Subject: [Tweeters] RBA: Portland, OR 4-2-09
Date: Apr 1 23:31:44 2009
From: Harry Nehls - hnehls6 at comcast.net


- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* April 2, 2009
* ORPO0904.02

- birds mentioned

TUFTED DUCK
Barrow?s Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
American White Pelican
California Gull
SLATY-BACKED GULL
Caspian Tern
White-throated Swift
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Bohemian Waxwing
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Tricolored Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Pine Grosbeak
White-winged Crossbill
Evening Grosbeak

* 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 April 2. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

A possible AMERICAN REDSTART is now being seen at South Beach, south of
Newport. The Portland SLATY-BACKED GULL and TUFTED DUCK are still being
seen.

EVENING GROSBEAKS are now moving into the Willamette Valley. Migrant flocks
of RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS are also being reported. All swallow species except
Purple Martins have now arrived.

On March 31 a BANK SWALLOW was along wireless Road near Astoria. On March 29
two CASPIAN TERNS were at the mouth of the Necanicum River at Seaside.

Among the large scaup flocks on the Columbia River near the Portland Airport
a pair of BARROW?S GOLDENEYES were seen March 30 and on March 29 a bright
male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was seen there. A pair of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS
were seen March 26 at Powell Butte Park near Gresham. A ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
was seen March 28 at the Tualatin NWR. On March 30 a YELLOWTHROAT, two WHITE
PELICANS, and a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were at Fern Ridge Reservoir. A
flock of TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS returned to their Fords Pond colony in
Sutherlin by March 26.

On March 24 WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS were seen at Smith Rocks State Park.
CALIFORNIA GULLS returned to Malheur NWR March 27; YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS
were there March 30. PINE GROSBEAKS, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, and BOHEMIAN
WAXWINGS are still being seen in the Wallowa Valley.

That?s it for this week.

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