This report contains the decisions of the California Bird Records Committee agreed upon in 1979 and in the first half of 1980. Currently the committee consists of Laurence C. Binford, David DeSante, Richard Erickson (Vice Secretary), Kimball Garrett, Lee Jones, Paul Lehman, John Luther (Secretary), Guy McCaskie, Benjamin D. Parmeter and Philip Unitt. Former members Jon Dunn, Arnold Small and Richard Stallcup also worked on the records reported in this paper.
It is with tremendous thanks that the committee acknowledges all of the observers who took the time to submit their records. Without them the committee would not function. Please continue to support the committee in the documentation of rare birds as they occur in California.