306} Olson, S. L., & C. A. Walker. 1997. A trans-Atlantic record of the fossil tropicbird Heliadornis ashbyi (Aves: Phaethontidae) from the Miocene of Belgium. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 110: 624–628. (Dept. Vert. Zool., Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Washington, DC 20560, USA.)---Discovery of nearly complete humerus at a higher latitude than its former known occurrence in Maryland suggests that Heliadornis may have been a higher-latitude sister group of the extant genus Phaethon.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E308} Steadman, D. W. 1999. The prehistory of vertebrates, especially birds, on Tinian, Aguiguan, and Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesica 31: 319--345. (Florida Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Florida, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; EM: steadman@flmnh.ufl.edu)---Excavations of caves and rock shelters found records of extinct or locally extirpated species for Tinian (10 species); Aguiguan (2), Rota (16); several of those from Rota (a flightless duck, large ground-dove (Gallicolumba sp.), a parrot, and a parrot-finch (Erythrura sp.) represent previously undescribed species.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E310} Steadman, D. W., & V. E. Burke. 1999. First highly stratified
prehistoric vertebrate sequence from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Pacific Science 53: 129--143. (Florida Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Florida,
PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; EM: steadman@flmnh.ufl.edu)---An
assemblage of ca. 6900 vertebrate fossils from cave on Isla Floreana includes
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{E500} Bensch, S., & M. Grahn. 1993. A new method for estimating
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Univ. Lund, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden; EM: staffan.bensch@zooekol.lu.se)---Wing
raggedness value (RV) describes amount of "missing" feather area in a molting
bird wing with a high value indicating either high speed of molt or a later
stage of molt; RRV (residual raggedness value = deviation of each observation
from RV from PS (primary score) highly correlated with speed of molt.---R.B.C.
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{E500} Pennycuick, C. J., et al. 1992. The profile drag of a hawk’s wing, measured by wake sampling in a wind tunnel. J. Exp. Biol. 165: 1--19. (No address available.) {B306, E100, wind drag, raptors} {ROL #79}
{E501} Absetz, K. 1998. Hints afield. Aiming device for angled view telescopes. Birding 30: 517--520. (Sisotoe 16B22. 00800 Helsinki, Finland.)---Use of cable-tie enables faster targeting of both sitting and moving birds.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E501} Ingraham, S. 1998. Bigger binoculars! Who needs them? Birding 30: 335--337. (120 Brown St., Kennebunk, ME 04043, USA.)---Comparison and review of larger objective binoculars with table comparing nine and additional remarks about each in text.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E501} Wiatt, T. J. 1998. Hints afield. Spotting-scope lens-covers. Birding 30: 338. (507 Highland Terr., Murfreesboro, TN 37130, USA.)---Plastic pill bottle and woven elastic for covering eyepiece and velcro-strips and lens cap for covering objective; B&W fig.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E502} Brown, R. L., et al. 1996. Purification of naphthoflavone and phenobarbital-induced Mallard cytochrome P450 enzymes, production of antibodies to these enzymes, and assessment of these antibodies as potential biomarkers of environmental contamination. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15: 2293--2298. (EM (MJ Melancon): Mark_Melancon@usgs.gov)---Anas platyrhynchos, Agelaius phoeniceus, Otus asio, Sturnus vulgaris, Aythya affinis. {contaminants, SETAC} {ROL #79}
{E502} Johnston, R. G., W. G. Lee, & W. K. Grace. 1994. Identifying moa gastroliths using a video light scattering instrument. J. Paleontol. 68: 159--163. (Chemical and Laser Sci. Div., Los Alamos Natl. Lab., MS J565, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.)---Technique distinguishes between fossil Dinornis gizzard stones and wave-polished quartz pebbles.---E.C.K. {E308} {ROL #79}
{E502} Leeton, P., L. Christidis, & M. Westerman. 1993. Feathers from museum bird skins---A good source of DNA for phylogenetic studies. Condor 95: 465--466. (Dept. Ornithol., Mus. Victoria, 71 Vincent Crescent Abbotsford, Vict. 3175., Australia.)---Specimens 40 to 120 years old used successfully.---R.B.C. {D103} {ROL #79}
{E502} Link, W. A., et al. 1996. A resource conservative procedure for comparison of dose-response relationships. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15: 1612--1617. (EM: William_Link@usgs.gov)---This abbreviated protocol for investigations of multiple dose-response relations is designed to limit expenses. Describe MS-DOS compatible software available from the authors which can be used to analyze these data.---USGS {SETAC, Cyanide, Dose-response, ED50, Probit, Toxicity} {ROL #79}
{E502} Pagac, B. B., M. J. Turell, & G. H. Olsen. 1992. Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus and Culiseta melanura activity at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 1985--90. J. Am. Mosquito Control Assoc. 8: 328--330. (EM: Glenn_Olsen@usgs.gov)---Mosquito population densities, virus isolations and seroconversion in sentinel quail were used to monitor eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus activity at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.---USGS {ROL #79}
{E504} Sharpe, P. B., A. Woolf, & D. D. Roby. 1998. Raising and monitoring tame Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) for field studies. Am. Midl. Nat. 139: 39--48. (Coop. Wildl. Res. Lab., Dept. Zool., Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL 62901, USA.) {ROL #79}
{E506} Bolgiano, N. C. 1997. Examining the Christmas Bird Count in Pennsylvania, 1900--1995. PA Birds 11: 50--54. (711 W. Foster Ave., State College, PA 16801, USA.)---A historic overview of observer effort and regional patterns in number of species and individuals counted.---P.D.H. {C318, C914} {ROL #79}
{E506} Bosakowski, T., & D. G. Smith. 1998. Response of a forest raptor community to broadcasts of heterospecific and conspecific calls during the breeding season. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 198--203. (Beak Consultants, 12931 NE 126th Pl., Kirkland, WA 98034, USA.)---Otus asio, Asio otus, Bubo virginianus, Aegolius acadicus, Strix varia, Accipiter gentilis, Accipiter striatus, Accipiter cooperii, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo platypterus. {B320} {ROL #79}
{E506} Boyd, W. S., & J. R. Jehl, Jr. 1998. Estimating the abundance of Eared Grebes on Mono Lake, California, by aerial photography. Colon. Waterbirds 21: 236--241. (Pac. Wildl. Res. Centr., Can. Wildl. Serv., RR1 5421 Robertson Rd., Delta, BC V4K 3N2, Can.; EM: sean.boyd@ec/gc/ca)---Stratified by density method more time consuming but more robust than other two techniques compared; results indicate Mono Lake is most important fall staging area for Podiceps nigricollis.---R.B.C. {ROL #79}
{E506} Byers, D. 1993. How many birds come to your feeder? PA Birds 7: 125--126. (No address available.)---Daily observations indicated that numbers were typically underestimated.---P.D.H. {ROL #79}
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{E506} DeGraaf, R. M., A. D. Geis, & P. A. Healy. 1991. Bird population and habitat surveys in urban areas. Landscape Urban Plann. 21: 181--188. (No address available.) {C908} {ROL #79}
{E506} Francis, C. M., & M. S. W. Bradstreet. 1997. Monitoring boreal forest owls in Ontario using tape playback surveys with volunteers. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190: 175--184. (Long Pt. Bird Obs., P.O. Box 160, Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0, Can.)---Pilot study to determine feasibility of long-term surveys to detect owl population changes. Strix varia, Strix nebulosa, Aegolius acadicus, Aegolius funereus.---J.M.S. {ROL #79}
{E506} Garner, D. L., H. B. Underwood, & W. F. Porter. 1995. Use of modern infrared thermography for wildlife population surveys. J. Environ. Manage. 19: 233--238. (No address available.) {E508} {ROL #79}
{E506} Högmander, H., & J. Møller. 1995. Estimating distribution maps from atlas data using methods of statistical image analysis. Biometrics 51: 393--404. (Dept. Stat., Univ. Jyväskylä, P. O. Box 35, FIN-40351 Jyväskylä, Finland.)---Use breeding bird atlas data from central Finland for Numenius arquata, Columba palumbus, Certhia familiaris, and Gavia arctica.---E.C.K. {E514} {ROL #79}
{E506} Holroyd, G. L., & L. Takats. 1997. Workshop: Report on the noct