- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* April 18, 1996
* ORPO9604.18


- Birds mentioned


Common Loon
Eared Grebe
Brown Pelican
Bittern
Great Egret
Emperor Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Virginia Rail
Sora
Black-necked Stilt
Solitary Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Vaux's Swift
Lewis' Woodpecker
Western Wood-Pewee
Purple Martin
Western Scrub-Jay
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Solitaire
Warbling Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
COMMON GRACKLE
Bullock's Oriole
Lesser Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak


- Transcript


hotline: Portland, Oregon, Audubon RBA (weekly) date: April 18, 1996
number: (503) 292-0661
to report: Harry Nehls (503) 233-3976 <hnehls at teleport.com>
compiler: Harry Nehls
coverage: entire state, concentrating on NW Oregon


Hello, this is Portland Audubon Society's Rare Bird Alert. This recording
was made Thursday April 18. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
233-3976.

A COMMON GRACKLE briefly visited a North Bend feeder April 11 but moved on
almost immediately. The EMPEROR GOOSE continues to be seen along the Sandy
River at Lewis and Clark State Park. The Sauvie Island TUFTED DUCK is still
on the pond near mile post 7 on Sauvie Island Road. The BARRED OWL remains
in Reed College Canyon in southeast Portland.

EVENING GROSBEAKS invaded the Willamette Valley during the week with a
stray group of 24 on the coast at Waldport April 13. An early BROWN PELICAN
was pushing northward off Cape Arago April 10. A group of 12 GREAT EGRETS
were were in a single tree in the Coquille Valley April 11. A WARBLING
VIREO was singing along Beaver Creek south of Newport April 13.

A pair of PURPLE MARTINS were over the road to the South Jetty of Siuslaw
River April 13. Good numbers were back on Sauvie Island by April 16. All of
the swallows but bank swallows are now arriving throughout western Oregon.

Although shorebird movements have been slow a MARBLED GODWIT was near the
South Jetty of the Columbia River April 13. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was with a
group of migrant shorebirds on a flooded field in Salem April 10, and a
BLACK-NECKED STILT and an EARED GREBE were at Mohoff Pond in Ankeny NWR
near Salem April 15. Up to seven AMERICAN BITTERNS and good numbers of SORA
and VIRGINIA RAILS are now conspicuous at Cedar Canyon Marsh west of Banks.
COMMON YELLOWTHROATS are common there also as in most of western Oregon.

A male BULLOCK'S ORIOLE was on Sauvie Island April 17. A HERMIT WARBLER was
in Reed College Canyon April 13. On April 10 a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, two
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS and a surprising SHORT-EARED OWL were at Mt.
Tabor Park in southeast Portland. A WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE was there April 15,
and a NASHVILLE WARBLER was there April 16. Mt. Tabor is one of the best
places in the city ot observed the spring migration.

A pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL were near Wilsonville April 11. A HOUSE WREN was
at the E.E. Wilson State Wildife Area April 14. A VAUX'S SWIFT was at a
marsh on Graham Ferry Road in Clackamas County April 17.

LEWIS' WOODPECKERS continue to be seen near Perrydale and some were west of
Carlton during the week. They may be attempting to nest which would be the
first in the Willamette Valley in many years.

Two WESTERN SCRUB-JAYS were in the town of Moro in Sherman County April 13.
A LESSER GOLDFINCH was in Grass Valley that day. Heavy sparrows movements
are being reported from many parts of eastern Oregon.

An unprecidented 280 GREATER SCAUP were on Wickiup Reservoir south of Bend
April 16. Large numbers of COMMON LOONS are also in the area.

Thats it for this week.


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Harry Nehls, Portland, Or.
hnehls at teleport.com (503) 233-3976