- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* October 1, 1998
* ORPO9810.01

-birds mentioned

Pink-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Cattle Egret
Turkey Vulture
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Cackling Canada Goose
Brant
White-tailed Kite
Red-shouldered hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed hawk (white)
Prairie Falcon
Sandhill Crane
WILSON'S PLOVER
Marbled Godwit
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
LITTLE GULL
Sabine's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Steller's Jay
BLUE JAY
Western Scrub-Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
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 the Audubon Society of Portland Rare Bird Report. This
recording was made Thursday October 1. If you have anything to add call
Harry Nehls at 233-3976.

On September 26 a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was found in an oak grove
behind the Dayton High School.

The WILSON'S PLOVER is still being seen at Bullard's Beach State Park
north of Bandon. A TROPICAL KINGBIRD and a WESTERN KINGBIRD were in Old
Town Bandon September 27. Another TROPICAL KINGBIRD and a SCRUB-JAY were
along the nature trail at the Marine Science Center on Yaquina Bay the
same day.

A BLUE JAY is now at the Summer Lake Wildlife Area Headquarters. The
LITTLE GULL is still in the wildlife area - but Summer Lake and all other
state wildlife areas are now closed til next January.

Migrations were very heavy during the week. Hawks, VULTURES,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and sparrow were the most conspicuous.

On September 24 over 400 PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS were with many SOOTY
SHEARWATERS passing Cape Blanco. A PARASITIC JAEGER and several
KITTIWAKES were also seen.

A CLARK'S NUTCRACKER was at Pony Slough on Coos Bay September 30. A
LAPLAND LONGSPUR continues to be seen on the North Spit of Coos Bay.
Seven KITES were in the Coquille Valley September 26. An all white
RED-TAILED HAWK, with a trace of red in the tail is along Highway 42
between Remote and Bridge in Coos County.

Two TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were with a migrant flock of ROBINS on Bayocean
Spit at Tillamook Bay September 26. Three Marbled Godwits were on the
beach there September 28. On September 27 a mixed flock of STELLER'S JAYS
and SCRUB-JAYS passed southward along the foredune at the South Jetty of
the Columbia River; LAPLAND LONGSPURS are still in the South Jetty area.

A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was with a flock of PECTORAL SANDPIPERS at
Vancouver Lake, north of Vancouver, Washington September 29. Another
PECTORAL flock near Coon Point on Sauvie Island September 27 also
contained a SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was in the same
area that day.

SANDHILL CRANES are now peaking in the Sauvie Island-Ridgefield NWR area.
A BRANT was near Coon Point September 28, among a large flock of CACKLING
CANADA GEESE. Two WILSON'S PHALAROPES and three SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS
were among a yellowlegs and dowitcher flock on the west side of the
Island that day. The Sauvie Island Wildlife Area is now closed for
birding.

Two CASPIAN TERNS, a PRAIRIE FALCON, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR were at
Baskett Slough NWR during the week. An adult SWAINSON'S HAWK was reported
September 26 in the Peoria area SE of Corvallis. A PRAIRIE FALCON is also
in that area. Several LAPLAND LONGSPURS are now in the Royal Avenue area
of Fern Ridge Reservior west of Eugene.

A SABINE'S GULL was on Suttle Lake, in the Cascades west of Sisters,
September 25. Many WHITE-FRONTED and SNOW GEESE have arrived at Summer
Lake. Two MARBLED GODWITS were there September 26.

A possible CATTLE EGRET was at the Miller Island Wildlife Area south of
Klamath Falls September 25.

An adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was at Roaring Springs Ranch in the Catlow
Valley September 26. Migrations are very good at Malheur NWR but nothing
unusual was reported during the week.

During mid-September a KITTLITZ'S MURRELET was reported along Highway 205
north of the Narrows. If anyone has information on this sighting please
contact me.

Thats it for this week.

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