PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
1 • An amazing two Yellow-green Vireos, furnishing the seventh and eighth well-documented records in 
Louisiana, were located in the Johnsons Bayou area of Cameron Parish, including this cooperative individual 
that entertained observers at the Baton Rouge Audubon Sanctuary 16-18 (here 17) May 2009. Photograph 
by Dave Patton. 
2 • Only Louisiana's second occurrence, this stunning male Varied Bunting popped into view just long enough 
for this photograph at the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge nature trail, Cameron Parish on 26 April 2009. 
Interestingly, the first state record also involved an adult male captured, photographed, and released at a 
banding station in Johnsons Bayou (about 24 kilometers to the southwest) 9 April 2002. Photograph by Jody 
Louviere. 
3 • This Sinaloa Wren, resident since it was discovered at Patagonia, Arizona in August 2008 (here 19 May 
2009), constructed two dummy nests in May 2009 and sang through the season. Photograph by Tim Lenz. 
4 > With Just ten prior Arizona records, the appearance of a Crescent-chested Warbler here still generates 
much excitement, as this one did in Pinery Canyon, Chiricahua Mountains 13-16 (here 14) May 2009. 
Photograph by Richard Webster. 
5 • This inquisitive young Stygian Owl, accompanied by both parents, was found 30 May 2009 near Blan- 
caneaux Lodge in Belize's Mountain Pine Ridge. Fledgling Stygian Owls are a rare sight anywhere, and this 
individual was one of only a handful ever seen in the Central America region. Photograph by Roni Martinez. 
6 • A gem among tyrannids, this Belted Flycatcher was mist-netted at the SalvaNatura monitoring station in 
pine-oak forest in Montecristo National Park on 27 March 2009, thus confirming the fourth record for El 
Salvador. Photograph by Roseivy Juarez. 
7 • The find of the season in Colorado was the state's first Acadian Flycatcher, heard calling and pho- 
tographed 12 May 2009 at Van's Grove, a productive migrant trap in Bent County. Photograph by Brandon 
Percival. 
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