- RBA * Oregon * Portland * October 2, 2014 * ORPO1410.02 - birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Cackling Goose FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER MANX SHEARWATER ASHY STORM-PETREL American White Pelican Great Egret Ibis sp? Turkey Vulture American Golden-Plover Willet Marbled Godwit Sanderling Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Sabine¹s Gull LITTLE GULL Franklin¹s Gull Common Tern Arctic Tern Calliope Hummingbird Violet-green Swallow Swainson¹s Thrush Lapland Longspur MAGNOLIA WARBLER BLACKPOLL WARBLER BLACKPTHROATED BLUE WARBLER CANADA WARBLER Clay-colored Sparrow - transcript hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBA (weekly) number: 503-292-6855 To report: Harry Nehls 503-233-3976 <hnehls6@xxxxxxxxxxx> compiler: Harry Nehls coverage: entire state Hello, this is the Audubon Society of Portland Rare Bird Report. This report was made Thursday October 2. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at 503-233-3976. On September 26 a CANADA WARBLER was at the P Ranch, a Magnolia Warbler at Page Springs,, and a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was in Burns. On September 29 a BLACKPOLL WARBLER was near Diamond. A LITTLE GULL was seen through the week at Agency Lake north of Klamath Falls. On September 29 a BLACKPOLL WARBLER was at Bandon Marsh. Migrant WHITE-FRONTED and CACKLING GEESE were reported through the week with a major movement September 29. A few SNOW GEESE were with them. Migrant TURKEY VULTURES and SWAINSON¹S THRUSHES were also reported. On September 27 several thousand VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were at Pistol River. An offshore boat trip out of Coos Bay September 26 recorded a FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER, four ASHY STORM-PETRELS, many SABINE¹S GULLS, ARCTIC and COMMON TERNS, and good numbers of SKUAS and all three jaegers. On September 28 a MANX SHEARWATER was seen off Cape Blanco. On September 27 a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Flores Lake. A SABINE¹S GULL was at Newport September 29. Two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were at the South Jetty of Yaquina Bay September 28. On September 30 a WILLET was at the Necanicum River mouth in Seaside. Eight LAPLAND LONGSPURS were at the South Jetty of the Columbia River September 30. An IBIS has been seen during the week at Ridgefield NWR. On September 25 five MARBLE GODWITS, 82 GREAT EGRETS and 61 WHITE PELICANS were on the refuge. At Smith/Bybee Lakes in North Portland during the week were two FRANKLIN¹S GULLS, a SABINE¹S GULL, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, and a SANDERLING. On September 25 a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD visited a Salem feeder. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was seen September 27 at Fern Ridge Reservoir. A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was there October 1. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was photographed at Grants Pass September 25. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Lake Selmac in Josephine County September 28. That¹s it for this week. - end transcript