- RBA * Oregon * Portland * November 21. 2013 * ORPO1311.21 - birds mentioned Snow Goose Ross¹s Goose KING EIDER Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Pacific Loon American White Pelican Brown Pelican CATTLE EGRET Red Phalarope Bonaparte¹s Gull BLACK-HEADED GULL Western Gull Herring Gull Thayer¹s Gull Glaucous Gull Red-naped Sapsucker RED-BELLIED SAPSUCKER Gyrfalcon Tropical Kingbird BLUE JAY Clay-colored Sparrow Lark Sparrow Red Fix Sparrow Harris¹s Sparrow RUSTY BLACKBIRD. - 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 November 21. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at 503-233-3976. On November 16 a female KING EIDER was reported passing southbound off Boiler Bay. A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen November 17 off Seaside. The LaGrande RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and the Cove BLUE JAY continue to be seen. Heavy southward movements of PACIFIC LOONS and SURF SCOTERS continue along the coast. Some BROWN PELICANS are still being reported. On November 15 a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER was seen in the mountains east of Cape Blanco. During the week four TROPICAL KINGBIRDS and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were near Cape Blanco. On November 17 a CATTLE EGRET was photographed at Flores Lake. A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continues at the Marine Science Center on Yaquina Bay. On November 17, 20 RED PHALAROPES were off Boiler Bay. The Bayocean ARK SPARROW at Tillamook Bay continues to be seen. On November 19 a TROPICAL KINGBIRD was in Gearhart and a HARRIS¹S SPARROW was in Seaside. On November 18 a GYRFALCON was reported from Woodland Bottoms Washington. The ROSS¹S GOOSE in the dog kennel fields fields near Coon Point on Sauvie Island continues to be seen. Among the large gull flock near McMinnville November 17 were A GLAUCOUS GULL, 1000 HERRING GULLS, 400 THAYER¹S GULLS, and 12 WESTERN GULLS. At the Sheridan Sewage Ponds November 16 wre two SURF SCOTERS and a WESTERN GULL. During the week up to 34 SNOW GEESE were at Ankeny NWR. On November 16 a RED FOX SPARROW was photographed in North Eugene. That day 14 WHITE PELICANS and five BONAPARETE¹S GULLS were at Fern Ridge Reservoir. On November 14 two LONG-TAILED DUCKS were photographed on the Frontage Road Ponds in Baker City. Another LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen during the week on the new Prineville Sewage Ponds. On November 18 a RUSTY BLACKBIRD was near LaGrande. The next day a HARRIS¹S SPARROW was photographed there. A BLACK SCOTER was among three SURF SCOTERS and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on Wickiup Reservoir November 20. That¹s it for this week. - end transcript