PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
1 • For most of the summer (here 25 June 2009), this male Kentucky Warbler sang and defended Its territory 
against a perceived rival Hooded Warbler (a rarity for the location in its own right) at Gregory Canyon, Boul- 
der County, Colorado. Photograph by Bill Schmoker. 
2 & 3 • The first verified breeding of any true tanager species in the United States, a Western Spindalis pair suc- 
cessfully fledged three young 31 August 2009 at Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, 
Florida. The pair was discovered 28 July 2009, and the birds remained in the area after nesting. These photo- 
graphs show the male and female bringing food to the nest on 26 August. Photographs by Larry Manfredi. 
4 • Verified breeding of Bronzed Cowbird at Dania Beach, Broward County on 28 July (here) made another 
first for Florida in 2009. The established non-native Spot-breasted Oriole was Its host, the male (above) seen 
here feeding the brood parasite, with the female oriole below. Photographs by Arthur tklson. 
5 • Many Piping Plovers that wander in the Midwest have colored leg bands, such as this adult that visited 
Ashtabula County, Ohio 26-31 (here 27) July 2009. Photograph by Lana Hays. 
6 • Lesser Goldfinch, a vagrant essentially anywhere east of the hundredth meridian, was hardly expected at 
Clifton, Penobscot County, Maine (here 7 July 2009). Records of the species east of range appear to be in- 
creasing, and the breeding range is expanding in the Pacific Northwest as well. Photograph byJohnZievis. 
7 • Part of a widespread flight of the species into the East and Midwest in summer 2009, this young Roseate 
Spoonbill provided a first firm record for Virginia at a nursery near Lyndhurst, Augusta County 15-19 (here 
19) June 2009. This location, in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Ap- 
palachian Mountains, has little habitat for such a bird, which appeared to be feeding heavily on tadpoles in 
a flooded corn field. Photograph by Lynda Blair. 
8 • Whether the result of egg-dumping or communal nesting, these two Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks with 
at least 25 chicks in tow at Brevard County, Florida's Viera Wetlands 7 July 2009 well illustrate the robust 
northward expansion of this species. Photograph by Matt Paulson. 
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