- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* October 30, 2003
* ORPO0310.30

- birds mentioned

Tundra Swan
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Manx/B-v Shearwater
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Prairie Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Franklin?s Gull
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
Northern Shrike
BLUE JAY
Cliff Swallow
Northern Mockingbird
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Palm Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
COMMON GRACKLE

- 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 October 30. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at Frenchglen continues to be seen. On October
23 a male COMMON GRACKLE was there. The SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER near Burns
has not been seen during the week. A BLUE JAY is being seen at Cove in the
Grande Ronde Valley.

NORTHERN SHRIKES, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, and TUNDRA SWANS arrived during the
week. Flocks of migrant SANDHILL CRANES were reported flying south over the
Willamette Valley.

On October 26 at least seven WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were at a Brookings
feeder. A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was on the North Spit of Coos Bay October
26. Among the many migrants off Boiler Bay October 27 was a MANX/B-V.
SHEARWATER and two FRANKLIN?S GULLS. A FRANKLIN?S was at the Necanicum River
mouth in Gearhart October 25. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW is now coming to a
feeder in Bay City. On October 23 a MOCKINGBIRD was near the Bayocean Spit
parking lot on Tillamook Bay. A PALM WARBLER was there October 25.

A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was seen October 25 at the Fernhill Wetlands in
Forest Grove but it did not remain. A late flock of CLIFF SWALLOWS was at
Jackson Bottom in Hillsboro October 25. A family of three GOLDEN EAGLES have
been at Ward Butte near Brownsville during the week. A PRAIRIE FALCON was at
Fern Ridge Reservoir October 26. On October 27 two RED-NECKED GREBES and a
PACIFIC LOON were on Foster Reservoir near Sweet Home. That day a RED-NECKED
GREBE, five COMMON LOONS, and a SURF SCOTER were on Big Lake in Santiam
Pass.

On October 23 a SURF SCOTER was at Hatfield Lake near Bend, and on October
24 a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was at Hood River.

That?s it for this week.

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