- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* April 25, 2013
* ORPO1304.25

- birds mentioned

Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross?s Goose
Pink-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
American White Pelican
Swainson?s Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
COMMON GALLINULE
American Avocet
Western Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red Phalarope
Sabine?s Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Arctic Tern
THICK-BILLED MURRE
HORNED PUFFIN
Black-chinned Hummingbird
BLUE JAY
Western Scrub-Jay
Mountain Chickadee
CALIFORNIA THRASHER
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 25. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at
503-233-3976.

A CALIFORNIA THRASHER and a COMMON GALLINULE were reported April 18 along
State Line Road in the Lower Klamath NWR. A SCRUB-JAY and two BLUE JAYS were
seen during the week in Burns. On April 23 a MANX SHEARWATER, AVOCET,
THICK-BILLED MURRE, and a HORNED PUFFIN were seen off Boiler Bay.

The peak of the spring migration is approaching with conspicuous movements
seen daily. The most noticeable were heavy movements of shorebirds,
especially WESTERN SANDPIPERS, and conspicuous flocks of migrating
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE over western Oregon. On April 21 about 4000 BONAPARTE?S
GULLS were gathered off Port Orford.

An offshore boat trip out of Coos Bay April 20 found six PINK-FOOTED
SHEARWATERS with a few SOOTY SHEARWATERS, eight RED PHALAROPES, 40 SABINE?S
GULLS, and six ARCTIC TERNS. On April 23 a SWAINSON?S HAWK was at Yaquina
Head north of Newport. Another was in Beaverton the next day.

On April 21 eight WHITE PELICANS were at Scappoose Bottoms. A flock of 14
WHITE PELICANS were on Sauvie Island April 23. A MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE was seen
April 17 at Mt. Tabor Park in Portland. A GOLDEN EAGLE was at Jackson Bottom
in Hillsboro April 21. A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was near the McMinnville Airport
April 22. Two ROSS?S GEESE and a late ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were at Ankeny NWR
April 21. Another Rough-legged was near Jefferson April 24. A LARK SPARROW
has been seen in Eugene during the week. A female BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD
was near Grants Pass April 21.

That?s it for this week.

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