- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* December 18, 2003
* ORPO0312.18

- birds mentioned

Snow Goose
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Pacific Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Turkey Vulture
Gyrfalcon
Black-bellied Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Mew Gull
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Lewis?s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say?s Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Green-tailed Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Harris?s Sparrow
Bullock?s Oriole
Common Redpoll

- 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 December 18. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

On December 16 a gray phase GYRFALCON was on the North Spit of Coos Bay.

Over 1000 SNOW GEESE are now in the Sauvie Island/Ridgefield NWR area. Both
TREE and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were reported during the week at Smith/ Bybee
Lakes in North Portland. A PACIFIC LOON was on the Columbia River near the
Portland Airport December 17. On December 15 a BULLOCK?S ORIOLE was
reported east of Portland coming to a feeder in Damascus.

The December 14 Corvallis Christmas Count found a LEWIS?S WOODPECKER, a
VULTURE, three BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and two BURROWING OWLS. A BLACK PHOEBE
is now at the park in Monroe. On December 16 ten BARN SWALLOWS and 11
VULTURES were at the south end of Fern Ridge Reservoir.

On December 13 a BARRED OWL and two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS were at Deschutes
State Park at the mouth of the Deschutes River. The next day a SAY?S PHOEBE
and a RED-NECKED GREBE were on the Lyle Count. On December 13 a MEW GULL and
a LONG-TAILED DUCK were at the John Day Dam.

On December 14 a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was at Black Butte Ranch. A
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was in Sisters December 13. On December 16 seven TREE
SPARROWS were at Summer Lake. A SAY?S PHOEBE was at the Ladd Marsh WMA
December 12. A HARRIS?S SPARROW was at a LaGrande feeder December 14. Eight
COMMON REDPOLLS were found in Wheeler Co. on the December 16 Antone Count.

That?s it for this week.

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