- RBA
* Portland
* Oregon
* June 17, 2004
* ORPO0406.17

- birds mentioned

American Wigeon
Redhead
Western Grebe
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Semipalmated Plover
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
White-throated Swift
Calliope Hummingbird
Willow flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Western Scrub-Jay
Palm Warbler
American Redstart
OVENBIRD
MOURNING WARBLER
Yellow-breasted Chat

- transcript

hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBAS (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 June 17. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

On June 15 a possible MOURNING WARBLER was seen near the Allison Guard
Station in the Malheur NF north of Burns. An OVENBIRD was reported June 9 on
Winter Ridge, west of Summer Lake.

On June 9 a WESTERN SANDPIPER was at Summer Lake. On June 13 two
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and a RED-NECK PHALAROPE were at Fern Ridge Reservoir.
On June 14 20 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were on the North Spit of Coos Bay. The
next day three WESTERN SANDPIPERS and a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were there.

On June 15 a female CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was near the top of Saddle Mountain
east of Seaside. On June 14 a SCRUB-JAY was at Yachats on the central coast..

A flock of 30 WESTERN GREBES were on Vancouver Lake and three pairs of
REDHEADS were on Post Office Lake June 12. On June 14 a number of RED-EYED
VIREOS and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were on territory in the extensive hybrid
popular plantations in Scappoose Bottoms. On June 14 a BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON was at Ramsey Lake in North Portland. There are now a pair of
EASTERN KINGBIRDS at the Sandy River Delta.

On June 12 two WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS and several CHATS were upstream from
the Deschutes River State park. Also on June 12 two male EURASIAN WIGEON
were at the lake on Gutierrez Ranch near Paulina. A PALM WARBLER and a
REDSTART were seen June 11 in Fields. A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was at Malheur
NWR June 12, along the south CPR.

That?s it for this week.

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