OREGON BIRDS is a quarterly publication of Oregon Field Ornithol• MEMBERSHIP IN OFO BRINGS YOU ogists. Oregon Birds is printed at the University of Oregon Press. Member• ship in Oregon Field Ornithologists is on an annual basis and includes a sub• • Oregon Birds — OFO's quarterly journal with news briefs of interest to scription to Oregon Birds. ISSN 0890-2313 Oregon birders • short notes and articles on status and identification of Oregon's birds • bird-finding guides to Oregon's better birding spots and Editor Owen Schmidt rarer species • reviews of printed material of interest to Oregon's birders. Assistant Editor Sharon K. Blair Associate Editor Jim Johnson • Proceedings of the Oregon Bird Records Committee — OFO members stay current on the rare birds of Oregon. OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS • Annual meetings — As a member, you are invited to participate in President Larry Thornburgh, North Bend (1989) OFO's birding meetings, held at some of Oregon's top Secretary Donna J. Lusthoff, Beaverton (1989) birding spots. Treasurer Kit Larsen, Eugene (1989) • Publications — OFO pub• Past President Alan Contreras, Jefferson City, MO lishes useful field cards and other Directors David A. Anderson, Portland (1988-90) field checklists accurate according Alice Parker, Roseburg (1987-89) to the Official Checklist of Oregon Bill Stotz, Ashland (1987-89) birds prepared by the Oregon Bird Tom Mickel, Eugene (1988-90) Records Committee. OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE Secretary Clarice Watson, Eugene (1989) Members Tom Crabtree, Bend (1989-91) FOR USE IN 1989 ONLY Jeff Gilligan, Portland (1987-89) Steve Heinl, Eugene (1989-91) OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS David Irons, Beaverton (1987-89) APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP & Jim Johnson, Portland (1987-89) MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Larry McQueen, Eugene 1988-90) Harry Nehls, Portland (1988-90) 1. Owen Schmidt, Portland (1988-90) Name Steve Summers, Klamath Falls (1989-91) 2. Alternates Jim Carlson, Eugene (1989) Address Bob O'Brien, Clackamas (1989) 3. Alan McGie, Corvallis (1989) City State Zip Tom Staudt, Portland (1989) 4. Linda Weiland, Portland (1989) Telephone 5. • $16.00 Individual 6. • Renewal OREGON BIRDS • $18.00 Family • New member • $25.00 Sustaining OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE • $ Oregon Fund for Ornithology OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS 7. Make check payable to Oregon Field Ornithologists or OFO, P.O. Box 10373 and mail to the Treasurer, P.O. Box 10373, Eugene, OR 97440 Eugene, OR 97440 OFO BOOKCASE and MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION This form good March-May 19B9 VACANCY Oregon Field Ornithologists each order 1989 Membership [fill in from reverse side] $ $ The Oregon Bird Records Committee announces a vacancy in the position of Secretary. After 9 years, Clarice Watson is stepping Special Publication No. 1, Bibliography of Oregon Ornithology: An Updating for the Years 1971-1977, With a Revised Cross-Referenced down. The Committee will soon appoint a new Secretary. List of the Birds of Oregon. Mark Egger, 76 pp., November 1980 $3.00 $ Persons with exceptional organizational skills and a keen interest Special Publication No. 3, Index to Oregon Bird Reports in Audubon in the work of the Committee, are invited to send a brief statement Field Notes and American Birds 1947-1981. Clarice Watson, 79 pp., February 1982 $3.00 $ of interest as soon as possible to the address below. Special Publication No. 4, A Bibliography of Bird Identification Articles Like the members and alternates, the Secretary serves without in Five Journals, with Cross-References to a List of Over 580 Species. compensation. The OBRC Rules of Operation make these provisions Clarice Watson, 44 pp., January 1987 $4.00 $ for the Secretary: Special Publication No. 5, Rare Birds of Oregon. A report on the first 10 years' records of the Oregon Bird Records Committee. Owen Schmidt, Editor, January 1989. OFO members' price $9.00 $ Oregon Field Ornithologists sticker $1.00 $ Section 3. The Secretary of the Oregon Bird Rec• Checklist of Oregon Birds, 1989. 22 pp $1.50 $ ords Committee. OFO's Field Checking Card 5 $1.00 $ (fits into field guide) 15 $2.50 $ 30 $4.50 $ 3.10 Eligibility. Oregon Birds back issues as available (write to the Treasurer): The Secretary must be a member of Oregon Field Ornitholo• Volumes 5-15, price varies $ gists. National Geographic Society 3.20 Appointment. Field Guide to the Birds of North America (Revised Edition) $17.00 $ The Secretary of the Committee shall be appointed for a 1-year Natural Sound Cassettes by Eleanor Pugh term by majority vote of the Committee. 90-minute tapes 3.30 Duties. Birds of Foothill Woodland Edges $9.00 $ The Secretary (or Secretary's designate) shall call an annual An Almanac of Western Habitats $9.00 $ meeting, call a special meeting at the request of a majority of Learn to Identify Birds by Ear $9.00 $ members, chair meetings of the Committee, manage Committee Baja California and the Southwestern Desert $9.00 $ correspondence, keep the files of the Committee or arrange for their 60-minute tapes Birds of the Wetlands $7.50 $ safe keeping, process the reports of birds that are submitted, and Backyard Bird Songs $7.50 $ perform other necessary duties to facilitate the operation of the Warblers of the West $8.00 $ Committee. Owls, Woodpeckers and Swallows $8.00 $ Thrushes and Sparrows $8.00 $ Choose any 2 of the following Pacific Tidelands • Fall Comes to the N.W • Warblers of the West, Vol 1 • Warblers of the West, Vol 2 • Flycatchers • Thrushes • Woodpeckers Secretary, Oregon Bird Records Committee • Swallows • Finches and Buntings • Sparrows $8.00 $ Audubon Society of Corvallis Oregon Field Ornithologists Checklist of the Birds of Oregon, Elzy Eltzroth $3.00 $ TOTAL $ P.O. Box 10373 All items postage paid. Make check payable to Oregon Field Ornithologists or OFO. Eugene, OR 97440 Treasurer, P.O. Box 10373, Eugene, OR 97440 OB 15(1), 1989 OREGON RARE BIRD PHONE NETWORK Astoria Jeff Gilligan, 234-5961 Mike Pal Harry Nehls, 233-3976 325-1 v65\ | Owen Schmidt, 282-9403 Pendleton i Portlan Paul Sullivan, 276-5087 Umatilla/Hermiston Marion Corder, 922- Craig Corder, 567 Jem /Canyon City 5arb Bellin, 393-0243 3ob Lucas, 363,-9710 sTom Winters, 575-2833, Corvalli ilomath Jan & Ricl Krabbe, 929-5941 Elzy & Elsii Eltzroth, 752-0666 Bend Dm Cribtree, 388-2462 jgene Ifm Carlson, 485-449 Clarice Watson, 485-6\37 Kit Larsen, 344-9574 Phone number in italics^ Tom Mickel, 688-6053 means you may reach an Barb Combs, 689-6660 answering machine, j ioseburg dartha M. Sawyer, 672-6249 \ed & Alice Parker, 672-1549 MATH FALLS Meredith Jones, 672-6367 Steve Summers, Ashland/Medford 884-1938 arjorie Moore, 482-1303 I Stotz, 488-0348 B. June Babcock, 826-7011 Rules for a network are simple: rare birds only (no east/west or west/east Oregon birds); birders who get calls have to make calls (this means long distance tolls); and once on the network, keep it going by keeping your address and phone number(s) current. Minimum information on a rare bird call should include species, age and sex (if not known, say so), number of birds, who found it (them), and who to call for more information, if anyone. Birders who would like to represent their local birding areas should write to The Editor, Oregon Birds 3007 N.E. 32nd Avenue Portland, OR 97212 Please feel free to send ideas and suggestions, tool OREGON RARE BIRO PHONE NETWORK Where do^^^^fi a in Oregon? OB 15(1), Spring 1989 • Ashland Rod neckcdGrebe Black-chinned Hummingbird Marjorie Moore, 357 Taylor Street, Ashland, OR 97520, (H)482-1303,776-7294 < l.nk'sGrebe Calliope Hummingbird Bill Stotz, 453 Taylor Street, Ashland, OR 97520, (H)488-0348 American White Pelican Broad-tailed Hummingbird B. June Babcock, 17297 Antioch Road, White City, OR 97503, (H)826-7011 I i-ast Bittern Allen's Hummingbird • Astoria I «ttlc Egret Acorn Woodpecker Ri >ss' Goose Mike Patterson, 384 Altadena Avenue, Astoria, OR 97103, (H)325-1365 Williamson's Sapsucker Tunisian Wigeon • Bend White-headed Woodpecker I l.ulequinDuck Tom Crabtree, 1667 N.W. Iowa, Bend, OR 97701, (H)388-2462 (W)389-7723,1 -800-762- Three-toed Woodpecker 6616 ' lldsquaw Black-backed Woodpecker • Canyon City Kmow'sGoldeneye Black Phoebe Tom Winters, P.O. Box 111, Canyon City, OR 97820, (H)575-2833 (W)575-1637 HI.u k-shoulderedKite Pinyonjay • Coos Bay/North Bend/Coquille Bald Eagle Northwestern Crow Ben Fawver, 793 Johnson, Coos Bay, OR 97420, (H)267-6485 Rod shouldered Hawk Plain Titmouse Lyn Topits, 888 Telegraph, Coos Bay, OR 97420, (H)267-7208 (W)888-4762 iri ruginous Hawk American Dipper Barbara Griffin, 1691 Grant Street, North Bend OR 97459, (H)756-5688 < Iray Partridge Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Larry Thomburgh, 2058 Cedar Court, North Bend, OR 97459, (H)756-4281 1 liukar GrayCatbird • Corvallis/Philomath Bpruce Grouse Bohemian Wax wing While-tailed Ptarmigan Red-eyed Vireo Elzy & Elsie Eltzroth, 3595 Roosevelt Drive, Corvallis, OR 97330, (H)752-0666 baue( irouse Nashville Warbler Jan & Rick Krabbe, 24461 Columbine Drive, Philomath, OR 97370, (H) 929-5941 (W- rVlid Turkey Virginia's Warbler Jan)928-2361 x410(W-Rick)967-5821 Northern Bobwhite Hermit Warbler • Eugene Mountain Quail American Redstart Jim Carlson, 1560 Chasa St., Eugene, OR 97401, (H) 485-4491 (W) 687-4436 (leave Yellow Rail Northern Waterthrush message with receptionist) '.iinwy I'lover Yellow-breasted Chat Barb Combs, 1466 Elkay Drive, Eugene, OR 97404, (H)689-6660, (W)378-6190 lll.i. k necked Stilt Green-tailed Towhee Kit Larsen, 2162 Kincaid Street, Eugene, OR 97405, (H)344-9574 (W) 686-4394 American Avocet Brown Towhee Tom Mickel, 4633 Scottsdale, Eugene, OR 97404, (H)688-6053, (W) 935-2283 ''olilary Sandpiper American Tree Sparrow Clarice Watson, 3787 Wilshire Lane, Eugene, OR 97405, (H)485-6137 111'I.indSandpiper Vesper Sparrow • Klamath Falls I OnS billed Curlew Black-throated Sparrow Steve Summers, 1400-A Arthur Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97603, (H)884-1938 KIH k Sandpiper Sage Sparrow • Pendleton I uftod Puffin Grasshopper Sparrow Paul Sullivan, 1513 S.E.