Message from the editors
· Alan Wallace, Ted Floyd, and Jim Eidel


ARTICLES

Comparisons of bird populations at six localities in northern Nevada and Utah: 1867–1869 and 1994–2000
· Keith B. Ketner and Donna C. Ketner

Changes in the bird community the lower Truckee River, Nevada, 1868–2001
· Elisabeth M. Ammon

Observations of Three-toed Woodpeckers (Picoides tridactylus) in the breeding season
· Rebecca Lyon Hill

Aggressive behavior of Three-toed Woodpeckers (Picoides tridactylus) towards other woodpeckers
· Rebecca Lyon Hill

Natural history and ecology of the Chukar (Alectoris chukar) in the northern Great Basin
· Hanspeter Walter

Characterization of riparian bird communities in a Mojave Desert watershed
· Erica Fleishman, Dennis Murphy, Ted Floyd, Neil McDonal, and Jack Walters

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus): Recent breeding range expansions in California and potential for breeding in Nevada
· Rich Stallcup

Fall 2001 migration and satellite-tracking of raptors from the Goshute Mountains, Nevada
· Jeff P. Smith

Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship at Lake Mead National Recreation Area
· Mike Boyles

REPORTS AND UPDATES


Fall 2001 Pyramid Lake water bird census, Washoe County, Nevada
· Dennis Serdehely

Nevada Partners in Flight 2001: The year in review
· Larry A. Neel

Nevada’s Important Bird Areas
· Don McIvor

Report of the Nevada Bird Records Committee for 2000
· Jim Eidel

Summary of significant bird records in the Great Basin: 2001
· Ted Floyd