Subject: RBA: Portland, OR 4-8-99
Date: Apr 8 00:33:48 1999
From: Harry Nehls - hnehls at teleport.com


- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* April 8, 1999
* ORPO9904.08

- birds mentioned

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Red-breasted Goose
Canada Goose
TUFTED DUCK
Oldsquaw
White-tailed Kite
GYRFALCON
Sandhill Crane
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Bonaparte's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
BLUE JAY (no)
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Common Yellowthroat

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

The Brownsmead GYRFALCON continues to be seen, but the BLUE JAY in Bend
left during the week. A male TUFTED DUCK was found April 3 on the
Warrenton Sewage Ponds and has remained.

COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and BONAPARTE'S GULLS were the
conspicuous migrants during the week. Several late NORTHERN SHRIKES are
still being seen.

Several FORK-TAILED STORM-PETRELS were off Brookings April 3. They are
also being seen at Seaside Cove and at the mouth of the Columbia River.
An adult SABINE'S GULL was in Yaquina Bay April 3. Some OLDSQUAWS are
still being seen in the bay.

On April 6 a WHITE-TAILED KITE was at Coon Point on Sauvie Island. Quite
a few SANDHILL CRANES and CANADA GEESE are still being seen on the
Island. A ROSS'S GOOSE and a bright RED-BREASTED GOOSE were at Ankeny NWR
April 7. The RED-BREASTED was seen last spring in the same area.

The two LONG-BILLED CURLEWS continue to be seen along 7 Mile Road west of
Lebanon. A HERMIT WARBLER was observed April 4 among a flock of
TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS at Skinners Butte in Eugene. Skinners Butte is a
prime observation point for the spring migration.

The large burn along Burgess Road between LePine and Wickiup Reservoir is
still attracting large numbers of woodpeckers, including many
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS.

Up to 13,000 ROSS'S GEESE, including two blue phased birds, were at
Tingley Lake, south of Klamath Falls April 3. Among the many shorebirds
at White Lake in the Lower Klamath Refuge that day were 8 MARBLED
GODWITS.

Thats it for this week.

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