Birders,

The California Bird Records Committee has accepted the record (#2013-192) of a Marsh Sandpiper,
Tringa stagnatilis, near Mecca, Riverside Co. 26 Oct 2013, and the record (#2013-195) of a Common Swift,
Apus apus, near Desert Center, Riverside Co. 30 Oct 2013. These two additions bring the California checklist to 657 species (646 naturally-occurring plus 11 introduced). CBRC Chair and webmaster Joseph Morlan has updated the web site to reflect these
changes:
http://www.californiabirds.org/list.html
Note that Marsh Sandpiper is placed on the checklist immediately after Lesser Yellowlegs; Common Swift is placed immediately after Vaux’s Swift. Both are added to the CBRC review list as well.

Another potential new California record is currently in circulation (record #2013-181 of a Tundra Bean-Goose,
Anser serrirostris, at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea NWR, Imperial Co. 19 Oct 2013); if this record is accepted as Tundra Bean-Goose, the current checklist taxon “Taiga/Tundra Bean-Goose,
Anser fabalis/serrirostris, will be removed, so there will be no net gain in the species total.

Kimball L. Garrett
“CBRC Press Secretary”
Ornithology Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA
kgarrett@...
http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/ornithology