- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* July 22, 1999
* ORPO9907.22

- birds mentioned

Pacific Loon
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Surf Scoter
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
RED-NECKED STINT
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Common Murre
Northern Mockingbird

- 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 July 22. If you have anything to add call
Harry Nehls at 503-233-3976.

On July 15 an adult RED-NECKED STINT in full breeding plumage was among a
large swarm of shorebirds at the efluent pond on the North Spit of Coos
Bay. It could not be relocated.

Shorebird movements are very heavy now with the first juvenile
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS arriving during the week, along with BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS, RUDDY TURNSTONE, TATTLERS, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. A
PECTORAL SANDPIPER was at the North Spit efluent pond July 17.

The first large flocks of PACIFIC LOONS and SURF SCOTERS appeared on the
coast during the week. COMMON MURRE chicks are now being seen just
offshore. A MOCKINGBIRD was at Bandon July 17, and a RED PHALAROPE was
off Boiler Bay July 16.

An albino swallow was at Baskett Slough NWR near Salem July 16. That day
a SANDERLING, 4 GREAT EGRETS, and an adult NIGHT-HERON were on the
refuge. A juvenile WILSON'S PHALAROPE was near Brownsville July 16, and a
MOCKINGBIRD was heard calling July 19 near 10th. and Harrison Streets in
Corvallis.

On July 17 a breeding plumaged PACIFIC LOON was on Lamolo Lake at the
headwaters of the Umpqua River in the Cascades east of Roseburg. A
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was at the Prineville Sewage Ponds July 16. A SOLITARY
SANDPIPER was among a large group of shorebirds at Miller Island Wildlife
Area south of Klamath Falls July 18. On July 17 a group of 15
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were at the Summer Lake Wildlife Area.

Thats it for this week.

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Harry Nehls
Portland, Oregon
503-233-3976
hnehls at teleport.com