- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* May 8, 1997
* ORPO9705.08

- birds mentioned

MURPHY'S PETREL
Northern Shoveler
Wandering Tattler
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Surfbird
Red Knot
Bonaparte's Gull
Forster's Tern
HORNED PUFFIN
Monk Parakeet
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Dusky Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
BLUE JAY
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Sage Thrasher
BROWN THRASHER
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Black-throated Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Lesser Goldfinch

- 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 May 8. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
233-3976.

On May 4 a research vessel 110nm off the southern Oregon coast observed 14
MURPHY'S PETRELS and 30 HORNED PUFFINS. A few were seen the next day also.

A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was reported from Kelly Butte Park in east Portland
May 5. It was among a migrant warbler flock.

A BROWN THRASHER was at Malheur Field Station May 4. The BLUE JAYS in
Cascade park in Vancouver, Washington and in west Eugene were seen again
during the week.

A pair of COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRDS has been reported coming to a feeder near
Pittock Mansion in Portland's West Hills. A BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD was
at a St. Helens feeder May 6, and a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was at a feeder in
Happy Valley, southeast of Portland May 2.

A pair of BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS have been found during the week on the
southeast end of Mt. Pisqua, southeast of Eugene. They were in this area
last summer also. A BLACK-THROATED SPARROW was found May 3 at Bloomberg
Park, south of Eugene. It continues to be seen.

Beginning May 2 the main spring migratory movement passed through the
state. Among the many species were good numbers of WESTERN KINGBIRDS
reported from western Oregon.

Among the migrant shorebirds seen along the coast during the past week-end
were a KNOT at Bandon, two LONG-BILLED CURLEWS and a late SURFBIRD at
Yaquina Bay, six MARBLED GODWITS at Siletz Bay, and 150 WHIMBRELS at
Tillamook Bay. Several TATTLERS were also reported.

YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS were reported during the week at their nesting
sites at the Briedwell Road Marsh near Amity and at the Howell House Marsh
on Sauvie Island. On May 3 ten MONK PARAKEETS were in Knott Park at 111th.
and Knott Streets in northeast Portland. They are most probably from the
airport colony.

Among the many migrants at Detroit Flats, in the Cascades east of Salem May
5 were a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, a SAGE THRASHER, four GRAY FLYCATCHERS, and
three DUSKY FLYCATCHERS.

Although the sparrow migration is in full swing several WHITE-THROATED
SPARROWS are still at bird feeders and the wintering HARRIS'S SPARROWS at
Eugene and at Malheur NWR Headquarters remained during the week. Another
HARRIS' was at a Hermiston feeder May 4.

On May 3 a MARBLED GODWIT was at the mouth of Hood River and over 1000
ducks were rafted on the Columbia River just downstream. Over 700 were
SHOVELERS! The next day a FORSTER'S TERN was at the mouth of Hood River.

A BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was in Moro May 3; a LESSER GOLDFINCH was at
Lower Bridge west of Terrebonne May 4, and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was in
Prineville May 6.

Thats it for this week

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