- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* January 3, 2002
* ORPO0201.03

- birds mentioned

Pacific Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Turkey Vulture
Emperor Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Canvasback
Redhead
TUFTED DUCK
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Osprey
Gyrfalcon
Pacific Golden-Plover
Lesser yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Burrowing Owl
Short-eared Owl
COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD
Say's Phoebe
Northern Mockingbird
Bohemian Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Palm Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Lapland Longspur
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
Black-headed Grosbeak
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
BRAMBLING
Cassin's Finch
Common Redpoll

- 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 January 3. If you have anything to add call
Harry Nehls at 503-233-3976.

A BRAMBLING is now coming to a feeder north of Burns at the junction of
Foley Drive and Lone Pine Road. The feeder can be seen from the roadway.

On December 29 a male and a female GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE were in the
Wal-Mart parking lot in Ontario. A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK is coming to a
feeder in Medford.

On December 29 a GYRFALCON, 14 PALM WARBLERS, and 14 LAPLAND LONGSPURS
were at Cape Blanco. A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was also in the area. On
December 30 an EMPEROR GOOSE and a WHIMBREL were at Bandon. A
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT is now being seen in Florence. A YELLOW-BILLED LOON
was at the mouth of the Siuslaw River December 24. Two HERMIT WARBLERS
were in Cannon Beach last week-end. A male TUFTED DUCK is now at the
Astoria Sewage Ponds.

A MOCKINGBIRD is now near northeast 20th. and Prescott Street in
Portland. A LONG-TAILED DUCK was on the north side of Oswego Lake
December 29. The Beaverton COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD continues to be seen. A
flock of 50 CANVASBACKS and one REDHEAD were at the Fernhill Wetlands in
Forest Grove December 30. A male BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK is now coming to a
feeder in Boring.

The Livermore Road GYRFALCON is still being seen north of Baskett Slough
NWR. Single BURROWING OWLS are now at Minto-Brown Park in Salem and along
Smithfield Road in Baskett Slough NWR. Two are now at the junction of
Blueberry Road and Linn County Road 211 northeast of Halsey. Sixty-two
TRUMPERTER SWANS are now in the Monmouth/Airlie area. On January 1 the
PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was seen again near Tangent. That day a SAY'S
PHOEBE was seen near Brownsville.

The December 30 Eugene Count found a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, a NASHVILLE
WARBLER, a CASSIN'S FINCH, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 OSPREYS, 5 VULTURES, a
PACIFIC LOON, and seven SHORT-EARED OWLS. A ROSS'S GOOSE was near Fern
Ridge Reservoir December 31, and a BRANT and eight SNOW GEESE were there
January 1.

REDPOLLS weere noted during the week near Camp Sherman, Bend, Prineville,
and Klamath Falls. A MOCKINGBIRD and three BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were in Bend
December 30. A female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was near Prineville December
31. On January 1, a WESTERN GULL, a THAYER'S GULL, a MEW GULL, and a
PACIFIC LOON were at McNary Dam.

Thats it for this week.

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