PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHT^ 
1, 2, 3, & 4 • A remarkable record anywhere in North America away from Alaska's offshore islands, this Terek 
Sandpiper was found at Craney Island, Portsmouth, Virginia on 9 August 2008 — a first for the state and first 
to be documented by photograph in the East. Although taken at some distance as the bird raced around feed- 
ing, the photographs collectively show the features of this distinctive species. Photographs by Michael Lowry. 
5 • This photograph beautifully illustrates a Boreal Chickadee x Mountain Chickadee hybrid (center) next to 
typical Mountain (left) and Boreal Chickadees at the Teslin Lake Bird Observatory, southern Yukon Territory 
25 September 2008, the second such hybrid banded at the Observatory. Photograph by Jukka Jantunen. 
6 • Mountain Chickadee x Black-capped Chickadee hybrids have been documented in areas where these 
species share breeding ranges, but this bird, photographed at Spring Canyon Campground in Lincoln County 
on 25 October 2008, is the first of this cross to be documented in Washington. Photograph by Ryan Shaw. 
7 • The Yukon Territory's second Chestnut-backed Chickadee, banded on 17 September 2008, was a highlight 
of a remarkable movement of chickadees recorded at the Teslin Lake Bird Observatory. 
Photograph by Jukka Jantunen. 
VOLUME 63 (2009) • NUMBER 1 
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