- RBA * Oregon * Portland * April 3, 2014 * ORPO1404.03 - birds mentioned Mallard American White Pelican Brown Pelican Osprey Rough-legged Hawk Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Long-billed Curlew Dunlin Baird¹s Sandpiper Costa¹s Hummingbird RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER Black Phoebe American Crow Purple Martin Snow Bunting YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Chipping Sparrow Tricolored Blackbird RUSTY BLACKBIRD - transcript hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon (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 April 3. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at 503-233-3976. On April 2 a COSTA¹S HUMMINGBIRD was photographed at a Vancouver feeder. The LaGrande RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, North Plains YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, Hillsboro RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and the Ankeny NWR YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continue to be seen. OSPREYS are now arriving at their nests. The first MALLARD ducklings were seen March 31. Late ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were reported along I5 south of Albany March 30, near North Plains March 31, and at McMinnville April 2. On April 2 a PURPLE MARTIN was at Tenmile lake in northern Coos County. Three SNOW BUNTINGS were photographed March 23 on Saddle Mountain east of Seaside. Two BROWN PELICANS were off Depoe Bay March 29. Two were at Yaquina Bay March 31. On April 1 over 1000 DUNLIN, 88 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 30 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 40 WHITE PELICANS were at Fern Ridge Reservoir. Up to 30 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS and 127 AMERICAN CROWS were at Agency Plains in Madras during the week. A BAIRD¹S SANDPIPER was photographed March 26 at the Prineville Sewage Ponds. An early CHIPPING SPARROW was near Paulina March 29. On March 27 a BLACK PHOEBE was at the P Ranch in Malheur NWR. The TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS continue at the Headquarters bird feeders. That¹s it for this week. - end transcript