- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* February 18, 1999
* ORPO9902.18

- birds mentioned

YELLOW-BILLED LOON
Turkey Vulture
Emperor Goose
Redhead
TUFTED DUCK
Oldsquaw
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk
GYRFALCON
Long-billed Curlew
Franklin's Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Mourning Dove
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared owl
Short-eared owl
Allen's Hummingbird
BLUE JAY
Western Scrub-Jay
Violet-green Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Northern Mockingbird
White-throated Sparrow
Snow Bunting

- transcript

Hello, this is the Portland Audubon Society Rare Bird Report. This
recording was made Thursday February 18. If you have anything to add call
Harry Nehls at 233-3976.

The female TUFTED DUCK continues to be seen on Garrison Lake in Port
Orford. Drive west on 18th. Street to the fishing dock. Look for the
flock of scaup it is associating with.

The GYRFALCON is still being seen at Brownsmead. It is elusive enough
that many fail to see it, but it is still in the area and is regularly
observed.

There are now two BLUE JAYS in Bend. One is in the Romaine Village area
at the south end of town, and another is near the Environmental Center in
mid-town. Check the area near 358 NW Georgia Street. Another BLUE JAY is
wintering in Tygh Valley. Drive 2.2 miles west of the highway on Shady
Brook Lane.

A possible YELLOW-BILLED LOON has been reported from Yaquina Bay, but so
far it has not been relocated. Watch for it when in the area.

Two ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRDS were at New River, south of Bandon, and a
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW was at Myrtle Point February 15. Up to 12 OLDSQUAWS
are in Coos Bay, near Charleston. Quite a few oiled birds are now showing
up inside Coos Bay.

MARBLED MURRELETS were reported from many coastal points during the week,
and the cormorants are now coming into breeding plumages.

A SCRUB-JAY was in Toledo, and a group of 14 MOURNING DOVES was in South
Beach February 15. The WHITE-TAILED KITE continues to be seen along the
Nature Trail at the Marine Science Center on Yaquina Bay.

A winter plumaged FRANKLIN'S GULL was seen February 15 along Gillihan
Road on Sauvie Island. An EMPEROR GOOSE was seen February 13 among a
flock of Canada Geese on the east side of the Island near the store on
Reeder Road. Up to 12 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were seen February 15 in
the hedges along Reeder Road
at the county line on the east side of the Island.

A MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE was observed at a feeder near Sherwood February 15.
Two OSPREYS were along Marsh Road north of Cornelius February 12.

A LONG-EARED OWL was in Minto-Brown Park in Salem February 11. The
BURROWING OWL continues to be seen east of Salem. The MOCKINGBIRD is
still in the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area north of Corvallis. It is most
often seen near the pheasant rearing pens.

The SNOW BUNTING first found February 5 has been regularly seen all week
near the intersection of 7 mile Road and Glasser Road east of Lebanon. On
February 16 two LONG-BILLED CURLEWS were seen along 7 mile Road about
three miles south of Glasser Road.

The evening roost near the end of Royal Avenue on the east side of Fern
Ridge Reservoir February 14 contained 14 HARRIERS, 4 WHITE-TAILED KITES,
and 8 SHORT-EARED OWLS.

TURKEY VULTURE sightings continue to increase in the Willamette Valley,
but the one seen between Redmond and Tumalo February 12 is a sure sign of
a spring movement.

Thats it for this week.

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