- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* October 9, 2008
* ORPO0810.09

- Birds mentioned

Gr. White-fronted Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Surf Scoter
Pink-footed Shearwater
Buller?s Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
Am. White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Gyrfalcon
WOOD SANDPIPER
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Northern Shrike
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
Clay-colored Sparrow
Bobolink
Yellow-headed Blackbird
RUSTY BLACKBIRD

- 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 October 9. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

The WOOD SANDPIPER may still be at Fern Ridge Reservoir, but the area where
it has been seen is closed to entry. On October 5 a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at
Finley NWR. The next day one was in Brookings. Another BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER was at Frenchglen October 7. A RUSTY BLACKBIRD and two YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRDS were in a large blackbird flock on Sauvie Island October 4.

A major WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE movement passed Oregon during the week with
large numbers stopping in the Willamette Valley. Along the coast BROWN
PELICAN migrations were conspicuous during the week with over 2000 in the
Newport area.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen October 8 south of Brookings. On October 5
a BOBOLINK was on the North Spit of Coos Bay. On October 7 hundreds of
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS, 50 BULLER?S SHEARWATERS, a possible MANX
SHEARWATER, 39 POMARINE JAEGERS, 5 PARASITIC JAEGERS, and three SKUAS were
seen from the beach on the North Spit of Coos Bay. On October 5 over 200
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS, 12 SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATERS, and 12 PARASITIC
JAEGERS were seen off the North Jetty of the Siuslaw River. A NORTHERN
SHRIKE was near Waldport October 7. On October 7 an EURASIAN WIGEON was
among 293 AMERICAN WIGEON on Yaquina Bay.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen October 5 at the Wapato Greenway on Sauvie
Island. On October 7 a male EURASIAN WIGEON and 10 WHITE PELICANS were at
Oaks Bottom in Portland. A female SURF SCOTER was on the Sheridan Sewage
Ponds October 5. That day an adult gray phase GYRFALCON was at Lost Lake in
Santiam Pass.

That?s it for this week.

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