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The quarterly journal of Oregon field ornithology

Volume 21, Number 2, Summer 1995

Whooper Swan at Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon, and California Wintering Areas 35 Martin J. St. Louis

1994 Oregon Listing Results 37 Jim Johnson

Hotlines and Birding Talk by Computer 42 Jane Lufkin Davis

The importance of collecting birds and preserving museum specimens 45 M. Ralph Browning

Recording Natural Sounds 49 Eleanor A. Pugh

More on the Oregon Atlas and Gazetteer 50 Matthew G. Hunter

Same Lame Game 50 David R. Copeland

Oregon Breeding Bird Atlas Project 51

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NEWS AND NOTES OB 21(1) 52

FIELDNOTES, Fall 1994 56 Eastern Oregon, Fall 1994 57 Paul T. Sullivan Western Oregon, Fall 1994 64 Jim Johnson COVER PHOTO Boreal Owl, TumaloMt, Deschutes Co., 14 September 1994. Photo/Tom Crabtree. CENTER OPO annual meeting and convention, La Grande • OFOfall birding weekend, Malheur • OPO membership form • OPO Bookcase • Checklist of Oregon birds • Oregon Rare Bird Phone Network Oregon Birds is looking for Oregon Birds material in these categories: News Briefs on things of temporal Tlie quarterlyjournal of'Oregonfield ornithology importance, such as meetings, birding trips, announcements, news items, etc.

Articles are longer contributions dealing OREGON BIRDS is a quarterly publication of Oregon Field with identification, distribution, ecology, 2~ :-z :g,sts. an Oregon not-for-profit corporation. Membership in management, conservation, taxonomy, : - eld Ornithologists includes a subscription to Oregon Birds. behavior, biology, and historical aspects of SSN 0890-2313 ornithology and burjmg in Oregon. Articles cite references (i any); Editor Owen Schmidt Assistant Editor Sharon K. Blair appear at I Associate Editor Jim Johnson Short

OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS President George A. Jobanek, Eugene (1994-95) •^a Names Secretary David R. Copeland, Keizer (1994-95) y y.i end of Treasurer Barbara Combs, Eugene (1994-95) Past President Tim Shelmerdine, Aurora Bird Find: > 'where to find a Directors Cindy Lawes, Beaverton (1994-96) some of the rarer Gerard Lillie, Portland (1993-95) md birds in the Don MacDonald, Corvallis (1993-95) ofthebetterspots). Paul T. Sullivan, Beaverton (1994-96) Review » alerial on Oregon • birders. OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE Photographs especially photos taken recenth •L Color slide Secretary Harry Nehls, Portland (1994) iy .-• • Please label all ::::< : - tier's name and Members Tom Crabtree, Bend (1995-97) date and place the Colin Dillingham, Brookings (1995-97) will be returned; Jeff Gilligan, Portland (1993-95) Jim Johnson, Portland (1993-95) information. Nick Lethaby, Santa Clara, CA (1994-96) - f. ; i-sjt •: >i Birds — Larry McQueen, Eugene (1994-96) OB21(3)-Faf tm—«»July 1995. The next Craig Roberts, Tillamook (1993-95) issue sr..:o: 2?- 1 jm it first week of Skip Russell, Beaverton (1995-97 Ser-i~:e". ii- :.y :

Martin J. St. Louis, 36981 Highway 31, Summer Lake, OR 97640

Oregon's first verified record of a Lake, I was able to watch the Whooper was occasionally observed Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) oc• Whooper for extended periods of alone, on numerous occasions it was curred at the Summer Lake Wildlife time. The bird seemed to be associ• in the company of this uniquely Area (SLWA) from 10 November ated with a Tundra Swan and ap• marked Tundra Swan. through 3 December 1994.The bird peared to form a loose pair bond with After remaining through several was first observed in the morning by this bird, sometimes exhibiting a tri• harsh weather events that froze Jacks R. Madigan at Jacks Lake while con• umph ceremony display of sorts af• Lake and all but a few small holes in ducting a weekly bird inventory on ter encounters with other swans the Gold Dike Impoundment during the Wildlife Area. Immediately after (both Tundras and Trumpeters). The late November, the Whooper was last the observation, the Oregon Rare Bird Tundra associated with the Whooper observed at SLWA on 3 December Phone Network was notified and dur• was somewhat unique in that the lore 1995. Searches of the entire SLWA on ing the following 3 weeks over 150 spot on the bill was very pale yellow 8 December and 20 December (Sum• observers came to view the bird, (appearing off-white) and a charac• mer Lake Christmas Bird Count) some from as far away as the East teristic almond shape. While the found 789 and 996 total swans re• Coast and Texas. spectively, but the Whooper was not Whooper Swan, Summer Lake Wildlife Management The swan usually remained on detected. Area, 21 November 1994. Photo/Harry Nehls. Jacks Lake and The Whooper was readily ob• Swan at SLWA served from the during the win• Wildlife Area ter of 1994 will headquarters. On become Ore• several occasions gon's first veri• though, over-anx• fied record of the ious observers species, al• disturbed the bird though this is not by attempting to the first observa• approach closer. tion of the spe• When flushed, cies at this loca• the Whooper — tion or else• usually in the where in the Pa• company of Tun• cific Flyway. dra (C. c. colum- In 1991, SLWA bianus) and became involved Trumpeter (C. with aTrumpeter buccinator} Swan range ex• Swans and other pansion project waterfowl — and intensive flew to the near• monitoring of by Gold Dike Im- swans from fall poundment through spring where it remain• now occurs year• ed secure from ly. Since July disturbance, but 1991, over 500 difficult to ob• trumpeter swans serve. Usually, were neck-col• within a day or 2, lared and translo• the swan re• cated to Summer turned to Jacks Lake from Mal• Lake and would heur National frequently remain Wildlife Refuge there through the (NWR) in Or• night. egon, Red Rock While at Jacks Lakes NWR in Oregon Birds 21(2): 35 Montana, and Harriman State Park in at the Lower Klamath NWR, Siskiyou day. Idaho. Monitoring neck-collared County, California from late Novem• During winter 1993,T.Albro, from swans demanded the search of all ber 1991 through February 1992. Sacramento NWR, California, re• swan flocks and has resulted in the On 9 March 1992 a Whooper Swan ported a Whooper Swan in a large observation many unmarked Trum• was reported at the Work Road Pond, flock ofTundra Swans at the junction peter and Bewick's (C. c. bewickii) SLWA, by S. Love. I could not locate of Richvale Rd. and Hwy 99, in Butte Swans, and 3 Whooper Swans. Usu• this bird on the following day for con• ally these sightings were of a single firmation. occurrence and could not be verified No observations were recorded by multiple observers or by photo• from fall 1992 through spring 1993, graph, or they occurred in refuge but on 24 November 19931 observed Head shot! Below, 3 views of the Whooper Swan on portions of the Wildlife Area where a Whooper Swan in a mixed flock of Jacks Lake, from Highway 31, captured through a public access is not permitted. Tundra and Trumpeter Swans at Questar telescope, on Hi-8 video, processed through As many may recall, a Whooper Schoolhouse Lake, SLWA. As in the Adobe Photoshop on a personal computer. It No• Swan was observed (many observers) past, this bird was only observed 1 vember 1994. Photos/Owen Schmidt

Oregon Birds 21 (2): 36 County, California, on 9 and 10 De• cember. Eleven days later, on 21 De• 1994 Oregon listing Results cember a Whooper Swan was ob• served at the Howard Slough Wildlife Area, Butte County, near the earlier Jim Johnson, 3244 N.E. Brazee Street, OR 97212 sighting by the same observer. And finally, during a survey of wintering As most of you already know, Steve Summers moved to Utah last year. As swans in California, a Whooper compiler of the listing results since 1981, he maintained a level of dedication within a large flock of tundra swans and accuracy that was commendable. Steve left some big shoes to fill, but so was reported by R. Drewien and R. far they fit pretty well. Those of us who know Steve hope he doesn't stay Shea (Wildlife Research Institute, away too long. University of Idaho) 5 miles south of The anticipated publication of the seventh edition of the American Orni• 01ivehurst,Yuba County. thologists' Union Check-List did not occur in 1994, so we will look for it this year. It will more than likely contain some additional Oregon species result• On 17 January 19951 received a call ing from splits. Stay tuned. Many birders did add some new birds to their from T. Albro, reporting an observa• state lists, however, with the appearance of some ultra-vagrants including tion of Whooper Swan in Colusa Rustic Bunting, Eastern Wood-Pewee, and Whooper Swan. County, California, about 10 miles south of the winter 1993 observa• Congratulations are in order to Donna Lusthoff for reaching 400 on her tions. Unsolicited, he indicated that state list. She also achieved 100+ birds in every county as did Paul Sullivan. the Whooper appeared to be paired Kudos to both. The 200-bird barrier was broken in Clackamas County. This with a Tundra Swan. Based on these leaves only Gilliam, Josephine, Linn, Sherman, and Yamhill Counties without observations over the past 3 years, I "200 birders." strongly suspect these observations This year there is a slight modification to the format, as suggested by a to be of the same individual bird. reporter. The county year lists are organized by county rather than by spe• cies totals. This makes comparing multiple year lists from the same county Swans and geese demonstrate very easier. Additionally, the "Previous County Record High lists" is now the "All- strong and reoccurring traditions to time County Year List Records," so the list includes records from 1994.1 hope migrational staging and wintering ar• these changes are not too drastic; after all, I don't want to start off on the eas. In California, swan researchers wrong foot. have reported resightings of neck- collared Trumpeter and Tundra Swans Totals marked with an asterisk (*) are previously submitted totals as an in the same general wintering loca• updated total was not received this year. Only totals of 390 or more for the tions in 2 or more consecutive years. state are carried through without an updated list. County totals are carried ATrumpeter Swan translocated to the through from year to year only if they are still leading in a county. Names SLWA in 1991 has returned to winter marked with (£) symbol honor deceased birders. for 3 consecutive years. During the summer this same bird has been ob• served in northern British Columbia. Oregon State List (300) 373 Tom Love Lesser Snow Geese (Chen 452 Jeff Gilligan 372 John Gatchet caerulescens) neck-collared on their 435 Tom Crabtree 372 Hendrik Herlyn breeding grounds at Wrangel Island, 416 Owen Schmidt 371 Tim Shelmerdine in the Far East Region of Russia and 414 Jim Johnson 371 WaltYungen en route to wintering areas in Cali• 414* Richard Smith 370 Craig Corder fornia, stop at SLWA on an annual ba• 406* Linda Weiland 368 Mike Patterson sis, sometimes during both spring and 405 Sheran Jones 367 David Anderson fall migrations. Greater White-fronted 400* Ca.e -"s 367 Dave Copeland Geese (Anser albifrons gambelli) 400 Donna Lusthoff 366 Clarice Watson nesting in the Cook Inlet lowlands, 399 Gerard Lillie 365 Kamal Islam Alaska, are also demonstrating simi• 397* Patrick Muller 365 Don Pederson lar philopatry to this migration stag• 397 Steve Summers 365 Bill Tice ing area.The annual observation of 3 395* Larry Thornburgh 361 Ron Maertz to 4 Bewick's Swans at SLWA suggests 394 Alan Contreras 359 Tim Janzen these birds are returning to this tra• 394 Joe Evanich {%) 358 Ken Knittle ditional wintering area. 393* Jim Carlson 355 Marion Corder 393* Phillip Pickering 355 Rich Hoyer If the Whooper Swan sightings over 387 354 Marshall Beretta the past 3 years are of the same indi• David Bailey 386 Paul Sullivan 353 Alice Parker vidual, then this bird may be devel• 378 Craig Miller 348 Anthony Floyd oping a migration and wintering tra• 377 Barbara Combs 346 Stephen Dowlan dition in south-central Oregon and 377 Steve Gordon Greg Gillson northern California. Should this be 345 the case, Oregon birders may have 377 Alan McGie 344 Judy Stevens the opportunity to view the Whooper 376 Jack Corbett 343 Eva Schultz Swan in the future. 0 375 Martha Sawyer (X) 338 John Lundsten 374 Skip Russell 335 Roger Robb Oregon Birds 21(2): 37 334 Jamie Simmons Benton 180 WaltYungen 138 Craig Miller 328 Paul Osburn 228* Jan Krabbe 165 Barb Bellin 137 Craig Corder 326 Floyd Schrock 228* Rick Krabbe 165 Craig Corder 133 Tim Shelmerdine 325 Karen Theodore 202 Hendrik Herlyn 159 Anthony Floyd 131 Eva Schultz 318 Fred Parker (+) 197 Alan McGie 157 Barbara Combs 131 Jamie Simmons 318 Lewis Rems 196 Rich Hoyer 151 Don Pederson 124 Judy Stevens 316 Ted Kenefick 192 Anthony Floyd 145 Cindy Lawes 120 Bill Tice 313 Henry Gilmore 182 Barb Bellin 133 Hendrik Herlyn 102 Wayne Weber 309 Carole Vande Voorde 181 Greg Gillson 129 Craig Miller 100 Karen Munson 307 Cindy Lawes 171 Jamie Simmons 125 Wayne Weber 302 Ken Russell 165 Dave Copeland 124 Jack Corbett Crook 301 Stuart Sparkman 158 Don Pederson 124 Clarice Watson 218 Lewis Rems 300 Don Munson 156 Craig Corder 118 Steve Gordon 214 Tom Crabtree 155 Barbara Combs 115 Floyd Schrock 211 Craig Miller Oregon Year List (250) 151 Jack Corbett 100 Karen Sparkman 170 Paul Sullivan 336 Skip Russell 149 Clarice Watson 100 Stuart Sparkman 170 Karen Theodore 312 Paul Sullivan 147 Steve Gordon 100 Judy Stevens 155 David Anderson 309 Bill Tice 146 WaltYungen 154 Donna Lusthoff 308 Ted Kenefick 144 Mike Patterson Columbia 148 John Lundsten 304 Donna Lusthoff 140 Roger Robb 214* Phillip Pickering 141 Steve Summers 293 Tim Janzen 132 Donna Lusthoff 187 Jim Johnson 140 WaltYungen 289 Greg Gillson 127 Judy Stevens 157 Anthony Floyd 123 Craig Corder 287 Don Munson 125 Bill Tice 155 Skip Russell 121 = ;•: = '= Zzvbs

285 Hendrik Herlyn 124 John Lundsten 155 Paul Sullivan 117 Se.e 3:r:on 283 Dave Copeland 114 Paul Osburn 139 Dave Copeland 115 Hendrik Herlyn 280 Don Pederson 113 Eva Schultz 135 Donna Lusthoff 112 Zi.z Z::eland 271 Henry Gilmore 108 Paul Sullivan 133 Tim Shelmerdine 111 ::e.e"s 271 WaltYungen 106 Karen Sparkman 130 Greg Gillson 107 J n Johnson 270 Tim Shelmerdine 106 Stuart Sparkman 126 David Anderson 101 Eva Schultz 267 Mike Patterson 103 Stephen Dowlan 124 Tom Love 262 Craig Corder 115 WaltYungen Curry 262 Jamie Simmons Clackamas 112 Craig Corder ZEE* Jim Rogers 261 Alice Parker 213 Elmer Specht 108 Barbara Combs 250 Don Munson 261 Judy Stevens 205 Tim Janzen 106 John Gatchet 228 Steve Summers 256 Stephen Dowlan 177 Stephen Dowlan 106 Steve Gordon 223 Elizabeth Irle 252 Craig Miller 168 Tim Shelmerdine Z:E Paul Sullivan 158 Donna Lusthoff Coos 185 Howard Sands Top Ten Oregon Year Lists 155 Dave Copeland 301* Larry Thornburgh •12 Jim Johnson 356 Phillip Pickering (1986) 140 Walt Yungen 286 Alan McGie 179 John Bischoff 345 Donna Lusthoff (1987) 128 Don Pederson 243 Alan Contreras 174 Steve Gordon 345 Skip Russell (1992) 126 Tom Love 230 Paul Sullivan 172 Fred Hummel 344 Jeff Gilligan (1981) 122 Barb Bellin 217 Alice Parker 169 Ray Ekstrom 339 Linda Weiland (1985) 118 Jack Corbett 216 Dave Copeland 153 Karen Munson 336 Skip Russell (1994) 112 Paul Sullivan 207 Walt Yungen 153 Alice Parker 334 Richard Smith (1981) 111 David Anderson 204 Steve Gordon 145 Dave Copeland 333 Jim Johnson (1989) 105 Anthony Floyd 200 Jim Johnson 141 WaltYungen 330 Donna Lusthoff (1985) 104 Barbara Combs 197 Ron Maertz 140 Barbara Combs 330 Tom Mickel (1985) 100 Steve Gordon 197 Don Munson 138 Jack Corbett 193 Steve Summers 138 Skip Russell 1994 Oregon County Lists Clatsop 192 Jack Corbett 132 John Lundsten 282 Mike Patterson 190 Hendrik Herlyn 125 Craig Corder Baker 222 Tom Crabtree 184 Barbara Combs 124 Tim Shelmerdine 231* Ann Ward 221 Jim Johnson 181 Skip Russell 120 Alan McGie 219 Craig Corder 210 Donna Lusthoff 178 Donna Lusthoff 105 Anthony Floyd 202 Paul Sullivan 210 Paul Sullivan 174 Roger Robb 102 Donna Lusthoff 151 John Lundsten 209 Henry Gilmore 170 Anthony Floyd 102 Judy Stevens 139 Judy Stevens 202 Dave Copeland 168 Barb Bellin 101 Barb Bellin 127 WaltYungen 200 Greg Gillson 163 Clarice Watson 100 Mike Patterson 113 Steve Gordon 197 John Gatchet 161 Brian Kruse 109 Barbara Combs 196 Tim Shelmerdine 161 Mike Patterson Deschutes 108 Jamie Simmons 194 David Anderson 151 Greg Gillson 279 Tom Crabtree 103 Donna Lusthoff 184 Skip Russell 146 Don Pederson 258 Craig Miller 102 Barb Bellin 182 Tom Love 144 David Anderson 235 Lewis Rems Oregon Birds 21 (2): 38 212 Karen Theodore 152 Donna Lusthoff 172 Ken Knittle 138 WaltYungen 206 Paul Sullivan 151 Marion Corder 171 Eva Schultz 126 David Anderson 187 Steve Summers 124 Dave Copeland 170 Marion Corder 125 Anthony Floyd 186 Skip Russell 111 WaltYungen 169 Mike Patterson 125 Steve Summers 185 Donna Lusthoff 108 Paul Sullivan 167 Cindy Lawes 124 Jim Johnson 183 Greg Gillson 103 Barbara Combs 167 Jamie Simmons 112 Barbara Combs 175 WaltYungen 162 Floyd Schrock 111 Skip Russell 171 Steve Gordon Grant 159 Stephen Dowlan 111 Tim Shelmerdine 167 Dave Copeland 205 Paul Sullivan 148 Karen Sparkman 111 Karen Theodore 165 Eva Schultz 169 Walt Yungen 148 Stuart Sparkman 109 John Lundsten 162 Alice Parker 135 Craig Corder 144 Roger Robb 100 Steve Gordon 162 Bill Tice 130 John Lundsten 127 Wayne Weber 158 Barb Bellin 128 Donna Lusthoff 107 Ray Ekstrom Josephine 158 Hendrik Herlyn 127 Barbara Combs 198 Steve Summers 154 Don Pederson 127 Steve Gordon Hood River 162 Don Munson 152 Jack Corbett 121 Jim Johnson 217 David Anderson 145 Ray Ekstrom 143 Craig Corder 120 Barb Bellin 201 Donna Lusthoff 134 Howard Sands 141 Alan McGie 119 Anthony Floyd 147 Tim Shelmerdine 129 WaltYungen 139 Anthony Floyd 118 Jack Corbett 139 Jim Johnson 122 Jack Corbett 138 Marion Corder 116 Dave Copeland 131 Dave Copeland 122 Steve Gordon 135 Roger Robb 113 David Anderson 129 WaltYungen 106 Barbara Combs 134 Cindy Lawes 112 Alan McGie 128 Paul Sullivan 106 Donna Lusthoff 133 Clarice Watson 112 Wayne Weber 124 Barbara Combs 104 Paul Sullivan 132 Barbara Combs 106 John Gatchet 115 Craig Corder 132 John Gatchet 104 Judy Stevens 111 Tom Love Klamath 130 Tim Shelmerdine 102 Hendrik Herlyn 101 Anthony Floyd 291 Steve Summers 124 Tom Love 100 Steve Summers 101 Ron Maertz 263 Ray Ekstrom 123 Jamie Simmons 248 Steve Gordon 119 Don Munson Harney Jackson 234 Kevin Spencer 117 Jim Johnson 291* Jeff Gilligan 274* Marjorie Moore 209 Paul Sullivan 116 Stephen Dowlan 283 Tom Crabtree 270 Howard Sands 208 Howard Sands 116 Henry Gilmore 263 Jim Johnson 265 Otis Swisher 188 Ron Maertz 116 Judy Stevens 255 Steve Summers 247 Ray Ekstrom 182 WaltYungen 105 David Anderson 253 Craig Miller 218 Steve Summers 180 Dave Copeland 239 Paul Sullivan 178 Paul Sullivan 180 Clarice Watson Douglas 230 Hendrik Herlyn 168 Steve Gordon 179 Barbara Combs 292 Martha Sawyer (J) 223 Donna Lusthoff 159 Barbara Combs 177 Jim Johnson 286 Ron Maertz 222 Craig Corder 159 Dave Copeland 177 Roger Robb 274 Alice Parker 220 Alan McGie 155 Jim Johnson 169 Donna Lusthoff 271 Ken Knittle 217 Alice Parker 146 Jack Corbett 166 Hendrik Herlyn 238 Fred Parker (+) 213 Jack Corbett 145 Walt Yungen 166 Alan McGie 219 Steve Gordon 211 Dave Copeland 140 Donna Lusthoff 165 Skip Russell 211 Paul Sullivan 210 Anthony Floyd 124 Tom Love 164 Eva Schultz 207 Howard Sands 209 Tom Love 122 Anthony Floyd 158 Marion Corder 191 Brian Kruse 208 David Anderson 122 Alice Parker 156 Lewis Rems 174 Steve Summers 208 Steve Gordon 121 Skip Russell 155 Jack Corbett 158 Barbara Combs 208 Judy Stevens 115 Clarice Watson 155 Craig Corder 158 WaltYungen 206 Barbara Combs 114 Barb Bellin 154 Brian Kruse 146 Jim Johnson 205 Walt Yungen 114 Craig Corder 153 Barb Bellin 144 Eva Schultz 202 Karen Theodore 114 Tim Shelmerdine 153 Tim Shelmerdine 141 Tim Shelmerdine 201 John Gatchet 108 Brian Kruse 148 Don Munson 135 Dave Copeland 200 Bill Tice 106 Henry Gilmore 138 Anthony Floyd 1.33 Donna Lusthoff 198 Rich Hoyer 100 Judy Stevens 135 Craig Miller 131 Mike Patterson 198 Skip Russell 131 Don Pederson 116 Ray Ekstrom 191 Greg Gillson Jefferson 131 Wayne Weber 116 Clarice Watson 183 Barb Bellin 236 Lewis Rems 127 John Gatchet 109 Anthony Floyd 183 Tim Shelmerdine 223 Tom Crabtree 126 David Anderson 103 Barb Bellin 182 Clarice Watson 213 Craig Miller 120 Jamie Simmons 102 Jack Corbett 181 John Lundsten 203 Barb Bellin 117 Greg Gillson 179 Henry Gilmore 190 Paul Sullivan 115 Tom Love Gilliam 178 Don Pederson 167 Dave Copeland 114 Henry Gilmore 190 Craig Corder 177 Carole Vande Voorde 157 Floyd Schrock 113 Bill Tice 185 Judy Stevens 174 Ron Maertz 141 Donna Lusthoff 102 Alice Parker Oregon Birds 21(2): 39 Lake Lincoln Malheur 154 John Gatchet 267 Steve Summers 300* Darrell Faxon 215 Craig Corder 152 Tim Shelmerdine 264 Craig Miller 238 Floyd Schrock 206 Marion Corder 148 Henry Gilmore 245 Priscilla Summers 237 Barb Bellin 200 Paul Sullivan 147 Dave Copeland 231 Karen Theodore 233 Anthony Floyd 133 John Gatchet 142 Mike Patterson 227 Kevin Spencer 230 Greg Gillson 129 Alan Contreras 137 Craig Corder 218 Lewis Rems 228 Paul Sullivan 126 Anthony Floyd 136 Stephen Dowlan 204 Paul Sullivan 224 WaltYungen 119 Barbara Combs 136 Walt Yungen 175 Ray Ekstrom 219 Jack Corbett 116 WaltYungen 122 Steve Gordon 164 Dave Copeland 217 Dave Copeland 114 David Anderson 116 Brian Kruse 164 Jack Corbett 211 Hendrik Herlyn 108 Donna Lusthoff 116 Cindy Lawes 164 Tim Shelmerdine 205 Rich Hoyer 106 Judy Stevens 115 Barb Bellin 160 Barb Bellin 203 Stephen Dowlan 115 Barbara Combs 160 WaltYungen 203 Jim Johnson Marion 108 Jack Corbett 149 Alan McGie 203 Bill Tice 243 Barb Bellin 106 Marion Corder 145 Donna Lusthoff 201 Barbara Combs 229 Jack Corbett 102 Wayne Weber 144 Barbara Combs 198 Steve Gordon 220 Don Pederson 100 Hendrik Herlyn 135 Craig Corder 197 Jamie Simmons 217 Dave Copeland 131 Judy Stevens 191 Clarice Watson 210 Walt Yungen Polk 130 Steve Gordon 189 Donna Lusthoff 208 Stephen Dowlan 241* Roy Gerig 130 Skip Russell 187 Skip Russell 205 Paul Sullivan 224 Barb Bellin 127 Hendrik Herlyn 185 Don Pederson 200 John Lundsten 219 Bill Tice 125 Eva Schultz 184 Tim Shelmerdine 173 Floyd Schrock 210 Jack Corbett 119 Jim Johnson 182 John Lundsten 159 Stuart Sparkma' Hi Walt Yungen 118 Henry Gilmore 181 Eva Schultz 158 Karen Sparkra- ::: Don Pederson 111 Anthony Floyd 168 Craig Corder 145 Barbara Corr:s 200 Floyd Schrock 105 John Lundsten 166 David Anderson 145 Greg Gillson 193 Stephen Dowlan 104 Greg Gillson 165 John Gatchet 140 Bill Tice 181 Dave Copeland

164 Roger Robb 136 Tim Shelmerd:'5 160 Paul Sullivan Lane 151 Alan McGie 131 Steve Gordon 153 John Lundsten 316* Tom Mickel 150 Steve Summers 125 Donna Lustre" 144 Barbara Combs 304 Steve Gordon 145 Tom Love 120 Anthony Floy: 143 Donna Lusthoff 297 Clarice Watson 138 Mike Patterson 114 Mike Patterscr 130 Anthony Floyd 295 Alan Contreras 125 Craig Miller 105 Tom Love 126 Rich Hoyer 283 Barbara Combs 118 Judy Stevens 104 Jamie Simmers 123 Greg Gillson 262 Eva Schultz 113 Stuart Sparkman 121 Stuart Sparkman 253 Steve Summers 112 Karen Sparkman Morrow 115 Karen Sparkman 251 Roger Robb 109 Henry Gilmore 237 Craig Corder 114 Tim Shelmerdine 247 Mike Patterson 109 Cindy Lawes 219 Marion Corder 109 Tom Love 222 WaltYungen 104 Wayne Weber 206 Judy Stevens 105 Steve Gordon 217 Paul Sullivan 192 Jamie Simmons 105 Mike Patterson 205 Jack Corbett Linn 166 Paul Sullivan 102 Hendrik Herlyn 184 Jim Johnson 192* Phillip Pickering 150 Donna Lusthoff 101 Jim Johnson 175 Hendrik Herlyn 184 Greg Gillson 127 Dave Copeland 174 Ron Maertz 157 Rich Hoyer 114 WaltYungen Sherman 171 Alice Parker 155 Barbara Combs 110 Steve Gordon •95' Phillip Pickering 170 Dave Copeland 151 Anthony Floyd 107 Barbara Combs 185 David Bailey 170 Anthony Floyd 147 WaltYungen 105 Anthony Floyd 164 Jim Johnson 167 Don Pederson 146 Hendrik Herlyn 147 Craig Miller 160 Barb Bellin 140 Dave Copeland Multnomah 141 Donna Lusthoff 145 Paul Osburn 136 Don Pederson 244* Jeff Gilligan 119 Walt Yungen 142 Donna Lusthoff 133 Barb Bellin 233 Jim Johnson 118 Dave Copeland 141 Greg Gillson 133 Steve Gordon 219 David Bailey 118 Tim Shelmerdine 133 Tim Shelmerdine 129 Donna Lusthoff 212 Tom Love 116 Craig Corder 123 Floyd Schrock 125 Stephen Dowlan 202 Tom Crabtree 103 David Anderson 120 Craig Miller 123 Paul Sullivan 193 Paul Osburn 103 Paul Sullivan 114 Brian Kruse 120 Jack Corbett 189 Donna Lusthoff 101 Judy Stevens 114 Bill Tice 115 Jamie Simmons 186 Skip Russell 100 Barbara Combs 105 Craig Corder 113 Tim Shelmerdine 178 Anthony Floyd 104 Stephen Dowlan 106 Alan McGie 168 David Anderson Tillamook 100 John Lundsten 102 Floyd Schrock 167 Paul Sullivan 279* Jeff Gilligan 161 Greg Gillson 259 Jim Johnson

Oregon Birds 21(2): 40 242 David Bailey 167 Barb Bellin 178 Jim Johnson 1994 County Year Lists 240 Donna Lusthoff 165 Ken Knittle 163 Skip Russell 223 Jack Corbett 164 Marion Corder 154 WaltYungen Baker 221 Tim Shelmerdine 153 Skip Russell 153 Dave Copeland 151 John Lundsten 220 WaltYungen 147 WaltYungen 141 David Anderson Clackamas 219 Paul Sullivan 132 Barbara Combs 141 Don Pederson 182 Tim Janzen 216 Tom Love 131 David Anderson 137 Barb Bellin 179 Elmer Specht 216 Skip Russell 130 Dave Copeland 130 Craig Corder Clatsop 213 Greg Gillson 128 Tom Love 130 Tim Shelmerdine 209 Mike Patterson 213 Mike Patterson 127 John Gatchet 128 Cindy Lawes 166 Henry Gilmore 209 Dave Copeland 126 Steve Gordon 109 Barbara Combs Coos 205 Don Pederson 126 Jim Johnson 107 Jack Corbett 195 Don Munson 202 Tom Crabtree 118 Judy Stevens 104 Anthony Floyd Crook 201 Barbara Combs 116 Jamie Simmons 102 Steve Gordon 154 Lewis Rems 199 John Lundsten 114 Hendrik Herlyn 101 Mike Patterson Curry 198 John Gatchet 106 Alice Parker 234 Don Munson 192 David Anderson Wheeler 194 Elizabeth Irle 190 Barb Bellin Wallowa 203 Donna Lusthoff 179 John Bischoff 190 Bill Tice 262 Frank Conley 201 David Anderson Deschutes 189 Craig Corder 224 Paul Sullivan 198 Lewis Rems 187 Paul Sullivan 189 Stephen Dowlan 207 Craig Corder 179 Paul Sullivan 165 Craig Miller 184 Craig Miller 205 Judy Stevens 163 Craig Miller 162 Lewis Rems 181 Floyd Schrock 164 Carole Vande Voorde 142 Dave Copeland Douglas 178 Hendrik Herlyn 153 Marion Corder 125 Craig Corder 213 Ron Maertz 169 Anthony Floyd 151 Dave Copeland 120 WaltYungen 195 Alice Parker 163 Clarice Watson 143 Jack Corbett 107 Don Pederson Gilliam 152 Cindy Lawes 128 Jamie Simmons 103 Barbara Combs 183 Craig Corder 150 Steve Gordon 127 Anthony Floyd 102 Karen Theodore 183 Judy Stevens 147 Karen Sparkman 127 Walt Yungen 101 Steve Gordon Harney 147 Stuart Sparkman 118 Jim Johnson 177 Craig Miller 146 Marion Corder 116 Steve Gordon Yamhill 157 Alice Parker 143 Judy Stevens 114 Barb Bellin 190 Tom Love 152 Greg Gillson 136 Steve Summers 114 Ken Knittle 170 Floyd Schrock Jackson 134 Alice Parker 110 Barbara Combs 165 John Gatchet 200 Howard Sands 133 Alan McGie 101 Donna Lusthoff 164 WaltYungen Jefferson 133 Jamie Simmons 152 Bill Tice 189 Lewis Rems 129 Carole Vande Voorde Wasco 146 Dave Copeland Josephine 119 Wayne Weber 249 Donna Lusthoff 142 Barb Bellin 159 Don Munson 115 Henry Gilmore 214 Craig Corder 139 Donna Lusthoff Lake 108 Eva Schultz 208 Dave Copeland 132 Greg Gillson 212 Craig Miller 207 Marion Corder 124 Jack Corbett 156 Lewis Rems Umatilla 205 Don Pederson 119 Don Pederson Lane 272 Craig Corder 202 David Anderson 117 Paul Sullivan 164 Steve Gordon 257 Marion Corder 158 WaltYungen 116 Stephen Dowlan Lincoln 251 Judy Stevens 156 Jim Johnson 114 Barbara Combs 168 John Lundsten 224 Paul Sullivan 151 Paul Sullivan 113 Jim Johnson Malheur 222 Ken Knittle 140 Skip Russell 112 Tim Shelmerdine 156 Paul Sullivan 171 Donna Lusthoff 140 Tim Shelmerdine 105 Steve Gordon Marion 148 Skip Russell 135 Judy Stevens 101 Anthony Floyd 188 John Lundsten 147 Jamie Simmons 128 Jack Corbett 158 Don Pederson 144 Anthony Floyd 112 Cindy Lawes Polk 140 Jim Johnson 108 Barbara Combs 189 Bill Tice 122 WaltYungen 107 Anthony Floyd Wallowa 119 John Gatchet 104 Tom Love 205 Frank Conley 108 Dave Copeland 103 Barb Bellin Wasco 105 Barbara Combs 208 Donna Lusthoff 100 Steve Gordon Washington Washington 234 Joe Evanich (t) 159 Donna Lusthoff Union 223 Donna Lusthoff 154 Greg Gillson 254 Joe Evanich (t) 210 John Gatchet Wheeler 208 Paul Sullivan 195 Greg Gillson 173 Lewis Rems 200 Craig Corder 184 Tom Love 176 Donna Lusthoff 181 Paul Sullivan. Oregon Birds 21(2): 41 All-time County Year List Records Harney Multnomah Baker 237 Phillip Pickering (1986) 200 • Joe Evanich ft) (1988) 204 Craig Corder (1988) Hood River Polk Benton 170 David Anderson (1989) 195 Roy Gerig (1990) 178 Jan & Rick Krabbe/Matt Hunter Jackson Sherman (1982/83) 233 Dick Cronberg (1992) 181 Phillip Pickering (1989) Clackamas Jefferson Tillamook 191 Phillip Pickering (1988) 209 Lewis Rems (1992) 234 Phillip Pickering (1985) Clatsop Josephine Umatilla 232 Mike Patterson (1990) 175 Dick Cronberg (1992) 242 Craig Corder & Judy Stevens (1932) Columbia Klamath Union 196 Phillip Pickering (1988) 234 Steve Summers (1983) 207 Joe Evanich ft) (1983) Coos Lake Wallowa 250 Larry Thornburg (1988) 241 Steve Summers (1991) 209 Frank Conley (1985) Crook Lane Wasco 184 Lewis Rems (1991) 257 Steve Heinl (1985) 211 Donna Lusthoff (1992) Curry Lincoln Washington 232 Colin Dillingham (1991) 241 Phillip Pickering (1986) 188 John F. Gatchet (1984) Deschutes Linn Wheeler 201 Tom Crabtree (1988) 189 Phillip Pickering (1990) 195 UndaWeiland(1992) Douglas Malheur Yamhill 247 Martha Sawyer ft) (1983) 211 Craig Corder (1987) 150 Roy Gerig (1985) Gilliam Marion 0 183 Craig Corder & Judy Stevens (1994) 192 Barb Bellin (1991) Grant Morrow 185 Paul Sullivan (1985) 224 Craig Corder (1990)

Hotlines and Birding Talk by Computer

Jane Lufkin Davis, 81 Green Street, Stoneham, MA 02180

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Oregon Birds 21(2): 44 The importance of collecting birds and preserving museum specimens

M. Ralph Browning, National Biological Service, MRC-111, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560

Studies of museum specimens of extinction of any animal species Species birds help answer questions on geo• (Hedges and Thomas 1991). Racey Yellow-billed (Gavia adamsii) and graphic variation, systematics, migra• (1931) is probably the earliest author Common Loons (G. immer) are diffi• tion, relationships of behavior to to examine the rate of mortality from cult to identify in the field because plumage patterns and color, molt, scientific collecting of birds in North of their similarities (Binford and ectoparasites (and their distribution), America. He estimated that scientific Remsen 1974; Burns and Mather conservation policies, and many collecting contributed only 0.0001 1974), and because feather wear and other topics. Preserved specimens of percent of the annual mortality of fading may obscure plumage charac• birds provide anyone the opportunity birds caused by man in British Colum• ters (Appleby et al. 1986). Phillips to verify the conclusions of previous bia; the remainder were killed for (1990) concluded that identification investigators. predator control, and by hunters, oil of the 2 species in nonbreeding plum• Many of the conclusions from the pollution, domestic cats, and man- ages is extremely difficult; he also study of specimens provide informa• made objects.While 98.1 percent of cited an observation of a bird in win• tion on field identifications (e.g., the annual mortality of birds is from ter that was identified in the field as Morlan 1991; Kaufman 1993) and natural causes, 1.9 percent die of di• aYellow-billed Loon but on collection field guides. Information from pre• rect and indirect human causes proved to be a Common Loon. served study skins of anatomically (Banks 1979). Millions of birds die Female and immature Rufous Hum• aged and sexed birds are essential to from striking windows in urban mingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) and authors and artists of field guides for (Banks 1976), rural, and suburban Allen's (S. sasih) Hummingbirds are accurate descriptions and illustrations regions (Klem 1990). One domestic impossible to identify in the field of plumages, and for determining cat, an indirect human cause of avian (Stiles 1971; Johnsgard 1983). Iden• breeding ranges, migration routes, mortality, may kill an estimated 5.5 tification of some adult males may and nonbreeding distributions. In birds annually (Churcher and Lawton also be problematic (see Patterson turn, field guides are essential to 1987). Cats kill from 7.8 to 219 mil• 1990) because only a combination of birders who wish to identify birds lion birds annually in rural Wisconsin measurements will allow identifica• accurately. (Coleman and Temple 1993) and ap• tion of most birds (Stiles 1972). A proximately 4.4 million birds per day specimen of Allen's Hummingbird Scientific Collecting and Avian in the United States (Stallcup 1992). from the Willamette Valley (Patterson Mortality Several more million birds are killed 1987) is apparently the only verified annually by other kinds of pets Despite the usefulness of speci• example of the species in Oregon (George 1974). mens for ornithology, few birds are since the 2 collected by Jewett collected today. Collecting additional Mortality from collecting for scien• (1929). Sight records summarized by specimens is considered unnecessary tific or educational purposes in the Browning (1975) and others are sus• by those who believe that the num• United States has been estimated to pect Qobanek 1994) ber of existing specimens in museum be from 0.00011 percent (King and Accuracy in identification of Red- collections is sufficient. However, the Bock (1978) to 0.0000002 percent naped (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) and combined collections in museums of (Remsen 1993)Remsen's estimate is Yellow-bellied (S. varius) Sapsuckers the world could provide an average probably closer, considering the cur• is improved by examination of birds of only 1 specimen per 1000 square rent number of birds collected. in the hand (Devillers 1970) .The red kilometers of a subspecies with a nape may be missing or worn from range, for example, the size Great Specimens and Verifiable Red-naped Sapsuckers (Dunn 1978), Britain and Ireland (Goodman and Identifications or it may be present in Yellow-bellied Lanyon 1994), an area comparable to Specimens of birds are necessary Sapsuckers (Landing 1991). Speci• Oregon, western Washington, and to support sight reports and photo• mens from Illinois collected in the Siskiyou County, California. Some also graphs, especially for species difficult late 1800s (in National Museum of believe that scientific collecting is or impossible to identify by observa• Natural History [USNM], pers. harmful to bird populations. How• tion alone. The following are ex• observ.) tend to support later sight ever, collecting is not detrimental to amples of species and subspecies records from that state of Yellow-bel• most populations of birds (Winker et sometimes reported in the Pacific lied Sapsuckers with red napes al. 1991) and is a very minor compo• Northwest literature that cannot be (Bohlen 1989). Because hybrids of nent of annual mortality rates. Scien• verified without specimens. Red-breasted (S. ruber) and Red- tific collecting is not known to cause naped sapsuckers sometimes have

Oregon Birds 21(2): 45 subtle characteristics (Browning that it would be interesting to know ever, there are no specimens from 1977; Johnson and Johnson 1985), whether the coastal or interior "form" Douglas County and specimens from birds in the field could not be identi• of Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma Josephine and Jackson counties are fied as one or the other species un• coerulescens) (i.e., interior wood- darker than henshawi, a subspecies less examined in the hand. housei [ = nevedae of A.O.U. 1957] that ranges north only to northern Some warblers may be easily and coastal immanis) occurs in the interior California (Browning 1992). misidentified, especially species that Beaty's Butte region of southeastern A Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) hybridize. For example, Short (1963) Oregon. It would indeed be interest• in the Rogue Valley in January was concluded that of 431 specimens of ing to know the identity of such birds, reported (Johnson 1993) as appear• hybrids of Golden-winged (Vermi- but field identification may lead to ing to be P. i. megarhyncha..This sub• vora chrysoptera) and Blue-winged error because some of the differences species breeds in the nearby moun• (V.pinus ) warblers, up to 312 (ca. between the 2 taxa may vary with tains, according to Gabrielson and 72 percent) would not be identified season (e.g., molt, feather wear), sex, Jewett (1940) and A.O.U. (1957).The as hybrids in the field by most observ• and age, and individual variation subspecies fulva, however, is some• ers. Some hybrids of Hermit (Den- (Pitelka 1951; Peterson 1991). For what similar to megarhyncha, and droica occidentalis) andTownsend's example, a specimen (USNM) col• breeds on the west side of the Cas• (D. townsendt) warblers may closely lected in winter from western Or• cades in Linn County (Banks 1970). resemble one of the parent species egon closely resembles typical inte• Both subspecies are migratory and (Morrison and Hardy 1983).The eye- rior woodhouseii ventrally but it re• could be expected in Jackson County ring of Mourning Warblers sembles coastal immanis in size and during winter. According to Parkes (OporornisPhiladelphia) is variable dorsal color. The specimen is within (in Arbib 1981), few subspecies of in all age classes (Lanyon and Bull the range of individual variation of Fox Sparrow can be recognized in the 1967) and field identifications of this immanis but it would likely have field: this applies especially to simi• species and MacGillivray's Warbler been identified in the field as an in- lar subspecies as fulva and (Oporornis tolmiei) are further con• tergrade or as woodhouseii because megarhyncha (pers. observ.). the observer could not possibly dis• founded because the 2 species hy• Sight reports of the nominate sub• cern the subtle dorsal color or size. bridize. PitoccheUi (1990) concluded species of the Dark-eyed Junco that "Except for song, no single char• Fix (1985:163) wrote that "At least (Junco hyetnalis) reported by acter distinguishes these taxa 100 2 subspecies [lutescens and orestera] Littlefield (1990) may have been of percent of the time and song is use• of Orange-crowned Warblers one of 3 eastern subspecies. Charac• less for females and migrants." Identi• [Vermivora celata] may be identified ters of a bird identified by Crabtree fying extreme birds is equivocal in the field in Oregon." He provided (198~) as /. h. aikeni are within the (Kowalski 1983; PitoccheUi 1992). no details on identifying subspecies range of variation of more than 1 sub• Plumage characters of Hoary and referred to records of a fall and species of junco as well as within the (Carduelis hornemanni) and Com• winter sightings of orestera. The range of individual variation of inter- mon (C.flammea) redpolls may over• color of Orange-crowned Warblers grades (Miller 1941; pers. observ.). lap (Knox 1988; Seutin et al. 1992). varies with sex, season, and subspe• Some Hoary Redpolls are within the cies (Phillips et al. 1964; Bohlen and Discussion range of variation for bill size and Kleen 1976). Fall and winter plum• It is encouraging that most birders other measurements of Common ages are especially problematic be• attempt to obtain and report accurate Redpolls (contra Schmidt and cause some individuals of lutescens identifications. However, sight re• Crabtree 1987), and many redpolls and orestera are nearly identical in ports of species and subspecies are cannot be identified correctly in the color above and below (pers. unverifiable. Specimens, obtained field (Knox 1988). observ.). either by collecting or by salvaging Sightings of subspecies of Yellow- (see Jett 1991), can serve to docu• Subspecies rumped Warblers (Dendroica ment occurrences (Dittmann and A subspecies is an identifiable coronatd) are reported fairly consis• Lasley 1992) and also provide infor• population of a species occupying a tently in the literature. However, the mation on many other aspects of discrete breeding range and that in• throat color of first-year females of birds. For example, specimens are terbreeds with neighboring popula• auduboni is sometimes white needed to determine the geographic tions of the same species. A subspe• (Hubbard 1970), and other characters extent of hybrid zones and character cies may be distinguished by plum• often used to separate auduboni and displacement (if any) of sapsuckers age color and pattern and/or mea• coronata represent average differ• in Oregon, and to determine if the surements. Characters used for iden• ences (Kaufman 1979). morphology of interior Wrentits in tifying subspecies do not permit 100 Gullion (1951) saw 2 Wrentits Oregon is being influenced by gene percent separation of all forms even (Chamaea fasciata) near Roseburg flow from the west or south, or both. with specimens. Thus, the accuracy (Douglas County) that he believed to Specimens are needed to study pos• of identification of subspecies in the represent the pale interior subspecies sible changes in bird distribution. For field is likely to be very low. The fol• henshawi. The northern limit of the example, local distribution of subspe• lowing are examples of published range of henshawi was later given as cies of Fox Sparrows (Swarth 1920) sight records of subspecies. Roseburg by the American Ornitholo• may have changed with habitat Summers (1994) stated recently gists' Union [A.O.U.] (1957). How• changes (Banks 1970). A recent re-

Oregon Birds 21(2): 46 view (Zink 1994) of the species in• For reading the manuscript I thank cies of Chamaea fasciata (Wrentit) cluded newly collected birds that pro• Richard C. Banks, Alan Contreras, from Oregon (Aves: Timaliinae). vided comparisons of only 7 speci• Carla J. Dove, Harry B. Nehls, and Proceedings of the Biological So• mens per collecting site and 18 per Kevin Winker. ciety of Washington 105:414-419. subspecies represented; local distri• Browning, M.R. 1994. A taxonomic butions of subspecies, at least in Or• LITERATURE CITED review of Dendroica petechia (Yel• egon, are yet to be discovered. American Ornithologists' Union. low Warbler) (Aves:Parulinae).Pro- Critical taxonomic studies of most 1957. Check-list of North Ameri• ceedings of the Biological Society species are based on specimens col• can birds. Fifth ed.,Am. Ornithol. of Washington 107:27-51. lected decades ago, including old (e.g. Union Baltimore, Md. Burn, D.M., and J.R. Mather. 1974.The Dark-eyed Junco [/unco hyemalis] American Ornithologists' Union. White-billed Diver in Britain. Brit• Miller 1941; California and Canyon 1983. Check-list of North Ameri• ish Birds 67:257-296. Towhees [Pipilo crissalis and P. can birds. Sixth ed.,Am. Ornithol. Churcher, P.B., and J.H. Lawton. 1987. fuscus] Davis 1951) and more recent Union Washington, D.C. Predation by domestic cats in an (e.g. ,Yellow-billed Cuckoo [Coccyzus Andrews, E.F., and WH. Baltosser. English village./ Zool, London americanus] Banks 1988; Yellow 1989. First record of Allen's Hum• 212:439-455. Warbler [Dendroica petechia] mingbird east of Louisiana. Ameri• Coleman, J.S., and S.A.Temple. 1993. Browning 1994) revisions. Many can Birds 43:429-430. Rural residents' free-ranging do• North American species have not Appleby, R.H., S.C. Madge, and K. mestic cats: a survey. Wildlife Soci• been reviewed taxonomically or were Mullarney. 1986. Identification of ety Bulletin 21:381-390. reviewed with very few specimens divers in immature and winter Crabtree, T. 1987. Oregon's first (e.g., Orange-crowned Warbler; plumages. British Birds 79:365- "White-winged" Junco. Oregon Oberholser 1905). Individual mu• 391. Birds 13:296-300. seum collections lack specimens of Arbib, R. 1981. Notes on the plum• Davis, J. 1951. Distribution and varia• many species and subspecies, and ages of North American birds. tion of the BrownTowhee. Univer• most existing specimens of study American Birds 35:903-904. sity of California Publications in skins lack data sufficient for thorough Banks, R.C. 1970. The Fox Sparrow Zoology 52:1-120. studies ranging from geographic on the west slope of the Oregon Devillers, P. 1970. Identification and variation to ecology (Winker et al. Cascades. Condor 72:369-370. distribution in California of the 1991; White 1994) .Anatomical speci• Banks, R.C. 1976. Reflective plate Sphyrapicus varius group of sap• mens are even more scarce (Zusi et glass — a hazard to migrating birds. suckers. California Birds 1:47-76. al. 1982;Jenkinson and Wood 1985). Bioscience 26:414. Dittmann,D.L.,and G.W.Lasley. 1992. New specimens are needed in order Banks, R.C. 1979. Human related How to document rare birds. to assess the taxonomy of many spe• mortality of birds in the United Birding 24:145-159. cies, to understand present distribu• States. United States Fish andWild- Dunn, J. 1978. The races of the Yel• tions (Phillips 1975), and to be avail• life Service, Special Scientific Re• low-bellied Sapsucker. Western able for other and future uses. port, Wildlife 215:116. Tanager 44:1-4. Preserved specimens are essential Banks, R.C. 1988. Geographic varia• Fix, D. 1985. Notes on winter Orange- for understanding distribution and tion in the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. crowned Warblers. Oregon Birds systematic relationships, and only Condor 90:473-477. 11:159-163. specimens can provide verifiable in• Binford, L.C., and J.V. Remsen, Jr. Fix, D. 1988. An apparent Clay-col• formation for accurate identifications Identification of the Yellow-billed ored Sparrow X Chipping Sparrow for species and subspecies (A.O.U. Loon (Gavia adamsii). Western hybrid in Oregon. Oregon Birds 1983). State committees and birders Birds 5:111-126. 14:250-252. wishing to contribute accurate Bohlen H.D. 1989. The birds of Illi• Gabrielson, I.N., and S.G. Jewett. records should attempt to document nois. Indiana Univ. Press, 1940. Birds of Oregon. Oregon observations with specimens. Such Bloomington. State Coll., Corvallis. specimens will then be available to Bohlen, H.D., and VM. Kleen. 1976. Gill, F.B. 1980. Historical aspects of help explain some of the many ques• A method for aging Orange- hybridization between Blue- tions about birds that can be an• crowned Warblers in fall. Bird- winged and Golden-winged war• swered only with the help of pre• Banding 47:365. blers. Auk 97:1-18. served specimens. Browning, MR. 1975.The distribu• Gilligan, J. 1992. Fieldnotes: Western tion and occurrence of birds of Oregon, Spring 1992. Oregon Birds Acknowledgments Jackson County, Oregon, and sur• 18:128-132. I thank Mercedes S. Foster for data rounding areas. North American George, W.G. 1974. Domestic cats as on specimens of Orange-crowned Fauna 70:1-69. predators and factors in winter Warblers. I also thank the staffs of the Browning, M.R. 1977. Interbreeding shortages of raptor prey. Wilson following museums for access to members of the Sphyrapicus Bull. 86:384-396. specimens: Museum of Vertebrate varius group (Aves: Picidae) in Or• Goodman, S.M., and S.M. Lanyon. Zoology, Oregon State University and egon. Bulletin of the Southern 1994. Scientific collecting. Conser• Southern Oregon State College; other California Academy of Science vation Biology 8:314-315. specimens were available from the 76:38-41. Gullion, G.W 1951. Wren-tits in the National Museum of Natural History. Browning, M.R. 1992.A new subspe• Roseburg area, Oregon. Condor Oregon Birds 21(2): 47 50:132-133. redpolls. Ardea 76:1-26. (O. tolmiei) warblers..4wfc 107:161- Hedges, S.B., and R.Thomas. 1991. LandingJ.E. 1991. On Yellow-bellied 171. The importance of systematic re• Sapsuckers with red nzpes.Birding Pitocchelli, J. 1992. Plumage variation search in the conservation of am• 23:20-22. in the Mourning Warbler. Condor phibian and reptile populations. Lanyon, W.E., and J. Bull. 1967. Iden• 94:198-209. Pp. 56-61 in J.A. Moreno (ed.) Sta• tification of Mourning, Connecti• Racey, K. 1931- Scientific collecting tus y Distribution de los Reptiles cut, and MacGillivray's warblers. in British Columbia. Murrelet yAnfibios de la Region de Puerto Bird-Banding 38:187-194. 12:18-20. Rico. Dep. Rec. Nat. Puerto Rico, Littlefield, CD. 1990. Birds of Remsen, J.V., Jr. 1993- Emotionalism Publ. Cient. Misc. No. 1. Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, is the epitaph for enlightenment. HubbardJ.P. 1970. Geographic varia• Oregon. Oregon State University Birding 25:129-132. tion in the Dendroica coronata Press, Corvallis. Schmidt, O, andT. Crabtree. Oregon's complex. Wilson Bull. 82:355-369. Miller, A.H. 1941. Speciation in the first Hoary Redpoll. Oregon Birds Jenkinson,M.A.,and D.S.Wood.Avian avian genus Junco. University of 13:301-304. anatomical specimens: a geo• California Publications in Zool• Seutin, G., P.T. Boag. and L.M. graphic analysis of needs. Auk ogy 44:173-434. Ratcliffe. 1992. Plumage variability 102:587-599. Morlan, J. 1991. Identification of fe• in redpolls from Churchill, Jett, G.M. 1991. Recycling road- and male Rose-breasted and Black- Manitoba. ^4wfc 109: l-~85. window-killed birds.Birding 23:38- headed Grosbeaks. Birding 23:220- Short, L.L. 1963- Hybridization of the 29. 223. wood warblers Vermivora pinus Jewett, S.G. 1929-Allen Hummingbird Morrison, M.L., and J.W Hardy. 1983. and V. chrysoptera. Proceedings of in Oregon. Condor 44:36-37. Hybridization between Hermit and the XIHth International Ornitho• Jobanek, G.A. 1994. Dubious records Townsend's warblers. Murrelet logical Congress, pp. 147-160. in the early Oregon bird literature. 64:65-72. Stallcup, R. 1992. A reversible catas• Oregon Birds 20:3-23. Oberholser, H.C. 1905.The forms of trophe, cats: A heavy toll on song• Johnson, J. 1993- Fieldnotes: Western Vermivora celata (Say). Auk birds. Winging It 4:10-11. Oregon-winter 1992-1993- Oregon 22:242-247. Stiles, G.F 19~1. On the field identifi• Birds 19:85-88. Patterson, M. 1987.Allen's Humming• cation of California hummingbirds. Johnson, N.K., and C.B. Johnson. bird record for the Willamette Val• California Birds 2:41-54. 1985. Speciation in sapsuckers ley. Oregon Birds 13:350. Stiles. GF 1972 Age and sex deter- (Sphyrapicusy. II. Sympatry hybrid• Patterson, M. 1990. Green-backed rniru::: r. _-. Rufous andAllen's hum• ization, and mate preference in S. Selasphorus hummingbirds in mingbirds. Condor 74:25-32. ruber daggetti and S. nuchalis.Auk Clatsop County, Oregon. Oregon Sum,--.-- - -4 Fieldnotes: East• 102:1-15. Birds 16:218-219. ern Ore, -. -~nng 1994. Oregon Johnsgard, P.A. 1983. The humming• Paulson, D.R. 1989- Bird-specimen Birds 20:1?1-136. birds of North America. collection and preparation: a user's Swarth. H S 1920. Revision of the Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washing• view. In pp. 41-46 S. P. Rogers and avian genus Piisserella with special ton, D.C. D. S. Wood (eds.), Notes from a reference to the distribution and Kaufman, K. 1979. Identifying workshop on bird specimens. —_ : - : the races in California. "Myrtle" and "Audubon's" warblers Carnegie Museum of Natural His• University of California Publica• out of breeding plumage. Conti• tory, Pittsburgh, Pa. tions in Zoology 21:75-224. nental Birdlife 1:89-92. Peterson, A.T. 1991. Gene flow in White. C_M-1994. A commentary on Kaufman, 1993- Identifying Hutton's Scrub Jays frequency and direction V"_L" -r: :ds. museum specimens, Nivco. American Birds 47.460-462. of movement. Condor 93:926-934. s : - Jesting. Utah Birds 10:26- KingJ.R., and WJ. Bock. 1978. Work• Phillips, A.R. 1975. Why neglect the 30. shop on a plan for ornithology: fi• difficult? Western Birds 6:69-86. Winker. JL. BA. Fall, J.T. Klicka, D.F. nal report submitted to the Na• Phillips.A.R. 1990. Identification and Parmefee. and H.B.Tordoff. 1991. tional Science Foundation and the southward limits, in America, of 7r.r sr.- : ::ance of avian collec• Council of the American Ornitholo• Gavia adamsii, the Yellow-billed tions and the need for continued gists' Union. Loon. Western Birds 21:17-24. collecting. Loon 63:238-246. Klem, D. 1990. Collisions between Phillips.A.R., J.T Marshall, and G. 7ink- RM. 1994. The geography of birds and windows: mortality and Monson. 1964. The Birds of Ari• mitochondrial DNA variation, prevention./owraa/ of Field Orni• zona. University of Arizona Press. population structure, hybridiza• thology 61:120-128. Tucson, Az. tion, and species limits in the Fox Kleen,V.M. Field notes, 1984 spring Pitelka, F. A. 1951. Speciation and - r ~:: "v {Passerella iliaca). Evolu• migration. Illinois Audubon Bulle• ecological distribution inAmerican tion 48:96-111. tin 210:40 jays of the genus Aphelocoma. Zusi. R.L., D.S.Wood, and M.A. Kowalski, M.P 1983. Identifying Univ. California Publ. Zool. Jenkinson. 1982. Remarks on a Mourning and MacGillivray's war• 50:195-463. world-wide inventory of avian ana• blers: geographic variation in the Pitocchelli, J. 1990. Plumage, mor- tomical specimens. Auk 99:740- MacGillivray's Warbler as a source phometric, and song variation in of error. Bird-Bander 8:56-57. Mourning (Oporornis Knox.A.G. 1988. The taxonomy of Philadelphia) and MacGillivray's 0 Oregon Birds 21(2): 48 Recording Natural Sounds

Eleanor A. Pugh, 3050 Coyote Creek Road, Wolf Creek, OR 97497

So.you've gotten interested in record• Wildlife Voices by Family series has quency sounds — 10,000 hertz or ing the songs and calls of birds .Then, been popular with Oregon birders. more. someone asks, "But what are you go• To get good field recordings is a lot There has been some real satisfac• ing to do with all your recordings?" like getting good clear photographs tion and excitement at times while A good question! The answer was of birds, I imagine. You have to have recording. Starting out on a month's taken out of my hands, some 10 years moderately good equipment, and get trip through inland British Columbia, ago when I was asked to conduct a close enough, with good lighting.We I had a top priority to record the calls workshop on how to identify birds who record sounds don't worry too of loons. Sure, I could find loons at by ear. For each weekly gathering, I'd much about lighting, but do you real• nearly every campground cruising had to go out to record something I ize how noisy a world we live in?The close inshore, or even calling at dawn could use. By the end of the 6 weeks sounds of any kind of motorized gad• — but 'way across the lake. But no or so. I had an odd bunch of record• gets or cars within 5 miles is on the way could I find to get close and be ings, but the participants wanted cop• tape, and hard to remove. Freeways, ready when they would call. At last, ies. And that was that! I got started airplanes, and helicopters are particu• tired out and well on our trip, I was putting together cassette tapes. lar anathemas. Then, a good knowl• in my sleeping bag early while busy During the inclement weather of edge of birds and woodcraft is almost campground revelry went on outside. winter and hot summer days, I'd try essential to pick out a solitary voice First thing I knew, a pair of loons was to master a tape that had been sug• and get close enough.The closer one carrying on nearby, loud and clear. It gested by someone or one I'd thought gets, the less background noise was cold and my equipment was all I'd like to do. But simply using mike comes through. in the pickup cab, but I hopped out and cassette recording wasn't that I use a parabolic reflector I put to• and got all "wired up." Only the loons easy: the balance between the gether to help focus point sounds had quit and sailed on. Fully awake weaker bird songs and louder vocal such as a bird's voice. It's an 18-inch now, I grabbed an extra jacket and announcements was awful. To listen diameter spun aluminum solar reflec- decided to walk and record what I was to constantly adjust the volume could. Sometime later, while busily up and down. recording a warbler, I was startled to I finally had to get a mixer. An au• hear the loons calling right behind dio engineer friend of mine helped me! So, of course, I turned around, adjust extra resistance so that I could 'leanor Pugh is an active and just let the recorder run. And blend 3 incoming cassette signals that's how I got my Common Loon with overall volume control That's all Oregon birder and a recording. my head could handle! past member of the Oregon As for excitement, I think of the Ideas for tape themes were easy. September day Bob and I had at Prai• Everyone had some idea, "Why don't Bird Records Committee. Her rie Creek Redwoods State Park. The you make a tape using habitat as a Park attendant told us the time was way to present the birds? "The result tape recordings are available right to record bugling elk, but cau• was: The Birds of Foothill Woodland through OFO's Bookstore, tioned us about rutting bulls, and Edges, Backyard Birds, Wetlands, and bears. At dusk, and again at dawn, I more recently both Desert cassettes, which appears inside each could find nothing but five placid with more to come. young bulls, at ease in the meadow. issue of OB. "Would you make a tape for my bird How was I going to get an elk to identification class?" Sure. Both the bugle? I stood there, and wandered cassettes on birds of the Rogue Val• about, puzzled. All of a sudden, a ley. "How about a tape with no vocal storybook scenario unfolded across announcement, so that I can play it tor, sold by Edmund Scientific Co., the road. A large bull, with full rack, while painting?" with a bridged microphone support stepped out of the forest, and bugled And so on. Or perhaps I just wanted and handle. Although there is more a bit. One of the younger bulls took to put together a theme of my own, efficient (and expensive) equipment up the challenge, silently. I crossed such as the Almanac of Western Habi• available today, I'm using a Marantz the road quickly to take up a good tats, like taking a walk through the PMD 222 mono portable recorder, in position and watched the 2 thrash the woods at any season of the year. As I cloth case over the shoulder, head• grass with their antlers. Then, they pursued more recordings, I'd try to phones, and a Sennheiser omni elec- did clash antlers, the sound echoing complete all the songs of a family of tret mike with windscreen on the among the trees.Then, they began to birds that might be confusing. The reflector. I still use my original walk directly toward me, side by side. flycatchers were an early attempt,for Walkman Pro recorder for stereo and What to do? I decided to act like a obvious reasons: we are all puzzled in mastering tapes. All of the equip• fence post, immobile. They came at times by flycatcher identity. So, the ment must be able to handle high-fre• closer then reversed and walked Oregon Birds 21(2): 49 away. Still no bugling. More thrash• ing which I recorded, and suddenly they took turns for a brief bout of Afore on the Oregon Atlas and bugling, a peculiar sound indeed. Then, the big bull turned away and Gazetteer strode back into the forest! My excite• ment was so great, I could hardly The Oregon Atlas and Gazetteer, by DeLorme Mapping, was described by stand it. Trucks had roared by but I Paul Sullivan in Oregon Birds 18(2): 46. In describing locations in the Atlas to did have some rather good elk others, I have often found it necessary to go one step beyond the alphanu• sounds. meric coordinates printed on the tops and sides of the maps. I simply esti• There have been many frustrations, mate tenths contained within each lettered or numbered segment and attach successes and serendipitous occa• that to my coordinates.The only possibly confusing aspect of this method is sions in recording, as well as many that the tenths do not begin immediately below or next to the numbered or times of learning more about birds by lettered coordinates. Rather, tenths begin r. tick marks, which are located listening and watching intently. And just inside the map perimeter, and between each of the coordinates. Num• there have been gratifying occasions bered and lettered coordinates are centered between tick marks.Therefore, at finding someone using a tape of tenths for a particular coordinate begin a: nek marks to the left of coordi• mine in the field and liking it. Once nates printed at the top of the page, and above the coordinates at the sides of at Benson Pond, Malheur, I came the page.Attach tenths to the appropriate lettered or numbered coordinate upon a young lady playing my tape to describe your location. For example. The Diamond Lake sewage ponds trying to see a Northern Waterthrush would be on page 37 at about C.5/7.9This could be abbreviated as DL 37:C5/ reported there. Sure enough, the bird 7.9.There are also hairline cross marks in the interiors of the maps which are stepped into view — thrilling us both. useful in estimating coordinates for locations sway from the edges of the And the time on an Elderhostel field maps. Placing a piece of paper or book on the map with one edge justified trip that I was helping with, when with the map perimeter can also aid in estimating coordinates within the Ray Skibby told me that he had played map's interior. my wetlands tape for Virginia Rails, and 9 of them had come out into full — Matthew G.Hunter, 2670 S.WF:. - -.; Corvallis, OR97333 view for the Elderhostelers to see well! Also, I am tickled pink when I am told that he or she was able to recognize the very different irritated scolding of a Screech Owl in the fall, from having heard it on a tape of mine. Same Lame Game When a request came from Greg Budney of the Library of Natural David R. Copeland, 703 Maine Avenue \'E. Keizer OR 97303 Sounds for recordings of Mountain Bluebirds, I was determined to get By popular demand, here is a little more of the game you can play with your one. For 2 years I was frustrated by fellow birder passengers while driving the ornithological wasteland on 1-84 this very quiet bird, even sitting in / in Gilliam County. The 2-word answers must rhyme. an old privy as a blind with nesting Mountain Bluebirds on it. No luck. Example: What is not a rapid corvid? Greg thought he'd gotten one once, Answer: Slow crow. but found on checking the recording that an electric fence had been tick• ing away, spoiling his attempt. Finally, Now try these! What is a: and more, a we have each gotten good recordings 1. Spinning falcon of dawn warblings since. And so it 2. Kicking Passerina 14. Mitten for Zenaida goes. It's been a lot of fun and learn• 3. Flirting Toxostoma 15. Scottish shorebird costume ing. 0 4. Happy gallinaceous bird 16. Cinclus footwear 5. Hungry Hirundinidae 17. Gavia's song 6. Imitation raptor 7. Displeased Apodidae Answers on page 53- 8. More rapid woodpecker 0 9. Rosy Turdus 10. Harassed thrush 11. Happy corvid 12. Old fashioned fussy duck 13- Inferior Larus

Oregon Birds 21 (2): 50 Oregon Field Ornithologists

Asrwii i MrfmD 16-17-18 June 1995

Eastern Oregon State College La Grande, Oregon

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fimmml fitted Fill in for each participant; use additional sheets if needed: 16-17-18 June 1995 Name Phone Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, Oregon Address City State Zip Mil ,IS

• 8:00 pm — Evening session. Friday DINNER Each 6.24 Speaker: Mark Henjum, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Regional non-game biologist for eastern Oregon SATURDAY BANQUET Each 12.75

4. Registration: Sunday, 13 June 1995 NUMBER • 6:00 am - 7:00 am — Breakfast and pack box lunch OFO member $12.00 • 7:15 am — Field trips depart Dorian West Hall OFO family 20.00 non-OFO member 15.00 Student 7.00 1-year OFO membership Individual 19.00 Family 25.00 Anyone interested in carpooling from any location, please send Sustaining 35.00 Student 12.00 me your name, address, phone number, and where you would like to leave from. I will compile a list and send it back to each 5. Grand Total: person who responded. You are responsible for your own Make your check payable to transportation! I «. , . I Cindy Lawes OFO or Oregon Field Cindy Lawes Ornithologists and mail this_-» 13380 S.W. Butner Road 13380 S.W. Butner Road form to- Beaveiton OR 97005 Beaverton OR 97005 Matt-* 1*,-* 503-626-7532 ——503-626-753 2 Orego nField OrnithologistsWeeken' Fall dat Malheur f 5-f 7 September f 995 Friday, f 5 September f 995 The 199 3and 1994 OFO Fall Weekends at Malheur were superb: excellent • 7:30 p.m., potpourri slide show, don't forget to bring your favorite Oregon bird birding, great weather, and lots of fun — more than making up for the prior slow gears. So, let's try for 3 gears in a row! slides; AV room in Malcolm Hall. In 1993 (17-19 September), we had 147 bird species, and in 1994 (23 - 25 Saturday, f 6 September 1995 September], we had 164 species. Notable rare species in 1993 were Palm • 6:30 p.m., dinner in MFS dining hall (or make your own alternative dining Warbler, American Redstart, Fjlackpoll Warblers and Great-tailed Grackle. Some arrangements). rare species in 1994 were Palm Warbler, Morning and Magnolia Warblers (at • 7:30 p.m., Jeff Gilligan, sound recordings and slides of Oregon birds; Brothers rest stop), Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, and Great-tailed MFS dining hall. Grackle. A blue Jag and a Gray-cheeked Thrush were found a few days later. For Sunday, f 7 September f 995 county listers, Scrub and Rosy Finches (on Steens Mountain) were also Jays • Birding on your own .... found. Registration deadline I September 1995. For later registrations, call Sheran The Sixth OFO Fall Weekend at Malheur will be held 15 -1 7September 1995. Jones (phone below). Make your lodging arrangements separately. After the Saturday night countdown dinner, Oregon birde rJeff Gilligan will give a 1. Name Phone Fill in for each participant talk and slide presentation on shorebird identification. Iwill once again contact Refuge personnel to obtain a Special Use Permit to enter restricted shorebird Address habitat, for those of us who want to hone our shorebird ID skills. City Malheur Field Station has set aside 2 dorms fo rus . Some trailers are still State Zip available as are some RV spaces (RVs must be completely contained). Meals may 2. Name Phone be taken at the MFS dining hall or you may bring your own food. Please call or write MFS to make your lodging and meal reservations and to obtain current Address rates/prices . When contacting MFS to make reservations, please inquire about its current policg on deposits/payments. Don't forget to mention that this is for the City State Zip September OFO event. Keep in mind that OFO will not get the $50 cleaning Use additional sheets if needed deposit back if the dorms are not left clean. The OFO registration fee for the Fal lWeekend supports OFO and covers the Registration OFO member $7.00 Saturday night after-dinner presentation by Jeff Gilligan. Other than a get- together Friday night to show some of our own best slides [please bring your non-OFO member $9.00 favorite Oregon bird slides) and the presentation by Jeff Saturday night, the 1-year OFO membership Individua l $19.00 weekend will be unstructured — you'll be free to explore Malheur Nationa Wildlifl e Refuge and surrounding areas at your own pace. Descriptions of/ directions to Family $25.00 points of interest, bird checklists ,and other information are available at Refuge TOTAL ENCLOSED headquarters. Make your check payable to OFO or Oregon Field Ornithologists So for great birding, NO MOSQUITOES, and an opportunity to support both For lodging and meals, contact: this form by I September 1995 ,to: OFO and MFS, fill out the attached registration form and join us at MFS in Mail September! Malheur Field Station Sheran Jones Sheran Jones HC72 Box 260 9785 S.W.Ventura Court 9785 SW Ventura Court Princeton OR 97721 Tigard OR 97223 Tigard, OR 97223 (503)493-2629 (503)246-5594 503-246-5594 Great Gray Owl Solitary Vireo sWlsf of Oregon Birds -1 f itl Long-eared Owl _ Hutton's Vireo Short-eared Owl _ Warbling Vireo \d Loon . WUd Turkey Northern Saw-whet Owl _ Red-eyed Vireo . Pacific Loon _ Northern Bobwhite Common Nighthawk _ Tennessee Warbler . Common Loon . California Quail Common Poorwill _ Orange-crowned Warbler . Red-billed Grehe Mountain Ouail Black Swift _ Nashville Warbler _ Yellow Rail . Horned Grebe Vaux1 s Swift _ Yellow Warbler . Red-necked Grebe _ Virginia Rail White-throated Swift . Black-throated Blue Warbler . Eared Grebe _ Sora Black-chinned Hurnrningbird _ Yellow-rumped Warbler . Western Grebe _ American Coot Anna's Hummingbird _ Black-throated Gray Warbler , Clark's Grebe _ Sandhill Crane Calliope Humminghird _ Townsend's Warbler . Black-footed Albatross _ Black-bellied Plover Broad-tailed Hummingbird _ Hermit Warbler . Laysan Albatross _ American Golden-Hover Rufous Hummingbird _ Palm Warbler . Northern Fulmar _ Pacific Golden-Hover __ Allen's Hummingbird _ Black-and-white Warbler . Pink-footed Shearwater . Snowy Hover Belted Kingfisher _ American Redstart . Flesh-footed Shearwater Semipalmated Hover Lewis' Woodpecker . Ovenbird Buller'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 Yellowlegs Downy Woodpecker _ Yellow-breasted Chat . American White Pelican _ Lesser Yellowlegs : 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 RufoWsided Towhee . American Bittern . Upland Sandpiper Pileated Woodpecker _ California Towhee . Least Bittern . Whimbrel Olive-sided flycatcher _ American Tree Sparrow . Great Blue Heron . Long-billed Curlew Western Wood-Pewee . Chipping Sparrow . Great Egret Marbled Godwit Willow flycatcher _ Brewer's Sparrow , Snowy Egret . Ruddy Turnstone Hammond's flycatcher _ Vesper Sparrow . Cattle Egret . Black Turnstone Dusky Flycatcher _ Lark Sparrow Green Heron Surfbird Gray flycatcher _ Black-throated Sparrow . Bl.-crowned Night-Heron . Red Knot Pacific-slope Flycatcher . Sage Sparrow . White-faced Ibis _ Sanderling Cordilleran Flycatcher . Savannah Sparrow . Tundra Swan _ Semipalmated Sandpiper Black Phoebe _ Grasshopper Sparrow . Trumpeter Swan ; Western Sandpiper Say's Phoebe _ Fox Sparrow . Gr. White-fronted Goose Least Sandpiper Ash-throated flycatcher . Song Sparrow : Snow Goose . Baird's Sandpiper Western Kingbird Lincoln's Sparrow . Ross' Goose . Pectoral Sandpiper Eastern Kingbird . Swamp Sparrow Emperor Goose . Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Horned Lark . White-throated Sparrow .Brant . Rock Sandpiper Purple Martin Golden-crowned Sparrow . Canada Goose . Dunlin Tree Swallow _ White-crDwned Sparrow . Wood Duck . Stilt Sandpiper '_ Violet-green Swallow Harris' Sparrow Green-winged Teal Buff-breasted Sandpiper N. Rough-winged Swallow . Dark-eyed Junco . Mallard .Ruff Bank Swallow Lapland Longspur : Northern Pintail . Short-billed Dowitcher ; Cliff Swallow Snow Bunting . Blue-winged Teal . Long-hilled Dowitcher Barn Swallow Bobolink . Cinnamon Teal . Common Snipe Gray Jay . Red-winged Blackbird Northern Shoveler Wilson's Phalarope Steller's Jay Tricolored Blackbird . Gadwall . Red-necked Phalarope Blue Jay . Western Meadowlark Eurasian Wigeon . Red Phalarope Scruh Jay . Yellow-headed Blackbird . American Wigeon . Pomarine Jaeger PinyDn Jay . Brewer's Blackbird . Canvasback . Parasitic Jaeger Clark's Nutcracker . Brown-headed Cowbird . Redhead . Long-tailed Jaeger Black-billed Magpie . Northern Driole . Ring-necked Duck . South Polar Skua American Crow . Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch , Greater Scaup . Franklin's Gull Northwestern Crow . Hlack Rosy-Finch . Lesser Scaup . Bonaparte's Gull Common Raven Pine Grosbeak . Harlequin Duck - Heermann's Gull Black-capped Chickadee . Purple Finch Oldsquaw Mew Gull Mountain Chickadee Cassin's Finch Black Scoter ' Ring-hilled Gull Chestnut-backed Chickadee . House Finch . Surf Scoter California Gull Hain Titmouse . Red Crossbill . White-winged Scoter . Herring Gull Bushtit White-winged Crossbill Common Goldeneye . Thayer's Gull Red-breasted Nuthatch Common Redpoll Barrow's Goldeneye _ Western Gull White-breasted Nuthatch . Pine Siskin . Bufilehead . Glaucous-winged Gull Pygmy Nuthatch . Lesser Goldfinch ; Hooded Merganser . Glaucous Gull Brown Creeper . American Goldfinch Common Merganser _ Black-legged Kittiwake Rock Wren Evening Grosbeak Red-breasted Merganser _ Sabine's Gull Canyon Wren ; House Sparrow . Ruddy Duck _ Caspian Tern Bewick's Wren . Turkey Vulture . Elegant Tern House Wren Dsprey . Common Tern Winter Wren . White-tailed Kite . Arctic Tern Marsh Wren Bald Eagle Forster's Tern American Dipper . Northern Harrier . Black Tern Golden-crowned Kinglet Sharp-shinned Hawk . Common Murre Ruby-crowned Kinglet Cooper's Hawk . Hgeon Guillemot Blue-gray Gnatcatcher This is a list of the 352 species mast Northern Goshawk . Marbled Murrelet Western Bluebird . Red-shouldered Hawk . Ancient Murrelet Mountain Bluebird likely to be encountered in Oregon. This Swainson's Hawk _ Cassin's Auklet Townsend's Solitaire list is based on the records of the Or• . Red-tailed Hawk Rhinoceros Auklet Veery egon Bird Records Committee and uses . Ferruginous Hawk . Tufted Puffin Swainson's Thrush . Rough-legged Hawk . Horned Puffin Hermit Thrush the taxonamic sequence and nomen• . Golden Eagle . Rock Dove American Robin clature of the American Ornithologists' . American Kestrel ; Band-tailed Hgeon Varied Thrush . Mourning Dove . Merlin Wrentit Union, as published in their 1983 . Barn Owl Prairie Falcon Gray Catbird . Hammulated Owl Check-list Df North American birds, 6th . Peregrine Falcon Northern Mockingbird . Western Screech-Owl . Gray Partridge Sage Thrasher edition, as supplemented. Any bird . Great Horned Owl . Chukar American Hpit . Snowy Owl seen in Oregon that is not listed here is Bohemian Waxwing . Ring-necked Pheasant . Northern Pygmy-Owl . Spruce Grouse Cedar Waxwing considered to be a "rare bird" and a Burrowing Owl Northern Shrike . Blue Grouse report of its occurrence is requested by . Ruffed Grouse . 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Mermiston Boole Company The Bird Guide 245 E. Main 'Where to go. What to do. Where to sleep. Hermiston OR 97838 What to eat." The Bird Guide is a monthly newsletter whose Malheur Field Station purpose is to introduce birding as a means for HC72 Box 260 families and individuals to enjoy Oregon's scenic Used Books Princeton OR 97721 beauty and recreational opportunities. The Bird on Northwest Natural History Guide features the following columns: Travel bought and sold Northwest Watunre Shop Guide, Beginning Birder, Advanced Birder, Hard to Find, Birds of Note (last month), Birds to 154 Oak Street Watch For (next month), plus lots of other Alan Contreras Ashland OR 97520 information for the active birder. 2254 Crestview Dr. S., Salem, OR 97302 Powder River Wild Birds Subscriptions: 1 year (12 issues) $12. 503-371-345 8h • 503 399-9912 w 204C Resort Street The Bird Guide Baker City OR 978I4 Greg Gillson 311 Park Street Sunflower Books Ftc Banks, OR 97106 1114 Washington Street (503)324-0508 La Grande OR 97850 BAKER CO.: Sparta, Pleasant Valley, LAKE CO.: Christmas Lake Valley, Hart & Oregon Breeding Weatherby, Brownlee Reservoir, Snake Sheldon National Wildlife Refuges River (part), Alkali Lake, Lake Abert, Straw• CLACKAMAS CO.: Colton, Liberal, berry Reservoir, Yocum Valley Bird Atlas Project Molalla, Mulino LANE CO.: Cottage Grove, Saginaw, Culp CLATSOP CO.: Elsie, Hamlet, Jewell, Creek, Disston, Dorena Clatsop State Forest (part) LINN CO.: Foster Reservoir, Cascadia, PaulAdamus, Oregon Breeding Bird CROOK CO.: Prineville, Ochoco Reser• Upper Soda Atlas, P.O.Box2189, Corvallis, OR voir, John Day River MALHEUR CO.: Kingman, Nyssa, 97330, 503-745-5625 DOUGLAS CO.: Scottsburg, Eliott State Owyhee, Adrian, Napton, Succor Forest, Olalla, Rogue and Umpqua Na• Creek, Rockville, Sheaville, Three The Oregon Breeding Bird Atlas tional Forests (part) Forks, Lookout Lake, Danner, Harper, Project, described in the last 2 issues GILLIAM CO.: Arlington, Heppner Junc• Jonesboro, Rome, Juntura, Riverside, of Oregon Birds, is off to a vigorous tion, Olex, Condon, Lonerock, Willow Crowley, Burns Junction, Basque, Or• start. Over 200 birders statewide have Creek State Wildlife Area egon Canyon, Owyhee & Malheur Riv• volunteered to fill out checklists for GRANT CO.: Galena, Fox, Long Creek, ers; Owyhee, Jaca, Parker, & Antelope areas they visit this summer, making Monument, Izee, John Day River, Reservoirs; Deer Flat National Wildlife the project the largest ever sponsored Malheur National Forest (part) Refuge by Oregon Field Ornithologists. The HARNEY CO.: Buchanan, Harney, MORROW CO.: Morgan, Ruggs, Hardman, Steering Committee continues to get Princeton, Diamond, Pueblo Mountains Umatilla National Forest (part) over a dozen calls weekly from new and Valley, Tumtum Lake, Catlow Rim SHERMAN CO.: Wasco, Moro, Kent, John people wanting to help. Coverage is and Valley, Fields, Blitzen, Drewsey, Day River still needed for many parts of eastern Warm Springs Reservoir, Venator, Juni• UMATILLA CO.: Ferndale, Umapine, Oregon (see below). per Lake, Sheepshead Mountains .Trout Holdman, Echo, Umatilla River Creek Mountains, Malheur National UNION CO.: Elgin, Summerville, Island Forest (part) City, Union, Grande Ronde River If you will be visiting any of these JEFFERSON CO.: Metolius River, Warm WALLOWA CO.: Imnaha, Promise, Snake areas this summer, please contact Springs, Deschutes National Forest & Grande Ronde Rivers, Hell's Canyon the Oregon Breeding Bird Atlas (part) WASCO CO.: Warm Springs, Willowdale, Project before you go. We want to KLAMATH CO.: Wickiup, Gerber, & Wil• Grass Valley, Antelope, Shaniko, John know what birds you find, because low Valley Reservoirs; Sycan Marsh; Day & Deschutes Rivers so far we haven't located any birders Crescent, Gilchrist, La Pine, Bonanza, WHEELER CO.: Richmond, Waterman, who are visiting these areas. Call our Dairy, Malin, Chiloquin, Klamath Clarno, John Day River & Fossil Beds, toll-free number (1-800440-5454) for Agency, Fremont & Winema National Big Summit Prairie, Mitchell a checklist and maps. Forests (part) 0

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Oregon Birds 21(2): 51 ighlights from the Oregon Bird list printed by the National Park Ser• H Records Committee meeting in vice for the Ft. Clatsop National News and Notes Portland, 15 April 1995: Monument. Judith Glad, P.O. Box - Harry Nehls was appointed Secretary for a 1-year 17516, Portland, OR 97217,503-289- OB 21(2) term. 2219 email: [email protected]. - The Committee discussed at some length the pos• sibility of receiving and circulating rare bird re• lease check your mailing label. SU Press is considering publica• ports on e-mail. This would apply at this time only tion of a book-length "annotated The volume and issue number of to written reports (those reports not supported O P bibliography of Oregon bird literature your last issue of Oregon Birds is by photographic, specimen, or recorded evi• printed in the upper right hand cor• dence) . The Committee discussed the eventual published before 1935"The author ner. OB is sent on a 1-year basis, not possibility of making its materials available is none other than our OFO Presi• on a volume-year basis. In other through the Internet by various means, but in the dent, George A. Jobanek. The Press is words, your membership runs for 4 short term the Committee resolved to seek funds looking for a financial sponsor (or quarters — 4 issues of OB — from from the OFO Board of Directors to establish an sponsors) for this exceedingly worth• the quarter in which you joined or e-mail account. while yet bound-to-be-limited-distri• renewed. If the number 21(2) ap• - The Committee removed Alder Flycatcher from bution project. The Press is also in• the Oregon list by reviewing and rejecting all ac• pears — this is your last issue. So terested in knowing how much inter• cepted records. The Committee currently believes it's time to send in your membership est there may be in purchase of such that all reports of Alder Flycatcher refer instead a book. If any OB readers know of a dues! If the number 21(3) or higher to Willow Flycatcher, which is apparently capable source of financial backing, or are appears,feel free to send in your dues of an Alder-like call note. None of Oregon's Alder early. You'll be guaranteed an exten• Flycatcher reports were of a bird in territorial otherwise interested in this project, sion of 4 issues at today's rates, you song. please contact Roxanne Nelson, OSU won't have to worry about your sub• - After deliberation, the Committee decided not to Press, 220 S.W. Yamhill Street, Port• scription for more than a year, and restore Tennessee Warbler to the Review List, de• land OR 97204-3009, 503-725-5752. you'll make the accounting at OFO a spite the fact that there are now only 16 accepted little easier. The entire OB team records. ncreasing numbers of Canada thanks you! Send in your renewal For a full report of the OBRC's activi• I Geese wintering in the Willamette now, and help us out at OB! ties this year, please look for the Valley have increased the number of Secretary's annual report in the last damage complaints by landowners. issue of Oregon Birds for the year — "At the same time, biologists with the ll requests for publications from OB 21(4), due out the first week of OFO's Bookcase should be sent U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which has A December 1995. Harry Nehls, Secre• jurisdiction over the waterfowl, are directly to Clarice Watson in Eugene. tary, Oregon Bird Records Commit• Clarice has generously agreed to take reporting that the Dusky Canada tee, 2736 S.E. 20th Avenue, Portland. Goose population may have declined on the task of cataloguing and mail• OR 97202, 503-233-3976. ing OFO's bookcase items.This takes again this year." Up to 15,000 geese a load off theTreasurer and gets OFO's were present at Fern Ridge Wildlife ird checklists from Ft. Stevens members better service. Requests for Area in winter 1994-95. A search for State Park are wanted. If you've publications that are sent to OFO's B collared geese turned up 2 Dusky birded at Ft. Stevens (Clatsop Co.), P.O. Box might encounter long delays. Canada Geese collared in Alaska in send your lists to update the check• Clarice Watson, OFO Publications, 1991. This from the March 1995 3787 Wilshire Lane, Eugene, OR 97405. NORTH AMERICAN MIGRATION COUNT Thanks to all of you who participated in the May North American Migra• are bird reports can be sent di• tion Count.The results will soon be tallied and a summary will be avail• rectly to Harry Nehls, Secretary R able. The spring NAMC has taken place in many locations throughout of the Oregon Bird Records Commit• North America for four years with counts from portions of Oregon for tee. The "rare bird report form" ap• three of those years.The 1995 count, however, was the first to include pearing in the center pages of each counts from all of Oregon's counties. It will be exciting to see what sort issue of Oregon Birds lists the OFO of migration patterns emerge. post office box in Eugene as the ad• A fall count will take place on Saturday, September l6th.This count dress to which rare bird reports will be a first for all of North America as well as for Oregon. The addi• should be sent.That is the permanent tion of this count gives us count data over widespread geographical OFO address. But birders who send areas for all four seasons of the year. Please take a moment to mark your reports directly to Harry will shave a calendar if you might be able to participate in the September count. little time off the OBRC review. Harry Nehls, Secretary, Oregon Bird Thanks again to everyone who made the spring count possible. Records Committee, 2736 S.E. 20th Pat French Avenue, Portland, OR 97202, 503- Oregon NAMC Coordinator 233-3976. 400 E. 31st Avenue Eugene, OR 97405 503-683-4292 before 9:00 pm [email protected]

Oregon Birds 21(2): 52 monthly report of the Northwest Re• below the metal band. We are espe• A banded and color-marked Snowy gion of the Oregon Department of cially interested in migration routes xVpiover seen on Bayocean Spit Fish and Wildlife. and the locations of breeding during the Tillamook Bay Christmas grounds. Sightings are possible over Bird Count 17 December 1994 turns nly 8 Harlequin Duck nests have vast areas including the insular Pa• out to have been a bird banded on O ever been found in Oregon. Vol• cific, Pacific coast, portions of South the south Oregon coast. "Myself and unteers are needed for an ongoing and Central America, prairie regions other from our office have observed Harlequin Duck study by the Oregon of the U.S. and Canada, Alaska, and 3 different color-marked Snowy Plo• Department of Fish and Wildlife, the northeastern Russia. Please send ob• vers on Bayocean Spit." Mark Stern, Bureau of Land Management, and servations with as much information Oregon Natural Heritage Program, U.S.D.A. Forest Service. "The most as possible to Oscar Johnson, Dept. 1205 N.W 25th, Portland, OR 97210, important need is to find more nests Biol., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, 503-229-5078 fax 503-228-3153. so we can describe the nesting habi• MT 59717, 406-996-4548, or Phillip tat and begin to recommend meth• Bruner, Nat. Sci. Div., BYU—Hawaii, olor-marked Red-naped Sapsuck• ods to manage it. Many of you have Laie, HI 96762, 808-293-3820, or Cers (Sphyrapicus nuchalis). I hiked or fished on small streams and WHSRN, c/o Manomet Bird Observa• have color-banded over 400 juvenile rivers in the Cascades during the last tory, P.O. Box 1770, Manomet, MA and adult Red-naped Sapsuckers in few years. Our first call for help is, if 02345, 508-224-6521. the Hat Creek Valley, British Colum• you have seen or thought you have bia (50°, 46' N, 121° 38'W), since seen a harlequin duck, particularly lack-bellied Plovers (Pluvialis 1989.1 would be grateful for any in• females with broods, please contact Bsquatarold) have been banded formation concerning recoveries or one of the agency coordinators and near Nome, AK. We ask that observ• sightings of marked Red-naped Sap• report your sightings." Rebecca ers along the Pacific coast be alert to suckers during migration or on their Goggans, Oregon Dept. Fish & Wild• possible sightings of these birds dur• wintering grounds, presumably in the life, 7118 N.E. Vandenberg Avenue, ing spring migration. Each bird wears southwestern United States and Corvallis, OR 97330, 757-4186 fax a FWS metal band plus two color Mexico.All birds also carry a USFWS 757-4252. bands on one leg, and a single color aluminum band in addition to 2-3 band on the opposite leg. It is impor• colored bands. Eric L.Walters, Dept. olden-Plovers (Pluvialis fulva tant that we know the exact combi• of Biology, Univ. of Victoria, P.O. Box Gand P. dominica) have been nation of color(s) carried on each leg. 1700,Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada banded on Oahu, HI, and near Nome, Please send observations with as (e-mail [email protected] or AK. Each bird wears a FWS metal much information as possible to Os• [email protected]). band plus some combination of color car Johnson, Dept. Biol., Montana bands or color flags. Observers are State Univ.,Bozeman,MT 59717,406- he Peregrine Fund, a non-profit asked to note the colors and exact 996-4548, or WHSRN, c/o Manomet Tconservation/research organiza• sequence of all bands or flags on the Bird Observatory, P.O. Box 1770, tion with 17 biologists on its perma• bird. It is important that we know Manomet, MA 02345, 508-224-6521. nent staff, is establishing a major con• which leg carries the particular servation biology-ornithological re• color(s) and, where used together, anded sandpipers from Paracas, search library at the World Center for whether the color band is above or BPeru. I marked ca. 500 hundred Birds of Prey in Boise.Tax-deductible sandpipers (Western and Semipal• donations of individual publications Answers to Same Lame Game mated) with USF&WS metal bands, and entire libraries will be warmly From page 51. yellow dye in the breast or belly and welcomed. Lloyd Kiff, Science Direc• tor, The Peregrine Fund, 5666 West 1. Twerlin' Merlin a small number with yellow flags in 2. Punting Bunting the upper left leg. Also, a number of Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, ID 83709, 208-362-3716; fax 208-362-2376. 3- Masher Thrasher Sanderlings have been individually 4. Pleasant Pheasant marked with color rings in the lower 5. Hollow Swallow legs, USF&WS metal band in the up• are birds — running tally of the 6. Mock Hawk per right leg and yellow flag in the Rbirds of the Oregon rare bird 7. Miffed Swift upper left leg. If you sight these birds, phone network: 8. Quicker Flicker please record the band's position, - 28 January 1995, Tufted Duck, an adult female ring number, date and location. on a farm pond in southwest Polk Co., by Rich 9. Blush Thrush Hoyer; and 10. Harried Varied Should you catch a banded bird, 1 would appreciate if you can weigh - 23 February 1995, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, an 11. Gay Jay and record the molt of the individual. immature female coming to a feeder in Salem, by 12. Fuddy-duddy Ruddy All information will be properly ac• Barb Bellin. 13. Cull Gull knowledged. J.C. Riveros Salcedo, 14. Dove Glove GAAP, P.O. Box 11-0730, Lima 11, hat will be Oregon's 5 next 15. Stilt Kilt Peru, fax 51-14-633048; e-mail: "first" state record birds?There 16. Dipper Slipper W jc%[email protected]. may still be time to enter the compe• 17. Loon Tune tition! In OB 20(4): 118,Winter 1994, 0 Bill Tice invited Oregon birders to predict the 5 species that will be here Oregon Birds 21(2): 53 next. "Only those who send in their Refuge. The Field Station is looking omplete bird song recording list before the next first state record for donations of a riding lawn mower, C packages suitable for amateurs bird is discovered are eligible!" Bill a 3/4 ton pickup truck, and cash do• and professionals are available from Tice, 750 Wood Street, Falls City, OR nations to re-roof the buildings this Marice Stith Recording Services. Por• 97344. year. For an up-to-date listing of table cassette and DAT recorders, course offerings at the Field Station, shotgun and parabola microphones. regon Birds is printed on 65- call or write. Malheur Field Station, Marice Stith Recording Services, 59 Opound Simpson Ecopaque Text HC 72 Box 260, Princeton, OR 97721, Autumn Ridge Circle, Ithaca, NY Recycled paper, and the cover is 65- 503-493-2629. 14850, 607-277-5920 fax 607-277- pound Simpson Ecopaque Cover Re• 5942. cycled. The interior pages are 70- ummer courses at Malheur Field pound Concept Sandstone Recycled. S Station include Birds of the Text font is Adobe Garamond Book Marshes, Desert & Forest of South• and other members of the Adobe east Oregon by Roy Gerig. For a cata• Garamond family are used through• log of all classes, contact Malheur out. Ink is soy-based. We're Green! Field Station, HC 72 Box 260, Princeton, OR 97721, 503-493-2629. TV^BRD Video Productions has pro- J\^duced "How to Start Watching he Oregon Chapter of The Wild• Birds," a very watchable 90-minute Tlife Society announces the avail• VHS videotape on the fundamentals ability of: of starting birding. The tape "will be - A 3 x 4-foot color map of the wildlife habitats of a revelation to beginning bird watch• Oregon. "The map, entitled Oregon Wildlife ers and provide a nice brush-up for Habitat Types, illustrates our current understand• longtime enthusiasts. For those who ing of the relationship between wildlife species Station can't understand your passion for and their habitats. The map was created by group• ing the vegetation types occurring in Oregon ac• birds—and would like to—it will be ildlife Visuals is a new enter• cording to wildlife species composition." $7.50 prise offering aquatic birding particularly instructive." Topics cov• plus $3 s/h. Make checks payable to Oregon Chap• W ered include field identification, field ter of The Wildlife Society. Send orders to Oregon trips aboard the Birds I View, a 22- guides, choosing binoculars, and Chapter of The Wildlife Society, P.O. Box 2214, foot aluminum custom built boat. It birding etiquette .The section on bin• Corvallis, OR 97339-2214. features a Global Positioning System, oculars alone may make the tape - Two styles of a cassette audio tape of Northern VHF communications, and a quiet worthwhile Also featured is your very Spotted Owls. A narrative tape includes a detailed trolling motor. Bird the waterways of own Oregon Birds, illustrating an explanation of 11 different Spotted Owl and 4 dif• Vancouver Lake, Multnomah Chan• example of state-wide "birding re• ferent Barred Owl vocalizations. Samples of the nel, the Columbia River, and Sauvie sources." KBRD Video Productions, different calls are given and the behavioral con• Island. Lois and Bill Walker, Wildlife P.O. Box 1540, Fairfield, IA 52556.To text of these calls is described." A survey-ready Visuals, 2111 N.E. 151st Circle, order direct from Bird Watchers Di• tape includes the material needed to complete a Vancouver, WA 98686,360-573-0778. 10-minute survey effort. Four sets of calls are in• gest, call 1-800-879-2473. $29.95 plus cluded. $12.50 each, includes s/h. Make checks $3.50 s/h. payable to Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Soci• athleen Wilson leads a fall trip to ety. Send orders to Lauri Turner, P.O. Box 686, KHawkWatch International's fall regon birders interested in West• Detroit, OR 97342, 503-854-3366. raptor migration study site atop the O ern Bluebirds should know - A manual entitled Development and Application Goshute Mountains of Nevada. "This about the Hubert Prescott Western of Conservation Strategies andHabitat Conser• is an exceptional opportunity to learn Bluebird Recovery Project.A regular vation Plans for Resource Professionals. $10, raptor identification techniques and newsletter keeps bluebird fanciers includes s/h. Make checks payable to Oregon to observe and photograph a variety Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Send orders to Ed up-to-date. Prescott Bluebird Recov• of species of all ages in the hand." 16- Arnett, Weyerhaeuser Company, P.O. Box 275, 23 September 1995, $375 for Port• ery Project, Brenda McGowan, 23340 Springfield, OR 97477, 503-741-5536. S.W. Kruger Road, Sherwood, OR land Audubon Society members, $410 97140, 503-625-6786. for non-members. Portland Audubon Society, 5151 Cornell Road, Portland, heran Jones is one.You can be one, OR 97210, 503-292-6855. Stoo. Malheur Field Station is look• ing for birders to "adopt" a trailer or 1 $TY ?, dorm. OFO member Sheran Jones adopted the trailer flicker, and made improvements to the plumbing and furniture. Most Oregon birders know Malheur Field Station and its ameni• ties, and know how convenient it is to stay at this remote site while IT if 3. birding the Malheur National Wildlife

Oregon Birds 21(2): 54 EHHM he National Fish and Wildlife Fed• -16-18 June 1995,20th Western Field Ornitholo• Migration Count, a first for all of North America Teration is a non-profit grant-mak• gists and 7th Washington Ornithological Society as well as for Oregon. Pat French, Oregon NAMC ing and grant-seeking organization annual meetings, Spokane, WA. Focus will be on Coordinator, 400 E. 31st Avenue, Eugene, OR whose resources are dedicated to in• birds of the Selkirk Mountains, Columbia Basin, 97405, 503-683-4292 before 9:00 pm. and the Palouse area of Washington and Idaho. vesting in conservation projects that - 22-24 September 1995,1995 Western Bird Band• WF0-W0S Annual Meeting, c/o Russell Rogers, ing Association Meeting, Rio Grande Nature Cen• safeguard NorthAmerica's natural re• 4510 Glenn Way S.W, Seattle, WA 98116. ter, Albuquerque New Mexico. Catherine I. sources. Partners in Flight was -15-18 June 1995, Kirtland's Warbler Festival. High• Sandell, 8101 N. Main, Las Cruces NM 88012. launched by NFWF in 1991 as a co• lights include a Kirtland's Warbler tour and bird Papers for presentation should be sent to Tho• operative effort to halt the decline of watching tournament. Oscoda County Chamber of mas Pogson, Alaska Bird Observatory, PO Box populations of migratory birds. The Commerce, P.O. Box 670, Mio, MI 48647, 517- 80505, Fairbanks, AK 99708. causes of this trend are many, but the 826-3712. - 8-12 November 1995, Colonial Waterbird Society most devastating impacts occur from - 5-11 August 1995, V Neotropical Ornithological and Pacific Seabird Group joint meeting, Confer• the destruction and fragmentation of Congress, Asuncion, Paraguay. Nancy Lopez de ence Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The important habitats in the U.S., Kochalka, c/o Comite Organizador Local del V theme of the meeting will be "Behavioral Mecha• Mexico, Central America, and the CON, Museo National de Historia Natural del Para• nisms of Population Regulation" and will include guay, Sucursal 19, Campus, Central XI, Paraguay, Caribbean. Partners in Flight uses plenary speakers. Dr. Rob Butler, Pacific Wildlife (595-21)505075. Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service, Box habitat management and protection, - 13-20 August 1995, American Ornithologists' 340, Delta, B.C. V4K 3Y3 Canada, or Dr. Ron professional training, and public edu• Union meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio. Robert Kennedy, Ydenberg, Dept. of Biosciences, Simon Fraser cation to develop proactive solutions. Museum of Natural History, 1720 Gilbert Avenue, Univ., Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 Canada. More than 15 Federal agencies, 60 Cincinnati, OH 45202, 513-345-8510 fax 513- - 8-15 November 1995, Rio Grande Valley Birding State/Provincial agencies, and 35 pri• 345-8501. Festival. Birding trips by Victor Emmanuel Nature vate conservation organizations and -18-20 August 1995, Southwest Wings Birding Fes• Tours. Harlingen Chamber of Commerce, 311 East the forest products industry are in• tival. Immediately preceding the ABA's regional Tyler, Harlingen, TX 78550, 800-531-7346. volved in this cooperative effort. Na• conference, includes owl, butterfly, and bat tours. - l6-19November 1995,FestivaloftheCranes,New tional Fish and Wildlife Federation, Southwest Wings Birding Festival, P.O. Box 3432, Mexico. Features tours of Bosque del Apache Na• 1120 Connecticut Avenue N.W.Wash• Sierra Vista, AZ 85636, 800-946-4777. tional Wildlife Refuge. Socorro Chamber of Com• ington, DC 20036, 202-857-0166 fax - 21-25 August 1995, American Birding Associa• merce, P.O. Box 743-B, Socorro, NM 87801,505- 835-0424. 202-857-0162 e-mail: [email protected]. tion Conference, Ramada Inn, Sierra Vista, Ari• zona. "We will have 2 full day trips to different - 16 December 1995-2 January 1996, inclusive, sites around the Huachuca Mountains and 2 half- 96th Christmas Bird Count. National Audubon day trips to Ramsey Canyon and the local Sierra Society, 950 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Vista Sewage Ponds." Specialities include Elegant -10-12 January 1996, North American Crane Work• Trogon, Buff-breasted Flycatcher, 4 species of shop, Biloxi, MS. Wendy Brown, North American kingbirds, many hummingbirds, etc. Speakers, Crane Working Group, 1208 Claire Court N.W, ethics panel, etc. ABA Sierra Vista Regional Con• Albuquerque, NM 87104, fax 505-766-8063. Lo• ference, P.O. Box 6599, Colorado Springs, CO cal Chair is Scott Hereford, Mississippi Sandhill 80934-6599. Crane NWR, 7200 Crane Lane, Gauthier, MS - 7-10 September 1995, Sixth Annual Rockport 39553,601-497-6322. Hummingbird Festival. Fall migration of Ruby- -16-22 August 1998, The XXII International Orni• throated Hummingbirds; look for Buff-bellied. thological Congress, Durban, South Africa. Prof. Rockport/Fulton Area Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Peter Berthold (Germany) will serve as President, Box 93, Bulverde, TX 78163, 800-242-0071. Dr. Janet Rear (United Kingdom) as Vice Presi• efuge Reporter is a quarterly pub• - 8-10 September 1995, Oregon Shorebird Festi• dent and Dr. Aldo Berruti as Secretary-General. Rlication devoted to issues of the val, Cape Arago Audubon Society. Pelagic trips and This Congress will include a full scientific pro• National Wildlife Refuge System. An shorebird field trips. Barbara Griffin, 1691 Grant gram and a large series of ornithological tours to numerous areas within southern Africa. All inter• annual subscription is $12. Mildred Street, North Bend, OR 97459, 503-756-5688. -12-17 September 1995, The Wildlife Society's Sec• ested ornithologists are invited to take part. Po• and James Clark, Editors,AvocetTwo, ond Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. "Ex• tential members of the Durban congress are re• Millwood, VA 22646-0156, 703-837- cellence in Wildlife Stewardship Through Science quested to contact Dr. Aldo Berruti (Durban Natu• 2152. and Education." Featuring symposia, workshops, ral Science Museum, PO Box 4085, Durban 4000, Meetings, events & deadlines contributed paper and poster sessions, Working South Africa) to be placed on the mailing list, or - 7-11 June 1995, Birdwatching in N.E. Oregon, Group meetings, student activities, Member's Fo• to provide suggestions on any aspects ofthe 22nd Full Grcle Tours. Spend 5 days searching for the rum, tours to Mt. St. Helens, old-growth forest, Congress. Persons on the mailing list will be sent special birds of N.E. Oregon; visit the Columbia Oregon's coast, and more! Also featuring: TWS's information on all aspects of the congress in River Gorge, Wallowa Lake, Ladd Marsh, Hat Point, Second Annual Trade Show and Exhibition; Long- proper time. Suggestions for the scientific pro• Hell's Canyon, the Oregon Trail, John Day Fossil Term Research on Keystone Species: Implications gram should be sent to the chairman of the Sci• Beds, and Mt. Hood. Full Circle Tours, 1105 S.W. for Ecosystem Management. Co-hosted by the entific Program Committee, Dr. Lukas Jenni 66th Avenue #3306, Portland, OR 97225, 503- Oregon and Washington Chapters, TWS. Oregon (Schweizerische Voegehvarte, CH-6204 Sempach, 292-0189. Chapter, The Wildlife Society, P.O. Box 2214, Switzerland; fax 011-41-41-462-9710). An• - 16-18 June 1995, Oregon Field Ornithologists' Corvallis, OR 97339-2214. nouncements for the scientific program will be published separately. Letters of inquiry about the Sixteenth Annual Meeting, Eastern Oregon State -15-17 September 1995, Oregon Field Ornitholo• scientific program can be sent to Dr. Jenni, Prof. College, La Grande, Oregon. Features field trips gists' Fall Birding Weekend at Malheur. Features Berthold, or Prof. Walter Bock (Secretary of the and presentations by Berta Youtie, The Nature speaker Jeff Gilligan on shorebirds. Sheran Jones, IOC, Box 37 Schermerhorn Hall, Dept. of Biologi• Conservancy, and Mark Henjum, Oregon Depart• 9785 S.W. Ventura Court, Tigard, OR 97223,503- cal Sciences, Columbia Univ., New York, NY ment of Fish and Wildlife. Cindy Lawes, 13380 S.W. 246-5594. 10027, USA). 0 Butner Road, Beaverton, OR97005, (H) 503-626- -16 September 1995, Fall Count, North American 7532. Oregon Birds 21(2): 55 Oregon Birds Regional Editors Western Oregon Jeff Gilligan 26 N.E. 32nd Avenue 'Fall 231-0971 Portland, OR 97232

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Oregon Birds 21(2): 56 Fill I) \l S: Eastern Oregon, Fall 1994

Paul T. Sullivan, 4470 SWMurray Blvd. #26, Beaverton, OR 97005

This is my first effort at this task, and NWR, and sightings reported to Port• Pied-billed Grebe I am sure it will be an evolving effort. land Audubon's Rare Bird Alert (aka 28, north end of Davis Lk., 11 Sept I would like to ask reporters for notes Harry Nehls). Thank you to all who DES (CM). on remarkable numbers of common contributed. Horned Grebe birds as well as the unusual species. Apart from notes in the 2 newslet• 50, Wickiup Res., 19 Sept DES The fall season started with a very ters mentioned above and my own (CM); 5, Chickahominy Res., 25 Sept dry August across eastern Oregon. notes, I received no mention of Mal• HAR (GG); 6-60John Day dam, 9 Oct- The Governor signed drought decla• lards, Steller's Jays, Mountain Chicka• 4 Dec SHE (DB,HNJJ); 15, Haystack rations for Sherman,Jefferson, Crook, dees, Western Meadowlarks, or Red• Res., 30 OctJEF(SR). Deschutes, and Klamath counties. wing Blackbirds. Obviously, these Red-necked Grebe Even the wettest zone, northeast Or• species are not absent from eastern 1, Haystack Res., 17,27 Sept JEF egon, had only 16 percent of normal Oregon in the fall — they are abun• (RGJJ); 1 immature,Wickiup Res., 19 precipitation. Maximum monthly dant.These field notes do not report Sept DES (CM,KT); 10, above John temperatures were more than 3° the status of the birds of eastern Or• Day dam, 9-28 Oct SHE above normal in south central Or• egon on a seasonal basis. I mention (DB,MD,MLD); 1, Haystack Res., 6 egon. Statewide, wildfires burned the this simply to point out that our re• Nov JEF (PTSJM); 1, Arlington, 13 4th highest total acres since 1952. porting focuses on the rare and un• Nov GIL (DL). A warm Indian summer drove the usual. I doubt that I, or any volunteer, Eared Grebe September monthly average tempera• would be up to the task of compiling Reported widely around eastern ture as high as 5.7° above normal at the number and variety of all Oregon through the season. Madras. Eastern Oregon had precipi• sightings made by all observers in this Western Grebe tation less than 50 percent of normal region in a given season, even if I 178, Wickiup Res., 15 Aug DES except for the Bend to Malheur area could get the data reported to me. (CM); 33, Bully Cr. Res. and Cow Lks., where it reached 82 percent of the Nonetheless, it is our sightings which 27-28 Aug MAL (PTS); 300+, above normal half inch. October continued make birding fun, and our reporting John Day dam, 28 Oct SHE the Indian summer with mild days which shares that enjoyment and (MD,MLD). and crisp nights. Precipitation was adds to our collective knowledge. Clark's Grebe near normal across eastern Oregon Thank you to all who contribute. 3, Summer Lk., 15 Aug DES (CM); except in the north central region 1, Bully Cr. Res., 27 Aug MAL (PTS); which was hit with over 200 percent Abbreviations 1, Beulah Res., 3 Sept MAL normal rainfall. C.G. campground (AC.BHJR); 1, Wickiup Res., 19-20 November temperatures were cold mob many observers Sept DES (CM,DM); 2, Wickiup Res., across eastern Oregon, with the NWR National Wildlife Refuge 7 Nov DES (CM). monthly average over 5° below nor• S.P. sewage ponds American White Pelican mal for all but the north central part St.Pk. state park 160, Summer Lk., 15 Aug LAK of the state. Precipitation was over WMA Wildlife Management Area (CM); 6, north Davis Lk., 15-22 Aug 100 percent of normal across eastern All counties are designated by the DES (CM,MASJES); 5,Antelope Res., Oregon, reaching 225 percent at first 3 letters of the county name. Ex• 28 Aug MAL (PTS); 10, Unity Res., 1 Milton-Freewater and 143 percent at ception: HDR = Hood River. Sept BAK (JW); 1, Willow Cr., 3 Sept Malheur NWR headquarters. Subzero GIL (RG); 16, Beulah Res., 3 Sept MAL temperatures hit much of the area at CORRECTION (AC,BHJR); 4, Malheur NWR Hqtrs., Thanksgiving. Eastern Oregon, Spring 1994: 8 Nov HAR (FC) The hot dry August-September re• Sightings of Blackpoll Warbler and Double-crested Cormorant duced the amount of water for shore- Lapland Longspur attributed to (PaS), 300, north Davis Lk., 14 Aug DES birds, and the lack of any distinct Paul Sullivan, at Malheur NWR, 26-27 (PTSJM). onset of fall weather produced little May 1994, were made by Pat Sullivan American Bittern fallout of rare passerines in eastern of Seattle. 1, Celilo Falls St.Pk., 15 Aug WAS Oregon. The drought brought many (BLW). fish-eating birds to the easy pickings Pacific Loon Great Blue Heron at Davis Lake in August - September l,Ana Res., Summer Lk.WMA, 12 50-28, north Davis Lk., 14 Aug-19 (see below). Observations were re• Nov LAK (CL,JL,HN); 2, below Sept DES (PTSJM). ceived directly from 25 observers; ad• McNary Dam, 29 Nov UMA (CL, Great Egret ditional reports were gleaned from mob). l-2,Wamic, 6-13 Aug WAS (DL); 35- the Rav-on, newsletter of the Grande Common Loon 60, Davis Lk., l4Aug-l 1 Sept KLA,DES Ronde Bird Club, the Upland Sand• 1 immature, Bear Valley, Aug GRA (PTS JM.MASJES.CM); 25, Crane Prai• piper; newsletter of the Grant County (TH); 30, Wickiup Res., 19 Sept DES rie, 15 Aug DES (CM); 37, Wickiup Bird Club, field notes from Malheur (CM). Res., 30 Aug (TC); 55, Summer Lk., 2 Oregon Birds 21(2): 57 Sept LAK (CM); 1, Mosier, 25 Sept (PTSJM,DH,PYM). 1 male, Prineville S.P, 5 Nov CRO WAS (DL,DP); 5, Ladd Marsh, 15 Oct Snow Goose OM,PYM,PTS,DH); 2 females, UNI (JW). 1, Prineville, 13-16 Sept CRO Prineville S.P, 20 Nov CRO (JM,PTS), Cattle Egret (TC,CM); 4, north end of Davis Lk, the first sightings for Crook county. 7, Diamond Lane, Malheur NWR, 2 22 Sept DES (DM); 2, Haystack Res, White-winged Scoter Aug HAR (ES); 1, Summer Lk, 15 Aug 27 Sept JEF GJ); 1, Malheur NWR, 7 2, John Day dam, 30 Oct SHE (DB); LAK (CW,CM); 1, Malheur NWR Oct HAR (MD,MLD); 1, Ladd Marsh, 4-2, Hatfield Lk, 23 Oct-5 Nov Hqtrs, 4 Sept HAR (AC,BHJR,CJB). 15 Oct UNI (DL,DC); 3, Pine Hollow (TCJM,PTS,DH,PYM); 1 immature, GREEN HERON Res, 12 Nov WAS (DL.MQCCJS); 6, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 31 Oct-4 Nov This species is rare in eastern Or- Columbia R, 18 Nov UMA (MD, HAR (GL,DOS,RV). egon.The nesting at Prineville is the MLD); 2,Ana Res,Summer Lk.WMA, Common Goldeneye first I have heard of east of the Cas• 21 Nov LAK (HN). 1 early female, Frog Lk, 20 Aug WAS cades. 1, Mosier, 4-11 Sept WAS Canada Goose (DL). (DL,CL,DB); 1, McKay NWR, 28 Sept 9 cackling race, Pine Hollow Res. Barrow's Goldeneye UMA (MLD,MD); 3 immature res• and Wamic, 22 Oct WAS (DL). 1, Summer Lk, 5 Aug LAK (CM); 1, cued from nest, Barnes Butte Res., Wood Duck Pine Hollow Res, 30 Oct WAS (DL); Prineville, 16 Sept CRO (TC); 1 im• Reported from a number of sites 1, mouth of Deschutes R, 30 Oct mature, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 14 Oct across eastern Oregon. WAS,SHE (DB). HAR (TAM). Green-winged Teal Hooded Merganser Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Eurasian male, Hat Rock St.Pk, 3, Snake R, 1 Nov MAL (AC). 12, McNary WMA, through fall, 12 Nov UMA (MD,MLD). Red-breasted Merganser UMA (CQmob); 2 immature, Wamic, Blue-winged Teal 1 female, mouth of Deschutes R, 13-21 Aug WAS (DL); 2, Ontario, 27 1, Hood River, 12 Sept HDR (DB). 27 Nov WAS, SHE (MD,MLD). Aug MAL (PTS); 1, Roaring Springs Eurasian Wigeon Osprey Ranch, 15 Oct HAR (TAM). l,The Dalles, 30 Oct WAS (DL). 10, north Davis Lk., 14 Aug DES White-faced Ibis Canvasback (PTSJM); 1 at nest,Warm Springs, 27 This species is not often seen out• 3, Hatfield Lk, 15 Oct JEF (PTS JM); Aug JEF (TS); 1, Malheur NWR, 27 side Lake and Harney counties. 60, 1, Wamic, 22 Oct WAS (DL); 1, Sept HAR GJ). Summer Lk. WMA, 5 Aug LAK (CM); McNary WMA, 31 Oct UMA (HN). WHITE-TAILED KITE 1, Umatilla NWR, 25 Aug MOR (CA); Redhead The first sighting I have heard of in 14, westofJordanValley, 28 Aug MAL 14, Rufus, 13 Nov SHE (DL,DC); 1, Grant county. 1, Bear Valley, 11 Aug (PTS); 1, Krumbo Res., Malheur Prineville S.P., 20 Nov CRO (PTSJM). GRAGLB). NWR, 1 Oct HAR GJ). Greater Scaup Bald Eagle Tundra Swan 1 female, FHP, Enterprise, 18 Nov 1 adult, Phillips Res, 13 Aug BAK 1 immature,Wamic,20Aug-10 Sept WAL (DVB,TJ). (OL); 1, north Davis Lk, 14 Aug DES WAS (DL); 52, Ladd Marsh, 5 Nov UNI HARLEQUIN DUCR (PTSJM); 3,Crane Prairie Res, l4Aug (JW); 2, Hatfield Lk, 5 Nov DES 1, Prineville S.P, 6-7 Nov CRO DES (PTSJM); 3, Snake R, 27 Aug (PTSJM); 11, Barnes Butte Res, (TC,CM), first Crook County record. MAL (PTS); 2 adults, 1 immature, Prineville, 5 Nov CRO (PTSJM); 3, Oldsquaw Clear Lk, 10-25 Sept WAS (DL,DP); Rufus, 13 Nov SHE (DL,DC); 800, 1 adult, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 5 1, Dog Cr, John Day, 16 Oct GRA Summer Lk.WMA, 28 Nov LAK (TC). Nov HAR (GL JC); 1, McNary dam, 27 (CEG); 1 adult, McNary dam, 28 Nov BEWICK'S SWAN Nov UMA (PB). UMA (MD.MLD). This race of the Tundra Swan is Surf Scoter Northern Harrier rarely, if ever reported in Oregon. 2, 2, John Day dam, 9 Oct SHE (DB); Above-normal numbers, Central Summer Lk.WMA, 28 Nov LAK (TC). 1, near Haystack Res, 30 Oct JEF (SR); Oregon, fall.GiN). WHOOPER SWAN Sharp-shinned Hawk This rare visitor fromAsia has been Widely reported across eastern seen in California the last couple of Oregon. years and migrated through remote Cooper's Hawk parts of Summer Lake WMA .This year Widely reported across eastern it was cooperative enough to fre• Oregon. quent the pond across the highway Northern Goshawk from refuge headquarters for a few 1, Bear Valley, Aug GRA (TH); 1, weeks. 1, Summer Lk WMA, 10 Nov Indian Rock, 20 Aug,25 Sept GRA into Dec LAK (MSL,mob). (CEG); 1, Starr Ridge, 22 Aug GRA Trumpeter Swan (AF); I.EastLk, 11-17 Sept DES CKJ); 2, Biggs, 18 Nov SHE (MD,MLD). 1, south of Phillips Res, 5-12 Nov Greater White-fronted Goose BAK (TW); 1, Prineville, 13 Nov CRO 27, Wamic, 4-17 Sept WAS (DL,CL); (HN); 2, southeast of The Dalles, 13 Nov WAS (HN); l,Dufur, 21 Nov WAS 4, Malheur NWR, 7 Oct HAR WhooperSwan (with TundraSwan, left), 10 Novem• (MD,MLD); 1+, Burns, 8 Oct HAR ber 1994, Summer Lake WMA, Lake Co. Photo/Tbm GIN); 1 immature, near Olex, 24 Nov (OL); 2, north of Alfalfa, 5 Nov DES Crabtree. GIL (CCJS).

Oregon Birds 21(2): 58 Red-shouldered Hawk 1+, Malheur NF,Aug GRA (PSS); 1, Black-necked Stilt An unusual number appeared on Indian Rock, 25 Aug, 2 5 Sept GRA 1, Umatilla NWR, 11 Aug MOR the east slope of the Cascades this fall. (CEG). (GG); 70, Summer Lk.WMA, 24 Aug Another was noted just over the pass Ruffed Grouse LAK (CM); last 2, near Arlington, 28 at Lost Lk, Linn county. 2, Che- 1+, Logan ValleyAug GRA (TH); 1+, Aug GIL (CCJS). waucan R, Paisley, 21 Aug LAK (KS); Malheur NF, Aug GRA (PSS); 1, Indian American Avocet 1-2, Lake of the Woods, 19 Sept KLA Rock, 25 Aug,25 Sept GRA (CEG). 2, Prineville S.P, 13 Aug CRO (DM); 1, north Davis Lk, 18-20 Sept Sage Grouse (CCJSJM,PTS);3,Wamic,21AugWAS DES for the first DES record (TC,CM); 1 hen, Maury Mts, 13 Aug CRO (DL,DA,DC); 210, Summer Lk.WMA, 1, Klamath Marsh NWR, 23 Sept KLA (PTSJMJS,CC); 1+, Steens Mt, 18 24 Aug LAK (CM); 3800-5000, Lk. (DM); 1 P Ranch, Malheur NWR, 24 Aug HAR (CEG); 3, south of Cow Lks, Abert, 1-27 Sept LAK (CM,OL); 1, Sept HAR (TM). 28 Aug MAL (PTS); 1, Red House Hatfield Lk, 18 Sept DES (JM,PTS). Swainson's Hawk Field, Malheur NWR, 30 Aug HAR Greater Yellow legs Sightings scattered across eastern (ES); 2 hens & 2 young, Steens Mt. Reports scattered across eastern Oregon. Rd, 3 Sept HAR (ACJR,BH,CJB); 1, Oregon. Ferruginous Hawk near Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 4 Sept Lesser Yellowlegs 1, Bear Valley, 13 Aug GRA (JLB); 6, HAR (AC,JR,BH,CJB); l.Rail Pond, Reported across eastern Oregon. 1, Wasco county, 28 Aug WAS (DL,DP); Malheur NWR, 7 Sept HAR (RV). Government Cove, first Hood River 1, near Crane, 3 Sept HAR (AC); 3, Wild Turkey county record, 4 Sept HDR (DL,CL). Rinehart Rd, 15 Oct UNI (DL,DC). 2 north of Pendleton, 15 Oct UMA Solitary Sandpiper Rough-legged Hawk (DL); 2, near Meacham, 1 Nov UMA 1, Prineville S.P, 13 Aug CRO influx, north central Oregon, 11-15 (AC). (PTSJMJS.CC); 2, Malheur NWR, 17 Oct GIL.WHE (BS). Virginia Rail Aug HAR (RV,ML); 1, Mudd Lk, Golden Eagle 6, Barnes Butte Res, 13 Aug CRO Malheur NWR, 18 Aug HAR (RV); 1, 1, Steens Mt, 4 Sept HAR (PTS,JMJS,CC); 1, Dog Creek, John Chewaucan R, Paisley, 21 Aug LAK (AC,BHJR,CJB0; 1, Biggs, 11 Sept SHE Day, 20 Aug GRA (CEG); 2, Lower (KS); 1, Snake R. across from Weiser (DB); 1, east of Burns, 30 Oct HAR Bridge, 16 Oct DES (PTS); 6 calling, ID, 27 Aug MAL (PTS); 1, Malheur (AC). McNary WMA, 16 Oct UMA (DL); 1, NWR Hqtrs, 27 Aug HAR (DOS); 1, American Kestrel Barnes Butte Res, 5 Nov CRO Jordan Valley, 28 Aug MAL (PTS). movement, Wasco county, 29 Aug (PTSJM,DH,PYM). Long-billed Curlew WAS (DL); 43 in 15 minutes, Grant Sora 1+, Logan ValleyAug GRA (TH); 50, Co.Rd. 64, Sept GRA (AF). 1, Dog Creek, John Day, 1,20 Aug south of Burns, 27 Aug HAR (OL). Merlin GRA (CEG). HUDSONIAN GODWIT Numerous sightings through the American Coot 1, Summer Lk. WMA (2nd Lake season:. 1, Hart Mt, 1 Sept LAK (OL); 2000, north Davis Lk, 9 Oct DES county record), 2 Sept LAK (CM). 1-2 birds, Joseph, Enterprise, 8 Sept (PTSJM); 5000, Crane Prairie, 9 Oct onwardWAL (FSC); l,Wamic, 17 Sept DES (PTSJM). WAS (DL); 1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, Sandhill Crane 19 Sept-8 Oct HAR (DOSJJ.MD, 2, Wickiup Res, 14 Aug DES MLD.mob); 1, Indian Rock, 26 Sept (PTS JM); 2, Crane Prairie, 14 Aug DES GRA (CEG); 1, near Arlington, 23 Oct (PTSJM); 86, Summer Lk.WMA, 18 GIL (CCJS); 1, LaGrande, Oct-22 Nov Aug LAK (CM); 2, south of Cow Lks, UNI (BCD); 1 vichardsonii, Mayer 28 Aug MAL (PTS); 1+, Dog Cr.John St.Pk, 27 Nov WAS (MD,MLD). Day, 24 Sept GRA (CEG); 1+, Bear Peregrine Falcon Valley, 24 Sept GRA (TW); 3, north 1 stooping at Osprey, Hood River, Davis Lk, 9 Oct DES (PTSJM); 1+, 10 Aug HDR (GG); 1, Sodhouse Lane, Fox Valley, 5 Nov GRA (PSS). Malheur NWR, 11 Aug HAR (DOS, Black-bellied Plover BU); l,The Narrows, Malheur NWR, 1, Haystack Res, 17 Sept JEF (RG); 16,25 Aug HAR (RV,GI); 1, Malheur 3,North end of Davis Lk,22 Sept DES NWR Hqtrs, 25-28 Sept HAR (DM); 2, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 24 (GG,HN,TJ,CM,DAL). Sept HAR (GG,CM, mob); 3, McKay Gray Partridge NWR, 28 Sept UMA (MD,MLD). 1 + , Long Creek, Aug,Sept GRA American Golden-Plover Hudsonian Godwit, 2 September 1994, £ Link Ca• (TH); 20, Ladd Marsh, 18 Oct UNI 2, McKay NWR, 28 Sept UMA nal, Summer Lake, Lake Co. 0BRC RecordNos. 251- (JW); 1, southeast of Enterprise, 19 (MD,MLD). 94-13B, 13F. Photos/Craig Miller. NovWAL (TJDVB). Snowy Plover Spruce Grouse 50, west Harney Lk, 24 Sept HAR Sanderling 1 adult and 2 juveniles, McCulley (CM); 1, Lk.Abert, 27 Sept LAK (CM). 3, mouth of Hood River, 4 Sept Cr.Tr. 1 Aug WAL (FSC); a brood, Eagle Semipalmated Plover HDR (DL.CL); 1, Joseph S.P, 8 Sept Cap Wilderness, 5 Sept WAL (JW). Widely reported across eastern WAL (FSC); 1, East Lk, Paulina Mt, 13 Blue Grouse Oregon. Sept DES (KJ); 1, Prineville S.P, 16-

Oregon Birds 21(2): 59 17 Sept CRO (TC,CHG,CM); 2, Sum• HAR (AC); 2, Wamic, 10 Sept WAS (PB.mob). mer Lk.WMA, 18 Sept CRO (CM); 1, (DL). SABINE'S GULL west Harney Lk., 24 Sept HAR (CM); RED PHALAROPE A pelagic species rarely seen inland. 1, McKay NWR, 27 Sept UMA (CCJS). A rare inland sighting of this nor• 1 immature, Summer Lk, 2 Sept LAK Semipalmated Sandpiper mally pelagic species: . 1 immature, (CM). 1, Lk. Abert, 17 Aug-3 Sept LAK McKay Res. 27-28 Sept UMA (CM,OL); 1, Umatilla NWR, 11 Aug (DSv,CCJS,MD,MLD). MOR (GG); 1, Prineville S.P, 28 Aug Franklin's Gull CRO (TC). 1 imm, north end of Davis Lk, 11- Baird's Sandpiper 20 Sept DES (CM,DM). Reported across central Oregon 7 Bonaparte's Gull Aug to 4 Sept in small numbers; the Widely reported this fall away from most, 10, Hatfield Lk, 20 Aug DES the Columbia River. (PTSJM)). HEERMANN'S GULL Pectoral Sandpiper 1 immature, Boardman Marina, 28 1, Harney Lk, 16 Aug HAR Oct MOR (MD,MLD,CCJS). (GLESJY); 1, Haystack Res, 28 Aug Mew Gull JEF (MH); 2, Wamic, 4 Sept WAS A few reports along the Columbia (DL,CL); 30,Malheur NWR Hqtrs.and River. 1, Rock Cr. Res, Wamic, 21 Aug Benson boat landing, 19-24 Sept HAR WAS (DL,DA,DC). (HG,GG,CM,mob); 2, Lk. Abert, 27 California Gull Sept LAK (CM); 20, McKay NWR, 28 3300, Lk. Abert, 1 Sept LAK (CM). Sept UMA (MD.MLD); 2, Ukiah S.P, 7 Herring Gull Oct UMA (MD.MLD); 1, north of Al• 1, Chickahominy Res, 1 Oct HAR falfa, 5 Nov DES (PTS JM,DH,PYM). (TC); 3, John Day dam, 31 Oct SHE Dunlin (HN); 1 adult, Farewell Bend, Snake 31, Pine Hollow Res, 28 Aug WAS R, 1 Nov MAL (AC); 20, McNary dam, (DL,DP); 1, McKay NWR, 28 Sept 30 Nov UMA (HN). UMA (MD.MLD); 2, Farewell Bend, Thayer's Gull Snake R, 1 Nov BAK (AC); 1 each, 4, McNary dam, 16 Oct UMA Sabine's Gull, found off Gold Dike, Summer Lake Hatfield Lk. and north of Alfalfa, 5 Nov (DL,DC,DP); 1-6, John Day dam, 27- WMife Area. Lake Co., 2 September 1994. This is DES (PYM,DHJM,PTS). 31 Oct SHE (MD,MLD,HN). Lake County's fourth Sabine's Gull Record. Photo/ Short-billed Dowitcher Western Gull Craig Miller. 1, Hatfield Lk, 6 Aug DES (TC); 3, 1, Wickiup Res, 18 Sept DES (TC) Caspian Tern Summer Lk.WMA, 15-18 Aug LAK (first Deschutes County record); 4, 1, Haystack Res, 11 Aug JEF (CM); 1, Malheur NWR, 24 Aug HAR McNary dam, 29-30 Nov UMA (PM,LW); 2, north Davis Lk, 14 Aug (CM); 3 immatures, near Arlington, 5 (CM,HN,mob). DES (PTSJM); 6, north Davis Lk, 11 Sept GIL (CCJS). Glaucous-winged Gull Sept DES (CM); 23, East Lk, Paulina Long-billed Dowitcher 1, above McNary dam, 28 Oct UMA Mt, 17 Sept DES (KJ); 3, John Day 3, Haystack Res, 11 Aug JEF (MD,MLD). dam, 9 Oct SHE (DB). (PM.LW); 25, near Arlington, 5 Sept Glaucous Gull Common Tern GIL (CCJS); 20, Wamic, 10 Sept WAS 1 2nd winter, below McNary Dam, An unusual number of eastern Or• (DL); 310, Summer Lk, 30 Sept LAK 29 Nov UMA (mob). egon reoprts. 2 immature, Mosier, 13 (CM); 200+, Buena Vista Ponds, ROSS' GULL Aug WAS (DL); 1-23, John Day dam, Malheur NWR, 8 Oct HAR (MD,MLD); This arctic rarity has only been re• 29 Aug-11 Sept SHE (DB); 2, mouth 15, Hatfield Lk, 15-23 Oct (PTS,TC); ported twice before in Oregon, and of Hood River, 4-11 Sept HDR I, Farewell Bend St. Pk, 1 Nov BAK was a first for the state of Washing• (DL,CL,DB); 1, East Lk, Paulina Mt, (AC); 4, north of Alfalfa, 5 Nov DES ton. It drew birders from all over the 11 Sept DES (KJ); 1, north Davis Lk, (DH,PYMJM,PTS); 1 ,Hat Rock St.Pk, country. Unfortunately, it did not stay 11 Sept DES (CM); 1-2, Haystack Res, 12 Nov UMA (MD,MLD). to a second weekend. 1, below 16-17,27 Sept JEF (TC.RGJJ). Wilson's Phalarope McNary Dam, 27 Nov-1 Dec UMA Barn Owl Reports scattered across eastern 1, east of John Day, 16 Aug GRA Oregon in modest numbers. (PSS); 2, SE Haystack Res, 28-31 Aug Red-necked Phalarope isit* JEF (MH,TC); 1 dead, Malheur NWR 15-60, Hatfield Lk, 7-28 Aug DES Hqtrs, 1 Oct HAR (GL); 1 dead, Dia• (TC); 11, Prineville S.P, 13 Aug mond Ln, 12 Oct HAR (GL); 1, (CCJS,PTSJM); 409, Harney Lk, 16 Sodhouse Ranch, Malheur NWR, 21 Aug HAR (GI,ESJY); 13,Malheur Lk, Oct HAR (DOS); 1, N of Terrebonne, 17 Aug HAR (RV.ML); 70, Snake 12 Nov DES (CL JL); 1, Malheur NWR R,Hwy 201, 27 Aug MAL (PTS); Hqtrs, 13 Nov HAR (FC). II, 400, Lk. Abert, 1 Sept LAK (CM); Flammulated Owl 9,The Narrows, Malheur NWR, 2 Sept Ross' Gull. Photo/Tim Janzen. 1 ,Wickiup Cr., Bear ValleyAug GRA

Oregon Birds 21(2): 60 (TH). GIL (CCJS); 1, Malheur NWR, 3 Sept HAR GJ). Western Screech-Owl HAR (AC); 3, Mosier, 11 Sept WAS Barn Swallow 1, Canyon Cr, John Day, 12 Oct (DB); 50+, Dooley Mt, 15 Sept BAK late sightings: l.Boardman, 27 Oct GRA (LEH); 1, John Day, Oct GRA (JW);1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 25 Nov UMA (CC); 1, Prineville S.P, 5 Nov (TH). HAR (DOS). CRO GM,PTS,DH,PYM). Great Horned Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker BLUE JAY 2, SE Haystack Res, 28 Aug JEF 1, east of Elgin, 30 Aug UNI (RIF). This fall saw an invasion of this east• (MH). Red-naped Sapsucker ern species: 3 at feeder, Cove, Sept Northern Pygmy-Owl 3, Fish Lk, Steens Mt, 4 Sept HAR UNI GAM); 1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 1, Snowshoe Cr, Bear Valley, Sept (AC.CJB) 6 (including a hybrid with 29 Sept-1 Oct HAR (RS,SJJJ); ljohn GRA (AF); 1, Lava Camp Lk, Red-breasted Sapsucker), Malheur Day, Canyon City, 16-30 Oct GRA McKenzie Pass, 17 Sept DES (PTS); 1, NWR Hqtrs, 24-25 Sept HAR (GG). (CEG,OL,TH,TW); 1-2, Hines, 7 Oct- Indian Rock, 25 Sept GRA (CEG); 1, Red-breasted Sapsucker 30 Nov (GI, m.ob.); 1, Page Springs near Unity, 26 Oct BAK (JW). 1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 30 Sept-8 C.G, 10 Oct HAR (DS, IS); 1, near Barred Owl Oct HAR (ES,MD,MLD); 1 southern Elgin, 13 Oct UNI (TR); 1, Ochoco 1-2 calling, Frog Butte, 20-27 Aug race, Page Springs C.G, 15 Oct HAR Ranger Station, 8 Nov onward CRO WAS (DBJJ,DL,DC); 1, Skyline Dr., 14 (TAM); 1, mouth of Hood R, 27 Nov GG,CM,FTSJM). Oct UMA (MD.MLD). HDR (MLD,MD). ScrubJay Great Gray Owl White-headed Woodpecker 1, Chiloquin, 18 Aug KLA (GG); 5, 1, Fox Prairie, Five Points Cr, 1 Oct 1, Bear Valley, 1 Aug-Sept GRA hot springs, Hart Mt, 1 Sept LAK UNI (JW). (OL,AF); 1, Logan Valley Aug-Sept (OL); 2, Sixmile Pond, Catlow Valley, Long-eared Owl GRA (TH); 1+, Little Canyon Mt. & 24 Sept HAR (TM); 1, Bend, 8 Oct DES 2, Clear Lk, 27 Aug WAS (DL,DC): Indian Rock, Aug GRA (MB); 1, near (PTSJM). 2-11, SE Haystack Res, 28-31 Aug JEF Unity, 27 Oct BAK (JW). Black-capped Chickadee (MH,TC,CM); 1, Indian Rock, 25 Sept Three-toed Woodpecker 1+, DeMoss county park, 25 Aug GRA (CEG); 1, Haystack Res, 6 Nov 1, Indian Rock, 25 Sept GRA (CEG). SHE (TC); 2, Klamath Falls, 17 Sept JEF (JM,PTS); 14, Oliver Springs, Black-backed Woodpecker KLA (KS). Malheur NWR, 25 Nov HAR (GI). 2, Crane Prairie Res, 7 Aug DES Plain Titmouse Short-eared Owl (CHM); 1, Bear Valley, Sept GRA (AF); 1, Blue Sky, Hart Mt, 2 Sept LAK 1, center patrol rd. Malheur NWR, 1 pair, Crane Prairie burn, 9 Oct DES (OL). 7 Oct HAR (MD.MLD); 3, Drain Straits (JM,PTS);1,Indian Rock, 11 Oct GRA Bushtit Rd, 19 Nov KLA (KS); 26, Lower Kla• (CEG); 2, near Unity, 25 Oct BAK 60 gray-crowned, Deschutes R. St. math NWR, 26 Nov KLA (PAS). (JW). Pk, 11 Aug SHE (GG); breeding, BOREAL OWL Least Flycatcher DeMoss county park, 25 Aug SHE 2, near Tumalo Mt, 14 Sept DES 2-3, Clyde Holliday St.Pk, 13-14 Aug (TO. (CM,TC); 1, above Tollgate, 2 Oct GRA (GG). Red-breasted Nuthatch UMA (MD,MLD). Gray Flycatcher Reported in large numbers across Northern Saw-whet Owl l,Walton Lk, l6Aug CRO (GG); 1, eastern Oregon. 1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs , 9 Oct HAR Hart Mt, 1 Sept LAK (OL). Brown Creeper (LAW); 1, southwest of Black Butte, "Western Flycatcher" 2, Benson Pond, Malheur NWR, 8 4 Nov DES (PTS). 1, Steens Mt, 25 Sept HAR GJ)- Oct HAR (MD,MLD). White-throated Swift Cordilleran Flycatcher Bewick's Wren 1, Buena Vista overlook, Malheur 3, Hilgard Jet. St. Pk, 12 Aug UNI 1 (possibly nesting?), Rock Cr.west NWR 29 Sept HAR (MC,FK). (GG). of Olex, 5 Sept, 23 Oct GIL (CCJS); Black-chinned Hummingbird Black Phoebe 1 + , Fulton Canyon, 12 Nov SHE 2, Bend,Aug DES (TC); 2 at feeder, 1, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 19 (DL,CCJS). Umion.Aug UNI (FV); LJohn Day, Nov KLA (KS). Winter Wren 29 Sept GRA (OL). Ash-throated Flycatcher 1, near Arlington, 21 Aug GIL Anna's Hummingbird 1, Phillips Res, 13 Aug BAK (OL); (CCJS); 1, DeMoss county park, 25 1, Chiloquin, 17 Aug KLA (GG). 1, Dog Cr, John Day, 22 Aug GRA Aug SHE (TC); 3, base of Winter Rim, Calliope Hummingbird (CEG). 4 Oct LAK (CM); 1, McNary NWR, 12 1, Indian Rock, 25 Aug GRA (CEG); Eastern Kingbird Nov UMA (MD,MLD). 1 female, Steens Mt, 4 Sept HAR last 2, near Arlington, 28 Aug GIL American Dipper (AC,BHJR,CJB). (CCJS). 1, Service Cr, 13 Sept WHE (CEG); Broad-tailed Hummingbird Horned Lark 1, Prairie City, Sept GRA (TH). 3, Maury Mts, 13 Aug CRO 1000, Antelope Res, 28 Aug MAL Western Bluebird (CCJS JM.PTS); 1 male, Bend, 31 Aug (PTS); 2, Drain Straits Rd, 20 Nov 6, Ladd Marsh, 1 Nov UNI QW). DES (LR); 1 female, Steens Mt,4 Sept KLA (KS); 200+, north of Union, 21 Mountain Bluebird HAR (AC,BHJR,CJB). Nov UNI (CG). 40, Fort Rock, 24 Aug LAK Lewis' Woodpecker Violet-green Swallow (MASJES); 1100, Bend to Burns, 22- 4, Cabin Lake C.G, 24 Aug LAK 100+, mouth of Hood R, 25 Sept 25 Sept DES,LAK,HAR (HN,GG, (MASJES); 1, near Arlington, 28 Aug HDR G>L,DP); 1, Malheur NWR, 1 Oct mob); 1, east of Juntura, 30 Oct MAL

Oregon Birds 21(2): 61 (AC). American Pipit This species has only been reported Veery 20, Wamic, 17 Sept WAS (DL); 150, a few times in Oregon. 1, Malheur 3, Hilgard Jet. St.Pk, 12 Aug UNI McKay Cr. NWR, 27 Sept UMA (MD, NWR Hqtrs, 13 Oct HAR (RW). (GG); 1, Little Sheep Cr, E of Joseph, MLD); 200+, Farewell Bend, Snake R, Palm Warbler 27 Aug WAL (GM); 1+ nesting, Cove, 1 Nov BAK (AC); 30, Fulton Canyon, 1, Fields, 25-26 Sept HAR Aug UNI (BF,CD). 12 Nov SHE (DL); 30, Giliam county, (CM,CLJL). GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 12 Nov GIL (DL); 4, Ana Res, Sum• American Redstart This is only the second report of mer Lk, 21 Nov LAK (HN). 1 male, Chewaucan R, Paisley, 21 this species in Oregon. The sighting Bohemian Waxwing Aug LAK (KS). at Malheur headquarters is well docu• 1, Beech Cr, Sept GRA (AF); 3, Northern Waterthrush mented; the sighting at Benson Pond Lostine, 18 Nov WAL (TJ,DVB); 30, Jo• 1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 25 Aug is sketchy. 1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, seph, 19 Nov WAL (TJ,DVB); 6, Sum• HAR (GB); 1, Center Patrol Rd, 26 Sept HAR (HN,TJ,CM); 1, Benson mer Lk, 19 Nov LAK (CC,JS,MD, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 30 Aug HAR Pond, Malheur NWR, 30 Sept HAR MLD); 60, Bend, 27-28 Nov DES (RR). (MC,FK). (PTSJM.TC). Wilson's Warbler American Robin Northern Shrike last, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 2 Oct 1000's, central Oregon, 30 Oct on• 1, Indian Rock, 7 Oct GRA (CEG); HAR (JJ). ward (SR,HN). 1 adult, center patrol rd. Malheur Yellow-breasted Chat Varied Thrush NWR, 8 Oct HAR (MD.MLD); 1, 1, near Arlington, 28 Aug GIL 6+, Malheur NWR, 29 Sept-7 Oct Union county, 16 Oct UNI (DL); 8, (CCJS). HAR (MC,FK,MD,MLD); 50, Little central Oregon, 30 Oct (SR); 1 imma• Western Tanager Cultus Lk,9 Oct DES (JM,PTS);many, ture, Hatfield Lk, 5 Nov DES Reports scattered across eastern Wheeler county, 23 NovWHE (BS). (PYM,DH,PTSJM); 1, Dufur, 13 Nov Oregon, the last at Fields, 1 Oct HAR Gray Catbird WAS (HN); 1, Summer Lk, 19 Nov GD- 2, Hilgard Jet. St. Pk, 12 Aug UNI LAK (MD,MLD); 1 in yard, LaGrande, Rose-breasted Grosbeak (GG). Nov UNI (JW). This species has become nearly an Northern Mockingbird Loggerhead Shrike annual visitor. 1, Malheur NWR 1, Malheur Field Station, 23-26 Sept 9, Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Hqtrs, 22 Sept HAR (DA). HAR (HN); 1 adult, Benson Pond, Beds N.M. (perennial location), 16 Green-tailed Towhee Malheur NWR, 10 Sept-19 Oct HAR AugWHE (GG);up to 10, lower Rock 1, Dog Cr, John Day, 20 Aug GRA (OL,HN,MC,FKJJ,PS). Cr, south of Arlington, through sea• (CEG); 1, Lost R, 25 Sept KLA (KS). BROWN THRASHER son GIL (CCJS); 1, Fulton Canyon, 12 American Tree Sparrow Two sightings of this eastern spe• Nov SHE (DL); 1, Summer Lk, 26 Nov 1, Fields, 15 Oct HAR (TAM); 14, cies: The Malheur bird was seen by LAK (DL,BW). Crow Cr. Rd, 18 Nov WAL (TJDVB); many visitors during the fall OFO Solitary Vireo 1, Hqtrs. Summer Lk.WMA, 19 Nov weekend.The Klamath Falls bird has 1 "plumbeous" race, Indian Ford LAK (MLD,MD,PTSJM). remained through the winter to April. C.G, 17 Sept DES (DVS). Brewer's Sparrow 1, Klamath Falls, 23 Sept KLA (ROG, Hutton's Vireo 2, Link R, Klamath Falls, 10 Sept KS); 1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 19-26 1 heard, Chiloquin, 18 Aug KLA KLA (KS); last, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, Sept HAR (mob). (GG). 25 Sept HAR GJ) . Red-eyed Vireo Vesper Sparrow 1, near Arlington, 5 Sept GIL 30, Steens Mt, 4 Sept HAR (CCJS). (AC,BH,JR,CJB); last, Krumbo Res, Tennessee Warbler Malheur NWR, 1 Oct HAR GJ)- 1, Dayville, 7 Sept GRA (CEG). Lark Sparrow Magnolia Warbler 4, Haystack Res, 28 Aug JEF (MH). 1, Brothers, 20 Sept DES (DVS). Black-throated Sparrow Black-throated Blue Warbler No reports after the spring and This species frequently appears in summer invasion!. the fall in Oregon. 1 female, Malheur Grasshopper Sparrow NWR Hqtrs, 14-16 Oct HAR (TAM); 1 (first Malheur record), 1 mile east 1 male, Fields, 15 Oct HAR (TAM). of Buena Vista, Malheur NWR, 8 Oct Brown Thrasher, 24 September 1994, Malheur Black-throated Gray Warbler HAR (MD,MLD). N.W.R. headquarters, Harney Co. OBRC Record No. 705-94-19B. Photo/Harry Nehls. 1 female, John Day Fossil Beds visi• Fox Sparrow tor center, 14 Aug GRA (GG); 1 fe• 1. near Arlington, 5 Sept GIL "It flew to the brushy trees at the edge of the display male, Link R, Klamath Falls, 10 Sept (CCJS); 1, DeMoss county park, 11 pond. For thefirst few hours it was reluctant to show KLA (KS); 1 male, Klamath Falls, 17 Sept SHE (DB); 1 iliaca, 2 stephansi, itself and only fleeting glances could be had of the Sept KLA (KS). Chandler St.Pk, 27 Sept LAK (CM). bird. However, for the rest of the 3-day period it was Townsend's Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow unusually conspicuousflying about the trees in the Headquarters area and spending much timeforag- 1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 29-30 Sept 2, Walton Lk, 15 Aug CRO (GG); 2, ingon theground. It allowed fairly dose approaches HAR (MC,FK). Haystack Res, 28 Aug JEF (MH); 1, and several photos were taken." BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER Willow Cr, 3 Sept GIL (RG); 1, Bend

Oregon Birds 21(2): 62 airport pond, 18 Sept DES (JM,PTS); G>B); 50+, Indian Ford C.G, 2-5 Sept - Gary Ivey, TJ - Tim Janzen, JJ - Jim 12, Lost R, 25 Sept KLA (KS). DES (AC.CHM); many, Cascades, 6 Johnson, KJ - Ken Jones, SJ - Sheran Swamp Sparrow Sept DES (BW); 100's, Hwy 3, north Jones, FK - Florence Knoll, ML - Meg 1, Fields, 15 Oct HAR (TAM). of Enterprise, 19 Nov WAL (TJ.DVB). Laws, GL - Gretchen Lech, DAL - White-throated Sparrow White-winged Crossbill David Lucas, DL - Donna Lusthoff, CL 3, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 13 Sept- 1+, west of Mt. Vernon, 12 Nov - Cindy LawesJL - John Lawes, PYM - 20 Oct HAR (KH,MLD,TAM, mob); 1, GRA (PSS). Patty MehanJM - Judy Meredith, JAM Benson Pond, Malheur NWR, 1 Oct Lesser Goldfinch -Jan Messer smith,TAM -Tom & Allison HAR GJ); l.base ofWinter Rim,4-5,21 1, Malheur NWR, 18 Aug HAR Mickel, CM - Craig Miller, TM - Terry Oct LAK (CM); 1, Fields, 15 Oct HAR (CEG); 1, Benson Pond, Malheur Morgan, CHM - Chuck Morrow, GM - (TAM); 1, Canyon City, 23 Oct GRA NWR, 27 Aug-10 Sept HAR (OL). Gerald Morsello, PM - Pat Muller, DM (CEG); 1, Conley's feeder, Joseph, 15 Observers - Don Munson, HN - Harry Nehls,TN Oct WAL (FSC). BA - Bob Altman, CA - Carla Alvorez, - T. Nelson, OL - Clarence & Marilyn Golden-crowned Sparrow DA - David A. Anderson, DB - David O'LearyJR - Judith Ramaley, LR - Lew 1, Hood River meadows, 8 Sept Bailey, JLB - Jennifer & Lance Barker, Rems, RR - Ron Robinson, TR - Tom HDR (BA); several, Malheur NWR PB - Phil Bartley, GB - Greg Boyce, MB Rohn, SR - Skip Russel.PS - P. Schanek, Hqtrs, 29 Sept HAR (mob); 25, base - Merle Brown, CJB - Chris & Jim But• ES - Eric Scheuering,BS - Brian Sharp, ofWinter Rim, 30 Sept LAK (CM); 1, ler, FC - Forrest Cameron, JC - Jeff TS - Tim Shelmerdine, RS - Richard Conley's feeder, Joseph, 1 Oct WAL Casey, FSC - Frank & Sue Conley,AC - SmithJES - Jeff Sohlstrom, MAS - Mary (FSC). Alan Contreras, MC - Mark Collie, DC Ann Sohlstrom, KS - Kevin Spencer, White-crowned Sparrow - Dave Copeland, CC - Craig Corder, MSL - Marty St.LouisJS - Judy Stevens, Reported across eastern Oregon TC -Tom Crabtree, MD - Mike Denny, PTS - Paul T. Sullivan, DOS - Doug beginning with 1 immature, east of MLD - Merry Lynn Denny, CD - Staller, PAS - Pat Starr, DVS - Dave Elgin, 31 Aug UNI (RTF). Chotard Doll, BCD - Bill & Chris Stesjkal, DS - Dan Svingen, IS - Ila Harris's Sparrow Dowdy, BF - Bernard Fenik, AF - Ann Svingen, PSS - Pat & Sharon Sweeney, 1, Benson Pond, Malheur NWR, 19 Frost, RIF - Robert & Irene Froyd, CEG KT - Karen Theodore, BU - Beth Oct HAR (PS); 1, Summer Lk. cafe, - Cecil Gagnon, CG - Carmen Gambill, Ullenberg, DVB - Dan van den Broek, 19-30 Nov LAK (JM, mob); 1, ROG - Ron Garrett, CHG - Chuck FV - Fred Vaugh, RV - Rick Vetter, RW Sodhouse Ranch, Malheur NWR, 20 Gates, JG - Janelle Geddes, RG - Roy - R. Wahland, BLW - Bill Walker, JW - Nov HAR (GI); 1 survived a chase by Gerig, GG - Greg Gillson, HG - H. Jim Ward, LAW - L&A Weatherhead, N. Shrike, LaGrande, 22 Nov UNI Gilmore, DH - Dean Hale, LEH - Lee LW - Linda Weiland, CW - Chris GW). & Eva Harris, BH - Barbara Holland, Willard.TW - Tom Winters, BW - Bing Lapland Longspur TH - Tom Hunt, MH - Matt Hunter, GI Wong, JY - Jan Yacabucci. 0 1, Drain Straits Rd, 19 Nov KLA (KS). Snow Bunting 1, Drain Straits Rd, 20 Nov KLA GCS). Bobolink 1 + nesting, Cove,Aug UNI G3F.CD). GREAT-TAILED CRACKLE These birds nested near the display pond at Malheur headquarters this summer for a first Oregon nesting record. 3+, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 1 Aug-30 Sept HAR (TN,MH,mob). Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 8 Hepburn's, Umatilla NWR, 16 Oct UMA (DL, DC et al); 100+, near Unity, 26 Oct BAK GW); 1, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 30 Oct HAR (ES); 3, near Pic• ture Rock Pass, 10 Nov LAK (CM); 1, Summer Lk, 25 Nov LAK (CC). BLACK ROSY-FINCH 1, Steens Mt, 18 Aug HAR (CEG); 1, Indian Rock, 8 Oct GRA (CEG). Pine Grosbeak 2 birds, Aneriod LkTr, 5 Aug WAL GSC); 6 birds, 23 mi N of Enterprise, Grasshopper Sparrow, 8 October 1994, 1 mile east of Buena Vista Station, Malheur N. W.R., Harney Co. 19 Nov WAL (TJ.DVB). Photo/Merry Lynn Denny. According to Mike Denny, Malheur NWR staff "do not have or know of any Red Crossbill records for the Refuge," but there are records of Grasshopper Sparrows from Foster Flats 30-35 miles from 25, Bonney Butte, 20 Aug HDR the Refuge.

Oregon Birds 21(2): 63 FIELDNOTES: Western Oregon, Fall 1994

Jeff Gilligan, 26 N.E. 32ndAvenue, Portland, OR 97232

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Skip Russell). Red-shouldered Hawk One was at Yaquina Bay on 26 NOV Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 adults and an immature were at (John Lundsten); one was at the One was at Hammond, Clatsop Co., Finley N.W.R. on 7 SEP, and 2 adults mouth of the Siuslaw R. on 26-27 on 25 AUG (Scott Rae).Four (2 adults were still there to the end of the pe• NOV Cindy and John Lawes); and one and 2 immatures) were at Fern Ridge riod (Matt Hunter, Tom and Allison was at Brownsmead on the Colum• Res. on 14 AUG (Tom and Allison Mickel et all). An immature at Lost bia R. on 27 NOV (Mike Patterson).. Mickel). Lake, Linn Co, was very much of a Horned Grebe Trumpeter Swan surprise at that Cascade Mt. location One was early at the Sheridan Sew• One was at the Drift Creek Mead• on 2 SEP (details provided, Alan age Ponds, Yamhill Co, on 30 AUG ows (Lincoln Co.) on 3 NOV (BillTice, Contreras). One was near Siletz Bay (Tim Janzen). John Lunston), an adult and 2 on 6 NOV (Skip Russell).One or more Red-necked Grebe immatures were near Canby, was reported from several dates in One was at Timothy L. in the Cas• Clackamas Co, on 23-24 NOV (Tim November at Fern Ridge Res. Indi• cades, Clackamas Co, on 29 AUG and Rachel Janzen, Elmer Specht). viduals were seen at Sutherlin on 9 (Tim Janzen, Elmer Specht). Two collared birds were at Sauvie I. AUG and 30 SEP (Katherine Wilson). Eared Grebe on 25 NOV (Jim Johnson). Nine were One was near Creswell on 24 OCT Five at Timothy L. on 25 OCT was at Airlie 12 NOV Craig Roberts). (Ken Jones). an unusual concentration (Tim Brant Swainson's Hawk Janzen, Elmer Specht). One was at Sauvie I, 30 SEP (Harry An immature (no details) was re• Clark's Grebe Nehls). ported from Sugarloaf Mt, Polk Co, Two were at Fern Ridge Res. on 6 Green-winged Teal on 27 SEP (BillTice, Roy Gerig). SEP (Matt Hunter). Several were re• 3 of the Eurasian form were near GYRFALCON ported from scattered coastal loca• Hillsboro (Jackson Bottoms) on 25 One gray phase bird was at Ankeny tions from mid-September through NOV (Greg Gillson). NWR from 6 NOV through the end November. Blue-winged Teal of the period (John Lunsten, et all). Black-footed Albatross The 20 at the Forest Grove Sewage Sandhill Crane 70 to 80 off Newport on 18 SEP was Treatment Ponds on 5 SEP was the Two were at Sauvie I. on 4 SEP, 200 the highest number (Steve Dowlan). highest concentrations reported there on 12 SEP, and 1,200 there on Laysan Albatross (Greg Gilson). 30 SEP (David Bailey, Harry Nehls).A One was photographed 12 to 14 Redhead total of 136 were still there on 23 miles off shore from Coos Bay on 11 One at Fern Ridge Res. on 21 AUG NOV SEP (Matt Hunter, et all). was early for the Willamette Valley American Golden-Plover Flesh-footed Shearwater (Tom and Allison Mickel). Four were reported from inland One was out of Garibaldi on 22 Red-breasted Merganser locations: 1 at Baskett Slough NWR OCT (Paul Sullivan, etall). A female was in Salem on 25 NOV on 26 SEP (BillTice); one at Irish Bend Bullet's Shearwater (Steve Dowlan, et all). Rd. near Finley NWR on 27 SEP; one Fifteen were out of Newport on 27 Turkey Vulture at Ankeny NWR 30 OCT and for sev• AUG (Greg Gilson), and 3 were out Six were at Sauvie I. on 5 NOV eral days thereafter (Wally Yungen, of Garibaldi on 22 OCT (Paul Sullivan, (Craig Roberts), one at Oregon City Barb Bellin, et all); and one at Sauvie et all). on 9 NOV (Tim Janzen); one at Junc• 1.26 SEP (Harry Nehls). Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel tion City 7 NOV (Mike Lippsmeyer); Snowy Plover The only report was 4 out of New• one at Corvallis on 9 NOV (Rick One was at the mouth of the Co• port on 27 AUG (Greg Gilson). Krabbe;and one at Toledo on 13 NOV lumbia R. on 26 AUG (a location Double-crested Cormorant Anthony Floyd) were all late. where the species formerly bred) The earliest report from Sauvie I. White-tailed Kite (Harry Nehls). was the 4 there on 19 AUG (Harry Few were reported: 1 at Warrenton American Avocet Nehls).The species was regular there 5 NOV (Mike Patterson); 1 at Cape 13 were at Sauvie I 26 AUG (Tim after that date. Blanco on 22 NOV Mike Denny); 1 Janzen, et all), and 2 were still there Snowy Egret near Coos Bay on 23 NOV (Mike as late as 30 SEP. One was at Baskett One was at Coos Bay on 23 NOV Denny); 1 on about 1 AUG was at Slough on 2 AUG (BillTice). Five were (Mike Denny). One was along the Creswell (fide Alan Contreras); 1 at at Fern Ridge Res. on 5 SEP (Pat lower Rogue R, Curry Co, on 30 Baskett Slough NWR on 7 SEP (Barb French). OCT (Don Munson). One was at the Bellin, Roy Gerig); and 1 at Ankeny Lesser YeUowlegs Siltcoos Outlet, Lane Co, on 19 AUG NWR on 6 NOV (Barb Bellin, Jack One at Brownsmead on 6 NOV was (Bill and Zanah Stotz). Corbett, Don Pederson, Karen and late (Mike Patterson). Cattle Egret Stuart Sparkman). Were there really Upland Sandpiper One was near Albany on 29 OCT that few? One seen walking around the town Oregon Birds 21(2): 64 of Tillamook on 18 SEP was only the Ponds on 18 OCT (Steve Dowlan, Roy One was at E.E. Wilson Wildlife second record ever for western Or• Gerig). Area, near Corvallis, on 21 NOV egon (Maria Sheppard). Heermann's Gull (Mark Nebeker). Long-billed Curlew Two were found inland at the Eastern Kingbird One at Fern Ridge Res. on 6 SEP Monmouth Sewage Ponds: 1 on 22 One was at the New River, Coos was very unusual for an inland loca• OCT, and 1 on 28 OCT (different Co, on 4 SEP (Jeff Gilligan, Gerard tion in fall (Matt Hunter), as was the birds) (Bill Tice). One was at Fern Lillie, Jim Johnson). one at Baskett Slough NWR on 6 SEP Ridge Res,, on 19 NOV (Robert Tree Swallow (Roy Gerig). Four were at the mouth Kelsh). One at Eugene on 26 NOV was very of the Necanicum R, Clatsop Co, on Glaucous Gull late (Barbara Cooper, Dan Gleason). 5 AUG (Henry Gilmore). One at the mouth of the Columbia Violet-green Swallow Marbled Godwit R. on 24 SEP was early (Mike 10 at Forest Grove .Washington Co, Small numbers were at scattered Patterson). on 10 OCT were a bit late (Donna coastal locations from mid-August Caspian Tern Lusthoff, Don Pederson). through mid-September. One was in• 20 immature and 25 ad. Caspian Bank Swallow land at Sauvie I. 8 AUG through 21 Terns were at Fern Ridge Res. on 6 Very small numbers of transients AUG (David Bailey, et al.). SEP (Matt Hunter).The species con• were reported from 5 AUG through 8 Black Turnstone tinues to increase as a transient SEP from several locations. One was at Sauvie I. on 28 AUG for through inland western Oregon. BLUE JAY one of the very few inland records Elegant Tern Four were reported: 1 at North for the state (Gerard Lillie, Steve Small numbers were reported this Plains, Washington Co, for most of Jaggersjeff Gilligan). year: 6 at the Columbia R. mouth on November; one at Alsea Bay on 10 Baird's Sandpiper 26 July and 6 there on 17 SEP (Scott NOV (Marjorie Freeman); and one at One at Fern Ridge Res. on 20 NOV Rae, Harry Nehls); 2 at Tillamook Bay Bayshore Beach, Lincoln Co, on 10 was very late (Mike Denny). 6 AUG Tim Shelmerdine); 6 at the NOV (Laimons Osis, m.ob.); and one Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Siuslaw R. mouth on 20 AUG (Tom near Leaburg, Lane Co, on 12 OCT One was at Sauvie I. on 9 OCT (Jim and Allison Mickel); and 10 at that (Val Hempel). Johnson). One was at the So. Jetty of location on 11 SEP (Tom and Allison the Columbia on 15 OCT (Mike Mickel). Patterson). One was at Bandon Marsh Forster's Tern on 5 OCT (Don Munson). An adult was at Fern Ridge Res. on Dunlin 2 SEP (Matt Hunter). An adult was at A breeding plumage bird with only Timothy L, Clackamas Co, on 29 one leg was at the Siltcoos Outlet, AUG (Tim Janzen, Elmer Specht). Lane Co, on 17 AUG (Bill and Zanah Marbled Murrelet Stotz). One at Tillamook on 18 SEP 20 were at Cape Meares,Tillamook was the next earliest reported. Co, on 18 SEP (Donna Lusthoff, Jeff Stilt Sandpiper Gilligan, et al). One was at Sauvie I. on 26 AUG Ancient Murrelet (Tim Janzen, Scott Schwenk), and one Three were at Cape Meares, was at the Siltcoos Outlet, Lane Co, Tillamook Co, on 8 SEP (Steve Blue Jay at North Plains. Photo/Tim Janzen. on 23 AUG (Paul Sherrell). Jaggers). Short-billed Dowitcher Common Poorwill Clark's Nutcracker Small numbers of juveniles were One was in a clearcut north of New• One at Sugarloaf Mt. (Polk Co.) in reported during the first week of Sep• port on 6 OCT (Chuck Philo, Darrel the Coast Range on 7 OCT was very tember from several inland locations. Faxon). much a rarity (BillTice) Red Phalarope Black Swift Mountain Chickadee One at the Sheridan Sewage Ponds Two were at Milwaukie on 2 AUG One visited a Sutherlin feeder start• on 13 AUG was an unusual inland (Elmer Specht). Three were at ing on 20 NOV (Katherine Wilson). record for August (Tom Love). Sutherlin on 11 SEP (Katherine Wil• One was at the Denman W.R.A, Jack• South Polar Skua son). son Co, on 3 OCT (BillTweit, Steve The only ones reported were the 2 Calliope Hummingbird Mlodinow). 18 miles out of Garibaldi on 17 SEP One visited a Eugene feeder on 11 Northern Mockingbird (Skip Russell, Bob O'Brien). SEP (Barbara Cooper). Two were at Denman WMA, Jack• Franklin's Gull YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER son Co, on 3 OCT (BillTweit); one Two to 4 individuals were reported, An immature was in Barb Benin's was at Fern Ridge Res. on 29 OCT all from Sauvie I, 6 AUG through 4 Salem area yard on 16 NOV. It was (Eva Schultz); and one was at Yaquina SEP (David Bailey, Skip Russell). One later found to be wintering. Bay on 21 NOV John Lundsten). was at the Columbia R. mouth on 8 Northern Flicker Bohemian Waxwing OCT (Margie Edgington). One was at A pure "Yellow-shafted "was at Port• Two were with Cedar Waxwings at Ankeny NWR on 14 OCT (Roy Gerig). land on 9 AUG (Dorothy Mason). Monmouth on 8 OCT (Maggie Two were at the Monmouth Sewage Say's Phoebe Meikle).

Oregon Birds 21(2): 65 Laysan Albatross, 12 miles off Coos Bay, Coos Co., 11 September 1994. Photo/Barbara S. Griffin.

Anna's Hummingbird, 22 November 1994, Bandon, Curry Co. Photo/M.L. Denny.

Oregon Birds 21(2): 66 Prairie Warbler, 29 September 1994, Cape Blanco, "While conducting a fall monitoring banding sta• bird immediately identified it as a Prairie Warbler. Curry County. OBRCRecordNos. 673-94-06B, 06D. tion at Cape Blanco this bird flew into one of my Needless to say I got very excited! After removing the Photos/Colin Dillingham. mist nest. Steve Langenstein was at the net remov• bird from the net, we took a photograph and then ing a Warbling Vireo when Susan Hootman and I began taking measurements and placing band walked up to help remove some of the other birds #1910-93710on the bird. Several morephotographs caught in the net. I noticed a brightyellow bird hang• were taken before the bird was released." ing m the other end of the net. After approaching the

Blue fay, South Beach, Newport, Lincoln Co., 23 November 1994. Photo/Skp Russell.

Clay-colored Sparrow, 14-16 October 1994, OBRC Record No. 561-94-35B. Pboto/Colm Dillingham.

Oregon Birds 21(2): 67 Solitary Vireo Lawes). One was at Harbor, Curry HOODED ORIOLE A very late bird was at Harbor, Co, on 9 OCT (Don Munson). A female was at North Bend on 11 Curry Co, on 1 NOV (Don Munson). Brewer's Sparrow SEP (Barbara Griffin). Palm Warbler An immature was at Fern Ridge Res. Cray-crowned Rosy Finch Few were reported in contrast to on 20 SEP (Ram Papish). Birds of the expected "Hepburn's last year's large numbers: Individuals Fox Sparrow form were found on Sugarloaf Mt. were reported at the mouth of the A bird of the eastern iliaca race was Polk Co, 10 NOV (2 birds); 11 NOV Columbia R. on 24 SEP (Mike reported from Sutherin on 22 NOV (4 birds on with all tail feathers miss• Patterson); at McVay Wayside, Curry (Katherine Wilson). ing); and 14 on NOV (5 birds all with Co, on 26 SEP, and 10 OCT (Don Harris' Sparrow tail feathers intact) (Bill Tice, Roy Munson); at the Marine Science Cen• One was at Milwaukie on 27 OCT Gerig, Verda Teale). ter, Lincoln Co, on 11 NOV Anthony (fairly early for this rare species) (Sally Pine Grosbeak Floyd); and at the So. Jetty ofYaquina Shook). An adult male was at Mt. Tabor in Bay on 11 NOV (Anthony Floyd). Snow Bunting Portland on 20 NOV (Gerard Lillie). Black-and-white Warbler Individuals were reported from the A female was at Salem on 26 NOV An immature was near the Siltcoos following locations: on Sugarloaf Mt. (John Lundsten). Outlet, Lane Co, on 19 AUG (Bill and in the Coast Range (Polk Co.) on 10 Cassin's Finch Zanah Stotz). NOV (Bill Tice, Roy Gerig); at A flock of 30 in the Coast Range at Wilson's Warbler Troutdale (near Portland) on 16 OCT Sugarloaf Mt. on 26 SEP was a major A very late bird was at Sutherlin on (Diana Pope); at the Columbia R. surprise (Verda Teale, Ginger 5 NOV (Katherine Wilson). mouth on 1 NOV (Andrew Emlin); Timber lake). American Tree Sparrow and at a Seaside feeder on 12 NOV Lesser Goldfinch One visited a Eugene feeder on 20 (Wihna Berg). One at South Beach, Lincoln Co, NOV (Kathy Jones). COMMON CRACKLE on 23 NOV (Skip Russell), and one at CLAY-COLORED SPARROW One was well described from the Florence on 1 SEP were unusual for One was at Brookings from 14-16 Denman Wildlife Reserve Area, near the central coast. 0 OCT (Colin Dillingham). One was at Medford, on 3 OCT (BillTweit, Steve Yaquina Bay on 22 OCT (Cindy Mlodinow).

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