The quarterly journal of Oregon field ornithology

Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 1994

Dubious Records in the Early Oregon Bird Literature George A. Jobanek

High Bird Mortality as a Result of Painted Lady Butterfly Migration in Eastern Oregon, Spring 1992 23 Mike Denny

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FIELDNOTES 33 Eastern Oregon, Summer 1993 30 Tom Crabtree Western Oregon, Summer 1993 33 Jim Johnson

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Oregon Birds 20(1): 2 Dubious Records in the Early Oregon Bird Literature

George A. Jobanek, 2730 Alder, Eugene, OR 97405

Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) listed many of which were dubiously re• Rocky Mountains. Washington Ter• 33 taxa on their hypothetical list of ported for many years after their ritory was separated from Oregon Oregon birds, of which 9 were ex- introductions, as these have been Territory at the present state tralimital subspecies of regularly- adequately covered elsewhere boundary in 1853, but Oregon did occurring Oregon species. Exami• (Palmer 1899; Phillips 1928; Long not assume its present political nation of early records, those pub• 1981; Evanich 1986; Jobanek boundaries until statehood in 1859- lished prior to 1935 and many of 1987b). Townsend's (1839b) broad geo• which were not included by Many of these dubious records graphical list, of birds "inhabiting Gabrielson and Jewett in their bib• derive from confusion over what is the region of the Rocky Mountains, liography to Birds of Oregon, re• meant by "Oregon." Bonaparte the territory of the Oregon, and the veal many additional dubious Or• (1828) and Nuttall (1840) referred north west coast of America," has egon bird records. I list and discuss to species occurring "on the Or• also been reduced to "Oregon" in here 77 species recorded for Or• egon," meaning along the Colum• range descriptions by subsequent egon in this early literature. bia River. Both Townsend (1839a) writers. Likewise, Audubon's I have limited my discussion to and Nuttall (1840) referred to the (1839a, 1839b, 1843b) references to full species and have ignored dubi• "territory of the Oregon," meaning occurrences on the Columbia River, ous local records of birds that oc• the region drained by the Colum• from records of Townsend and cur normally elsewhere in the state bia River. Later writers interpreted Nuttall, have appeared in later (such as Woodcock's (1902) record these early references to refer to works as Oregon references. Both of Brown Towhees at Corvallis, the Oregon Territory, a political Coues (1874) and Cooper (1877) Benton Co., or Prill's (1891, 1895) region which was not officially es• recognized and remarked upon the report of the Black-legged Kitti- tablished until 1848, and which broad interpretation of "Oregon" wake in Linn Co.). Nor do I discuss then included all United States land by early authors. here birds introduced into Oregon, north of California and west of the

Map of the Oregon Territory from the Best Authorities, 1849. "Oregon" to early ornithologists included present- day Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as parts of British Columbia, California, Nevada, Utah, Montana — and Wyoming. Some early bird records — if they were valid at all — probably did not come from "Oregon" as we know it today.

Oregon Birds 20(1): 3 Little Grebe, Tachybaptus Wandering Albatross] at the mouth Wheelock (1910) remarked that ruficollis. of the Columbia River." Later "records are claimed ... as far Townsend (1839a) included this Coues (1897) remarked that the north as the coast of Oregon." species (."Podiceps minor") on his identification was "unmistakable." Gabrielson and Jewett (1940:600), list of birds "found in the territory However, the description does however, placed this species on of the Oregon," as well as in a re• not rule out Short-tailed Albatross, their hypothetical list, despite their port submitted to Samuel Parker in the more likely species; the wing own probable observations (see 1836 (published in part, but with• span is indeed closer to the range Gabrielson, Jewett, and Braly out reference to the Little Grebe, in for the Short-tailed Albatross. The 1930). "Because of the similarity of Parker 1838, and subsequent edi• 2nd edition of the AOU Check-list this form to the other white- tions). Cooper (1877) regarded the (AOU 1895) regarded the identifi• breasted shearwaters, we do not reference to be either to the cation as a Wandering Albatross as deem it advisable to add the bird Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus, or unsatisfactory, and placed the to the Oregon list on the basis of the Eared Grebe, P. nigricollis. record "off coast of Washington," sight records." Schmidt (1989) Jobanek and Marshall (1992), although the bird might well have gives 4 records accepted by the which includes the first publication been taken in Oregon waters. The Oregon Bird Records Committee. of Townsend's full report to Parker, Wandering Albatross ranges consider this to be instead the throughout the oceans of the Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Oceanites Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus Southern Hemisphere (AOU 1983). oceanicus. podiceps. Townsend also listed the Townsend (1839a) included the Great Crested Grebe, P. cristatus, Gray-headed Albatross, Wilson's Storm-Petrel on his list of in his report to Parker, but this was Diomedea chrystoma. the birds "found in the territory of presumably a reference to either Light-mantled Albatross, the Oregon" in the appendix of his the Horned Grebe or Eared Grebe Phoebetria palpebrata. Narrative. Cooper (1868) men• (Jobanek and Marshall 1992). Both Antarctic Giant-Petrel, tioned that Townsend listed this the Least Grebe and the Great Macronectes gigantus. species as 'an Oregon bird." Crested Grebe are European and Southern Fulmar, Fulmarus Schmidt (1989) lists 1 record of the Asiatic species (Harrison 1983). glacialoides. Wilson's Storm-Petrel accepted by These 4 procellariids long held the Oregon Bird Records Commit• Wandering Albatross, Diomedea places on the list of North Ameri• tee, a single bird seen 31 May 19~6 exulans. can birds on the basis of speci• at the south jetty of the Columbia In 2 publications, Coues (1895, mens collected by J.K. Townsend, River. Clatsop Co. This species is 1897) reported that the fur trapper supposedly in Oregon waters but casual in the Pacific Ocean off Alexander Henry, while at Fort actually in southern seas. The 4th North America (AOU 1983). George [=Astoria, Clatsop Co.], re• edition of the AOU Check-list ceived the body of a freshly killed (193D relegated them to the North Ashy Storm-Petrel, albatross, regarded by Coues to be American hypothetical list. The Oceanodroma homochroa. a Wandering Albatross. Particulars controversy over their acceptability Woodcock (1902) listed the Ashy differ between the publications. can be followed in Stone (1923, Storm-Petrel for Yaquina Bay, Lin• Coues (1895) gave the date as 13 1930, 1931, 1934), Burns (1931, coln Co., on the authority of B.J. February 1813, and the bearers of 1934), and Jobanek (1986). Banks Bretherton, who considered it rare, the albatross to be "some natives," (1988) has discussed supposed having obtained "only one speci• while Coues (1897) corrected the northern records of the Southern men in six years." Gabrielson and date to 13 March 1814, and the Fulmar, including Townsend's and Jewett (1940) questioned bearer as "an Indian." The earlier a specimen supposedly collected Bremerton's record and placed the work described the bird as having during the U.S. Exploring Expedi• species on their hypothetical list of the body and head white, the tail tion, and found no evidence that Oregon birds. Schmidt (1989) gives and wings gray, and the legs pale this species occurred on the coast 1 record not accepted by the Or• blue. In the later work, the body of Oregon. All 4 species range egon Bird Records Committee. The and tail were described as white, widely in oceans of the Southern Ashy Storm-Petrel breeds on is• the head and wings gray, and the Hemisphere (AOU 1983). lands off the coast of California legs pale pink. Both works identi• and ranges at sea in adjacent wa• fied the bill as pale pink, the bill Black-vented Shearwater, ters (AOU 1983). length as 7 inches, and the wings Puffinus opisthomelas. as extending 7 feet, 10 inches, or Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway Great Cormorant, 94 inches. (1884) remarked that the Black- Phalacrocorax carbo. Coues (1895) noted that while vented Shearwater "is supposed to Townsend (1839a) listed the the wing length was suggestive of occur along the whole of our Pa• Great Cormorant ("Black Cormo• Short-tailed Albatross, D. albatrus, cific coast as far north at least as rant") in his "catalogue of birds, the bill length of 7 inches and the Oregon." Anthony (1896) regarded found in the territory of the Or• blue-colored feet suggested Wan• the Black-vented Shearwater as egon." In a report to Samuel dering Albatross. "I think this may "not uncommon" off the Columbia Parker, Townsend said that the be safely accepted," Coues (1895) River during the summer months Great Cormorant was "common" wrote, "of the occurrence of [the and in November and January. on the Columbia River, but this

Oregon Birds 20(1): 4 was undoubtedly a reference to the be had on these birds at this time nithological publications (1829a, Double-crested Cormorant, P. is grand and exciting." "Black 1829b, 1914). auritus (Jobanek and Marshall ducks" might refer to the American Cassin (1856) listed the Black 1992). Cooper (1877) likewise re• Black Duck, but more likely to the Vulture as occurring in Oregon on garded Townsend's record as "no Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris, authority of unnamed members of doubt confounded with other spe• or Lesser Scaup, A. a/finis the U.S. Exploring Expedition of cies." In North America, the Great (Kortright 1942; Phillips 1925), or 1838-1842. Later (1858), in his re• Cormorant occurs along the North even to the American Coot, Pulica port of the ornithological results of Atlantic coast (AOU 1983). americana. the expedition, he noted that the Lincoln (1932, 1933) reported 1 Black Vulture "is mentioned by Mr. American Black Duck, Anas American Black Duck banded 14 [Titian] Peale as having been no• rubripes. November 1930 at Malheur Lake, ticed by him in both Oregon and Townsend (1839a) included the Harney Co., by George M. Benson, California. ... Unless there is some American Black Duck on his list of but raised the possibility that the mistake in Mr. Peale's observation, the birds "found in the territory of bird might have escaped from cap• this species inhabits a much higher the Oregon" in the appendix of his tivity. Likewise, an American Black latitude in the western than on the Narrative, and Audubon (1839b, Duck shot 12 November 1950 at eastern side of the continent. There 1843b) mentioned its occurrence Summer Lake, Lake Co., by William is, however, no other record of this on the "Columbia River." Cooper A. Denley, a duck hunter (Jewett bird having been observed in Or• and Suckley (I860) remarked that 1954; Bailey 1951, which gives the egon, so far as our knowledge ex• the species is "perhaps found in date as 10 November), had not tends. Dr. [Charles] Pickering ex• eastern Oregon." Cooper (1877) been accepted as a valid state pressly mentions that he did not considered occurrence of the record because of the bird's ques• see it in either Oregon or in Cali• American Black Duck west of Utah tionable origin (Schmidt 1989). fornia." as doubtful. However, the Oregon Bird Records On the West Coast the Black Vul• Lincoln (1932) considered that Committee has reconsidered this ture occurs north to southern Ari• George Law (1887) had reported record and now accepts it as a zona (AOU 1983). Roberson (1980) the American Black Duck at Sauvie specimen of a wild bird (Nehls listed 2 California records, both un• Island, Columbia Co. and 1991). Roberson (1980) suggested acceptable to the California Multnomah Co. Gabrielson and that the existence of introduced Records Committee. Jewett (1940) likewise referred to populations in Washington and Law's supposed record. They British Columbia "perhaps taints Steller's Sea-Eagle, Haliaeetus stated, "we have not been able to any recent record on the West pelagicus. trace any specimens on which this Coast." Cassin (1856) speculated that the record was based, and in view of Steller's Sea-Eagle extends its range the absence of any other reference Common Eider, Somateria "possibly southward, in the winter to the bird, we are placing it on mollissima. season, into Oregon and Califor• the hypothetical list." Pope (1895-1896) listed the nia." This species winters on the I question, however, whether Common Eider as an Oregon bird eastern side of the Pacific from Law (1887) was referring to the without annotation. Schmidt (1989) northwestern Siberia to Korea and American Black Duck at all; his ac• lists 3 recent records which were Japan. It is casual or accidental in tual statement is ambiguous and not accepted onto the Oregon bird the Hawaiian Islands, the Aleu• not easily assignable to species. list upon review of the Oregon tians, and the Pribilofs (AOU 1983). Law wrote that "in the month of Bird Records Committee. On the November the shooting grounds of west coast, the Common Eider White-tailed Ptarmigan, Lagopus Sauvie's Island and contiguous breeds and winters north of Or• leucurus. country are alive with game. The egon (AOU 1983). The first mention of the White- hunter's bag is made up of mal• tailed Ptarmigan as an Oregon bird lards [Anas platyrhynchos], Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus. appears to be David Douglas's widgeons [=American Wigeon, A. Swainson and Richardson (1831) (1829a), who wrote that this spe• americana], teals [=Green-winged remarked that the Black Vulture cies "exists as low as 45° 7', the po• Teal, A. crecca], sprigtails [=North- was common on "the plains of the sition of Mount Hood." Townsend ern Pintail, A. acuta], gray ducks Multnomah" [=Willamette River], on (1839a, 1839b) included this ptar• [=Gadwall, A. strepera?], black the authority of David Douglas. migan on his lists of birds "found ducks, spoonbills [=Northern Shov- Likewise Brewer (1859) wrote that in the territory of the Oregon" and eler, A. cfypeata], redheads [Aythya the Black Vulture is "to be found west of the Rocky Mountains, both americana], canvasbacks [A. as far north as Oregon Territory. ambiguous as regards location. valisneria], snipes [=Common We have the authority of Mr. David Audubon (1843a) stated specifically Snipe, Gallinago gallinago?], plo• Douglas for its visiting the marshy that "it is said to extend as far as vers, kildeers [sic; Charadrius islands of Columbia River, and the the Columbia river, but has not vociferus], geese, swans and sand• banks of Lewis and Clarke's River been observed in that region by hill cranes [Grus canadensis, or [sic], latitude 45°-49° north." I do either Mr. NUTTALL or Mr. TOWNSEND." perhaps Great Blue Heron, Ardea not find, however, any mention of George Suckley ( in Cooper and herodias?], and indeed the sport to | the Black Vulture in Douglas's or• Suckley I860) commented that the

Oregon Birds 20(1): 5 White-tailed Ptarmigan "perhaps" on his list under the authority of Bent 1926; Eliot 1923). Cooke could be found "near the limits of Ellis F. Hadley, who considered it (1914) remarked that the Black Rail perpetual snow on the sides of very rare at Dayton, Yamhill Co., "was probably seen by Bendire at Mount Hood." Although Suckley noting 1 killed in October 1892. Malheur Lake." Gabrielson and wrote that Townsend "mentions a Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) con• Jewett (1940) accepted Bendire's Ptarmigan in his list of Oregon sidered these records misidentifi- sight records of this elusive species birds," this record is ambiguous as cations and placed the Greater without question, as has Littlefield noted above. Suckley added that Prairie-Chicken on their hypotheti• (1990). Roberson (1980) consid• "all efforts of myself and friends cal list. This species is resident lo• ered Bendire's records as suspect. have thus far proved unsuccessful cally on the Great Plains (AOU The Black Rail is not included on in obtaining a specimen." 1983). recent lists of Oregon birds Many subsequent records iden• (Crabtree and Nehls 1981; Oregon tified the White-tailed Ptarmigan Lesser Prairie-Chicken, Bird Records Committee 1986; occurring generally in the Oregon Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. Eltzroth 1987). The possibility is Cascades (Baird, Brewer, and Reports of the Lesser Prairie- strong that Bendire's records derive Ridgway 1874; Ridgway 1887; Chicken occurring in Oregon (e.g., from misidentifications. Ogilvie-Grant 1893; Anonymous Amigo 1878) were soon refuted as 1895; AOU 1895; Pope 1895-1896; referring instead to the Sharp-tailed Clapper Rail, /{alius Coues 1903; Sclater 1912; Pollock Grouse, T. phasianellus (Hallock longirostris. 1930). Bendire (1892) specified its 1878, 1879; Henshaw 1878). "Prai• Ridgway (1887) described the range as including both Mount rie Chicken" was a common collo• Clapper Rail as occurring in "salt• Hood and Mount Jefferson, and quial name for the Sharp-tailed water marshes of Pacific coast added that "according to Indian Grouse. There is fossil evidence of (Lower California to Oregon)." testimony, it occurs as far south as the Pleistocene occurrence of the Sharpe (1894) gave the range as Diamond Peak [Klamath Co.], 60 Lesser Prairie-Chicken at Fossil from "California north to Oregon miles north of Fort Klamath, Or• Lake, Lake Co. (Shufeldt 1891, and Washington Territory." Coues egon. I know of no record, how• 1892, 1913). Like the Greater Prai• (1903) described the range of the ever, that this species has actually rie-Chicken, the Lesser Prairie- Clapper Rail as "north to Oregon been taken in Oregon." Both Chicken is resident locally on the and probably to Washington." Woodcock (1902) and Chapman Great Plains (AOU 1983). Wheelock (1910) reported the (1903) quoted Bendire in describ• Clapper Rail breeding "in sloughs ing this species' range. Bailey (1902), Judd (1905), Shaw (1908), and Bent (1932) all described the White-tailed Ptarmigan as extend• ing south to Mount Jefferson. Finley (1920) remarked that "it was formerly said that the white-tailed ptarmigan or snow grouse lived on the slopes of Mount Hood, but we have no recent records." Clapper Rail. All sketches in this article are from Gabrielson and Jewett (1940: Eliot Coues's Key to North American Birds. 602) placed the White-tailed Ptar• migan on the state hypothetical list, remarking that no specimen had ever been taken in the state. Evanich (1980, 1986) detailed intro• ductions of the White-tailed Ptarmi• Black Rail, Laterallus and salt-water marshes, throughout gan in the 1960s into Wallowa Co., jamaicensis. California and Oregon." Jewett, Oregon. Charles Bendire reportedly ob• Taylor, Shaw, and Aldrich (1953) served a single Black Rail 16 April discounted the Washington records Greater Prairie-Chicken, 1875 "near" Malheur Lake, Harney of D.E. Brown and Hubbard (1892) Tympanuchus cupido. Co. (Brewer 1875). Bendire later as misidentifications. At present, Bonaparte (1828) remarked that wrote that he had seen the species the Clapper Rail breeds north in the Greater Prairie-Chicken was "on two occasions in the swamp California to Marin Co., and wan• "very common beyond the Missis• near Malheur Lake, where it un• ders casually to Humboldt Bay, sippi, Missouri, and even on the questionably breeds" (Bendire Humboldt Co. (AOU 1983). Oregon" [=Columbia River]. This 1877). These observations were the reference does not constitute an basis for the Black Rail being in• Common Moorhen, Gallinula unambiguous Oregon record. Pope cluded as an Oregon bird in pub• chloropus. (1895-1896) listed the Greater Prai• lished range descriptions (e.g., Wheelock (1910) described the rie-Chicken on his list of Oregon Allen 1900; AOU 1886, 1895, 1910, Common Moorhen breeding cm birds without annotation. Wood• 1931; Bailey 1902; Baird, Brewer, "the Pacific slope, from Oregon cock (1902) included the species and Ridgway 1884; Coues 1903; southward." Littlefield, Comely,

Oregon Birds 20(1): 6 and Thompson (1985) reported West Coast of America." Gabrielson other flock of about the same size one 20 May 1972 at Malheur Lake, and Jewett (1940) misinterpreted 15 April 1891 near Gridley, Butte Harney Co. Schmidt (1989) lists this initial Townsend reference as Co., California. "Both flocks were this record and 5 others from "the territory of Oregon," and large white cranes, with black wing Curry, Harney, Jackson, and placed the Whooping Crane on tips, and the latter flock [that of Tillamook Counties. their hypothetical list of Oregon 189H was soaring in the manner of birds. The Whooping Crane is ab• sand-hill cranes" (Belding 1891). Whooping Crane, Grus sent from the list of birds "from the Grinnell (1915) placed the Whoop• americana. Columbia River" prepared from ing Crane on the California hypo• On 26 October 1805, William Townsend's records by the Orni• thetical list, regarding Belding's Clark wrote in his journal that he thological Committee of the Acad• records as inconclusive. Later, "saw great numbers of white crains emy of Natural Sciences of Phila• however, Grinnell and Miller flying in Different directions verry delphia (1837). Cooper (1877) also (1944) remarked that Belding's de• high [sic]" on the Columbia River regarded Townsend's references to scription "is almost as conclusive near present-day The Dalles, be to Oregon; he considered them determination, by sight only, as Wasco Co. (Lewis and Clark 1904, misidentifications of Sandhill one could wish." Bent (1926) ac• 3:l6l; see also 3:162). In his edi• Cranes. cepted Belding's records with cau• tion of the Lewis and Clark jour• An early record in Sclater (1857) tion, while Ridgway and nals, Coues (1893, 2:671) accepted is presumably also a case of Friedmann (1941) accepted them this as a reference to the Whoop• misidentified Sandhill Cranes. He uncritically. Allen (1952) listed no ing Crane, as did Burroughs (1961) considered Grus hoyiana "an ex• Oregon record of the Whooping and Hall (1933). Jewett, Taylor, cellent species, and not the young Crane and only a record from the Shaw, and Aldrich (1953) cited this of Grus americana It would Pleistocene (Rancho La Brea, Los record in placing this species on seem, however, that this bird is Angeles) for California. the hypothetical list for Washington really a Western species from Or• I am inclined to accept state, believing it a mistaken identi• egon and Washington territory, and Anthony's records of Whooping fication. They remarked cm the un• only accidentally present in Wis• Cranes passing over Beaverton, certainty of whether the record consin, where it was first met by Washington Co., in fall migration, should be credited to Oregon or Mr. Dudley." Ridgway and on the basis of his experience as Washington, but erred in giving the Friedmann (1941) considered Grus an observer, the probability that he date as 19 October. hoyianus of Dudley as young of correctly identified birds seen in Although Coues (1893, 2:648), the Whooping Crane. company with Sandhill Cranes Hall (1933), and Jewett et al. (1953) Brackett (1884) mentioned that when direct comparison would be all considered a bird shot by Clark the Whooping Crane breeds "in the possible, and in light of Belding's at the mouth of the Walla Walla far north, in Oregon, and amid the observations in California. But River in Washington a week earlier Rocky Mountains." A more sub• without detailed field descriptions, to also have been a Whooping stantial record is that of A.W. An• we cannot be certain. Greenway Crane, this is not clear from Will• thony (1886), who described the (1967) suggested that sight records iam Clark's journal. In the first draft Whooping Crane as "rare; seen of flying birds should probably be for his entry for 19 October 1805, once or twice in fall [1884], flying disregarded. Allen (1952) noted Clark described shooting "a Crain," over in company with the [Sandhill that Sandhill Cranes can appear to but in his final draft he elaborated Crane]," at Beaverton, Washington be white in bright sunlight at a dis• "I shot a crain which was flying Co. Belding (189D, Sharpe (1894), tance. Belding's 1891 flock might over of the common kind ... ," and Ridgway and Friedmann even have been American White which was probably the Sandhill (1941) cited Anthony's records. Pelicans, Pelecanus Crane, G. canadensis, but perhaps Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) erythro rhyn chos. might have been the Great Blue thought them misidentifications. If Anthony's birds were Whoop• Heron, Ardea herodias (elsewhere, Anthony's observations are prob• ing Cranes, they were part of an Clark refers to "common blue lematic. There was no more quali• already dwindling population. Be• crain;" see Lewis and Clark 1904, fied ornithologist in western Or• tween 1865 and 1899 the loss of 3:258). Holmgren (1984) did not egon in the 1880s than A.W. An• range was rapid. At the beginning include either date under Whoop• thony. This does not preclude a of this period, the total population ing Crane in her glossary of bird mistake, but that he saw the birds of the Whooping Crane was only names used by Lewis and Clark. in company with Sandhill Cranes, between 1300 and 1400 individuals Townsend (1839a, 1839b) listed and could thus observe that they (Allen 1952). the Whooping Crane ("Hooping were cranes and distinguishable Crane, or Stork") on both his lists from the common Sandhill Crane, Wilson's Plover, Charadrius of the birds "found in the territory should at least cause us to consider wilsonia. of the Oregon" in the appendix of his records. In the same season Payne (1913) mentioned that the his Narrative, and on his geo• and year, Lyman Belding saw a Wilson's Plover occurs "from Or• graphically more encompassing list flock of 20 birds he presumed egon south to Mexico." This spe• of the birds "inhabiting the region were Whooping Cranes "flying cies occurs on the Pacific coast of the Rocky Mountains, the Terri• over the tules" on Butte Creek, from central Baja California south tory of the Oregon, and the North Sutter Co., California, and saw an• and is casual north to southern

Oregon Birds 20(1): 7 California (AOU 1983). Roberson photographed 23 September 1976 to the Oregon Bird Records Com• (1980) listed 5 records from south• at Bandon, Coos Co. (Schmidt mittee. Roberson (1980) listed 2 ern California. 1989). There have been several Or• records for British Columbia, 2 for egon records since then. Washington state, and 4 for Califor• American Oystercatcher, nia. Haematopus palliatus. Semipalmated Sandpiper, Woodcock (1902) included the Calidris pusilla. American Woodcock, Scolopax American Oystercatcher on his list Bendire (1877) recorded the minor. of Oregon birds on the authority of Semipalmated Sandpiper as "com• The first mention of the Ameri• Dr. Albert G. Prill, with the simple mon during the migrations. Several can Woodcock credited to Oregon annotation of "Yaquina Bay," Lin• individuals remained near a pond is by Sand Hill (1891), who passed coln Co. Jewett (1929a) considered close to the post [=Camp Harney, along a hunter's report of "having this record not valid. Gabrielson Harney Co.], till the latter part of seen and killed a genuine [Ameri• and Jewett (1940) stated bluntly May." He did not list the Western can] woodcock at the lower end of that "this bird has no place on the Sandpiper, C. mauri. Likewise, Green Lake [Multnomah Co.]. This Oregon fauna. The listing of the Pope (1895-1896) listed the Semi• may or may not have been a species under this name is surely a palmated Sandpiper on his Oregon woodcock and as it is the first re• mistaken identification." The bird list without annotation, but port of the highly-prized bird in American Oystercatcher occurs in not the Western Sandpiper. Sharpe this part little credence is given by the west on the central Baja Cali• fornia coast and is casual to south• ern California as far north as Point Reyes, Marin Co., California (AOU American Woodcock. 1983). Roberson (1980) detailed 9 California records, all south of San Francisco Bay.

Common Greenshank, Tringa nebulous. Pope (1895-1896) listed the Common Greenshank as an Or• egon bird without annotation. Roberson (1980) noted that the only west coast records of the Common Greenshank are from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. (1896) considered the Western the older sportsmen.'' Sandpiper synonymous with the Quimby (1903), as state game Eskimo Curlew, Numenius Semipalmated Sandpiper, and listed warden, extolled the virtues of the borealis. 1 specimen, from August at Uma• American Woodcock. "As there are Townsend (1839a) included the tilla Junction, Umatilla Co., under few upland birds that furnish more Eskimo Curlew on his list of the the name Semipalmated Sandpiper. sport to the hunter than the wood• birds "found in the territory of the Baldridge and Crowell (1965) cock, I shall endeavor to have this Oregon." Although this geographi• mentioned a Semipalmated Sand• bird introduced in Oregon. ... cal description is ambiguous, Coo• piper seen 23 July 1965 at Sauvie [Tlhere is little question in my mind per and Suckley (I860) cited Island, Columbia Co. or that it could be made to include Townsend's record in including Multnomah Co. Roberson (1980) Oregon in its list of summer re• this species on their "list of birds included a record on 21 August sorts." I have not been able to as• heretofore reported as found in the 1972 at Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lane certain whether Quimby ever ac• northwest part of North America, Co. Schmidt (1989) identifies the complished this introduction but of which no specimens have first verified Oregon record as 1 (Evanich 1986 does not include this been procured by recent explor• bird observed and photographed species), but Baker (1906) reported ers." They commented that the Es• on 19 August and 21 August 1977 5 "Woodcock" shipped from Or• kimo Curlew was "perhaps found at Agate Reservoir, Jackson Co., egon to California by F.A. Stuhr. in eastern Oregon." Now nearly and gives 12 other records. Forbush (1929) noted that the extinct, the Eskimo Curlew occurs American Woodcock was "doubt• east of the Rocky Mountains (AOU White-rumped Sandpiper, fully recorded from Oregon." The 1983). Calidrisfuscicollis. American Woodcock occurs in the Cooper and Suckley (I860) re• eastern United States and Canada Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa marked that the White-rumped (AOU 1983). lapponica. Sandpiper ("Symphemia semi- Pope (1895-1896) listed the Bar- palmata" for synonymy see Ivory Gull, Pagophila eburnea. tailed Godwit as an Oregon bird Ridgway 1919) is "perhaps found Newberry (1857), in his report of without annotation. The first veri• in eastern Oregon." Schmidt (1989) the zoology of the railroad survey fied Oregon record was 1 bird gives only a record unacceptable route from the Sacramento Valley to

Oregon Birds 20(1): 8 the Columbia Paver at The Dalles, Columbia River, Clatsop Co. Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes listed the Ivory Gull with question migratorius. marks. "While in depot camp Sooty Tern, Sterna fusca. Townsend (1839a, 1839b) in• [sometime between 1 September Pope (1895-1896) listed the cluded the Passenger Pigeon on his and 23 September 1855], on the Sooty Tern on his Oregon bird list list of birds occurring from the Des Chutes river, 150 miles south without annotation. This species Rocky Mountains west, and on the of the Dalles of the Columbia breeds in tropical and subtropical list of birds "found in the territory [=Deschutes Co.?], a beautiful white regions of both Atlantic and Pacific of the Oregon." Cooper and gull, which I supposed to have. Oceans (AOU 1983). Suckley (I860) cited Townsend in been of this species, was killed by recording the Passenger Pigeon for Lieut. [George] Crook, United Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus. "Eastern Oregon." Coues (1874) States army, and brought to me. This is another species listed by remarked that "many years ago The specimen was afterward unfor• Pope (1895-1896) on his Oregon Townsend mentioned the Passen• tunately lost, but my notes and rec• bird list without annotation. The ger Pigeon as an inhabitant of 'Or• ollections satisfy me that this was Brown Noddy breeds on tropical egon,' but that was so comprehen• the bird." Cooper (1868) thought and subtropical Atlantic, Caribbean, sive a term that the confirmation of this bird might instead have been a and Pacific Ocean islands (AOU the occurrence, recently made by Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus. 1983; Harrison 1983). Drs. Cooper and Suckley, was the Roberson (1980) gave 1 winter more acceptable." However, Coo• record of the Ivory Gull at Gray's Japanese Murrelet, per himself had never personally Harbor, Washington. The Ivory Synthliboramphus observed this species in Oregon Gull breeds in Arctic North wumizusume. (Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway 1874). America and in the west, winters Woodcock (1902) listed the Japa• Ridgway (1889) described the south to southeastern Alaska and nese (or Temminck's) Murrelet on Passenger Pigeon as a "straggler to British Columbia (AOU 1983). the authority of BJ. Bretherton, ... eastern Oregon," and later who supposedly collected a pair 18 (1916) again listed it for eastern Gull-billed Tern, Sterna nilotica. October 1899 at Yaquina Bay, Lin• Oregon, citing a specimen col• Woodcock (1902) listed the Gull- coln Co. The Japanese Murrelet is lected at "Pack River, 17 June billed Tern as an Oregon bird on now recognized as occurring only 1861." This is an erroneous ac• the authority of B.J. Bretherton, on islands off Japan (Harrison creditation, however; Pack River is who described it as "a very com• 1983); Gabrielson and Jewett in northern Idaho; see Schorger mon fall migrant" at Yaquina Bay, (1940) remarked that "it has no (1955) and Burleigh (1972). Both Lincoln Co. Gabrielson and Jewett place in Oregon bird literature and of these authors identify the collec• (1940) remarked that Bretherton has long ago been discarded from tor as C.B. Kennedy and correct "undoubtedly confused" the Gull- North American lists." The birds the year to I860. Ridgway's 1916 billed Tern "with the Arctic [S. listed by Woodcock were most reference is probably the source paradisaea] or some other migrat• likely Ancient Murrelets, S. anti- for later mentions of the Passenger ing tern." The AOU (1983) ques• quus, which constitutes a super- Pigeon occurring, either casually or tions sight records from northern species with the Japanese Murrelet accidentally, in eastern Oregon (AOU 1983). (Forbush 1929; AOU 1931; Roberts California. In the west, the Gull- 1932). billed Tern breeds in southern Cali• It is also possible that Wood• fornia and winters to the south cock's record resulted from a tran• Other early reports of Passenger (AOU 1983). scriptional error by Woodcock. Pigeons in the Pacific Northwest Ridgway (1919) listed as synonyms derive from misidentifications. Least Tern, Sterna antillarum. of Xantus' Murrelet, S. hypoleucus, Beebe (1896), Capt. Jack (1898), Merrill (1888) added in a foot• and Craveri's Murrelet, S craveri, and Rhoads (1891) reported large note to his list of the birds of Fort the very similar "[Synthliborham- numbers of Passenger Pigeons in Klamath, Klamath Co., that "a small phus]_wurmizusume," ascribed to Oregon, Washington, or California. white Tern, probably SfternaJ Coues (1872). Either of these 2 Cantwell (1890), Farrell (1890), antillarum, was occasionally seen species would be more likely in Salal (1890), G.B. Grinnell (in Capt. among the Black Terns [Chlidonias Oregon waters than the geographi• Jack 1898), and J. Grinnell (1910) niger], but none were secured for cally restricted Japanese Murrelet identify these as reports of Band- positive identification." Merrill did (though less likely than the Ancient tailed Pigeons, Columba fasciata. not list the Forster's Tern, S. Murrelet). Schmidt (1989) gives 5 forsteri, a more likely possibility. records of the Xantus' Murrelet ac• Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx Wesley Batterson collected 2 cepted by the Oregon Bird Records califomianus. Least Terns 21 May 1964 at Fort Committee. The AOU (1983) lists Pope (1895-1896) remarked that Stevens, Clatsop Co. (Walker 1972). Craveri's Murrelet as "accidental in the Greater Roadrunner is "occa• Schmidt (1989) reports 4 seen 19 Oregon (Lane County),"but this sionally seen during summer in August 1973 at the south jetty of record (Jehl 1975) was based on an some parts of Western Oregon." the Siuslaw River, Lane Co., and 1 erroneous identification (see Bendire (1895a) wrote that "in a seen and photographed (repro• Watson 1987). Both species winter letter received from Mr. A.W. An• north to central California. duced in Roberson 1980:208) 31 thony, written on August 5, 1888, May 1976 at the south jetty of the ... he informs me that a [Greater]

Oregon Birds 20(1): 3 Road-runner, accompanied by of this species. Likewise, references son 1989), with subsequent records three young, was seen by a travel• to the species' Oregon occurrence in Deschutes Co., Lane Co., and ing companion of his who knew in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence Wallowa Co. (Anderson 1990; Fix these birds well, on the line of rail• (1858), Brewer (1859), Baird, and Heinl 1990; Evanich 1991, road between Albany and Ashland, Brewer, and Ridgway (1874), Coo• 1992). Oregon, about 50 miles south of per (1877), Coues (1884), and Albany [=near Eugene, Lane Co.], Ridgway (1889) all derive from Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus some time in August, 1887. This Townsend's supposed Oregon vociferus. extends its range considerably record. Howsley's (1919) mention of a northward" (this is reprinted in Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) re• Whip-poor-will near Culver, Bendire 1895b). It is likely that ported that "Bendire said it was not Jefferson Co., sometime between 1 these reports result from rare at Camp Harney," Harney Co. April and 15 August 1916 seems an misidentifications of Ring-necked However, this is a misreading of obvious reference to the Common Pheasants, Phasianus colchicus, Bendire (1895a), who, within the Poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii. then a relatively recent addition to species account of the Boreal Owl, Schmidt (1989) lists 1 record, at western Oregon (Jobanek 1987a). was actually referring to the North• Frenchglen, Harney Co., not ac• Other authors who described the ern Saw-Whet Owl, Aegolius cepted by the Oregon Bird Records Greater Roadrunner as occurring acadicus-. "From the foregoing ac• Committee. The Whip-poor-will from Oregon south probably de• counts it [the Boreal Owl] appears breeds east of the Great Plains and rive from Bendire's report to have pretty much the same hab• in southern California, southern (Chapman 1903; Coues 1903; Reed its as its near relative, Nyctale Nevada, and central Arizona (AOU 1904; Oberholser 1931). acadica [the Northern Saw-Whet 1983). Schmidt (1989) gives 2 records of Owl], I have picked up one of the Greater Roadrunner, both from these birds while perched in a wild Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte Jackson Co., not accepted by the rose thicket near Camp Harney, anna. Oregon Bird Records Committee. Oregon. It was fat and in a fine Nuttall (1840) remarked that the The Greater Roadrunner occurs to condition, and did not appear to Anna's Hummingbird "probably northern California, although be• see me approaching. Several others occurs within the limits of the Or• coming scarcer in the northern were caught by some of my men egon territory." Pope (1895-1896) portion of its range (Small 1974; under similar circumstances." Per• included it on his list of Oregon AOU 1983). haps this confusing passage in birds without annotation. The first authentic Oregon records of the Barred Owl, Strix varia. Anna's Hummingbird came in the Prill (1924) remarked that he saw late 1950s and 1960s. Tom a pair of Barred Owls at Crump McCamant observed one from 31 Lake, Lake Co., on 1 June 1923- December 1958 to the end of The first verified state record is a March 1959 at Ashland, Jackson pair seen and later photographed Co. (Boggs and Boggs I960), Jo• in the Wenaha River drainage, seph Hicks saw a male 10 Novem• Wallowa Co., on 18 June 1974 ber 1963 west of Talent, Jackson (Taylor and Forsman 1976). Co., and Hicks and others ob• Schmidt (1989) lists 7 additional served other individuals in Jackson records, and there are many others Co. in 1964 and 1965 (Browning subsequent to this. Barred Owl. 1966). One was at Brookings, Curry Co., in March 1966 (Brown• Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus. Bendire (1895a), along with ing and English 1967). In the late Townsend (1839a, 1839b) in• Townsend's and Nuttall's earlier 1960s and early 1970s observers cluded the Boreal Owl on both his misplaced records, fueled other reported Anna's Hummingbirds "catalogue of birds, found in the secondary references to the Boreal from throughout western Oregon territory of the Oregon" and on his Owl in Oregon (Fisher 1893; Bailey (Zimmerman 1973). Zimmerman list of birds occurring from the 1902; Widmann 1907; AOU 1910; (1973) has detailed the range ex• Rocky Mountains westward. Nuttall Sclater 1912). pansion of the Anna's Humming• (1840) noted that the species "in• B.S. Cunningham collected a Bo• bird throughout the far western habits the woods along the streams real Owl 21 March 1902 at Fort United States. of the Rocky Mountains down to Klamath, Klamath Co., the first the Oregon [=Columbia River]." Al• definite Oregon record (Ridgway Bumblebee Hummingbird, Atthis though these references are geo• 1914; Gabrielson and Jewett 1940). heloisa. graphically ambiguous, many sub• Other than secondary references Prill (1922) reported seeing 2 sequent authors described the Bo• (Chapman 1912; Eliot 1923; pairs of Bumblebee Humming• real Owl as an Oregon bird appar• Forbush 1929; AOU 1931, 1957; birds, and collecting at least 1 fe• ently on the strength of them. Kelso 1934), this remained the only male, in late May or June 1922 at Cassin (1856) identified Townsend Oregon record until David Herr Deep Creek in the Warner Valley, as his source for including "Or• found 1 to 2 birds 17 October 1988 Lake Co. Gabrielson and Jewett egon" within the range description near Tollgate, Wallowa Co. (Ander• (1940) considered this "a positive

Oregon Birds 20(1): 10 case of mistaken identity." The June 1929 at the mouth of the Pis• in August 1855 at the "Umpqua Bumblebee Hummingbird is resi• tol River, Curry Co. He noted see• River." Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway dent in Mexico and accidental in ing one 19 November 1917 at (1874) repeated this, noting that Arizona (AOU 1983). See Jobanek Brookings, Curry Co., and seeing the species "appears to be con• 0993) regarding Prill's reliability as "several" 14 and 19 September fined to the regions in California an observer, and Gabrielson's and 1926 "along the coast highway be• and Oregon west of the Coast Jewett's perceptions of his abilities. tween the California state line and Range" (this range description is Gold Beach," Curry Co. Grinnell repeated in turn by Gault 1884, Allen's Hummingbird, (1929) alluded to Jewett's specimen 1887). As Short (1965) pointed out, Selasphorus sasin. record. By the fourth edition of the however, the United States Na• Bendire (1895a) summarized the AOU Check-list 0931), the breed• tional Museum catalog identifies early perception of the range of ing range of the Allen's Humming• Newberry's specimen as having the Allen's Hummingbird as breed• bird was now understood to "prob• been collected in November, not ing from British Columbia to Cali• ably" include "extreme southwest• August, 1855. Judging by the con• fornia, including throughout west• ern Oregon," but no points to the dition of the plumage, Short con• ern Oregon. Pope (1895-1896) north. Browning (1966, 1975) re• cluded that the November date is gave specific records within this ported sight records of males from the correct one, and further as• range, noting that C.W. Swallow April to August at Medford, Phoe• serted that it is possible that reported the Allen's Hummingbird nix, and Shady Cove, Jackson Co., Newberry or another member of as a "summer resident of Benton, inland from Curry Co., and 1 male the railroad survey expedition col• Multnomah and Clackamas Coun• seen in Crater Lake National Park, lected the bird in northern Califor• ties." Woodcock (1902) included it Klamath Co., on 6 July 1964. Boggs nia, rather than Oregon. Since the on his list of Oregon birds on the and Boggs (1963) and Crowell and survey did not cross the Oregon- authority of Ellis F. Hadley and Nehls (1970, 1971, 1972, 1977) California line until November 6, it Fred H. Andrus. Hadley noted it as listed sightings of Allen's Hum• is also possible that a survey mem• a summer resident at Dayton, mingbirds in the Willamette Valley. ber (but not Newberry, who was Yamhill Co., "arrives April 15 and However, in the light of comments not then with the overland party) leaves September 1; nests in May on identification by Patterson collected the specimen in the and June." Likewise, Andrus con• (1990; discussed below), these Rogue Valley. That this species oc• sidered it a summer resident, sight records must be suspect. curred there is suggested by Merrill (1888), who commented that breeding at Elkton, Douglas Co. He Patterson (1987) reported an in• "among the oaks on the western added the revealing comment, dividual captured at Philomath, slope of the Cascade Mountains, however, that he had "no doubt Benton Co., in April 1983 (kept within about thirty miles [of Fort that [the Allen's Hummingbird and alive until July 1983), identified as Klamath, Klamath Co.], NuttaH's the Rufous Hummingbird, S. rufus] an Allen's Hummingbird by Ned K. and California [=Acorn] Wood• are sometimes mixed in my Johnson at the Museum of Com• pecker are found, the latter in records." The third edition of the parative Zoology, Berkeley, Califor• abundance." A point 30 miles west AOU Check-list (1910) repeated nia. Patterson (1988) later reported of Fort Klamath is in the Rogue Bendire's range description. 2 anomalous hummingbirds cap• Valley. Peck (1921) wrote (without de• tured in mist nets at Astoria, tails) of collecting the Allen's Hum• Clatsop Co., and identified as Hargitt (1890) listed 2 specimens mingbird in Oregon, without men• Allen's Hummingbirds by examina• of the NuttaH's Woodpecker col• tioning the Rufous Hummingbird. tion and measurement of tail and lected at Ashland, Jackson Co., in Oberholser (1924) restricted the rectrices. He (1990) cautions the British Museum. Short (1965) distribution of the Allen's Hum• against identifying green-backed identified these as a male collected mingbird to the narrow coastal hummingbirds in the field as 3 February 1881, and a female col• strip, extending the length of the Allen's Hummingbirds based on lected 4 February 1881, both taken state. Storer (1921), however, fo• that character alone, as Rufous by Henry W. Henshaw. Ridgway cused attention on the inadequate Hummingbirds display a variable (1914) referred to these specimens nature of these early records, re• amount of green on the back. The in giving the range of the NuttaH's marking that "no authentic record Allen's Hummingbird is accidental Woodpecker as including "south• for the Allen Hummingbird in Or• in Oregon outside coastal Curry western Oregon (Ashland)." egon came to attention," but ac• Co. (Patterson 1988). Bendire's (1895a) mention of ceded that "Oregon has not been Newberry's bird "and another explored as fully as California and NuttaH's Woodpecker, Picoides taken near Ashland, now in the it may be that the species invades nuttallii. collections of the United States De• it locally." Grinnell (1924) contin• Newberry (1857) reported the partment of Agriculture, Washing• ued to regard the species as "ca• NuttaH's Woodpecker only as ton, D.C." suggests a third speci• sual north of the Oregon-California "common in California." Baird, men, apart from Henshaw's British boundary." Cassin, and Lawrence (1858), how• Museum specimens. However, M. Jewett (1929b) published the first ever, listed a specimen, a female Ralph Browning (personal corre• accepted Oregon record of the supposedly collected by Newberry spondence) cannot find such a Allen's Hummingbird, 2 birds col• during his service on the specimen in the collection of the lected (of "50 or more seen") 23 Williamson-Abbot railroad survey National Museum of Natural His-

Oregon Birds 20(1): 11 tory, nor any record of there ever Mountains west without indication pecker in the National Museum la• having been one. of specific location. Although beled as having been collected in After the records of Newberry, Cassin (1856) described the range the Umpqua Valley by Newberry Merrill, Henshaw, and Bendire, all of the Imperial Woodpecker as in• was instead probably collected in subsequent references are second• cluding Oregon, he identified an northern California (Short 1965), ary (e.g., AOU 1895, 1910, 1931; observation by Townsend reported survey specimens of the Black Bailey 1902; Beal 1911; Cory 1919; by Audubon (1839a) as made in Phoebe might have been collected Eckstorm 1901; Oberholser 1929; the Rocky Mountains. Nevertheless, in northern California as well. Pope 1895-1896; Woodcock 1902). Cassin (1856) wrote that "there is Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) ex• Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) found in the forests of Oregon and pressed doubts about Newberry's doubted that the Newberry speci• the Rocky Mountains, the largest of record in placing the Black Phoebe men had been collected in the all the Woodpeckers, a magnificent on their hypothetical list. They also Umpqua Valley and, unaware of species related to the Ivory-billed questioned the record of Johnson Henshaw's Ashland specimens at Woodpecker of the Southern (1880), who reported 1 bird seen the British Museum, placed the States, but much larger, and which in July 1879 at Salem, Marion Co. NuttaH's Woodpecker on the state has up to this period escaped the [?; "in this place"]. hypothetical list. Browning (1974) observation of any American natu• In addition to these early reports, noted these specimens on his re- ralist, except Dr. Townsend, who Henshaw (1875) wrote that the evaluation of the hypothetical list saw it, but did not procure speci• Black Phoebe had been "cited by a of Oregon birds. No other evi• mens. It is the Dryocopus number of observers ... as even dence of this woodpecker's occur• [= Campephilus] imperialis, first de• occurring in Oregon." He later de• rence in Oregon appeared until a scribed by Mr. [John] Gould, a dis• scribed it as "common to the west specimen was collected recently in tinguished English ornithologist." of the mountains [=Cascades] in Jackson Co., the details of which The Imperial Woodpecker formerly Oregon" (Henshaw 1880). Belding await publication (M. Ralph occurred from northern Mexico to (1890), Bendire (1895a), Woodcock Browning, personal correspon• central Mexico, but may now be (1902), Ridgway (1907), and nu• dence). extinct (AOU 1983). merous other writers either re• ferred to Newberry's and Johnson's Lineated Woodpecker, Dryocopus Least Flycatcher, Empidonax records or matter-of-factly de• lineatus. minimus. scribed the Black Phoebe as a bird Nuttall (1840) noted that "a H.E. Anthony (1913) mentioned of southwestern Oregon. Howsley single specimen of [the Lineated the Least Flycatcher as a breeding (1919) reported a Black Phoebe Woodpecker] was sent from Or• bird in the "willows and alders" nest "found 10 feet up in cliffs with egon by the late Dr. [Meredith] near Ironside, Malheur Co. five young" near Culver, Jefferson Gairdner, to Edinburgh." Audubon Howsley (1919) described finding 3 Co., which seems a probable error. (1839a, 1839b) gave the range of egg sets of the Least Flycatcher Jewett (1942) reported that this species as "Columbia River," near Culver, Jefferson Co. Both Overton Dowell, Jr., collected a and later (1842) identified these records are presumably Black Phoebe on 1 June 1936 at Gairdner's specimen as "shot near misidentifications of some other Mercer, Lane Co., the only Oregon Fort Vancouver." Townsend Empidonid flycatcher. Schmidt specimen (Browning 1975). (1839b) listed the Lineated Wood• (1989) gives the first verified Or• Evenden, Dumas, and Gordon pecker on his list of birds found egon as 1 bird mist-netted and (1947) saw a single Black Phoebe from the Rocky Mountains west. photographed 11 June 1977 at Hart on 24 May 1947 in Linn Co. Cooper (1877) erroneously credited Mountain, Lake Co., and lists 9 Richardson and Sturges (1964) sug• the "Oregon" reference for this other accepted records. gested the species was present at species to Audubon (rather than Medford, Jackson Co., many years Nuttall 1840), but wrote that the Black Phoebe, Sayornis prior to these records. Since 1953, species is "not known from North nigricans. the species has nested regularly in America, and was probably col• Newberry (1857) wrote that Jackson Co. (Richardson and lected in South America." The specimens of the Black Phoebe Sturges 1964; Marshall 1969; Lineated Woodpecker occurs from were "obtained in the Umpqua val• Browning 1975; McCamant 1977). central Mexico south to central ley" during the overland march It is regular and presumably breeds South America (AOU 1983). south of the Williamson-Abbot rail• in Josephine and Curry Counties, Gairdner's bird probably was a road survey of 1855. However, as well, and has recently expanded Pileated Woodpecker, D. pileatus, Newberry was not present on the its range into the Lower Coquille which with the Lineated Wood• survey's march through the River Valley, Coos Co. (Alan pecker and the South American D. Umpqua Valley in late October or Contreras, personal correspon• schulzi, constitute a superspecies. through the Rogue Valley in early dence). November. Baird, Cassin, and Imperial Woodpecker, Lawrence (1858) credited Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis Campephilus imperialus. Newberry with recording this spe• phoebe. Townsend (1839b) included this cies in the Umpqua Valley but did Townsend (1839a) included the large, impressive woodpecker on not mention a specimen. As a Eastern Phoebe ("Pewit Flycatcher, his list of birds from the Rocky specimen of the NuttaH's Wood• Muscicapa fusca," but see syn-

Oregon Birds 20(1): 12 onymy in Ridgway 1907:596) in his Gray-breasted Jay, Aphelocoma dated 29 June 1993, Mark Robbins, "catalogue of birds, found in the ultramarina. ornithology collection manager of territory of the Oregon," and his Townsend (1839a, 1839b) men• the Academy of Natural Sciences, (1839b) list of birds found in the tioned the Gray-breasted Jay in his remarked that "given these were all region from the Rocky Mountains list of birds "found in the territory catalogued together, I suspect that westward. Audubon (1839a, 1839b) of the Oregon" and from the Rocky someone used the incorrect 'Co• described its range as "Columbia Mountains westward. Nuttall (1840) lumbia River' for the Yellow-billeds River." Cooper (1877) doubted described finding this species "in — no field tags are associated with Townsend's record. "He may have the forests of the Columbia, near these specimens." Lord (1902) mistaken S[ayornis] nigricans Fort Vancouver," in association commented that Yellow-billed [Black Phoebe] for it, as that with the Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta Magpies may occur in southern Or• reaches Southern Oregon." stelleri. NuttaH's account is re• egon, but gave no actual records. Roberson (1980) presented a large peated by Audubon (1842). As Two recent records, 1 bird re• number of California records. Cooper (1877) noted, these are ported seen 4 June 1985 near Fort Schmidt (1989) includes only 1 Or• misidentifications of the Scrub Jay, Klamath, Klamath Co., and 1 bird egon record, and that not accepted A. coerulescens. The Gray-breasted seen 1 February 1987 three miles by the Oregon Bird Records Com• Jay occurs from central Arizona to west of Redmond, Deschutes Co., mittee. Nehls (1993) describes central Mexico (AOU 1983). are considered invalid by the Or• other unaccepted Oregon records. egon Bird Records Committee Tice (1993) reports the first verified Yellow-billed Magpie, Pica (Schmidt 1989). The Yellow-billed Oregon record of the Eastern nuttalli. Magpie is casual in northern Cali• Phoebe, 1 bird first observed 5 Heermann (1853) remarked that fornia (Siskiyou Co.), near the Or• June 1992 and present through 23 the Yellow-billed Magpie was egon border (AOU 1983). June 1992 at Falls City, Polk Co. "found abundantly" in California and Oregon. He did not list the Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus. Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus Black-billed Magpie, P. pica, how• Townsend (1839a) listed the Fish vociferans. ever, nor did Heermann visit Or• Crow in his "catalogue of the birds, Anthony (1886) considered the egon (Hume 1942). Heermann's found in the territory of the Or• Cassin's Kingbird as rare at record is repeated by Ridgway egon," which as mentioned else• Beaverton, Washington Co., re• (1904:292) in his table of syn• where in this paper is geographi• marking that "a few were seen in onyms. Cooper, in his account of cally broad and not limited to May, 1885." He did not, however, the Black-billed Magpie (Cooper present-day Oregon. That list the Western Kingbird, T. and Suckley I860), wrote that he Townsend meant in this instance verticalis. This single reference led had "heard of magpies frequenting the lower Columbia River region to several secondary Oregon refer• the Columbia river at Astoria near Fort Vancouver, Clark Co., ences in range descriptions of this [Clatsop Co.], and near the mouth Washington, or Sauvie Island, Co• species (e.g., AOU 1910, 1931; of the Willamette [Multnomah Co.], lumbia Co. and Multnomah Co., Bailey 1902, 1928; Coues 1903; in summer. I have never seen however, is supported by NuttaH's Ridgway 1907; Eliot 1923; Cory and these, but I think they may be (1840) mention that the Fish Crow Hellmayr 1927). Bendire (1895a) stragglers of the California species was "common on the banks of the and Woodcock (1902) repeated [=Yellow-billed Magpie], which Oregon [=Columbia River], where Anthony's record. Raker (1918) have followed the plains of the they were nesting in the month of mentioned seeing the Cassin's Willamette to its outlet." If these April [1835]." Audubon (1839a) de• Kingbird in Umatilla Co. and were magpies, they surely were scribed the Fish Crow as "plentiful Wasco Co., but again without men• Black-billed Magpies, either strag• on the Columbia River, according tioning the Western Kingbird. Prill glers from east of the Cascades or to Dr TOWNSEND, who brought (1922) described seeing 1 pair of from a western Oregon breeding specimens from that country." population no longer extant (this Cassin's Kingbirds in May or June Cassin (1858) credited Titian possibility is discussed further in 1922 in the Warner Valley, Lake Peale with the observation that the Jobanek and Marshall 1992). Stone Co. Although Prill also listed the Fish Crow occurred in Oregon in (1892) recorded specimens of the Western Kingbird, as "very com• 1842, but added that "no specimen Black-billed Magpie and the Yel• mon," his reliability as an observer being in the collection [of the U.S. low-billed Magpie "from the Co• is suspect; see Jobanek (1993). Exploring Expedition], nor having lumbia river," supposedly collected Overton Dowell, Jr. collected a elsewhere seen a specimen of this by J.K. Townsend, in the collection female Cassin's Kingbird 4 August species from western America, we of the Academy of Natural Sciences 1935 at Mercer, Lane Co. (Jewett allude to it especially for the pur• of Philadelphia. These specimens 1942). Browning (1974) reported pose of expressing a suspicion that are extant. Each of the 2 Black- this as the only known Oregon the species of the Western coast billed Magpie specimens and the 2 specimen, but since the mid-1970s may be the smaller Mexican and Yellow-billed Magpie specimens the specimen was lost (Bayer West Indian bird recently described state only "Columbia River," al• 1989c). The Cassin's Kingbird oc• by Mr. Gundlach, under the name though one of the Black-billed curs from central California south of Corvus minutus [=C. nasicus?; Magpie specimens also has a date (AOU 1983). Cuban Crow]." Newberry (1857) of 29 May 1836. In a letter to me wrote that he saw the Fish Crow

Oregon Birds 20(1): 13 "on the Willamette, Columbia, the Harney Co., and lists also 1 record ture Magnolia Warbler on 25 Octo• coast, and about the bays of Cali• not accepted by the Oregon Bird ber 1964 at Bayocean Spit, fornia, feeding upon dead fishes Records Committee. Tillamook Co. Browning (1974) and mollusks." reported an immature female Mag• Cooper (1877) regarded Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis. nolia Warbler collected 18 Septem• Townsend's and Audubon's Audubon (1839b) listed the East• ber 1971 12 miles north of records as referable instead to the ern Bluebird Q'Sialia Wilsoni," but Wedderburn, Curry Co., the first Northwestern Crow, C. caurinus for synonymy, see Ridgway verified Oregon record. Schmidt (not named until 1858; see Baird, 1907:145) for the "Columbia River," (1989) lists this record, 7 records Cassin, and Lawrence 1858). More but elsewhere (1839a) wrote that from Harney Co., 1 from Deschutes likely, these early records refer in• he had "not received any intima• Co., and 1 from Lane Co. stead to the American Crow, C. tion of the occurrence of this inter• brachyrhynchos; the Oregon race esting bird to the west of the Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica hesperis is smaller than the eastern Rocky Mountains, although it was striata. races Townsend, Nuttall, Peale, observed by Dr TOWNSEND on the Audubon (1939b, 1841) listed the and Newberry would have been head waters of the Missouri." Nev• Blackpoll Warbler for "Columbia familiar with (Johnston 1961). The ertheless, Cooper and Suckley River" (quoted as "Oregon" by Fish Crow occurs in the eastern (I860) included this species on Cooper 1877), but it is not clear United States (AOU 1983). their "list of birds heretofore re• under what authority, as neither I have not included a discussion ported as found in the northwest Townsend nor Nuttall recorded it of the Northwestern Crow here as I part of America, but of which no for Oregon. Cooper and Suckley have in preparation a paper that specimens have been procured by (I860) cited Audubon in including will explore further the historical recent explorers," with the annota• this species, with the annotation understanding of the respective tion "Eastern Oregon?" The Eastern "East Oregon?" Cooper (1877) re• ranges of Northwestern and Ameri• Bluebird occurs from the Great marked that the Blackpoll Warbler can Crows. For discussion of the Plains east and in the southwestern "should pass west of the Rocky present-day distribution and diffi• United States (AOU 1983). Mountains in going from Alaska to culties of identification of North• the tropics." western Crows, see Bayer (1989a, Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora David and Sue Fables identified 1989b), Paulsen (1989), Paulson peregrina. a singing male on 26 June 1957 in (1989), Patterson (1989), and Rob• Peck (1921) included the Tennes• North Bend, Coos Co., the first un• erts (1990). see Warbler for Oregon on his list, ambiguous record of the Blackpoll compiled from memory, of birds Warbler in Oregon (Contreras Carolina Chickadee, Parus "taken personally in the last fifty 1978). Littlefield and McLaury carolinensis. years." Kridler (1965) listed the first (1973) recorded the first verified Nuttall (1840) wrote that he and Oregon record, a female collected state record, an immature male col• J.K. Townsend encountered small 12 June 1963 at Malheur National lected 7 September 1967 at flocks of Carolina Chickadees asso• Wildlife Refuge, Harney Co. Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, ciated with Chestnut-backed Schmidt (1989) lists 20 Oregon Harney Co. Schmidt (1989) reports Chickadees, P. rufescens, in late records of the Tennessee Warbler several recent records, primarily autumn "in the wilds of Oregon," between 1976 and 1982 accepted from Harney Co. either in 1834 or 1835. As Cooper by the Oregon Bird Records Com• (1877) noted, this is an error, and mittee. Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica should be the Black-capped cerulea. Chickadee, P. atricapillus. The Magnolia Warbler, Dendroica Townsend (1839a, 1839b) listed Carolina Chickadee occurs in the magnolia. the Cerulean Warbler on his lists of eastern United States (AOU 1983). Finley (.1907) reported that Will• birds "found in the territory of the iam Warner found a dead Magnolia Oregon" and from the Rocky Northern Wheatear, Oenanthe Warbler in January 1907 at Salem, Mountains westward, neither of oenanthe. Marion Co., and that Warner "re• which can be regarded as unam• Cassin (1856) included Oregon ported seeing a small band of biguous Oregon records. Audubon in the range description of the these warblers about the locality." (1839b, 1841) reported these Northern Wheatear, and wrote that Eliot (1923) included this species records as "Columbia River." Coo• "the only specimen that we have on his list of Oregon birds without per and Suckley (I860), citing ever seen of the Stone Chat of comment, presumably from Audubon's and Townsend's America (Saxicola oenanthoides) Finley's record. Finley did not re• records, listed the species with the [= Oenanthe oenanthe,], a bird dis• call this record, however, when annotation "East Oregon?" Cooper covered some years since on the later queried by Gabrielson and (1877) left open the possibility that coast of Oregon, was obtained in Jewett (1940), and the latter au• Townsend had correctly identified the vicinity of Halifax, Nova thors, "in view of the date and lack the Cerulean Warbler as an Oregon Scotia." Schmidt (1989) gives the of substantiating records," placed bird (although Cooper included first verified state record as 1 bird the species "unhesitatingly" on Nuttall as a reference of the Or• photographed 22 June 1977 at their hypothetical list. Hesse and egon occurrence of the species, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Hesse (1965) mentioned an imma• Nuttall 1840 only said that the Cer-

Oregon Birds 20(1): 14 ulean Warbler "is also found in the however, wrote that Townsend curs in the west in southeastern Western wilderness beyond the "procured" the specimen in Califor• California and Arizona (AOU Mississippi"). Roberson (1980) nia (which Townsend never vis• 1983). listed 9 California records of the ited), and elsewhere (Audubon Cerulean Warbler; there are no Or• 1839b) described the Masked Yel• Blue Grosbeak, Guiraca caerula. egon records (Schmidt 1989). lowthroat as occurring in "North Cooper and Suckley (I860) listed California." Cooper (1877), citing the Blue Grosbeak with the anno• Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus. Audubon and Nuttall as describing tation "Eastern Oregon." Audubon Roth Townsend (1839a) and this species as an Oregon bird, felt (1839b), whom they cited, listed Nuttall (1840) recorded the Oven- that "Townsend's specimen was the species only as "Rocky Moun• bird for the territory of the Oregon. doubtless from South America." tains." Eltzroth and Jarvis (1976) Cooper and Suckley (I860) anno• Ridgway (1880) included the recorded 1 bird seen 4 January un• tated these records with the specu• Masked Yellowthroat on a "list of til 17 January 1975 and photo• lation that the Ovenbird occurs in exotic species which have been graphed (reproduced in Roberson "East Oregon?" Cooper (1877) attributed to North America by 1980) at Corvallis, Benton Co. noted NuttaH's record. various authors, but apparently Schmidt (1989) mentions in addi• The first verified Oregon record without sufficient evidence of their tion 1 bird seen 21 December 1980 of the Ovenbird was 1 bird col• occurrence." The Masked Yel• near Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lane lected by Eugene Kridler 4 June lowthroat occurs from Costa Rica Co. 1961 at Malheur National Wildlife and Panama to central South Refuge, Harney Co. (Kridler 1965). America (AOU 1983). Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Littlefield and McLaury (1975) men• Aimophila ruficeps. tioned 3 other Oregon records, and Flame-rumped Tanager, Bendire (1877) mentioned the Schmidt (1989) gives several oth• Ramphocelus flammigerus. Rufous-crowned Sparrow in a foot• ers, most from Harney Co. Baird (1852) listed the Flame- note of his article on the birds of Roberson (1980) listed 5 records rumped Tanager as occurring "Co• Camp Harney, Harney Co., but did from Harney Co., 4 from Lake Co., lumbia River, Oregon?," question• not include it on the formal list "for and 1 from offshore of Coos Bay, ing the original record as reported the reason that no specimen has Coos Co. by Jardine and Selby, 1833, Illus. been taken. An unidentified nest Ornithol. 3, pi. 131 (I have not with eggs has been conjecturally Northern Waterthrush, Seiurus seen this reference). Sclater (1856) referred to this species, but thus far noveboracensis. cited Baird and gave the range of without positive proof, and no Although Nuttall (1840) wrote of this species as "Colombia River, specimen of the bird has been ob• the Northern Waterthrush that "Mr. Oregon" [sic]. As suspected by tained." There is no verified record Townsend and myself observed Baird, the original reference was of the Rufous-crowned Sparrow this bird in Oregon," Townsend an error and should instead be occurring in Oregon (Schmidt makes no mention of it in his lists Antioquia, Colombia (AOU 1983). 1989). The Rufous-crowned Spar• (Townsend 1839a, 1839b). Reed The Flame-rumped Tanager occurs row breeds from central California Ferris collected the first Oregon in Panama, western Colombia, and south (AOU 1983). specimen 26 August 1931 at Bea• western Ecuador (AOU 1983). ver, Tillamook Co. (Ferris 1933). Contreras (1988) has outlined the Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis Northern Waterthrush's summer cardinalis. range in Oregon. The Oregon Alpine Club at• tempted to introduce the Northern Masked Yellowthroat, Geothlypis Cardinal into Portland, Multnomah aequinoctialis. Co., in the late 1880s and early Townsend included the Masked 1890s (Anonymous 1889, 1892; An• Yellowthroat on his "Hst of the thony 189D. Anthony (1902) re• birds inhabiting the region of the ported that "several [Northern Car• Rocky Mountains, the territory of dinals] were released by a dealer a the Oregon, and the north west few years ago and are still seen in coast of America" (Townsend the residence part" of Portland. In 1839b) but not on other lists. 1912, the Oregon Audubon society Nuttall (1840) remarked that "of wished to again introduce North• [the Masked Yellowthroat], so ern Cardinals into Portland but did nearly allied to the Maryland not release any birds (Welty 1912; [=Common] Yellowthroat, nothing Jobanek 1987b). further is known than of its occur• Stanley Jewett (1930) saw 3 rence in the Oregon Territory, near Northern Cardinals, 2 males and 1 Fort Vancouver, where the only female, on 22 July 1930 near specimen described by Audubon Canyonville, Douglas Co. These was obtained by Mr. Townsend." were escaped cage birds (Jewett Northern Cardinal. Audubon (1839a, 1839b, 1841), 1948). The Northern Cardinal oc•

Oregon Birds 20(1): 15 Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella disputed this record in placing this list. pallida. species on their hypothetical list. The Baird's Sparrow was re• Cassin (1858), in his report of the Schmidt (1989) lists 1 Oregon ported again by A.B. Averill (1895), ornithological discoveries of the record of the Field Sparrow not a specimen supposedly collected U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838- accepted by the Oregon Bird by C.W. Swallow near Portland, 1842, remarked that "specimens [of Records Committee. The Field Multnomah Co. This record was the Clay-Colored Sparrow] in the Sparrow occurs from the Great dismissed and the species placed collection are from Oregon." Plains east (AOU 1983). on the hypothetical list of the birds Cassin had only 2 years earlier of the Portland area by Jewett and named the Brewer's Sparrow, 5. Lark Bunting, Calamospiza Gabrielson (1929). Pope (1895- breweri, as a new species (AOU melanocorys. 1896) included the species on his 1983). Although the Ornithological list of the birds of Oregon, identify• H.E. Anthony (1913) included Committee of the Academy of ing it as a "summer resident of the Clay-colored Sparrow as a Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Benton Co." Schmidt 0989) lists 3 breeding bird in the sagebrush (1837) listed "Fringilla bicolor" records not accepted by the Or• community around Ironside, [=Lark Bunting] on their "list of egon Bird Records Committee. The Malheur Co. He did not list the species from the Columbia river," Baird's Sparrow breeds in the Brewer's Sparrow. In 1923, his fa• compiled from notes and speci• northern Great Plains and winters ther, A.W. Anthony, submitted a mens by John K. Townsend, this in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, short note to Joseph Grinnell for record refers to birds seen and col• and Mexico (AOU 1983). publication in the Condor, and re• lected on the Platte River ferred to the Clay-colored Sparrow (Townsend 1837). Cooper and Grasshopper Sparrow, occurring at Ironside. When Suckley (I860) made oblique refer• Ammodramus savannarum. Grinnell questioned this identifica• ence to the Ornithological Commit• Nuttall (1840) wrote that the tion, A.W. Anthony admitted the tee list, and annotated their listing Grasshopper Sparrow is a summer mistake. Shortly after, he wrote of the Lark Bunting with "Eastern resident "in the distant territory of again to Grinnell that his son also Oregon." the Oregon." Cooper (1870) noted realized the error. I have men• Gordon (1940) reported seeing a that this report was not verified by tioned H.E. Anthony's Clay-colored male Lark Bunting 14 May 1939 at later collectors, who "have not Sparrow record elsewhere Saddle Butte, Linn Co. Schmidt found it west of the Rocky Mts." (Jobanek 1987a). (1989) gives the first verified Or• Pope (1895-1896) considered it a In a list of birds "taken person• egon record as 1 male seen and "not uncommon summer resident ally in the last fifty years," com• photographed 6 June and 7 June | of Umatilla County." Woodcock piled from memory, George D. 1980 at Winston, Douglas Co., and (1902) included 2 records: Ellis F. Peck (1921) included the Clay-col• gives 5 other records. Roberson Hadley regarded it as a rare mi• ored Sparrow for Oregon, but did (1980) mentioned a specimen grant at Dayton, Yamhill Co., and a not include either the Chipping record on 3 January 1967 at specimen reportedly in Warner and Sparrow, S. passerina, or the Corvallis, Benton Co., and 2 other Cooke's collection had been col• Brewer's Sparrow. records not given by Schmidt lected 4 May 1888 at Salem, Marion Schmidt 0989) lists 18 records of 0989). Co. Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) the Clay-colored Sparrow, primarily did not find the specimen in this from western Oregon. The first Baird's Sparrow, Ammodramus collection, nor did Clinton T. verified Oregon record is 1 bird bairdii. Cooke recall the specimen. "Under collected 15 November 1953 by Bendire (1877) first reported the | the circumstances," they wrote, Alex Walker at Pleasant Valley, Baird's Sparrow in Oregon. On 24 "we do not believe that this consti• Tillamook Co. May 1876 he supposedly collected tutes a valid record for the bird in a bird, along with its nest and 4 western Oregon." Gabrielson and Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla. eggs, about 5 miles from Camp Jewett (1940) considered the first Townsend (1839a, 1839b) listed Harney, Harney Co. Ingersoll valid state record to be 1 bird col• the Field Sparrow on his lists of (1878) mentioned this record. lected by H.H. Sheldon on 22 June birds "found in the territory of the Belding (1890) and Woodcock 1916 at Robinette, Baker Co. In the Oregon" and from the Rocky (1902) included Bendire's record 1960s and 1970s Grasshopper Spar• Mountains westward. Cooper and and Coues (1903) described the rows were discovered breeding in Suckley (I860) annotated this spe• Baird's Sparrow as casual in Or• the Rogue and Willamette Valleys cies as "Eastern Oregon." egon, apparently on the strength of (Richardson and Sturges 1964; Woodcock (1902) included the Bendire's report. Ridgway (1901), McQueen 1979). Marshall (1992) Field Sparrow on his list of Oregon however, doubted the veracity of lists 7 counties where the Grass• birds on the authority of Ellis F. the record, being "so far outside hopper Sparrow either recently or Hadley, who reported it rare in the really established breeding currently occurs. summer at Dayton, Yamhill Co. "A range of this species that I can only nest containing three incubated refer to [it] as doubtful." Gabrielson Rufous-collared Sparrow, eggs was found on June 14, 1900, and Jewett (1940) referred to Zonotrichia capensis. under a bunch of briars in a pas• Bendire's records in placing the Townsend (1839b) included the ture." Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) species on their state hypothetical Rufous-collared Sparrow on his

Oregon Birds 20(1): IB "list of the birds inhabiting the re• explicitly stated that the Common American Ornithologists' Union, gion of the Rocky Mountains, the Grackle was not found by Baltimore, MD. territory of the Oregon, and the Townsend "on the Columbia . 1983. Check-list of north west coast of America." River." Summers 0977) reported 1 North American birds, 6th ed. Audubon (1839a) reported that bird seen 28 May 1977 at Malheur American Ornithologists' Union, Townsend collected a male speci• National Wildlife Refuge, Harney Lawrence, KS. men "in Upper California." Stone Co. Schmidt 0989) gives this Amigo. 1878. Notes from Califor• (1899) noted that though the type record and 2 others accepted by nia. Forest and Stream 10:115. specimen of the Rufous-collared the Oregon Bird Records Commit• Anderson, D.A. 1989. Fieldnotes: Sparrow was labeled "Columbia tee. eastern Oregon, fall 1988. Or• River. J.K. Townsend," the speci• egon Birds 15:113-119. men was "evidently obtained in Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius. . 1990. Fieldnotes: east• Chile, and was wrongly labeled." Northern ("Baltimore") Oriole, ern Oregon, fall 1989- Oregon In a later paper, Stone (1930) re• Icterus galbula. Birds 16:171-179. marked that Townsend's inclusion Crandall 0923) included both Anonymous. 1889. Our feathered of this sparrow on this list, and his the Orchard Oriole and the "Balti• immigrants. West Shore 15:115- erroneous labeling of the speci• more" Oriole on his list of the birds 119. men, were indicative of of Wasco Co., presumably . 1892. [Introduction of Townsend's "carelessness or failure misidentifications. The first verified German songbirds into Oregon.] of memory"; later Stone (1934) Oregon record of the Orchard Ori• Ornithologist and Oologist 17:31. noted that Audubon was "the one ole was 1 bird seen and photo• . 1895. [White-tailed at fault" for the mislabeling. The graphed 27 September 1981 at Ptarmigan in Oregon.] Oregon Rufous-collared Sparrow occurs South Beach, Newport, Lincoln Co. Naturalist 2:40. from Middle America south (Gilligan and Irons 1987). The first Anthony, A.W. 1886. Field notes on through the length of South "Baltimore" Oriole for Oregon was the birds of Washington County, America (AOU 1983). a male seen 1 June I960 at Oregon. Auk 3:l6l-172. Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, . 1891. Oregon's im• Rusty Blackbird, Euphagus Harney Co. (Kridler and Marshall ported songsters. Zoe 2:6-11. carolinus. 1962). . 1896. The Black- Townsend (1839a, 1839b) listed I wish to thank Alan Contreras, vented Shearwater (Puffinus the Rusty Blackbird on his "cata• David Marshall, Mike Patterson, opistholelas). Auk 13:223-228. logue of birds, found in the terri• and Owen Schmidt for their many . 1902. 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Audubon Warbler'14(4): 12-13. of Agriculture, Biological Survey American Field 21:209. Bailey, F.M. 1902. Handbook of Bulletin 37:1-64. Brewer, T.M. 1859- North American birds of the western United States, Beebe, J.A. 1896. Wild pigeons. oology. Part I.— Raptores and including the Great Plains, Pa• Forest and Stream 46(May 23): Fissirostres. Smithsonian Contri• cific slope, and Lower Rio Grande page no. not known. butions to Knowledge 11:1-132. Valley. Houghton, Mifflin and Belding, L. 1890. Land birds of the . 1875. Notes on sev• Company, Boston. Pacific district. Occasional Papers enty-nine species of birds ob• . 1928. Birds of New of the California Academy of Sci• served in the neighborhood of Mexico. New Mexico Department ences 11:1-274. Camp Harney, Oregon, compiled of Game and Fish, Santa Fe. . 1891. Notices of some from the correspondence of Baird, S.F. 1852. Appendix C. Birds, California birds. Zoe 2:97-100. Capt. Charles Bendire, 1st cav• pp. 314-335. In. Stansbury, Bendire, C.E. 1877. Notes on some alry, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Howard. Exploration and survey of the birds found in southeast• Boston Society of Natural History of the valley of the Great Salt lake ern Oregon, particularly in the 18:153-168. of Utah, including a reconnais• vicinity of Camp Harney, from Browning, M.R. 1966. Range addi• sance of a new route through the November, 1874, to January, tions of several species of birds Rocky Mountains. Lippincott, 1877. Proceedings of the Boston in southwestern Oregon. Grambo & Co., Philadelphia. Society of Natural History 19:109- Murrelet 47:50-51. , T.M. Brewer, and R. 149. . 1974. Notes on the Ridgway. 1874. A history of North . 1892. Life histories of hypothetical list of Oregon birds. American birds. land birds. 3 North American birds with spe• Northwest Science 48:166-171. vols. Little, Brown, and Com• cial reference to their breeding . 1975. The distribution pany, Boston. habits and eggs, with twelve and occurrence of the birds of , , and lithographic plates. United States Jackson County, Oregon, and . 1884. The water National Museum Special Bulle• surrounding areas. North Ameri• birds of North America. 2 vols. tin 1:1-446. can Fauna 70:1-69. Little, Brown, and Company, . 1895a. Life histories of , and W. English. 1967. Boston. North American birds, from the Anna's Hummingbird in south• , J. Cassin, and G.N. parrots to the grackles, with spe• western Oregon. Condor 69:89. Lawrence. 1858. Birds. In: Re• cial reference to their breeding Burleigh, T.D. 1972. Birds of Idaho. ports of explorations and surveys habits and eggs. United States The Caxton Printers, Caldwell, to ascertain the most practicable National Museum Special Bulle• Idaho. and economical route for a rail• tin 3:1-518. ! Burns, F.L. 1931. In re "Townsend's road from the Mississippi River to . 1895b. The Road-run• Oregon tubinares." Auk 48:106- the Pacific Ocean, Vol. IX, Part ner. Forest and Stream 44:484. 109. II. A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, Bent, A.C. 1926. Life histories of . 1934. Townsend's Washington, D.C. North American marsh birds, or• Sooty Albatross. Auk 51:225. Baker, J.W. 1906. Annual reports of ders Odontoglossae, Herodiones Burroughs, R.D. 1961. The natural the game and forestry warden to and Paludicolae. United States history of the Lewis and Clark ex• the Governor of Oregon for the National Museum Bulletin 135:1- pedition. Michigan State Univer• years 1905 and 1906. J.R. 392. sity Press, East Lansing, MI. Whitney, state printer, Salem. . 1932. Life histories of Cantwell, G.C. 1890. [Remarks Baldridge, A., andJ.B. Crowell, Jr. North American gallinaceous upon the confusion of the Pas• 1965. Northern Pacific coast re• birds, orders Galliformes and senger Pigeon with the Band- gion. Audubon Field Notes Columbiformes. United States Na• tailed Pigeon.] American Field 19:570-574. tional Museum Bulletin 162:1- 33:246. Banks, R.C. 1988. Supposed north• 490. Capt. Jack. 1898. Wild pigeons of ern records of the Southern Ful• Boggs, B, and E. Boggs. I960. the Northwest coast. Forest and mar. Western Birds 19:121-124. Northern Pacific Coast region. Stream 50:365. Bayer, R.D. 1989a. Are "small" Audubon Field Notes 14:65-67, Cassin, J. 1856. Illustrations of the crows along the Oregon coast 334-336, 414-416, 472-474. birds of California, Texas, Or• necessarily Northwestern Crows? , and . 1963. egon, British and Russian Oregon Birds 15:277-279. Northern Pacific coast region. America. J.B. Lippincott, Phila- Oregon Birds 20(1): 18 Oregon Field Ornithologists P.£ 01 STRATI ON fOPJA

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Hall Boulevard Ashland OR 97520 Beaverton OR 97005 503-482-3241 503-626-0949 _ Great Gray Owl Solitary Vireo _ Long-eared Owl Hutton's Vireo _ Short-eared Owl Warbling Vireo _ Red-throated LDDII _ Wild Turkey _ Northern Saw-whet Owl Red-eyed Vireo _ Pacific Loon _ Northern Bobwhite _ Common Nighthawk Tennessee Warbler _ Common Loon _ California Quail _ Common Poorwill Orange-crowned Warbler _ Pied-billed Grebe _ Mountain Quail _ Black Swift Nashville Warbler _ Horned Grebe _ Yellow Rail _ Vault's Swift Yellow Warbler _ Red-necked Grebe _ Virginia Rail _ White-throated Swift Yellow-rumped Warhler _ EQra _ Eared Grebe _ Black-chinned Humminghird Black-throated Gray Warbler _ Western Grebe _ American Coot _ Anna's Hummingbird Townsend's Warbler _ Clark's Grebe _ Sandhill Crane _ Calliope Hummingbird Hermit Warbler _ Elack-footed Albatross _ Black-bellied Plover _ Broad-tailed Hummingbird Palm Warbler _ Laysan Albatross _ American Golden-Hover Rufous Hummingbird Black-and-white Warbler _ Northern Fulmar _ Pacific Golden-Plover _ Allen's Hummingbird American Redstart _ Pink-footed Shearwater _ Snowy Plover Belted Kingfisher Ovenbird _ Flesh-footed Shearwater _ Semipalmated Plover _ Lewis' Woodpecker Northern Waterthrush _ Buller's Shearwater _ Killdeer _ Acorn Woodpecker MacGillivray's Warbler _ Sooty Shearwater _ Black Oystercatcher _ Red-naped Sapsucker Common Yellowthroat _ Short-tailed Shearwater _ Black-necked Stilt _ Red-breasted Sapsucker Wilson's Warbler _ Fork-tailed StDrm-Petrel _ American Avocet _ Williamson's Sapsucker Yellow-breasted Chat _ Leach's Storm-Petrel _ Greater Yellowlegs _ Downy Woodpecker Western Tanager _ American White Pelican _ Lesser Yellowlegs _ Hairy Woodpecker Black-headed Grosbeak Brown Pelican _ Solitary Sandpiper _ White-headed Woodpecker Lazuli Bunting _ Willet Double-crested Cormorant _ Three-toed Woodpecker Green-tailed Towhee Brandt's Cormorant _ Wandering Tattler _ Hlack-backed Woodpecker Rufous-sided Towhee Pelagic Cormorant _ Spotted Sandpiper _ Northern Flicker California Towhee American Bittern _ Upland Sandpiper _ Pileated Woodpecker American Tree Sparrow Least Bittern _ Whimbrel _ Olive-sided Flycatcher Chipping Sparrow Great Blue Heron _ Long-billed Curlew ~__ Western Wood-Pewee Brewer's Sparrow Great Egret _ Marbled Godwit _ Willow Flycatcher Vesper Sparrow Snowy Egret _ Ruddy Turnstone _ Hammond's Flycatcher Lark Sparrow Cattle Egret _ Black Turnstone _ Dusky Flycatcher Black-throated Sparrow Green Heron _ Surfbird _ Gray Flycatcher Sage Sparrow Bl.-crowned Night-Heron _ Red Knot _ Pacific-slope Flycatcher Savannah Sparrow _ Sanderling White-faced Ibis _ Cordilleran Flycatcher Grasshopper Sparrow Tundra Swan _ Semipalmated Sandpiper _ Black Phoebe Fox Sparrow _ Western Sandpiper Trumpeter Swan _ Say's Phoebe : Song Sparrow Gr White-fronted Goose _ Least Sandpiper _ Ash-throated Flycatcher Lincoln's Sparrow Snow Goose _ Baird's Sandpiper _ Western Kingbird Swamp Sparrow Ross' Goose _ Pectoral Sandpiper _ Eastern Kingbird White-throated Sparrow Emperor Goose _ Sharp-tailed Sandpiper _ Horned Lark Golden-crowned Sparrow Brant _ Rock Sandpiper _ Purple Martin White-crowned Sparrow Canada Goose _ Dunlin _ Tree Swallow Harris' 5parrow Wood Duck _ Stilt Sandpiper _ Violet-green Swallow Dark-eyed Junco Green-winged Teal _ Buff-breasted Sandpiper _ N. Rough-winged Swallow Lapland Longspur Mallard _ Ruff _ Bank Swallow Snow Bunting Northern Pintail _ Short-billed Dowitcher _ Cliff Swallow Bobolink Blue-winged Teal _ Long-billed Dowitcher _ Barn Swallow Red-winged Blackbird Cinnamon Teal _ Common Snipe _ Gray Jay Thcolored Blackbird Northern Shoveler _ Wilson's Phalarope _ Steller's Jay Western Meadowlark Gadwall _ Red-necked Phalarope _ Blue Jay Yellow-headed Blackbird Eurasian Wigeon _ Red Phalarope _ Scrub Jay Brewer's Blackbird American Wigeon _ Pomarine laeger _ Pinyon Jay Brown-headed Cowbird Canvasback _ Parasitic Jaeger . Clark's Nutcracker Northern Oriole Redhead _ Long-tailed Jaeger _ Black-billed Magpie Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Ring-necked Duck _ South Polar Skua _ American Crow Black Rosy Finch _ Northwestern Crow Greater Scaup _ Franklin's Gull Pine Grosbeak _ Common Raven Lesser Scaup _ Bonaparte's Gull Purple Finch _ Black-capped Chickadee Harlequin Duck _ Heermann's Gull Cassin's Finch _ Mountain Chickadee Oldsquaw _ Mew Gull House Finch _ Chestnut-backed Chickadee Black Scoter _ Ring-billed Gull Red Crossbill _ Plain Titmouse Surf Scoter _ California Gull White-winged Crossbill _ Bushtit White-winged Scoter _ Herring Gull Common Redpoll Common Goldeneye _ Thayer's Gull _ Red-breasted Nuthatch Pine Siskin Barrow's Goldeneye _ Western Gull _ White-breasted Nuthatch Lesser Goldfinch Bufflehead _ Glaucous-winged Gull _ Pygmy Nuthatch American Goldfinch Hooded Merganser . Glaucous Gull _ Brown Creeper Evening Grosbeak Common Merganser _ Black-legged Kitfiwake _ Rock Wren House Sparrow Red-breasted Merganser _ Sabine's Gull _ Canyon Wren Ruddy Duck _ Caspian Tern _ Bewick's Wren Turkey Vulture _ Elegant Tern _ House Wren Dsprey _ Common Tern _ Winter Wren White-tailed Kite . Arctic Tern _ Marsh Wren . Forster's Tern Bald Eagle . American Dipper This is a list of the 351 species mast Northern Harrier _ Black Tern . Golden-crowned Kinglet Sharp-shinned Hawk . Common Murre . Ruby-crowned Kinglet likely to he encountered in Oregon. Cooper's Hawk _ Pigeon Guillemot _ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher This list is based on the records of Northern Goshawk _ Marbled Murrelet _ Western Bluebird Red-shouldered Hawk _ Ancient Murrelet . Mountain Bluebird the Oregon Bird Records Committee Swainson's Hawk _ Cassin's Auklet . Townsend's Solitaire and uses the taxonomic sequence and Red-tailed Hawk Rhinoceros Auklet \y nomenclature of the American Ferruginous Hawk • Tufted Puffin _ Swainson's Thrush Hough-legged Hawk . Horned Puffin . Hermit Thrush Ornithologists' Union, as published in Golden Eagle ; Rock Dove , American Robin their 1983 Check-list of North American Kestrel . Band-tailed Pigeon . Varied Thrush Merlin . Mourning Dove . Wrentit American birds, 6th edition, as Peregrine Falcon . Barn Owl . Gray Catbird supplemented. Any bird seen in Prairie Falcon . Flammulated Owl . Northern Mockingbird Gray Partridge . Western Screech-Owl . Sage Thrasher Oregon that is not listed here is Chukar . Great Horned Owl . American Pipit considered to be a "rare bird" and a Ring-necked Pheasant ; Snowy Owl . Hohemian Waxwing report of its occurrence is requested Spruce Grouse . Northern Pygmy-Owl . Cedar Waxwing Blue Grouse Burrowing Owl Northern Shrike by the Oregon Bird Records Huffed Grouse . Spotted Owl . 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: . 1901. The birds of North Proceedings of the Zoological So• Bent's "Life histories of North and Middle America ... Part I. ciety of London 1857:1-8. American petrels, and pelicans United States National Museum . 1912. A history of the and their allies." Auk 40:149-150. Bidletin 50:1-715. birds of Colorado. Witherby & . 1930. Townsend's Or• . 1904. The birds of Co., London. egon tubinares. Auk 47:414-415. North and Middle America ... Sharpe, R.B. 1894. Catalogue of the . 1931- [A reply to Part III. United States National birds in the British Museum. Vol• Burn's "In re 'Townsend's Or• Museum Bulletin 50:1-801. ume XXIII. Catalogue of the egon tubinares.'"] Auk 48:108- . 1907. The birds of Fulicariae (Rallidae and 109. North and Middle America ... Heliornithidae) and Alectorides . 1934. [A reply to Part IV. United States National (Aramidae, Erypigidae, Burn's "Townsend's Sooty Alba• Museum Bulletin 50:1-973. Mesitidae, Rhinochetidae, tross."] Auk 51:225-226. . 1914. The birds of Gruidae, Psophiidae, and Storer, T.I. 1921. The northward North and Middle America ... Otidae) in the collection of the range of the Allen Hummingbird. Part VI. United States National British Museum. British Museum, Condor 23:160-162. Museum Bulletin 50:1-882. London. Summers, S.D. 1977. A Common . 1916. The birds of . 1896. Catalogue of the Crackle record for Oregon. West• North and Middle America ... birds in the British Museum. Vol• ern Birds 8:157-158. Part VII. United States National ume XXIV. Catalogue of the Swainson, R., and J. Richardson. Museum Bulletin 50:1-543. Limicolae in the collection of the 1831. Fauna boreali-Americana; . 1919. The birds of British Museum. British Museum, or the zoology of the northern North and Middle America ... London. parts of British America ... Part Part VIII. United States National Shaw, W.T. 1908. The China or II. The birds. J. Murray, London. Museum Bulletin 50:1-852. Denny Pheasant in Oregon, with Taylor, A.L., Jr., and ED. Forsman. , and H. Friedmann. notes on the native grouse of the 1976. Recent range extensions of 1941. The birds of North and Pacific Northwest. J.B. Lippincott the Barred Owl in western North Middle America. Part IX. United Co., Philadelphia. America, including the first States National Museum Bulletin Short, L.L., Jr. 1965. Specimens of records for Oregon. Condor 50:1-254. Nuttall Woodpecker from Or• 78:560-561. Roberson, D. 1980. Rare birds of egon. Condor 6l-.269-210. Tice, B. 1993- Oregon's first veri- Oregon Birds 20(1): 22 fied Eastern Phoebe. Oregon the Oregon, and the north west 15:405-498. Birds 19:3-4. coast of America. Journal of the Wheelock, I.G. 1910. Birds of Cali• Townsend, J.K. 1837. Description Academy of Natural Sciences of fornia: an introduction to more of twelve new species of birds, Philadelphia 8:151-158. than three hundred common chiefly from the vicinity of the Walker, A. I960. The Rusty Black• birds of the state and adjacent Columbia River. Journal of the bird and Dickcissel in Oregon. islands, 2nd ed. A.C. McClurg Academy of Natural Sciences of Condor 62:140-141. and Co., Chicago. Philadelphia 7:187-193. . 1972. The Least Tern Widmann, O. 1907. A preliminary . 1839a. Narrative of a in Oregon. Murrelet 53:52. catalog of the birds of Missouri. journey across the Rocky Moun• Watson, C. 1987. Correction to 2 Transactions of the Academy of tains, to the Columbia River, and published records of Oregon Sciences of St. Louis 17:1-288. a visit to the Sandwich Islands, birds. Oregon Birds 13:436. Woodcock, A.R. 1902. Annotated Chili, &c, with a scientific ap• Welty, E.J. 1912. Reports of state list of the birds of Oregon. Or• pendix. Henry Perkins, Philadel• societies: Oregon, pp. 441. In: egon Agricultural Experiment phia, PA. National Association of Audubon Station Bulletin 68:1-118. . 1839b. List of the Societies. Annual report of the Zimmerman, D.A. 1973. Range ex• birds inhabiting the region of the National Association of Audubon pansion of Anna's Hummingbird. Rocky Mountains, the territory of Societies for 1913- Bird-Lore American Birds 27:827-835. 0

High Bird Mortality as a Result of Painted Lady Butterfly Migration in Eastern Oregon, Spring 1992

Mike Denny, 323 Scenic Vieiv Drive, College Place, WA 99324

From 20 April to 25 May 1992, mil• than is normal. Upon nearing Pilot dead Starlings in and off the road. lions of painted lady butterflies Rock, Umatilla Co., both the num• In this same stretch of highway we (Vanessa cardui) staged a massive bers of living and dead birds in• also observed dead House Spar• migration through Eastern Oregon. creased. Between Pilot Rock and rows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Mag• We first observed good numbers of Pendleton, Umatilla Co., a notice• pies, and Brewer's Blackbirds. The butterflies on 20 April 1992 around able line comprised of dead butter• numbers of birds killed while feed• Milton-Freewater, Umatilla Co. I flies began to appear along both ing on the masses of dead butter• counted 38 painted ladies in a 5- sides of the road. Sprinkled among flies must have been staggering. minute period flying across a 25- the many thousands of dead and We observed close to 130 dead foot wide area. dying butterflies at the edge of the birds between Longcreek and On 4 May 1992 while driving highway were dozens of dead Milton-Freewater. The fact that this north up Hwy. 395 from Malheur birds. Here I saw dead Brewer's was only 1 day and 1 road during NWR we began to encounter no• Blackbirds, Black-billed Magpies, this massive butterfly migration in• ticeable numbers of butterflies and Western Meadowlarks. dicates that large numbers of Or• around Idylwild Campground, North of Pendleton towards egon birds were struck and killed Harney Co. Upon arriving at the Milton-Freewater the numbers of during this month-long period. The Izee turnoff, we encountered hun• butterflies pushing across the road butterfly mortality must have been dreds of thousands of painted la• were mind-boggling, with millions in the millions. dies in small clouds. After passing observed. These many butterflies We have never seen anything through Longcreek, Grant Co. we were being struck by vehicles as like this in this region. As to where saw astounding numbers of butter• were numbers of birds. These birds these millions of painted ladies flies pushing across Hwy. 395. seemed to loose all inhibition and came from or where they ended This is when we first encoun• fear of cars and were walking out up I do not know. But I do know tered dead birds along the road. I into the line of traffic to ingest the that as a result of this movement, observed Western Meadowlarks, disabled butterflies that were flop• thousands of birds may have been Red-winged Blackbirds, and ping around in the road. struck and killed as they took ad• Horned Larks dead. We saw many Between the Helix turnoff and vantage of this huge offering of more dead birds along the road Milton-Freewater, I counted 26 food. 0 Oregon Birds 20(1): 23 President's Message

Tim Shelmerdine, 19557 Elk Lake Way NE, Aurora, OR 97002

Another January has rolled around, the next part of the annual cycle to another year has begun. I started begin. birding in the beginning of January OFO is a healthy, thriving orga• only 9 short years ago. I remember nization. We have a core of com• the individual bird which hooked mitted membership and we publish me on birding: it was a magnificent a fine quarterly publication. We Snowy Owl at the south jetty of the have included a financial statement Columbia River. I look back on in this issue and one can see the would hope that this would en• those nine years and marvel at all balance we have in our account. courage attendance. We also need that I have learned. And all that I Elsewhere in this issue, one can money for the publications that we still don't know. Each January, I also see the increase in dues we have printed and then sell in the wonder what the new year will will be asking starting in the latter OFO Bookcase. We eventually re• bring. I speculate on what rarities half of July. We are raising our cover our expenses and even make may show up in migration, what dues to cover the increased costs a little on them, but we need to state or life birds I may see, the of Oregon Birds. We want Oregon have money in our account to pay new areas that to be visited and Birds to be sustained by member• | for the initial printing costs. the new friends to be made. Every ship dues and raising our dues will We invite you all to join us 17th- year fills me with a tremendous allow us to continue to achieve 19th June in Ashland for the 1994 sense of anticipation. Each year this. We have postponed raising | OFO Annual Meeting. There will also seems to bring with it some our dues as long as we could. As be a variety of field trips, interest• different species that I will run into the cost of producing Oregon Birds ing speakers and of course the ca• on numerous trips. I will have the increases, raises in dues become maraderie of joining your fellow opportunity to enjoy this bird in a inevitable. Members might logically birders. During the Annual Meet- variety of areas and I will have ask what we plan to do with our ! ing, OFO holds a meeting of the long, clear views of it. I will feel sizable cash balance. One plan general membership. This is your that I have had the chance to get which has received a lot of support chance to provide input to the to know this bird well, to study it among the OFO Board and which I I OFO Board, or even to become a and to cherish it. It may not be a personally endorse is to use the Board member or officer yourself. particularly unusual species, in fact money to bring nationally and re• The terms of the President, Secre• it most probably will not be. It will gionally recognized speakers to tary, Treasurer, and two Board not be a new bird for my life or Oregon for our Annual Meeting. I members expire at the end of the state lists. Yet it will certainly give upcoming Annual Meeting. Now is me a lot of pleasure and serve to remind me that birding is more : a great time to step up and offer your talents to our organization. than listing. (Although yes, I must OFO Budget Report (or 1993 confess I do enjoy that also.) OFO cannot do it without you! If Income interested in running for, or nomi• By the time March arrives, most Bookstore $2,810.30 nating someone else for any of of us are more than ready for Membership 7,506.00 . these positions, please write to me, spring. We have already enjoyed Annual Meeting 2,641.55 or call me at 503-678-2332. Please the waterfowl which abound in Fund for Ornithology 185.50 check with those you would like to many areas of the state. We have Interest 182.68 nominate to see if they are inter• explored gull and sparrow flocks Donations to OBRC 185.00 ested before putting their name in in the hope of finding some un• Fall Weekend at Malheur 171.00 for consideration. Last general usual visitor. Many of us have Bank Account Adjustments... 101.41 meeting we spent a lot of time dis• stood on rocky promontories on Total Income $13,783.44 cussing the wording of a resolution the coast and looked for that rare put before the assembly. While the alcid or tubenose to have been Expenses j general meeting is the proper fo• blown in from offshore. But no OB Publication $6,916.50 rum for making new resolutions, matter how often we have gotten Fall Weekend at Malheur 50.00 ; we would request that any resolu• out during the winter, eventually Bookstore Expenses 2,318.73 tion or proposed change to the by• we start longing for our spring and Annual Meeting 1,913.25 laws by submitted in writing to the summer visitors. The forests have Administrative costs 360.44 president in advance of the Annual been too silent. We have missed OBRC Expenses 307.45 Meeting. We have included a tear- hearing the familiar calls there and Total Expenses $11,866.37 sheet in this issue to allow you the in other habitats. We look forward convenience of registering for the to seeing a warbler species other 1993 Income/Expenses... $1,917.07 Annual Meeting by mail. Don't put than a Yellow-rumped. Winter has Balance from 1992 $9,735.55 it off; send it in right away! had its turn and we eagerly await Total OFO funds $11,652.62 Good birding!

Oregon Birds 20(1): 24 News and Notes

lease check your mailing label. The volume n January 1994, the OFO Board appointed Oregon. Two study areas were established in sites Pand issue number of your last issue of Or• Ithe following members to 3-year terms on known to have nesting birds in previous years: egon Birds is printed in the upper right hand the Oregon Bird Records Committee: Owen Logan Valley in Grant County and Marley Creek corner. OB is sent on a 1-year basis, not on a Schmidt, Nick Lethaby, and Larry McQueen. in Union County. Researchers were unable to capture any birds this year, although 3 birds were volume-year basis. In other words, your mem• Hendrick Herlyn will fill the remaining year of seen at Logan Valley and 4 at Marley Creek. The bership runs for 4 quarters — 4 issues of OB Linda Weiland's unfinished term. OBRC mem• birds at Marley Creek successfully hatched 2 — from the quarter in which you joined or bers fill staggered 3-year terms, with 3 mem• nests. No young were fledged at Logan Valley. The renewed. If the number 20(1) appears — this bers appointed each year. Harry Nehls, Secre• small number of birds found this summer is is your last issue. So it's time to send in your tary, Oregon Bird Records Committee, 2736 S.E. alarming compared to numbers in previous membership dues! If the number 20(2) or 20th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202,503-233- years. Logan Valley has had as many as 30 birds higher appears, feel free to send in your dues 3976. as late as 1984; numbers have been declining early. You'll be guaranteed an extension of 4 since then. The Marley site had 7 birds reported in 1992. This seems to be the trend throughout issues at today's rates, you won't have to worry ird Frequencies for Lincoln County, Oregon, the Pacific Northwest. Washington reported no about your subscription for more than a year, is an attractive -page annotated checklist B 16 birds at historical breeding sites this year and and you'll make the accounting at OFO a little to the birds of Lincoln County. Published by Idaho had less than 15. This raises the concern easier. The entire OB team thanks you! Dues for Gahmken Press as Gahmken Guide No. 4, the of lack of a minimum viable population as well individual OFO members go up to with OB $19 checklist gives detailed information from 116 as a lack of genetic diversity. Extinction is a real 20(3), the fall 1994 issue. So send in your dues birders on the frequency of bird observations. possibility if this decline continues. Next year an now, save money, and help us out at OB! "Frequency is not abundance," the guide ad• intensive effort will be made to capture birds that monishes. "Frequency is a measure of how return to the sites. Quantitative information will be collected on habitat characteristics and repro• A 11 requests for publications from OFO's often a species is recorded; abundance is a ductive success. Management recommendations /VBookcase should be sent directly to Clarice measure of how many are recorded." Oregon for these study areas will be made from this data. Watson in Eugene. "This will improve turn• birders are asked to continue sending Lincoln around time and reduce the paper shuffling," County records, along with field notes of com• • Many trees in northeastern Oregon have been hit according to OFO's Treasurer Dennis Arendt. mon as well as rare birds. Range Bayer, P.O. by the spruce budworm in the last 8-10 years. Requests for publications that are sent to the Box 1467, Newport, OR 97365. These heavily defoliated areas include some of the last remaining old growth and late succes• OFO P.O. Box might encounter long delays. sion stands in the Blue Mountains. A study has Clarice has generously agreed to take on the alheur National Wildlife Refuge an• been started in one such area to determine the task of cataloguing and mailing OFO's book• nounces 2 programs of interest to effects of harvesting on wildlife species in these case items. This takes a load off the Treasurer Oregon's birders: (1) Volunteers are needed in defoliated stands. Salvage within these stands is and gets OFO's members better service. Clarice the Public Use program from April through controversial because of the scarcity of old Watson, OFO Publications, 3787 Wilshire Lane, June 1994 to staff a visitor contact station, for growth within the region. Researchers are using Eugene, OR 97405. interpretive or environmental education pro• carefully selected harvesting methods to provide grams, and special projects. Housing and sti• management opportunities within these stands pend are provided. Beth Ullenberg, Outdoor while monitoring the effects on old-growth re• lated wildlife species before and after logging has Recreation Planner, Malheur NWR, HC 72, Box occurred. These methods allow for the retention 245, Princeton, OR 97721, 503-493 (2) -2612. of all live trees, all large diameter dead or dying Volunteers are needed to remove unneeded trees, and most of the downed and woody mate• fences on the Refuge. "Our goal is to have all rial. Pileated and Black-backed Woodpeckers, targeted fences removed within one year." Vaux's Swifts, and log-dwelling ants all are being Birders, or birding groups, are asked to work by monitored for impacts. Other objectives of the the day or adopt a section of fence to be re• study are to determine if methods can be used to moved. "Please join us in this effort to improve accelerate the regeneration of old-growth stands habitat here." Doug Staller, Volunteer Coordi• and to reduce fuel loads within these old-growth nator, Malheur NWR, HC 72, Box 245, areas. Princeton, OR 97721,503-493-2612. • A brood of Sharp-tailed Grouse was reported this summer in Wallowa County. This was the first documentation of successful reproduction for the alheur Field Station offers a variety of newly-reintroduced species. courses of interest to Oregon birders, in• are bird reports can be sent directly to the M • Nesting Osprey have made a dramatic comeback cluding bird identification, ecology, and pho• Secretary of the Oregon Bird Records Com• in northeastern Oregon since the late 1960s and R tography courses. For a current listing, write mittee — Harry Nehls. The "rare bird report early 1970s. Malheur Field Station, HC 72 Box 260, form" appearing in the center pages of each Tara Wertz, Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, Princeton, OR 97721,503-493-2629. issue of Oregon Birds lists the OFO post office 107 20th Street, La Grande OR 97850, 503-963- box in Eugene as the address to which rare bird 2138 reports should be sent. That is the permanent hese items are from the winter 1994 news OFO address. But birders who send reports di• Tletter of the Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife ritish Columbia Field Ornithologists, rectly to Harry will shave a little time off the Society; Bfounded in 1991, is a society devoted to the OBRC review. Harry Nehls, Secretary, Oregon • A 2-year study was initiated this summer to learn study and enjoyment of birds in British Colum• Bird Records Committee, 2736 S.E. 20th Av• about the needs and population constraints of bia. "We offer members an annual journal enue, Portland, OR 97202,503-233-3976. the Upland Sandpiper, a Sensitive Species in (about 40-50 pages per issue) including a vari-

Oregon Birds 20(1): 25 ety of articles, summaries of noteworthy bird fill fast, and leave about 6:00 am and return and if you remove it, you may mess up sightings, and book reviews; a quarterly news• about 4:00 pm. Trips 2,16, and 30 April are somebody's research." Several Oregon birders letter (20 pages per issue) including birding longer and cost $160. Westport Seabirds, c/o do Beached Bird Walks (BBW), identifying, site guides, news items and announcements, T.R. Wahl, 3041 Eldridge, Bellingham, WA counting, and recording dead birds. For more and bird-listing totals; and an annual meeting 98225,206-733-8255. information, contact Roy Lowe, Hatfield Ma• is scheduled for 13-15 May 1994 at Kamloops, rine Science Center, Newport, OR 97365,503- B.C." Annual dues for 1994 are $20 (single) or he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 867-4550. $25 (family). "We ask U.S. members to pay in Twould be elevated to Cabinet-level as the U.S. dollars, to cover extra postage costs." To U.S. Department of Environmental Protection emoval of Arctic Peregrine Falcon (Falco join, send a check or money order payable to (DEP) in a Senate bill passed last year (S. 171). R<)eregrinus tundrius) from the list of B.C. Field Ornithologists. Treasurer, B.C. Field The bill stalled in the House, but the House did threatened and endangered species was pro• Ornithologists, Box 34081,5790 - 175th Street, approve a bill (H.R. 3512) to abolish the Coun• posed on 30 September 1993 by the U.S. Fish Surrey, B.C. V3S 8C4, Canada. cil on Environmental Quality and create a new and Wildlife Service. The proposal was pub• Office of NEPA Compliance. The Administration lished in the Federal Register, Volume 58, No. alem Audubon Society announced its 1994 reportedly favors a proposal to abolish CEQ and 188, pages 51035-51045. Comments on the Sfield trip schedule. For a list and to sub• transfer most of its functions to the new DEP. proposal are being solicited, including infor• scribe to their newsletter The Oregon mation on the status of the subspecies through• Grapeleaf, send $5.00 to Membership, Salem he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the out its entire range, data on the current and Audubon Society, 1313 Mill Street S.E, Salem, TOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife likely future use of pesticides in North, Central, OR 97301. want all Oregon records of Harlequin Ducks. and South .America, and other threats. Com• Please note the date, location, number, and sex ments were due by 29 December 1993- Ted ketching birds: "learn to capture songbirds, of any Harlequins that you see, and also look Swem, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endan• S raptors and waterfowl with the stroke of a for nasal saddles used to mark some individu• gered Species, 1412 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK pen! Class covers basic bird anatomy basic ally. Roy Lowe, Hatfield Marine Science Center. 99701,907-456-0441. drawing, finding and correcting mistakes, and Newport, OR 97365, 503-867-4550. hints on sketching birds in the field." Instruc• he number of breeding ducks on the North tor is Claudia Nice. This is one of the courses he Committee for Pan American Affairs of TAmerican prairies fell 11 percent in 1993, offered by the Portland Audubon Society, 5151 Tthe American Ornithologists Union is pro• according to data collected by the U.S. Fish & N.W. Cornell Road, Portland, OR 97210,292- posing to invite a number of selected Latin Wildlife Service. The most dramatic decline was 6355. American representatives to the Missoula '94 in Blue-winged Teal, which were down 26 per• joint AOU, COS, and WOS meeting. A special cent below 1992 levels. Only Northern Shovel- riters, photographers, artists: your talents poster session will show recent ornithological ers experienced an increase. Mallards and Ware needed for Nature Sounds, the news• advances in their countries (like the upcoming Northern Pintails fared better than the Blue- letter of the Nature Sounds Society (NSS). NSS Neotropical Ornithology meeting in Paraguay wings, with estimated decreases of 4 percent sponsors an annual field recording workshop in 1994), and will provide a forum to highlight and 2 percent respectively. However, the Mallard as well as weekend recording outings. Nature issues and actions that can increase contacts is about 20 percent below 1955-1992 average Sounds Society, The Oakland Museum, 1000 between North American ornithologists with population. The Pintail is 54 percent below its Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607,510-238-3884. their colleagues to the south. Interested orni• 30-year average. Although water conditions thologists should contact Alejandro Grajal, were better in many areas of duck-nesting Chairman, Pan American Affairs Committee, a country, predation by foxes, raccoons, and skunks apparently helped keep duck numbers Nature Sounds 0 International Conservation, NYZS The Wild• Society life Conservation Society, 185th Street and down. An example of predator impact was monitored by the FWS at Kelly Slough, a 5000- Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10460,718-220- acre project of the North American Waterfowl \ 7158, fax 718-364-4275. Management Plan in eastern North Dakota. The Service is finding that nearly 100 percent iana Matthiesen was convicted of salvaging of duck nesting in that area is interrupted by dead birds without a permit, according to D predators. Another project, conducted by Delta an article in Science 258: 396-7,16 October Waterfowl in Canada, revealed that 5 of 27 1992. Matthiesen was arrested and did plead radio-collared Mallard hens were killed by guilty to one misdemeanor violation of the predators before rearing a brood. Migratory Bird Treaty Act (possession of migra• tory birds), and will have a criminal record for the arrest. In addition, it cost her over $10,000 IE bill introduced by 40 sponsors. H.R. in fines and legal fees. And she lost a nearly N2918, a bill to create a National Institute complete collection of North American bird for the Environment (NIE) was introduced in YV/estport Seabirds announces its 1994 skeletons that had taken 17 years to build. As the House of Representatives on 6 August by W schedule for offshore birding trips: 2,16, this suggests, field ornithologists should not George E. Brown (D-CA), Chairman of the and 30 April; 14 May; 9,16 July; 13, 20, 27 take casually even the smallest detail or provi• Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, August; 1,10,11, 24 September; and 8,9 Octo• sion of the wildlife laws governing the acquisi• H.James Saxton (R-NJ), Ranking Member of ber 1994. "Since 1966 we have spent over 200 tion, possession, trade, loan, or transport of an the Subcommittee on Environment and Natu• days studying seabirds off Washington — our wildlife specimen. ral Resources of the Committee on Merchant trip leaders have years of experience and are Marine and Fisheries, along with a bipartisan expert at finding and identifying seabirds found f you are walking the beach arid find a dead and diverse group of cosponsors. As of 1 No• in the North Pacific." Trips are $70 per person, Ibird, leave it there. "You can't help the bird, vember 1993, there were 54 cosponsors. The Oregon Birds 20(1): 26 bill was referred solely to the science commit• • The 1993 Bald Eagle mid-winter count found 622 are daily field recording sessions and lecture/ tee, which is chaired by Brown. H.R. 2918 pre• Bald Eagles in Oregon, the third-highest mid• discussions. Instructors are Greg Budney, cura• sents the proposal for the NIE as developed by winter total on record. Adults accounted for 68 tor of the Library of Natural Sounds, Bob the Committee for the NIE headed by ecologists percent of the birds, 32 percent were subadults. Grotke, the LNS Sound Engineer, and Highest counts were in the Klamath Basin (174), Stephen Hubbell and Henry Howe. The NIE Randolph S. Little, Laboratory Associate and and along the Columbia River (88). 136 Golden would be an independent entity with a mission AT&T Electrical Engineer with extensive re• Eagles were counted. to improve the scientific basis for making deci• cording experience. Accommodations are rustic Oregon Eagle Foundation, P.O. Box l6l6, Kla• sions on environmental issues. The bill would but comfortable. Workshop fee is $575 (in• math Falls, OR 97601. set the duties of the NIE to (1) support "cred• cludes tuition, class materials, ground trans• ible extramural, problem focused, peer-re• portation, food, and lodging). Enrollment is viewed basic and applied scientific environ• secured with a non-refundable $100 deposit. mental research;" (2) ongoing comprehensive Enrollment application and deposit deadline is assessments of current environmental knowl• 15 April 1994. Participation is limited to 16. edge and its implications; (3) serve as the Participants may register for 2 college credit nation's foremost provider and facilitator of hours, at $35.00 per hour, through the San scientific information about the environment; Francisco State Univ.'s Biology Dept. Partici• (4) sponsor higher education and training in pants should plan to bring a recording system environmental fields. H.R. 2918 is a conceptual Source: Oregon Eagle Foundation newsletter; and tape. A limited number of sound recording bill that does not contain detail about the Alaska Raptor Rehab Center. systems are available for loan to participants structure of the NIE beyond creating a govern• lying miles! The Panamerican Office of on a first-come, first-served basis. Greg Budney, ing board that would include scientists and FBirdLife International (formerly ICBP) re• Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory users of scientific information about the envi• quests frequent flyer mile donations to assist of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, ronment, an Interagency Advisory Committee Latin American and Caribbean bird conserva• Ithaca, NY 14850,607-254-2404, fax 607-254- whose function would be to ensure tion organizations in need of volunteers. To 2415. complementarity and positive interactions with help fly volunteers to projects where they are other agencies that conduct or use substantial needed by offering your unused/expiring miles, ield research assistants are needed from May amounts of environmental research, and pro• write to Roberto Phillips Farfan, Oficina Re• F- August (possibly September or October) for viding for a director and staff. Levels of funding gional Panamericana, BirdLife International, a continuing long-term study of riparian habi• for the NIE are not specified. These issues Casilla 17-17-717, Quito, Ecuador (fax 593-2- tats and their avifaunas in the northwestern would be addressed in the hearing process and 468876; e-mail [email protected]). Great Basin. Fieldwork involves avian surveys added to the bill when it is voted on by the during breeding and migration periods at Hart Committee, probably in Spring 1994. For more he Cornell Lab of Ornithology is seeking Mountain National Antelope Refuge in south• information contact David Blockstein, Com• volunteer participants for Project Tanager, eastern Oregon, Sheldon National Antelope mittee for the NIE, 730 11th St. NW, Washing• T one of 3 National Science Experiments de• Refuge in northern Nevada, and additional ton, DC 20001, 202-628-4303. signed to involve amateur birders in ornitho• sites in eastern Oregon's high desert. Experi• logical research. This study will test the hypoth• ence in identification of western birds by song, igrating Bald Eagles have been captured esis that forest fragmentation reduces nesting call, and sight is a necessity; background in Mand banded for the past 4 autumns in success in the four North American species of wildlife/ecological studies desirable. Must be southwestern Montana. Each eagle was banded tanager, which are all Neotropical migrants. willing to work in awe-inspiring remote areas, with a bicolored silver and blue band and a Participants will census tanagers in forest possess enthusiasm for fieldwork, and work FWS band. Please report sightings of these patches of various size and look for evidence of well in a team. Some camping in primitive eagles noting date, location, and leg band con• successful nesting or parasitism by cowbirds. conditions required. Several positions will be as "volunteers" with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Ser• figuration. Marco Restani or Al Harmata, Dept. Involvement by professional biologists and vice, which will provide a stipend of $15/day, of Biology, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT land managers is also encouraged. All partici• housing, transportation on the refuges, and 59717. pants will receive (free!) a kit with complete instructions, data forms, color poster, and cas• field equipment. Other positions will be as hourly staff of the High Desert Ecological Re• hese items appeared in the Oregon Eagle sette tape for learning tanager songs and calls. search Institute, an independent non-profit T Foundation's newsletter 7(1): Winter 1993- Mindy Westgate/Project Tanager, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd., Ithaca research organization. Send resume and letter 94: of interest to David S. Dobkin, Director, High • The 15th Annual Klamath Basin Bald Eagle Con• NY 14850,607-254-2446. Desert Ecological Research Institute, 15 S.W ference was held 18-20 February 1994 at the Colorado Avenue, Suite 300, Bend, OR 97702, Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls. 994 Natural Sound Recording Workshop 503-382-1117. The conference coincides with the presence of 1 runs from 4-11 June at San Francisco State wintering waterfowl and eagles, so that partici• University Sierra Nevada Field Research Station pants can enjoy these magnificent birds. High• in the Tahoe National Forest. Learn state-of-the he Institute For Bird Populations is seeking lights included a free film festival, story telling, art techniques for recording the sounds of wild• art show, and wine tasting. Texperienced birders to run MAPS (Monitor• life with experts from the Cornell Laboratory of ing Avian Productivity and Survivorship) sta• • The 1993 Bald Eagle nesting survey showed that Ornithology's Library of Natural Sounds. Topics tions in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Califor• 221 of 237 nest sites were occupied (93 percent), to be covered include the selection and applica• whereas the recovery goal in Oregon is to have nia, Montana, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Indi• 206 nesting pairs. These 213 nests had 174 nest• tion of audio recorders and microphones; re• ana, Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia. MAPS is lings, for a nesting success of 55 percent; the goal cording theory; metering; recording tech• a cooperative continent-wide network of con• is a 5-year average of 65 percent nesting success niques; and documentation for sound record• stant-effort mist-netting stations for the long- and it stands now at 59 percent. ings. Unique to this course is an introduction term monitoring of landbird productivity, to microcomputer-based sound analysis. There survivorship and population levels. Positions

Oregon Birds 20(1): 27 run from about 20 April or 1 May, depending ences ASAP (and no later than 15 Mar 1994). eetings, events & deadlines made known on location, to 28 August 1994. Duties include Rex Sallabanks, Greenfalk Consultants, 8210 M to Oregon Birds: bird banding and some vegetation analysis and Gantz Ave., Boise, ID 83709,208-362-2499- - 7-8 March 1994, Status and Management of the habitat mapping; some positions also involve Forest Grouse of Western North America, at Or• point counting. Prior banding experience is not alheur National Wildlife Refuge in south egon State University, a symposium dealing with necessary. Point counters must be familiar with Meast Oregon is looking for volunteers to the status and management of Blue, Ruffed, and songs and calls of most breeding species in the assist in the Refuge biological program. Field Spruce Grouse, sponsored by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Ruffed Grouse study area. Stipend of $375/month and hous• work includes studies of breeding Sandhill Society, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, ing (or camping) provided. Alaska positions Cranes, waterfowl, colonial waterbirds, raptors, and Oregon State University, registration fee $45. include roundtrip transportation. Applicants shorebirds and other wildlife. Volunteers will John A. Crawford, Game Bird Research Program, with good field vehicles are especially needed. assist in a radio telemetry study to determine Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Nash 104, Send resume and cover letter indicating bird mortality factors of young Sandhill Cranes. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331- identification skills, particularly by ear; date of Assistance is needed from April- September. 3803, 503-737-1971, fax 503-737-3590. availability; location preference; permanent Volunteers will be provided housing at the ref• -18-23 March 1994, "International Partnerships for address; Social Security number; and whether uge and will receive a small stipend. Gap.' Ivey, Fish and Wildlife," the 59th North American or not you would have a car. Kenneth Burton, Wildlife Biologist, Malheur National Wildlife Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, at The Institute for Bird Populations, P.O. Box Refuge, HC -72, Box 245, Princeton, OR 97721, the Anchorage Hilton Hotel and Egan Civic and 1346, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956,415-663- 503-493-2612. Convention Center, Anchorage, Alaska. 1436. - 22-23 March 1994,1994 Wildlands Conference, ield research assistants (2) for ongoing Houston, Texas. "Share information on the latest techniques and methods for integrating wildlife "Hield assistants are needed for studies of Neo- study of Snowy Plovers along the south Or• F and human resources into landscaping, buffer L tropical migratory birds and corvids in egon coast. Lead position runs 15 April - 30 areas, wetlands, reclamation, and revegetation Idaho and Oregon. Assistance with on-going September ($1700+/month), and assistant plans." Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Council, research on raptors in the Snake River Birds of position is 15 April - 30 August ($1500+/ 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 920, Silver Spring, MD Prey Area is also a possibility. Depending upon month). Work involves locating nests, conduct• 20910, 301-588-8994, fax 301-588-4629. experience and interest, assistants and interns ing surveys, trapping and banding, placing - 26-29 March 1994, "Birds in the Balance," 1994 will help with one or both of the following: (1) protective fencing around nests, and following Western Regional Conference, Asilomar, Califor• an evaluation of scientific techniques used to broods. Work requires long hours under a vari• nia. Audubon Conference, 555 Audubon Place, address the effects of habitat quality and silvi- ety of weather conditions. Applicants must be Sacramento, CA 95825. cultural treatments on the relative abundance physically fit, demonstrate a strong commit• -8-10 April 1994, The Annual John Scharff Migra• and nesting success of Neotropical migrator)' ment to avian research, be detail oriented, able tory Bird Festival & Art Show. "This premiere birds in coniferous forests of southwestern to work independently without direct supervi• festival coincides with the peak spring migration Idaho and/or northeastern Oregon; and (2) the sion, and able to communicate and work well dirough the Harney Basin and Pacific Flyway. behavior and movements of corvids in the with landowners, the public and professional Three days of guided tours, workshops, speakers, Snake River Birds of Prey Area and nearby Deer staff. Preference given to those with field re• and special presentations highlight this spec• tacular wildlife festival. Wildlife artists from Flat National Wildlife Refuge, with a focus on search experience with birds, extensive skills in around the Northwest exhibit throughout the the impacts of nest predation by corvids on banding and color-marking small birds, and weekend and Saturday evening activities include Neotropical migratory birds. Duties for study availability for interview in Oregon. Please send a dinner, auction, and special keynote speaker." letter of interest, resume, and references. Mark involve censusing birds using point counts, Harney County Chamber of Commerce, 18 West nest searching and monitoring, sampling veg• Stern, Oregon Natural Heritage Program, 1205 D Street, Burns, OR 97720, 503-573-2636. N.W.25th, Portland, OR 97210. etation, mist-netting and banding birds, ex• - 24 April -1 May 1994, American Birding Associa• periments with artificial nests, and observation tion, Regional Conference, Key Largo, Florida, of nest predators. Experience with mist-netting "to take advantage of the region's unique loca• and bird-banding, and the ability to identify HPhe High Desert Museum seeks nominations tion for the 'Florida specialties' and for spring western forest birds by song alone, is required. 1 for the annual Earle A. Chiles Award, a migrants." ABA, P.O. Box 6599, Colorado Springs, Duties for study involve radio-tracking and CO 80934, or Carol Wallace, ABA Conference and $10,000 cash prize presented to "an individual extensive field observation of corvids, censusing Convention Registrar, 1-800-850-BIRD. for contributions to thoughtful management of Neotropical migratory birds using spot-map• -13-15 May 1994, annual meeting, British Colum• the High Desert region's natural resources, or ping, nest searching and monitoring, trapping bia Field Ornithologists, at Kamloops, B.C. B.C. for the resolution of conflicts involving these and banding corvids, and vegetation sampling; Field Ornithologists, Box 34081, 5790- 175th resources." Individuals in the fields of biology, the ability to identify western birds by sight and Street, Surrey, B.C. V3S 8C4, Canada. history, land management, and media are eli• song is preferred, but not required. Enthusiasm - 30 May - 3 June 1994, "Wetlands — Locai Func• gible; anyone may make a nomination by 30 and an interest to learn are more important tions, Global Dependence," 15th Annual Meeting April 1994. Past recipients include Morlan of the Society of Wetlands Scientists, Red Lion than experience in all cases. Willingness and Nelson for his work on birds of prey and high- Hotel, Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon, "focus on ability to live and work in primitive field condi• voltage powerlines, and Jack Ward Thomas, international issues of wetland resource manage• tions for long periods of time are also required. who is presently Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. ment and the problem of sustaining All positions are for approximately 4 months The High Desert Museum, 59800 South High• biodiversity." Ken Bierly, Division of State Lands, (April-July 1994) with a stipend of $500-$1000/ way 97, Bend, OR 97702,503-382-4754. 775 Summer Street N.E., Salem, OR 97310-1337, month, depending upon study site and experi• 503-378-3805, x246. ence. Housing may be provided near study -13-19 June 1994, American Birding Association are birds — running tally of the birds of areas. However, all applicants should be pre• Convention '94, Best Western International Inn, the Oregon rare bird phone network: pared to find their own housing if necessary. To R 1505 North Broadway, Minot, ND 58701. Carol - 31 December 1993, Rusty Blackbird, a bird on the apply, send letter of interest, resume, and the Wallace, ABA Convention Registrar, P.O. Box Sauvie Island (Multnomah Co.) Christmas Bird names and phone numbers of at least 2 refer• 6599, Colorado Springs, CO 80934,800-850- Count, by Jeff Gilligan and Owen Schmidt. 2473. Oregon Birds 20(1): 28 Sharp-tailed Grouse. Sketch/Shawneen E. • 23-25 September 1994, Western Field Ornitholo• Finnegan. Source/American Birding Association. gists, annual meeting at Morro Bay, California. • 22-26 October 1994, National Symposium on Urban Wildlife, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Seattle-Bellevue, Washington. Lowell Adams, Symposium Chairman, National Institute for Urban Wildlife, 10921 Trotting Ridge Way, Co• lumbia, MD 21044, 301-596-3311. -19 December 1994 - 4 January 1995, inclusive, 95th Christmas Bird Count. National Audubon Society, 950 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022. -10-15 January 1995, The 8th North American Arctic Goose Meeting and Workshop, Albuquer• que, New Mexico. "The meeting will bring to• gether individuals interested in the biology and management of this important group of birds. The last meeting was attended by over 300 par• ticipants representing several different coun• tries." John Taylor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro, NM 87801. - 5-11 August 1995, V Neotropical Ornithological Congress, Asuncion, Paraguay. Nancy Lopez de Kochalka, c/o Comite Organizador Local del V CON, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay, Sucursal 19, Campus, Central XI, Paraguay, (595-21)505075. • 17-19 June 1994, Oregon Field Ornithologists -18 December 1995 - 3 January 1996, inclusive, annual meeting, Southern Oregon State College. ,To register for the OFO Annual 96th Christmas Bird Count. National Audubon Colin P. Dillingham, 437 Azalea Park Road, Meeting, see the tear-sheet in Society, 950 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Brookings, OR 97415,503-469-9624. the middle of this issue! 0 - 21-26 June 1994, American Ornithologists' Union, Group Meets At Cooper Ornithological Society, and Wilson Orni• thological Society, 1994 first joint annual meet• Mid-Valley Birders Club Every fourth Wednesday Corl House, 3975 N.W. ing at the University of Montana, Missoula, MT. Witham Hill Drive, Corvallis Avian Studies Group, The University of Montana, [Check with RfchHoyer for — Contact Rich Hoyer, 758- Division of Biological Sciences, Missoula, MT latest mtomatlon] 3138 59812. Portland First Tuesday (except Jun, Portland Audubon House, Jul, Aug), 7:30 pm 5151 N.W. Cornell Road, Portland

Salem Audubon Society Third Wednesday of the The Dye House, Mission Mill, AOUCOSWOS month (except Jun, Jul, Aug), 1313 Mill Street S.E., Salem 7:00 pm social, 7:30 pm program

Southern Willamette Second Wednesday of the Lane Memorial Blood Bank, Ornithological Club (SWOC) month, 7:00 pm 2211 Willamette Street, Eugene — Contact Clarice Watson, 485-6137

Yaquina Birders and Every third Tuesday (except Hatfield Marine Science Naturalists (Lincoln County) Jul, Aug) Center, Meeting Room 9, South Beach

Oregon bird species that are candidates for listing under the Endangered Species Act: - 21-27 August 1994, XXI International Ornithologi• cal Congress, Vienna, Austria. Interconvention, A- Accipiter gentilis 1450, Vienna, Austria. Northern Goshawk - 29-31 August 1994, Sustaining Rangeland Ecosys• Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis tems, La Grande, Oregon. "Identify common Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus ground and new ways of managing rangeland Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus ecosystems for restoration of biodiversity and native flora and fauna and for sustained produc• Black Tern Childonias niger tion of traditional commodities and amenities." White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi John Tanaka, Blue Mountains Natural Resources Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Institute, 1401 Gekeler Lane, La Grande, OR 97850, 503-963-7122, fax 503-962-6504. Oregon Birds 20(1): 29 FEEIDNOTES: Eastern Oregon, Summer 1993 Tom Crabtree, 1667NWIowa, Bend, OR 97701

Summer 1993 was dull by recent Cattle Egret An adult was at Clear Lake, standards. No birds were found Three were near Cow Lakes, Wasco, on 7/11 (DL, DC). The pair that could be considered other . Malheur, on. 7/4 (PM, LW). One on the Malheur Nat. Forest pro• than semi-regular vagrants to the was observed nesting on the duced one young bird this summer region. The Prothonotary Warbler Graves ranch near Malheur NWR (fideRV). found in May hung around until this summer (fideRVf Swainson's Hawk June 3- June was below average in Green Heron Six were along Lower Klamath temperature and above average in An individual of this newly-re• Lake Rd., Klamath, on 6/8, for an precipitation. July was the coldest named species was at The Dalles unusual concentration outside of on record in Central Oregon. Un• on 7/25 (DL, DP). migration (SS). fortunately, the unseasonable Black-crowned Night-Heron Northern Goshawk weather did not result in unusual Two were at the Malheur River Only 2 were reported from Hood birds. in Vale on 6/12 along with 3 Great River and Wasco counties. Not many reports were received Blue Herons, 3 Great Egrets, and 2 Yellow Rail from Oregon birders during this Snowy Egrets. The nearest known One was at Fort Klamath on 7/4 period. I hope that in the future breeding colony is at Deer Flat (Dave Hoffman). more will contribute to this NWR near Nampa, ID, about 45 Black-bellied Plover column. It's a mistake to count on miles away. (AC, HH). Does any• Two were at Harney Lake on the someone else to report the good one know of a closer breeding late date of 6/6 (HH, PTS, JM). birds that you have also seen. colony? Snowy Plover Abbreviations used: White-faced Ibis Populations increased again this BLM Bureau of Land Manage• One was near Cow Lakes, year with a total of 201 birds ment Malheur, on 7/4 (PM, LW); 2 were counted between 6/15-18 in the m.ob. many observers at Klamath Marsh NWR, Klamath. Harney basin. Most of these (172) NWR National Wildlife Refuge on 6/2. This species is very rare at were observed on Harney Lake WMA Wildlife Management Area that location (SS). (fideRY). 182 were at Abert Lake Names in italics are county names Mute Swan this summer, barely up from the One was at Knox Pond on 6/23 all-time low of 170 (George Common Loon (GI). One, perhaps the same bird, Keister). One was at Mann Lake, Harney, was seen on 7/28 at Harney Lake Black-necked Stilt from June 2-4 (JK, KK). (GI). The closest breeding locality Five were at the Boardman Sew• Red-necked Grebe is in Bend, nearly 150 miles away. age Ponds 6/9 (BA). Four were An adult with 2 chicks was at Trumpeter Swan there on 7/26 (DLa). Three pair Benson Pond, Malheur NWR 7/25- Six breeding pairs on Malheur were along Stinkingwater Creek, 26 (TL) for a first refuge breeding NWR produced 21 cygnets, which Harney, on 6/11 (AC, HH). record. was 11 more than last year (fide American Avocet Clark's Grebe RV). Five were near Boardman on 6/9 One was at the Narrows, Ross' Goose and 7/26 (BA, DLa). Ten were for• Malheur NWR on 6/5 (TS). Two Two were at Harney Lake on 7/ aging at Antelope Res., Malheur, were on the road to the Double O 28, for a very rare summer record on 6/13 (AC, HH). Ranch 6/6 (PTS, JM). Two were at (GI, EK, KM). Greater Yellowlegs Bully Creek Res., Malheur, on 6/12 Snow Goose Three were at Wamic on 6/27 (AC, HH). Finally 2 were at Fare• One was at Beulah Res. and one (DL). well Bend State Park, Baker, on 6/ was at Farewell Bend St. Park, Solitary Sandpiper 12 (AC, HH). Malheur, on 7/4 (PM, LW). One was near Grass Valley on 7/ American White Pelican "Lesser" Canada Goose 13 (DB). Another was at Philips Thirty were at BOardman 6/28 One was at Harney Lake on 7/28 Res., Baker, on 8-1 (BA). through the end of July (BA, DLa, (GI. EK, KM). Western Sandpiper m.ob.). Three were on the Snake Bufflehead Fifty were at the GI Ranch, River at Nyssa 7/4 (PM, LW). Four Two families were on Upper Crook, on 6/28 (TC, CM). were at the GI Ranch, Crook, on 6/ Midway Res., Klamath, on 6/17 Short-billed Dowitcher 6 (13C); Three were there on 6/28 (RH, HH), One was at Wamic on 7/17 (DL). (TC, CM). 16 were at Willow Creek Common Goldeneye Another was at Ochoco Lake, WMA near Arlington 7/30 (DL). Six One was at Ana Res., Lake, on 6/ Crook, on 7/18 (Lew Rems). A were at Bully Creek Res., Malheur, 3, for a late record at that location third was at Summer Lake WMA on on 6/12 (AC, HH). (SS); One was seen on 7/30 at the 7/10 (SS). Great Egret Malheur NWR Display Pond (ES, Bonaparte's Gull The only report was of an indi• DS). One (adult?) was at Wamic on 7/ vidual at Wamic on 7/24 (DL). Bald Eagle 17 (DL). A juvenile was there 7/25

Oregon Birds 20(1): 30 (DL, DP). F:T.- .- • V m 7/25 (SJ). Arctic Tern Least Fh catcher One was at Wamic on 7/25 for ~ r. • . .-- ru: n a good show the fourth consecutive year (DL. . r were at Clyde DP). Hofliday Si Park outside John Day Sandhill Crane 11 Ir.e was at Benson A pair was in Summit Meadow F-r.i V^r.r-r NWR on 6/3 (SJ, along Hwy. L40 between Lakeview ?i -. .-- . :al bird was at Hot and Adel, 6/4-5 (AC, RP). r - .. - jnd, 6/1-5 (David Long-eared Owl Lukas. AC. RP>-. another was re- One was at Crane Prairie Res : -ei :: ~ ±- Big Sky area of Deschutes, on 7/11 (SR). This is Hart ML (AC. HH). Yet another one of very few records for this . f the season!) was county. Two fledged young were singing in a cottonwood grove along Bridge Creek, 9 miles SW of north of the first BUM Wildlife Area the town of Silver Lake on 7/16 along the Owyhee River between (Priscilla Summers). Air.^r. :hr '. wvhee Dam, Burrowing Owl Malheur, on 6; 13 (AC, HH). Only 2 pairs were reported of Pacific-slope Flycatcher this rapidly declining species: one A bird of this species was re• near Fields and one south of Vale ported a few miles outside Brogan, (AC, HH). Is there anywhere in the Malheur, on 6, 2. The bird was state where this bird is not in singing and did not "have the trouble? choppiness between the low and Vaux's Swift high parts of the 'tsee-ip' that Cor- Northern Mockingbird, 5 June 1993, Fields, One was seen about 10 miles dilleran has" (BC). Oregon birders Harney Co. Photo/Tim Janzen. west of Plush, Lake, on 6/4, forag• are reminded that the songs of this numbers were reported from the ing over the sage flats not far from species vary considerably with lo• colony at Ochoco Ranger Station Drake Peak (AC, HH). cation. The best source for com• (m.ob.). Broad-tailed Hummingbird paring Oregon birds is Eleanor Gray Catbird A female was reported from the Pugh's recording Four Flycatchers One was at Malheur NWR HQ "P" Ranch, Malheur NWR on June — one of the Natural Sounds Cas• from 6/4-7 (DA, HN, m.ob.). Two 4-6 (HH, RH, HN, m.ob.). A single settes available from the OFO were seen off Hwy. 26, along Bea• female was found 8 miles from Bookcase. ver Creek, Wasco, on 6/19 (DL), Brogan, Malheur, on 6/2 (BC). Purple Martin the third summer they have been Does anyone know of any nesting The only reports received were in the area. One was seen on 6/1 records of this species in the state? from Hood River Co. A female was along Delles Creek near John Day Black-chinned Hummingbird seen at Cascade Locks on 6/26 (LM). A disturbing report was that Three were at Lonerock, Gilliam, (DL). Two were at Hood River on none were found in the usual loca• on 7/4 (DL). Several were noted in 7/24 (DB). tions in SE Baker during June (AC). the John Day area during July (fide Swallows Northern Mockingbird TW). Migrant flocks of swallows were One was at Fields until 6/13 (HN Lewis' Woodpecker reported during the period: 250 etal.). Two (a pair?) were near A major concentration was in the Violet-greens were near Wamic 7/ Andrews through June (HN et alf Bend area this summer. Six were at 24 (DL); Sherman County had mi• One was at Rome, Malheur, on 6/1 Skyline Lodge, Tumalo Creek, on grant Rough-wingeds, Cliffs and (SJ, RS). Two were at the Burns 6/13 (PTS, JM). A pair also nested Barns on 7/13 (DB); 1000 Bank Junction Motel, Malheur, on 6/2 just outside the city limits of Bend Swallows were at Hatfield Lake (AM). While there are no con• for the first time in recent years near Bend on 6/6 (TC), 25 over firmed breeding records for the (TC, CM). Four or more were seen Bend on 6/28 were already moving state, breeding on Steens Mountain flying around Pike Creek on 7/22- south (TC). was suspected by Gabrielson & 24 (David Marshall). Scrub Jay Jewett in 1935-36. Mockingbirds Eastern Kingbird A Scrub Jay at the north end of have bred as far north as Siskiyou This species was remarkably the Alvord Basin on 6/13 was re• County, CA. Pairs have summered sparse in Malheur Co. this summer. ported to be the woodhouseii/ in Medford, Klamath Falls, Port A 2-day trip through the area only nevadae race (HN). Orford, and Milton-Freewater produced 1 bird, that south of Clark's Nutcracker where 6 birds summered in 1972. Adrian near the Idaho line (AC, Twenty-two southwest of The Loggerhead Shrike HH). Another observer had better Dalles on 6/26 were considered to Two observers in the area luck finding 4 between Juntura and be unusual (DL). reached opposite conclusions on Malheur Res. (BC). Another was Veery how this species was doing. One near Dufur on 7/18 (DL). One out-of-place individual was reported "good numbers" (HN); Dusky Flycatcher at Fields on 6/2. The race of this while the other reported seeing Unexpected was one at Dredger bird was not noted (JG). Usual few (David Marshall). Around Oregon Birds 20(1): 31 Bend they were scarcer than they The bird found at Malheur NWR Evening Grosbeaks have been in recent years. HQ on 5/30 remained until 6/3 Evening Grosbeaks were consid• PLUMBEOUS SOLITARY VIREO (RH, HH, m.ob.). ered very common in the Cascade Two birds of this perhaps "soon Yellow-rumped Warbler Mountains during the period (DL, to be a species" were reported this A late migrant was at Malheur HN et aQ. summer. One was at Andrews on NWR on 6/14 (AC). Red Crossbill 6/5 (JG, HN et aQ. Another was Ovenbird The only ones reported were 5 at reported from Malheur NWR HQ : Two were reported from eastern the P-Ranch, Malheur NWR on 7/ on 6/7 (TJ, DvB). Oregon this summer. One was in 29 QS). Red-eyed Vireo the Catlow Valley 6/3-4 (SJ, RS, Observers This regular "vagrant" was seen HH). Another was near Red Bridge BA - Bob Altman; DA - David in typical numbers this summer. St. Park, Union, on 6/12 (SR). Anderson; EA - Eric Anderson; DB One was at Malheur NWR HQ on Northern Waterthrush - David Bailey; DvB- Dan van den 6/4-5 (SR, DS, SJ); one was near Two singing males were at their Broek; BC - Barb Combs; AC - Dufur on 6/12 (DL); one was at usual spot outside Gilchrist on 7/11 Alan Contreras; DC - Dave Indian Ford Campground 6/11-28 (SR). One was seen on 6/5 at Pike Copeland; CC - Craig Corder; MC - for the second Deschutes record Creek, Harney (SJ). Marion Corder; TC - Tom Crabtree; (TC, m.ob.); one was at Red Bridge Rose-breasted Grosbeak TMD - Tom / Mick Denn; RG - Roy State Park SW of La Grande on 6/ One was at Page Springs on 6/5 Gerig; JG - Jeff Gilligan; HH - 15 (HN); finally, one was at the (BU); another (?) was at Barley Hendrik Herlyn; RH - Richard Hot Springs, Hart Mt. on 6/4 (AC). Field, Malheur NWR on 6/10 (ES). Hoyer; GI - Gary Ivey; TJ - Tim Hermit Warbler INDIGO BUNTING Janzen; JJ - Jim Johnson; SJ - One was at Fields on 6/3 (JG, A male was at Alvord Ranch, Sheran Jones; JK - Jerry Kearney; HH). There are about as many Harney, on 6/12 (JJ, DB). KK - Karen Kearney; EK - Eric Black-throated Green Warbler Black-throated Sparrow Kelchin; TL - Tom Love; DL - records for Harney county as there One was at the Sand Dunes near Donna Lusthoff; DLa - Don are records of this species. Christmas Valley, Lake, on 6/2 Langhoff; KM - K. Mlntyre; AM - Chestnut-sided Warbler (David LaChrist). An incredible Amy M'Quade; CM - Craig Miller; One was seen on 6/26 along the concentration of 43 was on the JM - Judy Meredith; HN - Harry Nehls; DP - Don Pederson; SR - Central Patrol Rd., Malheur NWR south side of Harney Lake on 6/27 Skip Russell; ES - Eric Scheuring; JS OS). (GI). Three were 8 miles east of Black-throated Gray Warbler Crane on 6/29 (RV). - Jim Sedgewick; RS - Richard Three were found on a breeding White-crowned Sparrow Smith; DS - Doug Staller; PTS - bird survey on Bald Mt., Klamath, One out-of-season bird was seen Paul Sullivan; BT - Bill Tweit; BU - on 6/20 (SS). This bird had previ• along the Central Patrol Rd., Beth Ullenberg; RV - Rick Vetter; ously not been known to breed in Malheur NWR on 7/12 (EA) LW - Linda Weiland; TW - Tom the county, and in fact, is excep• "Baltimore" Oriole Winters 0 tionally rare in the county during One was at the Summer Lake Great-tailed Grackle, 12June 1993, Malheur Na• migration. The birds were in an rest area, Lake, on 6/4 (AC, RP). tional Wildlife Refuge headquarters, Harney Co., area of thinned lodgepole pine Tricolored Blackbird OBRC No. 512-93-09B. Photo/Harry Nehls. with scattered larger Ponderosa Twenty-five males were at the pines. Camp Hancock Marsh during the American Redstart period (m.ob.). A male was at Eight were reported this summer Wamic on 7/11 (DL, DC). from Klamath, Lake, Harney and Yellow-headed Blackbird Malheur Counties. One was at Six Birds of this species bred at Mile Pond-Catlow Valley 6/3 (SJ, Hatfield Lake, Deschutes, for the RS). One was at Fields 6/7-11 (TJ, first time ever this year (TC). DvB, TMD). A female was at Bobolink Malheur NWR HQ 6/6/7 (TJ, DvB, Populations on Malheur refuge BT); another was seen on 6/2, 2 increased dramatically this year miles N of Cottonwood Creek, with a total of 301 males counted, Harney, (DA). A first spring male compared to 110 in 1992 and 206 was at Rocky Point, Upper Klamath in 1991 (fide XV). Lake, Klamath, on 6/5 (Steve GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE Haydock); another singing first Up to 3 were at Mann Lake, spring male was at Howard Bay, Harney, June 2-4 (JK, KK). A male Upper Klamath Lake, Klamath, on was at Malheur NWR HQ from 6/5- 6/24 (SS). Still another first spring 14 (HN, TL et aL). Another was at male was singing at a residence the Double-O ranch on the refuge near Ana Res., Lake, on 6/3 (SS). 6/14-28 (GI). These sightings could Finally an "immature" was seen on involve some of the same birds. Crowley Rd., Malheur, 6/1 (SJ, RS);. COMMON GRACKLE PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Three were at Fields on 6/1 (JG). Oregon Birds 20(1): 32 FDEIDIVOTES: Western Oregon, Summer 1993

Jim Johnson, 3244 N.E. Brazee Street, Portland, OR 97212

Pacific Loon this is a traditional location and CD); This species is rare in Curry 30 summered at the SJCR and time for post-breeders (or non- Co. smaller numbers were scattered breeders?). Two were seen flying Green-backed Heron elsewhere (m.ob.). This is typical north among Brown Pelicans over Three recently-fledged young for the Oregon coast. the ocean at Seal Rocks, Lincoln were observed on Sauvie I., 4 July Pied-billed Grebe Co., 23 & 24 June (fide RB) for the (JJ, DB); there are few records that At Eckman L., Lincoln Co., where second Lincoln Co. record. suggest breeding on the island. this species does not breed, the Cormorant nesting failures Black-crowned Night-Heron first of the fall migration/dispersal Due to the El Nino Southern Os• Two were near White City, Jack• was noted 30 July (fide RB). cillation many Pelagic Cormorants son Co., 24 July (MM). There are Red-necked Grebe abandoned their nests in Lincoln no confirmed breeding records for One was at Yaquina Head 16 Co. with 68 percent of the nests Western Oregon but occasional June (fide RB). This was a late abandoned by 22 July. The number summer records like this indicate record for any coastal location and of Brandt's nesting at the Sea Lion that they may do so. the first June record for Lincoln Co. Caves was much lower this year Brant Beached tubenoses (RL, fide RB). As usual, small groups sum• A Laysan Albatross 5 May, and American Bittern mered at scattered coastal loca• single Black-footed Albatrosses on A species rarely observed in the tions. Flocks were reported from 20 June and 7 July, were found Rogue Valley, one was near White Tillamook, Lincoln and Curry beached near Thiel Cr., Lincoln Co. City, Jackson Co., 24 July (HS, fide Counties (m.ob.). (BL, S&DB, fide RB); 1 Buller's MM). Green-winged Teal Shearwater found beached at Great Egret The first of the fall migration Waldport 10 June (DP, RL, fide RB) Post-breeders were first noted at were noted on Sauvie I. 31 July was rather early. Yaquina Bay 11 July (fide RB) and (DB). American White Pelican on Sauvie I. 31 July (DB). Blue-winged Teal Seven were at Howard Prairie L., Snowy Egret Two adults with 6 young were Jackson Co., 5 June with unknown One was in the Winchuck R. bot• seen at the Forest Grove sewage numbers through July (fide MM); tomlands, Curry Co., 16 July+ (AB, ponds 10 July (GG). This is a very

Oregon Birds Regional Editors Western Oregon Jeff Gilligan 26 N.E. 32nd Avenue • Spring/Fall 231 -0971 Portland, OR 97232

Western Oregon Jim Johnson 3244 N.E. Brazee Street • Winter/Summer 282-5492 Portland, OR 97212 Oregon Birds and American Birds have synchronized reporting areas, periods, and deadlines. Field reports for eastern and western Oregon are Eastern Oregon Steve Summers P.O. Box 202 due to the 0B Regional Editor and AB Regional Editor at the same time. • Spring/Fall 576-2190 Silver Lake, OR 97638 Season Months Due date Spring March—May 10 June Eastern Oregon Tom Crabtree 1667 N.W. Iowa Summer June—July 10 August • Winter/Summer 389-7723 Bend, OR 97701 Fall August—November 10 December Winter December—February 10 March American Birds Regional Editor All of Oregon BillTweit P.O. Box 1271 206-754-7098 Olympia, WA 98507

American Birds Sub-Regional Editors Eastern Oregon Tom Crabtree 1667 N.W. Iowa 388-2462 Bend, OR 97701

Western Oregon Harry Nehls 2736 S.E. 20th 233-3976 Portland, OR 97202

Salem area Barb Bellin 4730 Elizabeth St. N. Eastern 393-0243 Salem, OR 97303 Corvallis area Hendrik Herlyn 1054 S.W. Adams Avenue Oregon 754-5154 Corvallis, OR 97330

Rogue Valley Marjorie Moore 357 Taylor Street 482-1303 Ashland, OR 97520

Oregon Birds 20(1): 33 Rock Wren (well-described, fide HN) 1, North dence of breeding yet. Up to 2 adults and 3 juveniles Portland, 19 June; 1 north of Wash• Red Crossbill were at the summit of Mary's Peak, ington Park, Portland, 28 June; 1 Small groups were reported Benton Co., 17-23 July (JL, BB, south of Washington Park, 18 & 19 throughout NW Oregon and Jack• DC). This is the first breeding July; and 1 in Estacada 11 & 12 son Co. in July (fide HN, MM). record for the county and for the July. All were observed at feeders Pine Siskin whole coast range as far as I know. with groups of Black-headed Gros• Common and widespread with Northern Mockingbird beaks. very good nesting success (fide Singles were at Ona Beach State Green-tailed Towhee HN). Park, Lincoln Co., 1 June (fide HN) Up to 6 were at Burnt Ridge, Lesser Goldfinch and at Brookings 29 June (CL, fide Curry Co., 11-22 July (AB, CD). Unusual in Lincoln Co, one was HN). Grasshopper Sparrow near Toledo 22 July (fide RB). NORTHERN PARI LA A singing male was at Baskett A well-described singing male Slough NWR, 20 June+ (fide BB); Observers: was at the mouth of the Winchuck this is the third or fourth year at Awanda Adams, Bob Altman, R. 17 June (AB, m.ob., fide CD) for this location. David Bailey, Alan Barron, Range the first Curry Co. record, and a White-throated Sparrow Bayer, Bark Bellin, Sara & Don well-described immature was at One singing at Hunter Creek, Brown, Barbara Combs, Dave Bay Ocean sandspit, Tillamook Curry Co, 20 June (JO, fide HN) Copeland, Colin Dillingham, Greg Co., 24 July (GG). provided a very unusual summer Gillson, Jeff Harding, Hendrik American Redstart record. Herlyn, Rich Hoyer, Jr., Tim A singing male was at Detroit, COMMON GRACKLE Janzen, Jim Johnson, Gerard Lillie, Marion Co., 17-20 June (PTS, BB, One, then later 2, came to a Bob Loeffel, Christi Loring, Roy m.ob.) for the first Marion Co. feeder in Port Orford, Curry Co, 6 Lowe, Bob Lucas, John Lundsten, record. June-13 July (good description, AP, Ron Maertz, Marjorie Moore, Don Yellow-breasted Chat CD). This same yard has hosted 2 Munson, Harry Nehls, Jim Olson, One was near the mouth of the other Common and 1 Great-tailed Mike Patterson, Don Pederson, Sandy R., Multnomah Co., 9 July Grackle within the last 2 years. Alice Pfand, Dave Pitkin, Scott Rae, (BA); This species is very rarely Pine Grosbeak Jim Rogers, Skip Russell (SRu), observed in Multnomah Co. A male was at Tenmile, Douglas Howard Sands, Ray Skibby, Jamie Rose-breasted Grosbeak Co, 30 July (AA, fide RM). There Simmons, Elmer Specht, Paul T. An astounding 3 or 4 males were numerous summer records from Sullivan, Ric Thowless, Dennis reported from the Portland area the Oregon Cascades but no evi• Vroman. 0

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