NOTES: PAINTED REDSTARTS ATTEMPT TO BREED IN CALIFORNIA

Abstract

On 6 July 1974 Carl Schroeder, Debbie Zache and I found a nest of Painted Redstarts (Myioborus [=Setophaga] pictus) in the Laguna Mountains (32° 51' 40" N, 116° 26' 10" W) of San Diego County, California. This is the first recorded breeding of this species in California. The nesting area was at an elevation of about 5640 feet, approximately one mile downstream from the Agua Dulce campground along Agua Dulce Creek.