- RBA
* Oregon
* Portland
* December 11, 2014
* ORPO1412.11

- birds mentioned

Ross?s Goose
BEAN GOOSE
Common Goldeneye
Barrow?s Goldeneye
American White Pelican
Golden Eagle
Franklin?s Gull
Snowy Owl
Williamson?s Sapsucker
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
Tropical Kingbird
Black-throated Gray Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Harris?s Sparrow
HOODED ORIOLE
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Pine Grosbeak

- 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 December 11. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls
at 503-233-3976.

A juvenile YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER is now being seen near the Pelican
Marina in Klamath Falls. The male HOODED ORIOLE was seen again December 7 at
a North Bend feeder. The Nestucca NWR BEAN GOOSE continues to be seen.

A SNOWY OWL is being seen in the residential neighborhood behind the Safeway
Store in Dallas. The Fern Ridge Reservoir SNOWY OWL continues to be seen.

On December 7 a WHITE PELICAN flew southward past Baker Beach north of
Florence. A ROSS?S GOOSE was seen December 7 along Beaver Creek south of
Newport. Two TROPICAL KINGBIRDS continue to be seen in Astoria.

The TREE SPARROW continues to be seen along Rentenaar Road on Sauvie Island.
Up to 30 BARROW?S and 40 COMMON GOLDENEYES were at the mouth of Eagle Creek
at Bonneville Dam December 2. On December 5 a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER
was at Smith/Bybee Lakes in North Portland and another was at Portland State
University. A GOLDEN EAGLE is now being seen at Finley NWR.

The Marys Peak GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCHES are still being seen. On December 7
two WHITE PELICANS were at Alton-Baker Park in Eugene. A TREE SPARROW and a
HARRIS?S SPARROW are now coming to a Eugene feeder. On December 3 a
FRANKLIN?S GULL was photographed at agate Lake near White City. On December
7 a PINE GROSBEAK was at Huckleberry Campground in eastern Jackson County. A
group of PINE GROSBEAKS was seen December 6 at Grayback Mountain east of
Cave Junction.

On December 4 a WILLIAMSON?S SAPSUCKER was near Bend.

That?s it for this week

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