- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* December 10, 2009
* ORPO0912.10

- Birds mentioned

BEAN GOOSE
Snow Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Cinnamon Teal
Long-tailed Duck
BROWN BOOBY
Brown Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Gyrfalcon
American Avocet
Dunlin
LITTLE GULL
Heermann?s Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Short-eared Owl
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Tropical Kingbird
Northern Mockingbird
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Bullock?s Oriole
White-winged Crossbill

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

On December 6 an adult LITTLE GULL was flying over Fern Ridge Reservoir. It
could not be relocated. A possible BEAN GOOSE was seen December 4 among a
goose flock near McMinnville. The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS continue to be
seen at the John Day Dam. The Coos Bay BROWN BOOBY also continues.

The continuing cold weather is apparently driving the BROWN PELICANS and
HEERMANN?S GULLS southward. Quite a few are still being seen all along the
coast.

A LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen December 4 on the North Spit of Coos Bay. That
day 14 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were at the Millicoma Marsh bird seeds. On
December 9 an AVOCET was at Coos Bay. On December 5 a LARK SPARROW was at
the Idaho Point RV Park on Yaquina Bay. The Sallys Bend TROPICAL KINGBIRD
continues to be seen. Three TRUMPETER SWANS were aat Seaside December 9. On
December 9 an adult gray phase GYRFALCON was photographed at Brownsmead east
of Astoria.

On December 3 eight CINNAMON TEAL and seven SNOW GEESE were at Ridgefield
NWR. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen during the week at a North Portland
feeder. A TURKEY VULTURE was over Ankeny NWR December 6. Two were near
Eugene December 9. A MOCKINGBIRD and a SHORT-EARED OWL were near Eugene
December 8. On December 8 a BULLOCK?S ORIOLE was at a feeder near Grants
Pass.

On December 8 a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER was in Bend. A DUNLIN was seen
December 9 at Hatfield Lake near Bend. A flock of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS
was seen December 9 near Mt. Bachelor. On December 2 a brown GYRFALCON was
south of Burns Junction in Malheur County.

That?s it for this week.

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