Tbe quarterly journal of Oregon ft.eld. ornitltology

Volume 23, Number 4,I[inter 1997

Gabrielson andJewefi Who Were They? Part II ,...... 115 Dauid B. Marshall

The Growth of the Oregon Birdlist, 1!06 through 1995 "..... 120 George A. Jobanek

A New North American Waterfowl Big Day Record ...... 134 Jeff Gilligan, Jim Johruon, Gaard Lillie, Owen Schmidt

0F0 Birding Weekends 136-37

Malheur County, May 17-18, 1997 ...... ,...... '.'..... 136 Paul Sulliuan

Jackon County, 19-20 July 1997 ...... '.'..... 136 Paul T, Sulliuan

Lake County, 15-17 Au gust 1997 ...... '...... '...... 137 Daui.d R. CoPeland

Announcing 1998 0F0 Birding Weekends ...... 142 Paul Sulliuan

Getting the most out of your CBC day '....".""'.,. 13S Alan ContrsYas

NEWSAND NorES OBz3u) ...... r42

FIELDNSTES ...... 144

Eastern0regon, Spring 1997 ...... 145 Paul T. Sulliaan

Western Oregon, Spring 1997 ....'...... ".. 150 GeYard Lillie

COVER PHOTO Willet,30 May 1997, near Hina, Harney Co' Photo/ Skip Rwsell.

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Oregon Birds Zl(4)z 114, Winter lg97 Gabrielson andJeruet0 Who Were lhey? Part II.

Dauid B. Marsball, 4265 SW Cbesapeake Aue., Portland, OR 9720 I [email protected]

,Tlnit constitutes the second of a 2- my lifetime, I believe he accom- Audubon Sociery).Through my fam- I part series on the authors of the plished more than any other indi ily and their associates, birds became highly regarded Birds of Oregon vidual in government service on be- my principal interest before I could (1940) or its reprint, erroneously re- half of wildlife. read orwrite .Throughout most of my named Birds of tbe Nortbuest The information that follows is a youngster days, my father was the (Gabrielson andJewett l97O). Part I, combination of my personal recollec- Society's Vice President. His duties on Ira N. Gabrielson, appeared in Or- tions and ocperiences combined with included lining up speakers for egon Birds 23G):87-93,Rall 1997 published material. weekly Friday night programs, a ma- (Marshall 1997).The purpose of this jor activity of the Society at the time. series is to provide current Oregon This was of course before television ornithologists and birders back- Part II - Stanley G.Jewett so there were no nature programs to ground on who Gabrielson (1889- watch at home. I looked forward to 1977) and Stanley G.Jewett (1885- Stanley Gordon Jewett was called Friday nights. One of the speakers 1955) were in terms of their person- "Stan" by his friends. I shall use Stan. whom my father sought most was alities and accomplishments. It also My experiences with Stan began Stan, a biologist for the U.S. Biologi- seems appropriate to consider the when I was about 9 years old in the cal Survey of the Department ofAgri conditions under which they oper- mid-1930s. My father, EadA. Marshall, culture .The Biological Surveywas the ated in Oregon. his brother, C.L. Marshall and other predecessor agency to the U.S. Fish I felt this paper was appropriate for family members were amateur natu- andVildlife Service.It was evident to me to write because I am among the ralists and early members of the Or- me, even at that age, that Stan's knowl- few remaining who knew these 2 egonAudubon Society (now Portland edge of birds (and mammals) com- men well.As I reported earlier,Jewett llembers of a u.S. Biologiatl StffiE pdr\) umping in southustern Uegon. This pholo was ht was second only to my father (and furnrhed Tom ltc\llistn u'ithou! attribution or idmtifiailion. The man u,ith the dish towel isJeuelt and the mnn in lhe my father's brother) as a mentor in foreground is likell' Gabriekon. Both are watring Biologtatl Suruq) uniforms. |he indiuiclual with lhe uhite my youth. Gabrielson was the most shirt could be llule Jucobs, a Biolol1ical SuruE happer utth whom tbey traueletl in this arat. A Biologtcrtl productive man I ever knew. During Sun,q' shiekl shous on the daor of the atr, whtch is a Cbcwolet of cirat llJ I t'irtkqe.

Oregon Birds 23(4): lll' Uinter 1997 pletely outstripped others associated During Audubon gatherings, Stan Stan took notice of me during the with the OregonAudubon Society. In would often bring up those conser- Malheur trip, and some months latsr fact I soon had it figured out that the vation issues for which he had very invited my father, my younger brother ornithological knowledge possessed strong opinions. William L. Finley Albert, and me to hisWest Moreland by other Society members, other than would sometimes be presentAs a boy home where we met his wife Edna, 'William L. Finley and possibly Henry I listened intently to what they had and son, Stanley G. Jewett Jr, com- M. DuBois, was limited. By this time to say. I learned that Stan was highly monly known as "Young Stan." The Ira N. Gabrielson, the only other re- respected by members of conserva- latter was an accomplished herpe- ally knowledgeable ornithologist in tion organizations, and was "guilty" of tologist by that time. The basement the Portland area,had left Oregon. getting a lot done through those or- of the home was the focus. In it were I eagedy awaited prog;rams by Stan, ganizations, a practice which is not cabinets containing hundreds if not but was often disappointed when always popular with superiors in a thousands of study skins of birds and someone else had to stand in as a sub- government agency. He and Finley mammals and shelves of scientific stitute because Stan had been called worked together on issues, among journals that included the Auk,Con- off to some interesting place, usually which was gaining public support for dor, and Murrelet.I subsequently outof-state ,on Biological Survey busi- establishment of the Hart Mountain found out that the recently skinned ness. Of course this in itself impressed NationalAntelope Refuge (Gabrielson Ross'Geese hanging over the laundry me. Other memories are of him pre- 1956>. tubs to dry after the fat had been re- siding over the compilation of Port- Despite Stan's practice of question- moved and a washing, did not repre- land Christmas Bird Count reports. ing us on observations, he was not a sent an unusual situation. As my fa- The participants would meet at a negative person.To the contrary, he ther told me a-fter the first visit, I had member's home at the end of the was perhaps the most enthusiastic, become acquainted with a real scien- count day. Stan would carefully go energetic, and dedicated biologist I tist.This was the first of many visits over all questionable reports, quizzing ever knew. He obviously loved his to Stan's basement. the participants intensely.He was the work and all aspects of animal and However,Albert and I were not the final judge. Stan had to be fully satis- plant life .Anything new excited him, only young people who got into fied before he would accept an)'thing especially new species for the state. Stan's basement.By the time I was 12- unusual. He was positive and blunt He was a well-proportioned sort of years old,I picked up a birding friend, when it came to a decision, which muscular man with a good sense of Tom McAllister, and soon thereafter was often expressed by the words, humor. I distinctly remember his Bill (William H.)Telfer appeared.Tom "possible but not probable ," and that black government Pontiac sedan is a retired outdoor writer for the always seemed to end the discussion. breaking down on Steens Mountain. Oregonian,and Bill is a partly retired This was before there were Peterson He piled out of it saying something professor of biology at a Pennsylva- field guides,at least for the WestAma- like: "The gears are stripped. Now nia College.Stan took all 3,and some- teur birders did not have much to go they are going to have to come and times 4 of us with my brother, in.We on for bird identification, especially get it, and this time fix it right. I was regularly consulted with him regard- if uncommon or rare ones were in- afraid to take it to Arizona the way it ing what we had seen on our field volvedAffordable optics were almost sounded." Instead of being upset, as I trips. What we thought might be a non-edstent, and transportation for would be, he seemed delighted be- rare bird often turned out otherwise some still centered on the city rail cause it happened with other vehicles after a consultation with Stan.The transit system. This combination re- present instead of at some remote closest thing that we had to a field sulted in numerous identification location where he would have to guide was Hoffman (1927), which questions, and like beginning birders walk out. contained mostly pen and ink illus- of today, people often came up with The above episode occurred in trations. Gabrielson and Jewett (1940> rarities which were suspect. l939,when the OregonAudubon So- came out about the time we reallY Like other ornithologists of the ciety sponsored a field trip to what initiated serious field trips.With it we time, Stan disapproved of sight iden- was then called the Malheur Migra- learned what could be expected in tifications of rarities or difficult to tory Bird Refuge. Stan was the chief various sections of the state. identify species. He enjoyed holding leader of this trip,and I was fortunate It did not take long for Stan to ask, up study skins of gulls,Red-tailed and to be able to participate.An account "where are your notes?" He insisted Swainson's Hawks (Buteo of this trip appeared in an earlier is- on field notes and personally looked jamaicensis and B.swainson D before sue of Oregon Birds (trIarshall 199T, them over.This was the beginning of Audubon audiences and asking the so I will not tell of it here except to my formal education as a wildlife bi- birders to identify the skins.Of course say that this trip convinced me that ologist - not to discredit the then most of the time they couldn't be- when I grew up I wanted to have a Oregon State College that I later at- cause bill and feet colors had faded job like Stan's. Little did I know that tended. and skins don't provide other identi 21 years lateq I would have the clos- Stan was intent on making us col- fication clues such as voice and pos est equivalent to Stan's job of that lectors like most professional biolo ture .Stan was oriented to specimens, time ,which would carrythe same job gists of the time. He could skin and and more than once was disaP- title, Regional Refuge Biologist. How- stuff a bird in what seemed like sec- pointed when I could not identifY ever, the duties and responsibilities onds with a few flips of his hands and feathers he picked off the ground. changed considerably over time. fingers. He was determined to teach

Oregon Birrls 23(4): l16, Winter 1997 us how to make bird and mammal study skins.At Stan's insistence,I had a scientific collecting permit by the time I was 16 or 17.To go with it was a supply of dust shot and a .4lO shot- gun.We began by trapping small ro- dents (mice and shrews) at Kelly Butte that lies between Southeast Di- vision and Powell north of 96th Av- enue in Portland. Stan personally in- structed us on how to make study skins, and especially to properly la- bel them. None of us took to this like Stan had hoped. Nonetheless,he convinced me that the only way I could get any rare bird sightings accepted and published during that period was to collect them.He was 1O0 percent correct on this, and up into the 196Os I collected a number of birds for this purpose, most of which are deposited in the U.S. National Museum. Most rare bird records for Oregon during the l94Os and 1950s we re publishe d in Tbe Condor ilhe editor wasAlden H. Miller of the Museum of Natural History lo- cated on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. He routinely refused to publish any sight records that people like myself turned in.Pho- tographic equipment and film speeds at that time were not adequate to document rare birds, and there were seldom other knowledgeable birders or biologists to venfy sightings. I often reflect on the specimen re- quirement policy for unusual records. It left little to no doubt as to the va- lidity of the identification and pro- vided a permanent record.I can see many of today's sight records or oth- ers without published photographic evidence being questioned in the fu- ture. Stan used to point out to those who criticized his collecting that he took fewer birds in a year than a single Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi). Stan told Bill, Tom, and me that if we wanted to enter government ser- vice as wildlife biologists or manag- ers,it would take more than a univer- sity degree. He stressed suruner va- cation work,even if it began with trail building. Accordingly, both Tom McAllister and I got our first resource agency positions in 1943 at 17 years of age during the labor shortage of World War II.'We began on work crews in the Fremont National For-

StanlE G. Jatett. Photo/nurtay The 0regonian.

Oregon Birds Zl(4lz 117, Wintet lgg7 est,and then each of us were assigned nal (lnonymous, 1949a) and, Orego 1910 and 1911. He and Dr. Osgood to our own fire lookout stations. Our nian (Anonymous 1949b) ,an Oregu discovered 38 new species of birds surnmer's bird notes resulted in pub- nian editorial (Anonymous [probably and mammals on that expedition. lication of a paper tnthLeAuk entitled, written by Ben Hur Lampmanl Befween 191I and 1916,Stantookon "Surnmer Birds of Fremont National 1949c), articles from the Federal various assignments, including a co Forest, Oregon" (McAllister and Employee (Anonymous 1950), and operative Biological Survey-Oregon Marshall 1945). Stan was very help- Inside Interior (Anonymous 1 95 1), a Game Commission survey of ful in seeing this come about. Z-page feature story in the Oregonian Oregon's wildlife. This is probably In spring l949,near the end of my (Ryan 1953),and a copy of statistics where Stan developed a close triend- junior year at Oregon State College provided at memorial services for ship with the renowned naturalist and after experience with the Na- Stan.The memoriam article tntl:re Auk and conservationist,William L. Finley, tional Park Service in addition to the was reviewed (Gabrielson 1956).I did who headed up the Game Commis. Forest Service,I called Stan and asked not find any major discrepancies sion at the time. if the U.S. Fish and rUflildlife Service among these sources. Since much of Beginning in 1916 and until his re- had any summer positions for stu- the information is repetitive,I will for tirement in 1949, Stan was continu- dents, and if so, how I might apply. the most part refrain from specifically ously employed by the Biotogical Sur- Yes, he said, the region's refuge divi- citing various articles in the words vey and U.S.Fish andVildlife Service. sion hired several students for sum- which follow. His work took him to states as far east mer work. Stan's life began in 1885 in as North Dakota. Between 1916 and My application to the Fish andr$flild- Fredericton, New Brunswick; but his 1935, he was assigned to predatory life Service was accepted. Although family soon moved to California animal and rodent control work, by then Stan was not in the refuge where Stan attended schools in Ber- mainly in Oregon. division, he took me before Kenneth keley,Alameda, and near Healdsburg. As covered in the Gabrielson ac- F. MacDonald, the Regional Refuge Upon his father's death in 1897, the count, Stan and Gabe first met in Supervisor, demanding that I be sent family returned to New Brunswick 1919,but Gabe wrote that he felt like to the Stillwater NationalVildlife Ref- where he ended his formal education he knew Stan long before that uge in Nevada because it had iust with attendanc e at college through specimens and field notes been acquired and presented a in Fredericton.We know"business he had little that Stan sent to the U.S. National unique opportunity that he was sure or no formal training in biology;but, Museum and theVashington D.C.of- I would do well with.Virtually no bio- as typicd for the time,was self-taught. fice of the Survey (Gabriels on 1956). logical information had been ob- It is apparent that his interest in natu- Between l9l9 and 1930, Stan and tained on the area. Here, for the first ral history began in boyhood, when, Gabrielson held similar positions in time,I got to see another side of Stan like other boys then, he collected the state As mentioned in my account 'nests - specifically that he could make and eggs of birds. on Gabrielson, at one point, Stan was himself very unpopular with his ad- In 19o2,Stan spent ayear at a ranch responsible for predatory animal con- ministrative-type peers by his blunt on Government Island,which is in the trol and Gabrielson for rodent con- manners, assertiveness, and persis- Columbia River opposite Portland trol. This and subsequent positions tence on matters that did not always International Airport. I remember as enabled them to combine field in- pertain to his position. a boy going on anAudubon field trip spections to various areas of the state. I must have fulfilled Stan's prom- that he led to Government Island,and In theJewett memoriam, Gabrielson ise,since by mid-sufiuner I was asked recall his enthusiasm for it because (1956) wrote: to return to Stillwater with expecta- .he said the east winds often swept "Traveling in a Model T Ford in tions of a permanent appointment eastern Oregon birds down to it. those days was quite an adventure in upon completion of studies at Or- After another interval in New itself. Roads were practically non-ex- egon State College.ln 1955,after an Brunswick, Stan returned to Oregon, istent, and the distance that could be assignment at refuges in the Sacra- where he had various jobs,including made in one daywas dependent upon mentoValley,I was transferred to the one as a bookkeeper, and giving a try many things besides the number of biologist position at the Malheur Na- at placer mining. Perhaps Edna hours of travel.We commonly carried tional Wildlife Refuge . Of all the ref- Isabella Myers, whom he married in with us food, bedrolls, extra wate! gas, uges I could have been sent to, here 1907, had something to do with his oil, and tools for repairing the unpre- was the one I felt like I started at with adopting Oregon. [n 1910 he was able dictable Ford. Sometimes we made Stan Jewett in l939.That same year to get into his field of interest through twenty miles a day, sometimes we (195, Stan, since retired, died of an assignment with the Biological could make a hundred and carry on heart failure. Survey in the Sawtooth Mountains of our other activities. Usually we The above describes my closeness Idaho. His persistent collecting of campedwhere night overtookus and, to Stan Jewett, but what do the writ- birds and mammals for the U.S. Na- from the first, made it a practice to ten records show? tional Museum caught the attention put out a line of small mammal traPs For this I am indebted to Doris of others.This led to his going on a each evening.When it was possible Jewett, wife of the now deceased collecting expedition to Venezuela to do so, we also did some bird col- t$flilfred Stanley G. Jewett, Jr. Among articles and Columbia with Dr. H. lecting.We spent many evenings skin- she sent me, I used the following: Osgood of the Field Museum of Chi- ning birds in front of the car lights news stories from the Oregon Jour- cago.The trip lasted about a year in when we failed to finish before dark]

Oregon Birds Zl(4lz tlE, Winter lgg7 sity. He depended upon Stan to tell ies and National Marine Fisheries Ser- It was those trips along with sPe- him where to collect various mam- vice. He was known wodd-wide as a cial expeditions to the coast,often in mals, from which he extracted fleas specialist on stone flies, which con- association with J.C. Braly, that led to for study.Also named for Stan was a stituted a hobby and avocation.After Birds of Oregon No doubt they had subspecies of cony orAmerican pika retirement, StanJunior started a com- a bearing on Gabrielson (1956) writ- (Ocb otona princeps j eute xi) found in mercial native plant nurserY. His ing that,'Jewett was one of the best theVallowa Mountains @ailey 1936), daughter, Meredith Jewett, constitutes field men I have ever known." and the subspecies of the American a third generation conservationist. In 1935, about the time that Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis j eutett), She is past president and current Gabrielson was transferred to'Wash- which occurs west of the Cascade sanctuary chair for the East Lake ington, D.C., Stan became the first Range (American Ornithologists' Washington Audubon ChaPter in Refuge Manager, then called Superin- Union tg5D.Jewett Lake,located in Vashington. tendent, for the Malheur MigratorY the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the I can't think of a better way to end Bird Refuge. However, it must have \Wallowa Mountains, was also named this than to quote some words from been on a coflrmute basis because he after Stan. the editorial that appeared in the continued to live in Portland and held Stan received many honors, but Oregonian (Anonymous 1949c) the position for less than a year.John perhaps the most treasured, consid- upon Stan's retirement. Scharff then took over the refuge,be- ering the fact he was self-trained,was "Having enjoyed the acquaintance coming the first resident Superinten- receipt of an honorary Doctor of Sci- of some few of the species, we are dent. ence degree from Oregon State Co[- qualified to define a biologist as a for- Stan then became Regional Refuge lege in l953.He was elected as a Fel- tunate nature-lover who gets paid for Biologist for Region I of the Survey. low of the American Ornithologists' ' doing something he would much The region then included 6 western Union in l94O,and was an Honorary rather do than anything else. Good states. He held this position until Member of the Cooper Ornithologi- biologists are born that way... Retire- l94l,when he became the first Pa- cal Society. Besides being active in ment doesn't mean that Stan Jewett cifi c Flyway Biologist.The last 2 years these 2 organizations, he regulady will stop being a biologist. That's of government service before retire- attended meetings of the Pacific something he can't do. His enthusi- ment in 1949 were as a Vildlife Re- Northwest Bird and Mammal SocietY, asm for a new specimen, or another search Biologist. served for many years on the board item of knowledge about the habits One of Stan's last field trips was to or as a scientific advisor for the Or-' of this creature or that, is as boyish as Finley Corrals, which is on the edge egonAudubon Sociery and was active ever..." of the GearhartVilderness in the Fre- with the Portland Chapter of the mont National Forest. This sticks to lzaakWalton League.At the time, the This article was reviewed bY Doris my mind since I worked out of the latter group had a large membership Jewett and Meredith Jewett, wife and same place as a.l7-year old on a For- and was perhaps the most active con- daughter, respectively, of Stanley G. est Service road crew. I don't recall servation organization in the state.A Jewett Jr. Their assistance is greatly what Stan told me about this trip,but bronze plaque, erected by the lzatk appreciated. I heard about it from "SPike" Walton League in honor of Stan and Armstrong, the District RangerAt one Witliam L. Finley, stands near the en- Ltrrnerunr Ctrrn time I worked for"spike,"and he be- try to the headquarters of the came a good friend."spike " joined the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. American Ornithologists' Union. . Nortb American Jewett purty,and got so interested in As an author,Stan's greatest accom- 1957 Cb eck-list of small mammals and birds that he later plishments were probably Birds of birds.Allrrer. Orni. Union. Lord Balti- joined the Pacific Northwest Bird and Oregon (Gabrielson and Jewe tt l94O) more Press, Baltimore, Md. Mammal Society (now Northwest and Birds of Wasbington State Anonymous. 1949a. Jewett, wildlife Society for Vertebrate Zoology) and ()ewett et al. 195D. Figures vary on expert, retires. Oregon tournal, attended their meetings. Stan's knowl- the size of his personal bibliography, Dec.7, 1949. edge and enthusiasm for natural his- the most conservative figure being 80 lg4gb.Biologist in service of tory was so strong that other people (Gabrietson 1956).In addition to his nation since 19lO resigns, cites picked up on it like it was a disease. private collection of bird and mam- ptans for writing career. Orcgonian. "spike"told me that the small quan- mal skins,stan sent hundreds of speci- Dec.7, 1949. tities of meat removed from small mehs to the U.S. National Museum. 19 49 c. SttnleY Jewett retires. mammals and birds during the skin His private collection went to the San Oregoniaz (editorial). Dec. 9, 1949. preparation process went into a stew Diego Museum and College of Puget 1950. Retirements - Stanley e E mpl oy ee. February, which was continuously renewed as Sound. J ew ett. Fe d ral it cooked over a fire. "Young Stan," Stan's son, followed 1950. Three animals carry the name to some degree his father's career by 1951. StanleY G. Jewett is jeutetti in their scientific names in also becoming a biologist.While be- meritorious award winner. Inside honor of Stan. They include a flea ginning as a herpetologist, he went Interior.January 1951. which I donot have the full name for. into fisheries biology through his edu- Bailey,V l936.Tbe mammals and life It was described and named bY Dr.A. cation and emPloYment with the zones of Orcgon.NAmer.Fauna No. Andreasen Hubbard of Pacific Univer- former Bureau of Commercial Fisher- 55. Bureau of Biological SurveY,

Oregon Birds Zt(4\ 119, Winte:1997 Washington D.C. Corvallis. 1997 .Gabrielson and Jewett: Jewett, S. G., \$fl P.Taylor, WT. Shaw, and _, and S.G. Jewett. 1970. Birds who were they? Part I. Ira N. J.\$(tAldrich. 19 5 3 . B irds oflYas b in g- of tbe Pacific Nortbutesf. Dover Gabrielso n. Orcgo n B irds 23(3) : 87 - 'Wash. ton state. Univ. of Press, Se- Publications, New York. 93,Eall1997. attle. Hoffman, R. 1927 . Birds of tb e Pacific McAlliste! T.H., and D.B. Marshall. Gabrielson, I.N. 1956. In Memoriam: states. Houghton Mifflin Co., Bos- 1945.Summer birds of the Fremont Stanley Gordon Jewe tt. Auk 7 3 :5 13- ton. 353 pp. National Forest, Oregon. Auk 516. Marshall, D.B. 1993. At Malheur in 62:177-189. and S.G. Jewett. 1940. Birds 1939 with Stanley G.Jewett.Orcgon Ryan, E.S. 1953. No. I nature lover. of Oregon. Oreg. State Coll., Birds l9:ll-13. Sunday Oregonian M agazine . Oct. 4,1953.0

Ilre Growth of the (hegon Birdlist, lffithrough 199,

George A.Jobanek, 2730 Alde4 Eugene, OR 97405

Tn A bistory of birds,James Fisher l97O) to approximately 535 species species added to the state birdlist LOg54) evaluated the progress of at the end of 1979 (Iehl 1980), an in- from 1906 through 1995, relying British ornithology.As part of his crease of over 100 species in just 35 largely on Gabrielson and Jewett analysis he charted the chronology of years. (1940),Scott,Thompson, and Haislip new species added to the British Inspired by Fisher (1954),and be- (1972),and Schmidt ( I 989), but again birdlist. The results show a steady fore seeingJehl (1980),I became cu- using as well many other sources. I $owth of the list from 1800. Fisher rious what an analysis of the gowth corresponded with Harry Nehls, Sec- identifi ed particularly active periods of the Oregon birdlist would reveal retary of the Oregon Bird Records of adding new species with specific about the progress of Oregon orni- Committee, when there were ques- advances in technology or technique. thology in this century.After reading tions about the validity or proper rec- For instance, a peak around 1830 he Jehl (1980), I focused my questions ognition of first records. I excluded correlated with the rise and improve- on whether there were similarities in from this list species introduced into ment in the shotgunAnother increase the rate of growth of the California the state since l9O5 (although these in the rate of addition of new species and Oregon birdlists. Vhat factors species are included in the final spe- occurred in the early years of this account for the rate of growth in Or- cies totals). century, when birdwatchers' field egon?What does the development of After determining first records, I skills advanced enough to supplant the list tell us about our birding his- arranged them chronologically into shotgun collecting with reliable field tory? periods, each period consisting of 5 identifications. Again, in the early I began my evaluation of the consecutive calendar years: 1906 to 'progress 1950s, a focus on or awareness of of Oregon ornithology by 1910, 191 1 to 1915, 1916 to 1920, and transatlantic vagrants increased the preparing a base-line list of birds so forth, through 1995.I list these rate of growth of the British birdlist known to occur in Oregon prior to records below, within their respective once more. Undoubtedly, advances in l905.For this,I checked the standard periods, with brief notes regarding optics and Birding skills since the early references, including Anthony date and place of observation,and the time Fisher wrote has pushed the list (1886), Brewer (1875), Bendire reference of the record. much further. (1877), Henshaw (1880), Johnson Joseph Grinnell (1922) once wrote (1 88O), Merrill (1 888), Mearns (187 9), rg06-1910 that "it is only a matter of time theo- Pope (1895-1896), and'Woodcock Emperor Goose, Cben canagica - retically until the list of california (1902); I set my base-line at 1905, 31 December l9lO,Fort Stevens, birds will be identical with that for rather than 1900, in order to include Clatsop Co.; Bayer (1987). North America as a whole ." Joseph Woodcock's important paper. In ad- Baird's Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii - Jehl (1980) performed an analysis for dition,I derived records from numer- 22 August I gO9,Woods,Tillamook California similar to James Fisher's ous smaller publications. I disre- Co.; Gabrielson and Jewett that suggested how rapidly this pre- garded dubious records in the early (1940:261). diction is being met.The growth of literature (for a discussion of these Veery, Catbarus fuscescens - 24 the California birdlist as charted by records, see Jobanek 1994b). I have June 1908, Burns, Harney Co.; Jehl has been phenomenal, having appended this pre-1906list to the end Jewett (1913), Gabrielson and increased from 431 species in 1944 of this papet with notes on particu- Jewett (1940477). (Grinnell and Miller l944,as amended lar records. Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis by Jehl 1980 and McCaskie et al. I then determined first records for - June or July 1910, Brogan,

Oregon Birds Zl(4)t 120, Winter 1997 Malheur Co.; Peck (1911), Umatilla Co.; Jewert (1919), Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius (19 (19 40 :2OO) . pomarinus Gabrielson and Jewe tt 40 :462). Gabrielson and Jewe tt - 23 September Black-throated Spar row, Amp b isp iz a CommonTern, Sterna birundo - 3 1932, south jery of the Columbia bilineata 24 June 1908, October 1920, Ontario, Malheur River, Clatsop Co.; Gabrielson and Wright's Point, Harney Co. ;Jewett Co. ; Gabrielson (1921), Grbrielson Jewett (1933, l94O:27 8). (1913), Gabrielson and Jewett andJewett (194O:3O3). Thayer's Gull, Larus tltayeri - 22 (1940:565). Horned Puffin, Fratercula December 1932, Portland, Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula corniculata 7 March 1916, Multnomah Co.; Gabrielson and - - (1940>. 4Jwre l9O7 ,lngan, Clackamas Co.; Netarts Bay,Tillamook Co. ; Jewett Jewett Browning (197 5a) lfhis specimen, (1923), Gabrielson and Jewett Red-legged Kittiwake, Rissa in the collection of the University (1940:319), Hoffman, Elliott, and breuirostris - 2S laruary 1933, of Utah Museum of Zoology, went Scott (197r. Delake, Lincoln Co.; Gabrielson unnoticed until Browning's article. (1933), Gabrielson and Jewett The next subsequent record, un- t92r-r92' (1940:299). derstandably described as the first Cre sted Myna, Acridotheres Thick-billed Murre , Uria lomuia - Iane Co. Oregon record, is one collected 1 cristatellus - 5 February 1922, 30 January 1933,Mercer, ; June 1960 at Malheur National Portland, Multnomah Co.; Scott and Nehls (1974), Schmidt Wildlife Refuge, Harney Co. Gabrielso n (L92Z;Gabrielson and (1989:70). (Kridler and Marshall 1962). Jewett l94O give the date as 4Feb- Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus ruary). This bird was a possible uociferans - 4August 1935,Mer- t9tt-t,1, escaped cage bird (AOU 1983), cer, Lane Co.;Jewett (19421, Rock Sandpipe r, C ali dris pti locnemis but Gabrielson felt it was not' Browning (1974).There are nu- - 3l December 1912, Netarts, (Gabrielson and Jewe tt 19 40 :49 l) . merous earlier dubious records Tillamook Co.; Jewett (l9l4a), Black Rosy-Finch, Leucosticte atrata Qobanek 1994b); see also Gabrielson and Jew ett (l 9 40 :260) . Z?July l923,head of Big Sheep Contreras (1994). - Co. t (1924), Mockingbird, Mimus Glaucous Gull, Iarus hyperboreus - Creek,Wallowa ; Jewet Northern (19 4O:5 polyglottos August 1935, l2 December 1914, Sauvie Island, Gabrielson and Jewe tt 44). - Columbia Co. or Multnomah Co.; Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Gabrielson and Jew ett (19 40 :27 D. r926-1930 Harney Co.; Jewett (1937), Parakeet Auklet, Cyclorrbyncbus Pink-footed Shearwater, Puffinus Gabrielson and Jewe tt (19 40 :462) . psittacula - I January 1913, creatopus - 30 August 1929, Northern Waterthrush, Seiurus Bay,Tillamook Co. Newport, Lincoln Co. Gabrielson, noueboracensis 25 August Netarts ; Jewett ; - (l9l4b), Gabrielson and Jewett Jewe tt, and Braly (1930), I 93 1, Beaver,Tillamook Co. ; Ferris (1940:317). Gabrielson and Jewett (1940:83). (1933), Gabrielson and Jewett Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis - 12 Allen's Hummingbird, Selaspborus (1940:508). April I 9 1 4, Netarts,Tillamook Co. sasin 23 l929,Pistol River, ; - Jlur:.e Jewett (1916), Gabrielson and Curry Co.; Jewett (1929), r9t6-r940 Jewett (1940:348). Gabrielson and Jewe tt (19 40 :364). Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans - White-throated Swift, Aeronautes Jobanek (1994b) discusses earlier 1 June 1936, Mercer, Lane Co.; saxatalis 14 July 19l5,"near" dubious records of the Allen's Jewett (1942).Earlyrecords of the Disaster -Peak, Malheur Co.; Hummingbird in Oregon. Black Phoebe are problematic. Gabrielson and Jewett (1 940: 35D. Newberry (1857) wrote of sPeci- Although Disaster Peak is just 195t-r93' mens "obtained in the UmPqua south of the Oregon-Nevada bor- Buller's Shearwat er, Puffinus bulleri valley" but these records are sus- (1880) der, Gabrielson and Jewett de- - 23 September 1932, Clatsop pect, as are Johnson's scribe this as a Malheur Co.record. Co.; Gabrielson,'Warburton, and records for Salem.Several authors Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoides Couch (1933), Jewett and credited the Black Phoebe to Or- tridactylus - tgJuly lgl4,Three Gabrielson (l 933), Gabrielson and egon on the strength of these re- Sisters, Iane Co.; Shelton (1917), Jewett (194O:84,which gives the ports (|obanek 1994b).Jewett's Gabrielson and Jewett (1 940:388). date as 22 September). (1942) record, of a bird collected Palm'Warbler, De ndroic a p almarum Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata by Overton Dowell,Jr., is the first 'magnificens 26 September 1913, Catlow - 18 February 1935, specimen record. - (l | 4a), Rock, Co.; Brown Thrasher, Totcostoma rufum Valley, Harney Co. ; Jewet t 9 Tillamook Clatsop Klamath Gabrielson and Jew ett (19 4O :5 08). Jewett (1935), Gabrielson and - 2OAugu st lg4O,UPPer Harris' Spaffow, Zonotricbia querula Jewett (1940:102). lake, Klamath Co.; Bagg (1941), (1959), Schmidt 1 February lgl2,Medford,Jack- White-tailed Kite, Elaruts leucurus - Marshall son- Co.; Dawson (1914), 23 February l933,Scappoose, Co- (1989:86). Gabrielson and Jew ett (19 40 :57 6). lumbia Co.; Jewett (1933), Lark Bunting, CalamosPiza Gabrielson andJewett (1940:I8f ). melanocorys - 14 May 1939, tgt6-t92o Gilligan et al. (1994) mention I Saddle Butte, Linn Co.; Gordon (1 1 The Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus - 17 bird "near Portland" in "the mid- (1940), Schmidt 989: I 9). November 1916, Hermiston, 1920s." first verified Oregon record is I

Oregon Birds Zl(4\ 121, Wintet 1997 collected 3January 1967 5.5 miles Ainley and Manolis (1979), brought with him.He was positive east of Oakville Road, Corvallis, Schmidt (1989:40). of the identification, although he Linn Co. (Islam 1994). Tufted Duck, $tlyya fuligula 14 did not describe it in his article so February 1960, Portland,- others could independently con- tg4t-r94, Multnomah Co.; Olson (1961), firm his identification. Gilligan et Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor - Schmidt (1989:44). al. (1994) accept this record, but 31 October 1943, Malheur Na- American Golden-Plover, Pluuialis give the date as 20-28 May 1959. tionalVildlife Refuge, Harney Co. dominicus 24 August 1959, (1989:115) gives ; - Schmidt the first Scharff (1944). Malheur Nationalt$(rildlife Refuge, verified Oregon record as I pho Franklin's Gull, Larus pipixcan - 24 Harney Co.;Kridler and Marshall tographed 3O November 1979 at April I 9 43,Malheur National WiId- (1962). Iakeside,Coos Co. life Refuge, Harney Co.;Littlefield Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte anna Rusty Blackbird, Eupb ag*s caroliruts andThompson (1981). - 3l December 1958, Ashland, - 20 March 1959, Tillamook, European Starling, Sturnus uulgaris Jackson Co.; Boggs and Boggs Tillamook Co.; Walker (1960), - 10 Decembe r 1943, Malheur (1 960), Browning (197 5b, which Schmidt (1989:123). National Wildlife Refuge, Harney gives the date as 2l December). Co.;Jewett (1946). I have disre- Phainopepla, Pbainopepla nitens - t 6t-196, garded here early reports of Euro- 17 May 1957 , Malheur National Flesh-footed Shearwater, Puffinus pean Starlings deriving from intro- Wildlife Refuge, Harney Co.; carneipes - 12 September 1965, ductions; see Jobanek (1987; Marshall (1959), Schmidt mouth of the Columbia River, r99r. (1989:89). Clatsop Co.; Harry Nehls (personal Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea - Northern Parula, Parula americana corre spondence). Schmidt 4 July 1941, near Fort Klamath, - 2?June 1957,Coos Head,Coos (198941) gives the first verified Klamath Co. Schmi dt (1989 :l I 4). Co.;Contreras (1978). Oregon record as I photographed ; 'Warble Black-throated Blue r, 30 September 1978 off Newport, tg46-tgro Dendroica caerulescens - 9 Oc- Lincoln Co. American Black Duck,Anas rubripes tober I 9 ST,Malheur National Wild- Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis - 29 - 12 November 1950, Summer life Refuge, Harney Co.; Marshall Novembe r l965,Sauvie Island, Co- Lake, Lake Co.; Bailey (1951), (1959),Schmidt (1 989:98). lumbia Co. or Multnomah Co.; Jewett (1954).The Oregon Bird Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica striata Kebbe (1966),Evanich (1992a). Records Committee first rejected - 6June 1957,North Bend, Coos Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendro- this record because of the possi- Co.; Contreras (1978).The first cygna bicolor - 24 May 1965, bility that the bird had escaped verified Oregon record is 1 co[- Haystack Reservoir, Jefferson Co. ; from captiviry (Schmidt I 989), but lected 7 September 1967 at Rogers (1 965). Schmidt (1989:44) accepted the record upon recon- Malheur National'Wildlife Refuge, gives the first verified Oregon sideration (I.Iehls l99l). Harney Co. (Littlefield and record as a flock of I I photo- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila Mclaury 1973; Schmidt 1989: graphed 14 February l97O at Coos caerulea 26 April 1949, 103). Bay, Coos Co.. Thurston, Lane Co. ; Pruitt (l 950). Black-and-White Warbler, Mniotilta Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris aaria - 17 September 1960, pusilla - 23luly 1965, Sauvie Is- 19rr-r9r, Malheur National Wildlife Refu ge, land, Columbia Co. or Multnomah Laysan Albatross, Diomed.ea Harney Co.;Kridler and Marshall Co.; Baldridge and Crowell (1965). immutabilis 3OJanuary 1953, (1962). Schmidt (l 989: I 05) gives Schmidt (1989 5D gives the first Clatsop Co.; -McAllister (1954). the first verified Oregon record as verified Oregon record as I pho Schmidt (1989:40) gives the first one photographed 15 June 1974 tographed 19 August 1977 at Ag- verified Oregon record as I bird at Kimball State Park, Klamath Co. ate Reservoir,Jackson Co. found dead l3July 1950 in Clatsop Dickcissel, Spiza americana - 25 Stilt Sandp iper, Calid.ris bimantopus Co. (originally re ported in March I 9 59,T illamo ok, Tillamo ok - May l962,Klamath Marsh, Kla- Fredrich 196l). McHugh (1950) Co.;Walker (1960). The Oregon marh co.; Scott (1962). Schmidt remarks that Laysan Albatrosses Bird Records Committee regarded (1989:60) gives the first verified were seen off Oregon in March or this record as unacceptable Oregon record as I photographed April 1949,but gives no other de- (Schmidt 1989:142),but I am in- 30August 1974 at the south ietty tails. clined to accept it, for these rea- of the Columbia River,ClatsoP Co. Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella sons: (f ) Walker was thoroughly Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites pallida 15 November 1953, familiar with the Dickcissel, hav- subruficollis - 1O SePtember Pleasant- Valley, Tillamook Co.; ing studied, photographed, and 1965, Sauvie Island, Columbia Co. Schmidt (1989:tt7). collected the species when he or Multnomah Co.;Baldridge and lived in South Dakota. (2) r$(ralker Crowell (1966). Schmidt 19r6-1960 watched theTillamook birdfor 15 (1989:62) gives the first verified Mottle d Petrel, Pterodroma minutes at a bird feeder just out- Oregon record as I bird Photo- graphed 1 September 1968 at inexpectata - 25July l959,Alsea side a window,and compared the Bay, Lincoln Co.;Wallace (f 96f), bird with Dickcissel skins he had Yaquina Bay, Lincoln Co. (origi-

Oregon Birds Zl(4)z 122, Winter 1997 nally reported as a Sharp-tailed Oregon record as I photographed Tillamook Co. Gilligan et al.(1994) Sandpiper in Hoffman l972,but 15 July 1972. mention briefly that the first state seeWatson 1987). Mountain Plover, Charadrius record of the Swamp Sparrowwas South Polar Skua, Catbaracta rnontanus - 2 January 1967, in1955, with no other details. Co. Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla mnccorrnicki - 4 October 1963, Corvallis, Benton ; MacDonald Cape Meares,Tillamook Co. Boggs (1967),Crowell and Nehls (1967). 22 November 1967, Portland, ; - and Boggs (1964).Yocom (194D Schmidt (1989:50) gives the first Multnomah Co.; Banks (1970), recorded I seen l7July 1945 465 verified Oregon record as I pho Schmidt (1 989: 1 28). Gilligan et al. nautical miles west of Cape tographed 19 November 1977 at (1994) give the year as 1968. Blanco, Curry Co. Bayocean Spit,Tillamook Co. LeastTern, Sterna antillarum - 2l Xantus' Murrelet, Syntblibrarnpbus r97r-r97' May 1964, Fort Stevens,Tillamook bypoleucus - 19 November BaikalTeal, Anas formosa - 12 Janu- Co.;Walker (1972). 1969,65 miles off Newport, Lin- ary 1974, 2 miles east of Finley Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus coln Co.; Schmidt (1989:70). National uflildlife Refuge, Benton melancbolicus 14 November Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus Co.; Nehls (1992a). | Cape Meares,Tillamook- Co. T May 1966, Cape Common Moorhen, Gallinula 965, ; forficatus - Baldridge and Crowell (f 9661. Arago, Coos Co.; Crowell and cbloropus 20 May 1972, Schmidt (1989:80) gives the first Nehls (1966:541). Schmidt Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, verified Oregon record as 1 pho (1989:83) gives the first verified Harney Co.; Littlefield, Cornely, tographed on14 October l98l at Oregon record as I photographed and Thompson (f 985), Schmidt Newport, Lincoln Co. 14 June 1978 at Davis [ake, Kla- (1989:48). Schmidt (1989) gives Tennessee'Warbler, Vermiaora math Co. the first verified Oregon record as peregrina 12 June 1963, California Thrash er, Toxostoma 1 bird photographed I May 1976 Malheur National Wildlife Refu ge, rcdiuiuum - 2OJuly 1967,5 miles at Port Orford, Curry Co. Harney Co.; Kridl er (1965). west of Medford, Jackson Co.; Little Gul[, Larus minutus - 2O Oc- MagnoliaVarbler, Dendroica rnagno- Crowell and Nehls (1967:599), tober 197 5, Tillamook B^y, lia 25 October l964,Bayocean Browning (1975b). Tillamook Co.;Crowell and Nehls Spit,- Tillamook Co.; Hesse and Le Conte 's Thrasher, Toxostoma (1976). Schmidt (1989.66) gives Hesse (1965 :7 O). Brownin g (197 4) lecontei - 29 July 1966, Pilot the first verified Oregon record as gives the first specimen record as Rock, Jackson Co.; Crowell and' 1 bird seen 11 August 1979 at I bird collected l8 September Nehls (1966:594), Browning Yaquina Bay, Lincoln Co. l97l near the mouth of Euchre (1975b). Gilligan er al. (1994) do Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula Creek, Curry Co.Joban ek (199 4b) not include this species. - 4 November 1973, Sauvie Is- discusses an eady dubious record. Chestnut-sided Warbler, Dendroica land, Multnomah Co.; Schmidt Bay-breasted Varbler, Dendroica pensyluanica - 21 June 1966, (1989:75). Schmidt (1989) gives castanea 6 July 1963, Upper Malheur National Wildlife Refu ge, the first verified Oregon record as Klamath -Lake, Klamath Co.; Harney Co.; Zeillemaker (1971), 1 photographed 13January 1983 McCaskie and De Benedictis Schmidt (1989:93). near PalmerJunction, Union Co. (1964),Schmidt (1989:l O I ). Cape MayVarbler, Dendroica tigrina Barred Owl, Strix uaria 18 June rilflenaha - Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus 4 9 June 1967,Malheur National 197 4, River drainage, - - \ilralowa June 1951, Malheur NationalWild- Wildlife Refuge, Harney Co.;Scott Co.;Taylor and Forsman life Refuge, Harney Co.; Kridler (1967:592), Littlefield and (197 6),Schmidt (1989 :7 5). (1965), Littlefield and Mclaury Mclaury (197D. Gilligan and Costa's Hummingbkd, CalyPte costae (197 5),Schmidt (1 989: I 0D. Schmidt (1983) give the first veri- - 5 April l972,Astoria, ClatsoP Painted Bunting, Passerina ciris 2 fied Oregon record as I photo- Co. ; Schmi dt (1989:7 6). - 1980 at Blue Cyanocitta cristata De- June I 9 63,lvtalheur National Wild- graphed 19 October Jay, - life Refuge, Harney Co.; Kridler Bayocean Spit,Tillamook Co. cember 197 3,Halfway, Baker Co.; (1974). (1965),Schmidt (l 989: 1 1 5). Black-chinned Sparrow, SPizella Gashwiler and Gashwiler atrogularis l97O,Ro>rY Btack-backed Vagtail, Motacilla Hooded Oriole , Icterus cucullatus - -7 June 15 May l963$stiland,Jackson Co.; Ann Butte, Jackson Co.; Crowell lugens 3 February l974,Eu' - (1 Browning (1955, 1975). Schmidt and Nehls (1970:638), Browning gene, lane Co. ; Schmidt 989:88). ' (1939:126) gives the first verified (1975b). Schmidt (1989: r 18) gives Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo Pbila- Oregon record as I photograPhed the first verified Oregon record as delpltictts - L4June1974,2 miles 29 December 1976 at Depoe Bay, 1 photographed 14 June 1977 at east of Ochoco Ranger Station, Lincoln Co. Medford,Jackson Co. Crook Co.;Harry Nehls (Personal Swamp Sparrow, MelosPiza correspondence). Gilligan et al. tg66-lgTo georgiana - 29 Decembe r 1968, (1994)give the single state record Yellow-billed Loon, Gauia adamsii Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lane Co.; as 1 photographed 3June l99l at 8 March 1969 ,mouth of the Co- Iarrabee (196D. Schmidt (1989: Fields, Harney Co. - Green Warblet, Den- lumbia Rive r, Clatsop Co. ; Remsen 120) gives the first verified Oregon Black-throated and Binford (1 975). Schmidt record as I photographed 16 Oc- droica uirens - 13 June 1974, (1989:38) gives the first verified tober 1972 at Bayocean SPit, Astoria, Clatsop Co.; Littlefield

Oregon Birds Zf(4)z 123, Winter 1997 (1980). Schmidt (1989:99) gives Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris - difficulry of identification of this the first verified Oregon record as 28 September 1 978, Newport, Lin- species. 1 photographed 2l May 1982 at coln Co.; Lethaby and Gilligan Golden-winged Warbler, Vermiu ora Pike Creek, Harney Co. (199r, t9g2). cbrysopter* 14 June 1977,ln- Prothonotary Warbler, Proto notaria Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris dian Ford Campground,- Deschutes citrea 19 October l974,Shore acuminata 23 October 1977, Co.; Schmidt (1989:89). Schmidt Acres -Park, Coos Co.; Contreras Bayocean Spit,- Tillamook Co.; (1989) gives the first verified Or- (1978). Mewaldt (1977) and Schmidt (1 989:56). Although egon record as I photographed 3 Schmidt (1989:107) report the Hoffman (1972) reported a Sharp- June 1983 at Malheur National first verffied Oregon record as 1 tailed Sandpiper in 1968 at Wildlife Refuge, Harney Co. bird captured in a mist net and Yaquina Bay, Uncoln Co., this in- Virginia's Warbler, Vermiuora photographed lgAugust 1976 at dividual is now regarded as a Buff- uirginiae 29 May 1977, Hart Hart Mt.,Iake Co. breasted Sandpiper (Watson Mt., [,ake Co.;- Contreras (1978), HoodedVarbler, Wikonia citrina - 1987). Schmidt (1989:91). 2O July 197 ,'Washburn Wayside, Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris feruu- Summer Thnager, Piranga rubra - Lane Co.; Contreras (1978), ginea 2l July l976.Yaquina Bay, 19 May 1976, Malheur National Schmidt (1989:11O). Lincoln- Co.; Schmidt (1989:58). Wildlife Refuge, Harney Co.; Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pbeuctic*s Schmidt (1989) gives the first veri- Littlefi eld, Cornely, and Thompson ludouicianus - 25 December fied Oregon record as 1 bird pho- (1985). Delevoryas (198O) and 1972, Lake Oswego, Clackamas tographed on 27 July 1985 at Schmidt (f 989:111) report the Co.; Schmidt (1989: I I 1). Bandon, Coos Co. Although first verified Oregon record as I Blue Grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea - Schmidt (1989:58) lists an earlier banded and photographed 14 4 January lg75,Corvallis, Benton record, of I seen 11 August 1965 June 1979 atHart Mt., [ake Co. Co.; Eltzroth and Jarvis (1976), at Sauvie Island, Multnomah Co. ScarletThnager, Piranga oliuacea - Schmidt (1989:ll2). this record was rejected upon re- 3l May 1979, Malheur National Rustic Bunting, Emberiza rustica - consideration by the Oregon Bird Wildlife Refuge, Harney Co.; 2l November 1975, Portland, Records Committee (Netrls I 990). Littlefield, Cornely, and Thompson Multnomah Co.; Schmidt Rufl Philomacbus pugn*x - 8 Sep- (1 985), Schmidt (1989:1 I 1). (1989:r22). tember 1979, south ietty of the McCown's Longspur, Calcarius Columbia River, Clatsop Co.; mccoutnii - SAugust l976,High- 1976-r9EO Schmidt (1989:64). way 20, Harney Co.; Schmidt W'ilson's Storm-Petrel, Oceanites White-winged Dove, Zenaid.a asi- (1989 :t2t). Littlefi eld ( I 990) does oceanicus 3l May 1976, atica - 25 August 1976, south not include an eadier record, I Clatsop Co.; Schmi dt (1989:41). jetty of the Columbia River, seen 24 November 1956 ^t Red-billed Tropicbird, Pbaetbon Clatsop Co.; Gilligan et al. (1994). Malheur National Vildlife Refuge aetbereu5 - "$s6ond week of Schmidt (1989:74) gives the date (Scott 1957:47),so I am reluctant July" 1978,10 miles west of Coos as 28August.Schmidt (1989) gives to list this as a first record. Bay, Coos Co. ; Gilligan et al. (1994). the first verified Oregon record as Chestnut-collared Longspur, Calcari' Yocom (1947) reported one seen 1 bird photographed 28 October us ornatu-s - I May l976,Fern 7 September 1945 46O nautical 1979 at Newport, Lincoln Co. Ridge Reservoir, Iane Co. ; Schmidt miles west of Cape Blanco, Curry Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Splryrapi- (1989:t?t). ' Co. cus uarius - 9 July 1976, Scog- McKay's Bunting, Plectrophenax King Eider, Somateria spectabilis - gins Valley Park,Washington Co.; lryperborcus - 23 February 1980, 10 March 1976, Garibaldi, Schmidt (1989:78). south jetty of the columbia River, (1 122). Tillamook Co. ; Schmi dt (1989 : 46). Le ast Flycatcher, Empidonax Clatsop Co.; Schmidt 989: Schmidt (1989) gives the first veri- minimus - I June 1977, Hart Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus fied Oregon record as one bird Mountain, Lake Co.; Schmidt mexicanus - 16 May 1980, found dead 18 November 1980 at (198979) Malheur National Wildlife Refu ge, CapeArago, Coos Co. Northern Wheatear, Oenantbe Harney Co.; Littlefield (1983), Mongolian Plover, Cbaradrius oenantbe 22 June 1977, Schmidt (1989:123). mongolu.s - 1l September 1977, Malheur National'Strildlife Refu ge, Common Grackle, Quiscalus Bayocean Spit, Tillamook Co.; Harney Co.; Schmidt (1 989:84). quiscula - 28May l977,Malheur Schmidt (1989:49). Wood Thr ush, Hy locich la muste lin a National rU7ildlife Refuge, Harney (1977), Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa - 2l May 1980, Mahogany Moun- Co.; Summers Schmidt baemastica 1O September tains, Malheur Co.; Schmidt (1989:125). Schmidt (1989) gives 1978, Bandon,- Coos Co.; Egger (1989:85). Gilligan et al. (1994) the first verified Oregon record as (1 980), Schmidt (1 989: 50). give the date as 27 May. one photographed 1 May 1987 at Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa l.apponica Bell's Vireo, Vireo bellii - 22 May Veneta, Lane Co. 23 September 1976, Bandon, 1980, Fields, Harney Co.;Schmidt Coos- Co.;Schmidt (1989:53). See (1989:89).I have disregarded ear- r9E1-r9Et Jobanek (1994b) for discussion of lier records (such as Crowell and Murphy's Petrel, Pterodroma ultima an earlier dubious record. Nehls 197O.637) because of the - I 5 June I 981, NewPort, Lincoln

Oregon Birds Zl(4)z lz4rWtnter 1997 Co. ; Bailey, Pyle, and Spear (1 989), Lincoln Co.;Schmidt (f 989:lol). tggt-rgg, Schmidt (1989:40). Mourning Warbler, Oporornis Black-vented Shearwater, Puffinus Black Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma pbiladelpbia - 26 September opistbornelas - 22 November melania 8 September 1983, 1982, Malheur National Vrildlife 1992, Bandon, Coos Co.; Gilligan Seaside, Clatsop- Co.; Schmidt Refuge, Harney Co.; Schmidt (1993), Nehls (1995). (1989:4r). (1989:109). Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus - Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea Canada N(rarbler, Wi k o ni a c an ad, e ns is 13 December 1991, Lower Kla- 16 May f g85,BuenaVista Ferry - 25 September 1982, Malheur math National Wildlife Refuge, Kla- Willamette- River, Marion Co. and National Wildlife Refuge, Harney math co.; Gilligan et al. (1994). Polk Co.; Gilligan et al. (1994). Co.; Schmidt (1989: I lO). Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri - l0 Schmidt (1989:4D gives the date Le Conte's Sparrow, Ammodramus February l992,Coos Bay,Coos Co.; as 18 May. leconteii - 27 September 1983, Griffith (1992). Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo Fields, Harney Co.; Gilligan et al. Smew, Mergellus albellus - 27 Jaru- platypterus - 29 May 1983, (1984),Schmidt (1 989: l2O). ary 1991, Columbia River Gorge, Malheur National Wildlife Refu ge, Orchard Oriole, Ictents spurius - 27 Hood River Co.;Johnson (1991), Harney Co. ; Schmi dt (1989:47). September 1981, Newport, Lin- Nehls (1992b). Spotted Redshank, Tringa erytbrcPus coln Co.;Gilligan and Irons (1987), Slaty-backed Gull, Larus scbistisagus 2l February 1981, south ietty Schmidt (1989:125). - 27 December 1992, Sauvie Is- of- the Columbia River,Clatsop Co.; land, Multnomah Co.; Finnegan Schmidt (1989:50). r9s6-r990 (1993), Lehman (1993), Nehls Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius Garganey, Anas querquedula 17 (1993b). - ' ContoPus tabitiensis - 16 September 1981, September 1988, Nehalem, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Bandon, Coos Co.; Schmidt Tillamook Co.; Johnson and uirens - 28 May 1994, Malheur (1989:50). Lethaby (1991). National Wildlife Refuge, HarneY Rufous-ne cked Stint, Calidris Piping Plover, Cbaradrius melodus Co., Summers (1994), Johnson (199r. ruficollis 20 June 1982, - 6 September lgS6,Neahkahnie Bayocean Spit, Tillamook Co.; Beach, Tillamook Co.; Schmidt Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis Phoebe - schmidt (1989:55). (1989:50). 5 June 1992, Falls CitY, Polk Co.; (199r. (1993a) dis- Little Stint, Calidris minuta - 7 Sep Ross'Gull, Rbodostetbiarosea - 18 Tice Nehls tember 1985, Bayocean SPit, February 1987,Yaquina Bay, Lin- ' cusses previous Oregon records of Tillamook Co.; Johnson (1987), coln Co.; Nehls (1987), Schmidt the Eastern Phoebe not accePted Schmidt (1989:55). (1989:68). by the Oregon Bird Records Com- Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta Lucy's Warbler, Verrtiuora luciae mittee. - Pyrocepbalus - 2 September 1981, south ietty 27 December 1986, North Fork Vermilion Flycatcher, of the Columbia River,Clatsop Co.; Siuslaw River, Lane Co.; Bond rubinus - 1O October 1992, Gilligan er al. (1987), Schmidt (l 987), Schmidt (1989:92). Bend, Deschutes Co.; Crabtree (19s9:56). Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica (199D. Oriole, Icterus laughing Gull, Larus atricilla - 24 fusca - 15 September 1986, Streak-backed April 1983, Lower Klamath Na- Malheur NationalrXrildlife Refuge, pustulatus 28 September 1993, - Refuge, tional rVildlife Refuge, Klamath Harney Co. ; Littlefield (l 990).The Malheur National Wildlife Co.; Schmidt (1 989:66). first veri.fied Oregon record is 1 Harney Co.; Herlyn, Jones and Common Black-headed Gull, Larus photographed 15 November 1987 Simmons (1994), Herlyn (1994), ridibundus 20 December near Nehalem, Tillamook Co. Denny (1994). - Co. Schmidt f Schmidt Scott's Oriole, Icterus parisorum I 98 I Astoria, Clatsop ; Qohnson 988; - (1989:66). 1989:100). 4 June 1991, Fields, Harney Co.; (1992b),Nehls (1993c). Elegant Tern, Sterna elegans - 7 PinerWarbler, Dendroicapinus - 23 Evanich August 1983,Coos Bay, Coos Co.; October l986,Harbor, Curry Co.; Lawrence's Goldfinch, Carduelis Gilligan et al. (1994). Schmidt (1989:101). lautrencei 24 December 1991, - (1993c). Gray-cheeked Thrush, Catbarus Worm-eating !flarbler, Helmitb eros Florence, lane Co. ; Netrls (f lists one minimus 22 September 1984, uermiuorus - 16 September Schmidt 989:144) Fields, Harney- Co.; Schmidt 1990, Malheur National r$/ildlife record not accepted bY the Or- (1989:85). Refuge , Harney Co.;Anderson egon Bird Records Committee. Blue-winged Warbler, Vermiu ora (1991). 'Warbler, ehl (1980) remarked, in his analY- pinus - 5 August 1984, Mount Kentucky Oporornis f Hood, Hood River Co.; Schmidt formosus - l5June 1989,Fields, I sis of the California state birdlist, (1989:89). Harney Co.; Nehls (1991). Yhat theoretically, "since the pool of Yellow-throated Warbler, Dendroica Hoary Re dpoll, Carduelis untapped speciis is finite, and since dominica gJune 1985,Malheur bornemanni - 2l Jtnuary 1986, most of the'easy'species should oc- National rWrildlife- Refuge, Harney Umapine, Umatilla Co.; Schmidt cur early [that is,be added to the state Co.; Schmidt (1989: f 0O). (r989:129). list in the first several years of studyl, Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor the theoretical $owth curve should show a rapid rise followed bY t - 27 September 1981, NewPort,

Oregon Birds Zl(4\ l2t, Wintct 1997 gradual tapering off." He found, how-

evelthat this was not the case in Cali- Number ol Oregon CBC fornia.Instead, the rate of addition of participants eaqh year new species increased from 1.60 spe- cies added per year from 1945-1959 to 4.00 species/year from 196O to l979.Jehl proposed several factors 6 that might have been important in c soo t maintaining the high rate of increase Number ol Oregon CBCs .9 6 in California, some of which are spe- 4oo o cific to that state. o o Oregon records no more fit a theo soo t retical growth curve as defined by zf Jehl (198O) than do the California records. Figure I shows the cumula- tive growth of the Oregon birdlist since I 9O6.The pre-1906 list inctudes 31O species (adjusted for current 't912 1922 1932 1942 1952 1962 1972 1982 1992 taxonomic understandings). By 1935, Figure 2. Number of Uegon Cltristmas Bird Counts and number of CBC participants pzr yaff, when Ira Gabrielson and Stanley Jewett concluded their field work for yaL very steady through the 1970s (Fig- Birds of Oregon (1940), the Oregon These figures - 0.83 species,/year ure 2). By 1992,874 birders partici- list had grown to 334 species (exclud- for 19061935, 1.62 species/year for pated on Oregon counts (a factor that ing Black Rail; see Jobanek 1994b),tn 193 Gl97 O, and 3 .42 species/year for unfortunately skews analysis of par- increase of 24 species in29 years,or 197l-1995 - are similar to those for ticipation in the last few years is the 0.83 species/yeatThe next publica- California - 1.60 species/year from tendency of several counts to under- tion of a state list a-fter Birds of Or- 1945-1959, and 4.00 species/year report participants). egon, Gerald Bertrand and J. Michael from 1960-1978 Qehl l98O).Figure I Related to this increase in statewide Scott's Cbeck-list of tbe birds of Or- shows this increased rate of growth participation is a similar increase in egon (1971; seeJobanek 1994a), saw for Oregon records.I present here a the number of Oregon Christmas Bird the list grow to 389 species (exclud- discussion of factors that might have Counts per year (Figure 2). Beginning ing Mute Swan andWhite-tailed Ptar- played a role in maintaining the high in the mid-1950s, the number of re- migan). This is an increase over 34 rate of addition to the Oregon birdlist. porting Christmas Counts increased years,from 1935 through l970,of 55 Birders have increased in both steadily until by l992,there were 40 species, or 1.62 species/year. The numbers and competence in Oregon Christmas Bird Counts in Oregon. present compilation of first records since 1905, and this increase was Both of these figures reflect a con- given here lists 159 species added most marked in the mid-1960s and siderable increase in birder numbers since l906,plus two introduced spe- l97os. Data from Oregon Christmas during the 1960s and the 1970s.With cies, Chukar and Wild Turkey, an in- Bird Counts illustrate these increases. a greater number of birders in the crease of 161 species, for a total of Statewide participation in Oregon state, we might well expect an in- 471 species.This is 82 species added Christmas Bird Counts remained fairty crease in new species added to the since Bertrand and Scott (1971), a steady until a tremendous increase state list. Likewise, Jehl (1980) con- period of 24 years, for 3.42 species/ about l966.The increase continued sidered the increasing number of birders one factor in maintaining the 500 high rate of growth of the California 450 list. The competence of Oregon's 400 birders has also increased consider- E 350 o ably since 1 906Again, Christmas Bird o .9 o Count results offer support for this. 300 ffi* o. E CL Cumulative Oregon bird o An Oregon Christmas Bird Count did (E zso list by S-year periods o not exceed 100 species until 1952, { E !,o when the Klamath Falls CBC re- I zoo E E o corded 102 species.Beginning in the o I tso .9 early 1970s, 100 species in I day has o G o been a frequently reached benchmark 6 1oo CL @ for many Counts, particulady those 50 west of the Cascade Range 6igure 3). Related to the competence of identi- pre-1906 1911-15 1921-25 1931-35 1941-45 1951-55 1961-65 1971-75 1981'85 1991-95 fication and Count covenrge, the in- participants, and to the in- Figure 1. Species addd to tbe Oregon bird list sinu 1905 by 5-ya.r periocb and curnulatiue Syowlh of the crease in Oregon bird list sinu 1905. crease in both the number of Christ-

Oregon Birds Zl(4lz 126, Winter 1997 counts for the third highest county total of new records. The greaternumber of new records have been during the spring and fall o o migration periods (Figure 5).Whether -9(, g o o g. 1s0 this is due to a gteuter tendency of ot o vagrants to occur in the state at these o oo seasons or to birders being more ac- o c5 roo o tive at these times is not clear. Both E at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in o Total spocies c recordsd on oo Harney Co. and coastal birding [oca- Oregon CBCs tions are birded most heavily during both migration periods. There also seems to have devel-

1912 17 22 27 32 37 42 47 52 57 62 67 72 77 g2 87 92 oped a. greater interest in vagrancy since the mid-l960s.Evidence for this Figure J. Numbur of Oregon CBk countiryl 100 species or more per yur and total Eecia sem on Uegon CBk arch year. is the rise of rare bird alert networks, a phenomenon of the early 1970s and mas Counts and their geographical ing their efforts on specific locales sinceAnalysis of the records of shore- distribution is the dramatic and steady recognized as productive birds and warblers demonstrate this as well.[n the mid-1970s the numbers increase in the cumulative Christmas birdwatching spots. Figure 4 depicts ' Bird Count species total 6igure 3). the number of first records for each of species in both groups increased Jehl (198O) also recognized the in- counfy.The large number of records sharply. Shorebirds, represented by 3l creasing "sophistication" of birders as from Harney County reflects the species on the pre-1906 list,were still a factor in the $owth of the Califor- popularity of Malheur National I/ild- at only 39 species through l975.In nia list. life Refuge as a birding locale. the 5-year period 1976-198O,7 addi- Along with this increase in both Tillamook Co.,with the second high- tional species appeared on the list, numbers and competency of est total of new species added since then 5 more species between 1981 Oregon's birders has been a. gre ter 1906, is another location birded and 1985.The increase in warbler coverage of the state's geographic re- heavily, particularly during both species has been less dramatic but no gions. Bird study in the eady years of spring and fall migrations.It draws a less compelling. Represented by 12 this century was concentrated in the large number of birders from the species on the pre-19o6 list,warblers Willamette Valley, principally at its population centers of the northern had increased by only 4 species northern end,with some work on the tVillamette Valley. Similarly, Clatsop through 1960.Their representation central and northern coast.Onty a few Co. is birded heavily during migra- increased by 4 species from 196l- birdwatchers made trips to sites in tions by Portland birders and ac- 1965,4 again from 1966'197O, then central and eastern Oregon,and then for only brief periods (see, for ex- Washinoton ample, Gabrielso n 1924, 1929 Folk ;Jewett Marion | 9 3 l, | 932;Mar shall I 99 3; and Walker Linn l9l7).Also, Oregon Christmas bird Jefferson counts,besides being few in number, Crook Columbia were located predominantly west of Baker the Cascade Range until the mid Wallowa 1950s 1970s. By 1995,Christ- Umatilla or early Hood River mas counts occurred in 28 of Deschutes Oregon's 36 counties. Suggesting the Currv Clackama6 broader distribution of Oregon's Lake birders at present is the distribution Benton of Oregon Field Ornithologists mem- Malheur Klamath 20, num- bers. Oregon Birds,volume Jackson ber 3, l994,reached birders in 31 of Lincoln Oregon's 36 counties (only Gilliam, Multnomah Lane Jefferson, Sherman,'Wallowa, and Coos Wheeler Counties were not repre- Clatsoo sented on the mailing list).While cer- Tillamook Harney tainly OFO membership is concen- trated in the more populous ls 20 25 30 35 'Willamette Figure 4. County distribution of Eecia arJrfud to the Oregon bird list since 1905, Not listedfor nan recorcls Valley, we are a geographi- siice 1905 are Douglas, Gilliam, Grant,JosEhine, Motou, Shermnn, [Jnion, Wasco, Wbeeler, andYambill re- cally diverse group, and this is Cos. Notel:TherecordoftheLittleBlu.eHeron,giumintbelirtasforMarianCo.andPolkCo,,ishuelisted flected in the birdlist. onlyfor Marion Co. Noti 2: Recordsfor M.uuie hland, dastribedin the listas Columbin Co. or Multnomnh Birders have also begun concentrat- Co., are bere listalfor Multnonnh Co. only.

Oregon Birds Zl(4lz 127, Winter 1997 number of additions. Howeve \ a great January number of species have been re- February corded in British Columbia,Washing- ton, and especially California, that March have yet to be found in Oregon, as April clearly shown by BillTice (1994).As we become increasinglyaware of the May possibilities and focus our efforts on June discovering elusive transients, the Y Oregon birdlist will grow,if not as fast July as it once did. Someone one day will August find a Smith's Longspur on its jour- ffi ney through Oregon 1997),or September @axon Y a Siberian Accentor, or a Masked October Booby, just as several lucky birders November found the Shy Albatross in October 1996 off the Lane County coastline December (Hunter and Bailey 1997).Indeed, oceanic, or pelagic, birding promises 5 10 15 20 25 30 to add a number of exciting species Figure 5. Distribution by month of Eecies added to the Oregon bird list since 1905. to the Oregon birdlist (Hunter and Gillson 1997), as a focus on shore- consistently by 2 or 3 species each 5- of the word "birding" to describe what birds added many species after 1975. year period until 5 species for each had once been called "birdwatchingJ' Discovering new birds in Oregon of the periods 1981-1985 and 1986- As "birders,"'we have more aggres- will take patience, skill, hard work, 1990. Most of these species added in sively pursued the rarities and va- and no doubt luck, but fortunate these later periods are vagrants or rare grants that have pushed the list to its birders will continue to be delighted migrants heretofore unnoticed as part present size. by what they find. We might never of the Oregon avifauna, and their ad- Another factor that should be men- approach the size of the California dition to the list indicates an increas- tioned is the evolving notion of what birdlist,let alone the national list that ing interest of Oregon birders to fo- is an acceptable record. Before the California aspires to, but given the cus attention on poorly understood l940s,a bird needed to be collected amazingrecords of avian vagrancy to and challenging groups. - killed and prepared as a study skin date, each period, if not each year, will This willingness to tackle difficult : before it was added to the state witness remarkable records of won- groups is related to another factor. list. Gabrielson (1922) and Jewett derful birds. Jehl (1980) suggested that some of (193, both expressed hesitancy to the most important factors in the add 2 well-observed and distinctive Acknowledgements growth of the California list, such as birds on sight records aloneAdvances Harry NehlsrAlan Contreras, and Bill the increasing number and sophisti- in photography after the 1940s al- Tice read portions of the manuscript cation of birders, an interest in avian lowed photographs to partly supplant and made helpful cornments and sug- vagrancy, and a focus on birding"hot the specimen as irrefutable evidence gestions. Owen Schmidt gleatly im- spots," could be traced to the influ- 'of occurrence. More significantly, proved the appearance and clarity of ence of Guy McCaskie. Likewise, gradually through the 1940s, 1950s, the figures. Roberson (1980) pointed to both and 196Os, and increasingly since McCaskie and Rich Stallcup as influ- then, there has come a greater, now Lrrrnerunr Crren ential in the gowth of the California almost universal acceptance of sight Ainley, D.G., and B. Manolis.1979.Occur- list.While I cannot show it quantita- records, when supported by careful, rence and distribution of the Mottled tively, I feel the same phenomenon accurate observations documented Petrel. Western Blrds lO:ll3-123. has happened in Oregon. Within by compelling written details. The American Ornithologists' Union Commit- tee 1886. Tbe cod.e of nomen- birding communities, individuals have Oregon Bird Records Committee, or- [AOU]. clature and cbeck-ltst of NortbAmerl- played roles garuzed I reviews records significant in developing in 978, now can blrds. American Ornithologists' birding expertise. Certainly Harry submitted to it and maintains the state Union,NewYork. Nehls in Portland and [arry McQueen birdlist. Careful consideration of American Ornithologists' Union IAOU]. in Eugene have strongly influenced records by the competent panel of 1983. Check-llst of Nortb Amerlcan birding competence and enthusiasm birders comprising the committee b irds,6th edition.American Ornitholo in their communities. Nehls and assures the validity of sight records. gists' Union, Iawrence, Kansas. McQueen, and others, have served as Can we expect the Oregon birdlist American Ornithologists' Union Commit- mentors of a new generation of to continue to grow at the rate evi- tee [AOU] . 1985.Thirty-fifth supple- birders. It is also interesting how dent in the l96os, 1970s, and early ment to the American Ornithologists' Union Cbeck-llst of Nortb Amerlcan closely the dramatic increase in spe- 1980s? Perhaps not-the years btrds.Auk lO2:68G686. 1986-1990 cies to both the California and Or- and t99l-r995 did not American Ornithologists' Union Commit- egon has paralleled the rise match the previous periods in birdlists 5-year tee [AOU]. l989.Thirty-seventh supple-

Oregon Birds Zl(4lz l2E, Winter 1997 ment to the American Ornithologists' borhood of Camp Harney, Oregon, com- l8:2G28. Union Cbeck-ltst of Nortb Amerlcan piled from the correspondence of Capt. Fa

Oregon Birds Zl(4lz 12r, Wintet 1997 t^l;'Auk 39:373-380. (Oregon) region. Blrd-Lore 34:2G2l, Irthaby, N., and J. Gilligan. l99l.An oc- Grinnell,J., andA.H. Miller. 1944.T\e dis- 149-r, t, 214-216, 279-280, 348-349, currence of the Great Knot in Oregon. tribution of the birds of California. Pa- 40.a-408. Orcgon Blrds 17:35-37. clfl c C oas t Au lfauna 27 : I 4O8. Jewett, S.G. 1933.ttrtihite-tailed Kite in Or- Lethaby, N., and J. Gilligan. 1992. Grcat Henshaw, H.W: 188O. Ornithological re- egon. Mur'rclet 14:79. Knot in Orego t Arnerlcan Btrds 46:46 port from observations and collections Jewett, S.G. 1935.The Man+war-bird off 47. made in portions of California,Nevada, the Oregon coast. Condor 37:212-213. Littlefield, C.D. 198O. New bird records and Oregon,by assistant H.W Henshaw. Jewett, S.G. 1937.The Western Mocking- from Malheur Nationalrvildlife Refuge, App. L of the Report of the Chief Engi- bird in Oregon. Condor 39:91-92. Oregon. Western Blrds l1:181-f 85. neers, pp. 282-335. In'. Annual report Jewett, S.G. 1942. Some new bird records Littlefield, C.D. 1983. Oregon's first of fue U. S. geograpbtcal suruey utest from Oregon. Condor 44:3637. records of the Great-tailed Grackle. of tbe IOOtb merldlanfor 1879.Gov- Jewett, S.G. 1954.A specimen record of Western Btrds l4:2Ol-2O2. ernment Printing Office,Washington, D. the Black Duck in Oregon. Murrelet Littlefield, C.D. 1990. Blrds of Malbeur C, 35:47. Nattonal Wt ldltfe Refuge, Oregon. Or- Henshaw, H.w' 188 l. On Podtceps Jewett,S.G., and I.N. Gabrielson. I 933.The egon State University Press, Corvallis. occidentalis and P clarkll. Bullettn of New Zealand Shearwater, Littlefield, C.D.,J. E. Cornely, and S. PTh- tbe Nuttall Ornltltologlcal Club 6:214- Tl4tellodroma bullert (Salvin) off the ompson. 1985. Recent bird records zta. Columbia River, Oregon. Auk 5O:91. from Malheur Nationalr#ildlife Refu ge, Herlyn, H. 1994. Oregon's first Streak- Jobanek, G.A. 1987. Bringing the Old Oregon. Mun'elet 66:25-28. backed Oriole. Oregon Blrds 20:39-41. Wodd to the New: the introduction of Littlefield, C.D., and E.L.Mclaury. 1973. Herlyn, H., S.Jones, andJ. Simmons. 1994. foreign songbirds into Oregon. Oregon Unusual bird records from southeast- Oregon's first Streak-backed Oriole. Btrds 13:59-75. ern Oregon.,4 uk 90:680482. Oregon Birds 2O:75-77. Jobanek,G.A. l993.The European Starling Littlefield, C.D., and E. L. Mcl-aury 1975. Hesse,W, and H. Hesse. 1965. Northern in Oregon. Oregon Btrds 1993-96. Ovenbird records for Oregon. Western Pacific Coast region. Audubon Field Jobanek, G.A. l994a.A brief history of Birds 6:114. Notes 196*7 |,409-412, 5O5-5O7 . Oregon ornithology, pp. iv-vi. In: Littlefield, C.D.,and S. PThompson. 1981. Hoffman, Wi 1972. A sight record of the Gilligan,J., M. Smith, D. Rogers, andA. History and status of the Franklin's Gull Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at South Beach, Contreras. 1994. Btrds of Oregon: sta- on Malheur National I/ildlife Refuge, Lincoln County, Oregon. Murrelet tus and dlstributlon. Cinclus Publica- Oregon. Great Basln Naturallst 53:32. tions, McMinnville, OR. 4t:440444. Hoffman, W, WP Elliott, and J.M. Scott. Jobanek, G.A. 1994b. Dubious records in Long,J.L. 1981. Introduced blrds of tbe l975.The occurrence and status of the tlre eady Oregon bird literature . Oregon uorld: the uorldu-tide blstor?, distrlbu- Horned Puffin in the western United Birds 2O:3-23. tion and lnlluence of birds lntroduced States. We s t ern B i rd s 6:87 -9 4. Jobanek, G.A., and D.B. Marshall .1992. t o new enulronrnents.Universe Books, Hunter, M.G., and D.C. Bailey. 1997. John K.Townsend's 1836 report of the NewYork. Oregon's first Whitecapped Shy Alba- birds of the lower Columbia River re- MacDonald, D.L. 1967. Sixty-seventh tross (Diomedea cauta cauta). Oregon gion, Oregon and Washington. Nortb- Christmas bird count: 764. Corvallis, Birds 23:35-39. ue st erfl N aturallst 7 3: l-l 4. Oreg.Audubon Fteld Notes 2l:355-356. Hunter, M.G., and G. Gillson. 1997.The Johnson,J. 1987. Oregon's first Little Stint. Marshall, D.B. 1959. New bird records future of Oregon's oceanic birding. Oregon Btrds 13:283-285. from southeastern Oregon. Condor Oregon Birds 23:4O 46. Johnson,J. 1988. First verified record of 6r:53-56. Islam, K. 1994. Oregon's first verified Blackburnian warbler for Oregon. Or- Marshall, D.B. 1993.At Malheur in 1939 record ofa Lark Bunting. Oregon Blrds egon Birds l4:237-236. with Stanley G. Jewett. Oregon Blrds 20:84. Johnson,J. 1991. Fieldnotes: western Or- l9:l 1-13. Jehl,J.R.,Jr. l980.Trends in the state list egon, winter l99C)-l99l. Oregon Blrds McAllister, T. l954.The laysan Albatross of California birds. Western Birds 17:95-96. (Diomedla lmmutabtlis) on the Or- I 1:103-l lO. Johnson,J. 1995. First record of Eastern egon coast lsicl. Auk 7 1:21 l. Jewett, S.G. 1913.Three new birds from Wood-Pewee for Oregon. Oregon Blrds McCaskie, R. G., and P De Benedictis. 1964. eastern Orcgon. Condor 16:93. 2t:34. Bay-breasted Warbler and Red-eyed Jewett, S.G. 1914a.Two new birds to Or- Johnson, J., and N. Lethaby. 1991. Vireo in Klamath CounryOregon. Con' egon. Condor 16'.93. Garganey: the first Oregon record. Or- dor 66:76. Jewett,S.G. l9l4b.Bird notes from Netarts egon Btrds 17:38. McCaskie, R.G., P DevillersA.M. Craig, C.R. Bay, Oregon. Condor 16:107 -l I 5. Johnson, O.B. 1880. List of the birds of the Lyons,VP Coughran, andJ.T. Craig. 197O. California. Jewett, S.G. I 9 16. New and interesting bird Willamette Valley, Oregon. Amerlcan A checklist of the birds of records from Oregon. Condor 18:.21-22. Nat uralist I 4:485-49 l, 63544 l. Callfornla Btrds I :4-28. Increasing abundance Jewett,S.G. f 919.Gray Gyrfalcon taken in Kebbe, C.E. 1966. Cattle Egret sighted in McHugh,J.L. 1950. Oregon. Condor2l:123. Oregon. Murrelet 47 :37. of albatrosses off the coast of Califor- Jewett, S.G. l923.The Horned Puffin on Kridler, E.1965. Records, obtained while nia. Condor 52: I 53-l 56. the coast ofOregon. Condor25:134. banding, of birds unusual in southeast- Mearns, E.A. 1879A partial list of the birds collected by Jewett, S.G. lg24.Additional records of ern Oregon.,4 uk a2:49G497. of Fort Klamath, Oregon, alpine birds in Oregon. Condor26:78. Kridler, 8., and D.B. Marshall. 1962.Addi' Lieutenant Villis Wittich, U.S.A., with additions hy the col- Jewett, S.G. 1929.Allen Hummingbird in tional bird records from southeastern annotations and Oregon. Condor3l:226. Oregon. Condor 64:162-164. lector. Bullettn of tbe Nuttall Ornltbo- Jewett, S.G. l93l.The season: Portland Larrabee, A. 1969. Sixty-ninth Christmas loglcal Club 4:16r-166, 194-199. (Oregon) region. Blrd-Lore 3321'23, bird count: 798. Eugene, Oreg. Audubon Merrill, J.C. 1888. Notes on the birds of r36t37, 2O3-2O5, 27G277, 34G341, Fteld Notes 23:4OG4OI. Fort Klamath, OreSon.With remarks on 415-417. Lehman, P. 1993. Oregon's first Slaty- certain species by William Brewster. 25 r'262, 3 -366. Jewett, S.G. 1932.The season: Portland backed G:ull. Oregon Btrds 19:63. Auk 5:139't 46, 57

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Red-tlrroated Loon, Gauia stellata dromafurcata Black-crowned Night-Heron, American Vigeon, Anas americana u a s i ne Pacific Loon, Gauia pacifica Leach's Storm-Pettel, Oceanodroma N1 c I icorar nltc ti corax C,u* uback,,4y t by a li rh Common lnon, Gauia immer leucorboa White-hced lbis, Plegdis cbihi Redherd, Ay t by a arwi c ana Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus American White Pelican, Pelccanus 'ltrndra Swan, Cygnw columbianus Ring-necked Duck, Ay tbya co llaris podiceps erylbrorlryncbos Trumpeter Swan, Cygnw buccinator Greater Scaup,,{J, t lrya marila Homed Grcbe, Podiceps aurilus Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occifun- Greater White-fronted Goose,,4zser Lesser Scaup, 4/ tlrya alfinis Red-necked Grebe, PodicePs talis albifrons Harlequin Dtck, Histrionicus gisegeru Double-crested Cormorant, Pbala- Snow Goose, Cben caerulescens bislrionicus byenalis Eat ed Grebe, Po dic eps n igi co llis crocorax auitus Ross' Goose, Cben rossii Oldsquaw, Chngula Vestern Grebe, AecbrnoPborus Brandt's Cormoront, Pbalacrocorax Brunq Branta bemich Black Scoter, Me hni t ta nigra pe p i c i I la t a occifontalisl Pnicillarus Cantda Goose, Branta canadensis S/|irf Scoter, M e hn i t t a r s Sco ter, M eh ni t ta ca Clark's Grebe, AecbmoPborus Pelagic Cormoran t, P balacroc o rar Wood Duck,llr spozsa White-winged fus chrkiil pehgicus Green-winged Ted., Anas crecca Common Goldeneye, BucePbala Short-tailed Albatross, D iotnedea American Bittern, Botaurus Mallar d, An as p la ty lry n c b o s clangula alhalrus Lentiginosus Northern Pinltil, Anas acuta Barrow's Goldeneye, BucePbala Black-footed Albatross, Dionedea Least Bittern, Ixobrycbus *ilis Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors ishndica nigipes Great Blue Heron,Ardea berodias Onnamon Teal,,{ tas cy ano/tera Rrflehad, Bu c eP h ala a I be o la LoPbodYtes Northem Fulmar, Fulrnaras ghcialis Grc*Egret,Arfoa alba North ern Shov eler, Anas c lyP e a t a Hooded Merganser, Sooty Shearwater, Pullinus griseus Snowy Egret, Dgretta tbula Gadwall,Atws strepera cucullat*s Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Oceano- Green Heron, Bu torifos uirescens Eurasian Wigeon, AMs Pefielo|e Common Merganseq ltergus mer'

Oregon nirds 23(4): lllrWintea 1997 ganset longicaufu ularh Stelgidopteryx seffiprrnis Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus Y,lhimbr el, N uman iu s p bae opu s Greal Gray Owl, Srrr nebulosa Bank Sw allow, R ifi ria rifu ia serrator Long-billed Curlew, Numenius lnng- ar ed Ovi, As io o t us Cliff Swallow, I*ra tdo pyrlnnou Ruddy Duck, Oryura jamaicensis americanus Short-eared 0wl, Asio lhmmeus Bam S\rallow, /*'nrndo rustica Ibrkey Vulture, Catbartes Marbled G a aura odvit, limos fedo a Boreal Ovil, Aegolius funcre*t Gray Jry, Perisoreus canafunsis California Ruddy Condor, Gymnogltps llrrnstone,Armaria inlerpes Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius Steller's Jay, Cyanocitla stellcri califomianul Black Turnstone, Arenaria acdicus Vestern Scrub-Jay, Apbelocoma Osprq, Pandion baliaetus mchnoceplnla Common Nighthawk, Cborfoiles mi- californica Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leuco- Surlbir d, Ap b ri za u i rga ta nof Pinyon Jay, Gymnorbinus cyano- cepbalas Red trnot, Calidis canutus Common Poorwill, Pbalaenoptilus cepbalus Northem Harier, Circus cyaneus Sanderling, Calidis aha nuttallii Clark's Nutcracker, Nucifraga colutn - Sharp-shinned Hawk, Ac cipi ter Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri Black Swift, Cypsehifus niger biana striatus Least Sandpiper, Calidis minutilh Vaux's Swift , Cbaetura uauxi Black-billed Magpie, Pica pica Cooper's Hawk, Accipi ter cooperi i Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris Black-chinned'Hummingbird, American Crow, Coruus Northem Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis mchnotos Arcbilocbus alexandi bracbyrbyncbos Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo Durln, Calidris alpina Calliope Hummin gbird,, Stellula cal - Northwestern Crow, Coraus caur- lineatuf Short-billed Dowitcher, liory inusto Swainson's Harwk, Buteo suainsoni Limnodromus griseus Broadtailed Hummingbird, Selrrc- Common Paven, Contus corax Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jarnaicensis Long-billed Dowi tcheg limnodrorn - pborus phtycercus Black-capped Chickadee, Parus Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalk us scolopaceus Rufous Hummin gbir d, Se laspborus atricapillus RoughJegged Hawk, Buteo lagopus Common Snipe, G allinago gallirwgo rafrc Mountain Chickadee, Parus gambeli G olden Eafle, Aq u i h c b rys ae t o s Wilson's Phalarope, Pbalaropus tri- AIlen's Hummin gbird,, Selaspboris Chestnut-backed Chicladee, Parus American Kesffel, Faho Wn)erius colar sasin rufescms Merlin, Falco co lumbarius Red-necked Phalarope, Pbalaropw Belted Kingfisher, Cayle alcyon Plain Titrnouse, Parus inornatus P ruie F alcon, Falco mcxicanrs lobatus Lewis' Voodpe cker, lul e lanerpe s Rlushttt, Psal triparus minimus Peregrine Falcon , Falco percgrin*r Red Philtr op e, P ha hrop *s fuli caria buis Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta cana- GrzlyPnndge, Perdix pdit Parasitic Jaeger, Stercorarius Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes funsis Ring-necked Pheasant, Pbasianus parasiticus formiciaoras White-breasted Nuthatch, Jil/a colcbicuss Long-tailed Jrcger, Stercorarius Red-naped Sapsucker, Spb?rupic us carolinensis Spruce Grouse, Dendragapus longicaudus nucbalis Pygmy Nuthatch, Silta ptgnaea canadensis Bonaparte's Gull, Iants pbiladelpbk Red-breasted Sap sucV,eg Sp byap i c us Brown Creeper, Certbia americana Blue Grouse,Daz drdgdpus obscurus Heermann's Gull, I-ants beermanni rabet Rock Vren, Salpinctes obsoletus Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa unbellus Matt Grsll, Larus canus Williamson's SapsucV*r, Sp byrapi c us C,anyon V ren, Cat berpes mexicanus Sage Grouse, Centrocercus Ring-billed Gull, lanzs dehwarensis tbyoideus Bewick's Vrcn, Tbryomanes be- uropbasianus California Gull, laras californicus Nuttall's Woodpecker, Picoides uichii Sharp+ailed Grcuse, Tlmpanuc b us Her ring Gu//., Lara s argefit at u s nuttallii House Vren, Troglo$ttes aedon phasiancllus Western Gull, lants occifuntalis Downy Woodpecker, Picoides WinterVren, Tmglodytes hogladytes Northern Bobwhite, Colinus Glaucous-winged Gull, Iarus pubescens Marsh Wren, Cistotborus palustris airyinianu{ glaucescens Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides uillosus American Dipper, Cinclus California Quul, Callipepk cali,for- Black-legged Kittiwake, Rissa White-headed Wo o dp ecker, P i c o i de s mcxicanus nica trifuctyla albohntatus Golden-crowned Knglet, Regulus Mountain Quul, Oreortyx pictus Sabine's Gull, Xema sabini Black-backed Vo odpecker, Picoi de s satrnp0 Yellow Rail, Coturnicops noae- Caspian Tern, Sterna caspia arcticils Ruby-crowned KnSet, Regulus cal- boracmsk Ar ctic Tem, S t eraa p aradi s ae a Northern F\cker, Colaptes aulatus efiduh Y ir gnia Rul, R al lus lim i c o la Forster's Tern, S/ana forsleri Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus Westem Bluebird, Sialia mcxicana Sora, Ponana carolirw Black Tem, Cblidonias niger pileatus Mountain Bluebird, Sialia American Coot, Fulica anericarw Common Mwre, Uria aalge Olive-sided Flycatcher, Conlopus bo - cumrcoides

Sandhill Crane, Gras canadsnsis Pigeon Guillemot , Ceppbus columba realis Townsend's Solitaire, lllyadestes Black-bellied Plover, Pluaialis Marbled Murrelet, Bracbltrampbus Western Vood-Pewee, Contopus townsendi squatarola nurnorutus sordidulus Swainson's Thrush, Calbarus Pacifi c Golden-Pl over, Pluuialk fulua1 Ancient Murrelet,Syntbliborampbu"s Willow Flycalcher, Empidonax tra illi i ustulatus Snowy Plover, Cbaradrius alex- antiquus Hammond's Flycatcher, Emp i donax Hermit Thrush, Catbaras gulta tus andrinus Cassin's AukJel, Ptycborampbus batnmondii American Robin, Turdus migra toi *s Semipalmated Plover, C baradrius aleuticus Dusky Flycatcher, Dmpidonax Varied Thrush, /roreus naeaius senipalnatus Rhinoceros A:uklet, Cerorbinca oberbokeri Yl r enlil, Cbamma fas ci a ta Klldeel C baradi u s u o c iferus ffionocetala Gr ay llycatcher, Empido n *x u,rig b t ii Sage Thrasher, Oreoscoptes Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus T\fted Puffin, Fra t ercu la c i n b a ta Pacifi c-slope Flyc xche4 E mp i do nax montanus bacbmani Rock Dove, Colunba liuid dfficilise American Pipit, Ant bus ntbe s cens Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus Band-tailed Pigeon, Colunba Cordilleran Flycatcher, Empidonax Bohemian Vaxwing, Bornbycilla mexicanus fasci.ata occidentalise ganul*s American Avocet, Recurairostra Molt,mtng Do,t e, Zenai da mac ro ura Say's Phoebe, SaTornis saya Cedar \l x:wing, fu m by c ilh c e dr or - ameicana Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus Ash+hroated Flycatcher, Myiarcbus urn Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melan- amcicanus cinerascens Northern Shike, Lanius eccubitor oluca Bam Owl, Tyto alba Vestern Kingbird, Tyrannus uerti- loggerhead Shike, Ianius ludo- Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa Jlauipes Flammulated Orpl, Otus thmnrco lus calis uicianus Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Vestern Screech-Owl, Otus Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannw Solitary Vireo, Vireo s oli tarius Villet, Catoptropborus semipahn- hennicottii Honed Lrrk, Eremop b ik alps fi s Hutton's Vireo, Vireo buttoni alus Great Homed Owl, Bu bo uirginian*s htrple Maflin, Pr ogne s u b i s Warbling Yireo, Yireo giluus

Wandering Tattler, H e tero s ce lus Sno*y Owl, Nyctea scandiaca Tree Swalloq Tacbycheta bicolor Red-eyed Yireo, Vireo oliuaceustl incanus Northern Sgmy-Owl, Glaucidiutn Violet-8reen Swallow, Tacbycineta Orange-crowned Warbler, Vetmhnra Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularh Snonut tbalassina celata Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunic- Northern Rough-winged Swallog Nashville Varbler, Yermiuora raJi-

Orcgon Birds 23(4): ll?rVtnter 1997 capilll Cassin's Finch, Carpodacus cassinii t First successfully introduced into Gabrielson andJewett (1940) re- petecbia House Finch, Carpodacus mexi- Yellow warbler, Dez droica Oregon in 1881. port the first specimen as I col- Yellow-rumped warbler, D endroica canus lected 3l May 1916 at Homestead, corotata Red Crossbill, Ioxia curuirostra 6An Black+hroated Gray Ylrbler, Den- Vhite-winged Crossbill, Ioxia introduced species. Baker Co. droica nigrescens leucopterats Warbler, Dendroica Common Redpoll, Carduelis rzEarly Townsend's flan- 'The Lesser Colden-Plover species observers had great difficulty townsendi tne4 complex was separated into the distinguishing betneen the Tricol- Heffntt \l alibler, D en dm i ca o c c i fun' Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus talis Lesser Goldfinch, Carduelis psaltia American Golden-Plover and the ored Blackbird and the various American Redstart, SeloPbaga American Goldfin ch, Carduclis tristis Pacific Golden-Plover in the 39th subspecies of the Red-winged ruticilla Evening Grosbeak, Cocco t braustes supplement to the AOU check-list Blackbird. As a result, most early MacGillivray's Warbler, Oporornis aespertinus (AOU Bretherton's ob- records of the Tricolored Black- tobniei House Sparrow, Pa.ssar domesticusta 1993). B,J. Common Yellowthroat, G eot blyPis servations (Woodcock 1902) ap- bird in Oregon are dubious. ticbas parently pertain to the Pacific Johnson Neff saw Tricolored Black- Mlson's warbler, wikonia named as separate species Pusilla 'Originally Golden-Plover. birds l4July 1931, l0 miles south Yellow-breasted Chal, Icteia uirms (Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence of Klamath Falls, Klamath Co., and Western Tanager, Piranga ludo' 1858), by the lst AOU Check-list aiciana I Early observers ignored the Rock collected the first Oregon sPeci- birds (AOU Black-headed Gro sbeak, Pbeucticus of North American Dove, but it was estab[shed in Or- mens sometime behreen ll June melanocepbalus Vestern Grebe and 1886), the egon long before 1906. Evanich and l6June 1933 atAgency[ake, l,ulJn Bunting, Pas s er i n a aln o e rut Clark's Grebe were regarded as "maY Co. (Neff 1933). Green{ailed Towhee, PiPilo cblor' (1986) thought this species Klamath conspecific (Clark's Grebe was urus well be oregon's first successfully t3The Spotted Towhee, Prpilo macuhtus believed to be the female of the introduced bird." only record ofthe white-winged California Towhe e, Pipilo crissalis Western Grebe). The 35th supple- Crossbill in Oregon prior to 1906 American Tree Sparrow, SPizella ment to the Check-list again rec- e (1886), who saw "two arborea These 2 species were formerly con- is Anthony ognized them as separate species Chipping Sparrow Spi ze I k fus seri ni sidered as one species, the wesr or three" in December 1884 in (AOU 1985). An early paper that Brewer's Sparrow, Spizella breueri ern Flycatcher, and were not for- Washington Co. dden H. Miller Vesper Sparrow, Pooecetes reported Clark's Grebe as an Or- separate until collected 2 12 1938 on the gramineus mally recognized as Jlly egon species is Henshaw (1881). Lark Sparrow, Cbondesles gram' 1989 (AOU 1989). Al$ough earlY upper Lostine River, Vallowa Co., m4cus observers reported only the Vest- for the first specimen records zThe S^ge Spz;tr ow, Amp b i sPi za be lli California Condorwas extirpated ern Flycatcher, records Prior to (Gabrielson and Jewett 1940). Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus from Oregon by 1906; see Vilbur for both sandwicbensis 1906 exist PoPulations. ( 1973), andJobanek and Marshall r{ Grasshopper Spar row, Ammodramus Although introduced into other (1992). saaannarum t0The Northwestern Crow's place on states, the House SParrow seems Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca the Oregon birdlist is dubious, at to have reached oregon on its own, Song Sparroq rtlelospiza melodia r Although Gabrielson and Jewett by riding freight trains. Lincoln's Sparrow, MelosPiza best. Many early records of North- presumably ( 1940) placed the Red-shouldered lincolnii westem Crows are most likelycon- First noted in Portland in 1889, is list of Vhite{hroated Sp atow, Zono ticbia Hawk on the hlpothetical fused with ,{merican Crows. numbers were still low in 1897. BY albicollis Birds of oregoz because they 1902, however, A.W. Anthony re- Golden-crowne d Sparrow, Zono' doubted the identifications of ttThe garded the House Sparrow as lricbia aticapilla only record of the Red-eyed (1880) Bendire white-crowned Sptnow, Zono tric bia Johnson and Vireo in Oregon prior to 1906 is a abundant in Portland, and it was (1892), Browning (1973) has leucopbrys bird seen byVernon BaileYin 1897 very common elsewhere in the Dark-eyed lunco hyemalis that Bendire's observations, Junco, shown in Klamath Co. (Gabrielson and Villamette Valley (Jobanek 1987). lapland Longspur, Calcarius from 1878, are valid. 0 lapponicus Jewen 1940). The next record, and Snow Bunting, P/ec lropbmax niualis the first specimen, was I collected 4 Bobolink, D o li c bonyx ory ziuoru s First successfully introduced into 9 July l9l5 l3 miles southwest Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius Oregon in 1900 (Gabrielson and of Grants Pass, Co. phoeniceus JosePhine Jewett 1940). I do not include here Tricolored Blackbird, Agelaius tri- (unpublished field notes ' : species, both game and colortz manyother and collection of A. C. western Meadowlark, Sturnella non-Bame, that were introduced Shelton, University of , neglecla priorto 1906, manyofwhich sur- '. jr.'; Oregon Museum of I Yellow-headed Blackbird, Xantbo - vived for several years, but which cepbalus xan t ho ceP balus Natural History). .r, ,'ar',. Brewer's Blackbird, EuPbagus ultimately did not become estab- cyanocepbalus lished as Oregon species. For their Brown-headed Cowbird, Molotbrus histories, see Palmer (1899), atet Phillips (l!28), Long (1981), Bullock's Oiole, Icterus bullockii Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, /eaco - Evanich (1986), and Jobanek sticte tephrocotis (1987). Pine Grosbeak, Pinicob enuclealor * Purple Finch, Caf ofuus Purqureus

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18- l9 July Lincoln County 0n Saturday we willjoin a 4-hr Family Day pelagic trip run by The Bird Guide out of Depoe Bay from 8AM-noon. "Here is the pedect trip for beginners and the whole familyl A short trip to see shearwaters, phalaropes, jaegers, murrele6, and even Cmy Whalesl" The rest of the weekend we will spend around Lincoln county. Base: Newport. A sepamte registntion ($35 per person) will be required for the pelagic trip. "Limited space; advanced registmtion requiredlThe Bird Cuide,3.ll Park Street, Banks,0R 97106, phone (503) 324-0508.' l5-I6 August Lake County Please make a senarate conu of this form for each weekenduou wish to attend August is shorebird time and the alkaline lakes of take county offer spectacular concentmtions N WI of shorebirds, gulls, and waterfowl. This trip will be led by local exped Cmig Miller. Base: Sumnrer Lake. 29-30 August Sauvie lsland/Fern Hill wetlands We will look for southbound shorebirds and summer nesters in the Columbia and Tualatin valleys. Base: Beaverton.

1 - t t3 September Enjoy the Shorebird Festival. Citg, State, Zip Come to Charlston for the Oregon Shorebird Festival, an annual Oregon birding gathering.

19 September Fall N.A. Migration Count* 26-27 September Malheur NWR Come enjoy the oisp air at Malheur NWR and look for hll migmnts. This trip will be led by Tim Janzen. Base: Malheur Field Station, Number of persons l0- 11 October NE Umatilla County Amount enclosed We will search for that "most wanted" owl, the Boreal 0wl, and enjoy the fall colors of the Blue $15 per participant fvlountains. Base: Walla Walla, WA. Make checks pagable to 14-15 November Columbia River We will check out the lall mignnts on the Columbia River from the John Day dam to Hood River. 0regon Field Oinithologists Base: The Dalles. Questions? 12-13 December Wallowa County Call (503) 646-7889 We will look for winter species: waxwing5, finches, raptors, and gallinaceous birds, and enjoy to3 Lhe beauty of the Wallowas. Base: Enterprise. Mall 0F0 Blrdlng Weekend lorm December Christmas Bird Counts* Paul T. Sulliuan Don't miss out on this special annual birding event. 44?0 S.W. Murray Blvd. f26 Beauerton,0R 97005 ' Events marked with an asterisk are not 0F0 Birding lt&ekends and require separate registmtion. _ Great Gray Owl _ European Starling _ Long-eared Owl _ Cassin's Vireo _ Short-eared Owl _ Hutton's Vireo _ Red-throated Loon Wild Turkey _ Northern Saw-whet Owl _ Warbling Vireo _ Pacific Loon Northern Bobwhite _ Common Nighthawk _ Red-eyed Vireo _ Common Loon California Quail _ Common Poorwill _ Tennessee Warbler _ Pied-billed Grebe Mountain Quail _ Black Swift _ Orange-crowned Warbler _ Horned Grebe Yellow Rail _ Vaux's Swift _ Nashville Warbler _ Red-necked Grebe Virginia Rail _ White-throated Swift _ Yellow Warbler _ Eared Grebe Sora _ Black-chinned Hummingbird _ Yellow-rumped Warbler Western Grebe American Coot _ Anna's Hummingbird _ Black-throated Gray Warbler Clark's Grebe Sandhill Crane _ Calliope Hummingbird _ Townsend's Warbler Black-footed Albatross Black-bellied Plover _ Broad-tailed Hummingbird _ Hermit Warbler Laysan Albatross American Golden-Plover _ Rufous Hummingbird 11 Palm Warbler Northern Fulmar Pacific Golden-Plover _ Allen's Hummingbird _ Black-and-white Warbler Pink-footed Shearwater Snowy Plover _ Belted Kingfisher _ American Redstart Flesh-footed Shearwater Semipalmated Plover _ Lewis' Woodpecker _ Ovenbird Bailer's Shearwater Killdeer _ Acorn Woodpecker _ Northern Waterthrush Sooty Shearwater Black Oystercatcher _ Red-naped Sapsucker _ MacGillivray's Warbler Short-tailed Shearwater Black-necked Stilt _ Red-breasted Sapsucker _ Common Yellowthroat Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel ., American Avocet _ Williamson's Sapsucker _ Wilson's Warbler Leach's Storm-Petrel Greater Yeliowlegs _ Downy Woodpecker _ Yellow-breasted Chat American White Pelican Lesser Yeliowlegs _ Hairy Woodpecker _ Western Tanager Brown Pelican Solitary Sandpiper _ White-headed Woodpecker _ Black-headed Grosbeak Double-crested Cormorant Willet _ Three-toed Woodpecker _ Lazuli Bunting Brandt's Cormorant Wandering Tattler _ Black-backed Woodpecker _ Green-tailed Towhee Pelagic Cormorant Spotted Sandpiper _ Northern Flicker _ Spotted Towhee American Bittern Upland Sandpiper _ Pileated Woodpecker _ California Towhee Least Bittern Whimbrel _ Olive-sided Flycatcher _ American Tree Sparrow Great Blue Heron Long-billed Curlew j_ Western Wood-Pewee _ Chipping Sparrow Great Egret Marbled Godwit _ Willow Flycatcher _ Clay-colored Sparrow Snowy Egret Ruddy Turnstone _ Hammond's Flycatcher _ Brewer's Sparrow Cattle Egret Black Turnstone _ Dusky Flycatcher _ Vesper Sparrow Green Heron Surfbird _ Gray Flycatcher _ Lark Sparrow Bl.-crowned Night-Heron Red Knot _ Pacific-slope Flycatcher _ Black-throated Sparrow White-faced Ibis Sanderling _ Cordilleran Flycatcher _ Sage Sparrow Tundra Swan Semipalmated Sandpiper _ Black Phoebe _ Savannah Sparrow Trumpeter Swan Western Sandpiper „ Say's Phoebe _ Grasshopper Sparrow Gr. White-fronted Goose Least Sandpiper _ Ash-throated Flycatcher _ Fox Sparrow Snow Goose Baird's Sandpiper _ Western Kingbird _ Song Sparrow Ross' Goose Pectoral Sandpiper _ Eastern Kingbird _ Lincoln's Sparrow Emperor Goose Sharp-tailed Sandpiper _ Horned Lark _ Swamp Sparrow Brant Rock Sandpiper _ Purple Martin _ White-throated Sparrow Canada Goose Dunlin _ Tree Swallow _ Golden-crowned Sparrow Wood Duck Stilt Sandpiper _ Violet-green Swallow _ White-crowned Sparrow Green-winged Teal Buff-breasted Sandpiper _ N. Rough-winged Swallow _ Harris' Sparrow Mallard Ruff _ Bank Swallow . Dark-eyed Junco Northern Pintail Short-billed Dowitcher _ Cliff Swallow _ Lapland Longspur Blue-winged Teal Long-billed Dowitcher Barn Swallow _ Snow Bunting Cinnamon Teal Common Snipe _ Gray Jay _ Bobolink Northern Shoveler Wilson's Phalarope _ Steller's Jay . Red-winged Blackbird Gadwall Red-necked Phalarope _ Blue Jay . Tricolored Blackbird Eurasian Wigeon Red Phalarope _ Western Scrub-Jay _ Western Meadowlark American Wigeon Pomarine Jaeger . Pinyon Jay . Yellow-headed Blackbird Canvasback Parasitic Jaeger . Clark's Nutcracker t Brewer's Blackbird Redhead Long-tailed Jaeger „ Black-billed Magpie . Brown-headed Cowbird Ring-necked Duck South Polar Skua . American Crow . Bullock's Oriole Greater Scaup Franklin's Gull _ Northwestern Crow . Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Lesser Scaup Bonaparte's Gull _ Common Raven . Black Rosy-Finch Harlequin Duck Heermann's Gull _ Black-capped Chickadee . Pine Grosbeak Oldsquaw Mew Gull _ Mountain Chickadee . Purple Finch Black Scoter Ring-billed Gull _ Chestnut-backed Chickadee . Cassin's Finch Surf Scoter California Gull _ Oak Titmouse House Finch White-winged Scoter Herring Gull Juniper Titmouse . Red Crossbill Common Goldeneye Thayer's Gull . Bushtit . White-winged Crossbill Barrow's Goldeneye Western Gull . Red-breasted Nuthatch . Common Redpoll Bufflehead Glaucous-winged Gull . White-breasted Nuthatch . Pine Siskin Hooded Merganser Glaucous Gull . Pygmy Nuthatch . Lesser Goldfinch Common Merganser Black-legged Kittiwake . Brown Creeper American Goldfinch Red-breasted Merganser Sabine's Gull . Rock Wren Evening Grosbeak Ruddy Duck Caspian Tern . Canyon Wren House Sparrow Turkey Vulture Elegant Tern . Bewick's Wren Osprey Common Tern . House Wren White-tailed Kite Arctic Tern . Winter Wren Bald Eagle Foster's Tern . Marsh Wren Northern Harrier Black Tern . American Dipper Sharp-shinned Hawk Common Murre . Golden-crowned Kinglet This is a list of the 352 species most Cooper's Hawk Pigeon Guillemot . Ruby-crowned Kinglet Northern Goshawk Marbled Murrelet . Blue-gray Gnatcatcher likely to be encountered in Oregon. Red-shouldered Hawk Ancient Murrelet . Western Bluebird This list is based on the records of the Swainson's Hawk Cassin's Auklet . Mountain Bluebird Red-tailed Hawk Rhinoceros Auklet Townsend's Solitaire Oregon Bird Records Committee and Ferruginous Hawk Tufted Puffin . Veery uses the taxonomic sequence and no• Rough-legged Hawk Horned Puffin . Swainson's Thrush Golden Eagle Rock Dove . Hermit Thrush menclature of the American Orni• American Kestrel Band-tailed Pigeon . American Robin thologists' Union, as published in their Merlin Mourning Dove Varied Thrush Prairie Falcon Barn Owl . Wrentit 1983 Check-list of North American Peregrine Falcon Flammulated Owl . Gray Catbird birds, 6th edition, as supplemented. Gray Partridge Western Screech-Owl . Northern Mockingbird Any bird seen in Oregon that is not Chukar Great Horned Owl . Sage Thrasher Ring-necked Pheasant Snowy Owl . American Pipit listed here is considered to be a "rare Spruce Grouse Northern Pygmy-Owl . Bohemian Waxwing bird" and a report of its occurrence is Blue Grouse Burrowing Owl . Cedar Waxwing Ruffed Grouse Spotted Owl . Northern Shrike requested by the Oregon Bird Records Sage Grouse Barred Owl . Loggerhead Shrike Committee. 0 Forest Grove Dallas Oregon Christmas Mary Anne Sohlstrom, (h) (503) 640-9215 RoyGerig, (h) (503)362-0341 [email protected] Meet at Farrol's Restautrant, Rickreall, at 7 AM. Bird Counts Meet at Elmer's Restaurant, 340 SW Adams, Hillsboro, at 7 AM. 19 December 1997- Wednesday, 31 December 4 January 1998 Grants Pass Hart Mountain Dennis Vroman, (h) (541) 479-4619 Marty Bray, (w) (541) 947-3315 Paul T. Sullivan [email protected] Meet at refuge headquarters at 7 AM. Contact the compiler. 4470 SW Murray Blvd #26 Thursday, 1 January 1998 Beaverton OR 97005 Utopia PeteWeigei, (h) (541) 489-3280 Cowlitz-Columbia Contact the compiler. Compilation at Charlie's Pizza Saturday, 20 December Denise Caldwell, (h) (360) 577-2631 at dark. Contact the compiler. Antelope PeteWeigei, (h) (541)489-3280 Wallowa County Frank Conley, (h) (541) 432-9685 Saturday, 3 January Meet at 45381 College St. in Antelope at 8 AM. Meet at Toma's Restaurant, Enterprise, at 6-7 AM. Coquille Valley Baker-Salisbury Alan Contreras, (h) (503) 371-3458 Laura Hayse, (h a fax) (541) 523-9254 Monday, 22 December [email protected] Heidi Haid, (h) (541) 523-6928 Contact the compiler. Meet at the weigh station on Hwy 7,2.5 miles S of Florence Baker City at 7:30 AM. Paul Sherrell, (h) (541) 344-7231 Klamath Falls Meet at the Safeway parking lot, Florence, at 7:30 AM. Bend Kevin Spencer, (h) (916) 667-4644 Contactthe compiler. Tom Crabtree, (h) (541) 388-2462 Sodhouse - Malheur NWR Meet at Pioneer Park, Bend, at 7:30 AM. Rick Vetter, (h) (541) 573-5601, (w) (541) 493-2612 Portland Meet at Malheur NWR headquarters at 7 AM. RayKorpi, (h) (503) 289-1676 John Day Contactthe compiler (call before 9 PM, please). Tom Winters, (h) (541) 542-2006, (w) (541) 575-2570 Tuesday, 23 December Meet at the Grubsteak Restaurant at 6 AM. Prineville Corvallis Tom Crabtreee, (h) (541) 388-2462 Lower Owyhee Valley John Plissner, (h) (541) 750-7433 Meet at the Prineville McDonald's at 8 AM. Jon Sadowski, (w) (541) 473-6275 [email protected] Meet at the Cairo School south of Ontario at 7:30 AM. Contact the compiler. Silverton Roger Freeman, (h) (503) 873-3742 P Ranch - Malheur NWR Summer Lake Meet at the Towne House Restaurant at 6:45 AM. Rick Vetter, (h) (541) 573-5601, (w) (541) 493-2612 Marty St.Louis, (h) (541) 943-3180, (w) (541) 943- Meet at the Frenchglen at 7 AM. 3152, (fax) (541) 943-3204 Umatilla County Meet at Summer Lake Wildlife Area hqtrs. at 8 AM. Kevin Blakely, (h) (541) 276-5249, (w) (541) 276-2344 Roseburg Contact the compiler. Ron Maertz,(h) (541)496-3847 Saturday, 27 December Contact the compiler. Yaquina Bay Medford Paul Reed, (h) (541)265-7386 Salem Joseph Shelton, (h) (541) 772-4490 Meet at the conference room of the Marine Science Steve Dowlan, (h) (503) 370-9083 Contact the compiler. Center, Newport, at 7:30 AM. [email protected] Contact the compiler. Port Orford Sunday, 4 January Jim Rogers, (h) (541) 332-2555 Tillamook Bay Meet at Driftwood Elementary School parking lot on Brownsville Owen Schmidt, (h) (503) 282-9403 Hwy 101 at 7:15 AM. Paul Adamus, (h) (541) 745-5625 Meet at the Fern Restaurant, 1000 N Hwy 101, Contact the compiler. before 6:30 AM, buffet breakfast available. Sauvie Island Jim Johnson, (h) (360)576-6984 Eugene Union County Meet at the parking lot on the east end of the Sauvie HerbWisner,(h) (541)344-3634 Jim Ward, (h) (541) 963-6977 Island bridge at 7 AM. Contact the compiler. Meet at the Range Science Lab, Gekler 8 C, LaGrande, Countdown at Eugene Garden Club at 5 PM. at 8 AM. There's a great lunch in Union at noon. Sunday, 28 December Hood River Sunday, 21 December Baker Valley David A. Anderson, (h) (503) 772-0471 Laura Hayse, (h 8 fax) (541) 523-9254 Contact the compiler, weekdays before 10:30 AM or Columbia Estuary Heidi Haid, (h) (541) 523-6928 weekends. Meet at The Inn at Hood River, coffee Mike Patterson, (h) (503) 325-1365 Meet at the Oregon Trail Restaurant on Bridge St. at shop, at 7 AM. Contact the compiler in advance. Meet at the Pig-n- 7:30 AM. Pancake restaurant, Astoria at 7:30 AM. Santiam Pass Tuesday, 30 December Steve Dowlan, (h) (503) 370-9083 [email protected] wmm^^^^^m^^^^^ Coos Bay "Cross-country skiers or snowshoers have a better Ken Dazey,(h) (541) 756-4008, (w) (541) 267-7208 I Add time and see more birds." Contact the compiler.

Barb Griffin, (h) (541) 756-5688 j Craig Miller, (h) (541) 389-9115

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Malheur Malheur Fill in the blanks in the next column, right. Fill in the blanks in the next column, right. Marion Marion Note: threshold for County Life totals is 100, forMorro w Note: threshold for County Life totals is 100, forMorro w County Year totals is 150. Multnomah County Year totals is 150. Multnomah Polk Polk 3. COMPLETE AND RETURN BY Sherman 3. COMPLETE AND RETURN 8Y Sherman Tillamook Tillamook 15 FEBRUARY 1998 Umatilla IE ARY1998 Umatilla Union Union Send completed form to Wallowa Send completed form to Wallowa Wasco Wasco Jim Johnson Washington Jim Johnson Washington Wheeler Wheeler 10405 N.E. Ninth Ave., Apt. G-IO 10405 N.E. Ninth Ave., Apt. G-IO Yamhill Yamhill Vancouver, WA 98685 Vancouver, WA 98685 7:05 am Emperor Goose 7:27 Gadwall Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Mallard Scaup, and Red-breasted Merganser. ful male Blue-winged Teal, and our After much searching, a lone Harle• Lesser Scaup 35th and last species. We continued quin Duck was finally spotted which looking for Cinnamon Teal at Fenk would be the only one of the day.The Ring-necked Duck Road, and then at Bayocean sandspit major disappointment of the day was where one was seen previously — not finding Oldsquaw here, where 1 7:40 American Wigeon without success.We used the last light or 2 had been seen off and on for Eurasian Wigeon of the day to look for Oldsquaw at some time.We made a quick drive to Garibaldi and Barview Jetty, again Alsea Bay for staked-out Barrow's 7:48 Gr. White-fronted Goose without success.The North American Goldeneyes which were accompa• Waterfowl Big Day record stood at 35 nied by White-winged Scoters. Now Green-winged Teal species. at 31 species, we were 2 away from The Blue-winged Teal was the only tying the record and we still needed 8:15 Canada Goose species on our target list that we did Brant and Common Goldeneye. So it 8:18 Tundra Swan not reasonably expect even though was back to Yaquina Bay where we one had been reported from found both at Idaho Flats and Idaho Northern Pintail Tillamook.The only species that we Point. It was only 1:30 pm and we tied had a good chance of seeing, but the record. We took another unsuc• 8:35 Northern Shoveler missed, was Oldsquaw. It is interest• cessful look for Oldsquaw at the ing to note that the 1986 and 1987 south jetty and Yaquina Head before Canvasback records were accomplished with our drive north to Tillamook County. Tufted Duck nearly cross-state drives from the Our next target bird was a Ross' coast to Malheur, while the 1997 Goose which had been wintering at Bufflehead record was set entirely within north• the Nestucca N.W.R. along Highway western Oregon and, in fact, within 101, among a few hundred "Cackling" Ruddy Duck only 4 counties. Canada Geese.We arrived at the south 8:40 Redhead We speculate that this record is still end of the refuge at about 3:15 and quite beatable. What it will take is a slowly continued north, looking for Snow Goose coincidence of several rare waterfowl that little white speck out in the pas• species at a time when all or nearly tures.We arrived at the north end of 9:00 Trumpeter Swan all the regular waterfowl species are the refuge with no Ross' Goose.This here. Consider the presence of 1 or 2 was particularly worrisome since it 9:40 Wood Duck eiders,Emperor Goose, all 3 teal, let's was the last species we were count• 12:15pm Surf Scoter say 3 species of swans, Tufted Duck ing on finding and we needed it to and Oldsquaw.Then it's just a matter surpass the record of 33 species. We Black Scoter of getting them in 1 day! turned around and headed back We thank a number of birders who south, searching intensively.Just north King Eider shared information in the days lead• of the Nestucca River we spotted a Greater Scaup ing up to this Big Day effort. Those group of Canadas at the far edge of a who come to mind (in no particular pasture and there we found the Ross'! Harlequin Duck order) include Bill Tice, Margaret Our 34th species, and a new record! Tvveelinckx.Ray Korpi, Elmer Specht, We were not optimistic about find• Red-breasted Merganser David Bailey, Steve Dowlan, Range- ing any more waterfowl species, but Bayer, Greg Gillson, Dave Marshall, we continued to Tillamook to look for 12:55 Barrow's Goldeneye and Dan Heyerly.We apologize in ad• Cinnamon and Blue-winged Teal, White-winged Scoter vance if we overlooked anyone here. which had been reported a week or We are quite sure no birder could rea• 2 earlier but had not been seen since, 1:25 Brant sonably attempt such a Big Day and to look for Oldsquaw if any day• record without the latest local infor• light was left.We arrived at Fenk Road, 1:30 Common Goldeneye mation and the information coming just west of Tillamook, at about 4:00 through Oregon Birders On Line pm.Just as we reached the slough par• 3:25 Ross' Goose (OBOL). 0 allel to the road, we spotted a beauti- 4:00 Blue-winged Teal

Oregon Birds 23(4): 135, Winter 1997 Vale, where a bit of searching turned up Grasshopper Sparrows, a new spe• OFO Birding Weekend, Malheur cies for Anya and Voyla. We also en• joyed the sight of scurrying young Long-billed Curlews, another Short- County, May 17-18,1997 eared Owl, Ferruginous Hawks, and Paul Sullivan, 4470 SW Murray Blvd. #26, Beaverton, OR 97005 of course, more meadowlarks. Back on Bishop Rd., we found one, When I arrived at my motel in Ontario We pushed on toward Cow Lakes, then another Loggerhead Shrike, then the night before the Malheur County adding a Golden Eagle to our a N. Mockingbird in quick succession. OFO Birding Weekend I received a sightings, as well as Black-necked Stilt, As we continued past Hope, Harold call from one of the participants.The and then a nice surprise: 10 White- and Voyla spotted Gray Partridge, a dirt road south of Succor Creek State faced Ibis. At Cow Lakes we tallied a rare Malheur county sighting that Park was impassable mud in the wake number of Eared Grebes and more made both John and me envious. of afternoon thunderstorms. That ducks. On our way out of Cow Lakes Finally, we wrapped up our week• news sounded foreboding. we found a new bird for my county end at Bully Creek Reservoir.The first However, Saturday, May 17, dawned tally, a Short-eared Owl flying in the bird we saw was a surprising Snow mostly sunny and pleasant. Five par• dusk. A Sora answered our tape but Goose, followed by a late Common ticipants, Doug Kirkpatrick, Harold did not show itself. Loon, Clark's and Western Grebes, andVoyla Steves, and Anya and Stuart John joined us again in Ontario on Caspian Terns, American Avocets, Celarier, joined me in Ontario.As we Sunday morning. A swing past more waterfowl, and finally a last sur- headed south we spotted an Osprey Malheur Butte picked up the local prise, a Blue-winged Teal in the and Black-crowned Night Heron Prairie Falcon having breakfast. A flooded trees at the upper end of the south of Nyssa and checked a colony flooded corner of a field near Vale reservoir. of Great Blue Herons and Double- held a Great Egret and 2 Black- Our final tally was good company, crested Cormorants across the Snake crowned Night-Herons. John led us new birds, great fun, and about 101 River. In Adrian we were joined by down to Cow Hollow Rd., south of species. 0 John Gatchet of Caldwell, ID (for• merly of Forest Grove) who was to serve as our local leader. Having done a record big year of 224 species in OFO Birding Weekend, Jackson Malheur county in 1995, John brought a wealth of enthusiasm and County, 19-20 July 1997 knowledge to the leadership of the weekend. He had already spotted a Black-chinned Hummingbird in Paul T.Sullivan, 4470 SW Murray Blvd. #26, Beaverton, OR 97001 Adrian, which we all got to see Five people participated in all or part county first for Doug. perched on a utility wire. of this OFO Birding Weekend: Bill Since the day was turning warm we South of town we found Yellow- Scheible, Sue Orlowski, Marti Ander• headed for higher country. Up at breasted Chats, an Eastern Kingbird, son, local host Doug Kirkpatrick, and Hyatt Lake we found a few waterfowl a Cassin's Finch, various waterfowl, Paul Sullivan.We started the weekend and watched a Rufous Hummingbird and the first of many Mourning Doves off with an Acorn Woodpecker on the at the feeder by the local restaurant. along the Snake River. As we drove utility pole outside the restaurant in Further along the lake we found 90 down into Succor Creek State Park Ashland. Then we all climbed into Double-crested Cormorants on all the we tallied legions of Western Mead- Doug's spacious van, which made snags, 2 active Osprey nests, and 6 owlarks, numbers of Lark Sparrows, communication easy. White Pelicans. At the north end of a few Long-billed Curlews, and four Our first stop at Ashland Pond Howard Prairie we found another 15 Burrowing Owls. Succor Creek held yielded close looks atWrentits.Wood White Pelicans, 1 Tundra Swan, and 2 the expected White-throated Swifts, Ducks, and Lesser Goldfinches. The Caspian Terns, but not the Sandhill Chukars, Rock Doves, and Canyon Bear Creek bike path west of town Cranes I'd seen while scouting the Wren .After lunch we found the road produced Spotted Sandpiper, more day before. In the marsh grass at the passable all the way to Hwy. 95, and songbirds and a surprising array of tall northeast side of the reservoir we added another Burrowing Owl to our rock cairns built all along the creek found Sora, Killdeer, Greater Yellow- tally. by a local dog-walker. legs, Least and Spotted Sandpipers, We bypassed the Jordan Valley ro• At the east arm of Emigrant Lake and Common Snipe. deo and went on to Wrotter Rd., west we began to turn up the local spe• After supper in Ashland, Bill, Marti, of town The long wet meadow there cialties: California Towhee, Oak (Plain) Sue and I returned up Dead Indian was full of birdlife: Sandhill Cranes, Titmouse, Lesser Goldfinches, a Green Memorial Rd. We spotted Western Willets, Long-billed Curlews.Wilson's Heron, Ash-throated Flycatcher, as Bluebirds and a Lewis Woodpecker. Phalaropes, Common Snipe, water• well as an Osprey overhead. At the The cooling twilight on Shale City Rd. fowl. It was hard to pull the group south side of the lake we added a Bald brought out a variety of passerine away. Eagle and Band-tailed Pigeons, a species, as well as a Poorwill.

Oregon Birds 23(4): 136, Winter 1997 At dusk I prepared and began to Owls. It was a happy crew that re• Vireo on our way down. play a Saw-whet Owl tape. Bill, and turned to Ashland that night. Tou Velle State Park held more Tit• then the rest of us, quickly heard a On Sunday Bill, Marti, and I set out mice and Acorn Woodpeckers.Then raspy call.We pursued the sound and on another hot morning.We began at Tou Velle Road, northeast of the park saw the silhouettes of two large owls Denman Wildlife Area near White City, on the north side of the Rogue River, in treetops against the sunset. This where we turned up Bank Swallows, produced a variety of birds: several was the beginning of a notable Virginia Rail, 4 Great Egrets and a nice Yellow-breasted Chats, a Black birding experience. With binoculars Black-crowned Night-Heron .Then we Phoebe calling atop a snag, Lazuli and flashlights Bill, Marti, and I headed for the trail up Lower Table Buntings, and a Solitary Vireo. plunged into the woods and followed Rock, trying to do it in advance of the We ended the weekend with a the calling owls uphill for perhaps heat. Acorn Woodpeckers and West• check of Kirtland Road sewage ponds, 150-200 yards until they finally ern Bluebirds were around the bot• where we found the usual Osprey and stopped moving ahead of us and sat tom of the trail.After a fairly quiet as• added a Ruddy Duck to our list. long enough for us to study them.Tak- cent, we found Blue-gray Gnatcatch- We all enjoyed the good company. ing turns with the best flashlight and ers,Ash-throated Flycatchers, Califor• Finding the target species and the binoculars we studied the two birds. nia Towhees, Lesser Goldfinches, Oak adventure of some nice surprises was Conclusion: two young Great Gray Titmice, and Bushtits, then Hutton's a bonus. 0

OFO Birding Weekend, Lake County, River. Don Munson, coming from Curry County, where Red-shouldered Hawks are not a novelty, quickly iden• 15-17 August 1997 tified a screaming raptor as a David R. Copeland, 703 Maine Avenue N.E., Keizer, OR 97303 Red-shouldered. Unfortunately, there copelanddr@compuserve. com were only very brief glimpses of the agitated bird. The weekend of 15-17 August drew Louis'feeders. Keith Graves located 3 Craig Miller kindly allowed us to 11 OFO birders to Lake County to Solitary Sandpipers on Friday after• bird his property south of Summer join leader Paul Sullivan in finding noon in a muddy spot on the Refuge, Lake. There we found Black-headed 135 county birds. Jim and Kathy and the next morning there were Grosbeak,WesternTanager, and Scrub Averill, Anya Celarier, Dave and Mary FOUR. Hardly solitary! There were Jay. Many Sandhill Cranes were in a Lou Copeland, Maeve Lofton, Maria many Greater and Lesser Yeliowlegs field below his place. Doyle, Larry Bednar, Don Munson, near the same area on Friday, but the Back at Summer Lake Refuge, we John Bischoff, and Keith Graves were next day there were only a few. Other took off on foot to try for owls. While all eager to see what lay in store. shorebirds seen at the Refuge were we were watching Great Horned On the way to Summer Lake on Black-bellied Plover, Snowy Plover, Owls in a tree across a pond, a Barn Friday, some of the group birded the Black-necked Stilt, 100+ American Owl flew out of a tree near us.That Thompson Reservoir and Winter Rim Avocets, Long-billed Curlew, Western made 3 owls for the trip, counting the area, noting Eared, Western, Clark's and Least Sandpiper, Baird's Sand• Short-eared seen the previous and many Pied-billed Grebes,Ameri• piper, Long-billed Dowitcher, and evening.The Poorwills didn't make a can White Pelican, several Wood Wilson's and Red-necked Phalarope. peep, and nobody answered the owl Ducks and many Red-necked When 2 Peregrine Falcons were spot• tape Saturday night in the mountains Phalaropes on the reservoir. Black ted on a post, everyone hurried to a near Summer Lake, but the moon was Terns darted over the water, catch• scope for a better look. full and it was a beautiful evening The ing insects. Bald and Golden Eagles, While driving to Lake Abert, we next morning at 5:15, Paul'salarm was and a dagetti race Red-breasted Sap• noted several raptors, including a Prai• 2 Poorwills, calling from the hills op• sucker were seen in the area. rie Falcon, on the utility poles.Willets posite the Summer Lake Rest Area. Others of the group traveled by and Marbled Godwits were seen at Sunday morning, part of the group way of Cabin Lake and Fort Rock.The Abert Lake, but the attention-getter went the Fort Rock-Cabin Lake route, guzzler was on at Cabin Lake, so the was the thousands of Eared Grebes, and others did the Hager Mountain, usual birds seen there showed up for American Avocets, Ring-billed and Duncan Reservoir, Thompson Reser• their photos. Clark's Nutckackers, California Gulls, and Mallards. There voir loop.Many Common Snipes were Western Tanager, Pinyon Jays, Moun• were also Red-necked Phalaropes and at Paulina Marsh, and the White- tain Bluebirds, White-headed Wood• Black-necked Stilts. throated Swifts were still at Fort Rock. pecker, Green-tailed Towhee, Red The stop at Paisley on the return to Solitary Vireo, Golden-crowned King• Crossbills, and many Chipping and Summer Lake allowed us to relax with lets, and Hermit thrush were found Brewer's Sparrows. cold drinks and ice cream bars (very on Hager Mountain.To top off the day, Those who arrived at Summer Lake important stop). A Nighthawk, Bank 4 male and 2 female Black-backed Refuge Headquarters early enough Swallows, a Lazuli Bunting, and Ameri• Woodpeckers were seen in the burn ticked off Rufous, Black-chinned, and can and Lesser Goldfinches showed west ofThompson Reservoir. -ill:: pe Hummingbirds at Marty St. themselves along the Chewaucan A great weekend! Thanks, Paul. 0

Oregon Birds 23(4): 137, Winter 1997 Getting the most out of your CBC day

Alan Contreras, 2254 Crestview Drive S., Salem, OR 97302 [email protected] My article "The Art of the Christmas birds concentrate .There are situations of the best birders ought to be as• Bird Count" (Contreras 1986) was in• where this does not apply so clearly, signed to sift the neighborhoods for tended to help Christmas Bird Count mainly in open spaces where one unusual birds lurking in yards, decidu• organizers figure out how to set up observer can easily count a thousand ous draws, and brushy sumps. It does and organize a CBC. In this note I will ducks or 30 buteos. In general, how• not take much habitat to hold a small focus on how you as an organizer can ever, count organizers ought to avoid bird desperate to survive under un• help your teams be successful and wasting observers on bird-free zones. desirable conditions. how you as a team leader or member As long as the habitat coverage is ac• For more ideas see my earlier ar• can get the most out of your area on curately stated in count data sent in, ticle noted above. count day. I have a western Oregon this does not raise a problem for us• bias that readers should take into ac• ers of the data. Tips for team leaders and members count. Sensible compilers make choices Although it is not always possible about where to emphasize coverage to do a dry run through your area in Tips for count organizers and where to skimp: it is all very well the days before the count (especially My philosophy of Christmas count• to have some teams take a swipe at on "imported observer" counts like ing is that the purpose of a CBC is to recent clearcuts or high sage plains, Tillamook Bay or Brownsville), you locate every species present in the but having 3 teams staggering about can nag the compiler for information count area in numbers proportional in that habitat all day is not a produc• about where to go. If possible obtain to those actually present. That is, tive use of limited observer-hours permission from landowners to count don't miss any species and count ev• unless a main purpose of the count on their land. Public bvit limited ac• erything that moves. Obviously you is to survey that habitat At the counts cess locations such as sewage ponds will have a more complete count of I have organized, Cottage Grove, Flo• and dumps are always good. Railroad swans than of Song Sparrows because rence, and Coquille Valley, some rights-of-way are often splendid the former are more visible than the places were left uncovered on pur• counting routes. I once walked "cross latter, but this is true every year and pose in order that observers would country" on the Eugene CBC by us• the proportions will remain similar be able to cover their areas more thor• ing a railroad line. I had more over many years of counts. oughly. At Coquille Valley, which typi• Lincoln's Sparrows and Marsh Wrens The key to a count achieving this cally finds the largest species variety than I had ever had in my years of goal is to get as many people in the in Oregon and many high individual covering that area. One team at Co• field as possible, send them where the counts, about 40 percent of the land quille Valley counting at a private birds are, get them out of their cars area of the circle is never assigned or dairy farm found a Northern Saw- as much as possible and get them to visited on count day because it is whet Owl being harassed by a Swamp make attractive noises, i.e." pish "and unproductive and, in many cases, in• Sparrow in a willow patch in broad hoot. accessible. daylight — you never know what's For a compiler, the most crucial However, there are situations in hiding on private land. component to success is to field as which sending 1 or 2 observers on a Any good count organizer will pro• many observers as possible unless half-day hike through spotty habitat vide adequate maps to the area and you have the rare good fortune of ab• can produce good birds.This is espe• suggestions about what birds to look solutely the cream of birders to cially true along the outer coast, for.The question is what you do with choose from. Although weather is a where walking beaches or deflation that information — how do you op• significant factor for good or ill in the plains behind dunes may only pro• erate your team on count day to meet northwest, nothing beats a good turn• duce 9 species, but 3 of them are the goal of finding all the birds that out for finding birds. Observer quan• found nowhere else. you can? tity helps make up for not always hav• Note that in winter many birds can In Oregon we have roughly 8 to 9 ing a very experienced observer in be found most easily in cities and hours of daylight in which to count, each team. Most birders who come towns. Temperatures are slightly depending on weather conditions. on counts can identify most of the warmer (in some micro-sites much Except on counts with enormous birds they see, but keep in mind that warmer) and there are often plantings turnouts that is not enough time in some people have just as much an that provide both food and cover. which to truly "cover" a count sub- aversion to processing a flat full of Feeders are an incredible CBC re• area. Areas are simply too large.The gulls as others would an endless spar• source that are undercovered in many concept of observer concentration row patch. Match observers to their situations. The tendency to under• carries over to you as a team leader. strengths. cover urban areas on Christmas Parts of your area will be dense with One concept that some compilers Counts results in missing many birds. birds, other parts sparse. Some spots have trouble grasping is this: observ• This is especially true of rare require intense bush-to-bush birding, ers should be concentrated where winterers such as warblers. One or 2 an exercise in bird-by-bird extraction

Oregon Birds 23(4): 138, Winter 1997 canary grass, teasel and scrub willows. The more of this habitat the better, especially if it is contiguous. However, don't get sparrow-itis to the extent that you completely ignore the brood• ing evergreen ridgetop that overlooks the juicy bottomlands. The count's only Red Crossbills are probably up there hoping that you'll miss them. The concept is also applicable east of the mountains, but the habitat is somewhat different, being generally devoid of blackberries. Willows and Russian-olive are the common species found in moist lowlands and brushy draws, and these places tend to have more cattails than west of the Cas• cades, and are often frozen. The cru• cial factor in finding birds on east-side CBCs is finding unfrozen water and focusing your birding along it. See also the useful article on locating Swamp Sparrows (Fix 1992) which is good advice for winter birding in general. If you have done CBCs you know about the 2 o'clock blahs. There comes a time in the afternoon when the early morning catches up with you and the area seems, well, ad• equately covered.That's why experi• enced counters do most of their heavy lifting in the morning. Most areas have places that require long walks and other places that are bet• ter birded from one spot. Ideally, of course, you walk all day long, as you will find far, far more birds in most habitat. However, most people don't have that kind of energy and most counts don't have areas designed to ChrisBond, left, and'MattHuntersearching/or Swamp Sparrows, FbrenceCBC, 1986. Photo/Alan Contreras. be covered that way. that can be tedious but produce great same time. Rare birds such as North• One obvious but little-used tech• results. ern Waterthrush and Black-throated nique for covering large areas that I recall following a loud "chink" Gray Warbler have been lifted into have lots of birdy places is to "leap• note in and out of the bushes in Sun• sight that way, as has the odd Harris' frog" your team members.As you en• set Bay park on a Coos Bay count in Sparrow. ter a good area, drop 1 or 2 people the mistaken belief that I was chas• Anyone interested in effective win• along the road and have them walk a ing a small woodpecker, only to finally ter birding west of the Cascades mile or so to where you have filed unearth 3 White-throated Sparrows in needs to read the excellent article on the car. You, having left the car, pro• one shrub. On another Coos Bay birding winter habitat microsites ceed on foot ahead on a predeter• count I decided to stop at one more (Irons and Fix 1990) in Oregon Birds. mined route. Your team members swampy hole surrounded by bushes This is the definitive guide to being pick up the car and drive it ahead of in a residential neighborhood. It where the birds are and finding them you to another agreed-upon location, looked birdless. When I pished I got in the moister parts of the northwest. where they park it and walk onward, aTownsend's Warbler, Bewick's Wren, In sum, spend your energy in moist and so on.This allows 2 or 3 people and an Anna's Hummingbird at the sump areas choked with blackberry, to bird a large area very intensively. I

Oregon Birds 23(4): 139, Winter 1997 have had remarkable success in get• the noise of raindrops, but you can warblers can most easily be extracted ting high counts of species like small scope for a long time without getting in winter from such groups. It is of• woodpeckers using this technique. It sodden .A sheet of clear plastic or one ten the case that the more you "work" can be stunningly effective at finding side of a plastic binder cover (minus such a group by pishing and hooting, owls under good conditions (see Fix the 3 rings) held on with a rubber the more birds come in from all di• 1987). Hint: remember to give your band keeps the rain off the objective rections. team members a set of keys or they lens if you don't have a slide-out There is nothing wrong with cov• will get to the car and be stuck there, shield. See the unique article on scan• ering a location twice. It is essential while you wander indefinitely on• ning the sky (Fix 1988) that helps at in any tidal zone and very helpful at ward, beyond their reach, an ornitho• any time of year for other ideas on any lake or pond where waterfowl logical Flying Dutchman. how to find lots of birds from a fixed come and go.Different birds use these By late afternoon it is often most position. areas under different conditions or at productive to direct your energy at A specialized variation of this idea different times of day.The same is true birds going to roost such as gulls, har• is sea-watching Team leaders assigned of wide-open areas that support rap- riers, turkeys, and sometimes water• to ocean view areas can almost always tors.These birds move around and by fowl. In northeastern Oregon this is a add several species to a count by checking an area more than once you good time to find Gray-crowned Rosy spending a certain amount of time can find more of them. Finches going to roost in Cliff Swal• simply staring at the ocean.You'd be low nests or similar protected sites. amazed what will fly into view. On a Tips for owlers If you have done some serious walk• Coos Bay count in the 1980's I was Owling begins well before count ing in the morning and have as a con• scanning from Shore Acres (okay, I "day," and there is nothing more frus• sequence done very well on woodsy was idling in the afternoon) when the trating than going out and stopping birds, pipits, hedgerow lovers and the whole scope field was filled with 2 in all of the wrong places while find• like, you can feel quite comfortable massive birds — a Brown Pelican be• ing no owls and parking in the using your afternoon to scope from ing pursued by an adult Bald Eagle! Sheriff's driveway. Some owls are rela• some good vantage point while giv• Certainly a rude awakening for the tively easy to stake out ahead of time. ing your body a break. You'll be pelican after the usual Heermann's A little practice will make you famil• amazed at what you can see at great Gulls. Other birds seen by diligent iar with the habitats preferred by vari• distances by using your scope for CBC ocean-watchers include Sabine's ous species so that your count day more than watching buteos and Gull, Heermann's Gull, Oldsquaw, the stops are as hootful as possible.There ducks. rare jaeger, lots of alcids, Peregrine is a great feeling in starting your count Also remember that some really Falcon, shearwaters, Northern Fulmar, at dawn with 2 or 3 owls already in good birders are for physical reasons Red Phalarope, and others. your pocket. See the note above on (health, hearing loss, mobility prob• I will borrow a page from the leapfrogging for an especially effec• lems) unable to spend the day scram• birders I have learned the most from, tive owling technique. bling tip 45 degree slopes after mys• such people as Larry McQueen, David You can also find owls in the day• terious "chip" notes. These people, Fix, and Rich Hoyer. If you come time, especially east of the Cascades. often older birders, are still extremely across a patch of nice habitat for small Long-eared and Barn Owls are fond effective in the field when they are birds, have 1 member of your party of roosting in dense willow or Rus• placed where their years of experi• pish while another does a Northern sian-olive thickets in open country. If ence can be used without wearing Pygmy-Owl imitation The capacity of you are pishing the outside of such a them out.They are glad to be involved this combination to attract birds is thicket you may not flush the owls. If and will do excellent work on duck- remarkable. I am constantly amazed you stick your head into one side of filled pastures, raptor havens, shore- at the number of birders who, even the bushes while your team members birds and sea-watching — situations on CBCs, get out of their cars (or watch, they may be treated to a sight where experience and visual acuity worse, stay in them), make no sounds, I once had: 2 Barn Owls and half a outweigh other physical factors or and, of course, see few birds. Make dozen Long-eared Owls boiling out hearing problems. attractive sounds and you'll see far the other side while a Great Horned A distant blackberry or willow more. Even those little red "Audubon" Owl watched in amused dignity from patch carefully watched can yield squeakers that well-meaning friends a nearby cottonwood. West of the everything from Lincoln's Sparrows get you for Christmas are pretty ef• mountains there are more places to to Orange-crowned Warblers to the fective once you learn to use them, hide and such roosts are harder to dashing shrike that would like to eat especially for Fox Sparrows, Yellow- come by, but you can still find Barn both. Small hawks (and Red-shoul• rumped Warblers and other birds that Owls by peering into barns with the dered Hawks) are notorious for be• make a solid "chip" or "chunk" sound. owners' permission — Barn Owls re• ing invisible at a distance although The pish and hoot technique is es• ally do live there. sitting in the open, and some languid pecially useful when you see or hear Here are some broad generaliza• scoping can raise them from hiding. one small bird in winter, because tions about CBC owl-finding.Western Even on a nasty day you can scope in chances are that 40 are quietly feed• Screech-Owls like the edges of relative comfort through the simple ing just out of sight, ready to be called wooded areas with at least some expedient of using an umbrella. You in. Many species feed in mixed flocks, older deciduous trees next to open won't hear passerines very well over and such species as Hutton's Vireo or mousy fields or pastures, even (or es-

Oregon Birds 23(4): 140, Winter 1997 pecially?) small grassy sites.They are a future issue of Oregon Birds some• Fix, David. 1987A Record of 48 West• not much for huge wide-open spaces. one can offer a thorough overview ern Screech-Owls on the Florence Northern Saw-whet Owls like mostly of owl-finding technique. CBC. 13(3): 278 evergreens (not necessarily large One final note on night birding — Fix, David. 1988. Bird-finding Tech• trees) with some grassy openings (but you can find more than owls. Rails are nique: Scanning the Sky. Oregon they sometimes use dense willow and especially known for night activity, Birds 14(3): 247. even ash stands), while Northern and Black-crowned Night-Heron can Fix,David. 1992.Notes on Observing Pygmy-Owls prefer heavily wooded erupt with a "krowk!" at almost any Swamp Sparrows. Oregon Birds canyons and hillsides and don't need Oregon CBC. 18(4): 103. large open spaces, although narrow I hope that these thoughts will help Irons, David and David Fix. 1990. How stringer meadows are okay. Great make your CBC experience both to Search for Passerines More Effec• Horned Owls can be almost any• more successful and more enjoyable. tively in Winter: Notes on Winter where but big dense trees, even in Remember that each count has its Habitat Microsites. Oregon Birds city parks, are often favored. Great own traditions, so if you are a visitor 16(4): 251 Horned, Barn and Western Screech- don't try to tell your team leader how 0 Owls east of the Cascades all use to run the area she's been doing for holes in cliffs from time to time. 10 years.Just enjoy the day.Thanks to I won't make this a treatise on the Barbara Combs,Anthony Floyd, Craig ins and outs of finding each species Miller, and Paul Sullivan for their com• of owl — for one thing I am not es• ments on an earlier draft of this ar• pecially successful with some species. ticle .They contributed significantly to Listen to recordings and learn to imi• some of the ideas set forth here. Good tate owls, or just bring the tapes along Birding! and play them. That is a bad idea in the breeding season but for CBC pur• LITERATURE CITED poses it is okay — there is not yet Contreras, Alan. 1986. The Art of the much breeding activity and there are Christmas Bird Count. Oregon Mark Nebeker scans the ocean off CapeArago (Shore few CBCs and many owls. Perhaps in Birds 12(3) 192. Acres), Coos Bay CBC, 1976. Photo/Alan Contreras.

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Productivity for tering the contest at this late date will back cover is a large-format folded 1997 was 0.91 young/occupied site suffer this handicap. No one guessed map of Oregon's wildlife habitats that (the 5-year average is 0.92 young/oc• the Shy Albatross, either, so the race allows for easy and accurate use of cupied site; the recovery goal is a 5- is still on. Birders wishing to borrow the Atlas. year average of 1.00 young/occupied the Grand Prize field guide for pur• The price of the hardcover book site). Nesting success was 59 percent poses of writing a review should con• is $39.95. It is available from book• and resulted in a 5-year average of 59 tact the Editor. Birders wishing to stores and libraries or directly from percent; the recovery goal is a 5-year enter the contest should contact Bill the OSU Press, 101 Waldo Hall, average of 65 percent. "We plan to Tice, 750 Wood Street, Falls City, OR Corvallis, Oregon 97331-6407, 541- conduct the survey again next year 97344. 737- 3166. Mail orders must include and will contact all cooperators by $2.50 for book rate postage or $5.00 early March." Frank B. Isaacs, Senior rom the common deer mouse and for UPS for the first book and 75 * for Faculty Research Assistant, Oregon the Spotted Owl to the tailed frog each additional book.The OSU Press State University, 104 Nash Hall, Fand the painted turtle, the compre• fall 1997 catalog is available upon re• Corvallis OR 97331-3803, 541-947- hensive Atlas of Oregon Wildlife: Dis• quest by calling (541) 737-3166. 2544 [email protected] tribution, Habitat, and Natural History (September 1997, 512 pp.) provides eetings, events & deadlines isting the Northern Goshawk un• basic information for all who study made known to Oregon Birds: der the Endangered Species Act or have an interest in Oregon's wild• M Lmay be warranted for the population life and natural areas. The Atlas com• -19 December 1997 through 4 January 1998,98th west of the 100th meridian, accord• bines current knowledge on the habi• Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society. ing to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser• tats and life histories of Oregon's wild• - 21-24 January 1998, Pacific Seabird Group, 25th vice. "Due to court remands and the life species with computer-generated annual meeting, Monterey Conference Center, maps that represent a major advance Monterey, CA. The meeting will include a sympo• need to complete a thorough status sium Seabirds In A Changing Ocean: Advances In review on this controversial species, in the art of mapping animal distri- Seabird Science, a reception at the Monterey the Service has determined that the butions.The senior author of the book Aquarium, and other events to celebrate the PSG's petition presents substantial informa• is Blair Csuti, Conservation Program 25th anniversary. Plenary speakers include Storrs tion indicating that listing of the Coordinator for the Metro Washing• Olson and Mike Harris. Field trips will be a pe• Northern Goshawk (comprising por• ton Park Zoo. Co-author A. Jon lagic trip on Monterey Bay and a guided tour at tions of the subspecies A.g. Kimerling is a professor in the OSU Ano Nuevo State Park to see breeding elephant atricapillus and A.g. apache) as a Geosciences Department and seals. Mike Parker, 510-792-0222 threatened or endangered species in co-editor of Atlas of the Pacific North• [email protected] for registration infor• the contiguous United States west of west (OSU Press, 1993). The other mation; Alan Burger, 250-479-2446 the 100th meridian may be war• co-authors are Thomas O'Neil,Marga• [email protected] for the scientific program ranted." Comments are due by 29 ret Shaughnessy, Eleanor Gaines, and and submission of abstracts. December 1997. Reference: Federal Manuela Huso. - 6-12 April 1998, 1998 North American Ornitho• Register 62(188): 50892, 29 Septem• "We hope that, in combination with logical Conference, St. Louis, M0. Dave ber 1997. Field Supervisor, Arizona species distribution maps, the infor• Klostermann, U. of Missouri—St. Louis,8001 Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. mation in this atlas will provide in• Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, M0 63121-4499, Fish and Wildlife Service, 2321 W. terested citizens with a basic under• 314-516-5958 fax 314-516-6414 dave_ Royal palm Road, Suite 103, Phoenix, standing of and appreciation for the [email protected] AZ 85021,602-640-2720. diverse wildlife of our remarkable -16-22 August 1998, The XXII International Orni• state and serve as a useful reference thological Congress, Durban, South Africa. Let• hat will be Oregon's 5 next for serious naturalists and wildlife ters of inquiry about the scientific program can professionals," said Blair Csuti. be sent to Dr. Jenni, Prof. Berthold, or Prof. Walter W "first" state record birds? Prize Bock (Secretary of the IOC, Box 37 Schermerhorn for winning this competition is Stokes The Atlas devotes a full page to Hall, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia Univ., Field Guide to Birds, Western Region, each of the 426 amphibian, reptile, New York, NY 10027, USA). which Oregon Birds has received as breeding bird, and mammal species a review copy from the publisherAnd native to the state, plus 15 commonly- - 30 September - 4 October 1998, Annual Meeting the birder who wins this contest will seen introduced species.Each species of the Raptor Research Foundation, Ogden, Utah. be showered with affection by other account features a drawing of and Carl D. Marti, Department of Zoology, Weber State birders, to be sure, and achieve promi• measurements for the species, a Univ., Ogden, UT 84408-2505,801-626-6172 fax nence on the pages of OB. Read the 2-color map linked to a high-resolu• 801-626-7445 [email protected]. article "Oregon's Next First State tion land-cover map that shows - 18December 1998 through 3January 1999,99th Record Bird," OB 20(4): 115, Winter where that particular species can be Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society. 1994, for a refresher. No one guessed expected to occur in appropriate -16 December 1999 through 3January2000,100th the Dusky-capped Flycatcher. If the habitats within Oregon, the tax• Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society. possible Cook's Petrel found by Bob onomy, habitat, reproduction, food Loeffel on 4 December 1995 onThiel habits, and ecology of each species, -15 December 2000 through 2 January 2001,101 st Creek Beach, Lincoln Co. is con• as well as global range and status, se• Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society. 0 Oregon Birds 23(4): 143, Winter 1997 Oregon Birds Regional Editors Western Oregon Jeff Gilligan 26 N.E. 32nd Avenue 'Fall 503-231-0971 Portland, OR 97232

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Oregon Birds 23(4): 144, Winter 1997 flELDNOTES: Eastern Oregon, Spring 1997

Paul T.Sullivan, 4470 SW Murray Blvd. #26, Beaverton, OR 97005 The season rarest sightings, first state records, etc. MAL (PTS et al) Average temperatures in Eastern Oregon were Tundra Swan above normal in March, by as much as 5.4 degrees Common Loon 6, Ochoco Res., 1 Mar CRO (PTSJM); 40, Drews at Hart Mt., 2 degrees at Bend, and 2.3 degrees at 90, Wickiup Res., 5 Apr DES (CM); 12+, Odell Res., 13 Mar LAK (FI) La Grande. April and early May were slightly below Trumpeter Swan Lk, 22 Apr KLA (FI); 1, Howe Cr. Res., 10 May normal, but by May 13 temperatures rose to the WHE (DL); 1, Chickahominy Res., 13 May HAR 10, Malheur NWR, 22 Mar HAR (AR); 4, Hwy 205, high 80's all across eastern Oregon. The month (AR); 3. McKay NWR, 15 MayUMA (MD.MLD); 4, N of Wrights Pt., 10 May HAR (MD,MLD) ended with average temperatures 4-5 degrees above Bully Cr. Res., NE of Drewsy, & Beulah Res., 18-26 Greater White-fronted Goose normal. Malheur Experiment Station had 15 days May M\ (PTS et al JLS.HKH) 1000+, near Imbler, 14 Mar UNI (JW); 4000, Kla• above 80 degrees. Horned Grebe math basin, 21-22 Mar - 4 Apr KLA (PTS et al.FI); Precipitation in March was below normal except 2, John Day dam, 6 Apr SHE (PTS); 2 displaying, flocks, Burns, Malheur NWR, 22 Mar HAR (AR); in the north central part of the state. April showers Dredger Pond, Malheur NWR, 25 May HAR 1000, Drews Res. & Odell Lk., 19-25 Apr LAK (FI); came back to dump as much as 200% of normal (MID.MD) 6, Johnson Rd. pond, north of Alfalfa, 27 Apr DES moisture on Summer Lake, Chiloquin, Long Creek, Red-necked Grebe (DH.HH) and Union. May was again dry with the exception 1 pair, Wickiup Res., 18 May DES (SR); 2, Willow Snow Goose of a few local thunderstorms. Cr. Res., 26 May JEF (PTS) 100, Klamath basin, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et al); Reports and reporters Eared Grebe 2, south of Burns, 10 May HAR (SM,MD,MLD); 1, Notable sightings included Wheeler county's first 1. Buena Vista, Malheur NWR, 7 May HAR (AR); Bully Cr. Res., 18 May MAL (PTS et al); 1, Common Loon, 700 Shovelers and a Marbled God- 44,Lakeviews.p., lOMayLAK(FI); 18, Cow Lakes, Stinkingwater Cr, 18 May HAR (PTS.HVS) wit at Hood River, a report of a WHOOPING CRANE BullyCr. Res., Beulah Res., 17-26 MayMAL (PTS et Ross's Goose 10 miles N of Rome, a Blue Jay, Chestnut-sided, al.JLS.HKH) 10,000, Klamath basin, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et Palm, Blackpoll, Black-and-White, and Yellow- Western Grebe al.) throated Warblers, Lark Bunting, and a Common 9. Sand Station, Columbia R., 8 Mar UMA Wood Duck Crackle. (MD.MLD); 10. Pelican Pt, Upper Klamath Lk., 22- 1, Wyeth Rd., 6 Apr HDR (PTS); 125, Boardman, On May 11, Kevin Spencer reported a one-night 23 Mar KLA (PTS et al); 25, Cascade Locks, 3-17 1 Mar MOR (DL.BW) tally of Saw-whet, Western Screech, Flammulated, May HDR (PTS.DA); several, Chickahominy Res. & Green-winged Teal Pygmy, and Great Horned Owls in the Klamath River The Narrows, 13-19 May HAR (AR,PTS); 25, Bully 200, Hood River, 3 May HDR (PTS); 1 pair, NNE Canyon. On May 14, at the opposite corner of the Cr. Res., 18 May M\ (PTS et al) of Drewsy, 26 May HAR (JLS.HKH) region, Mike and MerryLynn Denny reported Saw- Clark's Grebe Blue-winged Teal whet, Western Screech, Pygmy, Long-eared, and 20, Pelican Pt. Upper Klamath Lk, 22-23 Mar KLA 1, Fox Valley, 12 Apr GRA (TH,LK,CK,PSS); 1, Bully Great Horned Owls at the Bar-M Ranch on the (PTS et al); 3, Drews Res., 10 May LAK (FI); 1, Cr. Res., 18 May MAL (PTS et al); 2, Hatfield Lk., Umatilla River. Bully Cr. Res., 18 May MAL (PTS et al); 1, Narrows, 20 May DES (DHJM); 1, jet. Hwy 205 & OO Rd., Observations were received directly from 17 ob• Malheur NWR, 19 May HAR (PTS) 26 May HAR (MD,MLD) servers. Reports from a total of 83 observers were American White Pelican Northern Shoveler gleaned from the Rap-on, newsletter of the Grande 1, Miller Is., 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et al); over 50, 700, Hood River, 3 May HDR (PTS) Ronde Bird Club, the Upland Sandpiper, newslet• Upper Klamath Lk., 4 Apr KLA (FI);over 100, Drews Eurasian Wigeon ter of the Grant County Bird Club, the Spring Bird Res. & Lakeview, 10-26 May LAK (FI); 4, Narrows, This species put on a notable showing across east• Observations report of Malheur NWR, and sightings Malheur NWR, 19 May HAR (PTS) ern Oregon in March and April: 1, John Day, Mar reported to Portland Audubon's Rare Bird Alert Double-crested Cormorant GRA (TH); 1, Ochoco Res., 1 Mar CRO (PTSJM); (aka Harry Nehls). 89, Drews Res., 10 May LAK (FI); 5, Beulah Res., 1, Malheur Lk., 4 Mar HAR (SS); 2, Township Rd., Format, abbreviations & NNE of Drewsy, 26 May HAR (JLS,HKH) 14 Mar KLA (RR); 4, Umatilla county, 15 Mar UMA The format used for each sighting in this report is American Bittern (CCJS); 1, Riley, 13 Apr HAR (DH.PM) this: # individuals, location, date, COUNTY ABBRE• 1, Malheur NWR, 18-19 May HAR (PTS); several, Tufted Duck VIATION, (INITIALS OF OBSERVERS); next record. Hosmer Lk, 31 May DES (DH,PM) 1 female, Rufus area, 5-18 Apr SHE (LR,CM,et al) Abbreviations used in this report: Great Egret Greater Scaup e.g. campground 1, Miller Is., 22 Mar KLA (PTS et al); 3, near 4, Antone Rd. pond, 23 Mar WHE (DL); 680, CPR central patrol road Imbler,20Apr(7A7(JW); I.EofVale, 18 May MAL Wickiup Res., 5 Apr DES (CM); 1, Riley, 13 Apr mob many observers (PTS et al); 11, Malheur NWR hqtrs., 26 May HAR HAR (DH.PM) NWR National Wildlife Refuge (MD.MLD) Common Goldeneye R.S, ranger station Snowy Egret 15, Prineville s.p., 1 Mar CRO (PTSJM); several, s.p. sewage ponds 1, Burns s.p., 10 May HAR (MD.MLD) Chickahominy Res. & Malheur NWR, 22 Mar HAR St.Pk. ^tate park Cattle Egret (AR); 1 female, Fox Valley, 10 May GRA (MLDJvlD); WMA Wildlife Management Area 1, Cow Lks., 13 Apr MAL (DAL) 1 female, Beulah Res., 26 May MAL (JLS,HKH) Green Heron Barrow's Goldeneye XXX - all counties are designated by the first three 1, Prineville s.p., 10 May CRO (CG) 8, Prineville s.p., 1 Mar CRO (PTSJM); 3-6, Lk. letters of the county name. Exception: HDR = Black-crowned Night-Heron Ewauna, Link R., 13-22 Mar KLA (RR,PTS et al); 2 Hood River 10, Link R., Klamath Falls, 22 Mar KLA (PTS et pair, Quail Run golf course, LaPine, 25 Mar DES Mallard - plain type denotes species usually seen al); 3, Nyssa & Vale area, 17-18 May MAL (PTS et (AR); 1+, Baker City, 10-12 Apr BAK (TW); 30, Pacific Loon - italics indicates unusual sightings, al); 1,Pendleton, 18 May UMA (CCJS); 1,south of Crane Prairie Res., 24 Apr DES (FI); pairs, Wickiup late dates, unusual locations, Latin subspecies Burns, 24 May HAR (JLS,HKH) Res., Crane Prairie, Suttle Lk., 18 May DES/JEF (SR) HARLEQUIN DUCK - all capitals indicates a rare White-faced Ibis Bufflehead sighting 55-600, Malheur NWR, 26 Apr - 26 May HAR several, Chickahominy Res. & Malheur NWR, 22 ROSS' GULL - all capitals underlined indicates the (PTS,MD,MLD,AR); 10, Lower Cow Cr.Rd., 17May Mar HAR (AR); displaying, Wickiup Res., Crane Oregon Birds 23(4): 145, Winter 1997 Prairie, Davis Lk., 18 May DF.S (SR); 3-4 pair, Crane Prairie Res., 24 Apr DES (FI) 7, Hotchkiss Ln., Burns, 22-24 Mar HAR (AR); 3, Beulah Res., 26 May MAL (JLS.HKH) Peregrine Falcon near Spray, 20 Apr WHE (MLF); 5, Willow Cr. WMA, Red-breasted Merganser 1 adult, Wood River Ranch, 25 May KLA (KS) 25 Apr GIL (DF); 15, White Lake, 11 May KLA (KS); 2, mouth of Deschutes R., 20 Mar - 5 Apr SHE/ Prairie Falcon 28, south side of Malheur Lk., 23 May HAR WAS (RR,DL); 1, Hatfield Lk, 20 May DES (DHJM); 1, Mayfield Pond, E of Bend, 20 Apr DES (MD.MLD) 1 female, Chickahominy Res., 24 May HAR (PTSJM,DH,PM); 1,Butte Cr, 10 May WHE (PTS); American Avocet 0LS.HKH) 1, Malheur Butte, 18 May MAL (PTS et al); 1, Horse 25, Klamath basin, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et al); Ruddy Duck Ridge, 24 May DES (JLS.HKH); i, Fields, 25 May 47, Willow Cr. WMA, 25 Apr GIL (DF); 1, Hatfield 25-30, Lakeview s.p., 29 Mar -10 May LAK (FI); HAR (RK,MID,MD); 1, NE of Drewsy, 26 May HAR Lk., 3 May DES (DHJM); several, Chickahominy 12, mouth of Hood R., 3 May HDR (PTS); 2 pair, (JLS.HKH) Res. & Burns, 6-7 May HAR (AR); 90, White Lake, Beulah Res., 26 May MAL (JLS.HKH) Gray Partridge 11 May KLA (KS); 2, Baker City gravel ponds, 16 Turkey Vulture 1, Pilot Rock, 17 Mar UMA (CEG); 1, Mayville, 24 May BAK (PTS) 1, Prineville, 15 Mar CRO (CG); 2, Sisters, Bend, Apr GIL (DF); 1 pair, Emigrant Hill, 15 May UMA Greater Yeliowlegs 15 Mar DES (PTS,TC); 1 pair nesting, mouth of Big (MLD,MDJH) 100, Klamath basin, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et al); Indian Gorge, 25 May HAR (MLD,MD) Chukar 4, Willow Cr. WMA, 25 Apr GIL (DF); 1, mouth of Osprey 3, Grande Ronde R., 2 May WAL (FI); 4, Condon Hood R., 3 May HDR (PTS); 1, Hatfield Lk., 3 May 1 nesting, Bend, 20-29 Mar DES (TC,PTS); 1, canyon, 9 May GIL (PTS); 3, Butte Cr, 10 May WHE DES (DHJM) Mayfield Pond, E of Bend, 20 Apr DES (PTS); 2+, Succor Cr. St.Pk., 17 May MAL (PTS et Solitary Sandpiper (PTS JM,DH,PM); 8, 3 nests, Hood River county, 3 al); 1, Long Creek, May GRA (TH) 3, Black Butte Ranch, 3 May DES (TJ et al); 1, May HDR (PTS); 2 nesting, E of Spray, 10 May WHE Blue Grouse Hatfield Lk, 10 May DES (TJ.GG) (PTS); 2 pair, McKay NWR & Mission, 10-12 May 1, W of Upper Klamath Lk., 19 Apr KLA (FI); 2, Willet UMA (MLD,MD); 1 nesting, S of Nyssa, 17 May MAL Cox Cr. & Goose Lake area, 10-30 May LAK (FI); 1, 2, Klamath Falls area, 1 Apr KLA (AAF); 10, Harney (PTS et al) Antelope Mt., 25 May GRA (JLS.HKH) county, 25 Apr - 7 May HAR (PTS,AR); 15, Wrotter Bald Eagle Ruffed Grouse Rd., Jordan Valley, 17 May MAL (PTS et al) 1 adult, 2 subadults, 2 immatures, Crook county, 1, Lost Valley, 25 Apr GIL (DF); 1, Bar-M Ranch, Upland Sandpiper 1 Mar CRO (PTSJM); 1, Waterman Flats, 14 Mar Umatilla R., 9 May UMA (MD,MLD); 1, Blitzen R., 1, Izee Rd., Bear Valley, 11 May GRA (MD.TP) WHE (CMO); several, John Day Valley, Mar GRA 6000' up Steens Mt., 15 May HAR (M); 1, NNE of Whimbrel (PSS,TH,LB,LRK,CK); 2 adult, 17 imm., Klamath Drewsy, 26 May HAR (JLS.HKH) 1, OO Station, Malheur NWR, 22 May HAR (CE) county, 21 Mar KLA (PTS); 9, Princeton Rd. & Crane Sage Grouse long-billed Curlew area, 24 Mar HAR (AR); 1, Johnson Rd., N of Al• several, Foster Flat Rd., 23 Mar HAR (AR) 12, Umatilla county, 15 Mar UMA (CCJS); 8, Kla• falfa, 31 May DES (PTS) Wild Turkey math basin, 21-22 Mar -1 Apr KLA (PTS et al,AAF); Cooper's Hawk 3-5, Tumalo Res area, 30 Mar - 7 Apr DES (DH) 1, Hotchkiss Ln., Burns, 24 Mar HAR (AR); 44, 1, Cottonwood Cr, 10 May WHE (PTS); 1, Sand Mountain Quail Cogswell Cr., 6 Apr LAK (FI); 2 5, Harney county, 2 5 Spring, east of Pine Mt., 13 May DES (AR); 1, Emi• 1, Moore Pk, Klamath Falls, 23 Mar KLA (PTS et Apr - 7 May HAR (PTS.AR); 1, mouth of Deschutes grant Hill, 14 May UMA (MD.MLD, et al); 1 nest• al); 10, WofAshwood, 25 U&yJEF (PTS) R., 5 Apr WAS (DL); 44 south of Lakeview, 6 Apr ing, Van Horn Cr, Pueblo Mts., 24 May HAR Sora LAK (FI); 11, Township Rd., 11 May KLA (KS); 6, (MD.MLD); 2, N of Drewsy & Chukar Park e.g., 26 1, Goose Lake Valley, 10 May LAK (FI); 3, Lower Wrotter Rd., Jordan Valley, 17 May MAL (PTS et May MAL (JLS,HKH) Cow Cr. Rd., 17 May MAL (PTS et al); 1 calling, N. al); 20,plus 2 chicks, Cow Hollow Rd., 18 May Northern Goshawk Fk. Malheur R. above Chukar Park e.g., 26 May MAL (PTS et al) 1, S Fk. John Day, 2 May GRA (EKH); 1, N of MAL (JLS,HKH); several, Hosmer Lk, 31 May DES Marbled Godwit Drewsy, 25 May HAR (JLS.HKH); 1, Slough Camp, (DH.PM) 1, mouth of Hood R., 3 May (PTS) 27 May DES (DH) COMMON MOORHEN Western Sandpiper Swainson's Hawk 1, south of Malheur Field Station, 12-19 May HAR 5, Alfalfa area, 20 Apr DES (PTS JM.DH.PM); 24, Reported widely across eastern Oregon in SHE, (DE et al) White Lake, 11 May KLA (KS) GIL, WHE, DES, HAR, LAK, MAL counties, from 16 WHOOPING CRANE Least Sandpiper April - 26 May (FI,DF,PTSJLS.HKH,MD,MLD) 1, Owyhee P., 10 miles N of Rome, 1 May MAL 15, Alfalfa area, 20 Apr DES (PTSJM.DH.PM); 12, Red-tailed Hawk (Bob Stanton). "No photos, but good descrip• mouth of Hood R., 3 May HDR (PTS) 40, Klamath county, 21 Mar KLA (PTS); 1 Krider's, tion, "fide HN. There are currently no accepted Dunlin 2 Harlan's, east of Brothers, 22 Mar DES (AR) records of this species in Oregon. 1000, Klamath basin, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et al) Ferruginous Hawk Sandhill Crane Wilson's Phalarope 1, east of Brothers, 22 Mar DES (AR); 1, Hwy 140, flyover, Pine Creek, 1 Mar GRA (CK); 190, 40, White Lake, 11 May KLA (KS); several, east of Lakeview, 1 Apr LAK (AAF); 1, Hwy 31 east Lakeview, 4 Mar LAK (FI); 2 on the ice, Lake of Hotchkiss Ln., Burns, 7 May HAR (AR); 25, Wrotter of Silver Lk., 17 Apr LAK (FI); 1, Alfalfa area, 20 the Woods, 15 Mar KLA (RR); 15, Klamath basin, Rd., Jordan Valley, 17 May MAL (PTS et al); 4, Fox Apr DES (PTS JM,DII,PM); 4, Ft. Rock area, 6 May 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et al); 100, Harney county, 22 Valley, 23 May GRA (MD.MLD); 3 pair, Crane Prai• LAK (FI); 2, south of Pilot Rock, 10 May UMA Apr - 13 May HAR (AR.PTS); 4, Wrotter Rd., Jor• rie, E Grant county, 25 May GRA QIS.HKH); 3, (MLD.MD); 2, Cow Hollow Rd., 18 May MAL (PTS dan Valley, 17 May MAL (PTS et al); 2 pair, Fox Johnson Rd., N of Alfalfa, 31 May DES (PTS) etal) Valley & Bear Valley, 23 May GRA (MD.MLD); 1, Franklin's Gull Rough-legged Hawk Whitehorse Ranch Rd., 24 May HAR (MLD.MD); 2, 3, Harney county, 25 Apr HAR (PTS); many, 2, Sevenmile Rd., Ft. Klamath, 21 Mar KLA (PTS); Crane Prairie, E Grant county, 25 May GRA Hotchkiss Ln., Burns, 7 May HAR (AR) large movement, central Oregon, 22 Mar WHE (JLS.HKH) Bonaparte's Gull (BS); 3, Princeton Rd., 24 Mar HAR (AR); 8, Gilliam Black-bellied Plover 3, mouth of Hood R., 4 May HDR (DR); 2, Johnson county, 12-20 Apr GIL (DL.MLF); 1, Wolf Cr. Rd., 25, Klamath basin, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et al) Rd, N of Alfalfa, 31 May DES (PTS) 25 Apr GIL (DF) Snowy Plover Herring GuU Golden Eagle 1, White Lake, 11 May KLA (KS) 1, Township Rd, 14 Mar KLA (RR); 1, Wickiup 3, Princeton Rd., 24 Mar HAR (AR); 1, Whitehorse Semipalmated Plover Res, 5 Apr DES (CM) Ranch Rd., 24 May HAR (MLD,MD); 1, Rattlesnake 1, Hatfield Lk, 3 May DES (DHJM); 12, White Glaucous-winged GuU Butte, 26 May HAR (MLD.MD) Lake, 11 May KLA (KS) I, Bend, 12 Mar MS (TC) Merlin Black-necked Stilt Caspian Tern 1, Alfalfa area, 20 Apr DES (PTSJM,DH,PM); 1, 50, Klamath basin, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et al); 4- 1, near The Dalles, 21 Mar WAS (RR); 4, Mosier, Oregon Birds 23(4): 146, Winter 1997 5 Apr WAS (DL); 2, Ochoco Res, 26 Apr CRO (LS); NWR, 26 May HAR (MD.MLD) 10 May WHE (PTS) 3, mouth of Hood R, 3 May HDR (PTS); 15, Ware• Black-chinned Hummingbird Eastern Kingbird house Beach WMA near Hat Rock, 9 May UMA 1, Mosier, 5 Apr WAS (DL); 1, John Day, 26 Apr 1, S of Adrian, 17 May MAL (PTS et al); 1 pair, (MD.MLD); 2, S of Adrian, 17 May MAL (PTS et GRA (CMO); 2 males, La Grande, 27 Apr UNI Malheur NWR, 19-23 May HAR (PTS.MD.MLD); 1, al); 1-2, Beulah Res, 26 May MAL (JLS.HKH); 5, (BCD); 1, Adrian, 17 May MAL (PTS et al); 1, Fields, South Junction eg, 25 May WAS (DH) Mayfield Pond, E of Bend, 31 May DES (PTS) 4-31 May HAR (M,MD,MID); several, Gibbon, 18 Horned Lark Forster's Tern May UMA (CCJS) few, Chickhominy Res. & Malheur NWR, 22 Mar 1, mouth of Hood R, 4 May HDR (DR); 2 6, Ware• Anna's Hummingbird HAR (AR); many, Hwy 140, west of Doherty Rim, 1 house Beach WMA near Hat Rock, 9 May UMA 1, Moore Pk, Klamath Falls, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS Apr LAK (AAF) (MD,MLD) et al) Purple Martin Black Tern Costa's Hummingbird 10, Cascade Locks & Government Cove, 3 May 1, Hatfield Lk, 12 May DES (DH); 2, Baker City 1, Sawyer Park, 18-22 Apr DES (RB.DH); 1, HDR (PTS); 4 nesting, Hood River, 3 May HDR gravel ponds, 16 May BAK (PTS); 5, Izee Rd, 23 Lakeshore Dr, Klamath Falls, 11 May KLA (KS) (PTS) May GRA (MLD.MD) Calliope Hummingbird Tree Swallow Band-tailed Pigeon 1, Cove, 14 Mar UNI (JSM); 1, John Day, 17 Apr 100, Prineville, 10 Mar CRO (LS); few, Buena Vista, 6, Wyeth Rd, 3 May HDR (PTS); 1, Picture Rock GRA (CMO); 1, La Grande, 3 May UNI (BCD); 1, Malheur NWR, 22 Mar HAR (AR) Pass, 13 May LAK (TJ,DVB,CM); 1, Buena Vista, Old Dalles Dr, 9 May HDR (PTS); 3, Wheeler Violet-green Swallow Malheur NWR, 13 May HAR (ANR.CB) county, 10 May WHE (PTS); 2 males, Dale, 23 May migrants, Fossil, 10 Mar WHE (BS) Barn Owl GRA (MD.MLD); 1, Fields, 24 May HAR (MD.MLD) Bank Swallow 1 with 2 nesdings, E of Spray, 10 May WHE (PTS); Broad-tailed Hummingbird 6, south of The Dalles, 27 Apr WAS (HN); 50 nest• 1, Jack Canyon, south of Pilot Rock, 10 May UMA 1 male, Mosier, 12-27 Apr WAS (DL) ing, E of Spray, 10 May WHE (PTS); 2, the Nar• (MD.MLD) Rufous Hummingbird rows, Malheur NWR, 23 May HAR (MD.MLD) Flammulated Owl 1, Wyeth Rd, 6 Apr - 3 May HDR (PTS); 1, La Barn Swallow 2, Lost Valley, 10 May WHE (PTS); 1, Klamath River Grande, 1 May UNI (BCD); 1 nesting, near Gibbon, 1, Mosier, 27 Apr WAS (BRS) Canyon, 11 May KLA (KS) 13 May UMA (MLD,MD et al) Blue Jay Western Screech-Owl Lewis's Woodpecker 1, Moro, 22 Mar -10 May SHE (LR.DB.MTH) 2, Klamath River Canyon, 11 May KLA (KS); 1, 1, Fort Rock area, 8 May LAK (FI) Scrub Jay Bar-M Ranch, Umatilla R, 14 May UMA (MD.MLD) Red-naped Sapsucker 2+, Moro, through season SHE (LR et al) Great Horned Owl 3, Hwy 140, east of Klamath Falls, 1 Apr KLA (AAF); Pinyonjay 2 nests, Klamath basin, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et 1, Shevlin Park, 19 Apr DES (DH); 1, Lost Valley, 180, Cabin Lake R.S, 6 Apr LAK (SD); 40, near al); 2 with 2 young, Wildhorse Cr. Rd, 22 Apr UMA 25 Apr GIL (DF) Worden, 19 Apr KLA (KS) (MD.MLD); 2, Fields, 26 Apr HAR (PTS); 2, Lost Red-breasted Sapsucker Clark's Nutcracker Valley, 10 May WHE (PTS); 2, Klamath River Can• 1, Shevlin Park, 29 Apr DES (DH) 15, Sisters, 15 Mar DES (PTS); pair nesting, Quail yon, 11 May KLA (KS); 1, Bar-M Ranch, Umatilla Williamson's Sapsucker Run golf course, 25 Mar DES (AR); 1, Gibbon, 9 R, 14 May UMA (MD.MLD); l.Entrada burn, Bend, 1, Sand Spring, east of Pine Mt, 25 Mar -13 May May UMA (MLD.MD); 1, Sand Spring, east of Pine 23 May DES (DH) DES (AR); 1, Hwy 140, east of Klamath Falls, 1 Apr Mt, 13 May DES (AR) Northern Pygmy-Owl KLA (AAF); 1, Indian Ford area, 6-14 May DES (AR); Black-capped Chickadee 1, Old Dalles Dr, 6 Apr HDR (PTS); 1, Klamath 3, north of Albee, 27 May UMA (MLD.MD) 1, Link R, Klamath Falls, 22 Mar KLA (PTS et al) River Canyon, 11 May KLA (KS); 1, Bar-M Ranch, Downy Woodpecker Mountain Chickadee Umatilla R, 14 May UMA (MD.MLD); 3, Trout Cr. 1, Sand Spring, east of Pine Mt, 25 Mar DES (AR) 1, SandSpring, east of Pine Mt, 13 MayDES (AR) Rd, 25 MayJEF (PTS) White-headed Woodpecker Chestnut-backed Chickadee Burrowing Owl 1, Shevlin Park, 19 Apr DES (DH); 1, Bear Valley, 1 pair, Bar-M Ranch, Umatilla R, 9 May UMA 5, N of Succor Cr. St.Pk, 17 May MAL (PTS et al); Apr GRA (JLB) (MD.MLD) 1, near Malheur NWR hqtrs, 18 May HAR (PTS) Black-backed Woodpecker Bushtit Great Gray Owl 1, W of Upper Klamath Lk, 21 Mar KLA (PTS); 2 pair nesting, Domingo Pass, Pueblo Mts, 24 1, Hwy 140, near Rocky Point, 19 Apr KLA (RO) many, Cascade Lks. Hwy, 18 May DES (SR); 3, May HAR (MLD,MD) Long-eared Owl Entrada burn, Bend, 23 May DES (DH) Bewick's Wren 1, Bar-M Ranch, Umatilla R, 14 May UMA Pileated Woodpecker 3, mouth of Deschutes R, 16 May SHE (PTS); (MD.MLD) 1, FirMt. Rd, 6AprIIDR (PTS); 1, Lost Valley, 25 several, Pendleton, 18 May UMA (CCJS) Short-eared Owl Apr GIL (DF); 1, Wyeth Rd, 3 May HDR (PTS); 1, Marsh Wren 4, Klamath basin, 21-22 Mar KLA (PTS et al); 2, Ochoco R.S., 27 May DES (DH,PM) 1, Pine Creek, 16 Mar GRA (CK); several, CPR, Lower Cow Cr. Rd, Cow Hollow Rd, 17-18 May Willow Flycatcher Malheur NWR, 22 Mar HAR (AR) MAL (PTS et al) 7, Wood River Ranch, 25 May KLA (KS) American Dipper Northern Saw-whet Owl Least Flycatcher 2 nesting, exit of Suttle Lk, 19 Apr JEF (PTS) 1, Klamath River Canyon, 11 May KLA (KS); 1, 1, Clyde Holliday St.Pk, 26 May GRA (RK) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Bar-M Ranch, Umatilla R, 14 May UMA (MD.MLD) Gray Flycatcher 1, Page Springs, 28 May HAR (WSCJMG) Common Nighthawk 2, W of Kent, 26 May SHE (PTS) Western Bluebird 1, Malheui NWR hqtrs., 26 May HAR (MD.MLD.SJ) Western Flycatcher 1, Quail Run golf course, 25 Mar DES (AR); 8, Common Poorwill 1, Fields, 25 May HAR (MD.MLD) Klamath county, 29 Mar KLA (KS); 3 pair, Wheeler 5, Ashwood Rd, 24 MayJEF (PTS); 1, Fields, 24 Say's Phoebe county, 10 May WHE (PTS) May HAR (MLD.MD) 1, Agency Lk, 21 Mar KLA (PTS); 3, Fields, 26 Mountain Bluebird Black Swift Apr HAR (PTS); 9, Wheeler county, 10 May WHE 2, Quail Run golf course, 25 Mar DES (AR); 1 2, Squaw Cr., east of Mission, 15 May UMA (PTS) pair, Sand Spring, 25 Mar DES (AR); 1 pair, Sage (MH,EO) Ash-throated Flycatcher Hen Hill rest area, 22 Mar HAR (AR); 1 pair, Glass White-throated Swift 1, Summer Lake, 22 Apr LAK QP); 1, Trout Cr. Butte, 13 May LAK (AR); 1 pair, Sand Spring, east 1+, Goose Rock, John Day Fossil Beds, 2 May GRA Rd, 25 MayJEF (PTS); 6, E of Bend, 31 May DES of Pine Mt, 13 MayDES (AR); 10,3 pair, E of Bend, (TW); 7, Trail Fk. Rd, 9 May GIL (PTS); 3, Clarno, (PTS) 31 MayDES (PTS) 10 May WHE (PTS); 45, Succor Cr. St.Pk, 17 May Western Kingbird Townsend's Solitaire MAL (PTS et al); 1, low over Benson Pond, Malheur 2, Fields, 26 Apr HAR (PTS); 40, Wheeler county, l,EofKent,26May5/ffi(PTS) Oregon Birds 23(4): 147, Winter 1997 Veery Black-and-white Warbler 2, Cow Hollow Rd, 18 May MAI (PTS et al) 2, Gibbon, 18MayUMA (CCJS); several, Ochoco 1, Prineville, 6 May CRO (LS); 1, Fields, 17-31 Fox Sparrow R.S.,27MayDES (DH.PM) May HAR (CA,M,DH,PM,SR) 8 dark, 2 red, Tumalo St.Pk, 7 Mar DES (DH) Swainson's Thrush American Redstart Lincoln's Sparrow I, Mow, 26 May SHE (PTS) 1 pair, Gibbon, 15 May UMA (MLD.MD); 1 male, 1 singing, Lost Valley, 10 May WHE (PTS) Varied Thrush Fields, 25 May HAR (M); 1 female, Malheur NWR White-throated Sparrow 1, Hat Rock St.Pk., 8 Mar UMA (MD,MID); 15, hqtrs, 26-27 May HAR (PB,GI,GJ,CCJS) 1, Bend yard, 28 Apr DES (DH.PM) Sisters, 15 MarDES (PTS); 1, Buttermilk Canyon, Northern Waterthrush Golden-crowned Sparrow 25 Apr MOR (DF); 1, Fields, 24-25 May HAR 1, Little Deschutes R, Crescent, 31 May DES 1, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 13 Apr HAR (PB) (MLD,MD) (DH,PM) White-crowned Sparrow Gray Catbird MacGillivray's Warbler heavy movement, eastern Oregon, 19-20 Apr several, Gibbon, 15-18 May UMA (MD,MLD,CCJS) 9, Wyeth Rd, 3 May HDR (PTS); 1, Malheur NWR (MLF) Northern Mockingbird hqtrs, 10 May HAR (MLD,MD); 1, Moro, 26 May Harris's Sparrow 1, near Echo, 15 Mar UMA (CCJS); 1, south SHE (PTS) 1, near Stanfield, 15 Mar UMA (CCJS); 1, Blitzen Valley, 15 Mar HAR (CE); 1, Moro, 22 Mar Wilson's Warbler Hermiston, 4 May UMA (CCJS); 1, Malheur NWR SHE (LR); 1, Bishop Rd., S of Vale, 18 May MAL 10, Wood River Ranch, 25 May KLA (KS); 35+, hqtrs, overwintered until 7 May HAR (PTS et al); 1, Malheur Field Station, 18 May HAR Fields, 24 May HAR (MLD,MD); many, Sherman (GI,CH,TJ,mob) (DE); 1, Fields, 24-25 May HAR (RKK,CCJS,MLD, county, 26 May SHE (PTS) Bobolink MD) Yellow-breasted Chat 1 + , Ladd Marsh, 20 May UNI (JW) Sage Thrasher 4, Butte Cr, 10 May WHE (PTS); 4, Lower Bridge, Tricolored Blackbird 1, McKay NWR, 15 May UMA (MD.MLDJH et al) 14 May DES (DH); 3, Thorn Hollow, Umatilla R, 110 + , Grimes Rd, Prineville, 1 Mar CRO Brown Thrasher 14 May UMA (MLD,MD,MH et al); 2, W of Biggs, (PTSJM); 30, Lower Klamath Lk. Rd, 14-22 Mar 1, Malheur Field Station, 4 May HAR (DE.LM); 1, 16 May SHE (PTS); 1, S of Adrian, 17 May MAL KLA (RR,PTS et al); 50, Painted Hills, 22 Mar WHE Malheur NWR hqtrs., 19 May HAR (PB,GI,GJ,CH) (PTS et al); 2, Roaring Springs Ranch & Fields, 25 (DL); 14, Hwy 140, east of Klamath Falls, 1 Apr Cedar Waxwing May HAR (MLD,MD) KLA (AAF); 12, SE of Paisley, 21 Apr LAK OP); 50, 65,Mahn, 17 MayKLA (KS) Western Tanager Wood River Ranch, 25 May KLA (KS); many, near Northern Shrike 1, Wasco county, 26 Apr WAS (DL); 30, Malheur Stanfield, 26 May UMA (DL) 1, Klamath Forest NWR, 13 Mar KLA (RR) NWR hqtrs, 26 May HAR (MLD,MD) Western Meadowlark loggerhead Shrike Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1, Old Dalles Dr., 6 Apr HDP (PTS); 100, Wheeler 2, Wheeler county, 23 Mar WHE (DL); 2, Bishop 1, Page Springs eg, 17 May HAR (CR); 1,Malheur county, 10 May WHE (PTS); 100's, Malheur county, Rd., S of Vale, 18 May MAL (PTS) NWR hqtrs, 27 May HAR (PB.GI) 17-18 May MAL (PTS etal) Cassin's (Solitary) Vireo Black-headed Grosbeak Yellow-headed Blackbird IMoro, 26 May SHE (PTS) 1, Mosier, 28 Apr WAS (BRS); 4, Moro, 26 May 1, near Stanfield, 15 Mar LIMA (CCJS); 1, Town• Plumbeous (Solitary) Vireo SHE (PTS) ship Rd, 22 Mar KLA (PTS et al); 100, Alfalfa area, 1, Fields, 25 May HAR (MD,MLD); 1, Malheur Lazuli Bunting 20 Apr DES (PTSJM.DH.PM); 60, W of Kent, 26 NWR hqtrs., 31 May HAR (SR) [Sightings of this 1, Mosier, 27 Apr WAS (BRS); 4, Old Dalles Dr., 9 May SHE (PTS) newly-split species will be reviewed by the OBRC May HDR (PTS); 18, Butte Cr, 10 May WHE (PTS) Great-tailed Grackle for inclusion in the Oregon state list.] Indigo Bunting 1, Fields, 24-31 May HAR (M,SR,et al) Tennessee Warbler 1, Buena Vista, Malheur NWR, 29 May HAR Common Grackle 1, Fields, 24 May HAR (MLD,MD,M); 1, Malheur (ANR,CB); 1, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 30 May HAR 1, Pendleton, 14 Apr UMA (MO); 1, Fields, 28 NWR hqtrs., 26 May HAR (DB,RK,CC,MD,MLD) (CL,CCJS); 1, Fields, 30 May HAR (WSC) May HAR (TJ,M) Orange-crowned Warbler Green-tailed Towhee Bullock's Oriole 10, Wyeth Rd., 3-9 May HDR (PTS) 1, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 5 May HAR (PB,GI,CH,GJ); 1, Page Springs eg, 8 May HAR (AR); 8, Wyeth Nashville Warbler 2, HWY 395, south of Canyon,City, 23 May GRA Rd, Hood River county, 9 May HDR (PTS); 3, Butte 1, Mayer St.Pk., Rowena, 8 Apr WAS (DVB); 20, (MD.MLD); 6, Bullard Canyon, 26 MayLAK (FI) Cr, 10 May WHE (PTS); 6 nesting, mouth of Wyeth Rd., 3-9 May HDR (PTS); 1, Malheur NWR Spotted Towhee Deschutes R, 16 May SHE (PTS) hqtrs., 26 May HAR (MLD,MD) 12, Wyeth Rd, 3 May HDR (PTS); 2 nesting, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Yellow Warbler Domingo Pass, Pueblo Mts, 24 May HAR 4, Hwy 140, west of Doherty Rim, 1 Apr LAK (AAF) many, Wheeler county, 10 May WHE (DL) (MD,MLD) Black Rosy-Finch Chestnut-sided Warbler Brewer's Sparrow 1, Hwy 140, west of Doherty Rim, 1 Apr LAK (AAF) 1 male, Fields, 23 May HAR (M) Immigrant Hill, 14 May UMA (MD,MLD,etal);2, Purple Finch Yellow-rumped Warbler W of Kent, 26 May SHE (PTS); 2, E of Bend, 31 May 1, Bend yard, 16 Apr DES (DH.PM) 100, Wyeth Rd., 3 May HDR (PTS); 1 myrtle, sev• DES (PTS) Cassin's Finch eral Audubon's, Malheur NWR hqtrs., 7 May HAR Lark Sparrow 1, Hwy 78, Basque ODOT station, 12 May MAL (AR) 2, Fields, 26 Apr HAR (PTS); several, (AR); 1, Sand Spring, east of Pine Mt, 13 MayDES Black-throated Gray Warbler Chickahominy Res. & Page Springs eg, 6-8 May (AR); 1, S of Adrian, 17 May MAL (PTS et al) 1, Moro, 3 May SHE (LR) HAR (AR); several,HatfieldLk, 12 MayDES (DH); Red Crossbill Townsend's Warbler 15, Malheur county, 17-18 May MAL (PTS); 8, Trout 3, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 26 May HAR (MLD.MD) 4, Wyeth Rd., 3 May HDR (PTS); 5, Malheur NWR Cr. Rd, 25 MayJEF (PTS); 1, South Junction eg, Lesser Goldfinch hqtrs., 10 May HAR (MLD,MD) 25 May WAS (DH) 2, Moore Pk, Klamath Falls, 23 Mar (RK,CL,PTS Hermit Warbler Sage Sparrow et al); 2, Fields, 26 Apr HAR (PTS); 1, Lower Bridge, 1, Wyeth Rd., 3 May HDR (PTS); 1, Malheur NWR 1, Grass Valley, 9 Mar SHE (MLF); 1, Foster Flat 4 May DES (DH.PM); 1, Prineville, 21 May CRO hqtrs., 16 May HAR (CE,AE,GL) Rd, 23 Mar HAR (AR); 2, Hwy 140, west of Doherty (CG); 3, Denio, 24 May HAR (MD,MLD) YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Rim, 1 Apr LAK (AAF); 2, Domingo Pass, Pueblo Evening Grosbeak 1 male, Fields, 24 Apr HAR (DP,M,et al) Mts, 24 May HAR (MD,MLD); 4, Mayfield Pond, E 100, Lakeview, 4 Mar LAK (FI); many, Klamath Palm Warbler of Bend, 31 May DES (PTS) Falls, 22 Mar KLA (RK); 2 flocks, Page Springs, 8 1, Malheur Field Station, 11 MayiMff (DE,LM) Lark Bunting May HAR (AR); 150, Wheeler county, 10-23 May Blackpoll Warbler l.male, Fox Valley, 29 May GRA (BH) WHE (PTS.BS.MLF); 15, Long Creek, 23 May GRA 2, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 17 May HAR (DE) Grasshopper Sparrow (MLD.MD); 8, Denio, 24 May HAR (MD.MLD)

Oregon Birds 23(4): 148, Winter 1997 Observers RIGHT: Yellow-throated Warbler, 24 April 1997,^ at DA David Anderson, CA Corvallis Audubon, DB Fields Station, Harney Co. Photos/Don Powers. David Bailey, PB Phyllis Bailey. JIB Jennifer & Lance Baker. RB Rachel Baker. LB Logan Becker. CB Carla Burnside. WSC Wilson & Susan Cady. CC Craig BELOW: Indigo Bunting, OBRC598-97-21C, 14June Corder. MID MerryLynn Denny. MD Mike Denny. 1997, Denio Creek, Harney Co. Photo/Merrylynn BCD Bill & Chris Dowdy. SD Steve Dowlan. AE Alice Denny. Elshoff. CE Cal Elshoff. DE Duncan Evered. DF Darrel Faxon. AAF Anthony A. Floyd. CEG Cecil Gagnon. CG Chuck Gates. GG Greg Giison. DH Dean Hale. EKH Eva & Karen Harris. HKH HendrikHerlyn. CH Carrie Herziger. JH Jerry Hickman. HH Howard Hovarth. BH Bob Hudson. MH Mack Huff. TH Tom Hunt. MTH Matt Hunter. FI Frank Isaacs. GI Gary Ivey. TJTimJanzen. GJ Garret Jones. SJShearn Jones. RK Ray Korpi. RKK R & K Krabbe, CK Cindy Kranich, LRK Libby& Rob Knotts, MLF Margaret LaFaive, GL Gerry Larson, CL Cindy Lawes, DAL Dave Lawrence, DL Donna Lusthoff, M Maitrea, JMG John McGee, PM Patty Meehan, JM Judy Meridith, JSM Jan & Stephine Messersmith, LM Lyla Messick, CM Craig Miller, EM Elaine Moisan, SM Shirley Muse, HN Harry Nehls, CMO Clarence & Marilyn O'Leary, EO Eduardo Olmedo, MO Mike Overton, TP Terry Pflugrad, JP Jon Plissner, DP Don Powers, CR Char• lotte Reep, AR Alan Reid, LR Lew Rems, ANR Andy Rene, RR Roger Robb, DR David Roll, SR Skip Russel, BRS Brian Schultz, SS Steve ShunkJLS Jamie Simmons, LS Lauren Sobkoviak, KS Kevin Spencer, JS Judy Stevens, HVS Harold & Voyla Steves, PTS Paul T. Sullivan, PSS Pat & Sharon Sweeny, DVB Dan van den Broek, JWJim Ward, TW Tom Winters, BW BELOW: Yellow-throated Warbler, OBRC'663-97-028, Bing Wong. 0 24 April 1997, Fields, Harney Co. Photo/Maitreya.

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Oregon Birds 23(4): 149, Winter 1997 HELDNOTES: Western Oregon, Spring 1997

Gerard Lillie, 329 SE Gilham, Portland, OR 97215 gerardl@teleport. com

The weather for much of the spring season was approx. 110 nm off the southern Oregon coast 3 1 was on the Sandy River near Troutdale, warmer and gentler than usual. It consisted of typi• May (MF). The same observer saw 2 approx. 140 Multnomah, throughout the period (m.ob.).A bird cal low pressure systems and their accompanying nm off the southern coast 12 May. These would be found at Hunter Cr, Curry, during the winter was rain and showers interspersed with milder condi• the second and third records for Oregon if a re• last noted 6 April (CD). tions. The warm weather of March, which followed port is submitted to the O.B.R.C. and is accepted. Brant an unusually mild winter, may have allowed some Sooty Shearwater Unusual away from the coast, 1 was near Forest species to arrive in our area slightly ahead of sched• The greatest numbers reported were in May, as Grove, Washington, 2 March (HN) and 1 was at ule. For most species though, arrival dates were as expected, when on 15 May "100s" were off Boiler Baskett Slough N.W.R, Polk, 21- 26 April (TS, SD). expected. DL and KC were on the coast every day of Bay, Lincoln, (TJ, TL, DVB). On 25 May several Eurasian Green-winged Teal the period and they noted that the weather was so hundred were seen out of Newport, Lincoln, (RL). Another Eurasian subspecies,/l««s crecca crecca, good it allowed migrants to hurry north unimpeded. Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 1 was on Sauvie Island, Multnomah, 8 March (GL) There was one strong storm near the end of April 1 was seen in Yaquina Bay, Lincoln, 31 March and 1 was along Fenk Road slough, Tillamook, 9 that slowed landbirds. When it finally ended there (DFa). 2 were there 1 April (DP). 1 was observed March (Al Murray). was a very noticeable push north by large numbers off Moolack Beach, Lincoln, 15 May (TJ, TL, DVB). Green-winged Teal of birds. American White Pelican First noted at Pony Slough, Coos, 5 May (DL, KC). Rare in western Oregon, 2 were seen this season. A pair was observed at the Forest Grove S.P. 25 May Abbreviations used in this report include: 1 was at Kirk Pond, F.R.R., Lane, 27 March (AMc), (HN). The observer thought they may have been a F.G.S.P. Forest Grove Sewage Ponds 30 March (BC et al.), 9 April (LeRoy Fish) and 14 nesting pair, which is very rare in western Oregon F.R.R. Fern Ridge Reservoir May (DBr). 1 was observed on Sauvie Island, Blue-winged Teal N.W.R. National Wildlife Refuge Multnomah?, 26 May (Joe Morawski). The first report came from the North Spit of the O.B.O.L. Oregon Birders On Line Brown Pelican Coos River, Coos, 5 May (DL, KC) .The next was of O.B.R.C. Oregon Bird Record Committee As has been the case in recent years, this species a pair at F.R.R, Lane,. 22 May (SM, SN) and 2 at P.R.B.A. Portland Rare Bird Alert arrived along the OR coast earlier than it used to. Coos Bay, Coos, 22 May (DL). S.J.C.R. South Jetty of the Columbia River The first was observed in Brookings, Curry, 7 April Cinnamon Teal S.P. Sewage Ponds (DM). They were seen in small numbers through First reported 1 March (AAF) along 1-5 north of W.A. Wildlife Area April (m.ob.) and were regular by mid-May (MP, Salem, Marion. Small numbers were observed in BG). several locations through late March and then were Red-throated Loon Cattle Egret regular afterwards (m.ob.). 5 lingered at the S.J.C.R, (Clatsop) through the 1 was along 1-5 near Coburg, Lane, 30 March and Northern Shoveler end of the period (HN et al) 4 April (Fred Chancey). Breeding was confirmed at Camas Swale near Eared Grebe Tundra Swan Creswell, Lane, when SN observed a female with 7 Unusual inland, 1 was at F.G.S.P, Washington, 17 50 on Sauvie Island, Columbia and Multnomah, 9 chicks 26 April. This is one of a very few (second?) March (P.R.B.A./O.B.O.L.), 1 was at the Philomath March was the last large flock noted this season breeding records for western Oregon. A heavy S.P, Benton, 30 March (JP) and 1 was at the (HN). 1 was on Meares Lake, Tillamook, from 16 northward movement was observed 18 May at Creswell S.P, Lane, 12 April (SN). May through the end of the period (MT). S.J.C.R, Clatsop, (MP), right on schedule. Western Grebe Tundra (Bewick's) Swan Eurasian Widgeon 32 above Bonneville Dam, Multnomah, 30 March Rare in Oregon, a bird of this Eurasian form, Cyg- 1 was at WISTEC pond, Lane, 15 March (VA), 1 was a large number for the location (DB). 4 at Cas• nus columbianus bewickii, was at the end of Royal was at Bertleson Slough, Lane, 22 March (PSh), 1 cade Locks, Multnomah, on 17 May were lingering Ave, F.R.R, Lane, 19March (DJ). At its April 1997 was at Brownsville, Linn, 23 March (RR), 2 were later than usual (DA). 12 were observed 29 May at meeting, O.B.R.C. voted to review records of select at Stewart Pond, Lane, 24 March (HH) and 1 was Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lane, which is one of the only subspecies that may become full species. This sub• at Fiddle Cr, Lane, 3 April (B&ZSt). known breeding sites in western OR for this spe• species is among them, so if future sightings are Redhead cies (LHu, MMu). made of this subspecies, submit a report in the Uncommon away from the coast, a few were noted Clarke's Grebe normal manner to O.B.R.C. inland. 2 were along Reeder Rd. on Sauvie Island, 1 was at Yaquina Bay, Lincoln, 1 April (SD), 1 Trumpeter Swan Multnomah, 16 March (Sue Orlowski).They were was at Winchester Bay, Douglas, 19 April (RM) and 2 were just east of Corvallis, Benton, 3 March being reported from F.R.R, Lane, in larger num• 1 was off shore at Harbor, Curry, 18 May (DM). 8 (AAF) and 1 was just east of Cushman, Lane, 23 bers this spring than local observers have ever seen pairs were at F.R.R, Lane, 26 May (LHu, MMu). March (DH.B&ZSt)). (m.ob.) and were still there at the end of the pe• This is the only known breeding location in west• Greater White-fronted Goose riod. ern Oregon at this time. Heavy migration was noted throughout April and Greater Scaup Black-footed Albatross May(HNetaL). Primarily coastal, this species is uncommon in• Low numbers were reported this year. 8 were seen Snow Goose land. This season, however, saw quite a few at in• out of Newport, Lincoln, 25 May (RL). Small numbers of individuals were mixed with land locations. 20 were at Kirk Pond, F.R.R, Lane, Laysan Albatross Canada Goose flocks to mid-April (HN, KW, et al.). 2 March (RR), 1 was at EE Wilson W.A, Benton, A dead adult was found on the beach south of Ross' Goose 16 March (Carolyn Paynter), 8 were at the Forest Manzanita, Tillamook, 28 March (P.R.B.A./ Rare in western OR, 4 were observed this season. Grove S.P, Washington, 29 March (GG) and22were O.B.O.L.). 1 was near Pacific City, Tillamook, 21 March (HN), in the Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah, 27 April MURPHY'S PETREL 1 was at Waite Pasture near Florence, Lane, 23 (HN). It is thought that this species is more common March (DH) and 27 March (JSi) ,1 was at F.R.R, Lesser Scaup than previously known but occurs farther off the Lane, 25 March and 6 April (DH, DS, PSh, RR) and A pair was noted on the late date of 26 May at the coast than most pelagic trips can reach. A seabird 1 was at Sutherlin, Douglas, 21 April (KW). Forest Grove S.P. (HN). observer on a N.O.A.A. research ship saw 14 Emperor Goose King Eider

Oregon Birds 23(4): 150, Winter 1997 The female that wintered in Yaquina Bay, Lincoln, (m.ob.). A very large concentration was noted 30 Rare in spring, 1 was at Creekside Marsh in was still present 26 March (P.R.B.A./O.B.O.L.). March when 200 were at Cedar Canyon Marsh, Beaverton, Washington, 10 April (PS) and a female Oldsquaw Washington, (Rick and Nora Miller), was at S.J.C.R, Clatsop, 17-18 May (MP). An uncommon species in our region, 7 were ob• lesser Yellowlegs Ruff served this season. 4 were at Yaquina Bay, Lincoln, This species is much less common in spring than Very unusual in the spring, a male was at Pony 8 March (SD, et al.), 2 were at the Nehalem S.P, its larger Tringa relative. 7 were at the north fork Slough, Coos Bay, Coos, 18 April (DL, KC, details). Tillamook, and 1 was on Nehalem Bay, Tillamook, mudflats of the Siuslaw River east of Florence, Lane, Long-billed Dowitcher both 10 April (Bob Loehning). 15 March (B&ZSt), 10 were near Astoria, Clatsop, A late individual was at the Forest Grove S.P, Wash• Turkey Vulture 30 March (MP), 13 were there 2 April (MP) and 1 ington, 26 May (HN). First noted 8 March in Lincoln Co. (SD) was near Corvallis, Benton, 27 April (RR). Wilson's Phalarope White-tailed Kite Solitary Sandpiper A rare spring migrant, several were observed this Very few reports were received this spring. 1 was This species is an uncommon migrant through spring. A pair was at Baskett Slough N.W.R, Polk, in the Karnowsky Creek area of the Siuslaw River, Oregon but appeared this spring in good numbers. 9 May (SD), 2 females were at the Blount Road Lane, 7 March (FI), 1 was near White City, Jack• 1 was at Cedar Canyon Marsh, Washington, 19 April Marsh near Canby, Clackamas, 11 May (SD), 4 were son, 15 March (RR), 1 was at Nestucca Meadows (GL), 1 was in a flooded pasture along Fir Butte at the Creswell S.P, Lane, 21 May (SN), a male was near Pacific City, Tillamook, 9 April (P.R.B.A./ Rd, Lane, 21-22 April (DBr), 1 was at the Forest at F.G.S.P, Washington, 24 May (GG) and 1 was at O.B.O.L.) and 1 was along North Bank Rd. near Grove S.P, Washington, 26 April (GG), 1 was at the Blount Road Marsh 28 May (ES). Glide, Douglas, 3 May (RM).A pair was observed E.E. Wilson W.A., Benton, 27 April (RR), 1 was at Red-necked Phalarope at South Slough, Coos, beginning 20 April. Display• the Mollala S.P, Clackamas, 29 April (TS), 1 was at Inland, 9 were near Hillsboro, Washington, 20 ing behavior was noted 11 and 14 May and the ob• the lower Winchuck River, Curry, 2 May (DM), 1 April (Jim Hannan), 60 were at F.G.S.P, Washing• servers feel that nesting is probable (DL, KC). was near Astoria, Clatsop, 2 May (MP) and 1 was ton, 20 April (DL) and 4 were at the Creswell S.P, Northern Goshawk at E.E. Wilson W.A. 5 May (AMc). All of the above Lane, 1 May (SM, SN). Along the coast, 40 were Uncommon at lower elevations in western Oregon, sightings lived up to the species common name. observed at S.J.C.R, Clatsop, 11 May (MP) and 51 1 was soaring over Camp Riley near Warrenton, Willet were there 18 May (MP). A "heavy movement" was Clatsop, 18 May (MP). A rare transient in western Oregon, 1 was with a seen from TierraDel Mar, Tillamook, 10 May (Wink Gyrfalcon flock ofWhimbrel at Harbor, Curry, 27 April (DM). Gross). 1 gray phase subadult was reported near Whimbrel Long-tailed Jaeger Scappoose, Columbia, 6 March (HN). A little earlier than usual, 6 were at Yaquina Bay, A flock of 62 was observed approx. 140 nm off Prairie Falcon Lincoln, 23 March (Jeff Fleischer). They were regu• the southern coast 12 May (MF). Rare in the Willamette Valley in spring, 1 was at lar by early April (m.ob.). The highest count came Franklin's Gull F.R.R, Lane, 4 May (RT). from favored meadows outside of Tillamook, Rare in western Oregon, 2 were at Plat I Reser• Sandhill Crane Tillamook, when 150 were observed 4 May (PS). voir near Sutherlin, Douglas, 14 April Qim Hein). Flooding on Sauvie Island scattered this species Rare inland, 1 was at the Fisher Butte unit of F.R.R, Bonaparte's Gull and prevented an estimate of high numbers this Lane, 25 May (JC). First noted 20 April when 2 were at Tillamook season. The peak appeared to be around the be• Long-billed Curlew Bay, Tillamook, (DB). Afterwards they were regu• ginning of April, when 300 were observed This species is a rare migrant through western lar along the coast throughout the period (m.ob.). (HN) .Very unusual was a report of 2 circling in a Oregon. 1 was observed at Days Creek, Douglas, 5 Unusual as inland transients in the spring, 1 was at thermal at the Floras Lake bottomlands, Curry, 17 April (Kevin Sands fide RM), 1 was at Bandon, Coos, F.G.S.P, Washington, 17March (P.R.B.A./O.B.O.L.). May (DL, KC). The same day 2 were observed fly• 20 April (DL, KC), 2 were at Pony Slough, Coos, 28 Glaucous Gull ing in the vicinity of Port Orford, Curry, (TJW). This April (DL, KC), 2 were at Yaquina Bay, Tillamook, Few were reported this spring. A third year bird species is rarely reported from southwestern Or• 3 May (MHu) and 1 was flying along the beach at was at Bandon, Coos, 22 March (P.R.B.A./O.B.O.L.), egon. Harbor, Curry, 18 May (DM). a first winter bird was at S.J.C.R, Clatsop, 22 March American Golden-Plover Marbled Godwit (P.R.B.A./O.B.O.L), the bird that wintered in the A rare spring transient, a breeding plumage male As expected, small numbers were observed this Florence area, Lane, was last reported 30 March was at the Port of Brookings, Curry, 28 April- 1 spring. 1 was at Pony Slough, Coos, 19 April (DL, (BC), 2 were on Sauvie Island, Multnomah, 5 April May (Elizabeth Irle, DM et al.). KC), 1 was along Clatsop Beach, Clatsop, 20 April (HN, et al.), 1 was along Clatsop Beach, Clatsop, Semipalmated Plover (MP), 6 were in Siletz Bay, Lincoln, 3 May (DH), 2 12 April (MP) and 1 was at Newport, Lincoln, 19 The first migrants were noted at the mouth of the were in Yaquina Bay, Lincoln, 3 May (MHu), 9 w'ere April (DB). Siltcoos River, Lane, 11 April (B&ZSt). Numbers at the mouth of the New River, Coos, 8 May (DL, Sabine's Gull built up quickly at various locations along the coast KC) and 1 was at Bandon, Coos, 10 May (DL, KC). 24 were observed out of Newport, Lincoln, 25 May (m.ob.) to the apparent peak of migration in late Red Knot (RL). April and early May when 450 were reported from This species overflys Oregon in migration and Caspian Tern Clatsop Beach, Clatsop, 4 May (MP), an exceptional therefore is only seen in small numbers. 1 was at First noted 21 March at Yaquina Bay, Lincoln, number. Bandon, Coos, 3 May (Steve Kornfeld), 1 was at (David Pitkin). Snowy Plover S.J.C.R, Clatsop, 9 May (HN), 9 were there 11 May Common Tern Only two reports were received of this declining (MP) and 2 were at Bandon, Coos, 20 May (DL, 1+were seen north of Florence, Lane, 19-20 April species, both from the mouth of the Siltcoos River, KC). (DD), 1 was reported from South Slough, Coos, 10 Lane, a known breeding location. 2 were there 11 Semipalmated Sandpiper May (DL, KC) and 11 were seen out of Newport, April (B&ZSt) and 3 were there 16 May (RR). Very rare in the spring, 1 was at the Blount Road Lincoln, 25 May (RL). Black-necked Stilt Marsh near Canby, Clackamas, 12 May (TS). Arctic Tern Rare in western Oregon, 3 were at the Fisher Butte Western Sandpiper The only report was 2 at S.J.C.R, Clatsop, 18 May area of F.R.R, Lane, 5 April (JC, SG, AM, TM) and 1 Numbers built up through April after which the (MP). was at Emigrant Lake, Jackson, 13 April (RR). movement peaked in late April and early May Black Tern American Avocet (m.ob.). Nesting occurred again this year at F.R.R, Lane. Uncommon in western Oregon, 1 was at Yaquina Least Sandpiper "Several" were observed 11 May (SM) and 16+ Bay, Lincoln, 13 May (TJ, CM, DVB). First noted 19 April when 3 were at Pony Slough, were observed 26 May (Mhu). Greater YeUowlegs Coos, (DL, KC). The largest number observed was Tufted Puffin First noted 15 March when 4 were north of 100+ near Creswell, Lane, 27 April (SN). First noted at their breeding colony on Haystack Corvallis, Benton, (JSi) then regular after that Pectoral Sandpiper Rock, Cannon Beach, Clatsop, 1 April (BG).

Oregon Birds 23(4): 151, Winter 1997 Horned Puffin Rare in western Oregon away from the Cascade Hannan) and one visited a feeder in Eugene, Lane, 1 dead bird washed up at Yaquina Head, Lincoln, summit, 1 was reported from Boring, Clackamas, 8 March (DD). 6 March (Elayne Barkley). This species winters on 15 April (Neil Pestice). Blue-gray Gnatcatcher the waters of the open ocean and therefore is not Olive-sided Flycatcher Rare away from its limited range in Oregon, 4 were often seen close to the coast. 30 were observed First noted 9 May in the Euchre Creek headwa• seen in unexpected locations. 1 was west of Eu• approx. 110 nm off the southern coast 3 May and 7 ters area, Curry, (CD). gene, Lane, in a Nature Conservancy preserve 24- were off the coast (distance?) 12 May (MF). Western Wood-Pewee 29 April (Jerry Morcello et al.) and a male and 2 Snowy Owl First noted 9 May in the Lawson Creek drainage, females were found on the south slope of Mt. Pisgah, Lingering birds from last winters invasion contin• Curry, (CD). SE of Eugene, Lane, 1 May to the end of the period ued to be seen into mid-March. 2 were still at the Willow Flycatcher (PSh etal.). S.J.C.R, Clatsop, (P.R.B.A./O.B.O.L.) as of 20 March First noted 3 May in Eugene, Lane, (A&TM). Mountain Bluebird and 1 was observed 22 March along the shores of Hammond's Flycatcher Very unusual near coastal Curry, 1 was observed Tillamook Bay, Tillamook, (BS). First noted 15 April at Mt. Tabor Park, Portland, along the Elk River 2 May (TJW). Burrowing Owl Multnomah, (JG). Northern Mockingbird The only report of this rare western Oregon visi• Dusky Flycatcher Rare in western Oregon and especially so in tant was a bird hit by a car near Beaverton, Wash• Detroit Flats, Marion, has proven to be a reliable spring, this species staged an invasion to our re• ington, 27 March (BS). location to find small numbers of this species each gion. 1 was in Brookings, Curry, from the begin• Barred Owl spring. 1 was there 27 April (SD) and 3 were there ning of the period through 13 April (Buzz Stewart, 1 was at Finley N.W.R, Benton, 8 May (Michael 5 May (SD). Elsewhere, 1 was observed along the m.ob.). 1 was along Prairie Rd. just north of Eu• Bogar) and 1 was along the North Umpqua Rd, North Umpqua Rd, Douglas, 10 May (RM). gene, Lane, 2 April (RT) and 1 was found in Douglas, 15 May (RM). The Mill Hill Trail area of Gray Flycatcher Alvadore, Lane, 5 May (DBr). 3 were found in Port• Finley N.W.R. appears to be a regular site for this Rare in western Oregon, a surprising 4 were at land, Multnomah; 1 was in northeast Portland be• species (P.R.B.A./O.B.O.L.). Detroit Flats, Marion, 5 May (SD). ginning 9 May for a few days (Laurie Carlson et Common PoorwiU Pacific-slope Flycatcher al.), 1 was in north Portland 17 May (Russ Jolly) A vagrant away from its breeding range, a calling First noted 14 April in Brookings, Curry, (DM). and 1 was in a different area of northeast Portland bird was heard in Gladstone, Clackamas, 27 April Black Phoebe 23 May 0- Quincey). 1 was also in Newberg, (P.R.B.A./O.B.O.L). Unusual away from coastal Curry Co. and the Co- Yamhill, 22 May (Fred Shipley) White-throated Swift quille Valley, 1 was near Peoria, Linn, 24 March Sage Thrasher Rarely seen in western Oregon, 1 was at Finley (Omar Halvorson) and a pair nested at the Creswell Rare in western Oregon, 1 was at Detroit Flats, N.W.R, Benton, 18 May (Kay Carter); Golf Course, Lane, 15 May (SM, SN), a first for Lane Marion, 5 May (SD). Black-chinned Hummingbird Co. loggerhead Shrike Rare in western Oregon, a male visited a feeder Say's Phoebe Rare in western Oregon, 1 was at Fisher Butte, in St. Helens, Columbia, during the first week of Now rare in western Oregon, 1 was at Toketee, Lane, 2 April (AP), 1 was at F.R.R, Lane, 5 April May (Steve Nemitz fide HN). Douglas, 8 March (KG). (BC), and 6 April (RR) and 1 was found along the Costa's Hummingbird Western Kingbird deflation plain south of the Siuslaw River, Lane, 7 Rare throughout Oregon, a male visited a feeder First noted in the Rogue Valley, Josephine and April (B&ZSt). Most likely a single bird was noted in Portland, Multnomah, in late April and early May Jackson, where it is common, 17 April (DV, Ron at Detroit Flats, Marion, on several occasions; 15 (Peg Shepherd fide HN). Ketchum). Elsewhere, they appeared in above av• April and 2 May QL) and 5 May (SD). Calliope Hummingbird erage numbers in Curry Co. and the Willamette Cassin's Vireo As more observers are in the field more is being Valley. TJW reported at least 20 on his Elk River First noted 30 March at Lane Community College, learned about bird distribution and migratory botomlands, Curry, 2 May. 8 were along Oceanview Lane, (SG) then regular after mid-April (m.ob.). movements. This species is a case in point. Until Dr., Brookings, Curry, in early May (CD, DM, MM, Warbling Vireo recently it was considered a rare transient through• MS). Up to 5 were reported in the northern First noted 15 April at the North Spit of the Coos out the Willamette Valley. But in the past few years Willamette Valley and 6 were along the central and River, Coos, (DL, KC). birders in the Eugene area have found that it oc• north coast (m.ob). Orange-crowned Warbler curs annually although in very low numbers Purple Martin The first Neotropical warbler to arrive in the state (O.B.O.L.). They also appear in Corvallis most First noted 12 April near Reedsport, Douglas, each spring, this species was first noted 15 March springs in even lower numbers (O.B.O.L.). They (RM). By the next day they were noted on Sauvie at Toketee, Douglas, (KG) and along Greenhill Rd, are still considered rare transients in the northern Island, Multnomah, (JM). Lane, (DH). Willamette Valley and along the coast. This spring, Tree Swallow Nashville Warbler however, there were several reports from the south• "A good movement" was noted from late Febru• First noted 13 April in Grants Pass, Josephine, ern Willamette Valley and an unusually large num• ary and early March (m.ob.). (DV) and Skinner Butte in Eugene, Lane, (A&TM). ber from the northern end of the valley: 1 was in Violet-green Swallow Yellow Warbler Cornelius, Washington, 6 April (fide HN), a male This species arrived on time in good numbers in First noted 26 April at Alsea, Benton, (Marcia was in Astoria, Clatsop, 11 April (MP), 1 was south early March (m.ob.). Cutler etal.). of Corbett, Multnomah, 12 April (Nancy Willis), a Northern Rough-winged Swallow Black-throated Gray Warbler displaying male was at Skinner Butte, Lane, 12 April First noted 15 March in Eugene, Lane, (DH). First noted 5 April when 1 was observed at Skin• (A&TM), 1 was at a feeder near Waterville on the Cliff Swallow ner Butte in Eugene, Lane, (A&TM, VA) and 3 were McKenzie River, Lane, (Alan Reid), 1 visited a feeder First noted 19 March over Corvallis, Benton, along the Clackamas River, Clackamas, (BA). south of Creswell, Lane, 25 April (Don & Hydie (AAF). Townsend's Warbler Lown), a male was in Elmira, Lane, 26 April (DP), Barn Swallow First noted in the Hubbard Creek area of the a male was in Mt. Tabor Park in Portland, First noted 22 March at Finley N.W.R, Benton. Umpqua River, Douglas, 19 March (DM). Multnomah, 28 April (GL), amalewas in Corvallis, (JSO. Palm Warbler Benton, 28 April (Paul Murtaugh), 1 was in Happy Blue Jay Very late migrants were observed 5 April at Valley southeast of Portland, Multnomah, 2 May A vagrant in Oregon and very rare in the spring, 1 Yaquina Bay, Lincoln, (Bruce Newhouse) and 5 (David Sutter), 2 males were at Toketee, Douglas, was in Eugene, Lane, 1-22 April (DW et al.). April along the deflation plane near the South Jetty 7 May (KG) and 1 was at Mary's Peak, Benton, 10 Mountain Chickadee of the Siuslaw River, Lane, (Bruce Newhouse). May OP)- Rare in the lowlands of western Oregon, 1 visited MacGillivray's Warbler Red-naped Sapsucker a feeder in Portland, Multnomah, 8 March 0im First noted on the slighdy early date of 13 April at

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Eastern Fox Sparrow, 30 March 1997, Sutherlin, Douglas Co. Photo/Katherine S. Wilson. A Fox Sparrow showed up at my feeder on 30 using a 20x zoom. That resulted in 13 seconds of sweeping series of small white dots, and the upper, March 1997. It was obviously a Fox Sparrow — very nice views. *** smaller wingbar shows only 2 or 3 small white dots, larger than a Song Sparrow, with thick conical bill, For the rest of the written description, the head is fust in front of the shorter wingbar is a white splotch the lower mandible being yellower than the upper gray with reddish-brown markings. The crown is often (but not always) visible. The rest of the back mandible, but Us overall color was red versus the gray with suffused reddish-brown. Reddish-brown and closed wings and tail are bright reddish-brown. usual dark brown forms normally here in winter. auriculars are bordered below by white, which in The brightest area is at the sides of the tail base. The Also it exhibited a typical Fox Sparrow feeding habit turn is bordered below by a reddish-brown mark sides are white with heavy reddish-brown streaking. of vigorously hop-scratching in the same place. descending from the chin and throat. The chin and The streaking appears to be a series of connected I didn't see it on 31 March, but viewed it again throat are white. The gray nape shows very nicely in chevrons. There is reddish-brown spotting on the on 1 April, then nearly everyday through 9 April. one of the photographs. The upper back is grayish breast verging into one large central spot. The belly On 3 April I photographed itfrom a blind next to the with reddish-brown streaks. The streaks are a string and vent area are white. The legs are light in color. I feeding area, and also videotaped it at 3:47p.m. of connected reddish-brown round spots. Two was not aware of any vocalizations. with a Canon ES2000 at a distance of 12 to 15 feet wingbars are visible at close range. The longest is a — Katherine S. Wilson

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 27 May 1997, a male at Malheur NWR headquarters, Harney Co. Photo/Tim fanzen.

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LEFT TOP: Wiilet, 30 May 1997, near.Hines, Harney Co. LEFT CENTER: Barrow's Goldeneye, 29 May 1997, Lost Lake, Linn Co. LEFT BOTTOM: White-fronted Goose (left) with Emperor Goose, 30 March 1997, Hunter Creek, Curry Co. All photos/Skip Russell. . Oregon Birds 23(4): 155, Winter 1997 Skinner Butte in Eugene, Lane, (DH). Fox Sparrow Zharikov). If a report is submitted to the O.B.R.C. Common Yellow throat A bird of the eastern subspecies, or Red Fox Spar• and is accepted it would constitute the second Or• First noted 20 March when 1 was at the Jackson- row, was in Sutherlin, Douglas, 30 March and 1 egon record. Frazier Wetlands, Benton, (AAF). April (KW). Wilson's Warbler Harris' Sparrow Thanks .... First noted on the early date of 30 March in Eu• The 2 that were along Greenhill Rd. in Lane Co. I would like to thank the sub-regional editors: gene, Lane, (Paul Land). Many were noted in the for much of the winter were last seen 6 March (DP, Colin Dillingham- Curry Co, Tom Mickel- Lane Co, more expected mid-April arrival window (m.ob.). DW). 1 visited a feeder in Eugene, Lane, for much Harry Nehls- Western Oregon. Yellow-breasted Chat of the period (BC). Initialed observers Few reports were received with the first noted 3 Lapland Longspur BA Bob Altman, DA David Anderson, VA Vera May south of F.R.R, Lane, (DS). A rare spring migrant, 1 was at the South Jetty of Arnold, DB David Bailey, DBr David Brown, DVB Western Tanager Yaquina Bay, Lincoln, 31 March (DFa) and 2 were Dan Van Den Broek, BC Barbara Combs, DC Dave First noted on the early date of 10 April in there 6 April (DFa, JS). Copeland, JCJim Carlson, KC Kathleen Castlein, CD Brookings, Curry, (DM). Many others were re• Snow Bunting Colin Dillingham, DD Don Dewidt, SD Steve Dowlan, ported in the more expected late-April arrival win• 2 were along the beach at Gearhart, Clatsop, 8 AAF Anthony Allan Floyd, MF Michael Force, DFa dow (m.ob.). March (Nancy Peate). Darrel Faxon, BG Brian Godfrey, GG Greg Gilson, Chipping Sparrow Yellow-headed Blackbird JG Jeff Gilligan, KG Keith Graves, SG Steve Gordan, 1 was in Toledo, Lincoln, on the early date of 8 Very rare on the coast, 1 was at Meares Lake, DH Dan Heyerly, HH Hendrick Herlyn, LHu Lisa March (SD). Tillamook, 25 May (MT). Hunter, MHu Matt Hunter, FI Frank Isaacs, DJ Dave Lark Sparrow Orchard Oriole Jones, TJ Tim Janzen, DL Dave Lauten, GL Gerard Rare away from the Rogue Valley, 1 was in a An immature male was observed by CD in his Lillie, JLJohn Lundsten, RL Roy Lowe, TL Tom Love, clearcut east of Sweet Home, Linn, 8 May (TJ, DVB). Brookings, Curry, yard 14 March. Details submit• AM Allison Mickel, DM Don Munson, JM Judy Black-throated Sparrow ted to O.B.R.C. Meredith, MM Michael Miller, RM Ron Maertz, SM A vagrant in western Oregon, 1 was in Bloomberg Hooded Oriole Sylvia Maulding, TM Tom Mickel, AMc Alan McGie, Park, Eugene, Lane, 3 May (AP) and 1 was at De• A male was at Cape Meares Village, Tillamook, HN Harry Nehls, SN Sally Nelson, AP Al Prigge, DP troit Flats, Marion, 8 May (DC). 17-21 April (MTetal.). Dianne Pettey, JP Jon Plissner, MP Mike Patterson, Grasshopper Sparrow Bullock's Oriole RR Roger Robb, BS Bob Salinger, DS Don Very difficult to detect in migration, 1 was singing First noted 27 April in Ashland, Jackson, (Denny Schrouder, JS Judy Stevens, MS Mark Stevens, PS near the end of Royal Ave. at F.R.R, Lane, 10 May Niebuhr), they were regular throughout the region Paul Sullivan, TS Tim Shelmerdine, PSh Paul (TM) and 1 was singing in the East Coyote unit of by early May (m.ob.). Sherrell, JSi Jammie Simmons, BSt Bill Stotz, ZSt F.R.R, Lane, 16 May (RT, RR). This species used to LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH Zanah Stotz, MT Margaret Tweelinckx, RT Rot Titus, have a breeding site near Fern Ridge. Is it possible 1 was observed visiting a waterhole with a mixed VT Verda Teale, WT William Tice, DV Dennis suitable habitat is available for them again at or flock of Lesser and American Goldfinches 15 May Vroman, DW David Wendt, KW Katherine Wilson, near this location? near Lower Table Rock, Jackson (Tanya Bray, Yuri TJWTerryJWahl. 0

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