Contents
Overview of Shorebird Abundance and Distribution in Wetlands of the Pacific Coast of the Contiguous United States
Gary W. Page, Lynne E. Stenzel, and Janet E. Kjelmyr
Using Atlas Data to Model the Distribution of Woodpecker Species in the Jura, France
Claudine Tobalske and Bret W. Tobalske
Vocal and Behavioral Responses of Brown-headed Cowbirds to Flight Whistles from Different Dialects
Alfred M. Dufty and Annette Hanson
Singing Behavior, Mating Associations and Reproductive Success in a Population of Hybridizing Lazuli and Indigo Buntings
Myron C. Baker and Jeanette T. Boylan
Breeding Biology and Productivity of Florida's Crested Caracaras
Joan L. Morrison
The Frequency and Function of Aquatic Courtship and Copulation in Least, Crested, Whiskered, and Parakeet Auklets
F.M. Hunter and I.L. Jones
Bird Communities in Two Types of Anthropogenic Successional Vegetation in Central Amazonia
Sergio Henrique Borges and Philip C. Stouffer
Wing Ecomorphology of Seabirds from Johnston Atoll
Fritz Hertel and Lisa T. Ballance
Competition and Patterns of Resource Use by Two Sympatric Raptors
Arnold T. Gerstell and James C. Bednarz
Habitat Selection and Reproductive Performance of Food-stressed Herring Gulls
Michael S. Rodway and Heidi M. Regehr
Evidence Supporting the Recent Origin and Species Status of the Timberline Sparrow
John Klicka, Robert M. Zink, Jon C. Barlow, W. Bruce Mcgillivray, and Terry J. Doyle
Adult Survival of the Black Guillemot in Iceland
Morten Frederiksen and Aevar Petersen
Optimal" Colony Size for Least Terns: an Inter-colony Study of Opposing Selective Pressures by Predators"
Dianne Brunton
Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Body Mass and Food-intake of American Kestrels
Kimberly J. Fernie and David M. Bird
Relationships of Avian Cecal Lengths to Food Habits, Taxonomic Position, and Intestinal Lengths
Teresa F. Degolier, Sheila A. Mahoney, and Gary E. Duke
Shorebird Diet during Spring Migration Stopover on Delaware Bay
Nellie Tsipoura and Joanna Burger
Behavior of Migrating Shorebirds at North Dakota Prairie Potholes
Manuel T. Leon and Loren M. Smith
Is Red Coloration of Male Northern Cardinals Beneficial during the Nonbreeding Season?: a Test of Status Signaling
L. Lareesa Wolfenbarger
Book Reviews
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News and Notes
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Covers
Back Matter (PDF)
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Front Matter (PDF)
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Commentary
Reasons Why Predators Cannot Be Inferred from Nest Remains
Serge Lariviere
Short Communications
Golden Eagle Predation on Experimental Sandhill and Whooping Cranes
David H. Ellis, Kent R. Clegg, James C. Lewis, and Errol Spaulding
Numbers and Movements of Yellow Rails along the St. Lawrence River, Quebec
Michael Robert and Pierre Laporte
Seasonal Movements of Marbled Murrelets: Evidence from Banded Birds
Wendy D. Beauchamp, Fred Cooke, Cecilia Lougheed, Lynn W. Lougheed, C. John Ralph, and Stephen Courtney
Differential Autumn Migration of Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks in Western North America
John Delong and Stephen W. Hoffman
Facultative Communal Brood Rearing in California Quail
Dale F. Lott and Sonke N. Mastrup
Incubation Behavior of Long-tailed Tits: Why Do Males Provision Incubating Females?
B. J. Hatchwell, M. K. Fowlie, D. J. Ross, and A. F. Russell
Song Versatility and Social Context in the Bobolink
Frank K. Ammer and Michael S. Capp
Is the Song of Black Redstart Males an Honest Signal of Status?
Marco Cucco and Giorgio Malacarne
Distribution and Diurnal Behavior of Steller's Eiders Wintering on the Alaska Peninsula
Murry K. Laubhan and Keith A. Metzner
Effects of Landscape Structure on Nesting Songbird Distribution in a Harvested Boreal Forest
Bruno Drolet, Andre Desrochers, and Marie-Josee Fortin
Feeding Behavior and Assimilation Efficiency of the Rufous-tailed Plantcutter: a Small Avian Herbivore
M. Victoria Lopez-Calleja and Francisco Bozinovic
Growth of Duck Bills
Uwe Gille and Franz-Viktor Salomon
Lizard Burrows Provide Thermal Refugia for Larks in the Arabian Desert
Joseph B. Williams, B. Irene Tieleman, and Mohammed Shobrak