The quarterly journal of Oregon field ornithology

Volume 23, Number 3, Fall 1997

Gabrielson and Jewett: Who Were They? 87 David B. Marshall

The Records of the Oregon Bird Records Committee, 1996-1997 92 §§§§§. Harry Nehls

In Search of a Smith's Longspur 97 Barrel Faxon

Rogue River Ospreys 98 John C. Blithe Colin P. Dillingham

Observation of a Red-tailed Hawk/Prairie Falcon Combat 102 James A. Hewkin IK VST *v /<•4 ^v;

More Unusual Raptor Behavior Near A Nesting Site 102 m i Kathleen T. Martin W ^ WmZ > I Seasick Remedy IV 103 Greg Gillson

NEWS AND NOTES OB 23(3) 103

FIELDNOTES 106

Eastern Oregon, Winter 1996-97 107 Ray Korpi

Western Oregon, Winter 1996-97 HO Jim Johnson

COVER PHOTO Snowy Owl, 7 December 1996, Bayocean sandspit, Tillamook Co. Photo/Skip Russell.

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Oregon Birds 23(3): 86, Fall 1997 Gabrielson and Jewett: Who Were They?

David B. Marshall, 4265 SW Chesapeake Ave., Portland, OR 97201 [email protected]

erious Oregon birders are familiar I have broken it into 2 parts; Part I neous obituaries and other materials Swith the highly regarded Birds of is devoted to Gabrielson and Part II that Nesbitt put with the memoirs. Oregon (1940) or its reprint, errone• is planned for Jewett. Other information came from ously re-named Birds of the North• Gabrielson memoriams (Allen 1978, west (Gabrielson and Jewett 1970). PART I - IRA N. GABRIELSON Reeves and Marshall 1985),materials However, the books' authors, Ira N. assembled by Henry M. Reeves dur• Gabrielson (1889-1977) and Stanley More material is available on ing a visit to the Patuxent Wildlife G. Jewett (1885-1955), are relatively Gabrielson than Jewett because Research Center library and Wildlife unknown to current Or• Management Institute egon ornithologists and in 1985, and my own birders. Gabrielson and remembrances. Jewett played influential Formally, Gabrielson roles in my professional was named Ira Noel life as a wildlife biologist. Gabrielson. His family Jewett was second only to called him "Ira" while my father as a mentor in professional associates my youth. Gabrielson was jjt,''"S^(JBB| called him" Gabe" or" Dr. the most productive man Gabe." He did not think I ever knew. During my much of the "Dr." part. lifetime, he accomplished K' * To me he was just more than any other indi• "Gabe." vidual in government ser• My father liked to tell vice on behalf of wildlife. how Gabe held me on It seems appropriate to his knee as a 2-year old, describe Gabrielson and but I do not remember Jewett in terms of their this. However, I enjoyed personalities and accom• spending time with him plishments, not only be• during my employment cause I knew these men with the U.S. Fish and well, but also because Wildlife Service. One of they contributed so much these instances oc• to ornithology and wild• curred in the early life conservation. '"ML- 1960s when Pilot-Biolo• 1 Birds of Oregon re• gist Ray Glahn and I mains a classic among took Gabe, then Presi• state bird books. For Or- , - •-.-I dent of the Wildlife egon, nothing has Management Institute, emerged since that so on an aerial inspection comprehensively de- *t> jjpf of western Oregon na• tional wildlife refuges. scribes status, distribu- , \ -s tion, nesting, and other | The Institute is a quiet but influential Washing• lite history characteristics ; ::s^ and provides a full de- » IPS! ton, D.C. based conser• vation organization .The scription and behavioral ~MM^- anecdotes for each spe• trip meant a lot to me. cies. This is not to dis• Although Gabe was mum on the purpose of his visit, I credit Birds of Oregon: Status and Gabrielson wrote his memoirs strongly suspected it was to view for Distribution by Gilligan etal. (1994), through the year 1966 based on a himself the integrity of the newly es• which updates the status and distri• daily diary and field notes.The mem• tablished William L. Finley and Baskett bution material in the original Birds oirs have not been published. I have Slough national wildlife refuges. Both of Oregon. one of several copies in existence were under attack by the General The information that follows is a thanks to the kindness of a deceased Accounting Office because they combination of my personal recollec• son-in-law and admirer, Robert A. maintained we had no business pur• tions and experiences along with Nesbitt, who lived in GalvestonTexas. chasing uplands with Duck Stamp published and unpublished written I have made extensive use of the funds. Having nominated these areas material. memoirs here as well as miscella• Oregon Birds 23(3): 87, Fall 1997 for refuges and having played a key becoming a lawyer. However, his and F.E.Beal.His first field assignment role in boundary establishment, my mother was sympathetic and pur• came in 1916 when he was sent to credibility was at stake plus the fact I chased a camera for him. He started New England to study the effect of badly wanted the see the uplands photographing birds' nests, and re• European Starlings (Sturnus vul• made a part of the refuges for their ceived recognition when some of his garis) on agriculture and native birds. terrestrial animal and plant values. photographs were published. In high He began collecting birds for what Gabe's only response to my prying school Gabe received his first bird later became the U.S. Fish and Wild• to see if and what he was going to do book and began mounting birds. life Service collection at the Patuxent about the issue was a gruff, "to hell His father thought 16 was too Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, with them.'The issue quieted down. young to go to college, so Gabe be• Maryland (now housed at the U.S. I never found out what role Gabe came a farm worker. He did not mind National Museum at the Smithsonian might of played in preserving the 2 such work, and continued through Institution in Washington D.C). refuges because he acted behind the life to engage in all kinds of projects Gabe was an avid scientific collec• scenes, but I learned many years later that involved manual labor, including tor and prepared over 8,000 bird that John Gottschalk, then Director building, gardening and firewood cut• skins. If alive today he would not ap• of the Fish and Wildlife Service and ting with what he called the prove of the numerous sight records friend of Gabe's, refused to take ac• "armstrong saw." In 1908 at age 18 he of rare birds that we currently accept. tion on the matter.Julia Butler Hansen, was sent to Morningside College to He believed in a permanent record Chairperson of the House Appropria• prepare for law school. At the same that would always be available for tions Committee, was quoted as say• time he became engaged to Clara inspection should questions arise.He ing,"Well, I guess that's that." Spear, his mate from that time on. was also keenly aware of how the best In December 1972, I agreed to Gabe got through the first year of observers can make identification transfer to a position in Washington college using his father's finances. errors. His philosophy on this was D.C. Gabe, although long retired, had Then things changed. It was the biol• expressed in the following passage in numerous information pipelines. He ogy classes that interested him. His his memoirs that refer to a day in learned of my pending transfer and biology professor,TC. Stephens, pro• Connecticut with A.A. Saunders: called to say a neighbor had accepted vided encouragement. Gabe wrote, "As we tramped through the an overseas assignment and Would be "When I learned there were actually woods, we saw a single warbler in a leasing his house for a year. My wife jobs where people were paid for small willow bush in the middle of a and I accepted the house. This pro• studying birds and mammals, I knew small puddle.We could get within 30 vided the opportunity to really know exactly what I wanted to do."This or 40 feet of it in any one direction. Gabe and his wife Clara. Our friend• ended his father's support and Gabe Saunders remarked that if this was ship developed to the point that they worked the rest of the way through anything but a Palm Warbler did not want me to knock before en• school. [Dendroicapalmarum], it would be tering their home. On the entry wall an early record for Connecticut. We was the original of Olaus J. Murie's First professional jobs walked around this bird looking at it painting of the spotted owl that is the Upon graduation,he and Clara mar• from every angle and both decided it frontispiece in Birds of Oregon. Gabe ried and Gabe taught at a nearby high had no yellow on it, and neither did told me that owl came into a camp school for 3 years. In 1915, just after it have the characteristic tail wagging that he and Murie had on the Oregon being accepted in a graduate school of that species, so we decided to col• coast, and that Murie sketched it on program, Gabe received a job offer lect it. When it was picked up, it the spot. from the Biological Survey of the U.S. proved to be one of the brightest Department of Agriculture to work in male Palm Warblers that either of us Boyhood and school the bird food habits laboratory in had ever seen. In the dim light nei• Gabe was born in 1889 in Sioux Washington D.C. His professors and ther of us could see any yellow and Falls, Iowa, where he was reared with intuition told him he should abandon neither of us could see any of the a farm background. He learned to read graduate school to take the job where characteristic behavior. This and a and write before attending school. he might learn more than in gradu• number of similar experiences make With little to challenge him in school, ate school.That job was the beginning me skeptical of any field identifica• he played hookey and spent time of a government career that did not tion." along the Little Sioux River collect• end until 1946. He rose from an assis• ing birds' eggs, fishing, trapping and tant analyzing the content of bird With the Bureau of Biological hunting waterfowl. Playing hookey stomachs to the head of the agency Survey in Oregon from 1918 to got him in trouble, but he kept up his by 1935.During his tenure the agency 1935 grades and was pushed ahead so of• became the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser• Gabe yearned to go west. In July ten that he graduated from high vice and was transferred to the U.S. 1918 he accepted a transfer to par• school at age l6.Without a bird book, Department of the Interior. ticipate in prairie dog and other ro• he and his friends made up names for The food habits study beginning dent control activities in North and common birds. Because of his inter• enabled Gabe to work with such no• South Dakota and southern Minne• ests, he said he was labeled a "freak" tables as Vernon Bailey, Harry sota. Although this provided several by his teachers and sometimes his Oberholser,AlexanderWetmore,A.K. months of valuable experience in father, who was intent on young Ira Fisher, WL. McAtee, E.R. Kalmbach something he described as knowing

Oregon Birds 23(3): 88, Fall 1997 nothing about, it led to his being of• Audubon Society groups. sively, especially because there were fered a position in Oregon as Rodent It was fortunate that the Bureau' of no identification books covering Or• Control Supervisor."Oregon couldn't Biological Survey was staffed by re• egon. In addition to birds, he prepared be any worse than South Dakota," he search oriented visionary people like over 1500 rodent skins at this time. said. In December 1918,he, Clara, and Gabe.They set out to catalog the sta• In spring 1919 during a trip to their first child, June, took the train tus and distribution of birds and mam• Wallowa County, Gabe met Jewett, to Corvallis, Oregon, where Gabe was mals throughout the country during who was responsible for predatory to be stationed to be near the state their off-hours. Remember, this began animal control. Gabe found Jewett to extension service at what was then when there were no field guides, op• be a capable scientist with shared called Oregon Agricultural College tical equipment was rudimentary and interests. On this trip they covered (now Oregon State University). With very expensive, and the transporta- much of Wallowa County using a reference to the winter• Model T Ford equipped

time greenery of west• •W:<% with chains on all four ern Oregon while en wheels that was driven by route to Corvallis, he a county extension agent wrote, "I decided right named "Mac." Of this, Gabe then and there that Or• wrote, "Despite the equip• egon must be a wonder• ment, we were stuck most ful place to live,an opin• of the time, and Jewett and ion that has not changed I spent most of our time lift• up to this day." Gabe was ing and pushing the Ford in Corvallis only a few while Mac drove." months; in 1919 it was Gabe's first trip to Lake determined the state• County was also an adven• wide rodent control op• ture. The first leg was by eration could be more train to Bend.Then came a effectively conducted 2-day model T Ford stage out of Portland. trip to Lakeview via Silver One has to place and Summer lakes The Ford Gabe's work then in hardly got out of first gear context with the times. because of the rocks and A high percentage of the ruts. An overnight stop at U.S. population was en• Silver Lake featured what gaged in farming. It was Gabe described as the the responsibility of the worst hotel he had ever Bureau of Biological Sur• been in. Each room had a vey to determine which separate wood stove to pro• birds and mammals vide heat and hot water.The should be classified as return was via Klamath beneficial and which Falls. A horse-driven stage ones should be con• operated between trolled in terms of agri• Lakeview and Klamath Falls. culture. This drove the This leg took 2 days with an research on the food overnight at Bly habits of birds, an activ• When Gabe moved to ity which established Above: Ira N. Gabrielson in the 1940s. Photo/Unknown. On page 87: on a Christmas Portland later in 1919, he the Bureau of Biological Bird Count in the 1970s. Photo/Luther C. Goldman. shared an office with Survey. Predator and rodent control tion system consisted of railroads, Jewrett, who held a parallel position followed and was in large measure horses and Model T Fords that oper• to Gabe's as predatory animal control based on working through extension ated on 2-rut roads. Gabe wrote of his leader.They held these positions un• agents to teach farmers how to safely beginning in Oregon as follows: "Ev• til 1930. Gabe and Jewett combined poison rodents and to assist with simi• ery trip was an adventure, a situation many of their trips.Their assignments lar work on national forests. Gabe was that proved to be true wherever I were often to national forests where particularly interested in developing went in Oregon in those early days. If travel was by horse and mule pack and adopting control methods that we didn't get stuck in the mud, or trains.When camping out, they would were not lethal to birds.When Gabe high centered by a rock, the day was get up at daylight to collect birds, and came to Oregon, the Migratory Bird relatively uneventful." Biologists like before going to bed would set trap Treaty Act that would form the basis Gabe relied mostly on shotguns and lines for mammals. for federal protection of birds, had just traps to identify, verify and sometimes Eventually Gabe and Jewett came been signed.The refuge system, while describe for the first time what they up with the idea of a book on Oregon in existence, was not funded or found in terms of birds and mammals. birds. This required their spending staffed except in several cases by Consequently, Gabe collected exten• vacations at locales, such as the coast,

Oregon Birds 23(3): 89, Fall 1997 where their official duties did not take member, sometimes secretary and year, at which time Gabe and Jewett them. Gabe built a family beach house regular speaker for the Society dur• immediately departed for Malheur. at Devils Lake in Lincoln County.They ing from the late 1920s into the mid- With the help of Merle Jacobs, the got fishing boat captains sufficiently 1950s. He continued to be listed as Survey trapper in the area, they interested in birds to take them off• Corresponding Secretary through the opened the gates to let water back shore, providing they furnished the 1930s, even though, as shown later into the then dry Malheur Lake. Be• fuel. Gabe's memoirs indicate that he was not in the area. cause of the drought, it had little im• Birds of Oregon was largely written Gabe's exclusively Oregon respon• mediate effect, but it was a symbolic in the early 1930s, and that the first sibilities ended in 1930 when the action. Gabe wrote, "I don't believe draft was completed in 1936. Birds Bureau of Biological Survey was re• anything that I have done gave me of Oregon was not their first joint organized into a multi-state regional more satisfaction than having a hand writing venture. In 1929 they configuration. He became Regional in seeing the restoration of this area." authored Birds of the Portland Area, Supervisor for both rodent and preda• The P Ranch acquisition, and later the Oregon (Gabrielson and Jewett 1929), tory animal control for Washington, Double O Ranch unit of the Malheur a 54 page monograph. Oregon, California, Nevada and Idaho. Refuge, were 2 of numerous refuge Gabe had 2 other interests - alpine He was selected over Jewett for this acquisitions across the nation that plants and writing. He lived on 5 acres position; but Jewett accepted it grace• Gabe orchestrated well into the in what was then farmland near Wil• fully. Three years later, in 1933, Re• 1960s or later. son Hill, between Gresham and Port• gional Supervisor positions were es• In the 1930s market-hunting and land (Wilson Hill is now called Powell tablished to cover all field work of the other forms of illegal waterfowl hunt• Butte). Here Gabe started what be• Bureau, including law enforcement ing were a serious problem at locales came a very successful nursery that and refuges. Gabe was promoted to like the Klamath Basin and Sacra• specialized in alpine plants during the this position, the equivalent of today's mento Valley. For the five state region, rock garden "craze" of the 1930s. U.S.Fish andWildlife Service Regional the Bureau of Biological Survey, un• Through his interest in alpine plants, Director. At the time of this appoint• der Gabe, put together 5 to 7 agents he developed a friendship with Mrs. ment, real staffing of refuges began who became known as the "flying A.C.U. Berry. Her garden became the and Civilian Conservation Corps crew," because of their rapid travel Berry Botanical Garden near Lewis (CCC) workers became available. from place to place making arrests. and Clark College. During this period, Among others, Gabe established the The assumption among hunters was Gabe wrote his first book, Western CCC camp at what became the head• that the government had large num• AmericanAlpines (Gabrielson 1932). quarters of Malheur Migratory Bird bers of agents, and the activity was He also wrote numerous articles on Refuge (now called Malheur National brought under control. alpine plants for a number of garden Wildlife Refuge) with the help of Or• and home magazines. His writing ex• egon Congressman Walter Pierce. Up Days in Oregon end — Gabe as tended beyond that mentioned in his to that time, the headquarters site was agency chief almost treeless and without buildings. memoirs. In his Virginia home in the Just before the P Ranch purchase, Using CCC labor, the Refuge Manager, early mid-1970s, I was shown a scrap Gabe received a military-like order John Scharff, developed this into an book that Clara kept. In it was a col• from Darling that his tenure in the oasis that many consider to be the lection of popular writings, including west was about to end. He was trans• most popular birding spot in Oregon. a garden column under the pen name, ferred to Washington D.C. in 1935, "A.Amateur Farmer," that appeared in In 1934, the famous cartoonist and ostensibly to become Assistant Chief a depression era magazine. Much of conservationistjay N."Ding" Darling, of Research. I say ostensibly because this column was humor. There were was appointed Chief of the Bureau Darling actually gave Gabe numerous also numerous stories from hunting of Biological Survey. The drought of trouble-shooting assignments that and fishing magazines for which he the early 1930s reduced waterfowl took him all over the country. These used his wife's maiden name,"Spear" populations to a point that many concerned establishment and opera• and initials. I also saw a story entitled, people thought they would never tion of CCC camps and resolving "A Fat Man Climbs Mt. Hood."As I re• recover. Gabe was constantly called wildlife conflicts brought on by ac• call, it was in The Oregon Motorist, back for consultations in Washington, tivities of other government agencies. but I have not located it. Gabe was a D.C. because of his knowledge of One of them concerned Bureau of big man both up and sideways and waterfowl and conditions in the west. Reclamation activities in the Klamath would joke about it. In his memoirs, By July 1934, Darling succeeded in Basin, a conflict that remains with us he mentions passing away evenings getting emergency money for refuge today. writing while holed up in country acquisitions to address the waterfowl Gabe worked in the highest levels hotels. I gained the distinct impres• crisis. Gabe recommended that he of government and became accus• sion that he was one of those lucky give first priority to acquisition of the tomed to visiting offices of the Secre• people who did well on 5 hours of P Ranch, which now comprises the taries of Interior and Agriculture and sleep per night. Blitzen valley portion of the Malheur the Congress. Darling obviously had Oregon (now Portland) Audubon National Wildlife Refuge (the original a motive in making Gabe his de facto Society programs and minutes on file refuge consisted only of Malheur and assistant. On October 31, 1935, Dar• at the Oregon Historical Society Cen• Harney Lakes) .The P Ranch was pur• ling ushered him down the hall to ter show Gabe was an active board chased by early October of the same Agriculture Secretary Henry M.

Oregon Birds 23(3): 90, Fall 1997 Wallace's office.This time he was not Interior in 1939 by the President. lot done at those sessions. Later he told the purpose of the visit until they Harold Ickes, then Secretary of Inte• developed a strong working relation• nearly reached the door of the rior, immediately called Gabe in to tell ship with Oregon's Senator Richard Secretary's office. Darling then ex• him that he "had a good organization Neuberger and his wife, who suc• plained that his doctors advised him and [he, Ickes] wasn't going to dis• ceeded him. Gabe had no recogniz• to resign, and then said, "you are it," turb anyone." Like Secretary Wallace, able political party affiliation, and meaning Gabe was to replace Darling Ickes offered any help he could pro• worked hard toward keeping conser• as Chief of the Biological Survey. vide. vation out of partisan politics at both Wallace congratulated Gabe and said Earlier that year (1939) Gabe had state and federal levels. something like this: "Well, I don't been offered the Presidency of Or• Gabe's greatest battles concerned know anything about this wildlife egon State College (now Oregon State enactment and enforcement of business, but Ding said you do, so you University). He was tempted, but today's waterfowl hunting frame• take it and run with it. If I can be of turned it down feeling he had too work, including abolition of use of any help,you come to me." Gabe had much unfinished business within the bait and live decoys, holding the line been "rail-roaded," but also given a Fish and Wildlife Service. on Alaska fishing regulations, and ob• "free hand" to operate the Biological Gabe worked under Presidents taining funds to operate his agency. Survey without interference from the Roosevelt and Truman. He once told Gabe spent much of each year trav• administration. me that he knew them both well, as eling to see operations of the agency Secretary Wallace kept his promise well as Presidents Eisenhower, for himself, to talk to field people and to leave Gabe alone to run the orga• Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. state agency officials, sportsmen and nization as he saw fit.Wallace backed "Truman was the only one who grew," Audubon groups, and to inspect po• him up on several occasions when he once told me. "The others just tential refuges. He usually made it to political considerations would have swelled." the annual meetings of the American said otherwise. One of the incidents Gabe, as agency director, presided Ornithologists' Union, and served involved the arrest of Walter P. over numerous accomplishments. many years as chair of their Commit• Chrysler, the auto chief, for waterfowl One of his first was establishment of tee on Conservation. During his ten• hunting violations.Wallace reminded the Cooperative Wildlife Research ure as agency head, he made 6 trips Gabe that Chrysler donated $10,000 Units at key universities. His goal was to Alaska, one of which lasted 2 1/2 (equivalent to over $100,000 today) to train wildlife biologists and man• months; additional Alaskan trips were to the Democratic party, but Gabe agers, whom he often complained made later in his career. Through all would not back down.Wallace finally during the 1930s and 1940s were in of his administrative duties, Gabe con• commented that Chrysler probably short-supply. He took great pride in tinued to pursue his scientific inter• donated a similar amount to the Re• expanding the refuge system many ests, which centered on birds. Day• publicans and let the charges stick. times over, and establishing the light permitting, he was up long be• Gabe considered this a major accom- Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. fore meetings and official duties be• plishment.The case received national Another accomplishment was the gan to look at birds. His pleasure at publicity. Game law violations finally Pittman-Robertson Act, which chan• seeing new species shows up fre• became serious offenses. neled moneys into state wildlife agen• quently in his memoirs, and partici• Gabe lamented to me how he had cies with a federal excise tax on sport• pating in the Ocean Shores, Maryland, direct access to the Secretary's office ing arms and ammunition.This, along Christmas Bird Count was a tradition if needed, whereas subsequent hold• with similar legislation for fishing for him and family. ers of his position were typically re• gear, is the backbone of state fish and Gabe took time to publish signifi• quired to work through aids and as• wildlife agency funding today. It cant bird observations. His bibliogra• sistants to the Secretary. He also com• helped professionalize state fish and phy, which was prepared in 1954, in• plained that his successors were not wildlife agencies, prevented state leg• cludes numerous citations denoting allowed to present and defend their islators from raiding hunting and fish• notes and papers in such scientific budgets before Congressional com• ing license moneys and provided for publications as The Auk, Wilson Bul• mittees or testify on legislation except acquisition of state wildlife areas like letin, and Murrelet. These citations by invitation from the Secretary's of• Oregon's Sauvie Island and Summer cover a wide range of ornithological fice. Lake. subjects, including taxonomy, status, During the 11-year period between Much of Gabe's success was due to distribution and behavior. The bibli• November 1935 and Gabe's retire• his having a free hand to develop ography contains over 100 entrees of ment from government service in friendships among members of Con• a technical nature and over 300 in 1946, the Bureau of Biological Survey gress. His memoirs mention numer• popular publications that included and Bureau of Fisheries were com• ous hunting and fishing trips in which Bird Lore (predecessor to Audubon bined to become the U.S. Fish and Congressmen and Senators were par• and Field Notes), hunting, fishing, Wildlife Service, a situation Gabe did ticipants. He told me how Senator farm, garden and home magazines. He not support when first proposed, Charles McNary of Oregon, who was authored or helped author several despite his being selected as Direc• the Republican Senate leader, held a books in addition to Birds of Oregon, tor of the new agency.Also to Gabe's weekly after-work social session in his including Wildlife Conservation consternation, the operation was office with anyone from Oregon who (Gabrielson 1941), Wildlife Refuges transferred to the Department of the desired to attend. Gabe said he got a (Gabrielson 1943), Birds: a guide to

Oregon Birds 23(3): 91, Fall 1997 the most familiar American Birds of his contract with the Institute. Guy same place 22 years later. It was ap• (Zim and Gabrielson 1949), Wildlife was a highly successful New York law• parently nearly as terrifying for Gabe Management (Gabrielson 1951), The yer who was put through law school as it was for me, and went on for Fisherman's Encyclopedia in Gabe's place by their father after hours. (Gabrielson and LaMonte 1951) and Gabe decided to go into biology. Guy As President of the Wildlife Manage• The Birds of Alaska (Gabrielson and was National Committeeman for the ment Institute, he strengthened con• Lincoln 1959). Considering that he Republican party in the 1950s. servation, sportsmen and scientific wrote additional articles after 1954 Gabe's Fish and Wildlife Service ten• organizations throughout the coun• and still others under pen names, the ure ended in March 1946 with a spe• try, a task that he started while Direc• man's publication record alone is cial visit to the White House where tor of the Fish and Wildlife Service. amazing. President Truman personally com• One such example was assembling Despite the awesome pace and mended him on his service. This the right people to refinance the Na• long days, Gabe was a devoted family White House visit may have been the tional Wildlife Federation, which was man. In 1937 he and family vaca• time he nearly entered the oval office headed for dissolution and bank• tioned at Big Island on Blue Sea Lake with his trouser fly open. Clara pur• ruptcy. The Governors or fish and near Messines, Ontario, Canada.They chased the finest of clothes for Gabe, wildlife commissions in most states liked it so well that he purchased land but one of the characteristics I re• and several Canadian provinces re• and constructed a cottage at that lo• member most was his disheveled ap• quested The Wildlife Management cation. It is accessible only by a small pearance. His tie had a way of becom• Institute to evaluate their operations, boat, and continues to serve as a sum• ing askew and his shirt soon got Oregon being the second. Other na• mer family retreat, despite the ab• wrinkled.This seemed to go with his tions consulted Gabe regarding the sence of modern conveniences like strong sense of humor and size. establishment of wildlife agencies. In plumbing and electricity.The famous 1948, he help found the International Canadian ornithologist, RA.Taverner With the Wildlife Management Union for the Conservation of Nature had a place across the lake from them. Institute and later the World Wildlife Fund, U.S. Gabe was an unusually compassion• On April 6, 1946, Gabe began du• He served as President of the latter, ate individual, especially considering ties as President of The American and as the U.S. delegate to the Inter• his responsibilities. In several in• Wildlife Institute, which was soon re• national Whaling Commission. For stances he cut-short official trips to named The Wildlife Management In• many years he chaired the annual attend to sick family members or to stitute.Al Day, his replacement as Di• North American Wildlife Conferences personal emergencies involving em• rector of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and served on the Secretary of ployees. On his numerous trips came up with special assignments for Interior's Advisory Committee. His throughout the country, he made it a Gabe. Probably the most pleasurable domestic political contacts made him point to visit former colleagues. His was again departing from Seattle on a power-house in legislative matters, attending the retirement party for the Fish and Wildlife Service vessel, especially in later years. Jewett in Portland in November 1949 the Brown Bear, for a 3-month trip to In one instance the world famous is an example. He often took his wife Alaska with Clara.The assignment this aviator, Charles Lindberg, appeared in and/or a daughter on official business time was to visit as many islands as his office and said he wanted to make trips. I especially thank him for this possible in the Gulf of Alaska, Aleu• a contribution to wildlife. Gabe put because it carried on as an unofficial tians and Bering Sea to evaluate the him to work writing letters soliciting policy during my first years with the aftermath of World War II military money from moneyed people for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. My wife operations, including Japanese occu• World Wildlife Fund habitat acquisi• and/or children went many places pation of some of the Aleutians. I ques• tion projects. He became one of a with me by government car, and on a tion if anyone exceeded Gabe in num• number of notables, some of them space available basis were free to be ber of Alaskan islands he set foot on. royalty, that Gabe influenced to influ• passengers while inspecting refuges His practice was to hike sections of ence others for donations to conser• or inventorying wildlife by boat or every island they were able to land vation causes. aircraft. It was accepted so long as it on. He had a reputation as a strong Gabe received numerous citations, entailed no extra expense to the gov• hiker despite his weight and short medals and awards, including several ernment. My children got a lot out of legs. I sensed there was nothing that honorary doctorates.The first doctor• this, and it helped compensate for delighted him more than seeing the ate came in 1936 from the then Or• many extra hours and low salaries of vast seabird rookeries of Alaska and egon Agricultural College.This is as• the time. the alpine flowers of the tundra.This sumed to be the origin of the "Dr." title. trip in particular contributed much During the last several years as Awards included the highest given by to Birds of Alaska. agency Director, Gabe suffered from the National Audubon Society, The a gall bladder aliment. His doctor told The Alaskan trip almost ended in Wildlife Society, U.S. Department of him he must chose between health disaster off Nunivak Island in the the Interior and American Forestry or the job.The American Wildlife In• Bering Sea. Here Gabe's party got Association. stitute had tried to get him to take caught in a sudden storm in a small Gabe retired from the Presidency their organization over, and in 1945 open boat off the island. I can relate of The Wildlife Management Institute he accepted. Interestingly, he let his to this incident, having gone through in 1970, but continued on as Chair• brother, Guy, negotiate the conditions exactly the same experience in the man of the Board until his death at

Oregon Birds 23(3): 92, Fall 1997 age 87 in September 1978. He and edge and humor with a refusal to of the Portland Area, Oregon. Pac. Clara lived in a modest house on 14 compromise science or principles.lt Coast Avifauna No. 19. Cooper Or• acres outside Oakton,Virginia, where made people listen. nithological Club, Berkeley, Califor• they grew rhododendrons and aza• I thank Tom McAllister and Dave nia. leas, had a big vegetable garden and Eshbaugh, who helped me cut this , and S.G. Jewett. 1940. Birds fed birds great quantities of sunflower down sufficiently to use in Oregon of Oregon. Oreg. State Coll., seeds.They continued to summer at Birds, and Stephen Nesbitt, a grand• Corvallis. the lake-side cottage in Canada and son of Gabe, who reviewed this pa• , and S.G. Jewett. 1970. Birds wintered near Brownsville,Texas, into per from a family perspective and of the Pacific Northwest. Dover the 1970s At the latter location, Gabe provided corrections. I also thank Publications, New York. showed me my first Plain Chachalacas Luther C. Goldman for the photo• , and F. LaMonte. 1951. The (Ortalis vetula), which had just rav• graphs. fisherman's encyclopedia. aged the grapefruit growing in his Stackpole and Heck, New York. backyard. Clara died not long after , and EC. Lincoln. 1959. The Gabe. They out-lived their 4 daugh• LITERATURE CITED birds of Alaska. Stackpole Co.,Har- ters. Allen, D.L. 1978. Ira N. Gabrielson, risburg, Pennsylvania and Wildl. Although Gabe described himself 1889-1977. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 6(2): 113- Mgmt. Inst., Washington, D. C. as "a biologist," he was, in the words 115. , and H.S. Zim. 1949. Birds: a of others, the "pillar" of the wildlife Gabrielson, I.N. 1932. Western Ameri• guide to the most familiar Ameri• profession for many years. He was can alpines. Macmillan Co., New can birds. Golden Press, New York. also a capable and shrewd adminis• York. Gilligan, J., D. Rogers, M. Smith, and A. trator, writer, humorist, gardener, and . 1941. Wildlife conservation. Contreras, eds. 1994. Birds of Or• astute student of human nature who, Macmillan Co., New York. egon: status and distribution. one way or another, succeeded in . 1943. Wildlife refuges. The Cinclus Publications, McMinnville, getting what he wanted from politi• Macmillan Co., New York. Oregon. cians, regardless of party affiliation. I . 1951. Wildlife management. Reeves, H .M., and D.B. Mar shall. 1985. feel his greatest asset was an ability The Macmillan Co., New York. In memoriam: Ira Noel Gabrielson. to combine natural history knowl• , and S.G Jewett. 1929. Birds Auk 102(4):865-868. 0

The Records of die Oregon Bird Records Committee, 1996-1997

Harry Nehls, Secretary, Oregon Bird Records Committee, 2736 S.E. 20th. Ave., Portland, Oregon 97202

From October 1996 to July 1997 the ver© submitting written or other evi• help with expenses: Cape Arago Oregon Bird Records Committee dence for accepted records, and the Audubon Society, Grant County Bird (OBRC) completed the following OBRC record file number.The OBRC Club, Grande Ronde Bird Club, records.The first group of records are record file number reads as follows: Kalmiopsis Audubon Society, Portland those for which the written report the first 3 digits are the AOU number Audubon Society, and Umpqua valley and/or photographs or specimens for the species, the second 2 are the Audubon. supported the stated identification year in which the record was ob• In many of the reports submitted and are accepted records. If photo(s) served, and the last numbers are the to the Committee the observers failed or specimen is indicated for a record consecutive numbers for the records to include an explanation of how they it was accepted as verified. Other as they are filled. eliminated similar species. This is a records were accepted as sight The members of the OBRC for 1997 key element of a rare bird report that records. are Tom Crabtree, Colin Dillingham, Committee members look for when Of the 44 records reviewed by the Jeff Gilliganjim Johnson, Gerard Lillie, evaluating a record .When submitting Committee 35 were accepted and 7 Larry McQueen, Nick Lethaby Craig reports, do not neglect this important were not accepted. Roberts, Skip Russell, and Owen part of the written description. The Information presented below for Schmidt. The alternates are Craig function of the Oregon Bird Records each species includes location of Corder, Steven Dowlan, Kamal Islam, Committee is to peer review records sighting, number of birds, sex and age and Kevin Spencer. to ascertain whether the evidence if known, special information (such The OBRC thanks the following submitted to the Committee supports as collection and museum number) organizations for having made finan• the identification proposed. It is al• and date(s), initial(s) of the obser• cial contributions in the past year to ways important for birders to submit

Oregon Birds 23(3): 93, FaU 1997 complete and accurate reports of the bird seen .The Com• Mountain Plover mittee does not verify a birder's list, or a birder's exper• 281-95-06 Ankeny NWR, Marion Co., 1 bird on 4 De• tise. cember 1995 (JL)- Each year the OBRC elects 3 of its 9 members for 3- 281-95-07 Near Corvallis, Benton Co., 1 winter plum- year terms. Birders interested in serving on the OBRC aged bird from 19 to 21 December 1995 should nominate themselves to the Secretary of the OBRC (photos by SR,video by DVB). before 30 October 1997. Nominees must be members of OFO. New terms begin on the new calendar year. Hudsonian Godwit 251-95-14 Ankeny NWR, Marion Co., 1 adult bird 10- 11 May 1995 (RKo, photos by HN.SD). RECORDS ACCEPTED Slaty-backed Gull 048-95-04 Sauvie Island, Multnomah Co., 1 winter plum- Yellow-billed Loon aged adult 7-23 January 1995 (photos by 008-95-33 Netarts Bay, Tillamook Co., 1 winter plum- HN,SR). aged bird 7-8 January 1995 (CR,photos by HN). 008-93-30 Lower Siuslaw River, Lane Co., 1 winter plum- aged bird 15 November 1993 (photo by BS). 008-96-3 5 Garibaldi ,Tillarnook Co., 1 winter plumaged bird on 15 March 1996 (WT).

Tufted Duck 149.1-95-18 Near Buena Vista, Polk Co., 1 adult female from 28 January to 9 February 1995 (RHo). 149.1-95-20 BayCityS.Ponds,TillamookCo.,l adult male from 16-30 April 1995 (photos by HN,SR). 149.1-96-21 Meares Lake,Tillamook Co., 1 adult male on 25 March 1996 (photos by CR).

Slaty-backed ( 1C048-95-04C Photo/Harry Nehls.

Parakeet Auklet 017-94-11 Clatsop Beach,Clatsop Co., 1 bird found dead on the beach 12 December 1994 (MP, pho• tos byAE).

Costa's Hummingbird Tufted Duck, OBRC 1491-95-20C. Photo/Skip Russell. 430-96-25 Ashland, Jackson Co., 1 adult male from 11 February to 7 March 1996 (AF,photos by King Eider BLa,CLa).

162-93-06 S. Jetty Siuslaw River, Lane Co., 1 female on Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22 October 1993 (photo by BS). 402-95-11 Salem, Marion Co., 1 immature female from Gyrfalcon 16 November 1994 to 19 March 1995 (RHo,photos by BB,SR). 354-93-15 Brookings, Curry Co., 1 immature gray phase bird 24 January and 26 March 1993 (CD). Photos not accepted. Least Flycatcher 467-95-31 Willow Creek State Wildlife Area, Gilliam Co., 354-94-17 Near Joseph, Wallowa Co., 1 gray phased adult 29 December 1994 to January 2,1995 1 singing bird on 12 June 1995 (DFa). GJo, photos by MD,DB). Eastern Phoebe 354-94-19 Finley NWR,Benton Co.,30 December 1994 to 8 February 1995 (RHp,photos by 456-96-05 Independence, Polk Co., 1 bird 19 and 20 February 1996 (StD). RM,SR,RFu).

Oregon Birds 23(3): 94, Fall 1997 Tropical Kingbird 511-95-18 Malheur NWR, Harney Co., 1 male on 21 May 446-95-16 Hq. Malheur NWR, Harney Co., 1 bird on 27 f995 (photo by MD). September 1995 (photos byAMc,DH). 446-96-18 Sauvie Island,Multnomah Co., 1 bird 1-3 No• Hooded Oriole vember 1996 0Jo,GL, photos byTJ, tape re• 505-96-18 Bend, Deschutes Co., 1 adult male on 2 May cordings by SJ). 1996 (PMe).

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 443-95-08 Yaquina Head, Lincoln Co., 1 adult bird on 25 May 1995 (photos by RBj).

Brown Thrasher 705-94-18 HQ Malheur NWR,Harney Co., 1 bird on 24 May 1994 (JL). 705-94-20 Klamath Falls, Klamath Co., 1 bird from 23 November 1994 to 30 March 1995 (KS, photo by SR).

Northern Parula Hooded Oriole, OBRC505-96-18C. Photo/Patty Meehan. 648-95-25 Glass Butte, Lake Co., 1 singing male on 16 June 1995 (DFa). 648-95-26 Hq Malheur NWR, Harney Co., 1 female on SELECT SUBSPECIES ACCEPTED RECORDS 27 July 1995 (AC).

Chestnut-sided Warbler Gray-headed Dark-eyed Junco 659-95-27 Fields, Harney Co., 1 adult male in breeding 569-90-01 Sutherlin,Douglas Co., 1 adultfrom 15 to 26 plumage on 26 June 1995 (M). November 1990 (photo by KWi).

Cape May Warbler 650-95-10 HQ Malheur NWR, Harney Co., 1 male on RECORDS NOT ACCEPTED 21 May 1995 (OS,MD).

Blackpoll Warbler Common Pochard 661-95-33 Frenchglen,Harney Co., 1 bird on 4 Septem• 146.1-95-01 Hat Rock State Park, Umatilla Co., 1 imma• ber 1995 (HO). ture plumaged bird 29 September to 3 Oc• tober 1995. Photos and descriptions did fit Rose-breasted Grosbeak pochard and did not rule out Redhead or 595-95-26 Silver Lake Ranger Station, Lake Co., 1 adult hybrid Redhead X Canvasback. Hybrids of male from 9-15 June 1995 (KB photo by RE1). this type may look quite like Common Po• 595-95-27 Page Springs Campground, Harney Co., 1 chard. adult male on 12 August 1995 (RFr); 595-95-29 Hunter Creek, Curry Co., 1 male on 15 De• Broad-winged Hawk cember 1995 (CD, photo by GSe). 343-92-07 Waldo Lake Road, Lane Co., 1 bird 24 Octo• ber 1992. Record not accepted as descrip• Dickcissel tion and photograph did not eliminate simi• 604-93-07 Port Orford, Curry Co., 1 bird on 19 August lar species. 1993 (APf). 604-95-09 Ochoco National Forest, Crook Co., 1 adult Least Flycatcher male in breeding phimage on 26 July 1995 467-85-27 Thornton Creek,Lincoln Co., 1 bird seen 13 (photos by GBo) August 1985.This bird was in heavy molt and gave only one call that was inconclusive. Common Crackle Record not accepted as a silent bird in this 511-93-12 Port Orford, Curry Co., 1 immature bird 13- plumage would be extremely difficult to cor• 19August 1993 (photos by APf). Record com• rectly identify to species. bined with 511-93-13- 467-87-28 Thornton Creek, Lincoln Co., 1 bird seen 1 511-93-13 Port Orford, Curry Co., 1 immature bird 5- September 1987This bird also showed signs 14 September 1993 (photos by APf). Record of molt and was silent. Hammond's Fly• combined with 511-93-12. catcher regularly molts prior to migration but 511-94-14 Springfield,Lane Co., 1 bird on 21 April 1994 Least Flycatchers do not molt until they (LMc). reach wintering areas. Record not accepted 511-94-17 Denman SWA, Jackson Co., 1 adult female as a silent bird in molt woLild be extremely on 3 October 1994 (BT). difficult to correctly identify to species.

Oregon Birds 23(3): 95, Fall 1997 Eastern Phoebe Contributors 456-94-03 Sage Hen Hill Rest Area, Harney Co., 1 bird David Bailey (DB), Barb Bellin (BB), Kelly Bettinger** on 29 May 1994. Not accepted as descrip• (KB), Richard Bjerkvig** (RBj), Greg Boice** (GBo), Alan tion and habits were similar to Willow Fly• Contreras (AC), Mike Denny (MD), Colin Dillingham (CD) catcher seen the next day. , Steven Dowlan (StD), Rick Elston** (REl) Andrew Emlin** (AE), Darrel Faxon (DFa), Anthony Floyd (AF), Reid Free• Pine Warbler man** (RFr), Richard Fulham** (RFu), David Herr (DH), 671-85-03 Yaquina Bay,Lincoln Co., 1 immature female Richard Hoyer (RHo),TlmJanzen (TJ), Jim Johnson (TJ°). on 27 October 1985. Record not accepted Sheran Jones (SJ), Raymond Korpi (RKo), Bob Laws** (BLa), as observer did not describe the specific field Claudia Laws** (CLa), Gerard Lillie (GL), John Lundsten marks that identify this obscure plumage.The (JL),Maitreya (M),Ron Maertz (RM), Patty Meehan** (PMe), observer also failed to note how the other Alan McGie (AMc), Larry McQueen (LMc), Harry Nehls similar-plumaged warbler species were elimi• (HN), Hal Opperman** (HO), Mike Patterson (MP), Alice nated. Pfand (APf), Craig Roberts (CR), Skip Russell (SR), Owen Schmidt (OS), Glen Sevey (GSe), Kevin Spencer (KS), Bill Blackpoll Warbler Stotz (BS),WilliamTice 0VT),BillTweit (BT), Dan Van Den 661-93-30 Astoria, Clatsop Co., 2 birds on 9 October Broek (DVB), Katherine Wilson (KWi). ** New to the all 1993- Not accepted as description did not time contributors list. 0 eliminate similar species in this hard to iden• tify group.

Gray-headed Dark-eyedJunco, OBRC569-90-0IB, 15 November 1990. Photo/Katherine S. Wilson.

Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii Reviewing Select Subspecies Siberian Whimbrel Numeniusphaeopus variegatus At the April 1994 Oregon Bird Records Committee meet• Kamchatka Gull Larus canus kamtschatschensis ing the Committee voted to review records of select sub• Vega Gull torus argentatus vegae species that may become full species in the near future. Eastern Solitary Vireo Vireo solitarius solitarius At the April 1997 meeting the list of select subspecies Plumbeous Solitary Vireo Vireo solitariousplumbeus was revised. The OBRC is now asking for details on Yellow Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum sightings of these subspecies. The reports will be handled hypochrysea and voted the same as a rare species, but will not be added Eastern (Red) Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca ssp. to the Oregon State list until such time that they become White-winged Junco Junco hyemalis aikeni full species. Gray-headed Junco Junco hyemalis caniceps

Oregon Birds 23(3): 96, Fall 1997 In Search of a Smith's Longspur

Darrel Faxon, 1192 Thornton Creek Road, Toledo OR 97391

here are, at this writing, no re come to a solid conclusion as to its and highly secretive, especially in Tports of Smith's Longspur in Or• specific identity. However, there were winter." (2) When compared with sev• egon that have been accepted by the a number of things about the bird eral recently documented observa• Oregon Birds Records Committee. which made me think it may have tions of the species in neighboring However, there are 3 sight records been a Smith's Longspur rather than states, the dates for these sightings fall which have such characteristic simi• a Lapland. precisely within the known pattern larities to each other that they bear (1) The ground color of the bird's of vagrancy on the West Coast. certain examination. It is not the pur• upperparts was yellowish (quite simi• There are 2 records of the species pose of this article to comment upon lar to the color of the winter plum- from California which have been ac• the validity (or lack of it) of these sight aged Bobolink found in the same cepted by that state's records com• records; rather, to detail their similari• area) The reddish tones normally as• mittee: ties in hope that Oregon birders will sociated with the Lapland Longspur • One present 13-18 September 1990 be spurred to search for the species were totally lacking. This yellowish at Moss Landing, Monterey County, and document the first official record color was particularly noticeable on was photographed (CBRC 120- of its occurrence in the state. the bird in flight (2) The underparts 1990, photo; American Birds 45: On 11 September 1966 a bird of were dull whitish, but the breast, 149, Western Birds 25: l-34,Birding this species was reported from atop rather than showing a black smudge 27: 475-81, with color photo). the grassy headland at Seal Rock State or heavy streaking was very faintly • Another was recorded at Pt. Reyes Park.The second report was of a bird tinged dull brownish and even more National Seashore, Marin County found along the edge of the road on faintly streaked with darker brown. 6-8 October 1991 (CBRC 146- the grass covered top ofYaquina Head (3)The bill appeared small in propor• 1991). on 17 October 1976.A third sighting tion to the head. (4) The row of white A third record which has been sub• reported was of a bird discovered in spots formed by the tips of the me• mitted and is currently under review the grass of a logging landing above a dian wing coverts was somewhat is of a bird videotaped at Pt. Reyes clearcut 10 miles southeast of Toledo more pronounced than what I nor• National Seashore 24- 28 October during the second or third week of mally see on Lapland Longspurs in 1995 (CBRC 979-1995, video). Yet deer hunting season in 1990 or 1991, winter plumage. (5) perhaps most sig• another bird was photographed at although the exact date has been lost. nificantly the legs of the bird were Amargosa valley, Nevada on 19 Octo• Although each of these sightings yellowish, not black. (6) The solitary ber 1990 (American Birds 45:175). was reported by a different observer, nature of the bird and its habit of To further add to the similarities of the similarities between the reports creeping along through the grass the Oregon sightings, one of the Cali• are striking. All of them fell between seemed uncharacteristic of the fornia birds was said to have caused mid-September and mid-October; all (usual) flocking habits and more up• problems for the photographer be• of them were of a single bird; all of right posture of Lapland Longspur. cause it "belly-dragged itself too close them came from open grassy areas on Unfortunately, the difference in for focus." top of headlands or knobs; all were head pattern between Lapland and There seems to be little doubt that in Lincoln County. In each case, the Smith's Longspurs in winter plumage Smith's Longspur does indeed pass bird exhibited the same type of be• is apparently very slight, and particu• through Oregon at least occasionally. havior, creeping slowly through the larly in the case of female birds, poorly Due to its solitary nature, it is not a grass, or at times remaining motion• covered in field guide illustrations. species that will be easy to find. How• less for extended periods, often Equally unfortunate was the fact that ever, the Oregon coast has numerous within just a few feet of the observer. the bird in question was in rather ratty grassy headlands, particularly from One additional longspur sighting is plumage QThe day I saw it was follow• Bandon south, where the species of interest. In early November 1995, ing a period of about 2 weeks of might reasonably be expected to a lone bird, described by the initial heavy rain), and the rectrices were so make an appearance. Birders willing observers as a "washed-out" Lapland badly worn that they provided no aid to check such areas in September and Longspur, was discovered in the whatsoever in regards to identifying October just might finally document grassy area adjacent to the road along the bird as to species. I had no choice the presence of the species in our theYaquina Bay south jetty.Although but to identify it as "longspur species." state. this bird was present for the better There are 2 other things which I I would like to thank Fred Ramsey part of 2 weeks, it was seldom seen find intriguing about these sightings. for reviewing this article, and Michael as most of the time it remained hid• (l)The behavior in each case is very A. Patten of the California Birds den in the grass. I managed to find consistent with that described for Records Committee for supplying me and study it for some time on 19 No• Smith's Longspur in the National Geo• with information about the records vember 1995, but was not able to graphic guide: "Uncommon, solitary, in California and Nevada. 0

Oregon Birds 23(3): 97, FaU 1997 Rogue River Ospreys

John C. Blithe, Gold Beach Ranger District, Siskiyou National Forest, 1225 S.Ellensburg, Gold Beach, OR 97444 Colin P. Dillingham, Gold Beach Ranger District, Siskiyou Nat. Forest, 1225 S.Ellensburg, Gold Beach, OR 97444

Introduction cup). Data recorded includes the vey of the Rogue River (Henny et al. The lower reaches of the Rogue structural condition of the nest, 1978).The 1976 survey documented River in southwestern Oregon sup• whether Osprey activity was de• 33 pairs of Osprey along the entire port a large breeding population of tected, Osprey behavior (nest build• length of the Rogue River. Our results Osprey (Pandion haliaetus).A moni• ing, copulation, incubation, brooding for 1996 indicate that there is a popu• toring study coordinated by the Gold etc.), presence and number of chicks, lation of 42-43 pairs of Osprey for the Beach Ranger District of the Siskiyou and the development and behavior of lower 43 miles of the River. Our sur• National Forest along the lower 43 the chicks. vey area is approximately 1/3 the river miles, from Blossom Bar in the For purposes of analysis, nests were length of the Henny etal. survey area. Wild and Scenic section of the river, coded at the end of each season to Rogue River Osprey populations to the mouth at Gold Beach, has iden• best describe or summarize the moni• appear to have gradually increased tified up to 52 separate territories toring results.Therefore standardized over the past 4 years (Table 1). active for at least 1 breeding season definitions were needed: Wershkul (1992) had similar conclu• during the last 5 years (1992-96).The • We defined a territory to repre• sions with the Rogue River Osprey maximum number of territories sent a nest or nests used by a single population in his summary of known to be active in any 1 year was pair of Ospreys in a given year.A ter• 1975-1992 data. 42 in 1996. ritory may consist of several nests due to the frequent construction of alter• Discussion Methods nate nests by a pair. The maximum number of known The Osprey population was moni• • A territory was determined to be active territories has steadily grown tored by tracking each nest individu• "Active" if one or more Ospreys were from 1992 to 1996This may partially ally. Every nest was assigned a name observed perched on or adjacent to be the result of increased monitoring relating it to a feature within the im• a nest. Territories were also deemed effort; however we do not believe this mediate vicinity (e.g., Foster Bar, Scow to be "Active" if the nest appeared to to be the complete explanation be• Riffle, Eagleview Drive) and a num• be in good condition and Osprey(s) cause Osprey nests are highly visible ber corresponding to the river mile• were seen in the vicinity exhibiting and all years did have substantial age To ensure accurate identification behaviors that indicated nest occu• monitoring effort expended. Cer• of nests from year to year (often by pancy. tainly many of the new territories es• different observers), additional data • Activity could not be confirmed tablished in the later years of the was collected concerning all new at some inaccessible nests in all years. study were not present in 1992. We nests, including a physical description If nests were present, but activity was believe that the Osprey population of the nest, the nest tree and its loca• not confirmed, nests were coded has grown during the study period. tion in relation to other landmarks "Present,Activity unknown". In Table 1 the number of "active such as roads, river features and tribu• • "Chick productivity"is simply the territories" appears to jump in 1995 taries. In addition, nest locations were number of chicks observed in a nest. and 1996, but in actuality, this jump marked on a detailed map, supple• However, on some occasions the ob• is partially due to an increase in cov• mented with photographs of each server was unable to be certain of the erage of the inaccessible section of nest. exact number of chicks present and river between Quosatana Creek and Nests were monitored by boat and/ would enter "at least 1 chick" or "at Agness where previously many terri• or land based surveys depending on least 2 chicks" into the survey sheet. tories were determined to have nests the accessibility of the particular As this data could underestimate the in good condition, but activity was un• stretch of river concerned. Boat sur• actual productivity because addi• known .We believe the row inTable 1 veys were conducted from a jet boat tional chicks may have gone undetec• titled "Maximum known active terri• with observers using binoculars (7 or ted, only data where the observer was tories" gives a more accurate picture 10 power magnification).These sur• certain of the number of chicks is of the Rogue River Osprey population veys were of short duration (1-5 min• included in the analysis as "complete trend. utes per nest) due to the large area to data". Fortunately uncertainty oc• The increase in the number of ter• be covered. Land based surveys were curred on relatively few occasions. ritories where productivity data is conducted using binoculars and spot• • "Failure"is defined as evidence of complete is a result of increased ob• ting scopes (15 to 60 power magnifi• eggs (or prolonged apparent incuba• server effort (increasing 1992-96) late cation) from locations providing bet• tion) but no fledged young resulting. in the breeding season. ter vantage points into nests than boat The 1994 season was exceptional based surveys (i. e., viewing locations Results in terms of chick productivity, high• were further up the hillslope, thereby The Rogue River Osprey popula• lighted by 7 territories that produced allowing better viewing into the nest tion has increased since a 1976 sur• 3 chicks and only 2 territories that Oregon Birds 23(3): 98, Fall 1997 OFO Bui ~m^m • •. • OB 23(3). Fan 1997 Oregon Field Ornithologists publications.... EACH ORDER Special Publication No. 6. 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City State Zip 3787 Wilshire Lane Eugene, OR 97405 Your telephone __r— email i 12-13-14 September 1997 12-13-14 September 1997 Cape Arago Audubon Society in cooperation with To get to the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, follow the signs to Charleston. OIMB is on the right hand side coming over the bridge from Coos Bay. Follow the signs. Park at OIMB and walk Oregon Field Ornithologists to the Boat House. Betty Kay Charters is located in the Charleston Boat Basin. Oregon Institute of Marine Biology Friday, 12 September Charleston, Oregon Registration at OIMB, 5-8 pm • Evening session, Boat House, OIMB • opening remarks, Ray Nolan • evening program, Sarah Warnock, Research Assistant in Conservation Biology at Oregon State University, "The Breeding Biology of Shorebirds on the West Coast and North Slope of Alaska" • field trip announcements Saturday, 13 September 6:30 am, pelagic trip, meet at Betty Kay Charters in the Charleston Boat Basin at 5:45 am • 7:45 am, field trips meet at OIMB to carpool • Bandon Marsh, meet 8:15 am at Ray's Marketplace, Hwy. 101 and 42S in Bandon; this is an excellent time to see the fall migration of shorebirds: Godwits are commonly seen, Wandering Tattlers are usually seen, as well as Red Knots and Golden-Plovers; short side trip for Snowy Plovers • Millicoma Marsh Trail, meet at 8:15 am at Millicoma Middle School Parking lot; shorebirds and view a wetland creation project • Lunch on your own • 6:00 pm, dinner at OIMB • 8:00 pm, OIMB Boat House, review of day's birds, keynote speaker Dr. Nils Warnock, Associate Biologist in Conservation Biology at Oregon State University, "Spring Migration of Western Sandpipers on the West Coast of North America* Registration Individual $12.00 Family $20.00 Sunday, 14 September Pelagic Trip (7 hours) Saturday $40.00 6:30 am, pelagic trip, meet at Betty Kay Charters in the Charleston Boat Basin at 5:45 am • Sunday 7:45 am, repeat of Saturday field trips • Sunday afternoon birding trips on your own Dinner Saturday night (pre-registration needed) $40.0$9.500 Lodging in OIMB dorm/person/night Fri $20.00 We will have a pelagic trip both Saturday and Sunday mornings. Breakfast is on your Sat $20.00 own. These trips are on a large boat piloted by an experienced captain who knows where to T-Shirt (S, M,LXL) find birds. There will be an expert in identification on board during each trip. Dress in layers $12.00 and take rain gear. If motion sickness is a problem, plan accordingly. Birds usually seen T-Shirt Long sleeve include Black-footed Albatross, Sooty, Pink-footed and Buller's Shearwaters, Red and Red• Please make your check payable to Cape Arago Audubon Society$15.0 0 necked Phalaropes, Sabine's Gulls and many other species. Whales and dolphins are often seen. For more information, contact: Lodging: The dormitory at OIMB is available Friday and Saturday night at $20.00 per Lyn Topits 541-267-7208 night. You must bring your own bedding and towels; space is limited. Many major motels and campgrounds are available; call for a list. Barb Griffin 541-756-5688 Ken Dazey 541-756-4008

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Beth Rose 3893 S.W. Hall Boulevard Beaverton OR 97005 Many OFO members travel regularly with Oregon naturalist Mark Smith Mitch Lambley to see birds and study nature in distant lands. You don't have to be an 352 B Avenue experienced birder to enjoy these tours. Upcoming departures include: Lake Oswego OR 97034 Africa Private • small groups arranged Alaska Call or write Linda Marzocco 3574 S.E. Hawthorne Brazil, Madagascar, Oregon, Yucatan,Costa Rica, Belize &Tikal! Enliven your list with toucans, quetzals, Mike macaws, and Jabirus! For a brochure, write: Portland OR 972I4 Uhtoff Mark Smith 154 Oak Street 2421 N.W. Qulmby 503-223-7716 Ashland OR 97520 Portland, OR 97210 888-660-4286 Full Circle Tours toll free Gary T. Patterson 4235 S.W. Highway IOI Lincoln City OR 97367 Phyllis Thurston Laura Whittemore 5151 N.W. Cornell Road NW Bird Watcher 560 N.W. Eastman Parkway Portland OR 97210 Learn to watch birds! Where, when, and how to watch birds in the Pacific Northwest. Bimonthly 24-page Gresham OR 97030 newsletter teaches you how easy it can be. Interesting travel guide, educational identification articles in immcr Lake 4ttor« each issue. Practical and enjoyable tiops you can use in the field or your own back yard. Subscriptions: 1 Deb Kapral Dale & Tule Chiono year (6 issues) $14. 8I01 N.E. Parkway — C-5 P.O. Box 36 The Bird Guide Vancouver WA 98662 37580 Highway 31 Greg Gillson Summer Lake OR 97640 311 Park Street Banks, OR 97106 Missy & Lance Litchy General Delivery 107 E Main Street 503-324-0508 [email protected] Frenchgien OR 97736 Enterprise OR 97828

it Company The Wild Bltd Memf Peggy Westfall Greg Wallwork 245 E. Main 1630-A S. Beavercreek Road 97838 .. . will reach Oregon's most active birders. For more information, contact Hermiston OR Oregon City OR 97045-4156 the Editor 3007 N.E. 32nd Avenue Bookstore Manager Portland OR 97212-3619 Marcia J. Martyn HC72 Box 260 40 East 5th Avenue 503-2&2-9403 Princeton OR 97721 Eugene OR 97401 r Enjoy the Oregon Shorebird Festival! Also: the Fall North American Migration Count is 20 September. No other trips will be scheduled this month.

f f - f 2 October Umatilla County We will search for that "most wanted" owl, the Boreal Owl, and enjoy the fall colors of the Blue Mountains.

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Red-throated Loon Cinnamon Teal Padfic Loon American Golden-Plover California Gull N. Shoveler Pacific Golden-Plover Common Loon Gadwall Herring Gull * Yellow-billed Loon _' Mongolian Plover Thayer's Gull Eurasian Wigeon Snowy Plover Pied-billed Grebe ' Slaty-backed Gull American Wigeon Semipalmated Plover Horned Grebe Western Gull Canvasback Piping Plover Red-necked Grebe Glaucous-winged Gull Redhead ~ Killdeer Eared Grebe Glaucous Gull Ring-necked Duck Mountain Plover Western Grebe Bl.-legged Kittiwake ' Tufted Duck Bl. Oystercatcher Clark's Grebe ' Red-legged Kittiwake Greater Scaup Bl.-necked Stilt Bl.-footed Albatross _* Ross'Gull Lesser Scaup American Avocet Laysan Albatross _ Sabine's Gull ' King Eider Greater Yellowlegs " Short-tailed Albatross Caspian Tern * Steller-s Eider Lesser Yellowlegs N. Fulmar Elegant Tern Harlequin Duck * Spotted Redshank _• Mottled Petrel Common Tern Oldsquaw Solitary Sandpiper • Murphy's Petrel Arctic Tem Bl. Scoter Willet Pink-footed Shearwater Surf Scoter _ Forster's Tem Wandering Tattler _* Least Tern _ Flesh-footed Shearwater White-winged Scoter _ Buller's Shearwater Spotted Sandpiper _ Bl.Tern Common Goldeneye _ Sooty Shearwater Upland Sandpiper Barrow's Goldeneye ~ _ Common Murre _ Short-tailed Shearwater Whimbrel Bufflehead Thick-billed Murre __" Black-vented Shearwater " Bristle-thighed Curlew ' Smew _ Pigeon Guillemot _" Wilson's Storm-Petrel Long-billed Curlew Hooded Merganser • '•; _ Marbled Murrelet _ Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Hudsonian Godwlt Common Merganser _' Xantus'Murrelet _ Leach's Storm-Petrel Bar-tailed Godwit Red-breasted Merganser _ Ancient Murrelet _' Bl. Storm-Petrel Marbled Godwlt Ruddy Duck _ Cassin's Auklet _ American White Pelican Ruddy Turnstone Osprey _* Parakeet Auklet _ Brown Pelican Bl. Turnstone White-tailed Kite Surfblrd _ Rhinoceros Auklet _ Double-crested Cormorant _ Tufted Puffin _ Brandt's Cormorant Bald Eagle Great Knot N. Harrier Red Knot _ Horned Puffin _ Pelagic Cormorant J Rock Dove _• Magnificent Frigatebird Sharp-shinned Hawk Sanderling Cooper's Hawk _ Band-tailed Pigeon _ American Bittern Semipalmated Sandpiper _* White-winged Dove N. Goshawk _ Least Bittern Western Sandpiper . Mourning Dove Red-shouldered Hawk • Great Blue Heron Red-necked Stint _' Yellow-billed Cuckoo * Broad-winged Hawk • _ Great Egret Little Stint Bam Owl Swainson's Hawk • _ Snowy Egret Long-toed Stint Flammulated Owl Red-tailed Hawk Least Sandpiper _* Little Blue Heron . Western Screech-Owl Ferruginous Hawk Baird's Sandpiper _' Tricolored Heron . Great Homed Owl Rough-legged Hawk Pectoral Sandpiper Cattle Egret Snowy Owl Golden Eagle Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Green Heron • N. Hawk Owl American Kestrel Rock Sandpiper Bl.-crowned Night-Heron N. Pygmy-Owl Merlin Dunlin White-faced Ibis Burrowing Owl Prairie Falcon ~* Turkey Vulture Curlew Sandpiper Spotted Owl Peregrine Falcon 'E California Condor Stilt Sandpiper Barred Owl * Gyrfalcon " Fulvous Whistling-Duck Buff-breasted Sandpiper Great Gray Owl I Gray Partridge Tundra Swan Ruff Long-eared Owl I Chukar ' WhooperSwan Short-billed Dowitcher Short-eared Owl 1 Ring-necked Pheasant Trumpeter Swan Long-billed Dowitcher Boreal Owl Ruffed Grouse Common Snipe N. Saw-whet Owl Greater White-fronted Sage Grouse Wilson's Phalarope Common Nighthawk Goose Spruce Grouse Red-necked Phalarope Common Poorwill Snow Goose Blue Grouse Ross' Goose Red Phalarope _ Bl. Swift *E Sharp-tailed Grouse Emperor Goose South Polar Skua Vaux's Swift I Wild Turkey Brant Pomarine Jaeger _ White-throated Swift I N. Bobwhite Parasitic Jaeger _ Canada Goose Bl.-chinned Hummingbird California Quail Long-tailed Jaeger _ Wood Duck Anna's Hummingbird Mountain Quail Laughing Gull _ Green-winged Teal Costa's Hummingbird Yellow Rail Franklin's Gull _ Baikal Teal Calliope Hummingbird Virginia Rail Little Gull American Bl. Duck Broad-tailed Hummingbird Sora Black-headed Gull Mallard Rufous Hummingbird * Common Moorhen Bonaparte's Gull N. Pintail Allen's Hummingbird American Coot Heermann's Gull _ Garganey Belted Kingfisher Sandhill Crane Mew Gull Blue-winged Teal Lewis' Woodpecker Bl.-bellied Plover Ring-billed Gull Acorn Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Brown Creeper * Kentucky Warbler _* Blue Grosbeak Red-naped Sapsucker Rock Wren " Mourning Warbler Lazuli Bunting Red-breasted Sapsucker Canyon Wren MacGillivray's Warbler * Indigo Bunting Williamson's Sapsucker Bewick's Wren Common Yellowthroat * Painted Bunting Nuttall's Woodpecker House Wren * Hooded Warbler * Dickdssel Downy Woodpecker Winter Wren Wilson's Warbler Bobolink Hairy Woodpecker Marsh Wren ' Canada Warbler Red-winged Blackbird White-headed Woodpecker American Dipper Yellow-breasted Chat Tricolored Blackbird Three-toed Woodpecker Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * Summer Tanager Western Meadowlark Bl.-backed Woodpecker Golden-crowned Kinglet * Scarlet Tanager Yellow-headed Blackbird N. Flicker Ruby-crowned Kinglet Western Tanager * Rusty Blackbird Pileated Woodpecker * N. Wheatear Green-tailed Towhee Brewer's Blackbird Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Bluebird Spotted Towhee * Common Grackle Western Wood-Pewee Mountain Bluebird California Towhee * Great-tailed Grackle Eastern Wood-Pewee Townsend's Solitaire American Tree Sparrow Brown-headed Cowbird Willow Flycatcher Veery Chipping Sparrow * Orchard Oriole Least Flycatcher ' Gray-cheeked Thrush Clay-colored Sparrow * Hooded Oriole Hammond's Flycatcher Swainson's Thrush Brewer's Sparrow * Streak-backed Oriole Dusky Flycatcher Hermit Thrush * Bl.-chinned Sparrow * Baltimore Oriole Gray Flycatcher ' Wood Thrush Vesper Sparrow Bullock's Oriole Pacific-slope Flycatcher American Robin Lark Sparrow " Scott's Oriole Cordilleran Flycatcher Varied Thrush Bi.-throated Sparrow * Brambling Bl. Phoebe Wrentit Sage Sparrow Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Eastern Phoebe Gray Catbird ' Lark Bunting Bl. Rosy-Finch Say's Phoebe N. Mockingbird Savannah Sparrow Pine Grosbeak Vermilion Flycatcher Sage Thrasher Grasshopper Sparrow Purple Finch Ash-throated Flycatcher * Brown Thrasher ' Le Conte's Sparrow Cassin's Finch Tropical Kingbird " California Thrasher Fox Sparrow House Finch Western Kingbird I European Starling Song Sparrow Red Crossbill Eastern Kingbird ' Bl.-backed Wagtail Lincoln's Sparrow White-winged Crossbill Scissor-tailed Flycatcher American Pipit Swamp Sparrow Common Redpoll N. Shrike Bohemian Waxwing White-throated Sparrow " Hoary Redpoll Loggerhead Shrike Cedar Waxwing Harris' Sparrow Pine Siskin Bell's Vireo ' Phainopepla White-crowned Sparrow Lesser Goldfinch Cassin's Vireo ** Blue-winged Warbler Golden-crowned Sparrow * Lawrence's Goldfinch Hutton's Vireo * Golden-winged Warbler Dark-eyed Junco American Goldfinch Warbling Vireo Tennessee Warbler " McCown's Longspur Evening Grosbeak Red-eyed Vireo Orange-crowned Warbler Lapland Longspur I House Sparrow Gray Jay Nashville Warbler * Chestnut-collared Longspur Steller's Jay * Virginia's Warbler * Rustic Bunting Blue Jay ' Lucy's Warbler Snow Bunting Western Scrub-Jay * N. Parula * McKay's Bunting Pinyon Jay Yellow Warbler * Rose-breasted Grosbeak Clark's Nutcracker ' Chestnut-sided Warbler Bl.-headed Grosbeak Bi.-billed Magpie * Magnolia Warbler American Crow * Cape May Warbler This list is based on the records of the Oregon Bird Records Committee Northwestern Crow Bi.-throated Blue Warbler (OBRC) and uses the taxonomic sequence and nomenclature of the American Common Raven Yellow-rumped Warbler Ornithologists' Union (AOU), as published in AOU, 1983, Check-list of North Horned Lark Bi.-throated Gray Warbler American birds, 6th edition (Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, KS), as supplemented. Purple Martin Townsend's Warbler The OBRC asks for reports of any bird spedes recorded in Oregon not on this Tree Swallow Hermit Warbler list, and all species represented on this list with one asterisk (') or two ("). Violet-green Swallow ' Bi.-throated Green Warbler Write: N. Rough-winged Swallow ' Blackburnian Warbler OBRC, P.O. Box 10373, Eugene, OR 97440. Bank Swallow * Yellow-throated Warbler Barn Swallow ** Pine Warbler Cliff Swallow * A review species. At least I Introduced species - 8 * Prairie Warbler Bl.-capped Chickadee one record verified by spedes. Palm Warbler Mountain Chickadee photograph, specimen, or Total spedes: 466. * Bay-breasted Warbler Chestnut-backed Chickadee video or sound recording - ' Blackpoll Warbler 99 species. Bl.... Black Oak Titmouse Bl.-and-white Warbler " A review species. Sight N Northern Juniper Titmouse American Redstart records only, no verification Bushtit * Prothonotary Warbler -13 species. Prepared by Red-breasted Nuthatch " Worm-eating Warbler E Extirpated. No modern Harry Nehls, Secretary, Oregon White-breasted Nuthatch Ovenbird records - California Condor Bird Records Committee Pygmy Nuthatch N. Waterthrush and Sharp-tailed Grouse. July 1997 were known to fail in comparison to the 1995 and 1996 seasons which each had only 2 territories which pro• duced 3 chicks and 5 territories that failed. Two territories stand out as being highly productive over recent years. Eagleview territory, situated beside the reasonably busy Gold Beach to Agness road, has reared 12 chicks in the last 5 years from 3 different nests. Upper Shasta Costa territory has pro• duced at least 10 chicks over the last 5 years (producing"at least 2 chicks" in 2 of those years) from a single structure.The highest mean produc• tivity recorded belongs to Godwantsyou Creek Nest which pro• duced 3 chicks in both 1994 and 1995 before being blown down the follow• ing winter. The replacement, Godwantsyou Creek II nest, built in an adjacent tree fledged 2 chicks in 1996. It is interesting to note the relatively high percentage of nests which are blown down or significantly damaged over the winter months. During the winter of 1993-94, 21 percent of the nests were considered to be badly damaged or totally destroyed, whereas the figure in 1994-95 was 32 percent. The vast majority of these nests were replaced in the same tree indicating either a high degree of site fidelity or possibly limitations in the choice of suitable nest trees. Which• ever explanation is correct, the annual loss of nests represents considerable energy expenditure by Ospreys, over and above routine nest maintenance. In some instances the time taken to rebuild destroyed nests was accu• rately recorded although this was not a central objective of the study. Of the frequently observed nests (due to their accessibility), Grant's nest was noted to be still in a state of disrepair on 23 March 1994 but had been re• built by 13 April (21 days), Twin Sister's Rock nest was absent on the 25 May 1995 but was completely re-

Osprey, Eagleview I nest, Rogue River, Curry Co., 15 July 1993- All photos/Colin Dillingham.

Oregon Birds 23(3): 99, Fall 1997 Ospreys over the years. Activity peaked in 1994 when there were 3 territories comprising 5 nests, all within 0.4 river miles.The Foster Bar territory has been the most eventful territory. In 1992 Foster Bar I, then the only nest of the territory, fledged at least 1 chick. When this nest blew down in 1993, the pair built 2 new nests (Foster Bar II and III) and fledged 2 chicks from the Foster Bar II nest. In 1994 the pair reconstructed Foster Bar II, which had blown down during the preceding winter, only for it to be destroyed between 1 April and 10 April, which is likely during the incubation period. The birds were then observed on 11 April near the historic (1992) Foster Bar I nest tree and began reconstruction work on that structure. On 19 May a female was incubating on the rebuilt nest, which was to later fledge 3 chicks. Meanwhile, Red-tailed Hawks had appropriated Foster Bar III (produc• ing 2 chicks) and a new territory, Osprey, adult at Eagleview I nest, Rogue River, Curry Co., 15 July 1993. Illahe North was created, sandwiched between the Foster Bar complex and the Illahe Campground pair. In 1995, Table 1. Rogue River Osprey Territory Monitoring Results, 1992-1996. Foster Bar II was not reconstructed, the Red-tailed Hawks were again pre• 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 sumed to be using Foster Bar III and the Ospreys produced 1 chick, from Active territories 33 34 33 39 42 Foster Bar I, before this nest also blew down. It was the only nest of this ter• Territories with nests present ritory to be rebuilt in 1996, fledging but activity unknown 2 7 11 1 chick once more. Another multiple nest territory is Maximum known active territories Waters Creek, 3.5 miles downriver from Foster Bar, just north of Agness (Active plus Activity unknown) 33 36 40 40 43 and displaying similar changes in for• tune, with 3 known nest sites occur• Minimum # of chicks produced ring within 0.1 miles.Waters Creek I, first reported in 1987, had been an unoccupied alternate nest since 1990. (including incomplete data) 33 15 48 40 32 Waters Creek II produced at least 1 chick in 1992 .The following year an• Territories where productivity other alternate nest (Waters Creek III) was constructed, although the data complete (including failed) 7 10 19 24 22 Ospreys chose to use the Waters Creek II site for nesting and produced Known failed Territories 2 2 5 6 2 fledglings.The pattern continued in 1994 the pair continued to work on Chick productivity where Waters Creek III nest while caring for 2 chicks in the Waters Creek II nest. data complete 13 13 40 35 28 In 1995, the tree which had held the long unoccupied Waters Creek I nest builChicks/territort by 2 Juny where (8e days).The most re• Selected individual territory fell down. Waters Creek II assumed markabldata complete ereconstructio n was1.8 per6 • account1.3 s 2.1 1.5 1.27 the position of alternate nest for the formed by the Godwantsyou Creek The Foster Bar area of the Rogue first time and was blown down late pair, which rebuilt their nest between River, near Agness, has proven to be in the breeding season while 2 chicks the 28-30 March 1995. an interesting location to watch fledged from the previous alternate

Oregon Birds 23(3): 100, Fall 1997 Waters Creek III nest before it too succumbed to the wind. However, the Waters Creek III nest was rebuilt in 1996 and produced 2 more chicks. The Red Baron pair failed to pro• duce young in 1994 due to the nest tree falling down late in the season and the failure of a subsequent at• tempt.The 1995 season's nest, how• ever, fledged at least 1 chick, as they did again in 1996. The Hotel Riffle territory, first re• ported in 1990, was unoccupied in mm 1992,failed to produce young in 1993, but did fledge 2 chicks in both of the following years. The single nest was monitored relatively closely in 1995. It was in a state of disrepair through IK* 29 March when the first Osprey was observed on the territory. By 4 April the nest had been rebuilt. The first • I time incubation was witnessed was on 11 May. Hatching took place on Scow Riffle Osprey, photo from Agness Road, 2 August 1994. either 10 or 11 June and a chick was first visible on 13 June. On 12 July 2 chicks were visible for the first time. By 18August both chicks had fledged, Hotel Riffle Osprey, from powerline observation point, 2 August 1994. having both been present with 3/4 length primaries on 9 August. Unfor• tunately the exact date of fledging was not observed. In 1996 Hotel Riffle nest was not used to produce young. Three new nests were con• structed, Hotel Riffle II and III as well as Echol's nest, which fledged 2 young.

Acknowledgments Valuable surveys were completed by David Wershkul (1992), Kathi Romig (1993), Lyn Dunbar (1994). Thanks to David Shea for reviewing the manuscript.

LITERATURE CITED Henny, Charles J. James A. Collins, and William J. Deibert. 1978. Osprey Distribution,Abundance, and Status in Western North America: II. The Oregon Population. The Murrelet 59:14-25. Wershkul, David. 1992. Historic Re• view of Osprey Nesting Surveys on Lower Rogue River (Gold Beach to Blossom Bar) 1975-1992. Un• published Report on file at Gold Beach Ranger District, 1225 S. Ellensburg, Gold Beach, OR 97444.0

Oregon Birds 23(3): 101, Fall 1997 Observation of a Red-tailed Ha\vk/Prairie Falcon Combat

James A. Hewkin, 35237Aubuchon Drive, St. Helens, OR 97051

This is one of those bizarre incidents the pause, followed by the proverbial started to clear its head and think that occur once in a lifetime. The stoop with the noisy keh keh keh.The about clearing out of the premises. event took place many years ago Red-tail awaited the impact by posi• As the hawk took wing for distant when I was working the John Day tioning itself on its back, talons places the falcon was preparing one Basin as a biologist for the Oregon pointed forward. The strike was an more stoop just to provide a hectic Game Commission. I'm not sure of awesome display of timing and power. send off.The stoop arrived and it was the year, but it was probably the sum• The fist of the falcon, apparently strik• a real whistler.The Red-tail made the mer of 1967. ing the talons of the Red-tail, cart• only move it could to save its neck Driving down Highway 397 a few wheeling it over amid floating feath• and it rolled over and the blow hit its miles north of Mt. Vernon, I noticed ers. Without a hitch, the falcon was talons.The somersault in mid-air was some activity in the roadside sage• up and away keh kehing toward the a fantastic sight amid a flurry of feath• brush involving 2 fairly large birds. My sun. The hawk staggered a bit, but ers .Amazingly, it succeeded in regain• vision was obscvired by sage, but they managed to get in position for the ing its flight track and was destined were hazing back and forth like a next onslaught. elsewhere. couple of game cocks. I pulled off the The falcon wasted no time in gain• Meanwhile, the victorious Dive road with binoculars, identified the ing altitude for the next stoop and Bomber settled on top of a near pine duelists as a Red-tailed Hawk and a soon it started hell-bent for election. tree and with erect posture assumed Prairie Falcon.There had been appar• I was eyeing the distraught hawk and an aura of matchless strategy. Shortly, ently no contact, but it was obvious noted its position with talons thrust it was down on the arena in the sage the falcon was not effective on the forward, gave the only target for the where the fracas originated and pro• ground against its larger opponent. falcon The result was the same as the ceeded to dine on a ground squirrel. Events took a sudden turn when the first attack with a blinding strike that There is little doubt the falcon had falcon abruptly left the scene on a sent the Red-tail cart-wheeling again initially captured the squirrel and was steep angle skyward emitting a noisy with a bunch of feathers while the interrupted by the larger avaricious keh keb keh. falcon was up and away keh kehing Red-tail. In any event, it was probably With mounting anticipation, I eyed toward the sun in its hidden domain. an exercise for the falcon and an edu• its progress to the apex of its climb, This time the bemuddled hawk cation for the hawk. 0

More Unusual Raptor Behavior Near A Nesting Site

Kathleen T.Martin, Archaeologist, Bear Springs RD, 73558Hwy. 216, Maupin, OR 97037

The article in Oregon Birds regard• This hawk would fly from the snag of Bungee jumping, minus the cord? ing the unusual behavior of a Bald where its mate was already sitting on After catapulting towards the Eagle at a roost tree (R. Ghormley, the nest, and land in a nearby large ground several times, I noticed that Unusual Behavior of an Adult Bald aspen grove that was interspersed the hawk was also attempting to right Eagle at a Communal Roost Tree, OB with more cottonwoods. Landing on itself in mid-air and simultaneously 22(4): 104, Winter 1996), reminded a branch tall in a cottonwood, about grab the broken branch either in its me of my own observation of unusual midway between the trunk of the tree beak or talons. The hawk landed on behavior by a raptor.This bird was a and end of the limb, the hawk would and broke several branches before it Red-tailed Hawk. It was nesting, along begin vigorously jumping up and was successful in retrieving a tree with its mate, in a cottonwood snag down on the branch with wings out• limb. It then flew to its nest tree, on the Silver Creek Nature Conser• spread until the branch would break, branch in tow, and presented it to its vancy Preserve near Picabo, Idaho .We propelling the limb and hawk to• mate who immediately wove it into were on our annual spring visit. My wards the ground. the side of the large and growing ae• husband was fishing while I was I watched this bird in total amaze• rie. birding on the preserve. I sat high on ment as it hurtled toward the earth, Maybe this nest-building technique a hill, overlooking the spring-fed knocking against other tree limbs on is common in large birds, although I stream meandering across this area its way down. Had the hawk decided have never observed it before. I of the high desert, and was particu• that the rigors of nesting had become would be interested to know if any• larly paying attention to one of the too great and was attempting to end one has ever observed this type of be• Red-tailed Hawks from the nest tree its life in a most spectacular way? Or havior before with hawks or other about 800 feet directly in front of me. was I observing the raptor equivalent large raptors. 0

Oregon Birds 23(3): 102, Fall 1997 News and Notes OB 23(3)

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Year 3 of 5 has been very produc• In Oregon Birds 23(2): 46-48, Summer 1997, there appeared several "sea• tive with all 430 Hexagons covered this summer. sick remedies." I would like to comment on them. There is now a toll-free hotline and a Web page I am not qualified to speak about the benefits of various types of medica• that help to produce 3 to 5 new volunteers each tions. In general they do seem to help, though. You've spent a good deal of week. The 1998 Field Season expenses are cov• money to help charter the boat.Why risk a bad experience?Take the medica• ered already, and the NFWF Grant ends Septem• tions.Those who do get sick are often less ill and recover faster than when ber 1997. they forgo medications. - Annual Award: Mike Patterson awarded Greg Gillson with a plaque in recognition for his con• Motion sickness has nothing to do with having a "cast iron stomach" as tributions to Oregon ornithology. Greg is respon• Jean Brandt wrote. It has to do, rather, with the inner ear, the eyes, and bal• sible for the existence of OBOL (Oregon Birders ance.Therefor, remaining standing with your head level (not leaning against On Line), which has greatly increased connectiv• a wall) and scanning the horizon is best.Try to stay in fresh air, away from the ity among birders. diesel fumes. - Nominations were made for the Board positions Jean was right about the food, though. Bland is the word.Think of pickles, and accepted. orange juice, or gum drops,for a minute. Is your mouth watering?Then you're - Bird count for the areas of Wasco, Clackamas, going to be ill if you eat these on the boat! One of the "side effects" of some and Hood River Counties was 122 species. Ameri• of the medications is "dry mouth."This is desirable, not a side effect. Eat a can Redstart in Wasco and Gray-crowned Rosy Finches at Timberline were nice surprises. 40 small bland breakfast at least an hour before getting on the boat. Bring a meat participants registered for the meeting this year. or peanut butter sandwich for lunch. Bring a cola or clear liquids (no fruits). - Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM. Respectfully sub• Keep munching, don't get hungry or full. I do recommend drinking more mitted, Cindy Lawes, Secretary liquids than Jean suggested. Don't drink very much at a time. Sip. Don't get dehydrated; which may bring a headache. n 16 July 1997, starting at 2:00 Jean's comments about attitude probably sum up best what I've seen.Those O am, Oregon Birders On Line who think about getting sick, get sick. Those who think about seeing great (OBOL) migrated to ListServ software. seabirds, see great seabirds. Coincidence? 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Oregon Birds 23(3): 104, Fall 1997 the Grand Prize field guide for pur• low, black, and light green. Some in• a FWS metal band plus two color poses of writing a review should con• dividuals may be marked with one bands on one leg, and a single color tact the Editor. Birders wishing to aluminum band on one leg and one band on the opposite leg. It is impor• enter the contest should contact Bill color band on the other leg. Willets tant that we know the exact combi• Tice, 750 Wood Street, Falls City, OR are also being color banded in Alberta, nation of color(s) carried on each leg. 97344. with a white "flag" and a color band Please send observations with as above the "knee" on one leg and two much information as possible to Os• hite-faced Ibis, over 3200 of color bands above the "knee" on the car Johnson, Dept. Biol., Montana Wthem, have been color-tagged other leg. If any of these birds are State Univ.,Bozeman,MT 59717,406- in the northwest Great Basin as part sighted, please note the color combi• 996-4548, or Robert Gill, Nat. Biol. of a long-term breeding ecology study nation, location, date, time, and total Service, 1011 Rd., Anchorage, AK Combinations consist of a red or yel• number ofWillets present. I will send 99503,907-786-3512. low tag with different colored termi• the resighting information to the nal margins. The tags also have a proper bander and will provide infor• useum Design is offering a T- unique 3-number code that is read mation to the observer on location M shirt, a portion of the sale of from the bottom up. Report sightings, and date of banding. Please send any each will be contributed to the Wet• including tag color, date, place, code, sightings of these birds to: David lands Conservancy in an ongoing ef• etc. Eric P.Kelclilin, Stillwater National Mehlman, NBS-FRESC, 3200 S.W. fort to preserve the natural beauty Wildlife Refuge, Fallon, NV 89406- Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331 and fragile ecosystem of our Pacific 1236,702-423-5128. (voice: 541-750-7495; fax: 541-758- Northwest wetlands. For a T-shirt, 7761; e-mail: [email protected]. send $15.95 ($17.95 for XXL). Mu• merican Avocets have been and edu). seum Design, 148 S.E. 1st Street,New• Awill be color banded in Lake port, OR 97365, 541-265-7520 800- County, Oregon, in 1995, 1996, and olden-Plovers (Pluvialis fulva 206-7520. 1997. Combinations for adults are G and P. dominica) have been three color bands plus an aluminum banded on Oahu, HI, and near Nome, eetings, events & deadlines band above the "knee" on the left leg AK. Each bird wears a FWS metal M made known to Oregon Birds: and three color bands above the band plus some combination of color -12-14 September 1997, Oregon Shorebird Festi• "knee" on the right leg. Combinations bands or color flags. Observers are val, sponsored by Cape Arago Audubon Society. for chicks are two color bands plus asked to note the colors and exact LynTopits, 541-267-7208; Barb Griffin, 541-756- 5688; Ken Dazey, 541-756-4008. an aluminum band in various assort• sequence of all bands or flags on the ments above the "knee" on both legs. bird. It is important that we know - 2-4 October 1997, Western Bird Band• Colors used are dark blue, light blue, which leg carries the particular ing Association, an• dark green, light green, black, orange, color(s) and, where used together, nual meeting, Ash dark pink, red, white, and yellow. In whether the color band is above or Meadows National addition, a large number of avocets below the metal band. We are espe• Wildlife Refuge, have been color banded by other re• cially interested in migration routes Pahrump, Nevada. searchers in California, Nevada, and and the locations of breeding Meeting inquiries di• Utah. These birds have varying com• grounds. Sightings are possible over rected to Ken Voget, binations of one, two, or three color vast areas including the insular Pacific, 1500 N. Decatur bands on each leg. If sighted, please Pacific coast, portions of South and Blvd., Las Vegas, NV note the color combination, location, Central America, prairie regions of the (702-646-3401).Pa- . date, time, and total number of av• U.S. and Canada,Alaska, and northeast• pers/poster information to Barbara Carlson, P.O. ocets present. I will endeavor to get ern Russia. Please send observations Box 55419, Riverside, CA 92517. -19 December 1997 through 4 January 1998,98th the resighting information to the with as much information as possible Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society. proper bander and will provide infor• to Oscar Johnson, Dept. Biol., Mon• - 6-12 April 1998,1998 North American Ornitho• mation to the observer on location tana State Univ.,Bozeman,MT 59717, logical Conference, St. Louis, M0. Dave and date of banding. Please send any 406-996-4548, or Phillip Bruner, Nat. Klostermann, U. of Missouri—St. Louis,8001 sightings of these birds to: David Sci.Div.BYU—Hawaii, Laie, HI 96762, Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, M0 63121-4499, Mehlman, NBS-FRESC, 3200 S.W. 808-293-3820, or WHSRN, c/o 314-516-5958 fax 314-516-6414 dave_ Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331 Manomet Bird Observatory, P.O. Box [email protected] (voice: 541-750-7495; fax: 1770, Manomet, MA 02345, 508-224- -16-22 August 1998, The XXII International Orni• 541-758-7761; e-mail: mehltnand@fsl. 6521, or Robert Gill, Nat. Biol. Service, thological Congress, Durban, South Africa. Let• orst.edu). 1011 Rd.,Anchorage,AK 99503,907- ters of inquiry about the scientific program can 786-3512. be sent to Dr. Jenni, Prof. Berthold, or Prof. Walter Bock (Secretary of the IOC, Box 37 Schermerhorn illets will be color banded in Hall, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia Univ., WLake County, Oregon, in 1996 lack-bellied Plovers (Pluvialis New York, NY 10027, USA). and 1997. Combinations to be used B squatarold) have been banded -18 December 1998 through 3 January 1999,99th are an aluminum band on one leg near Nome, AK. We ask that observ• Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society. above the "knee" and three color ers along the Pacific coast be alert to -16 December 1999 through 3 January2000,100th Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society. bands on the other leg above the possible sightings of these birds dur• -15 December 2000 through 2 January 2001,101st "knee." Colors to be used are red,yel• ing spring migration. Each bird wears Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society. 0

Oregon Birds 23(3): 105, Fall 1997 Oregon Birds Regional Editors Western Oregon Jeff Giliigan 26 N.E. 32nd Avenue •Fall 503-231-0971 Portland, OR 97232

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Grants The Siskin Siskiyou Audubon PO Box 1047 Eleanor Pugh 541-866-2665 Pass Society Grants Pass OR 97526 Hood Columbia Gorge PO Box 512 River Audubon Society Hood River OR 97031 John Day The Upland Grant County Bird Club P.O. Box 111 Tom Winters 541-542-2006 (h) Sandpiper Canyon City OR 97820 541-575-2570 (w) Klamath The Grebe Klamath Basin Audubon PO Box 354 Kevin Spencer 916-667-4644 (h) Falls Society Klamath Falls OR 97601 La The Rav-on Grande Ronde Bird Club PO Box 29 Bill & Chris Dowdy 541-963-4768 Grande La Grande OR 97850 Medford The Chat Rogue Valley Audubon 6045 Foley Lane Ric Thowless 541-535-3280 Central Point OR 97520 Newport The Sandpiper Yaquina Birders and PO Box 1467 Range Bayer 541-265-2965 Naturalists Newport OR 97365 [email protected] deadline 20th of month Portland Audubon Warbler Audubon Society of 5151 NW Cornell Road Harry Nehls 503-233-3976 Portland Portland OR 97210 [email protected] Port The Storm Petrel Kalmiopsis Audubon PO Box 1265 Orford Society Port Orford OR 97465 Roseburg Wing-Tips Umpqua Valley Audubon Box 381 Society Roseburq OR 97470 Salem The Kestrel Salem Audubon Society 1313 Mill St SE John Lundsten 503-585-9442 Salem OR 97301 [email protected]

Oregon Birds 23(3): 106, Fall 1997 HEIDNOTES: Eastern Oregon, Winter 1996-97

Ray Korpi, 9112 N.Tyler Avenue, Portland, OR 97203 [email protected]

This period in eastern Oregon saw a similar inva• 1, Prineville sewage ponds, Crook, 27 Dec - 4 Jan Redmond, Deschutes, 30 Dec (PTS); 1, Umatilla sion of Snowy Owls as the west side and Washing• (CGJM.PTS) - with 2 high school students, David County CBC, 4 Jan (DH); 1, Prineville, Crook, 14 ton. Less coverage by many observers (including Fenderson & Joe Fultz; a single bird on the Hood Jan (LS); 1, The Dalles, Wasco, 3 Feb (PTS); 1, this reporter) probably produced fewer sightings River CBC is noteworthy but regular, 4 Jan (DA); 1, Redmond, Deschutes, 16 Feb (PTSJM) of many species. John Day, Grant, from beginning of period to 3 Feb Peregrine Falcon Record snowfalls in places like Steens Mountain Canvasback 1, Prineville, 5 and 7 Jan (LS); 1, Summer Lake, continued the wet pattern of the year previous. Of• 1, Enterprise, Wallowa, 17-25 Jan (PTS, ML, EH Lake, 18 Jan (FI). ten, snow cover of some depth occurred in places etal); 12 at Bully Creek Reservoir, Malheur, l6Feb Gyrfalcon not used to significant snow; for example, the Hood (JFG) A probable Gyr was reported near Prineville, River CBC had an average snow depth of 10 inches. Ring-necked Duck Crook, 30 Jan (LS). This bird is still a review spe• 35 at Bully Creek Reservoir, Malheur, 16 Feb cies in Oregon. Format (JFG). Gray Partridge The format used for each sighting in this report is Greater Scaup 10, Wallowa, 1 Dec (GK); "A covey," Joseph Sew• this: # individuals, location, date, county (in ital• 50+ at Biggs Jet., Sherman, Feb 8 (RK); 2, Hatfield age Lagoons, Wallowa, 18 Dec (TJ); 26, Union ics) , (INITIALS OF OBSERVERS); next record. Spe• Lk., Deschutes, 16 Feb (PTSJM) County CBC, 21 Dec (RV); 15, E of Wallowa Lk., cies names in bold and italics denote either OBRC Surf Scoter Wallowa, 19Jan, (PTS etal) review species. Additional commentary is added 1 at Wells Island was a first for the Hood River Sage Grouse where appropriate; often these comments have been CBC, 4 Jan (DA). 4, Malheur NWR CBC, Harney, 21 Dec (AB). provided by field observers. I've stuck mainly to Common Goldeneye Sharp-tailed Grouse those sightings pointed out as significant rather than Several throughout period noted in Wallowa (GK, An intriguing possible report of a male bird in a long discussion of more common species. PTS, EH, ML et al) Baker County between Lime and Farewell Bend State Barrow's Goldeneye Park, 3 Dec, lacked some details (AF). The only Red-throated Loon 12, Enterprise, Wallowa, 17-19 Jan (PTS et al); current Oregon population is the re-introduced 1, Mouth of Hood River, 16 Feb (DA) 12 at the Ontario Sewage Ponds, Malheur, 8 Febru• group in Wallowa County. Common loon ary (JFG); up to 100+ at Biggs throughout period California Quail 1, count week, Wallowa County CBC, 22 Dec (AB) (CR fide HN, RK, et al). A pair at Wasco sewage 150, Spray, Wheeler, 13 Dec (PTS) Pied-billed Grebe ponds, Sherman, 16 Feb, was unusual. Virginia Rail 159, Klamath Falls CBC, Klamath, 4 Jan (KS); 4, Hooded Merganser 3 at Ontario, Jan. 2 (JFG); 2, Prineville CBC, Crook, The Dalles, Wasco, 3 Feb (PTS) 2 at Bully Creek Reservoir, Malheur, 2 Jan (JFG); 4 Jan (JM.PTS)—with 2 high school students, David Horned Grebe 3, mouth of Hood River, 2 Feb (PTS) Fenderson & Joe Fultz — a first for this CBC; 1, 1, Wallowa, 1 Dec (GK); 1, Wallowa County CBC, Red-breasted Merganser Fish Hatchery pond, Enterprise, Wallowa, 17-19Jan 22 Dec (AB—same bird?) 2, Hood River, CBC, 4 Jan (DA); 1, mouth of Hood (PTS, et al) Eared Grebe River,, 2 Feb HDR (PTS); 2, same locale, 16 Feb Sora 1, Malheur NWR CBC, Harney, 21 Dec (AB); 1, (DA) 1 at Vale, Malheur, Feb. 16 (JFG) Utopia CBC, 22 Dec (AB) Sharp-shinned Hawk Sandhill Crane Western Grebe 1, Prineville CBC, Crook, 4 Jan (JM.PTS). with 2 2 calling at Miller Island, Klamath, 16 Fe band 14 6, identified to genus, Wallowa, 1 Dec (GK); 2, high school students, David Fenderson & Joe Fultz; over Ladd Marsh, Union, 24 Feb, are sure harbin• Wallowa County CBC, 22 Dec (AB); 1, Prineville 1, The Dalles, Wasco, 3 Feb (PTS) gers of spring (SL, FI). CBC, Crook, 4 Jan (AB); 1, Celilo Park, Wasco, 8 Cooper's Hawk Greater Yellowlegs Feb (ML, EH) 1, Ana Res., Summer Lk CBC, Lake, 26 Dec 2, Ana Res., Summer Lk CBC, Lake, 26 Dec Clark's Grebe 0MPTS) (JM.PTS) 1, Government Cove in Columbia Gorge, Hood Northern Goshawk lesser YeUowlegs River, 2 Feb (PTS) 1, over Mitchell, Wheeler, 29 Dec (CC JS JM.PTS); 1, Ana Res., Summer Lk CBC, Lake, 26 Dec American Bittern 1, eating a quail at a feeder, Elgin, Union, Jan (RV); (JM.PTS) - a first for this count. 3, Summer Lake CBC, Lake, 26 Dec (AB) 1, Goose Lake SP, Lake, 10 Jan (FI). Spotted Sandpiper Tundra Swan Red-shouldered Hawk 1, mouth of Hood River, 4 Jan—1st on Hood River flocks of 3-13, Prineville, Crook, 14-18 Dec (IS); 1 at Harriman Springs, Klamath, 18 Jan; 1 through• CBC (DA); 2, mouth of Deschutes R, Wasco/

13, Summer Lk CBC, Lake, 26 Dec (JM.PTS); sev• out period at Miller Island, Klamath (KS). Sherman, 1 Feb (DL). eral northward flocks over Lakeview, Lake, 11-20 Red-tailed Hawk Common Snipe Feb (FI). 1 Harlan's type, Prairie Creek Rd near Joseph, 18 1, Goose Lake SP, Lake, 1 Dec (FI). Trumpeter Swan Dec (TJ) Mew Gull 3, Summer Lk CBC, Lake, 26 Dec (JM.PTS) Ferruginous Hawk 9, mouth of Hood River, 2 Feb (PTS) Greater White-fronted Goose 3 overwintered along Lower Lake Rd., Klamath Ring-billed Gull 1, Hatfield Lake, Deschutes 16 Feb (JM, PTS) (KS). 50, mouth of Hood River, 2 Feb PTS) Snow Goose Rough-legged Hawk California Gull Flocks passing near Prineville, Crook, in early 1, NW of Redmond, Deschutes, 30 Dec (PTS); 1, 3, mouth of Hood River, 2 Feb (PTS) December (LS); 1, John Day CBC, Grant, 21 Dec Prairie City, Grant, 22 Jan (US); 1, John Day, Grant, Herring Gull (1st CBC record; US) 3 Feb (US); 20+, Sherman , 8 Feb (RK, ML, EH); 1, mouth of Hood River, 2 Feb(PTS) Green-winged Teal noted throughout period in Lake (FI). Western Gull 2, Union County CBC, 21 Dec (RV) Merlin 1, Hood River CBC, 4 Jan; 2 adults, Biggs, Sher• Eurasian Wigeon 1, Prineville, Crook, 27 Dec (CG); 1, S of man, 16 Feb (DA)

Oregon Birds 23(3): 107, Fall 1997 Glaucous-winged Gull (US) Winter Wren 6, mouth of Hood River, 2 Feb (PTS). The diver• Say's Phoebe 1, Moro, Sherman, 8 Feb (RK). This bird was feed• sity of the flock noted on 2 Feb is not unusual for 1, Hatfield Lk., Deschutes, 16 Feb DES (PTSJM); ing in and around the undercarriage of a semi• this locale. 3, N of Madras, Jefferson, 17 FebJEF (PTS); l,Sof trailer parked in downtown Moro. Mourning Dove Grass Valley, Sherman, 17 Feb (PTS); 6, Sherman, Marsh Wren DB's report of 50 on 2-5 in Moro was typical of 16 Feb (DL). 1, John Day CBC, Grant, 21 Dec (US); 1, Goose the numbers sighted by those hunting for the more Horned Lark Lake SP, Lake, 2 Feb (FI). unusual birds in this Sherman County oasis. 1, Hood River CBC, 4 Jan, was noted as unusual American Dipper Barn Owl (DA); 500+, eastern Gilliam County, 8 Feb, gath• 2, Wallowa Lake, Wallowa, 1 Dec (GK); 5, Deep 6, Union County CBC, 21 Dec (RV); 1, Lakeview, ered on icy roads (RK). Creek area, Lake, 30 Dec (FI); 6, Wallowa Lk, 28Jan-7Feb (FI). Tree Swallow Wallowa , 17-19 Jan WAL (PTS et al); 2, same lo• Western Screech-Owl 1, mouth of Deschutes R., Wasco/Sherman, 16 cale, 25 Jan (ML, EH); 1 at rest area, MM 58,1-84 1, Malheur NWR CBC, Harney, 21 Dec (AB); 1, Feb (DL). east, Hood River (RK, SMSK, McBarron the dog). Bend, Deschutes, 15 Feb (TC) Steller'sjay Mountain Bluebird Great Horned Owl 1 was at Moro for most of the period OJ, DB, et 7, John Day CBC, Grant (only 2nd CBC record) A bird on nest for the third straight year, Cotton• al); 2, Moro, 17 Feb SHE (PTS); 2, Vale, Feb 16 21 Dec (US); 1, Adel CBC, Lake, 30 Dec (FI); 2, wood Canyon, SHE, 8 Feb (RK) (JFG). LakeAbert, Lake, 1 Feb (FI); 16, S of Haystack Res., Snow)' Owl Blue Jay Jefferson, 16 Feb (JM,PTS). 1 was north ofCondon, Gilliam, on 12-1 (CCJS). 1, S of Enterprise, Wallowa. 19 Jan WAL (PTS et Townsend's Solitaire Another was 30 miles W of Condon on 12-9 (BSh). al)—this bird had been seen back into December; 1, McNary Park, Umatilla, 31 Jan (fide B&NLa) 1, south of Burns, Harney, in late December (fide 2, Vale, Malheur, for most of period (BJa.PTS); 1, Hermit Thrush HN, CM); A single bird was near Rocky Point Re• Moro, Sherman, 1 Feb - end of period, (LR, DB, 1, Bend CBC, Deschutes, 21 Dec (TC); 1, Malheur sort, Klamath, on January 16 (fide KS). A single RK, PTS, etal.). NWR CBC, Harney, 21 Dec (AB) bird at Ontario sewage ponds in February (BJ & JFG). Northern Pygmy-Owl 3, Mitchell to Antone, Wheeler, 28 Dec (JM,PTSJS,CC); 1, Mitchell, Wheeler, 28 Dec (JM,PTSJS,CC); 1, Canyon City, Grant, 23 Jan (US); heard throughout winter at Bear Spring RS, Wasco (KM); 1, Lakeview, Lake, 27 Jan-10 Feb (FI). Long-eared Owl 1, in a roadside thicket, 5-10 miles west of Ontario, 3 Dec (AF) 9, Umatilla County CBC, 4 Jan (DH) Short-eared Owl • 1, Waterman Flat Rd., Wheeler, 28 Dec (PTSJM,CCJS) - only the second or third county record Northern Saw-whet Owl showing our unusual winter guest. He first showed 1, Bend CBC, Deschutes, 21 Dec (TC); 1, east of up in November 19%, and my neighbor saw him Prairie City, Grant, 23 Dec (US); 1, Johnson Rd., as late as March 1997. He was seen at 2 or 3 other NW of Bend, Deschutes, 3 Jan (PTS—same bird?); feeding stations in town as well. I have not seen him 1, count week, Umatilla County CBC, 4 Jan (AB); a in the past couple of months and hope that he found pretty good second-hand description of a bird in his way back to where he wouldfind others of his species. Moro, Sherman in December (fide RK). He was a pretty bird and would let you know if you happened to be outside when he was around and you hadn't left him any food (mice cube type dog food appeared to be his favorite — which unfortunately Yellow-bellied Sapsucker the Starlings also liked). A single bird was found on the Klamath Falls CBC I only wish that he had chosen to make himself visible when the out-of-town folks stopped by to see him. on January 4 and was again seen on January 11 When they came through I had not realized that he had been seen at other places in town so I could not send when careful notes were taken. A compelling de• the folks that way. scription and drawing sent by KS; also seen BJM — David'M. Jones, P.O. Box 177, Condon, OR 97823 (the details were noted as excellent in AB). Red-naped Sapsucker Western Scrub-Jay White-breasted Nuthatch 1, Lakeview, Lake, 15 Dec-9 Feb (FI). 1, Lakeview, Lake, throughout period (FI); 2-6, 2, Hood River CBC, 4 Jan (DA); 1, The Dalles, Red-breasted Sapsucker Moro, Sherman, 1 Feb - end of period (DB, ML, Wasco, 3 Feb WAS (PTS); 1, Moro, Sherman, 8 Feb- 1, Lakeview, Lake, 9 Jan (FI). RK, PTS, LR, et al). PTS reports, "I saw 5 at once."; 17 Feb (RK, ML, EH, DA, PTS, et al). This is one of Williamson's Sapsucker l,Vale, Malheur, W'96 (BJa). the first Sherman County records. 1 male, Fort Klamath Cemetery, Klamath, 1 Feb Mountain Chickadee Rock Wren (KG) 1-2, Moro, Sherman, 5 Feb - end of period (DB, 1, Sodhouse CBC, Harney, 23 Dec (AB) White-headed Woodpecker PTS, DA et al). Elsewhere, an invasion year in Kla• Canyon Wren 2, Bend CBC, Deschutes, 21 Dec (TC); 2, John math Falls and Lakeview with large numbers in town 1, Bend CBC, Deschutes, 21 Dec (AB); 2, The Day CBC, Grant, 21 Dec (US); 1, Union County CBC, through the period (KS; FI). Dalles, Wasco, 3 Feb (PTS) 21 Dec (RV); 1, Baker County CBC, 21 Dec (AB); Bushtit Bewick's Wren 1, Elgin, Union, 24 Dec (RV); 1, Umatilla County 8, The Dalles, Wasco, 3 Feb (PTS). This species 1, Hood River CBC, 4 Jan (AB); 2, Klamath Falls CBC, 4 Jan (DH); male and female birds, Fort Kla• should be noted in winter east of The Dalles to study CBC, Klamath, 4 Jan (AB); 39, Umatilla CBC, 4 Jan math Cemetery. its range expansion. (AB). This bird should be noted in winter when Pileated Woodpecker Red-breasted Nuthatch possible in eastern Oregon in order to track range 1, John Day CBC, Grant (1 st CBC record), 21 Dec 1, Moro, Sherman. 17 Feb (PTS) expansion.

Oregon Birds 23(3): 108, Fall 1997 Loggerhead Shrike, 24 February 1997, near Summer Like, Lake Co. Photo/Craig Miller.

Varied Thrush 19Jan (PTS). redwings at OSU Ag Research Station; reported at 3 on 8 Feb and 8 on 17 Feb Moro, Sherman (PTS, Sage Sparrow Prineville Sewage Lagoon, Crook, 27 Dec (CG); 2 ML, EH) 5, Sodhouse CBC, Harney, 23 Dec (RV fide CM). returned to Northern Mockingbird Fox Sparrow Yellow-headed Blackbird 1, Moro, Sherman, 5 Feb -17 Feb (DB, PTS, DA, 1, Umatilla County CBC, 4 Jan is unusual for this 1, Goose Lake SP, Lake, 2 Feb (FI). ML, EH) area in winter (DH). Great-tailed Grackle Sage Thrasher Lincoln's Sparrow 1, Sodhouse CBC, Harney, 23 Dec (RV); 1 male, 1, Ana Res., Summer LkCBC, Lake, 26 Dec (PTS) 1, Summer Lk CBC, Lake, 26 Dec (PTS); 1, Bend Malheur HQ, Harney, 23 Feb (P&PN) - second record on the count CBC, Deschutes (2nd CBC record), 21 Dec (TC). Common Grackle Bohemian Waxwing White-throated Sparrow 1, NE of Tumalo, 7 Dec - end of period, DES (DHa, 100+, La Grande, Union, 15 Dec into Jan (RV); 1, Bend CBC, Deschutes, 21 Dec (2nd CBC record; JM.PTS, et al). A fine report was posted on OBOL. 6, Union County CBC, 21 Dec (RV); 328, Wallowa TC) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch County CBC, 22 Dec (AB); in town during Count Golden-crowned Sparrow 1600, Union County CBC, 21 Dec (RV); birds re• Week, Umatilla County CBC, 4 Jan (DH); 2, Ontario, 1, Wasco sewage ponds, Sherman, 13Dec (PTS); ported near Pendleton during the CBC Count Week 16 Feb (JFG); 1, Malheur HQ, 23 Feb (P&PN) 1, Summer Lk CBC, Lake, 26 Dec (JMPTS) (DH) Cedar Waxwing Harris' Sparrow White-winged Crossbill 225 at Ontario on 16 Feb was a high point in a 1, at feeder Tygh Valley, Wasco, 15 Dec (fide HN); Reported at Canyon City, Grant, 23 Jan (US) year when numbers seemed low in Oregon (HN). 2, at feeder, Umatilla, 11 Dec - 3 Jan (fide B&NLa); Common Redpoll Northern Shrike 1, Klamath Falls CBC, Klamath, 4 Jan (KS); 1, 5 - 8 1 male and 1 female, Prairie Gty, Grant, Feb (US) 1, Goose Lake SP, Lake, 7 Dec- 2 Feb (FI); 3, Sum• Feb, Moro, Sherman (DB, RK)—When I saw the American Goldfinch mer Lake CBC, Lake, 26 Dec (AB); several near bird on 8 Feb, it was in heavy molt and very odd 65,Vale,MAL, 16 Feb (JFG) Prineville, Crook, 27 Dec (CG); 2, Prineville, Crook, looking. 12 Jan (LS); 1, Dog Creek, Grant, 21 Jan (US); 1, Dark-eyed Junco Note Zumwalt Rd., Wallowa, 25 Jan; 6, Sherman, 8 Feb 7, Slate-colored on Bend CBC, Deschutes, 21 Dec Thanks to all who contributed, including Mike and (RK). (TC) Merrylynn Denny, whose report was mislaid. When Loggerhead Shrike Lapland Longspur I re-find it, I'll publish an addendum. Many sightings 2, Summer Lake CBC, Lake, 26 Dec (AB); 1, Prai• 30+, along Straits Drain & Township Rd., Klamath, were gleaned from OBOL and Tweeters. rie City, Grant, 22 Jan (US) 1 Dec (KS); 2, in a lark flock, along 1-84 near Observers YeUow-rumped Warbler Ontario, Malheur, 3 Dec (AF); 1, Sodhouse CBC, DA - Dave Anderson;; CC - Craig Corder; TC - Tom 30, Ontario Sewage Ponds area, Malheur, 16 Feb Harney, 23 Dec (RV fide CM); 1, Redmond, Crabtree; AF - Anthony Floyd; JFG - John F. (JFG) Deschutes, 27 Dec (DHa fide JM); 4, Adel CBC, Gatchet; CG - Chuck Gates; KG - Keith Graves; DHa- Spotted Towhee Lake, 30 Dec (CM); 3 Dean Hale; EH - Eric Henze; DH - Dave Herr; FI - 1, Lakeview, Lake, 1 Dec (FI). Snow Bunting Frank Isaacs; BJa - Bonnie Jakubos; TJ - Tim American Tree Sparrow 14, in a field along 1-84 just south of the Baker- Janzen; GK - 16, Wallowa County CBC, 22 Dec (AB);1, Malheur County line, 3 Dec (AF). Newsletters: "The Grebe" (Klamath Basin Aud. Sodhouse CBC, Harney, 23 Dec (RV); 4, Antone Rd., Tricolored Blackbird Soc.); "The Rav-on" (Grande Ronde Bird Club; RV); Wheeler, 28 Dec (PTSJM,CCJS); 3, Adel CBC, Lake, Several in the flock with the Common Grackle, "The Upland Sandpiper" (Grant County Bird Club; 30 Dec (AB); 6, Umatilla County CBC, 4 Jan; 2, Kla• near Tumalo, Deschutes, 7 Dec; 100, 5 mi W of US); "The Warbler" (Portland Audubon); Ameri• math Falls CBC, 4 Jan (KS); 1, Enterprise, Wallowa, Prineville, 13 Dec CRO (JM,PTS) - in flock of 1000 can Birds CBC issue (AB).O

Oregon Birds 23(3): 109, Fall 1997 F1EIDN0TES: Western Oregon, Whiter 1996-97

Jim Johnson, 10405 N.E. 9th Avenue, Apt. G-10, Vancouver, WA 98685 e-mail:[email protected]

Abbreviations used: Cattle Egret One was at Siletz Bay 14 Dec. (AC CBC . Christmas Bird Count One was near Whitehorse Park, et al.) Unusual on the coast away from FRR . Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lane Josephine Co., 3 Dec and probably traditional sites at Garibaldi,Waldport, County the same bird was there 15 Feb (DM). and upper Yaquina Bay. HMSC . Hatfield Marine Science Another was atAlvadore,Lane Co., 19 Turkey Vulture Center, Newport Dec-12 Jan (m.ob.) Early spring migrants were re• NWR . National Wildlife Refuge Ross' Goose ported as follows: one flying north at s.p. . sewage ponds One wintered at Nestucca NWR, Harbor, Curry Co., 27 Jan (DM); two SJCR . South Jetty of the Columbia Tillamook Co. (m.ob.) and another at Corvallis 10 Feb (AF); first noted River, Clatsop County wintered at Provolt,Jackson Co. (fide near Toledo, Lincoln Co., 21 Feb (fide WMA . Wildlife Management Area HS). RB);and one near Eugene 22 Feb (AF). Emperor Goose Osprey Loons One was at mouth of Rogue R., At least a few in western Oregon About 1000 individuals of all spe• Curry Co., 14 Dec (fide CD) and per• has become typical: one at Garrison cies were moving south at Boiler Bay haps the same individual was at L., Curry Co., 27 & 28 Dec (CD et al.); in an hour (AC). Hunter Cr., Curry Co. 19 Jan-22 Feb one at Sutherlin, Douglas Co., 14 Jan Red-throated Loon (CD, DM, PSu, m.ob.). The Sandy R. (fide RM);one at Wilbur, Douglas Co., Two to three were at Kirk Pond individual remained throughout the 3 Feb (RM); and one near Cape Blanco near FRR 15 Dec-14 Feb (RH,HH,RR, season (m.ob.). 4 Feb (fide DM). PSu). Eurasian Green-winged Teal White-tailed Kite Yellow-billed Loon One male was at Tillamook 8 Feb. Twenty-four on the Coquille CBC One was atYaquina Bay 9 Dec-21 to end of period (CR). 5 Jan. (AC) were "far more than usual". Feb (m.ob.,fide RB). Blue-winged Teal Up to seven were around FRR (DH). Eared Grebe One male was at Tillamook 12 Jan. One was at Finley NWR (HH). Two Four were at Philomath s.p. on 3 to 28 Feb.(CR). were in Curry Co. along Rogue R. Dec and seven were there on 12 Dec Cinnamon Teal (CD). One was atYaquina Bay 20 Feb (RH). Regular in the area in recent Two were on Beaverton Cr, Wash• (AF). winters, but unknown before 1987. ington Co., 1 Dec (PSu); one was at Northern Goshawk Clark's Grebe Baskett Slough NWR 7 Dec (BT);and One adult was near Dallas, Polk Co., One was at FRR 16 Jan with West• one was at Bayocean 11 Jan. (CR). 2 Feb (fideJL). erns (HH) Another was atYaquina Bay Redhead Red-shouldered Hawk 19 Jan (fide RB). One was at Glide, Douglas Co., 5 "Common" on the Coquille CBC 5 Northern Fulmar Jan (RM). Unusual in the county. Jan with 24 recorded (a record,AC). Only one was found dead along KING EIDER Reports away from the south coast: Thiel Creek Beach surveys (4.6 mi) One female was at Yaquina Bay 8 one at Sutherlin, Douglas Co., 1 Dec in Jan (fide RB). Six to seven were Dec to the end of the period (KM, (fide RM); one at Brownsville, Linn found on a pelagic off Depoe Bay 15 m.ob.). Co., 28 Dec (AF);up to two at FRR in Feb (m.ob.) Oldsquaw Jan (DH,HH); and one in the Umpqua American White Pelican One atToketee L., in the Cascades Valley 23 Feb (RM). One was at Kirk Pond near FRR 16 of Douglas Co., 6 Dec (RM, KG) was Ferruginous Hawk Jan to end of period (HH, m.ob.). the only inland report. At coastal lo• Two were in the Rogue Valley: one Brown Pelican cations: up to four were at Yaquina at Agate L. 16 Dec and one at Eagle A few late individuals were not too Bay throughout the season; two were Point 20 Jan (HS).This species seems unusual: one at the mouth ofYaquina at Yaquina Head 2 Feb; one was at to occur somewhat regularly, though Bay 10 Dec (RH); one at Rogue R. Alsea Bay; four were in Curry Co. rarely, in this area. mouth 30 & 31 Dec (DM); and one to (three at Rogue R. mouth, one at Port Golden Eagle two atYaquina Head up to 1 Jan (fide Orford) in Dec; and one was at Win• One was in Curry Co. at the RB). chester Boat Basin, Douglas Co. Quosatana Hummingbird Garden 4 Pelagic Cormorant Surf Scoter Feb (CD) - rare but annual in the Perhaps unusual were three at the Inland reports were as follows: one county, and another was at mouth of Coos River where it enters at Lake Selmac,Josephine Co., 3 Dec Brownsville, Linn Co., 28 Dec (AF). Coos Bay 22 Dec. (AC).The location (DM); two atToketee L., Douglas Co., Sora is about six air miles from the ocean 6 Dec (RM, KG); and one at E.E.Wil• Three were found in the Coquille and maybe ten miles from the bar if son WMA 18 Feb (WY). Valley 5 Jan (AC) which is more than the bay is followed. Barrow's Goldeneye usual.

Oregon Birds 23(3): 110, Fall 1997 Prairie Falcon during an ODFW helicopter survey Jan through at least 10 Feb (fide RB). One was near Albany, 5 Feb (AF). (fide RB) and possibly the same bird Horned Lark Pacific Golden-Plover near Alsea Bay 23 Feb (fide RB); one Two were near Halsey, Linn Co. 23 One was seen and heard 4 Jan. at near south jetty of Yaquina Bay 2-22 Feb (DH). Bandon (AC, KG) Feb (fide RB,m.ob.).This species was Tree Swallow Snowy Plover last seen in Lincoln County in Nov Unknown numbers were at One was at the HMSC flats 20 Dec 1977. Kirtland Rd s.p. Jackson Co. early Jan for an unusual estuarine location Burrowing Owl (fide HS) and at Sutherlin 22 Jan (fide (AF). One was seen on the Coos Bay CBC RM). First noted at South Beach, Lin• Greater Yellowlegs 22 Dec (fide AC); one was at the north coln Co., 7 Feb (fide RB) and at FRR 137 were at Pony Slough, Coos Bay, jetty of Rogue R. 11 Jan (fide CD, not 22 Feb (AF). 4 Jan for a rather high mid-winter annual in Curry County); and one was Violet-green Swallow concentration (AF). at SJCR 24 Jan (PSu). Two were on the Coquille Valley Lesser Yellowlegs Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird CBC 5 Jan. (fide AQ.Two at Corvallis One was near Florence 22 Jan The first Selasphorus was noted in 25 Feb were the first of the spring (DM). Curry Co. 14 Feb (DM).A Rufous was movement (AF). Wandering Tattler noted nearWaldport 17 Feb (fide RB). Barn Swallow One was atYaquina Head 18 Dec YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER Three were on the Coquille Valley (fide RB). One well-described individual was CBC 5 Jan. (HH).Two were at Port Whimbrel near FRR 1 Jan+ (DH,PSh,DS,m.ob.) Orford, Curry Co., 17 Jan. (CD et al.) Four were atYaquina Bay 14 Dec (AC). This species is annual on the coast north to Coos Bay, but its oc• currence is more spotty north. Marbled Godwit Twenty-five were at Siletz Bay 10 Dec (AC, RH). Red Knot One was at Bandon 3 Jan (BF). There are only a few winter records. Red Phalarope Small numbers were along the coast in Dec and early Jan. One breed• ing-plumage female was in Eugene 1 Jan (DH). Black-legged Kittiwake Sixty southbound birds were off Boiler Bay 1 Dec (AC).About 22 were on a pelagic off Depoe Bay 15 Feb (fide HH). Pigeon Guillemot Twelve were at Boiler Bay 14 Dec (AC et al.) An unusually high number for winter. Two or three is typical there. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 6 January 1997, OBRC97-12G, 402- Eugene, Lane Co. Photo/Larry McQueen. Ancient Murrelet Fifty were at Boiler Bay 14 Dec (AC Black Phoebe One was at the Kirtland Rd s.p. 30 et al.) One was at Rocky Point, Curry This species continues to increase Jan (fide HS). Four were near Cape Co., 28 Dec (DM). on the south coast: a record 105 were Blanco 1 Feb (fide DM). Snowy Owl on the Coquille CBC 5 Jan (AC). Only Western Scrub-Jay This was a banner year for Snowy about half of the valley is covered by Two on the Coos Bay CBC 22 Dec. Owls in western Oregon: one at the CBC and much good habitat lies were the first for that count (fide AC). Shedd, linn Co. to 12 Dec (RH, m.ob); to the east so there were no doubt Mountain Chickadee one at the Salem Airport Dec & Jan many more in the area. Three re• One was nearWaldport 1 Dec (fide (AC, m.ob.); one at the south jetty of corded on the Coos Bay CBC 22 Dec RB), two were in Brookings and one Siuslaw R.23 Dec-14 Feb (AQm.ob.); were the first for the count (fide AC). was in Port Orford Dec & Jan (fide one at Forest Grove,Washington Co., Away from the south coast: one was CD) for interesting coastal records. 7 Jan (PSu, m.ob.); one near Baskett in Peoria, Linn Co., most of the sea• One was in Salem 19 Jan (fide JL). Slough NWR 13 Jan (PSu, m.ob.); up son and still present in early March White-breasted Nuthatch to three at SJCR throughout the sea• (m.ob.); one was in Sutherlin, Douglas One was in the Shasta Costa Water• son (fide HN); one at South Beaver Co., in Jan (fide RM);and another was shed, Bear Camp, Curry Co. 17 Dec Creek, Lincoln Co. 24 Jan was seen at South Beaver Creek, Lincoln Co., 4 (CD) for the third county record.

Oregon Birds 23(3): 111, Fall 1997 Mountain Bluebird Common Yellowthroat Brown-headed Cowbird One was in east Medford 3 Nov and One male was in Eugene 15 Dec Unusually large coastal flock of 70 two wintered near Eagle Point (HS). (HH, RH). was on the Coquille Valley CBC 5 Jan GRAY CATBIRD Wilson Warbler (HH). One was in northwest Corvallis 8 One was in Harbor, Curry Co., 14 Bullock's Oriole Jan+ (m.ob.).This is the first record Dec (DM). An immature was in Newport late for western Oregon and the second American Tree Sparrow Dec and 2 Jan (fide RB). winter record for the state. One was in Polk Co. 13 Dec (BT, Cassin's Finch Northern Mockingbird SD). A few visited lowland Rogue Valley One was at Baskett Slough NWR 4 Chipping Sparrow feeders in early Dec (fide HS). Jan (fide JL). One was in Corvallis 9- One adult was coming to a Toledo 12 Jan (HH) for about the 15th record feeder 7 & 8 Feb (fide RB). Contributors for Benton Co. One was in Brookings Clay-colored Sparrow RB-Range Bayer (Lincoln County), 28 Feb (DM). One was near Tangent, Linn Co., 14- BC-Barbara Combs AC-Alan Contreras, Loggerhead Shrike 15 Dec (PV, m.ob.). CD-Colin Dillingham (Curry County), One was at Newland Rd, Jackson Savannah Sparrow BF-Ben Fawver, SD-Steve Dowlan.AF- Co. most of winter (fide HS). A flock of 200-300 wintered south Anthony Floyd, KG-Keith Graves, HH- TENNESSEE WARBLER of Albany - seen 14 Dec (PV) and 28 Hendrik Herlyn, RH-Rich Hoyer, DH- One was in Corvallis 1-11 Dec (RH, Jan (DH). Highly unusual to have a Dan Heyerly m.ob.).About the sixth winter period wintering flock this large. JL-John Lundsten, RM-Ron Maertz, record, but probably a late fall mi• Harris' Sparrow KM-Kathy Merrifield,TM-Tom Mickel grant. Several reports received: one in (Lane County), DM-Don Munson, HN- Nashville Warbler Eagle Point, Jackson Co., to 25 Dec Harry Nehls (western Oregon), CO- One was in Brookings 19 Jan (DC (fide HS); one in Port Orford 6 Dec- Carrie Osborn, RR-Roger Robb, CR- et al.) 17 Jan (CD, m.ob.); two in the Eugene Craig Roberts, JR-Jim Rogers, HS- Palm Warbler area 15 Dec-22 Feb (HH, RH,AF, BC); Howard Sands (Rogue Valley), PSh- Up to three wintered at HMSC one at Bay City,Tillamook Co., Dec ? Paul Sherrell, DS-Don Shrouder, PSu- (m.ob.). One was at Port Orford 28 to Jan 4 (m.ob.,CR);and one at Hunter Paul Sullivan, BT-Bill Tice, PV-Paula Dec (fide CD). One was at Taft, Lin• Cr., Curry Co., 20 Jan (CD et al.) Vanderheul.WYWalt Yungen. 0 coln Co., 11 Jan (fide RB).

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