Swainson's Thrushes in early April- I am surprised this made it onto the rare bird alert? I would think that whoever covers Benton County would have caught this one. Of course once a sighting like this makes it into eBird it could pass as a new early spring date for OR and could cause a lot of confusion with less experienced birders and result in quite a few more Swainson's being reported in the next few days. Our earliest Coos date is the last few days of April. It will be interesting to see when the first C. Nighthawks get reported... Tim R Coos Bay ________________________________ From: Treesa Hertzel <Autumn207@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: Oregon Birders OnLine <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 5:59 AM Subject: [obol] [eBird Alert] Oregon Rare Bird Alert <daily> From: ebird-alert@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [eBird Alert] Oregon Rare Bird Alert <daily> Date: April 9, 2014 4:09:22 AM PDT *** Species Summary: Green Heron (Western) (1 Klamath) Golden Eagle (1 Lane) Black-necked Stilt (1 Jackson) Black-bellied Plover (2 Jackson) Calliope Hummingbird (1 Wasco) Gyrfalcon (1 Linn) Western Kingbird (1 Crook) Swainson's Thrush (2 Benton) Yellow Warbler (1 Multnomah) Lark Sparrow (1 Douglas) White-throated Sparrow (1 Klamath) --------------------------------------------- View this alert on the web at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35555 NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated