Western Birds Journal

Volume 6, No. 4

Published October 1, 1975

Issue description

Volume 6, number 4 of Western Birds, published 1975

Articles

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    TERENCE R. WAHL (Author)

    SEABIRDS IN WASHINGTON’S OFFSHORE ZONE

    Accounts of “pelagic” seabirds in Washington given by Jewett et al. (1953) reflect a virtual lack of offshore observations before 1953. Subsequent observations made primarily between 100–1200 km off the coast in pelagic waters during oceanographic surveys are reported by Sanger (1965, 1970, 1972b). Martin (1942) and Martin and Myres (1969) report sightings and specimens acquired during salmon and tuna fishing cruises off British Columbia and northern Washington. Yocom (1947) reports sightings off southern Oregon. Gruchy et al. (1972) give notes of records from 50° N 145° W. A few other short notes (Alcorn 1942 and 1946, Kenyon 1950, Slipp 1952, Wahl 1970) and seasonal reports in field ornithology journals comprise most of the published seabird records off Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.

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    JON WINTER, GUY McCASKIE (Author)

    1973 REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS RECORDS COMMITTEE

    The following is the second report of the CFO Records Committee and includes all reports received in 1973. The committee received 96 records, of which only 3 (3.1 percent) were found to be unacceptable. The latter figure attests to the very high quality of the records submitted to the committee in 1973 and represents a considerable improvement over the 1970–72 report period (Winter 1973).

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    STEVEN M. SPEICH, JANET L. WITZEMAN (Author)

    ARIZONA BIRD RECORDS, 1973, WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES

    This report consists of records of noteworthy occurrences of birds in Arizona submitted to the Arizona Bird Committee. Most of these records are from 1973, with some pre-1973 reports not previously reported by the ABC (see Speich and Parker 1973). There are no changes in the ABC membership since the last report (members are: Russell P. Balda, Bill Harrison, Gale Monson, Stephen M. Russell, Steven M. Speich and Robert A. Witzeman); however, Janet Witzeman is now the secretary of the ABC.

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    DALE A. ZIMMERMAN, MARIAN A. ZIMMERMAN (Author)

    NOTES: BIRD RECORDS OF INTEREST FROM SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO

    Several of our recent New Mexican observations seem worthy of more detailed treatment than the brief mention generally possible in various seasonal record publications. Some of these are presented here, supplemented by related observations of others. All records are from Grant County unless otherwise stated. These accounts are based on sight identifications; however, both of us have enjoyed extensive prior field experience with all of the species discussed.

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    KEITH L. DIXON (Author)

    NOTES: MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE SURVIVES FOR A DECADE

    Although the mean longevity of small passerines is not impressive (Farner, pages 397–449 in A. Wolfson, ed., Recent studies in avian biology, Univ. Illinois Press, Urbana, 1955), interest in exceptional cases persists (e.g., Kennard, Bird-Banding 46:55–73, 1975). Noteworthy in this respect is a Mountain Chickadee (Parus gambeli) banded 106-74819 by F. N. Folks at the Beaver Mountain Ski Area, 7400 feet elevation, in Cache County, Utah, on 13 May 1965. This individual was judged to be a male from his breeding behavior in 1965.