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PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
1 • This striking Blue-winged Warbler x Golden-winged Warbler hybrid backcross was singing a Blue- 
winged song in Tyringham, Massachusetts 23 May 2009. Photograph by Jeremiah Trimble. 
2 • This Townsend's Warbler entertained birders and photographers in Newton, Massachusetts 14-19 (here 
1 9) April 2009. Photograph by Erik Nielsen. 
3 • For all the pelagic exploration of Monterey Bay, California, Murphy's Petrel had not been recorded there 
prior to spring 2009, when one on the bay on 20 May was followed shortly by two, including this bird in 
Monterey County waters, on 23 May. Photograph by Jeff Pokkn. 
4 • Sporting a lemon gorget, this Magnificent Hummingbird x Anna's Hummingbird hybrid, the first of its 
kind reported, visited a feeder near Eureka in Humboldt County, California 2-5 (here 2) April 2009. 
Photograph by Jerry Mahiberg and Kathryn Krupnick. 
5 • Daytime encounters with migrant Flammulated Owls are a rare treat in Oregon and Washington. This 
individual, found in a small isolated patch of deciduous trees at Palouse Falls, Franklin Countty, Washington 
24 May 2009, was far removed from suitable nesting habitat. Photograph by Michael Woodruff. 
6*0neof11Summer Tanagers reported in the Prairie Provinces during the spring of 2009, this immature 
male at Starbuck, Manitoba (here 26 May) was particularly cooperative, staying for six days. Photograph by 
BobShettler. 
7 • Northwest of its usual range was this male Scarlet Tanager at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 20 May 
2009. Photograph by Nick Saunders. 
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