Subject: [Tweeters] RBA; Portland, OR 5-14-09
Date: May 13 23:31:41 2009
From: Harry Nehls - hnehls6 at comcast.net


- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* May 14,2009
* ORPO0905.14

- Birds mentioned

MURPHY?S PETREL
MANX SHEARWATER
American White Pelican
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
Swainson?s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Avocet
Whimbrel
Red Knot
Baird?s Sandpiper
Wilson?s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Calliope Hummingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Hermit Warbler
Western Tanager
Lazuli Bunting
Tricolored Blackbird
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
Evening Grosbeak

- 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 May 14. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

On May 8 a BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen at Bandon. On May 8 a cruise ship
traveling 30-60 miles offshore along the entire coast of Oregon found about
30 MURPHY?S PETREL and a MANX SHEARWATER among the swarm of other species,
including several possible other rarities.

Heavy migrations continue with LAZULI BUNTINGS and WESTERN TANAGERS the most
conspicuous. CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS continue to be reported from the
Willamette Valley. Large numbers of EVENING GROSBEAKS are now moving into
the Willamette Valley with the OSU Campus in Corvallis hosting impressive
numbers.

Heavy movements along the coast included many RED KNOTS, WHIMBREL, and
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. A MOCKINGBIRD is now being seen in North Bend. On May
12 two AVOCENTS were reported at Yachats. At least one WHITE PELICAN was at
Yaquina Bay May 8.

On May 10 a SWAINSON?S HAWK was near Ridgefield. On May 13 a RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK was in Vancouver. Three BAIRD?S SANDPIPERS were on Sauvie Island May 9.
One was seen the next day at Baskett Slough NWR. On May 13 a WHIMBREL and
four WILSON?S PHALAROPES were at the Yamhill Sewage Ponds. That day an
EASTERN KINGBIRD was at Mount Angel. On May 10 an AVOCET was at Ankeny NWR.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was seen May 9 near Brownsville. An ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER, GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, and three WHIMBREL were at Fern Ridge
Reservoir that day.

On May 10 a HERMIT WARBLER was near Bend and another was near Diamond in
Harney County. A PURPLE MARTIN was seen May 9 at Houston Lake near Powell
Butte. A GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE and a TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD were at Ladd Marsh
WMA at LaGrande May 9.

That?s it for this week.

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