The Los Angeles Chapter ofThe National Audubon Society

STERNTANAGEF^Volume 57 Numbers November 1990

Vagrant Birds In Californiaby Arnold Small

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Vagrant birds may be defined as those individuals whose normalspecies' breeding range and routes of migration do not include Californianor its offshore waters (out to 200 nautical miles). However, for a small number of marginalvagrants (i.e. American Redstart, Bobolink), their breeding range and/or migratory routes barely include the fringes of the state.

About 200 of California's 580 birdspecies may be considered vagrantsor near-vagrants. This is 34.5 percentof the state's avifauna. As might beexpected, the largest number of va-grants in California are derived fromthe "eastern" North America compo-nent. Those species with large breedingpopulations account for a large pro-portion of the California records. Themajority of fall vagrant passerines inCalifornia are immatures rather thanadults. Indeed, over 90 percent of thevagrant autumn parulines on theCalifornia coast are immatures, pre-sumably dependent upon "distance-and-direction" navigation. The major-ity of vagrant fall shorebirds have alsoproven to be immatures. Of course, in

spring, virtually all the passerine va-grants in California may be due to mis-orientation - the inability of an indi-vidual to follow the correct orienta-tion. Two types of mis-orientation -"180 degree reverse mis-orientation"and "mirror-image mis-orientation"were proposed as causing some of thevagrancy to California by "eastern"North American birds. The "mirror-image mis-orientation" theory wasdeveloped by DeSante and summa-rized by Diamond to explain the oc-currence of vagrant passerines incoastal California in the fall. He workedwith records of parulines (warblers),especially the Blackpoll Warbler, andwas able to demonstrate that thesebirds were oriented in their migratory

flight path (presumably from Alaskaand Canada) to the southwest at the sameangle towards the southwest to whichthey should have been oriented to-wards the southeast in relation to south.That is, they could not tell right fromleft when navigating in reference to asoutherly heading or, putting it anotherway they flew a "mirror-image" courseof what should have been their normalcourse of migration, and thus arrivedon the west coast rather than the eastcoast of North America, but displacedthe same distance to the south. Sincemis-orientation can occur in any di-rection, it can be assumed that sinceso many members of a population areoriented normally for migration (thatis, to the southeast) then those species

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with the largest breeding populationswould produce the largest number ofmis-oriented offspring that follow amirror-image route to the west coast.These two types of mis-orientation mayalso explain vagrancy to California ofa number of Asian species.

However, another factor may beinvolved in this western displacementphenomenon, and that is the "highpressure" weather system which nor-mally forms over west-central Cana-da in late summer andfall. Clockwise winds fromthis system may force orprobably encouragesouthbound or south-easterly-heading birds toswing southwestwardwith favorable followingtail winds. The largenumbers of immatureswould be accounted forby their relative autumnabundance in the popu-lation and, in addition,some adult birds (withcorrect navigationalgenes) occur in this mi-grational stream every fallanyway. That these mi-grants are on a southwest heading hasbeen demonstrated on the Farallon Is-lands (situated 27 miles west of theGolden Gate) by observers from thePt. Reyes Bird Observatory stationedthere and who have charted migrantsarriving early in the morning from theocean to the west and the southwest.Presumably these migrants overshotthe mainland at dawn and, before theywere out of sight of land, reversedcourse and made for the nearest avail-able landfall at first light. The survi-vors, then, might follow the coastsouthward, and that might explain theappearance of some of them at thevarious coastal "vagrant traps" situat-ed there and now well known to mod-ern California field ornithologists.Those that were out of sight of landare presumed to have perished at seafrom exhaustion or were consumedby gulls and jaegers.

Another type of vagrancy mightbe due to 180 degree mis-orientationin which migrants on a fall southboundheading might for some reason becomedisoriented, then re-orient themselvesbut in the opposite direction, and thusmigrate north rather than south in thefall. Williams et al. noted this eventwhile observing eastern land birds

along the Atlantic coast. It might ex-plain the fall and winter appearancesof Broad-billed Hummingbirds,Dusky-capped Flycatchers, GreaterPewees, Tropical Kingbirds, Thick-billed Kingbirds, Rufous-backed Rob-ins, Grace's Warblers, Yellow-greenVireos, Varied Buntings, Painted Bun-tings, and Streak-backed Orioles inCalifornia.

Spring vagrants tend to concen-trate at the eastern desert oases rather

Common Pochard, Silver hakes, SBCO February 1989, Photo by Arnold Small

than on coastal promontories as dothe fall vagrants. This is somewhatmore difficult to test and explain, butone possibility is the more or lessregular establishment, in centralMexico, of a strong "low pressure"weather system during the latter partof May. This system becomes estab-lished where Mexico narrows consid-erably near the Isthmus ofTehuantepec. It is through this narrowfunnel of land that many northboundmigrants, bound for both coasts, mustpass. Since this "low" forms late in themigration season, it might delay themigrants and account for the typicallylate arrival times (mid-May to earlyJune) at the desert oases in Californiaof the "eastern" vagrants that havealso been given a northwestward thrustby the tail winds generated by thiscounter clockwise wind pattern.

One of the most intriguing ques-tions pertaining to vagrants concernsthe actual number of vagrants of anygiven species that are present in Cali-fornia during any one season or monthor week or even on any given day. Theultimate question is to know the ratioof the actual number to the perceivednumber (the number of records) perspecies per unit of time. This kind of

speculation is purely an intellectualexercise since we can never know, andthe ratio, no doubt, varies from spe-cies to species. What we can determineby examining the accumulated data isthe relative abundance of one vagrantmatched against another. We know,relatively speaking, that during fallmigration Blackpoll Warblers are morenumerous than Cape May Warblersand that these, in turn, are more nu-merous than Pine Warblers and to what

comparative degree. It isprobable that oursamples, drawn frommany years of accumu-lated data, accurately re-flect the real situation innature. At the well-known "vagrant traps."it is unlikely that, on anygiven day during migra-tion when birders arethere in force, any va-grant goes undetected.The ultimate question ishow that "vagrant trap"reflects the real situationfor miles in any direction.We can never know, butwe realize that because

it is a "trap" of sorts, the concentra-tion of vagrants must be much higherthere than in other habitats nearby.Not only do these "traps" trap thebirds, they trap the birders as well, sothe record samples from less attrac-tive habitats are much smaller. Binfordpoints out that "field ornithologiststend to be selective in their birdinghabits in respect to localities and dates.As a result, large areas of the stateremain virtually unworked, and otherlocalities are visited only at certaintimes of the year." Hence, distribu-tional data, especially on vagrants, al-though at times voluminous, is biasedin favor of certain favored and acces-sible birding locations within Califor-nia. For example, coastal coveragealong the southern and central coast isfairly extensive, but north of MarinCounty it diminishes rapidly inSonoma and Mendocino counties andincreases again somewhat around Eu-reka in Humboldt County, decreasingagain in Del Norte County. This islargely the result of inaccessibility be-cause of terrain, the lack of roads andto the paucity of local birders there.Similarly, we have extensive data onboth the north and south ends of theSalton Sea, but very little information

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about birds in the intervening regionsand on the Sea itself.

"Vagrant trap" is a term which hasbeen coined to describe a relativelysmall area of desirable habitat (par-ticularly for small passerines such asflycatchers, thrushes, vireos, and war-blers) that is an "island" of vegetation(deciduous, coniferous or mixed) iso-lated from other such desirable habi-tats by large expanses of unsuitablehabitat. Continental islands such asthe Farallon Islands andthe Channel Islands areobviously such traps.Coastal promontorieswith small groves oftrees; riparian wood-lands along the lowerreaches of rivers andstreams that empty intothe sea; well vegetatedcoastal or near-coastalparks, cemeteries, gar-dens and golf coursesthat are surrounded byurban development(Central Park in NewYork City is a classic ex-ample, as is the light-house on Pt. ReyesMRN); coastal peninsulas that aresituated in a more or less north-southdirection (since so many of the fallsouthbound vagrants hug the coastduring migration); small well-wateredand vegetated desert communities,parks, farms and ranches; and, ofcourse, natural desert oases and otherstreamside woodlands in the deserts -all are "vagrant traps," and are dili-gently searched by birders, especiallyduring spring and fall. "Habitat is-lands" are bird traps also because theyare "islands" of attractive and suitablehabitat surrounded by an inhospitableenvironment. Lakes and marshes inarid country attract and hold water-fowl, shorebirds, herons and otherwater-loving birds. Sewage-treatmentplants of the "secondary" type, withmuddy borders, salt evaporatingponds and sugar processing ponds at-tract a variety of waders, especiallythe vagrants such as Sharp-tailedSandpipers, Ruffs, Curlew Sandpip-ers, and White-rumped Sandpipers aswell as rarer gulls like Franklin's, Black-headed, and Little. Rubbish dumps andsanitary landfills may attract thousandsof gulls that often include Thayer's,Glaucous, and even Iceland. Grovesof deciduous trees isolated and sur-

rounded by agricultural or grazingland attract birds to the woodlandswho have no other choice. Vagrantsoften display remarkable site tenacityfor from a few days to even months onend and may remain within a relativesmall area, returning even to the samesmall grove of trees again and again.If the night sky is clear, they are lesslikely to remain for long in one place;if it is overcast, they may linger until itclears. It now appears not unreason-

Roseate Spoonbills, Zuma Creek, LACO 25 June 1973

able to hope that a vagrant seen oneyear in a specific place might well re-turn to that exact location the follow-ing year on about the same date.

It is also likely that in well-stud-ied shorebird habitats of manageable size(where most of the birds can be seenand identified within a reasonabletime) such as at Bolinas Lagoon, theSalinas sewage ponds or the SantaClara River estuary, no vagrant shore-bird is likely to escape notice. However,the enormous tidal flats at HumboldtBay, San Francisco Bay, Morro Bay, andSouth San Diego Bay defy more than acursory and localized examination, andas a result, many vagrants must beoverlooked. The same condition ap-plies to waterfowl on manageable lakesas opposed to the such large and inac-cessible bodies of water as the SanFrancisco Bay/San Pablo Bay complex,the vast marshes of the SacramentoNWR, or the Salton Sea. It is likelythat the Common Pochard discoveredon Silver Lakes was found becauseevery Canvasback and Redhead onthose lakes could be studied. Howmany have gone undetected over theyears among the 40,000 or so Canvas-backs that sometimes winter on SanFrancisco/San Pablo Bays? As so fre-

quently happens, once a previouslyunrecorded vagrant is found for thefirst time, birders are quickly alertedto its appearance and where and whento search for it, and the number ofrecords subsequently increases, oftenrapidly. Yellow-billed Loons, TuftedDucks, Broad-winged Hawks, Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Ruffs, Philadel-phia Vireos, and Mourning Warblersare some cases in point.

The rather regular late summerincursions of large wad-ing birds from Mexico issimilar to that which oc-curs along the Atlanticcoast from Florida.Many of these are im-mature birds unable toface competition ofadults and thus disperse,many of them travelingto the north where com-petition is less intense.It may be a method thata species has evolved forcolonizing and exploit-ing potential new habi-tats. In any event, it moreor less regularly bringsto California some

Brown P e l i c a n s , R e d - b i l l e dTropicbirds, Magnificent Frigatebirds,Yellow-footed Gulls, Laughing Gulls,a number of southern herons, ElegantTerns and Black Skimmers (in whichcase the northward dispersal success-fully resulted in the colonization ofSouth San Diego Bay and Bolsa Chicaby both the Elegant Terns and BlackSkimmers, and in the past, the southend of the Salton Sea by Laughing Gullsand more recently by Black Skimmers).Much less frequently and at irregulartimes it results in the arrival of Yel-low-crowned Night-Herons, WhiteIbises, Roseate Spoonbills, Anhingas,Olivaceous Cormorants, boobies of atleast two species and Black-belliedWhistling-Ducks. Although the pur-suit of vagrants is one of the mostenjoyable aspects of birding, muchmore remains to be learned of the sta-tus and distribution of California's"regular" birds. >~

This article is an excerpt fromArnold Small's forthcoming book,California Birds: Their Status and Distri-bution, to be published soon by CornellUniversity Press.

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Conservation Conversationby David White

Big Greenand U'l OV Us

Not long ago, I stopped at a restaurant inOlancha near the desiccated remnants ofOwens Lake. On the wall in the men'sroom someone had written "EARTHFIRST!" Alongside, someone else hadadded "OLANCHA SECOND!"

The conversation continued. An arrowpointed to EARTH FIRST! and as-serted, "L.A. DUM [expletive];" an-other arrow pointed to DUM andcommanded, "LEARN TO SPELL!!" Iliked "OLANCHA SECOND!" justbecause it seemed such a neat expres-sion of Audubon's dictum to "Thinkglobally, act locally." But the exchangeas a whole showed a depressing re-semblance to current enviro-politicaldiscourse.

By the time this column appears,the November elections are likely tobe history; we'll presumably know ifProposition 128, "Big Green," passedor not. Either way, debate will runhot. Did it pass because voters are fedup with legislators ignoring issuescrucial to the health and welfare ofour planet and ourselves? Did it failbecause we were suckered by opposi-tion ads? They warned us about (gasp!)Tom Hayden as "Environmental Czar"(omitting that the position would beseparately elected); they fretted aboutallowing lawsuits by "radicals likeEarth First!" (as if Earth First! were asponsor of Prop 128, which it wasn't -and aren't these the folks who thinkwe should all "work within the sys-tem?"). Or did it pass just because toomany people saw through the desper-ately ad hominem anti-Prop 128 cam-paign and reacted by voting for it?

It is a tough task, trying to sort outthe wheat of issues from the chaff ofcampaign rhetoric. I wish it were easierto maneuver the labyrinths of truths,half-truths, well-intentioned misun-derstandings and outright lies soquickly constructed around our ini-

tiative propositions. The best thing, ofcourse, is to read the propositions andeither ignore advertisements entirelyor pay suspicious attention while ask-ing who is paying and why they mightcare. But the 16,000-word text of "BigGreen" is too much for any but themost dedicated or compulsive readers,and its fate will almost certainly hingeon predigested media presentations.People who decide how to vote be-cause of sloganistic radio and TV adsare beyond help; this column is forthose who also read. Here, for the fu-ture, are some thoughts on how towade through some of the more so-phisticated arguments against envi-ronmental action.

The most nearly convincing argu-ments against Prop 128 were that itattempted too much and didn't allowneeded flexibility. But until the con-cerned public sees a government thatis actively committed to environmen-tal principles, that tackles hard issueshead-on and uses flexibility to improvehow things work rather than to createloopholes for exploiters, it is expectablethat reach and rigidity will be neces-sary tools of environmental defense.

Two other arguments are moreinsidious and are being applied to aspectrum of environmental issues.Whatever has happened to "BigGreen," you will see these argumentsagain, in various disguises. One is thatwe should do nothing local (neigh-borhood, city, state) if a problem iscomplex and requires attention at thenext level up (city, state, nation); theother is that we should do nothinguntil we can bring "good science" tobear on the issue. What makes thesearguments truly treacherous is thatthey are so firmly based on reason.

Daniel B. Botkin advanced botharguments against "Big Green," writ-ing in the Los Angeles Times back inSeptember. Because "we can't take lo-cal actions that result in total controlof the greenhouse effect over our ownstate," and because the problem is"complex and poorly understood,"Botkin suggested in place of Prop 128"a series of short initiatives" with moreflexibility.

From a perspective both abstractand ideal, Botkin is absolutely right.The best way to solve a problem is tounderstand it perfectly and to applyprecise corrective measures at exactlythe right time and place. But unfortu-nately, the world is not a friendly placefor abstract ideals. By the time we un-derstand a complex problem it mayhave evolved into something else en-tirely; even if we know what to do,economic and political interests maytry to prevent timely action.

The "greenhouse effect" issue isclearly global in scope, and concertedinternational action would be requiredfor a stable and lasting solution. Butdoes this mean that cities, counties,states, and individuals should relaxand let the diplomats figure it out?Not in the least. The very worst partof not acting locally is the dangerousillusion that we are part of neither so-lution nor problem. Folks just wannahave fun!

It is true that you and I cannotsolve the whole problem, but we cando our little parts. We can plant a tree,let the hedge get bushy, pack awaythe gas-powered weed eater, andminimize driving. And even ifCalifornia's redwood forests are notas effective a "carbon sink" as Brazil'srainforests, not clearcutting them is atleast as likely to help as it is to hurt.

The necessity of acting locally onproblems that are regional or larger iseasier seen than the problem of "goodscience." After all, science and tech-nology are the true religions of oursociety, and to question them borderson heresy. But let's consider the secu-lar equivalent of televangelists: scien-tists (or politicians using scientists'words) who argue that we shouldn'tdo anything until we can do it "scien-tifically."

Many people see through the po-litical ploy of calling for studies in or-der to postpone real action, but fewerunderstand the flaw in logic. Scienceis primarily explanatory. It predictssimple phenomena well, but as thingsbecome complex, predictions becomeuncertain (i.e., statistical). Science isadept at "what" but positively inept

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at "why" (I'm not being mystical; we'veknown the "what" of gravity for threecenturies but the "why" eludes).

Science is at its best with thingsthat are repeated in nature over andover and can be duplicated in labora-tories until boredom sets in. Put scien-tists into a unique and messy real worldwhere hypothetically dependent andindependent variables refuse to neatlyextricate themselves from each other,and science is in trouble. There is onlyone planet Earth, and she has beeninhabited only once by creatures whichset fire to her very bones.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not a neo-Luddite, and I don't favor know-nothing action. Computer modellingof global climate change is essential,and it is important to seek out compli-cating factors such as natural climaticcycles independent of human actions.But science will find new questions solong as there are scientists, and it is nomore scientific to postpone action be-cause of partial understanding than it

is to undertake it.There is an established correlation

between high atmospheric carbon di-oxide and high planetary temperatures;carbon dioxide has increased morerapidly in the past two centuries thanat any time in Earth's history, but theplanet previously endured more car-bon dioxide and higher temperatures.It did so without human presence andinterference. Science cannot say exactlywhat all of this means for the planet,much less for ourselves; predictionscan be made, but not with assurance.

Science is objective, but whenpeople make decisions about uncer-tainties affecting their lives, a subjec-tive element enters in. Objectively, a40% chance of showers tomorrow car-ries the same weight as a 40% chanceof significant global warming nextcentury; subjectively, in terms of hu-man consequences, comparison is ab-surd.

We will certainly need science, andtechnology, to move ourselves safely

into the future. Science must help charthazards, but navigation should be abroad social responsibility rather thansomething entrusted to a priesthood. Isay science should press on with de-scribing, cataloging variables, andmaking predictions, but I also say sci-entists should humbly admit what theydon't know and should learn to betterrecognize and communicate theboundaries between objective fact andsubjective recommendations. Politi-cians and the general public also have alarge responsibility in this; we all mustlearn that science doesn't have a mo-nopoly on answers and that the humanfactor must play a role in decisions.

We're collectively entering into aunique moment of global history, andwe need to understand the differencebetween acting on certain knowledgeand being prudent when we risk theunknown. We all must learn to spell,but we must also learn that knowinghow to spell "dumb" doesn't in itselfprevent us from being dumb. %»-

In November, VOTE:

Yes on Prop 128

Yes on Prop 130

No on Prop 138Los Angeles Audubon Society

WISH LISTPaper Shredder:Our good friends at ABA have come up with a great idea! Instead of using plastic and styrofoam for packaging, they havepurchased a paper shredder. This not only resolves the issue of using materials that are not bio-degradable, but it alsorecycles waste paper. LAAS is interested in doing the same and we hope that someone will donate a paper shredder to ouroffice or the money to buy one (approx. $250).

FAX Machine:In this modern day of immediate communication and gratification, a FAX machine would be greatly appreciated by ouroffice staff. The cost of maintaining the machine and the additional telephone expense would be absorbed by LAAS, but wehope that some kind person will donate the machine or the money to purchase one.

IBM or Compatible PC:In the vein of generous donations, if you have upgraded your PC and have a spare IBM compatible computer with no lessthan 640K, it would really be appreciated in our office. Untold hours could be saved if we had our bookstore inventory inthe computer.

Have you upgraded or changed equipment and have an extra FAX machine or PC around? We need them. Or are youplanning to upgrade? Instead of trading in your used equipment please consider donating it to LAAS. You can be sure thatit will get good use here in our office and all donations to LAAS are tax deductible.

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Birds Of The Seasonby Hank Brodkin

Records of rare and unusual bird sightingsreported in this column should be consid-ered tentative pending review by theAmerican Birds regional editors or, if ap-propriate, by the California Bird RecordsCommittee.

As usual, this fall shaped up as themost challenging and interesting partof the year. A Smith's Longspur at theMoonglow Dairy near Moss Landingin Monterey County demonstratedagain that in spite of California's listof 572 birds (see Roberson, Don. 1989.News From the California Bird RecordsCommittee. WesternBirds 20: 269-271),this is the time of year a new staterecord is most likely to turn up.

A word about the good work ofthe Western Field Ornithologists whichpublishes the above-cited journal.Originally formed some 21 years agoas the California Field Ornithologistsby some of the legendary Californiabirders of the day including GuyMcCaskie and Jon Winter (who are,by the way, living legends!), WesternBirds includes serious ornithologicalpapers, many of which are authoredby "amateurs." Membership in theWestern Field Ornithologists is avail-able in various categories but $14.00sent to Howard Cogswell, 1548 EastAvenue, Hay ward, CA 94541, will getyou in for a year.

Associated with the Field Orni-thologists from its earliest inception isthe California Bird Records Commit-tee which reviews reports of speciesnot yet on the state list and those birdsconsidered "super-rarities" in the state.For a list of birds subject to reviewand a report form (use of which is notnecessary, but a good guide to the typeof information sought by any com-mittee judging rare bird sightings), thereader can send a stamped self-add-ressed envelope to Don Roberson,Secretary of the California Bird RecordsCommittee, 282 Grove Acre, PacificGrove, CA 93950.

Of course, all unusual sightings inSouthern California should be sentwith full details to American Birds re-gional editor Guy McCaskie, 954 GroveStreet, Imperial Beach, CA 92032. Los

Angeles County sightings may be sentto county editor Kimball Garrett, Sec-tion of Ornithology, Los AngelesCounty Museum of Natural History,900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Ange-les, CA 90007. If your bird is on thereview list of the California BirdsRecords Committee the details will beforwarded. Remember the best evi-dence is corroboration by other birders.Send photographs if possible.

Late August and early Septembersaw hoards of Black-vented Shear-waters, seen not only on pelagic tripsbut also from the beaches. In additionto 100 Black-vented, Steve Mlodinowreported two Pink-footed and oneSooty Shearwater as well as four BlackStorm-Petrels from Malibu on 19 Au-gust and these same four species, plusLeast Storm-Petrels, were seen fromPt. Dume on 25 August (KimballGarrett and Kathy Molina). A pelagictrip across the Catalina Channel on15 September yielded a Red-billedTropicbird and a Brown Booby (BrianDaniels).

An immature MagnificentFrigatebird overflew the Santa ClaraRiver mouth on 7 September (EdNavajosky), and a Least Bittern, notoften seen in LosAngeles County thesedays, was seen at Harbor Lake on 18September (Mitch Heindel). Twenty-two Greater White-fronted Geesewere seen at the San Joaquin Marsh inIrvine on 22 September by Bea andDick Smith who were down therelooking at the eclipse plumage maleGarganey found by Richard Websteron 12 September who was down therelooking at a White-rumped Sand-piper found by Doug Willick on 9September. There is a moral to thisstory somewhere!

Among the Solitary Sandpipersreported this fall were two at OwensLake on 5 August and one in the LosAngeles River in Long Beach on 17September (Mi. H.). The Bar-tailedGodwit found on 30 August nearPt. Mugu by Barbara Elliott has to bethe most exciting bird found so farthis fall. The first Pectoral Sandpiperreported was one on 20 August atMalibu (Ken Younglieb). A Buff-

breasted Sandpiper was seen at theKern County side of Edwards Air ForceBase on 16 September (Matt Heindel)and a Ruff was at the Ventura SewagePonds on 15 September (Gayle Bentonand B.E.). A Stilt Sandpiper was foundat the Santa Clara River Mouth on 7September (Randy Moore).

Two Andean Condors being usedin the California Condor recoveryprogram were seen near Bakersfieldon 20 August (Paul Farelli). BurrowingOwls are very scarce in coastal LosAngeles County so it was gratifyingto hear of six on the Cal StateDominguez campus on 15 September(Mi. H.).

A Gray Flycatcher was atPt. Fermin on 16 September (Mi. H.),and an Eastern Kingbird was found inthe Sepulveda Hood Control Basin on22 September (Lloyd Kiff).

Virginia Warbler reports this fallinclude one at Malibu on 26 August(Phil Sayre), one at the El Dorado Na-ture Center, Long Beach, on 28 Au-gust (Jon Alderfer) and one on the LosAngeles River in Long Beach on22 September (Daniel Cooper). AMagnolia Warbler was seen on21 September at Harbor Lake (Mi. H.)and another was reported from Hun-tington Beach Central Park on 22 Sep-tember (B.D.).

A Blackpoll Warbler was seen atHarbor Lake on 21 September (Mi. H.), aBay-breasted Warbler was at Hunting-ton Beach Central Park on 22 September(B.D.), and a Black-and-White Warblerwas also at Harbor Lake on 21 September(Mi. H.). A Connecticut Warbler was re-ported from Galileo Park, Kern Countyon 19 September (Rick Clements). Twolocal American Redstart reports came in,one from Brentwood on 9 September(Russell Stone) and one from the NaturalHistory Museum on 19-21 September(K.G.).

Single Clay-colored Sparrowswere seen at El Dorado Nature Cen-ter, Long Beach, on 28 August (J.A.),at Pt. Fermin on 16 September (Mi. H.)and at Sepulveda Flood Control Basinon 23 September (L.K.). Also at ElDorado on the 28th was a Black-chinned Sparrow.

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Lastly a Bobolink was reported seenat Harbor Lake on 18 September (Mi. H.).

Early to middle November will see,with exceptions, the last of the fall va-grants. The desert oases like FurnaceCreek, the Mojave-Calif ornia City area,and Anza-Borrego will be quite com-fortable. Ruddy Ground-Doves, Treeand Harris Sparrows, Rusty Black-birds, and longspurs can be looked forin these places. Winter invaders willalso begin to show up along the coast -Golden-crowned Kinglets, nuthatch-es, even Mountain Chickadees, andperhaps a new California species fromSiberia. Those of you with feedersshould keep an eye on them. Let usknow what you find.

Good Birding!^-.

Send your bird observations with as manydetails as possible to:

Hank Brodkin27-1/2 Mast StreetMarina del Rey, CA 90292(213) 827-0407

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C A L E N D A RContinued from back page

Sunday, December 9 - Ballona Lagoon MarinePreserve. Leader Eileen Weiss. An easy morn-ing bird walk. Note: Ballona Lagoon is not thesame as Ballona Wetlands. Meet at 8:30 a.m. atthe bridge at Pacific Ave. and Lighthouse St.south of Washington St. in Venice. To get therefrom the 405 Fwy., take Culver Blvd. SW to Lin-coln Blvd. (PCH), turn right on Lincoln, left onWashington Blvd. and veer left onto WashingtonAve. Turn left on Pacific Ave. and continue about

3/4 mile to Lighthouse St. Search out parking inthe adjacent residential areas. (LA, p.49, C-6).

Sunday, December 23 - Malibu Lagoon. LeaderSMAS member. Meet at 8:30 a.m. See Novem-ber 25 write-up for details.

Saturday, January 12 - Gull Mini-Workshop.8:00 a.m. Malibu. Leader Larry Allen. ^ »

RESERVATION POLICY AND PROCEDUREReservations will be accepted ONLY if ALL the following information is

supplied:(1) Trip desired,(2) Names of people in your party,(3) Phone numbers (a) usual and (b) evening before event, in case of emergencycancellation;(4) Separate check (no cash please) to LAAS for exact amount for each trip;(5) Self-addressed stamped envelope for confirmation and associated tripinformation.Send to Reservations Chairman Millie Newton, LAAS, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd.,Los Angeles, CA 90046.

If there is insufficient response, the trip will be cancelled two Wednesdaysprior to the scheduled date (four weeks for pelagics) and you will be so notified andyour fee returned. Your cancellation after that time will bring a refund only if thereis a paid replacement.

Millie Newton is available at Audubon House on Tuesdays 10-3 to answerquestions about field trips. If you want to carpool to an event, she can alsoprovide contacts for you.

WESTERN TANAGERPublished 10 times a year by

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(Plummer Park)West Hollywood, CA 90046

EDITOR: Jean BrandtCONSERVATION EDITOR:

Sandy WohlgemuthORNITHOLOGY CONSULTANT:

Kimball GarrettHELD TRIPS: Nick FreemanPELAGIC TRIPS: Phil Sayre

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Los Angeles Audubon Society is a chapter ofNational Audubon Society. Opinions ex-pressed in articles or letters herein do notnecessarily express the position of this pub-lication or of LAAS.

PRESIDENT: Robert Van Meter1st VICE PRESIDENT: Melanie Ingalls

2nd VICE PRESIDENT:Thomas Van Huss

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:Mildred Newton

Annual membership in both societies is$35 per year, $21 for seniors, and presently$20 for new members for their first year.Members receive the Western Tanagernewsletter and Audubon magazine, a na-tional publication.

Renewals of membership are computer-ized by National Audubon and should notnormally be sent to LAAS. New member-ships and renewal of lapsed membershipsmay be sent to Los Angeles Audubon Houseat the above address. Make checks payable tothe order of National Audubon Society.

Non-members may suscribe to the WesternTanager for $12 per year. The newsletter issent by first class mail to subscribers andmembers who pay an additional $5. Makechecks payable to Los Angeles AudubonSociety.

National Headquarters, New York(212) 832-3200

Los Angeles Audubon Headquarters,Library and Bookstore are open

Tuesday - Saturday10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.(213) 876-0202-office

(213) 874-1318-bird tape(updated Thursdays)

To report bird sightings,before 9:00 p.m.

(818) 788-5188 - Jean Brandt(213) 827-0407 - Hank Brodkin

Western Tanager NOVEMBER 1990

A N D R

E V E N I N G M E E T I N G SMeet at 8:00 p.m. in Plummer Park

ID Workshop preceeds the meeting at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, November 13 - Arnold Small will give a slide presentation en-titled Beyond the Roaring40s. He will discuss birds seen on his recent tripto Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Sub-Antartica and Antartica.

ID Workshop: Lee Jones

Book Signing: Hank Childs, Where Birders Go In Southern California

Tuesday, December 11,8:00 p.m. - Lynn Barclay: Birding for Bats. Thisentertaining and informative talk with slide presentation will offer abroad perspective on these mammalian aeronauts; answering questionsranging from "What is a bat?" to "What makes bats unique?" The statusof bats worldwide as well as of the 26 species of bats found in Californiawill be discussed.

ID Workshop - Herb Clarke - Birds of the Fall

F I E L D T R I P S

CALL THE TAPE!

Before setting out on any field trip, call theAudubon bird tape at (213) 874-1318 for specialinstructions or possible cancellations that mayhave occurred by the Thursday before the trip.

Notations in parentheses after trip listings re-fer to Thomas Bros, map page and grid coordi-nates (county, page number, grid coordinates).

Saturday, November 3 - Newport Back Bay.Leader Mary Carmona. Notable high and lowtides on this day. Targets: rails in the a.m. andshorebirds in the p.m. High tide birding at10:00 a.m., eat a sack lunch, check HuntingtonCentral Park or Bolsa Chica then return toNewport around 3:30 p.m. for low tide. Meet at10:00 a.m. along Back Bay Dr. just off JamboreeRd. Take the 405 Fwy. south to MacArthur Blvd.south, turn right on Jamboree Rd., drive pastSan Joaquin Hills Rd. to Back Bay Dr. on yourright. If you hit PCH, you've gone too far. Wewill carpool in the back bay. (OC, p.31, F-5)

Sunday, November 4 - Topanga State Park.Leader Gerry Haigh will be guiding partici-pants through this beautiful and nearby area.The group will be observing migrant and resi-dent birds in the sycamores, grasslands, scruboak and chaparral. This is an ideal trip for abeginning birder or for someone new in thearea. From Topanga Canyon Blvd. heading SWfrom the Valley, take a very sharp turn eastuphill on Entrada Dr. (7 miles so. of VenturaBlvd., 1 mile no. of Topanga Village). Follow thesigns to the state park and meet in the parkinglot of Trippet Ranch at 8:00 a.m. $3 parking fee.(LA, p.109, D-4)

Sunday, November 18 - Sepulveda BasinNatural Area. Leader Dustin Alcala anticipatesseeing fair numbers of raptors, geese and smallerwaterfowl, other wintering birds and residentriparian and grassland species. This is an easywalk. Meet at Woodley Park at 7:00 a.m. To getthere, take Burbank Blvd. west, turn right ontoWoodley Ave. and continue to the WoodleyPark entrance on the right. Meet in the firstparking area. (LA, p.15, B-6)

Sunday, November 18 - Whittier Narrows Re-gional Park. Join David White on this regularmorning walk to see the park's renowned win-tering waterfowl and other birds. Meet at 8:00a.m. at the Nature Center, 1000 Durfee Ave. insouth El Monte, off Fwy. 60 between Santa Anitaand Peck Dr. exits, west of Fwy. 605. (LA, p.47,D-5)

Saturday, November 24 - Prado Basin. EcologistTom Keeney will take our group through theextensive ponds and riparian woodlands behindPrado Dam. We should see a good selection ofwaterfowl, riparian passerines, raptors, shore-birds and other wintering birds. Sign-up byphone with Audubon House to learn 8:00 a.m.meeting location in Corona. 20 maximum. Bringa lunch, warm clothing and mud-resistant foot-wear.

Sunday, November 25 - Malibu Lagoon. Meetat 8:30 a.m. in the lagoon parking lot. The lot ison the ocean side of PCH, just west of the la-goon bridge, but you can turn right into townfor street parking. The lagoon lot has a daily fee.This walk is under the leadership of a memberof Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society. (LA,p.114, B-5)

Sunday, December 2 - Topanga State Park.Leader Gerry Haigh. Meet at 8:00 a.m. See No-vember 4 write-up for details.

Saturday, December 8 - Whittier Narrows Re-gional Park. Leader David White. Meet at 8:00 a.m.See November 18 write-up for details.

Saturday, December 8 - Carizzo Plain #1. Thisyear the trip will be led by a Nature Conser-vancy staff member with first-hand knowledgeof the preserve. Sandhill Cranes may not beseen, but good numbers of raptors were ob-served last year and will hopefully return. Thetrip rate will be a flat $20 per car, so call upsome friends and make it a social event. Lots ofdirt roads. Please read the October descriptionfor more details before reserving! Bring lunchand scopes (map and information will be sent).

Sunday, December 9 - Carrizo Plain #2. Seeabove and October Tanager for details.

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LOS ANGELES NOVEMBER, 1990

Olga L. Clarke, Sales Chairman

7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, California 90046Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

h (213) 876-0202

Prices Subject to Change Without Notice

WORLD

BIRDING AROUND THE WORLD, LotzFINDING BIRDS AROUND THE WORLD,

Alden& Gooders

NORTH AMERICA

10.95

12.95

GENERALATLAS OF WINTERING NORTH AMERICAN

BIRDS, Root 34.95AUDUBON SOCIETY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH

AMERICAN BIRDS, Terres 74.95AUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO

BIRDING, Farrand, 3 volume set 44.95A GUIDE TO FIELD IDENTMC ATION, BIRDS OF

NORTH AMERICA, Robbins, et al 9.95,12.95FIELD GUIDE TO ADVANCED BIRDING, Kaufman 14.95, 22.95HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS,

Palmer, Volumes 4 & 5 (Vols 1-3 o.p.) *44.95LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS,

Bent, volumes in print 6.95 to 12.95NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY FIELD GUIDE

TO THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, N.G.S. 16.95BIRDING AROUND THE YEAR, Lotz 11.95WHERE THE BIRDS ARE, Jones 15.95

CANADAA BIRD-FINDING GUIDE TO CANADA, Finlay ... 18.95THE BIRDS OF CANADA, Godfrey *39.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO CHURCHILL

(MANITOBA), Chartier 6.50BIRDER'S GUIDE TO SOUTHEAST MANITOBA,

Cleveland, et al 7.95BIRDING NOVA SCOTIA, Allen & Dobson 6.95A BIRD-FINDING GUIDE TO ONTARIO, Goodwin 13.95BIRDER'S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER ISLAND, Taylor 17.95

UNITED STATES, EASTERNBIRDING THE DELAWARE VALLEY REGION,

Harding 12.95GUIDE TO BIRDFINDING EAST, Pettingill 29.95A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS EAST OF THE

ROCKIES, Peterson 13.95,16.95EASTERN BIRDS, AN AUDUBON HANDBOOK,

Farrand 13.50A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO FLORIDA, Lane 8.95BIRDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA: AN INTERPRETIVE

GUIDE, Toops & Dilley 9.50A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO GEORGIA,

Greenberg & Anderson 7.50BIRD FINDING IN ILLINOIS, Fawks & Lobik 4.95CHICAGO AREA BIRDS (IL), Mlodinow 9.95INDIANA BIRDS & THEIR HAUNTS, Keller 10.95BIRDING AREAS OF IOWA, Petersen 5.95

A GUIDE TO BIRD FINDING IN KANSAS &WEST MISSOURI, Zimmerman & Patti 9.95

BIRD FINDER'S GUIDE TO SOUTHEASTLOUISIANA, Purrington, et al 4.95

A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO THE COAST OF MAINE,Pierson 8.95

A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO MINNESOTA, Eckert 9.00BIRDS & BIRDING ON MISSISSIPPI COAST, Toops 19.95BIRD FINDING IN NEW ENGLAND, Walton 14.95GUIDE TO BIRDFINDING IN NEW JERSEY, Boyle 19.95WHERE TO FIND BIRDS IN NEW YORK STATE,

THE TOP 500 SITES, Drennan TBAWHERE TO FIND BIRDS IN WESTERN

PENNSYLVANIA, Freeland 2.95BIRD GUIDE TO SOUTH CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY,

Chamberlain & Forsythe 8.95BIRD FINDING IN TENNESSEE, Bierly 7.95A GUIDE TO BIRD FINDING IN VERMONT,

Ellison 7.95VIRGINIA BIRDING SITE GUIDE, Beck & Peake . 8.95FINDING BIRDS IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL

AREA (WASHINGTON DC), Wilds 10.95WISCONSIN'S FAVORITE BIRD HAUNTS, WSO 19.95

UNITED STATES, WESTERNA GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF ALASKA, Armstrong 19.95FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDING ANCHORAGE (AK),

Scher 7.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO S.E. ARIZONA, Lane 8.95BIRDS IN S.E. ARIZONA (new edition),

Davis & Russell TBATHE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIRDS OF

CALIFORNIA, Grinnell & Miller 18.00, *25.00BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S DEEP

CANYON, Weathers 14.95BIRDING LOCATIONS IN & AROUND

LOS ANGELES (CA), Brandt 1.95MONTEREY BIRDS (CA), Roberson 14.95PELAGIC BIRDS OF MONTEREY BAY (CA),

Stallcup 3.50BEST BIRDING IN NAPA & SOLANO COUNTIES

(CA), N.S.A.S 5.95OCEAN BIRDS OF THE NEARSHORE PACIFIC,

Stallcup 19.95BIRDING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Richmond . 8.95BIRDS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (CA), Unitt 14.00, *20.00SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA BIRDWATCHING

(CA), S.A.S 8.95THE BIRDS COME FLOCKING: A HELD GUIDE

TO SANTA BARBARA FOR BIRDERS & OTHERTRAVELLERS (CA), Matelson 5.95

DISCOVERING SIERRA BIRDS (CA),Beedy & Granholm 9.95

WHERE BIRDERS GO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,Childs 12.95

A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO SO. CALIFORNIA, Lane(revised) 9.95

INTRODUCTION TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIABIRDS, Clarke (autographed) 11.95

BIRDS OF YOSEMTTE & THE EAST SLOPE (CA),Gaines 16.50

A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO COLORADO, Holt & Lane 7.95BIRDING GUIDE TO DENVER-BOULDER REGION

(CO), Folzenlogen 7.95A HELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF HAWAII &

THE TROP. PACIFIC, Pratt, Bruner & Berrett 19.95,*49.95GUIDE TO HAWAIIAN BIRDING, H.A.S 1.95HAWAIIAN BIRDLIFE, Berger *29.95HAWAII'S BIRDS, H.A.S 8.95BIRDING ON THE NAVAJO & HOPI

RESERVATIONS, Jacobs 7.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO RENO & THEREABOUTS

(NV), Biewener 2.95NEW MEXICO BIRD FINDING GUIDE,

Huntington & Zimmerman 6.95GUIDE TO BIRDING IN OKLAHOMA, T.A.S 7.95BIRDING OREGON, Ramsey 7.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO OREGON, Evanich 12.95BIRDS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, Ulrich 8.95BIRDER'S GUIDE TO TEXAS, Kutac 13.95A HELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF TEXAS &

ADJACENT STATES, Peterson 12.95A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF BIG BEND

(TX), Wauer 9.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO THE TEXAS COAST, Lane 8.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO THE RIO GRANDE

VALLEY, TEXAS, Lane 8.95GUIDE TO BIRD FINDING IN WASHINGTON,

Wahl & Paulson 6.95BIRDING IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS (WA),

Lewis & Sharpe 10.95BIRDING IN SEATTLE & KING CO. (WA), Hunn. 7.95GUIDE TO BIRDFINDING WEST, Pettingill 29.95RARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COAST, Roberson... 10.00GREAT BIRDING TRIPS OF THE WEST, Lentz.... 10.95WESTERN BIRDS, AN AUDUBON HANDBOOK,

Farrand 14.50WESTERN BIRDWATCHER, Zimmer 10.95FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS, Peterson 12.95, 19.95BIRDS OF YELLOWSTONE, McEneaney 8.95

AFRICA

THE BIRDS OF AFRICA, Urban, et al, Vols 1-3 ea 149.95BIRDS OF BOTSWANA, Ginn 19.00BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA, Guggisberg, 2 vol set.... 29.95BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA (large format), Guggisberg 29.95A HELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA,

Williams & Arlott 21.95BIRDS OF EGYPT, Goodman *125.00COMMON BIRDS OF EGYPT, Bruun & Baha el Din 15.00LET'S LOOK AT ETHIOPIA, Ornitholidays 6.95A NATURALIST'S GUIDE TO THE GAMBIA,

Edberg 9.95WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS IN KENYA, Moore... 27.95BIRDS OF MADAGASCAR, Langrand 49.95BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST & NO. AFRICA,

Hollom 32.50BIRDWATCHERS GUIDE TO MOROCCO, Bergier 14.95LET'S LOOK AT SOUTHERN MOROCCO,

Ornitholidays 6.95BIRDS OF SEYCHELLES & THE OUTLYING

ISLANDS, Penny 19.95ROBERTS' BIRDS OF SO. AFRICA, MacLean 45.00FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN

AFRICA, Sinclair 14.95BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 1: KRUGER

NATIONAL PARK, Newman (ltd supply) 12.95, 19.95

NEWMAN'S BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA,Newman TBA

WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS IN SOUTHERNAFRICA, Berruti & Sinclair 15.95

FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF WEST AFRICA,Serle,etal 21.95

ASIA

THE BIRDS OF CHINA, Meyer De Schauensee 29.95, *45.00FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF THE

EASTERN HIMALAYAS, Ali 27.50BIRDS OF HONG KONG, Viney & Phillipps 21.95HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF INDIA &

PAKISTAN, COMPACT EDITION, Ali & Ripley *125.00COLLINS H ANDGUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, Woodcock 11.95CONCISE HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF INDIA &

PAKISTAN, Ali & Ripley TBAPICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, Ali & Ripley 29.95BIRDS OF ANDAMAN & NICOBARISLS, Tikader 44.95LET'S LOOK AT NORTHERN INDIA, Ornitholidays 6.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO JAPAN, Robinson 14.95A BIRDWATCHER'S GUIDE TO JAPAN, Brazil... 13.95A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF JAPAN,

Takano (ltd supply) 24.95FINDING BIRDS IN JAPAN: HONSHU, Brazil 9.95FINDING BIRDS IN JAPAN: THE TOKYO AREA,

Brazil 7.50BIRDS OF NEPAL, WITH REFERENCE TO

KASHMIR & SIKKIM, Fleming 24.95GUIDE TO BIRDS OF NEPAL, Inskipp 34.95A BIRDWATCHER'S GUIDE TO NEPAL, Inskipp 19.95PHILIPPINE BIRDS, du Pont 49.95BIRDS OF THE PHILIPPINES, Gonzalez & Rees ... 34.95BIRDS OF SINGAPORE, Hails & Jarvis 19.95BIRDS OF SOUTH VIETNAM, Wildash 10.95FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF S.E. ASIA, King 24.95GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF CEYLON (SRI LANKA),

Henry 45.95LET'S LOOK AT SRI LANKA, Ornitholidays 6.95FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THAILAND,

Boonsong TBA

AUSTRALASIA

THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, Simpson & Day *45.00FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA,

Simpson & Day 24.95A HELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA,

Pizzey 21.95, 37.50A HELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN BIRDS, Slater 29.95WHERE TO FIND BIRDS IN AUSTRALIA, Bransbury 29.95BIRDING SITES AROUND PERTH (AUS),

Van Delft 12.95READER'S DIGEST COMPLETE BOOK OF

AUSTRALIAN BIRDS 79.95BIRDS OF BALI, Mason & Jarvis 19.95BIRDS OF BORNEO, Smythies TBAPOCKET GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF BORNEO,

Francis & Hughes 17.95BIRDS OF THE FIJI BUSH, Clunie & Morse 17.95BIRDS OF FIJI, TONGA & SAMOA, Watling

(ltd supply) TBAFIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF JAVA & BALI,

MacKinnon , 29.95BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA, Beehler, et al 36.95, *64.95BIRDS OF PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, Coates,

Volume 1 79.95Volume 2 109.95

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LOS ANGELES NOVEMBER, 1990

Olga L. Clarke, Sales Chairman

7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, California 90046Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

h (213) 876-0202

Prices Subject to Change Without Notice

WORLD

BIRDING AROUND THE WORLD, LotzFINDING BIRDS AROUND THE WORLD,

Alden& Gooders

NORTH AMERICA

10.95

12.95

GENERALATLAS OF WINTERING NORTH AMERICAN

BIRDS, Root 34.95AUDUBON SOCIETY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH

AMERICAN BIRDS, Terres 74.95AUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO

BIRDING, Farrand, 3 volume set 44.95A GUIDE TO FIELD IDENTMC ATION, BIRDS OF

NORTH AMERICA, Robbins, et al 9.95,12.95FIELD GUIDE TO ADVANCED BIRDING, Kaufman 14.95, 22.95HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS,

Palmer, Volumes 4 & 5 (Vols 1-3 o.p.) *44.95LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS,

Bent, volumes in print 6.95 to 12.95NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY FIELD GUIDE

TO THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, N.G.S. 16.95BIRDING AROUND THE YEAR, Lotz 11.95WHERE THE BIRDS ARE, Jones 15.95

CANADAA BIRD-FINDING GUIDE TO CANADA, Finlay ... 18.95THE BIRDS OF CANADA, Godfrey *39.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO CHURCHILL

(MANITOBA), Chartier 6.50BIRDER'S GUIDE TO SOUTHEAST MANITOBA,

Cleveland, et al 7.95BIRDING NOVA SCOTIA, Allen & Dobson 6.95A BIRD-FINDING GUIDE TO ONTARIO, Goodwin 13.95BIRDER'S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER ISLAND, Taylor 17.95

UNITED STATES, EASTERNBIRDING THE DELAWARE VALLEY REGION,

Harding 12.95GUIDE TO BIRDFINDING EAST, Pettingill 29.95A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS EAST OF THE

ROCKIES, Peterson 13.95,16.95EASTERN BIRDS, AN AUDUBON HANDBOOK,

Farrand 13.50A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO FLORIDA, Lane 8.95BIRDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA: AN INTERPRETIVE

GUIDE, Toops & Dilley 9.50A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO GEORGIA,

Greenberg & Anderson 7.50BIRD FINDING IN ILLINOIS, Fawks & Lobik 4.95CHICAGO AREA BIRDS (IL), Mlodinow 9.95INDIANA BIRDS & THEIR HAUNTS, Keller 10.95BIRDING AREAS OF IOWA, Petersen 5.95

A GUIDE TO BIRD FINDING IN KANSAS &WEST MISSOURI, Zimmerman & Patti 9.95

BIRD FINDER'S GUIDE TO SOUTHEASTLOUISIANA, Purrington, et al 4.95

A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO THE COAST OF MAINE,Pierson 8.95

A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO MINNESOTA, Eckert 9.00BIRDS & BIRDING ON MISSISSIPPI COAST, Toops 19.95BIRD FINDING IN NEW ENGLAND, Walton 14.95GUIDE TO BIRDFINDING IN NEW JERSEY, Boyle 19.95WHERE TO FIND BIRDS IN NEW YORK STATE,

THE TOP 500 SITES, Drennan TBAWHERE TO FIND BIRDS IN WESTERN

PENNSYLVANIA, Freeland 2.95BIRD GUIDE TO SOUTH CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY,

Chamberlain & Forsythe 8.95BIRD FINDING IN TENNESSEE, Bierly 7.95A GUIDE TO BIRD FINDING IN VERMONT,

Ellison 7.95VIRGINIA BIRDING SITE GUIDE, Beck & Peake . 8.95FINDING BIRDS IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL

AREA (WASHINGTON DC), Wilds 10.95WISCONSIN'S FAVORITE BIRD HAUNTS, WSO 19.95

UNITED STATES, WESTERNA GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF ALASKA, Armstrong 19.95FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDING ANCHORAGE (AK),

Scher 7.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO S.E. ARIZONA, Lane 8.95BIRDS IN S.E. ARIZONA (new edition),

Davis & Russell TBATHE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIRDS OF

CALIFORNIA, Grinnell & Miller 18.00, *25.00BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S DEEP

CANYON, Weathers 14.95BIRDING LOCATIONS IN & AROUND

LOS ANGELES (CA), Brandt 1.95MONTEREY BIRDS (CA), Roberson 14.95PELAGIC BIRDS OF MONTEREY BAY (CA),

Stallcup 3.50BEST BIRDING IN NAPA & SOLANO COUNTIES

(CA), N.S.A.S 5.95OCEAN BIRDS OF THE NEARSHORE PACIFIC,

Stallcup 19.95BIRDING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Richmond . 8.95BIRDS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (CA), Unitt 14.00, *20.00SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA BIRDWATCHING

(CA), S.A.S 8.95THE BIRDS COME FLOCKING: A HELD GUIDE

TO SANTA BARBARA FOR BIRDERS & OTHERTRAVELLERS (CA), Matelson 5.95

DISCOVERING SIERRA BIRDS (CA),Beedy & Granholm 9.95

WHERE BIRDERS GO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,Childs 12.95

A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO SO. CALIFORNIA, Lane(revised) 9.95

INTRODUCTION TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIABIRDS, Clarke (autographed) 11.95

BIRDS OF YOSEMTTE & THE EAST SLOPE (CA),Gaines 16.50

A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO COLORADO, Holt & Lane 7.95BIRDING GUIDE TO DENVER-BOULDER REGION

(CO), Folzenlogen 7.95A HELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF HAWAII &

THE TROP. PACIFIC, Pratt, Bruner & Berrett 19.95,*49.95GUIDE TO HAWAIIAN BIRDING, H.A.S 1.95HAWAIIAN BIRDLIFE, Berger *29.95HAWAII'S BIRDS, H.A.S 8.95BIRDING ON THE NAVAJO & HOPI

RESERVATIONS, Jacobs 7.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO RENO & THEREABOUTS

(NV), Biewener 2.95NEW MEXICO BIRD FINDING GUIDE,

Huntington & Zimmerman 6.95GUIDE TO BIRDING IN OKLAHOMA, T.A.S 7.95BIRDING OREGON, Ramsey 7.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO OREGON, Evanich 12.95BIRDS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, Ulrich 8.95BIRDER'S GUIDE TO TEXAS, Kutac 13.95A HELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF TEXAS &

ADJACENT STATES, Peterson 12.95A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF BIG BEND

(TX), Wauer 9.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO THE TEXAS COAST, Lane 8.95A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO THE RIO GRANDE

VALLEY, TEXAS, Lane 8.95GUIDE TO BIRD FINDING IN WASHINGTON,

Wahl & Paulson 6.95BIRDING IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS (WA),

Lewis & Sharpe 10.95BIRDING IN SEATTLE & KING CO. (WA), Hunn. 7.95GUIDE TO BIRDFINDING WEST, Pettingill 29.95RARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COAST, Roberson... 10.00GREAT BIRDING TRIPS OF THE WEST, Lentz.... 10.95WESTERN BIRDS, AN AUDUBON HANDBOOK,

Farrand 14.50WESTERN BIRDWATCHER, Zimmer 10.95FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS, Peterson 12.95, 19.95BIRDS OF YELLOWSTONE, McEneaney 8.95

AFRICA

THE BIRDS OF AFRICA, Urban, et al, Vols 1-3 ea 149.95BIRDS OF BOTSWANA, Ginn 19.00BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA, Guggisberg, 2 vol set.... 29.95BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA (large format), Guggisberg 29.95A HELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA,

Williams & Arlott 21.95BIRDS OF EGYPT, Goodman *125.00COMMON BIRDS OF EGYPT, Bruun & Baha el Din 15.00LET'S LOOK AT ETHIOPIA, Ornitholidays 6.95A NATURALIST'S GUIDE TO THE GAMBIA,

Edberg 9.95WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS IN KENYA, Moore... 27.95BIRDS OF MADAGASCAR, Langrand 49.95BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST & NO. AFRICA,

Hollom 32.50BIRDWATCHERS GUIDE TO MOROCCO, Bergier 14.95LET'S LOOK AT SOUTHERN MOROCCO,

Ornitholidays 6.95BIRDS OF SEYCHELLES & THE OUTLYING

ISLANDS, Penny 19.95ROBERTS' BIRDS OF SO. AFRICA, MacLean 45.00FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN

AFRICA, Sinclair 14.95BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 1: KRUGER

NATIONAL PARK, Newman (ltd supply) 12.95, 19.95

NEWMAN'S BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA,Newman TBA

WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS IN SOUTHERNAFRICA, Berruti & Sinclair 15.95

FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF WEST AFRICA,Serle,etal 21.95

ASIA

THE BIRDS OF CHINA, Meyer De Schauensee 29.95, *45.00FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF THE

EASTERN HIMALAYAS, Ali 27.50BIRDS OF HONG KONG, Viney & Phillipps 21.95HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF INDIA &

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Takano (ltd supply) 24.95FINDING BIRDS IN JAPAN: HONSHU, Brazil 9.95FINDING BIRDS IN JAPAN: THE TOKYO AREA,

Brazil 7.50BIRDS OF NEPAL, WITH REFERENCE TO

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AUSTRALASIA

THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, Simpson & Day *45.00FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA,

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Pizzey 21.95, 37.50A HELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN BIRDS, Slater 29.95WHERE TO FIND BIRDS IN AUSTRALIA, Bransbury 29.95BIRDING SITES AROUND PERTH (AUS),

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Francis & Hughes 17.95BIRDS OF THE FIJI BUSH, Clunie & Morse 17.95BIRDS OF FIJI, TONGA & SAMOA, Watling

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Volume 1 79.95Volume 2 109.95

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BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND: LOCALITY GUIDE,Chambers 36.95

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THE BIRDS OF THE B ALEARICS, Bannerman(ltd supply) 47.50

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D'Arcy 7.95WATCHING BIRDS IN IRELAND, Hutchinson 9.95THE BIRDS OF ISRAEL, Paz 24.95A NEW GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF MALTA,

Sultana & Gauci 19.95BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST & NO. AFRICA,

Hollom 32.50HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, THE

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THE BIRDS OF OMAN, Gallagher & Woodcock 27.50INLAND BIRDS OF SAUDI ARABIA, Silsby 39.95BIRDWATCHING IN SOUTHERN SPAIN, Paterson 19.95LET'S LOOK AT S.W. SPAIN, Ornitholidays 6.95LET'S LOOK AT NORTHWEST TURKEY,

Ornitholidays 6.95FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF THE USSR,

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CARIBBEAN

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HUMMINGBIRDS OF THE CARRIBEAN,Tyrell 39.95

BIRDS OF JAMAICA, A PHOTO FIELD GUIDE,Downer, Sutton 29.95

BIRDS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, Voous 25.00GUIDE TO BIRDS OF PUERTO RICO & VIRGIN

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A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO TRINIDAD & TOBAGO,Murphy 12.95

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MIDDLE AMERICA

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Edwards 16.95FINDING BIRDS IN MEXICO, Edwards

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SOUTH AMERICA

BIRDS OF THE ANTARCTIC & SUB ANTARCTIC,Watson 22.50

GUIA DE AVES ARGENTINAS, PASSERIFORMES(in part), de la Pena 14.95

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AVES DE TIERRA DEL FUEGO Y CABO DEHORNOS (ARGENTINA & CHILE), Clark 19.95

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AVES DE BOLIVIA, Kempf Mercado 24.95AVES BRASILEIRAS, Frisch 39.95GUIA DE CAMPO DE LAS AVES DE CHILE,

Araya, et al 18.95A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF COLOMBIA,

Hilty, Brown & Tudor 42.50, 95.00GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE FALKLAND

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PASSERINES, Ridgely & Tudor, Vol 1 55.95A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA,

Meyer De Schauensee *25.00SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS, Dunning 34.95, *47.50SOUTH AMERICAN LAND BIRDS, Dunning 34.95, *47.50PORTRAITS OF TROPICAL BIRDS, Dunning 29.95BIRDING IN VENEZUELA, Goodwin (revised) 13.95A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF VENEZUELA,

Meyer De Schauensee & Phelps 31.95, *77.95

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SPECIFIC BIRDS

THE BEE-EATERS, Fry 47.50THE COTINGAS, Snow 49.95A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DUCKS, Phillips

2 volumes 99.95AMERICAN CROWS & COMMON RAVENS,

Kilham 29.95EAGLES, HAWKS & FALCONS OF THE WORLD,

Brown & Amadon 59.95ELEANORA'S FALCON, Walter (autographed) 35.00FALCONS OF THE WORLD, Cade 38.50GULLS: A GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION, Grant... 34.95HAWKS, Clark & Wheeler 13.95,*19.95HAWKS IN FLIGHT, Dunne 9.95, *17.95HAWKS, EAGLES & FALCONS OF N.A.,

BIOLOGY AND NAT'L HISTORY, Jonhsgard .... 45.00HUMMINGBIRDS: THEIR LIFE & BEHAVIOR,

Tyrrell & Tyrrell (autographed) 34.95LIFE OF THE HUMMINGBIRD, Skutch 18.95THE OWLS OF N. AMERICA, Eckert & Karalus .... 33.95OWLS OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, Voous 55.00OWLS OF THE WORLD, Barton TBAPARROTS OF THE WORLD, Forshaw TBAI.D. GUIDE TO THE PASSERINES OF NORTH

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Hayman, et al 40.00SWALLOWS & MARTINS: ANI.D. GUIDE,

Turner & Rose 35.00LIFE OF THE TANAGER, Skutch 36.95THE TANAGERS; NATURAL HISTORY,

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COLOURED KEY TO WILDFOWL OF THE WORLD,Scott 12.95

LIFE OF THE WOODPECKER, Skutch 49.95WOODPECKERS OF THE WORLD, Short *109.95

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BIRD BEHAVIOR, Stokes Volumes 1-3 9.95-10.95BIRD IDENTIFICATION, Vinicombe TBABIRD MIGRATION, Miffin 4.95BIRD: EYEWITNESS BOOK, Burnie 13.95THE BIRD YEAR: A BOOK FOR BIRDERS,

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Choate 9.95FAMILIES OF BIRDS, Austin 9.95HOW TO ATTRACT BIRDS, Ortho Books 7.95

HOW TO IDENTIFY BIRDS, AN AUDUBONHANDBOOK, Farrand 14.50

JOY OF BIRDING, Bernstein 8.95LIFE OF BIRDS, Welty 50.00ORNITHOLOGY, Gill 49.95FIELD GUIDE TO LITTLE KNOWN

& SELDOM SEEN BIRDS, 8.95ANOTHER HELD GUIDE TO LITTLE KNOWN

& SELDOM SEEN BIRDS 8.95FIELD GUIDE TO NESTS, EGGS & NESTLINGS

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FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS' NESTS,Harrison 17.95,12.95

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FAUNA

AUSTRALIA'S ANIMALS, Senior 9.95BOOK OF INDIAN ANIMALS, Prater 19.95CALIFORNIA BUTTERFLIES, Garth & Tilden 19.95THE BUTTERFLIES OF COSTA RICA & THEIR

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BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTH AMERICA, D'Abrera . 19.50A FIELD GUIDE TO MAMMALS OF AFRICA,

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Payne, Frances, Phillips 19.95MAMMALS OF THE NEOTROPICS,

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THE MOTH BOOK, Holland 12.50NEOTROPICAL RAINFOREST MAMMALS:

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Castro 9.95HANDBOOK OF WHALES & DOLPHINS,

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FLORA

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THE AUDUBON SOCIETY HELD GUIDES TON.A. MUSHROOMS; TREES; WILDFLOWERS(Western Region) 14.95

BAJA CALIFORNIA PLANT HELD GUIDE,Roberts 22.95

CACTI OF CALIFORNIA, Dawson 7.95CALIFORNIA DESERT, MOUNTAIN, SPRING

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FLOWERS, Neihaus & Ripper 12.95A HELD GUIDE TO SOUTHWESTERN & TEXAS

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MOUNTAINS, COASTAL & CHAPARRALREGIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Dale 15.95

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FLORA AND FAUNA

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THE NATURALIST IN LA PLATA, Hudson 8.95FIELD GUIDE TO THE CASCADES & OLYMPICS,

Whitney 16.95COSTA RICA NATIONAL PARKS, Boza 19.95, 55.00THE COSTA RICA TRAVELER, Searby 11.95COSTA RICAN NATURAL HISTORY, Janzen 34.95GALAPAGOS - A NATURAL HISTORY, Jackson . 19.95GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: THE ESSENTIAL

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TENERIFE, Ashmole 15.95NATURAL LOS ANGELES, Thomas 9.95NATURALIST ON A TROPICAL FARM, Skutch... 10.95, *27.95NATURE GUIDE (World), Strode 10.95NEOTROPICAL COMPANION, Kricher 15.95TROPICAL NATURE, Forsythe & Miyata 8.95TROPICAL RAINFORESTS - A GUIDE TO

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SOUND RECORDINGS, VIDEO

BIRDS OF THE AFRICAN RAIN FOREST, Keith,2 records 15.95

BIRD & ANIMAL CALLS OF SOUTHERNAFRICA, Gillard, cassette 10.95

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White, 2 cassettes 21.95BIRD CALLS OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA, Gillard,

cassette 10.95AUSTRALIAN BIRD CALLS, Hutchinson

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cassette 6.95SONGS OF MEXICAN BIRDS, Coffey, 2 cassettes . 19.95VOICES OF MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS &

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Hardy & Parker, cassette 9.95NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY GUIDE TO

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cassette 6.50BIRDS OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, White, cassette 12.95SONGS OF VIREOS & THEIR ALLIES, Barlow,

cassette 13.50WARBLERS, Borror & Gunn, record 10.50WARBLERS, A BOOK WITH SONOGRAMS,

Borror & Gunn 4.95WARBLERS OF NORTH AMERICA, Cornell,

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SOFTWARE

IBM (specify 3'/2" or 5'A" diskettes)BIRDBASE, North American birdlisting program 59.95PLOVER, North American birdlisting program 59.95WORLD BIRDBASE, World birdlisting program,.... 89.95

MACINTOSHBIRD BRAIN, North American bird listing program. 124.95

CHECKLISTS

NORTH AMERICAALASKA, Gibson .80ALASKA, ANCHORAGE, A.A.S .75ALASKA, ATTU ISLAND, Balch 1.75ALASKA, SEWARD, S.C.C .75ARIZONA, A.B.C .75ARIZONA, (Annotated), Monson & Phillips 5.95ARIZONA, MADERA CANYON .75ARIZONA, S.E., Davis & Russell .75CALIFORNIA, CBRC .95CALIFORNIA, BODEGA BAY, Conzett .75CALIFORNIA, DEATH VALLEY N.M.,

Norris & Schreier .75CALIFORNIA, JOSHUA TREE NATL MONUMENT .75CALIFORNIA, KERN RIVER PRESERVE .75CALIFORNIA, L.A. COUNTY, Garrett & Dunn .50CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN, Mt. Diablo Aud. Soc. .75CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN, (Annotated), McCaskie 6.95CALIFORNIA, ORANGE COUNTY, SSAS .75CALIFORNIA, POINT REYES N.S., PRSN Assn.... 1.50CALIFORNIA, REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK,

Ericson, et al .75CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, McKernan. .75CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO AREA, S.A.S .75CALIFORNIA, SALTON SEA, USF&WS 75CALIFORNIA, EAST BAY REGION,

SAN FRANCISCO BAY, G.G.A 75

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CALIFORNIA, SAN JACINTO WILDLIFE AREA . .75CALIFORNIA, SAN LUIS, MERCED &

KESTERSON, N.W.R .75CALIFORNIA, SAN LUIS OBISPO CO., M.C.A 1.75CALIFORNIA, SAN MATEO COUNTY, SAS .75CALIFORNIA, SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON N.P.,

Noiris .75CALIFORNIA, SONOMA COUNTY (Annotated),

Bolander & Parmeter . 5.50REGULARLY OCCURRING BIRDS IN SO. CALIF.,

Childs .75CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN, Childs .75CALIFORNIA, TULARE COUNTY, T.A.S .75CANADIAN BIRDS, R.O.M 2.50CANADA, MANITOBA, M.A.R.C .95CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, N.S.B.C .75CANADA, ONTARIO, F.O.N .75CANADA, VICTORIA & S.E. VANCOUVER

ISLAND, VNHS „ 1.25COLORADO, Steffee 1.95CONNECTICUT HELD LIST, COA TBAGEORGIA ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF

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Supplements #35, 36, 37 ea 3.50NORTH AMERICA, BIRDER'S LIFE LIST &

DIARY, Cornell 8.50HELD CHECKLIST OF NORTH AMERICAN

BIRDS, Wings Inc .75DISTRIB. CHECKLIST OF NORTH AMERICAN

BIRDS, VOLUME 1, deSante & Pyle *27.95NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA, Fussell CBC .75OHIO, O.D.N.R .75OREGON, Eltzroth 2.95RHODE ISLAND, Conway 2.25TEXAS BIRDS, Riskind .95TEXAS, SANTA ANA NATIONAL WILDLIFE

REFUGE, U.S.D.I .75UPPER TEXAS COAST .75UTAH, (Annotated), Behle, et al 6.00VERMONT, V.I.N.S .75WASHINGTON STATE, Seattle A.S .75WISCONSIN BIRDS, Barger et al 1.25

INTERNATIONALAFRICA, EAST, (Annotated), Britton 29.95AFRICA, EAST, Steffee 3.95FIELD CHECKLIST OF BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA,

Short, WFVZ et al TBAAFRICA, SOUTHERN, Steffee 2.95AFRICA, WEST CENTRAL, Steffee 2.95ANTILLES, LESSER, Steffee 1.00ARGENTINA, Steffee 3.50ASIA, SOUTHEAST, Steffee 3.50AUSTRALIA & TASMANIA, Steffee 2.95BAHAMA ISLANDS, Steffee 2.50BANGLADESH & NORTHEAST INDIA, Steffee ... 2.95BELIZE, Wood, Leberman & Weyer 2.95BERMUDA, Steffee 1.50

BOLIVIA, West 2.95ANNOTATED LIST OF BIRDS OF BOLIVIA,

Remsen & Traylor 14.95BORNEO, Steffee 2.95BRAZIL, Steffee 2.95BRITAIN, B.T.0 2.25CAYMAN ISLANDS & SWAN ISLAND, Mason.... 1.50CHILE, West 3.95CHINA, Steffee 2.95COLOMBIA, Hilty 2.95COSTA RICA, Steffee 3.50COSTA RICA, MONTEVERDE, Law 3.25CHECKLIST OF BIRDS OF CUBA, Clarke 3.95ECUADOR, West 2.95FIELD CHECKLIST OF BIRDS OF ECUADOR,

Steffee 3.95CHECKLIST OF BIRDS OF ECUADOR, West 3.95ECUADOR, LIMONCOCHA, Pearson & Tallman... 2.95CHECKLIST OF FRANCE, GERMANY,

HOLLAND & BELGIUM, Steffee 2.95CHECKLIST GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Leek 2.50GAMBIA, Fisher & Gantlett 1.95GREECE, Clarke 3.95GUATEMALA, Steffee 2.95GUIANAS, Steffee & Mason 1.50HONG KONG, Steffee 2.50INDIA, PENINSULAR, Steffee 2.95ISRAEL, Fisher & Gantlett 3.95ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST, Steffee 2.50JAMAICA, Steffee 2.50JAPAN, Mason 2.50JAVA & BALI, Steffee 2.50KENYA, E.A.N.H.S TBAKENYA & TANZANIA, Steffee 3.50KOREA, Steffee 2.50KOREA, Won 2.95MADAGASCAR, Steffee 2.95MAJORCA, Fisher & Gantlett 3.50MALAYA & SINGAPORE, M.N.S 1.75MALAYSIA, SABAH, Francis 1.95MEXICO, ABA 2.50MEXICO, SONORA & SEA OF CORTEZ, Taylor .. 2.95MICRONESIA, Pyle & Engbring 3.95MOROCCO, Fisher & Gantlett 2.50NEPAL, KASHMIR, GARWHAL & SIKKIM,

Steffee 2.50NEW GUINEA & SATELLITE ISLANDS, Steffee.. 2.50NEW ZEALAND, Steffee 2.50NORWAY & SWEDEN, Steffee 2.50PANAMA CANAL AREA, Engleman & Johnson .... 1.50PANAMA, WEST CHIRIQUI HIGHLANDS,

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CHECKLIST OF THREATENED BIRDS,Collar & Andrew TBA

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Murphy 2.50TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Steffee 2.50TUNISIA (Annotated), E.A.N.H.S 14.95

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CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF TURKEY, OST .. 4.95VENEZUELA, Steffee 3.95VIRGIN ISLANDS, AMERICAN, Leek & Mason ... 1.50WESTERN PALEARCTIC, B.T.0 2.50BIRDS OF THE WORLD, 4th ed, Clements TBA

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Where Birders GoIn Southern California

By Henry E. Childs.Jr.

Anyone birding southern California will findthis new guide invaluable for saving time andeffort in locating desired birds and the bestbirding places. Where Birders Go In SouthernCalifornia is the most complete and up-to-date source of the most productive birdinglocalities for the southland. Specific directionsto places with a "track record" of knownspecies allow birders to maximize theirbirdfinding time and still provide plenty ofopportunity to explore on their own.

Birders with all levels of experience canbenefit fromwhich coversI m p e r i a l ,A n g e l e s ,Riverside, SanSan Diego, SanSanta Barbara and

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Only $12.9512 southern California counties, 190 pages,

5 1/2" X 8 1/2", 14 maps, 8 illustrations,current checklist of the birds of California, comprehensive index

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