33RD REPORT OF THE CBRC: 2007 RECORDS 
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Figure 4. Set of Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) eggs collected at 
Bridgeport, Mono County, on 30 May 1954. 
Photo by David Compton 
HBK, CLi, GMcC; 2007-256; photo in N. Am. Birds 62:151) and along the Santa 
Ana R. from Orange/Anaheim, ORA, to Norco, RIV, 5 Dec 2007-2 Jan 2008 (ABL; 
MBa, DFut, HBK, CAM, CMcGt, SJMf, MMTf; 2007-280). 
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE Elanoides forficatus (1, 1). The first Swallow-tailed 
Kite accepted from California was photographed 2 miles west of Graton, SON, 4 
Oct 2007 (CJJt; 2007-217). This species breeds in the southeastern United States, 
and although it strays north regularly in eastern North America north to southern 
Canada, there are many fewer records from western North America, where it is 
considered accidental in Colorado (Andrews and Righter 1992) and casual in New 
Mexico (A.O.U. 1993). Closer to California, there is only a single sight record from 
Arizona (2-3 August 1980; Rosenberg and Witzeman 1998). 
MISSISSIPPI KITE Ictinia mississippiensis (41, 3). Single second-year birds were 
at the South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes Peninsula, LA, 26 May-4 Jun 
2007 (SWf; KLG, KGL, MSanM, LSf; 2007-124; photo in N. Am. Birds 61:510), 
near San Marcos Pass, SBA, 27 May 2007 (WCf; 2007-143) and the Tijuana R. 
valley, SD, 8 Jul 2007 (PU; EKf, AMf, MSf; 2007-148; Figure 3; photo also in N. 
Am. Birds 61:641). 
COMMON BLACK-HAWK Buteogallus anthracinus (5, 1). An adult near Santa 
Rosa, SON, 20-29 Mar 2007 (SM; 2007-080) was assumed to be the same adult 
that had been at the same location 14 May-22 Oct 2005 (Iliff et al. 2007) and 30 
Apr-9 Oct 2006 (Heindel and Garrett 2008). An adult was at Morongo Valley, SBE, 
14 Sep 2007 (JPSt; 2007-199). 
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