- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* June 26, 1997
* ORPO9706.26

- birds mentioned

Black-crowned Night-Heron
Greater Yellowlegs
Surfbird
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
ROSS' GULL
Elegant Tern
Great Gray Owl
Least Flycatcher
Northern Mockingbird
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
OVENBIRD
INDIGO BUNTING

- 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 June 26. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
233-3976.

A first summer plumaged ROSS' GULL was reported June 18 from the Newport
Bayfront on Yaquina Bay. It could not be relocated. A male CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER was at the south end of the South Beach Industrial Park in Newport
June 22.

A male OVENBIRD was netted and banded at the Odessa Campground at the south
end of Upper Klamath Lake June 23. A male INDIGO BUNTING was reported from
Powell Butte Park near Gresham June 20.

A MOCKINGBIRD nest containing three young was found and photographed June
19 in Bone Creek Canyon west of Burns Junction in Malhuer County. A LEAST
FLYCATCHER nest was observed in the Clyde Holliday State Park near Mt.
Vernon June 20. Another LEAST FLYCATCHER was in Bone Creek Canyon June 19,
and one was consistantly calling the mornings of June 23 and 24 near the
Nature Trail in Page Springs Campground, south of Malheur Refuge.

The first fall movement of LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS, and GREATER
YELLOWLEGS reached Oregon June 23. Three SURFBIRDS were at the South Jetty
of the Columbia River June 18, and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was near Burns
Junction June 21.

Large numbers of ELEGANT TERNS are now gathering along the northern
California coast. Some have already been reported from the Oregon coast.

An immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Baskett Slough NWR near Salem
June 23. On June 24 a GREAT GRAY OWL was seen in the Willamette National
Forest southeast of Oakridge.

Tuesday July 1 is Birder's Night at Portland Audubon. Meet in Audubon House
at 7:30 PM for the latest on what was found during the Oregon Field
Ornithologists meeting on Mt. Hood this week-end.

Thats it for this week.

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