- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* July 17, 1997
* ORPO9707.17

- birds mentioned

Clark's Grebe
Great Egret
Pacific Golden-Plover
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Franklin's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged X Western Gull
Caspian Tern
ELEGANT TERN
Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
American Redstart
Lazuli Bunting
BLUE GROSBEAK
Lapland Longspur
Black Rosy-Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill

- 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 July 17. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
233-3976.

A pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS feeding young were found July 11 near Brogan in
Malheur County. This would be the third state record and the first nesting
record for Oregon. To reach the area turn off Highway 26 two miles west of
Brogan onto Willow Creek Road. Drive northward past the house and to the
end of a cornfield near the beginning of the canyon. There you will find a
locust tree, some thistle and a no trespassing sign. The birds feed in the
thistle and fly toward the house to feed their young.

A female BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD and a female AMERICAN REDSTART were seen
July 13 at the Catbird spot along Highway 26 in Wasco County. About ten
miles south of the junction of Highways 26 and 216 you will see a series of
boggy meadows on the east side of the highway. This is Beaver Creek. Look
for an unmarked good quality gravel road running east from the highway.
There is a fairly large turnout along the east side of the highway at this
point. Park there and check the nearby meadow. Stay near the highway as
this is indian reservation land and is closed to entry.

RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS staged a good
movement along the coast during the week. A PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER in full
breeding plumage was near the South Jetty of the Siuslaw River July 13.

ELEGANT TERNS are still being seen around the Siuslaw River mouth and to
the south at Siltcoos Outlet, but no where else along the coast. A
PARASITIC JAEGER was off Yaquina Bay July 11. A breeding plumaged
FRANKLIN'S GULL was on the Bayocean Shorebird Flats at Tillamook Bay July
12.

Young CASPIAN TERNS are now being seen at the South Jetty of the Columbia
River. A CLARK'S GREBE and a THAYER'S GULL were there July 16. COMMON
MURRES and other alcids are nowing moving northward and congregating along
the Washington Coast. Single ANCIENT MURRELETS were reported during the
week off Devils Elbow State park, near the mouth of Siletz Bay, and off
Neahkahnie Mountain.

A GREAT EGRET was at Oaks Bottom in southeast Portland July 11. Hybrid
GLAUCOUS-WINGED X WESTERN GULLS are nesting again this summer on the
concrete pilings near Willamette Falls in Oregon City. On July 12 an
EASTERN KINGBIRD, acting territorially was seen near the mouth of the Sandy
River east of Troutdale. That day RED-EYED VIREOS and LAZULI BUNTINGS were
also seen there.

On July 12 a CATBIRD was near the sewage ponds in the Sherman County town
of Moro. An adult and a juvenile EASTERN KINGBIRD was near Black Butte
Ranch in the Cascades west of Sisters July 12. They were still there the
next day. A MOCKINGBIRD was reported July 15 from Sisters City Park.

A breeding plumaged male LAPLAND LONGSPUR was observed July 11 among a
flock of HORNED LARKS on Hart Mountain, about ten miles south of refuge
headquarters.

Good numbers of RED and many WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were observed July 12
in the Jubilee Lake area of northwestern Union County.

On July 14 BLACK ROSY-FINCHES were again observed from the Alvord Overlook
at the top of Steens Mountain

Thats it for this week.

- end transcript

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