33RD REPORT OF THE CBRC: 2007 RECORDS 
HARRIS’S HAWK Parabuteo unicinctus. IDENTIFICATION NOT ESTABLISHED: 
The description of one from Rancho San Diego, SD, 18Jan 2008 (2008-019) was 
too brief to establish the identification. NATURAL OCCURRENCE QUESTION- 
ABLE: A record of one near Blythe, RIV, 11 Nov-17 Dec 2005 (2005-161) went 
three rounds with seven committee members questioning the origin of the bird in the 
final circulation. No details were submitted with a poor-quality photo, so there was no 
way to determine whether the bird showed signs of captivity. Because this species is 
widely kept in captivity and there have been escapes and intentional releases in the 
lower Colorado R. valley (Walton et al. 1988), the majority of the committee thought 
that the lack of information about the condition of this bird (degree of feather wear, 
bands, etc.) left the question of natural occurrence open. 
CRESTED CARACARA Caracara cheriway (24, 3). Single Crested Caracaras were 
in Shasta Valley near Grenada, SIS, 21 Oct 1988-26 Mar 1989 (BBf, ADB, NEC, 
RE, SSh; 1989-045A), the Tijuana R. valley, SD, 9 Sep 2006-6 Jun 2007 (DWAt, 
MB, MJBf, TABf, CAM, GMcC, TAMf, GLR, BJS; 2006-127; photo in N. Am. 
Birds 61:144), and the Ferndale Bottoms, HUM, 8 Dec 2006-28 Mar 2007 (RG, 
JTz; 2007-076; photo in N. Am. Birds 61:506). 
IDENTIFICATION NOT ESTABLISHED: The report of one from the south end 
of the Salton Sea, IMP, 21 Feb 2007 (2007-060) lacked detail sufficient to establish 
the identification. 
EURASIAN KESTREL Falco tirmunculus (1, 1). A juvenile female trapped, 
banded, and released at the Marin Headlands, MRN, 23 Oct 2007 [MAf; 2007-233; 
photo on back cover of Western Birds 39(3)] represented a first for California and 
the third and most southerly record on the Pacific coast of North America south of 
Alaska (Hull et al. 2008). This widespread Eurasian species has been recorded casu- 
ally along the east coast of North America and from Alaska. Elsewhere in the West 
Figure 5. This Wilson’s Plover ( Charadrius wilsonia) at Coronado, San Diego 
County, 13-21 Jun 2007 was only the twelfth recorded in California but the seventh 
in well-covered San Diego County. 
Photo by Matt Sadowski 
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