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qOn Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Harry Nehls wrote:

> - RBA
> * Oregon
> * Portland
> * September 5, 1996
> * ORPO9609.05
>
>
> - birds mentioned
>
>
> Pink-footed Shearwater
> Buller's Shearwater
> Sooty Shearwater
> Gr. White-fronted Goose
> Snow Goose
> No. Goshawk
> Sandhill Crane
> Pacific Golden-Plover
> American Avocet
> Greater Yellowlegs
> Lesser Yellowlegs
> Red Knot
> Semipalmated Sandpiper
> Baird's Sandpiper
> Pectoral Sandpiper
> Parasitic Jaeger
> SOUTH POLAR SKUA
> Black Phoebe
> Red-eyed Vireo
> BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
> Bullock's Oriole
>
>
> - transcript
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>
> hotline: Portland, Oregon, Audubon RBA (weekly) date: September 5, 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 Report. This recording
> was made Thursday September 5. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
> at 233-3976.
>
> On August 28 a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was netted and banded at the
> Umatilla NWR near Hermiston.
>
> The August 31 offshore trip out of Depoe Bay was quite successful. Many
> PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS and 12 BULLER'S SHEARWATERS were seen along with
> all three jaegers and a SOUTH POLAR SKUA that flashed past the boat about
> eight miles offshore. Again, on this trip, they found sharks and Ocean
> Sunfish, indicating warm water.
>
> The shorebird migration continues but the only large concentrations appear
> to be at Coos Bay and at Bandon where many thousands have gathered. Three
> RED KNOTS and three SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS were among the swarm at the
> effluent ponds on the North Spit of Coos Bay September 1.
>
> A dark phased PARASITIC JAEGER is regularly observed flying over the
> shorebird flats at the South Jetty of the Columbia River, and the immature
> GOSHAWK first noted last week continues to be seen there. A PACIFIC
> GOLDEN-PLOVER is being seen in the area now, a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was
> there September 2. Good numbers of SOOTY SHEARWATERS have appeared off the
> jetty over the past weekend.
>
> On August 30 a RED-EYED VIREO was among a group of landbird migrants along
> the bicycle path at Fort Stevens State Park. A BULLOCK'S ORIOLE was there
> September 2. Both are unusual along the coast.
>
> Water remains high on Sauvie Island but on September 2 a fair number of
> GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were at the Narrows near the north end of
> Sturgeon Lake. On September 1 a flock of 14 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE was at Coon
> Point. At Sutherlin in Douglas County August 30 a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
> joined a domestic goose flock. The next day a flock of SNOW GEESE flew
> over.
>
> An AVOCET has remained all week at Baskett Slough NWR. Shorebirding there,
> though, has remained slow. Several BAIRD'S and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS are
> among a fair number of shorebirds at Mohoff Pond at Ankeny NWR south of
> Salem. An early SANDHILL CRANE was at Finley NWR August 30. The BLACK
> PHOEBE continues to be seen at the E.E. Wilson State Refuge north of
> Corvallis.
>
> Water remains high in most of the eastern Oregon ponds and lakes with
> shorebirds well scattered and in low numbers, except at the large alkaline
> lakes. There have been no reports of large scale landbird movements east of
> the Cascades, but hawks are now increasing at hawk watch stations.
>
> Thats it for this week.
>
>
> - end transcript
>
> Harry Nehls, Portland, Or.
> hnehls at teleport.com (503) 233-3976
>
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