- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* September 17, 2009
* ORPO0909.17

- birds mentioned

Red-breasted Merganser
Laysan Albatross
MANX SHEARWATER
Pacific Golden-Plover
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Sanderling
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sabine?s Gull
Common Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
XANTUS?S MURRELET
Black Swift
Cedar Waxwing
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Lapland Longspur

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

On September 13 a male CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen at Parking Lot D at the
South Jetty of the Columbia River. A female BLACKPOLL WARBLER was on Cascade
Head September 10, another was at Malheur Refuge Headquarters September 14.
The HUDSONIAN GODWIT behind the Marine Science Center on Yaquina Bay
continues to be seen. A PARASITIC JAEGER has recently been seen in the bay.

The September 12 offshore boat trip out of Newport found two XANTUS?S
MURRELETS, a MANX SHEARWATER, and a LAYSAN ALBATROSS about 20 miles
offshore.

Heavy WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW movements are now being reported from east of
the Cascades. GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW sightings are increasing. Large flocks
of CEDAR WAXWINGS are now west of the Cascades. One flock of 150 was at the
Tualatin NWR September 11.

On September 13 a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, three PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVERS, and
a LAPLAND LONGSPUR were on the North Spit of Coos Bay. Four PALM WARBLERS
were seen September 12 at Saunders Lake north of North Bend. On September 11
four BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and four PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVERS were at the
South Jetty of the Siuslaw River. On September 12 a PARASITIC JAEGER was on
the Bayocean Spit at Tillamook Bay. That day a LARK SPARROW was at the
Nehalem Sewage Ponds.

A SANDERLING was at Detroit Flats September 13. A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER
was at Baskett Slough NWR September 10. On September 16 two BLACK SWIFTS
were over Peoria. A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen September 14 at Agate
Reservoir east of White City.

On September 9 two SANDERLINGS were at Cold Springs Reservoir and two COMMON
TERNS were over the Columbia River near the Umatilla NWR. A SABINE?S GULL
was seen September 14 at Chickahominy Reservoir. On September 13 a
SANDERLING was at Bully Creek Reservoir near Vale. On September 15 a
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, five SANDERLINGS, two STILT SANDPIPERS, and two
SABINE?S GULLS were at Antelope Reservoir near Jordan Valley.

That?s it for this week.

- end transcript