- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* January 29, 2009
* ORPO0901.29

- birds mentioned

Trumpeter Swan
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
TUFTED DUCK
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
LITTLE BLUE HERON
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Golden Eagle
Glaucous Gull
Black Phoebe
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Northern Mockingbird
American Tree Sparrow
Harris?s Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
PYRRHULOXIA
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch


- 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 January 29. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

The Peoria PYRRHULOXIA, Siletz Bay LITTLE BLUE HERON, and the TUFTED DUCK
near Clatskanie continue to be seen. Small numbers of BROWN PELICANS are
still being seen along the coast.

On January 25 a TURKEY VULTURE was at Coos Bay. A EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL
was seen January 24 at Ada Station on the south shore of Siltcoos Lake. On
January 26 an OSPREY was in Seaside. A BLACK PHOEBE is being seen near
Gearhart.

A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found among a swarm of blackbirds January 25
on Sauvie Island. On January 28 a HARRIS?S SPARROW was along Rentenaar Road
on the east side of the Island. An AMERICAN TREE SPARROW visited a southeast
Portland feeder January 25. On January 23 two young GLAUCOUS GULLS were at
the Fernhill Wetlands. A GLAUCOUS GULL was in Salem January 28. A GLAUCOUS
GULL, BARN SWALLOW, GOLDEN EAGLE, WHITE PELICAN, and BLACK PHOEBE were at
Baskett Slough NWR January 25. An AMERICAN TREE SPARROW is now coming to a
feeder near Eugene. On January 24 up to 20 TREE SWALLOWS were at the south
end of Fern Ridge Reservoir.

Up to six TRUMPETER SWANS are now wintering between Lyle Washington and
Mayer State Park near Rowena Oregon. On January 24 a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and
a MOCKINGBIRD were in Klamath Falls. Good numbers of the wintering
specialties continue to be seen in the Wallowa Valley. On January 24 LAPLAND
LONGSPURS, SNOW BUNTINGS, and ROSY-FINCHES were seen among a large swarm of
HORNED LARKS along School Flat Road east of Enterprise.

That?s it for this week

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