Subject: RBA: Portland, OR 7-18-02
Date: Jul 18 00:15:30 2002
From: Harry Nehls - hnehls at teleport.com


- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* July 18, 2002
* ORPO0207.18

- birds mentioned

Common Loon
Great Egret
Northern Shoveler
Semipalmated Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
LITTLE STINT
Pectoral Sandpiper
Common Tern
Purple Martin
Grasshopper Sparrow

- transcript

hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBA (weekly)
number: 503-292-6855
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 July 18. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

On July 13 a breeding plumaged LITTLE STINT was photographed on the North
Spit of Coos Bay. It could not be relocated. The migration of adult
shorebirds is now coming to a peak. Juvenile birds should begin to appear in
about a week.

Two GREAT EGRETS are summering on Sauvie Island and one was seen at Fern
Ridge Reservoir July 12.

A COMMON TERN was on Sauvie Island July 13. The SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
continues to be seen at the Delta Park Ponds in North Portland. On July 16
both yellowlegs and a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER were among the many peeps there.
On July 15 a breeding plumaged COMMON LOON was on the Willamette River off
Swan Island in Portland.

A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was at Ankeny NWR July 14. The Finley NWR GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW is still being seen as well as the two at Fern Ridge Reservoir. A
SHOVELER family was seen at Finley NWR July 16.

On July 15 a PURPLE MARTIN was seen at the Prineville Sewage Ponds. On July
16 a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was at the LaGrande Sewage Ponds.

Thats it for this week.

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