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OREGON BIRDS is a quarterly publication of Oregon Field Ornithol• ogists. Oregon Birds is printed at the University of Oregon Press. Member• Oregon Field Ornithologists ship in Oregon Field Ornithologists is on an annual basis and includes a sub• scription to Oregon Birds. ISSN 0890-2313 Editor Owen Schmidt 15 -16 -17 June 1990 Associate Editor Jim Johnson Assistant Editor Sharon K. Blair OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS TCi@ ta at Hoodrahfeir ViStag ® IR®s@oi President Bill Stotz, Florence (1990)) Hood River, Oregon Secretary Donna J. Lusthoff, Beaverton (1990)) Treasurer Kit Larsen, Eugene (1990) Past President Larry Thornburgh, North Bend Directors David A. Anderson, Portland (1988-90) David Irons, Beaverton (1989-91) Tom Mickel, Eugene (1988-90) Tim Shelmerdine, Lake Oswego (1989-91) American Dipper OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE Secretary Harry Nehls, Portland (1991) Members Tom Crabtree, Bend (1989-91) Jim Carlson, Eugene (1990-92) Jeff Gilligan, Portland (1990-92) David Irons, Beaverton (1990-91) Jim Johnson, Portland (1990-92) Larry McQueen, Eugene 1988-90) Harry Nehls, Portland (1988-90) Owen Schmidt, Portland (1988-90) Steve Summers, Klamath Falls (1989-91) Alternates Nick Lethaby, Portland (1990) Alan McGie, Corvallis (1990) Jim Rogers, Port Orford (1990) Tom Staudt, Portland (1990) Linda Weiland, Portland (1990) • Harlequin Duck • Calliope Hummingbird • Williamson's Sapsucker • Black-backed Woodpecker • Purple Martin • American Dipper • Rosy Finch • Oregon Biids OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE © 1990 Omi ho Andereoini ° BM Sfiiehmcniliinie ° Christy Galen ° OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS Qnar Corcoran ° IR©fo©ecai Gogjgoros P.O. Box 10373 Eugene, OR 97440 Oregon Field Ornithologists OFO's llth Annual Meeting REGISTRATION FORM • Registration deadline 10 June 1990 • No Saturday banquet registrations accepted after 10 June • All registrations received by I June will get written confirmation; later 15 -16 -17 June 1990 registrants should call David A Anderson for confirmation • See reverse side for field trip sign up Call David A. Anderson with your questions — (503J775-5963 Fl in for each participant Hood River, Oregon Name Phone Address City State Zip Name Phone lag ®¥®Poinii, IS JOT® 199©' Address • Registration — 4:30 - 7:00 pm, The Inn at Hood River Village Resort City State Zip • Evening Programs — 7:00 - 9:00 pm - Scenes of Hood River County, a slide program by David A. Anderson Name Phone - Columbia River Gorge Geology, by Bill Shelmerdine Address - Lewis'Woodpeckers, Wasco County, by Christy Galen City State Zip SafafltrdtaiB, IS JOT© 1990 USE ADOmOtWl SWTS IF USDS) All field trips leave at 7:00 am. Meet at the parking lot at The Inn. • Dufur Mill Road, Hood River Valley EACH NUMBER TOTAL • Columbia River Gorge Registration OFO member $12.00 • Big Day style birding for serious county listers non-OFO member $15.00 Buffet dinner (with tip) $13.75 Saturday afternoon,The Inn Vegetarian dinner $13.75 • 4:00 pm, Business Meeting, OFO Board and OFO Members • 5:00 - 6:00 pm, Social Hour Box lunch Saturday $7.50 Saturday evening. The Inn • Turkey • Ham It Cheese • Roast Beef • 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Banquet Sunday $7.50 •7:30 - 9:30 pm, Programs • Turkey • Ham it Cheese • Roast Beef - Mt. Hood Wetlands and Wildlife Watch, Char Corcoran 1990 OFO Membership Individual $16.00 - Ponderosa and Lodgepole Pine Old-Growth Indicator Species, Rebecca Goggins Family $18.00 TOTAL ENCLOSED Smdl€)|, IT? JOT® 199© Make checks payable to OFO or Oregon Held Ornithologists Mail this form by 10 June 1990 to All field trips leave at 7:00 am. Meet at the parking lot at The Inn. • Dufur Mill Road, Hood River Valley David A. Anderson • Columbia River Gorge Detailed agenda will be available at registration 6203 S.E. 92nd Avenue Portland, OR 97266 MEMBERSHIP IN OFO BRINGS YOU Oregon Field Ornithologists • Oregon Birds — OFO's quarterly journal with news briefs of interest to Oregon birders • short notes and articles on status and identification of Oregon's birds • bird-finding guides to Oregon's better birding spots and /^rFlffiYM£.l) o rarer species • reviews of printed material of interest to Oregon's birders. > • Proceedings of the Oregon Bird Records Committee — OFO members stay current on the rare birds of Oregon. CO 16 -17 June 1990 Bf • Annual meetings — As a member, you are invited to participate in 3 OFO's birding meetings, held at some of Oregon's top O birding spots. Field Trip So§M[p O Harlequin Duck • Publications — OFO pub• Osprey c lishes useful field cards and other field checklists accurate according Caspian Tern to the checklist of Oregon birds pre• Band-tailed Pigeon u pared by the Oregon Bird Records Calliope Hummingbird Committee. Red-breasted Sapsucker Williamson's Sapsucker Black-backed Woodpecker FOR USE IN 1990 ONLY Purple Martin r OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS Clark's Nutcracker APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP & Rock Wren MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL American Dipper u Yellow-breasted Chat r 1. Rosy Finch Name 2. Address 3. Columbia River Gorge City State Zip 4. Hood River Valley Telephone Dufur Mill Road 5. • $16.00 Individual 6. • Renewal • $18.00 Family • New member Big Day style • $25.00 Sustaining Wahtum Lake (easy hike) • $ Oregon Fund tor Ornithology Cloud Cap (strenuous hike) 7. Make check payable to Oregon Field Ornithologists or OFO, and mail to the Treasurer, P.O. Box 10373, Eugene, OR 97440 Describe your reasons for your identification: your familiarity with the species, field guides used, similar species that were eliminated, references that were consulted, etc. Oregon Riids Volume 16 Number 2, Summer 1990 Nows and Notes 119 I nfbrmation Wanted on Oregon's Birds 127 < !olor-marked Birds in Oregon 131 Describe the circumstances of the observation: light conditions, position of the sun, distance to the bird, duration of observation, equipment used, time of day, time of tide, etc. FEATURES 1989 Oregon Listing Results 139 Steve Summers Bird Surveys of the Little Blitzen River in Southeast Oregon, Summer 1987 147 CD. Littlefield PIELDNOTES 170 Eastern Oregon, Fall 1989 171 David A. Anderson Add the names (and addresses and phone numbers if known) of other observers who may have identified the bird. Western Oregon, Fall 1989 180 Jim Johnson Announcement 6. PHOTOS, RECORDINGS. Stale whetherphotos were taken or video or sound recordings Portland Audubon Society 118 were made. OBRC will duplicate and return original slides and tapes promptly. Donations of slide duplicates (OB RC prefers a double set) and copies of recordings may be considered a tax-deductible expense! (!over Little Gull, 26 November 1989, John Day Dam, Sherman Co. 7. SIGNATURE, DATE. Sign this form, and date it for when it was filled out. Photo I Gerard Lillie. OREGON BIRDS 16(2): 117, Summer 1990 News and Notes • OFO's 11th annual meeting is scheduled for OFO's 11th IT'S HERE! II) 17 June 1990, at The Inn at Hood River. Speak• annual er s a re scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings meeting, 15- with field trips Saturday and Sunday morning. The 17 June 1990, annual banquet will be held on Saturday evening after a late afternoon membership/board meeting Hood River THE The book Oregon Birders have been and cocktail hour. Field trips will explore various BIRDER'S waiting for! areas of Hood River County in order to acquaint After two years, Joe Evanich's Birder's birders with the variety of birds to be found there. GUIDE Guide to Oregon is off the press and ()ther field trips will be offered for those birders who TO onto the required reading list. arc hard-core county listers. Since Hood River is a OREGON popular wind surfing area, anyone who is interested Joseph t. Evanich, Jr. • Up-to-date listings of over 100 of in attending the annual meeting should make plans Oregon's top birding sites Hoon. Registration materials and further informa• • 36 page Bird finding guide tion will be sent to all OFO members in March. • Exhaustive Bibliography David A. Anderson, 6203 S.E. 92nd Avenue, Port• • Complete list of Oregon's Birding land, OR 97266. Organizations • Complete checklist of Oregon birds • The Oregon Shorebird Festival returns to the • Wire-o bound for easy use Oregon I Iregon Institute of Marine Biology 7-9 September • Coated for weather resistance Shorebird l!)90. Keynote speaker will be Larry Mangan from Festival, 7-9 the Bureau of Land Management, who will talk about the New River area of September Coos County. Terrestrial field 1990 Books are available in your local Bookstore, or they may be ordered directly trips will include the New from the Portland Audubon Society. River as well as To order, send $12.95 plus $2.00 for postage and handling to: Bandon Marsh Birder's Guide and Cape Arago. Portland Audubon Society Pelagic trips will 5151 N.W. Cornell Road be scheduled. OFO Portland, OR 97210 members will get a flyer ^ * in the mail this summer. VISA or MasterCard orders may be placed by phone at (503)292-6855. [ Larry Thornburgh, 2058 Cedar I Court, North Bend, OR 97459, yU jj* » (503)756-4281. SPECIAL NOTE! Joe Evanich will be at the Portland Audubon Society to talk birding and sign books on Sunday afternoon, June 24, from 2 pm to 4 pm. Be sure to stop by for an autographed copy. • Portland Audubon Society announced The its newest publication, The Birder's Guide to Oregon, Birder's by Joe Evanich. The 288-page durable-bound book Guide to is the first state-wide bird finding guide published CorOregon since Fred Ramsey's 1978Birding Oregon. Oregon It is sure to be on every Oregon birder's shelf, if not o n the dash or under the front seat. Over 100 birding OREGON BIRDS 16(2): 119, Summer 1990 OREGON BIRDS 16(2): 118, Summer 1990 sphere Shorebird Reserve Net• sites are detailed.