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Tfre quarterly journal of Oregon field ornithology Volume 22, Number 2, Summer 1996

• I • • - l 1995 Oregon ListingResults 35

« ^ V . « .« : . ^ ^ H H B H I fm Johnson

J J '- • - - .V- - -*^'i (#^-§sS^&* 4 COMMENTARY: The "New" Baskett Slough 39

• Solitary Sandpiper Nesting in Marion County, ' H Oregon? 40

•' . «•,•«* • ^ John Lundsien

"^j ' _ 3 The Breeding Status and Distribution of 3 Harlequin Ducks in Oregon: A Summary

', JSMMMlB of Observations and Survey Efforts 42 ' • | Stephen Dowlan

SITE GUIDE: Pixieland in North Lincoln jj County, Oregon 48

. ". "•• John Lundsten

^ ^ ^ j ^ J S t e j J - - It's not over 'til the oriole sings f) ', Craig Roberts

J"i<i<i - ,<4 A life bird in Oregon'Close doesn't count 49 jd-jj' •' . ',v« Craig Roberts

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p0.''j WSBBBm A message from your President 50 ' J@i Mike Patterson

' • f : '^V?*v ' Proposed Changes in Oregon Field j$r, r*§| Ornithologists'Bylaws 51

^^^C^t^'"'-^''') Ji^^t Mike Patterson

fi^^l^SaP2- ' ^ . . ^ a ? - * NEWS AND NOTES OB 22(2) 52

t f ^ A ^ ^ S m ^ m f ^ y ^ > ^ V - 4 J t a ^ year 2 of the atlas project fledges 56

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« ' V - I FIELDNOTES 58

* " \ - * * # S / ' J r C * ' ^ Eastern Oregon, Fall 1995 59

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N ^ fcf^JSSSk '•. ^ ^ C ^ C w f e Western Oregon, Fall 1995 66 C 0 V E R P H 0 T 0

•t^ T i Whimbrel, 5 September 1995, south jetty of the SSSffilsi^: • " - KgKg Columbia River, Clatsop Co. Photo/David Bailey.

• ' ' • ~ * \R 1996 OFO annual meeting • 1996 Pall Birding Weekend at Malheur • OFO membership form • OFO Bookcase • Oregon Rare Bird Phone Network *

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Oregon Birds The quarterly journal of Oregonfield ornithology

OREGON BIRDS i s a quarterly publication of Oregon Field Ornithologists, an Oregon not-for-profit corporation. Membership in Oregon Field Ornithologists includes a subscription to Oregon Birds. ISSN 0890-2313

Editor Owen Schmidt Assistant Editor Sharon K. Blair Associate Editor Jim Johnson

OREGON FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS President Mike Patterson, Astoria (1995-96) Secretary David R. Copeiand, Keizer (1995-96) Treasurer Barbara Combs, Eugene (1995-96)

Past President George A. Jobanek, Eugene Directors Ted Ernst, Corvallis (1995-97)

Cindy Lawes, Beaverton (1994-96) Paul T. Sullivan, Beaverton (1994-96) Sandy Thiele, Corvallis (1995-97)

OREGON BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE Secretary Harry Nehls, Portland (1994)

Members Tom Crabtree, Bend (1995-97) Colin Dillingham, Brookings (1995-97) Jeff Gilligan, Portland (1996-98) Jim Johnson, Vancouver, WA (1996-98) Nick Lethaby, Santa Clara, CA (1994-96) Larry McQueen, Eugene (1994-96) Craig Roberts, Tillamook (1996-98) Skip Russell, Beaverton (1995-97 Owen Schmidt, Portland (1994-96)

Alternates' Alan Contreras, Salem (1996) Craig Corder, Hermiston (1996) Richard Hoyer, Corvallis (1996) Kamal Islam, Corvallis (1996) Gerard Lillie, Portland (1996) Ron Maertz, Glide (1996)

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Oregon Birds 22(2): 34

1995 Oregon Listing Results Jim Johnson, 10405 N.E. 9th Ave., Apt. G-10, Vancouver, WA 98685 e-mail: jimjohn@teleport.com

The Amer ican Ornithologists ' Un i on d id not act o n any splits or lumps i n 1995, but the appearance o f several super-vagrants to Oregon, inc lud ing Whooper Swan, Curve-billedThrasher,White-winged Dove, NorthernWheatear, Mounta in Plover, and Prairie Warbler, augmented the state lists o f many.

Congratulations are i n order for Alan Contreras and Gerard Lil l ie for break­ing the 400 barrier o n the ir state lists.The not-so-exclusive-anymore group of 400+ birders n o w includes 11 .The 200 barrier was broken i n Yamhil l County by Tom Love.This leaves only Gi l l iam Josephine, L inn, and Sherman Counties w i t h o u t 200-birders.

Totals marked w i t h an asterisk (*) are previously submitted totals as an updated tota l was not received this year. Only totals o f 390 or more for the state are carried th rough w i t h o u t an updated list. County totals are carried through f r om year to year only i f they are st i l l leading i n a county. The ($) symbol honors deceased birders.

O r e g o n S t a t e L i s t ( 3 0 0 ) 358 Ken Knittle 452 Jeff Gilligan 357 Priscilla Summers 437 Tom Crabtree 355 Marion Corder (+.) 419 Richard Smith 354 Steve Kornfeld 417 Jim Johnson 354 Marshall Beretta 417 Owen Schmidt 352 Greg Gillson 409 Sheran Jones 348 Stephen Dowlan 406* Linda Weiland 348 Judy Stevens 404 Gerard Lillie 347 John Lundsten 404 Donna Lusthoff 345 Ted Kenefick 400 Alan Contreras 345 Don Schrouder 400* Dave Irons 344 Eva Schultz 397 Steve Summers 340 Jamie Simmons 397* Patrick Muller 338 Roger Robb 395 Jim Carlson 337 Jim Rogers 395* Larry Thornburgh 337 Colin Dillingham 394 Joe Evanich (%) 329 Floyd Schrock 393* Phillip Pickering 326 Karen Theodore 392 Tom Mickel 322 Cindy Lawes 389 David Bailey 321 Joe Morawski 387 Paul Sullivan 320 Lewis Rems 385 Allison Mickel 318 Henry Gilmore 381 Skip Russell 318 Fred Parker [%) 380 Craig Miller 312 Don Munson 380 Alan McGie 306 Stuart Sparkman 379 Paul Sherrell 304 Karen Sparkman 379 Barbara Combs 377 Tom Love O r e g o n Y e a r L i s t ( 250 ) 376 Hendrik Herlyn 329 Anthony Floyd 375 Tim Shelmerdine 315 Paul Sullivan 375 Martha Sawyer (+) 312 Paul Sherrell 374 WaltYungen 310 Ted Kenefick 374 John Gatchet 308 Skip Russell 372 Don Pederson 294 Tim Janzen 372 Bill Tice 293 Don Schrouder 371 Craig Corder 289 Don Munson 370 Tim Janzen 288 Donna Lusthoff 370 Dave Copeland 281 Gerard Lillie 369 Mike Patterson 281 Dave Copeland 369 David Anderson 280 Greg Gillson 368 Kamal Islam 279 Don Pederson 366 Clarice Watson 275 Bill Tice 365 Rich Hoyer 274 Elizabeth Irle 363 Ron Maertz 266 Tim Shelmerdine 363 Anthony Floyd 261 Cindy Lawes

258 Craig Miller 255 Mike Patterson 255 Jamie Simmons 253 John Gatchet 250 Henry Gilmore 250 Alan McGie

Top T e n O r e g o n Y e a r L i s t s 356 Phillip Pickering (1986) 345 Donna Lusthoff (1987) 345 Skip Russell (1992) 344 Jeff Gilligan (1981) 339 Linda Weiland (1985) 336 Skip Russell (1994) 334 Richard Smith (1981) 333 Jim Johnson (1989) 330 Donna Lusthoff (1985) 330 Tom Mickel (1985)

1 9 9 4 O r e g o n C o u n t y L i s t s

B a k e r 231* Ann Ward 219 Craig Corder 202 Paul Sullivan 151 John Lundsten 139 Judy Stevens 131 Bill Tice 127 WaltYungen 111 Donna Lusthoff 109 Barbara Combs 108 Jamie Simmons 104 John Gatchet

B e n t o n 228* Rick Krabbe 228* Jan Krabbe 208 Hendrik Herlyn 207 Anthony Floyd 205 Rich Hoyer 200 Alan McGie 187 Jamie Simmons 185 Barb Bellin 181 Greg Gillson 168 Dave Copeland 162 Don Pederson 157 Barbara Combs 156 Craig Corder 149 Clarice Watson 147 Walt Yungen 146 Roger Robb 142 Jim Carlson 137 John Lundsten 132 Donna Lusthoff 130 Mark Nikas 129 Judy Stevens 127 Tim Shelmerdine 120 Stephen Dowlan 118 Paul Sullivan 117 Eva Schultz 114 Stuart Sparkman 112 Karen Sparkman 100 Jim Johnson

C l a c k a m a s 225 Elmer Specht 221 Tim Janzen 186 Stephen Dowlan 183 Tim Shelmerdine

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159 Dave Copeland 158 Donna Lusthoff 154 Paul Sullivan 145 WaltYungen 135 Don Pederson 121 Tom Love 111 David Anderson 105 Anthony Floyd 104 Barbara Combs

C l a t s o p 287 Mike Patterson 222 Tom Crabtree 221 Jim Johnson 219 Henry Gilmore 210 Paul Sullivan 210 Donna Lusthoff 206 Dave Copeland 202 Tim Shelmerdine 200 Skip Russell 200 Greg Gillson 197 John Gatchet 195 David Anderson 180 WaltYungen 170 Craig Corder 159 Anthony Floyd 158 Cindy Lawes 157 Barbara Combs 151 Don Pederson 137 Jim Carlson 133 Hendrik Herlyn 129 Craig Miller 124 Floyd Schrock 124 Clarice Watson 122 Ted Kenefick 113 Judy Stevens 101 Stuart Sparkman 100 Roger Robb 100 Ray Korpi 100 Karen Sparkman

C o l u m b i a 214* Philiip Pickering 187 Jim Johnson 160 Anthony Floyd 158 Skip Russell 155 Paul Sullivan 143 Dave Copeland 138 Donna Lusthoff 135 Tim Shelmerdine 130 Greg Gillson 126 Ray Korpi 126 David Anderson 124 Tom Love 115 WaltYungen 112 Craig Corder 108 Barbara Combs 106 John Gatchet

C o o s 301* Larry Thornburgh 286 Alan McGie 246 Alan Contreras 230 Paul Sullivan 221 Jim Rogers 216 Don Munson 216 Dave Copeland 207 WaltYungen 200 Jim Johnson 199 Hendrik Herlyn 197 Ron Maertz 193 Steve Summers

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192 Jim Carlson 190 Roger Robb 184 Barbara Combs 183 Anthony Floyd 181 Skip Russell 178 Donna Lusthoff 174 Paul Sherrell 171 John Bischoff 170 Brian Kruse 164 Clarice Watson 158 Tom Crabtree 155 Ted Kenefick 154 Greg Gillson 150 Colin Dillingham 147 Craig Miller 146 Don Pederson 141 Jamie Simmons 140 David Anderson 137 Eva Schultz 137 Craig Corder 133 Tim Shelmerdine 124 Judy Stevens 120 Bill Tice

C r o o k 219 Lewis Rems 217 Tom Crabtree 211 Craig Miller 173 Paul Sullivan 170 Karen Theodore 159 Donna Lusthoff 158 David Anderson 149 John Lundsten 141 Steve Summers 140 Walt Yungen 134 Craig Corder 129 Dave Copeland 121 Barbara Combs 117 Judy Stevens 115 Jim Johnson 115 Hendrik Herlyn 107 Anthony Floyd 103 Eva Schultz

C u r r y 289 Jim Rogers 285 Colin Dillingham 262 Don Munson 243 Elizabeth Irle 234 Angie Dillingham 228 Steve Summers 222 John Bischoff 206 Paul Sullivan 206 Jim Carlson 192 Fred Hummel 184 Karen Munson 184 Jim Johnson 169 Ray Ekstrom 151 Dave Copeland 141 Walt Yungen 140 Barbara Combs 138 Skip Russell 134 Anthony Floyd 132 John Lundsten 128 Clarice Watson 125 Craig Corder 124 Tim Shelmerdine 122 Roger Robb 120 Alan McGie 114 Ted Kenefick 114 Donna Lusthoff

111 Ron Maertz 102 Judy Stevens

D e s c h u t e s 283 Tom Crabtree 261 Craig Miller 238 Lewis Rems 216 Karen Theodore 210 Paul Sullivan 207 Dean Hale 199 Patty Meehan 189 Skip Russell 189 Donna Lusthoff 185 Steve Summers 185 Greg Gillson 175 Walt Yungen 171 Jim Carlson 167 Dave Copeland 165 Eva Schultz 164 Bill Tice 158 Hendrik Herlyn 155 Don Pederson 145 Craig Corder 143 Alan McGie 140 Anthony Floyd 138 Marion Corder (t) 137 Barbara Combs 136 Roger Robb 135 Cindy Lawes 133 Tim Shelmerdine 133 Clarice Watson 132 John Gatchet 131 Jim Johnson 130 Paul Sherrell 126 Jamie Simmons 124 Tom Love 124 Stephen Dowlan 119 Judy Stevens 119 Don Munson 117 Henry Gilmore 105 David Anderson 101 John Lundsten

D o u g l a s 292 Martha Sawyer Q) 285 Ron Maertz 271 Ken Knittle 244 Anthony Floyd 238 Fred Parker (%) 212 Paul Sullivan 204 Brian Kruse 174 Steve Summers 164 Jim Carlson 158 WaltYungen 158 Barbara Combs 153 Paul Sherrell 153 Don Munson 146 Jim Johnson 144 Tim Shelmerdine 144 Eva Schultz 135 Dave Copeland 133 Donna Lusthoff 116 Ray Ekstrom 116 Clarice Watson 108 John Lundsten 107 Colin Dillingham 102 Roger Robb 102 Hendrik Herlyn

G i l l i a m 195 Craig Corder 193 Judy Stevens

155 Donna Lusthoff 151 Marion Corder ($) 131 Dave Copeland 113 Anthony Floyd 111 WaltYungen 108 Paul Sullivan 104 Barbara Combs 101 Ray Korpi

G r a n t 205 Paul Sullivan 170 Walt Yungen 142 John Lundsten 137 Craig Corder 132 Donna Lusthoff 127 Barbara Combs 121 Jim Johnson 120 Dave Copeland 119 Anthony Floyd 113 Paul Sherrell 113 Greg Gillson 113 David Anderson 112 John Gatchet 112 Alan McGie 111 Jim Carlson 107 Clarice Watson 106 Judy Stevens 102 Hendrik Herlyn 100 Steve Summers

H a r n e y 291* Jeff Gilligan 283 Tom Crabtree 263 Jim Johnson 255 Steve Summers 254 Craig Miller 253 Jim Carlson 239 Paul Sullivan 232 Hendrik Herlyn 228 Alan McGie 227 Donna Lusthoff 227 Craig Corder 218 Anthony Floyd 213 Judy Stevens 211 Tom Love 211 Dave Copeland 210 Paul Sherrell 208 David Anderson 207 Greg Gillson 207 Barbara Combs 206 Rich Hoyer 205 Walt Yungen 205 Karen Theodore 204 Skip Russell 204 Bill Tice 202 John Gatchet 188 John Lundsten 186 Don Pederson 183 Henry Gilmore 182 Tim Shelmerdine 182 Clarice Watson 176 Ron Maertz 176 Jamie Simmons 172 Ken Knittle 172 Cindy Lawes 171 Eva Schultz 165 Ted Kenefick 163 Stephen Dowlan 161 Floyd Schrock 155 Stuart Sparkman 153 Karen Sparkman

144 Roger Robb 126 Mark Nikas 107 Ray Ekstrom 106 Don Munson 100 Ray Korpi 100 Brian Kruse

H o o d R i v e r 219 David Anderson 203 Donna Lusthoff 157 Jim Johnson 147 Tim Shelmerdine 141 Dave Copeland 132 Paul Sullivan 129 WaltYungen 125 Barbara Combs 115 Craig Corder 113 Tom Love 101 Ron Maertz 101 Anthony Floyd

J a c k s o n 274* Marjorie Moore 265 Otis Swisher 247 Ray Ekstrom 218 Steve Summers 189 Anthony Floyd 180 Paul Sullivan 175 Paul Sherrell 173 Dave Copeland 160 Barbara Combs 158 Don Munson 157 Colin Dillingham 155 Jim Johnson 145 WaltYungen 140 Donna Lusthoff 126 Skip Russell 124 Tom Love 120 Roger Robb 115 Clarice Watson 114 Tim Shelmerdine 114 Craig Corder 111 Henry Gilmore 111 Brian Kruse 106 Jim Carlson 100 Judy Stevens

J e f f e r s o n 238 Lewis Rems 223 Tom Crabtree 213 Craig Miller 196 Paul Sullivan 167 Dave Copeland 157 Floyd Schrock 141 Donna Lusthoff 140 WaltYungen 131 Jim Johnson 126 David Anderson 126 Anthony Floyd 125 Steve Summers 117 Karen Theodore 113 Skip Russell 112 Barbara Combs 111 Tim Shelmerdine 111 John Lundsten 102 Craig Corder

J o s e p h i n e 198 Steve Summers 181 Priscilla Summers 168 Don Munson 149 Anthony Floyd 145 Ray Ekstrom

136 Colin Dillingham 131 WaltYungen 106 Donna Lusthoff 106 Barbara Combs 105 John Bischoff 104 Paul Sullivan 104 Dave Copeland

K l a m a t h 291 Steve Summers 264 Ray Ekstrom 256 Jim Carlson 252 Priscilla Summers 243 Kevin Spencer 215 Paul Sullivan 211 Paul Sherrell 191 Ron Maertz 188 Dave Copeland 184 Don Munson 182 Walt Yungen 181 Roger Robb 180 Clarice Watson 180 Barbara Combs 180 Anthony Floyd 177 Jim Johnson 175 Hendrik Herlyn 171 Skip Russell 169 Donna Lusthoff 166 Alan McGie 165 Craig Corder 164 Eva Schultz 160 Tim Shelmerdine 158 Marion Corder 156 Lewis Rems 156 Brian Kruse 138 Craig Miller 131 Don Pederson 127 John Gatchet 126 David Anderson 123 Tom Crabtree 123 Jamie Simmons 122 John Bischoff 117 Stephen Dowlan 117 Greg Gillson 117 Colin Dillingham 115 Tom Love 114 Bill Tice 100 Judy Stevens

L a k e 266 Steve Summers 266 Craig Miller 245 Priscilla Summers 235 Karen Theodore 228 Kevin Spencer 226 Jim Carlson 218 Lewis Rems 215 Paul Sullivan 184 Dave Copeland 175 Ray Ekstrom 168 Tim Shelmerdine 168 Donna Lusthoff 160 Walt Yungen 155 Tom Crabtree 150 Alan McGie 149 Anthony Floyd 147 Paul Sherrell 145 Barbara Combs 141 Skip Russell 139 Jim Johnson 135 Craig Corder

133 Hendrik Herlyn 133 Eva Schultz 131 Judy Stevens 128 Roger Robb 124 Henry Gilmore 116 Clarice Watson 114 Brian Kruse 105 John Lundsten 104 Greg Gillson

L a n e 322 Tom Mickel 314 Jim Carlson 313 Paul Sherrell 301 Allison Mickel 298 Clarice Watson 296 Alan Contreras 287 Barbara Combs 275 Don Schrouder 263 Eva Schultz 253 Steve Summers 253 Roger Robb 223 WaltYungen 220 Paul Sullivan 202 Anthony Floyd 201 Ted Kenefick 198 Mark Nikas 191 Jim Johnson 188 Hendrik Herlyn 186 Ron Maertz 176 Don Pederson 173 Dave Copeland 159 Greg Gillson 142 Donna Lusthoff 137 Tim Shelmerdine 134 Skip Russell 133 Brian Kruse 131 Stephen Dowlan 123 Floyd Schrock 123 Craig Miller 122 Bill Tice 114 John Lundsten 105 Craig Corder 104 Tom Love

L i n c o l n 300* Darrell Faxon 242 Anthony Floyd 240 Floyd Schrock 239 Barb Bellin 232 Greg Gillson 230 Paul Sullivan 225 Walt Yungen 218 Dave Copeland 217 Hendrik Herlyn 215 Stephen Dowlan 212 Rich Hoyer 212 Bill Tice 208 Jamie Simmons 206 Jim Johnson 205 Barbara Combs 204 Jim Carlson 201 Tom Crabtree 199 Don Pederson 195 Skip Russell 193 Tim Shelmerdine 193 Clarice Watson 190 Donna Lusthoff 185 John Lundsten 182 Eva Schultz 168 Craig Corder

166 David Anderson 165 Roger Robb 154 Ted Kenefick 152 Alan McGie 150 Steve Summers 145 Tom Love 143 Mark Nikas 141 Paul Sherrell 134 Cindy Lawes 125 Craig Miller 124 Ray Korpi 118 Stuart Sparkman 118 Judy Stevens 115 Karen Sparkman 115 Henry Gilmore

L i n n 192* Phillip Pickering 184 Greg Gillson 169 Rich Hoyer 162 Anthony Floyd 158 Barbara Combs 154 Dave Copeland 151 Hendrik Herlyn 149 WaltYungen 141 Don Pederson 137 Donna Lusthoff 134 Stephen Dowlan 133 John Lundsten 132 Paul Sullivan 125 Jamie Simmons 121 Mark Nikas 115 Tim Shelmerdine 115 Alan McGie 114 Jim Carlson 114 Bill Tice 113 Craig Corder 106 Judy Stevens 106 Clarice Watson 102 Floyd Schrock 101 Roger Robb

M a l h e u r 228 John Gatchet 215 Craig Corder 206 Marion Corder ($) 200 Paul Sullivan 155 Alan Contreras 126 Anthony Floyd 119 Barbara Combs 116 WaltYungen 114 David Anderson 108 Donna Lusthoff 106 Judy Stevens

M a r i o n 248 Barb Bellin 236 John Lundsten 235 Don Pederson 226 Dave Copeland 219 WaltYungen 212 Stephen Dowlan 210 Paul Sullivan 182 Stuart Sparkman 173 Floyd Schrock 165 Karen Sparkman 159 Bill Tice 146 Greg Gillson 146 Barbara Combs 145 Tom Crabtree 139 Tim Shelmerdine 134 Anthony Floyd

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127 Donna Lusthoff 114 Jamie Simmons 106 Tom Love 101 Hendrik Herlyn

M o r r o w 236 Craig Corder 219 Marion Corder ft) 207 Judy Stevens 192 Jamie Simmons 167 Paul Sullivan 150 Donna Lusthoff 131 Karen Sparkman 129 Dave Copeland 114 WaltYungen 109 Anthony Floyd 108 Barbara Combs 102 Stuart Sparkman

M u l t n o m a h 244* Jeff Gilligan 234 Jim Johnson 222 David Bailey 212 Tom Love 202 Tom Crabtree 191 Donna Lusthoff 188 Skip Russell 180 Anthony Floyd 175 Paul Sullivan 168 David Anderson 161 Greg Gillson 156 Tim Shelmerdine 155 Ray Korpi 154 John Gatchet 148 Henry Gilmore 147 Dave Copeland 142 Stephen Dowlan 137 Craig Corder 136 WaltYungen 128 Cindy Lawes 117 Barbara Combs 116 Brian Kruse 106 Marion Corder ft) 100 Hendrik Herlyn

P o l k 241* Roy Gerig 228 Bill Tice 208 WaltYungen 205 Don Pederson 201 Stephen Dowlan 201 Floyd Schrock 185 Dave Copeland 166 John Lundsten 160 Paul Sullivan 154 Tom Crabtree 150 Donna Lusthoff 146 Rich Hoyer 144 Barbara Combs 141 Anthony Floyd 132 Stuart Sparkman 125 Karen Sparkman 123 Greg Gillson 118 Alan McGie 116 Tim Shelmerdine 115 Jamie Simmons 114 Tom Love 107 Hendrik Herlyn 101 Jim Johnson

S h e r m a n 195* Phillip Pickering 189 David Bailey

174 Jim Johnson 161 Donna Lusthoff 147 Craig Miller 131 Dave Copeland 124 Craig Corder 119 Walt Yungen 118 Tim Shelmerdine 113 Anthony Floyd 108 Skip Russell 108 Judy Stevens 107 Paul Sullivan 103 David Anderson 100 Lewis Rems 100 Barbara Combs

T i l l a m o o k 279* Jeff Gilligan 262 Jim Johnson 244 David Bailey 240 Donna Lusthoff 225 Tim Shelmerdine 223 Paul Sullivan 221 Skip Russell 220 Walt Yungen 217 Greg Gillson 216 Tom Love 212 Dave Copeland 205 Don Pederson 204 John Lundsten 202 Tom Crabtree 202 Barbara Combs 200 David Anderson 198 John Gatchet 193 Stephen Dowlan 189 Craig Corder 185 Craig Miller 180 Hendrik Herlyn 169 Anthony Floyd 165 Cindy Lawes 163 Clarice Watson 153 Judy Stevens 148 Stuart Sparkman 148 Karen Sparkman 147 Jim Carlson 146 Marion Corder ft) 141 Ray Korpi 136 Steve Summers 135 Ted Kenefick 135 Alan McGie 133 Jamie Simmons 126 Henry Gilmore 108 Eva Schultz

U m a t i l l a 272 Craig Corder 257 Marion Corder ft) 251 Judy Stevens 224 Paul Sullivan 222 Ken Knittle 171 Donna Lusthoff 149 Skip Russell 149 Jim Carlson 147 Jamie Simmons 145 Anthony Floyd 140 Jim Johnson 122 WaltYungen 119 John Gatchet 119 Dave Copeland 108 Henry Gilmore 106 Barbara Combs 104 Colin Dillingham

U n i o n 254 Joe Evanich ft) 214 Paul Sullivan 203 Craig Corder 176 Donna Lusthoff 165 Ken Knittle 164 Marion Corder ft) 163 Judy Stevens 156 Skip Russell 154 Dave Copeland 147 WaltYungen 143 Barbara Combs 137 Paul Sherrell 131 David Anderson 130 Tom Love 130 Tim Shelmerdine 129 Jim Johnson 127 John Gatchet 127 Jim Carlson 125 Henry Gilmore 125 Hendrik Herlyn 116 Jamie Simmons 105 Stuart Sparkman 105 Karen Sparkman 102 Cindy Lawes 100 Colin Dillingham

W a l l o w a 262* Frank Conley 225 Paul Sullivan 207 Craig Corder 205 Judy Stevens 172 Colin Dillingham 157 Dave Copeland 153 Marion Corder ft) 132 Jim Johnson 128 Jamie Simmons 127 WaltYungen 127 Anthony Floyd 114 Ken Knittle 111 Donna Lusthoff 110 Barbara Combs 102 Jim Carlson

W a s c o 251 Donna Lusthoff 214 Dave Copeland 214 Craig Corder 207 Marion Corder 205 Don Pederson 202 David Anderson 159 WaltYungen 159 Jim Johnson 157 Paul Sullivan 140 Tim Shelmerdine 140 Skip Russell 135 Judy Stevens 120 Anthony Floyd 112 Cindy Lawes 108 Barbara Combs 104 Tom Love

W a s h i n g t o n 234 Joe Evanich ft) 223 Donna Lusthoff 210 John Gatchet 198 Greg Gillson 184 Tom Love 183 Paul Sullivan 178 Jim Johnson 168 Skip Russell 154 WaltYungen

154 Dave Copeland 146 Tom Crabtree 141 Don Pederson 141 David Anderson 140 Cindy Lawes 130 Tim Shelmerdine 130 Craig Corder 129 Ray Korpi 109 Barbara Combs 104 Anthony Floyd

W h e e l e r 210 Lewis Rems 207 Donna Lusthoff 202 David Anderson 183 Paul Sullivan 164 Craig Miller 154 Dave Copeland 130 Craig Corder 120 WaltYungen 120 Don Pederson 106 Anthony Floyd 105 Judy Stevens 103 Barbara Combs 102 Karen Theodore

Y a m h i l l 201 Tom Love 176 Dave Copeland 171 Donna Lusthoff 165 WaltYungen 165 John Gatchet 152 Bill Tice 132 Greg Gillson 121 Don Pederson 117 Stephen Dowlan 117 Paul Sullivan 114 Barbara Combs 113 Jim Johnson 112 Tim Shelmerdine 101 Judy Stevens 101 Craig Corder 101 Anthony Floyd

1 9 9 5 C o u n t y Y e a r L i s t s

B a k e r B e n t o n

166 Anthony Floyd C l a c k a m a s

209 Tim Janzen 206 Elmer Specht

C l a t s o p 216 Mike Patterson 167 Henry Gilmore

C o o s 196 Don Munson 155 John Bischoff

C r o o k C u r r y

232 Don Munson 205 Elizabeth Irle 204 John Bischoff 158 Karen Munson 156 Fred Hummel

D e s c h u t e s 186 Dean Hale 167 Patty Meehan

D o u g l a s 244 Anthony Floyd

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204 Ron Maertz 155 Brian Kruse 152 Don Munson

G i l l i a m H a r n e y

154 Anthony Floyd J a c k s o n

184 Anthony Floyd 158 Don Munson

J e f f e r s o n J o s e p h i n e

155 Don Munson K l a m a t h

219 Kevin Spencer 167 Don Munson 157 Anthony Floyd

L a k e 216 Craig Miller

L a n e 234 Paul Sherrell 227 Don Schrouder 170 Anthony Floyd 158 RogerRobb

L i n c o l n 184 Anthony Floyd

M a l h e u r 224 John Gatchet

M a r i o n 220 John Lundsten 178 Don Pederson

P o l k 178 Bill Tice

W a l l o w a W a s c o

207 Donna Lusthoff W a s h i n g t o n W h e e l e r

186 Lewis Rems Y a m h i l l

163 Dave Copeland 155 Donna Lusthoff

Year List Records

B a k e r 204 Craig Corder (1988)

B e n t o n 178 Jan & Rick Krabbe/Matt

Hunter (1982/83) C l a c k a m a s

209 Tim Janzen (1995) C l a t s o p

232 Mike Patterson (1990) C o l u m b i a

196 Phillip Pickering (1988) C o o s

250 Larry Thornburg (1988) C r o o k

184 Lewis Rems (1991)

C u r r y 232 Colin Dillingham

Don Munson (1991/95) D e s c h u t e s

201 Tom Crabtree (1988) D o u g l a s

247 Martha Sawyer (t) (1983)

G i l l i a m 183 Craig Corder & Judy

Stevens (1994) G r a n t

185 Paul Sullivan (1985) H a r n e y

237 Phillip Pickering (1986) H o o d R i v e r

170 David Anderson (1989) J a c k s o n

233 Dick Cronberg (1992) J e f f e r s o n

209 Lewis Rems (1992) J o s e p h i n e

175 Dick Cronberg (1992) K l a m a t h

234 Steve Summers (1983) L a k e

241 Steve Summers (1991) L a n e

257 Steve Heinl (1985) L i n c o l n

241 Phillip Pickering (1986)

L i n n 189 Phillip Pickering (1990)

M a l h e u r 224 John Gatchet (1995)

M a r i o n 220 John Lundsten (1995)

M o r r o w 224 Craig Corder (1990)

M u l t n o m a h 200 Joe Evanich (}) (1988)

P o l k 195 Roy Gerig (1990)

S h e r m a n 181 Phillip Pickering (1989)

T i l l a m o o k 234 Phillip Pickering (1985)

U m a t i l l a 242 Craig Corder & Judy

Stevens (1992) U n i o n

207 Joe Evanich (t) (1983) W a l l o w a

209 Frank Conley (1985) W a s c o

211 Donna Lusthoff (1992) W a s h i n g t o n

188 John F. Gatchet (1984) W h e e l e r

195 Linda Weiland (1992) Y a m h i l l

163 Dave Copeland (1995)

COMMENTARY: The "New" Baskett Slough David B. Marshall, 4265 S.W.Chesapeake Ave., Portland, OR 97201

As one w h o played a key role i n the selection o f Baskett Slough as a site for a Nat ional Wildl i fe Refuge i n the late 1950s, I en joyed reading B i l l Tice's article i n the last issue o f Or­egon Birds 21(4)3-4, Spring 1996. He aptly described the 3 n e w Baskett Slough ponds and w h a t they mean to birders and conservation.What he neglected to say is that Ducks Unl im­i t ed c o n t r i b u t e d $60,000 for con­struct ion o f the ponds; the remain­der of the total cost o f $ 160,000 came f r o m the U.S. Fish and Wildl i fe Ser­vice. I feel w e need to give credit where credit is due, and I sincerely hope the day w i l l come w h e n birders w i l l be more w i l l i n g to make dona­t i ons s imi la r t o w h a t came f r o m Ducks Unl imi ted .

I f ind most birders are terr ib ly na­ive regarding w h a t i t t ook to create

the National Wildl i fe Refuge System, and w h a t i t takes to mainta in and i m p r o v e i t . W i l l i a m L. F in ley and Baskett Slough national wi ld l i f e ref­uges, and to a lesser extent Ankeny, all came about despite intense local and county opposit ion .Were it not for a major jo in t lobbying effort o f key polit icians, inc luding then-Governor M a r k H a t f i e l d , b y t h e P o r t l a n d A u d u b o n Society and the Oregon Duck Hunters Association, these ref­uges w o u l d not be here today. Follow­ing the ir acquis i t ion i n the 1960s, those o f us involved were subjected to a t ime-consuming and frustrat ing GeneralAccounting Office (GAO) in­vestigation w h i c h claimed we d id not use the acquis i t ion monies ( w h i c h were Duck Stamp funds) to purchase wetlands As the regional refuge biolo­gist for the Pacific states at the t ime,

and the one w h o nomina ted and he lped rank p roposed refuges i n terms o f potent ia l and need, I was under particularly heavy scrutiny.We recognized the 3 Wi l lamette Valley areas had far more potent ia l than for just Dusky Canada Geese; and w e clearly saw their development and birder potent ial . However, the GAO was not convinced, and the ir report made the f ront page o f The Orego-nian. I n o w visit all 3 o f these ref­uges w i t h a considerable sense o f satisfaction know ing o f their success and use by birders. However, birders need to realize, as Tice noted, that these things don ' t just happen.They take funds and po l i t i ca l support . I n today's cl imate,private funds are go­ing to become increasingly neces­sary to develop our refuges to the ir fu l l potent ial . 0

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Solitary Sandpiper Nesting in Marion County, Oregon? John Lundsten, 2352 Bunker Hill Road S, Salem OR 97306

O n 1 July 1995,1 visited the Olallie Lake area o f M a r i o n County, l o o k i n g for m o u n t a i n birds that could bolster m y county list. I t was the 4 th o f July w e e k e n d and the area was j ammed w i t h campers and boaters. Late i n the a f ternoon I s topped at the p r i m i t i v e campground at Olall ie Meadows.

E x p l o r i n g a long the edge o f the m e a d o w I came u p o n a birder w i t h b i n o c u l a r s s i t t i n g i n a l a w n chair w a t c h i n g b i r d a c t i v i t y o u t i n t h e meadow, and so w e chatted about our b i r d sightings. He was f r o m Portland and comes to this area o f ten mainly for birding.As I was leaving he asked i f I cou ld ident i fy a b i r d he had been watch ing that was perched o n a small s h r u b a b o u t 75 yards o u t i n t h e meadow. I w e n t back to get m y scope, and to m y amazement saw the b i r d was a Solitary Sandpiper.

We watched the b i r d for about half an h o u r as i t cont inued o n its perch, sometimes preening and a f e w times being challenged b y a Lincoln's Spar­r o w that also seemed to have a c laim o n that shrub. I decided not to head out into the meadow for a closer look, as i t was get t ing late and I d i d not w a n t to disturb this birder's peaceful meadow.

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D o n Pederson and I r e t u r n e d to Olallie Meadows o n 6 July. N o sand­piper could be seen f r o m the edge, but w e had only gone about 20 yards out in to the m e a d o w w h e n a Solitary Sandpiper f l e w b y giving it's squeaky "wheet wheet " alarm call. I t c ircled us a f e w times and t h e n headed over to the northeast side o f the meadow w h e r e i t landed i n a tall conifer. We headed n o r t h along the edge of the meadow, and again w e n t out in to the w e t meadow. Soon the sandpiper was f l y i n g around us w i t h more agitation, but then again returned to the t o p o f a tal l conifer across the meadow. At that po in t w e were chased out o f the m e a d o w by a strong thundershower. We re turned about 3 hours later and ventured farther out , and again the sandpiper started c i rc l ing us more closely. The b i r d was cont inuous ly g iv ing the alarm call and w o u l d oc­casionally al ight o n a small shrub about 10 yards away. After searching i n the area, w e decided not to disturb the b i r d further, and left the meadow.

O n 12 July 1995,1 re turned for a m ore determined effort to t r y to con­f i r m nesting. I headed out in to the meadow about 7:00 p m , a n d soon the sandpiper was c irc l ing by me w i t h its squeaky alarm call.The b i r d became most agitated i n an area about 30 yards out .After searching i n that area I m o v e d farther out , and the bird's agitation quick ly diminished. I cov­ered other parts o f the meadow, but t h e b i r d r e m a i n e d p e r c h e d a n d mostly silent.The next m o r n i n g was a repeat performance f r o m the sand­p i p e r , e x c e p t tha t the " h o t spot " whe re the b i r d was most agitated had moved about 30 yards to the n o r t h . As I looked i n this area the b i r d was constantly "wheet ing" very close by. T w i c e a female Broad-tailed H u m ­m i n g b i r d came out and chased the sandpiper, as i f to say "stop making all that noise i n m y meadow." At that po in t I decided to give u p the search.

I re turned o n 19 July and d i d not see or hear a Solitary Sandpiper.

Nesting may have taken place, but I cou l d not c o n f i r m that. M y ini t ia l interpretat ion was that I was seeing

the male o n 1 July, w h o was " loaf ing" w h i l e the female was sti l l incubat ing. D u r i n g the next 2 visits, the male was the lookout w h i l e the female was i n the grass w i t h the chicks. I n retro­spect, I t h i n k one parent had already left the area ( the male?) and the re­maining parent was staying around to distract any threats to the chicks.

There seems to be l i t t l e k n o w n about the parent ing behavior o f this species.At least I c o u l d not f i n d any in format ion that described the "after h a t c h i n g " behavior o f the parents . A c c o r d i n g to Paulson (1993 ) , t h e adults began s h o w i n g u p as fall m i ­grants as early as 1 July, w h i l e juve­niles show u p i n late July and August. This suggests that at least some adults leave the breeding area shortly after the chicks hatch.

I n general, I was u n c o m f o r t a b l e w i t h the disturbance I created slosh­i n g t h r o u g h the m e a d o w t r y i n g to f lush or see the chicks. I came w i t h i n 3 inches of s tepping o n a C o m m o n Snipe nest, and the b i r d d i d not f l u s h u n t i l m y foot came that close.At the end, I felt m y chances o f f i n d i n g the chicks i n that heavy cover was about zero. I also w o r r i e d that too m u c h disturbance of the b i r d might prevent

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t h e m f r o m re turn ing the next year. I t h i n k a better approach to con­

f i r m nesting w o u l d be to m o n i t o r the m e a d o w earlier i n the season d u r i n g the courtship and nest selection pro­cess. This c o u l d be done f r o m the m e a d o w edge and w o u l d be less dis­t u r b i n g to the birds.

O n 14 August 1995 I saw a fresh-plumaged juvenile Solitary Sandpiper feeding i n a p u d d l e at A n k e n y Na­t ional W i ld l i f e Refuge. I t had the b u f f colored spots o n the back, making it the subspecies cinnamomea, or what

used to be called the "Western Soli­tary Sandpiper.'The idea that this b i r d cou ld have been hatched at Olallie Meadows seemed too unl ikely to be entertained, b u t i t certainly w o u l d have been interesting to k n o w w h a t remote b o g this b i r d had recently de­parted f r o m .

REFERENCES AND LITERATURE CITED

Bent , A . C . 1927. Life Histories of North American Shorebirds, Part 2. Dover Publications Inc. N e w York, 1962, p p . 1-16.

Johnsgard, PA. 1981 . The Plovers, Sandpipers and Snipes of the World. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.

Or ing , L . W 1968.Vocalizations o f the Green and Solitary Sandpipers. Wil­son Bulletin 80:395, 420 (has a f u l l page d r a w i n g o f a Solitary Sand­p i p e r ch ick , s h o w i n g adult-sized feet and legs attached t o a d o w n y small body) .

Paulson, D. 1993- Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest. U n i v e r s i t y o f Washington Press, Seattle. 0

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The Breeding Status and Distribution of Harlequin Ducks in Oregon A Summary of Observations and Survey Efforts Stephen Dowlan,J710Fairoaks Way N.W, Salem, OR97304

The b r e e d i n g status o f H a r l e q u i n Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) i n western Oregon has remained uncer­t a i n s ince G a b r i e l s o n a n d J e w e t t listed 3 definite breeding records i n the 1940 publ i ca t ion o f Birds of Or­egon. T w o o f t h e records w e r e o f broods seen i n the W a l l o w a M o u n ­tains, and the t h i r d was o f eggs col­lected b y Jewett o n the ZigZag River i n Clackamas County. Despi te this p a u c i t y o f c o n f i r m e d b r e e d i n g records, the authors conc luded their e n t r y o n b r e e d i n g records o f the " w e s t e r n " H a r l e q u i n D u c k {Hist­rionicus histrionicus pacified) i n Oregon b y stating "Undoubtably, this beautiful l i t t le inhabitant of the moun­tain streams nests t h r o u g h the Cas­cades i n suitable localities and m ore records w i l l be p r o c u r e d as the n u m ­ber o f b i r d students increases."

Records p r i o r to 1993 Prior to 1993, on ly 5 nests had yet

been f o u n d i n the Oregon Cascades, t h o u g h b r o o d sightings had been re­p o r t e d f r o m at least 20 streams f r o m D o u g l a s t o M u l t n o m a h C o u n t i e s (Latta 1992). Eggs col lected i n 1940 f r o m a nest o n t h e W i l s o n River, Ti l lamook C o u n t y are documented i n a record f r o m the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (Bayer 1994; egg set is at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology near Los Ange­les, Cal i fornia) , and stood for many years as the only c o n f i r m e d nesting record for the Oregon Coast Ranges. A pair was also present t h r o u g h the breeding season o n the Trask River, T i l l a m o o k County , i n 1925 (Bayer 1994). N o a d d i t i o n a l b r e e d i n g has b e e n c o n f i r m e d f o r t h e W a l l o w a Mountains since 1935, though reports o f a f e w sightings o f i n d i v i d u a l adults and pairs are k n o w n t h r o u g h 1992 (Evanich 1992).

Over 50 years w o u l d pass before any concer ted ef fort was in i t ia ted to clarify the breeding status o f the spe-

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The author holds a drake which was captured and banded on 30 March 1995. The banding project was a graduate research project for Howard Bruner at Oregon State University.

cies i n the state. Harlequin D u c k was listed as "Federal Candidate Species, Category 2" for pro tec t ion under the Federal Endangered Species A c t i n November 1991. I n response, biolo­gists and government agencies f r o m t h r o u g h o u t the U n i t e d States and Canada f o r m e d a w o r k i n g group to share in format ion , address future re­search needs, and formulate survey p r o t o c o l . I n order to address the gap i n knowledge o f the species' breed­i n g status i n Oregon, Steve Latta f r o m Wil lamette National Forest prepared a repor t that assimilated all available r e c o r d s f o r t h e state ( D e c e m b e r 1992).

A rev iew of the records contained i n Latta's report , t h o u g h apparently incomplete , indicates that Harlequin Ducks were most of ten observed i n the u p p e r t r ibutar ies o f the Sandy River, Clackamas County, the Molalla

R i v e r a n d t r i b u t a r i e s , Clackamas County, the N o r t h Santiam River and t r ibutar ies above Mehama, M a r i o n and L i n n C o u n t i e s , t h e M c K e n z i e River and tr ibutaries , L i n n and Lane Counties, and Salt Creek and tr ibutar­ies i n Lane C o u n t y A d d i t i o n a l records are noted f r o m the u p p e r Clackamas River a n d t r i b u t a r i e s , Clackamas County, tr ibutaries of the H o o d River, H o o d River County, and the N o r t h U m p q u a River, Douglas County. One record each is listed for Klamath (June 1958) and Wasco ( s u m m e r 1988) Counties.

Survey Efforts and Records after 1992 I n March 1993,Oregon Department

o f Fish and W i l d l i f e ( O D F W ) orga­n i z e d a H a r l e q u i n D u c k W o r k i n g Group for the state and proposed a c o m p r e h e n s i v e s u r v e y e f f o r t f o r nor thwest Oregon w h i c h w o u l d fo­cus o n i n v e s t i g a t i n g s treams f o r w h i c h f e w or no records existed, as w e l l as s t r e a m s w i t h p r e v i o u s s i g h t i n g s . F u n d i n g a n d p o t e n t i a l breeding stream informat ion was pro­v i d e d b y the government agencies w h i c h w o u l d benefit f r o m the data: Salem a n d Eugene B L M d i s t r i c t s , M o u n t H o o d andWil lamette National Forests, U.S. Fish and W i l d l i f e Service (USFWS), and ODFW.A pro ject coor­dinator was h i red to assist agency b i ­ologists, technicians, and volunteers i n the survey o f as m u c h potent ial ly suitable habitat as possible be tween A p r i l and July 1993-

This coordinated effort ut i l ized vol ­unteers o f vary ing levels o f skills and experience, as w e l l as agency employ­ees f r o m t h e f u n d i n g agencies i n -volved.The purpose o f the ef fort was to ver i fy presence rather than to at­t e m p t to inventory actual numbers . The u p p e r Molalla basin (Salem BLM management) had been surveyed i n contiguous reaches over several days i n 1992, and i n order to m o r e closely

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Typical Harlequin Duck breeding habitat on the Table Rock Pork of the Molalla River. This reach contained a nest in 1993 and 1995, which was concealed approximately 25 feet from the bank. All 4 nests found in the Molalla basin were in riparian stands dominated by pole-sized Red Alder.

estimate actual numbers , this effort was carr ied o u t o n a single day i n spring 1993-Approximately 408 ki lo­meters o f 43 streams w e r e surveyed to some degree be tween 26 A p r i l and 29 May i n streams most ly south of T o w n s h i p 7 South. B r o o d surveys w e r e conducted o n 29 streams be­t w e e n 21 June and 29 July, most ly n o r t h o f T o w n s h i p 7 South. Most o f these streams had not been p r e v i ­ously surveyed for the presence o f pa i red adults i n the spr i ng survey p e r i o d . Agency biologists had p r i o r i ­t ized stream reaches for inspect ion, t h o u g h several streams were not sur­veyed due to t ime and personnel con­straints. Almost all streams w i t h his­tor ica l records were surveyed.

T h e p r o t o c o l had been used i n Idaho and elsewhere, and was em­ployed by all surveyors i n 1993 Teams o f 1 or more observers w o u l d w a l k upstream i n the channel w h e n pos­sible, scanning ahead for " loaf ing" or s w i m m i n g ducks. Harlequins w i l l nor­mal ly a t tempt to escape by swi f t ly s w i m m i n g d o w n s t r e a m o n the far b a n k , or, w h e n startled, b y f l y i n g l o w upstream away f r o m an intruder , fol­l o w i n g the twists and bends o f the channel. A surveyor w h o is no t oth­e r w i s e o c c u p i e d w i t h a v o i d i n g d r o w n i n g w i l l hopeful ly see the birds' escape. Surveyors also w o u l d drive along accessible and visible stream reaches, and d r i f t boats were some­times used.

Salem B L M chose t o conduct a 1 day survey o f the u p p e r Molalla River basin i n order to exper iment w i t h a p r o t o c o l w h i c h w o u l d a l l o w t h e agency t o m o r e accurate ly assess numbers o f individuals and pairs i n a

Harlequin Duck nests are usually concealed by low ground-cover vegetation, if concealed at all. The hen will normally cover the unoccupied nest with leaf-litter while feeding. The hen was flushedfrom this nest, but did not move far away when this photo was taken 2 June 1993-

Molalla basin, Clackamas County, and 1 was f o u n d along the m a i n stem of the N o r t h Santiam River i n M a r i o n County.The M a r i o n County nest was closely m o n i t o r e d , and was k n o w n to have hatched o n 10 and 11 July (Th­o m p s o n , Goggans , G r e e n l e e , a n d D o w l a n 1993). The nest o n the up­per m a i n stem of the Molalla River hatched be tween 2 June and 10 June. The nest o n the Table Rock Fork of the Molalla had been destroyed b y a predator some t i m e before i t was f o u n d o n 14 July. O n l y the predated nest was f o u n d d u r i n g a survey, and may not have been seen i f egg shell f ragments h a d n o t b e e n scattered around the area.The Molalla nest was found by an ODFW fisheries biologist d u r i n g salmonid spawning surveys, but was still d i f f i cul t to relocate later. The N o r t h Santiam nest was i n a pub­lic picnic area, quite close to regular human activity.

In 1994, emphasis shifted f r o m the search for presence o f Harlequins o n new streams to acquir ing data o n the reproduct ive ecology of the species. A n e w project , again cooperat ively funded by Salem BLM and other agen­cies, was ini t iated by Robert Jarvis, Professor o f Wi ld l i fe Ecology at OSU and Graduate Researcher H o w a r d Bruner. Mist nets were used i n A p r i l and May to capture hens and attach radio-transmitters ( to the undersides o f the middle rectrices), w h i c h per­mitted researchers to locate nests.The specific objectives o f the study was to:locate nest sites and describe nest­ing habitat i n the Cascade Mountains o f Oregon; locate brood-rearing areas and describe habitat characteristics o f those areas; and to relate stream

delineated area.This was the only ef­f o r t w i t h i n the cooperative pro jec t w h i c h attempted to cover all suitable habitat i n an entire basin o n a single day. Ten ducks (2 pairs and 6 i n d i ­v i d u a l drakes) w e r e f o u n d o n this survey. A n addit ional pair was f o u n d several days later w e l l downstream f r o m the survey area and a hen was discovered o n a nest where no birds had been seen d u r i n g the survey, w h i c h indicated that no fewer than 13 individuals and possibly 4 pairs were present d u r i n g the 1993 breed­ing season.

A total o f 281 observations were recorded for 1993 i n the f inal repor t for this study, t h o u g h many were cer­tainly repeat observations of individu­als or pairs i n streams frequented b y surveyors and river users. Birds were found o n 31 named streams and tr ibu­taries, t h o u g h some stream and t r i b u ­tary names i n the f inal repor t were mis interpreted or are no t accurate. The report identifies 47 pairs f r o m survey data, t h o u g h hatch-year birds w e r e later seen o n streams w h i c h w e r e not surveyed i n spring. Because the purpose of this study was pres­ence rather than actual numbers, and individual reaches o n larger streams w e r e surveyed o n different days, i t w o u l d be very di f f i cu l t to estimate w i t h reasonable accuracy the n u m ­bers of pairs present o n the streams w h i c h w e r e surveyed. I n f o r m a t i o n obtained f r o m later studies focused o n nesting and brood-rearing habitat characteristics suggest that many of t h e surveys w e r e c o n d u c t e d o n reaches after many hens w o u l d al­ready have been brooding nests.

T w o nests w e r e f o u n d i n t h e

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Drakes may sometimes be seen "loafing" in groups of up to 6 or more on Harlequin Duck pairs are typically observed on breeding streams from around breeding streams. Both paired and unpaired drakes may loaf together. Photo mid-March to late May. Some courtship activity has been seen on breeding 27 April 1993, Table Rock Fork Molalla River. streams, and if the observer is lucky, vocalizations may be heard.

p r o d u c t i v i t y to habitat use dur ing the r e p r o d u c t i v e e f for t . Biologists and technicians f r o m the f u n d i n g agen­cies w o u l d assist w i t h the effort as t ime p e r m i t t e d .

Bruner Jarvis, and various assistants t r a p p e d a n d m a r k e d d u c k s o n 4 streams d u r i n g May 1994. F i f teen hens w e r e marked w i t h radio trans­mitters , and tracking efforts resulted i n the locat ion of 4 nests o n 3 streams Qarvis and Bruner 1994). Banding ef­forts w e r e focused o n streams w h i c h reported h igh densities o f ducks f r o m 1993 surveys, and were w i t h i n rea­sonable daily traveling distance f r o m Corvallis. Most o f the actual nest site data was acquired i n the Quartzvil le Creek drainage above Green Peter Reservoir, w h e r e 3 o f the nests w e r e found.The u p p e r Molalla River basin was again surveyed i n 1 day, t h o u g h 1 w e e k later than i n 1993- T h o u g h only 2 drakes w e r e f o u n d d u r i n g the pair survey, 2 broods were observed for t h e July survey, i n d i c a t i n g that most or all o f the hens i n the basin were already b r o o d i n g b y the second w e e k o f May.

The upper Quartzville drainage was also surveyed i n 1 day i n 1994, though banding efforts o n the stream d u r i n g the survey probably moved birds in to adjacent survey reaches w h e r e some may have been counted t w i c e . Still, 30 to 40 birds were certainly present i n the basin, a n u m b e r w h i c h had not been suspected based o n previous years' s ighting data.

A h e n w i t h 4 y o u n g was observed o n the Nestucca River o n 1 July b y Harry Nehls o n the Nestucca River ( Johnson 1995) , w h i c h represents only the second c o n f i r m e d breeding record for the Oregon Coast Ranges

and the first for the Nestucca basin. T h e h a b i t a t i n t h i s r e a c h o f t h e Nestucca is not similar t o Cascade M o u n t a i n breeding sites w h i c h the author is familiar w i t h . Stream gradi­ent is lower, and the substrate is m u c h sandier t h a n Cascades b r e e d i n g streams.

The radio-telemetry project contin­ued i n 1995,and 27 hens and 6 drakes were marked between late March and late May o n 9 streams. Sixteen nests were located using radio-telemetry o n 7 streams. Eighteen adults o f b o t h sexes and 29 y o u n g b i rds f r o m 9 broods w e r e marked w i t h co lored bands (plastic gray band w i t h a black alpha-numeric code,z'.e., E6 ,A7 ,e tc ) . Three o f the broods c a p t u r e d for banding were f r o m hens w h i c h had no t been marked or tracked (Jarvis and Bruner 1994).

The Molalla basin pair survey re­sulted i n the detect ion o f 21 ducks representing at least 7 pairs.This sur­vey was conducted i n the last week o f A p r i l , a t ime i n w h i c h very few, i f any, of the hens present have init iated laying. A t least 4 broods were seen d u r i n g the second and t h i r d weeks o f July, though another may have been present.The A p r i l u p p e r Quartzvil le survey p r o d u c e d 34 individuals rep­resenting at least 12 pairs.The num­bers of broods produced is uncertain, b u t ranged f r o m a m i n i m u m of 6 to possibly 10. The b r o o d survey con­ducted b y BLM i n early July d i d not cover the basin adequately to detect all of the broods o n a single day w h i c h later were f o u n d to be present.

A single drake was seen i n early May o n the Nestucca River at the same l o c a t i o n as the 1994 b r o o d sighting d u r i n g a survey o f at least 10

r iver miles (this was the only obser­vat ion of the survey). A h e n w i t h a b r o o d was again seen near this loca­t i o n i n late June b y B L M biologists (Ti l lamook Resource Area).

The first drake seen o n the Table Rock Fork of the Molalla i n late March w o r e a y e l l o w plastic band.The b i r d , part of a pair, may have been banded i n Montana, t h o u g h several other re­search projects have used plastic yel­l o w bands (Ashley 1995).This sight­ing may represent the first detect ion o f a Har lequin D u c k o n a breeding stream w h i c h was i n m i g r a t i o n t o another breeding stream i n another basin.This pair was n o t seen again i n the Molalla basin i n 1995.

S u m m a r y The 1993 survey efforts proved that

H a r l e q u i n D u c k s are m o r e w i d e ­spread and numerous than land-man­agement agencies h a d p r e v i o u s l y thought .The posit ive results o f these surveys i n streams w i t h f e w or n o previous recorded sightings demon­strated that an intensive survey effort may be necessary just t o establish presence. Some of these streams are accessible and popula ted b y a vari­ety o f r iver users d u r i n g the breed­i n g season. A l l p o t e n t i a l b r e e d i n g streams recommended b y cooperat­i n g agencies w e r e not surveyed, and many streams w h i c h w e r e surveyed ( i n May) w i t h negative results may have been checked too late to ascer­tain presence.Tributaries o f streams w i t h positive results w h i c h are con­tained b y private land w e r e not sur­veyed, and no coastal streams w e r e r e c o m m e n d e d for survey, since n o breeding records or pair activity were k n o w n at the t i m e .

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Older broods become indistinguishable from the hen, though the hen usually This young Harlequin Duck brood was photographed on 19 July 1991 at remains in front, or between the observer and the young. The hen may become Fisherman s Bend Campground. Though small, they are capable of enduring ex-very agitated if separated Jrom her brood, and at least one instance of some- tremely rough water, and could swim upstream faster than the observer could what aggressive behavior has been recorded.

Records o f arrival o n inland streams can be f o u n d f r o m the first w e e k of M a r c h , i n c l u d i n g a f e w re por t s o f pairs.A pair was o n Lost Creek i n the McKenzie drainage i n January, 1992, and an unspecif ied numbe r o f ducks was repor ted f r o m the McKenzie i n late February 1991. Pairs are seen o n breeding streams i n greatest numbers be tween the second w e e k o f A p r i l and the e n d o f May, t h o u g h a f e w records of pairs can be found through June. Some o f these late observations appear to represent late-nesting or non-nesting pairs.

T w o males w h i c h w e r e r a d i o -tagged o n Quartzvi l le Creek i n 1995 co uld no longer be f o u n d b y the sec­o n d week i n June. One of these drakes was paired w h e n banded w i t h a hen i n the t h i r d w e e k o f A p r i l . The hen f r o m this pair was o n her nest by the t h i r d w e e k i n May, and was sti l l ac­companying 3 of her young b y the first week i n August (Jarvis and Bruner 1996) . T h e m a j o r i t y o f ne s t i ng at­tempts appear to be ini t iated by the second w e e k o f May, t h o u g h a f e w hens are b r o o d i n g i n late A p r i l , and some may initiate as late as early June. Preliminary data indicate that eggs are incubated for approximately 28 days, a p e r i o d consistent w i t h other N o r t h Amer ican populat ions of the species. Hatch-year birds are present o n breed­i n g streams as early as the first week o f June and as late as August, t h o u g h no dedicated effort has been under­taken to establish an average date o f departure.

As a testament to the tenacity o f a H a r l e q u i n hen's p r o t e c t i v e nature w h i l e raising young , the author was

follow on the bank! Allphotos/Stef>hen Dowlan.

"attacked"by 1 distraught hen w h i c h had been separated f r o m her several-week-old brood . She rushed the au­t h o r t w i c e , f l a p p i n g and k ick ing hard o n the water i n a very fast, direct ap­proach. I n both instances, several min­utes apart, she stopped abrupt ly 15 to 20 feet away and faced her intruder for about 30 seconds. She then f l e w upstream and q u i c k l y back d o w n , landing o n the water and searching the far bank where the young were h iding i n separate locations.When the young were together w i t h her again, she t o o k t h e m d o w n s t r e a m v e r y quickly and h i d behind boulders, out o f sight.

The n u m b e r o f H a r l e q u i n D u c k nests f o u n d i n Oregon n o w stands at 29,6 times the number k n o w n p r i o r to 1993 T h o u g h Harlequin Duck hens do not " b u i l d " a nest, evidence f r o m several Cascades nests suggest that hens do use the same approximate nest area, or even the same nest b o w l dur ing consecutive breeding seasons. This in for ma t ion may p e r m i t agency biologists to establish k n o w n sites for the species w h i c h may be m o n i t o r e d f r o m year to year. Addi t iona l survey and banding efforts are planned for 1996 by Salem BLM and Oregon State Univers i ty ( w i t h cooperat ing agen­cies).

Observations o f Harlequin Ducks o n bre e d i ng streams are scattered throughout a number of federal, state, and pr ivate agencies, and research and survey projects have been carried out b y several agencies and organiza­tions as w e l l A l t h o u g h certainly some references and records were missed i n the compi la t ion effort , this article

hopeful ly provides a summary obser­vations and research efforts for other O r e g o n o r n i t h o l o g i s t s to use as a guide w h e n seeking to broaden their experience w i t h the "Lords and La­dies" o f Oregon's m o u n t a i n streams.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ashley, J. 1995. Harlequin duck sur­veys and tracking in Glacier Na­tional Park, Montana. U n p u b ­lished technical repor t . W. Glacier, MT.

Bayer, R. D. 1994. H a r l e q u i n D u c k r e c o r d s m o s t l y f r o m L i n c o l n County, Oregon.Journal of Oregon Ornithology 3:243-260.

Bruner, H . 1995. U n p u b l i s h e d Field Notes, Graduate Research Project, O r e g o n State Univers i ty , Depart­ment o f Fisheries and W i l d l i f e .

Dowlan,S. 1991 to 1995. Unpublished. Special Status Species Reports (1 each year), Clackamas and Cascades ResourceAreas. U.S. Bureau o f Land Management, Salem District , Salem, OR.

Evanich, J. 1992. FIELD NOTES: East­ern Oregon, Spring 1992. Oregon Birds 18(4): 125

Gabrielson, LA. and S.G. Jewett. 1940. Birds of Oregon. Oregon State Col­lege, Corvallis, OR.

Har lequin D u c k W o r k i n g G r o u p , Sta­tus of Harlequin Ducks ( H i s t r i o n i c u s h i s t r i o n i c u s , ) in North America. A Report o f the H a r l e q u i n D u c k W o r k i n g G r o u p , March, 1993.

Jarvis, R.L., H . Bruner. 1994. Charac­terization of Habitat Used by Breeding Harlequin Ducks in Or­egon, Progress Report -1994. Un-

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published. Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and W i l d ­life, Corvallis, OR.

Jarvis, R.L., H . Bruner. 1996. Charac­terization of Habitat Used by Breeding Harlequin Ducks in Or­egon, Progress Report - 1995- Un­published. Oregon State University, Department o f Fisheries and W i l d ­l i fe , Corvallis, OR.

JohnsonJ . 1995. FIELD NOTES:West-

ern Oregon, Summer 1994. Oregon Birds 21 (1) :30.

Latta, i.C.Distribution and Status of the Harlequin Duck (Histr ionicus h i s t r ion icus ) in Oregon. U n p u b ­l i s h e d . USDA Fores t S e r v i c e , Willamette National Forest, Eugene, OR

T h o m p s o n , J.R., R. G o g g a n s , P. Greenlee, and S. D o w l a n . Abun­dance, Distribution and Habitat

Associations of the Harlequin Duck in the Cascades Mountains, Oregon, 1993- Unpubl ished. A co­operative repor t prepared for: Or­egon Department of Fish a n d W i l d -l i fe ,Wil lamette National Forest ,Mt. H o o d National Forest, and Bureau of Land Management, Salem Dis­t r i c t . 0

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CLACKAMAS Collowash Fish Creek Hot Springs Fork/ Coiiawash Wash Creek

COASTAL STREAMS Trask River Wilson River

GRAND RONDE Grand Ronde River

HOOD RIVER East Fork Hood River Lake Branch River McGee Creek West Fork Hood River Hood River

KLAMATH Klamath River

McKENZIE Blue River Deer Creek French Pete Creek Horse Creek/McKenzie Lookout Creek Lost Creek/McKenzie McKenzie River McLeod Creek Smith Creek/McKenzie South Fork McKenzie South Fork French Pete Smith/Browder Creek

MIDDLE FORK WILLAMETTE Fall Creek Hills Creek Little Fall Creek Middle Fork Willamette North Fork Middle Fork Willamette Table, Continued.

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MOLALLA Lost Creek/Table Rock Fork Molalla Clackamas Lukens Creek/ North Fork Molalla Clackamas Molalla River Clackamas Table Rock Fork Molalla Clackamas

NESTUCCA Nestucca River Tillamook

NORTH SANTIAM Big Lake Linn Blowout Creek Linn Lost Lake Linn Pamelia Creek Linn Breitenbush River Marion Cliff Creek Marion Devil's Creek/Breitenbush Marion Humbug Creek Marion Little North Fork/Santiam Marion Marion Creek Marion Minto Creek/Marion Creek Marion Monon Lake Marion North Santiam River Marion South Fork Breitenbush Marion

SANDY Camp Creek/Zigzag Clackamas Clear Creek Clackamas Lost Creek/Sandy Clackamas Sandy River Clackamas Still Creek Clackamas Zigzag River Clackamas

SOUTH SANTIAM Beaver Creek Linn Canal Creek/Quartzville Linn Elk Creek/Quartzville Linn Middle Santiam Linn Packer's Gulch/Quartzville Linn Parks Creek Linn Quartzville Creek Linn South Sanriam River Linn Thomas Creek Linn Upper Soda/South Santiam Linn

UMPQUA Boulder Creek Douglas Fish Creek Douglas North Umpqua/Fish Creek Douglas

WALLOWA Imnaha River Wallowa Lostine River Wallowa Wallowa River Wallowa West Fork Wallowa Wallowa

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SITE GUIDE: Pixieland in North Lincoln County, Oregon John Lundsten, 2352 Bunker Hill Rd. S, Salem, OR 97306

This easily-accessible b i rd ing site pro­vides a n i c e change o f pace f r o m w a l k i n g the beaches and headlands. Pixieland can be f o u n d at the n o r t h edge o f L i n c o l n County just east o f the j u n c t i o n o f Highways 18 and 101. I t is a small (53 acres) parcel , part of the Salmon River estuary managed by t h e Siuslaw N a t i o n a l Forest . I t is b o u n d e d b y H w y 18 o n the south H w y 101 o n the west, and the Salmon River o n the n o r t h and east T h i s area has seen a w i d e variety o f uses includ­ing a saw m i l l , an art ichoke fa rm (af­ter d i k i n g the r iver ) , an amusement park b u i l t i n 1969 that was called Pixieland, and i n 1984 a 120-unit RV park.The Siuslaw National Forest ac­quired the land i n 1991.

I n 1994,1 made m o n t h l y b i r d sur­veys at Pixieland and other areas i n t h e Sa lmon River es tuary f o r t h e Siuslaw National Forest. Pixieland had the greatest b i r d diversi ty w i t h 81 species seen. Some of the unexpected birds were Canvas-back, M e r l i n , Barn O w l , \. and S w a m p S p a r r o w . The area has excel­lent habitat for w i n -t e r i n g s p a r r o w s and attracts migrat­i n g a n d n e s t i n g w a r b l e r s , v i r e o s , and hummingbirds . I n a d d i t i o n to the Salmon River, there are a f e w p o n d s that attract water­f o w l a n d a f e w shorebirds.

To visit the area t h e r e is a g o o d parking spot o n the n o r t h side o f H w y 18 about 3/4ths o f a mi le west o f Otis Junct ion.A rust-col­ored gate and other v e h i c l e b a r r i e r s m a r k t h e p a r k i n g area.You f irst enter t h e o l d RV p a r k w h i c h consists o f paved n o r t h / s o u t h

roadways and parking slots that are s l o w l y b e i n g o v e r g r o w n b y H i m a ­l a y a n b l a c k b e r r i e s . T h e h e d g e plantings around each park ing area p r o v i d e good cover for w i n t e r i n g sparrows and summer f l o w e r s for hummingbirds .To the west is a nar­r o w p o n d screened by pine trees, and beyond are thicker w i l l o w s and black­berries. There is a trai l o n the n o r t h edge along the Salmon River that comes close to the H w y 101 bridge. The extreme western part is swamp, w i t h dense w i l l o w s .

O t h e r easily accessible areas to c h e c k o u t i n c l u d e t h e H w y 101 bridge over the Salmon River. Swal­lows and Rock Doves nest under the bridge and Barn Owls have been seen there. The o p e n grassy area to the n o r t h and west has attracted White-

tailed Kites, Meadowlarks, sparrows, and snipe. C o n t i n u i n g n o r t h o n H w y 101 f r o m the bridge, the first road o n the left is Three Rocks Road that fol­lows the n o r t h side of the estuary out to Knights Park. Gulls, w i n t e r water­f o w l , and raptors (Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons) can o f ten be seen i n this area.

I f y o u have comments or sugges­tions about the area, contact Carol Bickford, biologist at the Siuslaw Na­t ional Forest, Hebo Ranger Station, 503-392-3161. 0

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It's not over 'til the oriole sings Craig Roberts, 2880 Old Netarts RoadW, Tillamook, OR 97141.

After m o n t h s o f speculation and r u ­mors , the A m e r i c a n Birding Associa­t i o n (ABA) should soon release its lat­est r o u n d o f taxonomic changes.The A m e r i c a n O r n i t h o l o g i s t ' s U n i o n ( A O U ) has r e p o r t e d l y agreed o n 7 "splits ,"but has been b e h i n d o n pub­lishing their journal , TheAuk^hc ABA w o n ' t make the changes u n t i l they are publ ished, and only t h e n can y o u re­vise y o u r l ists . The B a l t i m o r e and Bullock's Orioles w i l l be separated again, and a lucky f e w Oregon birders w i l l have 6 orioles o n your Oregon list.A t o w h e e w i l l j o i n an o w l , a sand­

piper, and a redshank o n the list o f birds that can be "Spotted" i n Oregon. The Rufous-sided T o w h e e w i l l be­come an unlikely but possible vagrant f r o m the east w h i c h I suspect w i l l be reported more frequently than i t is actually seen, and our familiar towhee reverts to its ers twhi le Spotted To­whe e . The Gilded Flicker reappears. The Bicknell 's T h r u s h is spl i t l o n g before everyone can agree o n h o w to differentiate it f r o m the more wide­spread Gray-cheeked T h r u s h . T w o scarce and local jays, the Florida Jay and Santa Cruz Jays, are split f r o m

Scrub Jay. Most surprising to me is the decision to separate the Sharp-tailed Sparrow in to 2 species. The in land nelsoni a n d M a r i t i m e P r o v i n c e s subvirgatus f o r m 1 species, w h i l e the populat ions breeding o n the U.S.At­lantic coast make u p the other. The " lumpers" apparently got voted out w i t h the Democrats and no current species are expected to be demoted. The Thayer's Gul l and the Northwest ­ern C r o w ( m y t o p candidate for a non-species) w i l l continue to exist for now, at least o n paper.

A life bird in Oregon? dose doesn't count Craig Roberts, 2880 Old Netarts RoadW, Tillamook, OR 97141.

I o f ten w o n d e r i f I w i l l ever get an­other "life b i r d " i n Oregon. I've sure come close a lot lately. Most recently I f o u n d a fresh specimen of a M o t t l e d Petrel o n the beach at Oceanside. I cou ld almost imagine i t gave one last gasp as I p i c k e d i t u p o n 1 December 1995.Ten weeks earlier I was t h r i l l e d to get the Fork-tailed Flycatcher o n 13 September 1995, b u t Chinook is i n Washington (barely).Just a f e w days before that a Litt le Stint was repor ted at the South Jetty o f the Columbia. Its stay was too br ie f for m e to see i t , but I imagine i t f l e w b y m y house a f e w days l a t e r . T h e n t h e r e w a s t h e

Streak-backed Oriole stil l present at Malheur at dusk 2 October 1993- I arrived at 4:00 am 3 October 1993, but i t was never seen again.At least I got to see a pair at a nest i n Arizona since t h e n . Before that i t was the Red-bi l led T r o p i c b i r d r e p o r t e d 10 mi les o f f shore f r o m T i l l a m o o k 23 A p r i l 1992.1 live i n T i l lamook! I have to go back to 12 September 1990 to f i n d a n e w b i r d I d i d see i n Oregon. T h a t was o f c o u r s e t h e greatest c r o w d pleaser i n Oregon b i r d i n g his­t o r y , t h e Great O n e ( o o p s , that ' s hockey) — the Great K n o t . I t showed u p s h o r t l y b e f o r e a p r e v i o u s l y

planned t r i p to San Diego. I got o n the plane k n o w i n g the knot w o u l d be gone w h e n I got back. I enjoyed Blue-footed and B r o w n Boobies, Cali­f o r n i a G n a t c a t c h e r s a n d Least Storm-Petrels i n southern California, re turned h o m e and was amazed that the knot was sti l l at Bandon. Maybe 1996 w i l l b r i n g another n e w one for me i n Oregon. H o w about somebody f i n d i n g a Lit t le Stint i n T i l lamook, or a Yellow-green Vireo at Malheur?

Mottled Petrel, a morbid specimen washed up at Oceanside, Tillamook Co., I December 1995. OBRC 099-95-13B. Photo/Cris Roberts.

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A message from your President Mike Patterson, 1338 Kensington Avenue, Astoria OR 97103 mpatters@orednet.org and http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters

It's that t ime of year again w h e n folks f r o m agencies a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n s around the region come asking for c o n t r i b u t i o n s to the o r n i t h o l o g i c a l database. Many o f y o u have probably a lready s t a r t e d . T h e O r e g o n B i r d Breeding Atlas started ro l l ing w i t h the first breeding raptors at the end of February, N o r t h Amer ican Migrat ion C o u n t i n May, B r e e d i n g B i r d Censusing t h r o u g h o u t the summer, shorebird counts, habitat inventories. It seems as i f everyone wants to p u t birders t o w o r k col lect ing data.

These requests b r i n g w i t h t h e m some i m p o r t a n t responsibilities and issues that need serious consider­at ion. W h e r e are the boundaries be­t w e e n the pastime o f b i r d watch ing , the sport o f b i r d i n g , and science o f ornithology? Some members of Con­gress have called i n t o quest ion the abi l i ty o f avocational naturalists t o collect data w i t h o u t bias.The expec­tations o f science i n regard to data c o l l e c t i o n are o f t e n d i f ferent t h a n those o f casual observation or sport b i r d i n g . Science inc ludes the con­cepts of testabil ity and repeatability. The hobby o f l is t ing has an off icial set o f rules, but compliance is based o n the h o n o r system. What does all this mean? H o w must w e adjust our behavior to accommodate the rigors of science and appease the skeptics?

Birders are rarely called u p o n to authenticate their list, b u t scientists are . M o s t o f t h e data c o l l e c t i o n projects i n w h i c h w e are being asked to participate are bui l t f r o m scientific protoco ls . T h e y must be veri f iable , and ver i f i ca t ion comes f r o m repeat­abil i ty and testability. Repeatability i n science is the abi l i ty to reproduce results. For the field observer, this may be something as simple as be ing able to show a b i r d to other observers.The more c o m m o n a species is, the more easily repeatable the observation w i l l be. Rare occurrences are m u c h more di f f i cu l t to repeat and therefore must be subjected to other tests.Testabil­i ty is the abi l i ty to undergo a test or authenticat ion. I f authenticat ion can­not be accomplished b y s h o w i n g the species to other observers, i t must be

accomplished t h r o u g h analysis of the observer's d a t a A n example of repeat­abil i ty and testability familiar to many birders is a rare b i r d records commit­tee.

Rare b i r d r e p o r t s s u b m i t t e d t o records committees are one o f the first places where avocational birders are asked to participate o n a regular basis i n the science o f ornithology. Records o f rare and extra-limital spe­cies are collected and reviewed w i t h the intent o f placing t h e m official ly in to the record of avian status and dis­t r i bu t i o n .The i r authentic i ty must be established to a h igh degree o f cer-taintyAs a consequence of this effort, records committees around the globe have become the most feared and reviled element o f the b i rd ing estab­lishment.

Records committees seem to r u n counter to the honor system for list­ing . Having to submit a record for veri f icat ion b y "experts" implies lack of trust . Most birders are not trained i n the procedures and expectations o f science, and those o f us w h o are have failed to communicate these i n any consistent way. Those w h o have been cast i n the role of expert may focus o n the nuance of identif icat ion, but all too of ten only i n the context o f the compet i t ive aspects o f amass­ing a big list or f inding something rare. The quantitative and qualitative i m ­portance o f the data w e collect is all too o f ten downplayed.

N e w birders see the obsession w i t h the rare and unusual, and they quite naturally w a n t to j o i n i n , but a n e w birder lacks the information base bui l t u p f r o m years of mistakes and cor­rections. Many also lack any k i n d o f rigorous scientific training. B irding is a sport w i t h w i n n e r s and losers. A record t h r o w n out , is a loss. A l i t t le list is not as good as a b i g list.These are learned behaviors w h i c h may have t h e i r p l a c e i n t h e s p o r t o f b i rd ing , but r u n counter to the pur­pose o f records committees, a pur­pose w h i c h has almost n o t h i n g to do w i t h b i r d i n g and everyth ing to do w i t h the science of orni thology.

I t seems pre t ty clear to me that the

b i r d i n g c o m m u n i t y needs to add a n e w layer o f learned behaviors that help us separate the science o f o r n i ­thology f r o m the sport o f b i r d i n g . I f an observer makes a p u b l i c c la im of an unusual sighting, that observer is obliged, under the rules o f scientific testability, to submit details for review. Review committees, w h e t h e r for rare birds or atlas projects , or breeding b i r d surveys, have the obl igat ion to take all reports seriously u n t i l they are tested, b u t they sti l l have to be tested and there is a difference be tween tak­ing a report seriously and accepting i t in to the record. The records com­mittee takes submit ted records seri­ously enough that i t keeps every sub­mission o n f i le , accepted or not .

W h a t does h a v i n g a r e c o r d ac­cepted mean? I t means the observer or observers col lected enough rel i ­able details to convince the commit­tee that they saw w h a t they saw. I t doesn't necessarily mean they saw w h a t they saw, but good details and m u l t i p l e observers place the prob­a b i l i t y o f a c o r r e c t i d e n t i f i c a t i o n w i t h i n acceptable boundaries. Some records committees refuse t o accept single observer s ight ings w i t h o u t photographs, because they have de­c ided that the level o f uncertainty i n any single observer s ight ing is too h igh .

W h a t does an unaccepted record mean? It means that the details o f the observa t ion fa i led t h e tests set i n place b y the r e v i e w c o m m i t t e e . I t does n o t m e a n t h e observer was w r o n g . I t does not mean the observer is a lesser h u m a n being. It's n o t h i n g personal. The observer is free to in ­clude the record w i t h i n his or her personal data base. T h a t r e c o r d is maintained o n f i le w i t h the records commit tee and may even be recon­sidered i n the future .

We need to recognize that the rules o f science cannot d e p e n d o n the honor system.They require concrete evidence. Records commit tees and conservation organizations depend o n f ie ld observers generating reliable reports, the more the better.The n e w Continued on page 52.

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_ Great Gray Owl _ Long-eared Owl _ Short-eared Owl _ Northern Saw-whet Owl _ Common Nighthawk _ Common Poorwill _ Black Swift

Vaux's Swift _ White-throated Swift _ Black-chinned Hummingbird _ Anna's Hummingbird _ Calliope Hummingbird _ Broad-tailed Hummingbird _ Rufous Hummingbird _ Allen's Hummingbird _ Belted Kingfisher _ Lewis' Woodpecker _ Acorn Woodpecker . Red-naped Sapsucker _ Red-breasted Sapsucker _ Williamson's Sapsucker _ Downy Woodpecker . Hairy Woodpecker _ White-headed Woodpecker . Three-toed Woodpecker . Black-backed Woodpecker _ Northern Flicker . Pileated Woodpecker _ Olive-sided Flycatcher _ Western Wood-Pewee . Willow Flycatcher _ Hammond's Flycatcher _ Dusky Flycatcher _ Gray Flycatcher _ Pacific-slope Flycatcher

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Varied Thrush . Wrentit . Gray Catbird . Northern Mockingbird . Sage Thrasher . American Pipit . Bohemian Waxwing . Cedar Waxwing . Northern Shrike . Loggerhead Shrike . European Starling

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Proposed Changes in Oregon F ie ld O r n i t h o l o g i s t s ' B y l a w s Mike Patterson, 1338 Kensington Avenue, Astoria OR 97103

mpatters@orednet.org and http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters

The by laws for Oregon Field Orni thologists were first publ ished in

Oregon Birds in 1979 soon after the organizat ion w a s establ ished.

Since that t ime, the availabi l i ty of personal computers has changed the

w a y w e commun ica te , laws regarding non-profi t organizat ions have

changed and the size of our organizat ion has al tered the way we del iver

serv ices.

O n e of the many tasks the O F O Board has under taken this year is

to update the by laws to reflect these changes . Wha t fol lows are the

p roposed changes to the by laws recommended by the Board . W e ask

the membersh ip to look t h e m over, c o m m e n t where appropr iate, and

c o m e to the annual meet ing where they will be d iscussed and voted

upon . The by laws will then be publ ished in their entirety with all ac­

cepted changes in the fall issue of Oregon Birds.

A R T I C L E II M E M B E R S H I P

3. Classes and Dues. The classes of membership in the organization and annual dues for each class shall be determined by the Board of Directors. All memberships expire at midnight, December 31 . Members who have not paid their annual dues for a new year by March 31 are delinquent. They 3hall lose their right3 to membership on that date. Payment of due3 at any time before October 1 will C3tabli3h membership for the current year with rights of membership commencing on the date of payment. Back i33uc3 of Oregon Birds will be provided for the current year, if available. Payment after October 1 will establish member­ship for the succeeding year, but all rights of membership, including subscription to Oregon Birds will 3tart on the date of payment. Payment of dues for one-year membership entitles a member to all the rights of membership, including receipt of Oregon Birds for one year. The membership period begins on the date payment is received, and ends after the number of years for which dues were paid has expired. Members who have not paid their dues prior to three months after the expiration date of their membership are delinquent and lose their rights of membership at the end of this three month grace period. The first issue

of Oregon Birds for new members will be sent consistent with the publication date and mailing schedule.

ARTICLE III B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

2. Composition. The Board of Direc­tors of Oregon Field Ornithologists shall consist of the following: a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and four additional Directors and the OFO President of the previous year.

4. Notices. Notice of any special meeting of the Board shall be given to all Board members at least five days in advance, and such meeting may be conducted by telephone conference call or by other electronic means.

ARTICLE IV

O F F I C E R S 4. Secretary. The Secretary shall record the proceedings of the organi­zation and of the Board and preside at meetings in the absence of the President. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of these meetings as well as the reports submitted by officers or committee chairmen and other saeh records as of the organization may have, and transmit them to a 3uccc3-s©f. The Secretary shall provide each member of the Board with minutes of the last meeting and with the agenda of the next meeting.

6. Transfer of materials and goods. When any new officer or board member is elected, his or her predecessor shall transfer all of the organization's materials and goods in his or her possession to the newly-elected officer or board member as soon as possible.

A R T I C L E V D I R E C T O R S

1. Number. Election and Term. There shall be four directors elected on a staggered basis, each for a term of two years, so that two will be elected each year, except the first year. Directors may be reelected to no more than two consecutive terms. They take office at the close of the meeting at which they are elected.

A R T I C L E VI

M E E T I N G S 1. Annual meeting. An annual meeting of the members shall be held during each calendar year, at a time and place set by the Board, for the purpose of electing officers and directors, and for transacting such other business as may be brought before the meeting. Notice An­nouncement of the annual meeting shall be given to members at least 60 days in advance.

2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the members may be called, as determined by the board., with notice given to all members at Iea3t 15 day3 in advance.

4. Notice of meetings. Members shall be notified of the place, date and time of each annual and special meeting, and of the matters to be put to a vote of the membership, pursuant to O R S 65.214.

A R T I C L E IX B Y L A W S

1. Amendment. The Bylaws may be amended or added to by a majority vote of the members present and voting at the annual meeting. New Proposed Bylaws and amendments shall be published in Oregon Birds distributed to members at least 7 days prior to a vote. Results of voting shall be published in Oregon Birds.

Oregon Birds 22(2): $1

A message from your President, continuedfrom pa(

layer o f learned behaviors b u i l t to a c c o m m o d a t e t h e needs o f these agencies must inc lude t ra ining about data collection.Those of us w h o carry around the"expert" tag need to spend t i m e c o m m u n i c a t i n g the expecta­tions o f record keeping, qualitative descr ip t ion , and the submission o f reliable details.

50. As w e rise to the call for data col­

lect ion, w e must also rise to the de­mands o f scientific rigor, peer review, and protocol-based data col lect ion, as scary and unpleasant as this m a y seem. Challenging oneself to the task o f being a careful observer and re­cording exact details can be as f u n and exci t ing as bui ld ing a b i g list .And

good details backed u p b y solid peer r e v i e w w i l l go a l o n g w a y t o w a r d h e l p i n g to do the w o r k o f habitat ident i f icat ion and p r o t e c t i o n so i m ­portant to our cont inued enjoyment o f the pastime o f b i r d w a t c h i n g , the sport of b i rd ing , and the science o f ornithology. 0

News and Notes OB 22(2)

Please check your m a i l i n g label. The vo lume and issue n u m b e r of

y o u r last issue o f Oregon Birds is p r i n t e d i n the u p p e r r ight hand cor­ner. OB is sent o n a 1-year basis, not o n a v o l u m e - y e a r basis. I n o t h e r words , your membership runs for 4 quarters — 4 issues o f OB — f r o m the quarter i n w h i c h y o u jo ined or renewed. I f the number 22(2) appears — this is your last issue. So it's t ime to send i n your membership dues! I f the n u m b e r 22(3) or higher appears, feel free to send i n your dues early. You' l l be guaranteed an extension o f 4 issues at today's rates, y o u w o n ' t have to w o r r y about your subscrip­t i o n for more than a year, and y o u ' l l make the accounting at OFO a l i t t le easier.The entire OB team thanks you! Send i n your renewal now, and he lp us out at OB!

Al l requests for publications f r o m OFO's Bookcase should be sent

direct ly to Clarice Watson i n Eugene. Clarice has generously agreed to take o n the task of cataloguing and mail­i n g OFO's bookcase items.This takes a load o f f theTreasurer and gets OFO's members better service.Requests for publicat ions that are sent to OFO's P.O.Box might encounter long delays. Clarice Watson, OFO Publ icat ions , 3 7 8 7 W i l s h i r e Lane , Eugene , OR 97405.

Rare b i r d reports can be sent d i ­rectly to Harry Nehls, Secretary

o f the Oregon B i rd Records Commit­tee. The "rare b i r d r e p o r t f o r m " ap­pearing i n the center pages of each issue o f Oregon Birds lists the OFO post off ice b o x i n Eugene as the ad­dress t o w h i c h rare b i r d r e p o r t s should be sent.That is the permanent

OFO address. But birders w h o send reports direct ly to Harry w i l l shave a li t t le t ime of f the OBRC review. Harry Nehls, Secretary, Oregon Bird Records Commit tee , 2736 S.E. 20th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202,503-233-3976.

OFO announces its 17th annual meeting, 21-23 June 1996,at the

Oregon Institute ofTechnology i n Kla­math Falls. Friday night's speaker is Rick Hardy o n habitat management for Bald Eagles and N o r t h e r n Spotted O w l s . Saturday n i g h t ' s speaker is David Menke o n b i rd ing and photog­raphy i n the Klamath Basin. For regis­trat ion, see the full-page registration f o r m o n the inside pages o f this issue of OB. Cindy Lawes, 13380 S.W Butner Road, Beaverton, OR 97005,503-626-7532.

OFO announces p u b l i c a t i o n o f Birds of Malheur County, Or­

egon, Special Publication N o . 8,1996, b y A l a n Contreras and Rober t R. K i n d s c h y ; i l l u s t r a t e d b y R a m i e l Papish. I t provides "a general state­ment of the status o f each b i r d spe­cies k n o w n to have occurred i n the county." In format ion is inc luded for the adjacent Snake River islands i n Idaho. 104 pages, ISBN 1-877693-22-7, $12.00 postpaid.To order, use the handy order f o r m i n the center of this issue of Oregon Birds, or send a check payable to OFO to Clarice Watson, OFO Publications, 3787Wilshire Lane, Eugene, OR 97405.

The Oregon Fund for Orn i tho logy sets aside money for w o r t h w h i l e

projects related to the purposes o f OFO, to be dedicated at the OFO Board's discretion. Examples include special publications, improvements i n

Oregon Birds, suppor t fo r o r n i t h o ­log ica l research p r o j e c t s , etc. T h e Fund was established b y the OFO Board i n 1988, and was begun w i t h a generous d o n a t i o n f r o m M e d f o r d birder Otis Swisher, a past OFO Presi­dent A l l donations are tax-deductible. A handy check b o x o n the OFO mem­bership f o r m makes it easy to earmark c o n t r i b u t i o n s to the F u n d . Birders w i s h i n g to c o n t r i b u t e to the Fund should send c o n t r i b u t i o n s to OFO Treasurer, P.O. Box 10373, Eugene, OR 97440.

Rare birds — r u n n i n g tally of the b i r d s o f t h e O r e g o n rare b i r d

phone n e t w o r k : - Slaty-backed Gull, 29 January 1996, an adult at a

food processing plant, Sauvie Island, Multnomah Co., by Anthony Floyd;

-Eastern Phoebe, 19 February 1996, Independence STP, Polk Co., by Steve Dowlan;

- Blue Jay, 26 February 1996, near Cave Junction, Josephine Co., by Anthony Floyd;

- Tufted Duck, 10 March 1996, Arlington, Gilliam Co., by Donna Lusthoff and Dave Anderson;

- Tufted Duck, 24 March 1996, a male on Meares Lake, Tillamook Co., by Kelly Bettinger;

- Tufted Duck, 28 March 1996, a male in a farm pond off Sauvie Island Road, Multnomah Co., by Bob Sundstrom; and

- Costa's Hummingbird, 28 March 1996, again 29-30 March 1996, a bird coming to a feeder in Multnomah Co., by Mark Lundgren.

What w i l l be Oregon's 5 n e x t "f irst" state record birds? Prizes

for w i n n i n g this c o m p e t i t i o n are not f inally decided, b u t the b irder w h o w i n s w i l l be showered w i t h affection b y o t h e r b i r d e r s , t o be sure, and achieve prominence o n the pages of OB.'T promise to do backups and save the n e w contest i n f o r m a t i o n o n a f l o p p y d i s k . " Read t h e a r t i c l e "Oregon's N e x t First State Record Bird," OB 20(4): 115,Winter 1994, for

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a refresher. T h e r e c e n t l y - r e p o r t e d Dusky-capped Flycatcher f r o m Lin­c o l n County, i f accepted b y the Or­egon Bird Records Committee, w i l l be the f irst "next." N o one guessed this species, so anyone enter ing the con­test at this late date w i l l st i l l be o n an even f o o t i n g . B i l l T i ce , 750 W o o d Street, Falls City, OR 97344 bt i ce® te leport .com.

Volunteers are needed for an east­e r n Oregon r i p a r i a n song b i r d

study. The Association o f Forest Ser­vice Employees for E n v i r o n m e n t a l Ethics (AFSEEE) is seeking enthusias­t ic vo lunteers t o w o r k i n r i p a r i a n habitats o f central and eastern Or­egon d u r i n g b i r d breeding season. AFSEEE's study w i l l focus o n relation­ships b e t w e e n r i p a r i a n vegetat ion s t ructure and the d i s t r i b u t i o n and abundance o f songbirds, part icularly the Great Basin W i l l o w Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii adastus) and the Y e l l o w W a r b l e r (Dendroica pete­chia). Vo lunteers , i n smal l survey teams, w i l l use sight and song identi ­f i cat ion to census resident b i r d p o p u ­lations and a s impli f ied habitat assess­ment m e t h o d to assess d is t r ibut ion and characteristics o f r iparian vegeta­t i o n . AFSEEE can p r o v i d e t r a i n i n g , basic a c c o m m o d a t i o n s and r e i m ­bursement for expenses d u r i n g the survey p e r i o d . We anticipate several weekend excursions i n May and June, depending o n arrival o f migrants, and hope to have survey teams covering most o f the eastern p o r t i o n o f the state. Scenic des t inat ions i n c l u d e Malheur National Wi l d l i f e refuge, and t h e O c h o c o , M a l h e u r , W a l l o w a -W h i t m a n , Klamath and Umati l la Na­t ional Forests. Interested individuals

Willow Flycatcher. Courtesy/AFSEEE.

and groups should contact Joe Fox, AFSEEE Science and Policy Coordina-tor,P.O.Box 11615 Eugene, OR 97440, 541484-2692 fax 541484-3004 e-mail < j o e f o x @ a f s e e e . o r g > . I n t e r e s t e d birders can also contact Christopher Pearl, Universi ty o f Oregon, Biology Department , Eugene, OR 97403,541-342-6078 or e-mail <capearl@oregon. uoregon.edu>.

American Avocets have been and w i l l be c o l o r b a n d e d i n Lake

County, Oregon, i n 1995, 1996, and 1997. Combinat ions for adults are three color bands plus an a l u m i n u m band above the "knee" o n the left leg and t h r e e c o l o r bands above the "knee" o n the r ight leg. Combinations for chicks are t w o color bands plus an a l u m i n u m band i n various assort­ments above the "knee" o n b o t h legs. Colors used are dark blue, l ight blue, dark green, l ight green, black, orange, dark p i n k , red, w h i t e , and yel low. I n addit ion, a large number o f avocets have been color banded b y other re­searchers i n California, Nevada, and Utah.These birds have varying com­binations o f one, t w o , or three color bands o n each leg. I f sighted, please note the color combinat ion, location, date, t ime, and total number o f av­ocets present. I w i l l endeavor to get t h e r e s i g h t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n t o t h e proper bander and w i l l provide infor­mat ion to the observer o n locat ion and date o f banding. Please send any s ight ings o f these b i rds t o : D a v i d M e h l m a n , NBS-FRESC, 3200 S.W. Jefferson Way, Corvall is , OR 97331 ( v o i c e : 541-750-7495 ; f a x : 541-758-7761; e-mail: mehlmand@fsl. orst.edu).

Willets w i l l be color banded i n Lake County, Oregon, i n 1996

and 1997. Combinations to be used are an a l u m i n u m band o n one leg above the "knee" and three c o l o r bands o n the o ther leg above the "knee." Colors to be used are red, yel­low, black, and l ight green. Some in ­dividuals may be marked w i t h one a l u m i n u m band o n one leg and one color band o n the other leg. Willets are also being color banded inAlberta, w i t h a w h i t e " f lag" and a color band above the "knee" o n one leg and t w o color bands above the "knee" o n the other leg. I f any of these birds are sighted, please note the color combi­nat ion, location, date, t ime, and total

number o f Wil lets present. I w i l l send t h e r e s i g h t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n t o the proper bander and w i l l provide infor­mat ion to the observer o n locat ion and date o f banding. Please send any s ight ings o f these b i r d s t o : D a v i d M e h l m a n , NBS-FRESC, 3 2 0 0 S.W. Jefferson Way, Corval l is , OR 97331 ( v o i c e : 5 4 1 - 7 5 0 - 7 4 9 5 ; f a x : 5 4 1 -758-7761; e-mail: mehlmand@fsl.orst. edu).

Golden-Plovers (Pluvialis fulva a n d P. dominicd) have b e e n

banded o n Oahu, H I , and near Nome, A K . Each b i r d wears a FWS m e t a l band plus some combinat ion o f color bands or color flags. Observers are asked to note the colors and exact sequence o f all bands or flags o n the b i r d . I t is i m p o r t a n t that w e k n o w w h i c h l e g c a r r i e s t h e p a r t i c u l a r color(s) and, w h e r e used together, w h e t h e r the color band is above or b e l o w the metal band. We are espe­cially interested i n migrat ion routes a n d t h e l o c a t i o n s o f b r e e d i n g grounds. Sightings are possible over vast areas including the insular Pacific, Pacific coast, por t ions o f South and Central America, prairie regions of the U.S. and Canada Alaska, and northeast­ern Russia. Please send observations w i t h as m u c h i n f o r m a t i o n as possible to Oscar Johnson, Dept . Biol . , Mon­tana State Univ. ,Bozeman,MT 59717, 406-996-4548, or Phi l l ip Bruner, Nat. Sci. Div., BYU—Hawai i , Laie, H I 96762, 8 0 8 - 2 9 3 - 3 8 2 0 , o r W H S R N , c /o Manomet Bird Observatory, P.O. Box 1770, Manomet , M A 02345, 508-224-6521, or Robert Gi l l , Nat. Biol . Service, 1011 Rd. ,Anchorage,AK 99503,907-786-3512.

Black-bel l ied Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) have been banded

near N o m e , A K . We ask that observ­ers along the Pacific coast be alert to possible sightings o f these birds dur­ing spring migrat ion. Each b i r d wears a FWS meta l b a n d p lus t w o c o l o r bands o n one leg, and a single color band o n the opposi te leg. I t is impor ­tant that w e k n o w the exact combi­nation of color(s) carried o n each leg. Please send observat ions w i t h as m u c h i n f o r m a t i o n as possible to Os­car Johnson, D e p t . B i o l . , M o n t a n a State Univ. , Bozeman, M T 59717,406-996-4548, or Robert G i l l , Nat. B io l . Service, 1011 Rd. , A n c h o r a g e , A K 99503,907-786-3512.

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The 1995 m i d w i n t e r Bald Eagle sur­vey f o u n d 712 Bald Eagles i n Or­

egon, the t h i r d highest survey and an increase of 5.3 percent over the 1994 survey.About two-thirds were adults. The 1994 Bald Eagle nesting survey f o u n d 225 nestlings at 234 occupied nests. Nesting success was 61 percent i n a 5-year average 60 percent ; the recovery goal is 65 percent .The sur­vey has compi led a history of 695 nest trees at 272 nest sites i n Oregon; 28 of Oregon's 36 counties have Bald Eagle nest sites. Oregon Eagle Foun­dation, Inc. , P.O. Box 1616, Klamath Falls, OR 97601.

M i l l w o o d , VA 22646-0156, 540-837-2152.

Malheur Field Station announces its catalog of courses, and is "cel­

e b r a t i n g 25 years o f excel lence." Courses include f ield orni thology and the birds of southeast Oregon. Other courses include botany, archaeology, geology, astronomy, and the arts. Steve Scott has been appointed manager of the Field Station. Malheur Field Sta­t i o n , HC 72 Box 260, Princeton, OR 97721, 541-493-2629.

Oregon Eagle Foundation ^ ^ ^ ^

The Oregon Fish and Wildl i fe Com­mission adopted a 5-year plan, the

Oregon Diversity Plan, i n November 1993 to guide actions o f the Depart­ment through 1998 for all of Oregon's f ish and w i l d l i f e species. The p l a n emphasizes conserving w i l d l i f e habi­tat as a key to conservation o f spe­cies, taking an ecosystem approach, f o r m i n g partnerships w i t h other or­ganizations, and h e l p i n g landowners and the publ ic through education and assistance.ODFW released their 1995 r e p o r t o n t h e p l a n . H i g h l i g h t s for 1995 include improved status for Bald Eagle A m e r i c a n Peregrine Falcon, and Western Snowy Plover i n Oregon.The 9-year Peregrine Falcon reintroduc-t i o n effort ended i n 1995 w i t h the release of 9 captive-bred birds at 2 sites i n Oregon; 27 fa lcon nest sites were active i n Oregon i n 1995, com­pared to just 1 i n 1979. For a copy o f the 1995 repor t , contact Oregon De­par tment of Fish and Wi ld l i f e , 2501 S.W. First Avenue, P.O. Box 59, Port­land OR 97207, 503-229-5454.

Malheur National Wi ld l i f e Refuge has 450 miles o f in ter ior fence

and 200 miles o f boundary fence — enough barbed w i r e to stretch f r o m N e w York City to Denver. Thirty-f ive miles of that fence has been removed, m u c h of i t b y volunteer groups i n ­c l u d i n g Corvall is A u d u b o n Society. This is according to the Refuge Re­porter , an i n d e p e n d e n t j o u r n a l fo­cused o n the Nat ional Wi ld l i f e Ref­uges.The Spring 1996 issue spotlights the Malheur and Hart M o u n t a i n ref­uges i n southeastern Oregon. Annual subscr ipt ion is $12. Refuge Reporter,

Malheur Field Statio

The Oregon Clean Stream Initiative targets po l lu ted streams,requires

streamside buf fe rs f r o m l ives tock grazing and provides tax incentives to l ivestock operators w h o protect streams, and creates an incentive for l a n d o w n e r s t o w o r k w i t h govern­ment agencies w h i c h develop water quality management plans. Protection o f streamside areas w o u l d benef i t b i r d , f ish, and other w i l d l i f e popula­tions .Volunteers and cash support are invi ted . Oregon Clean Stream Initia­tive, 16 N.WKansasAvenue,Bend,OR 9 7 7 0 1 , 541-389-8367 fax 541-385-3370.

Teaming w i t h Wi ld l i f e is the name o f the Fish & W i l d l i f e Divers i ty

Funding I n i t i a t i v e ^ national effort t o address the f u n d i n g crisis faced b y all states i n managing nongame w i l d l i f e species.The basic idea is user pays, the same basic system used for the last 50 years to f u n d sport f ish and game management activities. I f passed b y Congress, a m a x i m u m 5 percent fee w i l l be charged o n specified out­door products at the manufacturer's level . The funds raised w i l l be ear­marked for conservation, recreation, and educat ion . O r e g o n c o u l d gain between $2-10 m i l l i o n per year for its Nongame (Wildl i fe Divers i ty) Pro­gram, depending o n match ing funds. The Internat ional Association of Fish & Wi ld l i fe Agencies intends to intro­duce legis la t ion i n June 1996. For m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , contac t the Or­egon Department of Fish & Wi ld l i fe , 2501 S.W. First Avenue, P.O. Box 59, Portland, OR 97207,503-872-5260 fax 503-872-5269 <ht tp : / /www.dfw.s ta te . or.us/>.

Museum Design is o f f e r i n g a T-shirt to he lp preserve the Bea­

ver Creek Marsh A p o r t i o n o f the sale o f each T-shirt w i l l be c o n t r i b u t e d to the Wetlands Conservancy i n an on­going effort to preserve the natural beauty and fragile ecosystem of our Pacific Nor thwes t wetlands. For a T-shirt, send $15.95 ($17.95 for X X L ) . Museum Design, 148 S.E. 1st Street, N e w p o r t , OR 97365, 541-265-7520 800-206-7520.

Oregon Clean Stream J

Museum Design

Bi r d Brain 3-01 , b i r d l i s t i n g soft ware for the Macintosh, has more

features at a l o w e r pr ice and is "na­t ive" o n the Power Macintosh. Birders can keep lists b y county, state, na t ion — "any place. 'The inc luded database has all 1972AOU birds and is expand­able to all w o r l d birds. Over 60 birds have been changed or added f r o m previous versions. $79.95 plus $4 s/

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h ; W o r l d List $20. Ideaform Inc. , 908 E.Briggs,Fairfield,IA 52556,515-472-7256, upgrades 800-779-7256.

Bird Brain 3-01

T > i l lTice announces the publicat ion J D o f Consider The Birds, "a. Chris­t ian devot iona l o n the w o n d e r s o f birds, d r a w i n g object lessons from their behaviors, my experiences, and f r o m researched material." 114 pages, 40 i l lustrations, c o m b b i n d i n g . For more i n f o r m a t i o n , contact Bi l lTice , 750 W o o d Street, Falls City, OR 97344 btice@teleport .com.

flight: 8 birders have guessed 23 ±X species as the next 5 Oregon "first" state record birds. Obviously, some are going to be more right than others. It's not too late to enter the con­test, as no one guessed the Dusky-capped Flycatcher earlier this year. Contact Bill Tice, whose address, phone, and e-mail appear

dation, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Peter Lowther, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, lowther@fmnh.org.

• 13-15 September 1996, Shorebird Festival, Or­egon Field Ornithologists with Cape Arage Audubon Society. Lyn Topits, 503-267-7208.

- 20-22 September 1996, OFO Fall Birding Week­end at Malheur. See inside this issue for registra­tion form. Sheran Jones, 9785 S.W. Ventura Court, Tigard, OR 97223, 503-246-5594.

- 21 September 1996, North American Migration Count, Fall Count. Pat French, Oregon NAMC Co­ordinator, 400 E. 31 st Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405, 541-683-4292 before 9 p.m.

- 20 December 1996-5 January 1997,97th Christ­mas Bird Count, National Audubon Society.

-16-22 August 1998, TheXXII International Or­nithological Congress, Durban, South Af­

rica. Prof. Peter Berthold (Ger­

many) will serve as President, Dr. Janet Kear (United Kingdom) as Vice President and Dr. Aldo Berruti as Secretary-General. This Congress will include a full scientific program and a large se­ries of ornithological tours to numerous areas within southern Africa. All interested ornitholo­gists are invited to take part. Potential members of the Durban congress are requested to contact Dr. Aldo Berruti (Durban Natural Science Mu­seum, PO Box 4085, Durban 4000, South Africa) to be placed on the mailing list, or to provide sug­gestions on any aspects of the 22nd Congress. Persons on the mailing list will be sent informa­tion on all aspects of the congress in proper time. Suggestions for the scientific program should be sent to the chairman of the Scientific Program Committee, Dr. Lukas Jenni (Schweizerische Voegelwarte, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland; fax 011-41-41-462-9710). Announcements for the scientific program will be published separately. Letters of inquiry about the scientific program can be sent to Dr. Jenni, Prof. Berthold, or Prof. Walter Bock (Secretary of the IOC, Box 37 Schermerhorn Hall, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia Univ., New York, NY 10027, USA). 19 December 1997 - 4 January 1998,98th Christ­mas Bird Count, National Audubon Society.

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deadlines made k n o w n t o Oregon Birds b y press t ime: - 8-14 June 1996, Natural Sound Recording Work­

shop, San Francisco State U., Sierra Nevada Field Research Station, in the Tahoe National Forest. "Accommodations are rustic but comfortable. In­structors include OFO member David S. Herr $625 includes tuition, class materials, ground transportation, food, and lodging. Library of Natu­ral Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, 607-254-2404 fax 607-254-2439; libnatsounds ©Cornell.edu.

- 14-I6june 1996,1996 Joint Convention of Colo­rado Field Ornithologists and Western Field Or­nithologists, Estes Park, Colorado. Susan Blackshaw, 1530 Robidoux Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80915.

- 21-23 June 1996, OFO annual meeting, Klamath Falls. Cindy Lawes, 13380 S.W. Butner Road, Beaverton, OR 97005, 503-626-7532.

-13-17 August 1996, the 114th stated meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, joindy with the annual meeting of the Raptor Research Foun-

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Portland

Salem Audubon Society

Third Wednesday of the

month (except Jun, Jul. Aug),

7:00 pm social. 7:30 pm

The Dye House, Mission Mill,

1313 Mill Street S.E., Salem

Southern Willamette

Ornithological Club

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Second Wednesday of the

month, 7:00 pm

Lane Memorial Blood Bank,

2211 Willamette Street,

Eugene — contact Clarice

Watson, 485-6137

Yaquina Birders and

Naturalists (Lincoln Co.)

Every third Tuesday (except Hatfield Marine Science

Center, Meeting Room 9,

South Beach

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Year 2 of the atlas project fledges PaulAdamus, OBBAP Steering Committee, P.O. Box 2189, Corvallis 97339

After extensive preparation the sec­ond year of OFO's Oregon Breeding Bird Atlas Project (OBBAP) is under­way! The ranks of the project's vol­unteers continue to swell as nearly 200 birders have joined the 400+ who participated in 1995.The goal of verifying and improving the state's biodiversity databases is rapidly be­ing realized, and a solid technical foundation is being established for publication of an atlas at the conclu­sion of the 5-year project.

Many volunteers this year are mak­ing a bigger effort to visit each hexagon's 5x5 km "square," where coverage most needs to be improved. Also significant is the number of birders who have volunteered to ex­plore desolate parts of Oregon's High Desert for a weekend or 2.As of this writing, it appears that only 6 of the 430 hexagons may not be covered at all in 1996.

An enormous after-hours effort has been required to bring the OBBAP to its exceptionally high level of partici­pation, since the project has no paid staff. Members of the steering com­mittee have devoted over 200 hours since January preparing atlas packets for mailing, recruiting participants at meetings, managing volunteer data­bases, writing articles for the media, clarifying protocols via phone and email communications, and preparing funding proposals. The project's an­nual budget is about $7000, of which approximately 70 percent is for copy­ing and printing of materials for the atlas packets, 15 percent for postage, and 15 percent for phone calls and the toll-free phone number. OFO has donated $500 annually to the project, and a $500 grant was recently awarded by the Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Funding is secure through this field season but by 1997 funds w i l l need to be raised through private foundations, government agencies, birder groups, corporations, and others.

If you haven't volunteered yet to participate in the atlas project,it's not too late! "Aliasing"is as easy as birding. You can do it alone or as a group, and

you don't need to count birds or fil l out lots of forms There still are plenty of hexagons and squares that could use more coverage, and a special atlasing workshop (helpful but not required) w i l l be held at OFO's June meeting in Klamath Falls.To receive a packet for this field season, please contact us before June 20 at:

Oregon Breeding Bird Atlas Project P.O.Box 2189 Corvallis, OR 97339 phone 1-800-440-5454

Please consider birding in any of these top-priority areas currently hav­ing no coverage scheduled for 1996 (numbers are the project's hexagon identification numbers):

LAKE County: 25979 and 25980 (north of Lake Abert, south of Christ­mas Valley).

CROOK County: 25859 (Ochoco N.F. just south of Big Summit Prairie).

HARNEY County: 25626 (Suplee, Delintment Lake, southern unit of Ochoco N.F.); 25745 (Rt. 20 on way to Malheur Refuge, from east of Glass Butte to just west of Chickahominy Reservoir).MALHEUR County: 24901 (Rt. 20 east of Juntura.fromjonesboro east to Harper).

Also, coverage in 1996 is uncertain or limited for the following areas, so some additional help is desirable:

BAKER: 24649 (1-84: Huntington, Snake River, Farewell Bend), 24774 (I-84: Weatherby), 25022 (Hereford), 25022 (Unity Reservoir, Blue Mts.)

CLATSOP: 26960 (Rt. 30: Knappa, Olney Svensen)

COOS: 27389 (Powers, Gaylord in Siskiyou N.F.)

CROOK: 25975 (Antelope Flat in Ochoco N.F.)

GRANT: 25143 (Granite), 25144 (Austin, Dixie Summit), 25265 (Ga­lena)

HARNEY: 25147 (Drewsey, D r i n k w a t e r Pass), 25148 (Warm Springs Reservoir) , 25153 (Whitehorse Ranch), 25154 (Trout Creek Mts.), 25511, 25629, 25630, 25631,25746,25748

KLAMATH: 26324 (Langell Valley,

Willow Valley Reservoir), 26430 LAKE:25751 (Greaser Lake, Rt. 140) MALHEUR: 24525, 24650 (Vale,

W i l l o w c r e e k ) , 24775 (Brogan, Jamieson), 24899 (Ironside, Malheur Reservoir), 24904,24907 (Battle Mt.) , 24908 (Ft. M c D e r m i t t ) , 25023 (Ironside Mt.) , 25024 (Beulah Reser­voir), 25025 (Juntura), 25029 (Burns Jet.), 25031 (Oregon Canyon)

WALLOWA: 24392 (Snake River)

Continued from page 5 7. cies thought to have very localized distributions were actually more widespread and in less peril .

At this point the Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy began dis­cussions with landowners, both at the Barrens and at similar areas that had been "discovered" because of the in­terest generated in the Barrens. Some landowners were tolerant of the pres­ence of rare species because the Con­servancy assured them, based on the scientific studies it had supported, that some of their practices were not only allowable, but desirable (in mod­eration) to maintain the suitability of this unique type of habitat for certain rare species. Other landowners wi l l ­ingly sold their land to the Conser­vancy. In 1987, the citizens of Maine passed a bond issue for purchase of wildlife habitats.The Kennebunk Bar­rens was the first area officially pro­posed for acquisition, and the State bought the parts of the Barrens that had not yet been protected by the Conservancy.To this day, the Conser­vancy continues to work w i t h Maine landowners in ways that allow pro­ductive use of the land while protect­ing biodiversity that is important to all citizens.

Were it not for Tom's persistent "atlasing" and the follow-up scientific studies that charted a course for en­lightened land management, the habi­tat of many species at the Barrens and elsewhere might eventually have been lost to spreading urbanization, innocently harmful agricultural prac­tices, or invasion by common, fire-sen­sitive vegetation.

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ATIASING: IT MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR CONSERVATION For a June morning in Maine, it was unseasonably hot and hazy. Tom had been birding the usual spots since dawn. Now the birds — but not Tom — were slowing d o w n . Eager for more birding action, he decided to drive toward home on a back road that went through a different "atlas block." He figured,"At least when I find the usual stuff and report it , that'll be useful to somebody and this part of my trip w i l l have been worthwhile."

As he drove, something about the landscape and vegetation began to look vaguely unusual. It differed in a subtle way from what he was used to seeing. He'd had that feeling before and had reacted to his instincts by stopping to search for unusual birds, but he'd never found any. He stopped anyway along the edge of a large scrubby field and got out.Almost im­mediately a drab sparrow hopped up onto a dry flower stalk.This, he real­ized, was not a Savannah or Song like he was used to seeing. This was a Grasshopper Sparrow, the first sum­mer sighting from Maine in perhaps three decades! Tom sped down the road to a phone booth, called a nearby birder, and within minutes the two had confirmed nesting of at least four pairs of the species in the Kennebunk Barrens.

Birders had seldom stopped at the thousand-acre Barrens because it didn't LOOK like the sort of place where you'd find many birds. No wa­ter, little vegetation, and sandy soil everywhere. But now many amateur naturalists — not just birders — be­gan giving it another look. In the years that followed, what they discovered were not just more Grasshopper Spar­rows, but many nesting Upland Sand­pipers, Vesper Sparrows, and a host of reptiles and plants seldom found in northern New England.

As word got around about the Bar­rens' exceptional fauna and flora, some people advocated that it be made a preserve. Local landowners who earned a living growing blueber­ries on the Barrens became con­cerned. They asserted that their ac­tive management (intentional burn­ing, herbicide use) maintained the Barren's unusual vegetation structure

and thus, its unique plants and ani­mals. Others disputed this. To help resolve such issues, a renowned orni­thologist at the university initiated a study. Searches of similar habitats were also funded .The university study

GETTING STARTED:

Hector (bringing in the mail): Look at this, Hilda, it must be that packet the atlas people said they'd send us when we called their number and volunteered.

Hilda: Great! It sure is nice to get something from someone who isn't bugging us for money again.

Hector: Yeah, but do you see all the papers they sent us? I'm starting to wonder if this project is more complicated than they made i t sound.

Hilda: Well, I talked with Heidi yesterday and she had the same reaction at first. But then she realized that nearly all the papers they enclosed aren't forms — they're informa­tional memos. She called the atlas hotline and they phoned her back and explained it all in such a straightforward way, she can't wait to get started now.

Hector: Look at all these maps. They're pretty, but you know how I hate looking at maps to figure where I am, even though the atlas project must need that kind of information.

Hilda: Yes, but their speaker at the Audubon meeting also said we could just give a nar­rative written description of the location when we send in each List, or reference it by township-range-section. I f need be, the at­las project folks wi l l figure out what hexa­gon our observations belong to.

Hector (openingenvelope): What do you sup­pose these large pages with black-and-white squiggly lines and lots of mysterious num­bers are for?

Hilda (scanning through the enclosed Hand­book): It says here that they're vegetation/ habitat maps. I guess we're supposed to over­lay those maps on a DeLorme atlas or on the color maps they sent us, and use them to locate the vegetation/habitat types in our hexagon. Then we're supposed to try to go birding in each type.

Hector: Do we have to? What if we're just driv­ing through the hexagon or don't have much time?

identified specific vegetation manage­ment practices that could harm or benefit the species of concern, and the surveys of similar habitats else­where revealed that some of the spe-Continued on page 56.

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Hilda: Well, it says that then we can use either a "Casual Observations" card or a "State­wide" card. Apparently they'll gladly use whatever observations we send them, though the closer we follow the directions, the more valuable the data w i l l be and the less work i t ' l l be for someone else to check it .

Hector (examining instructions on a field card): Here's an odd one . . . it says "write in the date closest to June 20 when the spe­cies was observed." What's so special about June 20?

Hilda: Heidi was wondering about that, too. She asked the hotline person about it and he said that date approximates the peak nesting time of most species in most of Oregon during most years. By reporting the sighting closest to that date, we reduce our chances of re­porting individuals that were just migrating.

Hector: Oh, yeah, I almost forgot this is a breed­ing b ird atlas project. And why do you sup­pose they want us to visit a 10 square-mile square out in the middle of nowhere? Every birder in town knows that area's got some of the lousiest habitat and rudest landown­ers in the county.

Hilda: The atlas committee's trying to make our data a little more scientific. I f every birder reported only from the areas we knew were best, it wouldn't give a very balanced pic­ture of things. The squares were located sys­tematically. The hexagon is big enough to include all our favorite birding spots and the square adds some rigor to the data. As for the landowners, let me remind you whose relatives those are, dear! You'll also remem­ber this year to stay on the roads or ask be­fore you go stomping through their broc­coli in search of Vesper Sparrows, won't you? Maybe your relatives w i l l even introduce you to the neighbors who found Long-eared Owls nesting in that cottonwood stand last year.

Hector: Hey, I need that for my county list. Let's gel started this weekend!

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Oregon Birds and Audubon Field Notes have synchronized reporting areas, periods, and deadlines. Field reports for eastern and western Oregon are due to the OB Regional Editor and A FN Regional Editor at the same time.

Season Months Due date Spring March—May 10 June Summer June—July 10 August Fall August—November 10 December Winter December—February 10 March

Oregon Birds Regional Editors Western Oregon Jeff Gilligan 26 N.E. 32nd Avenue •Fall 231-0971 Portland, OR 97232

Western Oregon Gerard Lillie 329 N.E. Gilham • Spring 257-9344 Portland, OR 97215

Western Oregon Jim Johnson 10405 N.E. 9thAve.AptG-10 • Winter/Summer 360-576-6984 Vancouver, WA 98685

Eastern Oregon Paul T. Sullivan 4470 S.W. Murray Blvd. #26 • Fall/Spring 646-7889 Beaverton, OR 97005

Eastern Oregon Tom Crabtree 1667 N.W. Iowa • Winter/Summer 389-7723 Bend, OR 97701

Audubon Field Notes Regional Editor All of Oregon Bill Tweit P.O. Box 1271

206-754-7098 Olympia, WA 98507

Audubon Field Notes Sub-Regional Editors Eastern Oregon Tom Crabtree 1667 N.W. Iowa Eastern Oregon

388-2462 Bend, OR 97701

Western Oregon Harry Nehls 2736 S.E. 20th 233-3976 Portland, OR 97202

Salem area Barb Bellin 4730 Elizabeth St. N. 393-0243 Salem, OR 97303

Rogue Valley Howard Sands 10655 Agate Road 826-5246 Eagle Point, OR 97524

O regon Field Ornithologists members bird all over the state, and often find birds that are of interest to local

birders. OFO supports publication of local field notes and encourages OFO members to contact local newsletter publishers or field notes editors whenever birding in or near

the Oregon locations listed below. If you would like to add a local newsletter or revise any of the information below, please contact the Editor, Oregon Birds, 3007 N.E. 32nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97212.

A r e a P u b l i c a t i o n P u b l i s h e r A d d r e s s F i e l d n o t e s e d i t o r P h o n e Bend Eag le Eye Cent ra l O r e g o n A u d u b o n

Soc ie ty PO Box 565 Bend O R 97709

T o m Crab t ree Ivy Hil ty (Madras )

5 0 3 - 3 8 8 - 2 4 6 2 5 0 3 - 4 7 5 - 3 2 9 0

C o o s Bay C a p e A rago A u d u b o n Soc ie ty

888 Te leg raph C o o s Bay O R 97420

Corva l l is T h e Chat A u d u b o n Soc ie ty of Corva l l is

PO Box 148 Corval l is O R 97339

Mark N e b e k e r 5 0 3 - 7 4 5 - 7 0 2 8

E u g e n e T h e Quai l Lane Coun ty A u d u b o n Soc ie ty

PO Box 5 0 8 6 Eugene OR 97405

Al l ison Micke l 5 0 3 - 4 8 5 - 7 1 12

F lo rence F lo rence A u d u b o n Soc ie ty 88909 Rust ic Lane F lorence O R 97439

Gran ts Pass

T h e Sisk in S isk iyou A u d u b o n Soc ie ty PO Box 1047 Gran ts Pass OR 97526

E leanor Pugh 5 0 3 - 8 6 6 - 2 6 6 5

H o o d River

C o l u m b i a G o r g e A u d u b o n Soc ie ty

PO Box 512 Hood River OR 97031

J o h n Day T h e Up land Sandp ipe r

Gran t Coun ty Bird C lub P.O. Box 111 C a n y o n Ci ty O R 97820

T o m Win te rs 5 0 3 - 5 7 5 - 2 8 3 3 (h) 5 0 3 - 5 7 5 - 2 5 7 0 (w)

K lama th Fal ls

T h e Grebe K lamath Bas in A u d u b o n Soc ie ty

PO Box 3 5 4 K lamath Fal ls O R 97601

La G r a n d e T h e Rav -on G r a n d e Ronde Bird C lub PO Box 29 La G r a n d e OR 97850

Bill & Chr is D o w d y 9 6 3 - 4 7 6 8

Med fo rd T h e Chat Rogue Va l ley A u d u b o n 6045 Foley Lane Cent ra l Point OR 9 7 5 2 0

Ric T h o w l e s s 5 0 3 - 5 3 5 - 3 2 8 0

Newpor t T h e Sandp ipe r Y a q u i n a Bi rders and Natura l is ts

PO Box 1467 Newpor t O R 97365

Range Bayer 5 0 3 - 2 6 5 - 2 9 6 5 d 'd l ine: 20 th of mo .

Por t land A u d u b o n Warb le r A u d u b o n Soc ie ty of Por t land

5151 N W Cornel l Road Por t land O R 9 7 2 1 0

Harry Neh ls 5 0 3 - 2 3 3 - 3 9 7 6

Port Or ford T h e S t o r m Petrel Ka lmiops is A u d u b o n Soc ie ty

PO Box 1265 Port Or ford OR 97465

Rosebu rg W i n g - T i p s U m p q u a Va l ley A u d u b o n Soc ie ty

Box 381 Rosebu rg O R 9 7 4 7 0

S a l e m T h e Kestre l S a l e m A u d u b o n Soc ie ty 1313 Mill St S E S a l e m O R 97301

J o h n Lunds ten 5 0 3 - 5 8 5 - 9 4 4 2

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FDELDNOTES: Eastern Oregon, Fall 1995 Paul T.Sullivan, 4470 SW Murray Blvd. #26, Beaverton, OR 97005

The season In August northeast Oregon received above nor­

ma! precipitation. In September the north central part of eastern Oregon was again above normal by as much as 150%. Rains in early October contin­ued the trend. Milton-Freewater received nearly 200% of normal October rainfall. November con­tinued the trend with rainfall up to 180% of nor­mal. Meanwhile, eastern Oregon from Bend south­eastward had below normal rainfall throughout the season. In November precipitation improved some­what to reach 80% of the monthly normal in this part of the state.

Temperatures oscillated up and down through the season. August was cooler than normal. On the 18th Klamath Falls saw 29 degrees and Enterprise saw 20 degrees. September was above normal, then October was below normal. Finally, November saw temperatures setting records across the state with averages as much as 8 or 9 degrees above normal.

Reports and reporters Observations were received directly from 16 ob­

servers. Reports from a total of 74 observers were gleaned from these direct reports, from the Rav-oti, newsletter of the Grande Ronde Bird Club, the Upland Sandpiper, newsletter of the Grant County Bird Club, the fieldnotes of Central Oregon Audubon, and sightings reported to Portland Audubon's Rare Bird Alert (aka Harry Nehls).

Notable sightings included a Green Heron on the Powder River, 2 Fulvous Whistling Ducks in the Warner Valley and a Common Pochard on the Co­lumbia River, a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper near Vale, a Long-tailed Jaeger in Klamath Falls, and a number of Sabine's Gulls across the state in September and November. The first Tropical Kingbird sighting east of the Cascades was seen at Malheur NWR head­quarters; a Blackpoll Warbler was reported at Frenchglen. Black Rosy-Finches drew many observ­ers to the top of Steens Mountain throughout Sep­tember.

Format, abbreviations The format used for each sighting in this report

is this: # individuals, location, date, COUNTY ABBRE­

VIATION, (INITIALS OF OBSERVERS); next record.

Abbreviations used in this report: e.g. campground l.o. lookout

mob many observers N.F. National Forest

NWR National Wildlife Refuge s.p. sewage ponds

St.Pk. state park WMA Wildlife Management Area

XXX all counties are designated by the first three letters of the county name. Excep­tion: HDR = Hood River.

Mallard - plain type denotes species usually seen Pacific Loon - italics indicates unusual sightings, late dates, unusual locations, Latin subspecies HARLEQUIN DUCK - all capitals indicates a rare sighting ROSS' GULL - all capitals underlined indicates the rarest sightings, first state records, etc.

Pacific Loon 1, Bully Cr. Res., 22 Now MM (JG), a first Malheur county record; 2, John Day dam, 24 Nov SHE (SM) Common Loon 3, Wickiup Res., 9 Sept DES (DH.PM); 7, Philips Res,8 0ctBAK(CMO); 1, Thompson Res, 12 Oct LAK (CM); 1, Three Crs Lk, Sisters, 15 Oct DES (PTSJM); 2, Bully Cr. Res, 26 Oct - 22 Nov MAL (JG); 4, Haystack Res, 3 NovJEF (PTS); 1, Ana Res, Summer Lk. WMA, 18NovLAK (KS,PM,LW); l,Suttle L k , 21 Nov DES (CM) Pied-billed Grebe common Horned Grebe 6, Pelican Bay, Klamath Falls, 7 Oct KLA (KS); 6, Thompson Res, 12 Oct LAK (CM); 1, Bully Cr. Res, 30 Oct MAL (JG); 1, CowLks, 21 Nov MAL (JG) Red-necked Grebe 2, Klamath Marsh NWR, 10 Sept KLA (RH); 1-2 ju­veniles, Hat Rock St .Pk, 1-5 Oct UMA (MD,TJ,DVB,ES); 1, Link R, Klamath Falls, 7 Oct KLA (KS); 2, John Day dam, 27 Oct SHE (HN et al) Eared Grebe birds on eggs, Davis L k , 6 Aug KLA (RM); peak of 5675, Lk. Abert, 12 Aug LAK (CM); 1, Pine Hollow Res, 21 Oct WAS (DJL); 100, Antelope Res, 29 Oct MAL (JG); 50, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 4 Nov DES (JM.PTS); 4400, Lk. Abert, 22 Nov LAK (CM) Western Grebe 60, Davis L k , 9 Sept DES/KLA (DH,PM); 55, Beulah Res, 12 Sept MAL (JW.CW); 15, Wasco county, 30 Sept WAS (DJL); 190, John Day dam, 5 Nov SHE (JJ); 40, The Dalles dam, 24 Nov WAS (SM); 310, John Day dam, 24 Nov SHE (DB) Clark's Grebe 2, JohnDaydam,270ctSHE (HN); l.TumaloRes, 29 Oct DES (DH.PM) American White Pelican 3, Unity Res, 10 Sept BAK (JW.CW) Double-crested Cormorant Crane Prairie Res, 9 Sept DES (DH,PM); 120, Wickiup Res, 14 Sept DES (DH,PM) American Bittern 2, Wright's Pond, Malheur NWR, 15-17 Sept HAR (AR); 1, Dredger Pond, Malheur NWR, 15-17 Sept HAR (AR); 1, Bear Valley, 21 Oct GRA (JL) Great Blue Heron 1 with 2 patagial tags, Wamic, 9 Sept WAS (DJL); 15, Wickiup Res, 14 Sept DES (DH,PM) Great Egret 1, 1-84, Rufus, 2 Sept SHE (DJL); 1, mouth of Deschutes R, 3 Sept WAS (DJL); up to 20, Wickiup Res, 9-12 Sept DES (DH,PM,CM); 17, nearNyssa, 10 Sept MAL 0 G ) ; many, Dredger Pond, Malheur NWR, 15-17 Sept HAR (AR); 10, Warner Valley, 23

Sept LAK (PTS); 29, Summer Lk, 24 Sept LAK (PTSJM); 50, Malheur NWR, 29 Sept HAR (PTS); 8, Phillips Res., 15 Oct BAK (HH.LS) Snowy Egret 9, Summer Lk, 24 Sept LAK (IM,PTS); 20, Malheur NWR, 29 Sept HAR (PTS) Cattle Egret 1, Summer L k , 11 Aug LAK (CM) Green Heron 3, Rocky Point canoe trail & Odessa e g , 19 Aug KLA (KS); 1, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 9 Sept KLA (KS); 1 immature, PowderR., SW of Baker City, 5 Oct BAK (HH,LS) A first Baker county record. Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 immatures, Biggs, 19 Sept SHE (DB) White-faced Ibis 30, S of Klamath Falls, 1 Aug KLA (JM,PTS); 800, Antelope Res, 5 Sept MAL 0 G ) ; many, Dredger Pond, Malheur NWR, 15-17 Sept HAR (AR); 35, N. Campbell L k , 19 Sept LAK (CM) FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK 2, Upper Campbell L k , 19 Sept LAK (WO,PO). Good details,/z<fe Harry Nehls. These birds were not seen by any subsequent visitors to the Warner Valley. Tundra Swan 2, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 4 Nov DES (JM.PTS); 35, Johnson Rd, Alfalfa, 4 Nov DES (JM.PTS); 104, An­telope Res, 4 Nov MAL (JG); 121, Wickiup Res, 9 Nov DES (CM.KT); 22, Tumalo Res, 11 Nov DES (DH,PM); 7, Ladd Marsh, 14 Nov UNI (JW,CW); 8, Johnson Rd, Alfalfa, 19 Nov DES (DH.PM); 573, Cow Lakes, 21 Nov MAL (JG) WHOOPER SWAN 1, Summer L k , 14-30 Nov LAK (MSL,AC,RH,HH) This bird has returned for several years now. Trumpeter Swan 2, CPR, Malheur NWR, 15-17 Sept HAR (AR); 3, Summer Lk, 24 Sept LAK (PTSJM); families of 4 & 6, Wamic, 28 Oct WAS (DJL); 1, HaystackRes, 19-26 NovJEF (CM,KT,TC) Greater White-fronted Goose 2, near Wamic, 19 Aug WAS (DJL); 5, PrinevuTe s.p, 6SeptCRO (DH,PM); 12,Wamic,9SeptWAS (DJL); 6, Davis L k , 9 Sept DES/KLA (DH,PM); 185-26, Summer Lk, 13-24 Sept LAK (CMJM.PTS); 500, E of Nyssa, 16 Sept MAL (JG); 4-10, Johnson Mkt Rd, Alfalfa, 15 Oct & 4 Nov DES (DH,PM,PTS JM) Snow Goose 1 flightless immature, near Wamic, 15 Jul - 5 Aug WAS (DJL); 2, Pine Hollow Res, l40ctWAS (DJL); 3-9, Johnson Mkt Rd, Alfalfa, 15 Oct & 4 Nov DES (DH,PM,PTS,JM); 200, Cow Lakes. 28 Oa MAL 0 G ) ; 1, near Prineville, 4 Nov CRO (CKG); 3 immatures, Tumalo Res, 13 Nov DES (DH,PM) Ross' Goose 1, Painted Hills res., 14 Oct WHE (LR), a first Wheeler county record. Canada Goose 6 cacklers, Johnson Rd, Alfalfa, 15 Oct DES (DH,PM); 11, Tumalo Res, 17 Nov DES (DH.PM) Wood Duck 1 male, Sod House Spring, Malheur NWR, 2 Oct HAR (AM)

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Green-winged Teal 1500, Wickiup Res, 9 Nov DES (CM,KT); 5500, Lk. Abert, 22 Nov LAK (CM) Mallard common Northern Pintail 1690, Lk. Abert, 16 Sept LAK (CM) Blue-winged Teal 1, CPR, Malheur NWR, 15-17 Sept (AR) Cinnamon Teal 16, Summer Lk. WMA, 3 Oct LAK (CM) Northern Shoveler 2200, Cow Lakes, 21 Nov MAL 0 G ) ; 16,900, Lk. Abert, 22 Nov LAK (CM) Gadwall common Eurasian Wigeon 1, John Day, 27-31 Oct GRA (TH,CMO,PSS); 2, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 25 Nov DES (DH.PM) American Wigeon common Canvasback 1, Wamic, 28 Oct WAS (DJL); 1, John Day dam, 28 Oct SHE (DJL); 1, Antelope Res, 28 Oct MAL (JG); 1, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 25 Nov DES (DH,PM) Redhead regular fall migrant COMMON POCHARD 1 juvenile male, Hat Rock St.Pk, 29 Sept - 3 Oct UMA (MD.CM et al) Good d e t a i l s , ^ Harry Nehls. Ring-necked Duck 106 displaying, Clear L k , 4 Nov WAS (DJL) Tufted Duck 1 female, Antelope Res., 28 Oct MAL 0 G ) , first Malheur county record, under review by records committee. Greater Scaup 2, Antelope Res, 28 Oct MAL 0G) Lesser Scaup common Oldsquaw 1, John Day dam, 28 Oct SHE (DJL et al); 1 male, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 24 Nov KLA (KS) Surf Scoter 2 immature, Rock Cr. Res, 14 Oct WAS (DJL); 1 adult male, Suttle L k , 21 NovJEF (CM); 2, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 25 Nov DES (DH.PM) White-winged Scoter 1 adult male, Prineville s.p, 24 Oct CRO (CKG), a second Crook county record; 2 females, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 4-5 Nov DES (DH,PMJM,PTS) Common Goldeneye 4, Thompson Res, 12 Oct LAK (CM); 5, Clear L k , l40ctWAS (DJL); 12, Lower Dam, 3 NovJEF (PTS); 75, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 11 Nov KLA (KS); 300, Farewell Bend, 24 Nov MAL 0G) Barrow's Goldeneye 5 females, Frog L k , 9 Sept WAS (DJL); 2, Lower Dam, 3 NovJEF (PTS); 13, below Owyhee dam, 4 Nov MAL 0 G ) ; 8, mouth of Deschutes R, 5 Nov WAS/SHE 0 J ) ; 300, early, outnumbered Common Goldeneye, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 11 Nov KLA (KS); 1, Pete's Pond, Enterprise, 17 Nov WAL 0W.CW); 32, Farewell Bend, 24 Nov MAL 0 G ) Bufflehead 8, John Day dam, 28 Oct SHE (HN); 30, Clear L k , 4 Nov WAS (DJL); 320, Cow Lakes, 21 Nov MAL (JG)

Hooded Merganser 25 displaying, Clear L k , 28 Oct WAS (DJL) Common Merganser 150, Wickiup Res, 14 Sept DES (DH.PM); 243, Thompson Res, 29 Nov LAK (CM) Red-breasted Merganser 1, John Day dam, 27 Oct - 5 Nov SHE (HNJJ); 2, Wamic, 28 Oct WAS (DJL) Ruddy Duck 2, Wamic, 2 Sept WAS (DJL); 300, Phillips Res, 8 Oct BAK (CMO); 190, Lk. Abert, 22 Nov LAK (CM) Turkey Vulture common in the southern part of the region Osprey 1, Bear Valley, 12 Aug GRA (TW); nest tree, Middle Fk. John Day R, 18 Aug GRA (BH); 1, Dayville, 19 Aug GRA (CMO); 1, Bear Valley, 26 Aug GRA (TW); 1, Indian Rockl.o, 9 & 24 Sept GRA (BH); 1, Ser­vice Cr, l6SeptWHE (PTSJM); 1,PRanch,Malheur NWR, 26 Sept HAR (AM); 1, Dayville, 17 Oct GRA (PSS); 1, Wickiup Res, 9 Nov DES (CM.KT); l j o h n Day, 13 Nov GRA (PSS); 1, Powder R, SW of Baker City, 16 Nov BAK (HH.LS); 1, Wallowa R, 17 Nov WAL 0W,CW) Bald Eagle

1 immature, Indian Rockl.o, 12 Sept GRA (BH); 2 adult, 4 immature, Wickiup Res, 14 Sept DES (DH.PM); 1 adult, Fopiano Res, 16 Sept WHE (PTSJM); 1, Krumbo Res, Malheur NWR, 22 Oct HAR (CMO); 1, Bear Valley, 23 Oct GRA (ANF); 1+, John Day Valley, 5-17NovGRA (PSS,LB,VD,TH); 1, Lower Dam, 3 NovJEF (PTS); 1 adult, Barnes Butte Res, 4 Nov CRO (PTSJM) Northern Harrier common Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, John Day, 10 Aug GRA (CMO); 1, Indian Rock l . o , 11 Aug GRA (BH); 1, Deschutes R, Bend, 5 Nov DES 0M,PTS) Cooper's Hawk 1, top of Steens M t , 27 Sept HAR (AM); 1, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 28 Sept HAR (AM); 1, Ladd Marsh, 15 Nov UNI (JW.CW) Northern Goshawk 1 immature, Indian Rockl .o , 29 Aug GRA (BH); 1, Steens Mt. summit, 16 Sept HAR (HN); 1, Can­yon Cr, 29 Sept GRA (LEH); 1, Starr Ridge, 8 Oct GRA (CMO) Red-shouldered Hawk l,SofLaPine, 18 Sept DES (SR) BROAD-WINGED HAWK 1, Steens Mt. summit, 16 Sept HAR (HN) Swainson's Hawk 2 adult, 1 immature, Township Rd., 9 Aug KLA (KS); I , Madras airport, 20 Aug JEF (PTS); 5, Merrill fields, 10 Sept KLA (KS); 1, Malheur NWR, 24 Sept HAR (CMO); 1, near Enterprise, 10 Nov WAL (BS) Red-tailed Hawk I Harlan's, Juniper Butte, 3 NovJEF (PTS) Ferruginous Hawk I I , Christmas Valley to Fort Rock, 4 Nov LAK (KL); 1, Powell Butte, 4 Nov CRO (CKG); 1, Merrill, 4 & I I Nov KLA (KS) Rough-legged Hawk 1, Steens Mt. summit, 16 Sept HAR (RH,AC); 1, Whitney, 8 Oct BAK (CMO); 1, Johnson Rd, Alfalfa, 15 Oct DES (DH.PM); 1, Merrill, 26 Oct KLA (KS); many, Wasco and Sherman counties, 2 Nov WAS/ SHE (BG)

Golden Eagle 1, Little Minam trail, Eagle Cap Wilderness, 2 Sept UNI (AC,HH,CB); l .Hwy 207, N of Mitchell, 16 Sept WHE 0M,PTS); 2, Tumalo Res, 5 Nov DES (JM.PTS) American Kestrel common Merlin 1, Steens Mt. summit, 12 Sept HAR (DB); 1, Nar­rows-Princeton Rd, 28 Sept HAR (AM); 1, Wasco county, 14 Oct WAS (DJL); 1, Bend, 24 Oct DES (DH,PM); 1, Deschutes R, Bend, 5 Nov DES 0M .PTS); 1, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 25 Nov DES (DH,PM) Peregrine Falcon 1, Davis L k , 9 Aug KLA (RM); 1, Indian Rock l . o , 12 Sept GRA (BH); 1, Malheur NWR, 24 Sept HAR (CMO); 1, Bully Cr. Res, 30 Sept MAL 0 G ) ; 1 adult hunting ducks, Phillips Res, 15 Oct BAK (HH.LS) Prairie Falcon 1, Malheur NWR, 24 Sept HAR (CMO); 1, Indian Rock l . o , 27 Sept GRA (BH); 1, Blue Mt. hot springs, 15 Oct GRA (CMO); 1-2, Alfalfa, 4 & 19 Nov DES 0M,PTS,DH,PM) Gray Partridge l + ,Long Creek, Aug GRA (TH) Chukar 1+, Dayville, Aug GRA (TH); 1+, John Day, Aug GRA (TW); 2, Trout Cr, 20 Aug JEF (PTS) Ring-necked Pheasant 1, Lower Bridge, 20 Nov DES (DH.PM) Blue Grouse 1, Indian Rockl.o, 23 Aug & 5 Oct GRA (BH) Ruffed Grouse 4, Indian Rock l . o , 12 & 23 Aug & 24 Sept GRA (BH); 1, Long Cr, Oct GRA (TH) Sage Grouse 2, N of Jordan Valley, 5 Sept MAL 0 G ) ; 25, Beulah Res, 12 Sept MAL 0W.CW); 1, S of Cow Lakes, 21 Nov MAL 0 G ) ; 4, Cow Lakes, 28 Nov MAL 0G) Wild Turkey 100,LookingglassCr, 19NovUNI 0W.CW);3,near Tumalo Res, 4 Sept DES (DH.PM) California Quail common Yellow Rail not reported for the fall season Virginia Rail 3, Barnes Butte Res, Prineville, 15 Oct CRO (DH,PM); 3, Lower Bridge, 20 Nov DES (DH,PM) Sora 1, Campbell Rd, 20 Aug JEF (PTS) American Coot common to abundant Sandhill Crane 1+, Logan Valley, Bear Valley, 20 Aug & 4 Sept GRA (TH,PSS,CMO,TW); 1+, Crane Prairie Res, 9 Sept DES (DH,PM); 120, Malheur NWR, 22 Oct HAR (CMO) Black-bellied Plover 1, E Link unit, Summer Lk, 18-24 Sept LAK (CM JM.PTS) American Golden-Plover none reported Pacific Golden-Plover none reported Snowy Plover 34, Summer Lk. WMA, 24 Aug LAK (CM); 2, Sum­mer Lk. WMA, 24 Sept LAK (CM,TJ,DC,DJL)

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Semipalmated Plover 15, Miller I s , 9 Aug KLA (KS); 27, Summer Lk. WMA, 11 Aug LAK (CM); 1, Campbell Rd, Madras, 20 Aug JEF (PTS); 1, Nyssa, 10 Sept MAL (JG) Killdeer 30, Rock Cr. Res, 9 Sept WAS (DJL) Black-necked Stilt 1. +, Malheur NWR, 12 Aug HAR (CMO); 80-30, Miller I s , 9-17 Aug KLA (KS) American Avocet 11450, Lk Abert, 16-24 Sept LAK (CM.PTS) . A n ­telope Res, 28 Oct MAL (JG); 450, Lk. Abert, 22 Nov LAK (CM) Greater Yellowlegs 2, HatfieldLk, Bend, 20 AugDES (DH.PM); 2, Frog L k , 26 AugWAS (DJL); 20, Wickiup Res, 9-12 Sept DES (DH,PM,CM,KT); 10, Pine Hollow Res, 30 Sept (DJL); 93, Thomson Res, 12 Oct LAK (CM), a record count for Lake county; 2, Wamic, 28 Oct WAS (DJL) Lesser Yellowlegs 20, Lk. Abert, 12 Aug LAK (CM); 2, Haystack Res, 20 Aug JEF (PTS); 28, Priday Res, Warner Valley, 27 Aug LAK (CM); 1, Rock Cr. Res, 9 Sept WAS (DJL); 8, Wickiup Res, 12-14 Sept DES (DH,PM,CM,KT); 7, Thompson Res, 12 Oct LAK (CM); 1, Wamic, 14-21 Oct WAS (DJL) Solitary Sandpiper 1 adult, 1 immature, Hatfield L k , Bend, 6 Aug DES (CM); 1, Haystack Res, 20 Aug JEF (PTS); 1, Wamic, 26 Aug WAS (DJL.PB); 2, Cow Lakes, 2 Sept MAL (JG); 1, Davis L k , 9 Sept DES/KLA (DH.PM) Willet 1+, Bear Valley, Aug GRA (TH) Spotted Sandpiper 1, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 3 Sept DES (DH.PM); 1, Prineville s.p, 6 Sept CRO (DH.PM) Whimbrel 1, Summer Lk. WMA, 12 Aug LAK (CM); 2, Goose L k , 18 Sept LAK (CM), rare Lake county records. Long-billed Curlew 1 + , Logan Valley, Aug GRA (TH); 43, Summer Lk. WMA, 12 Aug LAK (CM) Marbled Godwit 4, Summer Lk. WMA, 3-9 Sept LAK (CM.CL); 4, Antelope Res, 5 Sept MAL (JG); 1, Dredger Pond, Malheur NWR, 15-17 Sept HAR (AR) Sanderling 1, Haystack Res, 20 KugJEF (PTS); 1, mouth of Hood River, 26 Aug & 10 Sept HDR (JJ.SR); 1, Sum­mer Lk. WMA, 27 Aug & 9 Sept LAK (CM,CL); 1, Wamic, 9 Sept WAS (DJL);2,BullyCr.Res, lOSept MAL (JG); 2, Unity Res, 16 Sept BAK (HH,LS);25, E Link unit, Summer L k , 24 Sept LAK (PTSJM) Semipalmated Sandpiper 1, Miller I s , 17 Aug KLA (KS); 1, Flagstaff L k , Warner Valley, 2 7 Aug LAK (CM); 1, Summer Lk., 9 Sept LAK (CL) Western Sandpiper peak of 40, Miller I s , 9 Aug - 23 Sept KLA (KS); peak of 2000, Summer L k , 12 Aug LAK (CM); 1, Hatfield L k , 20 Aug DES (DH.PM); 40, Haystack Res, 1 Sept JEF (PTS); Prineville s.p, 6 Sept CRO (DH,PM); Crane Prairie Res, 9 Sept DES (DH,PM); 1, Thompson Res, 12 Oct LAK (CM) Least Sandpiper peak of 500, Summer L k , 12 Aug LAK (CM); 14 mostly adults, Miller I s , 17 Aug KLA (KS); 20, Hay­stack Res, 1 Sept JEF (PTS); Davis L k , 9 Sept DES/

KLA (DH.PM); 2, Cow Lks, 29 Oct MAL (JG) Baird's Sandpiper 3, Miller I s , 15 Aug KLA (KS); 1, Haystack Res, 20 Aug JEF (PTS); 1, Wamic, 26 Aug WAS (DJL); 6, Lk. Abert, 27 Aug LAK (CM, BP); 2, Haystack Res, 1 Sept JEF (PTS); 28, Cow Lakes, 5 Sept MAL (JG); 1, Crane Prairie Res, 9 Sept DES (DH.PM); 7 immatures, Wickiup Res, 12 Sept DES (CM) Pectoral Sandpiper 3, Summer L k , 27 Aug LAK (CM,BP); 1, Rock Cr. Res, 9 Sept WAS (DJL); 6, Crane Prairie Res, 9 Sept DES (DH,PM); 3, Unity Res, 16 Sept BAK (HH); 1, Miller I s , 23 Sept KLA (KS); 2, E Link unit, Sum­mer Lk, 24 Sept LAK (JM.PTS); 4, Bully Cr. Res, 30 Sept MAI, (JG); 5, Thompson Res, 12 Oct LAK (CM) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1, photographed, Bully Cr. Res., 7-12 Oct MAL (JG,DAL,AUF), first Malheur county record. Dunlin 2, Bully Cr. Res, 26 Oct MAL (JG); 38, Cow Lakes, 26 Oct MAL 0 G ) ; 2, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 4-5 Nov DES (DH.PMJM.PTS) Short-billed Dowitcher peak of 12, Miller I s , 15-17 Aug KLA (KS); 11 ju­veniles, Summer L k , 13 Aug LAK (CM); 6, Warner Valley, 25 Aug LAK (CM); 5, Lk. Abert, 27 Aug LAK (CM) Long-billed Dowitcher peak of 200, Miller I s , 9-17 Aug KLA (KS); 50 adults, Summer L k , 13 Aug LAK (CM); 54, Unity Res, 16 Sept BAK (HH.LS); 370, Miller I s , 23 Sept KLA (KS); 8, Phillips Res, 15 Oct BAK (HH.LS); 3, Wamic, 21 Oct WAS (DJL); 16, Cow Lakes, 28 Oct MAL (JG) Common Snipe 13, Wickiup Res, 14 Sept DES (DH,PM) Wilson's Phalarope 222, Summer Lk. WMA, 11 Aug LAK (CM); 6600, Lk. Abert, 12 Aug LAK (CM); 8, Miller I s , 15 Aug KLA (KS); 3000, Lk. Ewuana, Klamath Falls, 8 Sept KLA (KS); 25, Lk. Abert, 16 Sept LAK (CM) Red-necked Phalarope The Lk. Abert LAK counts fide CM were as follows:

7800 12 Aug LAK (CM) 43450 27AugLAK(CM,BP) 11000 16 Sept LAK (CM)

0 23 Sept LAK (CM) Also: 60, Hatfield Lk., Bend, 20 Aug DES (DH,PM); 12, Haystack Res, 20 Aug JEF (PTS); 10, Wamic, 26 Aug WAS (DJL,PB); 104, Cow Lakes, 5 Sept MAL (JG); 1, E Link unit, Summer Lk, 24 Sept LAK (JM,PTS); 2, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 25 Nov DES (DH,PM) Long-tailedJaeger 1 adult, photographed, Moore Pk. marina, Klamath Falls, 2-6 Sept KLA (CH) Franklin's Gull 1, Spring Lk, 9 Aug KLA (KS); 5-3, E Link unit, Summer Lk, 13-24 Sept LAK (CM.PTSJM); 8, Lk. Abert, 16 Sept LAK (CM); 5, Lk. Abert, 24 Sept LAK (CM,TJ,DC,DJL), a record late date for Lake county Bonaparte's Gull 32-2, E Link unit, Summer Lk, 27 Aug-24 Sept LAK (CM,BP,PTSJM); 15-65, below John Day dam, 28 Oct - 5 Nov WAS (DJL,SR JJ); peak of 300, Klamath Falls, 28 Oct - 4 Nov KLA (KS); 5, Tumalo Res, 29 Oct-12 Nov DES (DH.PM); 17, Thompson Res, 17 Nov LAK (CM), a record late date for Lake county

Heermann's Gull 1, Lk. Ewauna, 8 Nov KLA (RE,NC) Ring-billed Gull peak of 640, Lk. Abert, 27 Aug LAK (CM); peak of 6000, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 9 Sept - 11 Nov KLA (KS) California Gull 8000, Lk. Abert, 12 Aug LAK (CM); 7, Indian Rock l . o , 19 Aug GRA (BH); 1, Wickiup Res, 14 Sept DES (DH.PM); peak of 1500, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 7 Oct - 1 1 Nov KLA (KS); 2275, Lk. Abert, 22 Nov LAK (CM) Herring Gull 2 immatures, Hatfield Lk, Bend, 1 Aug DES (PTSJM); 2, Bully Cr. Res, 10 Sept MAL (JG); 2, Farewell Bend, 30 Oct MAL (JG); 1 first winter bird, Lk. Abert, 2 Nov LAK (CM); 3-20, Lk. Ewauna, Kla­math Falls, 7 Oct - 4 Nov KLA (KS); 1 immature, Wickiup Res, 9 Nov (CM) Thayer's Gull 1, Bully Cr. Res, 30 Sept MAL (JG) Glaucous-winged Gull 3 first year birds, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 11 Nov KLA (KS,RE,MR) Glaucous Gull 1 first year bird, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 11 Nov KLA (KS,RE,MR), the second Klamath county record. Black-legged Kittiwake 1 juvenile, John Day dam, 24 Nov SHE (SM) Sabine's Gull This species put in a strong showing this fall: 1 adult, Lk. Abert, 4 Sept LAK (TS); 1 immature, McKay Cr. NWR, 10 Sept UMA (SR); 1 juvenile, Lk. Abert, 16 Sept LAK (CMJKK); 1 juvenile, Crump L k , 23 Sept LAK (DJL,TJ,CM,DC); 1 immature, Lk. Ewauna, Kla­math Falls, 11 Nov KLA (MR) Caspian Tern 1, Haystack Res, 20 Aug JEF (PTS); 1, Hat Rock St.Pk.', 1 Oct UMA (MD); 1, mouth of John DayR, 2 Oct SHE (AF) Common Tern 2 immatures, below John Day dam, 2 Sept & 28 Oct SHE (DJL,SR) Forster's Tern birds on eggs, Davis L k , 6 Aug KLA (RM) Black Tern 150, Lk. Ewauna, Klamath Falls, 11 Nov KLA (KS,RE,MR) Rock Dove common Mourning Dove common Barn Owl 1, John Day, Mt.Vernon, 12 Sept GRA (CMO,TH); 1, CPR, Malheur NWR, 15-17 Sept HAR (AR); 1, Mt.Vernon, 30 Oct GRA (ANF) Flammulated Owl none reported this season Western Screech-Owl 1+, John Day, Aug - Sept GRA (TH); 1, Trout Cr, 20 Aug JEF (PTS) Great Horned Owl common resident Northern Pygmy-Owl 1, Kamela, 3 Sept UMA (AC,HH,CB); 1, Ochoco Pass, 16 Sept WHE (PTSJM); 1, Malheur N.F, 20 Oct GRA (PSS)

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Burrowing Owl 2, m.p. 66, Izee-Paulina Rd, 13 Aug & 17 Sept CRO (TW). These birds were found by BW on 20 June and seen through the summer by mob. Barred Owl I,yard near LaddMarsh, 30 Nov UNI (JW.CW) Great Gray Owl 1, Quail Run golf course, Sunriver, 14 Sept DES (DH.PM) Long-eared Owl none reported Short-eared Owl none reported Boreal Owl 1, above Tollgate, 6 Oct UMA (CC) Northern Saw-whet Owl none reported Common Nighthawk 144, Schoolhouse L k , Summer Lk. WMA, 11 Aug LAK (CM); 1, Fort Klamath, 9 Sept KLA (RH) Common Poorwill none reported Vaux's Swift over 40, Summer Lk. WMA hqtrs, 24 Aug LAK (CM); 2, Goose Lk. St.Pk, 16 Sept LAK (CM) White-throated Swift 5, WhiteR. canyon, 5 Aug WAS (DJL), a new loca­tion; 1, Steens M t , 12 Aug HAR (PSS); 1, Wamic, 26 Aug WAS (DJL) Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 female, Malheur NWR Hqtrs, 1 Sept HAR (TJ) Calliope Hummingbird 1, Long Creek, Aug GRA (TH); 1 immature, Indian Rockl .o, 29 Aug GRA (BH) Broad-tailed Hummingbird none reported Rufous Hummingbird 5, Summer L k , 13 Aug LAK (CM) Belted Kingfisher common Lewis' Woodpecker 1, Crater Lk. NP, 27 Aug KLA (JS); 1, 1 mi E of Sis­ters, 1 Sept DES (PTS); 1, Tyler Rd, NW of Bend, 1 Sept DES (PTS); 1, Crane Prairie Res, 2 Sept DES (RM); 2, Goose Lk. St.Pk, 16 Sept LAK (CM); 1 +, Dayville, Sept GRA (TH) Red-naped Sapsucker 1, Hwy207, N of Mitchell, 16 Sept WHE QM,PTS); common in wooded area at Malheur NWR, 26 Sept - 2 Oct HAR (AM) Red-breasted Sapsucker 1, Frenchglen, 29 Sept HAR (AM) Williamson's Sapsucker 1, Crane Prairie Res, 9 Sept DES (DH,PM); 1, Tumalo. St.Pk, 29 Oct DES (DH,PM); 1, Tumalo Res, 4 Nov DES (JM.PTS) Downy Woodpecker 1, John Day, 15 Sept GRA (CMO) Hairy Woodpecker 1, Indian Rock l . o , 21 Aug GRA (BH) White-headed Woodpecker 1, Bear Valley, Aug GRA 0LB .TH); 1, Rd 11, N of Indian Ford, 14 Oct DES (PTS); 1, Malheur N.F, 30 Oct GRA (PSS); 1, Palmer Jet, 19 Nov UNI (JWCW); 1, Cold Springs e g , 25 Nov DES (DH.PM) Three-toed Woodpecker 1, Bear Valley, Aug GRA (JLB); 1, Indian Rock l . o , 24 Aug GRA (BH)

Black-backed Woodpecker 1, Bear Valley, Aug GRA (JLB); 1, Indian Rock l . o , 21 Aug GRA (BH); 1 pair, Moss Springs trailhead, Eagle Cap Wilderness, 2 Sept UNI (AC,HH,CB); 2, Crane Prairie Res, 9 Sept DES (DH.PM); 1, Malheur R, 10 Sept MAL (JW,CW) Northern Flicker common Pileated Woodpecker 1, Little Malheur R, 1 Aug GRA (CMO); 1, above Philips Res, 20 Aug BAK (TW); 1, Indian Rockl.o, 24 Aug & 22 Sept GRA (BH); 1, Bear Valley, 7 & 14 Oct GRA (TW); 1, Sumpter Valley, 4-10 Nov BAK (TW) Olive-sided Flycatcher 1, Indian Rockl .o, 22 Aug GRA (BH) Western Wood-Pewee 1 on nest, Badger Cr. Wilderness, 5 Aug WAS (DJL); 25, Rocky Point canoe trail, 19 Aug KLA (KS); 8, Summer L k , 24 Aug LAK (CM) Willow Flycatcher 1, Wood River Ranch, Fort Klamath, 17 Aug KLA (KS); 1, east of Gray Butte, 3 Sept JEF (PTS); 1, Tumalo Res, 4 Sept DES (DH.PM); 1, Malheur NWR, 4 Sept HAR (CMO); 1, P Ranch, Malheur NWR, 28 Sept HAR (AM) Least Flycatcher none reported Hammond's Flycatcher common Dusky Flycatcher common Gray Flycatcher 8, SE Jefferson Co, 20 Aug & 1 Sept JEF (PTS); 1, Indian Ford Cr, Sisters, 1 Sept DES (PTS) Pacific-slope Flycatcher none reported Cordilleran Flycatcher 1 calling, Odessa e g , 19 Aug KLA (KS); 1, John Day, 30 Aug GRA (CMO) Black Phoebe 1, Lost River, 7 Oct KLA (KS); 1, Lk. Ewauna, Kla­math Falls, 7 Oct KLA (KS) Say's Phoebe 1, Indian Rockl.o, 25 Aug GRA (BH); 1, Malheur NWR, 24 Sept HAR (CMO) Ash-throated Flycatcher 1, Rimrock Spr, 20 Aug JEF (PTS) TROPICAL KINGBIRD 1, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 27 Sept HAR (AM,DAH,SJ). This is Oregon's first inland record. Western Kingbird common Eastern Kingbird l.John Day, 14 Aug GRA (CG) Horned Lark 10, top of Mt. Bachelor, 2 Sept DES (RM); 3, In­dian Rockl .o, 2 Sept GRA (BH); 1+, Long Creek, Sept GRA (TH); 1, Logan Valley, 15 Oct GRA (CMO) Tree Swallow 1, Malheur NWR, 24 Sept HAR (CMO) Violet-green Swallow 3 late, Goose Lk. St.Pk, 16 Sept LAK (CM) Northern Rough-winged Swallow common Bank Swallow most gone, Wasco county, 19 Aug WAS (DJL) Cliff Swallow 1 late, Coose Lk. St.Pk, 16 Sept LAK (CM); 1,

Malheur NWR, 24 Sept HAR (CMO) Barn Swallow 1, Ana Res, Summer L k , 5 Nov LAK (KL) GrayJay common Steller's Jay common BLUE JAY 1, Snake R. at Oxbow, 8 Oct BAK (AH); 1, Bend feeder, 16 Oct DES (fideXQ Scrub Jay 1, near Fossil, 30 Oct - 3 Nov WHE (BRS); 3, Lower Dam, 3 NovJEF (PTS); 1, Deschutes R, Bend, 5 Nov DES (PTSJM) Pinyonjay flock carrying off plasterboard, Sisters, l4SeptDES (AR) Clark's Nutcracker 2+, N end, OO Rd, 14 Sept HAR (AR) Black-billed Magpie 40, CPR, Malheur NWR, 28 Sept HAR (AM) American Crow common Common Raven common Black-capped Chickadee 5, Odessa e g . Upper Klamath Lk, 19 Aug KLA (KS); 2, Moore Pk. marina, Klamath Falls, 23 Sept KLA (KS). This species is rarely found in Klamath county. Mountain Chickadee common Chestnut-backed Chickadee none reported Plain Titmouse none reported Bushtit none reported Red-breasted Nuthatch common White-breasted Nuthatch 1, Phillips Res, 8 Oct BAK (CMO) Pygmy Nuthatch 1+, Bear Valley, Aug GRA (JLB.TH); 1, Phillips Res, 8 Oct BAK (CMO) Brown Creeper 1+, Bear Valley, 20 Aug GRA (CMO); 1, Indian Rock l . o , 29 Aug GRA (BH) Rock Wren common Canyon Wren common Bewick's Wren 1, Frog Lake, 26 Aug WAS (DJL.PB) House Wren Tumalo St.Pk, 28 Oct DES (DH,PM) Winter Wren 1, Indian Rockl.o, 24 Aug & 17-22 Sept GRA (BH); 1, Summer Lk., 13 Sept LAK (CM); 2, Tumalo St.Pk., 28 Oct DES (DH.PM) Marsh Wren common American Dipper 1, Little Malheur R, 1 Aug GRA (CMO); 2, Deschutes R, Bend, 5 Nov DES (JMPTS) Golden-crowned Kinglet common Ruby-crowned Kinglet peak of 15, Summer L k , 26 Sept LAK (CM); abun­dant, Malheur NWR & Fields, 26 Sept - 2 Oct HAR

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(AM) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher none reported Western Bluebird 50, near Wamic, 21 Oct WAS (DJL); 1, John Day, 11 Nov GRA (CMO) Mountain Bluebird 1, Indian Rock l . o , 20 Sept GRA (BH); up to 40, Steens Mt. Rd, 27 Sept HAR (AM); 1, S of Cow Lakes, 21 Nov MAL (JG) Townsend's Solitaire common, Malheur NWR, 26 Sept HAR (AM) Swainson's Thrush common in suitable habitat Hermit Thrush 4, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 26 Sept HAR (AM); 3, Tumalo St.Pk, 28-29 Oct DES (DH.PM) American Robin large numbers, Central Oregon, 14 Oct DES (PTSJM/TC) Varied Thrush 1, Indian Rockl .o, 22 Sept GRA (BH); 1, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 1 Oct HAR (AM); 15, Clear L k , 14 Oct WAS (DJL); 1, Tumalo St.Pk, 29 OctDES (DH,PM) Northern Mockingbird 1, south of Silver Lake, 29 Nov LAK (CM) Sage Thrasher 5, Jefferson Co, 20 Aug JEF (PTS); 1+, Malheur NWR, 4 & 24 Sept GRA (CMO) American Pipit 1, Wamic, 26 Aug WAS (DJL); 1, Indian Rock l . o , 31 Aug & 19 Sept GRA (BH); 10, top of Mt. Bach­elor, 2 Sept DES (RM): 6, Crane Prairie Res, 9 Sept DES (DH,PM); 20, Beulah Res, 12 Sept MAL (JW,CW); 2, Three Cr Lk, Sisters, 15 Oct DES (PTSJM); 50, Wamic, 21 Oct WAS (DJL); 6, Ochoco Res, 4 Nov CRO (PTSJM) Bohemian Waxwing first of season, near Bend, 26 Nov DES (DJL.PB) Cedar Waxwing 1+, Malheur NWR, 22 Oct HAR (CMO); 1+, Can­yon Cr, 6 Nov GRA (LEH) Northern Shrike first of season, Wamic, 21 Oct WAS (DJL); 1, Malheur NWR, 22 Oct HAR (CMO); 1,Bully Cr. Res, 26 Oct MAL (JG); 1 Jordan Valley, 28 Oct MAL (JG); 1, Malheur N.F, 1 Nov GRA (PSS); 1, Mt.Vernon, 10 Nov GRA (TH); 1, 20 mi S of Jordan Valley, 25 Nov MAL (JG); 1, Tumalo Res, 12 Nov DES (DH,PM); 1, Ladd Marsh, 15 Nov UNI (JW.CW) Loggerhead Shrike 1, John Day, 3 Sept GRA (CMO); 1, Malheur NWR, 22 Oct HAR (CMO) European Starling all too common Solitary Vireo 2, both "Rockies" and "West Coast" races, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 30 Sept HAR (AM) Warbling Vireo Tumalo St .Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH,PM); 1, Frenchglen, 29 Sept HAR (AM) Tennessee Warbler 1 adult male, Clear L k , 30 Sept WAS (DJL) Orange-crowned Warbler 1, Little Malheur R, 1 Aug GRA (CMO); 1 imma­ture, Indian Rock l . o , 13 Aug GRA (BH); peak of 13, Summer L k , 24 Aug LAK (CM); 1, Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH.PM); 4, Malheur NWR, 30 Sept - 1 Oct HAR (AM); 1 late, Summer L k , 28

Nov LAK (CM) Nashville Warbler 1, Indian Rockl .o, 17 Aug GRA (BH); 1, Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH,PM) Yellow Warbler Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH,PM); 1, Benson Pond, Malheur NWR, 1 Oct HAR (AM) Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 adult, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 15 Oct HAR (JH) Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 female, Fields, 18 Sept HAR (HN,RL); 1 male, Fields, 29-30 Sept HAR (AMJJ.GL); 1 male, Roar­ing Springs Ranch, 30 Sept HAR (JJ.GL) Yellow-rumped Warbler Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH.PM); 1 myrtle, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 15 Oct HAR OH) Black-throated Gray Warbler 1, Odessac.g, Upper Klamath Lk, 19AugKLA (KS); Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH,PM) Townsend's Warbler 1, Little Malheur R, 1 Aug GRA (CMO); 1-2, Indian Rockl.o, 22 & 29 Aug GRA (BH); 2, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 1-2 Oct HAR (AM) Hermit Warbler 20, Frog Lake Buttes, 19 Aug WAS (DJL); 1 late, Bend, 25 Oct DES (TC) Blackpoll Warbler 1, Frenchglen, 4 Sept HAR (HO) American Redstart 1 male, Benson Pond, Malheur NWR, 16 Sept HAR (AC) Northern Waterthrush none reported. What happens to the birds seen on the Little Deschutes River in the spring? MacGillivray's Warbler 1, Indian Rockl.o, 22 AugGRA (BH); 1, John Day, 3 Sept GRA (CMO); 1, Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH,PM) Common Yellowthroat Lower Bridge, 6 Sept DES (DH,PM) Wilson's Warbler 1 male, Benson Pond, Malheur NWR, 1 Oct HAR (AM); 1, Klamath Falls, 8 Oct KLA (KS) Yellow-breasted Chat 1, Dayville, Aug GRA (TH); 1 (eastern race?), Malheur NWR hqtrs, 17 Sept HAR (AC,SR et al) Western Tanager 1 female, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 29 Sept - 1 Oct HAR (AM) Black-headed Grosbeak 1, Logan Valley, Aug GRA (TH); 1, John Day valley, Aug GRA (PSS) Lazuli Bunting common Green-tailed Towhee 1, John Day, 15 Aug GRA (CG); 1, Indian Rockl.o, 17 AugGRA (BH); 1, Gray Butte, 1 Sept JEF (PTS); l.John Day, 3 Sept GRA (CMO) Rufous-sided Towhee common American Tree Sparrow 1, Poison Cr, Lk. Abert, 2 Nov LAK (CM) Chipping Sparrow 1, Indian Rock l . o , 1 Oct GRA (BH) Brewer's Sparrow 1+, Alvord Desert, 13 Aug HAR (PSS); 1 + , Logan Valley, Aug GRA (TH); 1, Bear Valley, 20 Aug GRA (CMO)

Vesper Sparrow 1, Indian Rock l . o , 22 Aug GRA (BH) Lark Sparrow 1+, John Day, 12 Aug GRA (CG); 1+, Alvord Desert, 13 Aug HAR (PSS) Black-throated Sparrow none reported Sage Sparrow 1+, Alvord Desert, 13 Aug HAR (PSS) Savannah Sparrow Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH,PM) Grasshopper Sparrow none reported Fox Sparrow 1 altivagans race, Summer L k , 13 Sept LAK (CM); 1 singing, Indian Rockl .o, 17 Sept GRA (BH) Song Sparrow Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH.PM) Lincoln's Sparrow 1, Indian Rock l . o , 22 Aug GRA (BH); 1, Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH.PM); 1, Malheur NWR, 4 Sept HAR (CMO); 1, W Butte Cr, 16 Sept WHE (JM.PTS); 1,Prineville s.p, 23Sept CRO (JMPTS); 3, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 26 Sept HAR (AM); peak of 33, Summer L k , 23 Oct LAK (CM); 1, Bully Cr. Res, 30 Oct MAL 0 G ) White-throated Sparrow 1, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 16 Sept HAR (HN); 1 tan striped, 2 mi W of Adel, 23 Sept LAK (TJ,CM,DC); 1 tan striped, Summer L k , 26 Sept & 28 Nov LAK (CM); 1, Benson Pond, Malheur NWR, 29 Sept HAR (PTS); 1, N of Krumbo Res. Rd., Malheur NWR, 30 Sept HAR (AM) 1, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 15 Oct HAR OH); 1, Ontario, 30 Oct MAL 0 G ) ; 1 tan striped, Paisley, 2 Nov LAK (CM); 1, Klamath Falls, 22 Nov KLA (KS) Golden-crowned Sparrow 1, Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH,PM); 1, Wasco county, 9 Sept WAS (DJL); 1-2, Indian Rock l . o , 14-19 Sept GR\; 2, Ironside M t , 30 Sept MAL 0 G ) ; peak of 5 5, Summer L k , 4 Oct LAK (CM) White-crowned Sparrow Tumalo St.Pk, 2-3 Sept DES (DH,PM); first of sea­son, Klamath county, 10 Sept KLA (KS); peak of 180, Summer L k , 26 Sept LAK (CM) Harris' Sparrow 1, John Day valley yard, 8 Nov GRA (PSS); 1 winter adult, Summer L k , 23 Nov LAK (CM) Dark-eyed Junco first Slate-colored, Powder R., SW of Baker City, 16 Oct BAK (HH,LS) Snow Bunting 2, Cow Lakes, 21 Now MAL 0G) Bobolink local colonies Red-winged Blackbird common Tricolored Blackbird local colonies Western Meadowlark 120, Lower Bridge, 20 Nov DES (DH.PM) Yellow-headed Blackbird 1+, Malheur NWR, 4 Sept HAR (CMO) Brewer's Blackbird common GREAT-TAILED CRACKLE 1, Malheur NWR hqtrs, 16 Sept HAR (HN) Brown-headed Cowbird common

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Long-tailed Jaeger, 6 September 1995, a bird seen 2-6 September 1995, Moore Park Marina, Klamath Falls, Klamath Co. Photos/Chuck Hermach.

Long-tailed Jaeger in Klamath Falls On 2 September 1995 Chuck Her­mach observed what he thought might be a tern floating on Lake Ewauna in Klamath Falls. He watched it daily, finally photographing the bird on 6 September, the last day it was seen. He later showed the photos to Kevin Spencer who immediately rec­ognized the "tern" as an adult Long-tailed Jaeger.

There are enough fall records east of the Cascades in Washington that birders may expected to see an occa­sional bird.There are far fewer records for eastern Oregon.

A moribund immature Long-tailed Jaeger was found in the sagebrush desert east of Steens Mountain 14 August 1976. One was at Harney Lake 19 August 1983, and one was at Hay­stack Reservoir near Madras 30 Au­gust 1987.

Harry Nehls, Secretary, Oregon Bird Records Committee, 2736S.P. 20th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202

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Chestnut-sided Warbler, 28 September 1995, Cape Blanco, Curry Co. OBRC 659-95-29A. Photo/Dennis Vroman.

Left: Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, 7-12 October 1995, Bully Cr. Res., near Vale, Malheur Co. Photo/John Gatchet. Black-throated Blue Warbler, 5 October 1995, Cape Blanco, Curry Co. Photos/Colin Dillingham.

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Above: Tropical Kingbird, 5 October 1995, Cape Blanco, Curry Co. OBRC 446-95-17B. Photo/Colin Dillingham.

Left: Tropical Kingbird, 27 September 1995, Malheur NWR headquarters, Harney Co. OBRC'446-95-16G. Photo/David S. Herr.

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FIELDNOTES: Western Oregon, Fall 1995

Jeff Gilligan, 26 N.E. 32ndAvenue, Portland, OR 97232

Northern Oriole common Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch none reported Black Rosy-Finch 12-70, east r i m , Steens M t , 2-27 Sept HAR (TJ,RJ,RH,AR,AM,AC) Pine Grosbeak 2 immature, Indian Rock l . o , 26 Aug GRA (BH) Purple Finch none reported Cassin's Finch 18, near Fossil, 30 Oct WHE (BRS) House Finch 1 albino, Bend, 7 Nov DES (KT) Red Crossbill many, Spring Cr. Rd, 2 Sept UNI (HH,CB); few, E Umatilla county, 3 Sept UMA (AC); Bend, 24 Oct DES (DH.PM); 1+, Sumpter Valley, 4-10 Nov BAK (TW) Pine Siskin common Lesser Goldfinch 1, Malheur NWR, 24 Sept HAR (CMO); 2, Wamic, 21 Oct WAS (DJL), second Wasco county record. American Goldfinch common Evening Grosbeak 1+, Sumpter Valley, 4-10 Nov BAK (TW) House Sparrow too common

Observers DB Dave Bailey, JLB Jennifer & Lance Barker, LB Logan Becker, PB Patti Bernardi, CB Chris Butler, NC Neil Clark, DC Dave Copeland, TC Tom Crabtree, MID MerryLynn Denny, MD Mike Denny, VD Vicki Dinsmore, RE Ray Eckstrom, AUF Aubrey Fautheree, AF Anthony Floyd, ANF Ann Frost, CG Cecil Gagnon, JG John Gatchet, CKG Chuck Gates, BG Burt Guttman, AH Amy Hausner, HH Heide Haid, DH Dean Hale, HKH Hendrik Herlyn, DAH David Herr, CH Chuck Hermack, JH James Hewkin, RH Rich­ard Hoyer, BH Bob Hudson, TH Tom Hunt, RJ Rachel Janzen, TJ Tim Janzen, JJ Jim Johnson, SJ Sheran Jones, KL Kit Larson, DAL Dave Lawrence, JL Jim Lemcke, GL Gerard Lil l ie , RL Robert Loehning, CL C. Lundberg, DJL Donna Lustoff, RM Ron Maertz, AM Alan McGie, PM Patty Meehan, JM Judy Meredith, CM Craig Miller, SM Steve Mlodinow, PM Pat Muller, HN Harry Nehls, CMO Clarence & Marilyn O'Leary, HO Hal Opperman, WO Warren Oster, PO Phyllis Oster, BP Bill Price, AR Alan Reid, LR Lewis Rems, MR Mike Robbins, SR Skip Russel, BS Bob Sallinger, TS Trent Seager, BRS Brain Sharp, JS Jamie Simmons, ES Elmer Specht, KS Kevin Spen­cer, LS Louis Spink, MSL Marty St.Lewis, PTS Paul T. Sullivan, PSS Pat & Sharon Sweeney, KT Karen Theodore, DVB Dan van den Broek, CW Cheryl Ward, JW Jim Ward, LW Linda Weiland, BW Barb Winters, TW Tom Winters. 0

Right; White-winged Dove, 8 October 1995, Brookings, Curry Co. Photos/Tim Janzen.

Abbreviations SJCR, South Jetty of the Columbia River (Clatsop Co.); NWR, National Wildlife Refuge.

Clark's Grebe Several were reported along the coast. Inland, one was at Agate L , Jackson Co, on Sep. 6 (Dick Cronberg ) ; one on Detroit Res, Marion Co, on Nov. 14 (John Lundsten); and one at Timothy Lake on Oct. 27 (Paul Sullivan). Laysan Albatross One was found dying on the beach at Lincoln City on Sep. 16 (fideE. Nehls). Buller's Shearwater The largest number reported were the eleven out of Newport on Oct. 7 (Greg Gilson, et al). Sooty Shearwater An estimated 100,000 were off the Clatsop Co. coast on Sep. 26 (Mike Patterson). The area from the SJCR to Tillamook Head is known for its large con­centrations of that species. Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Eight were just off shore at Shore Acres State Park on Nov. 23 (Mike and MerryLynn Denny). Brown Pelican The latest were the 15 at Coos Bay on Nov. 25 (Rich Hoyer).

Snowy Egret The species is very rare north of Coos Bay. One was at Yaquina Bay from Sep. 1 to the end of the period (Ted Kenefick, Chuck Philo, Darrel Faxon, etal). Cattle Egret It was another bad year for the species; only two were found along the coast in November. Trumpeter Swan One was at Eckman Slough near Waldport for the entire period. It had summered there as well (Darrel Faxon, etal). Emperor Goose One was at Sauvie's I . Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 (J-Morawski); and one was at Carlton, Yamhill Co, on Nov. 18 (Harry Nehls). One was with Canada Geese at Coos Bay (where i t may have summered)on Aug. 6 (Ted Kenefick). Brant As is usual, there were several reports in October and November from Sauvie's I . and the Willamette Valley. Three at Stratford L, Douglas Co, Sep. 26 were more surprising (Andy Stepnewski). Blue-winged Teal A female with seven half-grown young were at Lin­coln City on Aug. 29 (Darrel Faxon). Surf and White-winged Scoters Several of both species were reported inland in October and November.

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Oldsquaw As is normal, several were seen along the coast in November. Osprey Eight in November from the Willamette Valley, the Umpqua Valley, and from coastal locations were later than normal. The species continues to in­crease. White-tailed Kite The species showed in better numbers than in the past several years. The highs were eight at Denman Wildlife Area, Jackson Co, on Nov. 3 (Howard Sands); and nine in the Tillamook area in Novem­ber. One in the Cascades at Fish Lake, Jackson Co, on Aug. 15 was a surprise at that mountain loca­tion (Eric Setterberg). Red-shouldered Hawk The species is apparently continue to increase as a visitant to the area. North of their more usual range were four in northwestern Oregon (Bill Tice, Harry Nehls, Jimbo Beckman, Mark Nebeker). Gyrfalcon One was at Baskett Slough NWR Nov. 9-10 (Bill Tice); and one was at Finley NWR Nov. 11-18 (Brian Kruse). Black-necked Stilt One was at Portland on Sep. 4 (S. Butt). The spe­cies is extremely rare as a stray in fall. American Avocet One was at Nehalem, Tillamook Co, Sep. 9-14 (David Bailey, et al); five were at Sauvie's I . Sep. 19-23 (Jeff Gilligan, David Bailey); two were at Coos Bay Sep. 30 (Ted Kenefick). Solitary Sandpiper Several were reported form scattered inland and coastal locations. One at Forest Grove on Oct. 1 was a bit late (Donna Lusthoff). Wandering Tattler One was found inland at the Kirtland Sewage Ponds on Oct. 15 (T. Phillips). Both the inland location and the late date are noteworthy. Tattlers found at unusual locations and at unusual times of the year should be carefully scrutinized for the possibility of Gray-tailed Tattler. Long-billed Curlew As is usual, a few scattered birds were seen along the coast in August and September. Four at Pony Slough, Coos Bay, on Nov. 20 were late, although there are a few winter records for the species (Mike and Merry Lynn Denny). Hudsonian Godwit A juvenile was photographed at Florence, Aug. 6 and 7 (David Bailey, et al). Marbled Godwit Four at Bandon (Alan Contreras), and five at Siletz Bay (Paul Sullivan) on Oct. 8 were a bit late. One at Tillamook Bay on Oct. 29, and one on the rocks with gulls at Boiler Bay, Lincoln Co, on Nov. 18 were late (Ted Kenefick). LITTLE STINT A juvenile was at the SJCR and photographed, Aug. 10-11 (Mike Patterson, Harry Nehls, Ted Kenefick). If accepted by the OBRC, this would be the third record for the state. Baird's Sandpiper Two at Coos Bay on Nov. 20 were much later than normal (Mike and Merry Lynn Denny). Stilt Sandpiper There were seven report from late August to late

September. Buff-breasted Sandpiper Individuals were at the Rogue R. mouth Aug. 27-30 (Don Munson, et al); the North Spit, Coos Bay, Sep. 9 (Brian Kruse); and the Siuslaw R. mouth on Aug. 31 (Tom and Allison Mickel) Ruff One was at Bandon on Sep. 3 0 e n " Gilligan); and one was at Tillamook Bay on Aug. 26 (Tim Janzen). Long-tailed Jaeger Thirteen off Newport on Aug. 20 was the highest pelagic number reported (Greg Gilson, et al). Franklin's Gull One was at Yaquina Bay on July 30 (Darrel Faxon); and one was at Tillamook on Oct. 29 (Pat Mueller, Linda Wetland). Western Gull A bird apparently of the southern form (L.o. wymani) was photographed Nov. 20 at Charles­ton, (Mike and Merry Lynn Denny). The southern race is a very rare visitant to Oregon in autumn. Sabine's Gull An adult was with a huge feeding flock of Bonaparte's Gulls and Western Gulls less than 100 yards from shore, off the north jetty of the Rogue R, on the late date of Nov. 22 (Mike and Merry Lynn Denny). Elegant Tern Two were at Yaquina Bay on Aug. 26 (Anthony Floyd); five were at Alsea Bay on Sep. 5 (Darrel Faxon); two were at the SJCR on Sep. 10 (Harry Nehls); and one was at Gold Beach on Sep. 10 (Alan Contreras). Common Tern The only inland report was one at Baskett Slough NWR on Sep. 7 (Bill Tice). Arctic Tern More than normal were reported from coastal shore locations: two at the Siuslaw R. mouth on Aug. 3 (Paul Sullivan); one at Alsea Bay Aug. 28-Sep. 5 (Darrel Faxon); one at Bandon Sep. 3 (Jeff Gilligan); and two at Yaquina Bay on Sep. 10 (Steve Dowlan). Forster's Tern One at Minto I . Marion Co. on Aug. 17 was an un­usual fall record, especially for an inland location (Don Pederson). Black Tern One was at Finley NWR on Aug 9 (Kathy Merrifield); and one was at Fern Ridge Res. on Aug. 20 (Rick Krabbe). Marbled Murrelet 36 at Cape Meares, Tillamook Co, on Sep. 9 was a good number for that location (Jim Johnson, David

Bailey). Xantus' Murrelet Two were reported off Newport on Oct. 7 (Greg Gilson, et al). Ancient Murrelet Good numbers were seen in migration throughout November. WHITE-WINGED DOVE One visited a feeder in Brookings Oct. 5-11, before killing itself by flying into a window 0ean Sheldon, etal). Burrowing Owl The bird that wintered near Halsey, Linn Co, for the two previous winters was first seen again on Oct. 31 (Rich Hoyer, HendrikHerlyn). Great-gray Owl; One was west of the known range in the Siskiyou Mts. near Ruch, Jackson Co, on Nov. 30 (K.Chambliss). Black Swift One was at Howard Prairie Res, Jackson Co. on Aug. 23 (R. Thowless); and one was at Sufherlin, Douglas Co, on Oct. 1 (Kathy Wilson). The species is rarely noted in migration. Rufous/Allen's type hummingbirds were late at Medford, Oct. 10 (Stewart Janes); ands at Harbor, Curry Co, on Nov. 28 (Don Munson). Lewis' Woodpecker The species showed in improved numbers com­pared to the past fifteen years or more. There were scattered reports in the Willamette Valley from late September to the end of the period. The species was common in the Rogue Valley and surrounding foothills in September, but considered to be scarce thereafter (Howard Sands). Are there signs of hope that the species is beginning to make a comeback? Say's Phoebe Five were reported: 2 near Ashland, Jackson Co, on Oct. 29 (K. Wagner, P. Trail); one at Sutherlin, Douglas Co, on Sep. 21 (Kathy Wilson); one near Corvallis on Sep. 9 (Mark Nebeker), and one at SJCR on Sep. 9 (A. Emlibn). Ash-throated Flycatcher One was at Whaleshead, Curry Co, on Sep. 2, (J-Bischoff); one was at the SJCR on Aug. 25 (Mike Patterson); and one was at Fern Ridge Res. on Aug. 20 (RickKrabbe). Tropical Kingbird One was at Cape Blanco on Oct. 5 (Colin

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Little Stint, OBRC 242.3-95-05C, 11 August 1995, south jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co. Photo/ Harry Nehls.

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Dillingham); one was at Florence, Lane Co., on Nov. 18-24 (Ted Regier, et al); and one was at the SJCR on Nov. 27 0. Epstein). Horned lark Two were near the south jetty of Yaquina Bay on Nov. 19 (Mike and Merry Lynn Denny). The spe­cies is now rare along the coast, and the date was late. Bank Swallow Several were reported during August and early Sep­tember from inland locations. Cliff Swallow One was late at Forest Grove, Washington Co., on Nov. 19 (Donna Lusthoff). Barn Swallow One was late at Ankeny NWR, Marion Co., on Nov. 18 (JohnLundsten). Western Bluebird 403 young were banded on the Corvallis bluebird trail this year (Elsie Eltzroth, et al). NORTHERN WHEATEAR An immature was near Tillamook on Oct. 28 (John Crowell, Bill Thackaberry, Jim Olson, Jim Johnson) for Oregon's third record of the species. Northern Mockingbird Two were reported from the coast (Craig Roberts, Tim Janzen, Elmer Specht); and one from the Rogue Valley (Don Munson). Brown Thrasher

One was at Tigard, Washington Co., on Nov. 9 (R. Rolfe). Bohemian Waxwing Two were with Cedar Waxwings near Salem on Oct. 23 (John Lundsten). Loggerhead Shrike A bird that wintered for four consecutive years in Jackson Co. was first seen this season on Oct. 27 (Howard Sands). Nashville Warbler One at Brookings on Nov. 1 (Fred Hummel) was late. Chestnut-sided Warbler One was netted and photographed at Cape Blanco on Sep. 28 (D. Vroman, S. Hootman). Magnolia Warbler An immature was at Seaside on Oct. 1 (Ted Kenefick, Jeff Gilligan). Black-throated Blue Warbler A female was netted and photographed at Cape Blanco on Oct. 5 (Colin Dillingham, J. Blithe). Prairie Warbler One was at Brookings on Oct. 12 (Fred Hummel, Don Munson), Brewer's Sparrow One was at Sugar Loaf Mt. in the Coast Range of Polk Co. on Sep. 2-3 (Bill Tice). Chipping Sparrow One was at Brookings on the late dates of Nov. 25-

26 (Colin Dillingham, et al). Clay-colored Sparrow One was at Brookings on Nov. 25 (Colin Dillingham, etal). Vesper Sparrow The species is a vagrant to the north coast, so one at Tillamook on Oct. 29 (H. Gilmore), and one at the SJCR on Oct. 22 Skip Russell) were notewor­thy. Swamp Sparrow As has become standard, small numbers were re­ported from various locations along the coast. Harris' Sparrow One was at Waldport, Lincoln Co., on Nov. 2-18 (D. &B. Mahler). Snow Bunting Small numbers were found along the north coast in November (James Simmons, Alan McGie). Two at Harbor, Curry Co., on Nov. 19 were rare so far south (Don Munson). One on Mary's Peak, Benton Co., on Nov.. 18 was a rarity in the Coast Range. Six near Halsey, Linn Co., on Nov. 11 were rare for the Willamette Valley (Ted Regier, etal). Bobolink One was at Newport on Nov. 12-16 (Chuck Philo, etal). Common Redpoll One was at a Lake Oswego, Clackamas Co., feeder on Nov. 25 (M. Craig). 0

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