Western Field Ornithologists and the California Bird Records Committee are again pleased to thank Bushnell, a division of Bausch & Lomb, for its continued generous support in helping to sponsor the publication of these reports.
This report contains 244 reviewed records of 70 species plus one hybrid. The 206 accepted records of 58 species and 38 unaccepted records of 25 species plus one hybrid represent an 84.8% acceptance rate.
The California Bird Records Committee (hereafter, the CBRC or the Committee) is very grateful to the 183 observers who took time to contribute descriptions and/or photographs of birds on our Review List that they encountered in California. Although this report includes records from more observers than any previous report, we still encourage additional birders and ornithologists to support the CBRC process by submitting reports and/or photographs to Michael A. Patten, CBRC Secretary, P.O. Box 8612, Riverside, CA 92515. The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (1100 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024) and its director Lloyd Kiff continue to maintain the archive of all records published in CBRC reports. All voice recordings are kept at the California Academy of Sciences, Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118.