- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* September 3, 2009
* ORPO0909.03

- birds mentioned

Pied-billed Grebe
COOK?S PETREL
Pink-footed Shearwater
Buller?s Shearwater
ASHY STORM-PETREL
Am. White Pelican
Great Egret
Marbled Godwit
Sabine?s Gull
South Polar Skua
Long-tailed Jaeger
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
LESSER NIGHTHAWK
Black Swift
Vaux?s Swift
Dusky Flycatcher
Barn Swallow
American Redstart
Golden-crowned Sparrow

- 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 September 3. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

On August 27 a female LESSER NIGHTHAWK was photographed at the Malheur Field
Station. It could not be relocated. A boat sailing about 55 miles off the
southern Oregon coast on August 31 recorded three COOK?S PETRELS, nine ASHY
STORM-PETRELS, and nine SKUAS. On August 31 a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was
photographed in Port Orford.

An offshore boat trip out of Coos Bay August 29 found 85 PINK-FOOTED and
four BULLER?S SHEARWATERS, two SKUAS, and 60 LONG-TAILED JAEGERS.

Up to 5000 VAUX?S SWIFTS are now roosting in the Chapman School Chimney in
northwest Portland. Bird concentrations at Smith/Bybee Lakes in North
Portland now include 815 PIED-BILLED GREBES and 302 GREAT EGRETS. The large
flock of WHITE PELICANS on Sauvie Island continue to be seen. On August 27 a
DUSKY FLYCATCHER was seen among many migrants on Mt. Tabor Park in Portland.
An AMERICAN REDSTART was seen September 2 at the Intel Jones Farm Campus in
Hillsboro.

The huge annual BARN SWALLOW roost on Grand Island south of Dayton is now
active and worth a visit. The first GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW of the fall was
seen August 31 near Stayton. Among a flock of swallows and swifts over the
EE Wilson SWA August 28 were three BLACK SWIFTS. On September 1 a MARBLED
GODWIT was at Ford?s Pond in Sutherlin.

On September 2 a young SABINE?S GULL was at Ochoco Reservoir east of
Prineville.

That?s it for this week.

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