- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* January 31, 2008
* ORPO0801.31

- birds mentioned

Ross?s Goose
Blue-winged Teal
ARCTIC LOON (no)
American White Pelican
Turkey Vulture
BLACK SKIMMER
Short-eared Owl
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Bohemian Waxwing
American Tree Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird

- 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 January 31. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

On January 26 a BLACK SKIMMER was reported on the beach at Pistol River. It
could not be relocated. The Brownsmead ARCTIC LOON was not seen during the
week.

BARN and TREE SWALLOWS continue to be reported, especially along the
southern Oregon Coast. A kettle of five TURKEY VULTURES were over Molalla
River Park January 28. Another was over Newberg January 24, and another has
been seen near Eugene.

A BLUE-WINGED TEAL was at Coquille January 27. On January 25 a ROSS?S GOOSE
was along Fenk Road near Tillamook.

An AMERICAN TREE SPARROW is now being seen in Scappoose Bottoms. A
SHORT-EARED OWL is nearby. On January 30 a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found
among a flock of 400 COWBIRDS on the east side of Sauvie Island. The WHITE
PELICAN is still being seen at Baskett Slough NWR. On January 28 a male
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was among a flock of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS near the EE Wilson
WMA. A BLUE-WINGED TEAL was in Eugene January 30.

On January 30 a BOHEMIAN WAXWING was in Bend. On January 23 an AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW, two MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, and five LAPLAND LONGSPURS were along
Stateline Road in Lower Klamath NWR.

That?s it for this week.

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