- RBA
* oregon
* Portland
* April 15, 2010
* ORPO0104.15

- birds mentioned

TUFTED DUCK
Am. White Pelican
White-faced Ibis
Ruddy Turnstone
Vaux?s Swift
White-throated Swift
Calliope Hummingbird
Hammond?s Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Cassin?s Vireo
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
House Wren
Mountain Bluebird
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Lark 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 April 15. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

The TUFTED DUCK near the Portland Airport continues to be seen.

Migrantions are increasing with shorebirds now arriving. All the swallows
have now arrived including BANK SWALLOW and PURPLE MARTIN. HOUSE WRENS are
also back on both sides of the Cascades.

On April 12 a male MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was at South Beach State Park near
Newport. A LARK SPARROW was in Seaside April 10. A RUDDY TURNSTONE was at
Seaside Cove April 11.

On April 13 a flock of VAUX?S SWIFTS were over Oaks Bottom in Portland. A
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER were at Jackson
Bottom in Hillsboro April 13. A HAMMOND?S FLYCATCHER was near Corvallis
April 11. A LARK SPARROW was near Grants Pass April 10. Four CASSIN?S VIREOS
were south of Grants Pass April 11.

The WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS are now back along the Crooked River. On April 8 a
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was near Sisters. On April 12, 22 WHITE PELICANS were
on Houston Lake near Powell Butte. On April 12 a WHITE-FACED IBIS was at
Hatfield Lake near Bend. A BLACK PHOEBE was photographed April 10 at the
Fisherman?s Pond east of Burns.

That?s it for this week.

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