- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* January 12, 2012
* ORPO1201.12

- birds mentioned

Emperor Goose
Tufted Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Barrow?s Goldeneye
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Golden Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
Snowy Owl
Red-naped Sapsucker
BLUE JAY
Barn Swallow
Snow Bunting
Yellow Warbler
Wilson?s Warbler
Red Fox Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Bullock?s Oriole
BRAMBLING
Pine Siskin

- 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 January 12. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

A BRAMBLING is now coming to a feeder in Woodburn. A male TUFTED DUCK is now
being seen on the Columbia River off Vancouver City Park. The Bald Hill BLUE
JAY in Corvallis continues to be seen.

SNOWY OWL reports during the week came from along Zumwalt Prairie Road near
Enterprise and east of Burns.

Good sized flocks of PINE SISKINS are now being reported in the Willamette
Valley. A few BROWN PELICANS are still being reported along the coast.

On January 6 a male BULLOCK?S ORIOLE visited a feeder in Myrtle Point. A
TURKEY VULTURE was reported during the week in Coos Bay. Four BARROW?S
GOLDENEYES were on Siletz Bay January 8.

On January 10 a GOLDEN EAGLE was in Scappoose Bottoms. Up to eight BARN
SWALLOWS were at Smith/Bybee Lakes in North Portland January 8. The Portland
Airport SNOW BUNTING continues to be seen. On January 9 a GOLDEN EAGLE was
at Gresham. A YELLOW WARBLER and a WILSON?S WARBLER were in North Portland
January 8. The Tualatin River NWR EMPEROR GOOSE is still being seen. On
January 5 a GOLDEN EAGLE was near Lafayette. A juvenile RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER
is now being seen in Eugene. A female BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was seen January
11 in Eugene. On January 6 two WHITE PELICANS, 60 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and
several thousand DUNLIN were at Fern Ridge Reservoir. A bright RED FOX
SPARROW is now coming to a feeder in winston.

On January 6 a TURKEY VULTURE was at Maryhill State Park east of The Dalles.
The LONG-TAILED DUCK continues to be seen at the Prineville Sewage Ponds.

That?s it for this week.

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