Please include 15 Lapland longspurs seen on Nov 30 about 25 miles west of
Salem along Barnhart Rd between Dallas and Falls City. A single
Golden-crowned sparrow was foraging with the longspurs.
(after a wonderful Thanksgiving weedend visiting a friends ranch there.)
Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu Univ of WA and Des Moines, WA
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On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Harry Nehls wrote:

> - RBA
> * Oregon
> * Portland
> * December 4, 1997
> * ORPO9712,04
>
> - birds mentioned
>
> Yellow-billed Loon
> Brown Pelican
> Great Egret
> Cattle Egret
> Turkey Vulture
> Snow Goose
> Ross's Goose
> Trumpeter Swan
> Tundra Swan
> WHOOPER SWAN
> Oldsquaw
> White-tailed Kite
> Red-shouldered Hawk
> Prairie Falcon
> GYRFALCON
> Sandhill Crane
> Long-billed Curlew
> Rock Sandpiper
> Red Phalarope
> Franklin's Gull
> Heermann's Gull
> Black-legged Kittiwake
> Sabine's Gull
> Great Gray Owl
> Red-naped Sapsucker
> Say's Phoebe
> TROPICAL KINGBIRD
> Northern Shrike
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
> Northern Mockingbird
> Palm Warbler
> Common Yellowthroat
> American Tree Sparrow
> Chipping Sparrow
> Clay-colored Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> White-throated Sparrow
> Harris's Sparrow
>
> - transcript
>
> hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBA (weekly)
> number: (503) 292-0661
> to report: Harry Nehls (503) 233-3976 <hnehls at teleport.com>
> compiler: Harry Nehls
> coverage: entire state
>
> Hello, this is Portland Audubon Society's Rare Bird Report. This
> recording was made Thursday December 4. If you have anything to add call
> Harry Nehls at 233-3976.
>
> On November 30 a WHOOPER SWAN was observed among the TRUMPETER and TUNDRA
> SWAN flock near Airlie in southwestern Polk County. The birds move around
> quite a bit and birders need to search to find them. The WHOOPER was not
> found December 2. Another WHOOPER SWAN was reported from Lower Klamath
> NWR in late November.
>
> The YELLOW-BILLED LOON on the Chetco River in Brookings was seen again
> during the week. On November 28 a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, 4 WHITE-THROATED
> SPARROWS, 2 MOCKINGBIRDS, and a GNATCATCHER were seen at Hunter Creek,
> south of Gold Beach.
>
> A gray phase GYRFALCON was closely observed near Wee Willies Diner on
> Netarts Bay November 30.
>
> The TROPICAL KINGBIRD continues to be seen at the effluent ponds on the
> North Spit of Coos Bay. A group of 30 RED PHALAROPES were there November
> 30. Three ROCK SANDPIPERS were on the North Jetty of Coos Bay that day.
>
> A late TURKEY VULTURE was near Brookings December 2. Another was near
> Airlie December 3. A number of BROWN PELICANS and HEERMANN'S GULLS are
> still being seen along the south coast.
>
> A SABINE'S GULL and 3 KITTIWAKES were at Cape Arago November 30. Two ROCK
> SANDPIPERS were also there. A FRANKLIN'S GULLS was at Charleston that day.
>
> The CATTLE EGRET continues to be seen on the Nestucca NWR near Pacific
> City. Another was at Nehalem Meadows along with 2 PALM WARBLERS November
> 28. Two RED PHALAROPES were at Tillamook Bay November 27.
>
> About 350 SNOW GEESE, 500 SANDHILL CRANES, and 10 GREAT EGRETS are now
> being regularly seen in Scappoose Bottoms. Another 1000 SNOW GEESE are in
> the corn fields on the east side of Sauvie Island. Large numbers of gulls
> are now about the Pellet Plant on the Island. A CATTLE EGRET is being
> seen about the junction of Gillahan and Reeders Roads on the Island.
>
> About 1500 TUNDRA SWANS are in the Forest Grove area, mostly along Golf
> Course Road south of Cornelius. A LONG-BILLED CURLEW and a COMMON
> YELLOWTHROAT were at the Fernhill Wetlands November 27.
>
> The berry patches in Minto-Brown Park in Salem are now alive with
> sparrows. Eleven species have been reported including, a HARRIS'S
> SPARROW, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, a TREE SPARROW, 2 SWAMP SPARROWS, and 4
> WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. A CHIPPING SPARROW and a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
> were at Baskett Slough NWR November 30. The SNOW GOOSE and the ROSS'S
> GOOSE are still being seen there. A PRAIRIE FALCON, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE
> were along Livermore Road north of the refuge November 27.
>
> On November 29 a SAY'S PHOEBE, 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 2 RED PHALAROPES,
> and a SWAMP SPARROW were at the E.E. Wilson SWA north of Corvallis.
> Another SAY'S PHOEBE is in Corvallis. Over 200 SANDHILL CRANES were at
> Camas Swale near Creswell November 27.
>
> Two OLDSQUAWS were on the Prineville Sewage Ponds November 25. A GREAT
> GRAY OWL and a HARRIS'S SPARROW were in Sunriver, south of Bend November
> 29.
>
> Three HARRIS'S SPARROWS are now coming to feeders in Fields.
>
> Thats it for this week.
>
> - end transcript
>