- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* May 17, 2001
* ORPO0105.17

- birds mentioned

MANX SHEARWATER
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Am. White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Great Egret
White-faced Ibis
COMMON MOORHEN
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-necked Stilt
Long-billed Curlew
Red Knot
Red-necked Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Franklin's Gull
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Palm Warbler
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
American Redstart
Grasshopper Sparrow
INDIGO BUNTING
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
Bullock's Oriole

- 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 May 17. If you have anything to add call Harry
Nehls at 233-3976.

On May 16 a COMMON MOORHEN was near the mouth of Elk River in Curry
County. A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was near Cape Blanco May 12. An adult
male INDIGO BUNTING was at Brookings May 10. Another INDIGO and a
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER were at Fields during the week. A BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER was in northwest Polk County May 12.

On May 13 a GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE was at the Wood River Wetlands at the
north end of Agency Lake in Klamath County.

A MANX SHEARWATER and 5000 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were at Boiler Bay May
10. A male COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD continues to be seen in Eugene and another
was at a Beaverton feeder May 13 but did not remain.

Flocks of up to 40 WHITE-FACED IBIS were reported from many western
Oregon and Washington locations during the week, including Fern Ridge
Reservoir, Fernhill Wetlands, and Jackson Bottom. A flock of 3500
WHITE-FACED IBIS was reported during the week in Harney County near
Diamond Craters.

A few BROWN PELICANS are now arriving along the coast and have been seen
as far north as the Columbia River. Shorebirds are still moving along the
coast. A PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was on the North Spit of Coos Bay May 12.
On May 13, 148 GREAT EGRETS were near the breeding colony at Pony Slough
on Coos Bay. A LONG-BILLED CURLEW was on the beach at Tierra Del Mar May
12. A PALM WARBLER was on the Bayocean Peninsula at Tillamook Bay May 13.

A FRANKLIN'S GULL was at Tillamook Bay May 13 and a FORK-TAILED
SOTRM-PETREL was inside Tillamook Bay May 16. Two FRANKLIN'S GULLS were
near Astoria May 12. Two LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS and 11 FORK-TAILED
STORM-PETRELS were at the South Jetty of the Columbia River following the
May 16 storm. Four PARASITIC JAEGERS were there the next day. A BULLOCK'S
ORIOLE was at the South Jetty May 12. Up to 34 RED KNOTS are now in the
jetty area.

On May 10 fifteen BLACK-NECKED STILTS were at Ridgefield NWR. A BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER was seen again May 13 at Powell Butte Park in Gresham. On May
13 a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was at Coon Point on Sauvie Island and several
were at Fern Ridge Reservoir. Four WHITE PELICANS were near Fern Ridge
that day. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was in Eugene May 13 and a female
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD was there the next day.

A male AMERICAN REDSTART was back at Indian Ford Creek north of Sisters
May 12. A flock of 33 FRANKLIN'S GULLS was near Sisters that day.

Thats it for this week.

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