- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* September 4, 2003
* ORPO0309.04

- birds mentioned

FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER
American White Pelican
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Gr. White-fronted Goose
Ferruginous Hawk
Pacific Golden-Plover
American Avocet
Marbled Godwit
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
South Polar Skua
Common Tern
Forster?s Tern
Black Swift
Ash-throated Flycatcher
PHAINOPEPLA
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
Clay-colored Sparrow
LAWRENCE?S GOLDFINCH

- 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 September 4. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

A winter plumaged male LAWRENCE?S GOLDFINCH is now coming to a feeder in
Roseburg. On August 29 a male PHAINOPEPLA was seen near East 23d. St. in
Florence.

On August 31 a BLACKPOLL WARBLER was at page Springs Campground near Malheur
NWR. The next day one was on the Bayocean Spit at Tillamook Bay. On
September 1 a female CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was at the Indian Ford Crossing
north of Sisters. On the August 30 offshore boat trip out of Newport a SKUA
and a FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER were seen.

An AVOCET was at Gold Beach September 3. That day two SNOWY EGRETS were at
New River, south of Bandon. Two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and several PACIFIC
GOLDEN-PLOVERS continue to be seen on the North Spit of Coos Bay. Two COMMON
TERNS were at Yaquina Bay August 30. On August 31 a BLACK SWIFT was at
Seaside.

On August 29 an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and an early CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
were at Steigerwald NWR near Washougal. Two STILT SANDPIPERS were on Sauvie
Island August 31. The flock of WHITE PELICANS can still be seen there. A
FERRUGINOUS HAWK spent several days during the week at the Portland Airport..
Four WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were at Ankeny NWR August 31.

On September 3 a group of 24 AVOCETS were at Fern Ridge Reservoir. During
the week five BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, a FORSTER?S TERN, two COMMON
TERNS, and 24 WHITE PELICANS were at Fern Ridge. On August 30 a MARBLE
GODWIT was in the Rogue Valley at Agate Lake near White City.

That?s it for this week.

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