- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* July 24, 2003
* ORPO0307.24

- birds mentioned

Yellow-billed Loon
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Black Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson?s Phalarope
Horned Puffin
Black Swift

- transcript

hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBA (weekly)
number: 503-292-6855
to report: Harry Nehls 503-233-3976
compiler: Harry Nehls
coverage: entire state

Hello, this is the Audubon Society of Portland Rare Bird Report. This report
was made Thursday July 24. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

On July 18 an immature YELLOW-BILLED LOON was at the North Spit of Coos Bay..
On July 19 a HORNED PUFFIN flew southward off Cape Arago near Coos Bay.

RING-NECKED DUCK, RUDDY DUCK, and WILSON?S PHALAROPES nested this summer on
the North Spit of Coos Bay. A SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was there July 19. A
BLACK SWIFT was seen July 17 along Hwy 34 about ten miles east of Waldport.
On July 19 a BLACK TURNSTONE and two TATTLERS were on the South Jetty of
Tillamook Bay.

A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was at the Hunsaker Road marsh south of Turner July 17..
Several family groups of REDHEADS are now at Fern Ridge Reservoir. This
would be the first reported nesting west of the Cascades. On July 18 a
territorial SOLITARY SANDPIPER was at Gold Lake Bog at the summit of
Willamette pass southeast of Eugene. On July 18 two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS
were at Painted Cove in the Painted Hills MN near Mitchell.

That?s it for this week.

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