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MEGON BIRDS T.J Volume 15 Number 4, Winter 1989 OREGON BIRDS is a quarterly publication of Oregon Field Ornithol• ogists. Oregon Birds is printed at the University of Oregon Press. Member• ship in Oregon Field Ornithologists is on an annual basis and includes a sub• 1989 OREGON LISTING Ufe Year 1989 scription to Oregon Birds. ISSN 0890-2313 REPORT FORM Baker Editor Owen Schmidt RETURN BY Benton Assistant Editor Sharon K. Blair Associate Editor Jim Johnson 15 FEBRUARY1990 Clackamas Clatsop Columbia OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS Your Name President Bill Stotz, Florence (1990)) Coot Secretary Donna J. Lusthoff, Beaverton (1990)) Crook Treasurer Kit Larsen, Eugene (1990) /our Address Curry Past President Larry Thornburgh, North Bend Deschutes State Zip Directors David A. Anderson, Portland (1988-90) Douglas David Irons, Beaverton (1989-91) Gilliam Tom Mickel, Eugene (1988-90) /our Telephone Tim Shelmerdine, Lake Oswego (1989-91) Grant Harney OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE Hood River Secretary Tom Staudt, Portland (1990) I. OREGON STATE LIST Jackson Members Tom Crabtree, Bend (1989-91) Jefferson Oregon Life list .fHirtsM(lk300) Jeff Gilligan, Portland (1987-89) Josephine Steve Heinl, Eugene (1989-91) 1989 Oregon Year lit JthrtsMdhlSOl Klamath David Irons, Beaverton (1987-89) Lake Jim Johnson, Portland (1987-89) Lane Larry McQueen, Eugene 1988-90) 2.1989 OREGON COUNTY LISTS Harry Nehls, Portland (1988-90) Lincoln Owen Schmidt, Portland (1988-90) Unn Fill in the blanks In the next column, right. Steve Summers, Klamath Falls (1989-91) Malheur Alternates Jim Carlson, Eugene (1989) Note: threshold for County Ufe totals Is 100, forMario n Bob O'Brien, Clackamas (1989) County Year totals Is ISO. Morrow Alan McGie, Corvallis (1989) Multnomah Tom Staudt, Portland (1989) Linda Weiland, Portland (1989) Polk 3. COMPLETE AND RETURN BY Sherman Tillamook OREGON BIRDS 15 FEBRUARY 1990 Umatilla Send completed form to OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE Union © 1989 Wallowa Steve Summers OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS Wasco 1400-A Arthur Street P.O. Box 10373 Washington Klamath Falls, OR 97603 Eugene, OR 97440 Wheeler 1 1989 OREGON LISTING re Year 1989 OB 15(4), Winter 1989 REPORT FORM Baker OREGON RARE BIRD PHONE NETWORK RETURN 8Y Benton Clackamas Astoria 15 FEBRUARY 1990 Mike Patter: Clatsop 325-1$65 Columbia four Name Coot Crook /our Address Curry Deschutes City State Zip Douglas Gilliam /our Telephone Grant Harney Hood River Florei Pat Mi I. OREGON STATE LIST Jackson 26811 Jefferson Bill S&Jz, 997-8978 Oregon LHV List .fHnOoUkSOOl Josephine 1989 Oregon Yew List .Hktsbd<ih250l Klamath take Una 2.1989 OREGON COUNTY LISTS Lincoln Linn Fill in Hie blanks In Hie next column, right. Malheur Marion Note: threshold for County We totals is 100, for County Year totals is ISO. Morrow Multnomah Polk Rules for a network are simple: rare birds only (no east/west or west/east Oregon birds); birders who get calls have to make calls (this means long distance 3. COMPLETE AND RETURN 8Y Sherman tolls); and once on the network, keep it going by keeping your address and phone Tillamook number(s) current. Minimum information on a rare bird call should include species, 15 FEBRUARY 1990 Umatilla age and sex (if not known, say so), number of birds, who found it (them), and who to call for more information, if anyone. Send completed form to Union Birders who would like to represent their local birding areas should write to Wallowa Steve Summers Wasco The Editor, Oregon Birds 1400-A Arthur Street Washington 3007 N.E. 32nd Avenue Portland, OR 97212 Klamath Falls, OR 97603 Wheeler Yamhill Please feel free to send ideas and suggestions, tool OREGON RARE BIRD PHONE NETWORK OB 15(4), Winter 1989 • Ashland OREGON BIRDS Marjorie Moore, 357 Taylor Street, Ashland, OR 97520, (H)482-1303,776-7294 B. June Babcock, 17297 Antioch Road, White City, OR 97503, (H)826-7011 Volume 15 Number 4, Winter 1989 • Astoria Mike Patterson, 324 38th Street, Astoria, OR 97103, (H)325-1365 • Bend Tom Crabtree, 1667 N.W. Iowa, Bend, OR 97701, (H)388-2462 (W)389-7723,1-800-762- News and Notes 221 6616 • Canyon City Information Wanted on Oregon's Birds 234 Tom Winters, P.O. Box 111, Canyon City, OR 97820, (U)575-2833 (W)575-l 637 • Coos Bay/North Bend/Coquille Color-marked Birds in Oregon 235 Ben Fawver, 793 Johnson, Coos Bay, OR 97420, (H)267-6485 Lyn Topits, 888 Telegraph, Coos Bay, OR 97420, (H)267-7208 (W)888-4762 Barbara Griffin, 1691 Grant Street, North Bend OR 97459, (H)756-5688 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS Larry Thornburgh, 2058 Cedar Court, North Bend, OR 97459, (H)756-4281 The 90th Christmas Bird Count 240 • Corvallis/Philomath Jim Johnson Elzy & Elsie Eltzroth, 6980 N.W. Cardinal, Corvallis, OR 97330, (H)745-7806 Jan & Rick Krabbe, 24461 Columbine Drive, Philomath, OR 97370, (H) 929-5941 (W- Jan)928-2361 x410 (W-Rick)967-5821 The Future of Oregon Christmas Bird Counts 244 • Eugene Alan Contreras Jim Carlson, 1560 Chasa St., Eugene, OR 97401, (H) 485-4491 (W) 687^1436 (leave message with receptionist) A Short History of Early Oregon Christmas Bird Counts 249 Barb Combs, 1466 Elkay Drive, Eugene, OR 97404, (H)689-6660, (W)378-6190 George Jobanek Kit Larsen, 2162 Kincaid Street, Eugene, OR 97405, (H)344-9574 (W) 686-4394 Tom Mickel, 5259 Overbrook Lane, Eugene, OR 97405, (H)485-7112, (W) 935-2283 Clarice Watson, 3787 Wilshire Lane, Eugene, OR 97405, (H)485-6137 HOOK REVIEW: Atlas of Wintering North American Birds 250 • Florence Alan Contreras Pat Moynahan, 88518 Fourth Avenue, Florence, OR 97439, (H)997-2691 Bill Stotz, 1305 Laurel, Florence, OR 97439, (H)997-8978 i '-orrelating Winter Abundance With CBC Data 252 • Klamath Fails Steve Summers, 1400-A Arthur Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97603, (H)884-1938 Greg Gillson • Pendleton Paul Sullivan, 1513 S.E. Court Place #7, Pendleton, OR 97801, (H)276-5087 (Christmas Bird Count Data Reveals Patterns in Winter Gull • Portland Distribution in Oregon 255 Jeff Gilligan, 26 N.E. 32nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232, (H)234-5961 (W)326-3057 Greg Gillson Harry Nehls, 2736 S.E. 20th, Portland, OR 97202, Qi)233-3976 Owen Schmidt, 3007 N.E. 32nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97212, {H)282-9403 (Wl)230^t201 (W2)230-4148 FEATURES • Port Orford Report of the Oregon Bird Records Committee 1988-89 .263 Jim Rogers & Carrie Osborne, 95187 Elk River Rd., Port Orford, OR 97465, (H)332-2555 Tom Staudt, OBRC Secretary • Roseburg Martha M. Sawyer, 11 N. River Drive, Roseburg, OR 97470, $1)672-6249 Fred & Alice Parker, 313 W. Hickory St., Roseburg, OR 97470, (H)672-1549 Malheur County - •A Year's List 272 Meredith Jones, 1394 Fisher Rd. N.W., Roseburg, OR 97470, (H)672-6367 Craig Corder • Salem Barb Bellin, 4730 Elizabeth N.W., Salem, OR 97303, (H)393-0243 County Listing 276 Bob Lucas, 392 Holder Lane S.E., Salem, OR 97306, (H)363-9710 Eleanor A. Pugh • Umatilla/Hermiston Marion Corder, Rt. 1 Bx. 210, Umatilla, OR 97882, (H)922-3653 Craig Corder, P.O. Box 1174, Hermiston, OR 97838, (H)567-8360 (W)567-6414 Phone number in italics means you may reach an answering machine. OREGON BIRDS 15(4): 219, Winter 1989 Are "Small" Crows along the Oregon Coast Necessarily Northwestern Crows?.......... ..................277 Range D. Bayer News and Notes Northwestern Crow Distinction? • 279 • Unless you send in your 1990 dues. A conven• This is lan Paulsen (reprint) ient tear sheet is bound into the front of this issue of OB. OB 16(1)—the first issue under your new dues your last —is scheduled to be an oversized issue by Tom Love issue of Measurements of Possible Northwestern Crows from Oregon 281 on Oregon's birds in the neotropics. You will not OB Range D. Bayer want to miss this spectacular issue of OB! Because OFO prints only enough copies of OB to go around to Northwestern Crow Distinction? Maybe Not 285 subscribers, you may not get a copy of this first issue Dennis Paulson (reprint) if your dues are late. Everyone involved with keep• ing the books and producing Oregon Birds thanks SITE GUIDE: Battle Mountain State Park, Umatilla Co., you for sending in your dues before 15 February 1990! Oregon 288 Mike Denny • Your 1989 Oregon listing results are due by 15 1989 lists February 1990. A convenient tear sheet is bound FIELDNOTES 290 into the front of this issue of OB. This year, we will take more time to gather reports, put them together, FIELDNOTES: Eastern Oregon, Spring 1989 291 proof the reports before printing them, and print them in the second issue of the year rather than the David A. Anderson first. Reports received later than 15 February can• FIELDNOTES: Western Oregon, Spring 1989 298 not be tallied. Send your numbers to Steve Sum• Steve Heinl mers, 1400-A Arthur Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97603. • OFOs 1990 annual meeting has been set for 1990 OFO Corrections 233 June 1990 in Hood River. Target birds include annual Black-backed Woodpecker, Williamson's Sapsucker, meeting and Calliope Hummingbird. There will be field trips Announcements to various places, including the Columbia River Portland Audubon Society 239 Gorge, and speakers on a variety of topics. The next Malheur Field Station •••••••• .-262 issue of Oregon Birds will have more information. O.I.C. • 308 Annual meeting organizer is David A Anderson, 6203 S.E. 92nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97266, (503)775-5963. Cover Tufted Duck, Kerby, Josephine Co., 12 March 1989, OBRC Record • That is the International Standard Book OF^O ^ is^ Number 149.1-89-1IB. See page 299 of this issue. Photo I Jim Number for OFO as publisher.