Contents
Social Behavior, Habitat, and Food of the Beechey Jay
Ralph J. Raitt and John William Hardy
Burdens of the Picid Hole-excavating Habit
Lester L. Short
Song Differences and Map Distances in a Population of Acadian Flycatchers
Robert B. Payne and Paul Budde
Time Budget of Breeding Northern Shovelers
Alan D. Afton
The Biology and Nesting Density of Breeding American Kestrels and Long-eared Owls on the Big Lost River, Southeastern Idaho
Timothy H. Craig and Charles H. Trost
Organochlorine Pollutants and Population Status of Least Terns in South Carolina
Lawrence J. Blus and Richard M. Prouty
Radionuclide Concentrations in Nestling Raptors near Nuclear Facilities
Timothy H. Craig, Douglas K. Halford, and O. Doyle Markham
Activities of Radio-equipped Common Grackles during Fall Migration
Olin E. Bray, Willis C. Royall Jr., Joseph L. Guarino, and Richard E. Johnson
Severe Winter Weather and Bird Populations in Southern Illinois
Jean W. Graber and Richard R. Graber
Red-shouldered Hawk Nesting Ecology and Behavior
John W. Portnoy and Wendell E. Dodge
Ornithological News
Wilson Bulletin
Ornithological Literature
Wilson Bulletin
Proceedings of the Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting
James Tate Jr. and Curtis S. Adkisson
Covers
Back Matter (PDF)
Wilson Bulletin
Front Matter (PDF)
Wilson Bulletin
General Notes
Nest Selection by Brown-headed Cowbirds
Peter E. Lowther
Cowbird Parasitism on Common Bushtit Nest
Jan Peter Smith and Riley J. Atkins
Effect of Food Availability on Leaf-scratching by the Rufous-sided Towhee: Test of a Model
Edward H. Burtt Jr. and Jack P. Hailman
Winter Diet of a Bark-foraging Guild of Birds
Joseph B. Williams and George O. Batzli
Mantids Selected as Prey by Blue Grosbeaks
Fred J. Alsop III
Red Fox Predation on Greater Sandhill Crane Chicks
Robert L. Drieslein and Alan J. Bennett
Owl Predation on a Mobbing Crow
Render D. Denson
Ruddy Turnstones Destroy Royal Tern Colony
Robert W. Loftin and Steve Sutton
Predation of Black Rat Snakes on a Bank Swallow Colony
Charles R. Blem
Summer Range and Migration Routes of Florida Wintering Greater Sandhill Cranes
Stephen A. Nesbitt and Lovett E. Williams Jr.
Effects of Highways on Red-winged Blackbird and Horned Lark Populations
W. Dwight Clark and James R. Karr
Observations on Plush-capped Finches in the Andes with a Description of the Juvenal and Immature Plumages
Steven L. Hilty, Theodore A. Parker III, and James Silliman
An Observation of Stick Presentation by the Swallow-tailed Kite
W. Bruce Mcgillivray and David J. Brooks
Record of Puerto Rican Screech Owl, Turkey Vulture and Osprey from St. Croix, U.s. Virgin Islands
David W. Nellis
Chestnut-colored Woodpeckers Feeding as a Pair on Ants
Lawrence Kilham
Off-lek Copulation in Sharp-tailed Grouse
Donald A. Sexton
Chimney Swift Nest Found in Hollow Tree
K. Douglas Blodgett and Richard M. Zammuto
Notes on the Reproductive Behavior of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Stephen W. Eaton