Rare Bird Alert
Oregon rare bird sightings compiled by Harry Nehls and updated weekly
Compiled by Harry Nehls on February 2, 2012
| Greater White-fronted Goose |
Snow Goose |
| Trumpeter Swan |
Tundra Swan |
| Eurasian Green-winged Teal |
Red-throated Loon |
| Pacific Loon Common Loon |
American White Pelican |
| Great Egret |
Bald Eagle |
| Prairie Falcon |
THICK-BILLED MURRE |
| Northern Mockingbird |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
| Harris’s Sparrow |
Western Tanager |
| Pine Grosbeak |
Purple Finch |
| Red Crossbill |
White-winged Crossbill |
| Common Redpoll |
Pine Siskin |
Hello, this is the Audubon Society of Portland Rare Bird Report. This report was made Thursday February 2. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at 503-233-3976.
On February 1 a dead THICK-BILLED MURRE was found on Clatsop Beach south of Warrenton.
A CHAT is now visiting a Coos Bay feeder. On January 30 a PRAIRIE FALCON was near Tillamook. A EURASIAN TEAL and 20 WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE were seen January 26 along Wireless Road near Astoria.
RED CROSSBILLS are now being seen in the Coast Range. PINE SISKINS continue to increase in the Willamette Valley with a few REDPOLLS spotted among them.
On January 31 COMMON, RED-THROATED, and PACIFIC LOONS were in the Woodland Bottoms near Woodland, WA. Forty one GREAT EGRETS were also in the Bottoms. A MOCKINGBIRD is now being seen at 53d and Harney Streets in Vancouver. On January 26 a BLUE GOOSE was seen in a large SNOW GOOSE flock on Sauvie Island. That day ten PURPLE FINCHES were at the Wapato Greenway on the Island. On January 24 three TRUMPETER SWANS and one TUNDRA were at Oaks Bottom in southeast Portland. On January 29 an adult winter plumaged male WESTERN TANAGER was photographed at a northeast Portland feeder. The Cornelius HARRIS’S SPARROW continues to be seen. On January 30 the BALD EAGLE night roost near Tangent contained 65 birds. Two WHITE PELICANS are still being seen at Fern Ridge Reservoir.
On January 28 three PINE GROSBEAKS and ten WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were in the Tumalo Falls area west of Bend.
That’s it for this week.
To report: Harry Nehls (hnehls6@comcast.net), 503.233.3976.
Most current information on bird sightings in Oregon: The Oregon Birding List.
