Oregon Birds The quarterly journal of Oregon field ornithology Volume 28, Number 3, Fall 2002 A Message from your President North-south movements of Purple Finches Members’ Gallery Mary Anne Sohlstrom............................103 (Carpodacus purpureus) bandedPhotographs or and Illustrations.............121 recaptured in Oregon The Records of the Oregon Birds Records Dennis Vroman......................................113 Gray Jays (Perisoreus canadensis) in the Committee, 2001-2002 northern Oregon Coast Range Harry Nehls............................................104 Black-throated Green Warbler: A winter Greg Gillson........................................125 record for Oregon Minutes of Annual Business Meeting, Dave Irons.............................................116 Coastal Gray Jays breeding on Dixie June 1, 2002 Mountain, Multnomah Co. Tom Love.................................................107 Short Notes................................................116 Greg Gillson........................................127 Redheads at Molalla Sewage Ponds, Bylaws of Oregon Field Ornithologists Clackamas County.....................Elmer Specht Field Notes: Western Oregon, Spring 2002 .................................................................108 Gerard Lillie........................................129 Dippers! A Photo Essay Oregon’s second Cassin's Kingbird: A Photo Kevin Smith............................................117 Field Notes: Eastern Oregon, Spring 2002 Essay.................................................111 Ray Korpi............................................139 Status of the Common Poor-will Oregon's 1935 Cassin's Kingbird (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) in Lane County, Oregon Christmas Bird Counts: Preliminary Alan Contreras.......................................112 western Oregon Schedule, December 2002 - 5 January 2003 Alan Contreras......................................119 Joel Geier............................................147 Oregon Birds is looking for material in Oregon Birds these categories: The quarterly journal of Oregon Field Ornithology News Briefs on things of temporal P.O. Box 10373, Eugene, Oregon 97440 importance, such as meetings, birding trips, www.oregonbirds.org announcements, news items, etc. Oregon Birds is a quarterly publication of Oregon Field Ornithologists (OFO), an Oregon not-for-profit corporation. Articles deal with identification, distribution, Membership in OFO includes a subscription to Oregon Birds. ecology, management , conservation, ISSN 0890-2313 taxonomy, behavior, biology, and historical aspects of ornithology and birding in Editor: Stephen Dowlan Oregon. Articles cite references (if any) at Associate Editor: Ray Korpi the end of the article. Names and addresses Associate Editor: Laura Graves of authors typically appear at the beginning Board of Editors: Alan Contreras, Don DeWitt, of the article. Matt Hunter, Dave Irons, Terry Murray, Mike Patterson Short Notes are shorter contributions that deal with the same subjects as articles. Officers and Board of Directors Short Notes typically cite no references, or at most a few in parentheses in the text. President: Mary Anne Sohlstrom, Salem (2003) Names and address of authors appear at the [email protected] end of the Short Note. Secretary: Tom Love, Durham (2003) [email protected] Bird Finding Guides “where to find a Treasurer: Jeff Harding, Lebanon (2003) ________ in Oregon” (for some of the rarer [email protected] birds) and “where to find birds in the ____ Directors: Joel Geier, Monmouth (2004) area” (for some of the better spots). [email protected] David Tracy, Bend (2004) Reviews for published material on Oregon [email protected] birds or of interest to Oregon birders. Stephen Dowlan, Mehama (2003) [email protected] Photographs of birds, especially photos taken recently in Oregon. Color slide Dennis Vroman, Grants Pass (2003) duplicates are preferred. Please label all [email protected] photos with photographer’s name and address, bird identification, date and location of photo. Photos will be returned if Committees requested. Publications: Open - Contact the President if interested Deadline for Next Issue of Oregon Birds, OB 28(3), Fall 2002 is Nov 15, 2002. Please Archivist: Open - Contact the President if interested send material directly to the Editor, Steve Dowlan, P.O. Box 220, Mehama, OR, OFO Bookcase: Lucy Biggs, [email protected] 97384 503-859-3691 [email protected] OFO Birding Ray Korpi , [email protected] Weekends: 12611 N.E. 99th St.,Apt. DD-214, Cover photo: Calliope Hummingbird, 24 May Vancouver, WA 98682 360-604-0122 2002, Sisters, Deschutes Co. Kevin Smith Oregon Bird Records Secretary, Harry B. Nehls, Committee: [email protected], 2736 SE 20th Ave., Printed on Portland, OR 97202. 503-233-3976 Recycled Paper A Message from your President Mary Anne Sohlstrom, President, 4810 Lancaster Dr. NE #204, Salem, OR 97305 [email protected] I recently had the opportunity to visit the Nebraska Ornithological Union. Ray Korpi, OFO past president, has been a member of NOU for 20 years and invited me to join him in Halsey, Nebraska for the NOU Fall Field Days, Sept. 7th & 8th. NOU holds their Fall Field Days at a 4H Summer Camp facility nestled in the heart of the Nebraska National Forest. For those of you who have not had the opportunity to visit Nebraska, the Nebraska National Forest is in the middle of the Nebraska Sand Hills country, which covers roughly one-third of the state. The forest celebrates it’s 100th anniversary this year — not only as a National Forest, but as a FOREST! This unique site is the only hand- planted forest in the United States. For a kid from Oregon, this was pretty amusing. And for our OFO members who hail from Nebraska (Tanya Bray, John Sullivan, Ray Korpi and his folks, Ray & Janet Korpi) — you all have a fine forest! The sixty-five or so Nebraska birders gathered for the weekend were like birders everywhere. There were a few questioning looks and amused shrugs over the report of a Carolina Wren, excitement over the Canada Warbler and possible Yellow-billed Cuckoo and general satisfaction over the 115+ species tallied on a very hot weekend. Everyone was friendly and welcoming and pleased that an Oregonian showed up for their event. And, this visit prompted me to finally purchase and wear an OFO T-shirt! The OFO Board of Directors is working to re-establish the fall event at the Malheur Field Station. It seems that having an opportunity to gather together for a weekend of birding and fellowship can only strengthen an organization. We hope to have our Fall Malheur Weekend back on the OFO schedule next September; an informal gathering with a Saturday evening program, a few organized field trips and time for folks to bird on their own. While I was in Nebraska ticking the Canada Warbler, Red-headed Woodpecker, Mississippi Kite and Blue Grosbeak folks were finding Hooded Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler and Ovenbird at the Malheur! I hope all of our members will join us at Malheur, September 2003. Perhaps we can get a few of those Nebraska folks to join us? Sometimes, discussions over the identification of rare birds can get animated... but usually not this animated! This photo of dualing coots was taken at the Redmond Fireman's Pond, Deschutes County, by Kevin Smith. Oregon Birds 28(3): 103, Fall 2002 The Records of the Oregon Birds Records Committee, 2001-2002 Harry Nehls, Secretary, Oregon Bird Records Committee, 2736 S.E. 20th. Ave., Portland, Oregon 97202 From July 2001 to July 2002 the Oregon Bird Records Committee (OBRC) completed the following records. The first group of records are those for which the written report and/or photographs or specimens supported the stated identification and are accepted records. If photo(s) or specimen is indicated for a record it was accepted as verified. Other records were accepted as sight records. Of the 55 records reviewed by the Committee 42 were accepted and 13 were not accepted. During this period four new species were accepted for addition to the Official Checklist of Oregon Birds: Brown Booby, Long-billed Murrelet, Cassin’s Kingbird, and Yellow Wagtail. The Official Checklist now stands at 481 species. Information presented below for each species includes location of sighting, number of birds, sex and age if known, special information (such as collection and museum number) and date(s), initial of the observer(s) submitting written or other evidence for accepted records, and the OBRC record file number. The OBRC record file number reads as follows: the first 3 digits are the AOU number for the species, the second 2 are the year in which the record was observed, and the last numbers are the consecutive numbers for the records as they are filed. The members of the OBRC for 2002 are David Bailey, Tom Crabtree, Jeff Gilligan, Gerard Lillie, Larry McQueen, Craig Miller, Craig Roberts, Skip Russell, and Owen Schmidt. The alternates are: Tim Janzen, Hendrik Herlyn, David Lauten, Steven Dowlan, and Ray Korpi. Tom Crabtree resigned during the year and Tim Janzen was assigned to fill his position until the next election. The OBRC thanks the following organizations for having made financial contributions in the past year to help with expenses: Cape Arago Audubon Society, Central Oregon Audubon Society, Audubon Society of Corvallis, Grant County Bird Club, Grande Ronde Bird Club, Kalmiopsis Audubon Society, Lane County Audubon Society, Audubon Society of Portland, Salem Audubon Society, Umpqua Valley Audubon, and Yaquina Birders and Naturalists. The