33RD REPORT OF THE CBRC: 2007 RECORDS 
SF, 20-21 Sep 2005 (MBt; 2007-225) lacked strong contrast between the nape 
and back, and its head color matched that of some bright fall Cassin’s Vireos, but the 
strong contrast between throat and cheek, extensively yellow sides, and conspicuous 
white edgings to the rectrices supported the identification. One on Southeast Farallon 
I., SF, 9-11 Sep 2007 (JTz; MB, KBf; 2007-304; Figure 10) was arguably at the 
bright extreme for this species and in date matched the earliest accepted fall records 
for California, all three of them for Southeast Farallon I. The committee accepted 
four records pre-dating the 1997 split of the Solitary Vireo complex (AOU 1997), 
one from DeHaven Cr., MEN, 6 Oct 1984 (JSt; 2005-020) and three from Pt. Loma, 
SD, 10 Oct 1984 (REW; 2007-184), 15 Sep 1991 (REW; 2007-182), and 29 Sep 
1991 (REW; 2007-183). 
YELLOW-GREEN VIREO Vireo flauoviridis (90, 2). One was at Pt. Loma, SD, 
18 Sep 2007 (SES; 2007-209), another at Memorial Park, Chula Vista, SD, 2-3 
Oct 2007 (MSt; EA, MJBf, GMcC, VMt; 2007-211). 
DUSKY WARBLER Phylloscopus fuscatus (11, 1). One at Elings Park in Santa 
Barbara, SB A, 6 Oct 2007 (HRf; WFf, PAG, JGt, NL, DPef; 2007-219; photo in 
N. Am. Birds 62:154) was the second recorded in the state this decade but the third 
overall for well-covered Santa Barbara County. 
ARCTIC WARBLER Phylloscopus borealis (7, 3). A surprising three records nearly 
doubled California’s previous total of the Arctic Warbler and raised the question of 
how many individuals may have moved down the west coast during the fall of 2007. 
Two were at Galileo Hill, KER, in early September: one 6-9 Sep 2007 (SSt; TABf, 
JB, JFe, GH, KHL, CAM, GMcC, CMcGf, MSanM, MSt, GS, RStf, MMTf, GWt, 
TEW; 2007-177; photo of one in N. Am. Birds 62:188), another 8-10 Sep 2007 
(GH; DAf, JB, TEW; 2007-180). Yet another was at DeForest Park in Long Beach, 
LA, 13-14 Sep 2007 (KSGt; RB, BED; 2007-198). There are single records of the 
Arctic Warbler from Baja California and the Yukon but still none for British Columbia, 
Washington, or Oregon. See Iliff et al. (2007) and CBRC (2007) for recent discussions 
of the Arctic Warbler’s identification and status. 
WOOD THRUSH Hylocichla mustehna (23, 1). A belated submission accepted 
was of one at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery on Point Loma, SD, 21 Oct 1990 
(REW; 2007-185). 
EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla tschutschensis (17, 3). An impres- 
sive three accepted records were of one at Bodega Bay, SON, 6 Sep 2007 (MBr; 
2007-230), one at Malibu Lagoon in Malibu, LA, 14-15 Sep 2007 (KP; ABf, JLDt, 
DFuf, OJ, CAM, CTf; 2007-195), and one at the Ventura County Game Preserve 
near Oxnard, VEN, 24-25 Sep 2007 (LSt; OJ, DVPt; 2007-213; photo in N. Am. 
Birds 62:154), a first for Ventura County. To date all California records have been 
of hatch-year birds, which cannot be reliably distinguished from the Western Yellow 
Wagtail (M. flava), although many have largely or entirely lacked yellow on the un- 
derparts, as is more typical of eastern birds. The committee provisionally treats all of 
California’s accepted records of yellow wagtails as the Eastern; see Iliff et al. (2007) 
for a recent discussion of this species. 
IDENTIFICATION NOT ESTABLISHED: One heard only at the Mott Cr. mouth, 
MEN, 15 Sep 2007 (2008-067) was reported by an experienced observer familiar 
with this species’ call, but the committee was unanimously reluctant to accept a record 
of a bird not seen. Calls of the Citrine Wagtail (M. citreola) may be indistinguish- 
able (Heindel 1999, Alstrom and Mild 2003). The Citrine has not been recorded in 
California, but it is a long-distance migrant and should be anticipated, as there is one 
North American record, from Mississippi in 1992 (DeBenedictis 1995). 
'"SPRAGUE’S PIPIT Anthus spragueii (101, 4). One was at Mystic L., RIV, 21 
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