The seventeenth annual meeting of the Western Field Ornithologists was held jointly with the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory from 18 through 20 September 1992 at the Holiday Inn in Sunnyvale, California. The annual meeting was a great success, with boat trips out of Monterey Bay (Streaked Shearwater!), field trips in the San Francisco Bay Area (Garganey, Ruff, etc.!), a well-prepared and excellent paper session, and a lively panel discussion of identification problems, not to mention a fine barbecue and banquet. The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory was the host for the annual meeting, and its organization of the meeting was exceptional and very professional. One person who deserves special credit is Janet Hanson, who kept all things running smoothly. Thanks, Janet.