- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* May 15, 2008
* ORPO0805.15

- birds mentioned

MURPHY?S PETREL
MANX SHEARWATER
RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD
Swainson?s Hawk
American Avocet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Wandering Tattler
Upland Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Red-necked Phalarope
Black Swift
Vaux?s Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Western Wood-Pewee
Western Kingbird
Swainson?s Thrush
Western Tanager
Green-tailed Towhee
Harris?s Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Bullock?s Oriole

- 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 May 15. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

On May 13 a RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD was photographed 25 miles west of
Florence. Six MURPHY?S PETRELS were seen May 11 off the Oregon Coast. A MANX
SHEARWATER was seen off Boiler Bay May 11.

A very conspicuous WESTERN TANAGER and BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK movement passed
through the Willamette Valley during the week. Other noticeable migrants
were BULLOCK?S ORIOLES, SWAINSON?S THRUSHES, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.

On May 9 five BLACK SWIFTS were at New River. That day a HARRIS?S SPARROW
was at Newport. A WANDERING TATTLER was seen May 12 at Cannon Beach.

On May 9 two WESTERN KINGBIRDS were on Sauvie Island. A flock of 17 WHIMBREL
were on the Island May 14. On May 13 three WESTERN KINGBIRDS and three
LONG-BILLED CURLEWS were at the Portland Airport. Several thousand VAUX?S
SWIFTS entered the Chapman School chimney in Portland May 12. On May 10 a
BLCK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD was at an Oregon City feeder. On May 14 a BLACK
TURNSTONE was at the Fernhill Wetlands in forest Grove. A dark morph
SWAINSON?S HAWK was near Lebanon May 13. That day two AVOCETS were in
Eugene. On May 9 a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was netted and banded near Grants
Pass.

On May 11 a BLACK SWIFT was seen at Idanha in the Marion County Cascades. On
May 9 two UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen near the fork on Scotty Creek Road
near Seneca.

That?s it for this week.

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