OREGON BIRDS Volume 13 Number 2, Summer 1987 mill" Swrt'nson's Hawks in Oregon, Stewart Janes • Nesting Raptors in Union and Baker Counties, Mark Henjum * Breeding Birds of Hart Mountain, Ken Voget & William Pyle • Winter Habitat Preferences for Northern Harriers, CD. Littlefield & Steve Thompson • Birds of Sycan Marsh,MarA: Stem, et ;d. • Bird Comparison on Southeast Mountain Ranges, David Marshall • Eatiy Records of White-faced Ibis, George Jobanek OREGON BIRDS is aquarterly publication of Oregon Field Ornitho ogists. Oregon Birds is printed at the University of Oregon Press. Membo ship in Oregon Field Ornithologists is on an annual basis and includes a su' OREGON BIRDS scription to Oregon Birds. ISSN 0890-2313 Volume 13 Number 2, Summer 1987 Editor Owen Schmidt Issue Editor Linda Craig NEWS BRIEFS 123 With assistance from David Marshall Collins Hemingway INFORMATION WANTED ON OREGON'S BIRDS 132 Assistant Editor Sharon K. Blair Associate Editor Jim Johnson COLOR-MARKED BIRDS IN OREGON 138 OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS ERRATA 141 President Alan Contreras, Eugene (1988) Secretary Kit Larsen, Eugene (1988) BIRDING QUIZ: Matchup 142 Treasurer Tom Mickel, Eugene (1988) Owen Schmidt Directors Donna Lusthoff, Portland (1986-88) Alice Parker, Roseburg (1987-89) Coastal Canada Geese: A Preliminary Report 143 Bill Stotz, Ashland (1987-89) Roy Lowe Larry Thornburgh, North Bend (1986-88) REVIEW: William L. Finley: Pioneer Wildlife Photographer. 146 George Jobanek OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE Secretary Clarice Watson, Eugene (1987) IN MEMORIAM: Bruce L. Van Housen 150 Members Tom Crabtree, Bend (1986-88) Barb Bellin Jeff Gilligan, Portland (1987-89) Steve Heinl, Eugene (1986-88) Inventory of Nesting Raptors in Union and Baker Counties, Oregon. 151 David Irons, Portland (1987-89) Mark Henjum Jim Johnson, Portland (1987-89) Larry McQueen, Eugene (1985-87) Winter Habitat Preferences of Northern Harriers on Malheur NWR.. 156 Harry Nehls, Portland (1985-87) CD. Littlefield & Steven P. Thompson Owen Schmidt, Portland (1985-87) Steve Summers, Klamath Falls (1986-88) Status and Decline of Swainson's Hawks in Oregon: The Role of Alternates Tim Bickler, Lake Oswego Habitat and Interspecific Competition 165 Jim Carlson, Eugene Stewart W. Janes David Fix, Idleyld Park A Synopsis of Breeding Bird Studies on Hart Mountain National Matt Hunter, Roseburg Antelope Refuge 179 Bob O'Brien, Clackamas Ken Voget & William H. Pyle OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS Birds of Sycan Marsh, Lake County, Oregon 184 OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE Mark Stern, Richard Del Carlo, Mark Smith, & Kurt Kristensen P.O. Box 10373 OREGON BIRDS 13(2): 121, 1987 Eugene, OR 97440 Comparative Bird Observations From Steens, Pueblo, Trout Creek and Oregon Canyon Mountains 193 David B. Marshall NEWS BRIEFS Oxven Schmidt, 3007 N.E. 32nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97212 Early Records of the White-faced Ibis in Oregon 210 George A. Jobanek • Make plans now for Oregon's first Shorebird Festival, 21-23 August 1987, in the Coos Bay area. Outstanding shorebird sites in the area include Bandon Marsh, Pony SITE GUIDE: Trout Creek and Oregon Canyon Mountains 215 Slough, South Slough, and North Spit. Featured speakers at the Festival include Linda S. Craig Mike Graybill on coastal water birds, Charlie Bruce on Snowy Plover research, and Dan Varoujean on Marbled Murrelet research. Space on the pelagic trip is limited; FIELDNOTES „ 218 lodging is available at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. There will be guided Eastern Oregon, August-November 1986 219 field trips and it just so happens that there will be an air show at North Bend on both David A. Anderson Saturday and Sunday. For more information, write to Cape Arago Audubon Western Oregon, Fall 1986 228 Society, P.O. Box 381, North Bend, OR 97459. David Fix • David A. Anderson reports these 2 Western Gull band sightings: (1) A bird seen at Seaside on 18 December 1982 had been banded near Westport, W A on 11 July 1979 ANNOUNCEMENTS by F. Hosea. The band number (0876-77566) was read by spotting scope. (2) A bird Oregon Shorebird Festival, 21-23 August 1987 226 seen at the mouth of the Rogue River on 21 March 1981 had been banded on the A Bird in the Bush 226 Farallon Islands, CA on 15 June 1980 (926-00093). This bird hatched from the second Pan American Shorebird Program.. 227 egg of a 3-egg clutch, its female parent was 7 years old at the time, and it was itself a female! Roy Lowe reports these 2 banded bird sightings: (1) A female Cackling CENTER Canada Goose marked with a yellow neck collar and banded on 26 July 1985 on the Yukon Delta, AK about 15 miles east of the Bering Sea, seen 11 times on Finley OFO Bookcase and Membership Application N.W.R. in 1985 and again at Ridgefield N.W.R. in March 1986 and again at the south jetty of Yaquina Bay on 1 November 1986 by Bob OBrien. (2) A red-collared Tundra COVER Swan marked at Izembek N.W.R. at Cold Bay, AK was seen by Bob O'Brien on 25 American Bittern. Photo/Kurt Kristensen December 1986 near the Trojan nuclear power plant. Oregon birders are reminded to send in interesting band returns for publication in Oregon Birds! • A revised National Geographic Society Field Guide to the Birds of North America should be available about now. The second edition will have several new plates, revisions to additional plates, map changes, and many text changes. A new price has not yet been announced. Plan on purchasing your new edition from OFO as soon as copies are available! Note from the Issue Editor • The 1987 Sanderling/Snowy Plover mid-winter census conducted by The Sander- ling Project found 28 banded Sanderlings in Oregon —10 adults and 18 juveniles. I am grateful to Dave Marshall and Collins Hemingway for editorial assistance. All had been banded in the Oregon Dunes as part of a transplant experiment. The Thank you also to Tom Crabtree, David Fix, and Jim Johnson for reading and rest of the data is not in yet. Oregon birders taking part in the census included Neil correcting the manuscripts, to Jim Johnson for typing, and to Kris Elkin for Maine, Mark Graybill, Barb Griffin, Carrie Osborne, and Jim Rogers. For more drawing the Site Guide map. Owen Schmidt showed remarkable patience information on The Sanderling Project, write to them at P.O. Box 247, Bodega Bay, while I learned my job as Issue Editor. Linda Craig. CA 94923. OREGON BIRDS 13(2): 122, 1987 OREGON BIRDS 13(2): 123, 1987 • Oregon birder Roy Lowe from Newport was elected the Oregon-Northern • These items appeared in Vol. 1 No. 1 of U.S. Birdwatch, the newsletter of the U.S. California representative to the Pacific Seabird Group at its annual meeting in La Section of the International Council for Bird Preservation: Paz, Baja California, 10-14 December 1986. - The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has been petitioned by Green World to list the Northern Spotted Owl as an endangered species. Listing would bring the owl • Portland birder Richard Smith announced a Portland Audubon Society-spon• under the protection of the Endangered Species Act. FWS has begun a review, and sored birding trip to Trinidad and Tobago 16-28 January 1988. A few of the species interested persons should submit information to the Regional Office of Endan• to be seen are Tufted Coquette, Bearded Bellbird, Scarlet Ibis, Blue-backed Manakin, gered Species, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Room550 Lloyd 700 Building, 700 N.E. and White-fringed Antwren. For details, contact Richard at 12415 N.W. Haskell Multnomah Street, Portland, OR 97232. Court #2, Portland, OR 97229, (503)643-5096. - Ron Sauey, co-founder of the International Crane Foundation at Baraboo, Wisconsin, died on 7 January 1987, from complications arising after a cerebral • An Endangered Species Act for Oregon has been proposed. Senate Bill 533 has hemorrhage suffered on Christmas Day. been introduced at the request of the Native Plant Society of Oregon, Oregon - Raptor Research Report No. 5, Raptor Conservation in the Next 50 Years, has been Natural Resources Council, and the Oregon Audubon Council. Other supporters published. Copies may be purchased for $6 postpaid, from Hawk Mountain include the Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society, The Nature Conservancy, and Sanctuary Association, Route 2, Kempton, PA 19529. the Oregon Environmental Council. Among other things, the proposed legislation - Seabirds taken in gillnets incidental to ocean fish harvests cannot be regulated would prohibit the taking of listed plants and animals, establish penalties for by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the violations, require state agencies to exercise their duties consistently with the the Marine Mammal Protection Act, according to a ruling by an administrative law purposes of the legislation, and authorize recovery programs and acquisition of judge. Any such regulation will have to be undertaken by the U.S. Department critical habitat. For information on how you can become involved in supporting of Interior under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. passage, write to Esther McEvoy, NPSO State Legislative Chair, 3290 S.W. Willam• For more information on the ICBP, write to International Council for Bird Preserva• ette, Corvallis, OR 97333. tion, Suite 301,801 Pennsylvania Avenue S.E., Washington D.C. 20003 • A nongame funding proposal to acquire wildlife habitat and promote research and • The annual Duck Stamp contest held by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will be recreation for nongame wildlife is now pending in the Oregon legislature. HB 2883 open 1 July to 1 October 1987. Artists should be planning now. The winning design would impose a 2 percent "mitigation fee" on plastics. Plastic objects such as 6-pack will be used for the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp in rings, nets, and monofilament would be labeled as harmful to wildlife.