- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* May 7, 2009
* ORPO0905.07

- birds mentioned

Blue-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Great Egret
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird?s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Ancient Murrelet
Lewis?s Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Western Kingbird
Purple Martin
TENNESSEE WARBLER
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Harris?s Sparrow
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
Tricolored 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 May 7. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

On April 26 a male TENNESSEE WARBLER was seen among a warbler swarm at Mt.
Tabor Park in southeast Portland. A male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen
April 30 at a feeder in Hines.

Heavy migrations were reported early in the week but the recent stormy
period may have stalled the movement. New species included RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN WOOD-PEEWEE, YELLOW WARBLER, and
BLUE-WINGED TEAL. On May 6 a RED KNOT was at Finley NWR and five were at
Lower Klamath NWR.

On May 2 a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was seen at Bay City on Tillamook Bay. The
Cape Meares Village HARRIS?S SPARROW continues to be seen. On May 1 a
LONG-TAILED DUCK and two ANCIENT MURRELETS were at the mouth of the
Necanicum river in Seaside.

On May 2 three CHATS were at the Steigerwald NWR near Washougal Washington.
A GREAT EGRET, WESTERN KINGBIRD, and some PURPLE MARTINS were also on the
refuge. On April 29 a BAIRD?S SANDPIPER was on Sauvie Island. Two PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS were on the island May 2. On May 3 a LEWIS?S WOODPECKER was at
helmick State Park south of Monmouth.

Three nesting colonies of TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS were located during the week
north of Prineville. On May 4 a lone GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH was on Pilot
Butte in Bend.

That?s it for this week.

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