Hello Tweets,

Today my mother and I ventured south to Oregon in search of the CASSIN'S
KINGBIRD near Canby,OR, which we successfully located, oberved and
photographed immediately upon our arrival at 10:45am, despite very dismal
weather conditions consisting of moderate to heavy rain showers that
remained throughout the day as we birded at this location and the Fernhill
Wetland, but the rain tapered off after 3pm. The Cassin's Kingbird was
viewed three seperate times within our 1 hour visit along Forest Rd., and
was noted foraging on both sides of the road, and along fenceposts, but
could NOT be relocated after 12pm, as weather conditions became much less
tolerable. Relatively good numbers of Am.Robins and Red-winged and Brewer's
Blackbirds were also noted in the open fields, as were Golden-crowned,
White-crowned , and Fox Sarrows along the vegetated roadside and field
edges. The only other highlights noted at the Cassin's Kingbird location was
a single pure Yellow-shafted Flicker, and an adult tan-striped
White-throated Sparrow. We were joined by Ben Chan of Portland, as we
searched for the bird, but then we all decideed to head to the Fernhill
Wetlands at Forest Grove in search of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, which
could NOT be located during our entire stay from 1:45pm-4:15pm. This
location looks very promising, and has great diversity, as noted during our
stay with a total of 60 species, being our first time to this location. We
thank Harry Nehls and Wilson Cady for giving us direction to both locations,
as it was well worth the trip!

Despite extensive searching for the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, which could
still linger, we had an enjoyable time along with birding with Ben, and plan
to visit this location, if we bird in the general Portland area in the
future. A list of out notable species at this location follow:

4 Horned Grebes
1 Eared Grebe
1 WESTERN GREBE
1 Double-crested Cormorant
5 Great Egrets
6 Tundra Swans
4 Mute Swans
good numbers of "Cackling" and slightly larger forms of Canada Geese flying
overhead
275+ Green-winged Teal
14 CINNAMON TEAL(high count for time of year)
1 female EURASIAN WIGEON
2 Canvasbacks
1 Greater Scaup
14 Lesser Scaup
1 female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER(notable for location)
3 Bufflehead
1 Hooded Merganser
8 Common Mergansers
18 Ruddy Ducks
2 Bald Eagles
1 immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
1 Am.Kestrel
16 Least Sandpipers
5 Dunlin
32 Long-billed Dowitchers
14 Common Snipe
1 BARN SWALLOW
43 Cedar Waxwings
18 Yellow-rumped warblers
1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
1 Lincoln's Sparrow


Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net