- RA
* Oregon
* Portland
* November 13, 2008
* ORPO0811.13

- birds mentioned

Ross?s Goose
Brant
Surf Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Brown Pelican
LITTLE BLUE HERON
Greater Yellowlegs
Rock Sandpiper
Bonaparte?s Gull
Heermann?s Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
PARAKEET AUKLET
Barn Swallow
PYRRHULOXIA
White-throated Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

- transcript

hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBA (weekly)
number: 503-292-6855
To report: Harry Nehls 503-233-3976 <hnehls6 at comcast.net>
Compiler: Harry Nehls
coverage: entire state

Hello, this is the Audubon Society of Portland Rare Bird Report. This report
was made Thursday November 13. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

On November 12 a PYRRHULOXIA was seen in Peoria, on the east side of the
Willamette River south of Corvallis. A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen November
11 in Neskowin, south of Pacific City. On November 10 a PARAKEET AUKLET was
reported passing off Boiler Bay.

Very heavy migrations continue along the coast, with many hundreds of BROWN
PELICANS and HEERMANN?S GULLS being reported.

Up to ten WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS are now coming to bird seed piles at
Millicoma Marsh near Coos Bay. There is now a SNOW BUNTING being seen on the
ocean side of the Bayocean Spit at Tillamook Bay. A ROCK SANDPIPER was on
the Barview Jetty November 8.

On November 7 a BRANT and 46 GREATER YELLOWLEGS were at Ridgefield NWR. A
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER along with COMMON, PACIFIC, and RED-THROATED LOONS
were seen on Sauvie Island November 6. A RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and a
BONAPARTE?S GULL were seen November 8 in Vernonia. On November 6 a
BONAPARTE?S GULL and six SURF SCOTERS were at the Fernhill Wetlands. Two
late BARN SWALLOWS were at Ankeny NWR November 10. On November 9 a ROSS?S
GOOSE was at Finley NWR.

A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was at The Dalles Dam November 9. Two were at
McNary Dam that day along with 16 Bonaparte?s Gulls, a RED-NECKED GREBE, and
a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. On November 6, 25 BLACK-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES were
on Grizzly Butte north of Prineville. Six RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were on
Wickiup Reservoir November 9. On November 8 a GREEN HERON was at a small
pond in the desert north of Burns Junction.

That?s it for this week.

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