- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* April 20, 1995
* ORPO9504.20

- Birds mentioned

Common Loon
Eared Grebe
Brant
TUFTED DUCK
Surf Scoter
Killdeer
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Glaucous Gull
House Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Northern Oriole

-Transcript

hotline: Portland, Oregon, Audubon RBA (weekly)
date: April 20, 1995
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 guide at teleport.com
(503) 324-0508

Hello, this is Portland Audubon's Rare Bird Alert. This recording was
made Thursday, April 20th. If you have anything to add, call Harry
Nehls at 233-3976.

A full adult male TUFTED DUCK was found during the week, first on
Meares Lake, then on the Bay City sewage ponds over the weekend. On
APR 17 another male TUFTED DUCK was at the boat basin at Cascades
Locks, in the Columbia River Gorge.

25 WHIMBRELS were at Yaquina Bay APR 16. A LONG-BILLED CURLEW was
at Tillamook Bay that day. BRANT, SURF SCOTERS, and COMMON LOONS
were migrating in numbers just offshore.

BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS and HOUSE WRENS moved into the state
in good numbers during the last weekend.

An early NORTHERN ORIOLE was reported in North Portland APR 13.
A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was on Sauvie Island APR 14.

Two EARED GREBES have been at the Forest Grove ponds all week.

A late GLAUCOUS GULL remains at the pellet plant on Sauvie Island.

A KILLDEER protecting 2 chicks was near Canby APR 13.

A WHIMBREL was at Ankney refuge, near Salem, APR 16.

A TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD was at Hood River APR 8.

The [NORTHERN] MOCKINGBIRD at Sisters continues to be seen in
the close territory it has set up.

That's it for this week.

- End transcript