- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* February 5, 2009
* ORPO0902.05

- birds mentioned

Cinnamon Teal
BAIKAL TEAL
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
TuftedXscaup Duck
Surf Scoter
LITTLE BLUE HERON
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
SLATY-BACKED GULL
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Shrike
Tree Swallow
Northern Mockingbird
Harris?s Sparrow
NORTHERN CARDINAL
Black-headed Grosbeak
Tricolored 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: Harry Nehls

Hello, this is the Audubon Society of Portland Rare Bird Report. This report
was made Thursday February 5. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

On January 31 a male BAIKAL TEAL was photographed at Schwartz Lake in the
Ridgefield NWR. It could not be relocated. A third winter SLATY-BACKED GULL
is now being seen at Tom McCall Park in downtown Portland and at
Westmoreland Park a few miles farther south. The Siletz Bay LITTLE BLUE
HERON is still being seen.

On January 29 a MOCKINGBIRD was near Langlois. An early RUFOUS or ALLEN?S
HUMMINGBIRD was at a feeder near Bandon January 28. A male RUFOUS
HIMMINGBIRD was at a Waldport feeder February 4.

On February 1 a CINNAMON TEAL was in Scappoose Bottoms. A NORTHERN SHRIKE
was on Sauvie Island February 4. On February 1 a male EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED
TEAL was at the Happy Valley Wetland Park southeast of Portland. A pair of
CINNAMON TEAL were seen February 1 on the Monroe Sewage Ponds. A male
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was seen that day at the Foster Lake RV Park near
Sweet Home. On February 3 a MOCKINGBIRD was near Lebanon. A flock of 35 TREE
SWALLOWS and 18 TURKEY VULTURES were seen January 31 near the Eugene
Airport. That day an OSPREY was over Westfir. A migrant VULTURE was over
Roseburg February 3. The Central Point female NORTHERN CARDINAL was seen
again January 30. On February 4 a HARRIS?S SPARROW was in Central Point.

On January 30 a hybrid TUFTEDXSCAUP DUCK was at the John Day Dam on the
Columbia River. On February 1 a SURF SCOTER was on Haystack Reservoir south
of Madras and a TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD was north of Madras.

That?s it for this week.

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