PiCTORiAL HIGHLIGHTS 
1 ' California's and the Lower 48 states'first Bluethroat was this one photographed on the first day of its 14- 
18 September 2008 stay on San Clemente Island. Photograph by Jason Fidorm. 
2 • A sparrow of the mid-continent, Harris's Sparrow appears to be increasing as a vagrant in the East in the 
past 10 years or so. This bird at Brandywine Creek Wildlife Management Area 1 1 October (here 14 October) 
through 7 November 2008 marked a third record for Delaware. Photograph by Steve Collim. 
3 • This male Hooded Oriole was seen briefly in a yard in Kevil, Ballard County, Kentucky 29 November 2008. 
It will represent a first for the Tennessee & Kentucky region if approved by the Kentucky Bird Records Com- 
mittee. Photograph by Jeff Rowe. 
4 • Clearly the event of the season in Texas was the presence of this Jabiru near Raymondville, Willacy Coun- 
ty, Texas 1 0-22 (here 21 ) August 2008. Word about the bird did not reach the birding public until 20 August, 
but the bird was nonetheless admired by many. Photograph by Jan Dauphin. 
5 • Remarkably constituting the third record for Guadeloupe, this Collared Plover visited Pointe des Chateaux 
IS (here 16) August through 25 October 2008. Photograph by Anthony Levesque. 
6 • A Black Kite at Gaschet Reservoir made the first record for Guadeloupe and third for the Lesser Antilles 
when discovered 23 (here 29) October 2008; it remained through at least 22 November. 
Photograph by Anthony Levesque. 
7 • A Black Rail found anywhere in Texas away from coastal marshes is noteworthy; however, this individual 
found near Groveton, Trinity County 8 August 2008 seemed early for a migrant and was also a first for the 
Piney woods. Photograph by Brian Truss. 
8 • Providing Minnesota's fifth record was this Golden-crowned Sparrow at Pelican island. Leech Lake, Cass 
County 16-18 (here 17) October 2008. Birders were ferried to the island from a local resort with permission 
from the landowner. Photograph by David A. Cahlander. 
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