WEST INDIES & BERMUDA 
and 2 Yellow-throated Warblers and an Amer- 
ican Redstart at St. Augustine’s College, Nas- 
sau 27 Jul (PD, TH). A Prairie Warbler 
singing at Point Shares 21 May-12 Jun fur- 
nished the first summer record for Bermuda 
(BL), while one at Blue Shark G.C., New 
Providence 23 Jul (TH, PD) was early. The 
first fall warbler in Bermuda was a Louisiana 
Waterthrush on Nonsuch 1. 26 Jul (JM); 2 
were at H.W.PN.P, New Providence 20 Jul 
(PD, TH). A Northern Waterthrush was at 
Garden of the Groves, Grand Bahama 25-26 
Jul (EG). 
Among a dozen Bananaquits seen near 
Sauteurs, St. Patrick, Grenada 27 Jul (PHo) 
was single dark type. A second-hand report of 
a Northern Cardinal on North Cat Cay 13 Jul 
(fide BP) indicates that the small colony there 
persists. Three Yellow-bellied Seedeaters were 
noted 27 Jul near Greenville, Grenada (PHo). 
Scores of Grassland Yellow-Finches were seen 
at Barbados 12 Jul (RLN, EM). A pair of 
House Sparrows has apparently taken up res- 
idence in Bridgetown, Barbados 12 Jul (EM, 
RLN). At least a dozen House Sparrows were 
noted at the airport on Beef I., British Virgin 
Islands 18 Jul (RLN). 
Contributors: Peter Adhemar, Eric Amos, El- 
wood Bracey, Betsy Bracey Noreen Brent, Karl 
Dawson, Paul Dean, Andrew Dobson, Susan 
& Stephen Gantz, Lynn Gape, Erika Gates, 
Diana Gozney, Tony Hepburn, Kirsten Hines, 
Peter Hopkin, Phillip Howard (PHo), Dennis 
Knowles, Jim Kushlan, Lionel Levine, Bruce 
Lorhan, Jeremy Madeiros, Eddie Massiah, 
Chris May, Hilda Morales, Mike J. Morel; 
Robert L. Norton, Ana Pazos, Hagen Peters, 
Bruce Purdy, Keith Rossiter, Jose A. Salguero- 
Faria, David Wallace (DW), Richard L. West, 
Tony White, David Wingate (DBW), Joseph 
M. Wunderle. @ 
Robert L. Norton, 8960 NE Waldo Road 
Gainesville, Florida 32609, (corvus0486@aol.com) 
Anthony White, P. 0. Box 2531 
Jackson, Wyoming 83001, (Spindalis@aol.com) 
Andrew Dobson, 117 Middle Road 
Warwick PG 01 Bermuda, (ADobson@warwickacad.bm) 
Eddie Massiah, Johnson Road 
Fitts Village, St. James, Barbados 
Hawaiian Islands 
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Midway Atoll 
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Ni'ihau 1^ , 
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Laysan I. 
Lisianski I. 
Marco Reef ^Gardner 
Pinnacles 
NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ^ ^ . s. 
French Frigate , Nihoa I. 
Shoals 
0‘ahu Campbell N.W.R. 
Honolulu 
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Kanaha Pond 
Haleakala 
Kealia Pond N.W.R. 
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MAIN ISLANDS 
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Johnston Atoll 
Peter Donaldson 
P ersistent easterly trade winds dominat- 
ed the weather around the Hawaiian Is- 
lands through the summer. The trade 
winds brought welcome rain to windward ar- 
eas, but leeward areas remained very dry, 
with drought conditions continuing over the 
leeward sides of Hawaii and Maui Islands. It 
seems likely that the weather may be having 
an impact on the local avifauna, but with very 
spotty observations, it is hard to tell what the 
impact might be. 
Summer is usually a quiet season in the 
Hawaiian Islands. The wintering birds are 
gone by the end of May, and most fall mi- 
grants arrive after the end of July. Many 
passerines nest in late winter, and by June, 
they have finished raising their young and 
turned very quiet. Because summer is such a 
quiet time for birds, birders tend to get out in 
the field less often. Observer coverage was 
even lighter than usual this summer, making 
for a rather uneventful season. 
WATERFOWL 
THROUGH PASSERINES 
No migrant ducks or geese were reported over 
the summer. One White-faced Ibis was ob- 
served at Kealia Pond N.W.R. 4 Jun (MN). 
White-faceds have been regular for several 
years in low numbers. No unusual shorebird 
species were reported over the summer. Pa- 
cific Golden-Plovers seemed unusually scarce 
over the summer. Three Bristle-thighed 
Curlews summered on Molokai 1. (ADY). 
Fourteen Bristle-thigheds seen at the Kii unit 
of James Campbell N.W.R., Oahu 1. in late Jul 
(MN) may have included some newly re- 
turned migrants. There were good numbers of 
Ruddy Turnstones present, with 77 counted 
in Kahuku 3 Jun (MW) and 42 at Kealia Pond 
N.W.R., Maui 1. 9 Jul (MN). It is hard to say if 
these birds summered in the islands or were 
birds that departed late or returned early from 
the far north. No gulls were reported over the 
summer, but one Least Tern was seen at 
Kealia 7 Jul (MN). Least Terns are rare but 
regular in the Region. 
We had no reports of any of the native for- 
est birds on Kauai 1. over the summer. On 
Maui I., a group of birders visiting Wai- 
kamoi Preserve 27 Jul found lots of juv. Apa- 
pane, liwi, and family groups of Maui 
Alauahio, locally common native species. 
They also heard lots of Akohekohe (Endan- 
gered) and spotted several. More interest- 
ingly, they observed at least 3 very rare Maui 
Parrotbills (Endangered) (CP et ah). On the 
Big Island of Hawaii, Hawaii Eorest & Trail 
tour groups regularly found small numbers 
of Palila (Endangered) at Puu Laau, 1-3 Aki- 
apolaau (Endangered) at Hakalau N.W.R. 
and Puu Oo Trail, small numbers of Hawaii 
Creepers (Endangered) at Hakalau, and as 
many as 6 Akepa at Hakalau Jun+ (H.ET.). 
Very small numbers of Hawaii Creepers and 
Akepa were found in the Humuula Saddle 
19-21 Jul (BR). 
Contributors: Michael Andersen, Joe Confor- 
ti, Arleone Dibben-Young, Peter Donaldson, 
Lehman Ellis, Rob Fergus, Ken Hartman, 
Hawaii Forest & Trail, Colin Jensen, Betty 
Joao, C Jordan, Joe Jordan, Matthew Marzuc- 
co, Richard May, Kelly Morgan, Mike Nishi- 
moto, Rob Pacheco, Chuck Probst, Pam Re- 
naker, Brooks Rownd, Jim Siedow, Mike Sil- 
bernagle, Bryan Tarbox, Thomas Timura, 
Ken-ichi Ueda, Michael Walther, Megan 
Westervelt (MWe), Robert Zaher. ^ 
Peter Donaldson, 2375 Ahakapu Street 
Pearl City, Hawaii 96782, (pdnldsn.bird@mac.com) 
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