Subject: Portland, Oregon, RBA (March 24, 1994)
Date: Mar 25 10:17:27 1994
From: Greg Gillson - gregg at TDD.HBO.NEC.COM

- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* March 24, 1994
* ORPO9403.24

- Birds mentioned

Clark's Grebe
Great Egret
TUFTED DUCK
Oldsquaw
Barrow's Goldendeye
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Heermann's Gull
ICELAND GULL
Pigeon Guillemot
Band-tailed Pigeon
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Loggerhead Shrike
Palm Warbler

-Transcript

hotline: Portland, Oregon, Audubon RBA (weekly)
date: Mar 24, 1994
number: (503) 292-0661
to report: Harry Nehls (503) 233-3976
compiler: Harry Nehls
coverage: entire state, concentrating on NW Oregon
Internet contact and transcriber: Greg Gillson gregg at tdd.hbo.nec.com
(503) 681-3337

Hello, this is Portland Audubon's Rare Bird Alert. This recording
was made Thursday, March 24th. If you have anything to add, call
Harry Nehls at 233-3976.

A probable ICELAND GULL was at the mouth of the Winchuck River MAR 19.

Three RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS were in the Brookings area that day.

PIGEON GUILLEMOTS are now well scattered all along the coast. A male
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and a CLARK'S GREBE were at Yaquina Bay MAR 19.

A PALM WARBLER was at Fort Stevens State Park MAR 22.

Large number of gulls are now gathered off the mouth of the Lewis River,
north of Sauvie Island [in Washington State], apparently attracted to the
smelt runs.

A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was at Oak Island on Sauvie Island MAR 19. At least
5 GREAT EGRETS are now in the Rentenaar Road area of Sauvie Island.

A recently fledged BAND-TAILED PIGEON was found at Lake Oswego, MAR 22,
and brought to the wildlife care center.

An adult HEERMANN'S GULL was at the Monmouth sewage ponds MAR 20.

A [NORTHERN] GOSHAWK was at the Corvallis ponds the same day.

A male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was at the mouth of the Deschutes River MAR 18.
Some [NORTHERN] ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were among a huge swarm of VIOLET-GREEN
and TREE SWALLOWS there MAR 20.

A male TUFTED DUCK and a female OLDSQUAW are now at the mouth of the
Walla Walla River, in Washington [State], north of Milton-Freewater.

That's it for this week.

- End transcript
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Greg Gillson <gregg at tdd.hbo.nec.com>