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OREGON B IRDS is p u b l i s h e d q u a r t e r l y f o r and d i s t r i b u t e d t o t h e members o f OREGON F IELD ORN ITHOLOGISTS (OFO ) . Co r r e spondence f o r OREGON B IRDS, OREGON FIELD ORN ITHOLOGISTS o r t h e OREGON B IRD RECORDS COMMITTEE shou ld be s en t t o : P.O. Box 10373, Eugene, OR 97440.

Membersh ip classes and annua l due s f o r OFO a r e : I n d i v i d u a l -$7.00, Fami ly - $11,00; s u s t a i n i n g - $15.00. Member sh i p in any class is accompanied b y one vo lume o f OREGON B IRDS .

OREGON B IRDS is p r i n t e d a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f O regon Press. A r t i c l e s a p p e a r i n g in OREGON B IRDS may be r e p r i n t e d w i t h permis s ion of t h e a u t h o r o r t h e E d i t o r , and m u s t i nd i c a te t h e sou rce , OREGON BIRDS.

E d i t o r : S teve Gordon

S ta f f : Denn i s Rogers , A l a n C o n t r e r a s , S teve H e i n l , J im Car l son

Oregon F ie ld O r n i t h o l o g i s t s B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s :

P r e s i d e n t - M.S. " E l z y " E l t z r o t h , Co r va l l i s (1982) S e c r e t a r y - Jan K r a b b e , Ph i lomath (1982) T r e a s u r e r - J im Ca r l s on , Eugene (1982)

D i r e c t o r s - T e r r y Mo rgan , P o r t l a n d (1981-82) A l i ce P a r k e r , Ro sebu r g (1981-82) Dennis Roge r s , Po r t O r f o r d (1982-83) L y n T o p i t s , Coos Bay (1982-83)

Oregon B i r d Records Commit tee:

S e c r e t a r y - C la r i ce Watson , Eugene

A lan C o n t r e r a s , Eugene (1982) Thomas C r a b t r e e , Bend (1982) J e f f G i l l i g a n , Po r t l and (1983) D a v i d F i x , Eugene (1983) Dav i d I r o n s , Po r t l and (1983) L a r r y McQueen, Eugene (1981) H a r r y Neh l s , Po r t l and (1981) E leanor P u g h , Wolf C r eek (1981) Steve Summers , Klamath Fal l s (1982)

( da te s in pa ren the se s a re t h e yea r of e x p i r a t i o n o f c u r r e n t t e r m )

Manu s c r i p t s o f a r t i c l e s f o r p u b l i c a t i o n in OREGON B IRDS shou ld be t y p e d , doub le - spaced w i t h o ne - i n ch m a r g i n s . Pho tog raph s shou ld be e i t h e r b l ack & w h i t e p r i n t s o r co lo r p r i n t s w i t h h i gh c o n t r a s t .

Co ve r i l l u s t r a t i o n : Joe Evan ich

O t h e r i l l u s t r a t i o n s : Joe E van i c h , Steve G o r d o n , Steve He in l

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P r e s i d e n t ' s Message M.S. " E l z y " E l t z r o t h 142

H i g h l i g h t s f r o m t h e F i e l d Notes : Fal l 1981 Joe Evan ich 143

OFO Po l i cy : B i r d i n g E th i c s T e r r y Morgan 149

1981 O r e g o n CBC ' s J i m Ca r l s on 152

Wallowa C o u n t y CBC Joe Evan ich 154

Dal las CBC R i c h a r d Palmer 158

O r e g o n CBC Reco rd H i gh Coun t s B a r ba r a Combs 161

P r e l i m i n a r y C h e c k l i s t : Wash ing ton C o u n t y

Joe Evan i ch 169

S h o r t Notes 172

Pub l i c a t i o n s A v a i l a b l e 178

E d i t o r ' s Note 179

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Member Tom C r a b t r e e has c h e c k e d on f a c i l i t i e s a t B e n d f o r o u r n e x t annua l c o n v e n t i o n . Tom has r e s e r v e d bo th t h e b a n q u e t and meet ing room f o r t h e weekend o f May 8 a t C e n t r a l O regon Commun i t y Co l l ege . T h e y can c a t e r a b u f f e t d i n n e r S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g a t a max imum of $8 p e r p e r s o n - o r less, d e p e n d i n g on how many peop le w a n t t h e d i n n e r . I f t h e p r i c e is t oo h i g h , w e ' l l cancel t h e b a n q u e t - so le t us k n o w y o u r d r u t h e r s .

T h e O regon D e p a r t m e n t of Fish a nd Wi ld l i f e (ODFW) is t r y i n g t o i n i t i a t e a GREAT GRAY OWL s u r v e y f o r e a r l y 1982. ODFW has some modest f u n d s f o r t h i s and is s eek i n g a c o o r d i n a t o r as we l l as v o l u n t a r y p a r t - t i m e p a r t i c i p a n t s . T h e i n i t i a l phase w o u l d last abou t t h r e e m o n t h s . For g r e a t e r de ta i l see t h e s h o r t note e l sewhere in t h i s i s sue. Tho se i n t e r e s t e d in c o o r d i n a t i n g t h i s p r o j e c t need t o be i d e n t i f i e d a t once , p o t e n t i a l c o o r d i n a t o r s s hou ld r e s p o n d immediate ly . O t h e r v o l u n t e e r s f o r p a r t - t i m e p a r t i c i p a t i o n s h o u l d r e p l y as soon as pos s ib le .

OFO has r e p e a t e d l y o f f e r e d o u r s e r v i c e s t o t h e p u b l i c agencies dea l i ng w i t h nongame b i r d s , a n d t h i s p roposa l b y ODFW is o u r f i r s t good o p p o r t u n i t y t o become i n v o l v e d in a c r u c i a l f i e l d

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Wel l , he re goes my f i r s t a t t e m p t . W i th C la r i ce Watson ' s r e s i g n a t i o n as f i e l d notes e d i t o r f o r O r e g o n B i r d s , i t w i l l be d i f f i c u l t t o match h e r e x c e l l e n t r e p o r t s , b u t I dec ided t o g i v e i t a t r y . I hope I can c o n t r i b u t e a f i e l d r e p o r t t o Oregon B i r d s w h i c h is as i n f o r m a t i v e a nd en joyab l e t o read as C l a r e ' s f o r m a t was , and I hope t h e r e a d e r s w i l l excuse any unconsc ious b iases t o w a r d E a s t e r n Oregon t h a t may appear in my w r i t i n g !

Fal l 1981 seemed t o be q u i t e we t and g r a y i n t h e w e s t e r n h a l f o f O r e g o n , wh i l e eas t o f t h e Cascades most b i r d e r s e x p e r i e n c e d f a i r a nd d r y sk ie s . A s a r e s u l t , t h e b i r d a c t i v i t y was more con sp i cuou s in Wes te rn O regon w h e r e t h e w e a t h e r o f t e n p u s h e d f l o c k s i n t o unu sua l p l a ce s . Most c on sp i cuou s of t h e f a l l m i g r a n t s w e r e t h e wa te r a nd s h o r e b i r d s , b u t O regon ' s f i r s t c o n f i r m e d ORCHARD OR IOLE , a PRA IR IE WARBLER, PA INTED B U N T I N G , T R O P I C A L K I N G B I R D , and CLAY -COLORED SPARROW are c e r t a i n l y not t o be o v e r l o o k e d . Tho se r e c o r d s wh i ch have been s u b m i t t e d t o t h e O r e g o n B i r d Records Committee are i n d i c a t e d b y an a s t e r i s k ( * ) ; most we re r e v i e w e d a t t h e Oc tobe r 3 1 , 1981 OBRC meet ing in Eugene .

EAST OF THE CASCADES

T h e m i l d wea the r t h r o u g h o u t most o f E a s t e r n Oregon caused f e w m i g r a n t s t o g a t h e r i n f l o c k s ; t h e r e w e r e f e w " w a v e s " o f b i r d s , b u t a number o f u n u s u a l species we re s t i l l n o t e d .

T h e f i r s t m i g r a n t COMMON LOON was a d i s o r i e n t e d i n d i v i d u a l f o u n d on I n t e r s t a t e 84 in t h e Blue Moun ta i n s o f Umat i l la Co. on September 30 ( R R ) . T w o more w e r e f o u n d in Hay s t a ck Res, J e f f e r s o n Co. on September 30 a l ong w i t h t w o RED-NECKED GREBES (E & C P ) . A m i g r a n t A R C T I C LOON was f o u n d on Wallowa Lake O c t o b e r 11 ( F C ) ; t h e r e a r e f e w e r t h a n f i v e r e c o r d s o f t h i s species in E a s t e r n O r e g o n . T h e o n l y unusua l c o r m o r a n t r e p o r t was Wallowa C o u n t y ' s f i r s t DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT f o u n d i n E n t e r p r i s e on September 27 ( FC , PS ) . An a d u l t GREEN HERON appea red at Co l d S p r i n g s N.W.R. i n N. Umat i l l a Co. on Sep tember 12 (CC , M C ) .

Wa te r f ow l were on t h e move al l f a l l , b u t t h e o n l y no tab le r e p o r t s i n c l u d e t w o f l o c k s o f WH ITE -FRONTED GEESE; one a t H a y s t a c k Res. on September 19 (E & C P ) , a nd t h e o t h e r a t Joseph i n Wallowa C o u n t y on O c t o b e r 3-5 ( F C ) . T w o GREATER SCAUP d r o p p e d in a t H a y s t a c k Res. on September 25, and an u n u s u a l female HOODED MERGANSER was f o u n d a t Joseph on September 27 ( F C ) . I n t e r e s t i n g s i g h t i n g s f r o m j u s t across t h e C a l i f o r n i a b o r d e r a t T u l e Lake N.W.R. i n c l ude an EMPEROR GOOSE and t w o

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M i g r a n t a c c i p i t e r s were r e p o r t e d d u r i n g late Sep tember and Oc tobe r t h r o u g h o u t t he a rea . GOSHAWKS we re b e g i n n i n g t o show up in some of t he f o o t h i l l areas b y O c t o b e r , i n d i c a t i n g a movement t o l ower e levat ions t h i s w i n t e r . ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS a p p e a r e d Oc tobe r 3 near E n t e r p r i s e (b jO, a n d a r a r e " H A R L A N ' S " HAWK was s t u d i e d near Te locaset , Un i on Co. on Oc tobe r 29 ( J E , MM). T h e C o r v a l l i s A u d u b o n Soc. f o u n d a FERRUGINOUS HAWK September 26 on t h e i r F o r t Rock S ta te Park t r i p . Among t h e f i r s t f a l l PEREGRINE FALCONS was a b i r d seen a t Ochoco L k . on September 26 ( f i d e EP ) .

Re l a t i v e l y f e w r e p o r t s of unu sua l m i g r a n t s h o r e b i r d s come f r o m Eas tern O r e g o n t h i s f a l l . A w i n t e r - p l u m a g e d RED KNOT s u r p r i s e d b i r d e r s a t Cold S p r i n g s N.W.R. on September 12 f o r t h e f i r s t n o r t h e a s t e r n Oregon r e c o r d ( CC , MC ) . A l so a t t h a t s i te and date was one AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, one MARBLED GODWIT, 18 PECTORAL and 10 BA IRD ' S SANDPIPERS (CC , MC) . V e r y r a r e away f r o m t h e Co lumbia R i v e r was a B L A C K - B E L L I E D PLOVER at t h e La Grande sewage pond s on O c t o b e r 10 ( J E , GS ) . To add t o t h e "Western O r e g o n b i r d " s i g h t i n g s t h i s f a l l , t w o immature SAB INE ' S GULLS w e r e f o u n d on Wallowa L k . September 16-18 ( F C , B J ) , and ano the r immatu re t u r n e d up on t h e La Grande sewage pond s on O c t o b e r 9 ( J E , MM).

A number o f i n t e r e s t i n g owl r e p o r t s were r e c e i v e d t h i s f a l l , e spec ia l l y f r o m t h e n o r t h e a s t e r n c o r n e r of O r e g o n . B i r d e r s a t S p r i n g C r eek in Un ion Co. on O c t o b e r 17 were s e renaded a t n i g h t b y GREAT HORNED, SAW-WHET, and PYGMY OWLS as wel l as seeing an immatu re GREAT GRAY and BARRED OWL t h e n e x t d a y (JE , V S ) ! A SCREECH OWL was s u r p r i s e d a t t h e Wallowa Fish H a t c h e r y on September 27 ( F C , PS ) . Most s w i f t s ( a l l t h r e e species) l e f t Ea s te rn O r g o n b y m id - Sep tembe r , b u t WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS were s t i l l p r e s e n t a t t h e i r F o r t Rock co lony on September 26 ( Co r v a l l i s A u d u b o n S o c ) . T h e o n l y unusua l h u m m i n g b i r d r e p o r t s were a po s s i b l e ANNA ' S HUMMER at a feeder in Madras ( f i d e I H ) , and a late ( ? ) B LACK -CH INNED HUMMER at a Bend f e e d e r on September 19 (ES, F V H ) . No tab le among t h e woodpecke r s was a "RED-BREASTED" SAPSUCKER seen a t S p r i n g C r e e k , Un ion Co. on October 17 ( J E , V S ) .

T w o VEERIES w e r e r e p o r t e d f r o m Bend on September 13 ( B S ) ; t h i s is a v e r y r a r e s i g h t i n g in t h i s p a r t of O r e g o n a n d shou ld be c o n f i r m e d i f po s s i b l e . BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS a r r i v e d November 4 in La G r a n d e , a p p a r e n t l y t h e f i r s t s i g h t i n g t h i s season ( J E ) . A late LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE made an appearance Sep tember 24 near Madras (E & C P ) . Among t h e i r u nu sua l w a r b l e r m i g r a n t s , Ha rney C o u n t y ho s t ed some real v a g r a n t s t h i s f a l l (as u s u a l ) : a B LACK -AND-WHITE WARBLER at Co t t onwood C r . i n t h e A l v o r d Bas in September 6 ( D A ) ; a CAPE MAY WARBLER a t Ma l heu r N.W.R. h e a d q u a r t e r s i n late September ( r e f u g e p e r s o n n e l ) ; a MAGNOLIA WARBLER also a t Ma lheur on O c t o b e r 2 ( T C ) ; and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at Fields on September 19 ( D H ) . T w o m i g r a n t

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Perhaps t h e most u n u s u a l f i n d in Ea s te rn O regon t h i s f a l l was t h e immature PA INTED B U N T I N G o b s e r v e d a t Tumalo State Pa rk near Bend on Oc tobe r 10 * b y T C . T h i s is t h e second r e c o r d f o r O r e g o n , t h e f i r s t coming f r o m Ma lheu r N.W.R. S p a r r o w movement was q u i t e consp i cuous d u r i n g September and O c t o b e r ; most unusua l s i g h t i n g s i n v o l v e d w h a t appear t o be m i g r a n t s r a t h e r t h a n w i n t e r i n g b i r d s . A GOLDEN-CROWN ED SPARROW was f o u n d near Madras on September 15 ( I H ) , and t h e r e w e r e a t least f i v e d i f f e r e n t b i r d s s i g h ted in Un ion and Wallowa Coun t i e s w h e r e i t is q u i t e r a r e ( FC , J E ) . A n e a r l y HARR IS ' SPARROW made a b r i e f appea rance in La G r ande on O c t o b e r 3 ( J E ) .

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Once aga in , Wes te rn O regon gave us a n o t h e r c o n f i r m e d a d d i t i o n t o t h e s tate l i s t as we l l as a n u m b e r o f o t h e r e x t r e m e l y r a r e O r e g o n b i r d s . T h e r e was q u i t e a show o f A s i a t i c s h o r e b i r d s t h i s f a l l , and most eyes w e r e t u r n e d t o w a r d t h e coast .

A n i n l and RED -THROATED LOON was seen a t Fern R i dge Res. near Eugene on O c t o b e r 31 ( H N , JC , e t a l ) . T h e r e was o n l y one pe l ag i c t r i p s c h e d u l e d t h i s f a l l w h i c h was not ment ioned in t h e la s t set of H i g h l i g h t s , b u t n o t h i n g o u t of t h e o r d i n a r y was f o u n d . T h e Oc tobe r 11 s t o r m t h a t h i t o u r area ' s coast b r o u g h t " l a r g e " numbe r s of NORTHERN FULMARS close t o shore ( H N ) . On O c t o b e r 3, a FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER* was f o u n d w e s t o f N e w p o r t ( L H e r ) .

Once aga i n , a SNOWY EGRET appea red a t Coos Bay on September 20 (R & J K ) , p r o b a b l y p r e p a r i n g t o s pend t h e w i n t e r . T e n w a n d e r i n g WH ITE -FRONTED GEESE w e r e s p o t t e d a long t h e coas t a t B r o o k i n g s on September 27 ( J & JC , SG). A mi sp laced ( i n l a n d ) GREATER SCAUP was d i s c o v e r e d on a pond a t B a s k e t t S lough N.W.R. on A u g u s t 23 ( R P ) , a nd a EUROPEAN WIGEON was r e p o r t e d f r o m N e w p o r t on Oc tobe r 24 (R & J K ) .

W H I T E - T A I L E D K ITES have b e g u n r o o s t i n g a t Fern R i dge Res. t h i s f a l l ; at least t h r e e were seen t h e r e in late Oc tobe r ( D F i , e t a l ) . A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen a l ong H i ghway 20 be tween N e w p o r t and T o l e d o on September 9 ( f i d e FS ) , and t h e species also showed up t w i c e d u r i n g Oc tobe r in t h e Ch i twood area east o f To ledo ( D F ) . T h e most s u r p r i s i n g o f t h i s f a l l ' s many RED-SOULDERED HAWK r e p o r t s wou l d have t o be t h e i n d i v i d u a l f o u n d n o r t h of Lebanon on BT ' s f a r m , r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e n o r t h e r n m o s t O r e g o n r e c o r d . Most e n c o u r a g i n g was t h e s i g h t i n g of an a d u l t GOLDEN EAGLE w i t h y o u n g along t h e Molal la R i ve r in C lackamas Co. on September 12 ( R M ) ; t h i s spec ies is an e x t r e m e l y r a r e ne s t e r in O regon w e s t o f t h e Cascades. T w o PRAIR IE FALCONS w e r e f o u n d ; one in m id October near Eugene ( f i d e J C ) , and a n o t h e r O c t o b e r 25 a t Agate Res. ( M P ) . The f i r s t " w i n t e r " MERLIN appea red i n Ph i lomath on O c t o b e r 16 (R &. J K ) .

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Most s h o r e b i r d movement peaked d u r i n g September ( a n d was cove red i n t h e la s t H i g h l i g h t s ) , b u t good f i n d s o c c u r r e d al l f a l l . A n AMER ICAN GOLDEN PLOVER d r o p p e d in a t F e r n R idge Res. on O c t o b e r 31 ( JC , e t a l ) . PECTORAL SANDPIPERS passed t h r o u g h O r e g o n in t r emendous n u m b e r s : one f l o c k n u m b e r i n g 41 b i r d s was f o u n d a t Aga te Res. September 20 ( O S w ) ; 94 we re c o u n t e d in one f l o c k near T i l l amook on Oc tobe r 11 ( f i d e H N ) ; and y e t a n o t h e r " l a r g e " c o n c e n t r a t i o n was near a t t h e Nehalem sewage ponds on O c t o b e r 11 ( f i d e H N ) . T h e c l o se l y r e l a t e d SHARP-T A I L E D SANDPIPER also made q u i t e a s how ing w i t h a t least f i v e s i g h t i n g s t o add t o t h e t w o o f A u g u s t : one a t Lake Meares September 2 6 * (OS , e t a l ) ; one a t t h e South J e t t y o f t h e Columbia R i ve r ( S JCR ) on September 29 * ( H N ) ; t w o b i r d s on Bayocean S p i t Oc tobe r 4 * (OS , JG , e t a l ) ; a nd one a t Nehalem Meadows Oc tobe r 1 1 * ( A C , MH, e t a l ) . A n o t h e r RUFF s topped b r i e f l y a t T i l l amook on O c t o b e r 1 1 * ( J G , e t a l ) f o r t h e season's f i f t h o r s i x t h r e c o r d . Not as r a r e b u t s t i l l of i n t e r e s t was an e a r l y ROCK SANDPIPER at Seal Rock S ta te Park on O c t o b e r 24 (A & D M ) , a nd a p a i r o f p r o b a b l e MARBLED GODWITS a t Fe rn R idge Res. on Oc tobe r 31 (R & J K ) .

One o r t w o PARAS IT IC JAEGERS showed a t Fe r n R idge Dam Octobe r 11 ( T & A M i ) , and t w o we re a t F lo rence on Oc tobe r 24 ( R R b ) . T h e b e s t f i n d s among t h e g u l l s t h i s f a l l w e r e t w o L I T T L E GULLS d i s c o v e r e d along t h e coa s t . T h e f i r s t was f o u n d Oc tobe r 10* at Miami Cove , T i l l amook Bay ( J G , OS, e t a l ) , a nd t h e second showed up a t N e w p o r t on O c t o b e r 13 ( R B ) and rema ined in t h a t area u n t i l a t least Oc tobe r 18 ( F S ) . These r e p r e s e n t t h e t h i r d and f o u r t h we l l - d o cumen ted r e c o r d s of L I T T L E G U L L in O regon . Two F R A N K L I N ' S GULLS w e r e f o u n d on T i l l amook Bay Oc tobe r 10

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( J G , OS, e t a l ) . S i ng le SABINE 'S GULLS w e r e f o u n d a t Bay C i t y O c t o b e r 11 ( J G , OS, e t a l ) , and on F e r n R idge Res. O c t o b e r 12 ( T & A M i ) . T e r n movement was r a t h e r u n e v e n t f u l , b u t a f l o c k of a b o u t 350 A R C T I C TERNS at t h e SJCR in e a r l y Oc tobe r m u s t have been s ometh i ng ! ( H N ) .

BARRED OWLS c o n t i n u e t h e i r i n va s i on o f t h e s o u t h e r n Cascade r e g i o n ; t w o b i r d s w e r e f o u n d in t h e Umpqua N a t ' l . F o r e s t a long t h e Umpqua R i v e r d u r i n g Oc tobe r ( f i d e J C ) .

On Oc tobe r 1 1 , f o u r MONK PARAKEETS we re f o u n d n o r t h of Lebanon and r ema ined in t h e v i c i n i t y f o r abou t t w o week s ( B T ) . B L A C K SWIFTS c o n t i n u e d t o be seen on t h e i r s o u t h w a r d m i g r a t i o n ; a f l o c k o f f i v e appea red a t N e w p o r t on September 24 ( L O , JM, PR ) . A N N A ' S HUMMERS began show ing up r e g u l a r l y in t h e Co r v a l l i s area i n mid September ( f i d e EE ) , and a po s s i b l e ALLEN ' S HUMMER was r e p o r t e d f r o m South Beach, L i n co l n Co. on September 19 (S & D B ) . A male CALL IOPE HUMMER a p p e a r e d a t a f e e d e r in R o s e b u r g aga in t h i s f a l l on September 22 ( M J ) .

B e g i n n i n g t h e p a s s e r i f o r m e sect ion is a v e r y e x c i t i n g T R O P I C A L K I N G B I R D * p h o t o g r a p h e d a t t h e Ma r i ne Science C e n t e r in N e w p o r t on O c t o b e r 14 (R & J K ) ; t h i s is t h e f i r s t ( a n d long o v e r d u e ) v e r i f i e d r e c o r d f o r O r e g o n . A lmo s t as u n u s u a l was a B L A C K PHOEBE f o u n d i n Ro sebu rg f r o m September 22-26 ( T D , MJ, MS, MH ) . W a n d e r i n g SAY'S PHOEBES we re f o u n d a t Sauv ie I s l and A u g u s t 26 ( J E ) and a t H a r b o r , C u r r y Co. on September 16 ( J G , D l ) . SCRUB JAYS were o b s e r v e d on t h e coasta l s lope a t C h i t w o o d on O c t o b e r 2 ( D F ) , and a lone CLARK ' S NUTCRACKER was f o u n d on Spence r B u t t e , Eugene O c t o b e r 21 ( A P ) . O r e g o n ' s second coastal VEERY was o b s e r v e d O c t o b e r 5 on Bayocean S p i t d u r i n g bad w e a t h e r ( J G , OS, e t a l ) .

Among t h e ho rde s o f m i g r a t i n g w a r b l e r s t h e r e were some rea l t r e a t s . A B L A C K - A N D - W H I T E WARBLER * was p h o t o g r a p h e d on Bayocean Sp i t Sep tember 26 (OS ) , a nd a TENNESSEE WARBLER * was f o u n d a t Fe r n R idge Res. on Sepember 21 ( B O ) . T h e r e we re a number of PALM WARBLER s i g h t i n g s d u r i n g September a nd O c t o b e r : one a t H a r b o r September 16 ( J G , D l ) ; a t least t w o on Bayocean Sp i t a nd one a t T i l l amook O c t o b e r 5-11 ( f i d e H N ) ; and one o r t w o at N e w p o r t d u r i n g m i d - O c t o b e r ( D F , R & J K ) . T h e most unusua l w a r b l e r , howeve r , was t h e immature PRA IR IE WARBLER* d i s c o v e r e d a t t h e Mar ine Sc ience Cen te r in N e w p o r t on September 27 ( J G , D l , e t a l ) . T h i s is O regon ' s f i r s t r e c o r d f o r t h i s spec ies, b u t i t g o t away u n p h o t o g r a p h e d and u n c o n f i r m e d .

T h e r e were many b i r d e r s who saw t h e PRAIR IE WARBLER, b u t j u s t w h a t b r o u g h t t h e m t o N e w p o r t i n t h e f i r s t place? P r o b a b l y t h e immature ORCHARD OR IOLE * f o u n d in t h e same v i c i n i t y e a r l i e r on September 27 ( JG , OS, e t a l ) ! Th i s b i r d was we l l p h o t o g r a p h e d f o r O regon ' s f i r s t r e c o r d e v e r of t h e spec ie s ; a c lass ic case of b e i n g i n t h e r i g h t p lace a t t h e r i g h t t i m e ! ! ! O t h e r u n u s u a l i c t e r i d s t h i s f a l l i n c l uded a lo s t BOBOL INK at Go ld Beach on September 17 ( J G , D l ) , and one was seen t h e same d a y a t N e w p o r t ( M N ) . A pos s ib le female RUSTY B L A C K B I R D * was d i s c o v e r e d a t Nehalem Meadows on O c t o b e r 10 ( JG , OS ) .

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WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS c o n t i n u e d t o be seen in t h e s o u t h e r n Cascades al l t h r o u g h September , b u t no r e p o r t s we re rece i ved d u r i n g Oc t obe r . D i d t h e b i r d s leave o r d i d we j u s t g e t t i r e d of them? A l ong w i t h t h e i r VEERY, b i r d e r s f o u n d t w o ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS on Bayocean Sp i t O c t o b e r 5 ( J G , OS, e t a l ) . A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW* was d i s c o v e r e d a t Cannon Beach, C l a t s op Co. on O c t o b e r 18 ( JG , O S ) , a nd t h e f i r s t WH ITE -THROATED SPARROW of t h e season came t o Co r v a l l i s on Oc tobe r 22 ( F R ) . F i n a l l y , an e a r l y SNOW B U N T I N G was f o u n d in a f l o c k of LAPLAND LONGSPURS at t h e SJCR on O c t o b e r 5 ( H N ) .

CONTR I BUTORS :

Dave A n d e r s o n ( D A ) Range B a y e r ( R B ) Sara & Don B r o w n (S & DB ) Cha r l i e B r u c e ( C B ) J im & J u d y Ca r l s on (J & J C ) A lan C o n t r e r a s ( A C ) Tom C r a b t r e e ( T C ) F r ank Con l e y ( F C ) C r a i g C o r d e r ( CC ) Mar ion C o r d e r (MC) T o n y DeWater ( T D ) ' E l zy ' E l z r o t h (EE) Joe Evan i ch ( JE ) D a r r e l Faxon (DF ) Dav i d F ix ( D F i ) J e f f G i l l i g a n ( JG ) Steve G o r d o n (SG) I v y H i l t y ( I H ) Louise Hemph i l ( L H ) L. H e r r i n g ( L H e r ) Dan Ho f fman ( D H ) Matt H u n t e r (MH) Dave I r o n s ( D l ) Bob Jack son ( B J ) Me red i t h Jones (MJ) R ick and Jan K r abbe (R & J K ) Mike Mahoney (MM) A r n i e & Debb ie Ma r t i n (A & DM)

Jean McCrae ( JM) Tom & A l i s on M icke l ( T & A M i ) Roger Mon they (RM) Dave Na f z i g e r ( D N ) Mark Nebeke r (MN ) H a r r y Nehls ( H N ) Laimons Osis ( L O ) B r u c e O s t y n ( B O ) Mike Paczolt (MP) R i c h a r d Palmer (RP ) El len & C a r l Pe te r son (E&CP) A l P r i gge ( A P ) F red Ramsey ( F R ) Paul Reed (PR ) Roger Robb ( R R b ) Ron Rohweder ( R R ) Georg ia Sander son (GS) Mar tha Sawyer (MS) Owen S chm id t (OS ) F l oyd S ch r o ck (FS ) Ba rba ra S ha rp ( B S ) Ve rna Slane ( V S ) Eve l yn Slawson (ES) Paul S u l l i v an (PS) O t i s Sw i sher (OSw) B i l l T h a c k a b e r r y ( B T ) Fay Van Hise ( F V H )

Notes w e r e used f r o m t h e f o l l o w i n g O r e g o n p u b l i c a t i o n s : AUDUBON WARBLER ( P o r t l a n d A u d u b o n S o c i e t y ) ; THE C H A T (Rogue Va l l e y A u d u b o n S o c i e t y ) ; THE C H A T ( C o r v a l l i s A u d u b o n S o c i e t y ) ; THE EAGLE EYE ( C e n t r a l O regon A u d u b o n S o c i e t y ) ; THE OREGON GRAPELEAF (Sa lem A u d u b o n S o c i e t y ) ; THE Q U A I L (Lane C o u n t y A u d u b o n S o c i e t y ) ; THE RAV-ON ( G r a n d e Ronde B i r d C l u b ) ; THE SANDPIPER (Yaqu i na B i r d e r s ) ; WING T IPS (Umpqua Va l l e y A u d u b o n S o c i e t y ) . In a d d i t i o n , r e p o r t s t o t h e reg iona l e d i t o r s of AMER ICAN BIRDS (EE ) a n d pe r sonne l commun ica t i on s (MS) were u s e d .

A REMINDER T O THE OBSERVERS

Send e x t e n s i v e w r i t t e n d e t a i l s and p h o t o g r a p h s , i f a va i l ab l e , of r a r e and unu sua l b i r d s f o u n d in Oregon t o t h e OREGON B IRD RECORD COMMITTEE, P.O. Box 10373, Eugene, OR 97440.

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Ma rk Egger ' s a r t i c l e " B i r d i n g E t h i c s " ( O B , 6:4, p. 180) p r o m p t e d c o n s i d e r a t i o n of an e t h i c ' s p o l i c y at OFO 's Second A n n u a l Meet ing in N e w p o r t l a s t May. Members r e v i e w e d a d r a f t p o l i c y and r e a c t e d t o i t on a q u e s t i o n n a i r e d i s t r i b u t e d a t t h e N e w p o r t m e e t i n g . A f t e r c o n s i d e r a i n g member sh i p comments , t h e O r e g o n F ie ld O r n i t h o l o g i s t s Boa rd of D i r e c t o r s adop ted t h e f o l l o w i n g p o l i c y on b i r d i n g e t h i c s .

GENERAL POLIC IES :

I n d i v i d u a l b i r d e r s and b i r d i n g g r o u p s shal l p l ace t h e conce rn o f a l l species b e f o r e b i r d i n g i n t e r e s t s .

B i r d e r s sha l l use utmost ca re d u r i n g t h e b r e e d i n g season.

B i r d e r s sha l l e x h i b i t s t r i c t c a u t i o n and behave w i t h u tmos t ca re r e g a r d i n g s e n s i t i v e , e n d a n g e r e d o r t h r e a t e n e d species in al l c i r c u m s t a n c e s .

B i r d e r s sha l l c r e a t e minimal s t r e s s on t h e spec ie s , on t h e e n v i r o n m e n t , a nd on w i l d l i f e h a b i t a t - e spec i a l l y f r a g i l e hab i t a t s such as a l p i ne a reas .

B i r d e r s sha l l r e s p e c t t h e r i g h t s o f o t h e r b i r d e r s a nd sha l l communicate and coopera te w i t h o t h e r b i r d e r s in o r d e r t o educate and t o sha re r e c r e a t i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e s .

SPECIF IC GU IDEL INES :

Respect Species

DO: Use r e c o r d e d ca l l s w i t h m o d e r a t i o n ; " p i s h i n g " is p r e f e r a b l e .

DO: Move s l ow l y , t a l k i n q u i e t tones a n d w h e r e po s s i b l e p e r m i t b i r d s t o become f a m i l i a r w i t h o b s e r v e r s .

DO: R e p o r t i n d i v i d u a l s h a r a s s i n g , s hoo t i n g o r t a k i n g p r o t e c t e d species.

DO NOT: D i s t u r b o r harass spec ie s ; i f a b i r d e x h i b i t s s t r e s s , back o f f .

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DO N O T : Co l l ec t o r h a n d l e p r o t e c t e d b i r d s , e g g s , nests o r ne s t l i n g s w i t h o u t p r o p e r l icense o r p e r m i t .

DO NOT : Pho t g r aph s e n s i t i v e , t h r e a t e n e d o r endange red species when t h e b i r d e x h i b i t s s t r e s s .

DO NOT : T h r o w r o c k s , shake bushes o r engage in o t h e r h a r a s s i n g t e c h n i q u e s in o r d e r t o f l u s h b i r d s .

Respect B r e e d i n g Season

Unless p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n a s u p e r v i s e d r e sea r ch p r o g r a m o b s e r v e t h e f o l l o w i n g g u i d e l i n e s :

DO: S tay o u t of co l on i e s , away f r o m r a p t o r nests and away f r o m g r o u n d ne s t i n g areas t o avo id t r a m p l i n g v e ge t a t i o n o r a t t r a c t i n g p r e d a t o r s .

DO: Use good j u d g m e n t in p u b l i s h i n g o r o t he rw i s e i n f o r m i n g o t h e r b i r d e r s abou t l ocat ions of nests f o r s e n s i t i v e , t h r e a t e n e d o r e n d a n g e r e d species.

DO NOT : Seek o u t ne s t s . I f y ou happen on one - back o f f .

DO N O T : Rea r range o r remove vege ta t i on f o r p h o t o g r a p h s .

DO NOT : Use r e c o r d e d ca l l s a t n e s t i n g t i m e , o r d i s t u r b p a r e n t b i r d s .

DO N O T : Camp in o r p a r k veh ic le s on a c t i v e booming g r o u n d s o r d i s p l a y s t a t i on s .

Respect H a b i t a t

DO: Be c i r c u m s p e c t of f r a g i l e e n v i r o n m e n t s such as a lp i ne a reas , d u n e s , mar she s , a nd t u n d r a . Remember loss o f h a b i t a t is t h e g r e a t e s t t h r e a t t o almost al l spec ie s . Stay on p r e p a r e d su r faces and pa th s w h e r e po s s i b l e .

Respect O t h e r s

DO: Be con s i de ra te o f those who may a r r i v e l a te r and w i sh t o e n j o y t h e same e x p e r i e n c e .

DO: When c a r p o o l i n g , share expense s .

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DO: Pa rk o f f imp roved r i g h t - o f - w a y .

DO: A v o i d t r e s p a s s i n g . Get pe rmi s s i on b e f o r e e n t e r i n g p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y o r i n i t i a t i n g a r a r e b i r d a l e r t a f f e c t i n g p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y .

DO: Leave gates as y ou f o u n d t h e m .

DO: A p p r o a c h b i r d s in a sma l l , compact g r o u p so b i r d s d o n ' t f l u s h be fo re a l l can ob se r ve t h e m .

DO: N o t i f y o t h e r s of r a r e b i r d s i g h t i n g s w i t h o u t de l a y .

DO: G ive o t h e r s c r e d i t w h e r e d u e .

DO NOT: O b s t r u c t t r a f f i c o r come t o sudden s t op s .

DO NOT: C l imb fences .

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T h e f o l l o w i n g l i s t and map p r o v i d e an o v e r v i e w o f t h e 30 CBC ' s pos s ib le i n Oregon in 1981. We encourage y o u t o p a r t i c i p a t e in one o r more c oun t s - e spec i a l l y those w h i c h t r a d i t i o n a l l y lack a la rge n u m b e r o f o b s e r v e r s . We w i l l p u b l i s h t h e u n o f f i c i a l r e s u l t s of t h e 1981 Oregon CBC ' s in t h e f i r s t issue o f vo lume 8.

COUNT NAME DATE CONTACT

1 ALMA-UPPER SIUSLAW

2 ANTELOPE

3 BAKER 4 BAKER COUNTY

5 BEND

6 COLUMBIA ESTUARY

7 COOS BAY

8 CORVALLIS

9 COTTAGE GROVE

10 DALLAS 11 EUGENE

12 GOLD BEACH

13 HART MOUNTAIN 14 KLAMATH FALLS

15 MALHEUR NWR (P-RANCH) 16 MEDFORD

17 OAKRIDGE 18 PORT ORFORD

19 PORTLAND 20 ROSEBURG-SUTHERLIN

21 RUGGS-HARDMAN

22 SALEM 23 SAUVIE ISLAND 24 SODHOUSE (MALHEUR NWR

25 TILLAMOOK BAY

26 UNION COUNTY 27 UPPER NESTUCCA

28 UTOPIA 29 WALLOWA COUNTY

30 YAQUINA BAY

DECEMBER 19 DECEMBER 19 NOT YET SET NOT YET SET DECEMBER 19 DECEMBER 20 DECEMBER 20 DECEMBER 22 JANUARY 2 DECEMBER 29 JANUARY 3 DECEMBER 19, I F DECEMBER 31 DECEMBER 27 DECEMBER 19 JANUARY 2 DECEMBER 27 DECEMBER 27 JANUARY 3 DECEMBER 19 DECEMBER 22 DECEMBER 26 DECEMBER 27

HQ) DECEMBER 21 DECEMBER 19 DECEMBER 19 DECEMBER 20 DECEMBER 20 DECEMBER 20 JANUARY 2

FRANK WAGNER 687-6651

CHRISTIE GALEN 248-5900

LARRY R0UMPF 523-5216

LARRY R0UMPF 523-5216

CAL ELSH0FF 389-4566 DAVE IRONS 752-0656

BEN FAWVER 267-6485

FRED RAMSEY 753-3677

MIKE PATTERSON 942-4739 DICK PALMER 362-6919

STEVE GORDON 344-9591

HELD FRED BOWEN 247-6490

KEN VOGET 947-4846 STEVE SUMMERS 884-1938

BRAD EHLERS 493-2323 JIM DOUGALL 779-8725

JUNE MCATEE 782-2008 DENNIS ROGERS 683-8124

JIM OLSON 649-4516 JIM COLLINS 679-9739 S. BROWNFIELD 676-9696

GERALD SMITH 393-3863

JEFF GILLIGAN 287-5305 BRAD EHLERS 493-2323

B. THACKABERRY 258-5422 RON ROWHEDER 963-9656

LARRY SCOFIELD 787-3833

CHRISTIE GALEN 248-5900 FRANK CONLEY 432-5702 PAUL REED 265-7386

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I f an O r e g o n b i r d e r w i shes t o p a r t i c i p a t e in a real R o c k y Moun ta i n CBC, he need n o t t r a v e l t o Montana o r Wyoming , i n s t e a d , t r y t h e Wallowa C o u n t y Ch r i s tmas C o u n t in t h e n o r t h e a s t c o r n e r o f O r e g o n . F i r s t h e l d in 1977, t h e Wallowa C o u n t y CBC is no t o n l y an expe r i ence in snow, i ce , and co l d w e a t h e r , b u t i t is one o f t h e bes t o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r o b s e r v i n g t h e mounta in b i r d l i f e d u r i n g t h e w i n t e r . A l o n g w i t h t h e mounta in spec ies , t h i s c o u n t is famous f o r i t s n o r t h e r n bo rea l i n v a d e r s such as BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and SNOW BUNT INGS ( b o t h species wh i ch Wallowa C o u n t y ho ld s t h e O regon CBC r e c o r d f o r n u m b e r o f i n d i v i d u a l s r e p o r t e d ) , and both t he se g r o u p s of b i r d s combine t o make t h e c o u n t a p lea san t change o f pace f r o m w e s t e r n O regon w i n t e r b i r d i n g .

T h e c o u n t c i r c l e va r i e s i n e l e v a t i o n f r o m 3660 t o 9617 f e e t , a nd encompasses such d i v e r s e h a b i t a t t ype s as f r e s h w a t e r lakes a nd r i v e r s , open h i gh p r a i r i e l a n d , a g r i c u l t u r a l f i e l d s , dec iduous a nd r i p a r i a n r i v e r g r o w t h , " l o w " ( ponde ro s a , D o u g l a s - f i r ) and " h i g h " ( t r u e f i r , s p r u c e , lodgepo le p i n e ) c o n i f e r o u s f o r e s t s , and d r y b r u s h y h i l l s i d e - c a n y o n l a n d h a b i t a t . I f y o u p l a n t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h i s u n i q u e c o u n t , be s u r e t o d re s s a c c o r d i n g l y - e x p e c t c o l d . T e m p e r a t u r e s may ave r age a n y w h e r e f r o m 1 5 - 4 0 F., and most w a t e r e x c e p t Wallowa Lake , f l o w i n g r i v e r s , a n d a f e w c i t y pond s in E n t e r p r i s e a re f r o z e n o v e r . T h e r e a re u s u a l l y a f ew inches o f snow c o v e r on t h e g r o u n d , even in t h e lowest e l e va t i o n s . These c o n d i t i o n s may seem h a r s h , b u t t h e i r e f f e c t s a re soon f o r g o t t e n w h i l e y o u are e n j o y i n g t h e u n u s u a l l y tame b i r d l i f e d u r i n g t h i s t ime o f y e a r .

T h e c o u n t is compi led b y F r a n k Con ley of J o s e p h , and t h e r e a r e u s u a l l y a b o u t 15 o b s e r v e r s , mos t l y f r o m t h e E n t e r p r i s e - J o s e p h area a nd n e i g h b o r i n g Un ion C o u n t y . A l t h o u g h t h i s is a g r e a t t ime o f y e a r t o see such u susua l species as GRAY-CROWNED ROSY F INCH , BOHEMIAN WAXWING, GRAY PARTR IDGE, and PINE GROSBEAK, t h e r e a re seldom any b i r d e r s f r o m o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e s t a t e t h a t p a r t i c i p a t e .

Most o f t h e b i r d l i f e is c e n t e r e d a long t h e Wallowa R i v e r a nd Wallowa Lake d u r i n g t h e w i n t e r . Wallowa Lake State Park is w i n t e r i n g g r o u n d s f o r numerou s CANADA GEESE and

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MALLARDS, b u t t h e r e a re u s u a l l y a dozen o r so BARROW'S GOLDENEYES t h a t c ong rega te a r o u n d t h e boat d o c k s . T h e o t h e r f a v o r i t e s i te f o r w a t e r f o w l d u r i n g t h e w i n t e r is a c i t y p o n d in E n t e r p r i s e k n o w n as Pete's Pond . Here and a t t h e n e a r b y Wallowa Fish H a t c h e r y p o n d , such unu sua l w i n t e r w a t e r f o w l as GADWALL, WOOD DUCK, REDHEAD, C A N V A S B A C K , R ING-NECKED DUCK, and AMERICAN COOT cong rega te w i t h t h e more common species (COMMON GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, M A L L A R D ) . I n c i d e n t a l l y , t h e tame ROSS' GOOSE d o e s n ' t c o u n t ! T h e Wallowa F i sh H a t c h e r y , j u s t w e s t o f E n t e r p r i s e , is va l uab le w i n t e r h a b i t a t f o r r i p a r i a n spec ies such as BLACK -CAPPED CH ICKADEE , RUBY-CROWNED K I N G L E T , SCREECH OWL, and CAL I FORN IA Q U A I L . I t also s u p p o r t s a number of w a t e r b i r d s i n c l u d i n g a f e w V I RG IN IA RA ILS and LONG-B I LLED MARSH WRENS in r e c e n t w i n t e r s . In 1977, a s u r p r i s i n g TRUMPETER SWAN w i n t e r e d h e r e w i t h a small f l o c k of WHISTL INGS.

T h e c o u n t r y due east o f E n t e r p r i s e is t h e bes t area i n O r e g o n t o look f o r t h e w i n t e r i n v a d i n g f r i n g i l l i d s . Th i s p a r t o f t h e c o u n t c i r c l e cons i s t s o f v a s t g r a s s l a n d areas d o t t e d w i t h small f a r m b u i l d i n g s . T h e t w o c reek s f l o w i n g f r o m n o r t h t o s o u t h i n t h i s area ( C r o w C r . a n d Swamp C r . ) a r e l i ned w i t h lush w i l l o w s and o t h e r r i p a r i a n g r o w t h . These t h i c k e t s , a long w i t h t h e f a r m hedge rows , a re ideal f o r t h e uncommon TREE SPARROW, a species seldom f o u n d e l sewhere in O r e g o n . T h e y f o r m small f l o c k s w i t h o t h e r s pa r r ows and a re o f t e n t h e most common spec ies . In O.K. G u l c h , a long t h e Zumwa l t Road (see m a p ) , t h e landscape becomes e x t r e m e l y b a r r e n a nd w i n d b l o w n . T h i s is t h e b e s t h a b i t a t i n t h e c o u n t c i r c l e f o r t h e r a r e COMMON REDPOLL and o t h e r f i n c h e s such as GRAY-CROWNED ROSY F INCH and SNOW B U N T I N G ; t h e l a t t e r o c c u r s he re in t r e m e n d o u s f l o c k s n u m b e r i n g up t o 1200 b i r d s ( 1 980 - 81 ) . T h i s is also good r a p t o r c o u n t r y ; PRA IR IE FALCON, GOLDEN EAGLE, ROUGH-LEGGED, and RED -TA I LED HAWKS are u s u a l l y f o u n d he re in w i n t e r .

T h e t h i r d major h a b i t a t zone, t h e c o n i f e r o u s f o r e s t , is bes t r e p r e s e n t e d a t Wallowa Lake State Pa rk and a long A l d e r Slope in t h e c o u n t c i r c l e . These t w o areas u s ua l l y g i v e t h e c o u n t i ts MOUNTA IN and occas iona l l y CHESTNUT -BACKED CH ICKADEES , BROWN CREEPER, CLARK ' S NUTCRACKER , GRAY J A Y , RED-BREASTED and WHITE-BREASTED N U T H A T C H , and an occas ional NORTHERN GOSHAWK. For t h e p a s t t h r e e o r f o u r w i n t e r s , SPRUCE GROUSE have been f o u n d r e g u l a r l y on A l d e r S lope, and t h e species o c c u r r e d he re d u r i n g c o u n t week in 1980. A l d e r Slope is also w h e r e PINE GROSBEAKS are u sua l l y f o u n d when t h e y show up on t h i s c o u n t .

T h e main c i t i e s i n t h e c o u n t c i r c l e . E n t e r p r i s e a n d Joseph ( a c t u a l l y , t h e o n l y c i t i e s in t h e c o u n t c i r c l e ! ) a re r ea ched b y t a k i n g H i g h w a y 82 east f r o m La G r a n d e ( a b o u t 75 miles f r o m La G rande t o E n t e r p r i s e ) . Gas a n d f ood are ava i l ab l e a t bo th E n t e r p r i s e and J o s e p h , and b o t h c i t i e s have e x c e l l e n t ho te l s and motels w h i c h a re u sua l l y u n c r o w d e d d u r i n g December and J a n u a r y .

T h e comp i l e r , F r a n k Con ley , can be c o n t a c t e d f o r more i n f o r m a t i o n a t : P.O. Box 6, J o s eph , OR 97846.

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Dal las C B C R i c h a r d P a l m e r

T u e s d a y , December 29th a t 7:00 a.m. a d e d i c a t e d g r o u p o f b i r d c o u n t e r s w i l l meet a t t h e H e a d q u a r t e r s of B a s k e t t S lough Nat i ona l W i l d l i f e Re fuge . T h e H e a d q u a r t e r s is located a s h o r t d i s t ance o f f o f H i g h w a y 22 n o r t h e a s t o f t h e c i t y of Dal las. Why not j o i n us f o r a g r e a t day of b i r d i n g i n a Wi l lamette Va l l e y p r i m e h a b i t a t area? Y o u r o b s e r v a t i o n s s h o u l d be t u r n e d in b y 5:00 p .m . a t t h e H e a d q u a r t e r s as no f o r m a l t a l l y session is p l a n n e d a f t e r t h e c o u n t . T h i s w i l l a l low y o u t o r e t u r n home a t a reasonable h o u r and p e r h a p s even go t o w o r k t h e n e x t d a y ( i f anyone w o u l d so de s i r e ? )

L o o k i n g t h r o u g h t h e r e c o r d s of pa s t c o u n t s , t h e average c o u n t g r o u p w i l l cons i s t of 20 peop le . E i gh teen o b s e r v e r ' s w i l l be d i v i d e d i n t o 9 p a r t i e s a n d 2 o b s e r v e r ' s w i l l remain a t f e e d e r s . T h e 28 people w i l l wa l k 22 miles and d r i v e 350 miles l ook i ng f o r b i r d s w i t h i n a 15 mile d i amete r c e n t e r e d 2 miles wes t and 5 mile s ou th o f t h e c i t y of Da l l a s . T h e w e a t h e r s hou l d be g e n e r a l l y c l ea r w i t h a 30% chance o f l i g h t r a i n . T h e t e m p e r a t u r e p r o b a b l y w i l l v a r y between a low o f 37 t o a h i gh of 49 .

T h e h a b i t a t p r o v i d e s a good mix w i t h 40% a g r i c u l t u r e and open f i e l d s , 20% mixed woods , 15% con i f e rou s w o o d s , 15% b r u s h and m a r g i n s , 5% ma r sh , p o n d s , and streams and 5% r e s i d e n t i a l .

T h e w e s t p o r t i o n of t h e c o u n t area i nc ludes a p o r t i o n of S ius law Nat iona l Fo re s t w i t h a smal l s t and of o l d g r o w t h f o r e s t . T h e e l e v a t i o n reaches 2750 f o o t in t h i s area p r o v i d i n g h a b i t a t f o r R u f f e d G rou se , Moun ta i n Qua i l , D i p p e r , P i leated Woodpecker , G r a y J a y and Raven.

T h e n o r t h e a s t p o r t i o n o f t h e c o u n t a rea , a r o u n d 200 f o o t in e l e v a t i o n , encompases t h e 2492 acre B a s k e t t S lough NWR e s t a b l i s h e d in 1965 f o r t h e p r o t e c t i o n of t h e D u s k y race o f t h e Canada Goose. T h e r e f u g e named a f t e r Colonel George W. B a s k e t t , an 1850 area s e t t l e r , p r o v i d e s t h e b e s t area f o r l a r ge numbe r s o f w a t e r f o w l t o be t a l l i e d . Morgan Lake , 3 mile l ong b y i mile w i d e , p r o v i d e s a l a r ge b o d y of w a t e r in t h e c o u n t c i r c l e and is located on t h e r e f u g e . Th i s lake he lp s t o p u l l in an a ve r age 10,000 Canada Geese and 24,000 d u c k s o f 15 d i f f e r e n t species f o u n d w i t h i n t h e c o u n t area each y e a r .

T h e e n t i r e c o u n t c i r c l e is f i n e h a b i t a t f o r t h e hawks and f a l con s w i t h an ave rage of 187 r a p t o r s r e p o r t e d each y e a r . T h e na t i ona l h i g h o f 368 Red - t a i l ed Hawk s we re r e p o r t e d f r o m t h i s c o u n t in 1978. T h e r a r i t i e s seen have i n c l uded Go shawk , Golden Eagle, Ba ld Eag le, P r a i r i e Fa l con , Pe reg r i ne Fa lcon, a nd M e r l i n .

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Seven species o f woodpecke r s have been r e c o r d e d i n c l u d i n g A c o r n and Lewis Woodpecker s .

T h e area is e x c e l l e n t s p a r r o w h a b i t a t w i t h C h i p p i n g , Wh i t e -t h r o a t e d , a nd L i n c o l n ' s b e i n g r e p o r t e d occa s i ona l l y . La s t yea r a j u v e n i l e H a r r i s S p a r r o w was f o u n d a long H i g h w a y 223 f o r a new c o u n t r e c o r d . We hope he w i l l show up again t h i s y e a r .

Y o u r p a r t y s h o u l d t a l l y be tween 30 t o 70 species a nd when combined w i t h t h e o t h e r p a r t i e s s hou l d show a g r a n d t o t a l o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y 83 species w i t h 47,750 t o t a l b i r d s f o r t h e da y , based on p a s t c o u n t s .

Potent ia l f o r t h e a rea , of c o u r s e , is much g r e a t e r w i t h 134 d i f f e r e n t spec ies r e c o r d e d o v e r t h e pa s t 12 y e a r s . T h e c o u n t r e c o r d f o r a s i n g l e y e a r s t ands a t 91 species (1973) a nd 64,911 b i r d s ( 1979 ) . Why not j o i n us t h i s y e a r and he lp b r e a k bo th records ?

R i c h a r d D. Pa lmer, c o u n t comp i l e r 1990 Engel C o u r t NW Salem, O regon 97304 Phone: 362-6919

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Oregon C B C Record High Counts

B a r b a r a C o m b s

T h i s a r t i c l e s t a r t e d o u t as an u p d a t e of A l an C o n t r e r a s ' O regon Ch r i s tmas C o u n t ( CBC ) s ummary p u b l i s h e d i n t h e December 1977/January 1978 issue of O r e g o n B i r d s , b u t t h e p r o j e c t e x p a n d e d a lmost b e y o n d r e c o g n i t i o n . I have i n c l u d e d many r e co rd s t h a t w e r e o ve r l o oked o r i n t e n t i o n a l l y o m i t t e d f r o m t h e p r e v i o u s a r t i c l e . T h e o n l y species I o m i t t e d w e r e those i n t r o d u c e d game species t h a t a p p e a r e d o n l y once i n t h e h i s t o r y of al l t h e O r e g o n CBC ' s .

Be ing less se l ec t i ve t h a n t h e p r e v i o u s summary , t h e l i s t a t t h e e n d of t h i s a r t i c l e i nc ludes s e v e r a l que s t i onab le species and species t o t a l s . In p a r t i c u l a r , I q ue s t i o n t h e p re sence of SEDGE WRENS (aka SHORT-B I LLED MARSH WRENS) in K lamath Falls and GREY C A T B I R D S in A s h l a n d . O t h e r species t h a t may be p r e s e n t in O regon d u r i n g CBC ' s b u t whose number s appea r s u sp i c i ou s l y h i gh a r e BARROW'S GOLDENEYE ( i n l a n d ) , SWAINSON'S HAWK, HOUSE WREN, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and CHIPP ING SPARROW. O t h e r species seem o u t of p l a c e , e . g . , we re t h e r e r e a l l y f o u r SNOWY EGRETS in Eugene i n 1965?

I n c l u d e d in t h e l i s t be low a r e 295 species o f b i r d s r e c o r d e d in O regon ' s CBC ' s s ince Eugene, Mu l i no and C o r v a l l i s h e l d t h e f i r s t O regon CBC ' s i n 1912. D u p l i c a t e h i g h c oun t s b r o u g h t t h e t o t a l number of r e c o r d s t o 329. O f t h e t o t a l , 126 r e c o r d s , o r 38%, are new s ince t h e p r e v i o u s s ummary was p u b l i s h e d . T h e y e a r 1980 alone b r o u g h t 37 new r e c o r d s t o O regon ' s l i s t s . T h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f r e c o r d h i g h s o v e r t h e y e a r s was as f o l l ows :

Years N u m b e r o f r e c o r d h i g h s 1930-39 7 1940-49 10 1950-59 25 1960-69 45 1970-79 205

1980 37

T h e Coos Bay CBC led w i t h 46 r e c o r d h i g h s ; Eugene was close b e h i n d w i t h 42. O t h e r CBC ' s w i t h a la rge sha re o f t h e reco rd s were T i l l amook/T i l l amook Bay ( 3 2 ) , Po r t l and ( 2 9 ) , M e d f o r d ( 2 6 ) , Sauvie I s l and (20) and K lamath Fal ls ( 1 9 ) . T h e o n l y a c t i v e Oregon CBC w i t h no r e c o r d h i g h s was Uppe r Ne s t ucca .

Because t h i s p r o j e c t has u n d e r g o n e t w o separa te i t e r a t i o n s , t h e l i s t s hou l d be rea sonab l y comp le te and a t least as a c c u r a t e as t h e o b s e r v e r s w h o c o n t r i b u t e d t o i t . I w i l l p u b l i s h a n y c o r r e c t i o n s I may f i n d as I check once more t h r o u g h t h e data I g a t h e r e d .

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T o w r i t e t h i s a r t i c l e , I comp i l ed v i r t u a l l y a l l o f t h e O r e g o n C B C da ta on c o d i n g s h e e t s . Each se t o f seven shee t s had space f o r e i g h t y e a r s ' w o r t h o f da ta on one c o u n t c i r c l e . My n e x t t a s k s w i l l be t o p r o o f - r e a d t h e da ta sheets one more t ime and a d d an a d d i t i o n a l page o f i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g t h e c o u n t c i r c l e , c o n d i t i o n s on c o u n t d a y a n d p a r t i c i p a n t s . I w i l l make my c o d i n g s h e e t s , w i t h these a d d i t i o n s , ava i lab le t o a n y o n e w h o w a n t s t o use t h e m a n d is w i l l i n g t o p a y f o r c o p y i n g a n d m a i l i n g .

For n o w , t h e 1981 C h r i s t m a s season is upon u s . My i n t r o d u c t i o n t o O r e g o n b i r d i n g came t h r o u g h t h e O a k r i d g e C B C , so t h e C h r i s t m a s B i r d C o u n t season is a lways spec ia l t o me. I a l w a y s look f o r w a r d w i t h e x c i t e m e n t o v e r w h a t each new y e a r w i l l b r i n g . Wi l l 1981 be an invas ion y e a r f o r Snowy Ow ls? Wil l t h e W h i t e -t a i l e d K i t es come back t o t h e Wi l lamette Va l l ey? How many D a r k -e y e d J u n c o s can squeeze i n t o a c i r c l e w i t h a 15 mi le d i a m e t e r , a n y w a y ? B i r d C o u n t season a lso b r i n g s new b i r d i n g compan ions w h o a d d t o t h e f u n . Wi th more o b s e r v e r s a n d more a c t i v e C B C ' s , O r e g o n is b o u n d t o se t new r e c o r d s in 1981 . Good b i r d i n g !

E d i t o r ' s N o t e : * = T h e s e spec ies and t h e s e n u m b e r s w e r e r e p o r t e d in Amer i can B i r d s , b u t t h e y a re s u s p e c t . In some cases , t h e species have n o t been added t o t h e O r e g o n B i r d R e c o r d s Commit tee l i s t . We welcome more d e t a i l s on a n y o f t h e s e r e c o r d s .

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S p e c i e s Number Count Y e a r

Common Loon 193 Coos Bay 1977

A r c t i c Loon 41 Coos Bay 1976

R e d - t h r o a t e d Loon 76 Coos Bay 1976

Red-necked G r e b e 35 Coos Bay 1979

Horned G r e b e 267 Coos Bay 1962

E a r e d Grebe 61 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1962

W e s t e r n G r e b e 679 G o l d B e a c h 1970

P i e d - B i l l e d G r e b e 171 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1975

B l a c k - f o o t e d A l b a t r o s s 2 Coos Bay 1976

N o r t h e r n F u l m a r 12 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1976

Sooty S h e a r w a t e r

L e a c h ' s Storm P e t r e l

1,500 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1949 Sooty S h e a r w a t e r

L e a c h ' s Storm P e t r e l 1 Coos Bay 1974

White P e l i c a n 3 K l a m a t h B a s i n 1944

Brown P e l i c a n 1 T i l l a m o o k 1949

D o u b l e - c r e s t e d Cormorant 315 Coos Bay 1976

B r a n d t ' s Cormorant 62 Coos Bay 1979

P e l a g i c C o r m orant 199 Y a q u i n a Bay 1975

G r e a t B l u e Heron 190 Coos Bay 1976

Green Heron 14 P o r t l a n d 1948

C a t t l e E g r e t 8 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1976

G r e a t E g r e t 44 Coos Bay 1976

Snowy E g r e t

B l a c k - c r o w n e d N i g h t Heron

4

608

Eugene

K l a m a t h F a l l s

1965

1966

A m e r i c a n B i t t e r n 5 Sod House 1980

I b i s s p . 1 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1979

Mute Swan 9 Bend 1972

W h i s t l i n g Swan 3,820 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1979

Trumpeter Swan 45 Malheur NWR 1980

Canada Goose 23,000 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1979

B r a n t 4,100 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1939

Emperor Goose 1 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1975

W h i t e - f r o n t e d Goose

1

916

Y a q u i n a Bay

Kl a m a t h B a s i n

1977

1944

Snow Goose 321 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1980

M a l l a r d 31,000 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1977

B l a c k Duck 1 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1971

G a d w a l l 2,012 Coos Bay 1975

P i n t a i l 87,000 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1971

Green-winged T e a l 15,000 D a l l a s 1973

B l u e - w i n g e d T e a l 9 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1976

Cinnamon T e a l 20 Medford 1974

E u r o p e a n Wigeon 14 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1974 i i 14 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1978 it 14 P o r t l a n d 1978

A m e r i c a n Wigeon 115,000 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1971

N o r t h e r n S h o v e l e r 13,600 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1971

Wood Duck 471 Salem 1978

Redhead 425 Coos Bay 1979

R i n g - n e c k e d Duck 800 Medford 1969

C a n v a s b a c k 1,523 Y a q u i n a Bay 1977

G r e a t e r S caup 616 T i l l a m o o k 1939

L e s s e r S c a u p

Common G o l d e n e y e

7,000

1,002

Eugene

K l a m a t h F a l l s

1964

1952

163

S p e c i e s Number Count Y e a r

B a r r o w ' s G o l d e n e y e 201 R o s e b u r g - S u t h e r l i n 1974

B u f f l e h e a d 1,522 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1979

Oldsquaw 8 G o l d B e a c h 1975

H a r l e q u i n Duck 40 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1972

W h i t e - w i n g e d S c o t e r 1,622 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1975

S u r f S c o t e r 525 Coos Bay 1979

B l a c k S c o t e r 118 Y a q u i n a Bay 1976

Ruddy Duck 8,550 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1978

Hooded Merganser 54 S a l e m 1971

Common Merganser 928 E u g e n e 1976

R e d - b r e a s t e d Merganser 297 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1976

T u r k e y V u l t u r e 2 P o r t l a n d 1938 it

2 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1966 M

2 G o l d B e a c h 1975 It

2 D a l l a s 1977

W h i t e - t a i l e d K i t e 15 Eugene 1978 it

15 it

1979

Goshawk 3 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1980

S h a r p - s h i n n e d Hawk 17 S a l e m 1972

C o o p e r ' s Hawk 17 P o r t l a n d 1958 11

17 Medford 1978

R e d - t a i l e d Hawk 368 D a l l a s 1978

R e d - s h o u l d e r e d Hawk 1 Eugene 1978 it

1 it

1979 tt

1 tt

1980

' S w a i n s o n ' s Hawk 7 M a l h e u r NWR 1976

R o u g h - l e g g e d Hawk 135 F o r t K l a m a t h 1956

F e r r u g i n o u s Hawk 3 M a l h e u r NWR 1941

G o l d e n E a g l e 29 Ruggs-Hardman 1978

B a l d E a g l e 64 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1952

N o r t h e r n H a r r i e r 124 C o r v a l l i s 1978

O s p r e y 2 G o l d B e a c h 1974

G y r f a l c o n 1 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1970

" 1 Eug e n e 1973 it 1 P o r t l a n d 1974

P r a i r i e F a l c o n 8 Medford 1977 tt

8 Ruggs-Hardman 1979

P e r e g r i n e F a l c o n 4 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1976 it

4 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1978

M e r l i n 7 Medford 1980

A m e r i c a n K e s t r e l 167 C o r v a l l i s 1978

B l u e G r o u s e 28 C o t t a g e Grove 1975

R u f f e d G r o u s e 24 Ruggs-Hardman 1967

Sage G r o u s e 303 H a r t Mountain 1978

B o b w h i t e 102 P o r t l a n d 1938

C a l i f o r n i a Q u a i l 752 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1952

M o u n t a i n Q u a i l 235 O a k r i d g e 1977

R i n g - n e c k e d P h e a s a n t 1,176 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1952

C h u k a r 485 Ruggs-Hardman 1980

G r a y P a r t r i d g e 234 Ruggs-Hardman 1980

T u r k e y 49 R o s e b u r g 1975

S a n d h i l l C r a n e 215 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1975

S o r a 2 Medford 1978

V i r g i n i a R a i l 22 Medford 1970

A m e r i c a n Coot 4,806 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1976

164

S p e c i e s Number Count Y e a r

B l a c k O y s t e r c a t c h e r 71 P o r t O r f o r d 1980

R i n g e d P l o v e r 2 Eugene 1954

S e m i p a l m a t e d P l o v e r 34 Coos Bay 1978

Snowy P l o v e r 40 Coos Bay 1978

K i l l d e e r 6,921 C o r v a l l i s 1980

Mountain P l o v e r 2 C o r v a l l i s 1966

A m e r i c a n G o l d e n P l o v e r 8 Coos Bay 1979

B l a c k - b e l l i e d P l o v e r 472 Coos Bay 1979

S u r f b i r d 220 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1973

Ruddy T u r n s t o n e 25 Gold B e a c h 1976

B l a c k T u r n s t o n e 327 P o r t O r f o r d 1980

Common S n i p e 546 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1980

L o n g - b i l l e d C u r l e w 2 Y a q u i n a Bay 1979

Whimbrel 14 Y a q u i n a Bay 1979

S p o t t e d S a n d p i p e r 15 Y a q u i n a Bay 1975

Wandering T a t t l e r 13 Coos Bay 1975

W i l l e t 16 Coos Bay 1979

G r e a t e r Y e l l o w l e g s 43 Coos Bay 1978

L e s s e r Y e l l o w l e g s 56 Coos Bay 1979

Red Knot 22 Coos Bay 1976

Rock S a n d p i p e r 31 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1970

P e c t o r a l S a n d p i p e r 2 Eugene 1959 it 2 P o r t l a n d 1959

B a i r d ' s S a n d p i p e r 7 Coos Bay 1975

L e a s t S a n d p i p e r 3,268 Coos Bay 1976

D u n l i n 20,483 Columbia E s t u a r y 1980

S h o r t - b i l l e d D o w i t c h e r 14 Coos Bay 1976

L o n g - b i l l e d D o w i t c h e r 300 Eugene 1968

W e s t e r n S a n d p i p e r 2,044 Coos Bay 1979

Marbled Godwit 45 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1974

S a n d e r l i n g 3,118 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1977

A m e r i c a n A v o c e t 2 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1978

Red P h a l a r o p e 251 Coos Bay 1977

W i l s o n ' s P h a l a r o p e 1 Coos Bay 1976

N o r t h e r n P h a l a r o p e 54 Gold B e a c h 1969

P a r a s i t i c J a e g e r 1 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1973

G l a u c o u s G u l l 4 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1979

G l a u c o u s - w i n g e d G u l l 16,391 P o r t l a n d 1961

W e s t e r n G u l l 2,398 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1978

H e r r i n g G u l l 2,000 P o r t l a n d 1955

T h a y e r ' s G u l l 187 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1980

C a l i f o r n i a G u l l 4,060 P o r t l a n d 1978

R i n g - b i l l e d G u l l 4,614 Eugene 1968

Mew G u l l 20,000 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1973

B o n a p a r t e ' s G u l l 137 P o r t O r f o r d 1980

Heermann's G u l l 119 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1972

B l a c k - l e g g e d K i t t i w a k e

S a b i n e ' s G u l l

8 Coos Bay 1978 B l a c k - l e g g e d K i t t i w a k e

S a b i n e ' s G u l l 1 Coos Bay 1978

A r c t i c T e r n 2 P o r t l a n d 1933

B l a c k T e r n 1 Co l u m b i a E s t u a r y 1979

Common Murre 50,000 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1968

T h i c k - b i l l e d Murre 1 Coos Bay 1976

P i g e o n G u i l l e m o t 55 G o l d B e a c h 1971

M a r b l e d M u r r e l e t 6 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1964

A n c i e n t M u r r e l e t 800 Coos Bay 1976

165

S p e c i e s Number Count Y e a r

C a s s i n ' s A u k l e t 200 Coos Bay 1976

R h i n o c e r o s A u k l e t 15 Coos Bay 1976

T u f t e d P u f f i n 15 Coos Bay 1976

B a n d - t a i l e d P i g e o n 120 R o s e b u r g 1959

Rock Dove 2,148 P o r t l a n d 1975

Mourning Dove 1,008 Medford 1958

B a r n Owl 13 C o r v a l l i s 1978

S c r e e c h Owl 21 P o r t l a n d 1980

G r e a t Horned Owl 40 M a l h e u r NWR 1939

Snowy Owl 11 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1973

Pygmy Owl 8 W a l l o w a County 1977

Hawk Owl 1 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1973

B u r r o w i n g Owl 19 Medford 1960

S p o t t e d Owl 8 Alma-Upper S i u s l a w 1977

G r e a t G r a y Owl 7 F o r t K l a m a t h 1959

L o n g - e a r e d Owl 11 A n t e l o p e 1980

S h o r t - e a r e d Owl 103 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1952

Saw-whet Owl 6 C o r v a l l i s 1978

Anna's Hummingbird 21 Eugene 1980

R u f o u s Hummingbird 2 S a l e m 1978

B e l t e d K i n g f i s h e r 69 Coos Bay 1976

Common F l i c k e r 558 Eugene 1973

P i l e a t e d Woodpecker 13 C o t t a g e Grove 1976

" 13 Alma-Upper S i u s l a w 1980

A c o r n Woodpecker 146 Eugene 1977

L e w i s ' Woodpecker 308 Medford 1969

Y e l l o w - b e l l i e d S a p s u c k e r 58 Eugene 1978

W i l l i a m s o n ' s S a p s u c k e r 3 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1980

H a i r y Woodpecker 29 P o r t l a n d 1964

Downy Woodpecker 86 P o r t l a n d 1951

W h i t e - h e a d e d Woodpecker 5 F o r t K l a m a t h 1962

B l a c k - b a c k e d 3-toed Woodpeck ir 2 O a k r i d g e 1974

W e s t e r n K i n g b i r d 7 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1964

B l a c k Phoebe 4 G o l d B e a c h 1980

S a y ' s Phoebe 3 Medford 1961

*empidonax f l y c a t c h e r 2 M a l h e u r NWR 1940

Horned L a r k 672 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1952

V i o l e t - g r e e n Swallow 1 D a l l a s 1975

T r e e S w a l l o w 8 Medford 1979

Gray J a y 22 Alma-Upper S i u s l a w 1977

B l u e J a y 2 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1976 it

2 Medford 1977 it

2 U n i o n C o u n t y 1979

S t e l l e r ' s J a y 314 Eugene 1975

S c r u b J a y 670 Eugene 1967

B l a c k - b i l l e d Magpie 510 B a k e r 1965

Common Raven 655 O a k r i d g e 1978

Common Crow 5,618 Eugene 1968

N o r t h w e s t e r n Crow 13 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1977

P i n o n J a y 341 Bend 1976

C l a r k ' s N u t c r a c k e r 197 Bend 1976

B l a c k - c a p p e d C h i c k a d e e 1,036 Alma-Upper S i u s l a w 1980

M o u n t a i n C h i c k a d e e 315 F o r t K l a m a t h 1962

C h e s t n u t - b a c k e d C h i c k a d e e 1,059 Alma-Upper S i u s l a w 1980

P l a i n T i t m o u s e 75 Medford 1971

166

S p e c i e s Number Count Y e a r

Common B u s h t i t 692 P o r t l a n d 1975

W h i t e - b r e a s t e d N u t h a t c h 116 Salem 1970

R e d - b r e a s t e d N u t h a t c h 151 F o r t K l a m a t h 1962

Pygmy N u t h a t c h 148 Bend 1976

Brown C r e e p e r 48 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1978

W r e n t l t 256 P o r t O r f o r d 1980

D i p p e r 42 O a k r i d g e 1976

House Wren 6 P o r t l a n d 1959 I I

6 R o s e b u r g 1975

W i n t e r Wren 383 Alma-Upper S i u s l a w 1978

B e w i c k ' s Wren 141 Eugene 1975

L o n g - b i l l e d Marsh Wren 118 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1980

"Sedge Wren 5 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1962

Canon Wren 59 U t o p i a 1978

Rock Wren 10 Ruggs-Hardman 1978

M o c k i n g b i r d 2 G o l d Beach 1970 I I

2 Eugene 1971

G r a y C a t b i r d 6 A s h l a n d 1939

Sage T h r a s h e r 2 Malheur NWR 1960

2 U t o p i a 1978

A m e r i c a n R o b i n 103,532 P o r t l a n d 1967

V a r i e d T h r u s h 1,064 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1964

H e r m i t T h r u s h 65 Coos Bay 1977

S w a i n s o n ' s T h r u s h 4 P o r t l a n d 1959

W e s t e r n B l u e b i r d 410 Medford 1968

Mountain B l u e b i r d 543 Bend 1976

Townsend's S o l i t a i r e 442 A n t e l o p e 1979

B l u e - g r a y G n a t c a t c h e r 1 Salem 1979

Golden-crowned K i n g l e t 1,051 P o r t l a n d 1941

Ruby-crowned K i n g l e t 790 Eugene 1980

Water P i p i t 821 C o r v a l l i s 1978

Bohemian Waxwing 1,320 Wallowa C o u n t y 1980

C e d a r Waxwing 1,095 P o r t l a n d 1976

N o r t h e r n S h r i k e 20 P r i n e v i l l e 1969

L o g g e r h e a d S h r i k e 8 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1962

S t a r l i n g 1 100,000 P o r t l a n d 1966

B u t t o n ' s V i r e o 16 Alma-Upper S i u s l a w 1980

S o l i t a r y V i r e o 1 Ruggs-Hardman 1974

B l a c k - a n d - w h i t e W a r b l e r 1 Coos Bay 1977

Orange-Crowned W a r b l e r 7 Eugene 1969

N a s h v i l l e W a r b l e r 2 Coos Bay 1975

Y e l l o w W a r b l e r 2 Coos Bay 1976 t i

2 Bend 1977

Yellow-rumped W a r b l e r 1,748 Coos Bay 1979

B l a c k - t h r o a t e d G r a y W a r b l e r 1 Eugene 1971 I I

1 Y a q u i n a Bay 1976

1 P o r t l a n d 1980 t i 1 Eugene 1980

Townsend's W a r b l e r 86 Eugene 1980

Hermit W a r b l e r 1 C o t t a g e G r o v e 1971 I I

1 Coos Bay 1975 t i 1 P o r t l a n d 1980 I I

1 R o s e b u r g - S u t h e r l i n 1980

Palm W a r b l e r 4 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1979

N o r t h e r n W a t e r t h r u s h 1 Malheur NWR 1963

167

S p e c i e s Number Count Y e a r

M a c G i l l i v r a y ' s W a r b l e r 2 E u g e n e 1967

Common Y e l l o w t h r o a t 1 Eu g e n e 1973 tt

1 C o r v a l l i s 1975

Y e l l o w - b r e a s t e d C h a t 2 Coos Bay 1971

W i l s o n ' s W a r b l e r 2 Coos Bay 1976

House Sparrow 3,621 P o r t l a n d 1958

W e s t e r n Meadowlark 677 Medford 1979

Y e l l o w - h e a d e d B l a c k b i r d 165 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1950

R ed-winged B l a c k b i r d 16,404 Eugene 1975

T r i c o l o r e d B l a c k b i r d 2,067 Medford 1963

Hooded O r i o l e 1 Eugene 1978 it

1 Coos Bay 1979

N o r t h e r n O r i o l e 1 G o l d B e a c h 1975 t i

1 Coos Bay 1977 it

1 Eugene 1979

" 1 Medford 1979 tt

1 Eugene 1980

B r e w e r ' s B l a c k b i r d 15,000 Medford 1969

Brown-headed Cowbird 650 P o r t l a n d 1967

W e s t e r n T a n a g e r 4 P o r t l a n d 1941

B l a c k - h e a d e d G r o s b e a k 3 M edford 1967

B l u e G r o s b e a k 1 Eugene 1980

E v e n i n g G r o sbeak 358 E u g e n e 1970

P u r p l e F i n c h 422 P o r t l a n d 1951

C a s s i n ' s F i n c h 150 B a k e r 1958

House F i n c h 1,849 S a u v i e I s l a n d 1972

P i n e G r o s b e a k 50 B a k e r 1972

G r a y - c r o w n e d Rosy F i n c h 1,000 H a r t Mountain 1973

Common R e d p o l l 75 B a k e r County 1975

P i n e S i s k i n 2,057 P o r t l a n d 1954

A m e r i c a n G o l d f i n c h 1,761 Medford 1976

L e s s e r G o l d f i n c h 1,180 Medford 1978

Red C r o s s b i l l 701 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1973

W h i t e - w i n g e d C r o s s b i l l 5 E u g ene 1965

R u f o u s - s i d e d Towhee 449 S a l e m 1970

Brown Towhee 68 Medford 1970

L a r k B u n t i n g 1 C o r v a l l i s 1966

S a v a n n a h Sparrow 205 D a l l a s 1980

V e s p e r Sparrow 62 E u gene 1951

L a r k S p a rrow 142 Medford 1977

B l a c k - t h r o a t e d S p a r row 2 Ruggs-Hardman 1968

Sage S p a r r o w 15 H a r t Mountain 1974

D a r k - e y e d Junco 4,472 S a l e m 1970

T r e e S p a r r o w 101 Sod House 1978

C h i p p i n g Sparrow 32 A s h l a n d 1940

C l a y - c o l o r e d Sparrow 1 T i l l a m o o k Bay 1974

H a r r i s ' Sparrow 4 Eugene 1972

W h i t e - c r o w n e d Sparrow 700 Medford 1969

G o l d e n - c r o w n e d Sparrow 1,800 Medford 1969

W h i t e - t h r o a t e d S p a rrow 10 Eugene 1971

F o x S p a r r o w 441 E u g e n e 1978

L i n c o l n ' s Sparrow 42 E u g e n e 1975

Swamp Sparrow 2 C o r v a l l i s 1977

Song Sparrow 1,418 C o r v a l l i s 1978

L a p l a n d Longspur 9 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1951

Snow B u n t i n g 401 W a l l o w a County 1980

168

Preliminary C h e c k l i s t : Washington County

J o e E v a n i c h

W a s h i n g t o n C o u n t y is one o f t h e smal les t c o u n t i e s o f O r e g o n , a n d desp i t e i t s t r e m e n d o u s human p o p u l a t i o n , i t is r e l a t i v e l y u n e x p l o r e d w h e n i t comes t o b i r d s . With i t s e a s t e r n b o u n d a r y o n l y e i g h t mi les o r so f r o m d o w n t o w n P o r t l a n d , an a m a z i n g l y small amount o f a t t e n t i o n has been g i v e n t o t h i s c o u n t y f r o m b i r d e r s o f n o r t h w e s t e r n O r e g o n .

T h i s c h e c k l i s t was compi led f r o m more t h a n f i v e y e a r s o f f i e l d w o r k in W a s h i n g t o n C o u n t y . T h e r e is s t i l l much t o be s t u d i e d abou t local b i r d p o p u l a t i o n s as i n d i c a t e d b y t h e l a rge number of r a r e a n d a c c i d e n t a l species in t h e c o u n t y .

A b b r e v i a t i o n s : * - - b r e e d s in Wash ing ton C o u n t y a - - a b u n d a n t ; can be f o u n d in good n u m b e r s (More t h a n 10

b i r d s ) on almost a l l t r i p s , c - - common; a f ew (5 t o 10 b i r d s ) f o u n d on a lmost a l l t r i p s , u - - uncommon ; a f e w f o u n d (5 t o 10 b i r d s ) , b u t no t on

most t r i p s . 0 - - occas iona l ; v e r y smal l n u m b e r s ( less t h a n f i v e b i r d s )

f o u n d on a f ew t r i p s p e r y e a r . 1 — r a r e ; v e r y smal l n u m b e r s ( u s u a l l y s i n g l e i n d i v i d u a l s )

f o u n d in a p p r o p r i a t e season , b u t se ldon e v e r y y e a r . A - - a c c i d e n t a l ; less t h a n f i v e r e c o r d s f o r Wash ing ton

C o u n t y ; o u t of r a n g e a n d / o r h a b i t a t , s - - s p r i n g ; M a r c h - M a y S - - s u m m e r ; J u n e - A u g u s t 15 f - - f a l l ; A u g u s t 1 5 - N o v e m b e r 15 W - - w i n t e r ; November 1 5 - F e b r u a r y

169

S p e c i e s s s I y

COMMON LOON r r r

HORNED G R E B E r r o E A R E D G R E B E r 0 W E S T E R N G R E B E u r u u

* P 1 E D - B 1 L L E D G R E B E u u u u

D O U B L E - C R E S T E D COROMORANT r

• G R E A T B L U E HERON c c c c * G R E E N HERON u u u u

G R E A T E G R E T r A M E R I C A N B I T T E R N r r

W H I S T L I N G SWAN u u CANADA GOOSE ti r u c W H I T E FRONTED GOOSE o 0

• M A L L A R D c c c c GADWALL u u AMERICAN P I N T A I L u 0 c u

G R E E N - W I N G E D T E A L u u c • B L U E - W I N G E D T E A L u 0 u r *C1NNAMON T E A L u u u 0

EUROPEAN WIGEON o 0 0

AMERICAN WIGEON u u c NORTHERN S H O V E L E R u u u u R I N G - N E C K E D DUCK u 0 u c CANVASBACK u u u G R E A T E R SCAUP r r 0

L E S S E R SCAUP u r u u T U F T E D DUCK A A COMMON G O L D E N E Y E u U u B A R R O W ' S GOLDENEYE A B U F F L E H E A D u r u u W H I T E - W I N G E D S C O T T E R A RUDDY DUCK u u c

•HOODED MERGANSER u o u u •COMMON MERGANSER u u u u

• T U R K E Y V U L T U R E u u u r

W H I T E - T A I L E D K I T E A * S H A R P - S H 1 N N E D HAWK u u u u • C O O P E R ' S HAWK u 0 u u • R E D - T A 1 L E D HAWK c c c c

R O U G H - L E G G E D HAWK o 0 u GOLDEN E A G L E A

• B A L D E A G L E 0 0 0 0

MARK HAWK 0 0 u u

O S P R E Y 0 0 0

P E R E G R I N E FALCON r r

M E R L I N o 0 o AMERICAN K E S T R E L u u u u

• B L U E GROUSE o 0 0 0

• R U F F E D GROUSE u u u u

• C A L I F O R N I A Q U A I L c c c c

•MOUNTAIN Q U A I L u u u u • R I N G - N E C K E D PHEASANT c c c c

S A N D H I L L CRANE 0 0

• V I R G I N I A R A I L u u u u

SORA 0 o

• A M E R I C A N COOT c u c c

SEM1PALMATED PLOVER 0 0

• K l L L D E E R c c c c B L A C K - B E L L I E D PLOVER r r

S p e c i e s s t w

•COMMON S N 1 P E c u c c • S P O T T E D S A N D P I P E R c u c c

S O L I T A R Y S A N D P I P E R r G R E A T E R Y E L L O W L E G S U 0 u L E S S E R Y E L L O W L E G S o 0

B L A C K TURNSTONE A P E C T O R A L S A N D P I P E R r L E A S T S A N D P I P E R u u D U N L I N o 0

S H O R T - B I L L E D DOWITCHER r L O N G - B I L L E D DOWITCHER u u W E S T E R N S A N D P I P E R u u

NORTHERN PHALAROPE 0

G L A U C O U S G U L L r G L A U C O U S - W I N G E D G U L L u 0 u c W E S T E R N G U L L r r r r H E R R I N G G U L L 0 0 o T H A Y E R ' S G U L L o 0 0

C A L I F O R N I A G U L L u 0 u 0

R I N G - B I L L E D G U L L u 0 u 0

NEW G U L L u u c B O N A P A R T E ' S G U L L 0 r 0 r B L A C K - L E G G E D K I T T I W A K E A S A B I N E ' S G U L L A F O R S T E R ' S TERN A A R T I C T E R N A C A S P I A N TERN r r

• B A N D - T A I L E D PIGEON u u u 0

• R O C K DOVE c c c c •MOURNING DOVE c c c u

• B A R N OWL u u u u • S C R E E C H OWL c c c c • G R E A T HORNED OWL c c c c • P Y G M Y OWL u u u u

S H O R T - E A R E D OWL u 0 u u • S A W - W H E T OWL u u u u

•COMMON NIGHTHAWK o u u

B L A C K S W I F T r • V A U X ' S S W I F T u u u

• R U F O U S HUMMINGBIRD c c c r

• B E L T E D K I N G F I S H E R u u u u

•COMMON F L I C K E R c c c c • P I L E A T E D WOODPECKER u u u u • A C O R N WOODPECKER u u u u

L E W I S ' WOODPECKER 0

• R E D - B R E A S T E D S A P S U C K E R u u u u • H A I R Y WOODPECKER u u u It

•DOWNY WOODPECKER c c c c

W E S T E R N K I N G B I R D A • W l L L O W F L Y C A T C H E R u c 0

•HAMMOND'S F L Y C A T C H E R 0 o r • W E S T E R N F L Y C A T C H E R u c u • W E S T E R N WOOD PEWEE c c c • O L I V E - S I D E D F L Y C A T C H E R u u 0

HORNED LARK r

• V I O L E T - G R E E N SWALLOW u c u • T R E E SWALLOW c a c r • R O U G H - W I N G E D SWALLOW 0 0 0

• B A R N SWALLOW c a c • C L I F F SWALLOW c c u • P U R P L E MARTIN r r r

170

S p e c i e s S p e c i e s 5 S I Y

• S T E L L E R ' S J A Y B L U E J A Y

* S C R U B J A Y *COMM0N RAVEN •COMMON CROW

c c c c A

u u u u c c c c

• B L A C K - C A P P E D C H I C K A D E E C C C c * C H E S T N U T - B A C K E D

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• B U S H T I T C c C c

• W H I T E - B R E A S T E D NUTHATCH u u u u

• R E D - B R E A S T E D NUTHATCH c c c C

T E N N E S S E E WARBLER A •ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER U c u r • N A S H V I L L E WARBLER U u U • Y E L L O W WARBLER u c u • Y E L L O W - R U M P E D WARBLER c u c u • B L A C K - T H R O A T E D GRAY

WARBLER u c u r TOWNSEND'S WARBLER u r u 0

• H E R M I T WARBLER o u o PALM WARBLER A A A

• M A C F I L L I V R A Y ' S WARBLER u c u •COMMON YELLOWTHROAT c c c

Y E L L O W - B R E A S T E D CHAT r • W I L S O N ' S WARBLER u c u

• H O U S E SPARROW a a a a

•BROWN C R E E P E R U u u u

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• A M E R I C A N R O B I N a a a a • V A R I E D THRUSH u u u u • H E R M I T THRUSH u u u u • S W A I N S O N ' S THRUSH c c u • W E S T E R N B L U E B I R D u u u o

•GOLDEN-CROWNED K I N G L E T c c c c RUBY-CROWNED K I N G L E T u r u c

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• C E D A R WAXWING c c c u

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• H U T T O N ' S V I R E O u u u u • S O L I T A R Y V I R E O u u u • W A R B L I N G V I R E O u c u

• W E S T E R N MEADOWLARK U u u u • R E D - W I N G E D B L A C K B I R D c c c u •NORTHERN O R I O L E U u 0 • B R E W E R ' S B L A C K B I R D C c c c •BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD C c c u

• W E S T E R N TANAGER C c u

• B L A C K - H E A D E D G R O S B E A K C c u • L A Z U L I BUNTING 0 u 0 • E V E N I N G G R O S B E A K c u c u • P U R P L E F I N C H u u u u • H O U S E F I N C H a a a a • P I N E S I S K I N u u u o • A M E R I C A N G O L D F I N C H c c c u • L E S S E R G O L D F I N C H u u u u • R E D C R O S S B I L L u u u 0 • R U F O U S - S I D E D TOWHEE c c c c •SAVANNAH SPARROW c c c o

V E S P E R SPARROW r • D A R K - E Y E D JUNCO c c c a • C H I P P I N G SPARROW u u u

H A R R I S ' S P A R R O W A A •WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW c c c u

GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW c r c a W H I T E - T H R O A T E D SPARROW r r r

• F O X SPARROW c u c c L I N C O L N ' S SPARROW u r u u

• S O N G SPARROW c c c c

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1 9 8 2 O F O M E M B E R S H I P D U E I t is t ime to p a y y o u r 1982 O r e g o n F ie l d O r n i t h o l o g i s t s ' d u e s . You may wish t o c o n s i d e r p u r c h a s i n g a g i f t membersh ip f o r a b i r d i n g f r i e n d . T h e B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s has dec ided to m a i n t a i n t h e same membersh ip c lasses and dues s t r u c t u r e as 1980 a n d 1 9 8 1 . . . a b a r g a i n in i n f l a t i o n a r y t i m e s !

I n d i v i d u a l - 1 v o t e - $ 7 .00 Fami ly - 2 v o t e s - $ 11 .00 I n d i v i d u a l S u s t a i n i n g - 1 v o t e - $ 15 .00 Fami ly S u s t a i n i n g - 2 v o t e s - $ 15 .00

M e m b e r h s h i p in a n y c a t e g o r y enab les y o u t o rece ive OREGON B I R D S . Don ' t miss 1982 issues of Vo lume 8 as OREGON B I R D S c o n t i n u e s to i m p r o v e . Y o u r memberh ip a lso he lps s u p p o r t t h e O r e g o n B i r d R e c o r d s Commit tee a n d O F O ' s i n v o l v e m e n t in o r n i t h o l o g i c a l p r o j e c t s a n d specia l p u b l i c a t i o n s ; t h i s is e s p e c i a l l y t r u e f o r s u s t a i n i n g m e m b e r s h i p s . Please j o i n OFO in i t s t h i r d y e a r b y f i l l i n g in t h e m e m b e r s h i p a p p l i c a t i o n i n s e r t o r b y s e n d i n g y o u r dues t o : O F O , P . O . Box 10373, E u g e n e , O r e g o n 97440. (See Membersh ip Renewal I n s e r t )

y ^ ^ ^ ^ l ^ J j ^ X T S T I N G R E S U L T S M L a s t y e a r we p u b l i s h e d o u r f i r s t m e m b e r s h i p l i s t i n g e f f o r t . We ^ *S f e e l l i s t i n g , c o u n t y l i s t i n g in p a r t i c u l a r , can i n c r e a s e , in t h e l o n g 9 R t e r m , o u r k n o w l e d g e o f O r e g o n b i r d d i s t r i b u t i o n . I f y o u a r e m M i n t e r e s t e d in s h a r i n g y o u r l i s t s in OREGON B I R D S , f i l l o u t t h e Ji £ i n s e r t in t h i s i s s u e . We w i l l p u b l i s h in Volume 8 t h e r e s u l t s K ^ r e c e i v e d b y t h e d e a d l i n e , J a n u a r y 3 1 , 1982. ^ ft.

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B I R D P H O T O S W A N T E D T h e B I R D S OF OREGON, S t a t u s a n d D i s t r i b u t i o n , is a new book p r o j e c t o f t h e Po r t l and A u d u b o n Soc ie ty a n d O r e g o n F ie ld O r n i t h o l o g i s t s . T h e book w i l l be i l l u s t r a t e d w i t h pho tos o f O r e g o n ' s b i r d s a n d O r e g o n ' s major h a b i t a t s . A l l p h o t o g r a p h e r s a re e n c o u r a g e d t o send d u p l i c a t e s o f t h e i r bes t b i r d and b i r d h a b i t a t p h o t o s f o r poss ib le p u b l i c a t i o n . T h e d e a d l i n e is J a n u a r y 3 1 , 1982. F u l l - p a g e de ta i l sheets are ava i l ab le f o r more i n f o r m a t i o n . Send y o u r r e q u e s t f o r de ta i l sheets o r y o u r pho tos t o B I R D S OF OREGON Book Commi t tee , P o r t l a n d A u d u b o n S o c i e t y , 5151 NW Corne l l R o a d , P o r t l a n d , O r e g o n 97210.

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O F O A N N U A L M E E T I N G

D o n ' t f o r g e t t o m a r k t h e weekend o f May 8-9 on y o u r 1982 c a l e n d a r . De ta i l s on t h e 1982 O r e g o n F i e l d O r n i t h o l o g i s t s A n n u a l M e e t i n g in Bend a r e b e i n g w o r k e d o u t b y t h e OFO B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s . A spec ia l p a c k e t w i l l be ma i led in March o r e a r l y A p r i l w i t h de ta i l s on t h e m e e t i n g . S p e a k e r s , w o r k s h o p s , a b a n q u e t a n d f i e l d t r i p s a re b e i n g a r r a n g e d . J o i n us f o r i n t e r e s t i n g p r e s e n t a t i o n s , f u n , a n d some good D e s c h u t e s C o u n t y b i r d s .

B A L D E A G L E C O N F E R E N C E

F o r t h e las t t h r e e y e a r s , a n d again t h i s y e a r , t h e K lamath B a s i n is t h e locat ion o f a W i n t e r i n g Ba ld Eagle C o n f e r e n c e . T h i s y e a r ' s c o n f e r e n c e , w h i c h w i l l be he ld on F e b r u a r y 12-14 , 1982, w i l l commemorate t h e B a l d Eagle 's b i c e n t e n n i a l c e l e b r a t i o n . T w o h u n d r e d y e a r s a g o , 1782, C o n g r e s s d e s i g n a t e d t h e B a l d Eag le as o u r na t i on ' s symbo l o f s t r e n g t h a n d f r e e d o m .

T h e c o n f e r e n c e is c o - h o s t e d b y t h e O r e g o n c h a p t e r s o f t h e N a t i o n a l A u d u b o n S o c i e t y , t h e U . S . F ish a n d Wi ld l i f e S e r v i c e , O r e g o n D e p a r t m e n t o f F ish and W i l d l i f e , a n d t h i s y e a r t h e K lama th Fal ls C h a m b e r o f Commerce. T h e r e w i l l be a w i d e r a n g e o f w i l d l i f e p r e s e n t a t i o n s f o r b o t h t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l land p l a n n e r s a n d managers as we l l as o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o v i e w t h e i n c r e d i b l e w i n t e r i n g eagle s p e c t a c l e .

F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n a n d r e g i s t r a t i o n p lease c o n t a c t t h e P o r t l a n d A u d u b o n S o c i e t y , 5151 NW C o r n e l l R d . , P o r t l a n d , OR 97210 .

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N O M I N A T I O N S F O R O F O B O A R D P O S I T I O N S

U n d e r A r t i c l e IV o f t h e O r e g o n F ie ld O r n i t h o l o g i s t s ' B y l a w s ( O B , 5 : 1 , p . 4 ) , t h e o f f i c e r s o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n - P r e s i d e n t , S e c r e t a r y a n d T r e a s u r e r a re e lec ted t o a one y e a r t e r m commenc ing a t t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f t h e annua l m e e t i n g . A l l t h r e e p o s i t i o n s a re open f o r n o m i n a t i o n s . O f f i c e r s can s e r v e no more t h a n t h r e e c o n s e c u t i v e t e rms in a n y one o f f i c e . D i r e c t o r s are e lec ted t o s t a g g e r e d t w o y e a r t e r m s . Pos i t ions h e l d b y T e r r y M o r g a n , P o r t l a n d , and A l i ce P a r k e r , R o s e b u r g , are open f o r nominat ions t h i s y e a r .

Nomina t i ons f o r t he f i v e p o s i t i o n s mus t be r e c i e v e d b y March 1 , 1982: O F O , P . O . Box 10373, E u g e n e , O r e g o n 97440. Nominees mus t be members of OFO a n d s h o u l d agree p r i o r t o t h e nomina t ion t o accep t t h e pos i t i on a n d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i f e l e c t e d .

W I L D L I F E T A X C H E C K O F F

DO SOMETHING

WILD!

The f inal ta l ly of dollars con­tributed from state taxpayer re­f u n d s t h r o u g h t h e n o n g a m e checkoff provision on last year's tax form amounted to $359,981, a 3.7 percent increase over the $347,000 contributed in the non-game checkoff program's f i r s t year. Some 876,488 Oregonians had refunds coming from their 1980 state income tax returns and 97,803 (11.2 percent) of them elect­ed to "Do Something W i l d " and check off a $1, $3 or $5 contribu­tion to the state's nongame wi ld ­life fund. Under changes enacted by the 1981 Legislature, this year's taxpayers can check off $1, $5, $10, or write in any amount they prefer.

Money for the nongame wildlife fund has been budgeted in the De­partment's Wildl i fe Division and is being used in a wide variety of projects throughout the state. •

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G R E A T G R A Y O W L S T U D Y

T h e O r e g o n D e p a r t m e n t o f F ish a n d W i l d l i f e is seek i ng OFO he lp in s t u d y i n g t h e o c c u r e n c e and d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e G R E A T G R A Y OWL in c e n t r a l O r e g o n . Wi th some l im i t ed f u n d i n g ava i l ab l e f r o m t h e non-game p r o g r a m , OFO has been asked to s o l i c i t t h e m e m b e r s h i p and o t h e r sources f o r a c o o r d i n a t o r who w o u l d be h i r e d t e m p o r a r i l y b y ODFW t o c o n d u c t t h e s t u d y .

T h e p u r p o s e o f t h e s t u d y w o u l d be t o f i n d t h e G R E A T G R A Y OWL a n d t o documen t i t s o c c u r r e n c e in t h e D e s c h u t e s Nat iona l F o r e s t . T h e s t u d y w o u l d be c o n d u c t e d f r o m J a n u a r y t o m i d - A p r i l 1982. Spec i f i c areas ( o r b e s t guesses at t h i s t i m e ) w h e r e t h e ow l m i g h t be seen have been i d e n t i f i e d and w o u l d s e r v e as t h e bas i s f o r b e g i n n i n g t h e s u r v e y .

T h e c o o r d i n a t o r w o u l d be pa id $4 ,500 f o r t h e s t u d y and w o u l d be e x p e c t e d t o p r o v i d e t h e i r own l o d g i n g a n d t r a n s p o r t a t i o n . (ODFW may be ab le t o p r o v i d e some a d d i t i o n a l a s s i s t a n c e . ) T h e c o o r d i n a t o r w o u l d be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r d e s i g n i n g t h e p r o j e c t and f o r o r g a n i z i n g t h e v o l u n t e e r he lp f r o m O F O . In a d d i t i o n , t h e c o o r d i n a t o r w o u l d ass im i la te a n d r e v i e w t h e f i e l d data a n d w r i t e t h e f i n a l p r o j e c t r e p o r t summar i z i ng t h e f i n d i n g s .

S ince t h e G R E A T G R A Y OWL is v e r y e l u s i v e and s e c e t i v e , t h e he lp o f t h e g e n e r a l membersh ip is d e s p a r a t e l y needed t o p r o v i d e ass i s tance t o t h e c o o r d i n a t o r in f i n d i n g t h e o w l . T h e success o f t h e s t u d y d e p e n d s on l a rge n u m b e r s o f compe ten t v o l u n t e e r s a c t i v e l y in t h e f i e l d . I f y o u t h i n k y o u w o u l d be i n t e r e s t e d in a s s i s t i n g w i t h t h e s t u d y please c o n t a c t E l z y E l t s r o t h (752 -0666) as soon as poss ib l e t o e x p r e s s y o u r d e s i r e t o h e l p .

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You may reca l l t h a t t h e A u d u b o n Soc ie ty o f C o r v a l l i s ( A S C ) e s t a b l i s h e d a Secre t Wi tness Commit tee e a r l y t h i s y e a r f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f t r y i n g to s t o p , o r a t least s low d o w n , some of t h e i l lega l s h o o t i n g of nongame b i r d s in Oregon ( O B 7 : 1 , 6 1 ) .

The ac t i on was p r o m p t e d b y t h e s h o o t i n g o f a B u r r o w i n g Owl on A m e r i c a n R o a d , south o f Peor ia in L i n n C o u n t y . T h i s was o n l y t h e l a t e s t in a ser ies o f s h o o t i n g s w h i c h h a d come t o o u r a t t e n t i o n . We know of s im i l a r i nc i den t s in t h e r e c e n t pas t i n v o l v i n g H e r o n s , H a w k s , Fa lcons , S h o r e b i r d s , O w l s , K i n g f i s h e r s , W o o d p e c k e r s , R o b i n s and B l u e b i r d s . We also be l ieve t h a t t h e r e a re l i t e r a l l y h u n d r e d s of i l lega l k i l l i n g s t h a t go u n r e p o r t e d in O r e g o n and e l s e w h e r e e v e r y y e a r .

On A u g u s t 3 1 , Special A g e n t Co leman, USF&WS a n d T r o o p e r V a l b u r g , O S P , wh i le c h e c k i n g t h e A m e r i c a n Road a r e a , d i s c o v e r e d a n o t h e r B u r r o w i n g Ow l at t h e same loca t ion w h e r e i ts p r e d e c e s s o r was sho t .

A p a r t i c u l a r l y f l a g r a n t case o c c u r r e d in t h e Rogue Va l l ey t h i s pas t F e b r u a r y . A f a i r s i zed c o l o n y o f B u r r o w i n g Owls was w i p e d o u t ; an immatu re W h i s t l i n g Swan was sho t dead a n d t h e r e was a d d i t i o n a l s h o o t i n g i n v o l v i n g B l a c k - c r o w e d N i g h t - H e r o n s .

B u t t h e w o r s t case in t h e U n i t e d States in r e c e n t memory h a p p e n e d near L i t t l e R o c k , A r k a n s a s , w h e r e n e a r l y t w o h u n d r e d Herons a n d E g r e t s we re s l a u g h t e r e d in t h e i r r o o k e r i e s in J u n e 1981! T h e Pu lask i C o u n t y A u d u b o n Soc ie ty r a i s e d $1000 as a r e w a r d a n d se t up a p r o g r a m s im i la r t o o u r s - w h i c h , in t u r n , was p a t t e r n e d a f t e r t h e M t . Shasta ( C A ) A u d u b o n Soc ie ty ' s s u c c e s s f u l Sec re t Wi tness F u n d .

B u t t o g e t b a c k to t h e local a rea - o u r o f f e r o f a $250 r e w a r d d i d no t e l i c i t a n y i n f o rma t i on on w h i c h t o b u i l d a case f o r t h e B u r r o w i n g O w l . H o w e v e r , t h e f u n d , now a t a b o u t $900 - t h a n k s to t h e g e n e r o u s c o n t r i b u t i o n s o f severa l p e o p l e ; t h e C o r v a l l i s Izaak Wal ton C h a p t e r a n d A u d u b o n C h a p t e r s a t O a k r i d g e , P o r t l a n d a n d Salem, as we l l as C o r v a l l i s - is v e r y much a l i v e ! As a n n o u n c e d e a r l i e r , p a r t o r a l l o f t h i s f u n d is ava i l ab le to any o r g a n i z a t i o n in t h e s ta te t h a t c a r e s to t r y f o r a c o n v i c t i o n in t h e i l legal k i l l i n g o f p r o t e c t e d nongame b i r d s . A r r a n g e m e n t s can be d i s c u s s e d b y ca l l i ng 752-0666 o r b y w r i t i n g : Sec re t Wi tness Commi t t ee , P . O . Box 148, C o r v a l l i s , 97339.

A n y o n e w h o is incensed b y t h e s e mind less o r w a n t o n acts is e n c o u r a g e d to donate a n y a m o u n t of money t o t h e above add ress w h e r e i t w i l l be depos i t ed in an i n t e r e s t b e a r i n g accoun t u n t i l n e e d e d . C o n t r i b u t i o n s a re t a x d e d u c t i b l e . A n y o n e can he lp in t h i s p r o g r a m b y r e p o r t i n g t h e s e i nc i den t s in as much de ta i l as poss ib le t o t h e State Police immed ia te l y !

M . S . E l t z r o t h C o r v a l l i s , O r e g o n

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Field Checklist of the

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Publications Available

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1. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OREGON BIRDS MARK EGGER $3.00

2. F I E L D CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF OREGON---Steve G o r d o n . . . .50

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2. CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF OREGON---BERTRAND & S C O T T ( r e v . ) 1.25

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1. BIRDS OF NORTHWEST F I E L D S & FORESTS---DAVID MARSHALL 2.50

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With t h i s i ssue we m a r k t h e e n d of t h e 1981 vo lume o f OREGON B I R D S . We r e g r e t t h e las t t h r e e issues came so late in t h e c a l e n d a r y e a r . For t h a t , I , as e d i t o r , a p o l o g i z e . I t was no t f o r lack o f s u p p o r t f r o m t h e B o a r d o r f r o m al l t h e peop le who he lp on t h e p u b l i c a t i o n t h a t OREGON B I R D S g o t b e h i n d s c h e d u l e . So, i f t h e lag caused y o u c o n c e r n , d o n ' t blame O F O . T h e f a u l t l ies w i t h an e d i t o r who f o u n d h imse l f b u r n e d o u t a n d s u d d e n l y ( o r was i t s l o w l y ? ) o v e r c o m m i t t e d .

A f t e r b e i n g respons ib l e f o r o r s h a r i n g r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e las t 17 issues o f OREGON B I R D S , I look f o r w a r d t o p a s s i n g t h a t r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o A lan C o n t r e r a s . I also look f o r w a r d t o h e l p i n g w i t h t h e 1982 i ssues . We can al l look f o r w a r d t o c o n t i n u e d i m p r o v e m e n t s u n d e r A l a n ' s e d i t o r s h i p .

In t o t a l , more t h a n t w e n t y peop le c o n t r i b u t e d a r t i c l e s and s h o r t notes d u r i n g t h e pas t y e a r . We s t i l l have a f e w a r t i c l e s w h i c h we a re c a r r y i n g o v e r t o 1982. Maps b y Joe E v a n i c h and A l a n C o n t r e r a s a n d a r t w o r k b y Joe Evan ich a n d S t e v e He in l have he lped a d d t o t h e i n t e r e s t o f t h e p u b l i c a t i o n . T h a n k s t o al l o f y o u .

For t h e p a s t t h r e e y e a r s , b e g i n n i n g w i t h Vo lume 5 , N u m b e r 2 , in 1979, C l a r i c e Watson has been w r i t i n g " H i g h l i g h t s f r o m t h e F ie ld N o t e s " . Wi th coope ra t i on f r o m v a r i o u s A u d u b o n a n d b i r d c l u b o r g a n i z a t i o n s w h o e x c h a n g e n e w s l e t t e r s w i t h u s , a n d w i t h he lp f r o m o b s e r v e r s who sha re f i e l d notes w i t h u s , C la r i ce has e s t a b l i s h e d a model f o r o u r f i e l d r e p o r t s . T h e " h i g h l i g h t s " f i l l a g a p in t h e Amer i can B i r d s r e g i o n a l r e p o r t s . We a lways looked f o r w a r d t o r e a d i n g he r a c c o u n t s w h i c h f o r m e d t h e c o r n e r s t o n e a r o u n d w h i c h we b u i l t each q u a r t e r l y i s sue . T h a n k y o u f o r t h e h o u r s each o f those a r t i c l e s t o o k , C l a r i c e . . . . t h e t o r c h has been passed t o Joe E v a n i c h .

T h e r e a r e seve ra l o t h e r u n s u n g s u p p o r t peop le w h o shou ld be m e n t i o n e d . Deborah B i t t l e has t y p e d much o f t h e p a s t f ew i ssues . V i c k i S l a u g h t e r at t h e O r e g o n D a i l y Emera ld has he lped w i t h head l i nes aga in t h i s yea r a n d a lmost he lped us a d d a b i r d t o t h e O r e g o n l i s t - she swore t h e r e s h o u l d be a b i r d named "Eas te r P h o e b e " . Wayne M e r r i t t a n d h i s s t a f f at t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Oregon Press t a k e p r i d e in t h e i r w o r k , a n d i t shows in r e c e n t i s sues . Wayne has also he lped us w i t h h i n t s and s h o r t c u t s f o r i m p r o v i n g t h e p a s t e - u p . T h a n k s t o al l o f y o u .

G r e a t e s t t h a n k s go to J im C a r l s o n f o r t h e i n n u m e r a b l e t imes he has g i v e n adv i ce o r a h e l p i n g h a n d . Most o f a l l he has been a f i r m p r o d d e r when my e n e r g y leve l was l o w . C r e d i t h im w i t h

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many of the innovations which have taken place since Volume 4, Number 4 in 1978.

The publication isn't perfect; we've never had a technically perfect issue. I must apologize for one glaring error. Bing Francis always spells "peeping" with two "p's". Only Steve Gordon spells it with one. Sorry, Bing.

It is now time to spend more time watching, studying, drawing and writing about birds. I wish all of you luck in finding the birds you seek - common or rare. I also wish all of you many of those perfect moments when a bird behaves in a way you've never witnessed before; when a new field mark is impressed in your memory; when a RUFOUS-SIDED TOWHEE perches atop a blackberry bramble in bright sunlight; when you find the first T R E E SWALLOW signalling earliest spring in mid-February; when you introduce a beginner to his or her first LINCOLN'S SPARROW; and when you enjoy a SONG SPARROW in your favorite birding spot or a female HOUSE SPARROW at your feeder all sweet moments in time and space.

Good birding in 1982 and enjoy the Christmas Bird Count season! I hope to see many of you at the OFO Annual Meeting in Bend on May 8-9.

"Send Field Notes T o . . . " When afield in Oregon, please share your unusual or exciting finds with others. Cooperative communication with the individuals listed below will help promote a better understanding of Oregon's birds. Many of the twelve reporting areas are represented by Audubon groups or other bird clubs who regularly publish field notes and are interested in observations "close to home."

1. Harry Nehls, 2736 S . E . 20th, Portland 97202 2. Richard Palmer, 1990 Engel C t . , NW, Salem 97304 3. M.S. "Elzy" Eltzroth, 3595 N.W. Roosevelt, Corvallis 97330 4. Jim Carlson, 1560 Chasa S t . , Eugene 97401 5. Fred Parker, 313 W. Hickory, Roseburg 97470 6. Alan McGie, 3603 Edgewood Dr . , North Bend 97459 7. Jim Rogers, Star Rt. Box 151-A, Port Orford 97465 8. Vince Zauskey, 945 E . Main, Ashland 97520 9. Steve Summers, 1009 Merryman, Klamath Falls 97601 10. Adele Rodriguez, 630 6th S t . , Madras 97741 11. Joe Evanich, P.O. Box 1386, LaGrande 97850 12. Steve Thompson, Malheur N.W.R., Box 113, Burns 97720

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