- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* October 1, 2009
* ORPO0910/01

- Birds mentioned

Gr. White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-breasted Merganser
American White Pelican
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
WOOD SANDPIPER
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Sabine?s Gull
Mew Gull
Boreal Owl
Black Swift
Costa?s Hummingbird
Tropical Kingbird
Tree Swallow
NORTHERN PARULA
White-throated 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 October 1. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

On September 29 a NORTHERN PARULA was in the woods on the Bayocean Peninsula
at Tillamook Bay. A BOREAL OWL was north of Bachelor Butte September 26. A
BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen September 27 passing over Council Crest in
Portland. Another was at Seaside September 26. A possible WOOD SANDPIPER was
reported from Fern Ridge Reservoir September 25. Two MEW GULLS were also
there.

A heavy movement September 24 brought WHITE-FRONTED and CACKLING GEESE and
SANDHILL CRANES through Oregon. WHITE PELICANS are still being seen in the
Willamette Valley with 60 over Silverton September 27.

On September 23 two SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPERS were near Langlois. A TROPICAL
KINGBIRD was near Cape Blanco September 25. A male EURASIAN WIGEON was on
the North Spit of Coos Bay September 26. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Boiler
Bay September 27. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 31 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS
were at the South Jetty of the Siuslaw River September 27. On September 26
an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, two PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVERS and 11 LAPLAND
LONGSPURS were at the South Jetty of the Columbia River.

Up to a dozen BLACK SWIFTS were seen September 28 and 29 over SW Portland. A
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was in Portland September 27. A possible COSTA?S
HUMMINGBIRD was at a Gresham feeder September 26. A very large flock of TREE
SWALLOWS was over Skinner?s Butte in Eugene September 26.

On September 29 a SABINE?S GULL was at the Prineville Sewage Ponds. A young
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was at Hat Rock State Park east of Umatilla September
26.

That?s it for this week.

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