- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* September 25, 1997
* ORPO9709.25

- birds mentioned

Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Sanderling
TEMMINCK'S STINT
LONG-TOED STINT
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Common Tern
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD
Black Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
BLACK-BACKED/WHITE WAGTAIL
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Lapland Longspur

- 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 September 25. If you have anything to add
call Harry nehls at 233-3976.

On September 20 a WAGTAIL was observed along the Columbia River in the
John Day Dam Recreation Area. It flew downstream and could not be
relocated. Photos are now being evaluated in an attempt to identify the
species.

A possible TEMMINCK'S STINT was reported September 20 along Yaquina Bay
seven miles east of Newport. A possible LONG-TOED STINT was reported
September 23 at the Tangent Sewage Ponds. Neither bird was photographed
or verified. Both are now gone.

A flock of BLACK SWIFTS was seen September 18 near Cape Blanco. A flock
was also there September 15. One was observed along the Columbia River
east of McNary Dam in Umatilla County September 18.

East winds during the week pushed offshore migrants farther offshore,
except in Curry County. RED-NECKED PHALAROPES are much reduced along the
coast but many are still being seen at inland locations.

Good numbers of SANDHILL CRANES are now on Sauvie Island. The first
southbound CANADA GEESE arrived on the Island during the week. Two COMMON
TERNS were at Coon Point and a FRANKLIN'S GULL was at the Pellet Plant
September 20.

Oaks Bottom in Southeast Portland has been good lately for shorebirds,
including two LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 12 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, and 12 GREAT EGRETS. A WHITE-TAILED KITE was near Beavercreek
in Clackamas County September 21.

Willamette Valley sewage ponds continue good for lingering shorebirds and
arriving waterfowl. An evening roost of up to 500,000 BARN SWALLOWS has
been watched all week at Grand Island north of Salem. Peak numbers of
VAUX'S SWIFTS are now coming to roost in the Chapman School chimney in
northwest Portland.

NORTHERN HARRIER and RED-TAILED HAWK numbers are being reported in the
Willamette Valley while peak numbers of accipiters and other hawks are
being seen at hawkwatch stations in the Cascades. RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS
were reported during the week from Camp Adair, north of Corvallis; Finley
NWR; East of Lebanon; near Sutherlin; at Miller Island in the Klamath
Basin; and near the P Ranch at Malheur NWR.

Heavy migrations of sparrows and warblers were reported from east of the
Cascades during the week, with AUDUBON YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS being
especially conspicuous. A flock of 1700 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS was near
Wamic, and over 2000 TREE SWALLOWS were in the Klamath Basin September 20

On September 20 two HORNED GREBES, 10 EARED GREBES, and four WESTERN
GREBES were on Pine Hollow Reservoir near Wamic in Wasco County. A BLACK
PHOEBE was at Merrill in the Klamath Basin September 21.

Water levels at Antelope Reservoir near Jordan Valley in Malheur County
was much reduced SEPTEMBER 22 attracting many shorebirds, including a
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER, two SANDERLINGS, and 63 AVOCETS. An EURASIAN
WIGEON was with about 700 AMERICAN WIGEONS at Cow Lakes. Among the flock
of WESTERN GREBES there that day were 20 CLARK'S GREBES.

Thats it for this week.

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Harry Nehls
Portland, Oregon
hnehls at teleport.com