In press – four new papers now available to BCFO members from British Columbia Birds

The following In press papers are now available on the BCFO Member’s area of the British Columbia Birds web site:

Gyug, L.W. 2025. Daily and seasonal variation in acoustic signals affects probability of detection of Williamson’s Sapsucker and other woodpeckers in southern interior British Columbia. British Columbia Birds 36:2–14.

Gaston, A.J., K. Moore, R. Dickson and J.-L. Martin. 2025. Timing of spring arrivals and population changes among forest birds on a small island in Haida Gwaii over 33 years (1990–2022). British Columbia Birds 36:15–29.

Burger, A.E. 2025. Monitoring Sandhill Crane spring migration on the Douglas Lake Plateau in southern British Columbia. British Columbia Birds 36:30–35.

Gyug, L.W., J. Coleshill, E. Gross, M. Harrison, D. Henderson, T. Luszcz, K. Mancuso, and J. Surgenor. 2025. Estimating Lewis’s Woodpecker population size in British Columbia by applying lessons learned between 2011 and 2024. British Columbia Birds 36:36–52.

British Columbia Birds – Volume 35 – now available

Volume 35 of the BCFO journal is now available to members only and can be downloaded from the BCFO Members area of the British Columbia Birds web site.

The issue contains the following articles:

Rosenfield, R.N., A.C. Stewart, J.M. Taylor, and T.L. Booms. 2024. Body size of breeding yearling females drives intra-sexual niche partitioning in Cooper’s Hawks: an interpopulation perspective and caveat. British Columbia Birds 35:10–16.

Henderson, D.S., M. Waters, I. Szabo, and D.A. Bailey. 2024. Fledged Marbled Murrelet found dead on a logging road near Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. British Columbia Birds 35:17–22.

Bertrands, J. 2024. B.C. Field Ornithologists Bird Records Committee Report for 2023. British Columbia Birds 35:23–29.  

In press – Magnoavipes (‘big bird-foot’) tracks from the Late Cretaceous near Tumbler Ridge

The following In press paper is now available on the BCFO Members area of the British Columbia Birds web site:

Helm, C., and R. Rule. 2024. Magnoavipes (‘big bird-foot’) tracks from the Late Cretaceous near Tumbler Ridge. British Columbia Birds 35:2–9. First published online September 2024.

In press – The following three papers are now available to BCFO members. They complete the peer-reviewed content of Volume 35 of British Columbia Birds. The printed version will be printed and mailed to members in March 2025.

Rosenfield, R.N., A.C. Stewart, J.M. Taylor, and T.L. Booms. 2024. Body size of breeding yearling females drives intra-sexual niche partitioning in Cooper’s Hawks: an interpopulation perspective and caveat. British Columbia Birds 35:10–16.

Henderson, D.S., M. Waters, I. Szabo, and D.A. Bailey. 2024. Fledged Marbled Murrelet found dead on a logging road near Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. British Columbia Birds 35:17–22.

Bertrands, J. 2024. B.C. Field Ornithologists Bird Records Committee Report for 2023. British Columbia Birds 35:23–29.  

British Columbia Birds – Volume 34 – now available

Volume 34 of the BCFO journal is now available to members only and can be downloaded from the BCFO Members area of the British Columbia Birds web site.

The issue contains the following articles:

Rosenfield, R.N., A.C. Stewart, and W.E. Stout. 2023. Do wing moult and egg size in yearling female Cooper’s Hawks reveal age-dependent intrinsic liabilities when breeding? British Columbia Birds 34:2–8. (posted previously)

Town, S., R. Torrenta, and D. Bradley. 2023. Multiple nests found and chick development documented at the only known Black Swift (Cypseloides niger) nesting colony in coastal British Columbia. British Columbia Birds 34:9–18.

Gyug, L.W., J. Coleshill, M. Harrison, J. Hobbs, and T. Luszcz. 2023. Lewis’s Woodpecker breeding population size and trends in Grand Forks, British Columbia, after a severe flood event. British Columbia Birds 34:19–28.

Cooper, J.M. 2023. Probable cougar (Puma concolor) predation on a Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis). British Columbia Birds 34:29–31.

Matsuda, B.M., and C.J. Howe. 2023. Painted anemone consumption of a Pacific Wren on Vancouver Island. British Columbia Birds 34:32–33.

Bertrands, J. 2023. B.C. Field Ornithologists Bird Records Committee Report for 2022. British Columbia Birds 34:34–37.

Book Review — The Origin and Distribution of Birds in Coastal Alaska and British Columbia: The Lost Manuscript of Ornithologist Harry S. Swarth. British Columbia Birds 34:38–39.

 

In press – Do wing moult and egg size in yearling female Cooper’s Hawks reveal age-dependent intrinsic liabilities when breeding?

The following In press paper is now available on the BCFO Member’s area of the British Columbia Birds web site:

Rosenfield, R.N., A.C. Stewart, and W.E. Stout. 2023. Do wing moult and egg size in yearling female Cooper’s Hawks reveal age-dependent intrinsic liabilities when breeding? British Columbia Birds 34:2–8.