PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
1 • One of wry few Black-browed Al- 
batrosses satisfactorily documented 
in North American waters, this 
subadult was photographed IS July 
2009 between Seal Island and Vina!- 
haven Island in outer Penobscot Bay, 
Maine. Photograph by John Drury. 
2 • Building on recent increases in their 
numbers, three pairs of Buff-breasted 
Flycatchers were in New Mexico's Ani- 
mas Mountains, Hidalgo County in sum- 
mer 2009, including this nest-building 
adult in upper Indian Creek Canyon 27 
June. Photograph by Cole j. Wolf. 
3 • Baird's Sandpiper is a very rare 
spring transient in Ontario, and none have been better documented than this individual at Thunder Bay, Thunder 
Bay District 1 June 2009, which was one of six birds present here in early June. Photograph by Alan Wormington. 
4 • This first-spring male Lazuli Bunting was present at Crooks in Thunder Bay District from 31 May through 3 
(here 1) June 2009, providing the ninth record for Ontario. Photograph by Alan Wormington. 
5 • Washington's third Red-necked Stint was a one-day wonder at Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County 24 July 
2009. All three of Washington's records have been adult birds appearing between 27 June and 2 August. 
Photograph by Gregg Thompson. 
6 • Those with knowledge of North American tree and bird distribution will note the incongruity of a Scarlet 
Tanager among Ponderosa Pine needles in this image. This territorial male returned for its third breeding sea- 
son (here 10 June 2009) in upper Gregory Canyon, Boulder Countty, Colorado. Photograph by David Waltman. 
7 • Amongst tens of thousands of snow-bound geese at Churchill, Manitoba on 5 June 2009 were these two 
rare blue-morph Ross's Geese. Photograph by Tom Johnson. 
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