Pictorial Highlights 
1 • Marbled Murrelet nests are always a rare find, especially this one located on the ground (rather than in a tree) above a ravine at Eagle Creek near Juneau, Alaska 30 June 2009. Photograph 
by Kathy Hocker. 
2 • Skulking in berry thickets at Wrangell for over a week in late (here 26) June 2009, this Gray Catbird provided Alaska's fourth record ever. Photograph by Steve Zimmerman. 
3 • A species seldom encountered south of Newfoundland in summer in the East, this second-year male King Eider was found 22 July 2009 at Maces Bay, New Brunswick. In heavy molt of 
remiges and rectrices, the bird was likely flightless when found. Photograph by Samuel Denauit. 
4 • Arizona's second Pacific Golden-Plover was discovered at Willcox 26 June 2009 (here) by Mark Stevenson; it was last seen the following day. There are very few inland reports of this species 
in North America. Photograph by Gary Rosenberg. 
5 • This immature male Gray-collared Becard was discovered in the South fork of Cave Creek Canyon S June 2009, and, if accepted by the Arizona Bird Committee, would represent a first North 
American record of the species. Photogrqph by Jillian Johnston. 
6 • A singing Brown-backed Solitaire was discovered in Miller Canyon, Arizona 16 July 2009 and later relocated in Ramsey Canyon on 18 (here 26) July, where it was reported off and on until 1 
August. If accepted by the Arizona Bird Committee, this would represent a potential first North American record; there is one previous Arizona report, a bird seen in lower Madera Canyon on 4 
October 1996, which was ultimately not accepted as a record of a wild bird because of concerns about its provenance. Brown-backed Solitaire is a common cage bird in Mexico. Photograph by 
Christie Van Cleve. 
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