| Cover photo: Adult Le Conte’s Sparrow, Ammospiza leconteii, attending to the nest. 21 July 1999. Photo by Michael Patrikeev. See article, pp. 22-26. [full-size view] |
| Articles |
Predicting bird oiling events at oil sands tailings ponds and assessing the importance
of alternate waterbodies for waterfowl: a preliminary assessment ROBERT A. RONCONI Abstract [PDF] | 1 |
A test of interspecific effects of introduced Eastern Grey Squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis,
on Douglas’s Squirrels, Tamiasciurus douglasii, in Vancouver, British Columbia
YEEN TEN HWANG and SERGE LARIVIÈRE Abstract [PDF] | 10 |
Responses of syrphids, elaterids, and bees to single-tree selection harvesting in
Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario ERICA NOL, HUME DOUGLAS, and WILLIAM J. CRINS Abstract [PDF] | 15 |
New nesting records of the Le Conte’s Sparrow, Ammospiza leconteii, from
northeastern Ontario with some notes on nesting behaviour MICHAEL PATRIKEEV Abstract [PDF] | 22 |
Conditions for sexual interactions between wild wild Grey Wolves, Canis lupus,
and Coyotes, Canis latrans RICHARD P. THIEL Abstract [PDF] | 27 |
Multiple scale den selection by Swift Foxes, Vulpes velox, in southeastern Colorado ANN M. KITCHEN, ERIC M. GESE, and SARAH G. LUPIS Abstract [PDF] | 31 |
First records of the Northern Long-eared Bat, Myotis septentrionalis, in the Yukon Territory THOMAS S. JUNG, BRIAN G. SLOUGH, DAVID W. NAGORSEN, TANYA A. DEWEY, and TODD POWELL Abstract [PDF] | 39 |
Recent declines of House Sparrows, Passer domesticus, in Canada’s Maritime Provinces ANTHONY J. ERSKINE Abstract [PDF] | 43 |
First record of the Southern Red-backed Vole, Clethrionomys gapperi, in Newfoundland:
Implications for the endangered Newfoundland Marten, Martes americana atrata BRIAN J. HEARN, JOHN T. NEVILLE, WILLIAM J. CURRAN, and DEAN P. SNOW Abstract [PDF] | 50 |
Long-range homing by an adult female Black Bear, Ursus americanus
L.J. LANDRIAULT, M.N. HALL, J. HAMR, F.F. MALLORY Abstract [PDF] | 57 |
Early ontogenetic diet in Gray Wolves, Canis lupus, of coastal British Columbia
HEATHER M. BRYAN, CHRIS T. DARIMONT, THOMAS E. REIMCHEN, and PAUL C. PAQUET Abstract [PDF] | 61 |
Extension of Coyote, Canis latrans, breeding range in the Northwest Territories,
Canada H. DEAN CLUFF Abstract [PDF] | 67 |
Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, movements in Rainy Lake, Minnesota and Ontario
W. EUGENE ADAMS JR., LARRY W. KALLEMEYN, and DAVID W. WILLIS Abstract [PDF] | 71 |
Northern range expansion and invasion by the Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio, of the Churchill
River system in Manitoba PASCAL H. J. BADIOU, and L. GORDON GOLDSBOROUGH Abstract [PDF] | 83 |
Diversity and range of amphibians of the Yukon Territory
BRIAN G. SLOUGH and R. LEE MENNELL Abstract [PDF] | 87 |
Temporal variability of cetaceans near Halifax, Nova Scotia
PETER SIMARD, JENIFER L. LAWLOR, and SHANNON GOWANS Abstract [PDF] | 93 |
Winter habitat use by American Marten, Martes americana, in western Alberta
boreal forests GILBERT PROULX Abstract [PDF] | 100 |
| Notes |
Lady Crabs, Ovalipes ocellatus, in the Gulf of Maine J.C.A. BURCHSTED and FRED BURCHSTED Abstract [PDF] | 106 |
Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawerensis, food piracy on diving ducks WILLIAM J. WALLEY Abstract [PDF] | 109 |
Probable Black Bear, Ursus americana, retrieval of an Elk, Cervus elaphus, carcass from a
small lake in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba WILLIAM J. WALLEY Abstract [PDF] | 110 |
| Book Reviews [PDF] |
| ZOOLOGY: The Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi — The Birding Sites of
Nova Scotia — The Complete Fauna of Iran — Fishes of the World — Insects: Their Natural History and
Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America — Secret Weapons: Defenses
of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-legged Creatures — Rodents and Lagomorphs of British
Columbia — Tanagers, Cardinals, and Finches of the United States and Canada — Wheatears of Palaeartic:
Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution of the Genus Oenanthe | 113 |
| BOTANY: Giant Trees of Western North America and the World | 120 |
| ENVIRONMENT: Fire and Avian Ecology in North America: Studies in Avian Biology Number 30 — Fisheries
Assessment and Management in Data-limited Situations — Lapland: A Natural History — Fish, Fur and
Feathers: Fish and Wildlife Conservation in Alberta, 1905-2005 — The Gulf of Alaska: Biology and
Oceanography | 121 |
| MISCELLANEOUS: Fossil Legends of the First Americans — A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstones & Mineral
Sites of British Columbia, Sites within a Day’s Drive of Vancouver | 127 |
| NEW TITLES | 128 |
| News and Comment [PDF] |
| Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre Science and Information Newsletter 11(1) Winter 2006 Marine Turtle Newsletter (111) Wildlife Afield 2 (1,2) Errata The Canadian Field-Naturalist 119(3) | 132 |
| Advice to Contributors | 134 |