- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* August 9, 2000
* ORPO0008.09

- birds mentioned

Sooty Shearwater
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Brown Pelican
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Franklin's Gull
Northern Mockingbird
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
American Redstart

- 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
report was made Thursday August 9. If you have anything to add call Harry
Nehls at 233-3976.

The elusive BLUE-WINGED WARBLER is still being seen along Indian Ford
Creek north of Sisters. The REDSTARTS are also still in the area. A
CURLEW SANDPIPER in mostly breeding plumage was found August 5 on Long
Beach, Washington. It is still being seen on the open ocean beach about 3
miles north of the Oysterville access.

Shorebird migrations are very heavy now, especially SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS
and WESTERN SANDPIPERS. BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and MARBLED GODWITS arrived
during the week. On August 8 an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 8 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS were in the North Spit of Coos Bay.

Large numbers of SOOTY SHEARWATERS and BROWN PELICANS are along the coast
now. On August 7 a MOCKINGBIRD was in the residential area south of the
Marine Science Center on Yaquina Bay. A FRANKLIN'S GULL and a WILLET was
at the Science Center August 4.

The August 7 offshore boat trip out of Depoe Bay found large numbers of
FORK-TAILED STORM-PETRELS along with the more expected seabirds.

On August 7 a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was at West Union, north of
Hillsboro. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was at the Tangent Sewage Ponds August 5.
A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was at Detroit in the Cascades east of Salem August
5.

Thats it for this week.

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