- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* December 17, 2009
* ORPO0912.17

- birds mentioned

Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Blue-winged Teal
KING EIDER
Brown Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Swainson?s Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Gyrfalcon
Heermann?s Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Pomarine Jaeger
Band-tailed Pigeon
Snowy Owl
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Sage Thrasher
Red Fox Sparrow
Lapland Longspur

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

On December 12 an EIDER, probably a KING, was seen off Boiler Bay. A SNOWY
OWL is now being seen on Netarts Spit across from the town of Netarts.

Heavy gull movements have been reported during the week. On December 16 a
concentration on Siletz Spit included 9000 CALIFORNIA GULLS, 1200 HERRING
GULLS, 3 GLAUCOUS GULLS, 40 HEERMANN?S GULLS, and 800 BROWN PELICANS.

On December 10 three BAND-TAILED PIGEONS were in Bandon and one was in
Astoria. On December 12 a pale-bellied BRANT was at Yaquina Bay. A dark
phased POMARINE JAEGER was seen December 15 on the South Jetty of Yaquina
Bay.

On December 12 a BLUE-WINGED TEAL was near Oaks Bottom in southeast
Portland. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found December 11 among a flock of about
200 HORNED LARKS along Livermore Road near Baskett Slough NWR. A TURKEY
VULTURE was also seen there that day, and on December 12 a SWAINSON?S HAWK
was along Livermore Road. There are now about 38 TRUMPETER SWANS in the
Airlie area south of Monmouth. On December 13 a white GYRFALCON was near
Peoria south of Corvallis. A red FOX SPARROW was seen December 12 in Eugene.
On December 13 a TREE SWALLOW was over Fern Ridge Reservoir.

On December 11 a SAGE THRASHER was north of Madras near Gateway. A
FERRUGINOUS HAWK was seen December 16 at the Redmond Sewage Ponds.

That?s it for this week

- end transcript