PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
1 • At the Mugaha Bird Observatory near Mackenzie, British Columbia, this Ash-throated Flycatcher was 
banded 27 August 2008; the species is quite rare so far north. Photograph by James Bradley. 
2 • Golden-cheeked Warblers continue to make news in Central America. This male, mist-netted in Monte- 
cristo National Park, El Salvador on 12 September 2008, was only the third ever banded on its wintering 
grounds; the first two were banded earlier in fall 2008 In Honduras. Individuals were also reported in Belize 
(Its second) and in an area of Guatemala where the species had not been recorded previously in fall. 
Photograph by Lya Samayoa. 
3 • Immature Bananaquits are rarely found in Florida. This one at a Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, 
Miami-Dade County 15 September 2008 was the first Bananaquit ever banded in the continental United 
States. Photograph by Robin Diaz. 
4 • This female Ruby-topaz Hummingbird, only the second to be recorded in North America and the first in 
23 years, was found in El Real in extreme eastern Panama 4-7 August 2008 and again on 21 September 
(here). The first one was also recorded at El Real. Photograph by Alex Guevara. 
5 • Rare in British Columbia, this Prairie Warbler visited Kamloops quite late — 18 November 2008. 
Photograph by Rick Howie. 
6 • Northern Wheatear, a species that typically leaves North America to winter in the Old World, is a rare 
transient through the Hudson-Delaware region and adjacent regions. This bird at Lowville, St. Lawrence 
County, New York was nicely documented 1 5 October 2009. Photograph byJeffBolsinger. 
7 • This Black-bellied Whistling-Duck was captured in a duck trap at Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area, 
Crawford County, Pennsylvania 31 August 2008, making the fifth record for the state. 
Photograph by Kevin Jacobs. 
8 • A bonny female Magnolia Warbler sweetened the deal for birders seeking a previously reported Blackpoll 
Warbler at Cherry Creek State Park, Arapahoe County, Colorado on 7 September 2008. 
Photograph by Glenn Walbek. 
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