- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* August 13, 2009
* ORPO0908.13

- birds mentioned

Black-footed Albatross
Pink-footed Shearwater
Buller?s Shearwater
MANX-TYPE SHEARWATER
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Am. White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Prairie Falcon
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Sabine?s Gull
Heermann?s Gull
Arctic Tern
Elegant Tern
South Polar Skua
Long-tailed Jaeger
XANTUS?S MURRELET
Black Phoebe
GREAT-TAILED JAEGER

- 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 August 13. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

On August 7 a MANX-TYPE SHEARWATER was off Boiler Bay. A GREAT-TAILED
GRACKLE was seen during the week near the Cow Lakes in Malheur County.

Warblers and other woodland birds are now gathering into flocks and moving
southward. Many are showing up in unexpected places.

On the August 8 offshore boat trip out of Newport about 500 BLACK-FOOTED
ALBATROSS, 700 FORK-TAILED STORM-PETRELS, ten BULLER?S SHEARWATERS, nine
SKUAS, and three LONG-TAILED JAEGERS were seen. The next day a trip out of
Charleston found four XANTUS?S MURRELETS, 118 ALBATROSS, 16 LONG-TAILED
JAEGERS, 20 PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS, 200 SABINE?S GULLS and three ARCTIC
TERNS.

On August 10 a PRAIRIE FALCON was at Bandon. Two ELEGANT TERNS were at the
mouth of the Siuslaw River August 6. Another was heard at the mouth of the
Necanicum River in Seaside the next day. A possible SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER
was reported August 9 at Yaquina Bay. During the week about 1200 BROWN
PELICANS and 1500 HEERMANN?S GULLS were at the South Jetty of the Columbia
River.

An immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Ridgefield NWR August 8. Up to
112 WHITE PELICANS were on Sauvie Island during the week. On August 8 an
adult BLACK PHOEBE was seen feeding two fledglings in Springfield.

The tremendous bird concentrations on Lake Abert is coming to a peak about
now. A trip to the lake is highly recommended.

That?s it for this week.

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