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O f f i c e r s and B o a r d of D i rec tors

Pres iden t - R i c h a r d Palmer, Salem (1984) S e c r e t a r y - Ot is S w i s h e r , Medford (1984) T r e a s u r e r - A l l ison Mickel , E u g e n e (1984)

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Members - Thomas C r a b t r e e , B e n d (1983 - 1985) Joe E v a n i c h , La G r a n d e (1983 - 1985) Je f f G i l l i g a n , Port land (1981 - 1983) Dav id F i x , E u g e n e (1981 - 1983) Dav id I r o n s , Port land (1981 - 1983) H a r r y N e h l s , Port land (1982 - 1984) E leanor P u g h , Wolf C r e e k (1982 - 1984) Owen Schmid t , Por t land (1982 - 1984) S teve Summers , Klamath Fa l l s (1983 - 1985)

Manuscr ip ts of a r t i c l e s for publ icat ion in O R E G O N B I R D S shou ld be t y p e d , d o u b l e - s p a c e d , with o n e - i n c h marg ins . Photographs shou ld be e i ther b lack and white p r i n t s o r color p r i n t s with h igh c o n t r a s t .

C o v e r I l lus t ra t ion: W I L L I A M S O N ' S S A P S U C K E R Joe E v a n i c h O t h e r I l lus t ra t ions: Joe E v a n i c h , S t e v e G o r d o n , S teve Heinl and E l v a Paulson

Table of Contents

P r e s i d e n t ' s Message R i c h a r d Palmer

H igh l ights from the Fie ld Notes: Fall 1983 Joe E v a n i c h

Site G u i d e : Whitehorse P a r k S t e v e Summers

B ig D a y s : Lane County Dav id F ix

New F ie ld G u i d e s : Round 2 Tom C r a b t r e e

New Fie ld G u i d e s : Round 3 Tom C r a b t r e e

D i s t r i b u t i o n : Columbian S h a r p - T a i l e d G r o u s e Joe E v a n i c h

New Oregon C B C O v e r v i e w s

F lo rence Alan C o n t r e r a s

F o r e s t G r o v e Joe E v a n i c h

Commentary: Real Oregon B i r d e r s . . . Joe E v a n i c h

S h o r t Notes

1984 O F O Annual Meeting

A r t D isp lay at Annua l Meeting

Amer ican B i r d s S u b - R e g i o n a l Edi tor

1984 Membership Renewal

New Fie ld Guide Ava i lab le

O B R C Reports

1983 O F O T r e a s u r e r ' s Repor t

O F O Bookcase

E d i t o r ' s Note J im C a r l s o n

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President's Message Richard Palmer

At th is moment I am s i t t ing in the Seattle A i r p o r t j u s t minutes from boarding a plane for an extended tr ip into the wilds of the Mexican jungle on a b i rd ing s a f a r i . C o n s e q u e n t l y , I am having to expend a great amount of dedicat ion to write th is message .

One of the items I wish to a d d r e s s is the O F O rare b i r d a ler t . It seems a few of us are becoming somewhat lapse in following the rules as e s t a b l i s h e d . When repor t ing a b i rd be s u r e to include s p e c i e s , date , name, exact detai ls on location, and o b s e r v e r ' s name. It would be helpful to include if the b i rd is an immature, type of p lumage, and sex if k n o w n . Be sure and repor t the b i r d as soon as you can f ind a te lephone ( c a r r y phone numbers with you in the f i e l d ) . Do not re ly on report ing to an answer ing se rv ice or tape as the owner may not get the word for a couple of d a y s . Make personal contact and make sure they unders tand it is a rare b i r d a l e r t . Pass on the information when you receive it even though you feel the ef fort is wasted , someone may need the b i r d . Hopefu l ly , if all of us o b s e r v e these few r u l e s , the system will become more useful to all of u s .

Planning for the convention in J u n e at La G r a n d e cont inues . Your comments and sugges t ions are requested on all act iv i t ies associated with the convent ion .

I told you I was minutes away from leaving Seat t le . It t u r n s out Mexicana A i r l i n e s went on s t r i k e and I spent the n ight in Seatt le . All t u r n e d out we l l , however , as I left for Colima the next d a y . E ight d a y s later I have added 16 l i fers and found some spare time to f in ish th is message pr io r to leaving for Oaxaca for another eight d a y s of b i rd ing and p e r h a p s another 16 new l i fe rs . Only the b i r d s know for s u r e .

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Highlights from the Field Notes: Fall 1983 Joe Evanich

T h i s p a s t f a l l was one of t h e mos t e x c i t i n g f o r E a s t e r n O r e g o n in y e a r s . A l t h o u g h t h e r e w e r e no major s t o r m f r o n t s t h a t a f f e c t e d t h e a rea u n t i l late O c t o b e r , t h e r e w e r e some u n i q u e f i n d s t h r o u g h o u t t h e r e g i o n i n c l u d i n g t w o new O r e g o n s p e c i e s .

Much o f Eas te rn O r e g o n seemed to be p r e p a r i n g f o r an e a r l y w i n t e r ; numerous m o u n t a i n spec ies we re n o t e d in t h e l ow lands ( i . e . , M O U N T A I N C H I C K A D E E , E V E N I N G G R O S B E A K , STELLER S J A Y ) as e a r l y as A u g u s t . Many of t h e n o r t h e r n i n v a d e r spec ies w e r e a lso no ted up t o t w o w e e k s e a r l i e r t h a n t h e i r usual a r r i v a l d a t e s . Looks l i ke i t c o u l d be loads of f u n t h i s w i n t e r . . . . !

COMMON LOONS w e r e n o t e d in t y p i c a l n u m b e r s t h r o u g h o u t t h e r e g i o n as t h e y m i g r a t e d s o u t h w a r d mos t l y d u r i n g September a n d O c t o b e r . A l i g h t - p h a s e d WESTERN GREBE was seen up r i v e r f r o m H a t Rock Sta te P a r k , Umat i l l a C o u n t y , on September 9 ( J E , R L ) . T h e late summer d i s p e r s a l o f A M E R I C A N W H I T E PEL ICANS f r o m t h e i r b r e e d i n g areas b r o u g h t a f l o c k o f 200 p l u s to C o l d S p r i n g s N . W . R . , Umat i l la C o u n t y , d u r i n g Sep tember and O c t o b e r ( C C , m . o b . ) , and a lone i n d i v i d u a l a p p e a r e d in t h e John Day V a l l e y o f G r a n t C o u n t y , O c t o b e r 4 -6 ( D V ) . F o u r l i n g e r i n g W H I T E - F A C E D I B I S we re seen n o r t h of M a l h e u r L a k e on O c t o b e r 22 ( M S t ) .

W a t e r f o w l we re on t h e move al l f a l l . H i g h l i g h t s in t h i s g r o u p i n c l u d e an immature T R U M P E T E R SWAN at t h e La G r a n d e sewage p o n d s d u r i n g t h e last week of November (MW, G & RS , J E , m . o b . ) , e a r l y W H I T E - F R O N T E D GEESE at H a t f i e l d Lake near B e n d on A u g u s t 30 ( T C ) ; a E U R A S I A N WIGEON at Ha t f i e l d Lake O c t o b e r 10 ( C M ) ; a p a i r o f SURF SCOTERS also on Ha t f i e l d Lake O c t o b e r 30 ( C M ) ; a male HOODED MERGANSER at La G r a n d e sewage p o n d s November 25 ( M W ) ; and a male e c l i p s e - p l u m a g e d R E D - B R E A S T E D MERGANSER near t h e D o u b l e O' R a n c h , H a r n e y C o u n t y d u r i n g Oc tobe r ( M Z, A A ) .

A c c i p i t e r m i g r a t i o n was q u i t e o b v i o u s in t h e open and f o r e s t e d areas o f n o r t h e r n H a r n e y C o u n t y ; al l t h r e e spec ies were no ted i n c l u d i n g s ix N O R T H E R N GOSHAWKS f r o m September 30 to O c t o b e r 14 ( M S t , J L , A P ) ! B A L D EAGLES began show ing u p in t h e B u r n s - D r e w s e y area of H a r n e y C o u n t y in m i d - N o v e m b e r ( M S t , A P ) , and one a p p e a r e d at L o s t i n e , Wallowa C o u n t y , N o v e m b e r 6 ( F C ) . A n i m m a t u r e B R O A D - W I N G E D H A W K , O r e g o n ' s t h i r d r e c o r d , was e n c o u n t e r e d a t Ma lheur N . W . R . H e a d q u a r t e r s , O c t o b e r 2 ( J G , O S , e t a l . ) . A t least t w o " H A R L A N ' S " RED-T A I L S have been no ted in t h e Cove area of Un ion C o u n t y b e g i n n i n g in m i d - N o v e m b e r ( J E , R L , e t a l . ) - - t h i s Great P la ins race has been r e c o r d e d in t h e G r a n d e Ronde Va l l ey d u r i n g the pas t t h r e e c o n s e c u t i v e w i n t e r s . ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS w e r e f i r s t no ted O c t o b e r 14 n e a r C h r i s t m a s V a l l e y , Lake C o u n t y ( M S t ) ; r e p o r t s came f r o m al l o v e r E a s t e r n O r e g o n soon t h e r e a f t e r . T h e f i r s t ( a n d o n l y ) PEREGRINE r e p o r t e d so f a r f o r t h e season was

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an a d u l t a t C r i c k e t C r e e k , H a r n e y C o u n t y , on O c t o b e r 27 ( A A ) .

SPRUCE GROUSE were e n c o u n t e r e d at Co ld S p r i n g s , Salt C r e e k Summi t , and Bear C reek ( a l l i n t h e Wallowa M o u n t a i n s ) d u r i n g O c t o b e r ( F C ) . Wi th a l i t t l e s e a r c h i n g ( a n d some l u c k ) , NORTHERN BOBWHITE w e r e seen Oc tobe r 21 near Pend le ton ( J E , RL ) a n d November 5 near H a t Rock Sta te Pa rk ( J E , D E ) - -a l t h o u g h local a n d h a r d t o l o c a t e , t h i s i n t r o d u c e d p o p u l a t i o n of BOBWHITE in n o r t h Umat i l la C o u n t y is p r o b a b l y t h e o ldes t in t he s ta te .

S h o r e b i r d m i g r a t i o n t a p e r e d o f f b y late O c t o b e r t h r o u g h o u t most o f Eas te rn O r e g o n , w i t h o n l y a f e w notab le f i n d s a f t e r O c t o b e r 1 . LESSER G O L D E N - P L O V E R w e r e we l l r e p o r t e d t h i s f a l l , w i t h " l i gh t i ngs near P r i n c e t o n , H a r n e y C o u n t y , in e a r l y Oc tobe r ( f i d e H N ) , a t Co ld S p r i n g s N . W . R . O c t o b e r 8 ( J E , C C , G r a n d e Ronde B i r d C l u b ) , and at Benson Pond on Ma lheur N . W . R . also on Oc tobe r 8 ( M & A A ) ; a l l w e r e l o n e r s , b u t t w o w e r e seen on Doub le 'O" R o a d , Sep tember 19 ( M A ) . A M A R B L E D GODWIT appea red a long t h e Doub le O' Road on Sep tember 19 (MA) a n d at Benson Pond O c t o b e r 12 ( M A ) . A lone D U N L I N d r o p p e d i n to H a t f i e l d Lake on Oc tobe r 21 ( T C ) .

Among t h e i n t e r e s t i n g l a r i d r e p o r t s were t w o d i f f e r e n t P A R A S I T I C JAEGERS in t h e B o a r d m a n - M c N a r y Dam area d u r i n g e a r l y O c t o b e r ( M C , O D F & W ) . A n o t h e r was f o u n d on Ha rney Lake September 28 ( f i d e H N ) , a n d an amazing L O N G - T A I L E D JAEGER was no ted t h e r e on A u g u s t 21 ( A A ) . A HERRING G U L L appea red at t he N a r r o w s , Ma lheur N . W . R . on Oc tobe r 1 ( T C ) , a n d the n e x t day i t was r e p l a c e d b y f o u r COMMON TERNS ( J G ) ! A v e r y late B O N A P A R T E ' S G U L L was n o t e d at t h e La G r a n d e sewage ponds on November 25-30 ( J E , m . o b . ) . A v e r y m isp laced A R C T I C T E R N t u r n e d up at H a t f i e l d Lake on Sep tember 7 and i t was fo l lowed b y a less u n u s u a l FORSTER'S d u r i n g m id -Sep tembe r ( T C ) .

S u r p r i s i n g l y , t h e o n l y owl r e p o r t of note was an i n j u r e d BARRED OWL p i c k e d up near C o v e , O c t o b e r 23 w i t h a b r o k e n w i n g ; i t is b e i n g r e h a b i l i t a t e d b y F ish a n d Wi ld l i f e in La G r a n d e ( R R ) . What appea red to be a R E D - B R E A S T E D SAPSUCKER was seen in M a d r a s , J e f f e r s o n C o u n t y , on O c t o b e r 19 (H & D H ) . A n o t h e r i n d i v i d u a l was f o u n d n o r t h o f E n t e r p r i s e , Wallowa C o u n t y , on O c t o b e r 25 ( M C ) .

I t was t r u l y a r e m a r k a b l e f a l l f o r u n u s u a l p a s s e r i f o r m e s . espec ia l l y w a r b l e r s . E x t r e m e l y r a r e - - a w a y f r o m t h e species G r a n t C o u n t y n e s t i n g a r e a - - w a s a LEAST F L Y C A T C H E R o b s e r v e d at C a t h e r i n e C r e e k in G r a n d e Ronde Va l l ey of Un ion C o u n t y , September 9 ( J E ) . I t s t i n y s i z e , la rge h e a d e d , s h o r t t a i l ed shape , v e r y b o l d e y e - r i n g , u n i f o r m l y co l o red pa le u n d e r p a r t s f r o m t h r o a t t o v e n t , a n d o v e r a l l g r a y - g r e e n p l umage was q u i t e d i s t i n c t . L a t e r t h a t mon th ( S e p t e m b e r 28) an a lmost e q u a l l y r a r e A S H - T H R O A T E D F L Y C A T C H E R was f o u n d at v i r t u a l l y the same s i te ( J E , R L ) ! Un ion C o u n t y s t h i r d or f o u r t h BEWICK 'S WREN r e p o r t was an a d u l t at E . O . S . C . in La G r a n d e on O c t o s e r 27-29 ( J E , R L ) . T h e f i r s t N O R T H E R N SHRIKE was q u i t e e a r l y on O c t o b e r 9 near H e l i x , Umat i l l a C o u n t y ( J E , R L ) . Not too f a r b e h i n d we re t h e season's f i r s t BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS f o u n d O c t o b e r 24 in La Grande ( J E ) .

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T h e u n u s u a l v a g r a n t f i n d s began on S e p t e m b e r 4 at Ma lheu r N . W . R . when an immatu re HOODED WARBLER was f o u n d amid a movement of R E D - E Y E D V I R E O S ( R S m ) ! A n o t h e r b r i g h t a d u l t male HOODED WARBLER was f o u n d a long W i l d h o r s e C r e e k , 4 . 5 mi les n o r t h o f Pend le ton on O c t o b e r 21 ( J E , R L ) ; i t was p h o t o g r a p h e d O c t o b e r 22 ( C C , MC, N B ) and last r e p o r t e d N o v e m b e r 5 ( S M ) . On S e p t e m b e r 17 w h a t was e i t h e r an immatu re B A Y - B R E A S T E D o r B L A C K P O L L WARBLER was n o t e d at M a l h e u r H e a d q u a r t e r s ( M S ) . I t was fo l lowed b y a C H E S T N U T - S I D E D W A R B L E R at F ie lds a n d a N O R T H E R N W A T E R T H R U S H at t h e P' R a n c h , bo th on S e p t e m b e r 19 ( T M ) . S im i la r wea the r on Sep tember 27 and 28 ( c l e a r w i t h a w i n d f r o m t h e n o r t h e a s t ) b r o u g h t r e p o r t s of s i n g l e B L A C K P O L L W A R B L E R S at F ie lds a n d M a l h e u r H e a d q u a r t e r s a n d t h r e e N O R T H E R N W A T E R T H R U S H E S at t h e l a t t e r s i te ( J G , O S , e t a l . ) . Ye t a n o t h e r B L A C K P O L L was r e p o r t e d f r o m Ma lheu r H e a d q u a r t e r s on O c t o b e r 2 ( J G , O S , e t a l . ) .

T w o new s ta te r e c o r d s w e r e also f o u n d d u r i n g t h i s t ime . On Sep tember 27, a L e C O N T E ' S SPARROW was p h o t o g r a p h e d at F ie lds d u r i n g a major s p a r r o w movement ( J G , O S , e t a l . ) . On O c t o b e r 2 , an e q u a l l y u n u s u a l F IELD SPARROW was r e p o r t e d f r o m M a l h e u r H e a d q u a r t e r s ( J G , O S ) . O t h e r u n u s u a l s p a r r o w s w e r e n o t e d d u r i n g t h i s m i g r a t i o n - - a SWAMP SPARROW ( o n l y t he second r e c o r d eas t of t h e C a s c a d e s ) was at F ie lds a n d a W H I T E -T H R O A T E D was a t t h e ' P ' Ranch Sep tember 27 ( J G , O S ) . O t h e r W H I T E - T H R O A T S we re seen a t P' Ranch Sep tember 19 ( T M ) , a t a Umat i l l a f eede r O c t o b e r 19-25 ( M C ) , and t h r e e w e r e in t he B e n d area d u r i n g Oc tobe r ( f i d e T C ) . T w o H A R R I S ' SPARROWS made a b r i e f appearance near Mu le Shoe S p r i n g , G r a n t C o u n t y , on S e p t e m b e r 14 ( D V ) , a n d a s ing le was at MC 's f e e d e r in Umat i l l a O c t o b e r 19-22.

Small n u m b e r s o f ROSY F I N C H E S (10 to 100 p e r f l o c k ) were n o t e d in t h e f o o t h i l l areas of t h e Ochoco (MSt ) a n d Wallowa M o u n t a i n s ( F C ) a n d Steens M o u n t a i n (MSt ) b e g i n n i n g in e a r l y N o v e m o e r . T h e o n l y SNOW B U N T I N G r e p o r t so f a r t h i s season was t h r e e b i r d s seen 20 miles s o u t h o f Va le , Ma lheu r C o u n t y , on November 6 ( M S t ) .

O b s e r v e r s are e n c o u r a g e d to send r e p o r t s a n d pho tos ( i f ava i l ab le ) of r a r e b i r d s f o u n d in O r e g o n t o :

OREGON B IRDS RECORDS COMMITTEE P . O . Box 10373 E u g e n e , O r e g o n 97401

These f i e l d notes were g l e a n e d f rom 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 :

T h e A u d u b o n W a r b l e r , P o r t l a n d A u d u b o n Soc ie ty ( e d . , H a r r y Neh ls )

T h e E a g l e - E y e , C e n t r a l O r e g o n A u d u b o n Soc ie t y ( e d . , Tom C r a b t r e e , I v y H i l t y )

T h e R a v - o n , G rande Ronde B i r d C lub ( e d . , Joe E v a n i c h )

A lso f r o m pe rsona l commun ica t ion w i t h t he f o l l o w i n g peop le :

Mer le A r c h i e Mar ion C o r d e r Denn i s Van Horn M a r t y S t . Lou is

O B S E R V E R S :

Anne A r c h i e ( A A ) Merle A r c h i e ( M A ) Nancy Bock ( N B ) F r a n k Con ley ( F C ) C r a i g C o r d e r ( C C ) Mar ion C o r d e r (MC) Tom C r a b t r e e ( T C ) Cha r l es E r n s t ( C E ) Doug Eus tace ( D E ) Joe E v a n i c h ( J E ) Je f f G i l l i g a n ( J G ) H o w a r d £, D o r o t h y H i l l i s (H £• D H ) J im Lemos ( J C ) Ralph Lewis ( R L ) C r a i g M i l l e r ( C M ) T e r r y M o r g a n ( T M ) S h i r l e y Muse (SM) H a r r y Neh ls ( H N ) A l Polenz ( A ) Ron R o h w e d e r ( R R ) Georg ia & Reed Sanderson (G & RS) Mark Smi th (MS) R i c h a r d Smi th (RSm) M a r t y S t . Lou is (MSt ) Denn is Van H o r n ( D V ) Mike Wa lke r (MW)

(Editor's Note: The western Oregon fall 1983 field notes will appear in the next issue of Oregon Birds as we change our schedule of field note reports.)

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Site Guide: Steve Summers

itehorse Park

T h e b e s t al l a r o u n d , s i n g l e b i r d i n g locat ion in Joseph ine C o u n t y is W h i t e h o r s e C o u n t y P a r k . I t is located a p p r o x i m a t e l y G miles west o f G r a n t s Pass a long t h e Rouge R i v e r (see locat ion m a p ) . S igns g i v i n g d i r e c t i o n s t o t h e p a r k s t a r t in G r a n t s Pass.

Most o f J o s e p h i n e C o u n t y is heav i l y wooded b u t most o f i ts r i p a r i a n areas have been c l e a r e d . T h e r e is v e r y l i t t l e w a t e r h a b i t a t t o a t t r a c t wa te r a n d s h o r e b i r d s . W h i t e h o r s e Park and v i c i n i t y comb ines these t w o scarce h a b i t a t s to p r o d u c e an i m p r e s s i v e l i s t f o r a s i ng le spo t in such a u n i f o r m l y wooded , smal l i n l and c o u n t y . O v e r 150 spec ies have been r e c o r d e d here s ince 1974. In a d d i t i o n to t he above hab i ta ts t he p a r k inc ludes u p l a n d woods o f o a k , madrone a n d Doug las F i r .

The d e v e l o p e d p a r t of t h e p a r k cons is ts of a c a m p g r o u n d ( w i t h f l u s h t o i l e t s a n d s h o w e r s ) , a p icn ic area and a c h i l d r e n s p l a y g r o u n d . T h e c a m p g r o u n d is seldom c r o w d e d . The p a r k is u s u a l l y c l osed be tween O c t o b e r and A p r i l b u t I have always been able t o p a r k o u t s i d e t he g a t e a n d walk i n . Be tween t h e deve loped p a r t o f t h e p a r k and t h e Rogue R ive r is a t r a c t of u n c e v e l o p e d r i p a r i a n w o o d s . R u n n i n g t h r o u g h t h i s area a re s l o u g h s and a f ew t r a i l s d o w n to t h e r i v e r .

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A l l a reas of t he p a r k o f f e r good b i r d i n g b u t t h e most i n t e r e s t i n g b i r d i n g r e l a t i v e t o J o s e p h i n e C o u n t y is a l o n g t h e Rogue R i v e r , e s p e c i a l l y whe re t h e A p p l e g a t e R i v e r jo ins t h e R o g u e . T h i s a rea c a n e a s i l y be reached ( e x c e p t in w i n t e r d u r i n g h i g h wa te r w h e n t h e t r a i l s may be f l o o d e d ) b y t a k i n g a n y t r a i l t o t h e Rogue R i v e r a n d t h e n w o r k i n g u p s t r e a m u n t i l you come to t h e A p p l e g a t e R i v e r . Here b r o a d g r a v e l b a r s o f t en f o r m , o f f e r i n g r e s t i n g a reas f o r r e s i d e n t and m i g r a n t w a t e r and s h o r e b i r d s , a v e r y s c a r c e h a b i t a t in Joseph ine C o u n t y . T h i s area is c o n s t a n t l y c h a n g i n g a n d n e v e r t h e same f r o m y e a r t o yea r b u t w h e n I l i v e d in G r a n t s Pass (1974-78) i t a lways o f f e r e d some h a b i t a t f o r wa te r b i r d s .

* R e g u l a r w a t e r a n d s h o r e b i r d s f o u n d h e r e in p r o p e r seasons i n c l u d e : G R E A T B L U E H E R O N , GREAT EGRET ( S e p t e m b e r t o A p r i l ) , G R E E N - B A C K E D H E R O N , COMMON M E R G A N S E R , OSPREY ( n e s t s ) , S E I M P L A M A T E D PLOVER ( u n c o m m o n ) , K I L L D E E R , G R E A T E R and LESSER (uncommon) Y E L L O W L E G S , S P O T T E D S A N D P I P E R , WESTERN a n d LEAST S A N D P I P E R S , D U N L I N , L O N G - B I L L E D D O W I T C H E R , COMMON S N I P E , B O N A P A R T E S , R I N G - B I L L E D a n d C A L I F O R N I A G U L L S (a l l t h r e e g u l l s u n c o m m o n ) and B E L T E D K I N G F I S H E R .

F rom May t h r o u g h e a r l y summer t h e r i p a r i a n and wooded u p l a n d a reas r e s o u n d w i t h b i r d s o n g . T h e Y E L L O W - B R E A S T E D C H A T is v e r y common h e r e , up t o 20 have been c o u n t e d in a s i ng le t w o

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h o u r wa l k t h r o u g h t h e a r e a . A l i s t of e x p e c t e d r e s i d e n t a n d summer b i r d s w o u l d i n c l u d e : WOOD D U C K , C A L I F O R N I A O U A I L , MOURNING D O V E , COMMON N I G H T H A W K , R E D - B R E A S T E D S A P S U C K E R , DOWNY WOODPECKER, N O R T H E R N F L I C K E R , P I L E A T E D WOODPECKER, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, WILLOW F L Y C A T C H E R ( u n c o m m o n ) , WESTERN F L Y C A T C H E R , WESTERN K I N G B I R D , TREE and ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS (a long r i v e r ) , SCRUB J A Y , A M E R I C A N CROW, B L A C K - C A P P E D C H I C K A D E E B U S H T I T , W H I T E - B R E A S T E D N U T H A T C H , BEWICK 'S and HOUSE WREN, SWAINSON'S T H R U S H ( u n c o m m o n ) , A M E R I C A N R O B I N , W R E N T I T ( u n c o m m o n ) , S O L I T A R Y , H U T T O N ' S a n d W A R B L I N G V I R E O S , YELLOW and MacG I L L I V R A Y ' S W A R B L E R , B L A C K -HEADED G R O S B E A K , L A Z U L I B U N T I N G , R U F O U S - S I D E D « TOWHEE, C H I P P I N G SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, NORTHERN O R I O L E , PURPLE and HOUSE F I N C H , AND LESSER G O L D F I N C H .

M i g r a t i o n p e r i o d s , of c o u r s e , g r e a t l y a d d to t he l i s t . D u r i n g s p r i n g and fa l l al l r e g u l a r w e s t e r n O r e g o n w a r b l e r spec ies ( e x c e p t H E R M I T ) are a d d e d . O t h e r m i g r a n t species i n c l u d e : seve ra l spec ies of d u c k s , a c c i p i t e r s , V A U X ' S S W I F T , RUFOUS H U M M I N G B I R D , B L A C K PHOEBE ( c a s u a l ) , all o t h e r w e s t e r n O r e g o n s w a l l o w s , H E R M I T T H R U S H , k i n g l e t s , WATER P I P I T ,

W i n t e r t ime is much q u i e t e r a t t h e p a r k . D A R K - E Y E D J U N C O S , G O L D E N - C R O W N E D , W H I T E - C R O W N E D and L I N C O L N ' S ( u n c o m m o n ) SPARROWS a r e now p r e s e n t . R a r e l y a M O U N T A I N C H I C K A D E E o r TOWNSEND'S S O L I T A I R E can be f o u n d . T h i s is a good t ime of t he y e a r t o c h e c k t h e f i e l d s a l o n g Lower R i ve r R o a d . T h e y a re on the l e f t , j u s t b e f o r e r e a c h i n g t h e p a r k , as vou head t o t h e p a r k f r o m G r a n t s Pass . T h e r e is a d a i r y f a r m on t h e w e s t s i de o f t h e f i e l d s (see loca t ion m a p ) . G R E A T EGRETS o f t e n c o n g r e g a t e h e r e . In J a n u a r y 197G t h e r e was a C A T T L E E G R E T w i t h t h e m and a S A N D H I L L C R A N E s p e n t t h e 19S2-83 w i n t e r h e r e .

T h e W h i t e h o r s e Park area has had i ts s h a r e of r a r e and u n u s u a l J o s e p h i n e C o u n t y b i r d s . S ince 1974 t h e y have b e e n : COMMON L O O N , D O U B L E - C R E S T E D C O R M O R A N T , L E A C H ' S S T O R M -P E T R E L , WESTERN G R E B E , BLUE-WINGED T E A L , R E D -S H O U L D E R E D HAWK, W I L L E T , R E D - N E C K E D AND RED P H A L A R O P E , C A S P I A N T E R N , B L A C K S W I F T , E A S T E R N K I N G B I R D , TENNESSE W A R B L E R A N D BREWER'S SPARROW.

I f y o u w a n t t o w o r k o n y o u r Joseph ine C o u n t y l i s t , y o u w i l l d e f i n i t e l y w a n t t o s p e n d some t ime a t t h i s p l e a s a n t p a r k a long t h e Rogue R i v e r .

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On May 15, 1983, a team o f t h r e e b i r d e r s se t a new reco rd f o r t h e g r e a t e s t number of spec ies o b s e r v e d in Lane C o u n t y in one c a y . A l a n D y c k , Denn is R o g e r s a n d I also succeeded in i m p r o v i n g on the Wes te rn Oregon mark in t h e p r o c e s s . S t a r t i n g a r o u n d E u g e n e and w o r k i n g t o w a r d t h e c o a s t , o u r g r o u p located 153 s p e c i e s . T h e p r e v i o u s h i g h Lane C o u n t y to ta l h a d been 146 by S t e v e G o r d o n a n d Tad F i n n e l l on May 3, 1981 ( O B 8, No. 1 ) . T h e a l l -t ime Wes te rn O r e g o n m a r k had been 152 species f o u n d b y Ma t t H u n t e r , Dave I r o n s , D e n n i s Rogers and I f o r the Douglas C o u n t y B ig Day o f May 15, 1982 ( O B 8 , No. 3 ) .

T h e 1983 B ig Day in Lane C o u n t y b e n e f i t e d f r o m exce l l en t m i x e d w e a t h e r , v e r y good n u m b e r s of Wi l lamet te Va l ley m i g r a n t s , a c o n s e r v a t i v e i t i n e r a r y , a n d a harmon ious g r o u p of o b s e r v e r s . The r o u t e and schedu le w e r e n ' t p l anned u n t i l t he e v e n i n c b e f o r e . O u r c e n t r a l idea was t o c o v e r i n t e n s e l y a l im i ted number of p o t e n t i a l l y hot s i tes p r o v i d i n g lots of v a r i e t y . O p t i n g to w o r k o n l y f r o m t h e Eugene area w e s t w a r d , i g n o r i n g the Cascaaes, was a gamble w h i c h p a i d o f f i n a less hec t ic se r i es of s t o p s .

We s t a r t e d w i t h a SCREECH OWL at 0430 in Oak H i l l C e m e t e r y , t h e n d a s h e d up t o S p e n c e r B u t t e , w h e r e we h e a r d G R E A T HORNED OWL. S u n r i s e g r e e t e d us at n e a r b y Sou th Wi l lamet te dump s i t e . Here t h e e a r - b i r d i n g was n o t h i n g less t h a n f u r i o u s - -v>e q u i c k l y r e c o r d e d b y s i g h t o r sound most of t he 68 passe r i nes on t h e d a y ' s l i s t . A n o t a b l e miss was Y E L L O W - B R E A S T E D C H A T . A s h o r t wa lk i n t o t h e woods s o u t h w e s t of Lane Communi ty Co l lege h e l p e d r o u n d ou t o u r l i s t w i t h O L I V E - S I D E D F L Y C A T C H E R and H E R M I T W A R B L E R . On t h e LCC sewage p o n d s , we p i c k e d up some r a t h e r late m i g r a n t d u c k s we had h o p e d to r u n i n to . T h e s u m m e r i n g RUDDY D U C K S were d i s p l a y i n g c o n s p i c u o u s l y , and t h e f i r s t d o w n y y o u n g A M E R I C A N COOTS w e r e ou t a n d a o o u t .

H a v i n g p l a n n e d o u r v a l l e y s tops in as sens ib le and s h o r t a p r o g r e s s i o n as poss ib l e was an aid t o c o v e r i n g g r o u n d e f f i c i e n t l y . We d r o v e pas t t h e M i l l r a c e , m i ss i ng the immatu re R I N G - B I L L E D G U L L t h a t had been t h e r e t h e d a y b e f o r e , and w e r e on S k i n n e r b u t t e at 0815. O u r o b j e c t i v e s he re w e r e the loca l ly n e s t i n g A N N A ' S H U M M I N G B I R D a n d BROWN CREEPER, a n d the m i g r a n t HAMMOND'S F L Y C A T C H E R f a i r l y r e g u l a r h e r e in e a r l y May. Wi th o n l y a b r i e f s e a r c h , we t u r n e d up a f l y c a t c h e r s i t t i n g in a s c r u b b y p i ne on t h e s o u t h s l ope . A n o t h e r h o p e f u l , a l i n g e r i n g TOWNSEND'S W A R B L E R , f a i l e d to a p p e a r ; we missed it e n t i r e l y f o r t h e d a y . Whi le on t o p , A lan p o i n t e d o u t a RUFOUS H U M M I N G B I R D nes t in a s a p l i n g G r a n d F i r . O u r l i s t to t h i s p o i n t s tood at abou t 72 s p e c i e s .

A t S t e w a r t Pond we f o u n d a SORA, a R E D - N E C K E D PH A LA R O P E , a n d C I N N A M O N T E A L . No S O L I T A R Y SANDPIPERS were p r e s e n t ( o r v i s i b l e ) wh i ch was a d i s a p p o i n t m e n t .

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O u r s t r a t e g y f o r F e r n R i d g e R e s e r v o i r t o o k us i n i t i a l l y d o w n to t h e PURPLE M A R T I N snags on West 11th t h e n b a c k to F i s h e r B u t t e . F i n d i n g t h i s occas iona l l y u n f r i e n d l y kno l l w i t h o u t a w o r k c r e w on S u n d a y m o r n i n g , we e lec ted t o b i r d f r o m the c r e s t . L o o k i n g o u t across t h e s o u t h e a s t Fe rn R i d g e m a r s h e s , we u p p e d o u r w a t e r b i r d c o u n t a n d sp i ced i t w i t h a WILSON 'S P H A L A R O P E - -an u n a n t i c i p a t e d b o n u s . As we p r e p a r e d t o l eave , we t r a c e d a se r i es o f l oud songs t o a NORTHERN M O C K I N G B I R D s i t t i n g in a f l o w e r i n g s h r u b bes ide t h e o l d b a r n on t h e s o u t h s i de of t h e h i l l . I t was a d e l i g h t f u l momen t .

A M E R I C A N B I T T E R N a n d MARSH WREN w e r e r e a d i l y f o u n d a t t h e Roya l A v e n u e marshes s h o r t l y a f t e r w a r d . A n u m b e r of s t o p s in t h e oak g r o v e s f a r t h e r eas t on Royal f a i l e d to p r o d u c e a W H I T E -B R E A S T E D N U T H A T C H - - u n t i l f i n a l l y , on o u r avowed last t r y , we h e a r d o n e .

We w r a p p e d up o u r m o r n i n g ' s b i r d i n g in t h e v a l l e y w i t h s t o p s at t h e a i r p o r t sewage p o n d s ( N O R T H E R N S H O V E L E R , L O N G - B I L L E D D O W I T C H E R , p e e p s , B L U E - W I N G E D T E A L ) , t h e s i los on G r e e n h i l l Road ( n o BARN OWLS) a n d t h e n s w u n g p a s t F e r n Ridge Dam e n r o u t e t o t h e Vene ta sewage p o n d s - - n e i t h e r p lace was p r o d u c t i v e . We c o u l d no t f i n d a l i n g e r i n g WESTERN GREBE o f f t h e dam and u l t i m a t e l y m issed i t f o r t h e d a y . We l e f t the v a l l e y a t a b o u t 1230 w i t h some 110 spec ies .

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F i n d i n g t h a t we h a d no need t o race t o t h e s h o r e , we d e c i d e d to e x p l o r e a few mi les o f h i g h e r BLM l o g g i n g roads on t h e s h o u l d e r o f Roman Nose s h o r t l y s o u t h w e s t o f Wal ton a n d b a r e l y w i t h i n t h e c o u n t y . T h i s was a good idea , b u t o n l y p a r t i a l l y p r o d u c t i v e - - w e came up w i t h a B L U E GROUSE, RED C R O S S B I L L S and H A I R Y WOODPECKER, b u t c o u l d n ' t locate TOWNSEND S S O L I T A I R E o r G R A Y J A Y . W R E N T I T S a n d m i g r a t i n g O L I V E - S I D E D F L Y C A T C H E R S w e r e p r a c t i c a l l y e v e r y w h e r e . The hush o f t h e s p r a w l i n g t i m b e r l a n d s was a t on i c t o o u r j a d e d e a r s .

O u r f i r s t F lo rence area s top of s i g n i f i c a n c e was t h e d u m p . He re we saw a coup le o f la te HERRING G U L L S and also an a d u l t PEREGRINE F A L C O N k i t i n g o v e r t h e a d j a c e n t l ine of s p r u c e s . O u r n e x t s top was a t t h e n o r t h j e t t y w h e r e we scoped the ocean a n d k e p t o u r e a r s t u n e d t o t h e f r e q u e n t vo ices of coas tw i se m i g r a n t s . O u r l u c k , so v e r y i m p o r t a n t h e r e , was e x c e l l e n t . A g r o u p of 14 RED K N O T S passed c lose b y and many o t h e r a d d i t i o n s t o o u r c o u n t a p p e a r e d . We l e f t a f t e r 45 m inu tes o r so a n d s t o p p e d a long H i g h w a y 101 t o t h e n o r t h . A t t h e Sea L ion Caves v i e w p o i n t we f o u n d f i v e R H I N O C E R O S A U K L E T S a n d t h e n t w o T U F T E D P U F F I N S a t D e v i l ' s E l b o w . A b r o o d of seven COMMON MERGANSERS in t h e s u r f n o r t h o f B ig C r e e k was most a m a z i n g . We r e t u r n e d t o t h e j e t t y and saw a f lock of f i v e smai i t e r n s , p r o b a b l y C O M M O N S , b e a t i n g s l o w l y n o r t h w a r d i n t o t he s t r o n g b r e e z e . O u r l i s t now s tood in t h e h i g h 140s.

Wi th t h e t i d e c h a n g e , we dashed b a c k up t o t h e Lower S i u s l a w , t o see w h e t h e r a n y new f i n d s w o u l d somehow c r o s s o u r p a t h . Denn i s spo t ted a G R E E N - B A C K E D HERON s l i p p i n g down o v e r t h e h i g h w a y , t hen we al l c r i e d o u t as we n o t i c e d one of t h e local B A L D EAGLES p e r c h e d in a d e a d - t o p s p r u c e b y t h e C u s h m a n r a i l r o a d b r i d g e ! T o a d d t o t h e e x c i t e m e n t , we f i n a l l y s p o t t e d o u r f i r s t BELTED K I N G F I S H E R of t h e d a y a moment l a t e r .

A s t h e sun t o u c h e d t h e h o r i z o n , we s tood on the beach a t t h e S i l t coos Lake o u t l e t , w a t c h i n g a s i l h o u e t t e d OSPREY, a n d s e a r c h i n g in v a i n f o r a m i rac le SNOWY PLOVER. A f t e r a c e l e b r a t i o n d i n n e r a t a m i n o r coas ta l e a t e r y , we headed home. A d e t o u r a long G r e e n h i l l Road gave us a B A R N OWL j u s t n o r t h of t h e i r f a v o r e d s i l o s , a t 2300, f o r n u m b e r 153. By day ' s e n d , we had d r i v e n more t h a n 300 m i les , a n d b i r d e d f o r 19 h o u r s .

S u m m a r i z i n g o u r s t r a t e g y , we a g r e e d t h a t a f u t u r e e f f o r t s h o u l d t a k e advan tage of some access ib le s t a k e - o u t s - - s u c h as f o r g r o u s e , o w l s , R E D - B R E A S T E D S A P S U C K E R , WESTERN B L U E B I R D , H U T T O N ' S V I R E O , a n d o t h e r s wh ich t h e 19S3 team m i s s e d . A t o ta l of 160 species can s u r e l y be rea l i zed on t h i s e n j o y a b l e r o u t e . We sa lu te a n y c h a l l e n g e r s d e t e r m i n e d to u p g r a d e the Lane C o u n t y B i g Day r e c o r d - - b e s t of l u c k .

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Since Roger T o r y Pe te r son came ou t w i t h h is r e v i s e d E a s t e r n F ie ld Gu ide in 1980 i t was j u s t a mat te r of t ime u n t i l C h a n d l e r R o b b i n s and company r e v i s e d t h e i r p o p u l a r Golden F ie ld Gu ide to t h e B i r d s of N o r t h A m e r i c a . Now the l ong wa i t is o v e r . A f t e r c o m p a r i n g i t w i t h t h e f i r s t e d i t i o n , t he q u e s t i o n remains w h y t h e y took so long to do i t , o r a l t e r n a t i v e l y w h y t h e y d i d n ' t take l o n g e r and do i t r i g h t .

T h e book is b i l l ed as t h e " e x p a n d e d , r e v i s e d e d i t i o n . " H o w e v e r , u n l i k e t he Peterson r e v i s i o n , most of t h i s book remains the same. As a ma t t e r of f a c t , 116 p l a t es are e x a c t l y t h e same as the f i r s t e d i t i o n , and a n o t h e r 30 a re c h a n g e d o n l y b y a s l i g h t r e t o u c h i n g , o r b y i n s e r t i n g a new b i r d o r t w o on an e x i s t i n g p l a te . T h a t leaves o n l y 13 new p la tes a n d those v a r y f r o m poor to e x c e l l e n t . E i g h t of these a re e i t h e r of s h o r e b i r d s o r g u l l s and t e r n s . T h e l a r g e r s h o r e b i r d p la tes ( g o d w i t s , p . 116 a n d c u r l e w s , p . 118) a re q u i t e g o o d . The o t h e r s do n o t f a r e as w e l l . The " S a n d p i p e r s 2 " p l a te ( p . 145) is too c r o w d e d . T h e " A l a s k a n Peeps" ( p . 134) a re too s m a l l , and t h e c o l o r i n g a n d p r o p o r t i o n s a re w r o n g . The g u l l p la tes ( p p . 142, 144) a re e v e n w o r s e . T h e head p r o p o r t i o n s are too sma l l , the b i l l s are i n d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e a n d in most ins tances t h e c o l o r a t i o n and w i n g p a t t e r n s are j u s t f l a t w r o n g . T h e immatu re t e r n s ( p . 158) s u f f e r f r o m t h e same d e f e c t s .

Some o f t he o t h e r p la tes a re b e t t e r examples of t h e q u a l i t y of w o r k A r t h u r S i nge r is capab le of p r o d u c i n g . The p a r r o t s ( p . 170) a re e x c e l l e n t . H o w e v e r , o n l y t h r e e of t he 10 spec ies i l l u s t r a t e d are r e c o g n i z e d A B A spec ies . T h e r o b i n - l i k e t h r u s h e s ( p . 244-46) are g o o d , t h o u g h c r a m p e d . T h e co lo r p la te of p i p i t s ( p . 256) is g o o d , b u t t h e accompany ing b l a c k and w h i t e ske t ches of t h e rump and ta i l p a t t e r n s are too d a r k t o be of a n y use. T h e f i n a l new p l a t e , " F l o r i d a a n d A laska S t r a g g l e r s ( p . 314) is f a i r and emphas izes t h e f a c t t h a t t h i s was a p a t c h w o r k r e v i s i o n .

A n o t h e r d i s a p p o i n t m e n t is t h e manner in w h i c h many species h a v e been " c u t and p a s t e d " t o e x i s t i n g p l a t es . Some of these a d d i t i o n s do n o t look bad ( e . g . , l o o n s , a l b a t r o s s e s , s h e a r w a t e r s , b u t e o s . g n a t c a t c h e r s ) . B u t some a re a t roc ious ( S C A R L E T I B I S , p . 100; f l a s h y f l y c a t c h e r s , p . 204 ; BROWN J A Y , p . 224; g r a c k l e s , p . 3 0 0 ) . T h e q u a l i t y of t h e p r i n t i n g of t h e second ed i t i on is not n e a r l y as good as t h e f i r s t . Many of the p l a t es lack t h e c r i s p n e s s and de ta i l of t h e e a r l i e r v e r s i o n . T h i s is most not iceab le in t h e g u l l s , t e r n s a n d a l c i d s . Whe the r t h i s is due t o a d i f f e r e n t p r i n t e r , cheape r p a p e r o r some o the r reason is a ma t te r of c o n j e c t u r e . T h e p a p e r does seem to be t h i n n e r and g loss ie r t h a n in t h e o r i g i n a l e d i t i o n .

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T h e r e a re some p o s i t i v e p o i n t s f o r t h e new e d i t i o n , t h o u g h . I t does i l l u s t r a t e 738 spec ies ( i n c l u d i n g seven n o n - A B A spec ies ) c o m p a r e d to 690 in t h e o r i g i n a l e d i t i o n ( i n c l u d i n g 20 species t h a t h a v e s ince been l u m p e d a n d t w o o t h e r s d r o p p e d f r o m t h e A O U l i s t ) . T h e t e x t has been r e v i s e d in some ins tances to p r o v i d e more u p - t o - d a t e f i e l d i d e n t i f i c a t i o n i n f o r m a t i o n . Most o f t h e c h a n g e s are m ino r a n d t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y remains u n c h a n g e d . A d i f f e r e n t t y p e s t y l e was u s e d in t h i s e d i t i o n , mak ing i t a b i t more r e a d a b l e . T h e p a p e r b a c k v e r s i o n s p o r t s a new w e a t h e r r e s i s t e n t c o v e r a n d h o p e f u l l y s t r o n g e r g l u e t h a n t h e f i r s t ed i t i on w h i c h h a d an u n f o r t u n a t e h a b i t o f f a l l i n g a p a r t a f t e r modera te use .

T h e b i g g e s t area o f i m p r o v e m e n t is in t h e range maps. T h e y w e r e al l redone f o r t h i s e d i t i o n . I n s t e a d o f s h o w i n g the e n t i r e N o r t h Amer i can c o n t i n e n t f o r each s p e c i e s , most f e a t u r e a b l o w n u p ( a n d t h u s more d e t a i l e d ) map . T h e y s t i l l do n o t show a n y s ta te l i n e s , b u t a t leas t t h e Canad ian a n d Mexican b o r d e r s a re d r a w n i n . As a r e s u l t t h e y p r o v i d e a g e n e r a l idea o f w h e t h e r a spec ies occu rs w i t h i n a g i v e n a r e a . Many e r r o r s f r o m t h e f i r s t e d i t i o n have been c o r r e c t e d , b u t some s t i l l r e m a i n . For e x a m p l e , a c c o r d i n g to t h e r a n g e maps the f o l l o w i n g species do not o c c u r in O r e g o n : B L A C K - S H O U L D E R E D K I T E , M A R B L E D G O D W I T : U P L A N D , B U F F - B R E A S T E D and SEMI P A L M A T E D S A N D P I P E R S : F R A N K L I N ' S G U L L , COMMON T E R N and B L U E - G R A Y G N A T C A T C H E R . T h e most g l a r i n g e r r o r s Oregon b i r d e r s w i l l no t i ce a re t h a t G R E A T S K U A S o c c u r o f f t h e O r e g o n Coas t , t h a t t h e B L A C K - C H I N N E D H U M M I N G B I R D is common t h r o u g h o u t t h e s ta te a n d t h a t t h e B L U E J A Y w i n t e r s h e r e .

Compa r i sons are i n e v i t a b l e be tween t h e r e v i s e d Go lden G u i d e and P e t e r s o n ' s r e l a t i v e l y new Eas te rn F ie ld G u i d e . In the 1970 s B i r d s o f N o r t h A m e r i c a became t h e most p o p u l a r f i e l d gu ide in t he c o u n t r y b y s e l l i n g more t h a n 4 m i l l i on c o p i e s . As a r e s u l t Pe te r son e x t e n s i v e l y r e v i s e d h is b o o k . I t was a h u g e commerc ia l s u c c e s s , and s p e n t m a n y weeks on t h e b e s t s e l l e r l i s t . B u t manv h a r d c o r e b i r d e r s f o u n d f a u l t w i t h t h e book because it i g n o r e d many o f t h e more d i f f i c u l t f i e l d i d e n t i f i c a t i o n p r o b l e m s . [ F o r e x a m p l e , see t h e f o u r r e v i e w s in t h e A u g u s t 1981 i s sue of B i r d i n g . ]

For al l of i ts d r a w b a c k ' s Pe te rson ' s f o u r t h e d i t i o n has many p o s i t i v e f e a t u r e s . For one t h i n g i t has t h e bes t r a n g e maps e v e r p u t i n t o a f i e l d g u i d e . T h e new p la tes in t h a t book w i t h f ew e x c e p t i o n s are good t o e x c e l l e n t . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , he le f t in some n o t - s o - g o o d p la tes f r o m e a r l i e r e d i t i o n s . A l t h o u g h the a r t w o r k in Robb ins was c l e a r l y s u p e r i o r t o Pe te rson 3 , t h e r e is no t much d i f f e r e n c e in q u a l i t y b e t w e e n t h e t w o r e v i s e d e d i t i o n s . S i n g e r ' s

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p la tes a re more t h r e e d imens iona l and l i f e l i k e t h a n P e t e r s o n ' s , b u t many o f Pe te rson 's d r a w i n g s a re more d e t a i l e d and show t h e r e l e v a n t f i e l d m a r k s b e t t e r . T h e t e x t in Pe te rson 4 , t h o u g h no t as good as e a r l i e r e d i t i o n s is s t i l l more comprehens i ve t h a n R o b b i n s . The f ac t is t h e p u b l i c a t i o n of Pe te rson 4 r e e s t a b l i s h e d i t as t h e f i e l d g u i d e t o b e a t . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t he rev i sed Go lden Gu ide has fa i l ed to meet t h a t c h a l l e n g e .

Whi le Eas te rn b i r d e r s m i g h t se lect Peterson as t h e i r p r i m a r y f i e l d g u i d e , Western b i r d e r s do no t have t h e l u x u r y o f t h a t c h o i c e . T h e r e v i s i o n of P e t e r s o n ' s Wes te rn F ie ld Gu ide is s t i l l a y e a r or t w o a w a y . The B i r d s o f N o r t h Amer ica is s t i l l p r o b a b l y one of t h e b e s t s ing le vo lume f i e l d gu i des f o r b e g i n n e r s in N o r t h A m e r i c a . N e v e r t h e l e s s , i n t e r m e d i a t e and advanced b i r d e r s are b o u n d t o be g r e a t l y d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t h R o b b i n s ' r e v i s e d e d i t i o n . So t h e search f o r t h e u l t i m a t e f i e l d g u i d e c o n t i n u e s .

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T h e Na t iona l G e o g r a p h i c Soc ie ty e n t e r e d t h e f i e l d g u i d e m a r k e t in a b i g w a y in O c t o b e r w i t h t he p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e i r F ie ld G u i d e to t h e B i r d s of N o r t h A m e r i c a . T h e book t o o k ove r t h r e e y e a r s to p r o d u c e and i t s h o w s . I t is v e r y t h o r o u g h and wel l t h o u g h t o u t . A l t h o u g h f a r f r o m p e r f e c t i t is p r o b a b l y t h e bes t f i e l d g u i d e y e t p r o d u c e d and is l i k e l y t o become t h e f a v o r i t e g u i d e f o r most h a r d - c o r e b i r d e r s .

Fo r s t a r t e r s t h e g u i d e is e x t r e m e l y c o m p r e h e n s i v e . I t c o n t a i n s 464 pages c o m p a r e d w i t h 360 in t h e r e v i s e d Golden G u i d e b y R o b b i n s and 384 in t h e f o u r t h e d i t i o n o f Pe te rson ' s E a s t e r n f i e l d g u i d e . In a d d i t i o n , t h e book is s l i g h t l y l a r g e r t h a n s t a n d a r d f i e l d g u i d e s , m e a s u r i n g 5 " x 8" r a t h e r t h a n 4 5 / 8 " x 7 1 / 2 " . I t p i c t u r e s 809 spec ies ( i n c l u d i n g s i x n o n - A B A s p e c i e s ) , 71 more t h a n t h e Golden G u i d e . I t p o r t r a y s a lmost e v e r y spec i es r e c o r d e d to date in N o r t h A m e r i c a . For e x a m p l e , i t i n c l u d e s s u c h e x o t i c s h o r e b i r d s as t h e s e : B L A C K - T A I L E D G O D W I T , FAR E A S T E R N C U R L E W , S P O T T E D R E D S H A N K , COMMON G R E E N S H A N K , COMMON S A N D P I P E R , GREEN S A N D P I P E R , T E R E K S A N D P I P E R , WOOD S A N D P I P E R , G R A Y - T A I L E D T A T T L E R , G R E A T K N O T , B R O A D - B I L L E D S A N D P I P E R , L O N G -T O E D S T I N T , L I T T L E S T I N T , R U F O U S - N E C K E D S T I N T , a n d T E M M I N C K ' S S T I N T . Perhaps most i m p o r t a n t l y , t h e t e x t is t h e most e x t e n s i v e p u t i n t o a f i e l d g u i d e s ince t h e Pough t r i l o g y b a c k in t h e 1950's.

T h e book does h a v e i t s sha re o f n e g a t i v e p o i n t s . I t m a r k s t h e f i r s t t ime a N o r t h A m e r i c a n f i e l d g u i d e has been i l l u s t r a t e d b y a n u m b e r of a r t i s t s . Pe te r son ' s books c o n t a i n e d his own d r a w i n g s , t h e Pough g u i d e s w e r e i l l u s t r a t e d b y Don E c k e l b e r r y a n d t h e Go lden Guide f e a t u r e d t h e a r t w o r k o f A r t h u r S i n g e r . As m i g h t be e x p e c t e d w i t h 13 d i f f e r e n t a r t i s t s , t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e p l a t es v a r i e s f r o m f a i r t o e x c e l l e n t . T a k e n as a who le the d r a w i n g s are p r o b a b l y below t h e leve l of a n y o f t h e a fo remen t i oned f i e l d g u i d e s . I t ' s no t t h a t t h e y are t h a t b a d - - t h e y are c e r t a i n l y b e t t e r t h a n t h e vas t m a j o r i t y of f o r e i g n f i e l d g u i d e s - - i t ' s j u s t t h a t a l l of t h e o t h e r N o r t h A m e r i c a n f i e l d g u i d e s have had e x c e p t i o n a l a r t w o r k . T h e p la tes a re p r o b a b l y t h e w o r s t p a r t of t h i s b o o k . T h a t comes as somewhat o f a s u r p r i s e g i v e n t h e h igh s t a n d a r d s of Na t i ona l G e o g r a p h i c .

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A l t h o u g h the p i c t u r e book i n f l a tes t h e p r i c e f o r t h e complete s e t , t h e a c c o m p a n y i n g r e c o r d s a re a n ice b o n u s . These c o n s i s t of f o u r f l e x i b l e p l a s t i c d i s k s , t h i n n e r t h a n t h e cove r of t h e f i e l d g u i d e . A b o u t 200 spec ies a re r e p r e s e n t e d in t he r e c o r d i n g s , so t h e y a re not as c o m p r e h e n s i v e as t h e r e c o r d s ava i l ab le t o accompany the Pe te rson b o o k s . B u t t h e r e a re some species w h o s e songs appear n o w h e r e e lse on p o p u l a r r e c o r d s : bo th color p h a s e s o f t h e WESTERN G R E B E , COMMON RINGED PLOVER, G R E A T E R GOLDEN P L O V E R , T E M M I N C K ' S S T I N T , A N T I L L E A N N I G H T H A W K , C O U C H ' S a n d T R O P I C A L K I N G B I R D , S I B E R I A N T I T a n d A R C T I C W A R B L E R .

I t w i l l be i n t e r e s t i n g t o see how Na t iona l G e o g r a p h i c goes a b o u t m a r k e t i n g t h i s f i e l d g u i d e . In t h e pas t t h e i r p u b l i c a t i o n s have no t been d i s t r i b u t e d t o t h e p u b l i c t h r o u g h re ta i l o u t l e t s . I t w o u l d be a shame i f t h e y do not make t h e book ava i lab le t o t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c because d e s p i t e i t s f a u l t s , t h i s book is t h e b e s t f i e l d g u i d e y e t p r o d u c e d in t h i s c o u n t r y . T h a t N a t i o n a l G e o g r a p h i c was able t o accompl ish t h i s in a s ing le vo lume is e v e n more r e m a r k a b l e . So t h e rea l w i n n e r o f t h i s r o u n d of t h e F ie ld G u i d e Wars is t h e b i r d e r . T h e n e x t i ssue of O r e g o n B i r d s w i l l r e v i e w t h e la tes t c o n t e n d e r , t h e t h r e e vo lume A u d u b o n S o c i e t y Mas te r Gu ide to B i r d i n g .

(Editor's Note: This field guide i s now available fror, the OFC

Bookcase for $12.50 ($13.50 postpaid), see short note elsewhere

in this issue.)

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Distribution: Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse Joe Evanich

T h e C O L U M B I A N S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE (Ty-.par.uchus phas ianellus columhianus) was f i r s t r e p o r t e d in O r e g o n b y the Lewis and C l a r k e x p e d i t i o n as e a r l y as 1805. Most n a t u r a l i s t s s t u d y i n g t he spec ies c o n s i d e r e d i t e x c e e d i n g l y common t h r o u g h o u t t he e a s t e r n ha l f of O r e g o n up u n t i l t h e t u r n of t h e c e n t u r y . B y 1900, h o w e v e r , o r n i t h o l o g i s t s in O r e g o n began to recogn i ze t h a t t h e species was no t immune to t he p r e s s u r e s of h a b i t a t d e s t r u c t i o n and h u n t i n g . T h e species ' dec l i ne and p r o b a b l e e x t i r p a t i o n in O r e g o n is t h e major c o n t e n t of t h i s r e p o r t .

Gab r i e l son and J e w e t t we re t he f i r s t o r n i t h o l o g i s t s t o o u t l i n e in de ta i l t h e O r e g o n d i s t r i b u t i o n of t h e S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE. A l t h o u g h ea r l i e r r e p o r t s s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e species o c c u r r e d in a p p r o p r i a t e h a b i t a t t h r o u g h o u t O r e g o n eas t of the Cascades , b y 1940 the S H A R P - T A I L was r e s t r i c t e d t o n o r t h - c e n t r a l O r e g o n , t h e n o r t h e a s t c o u n t i e s , and s o u t h e a s t e r n O r e g o n . B y 1950 t h e p e r s e c u t e d species was k n o w n o n l y f r o m Wal lowa, U n i o n , B a k e r , and p o s s i b l y M a l h e u r c o u n t i e s . F rom t h i s t ime o n , t h e Sta te Game Commiss ion (now t h e O r e g o n D e p a r t m e n t o f Fish a n d W i l d l i f e ) began m o n i t o r i n g t h e S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE as c l ose l y as p o s s i b l e . Due to e x t r e m e h a b i t a t d e s t r u c t i o n , t h e spec ies c o n t i n u e d to dec l i ne a l a r m i n g l y .

B y 1960, t he S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE was most l i k e l y r e s t r i c t e d to marg ina l h a b i t a t o n l y in Bake r C o u n t y . T h e Game Commiss ion co l l ec ted all r e p o r t s of t h e species t h e y c o u l d f i n d f r o m w i l d l i f e b i o l o g i s t s , h u n t e r s , r a n c h e r s , a n d f a r m e r s s ince 1950. In March 1954 f o u r b i r d s w e r e seen near G lasgow B u t t e , B a k e r C o u n t y ( G . C . B u l l e t i n , May 1954) ; in F e b r u a r y 1959 t h e r e v.ere two s i g h t i n g s f r o m near L ime , B a k e r C o u n t y ( G . C . B u l l e t i n . F e b r u a r y 1959) ; a n d a b i r d was r e p o r t e d f rom L i t t l e L o o k o u t M o u n t a i n , B a k e r C o u n t y in 1968 o r 1969 ( G . C. B u l l e t i n , A p r i l 1976 ) . T h e r e have been no leg i t ima te s i g h t i n g s of t h e spec ies in O r e g o n ( e x c e p t t h e f o l l o w i n g re leases) s ince 1969.

A t t e m p t s to r e i n t r o d u c e the S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE in to n o r t h c e n t r a l O r e g o n o c c u r r e d in 1963. F o r t y - s i x b i r d s we re re leased at t he C r o o k e d R i v e r Na t i ona l G rass lands n e a r H a y s t a c k R e s e r v o i r , J e f f e r s o n C o u n t y , and a n o t h e r 39 were l i b e r a t e d sou th o f M a u p i n , Wasco C o u n t y , al l in late w i n t e r of 1963 ( G . C. B u l l e t i n , March 1963) . Both i n t r o d u c t i o n s f a i l e d ; t h e Wasco C o u n t y p o p u l a t i o n d i e d o u t v e r y q u i c k l y , and t h e r e w e r e no r e p o r t s of t h e J e f f e r s o n C o u n t y b i r d s a f t e r abou t 1970. One poss ib le reason f o r t h e f a i l u r e o f t hese p ro jec t s may be t h a t i ns tead of t he Co lumb ian r a c e , t h e n o n n a t i v e P R A I R I E S H A R P -T A I L E D GROUSE £7\^ cavpestris) f r o m South Dako ta was i n v o l v e d ; t he t w o subspec ies do have d i f f e r e n t h a b i t a t r e q u i r e m e n t s .

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T h e C O L U M B I A N S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE'S e x t i r p a t i o n in O r e g o n is most l i k e l y due to h a b i t a t d e s t r u c t i o n . E a r l y s e t t l e r s ' accoun t s o f i n e x h a u s t a b l y l a r g e f l o c k s wh ich were r e g u l a r l y h u n t e d w i t h no e f f e c t on t h e p o p u l a t i o n seem to a t t e s t t h a t h u n t i n g , a l t h o u g h a d e f i n i t e reason f o r t h e g r o u s e ' s d e c l i n e , was no t t he major f a c t o r . T h e spec ies ' p r e f e r r e d h a b i t a t c o n s i s t e d of t h e l o w l a n d b u n c h g r a s s p l a i ns w i t h ample s t ream b o t t o m g r o w t h of r i p a r i a n b r u s h and sage. T h i s h a b i t a t was p r i m e g r a z i n g l a n d - - m u c h o f t h e ava i l ab le b u n c h g r a s s areas we re d e s t r o y e d b y ca t t l e a n d sheep b y 1915. B u t t h e most d r a s t i c dec l i ne in g r o u s e n u m b e r s o c c u r r e d when a g r i c u l t u r a l p r a c t i c e s r e p l a c e d ca t t le r a n c h i n g in much o f Eas te rn O r e g o n ( O l s o n , 1976) . The S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE was r e l e n t l e s s l y p u s h e d i n t o less and less d e s i r a b l e h a b i t a t as d r y l and f a r m i n g i nc reased in a c r e a g e .

T o d a y t h e f o r m e r s t r o n g h o l d of t h e now e x t i r p a t e d O r e g o n S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE is a s o r r y l o o k i n g a rea . Much o f e a s t e r n and s o u t h e r n B a k e r C o u n t y has been c o n v e r t e d in to mi les o f i r r i g a t e d f a r m l a n d . Mos t of t h e land is s c a r r e d and c r i s s c r o s s e d b y c o u n t l e s s O R V t r a i l s . A n d v i r t u a l l y A L L t h e land has been g r o s s l y o v e r g r a z e d . Na t i ve b u n c h g r a s s h a b i t a t t y p e s a r e a lmost n o n e x i s t e n t in O r e g o n t o d a y , and w h a t few remain a re r e l a t i v e l y wel l t r a v e r s e d ; i f t h e r e we re i so la ted p o p u l a t i o n s o f

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S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE le f t in t h e s t a t e , s i g h t i n g s s h o u l d be more f r e q u e n t . A n u n v e r i f i e d r e p o r t of a S H A R P - T A I L seen n e a r U n i t y , Bake r C o u n t y d u r i n g t h e late 1970 s is g e n e r a l y b e l i e v e d t o have been a m i s i d e n t i f ied female pheasan t a n d has been r e j e c t e d (ODF & W, p e r . c o m m . ) .

Wi th t h e last v e r i f i e d s i g h t i n g in 1969, and j u d g i n g b y t h e p r e s e n t c o n d i t i o n o f t h e r e m a i n i n g h a b i t a t , i t is h i g h l y d o u b t f u l t h a t t h e C O L U M B I A N S H A R P - T A I L E D GROUSE can s t i l l be f o u n d in O r e g o n .

REFERENCES ( e x c l u d i n g Game Commiss ion B u l l e t i n s a l r e a d y c i t e d )

O l s o n , B i l l . " S t a t u s R e p o r t : C O L U M B I A N S H A R P - T A I L E D G R O U S E . " O r e g o n Sta te Game Commiss ion B u l l e t i n , A p r i l 1976, p . 10.

G a b r i e l s o n and J e w e t t . B j r d s o f O r e g o n , 1940. C o r v a l l i s , O r e g o n . O r e g o n S ta te C o l l e g e .

B e n t , A r t h u r C . L i f e H i s t o r i e s of N o r t h Amer i can Ga l l i naceous B i r d s , 1963. New Y o r k , New Y o r k . D o v e r .

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New Oregon CBC Overviews Florence Alan Contreras

T h e longest s t r e t c h o f O r e g o n coas t l i ne t h a t has n e v e r h a d an o f f i c i a l Chr i s tmas B i r d C o u n t got one in 1983 w i t h t h e i n i t i a t i o n of t h e F l o r e n c e - L o w e r S ius law C B C . T h e c l o s e s t coasta l c o u n t s are a t Coos Bay , 45 mi les t o t h e s o u t h , a n d Yaqu ina B a y , 40 mi les n o r t h .

T h e new coun t was o r g a n i z e d b y A l a n C o n t r e r a s of Eugene a n d M a r y F o r r e s t e r o f F l o r e n c e , a n d d r e w o b s e r v e r s f r o m w e s t -c e n t r a l O r e g o n . T h e c o u n t was he ld on F r i d a y , December 3 0 .

O b s e r v e r s u n f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e c o u n t area w i l l f i n d t h a t t h e c o u n t c i r c l e has been d e s i g n e d t o i nc lude al l s o r t s of j u i c y h a b i t a t s and spec ies . The areas t o be c o v e r e d i n c l u d e :

1 . The S o u t h J e t t y Road a r e a , w h i c h i nc ludes a h u g e f l ooded d e f l a t i o n p la in w i t h g r a s s y a n d b r u s h y m a r g i n s . A l a rge f l o c k o f T U N D R A SWANS w i n t e r h e r e , a l ong w i t h many d u c k s a n d r a p t o r s . SNOWY OWL, A M E R I C A N B I T T E R N , a n d NORTHERN S H R I K E have been seen also. T h i s sect ion also has an e x t e n s i v e open beach a n d t h e s o u t h j e t t y o f t h e S ius law R i v e r .

2 . The S ius law e s t u a r y be low t h e H i g h w a y 101 b r i d g e has many b a y d u c k s , g u l l s , s e a b i r d s a n d some s h o r e b i r d s .

3 . Above t h e H i g h w a y 101 b r i d g e , e x t e n s i v e m u d f l a t s and g r a s s y i s l ands h a r b o r G R E A T EGRETS. many s h o r e b i r d s a n d , at h i g h e r t i d e s , loons, g r e b e s ana d u c k s . F u r t h e r up the main s tem of t h e S ius law are e x t e n s i v e p a s t u r e l ands , somet imes f l o o d e d , and many s loughs a n d b a c k w a t e r s . T h i s area h a r b o r s a l a rge f l ock of A M E R I C A N WIGEON i n c l u d i n g an occas iona l E U R A S I A N WIGEON, WOOD D U C K , G R E E N - B A C K E D H E R O N , B L A C K - B E L L I E D P L O V E R , and many r a p t o r s , sometimes i n c l u d i n g B A L D EAGLE a n d B L A C K -SHOULDERED K I T E .

4 . The f r e s h w a t e r lakes , w i t h m a n y d u c k s , g r e b e s and more t h a n e n o u g h coo ts !

5 . The l a r g e s t w i n t e r c o n c e n t r a t i o n of SNOWY PLOVERS on t h e O r e g o n coast can u s u a l l y be f o u n d b e t w e e n Heceta Beach a n d L i l y L a k e .

6 . The r o c k y head lands o f t h e n o r t h e r n p o r t i o n o f t he c i r c l e s u p p o r t " r o c k p i p e r s " a n d are exce l l en t v a n t a g e

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v ft po in t s f o r s e a - s c a n n i n g , i n c l u d i n g al l t h r e e sco te rs a n d c o r m o r a n t s among o t h e r s .

7 . T h e h i g h e r e l e v a t i o n s a long U p p e r Cape Creek a re known t o c o n t a i n G R A Y J A Y S and WESTERN B L U E B I R D S , a n d o t h e r h i g h e l eva t i on coast r a n g e species a re l i k e l y p r e s e n t .

8 . A n ice d u m p f u l l of g u l l s is ad jacen t t o t he l o w e r e s t u a r y a n d somet imes h a r b o r s a GLAUCOUS G U L L .

9. T h e r e s i d e n t i a l a reas o f F l o r e n c e , G lenada , and Hece ta Beach . C O S T A ' S H U M M I N G B I R D and TENNESSEE WARBLER have b o t h o c c u r r e d in w i n t e r .

F ie ld teams f o u n d 126 spec ies a n d home c o u n t e r s f o u n d an a d d i t i o n a l f i v e , f o r a t o t a l of 1 3 1 . H i g h l i g h t s i n c l uded S H O R T -T A I L E D S H E A R W A T E R , POMARINE J A E G E R , A N C I E N T M U R R E L E T , RH INCEROS A U K L E T , B A N D - T A I L E D PIGEON a n d TOWNSEND's S O L I T A I R E . T h e s h e a r w a t e r a n d jaeger are spec ies n e v e r b e f o r e r e c o r d e d on an O r e g o n C B C , a l t h o u g h the f o r m e r species may be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r some of t h e " s h e a r w a t e r , s p . " o v e r t h e y e a r s . A l s o , t he t o ta l s f o r B L A C K - L E G G E D K I T T I W A K E , V I R G I N I A R A I L , and V A R I E D T H R U S H appear t o be new s ta te h i g h s , w h i l e COMMON SNIPE a n d SANDERLING c o u n t s w e r e near r e c o r d s . T h e n t h e r e a re t h e spec ies t h a t shou ld h a v e been t h e r e b u t w e r e n ' t , i n c l u d i n g COOPER'S HAWK, G R E A T E R S C A U P , S U R F B I R D , G R E E N - B A C K E D H E R O N , WOOD D U C K , C A L I F O R N I A Q U A I L , SCREECH O W L , R E D - B R E A S T E D N U T H A T C H , H U T T O N ' S V I R E O , a n d RED C R O S S B I L L , to name t h e most o b v i o u s . A t 131 species t h e c o u n t a l r e a d y e s t a b l i s h e s i t se l f as one of t h e b e s t in O r e g o n . Wi th some e x p e r i e n c e a n d more o b s e r v e r s , n e x t y e a r . . .

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On December 2 2 , 1982, t w e l v e h a r d y b i r d e r s g a t h e r e d in Wash ing ton C o u n t y f o r t h e f i r s t F o r e s t G r o v e C B C . B i r d i n g t r i p s in t h e area a f e w d a y s p r i o r t o c o u n t day t o l d us w e ' d f i n d some good spec ies , b u t I d o n ' t t h i n k a n y of the o b s e r v e r s we re p r e p a r e d f o r t h e success we d i d h a v e . T h e r a i n y d a y e n d e d w i t h 101 spec ies , one h y b r i d , and f o u r a d d i t i o n a l coun t week s p e c i e s . C o n s i d e r i n g t h e small n u m b e r of o b s e r v e r s t h a t w e r e b i r d i n g in r e l a t i v e l y u n f a m i l i a r a reas , t he F o r e s t G r o v e CBC d e f i n i t e l y has t h e po ten t i a l t o e q u a l n e a r b y P o r t l a n d ' s o r Sauvie I s l a n d ' s CBC t o t a l s !

F o r e s t G r o v e ' s c o u n t c i r c l e ( c e n t e r e d at t h e t o w n o f D i l l e y ) i n c l u d e s a n u m b e r of h a b i t a t t y p e s t h a t are a b s e n t on i ts n e i g h b o r i n g C B C s , t h e c loses t b e i n g P o r t l a n d , abou t f i v e mi les to t h e eas t . T h e w e s t e r n ha l f o f F o r e s t G r o v e ' s c i r c l e is l a r g e l y o c c u p i e d b y t h e e x t e n s i v e Coas t Range f o r e s t s . B L U E and RUFFED G R O U S E , COMMON R A V E N , P I L E A T E D W O O D P E C K E R , and NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL and N O R T H E R N SAW-WHET OWL may be e n c o u n t e r e d h e r e . O t h e r h i l l areas t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t c i r c l e s u p p o r t w o o d l a n d s o f oak a n d a s h - - P o r t l a n d r a r e l y ge ts A C O R N WOODPECKER, WESTERN B L U E B I R D , M O U N T A I N Q U A I L , R E D - B R E A S T E D S A P S U C K E R , a n d o t h e r " s o u t h e r n " b i r d s as r e g u l a r y as F o r e s t G r o v e , t h a n k s t o t hese w o o d l a n d s . T h e n o r t h e r n p a r t o f t h e c o u n t c i r c l e h o s t s l a rge a g r i c u l t u r a l f i e l d s a n d g r a s s y a r e a s , g i v i n g t h e c o u n t t h e uncommon R O U G H -LEGGED HAWK, S H O R T - E A R E D O W L , and WATER P I P I T .

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Nes t l ed on t h e edge o f t h e Coast Range is H e n r y Hagg L a k e , a l a rge man-made r e s e r v o i r . T h i s i n v a l u a b l e piece of h a b i t a t u s u a l l y has a f e w D O U B L E - C R E S T E D C O R M O R A N T S , G R E E N -B A C K E D HERONS, H O R N E D G R E B E S , COMMON LOONS, N O R T H A M E R I C A N D I P P E R S , a n d a lways a s u r p r i s e o r two ( i n t h e f i r s t c o u n t we f o u n d t h r e e R E D - T H R O A T E D LOONS on t h e l a k e ) . Wa te r fow l a b o u n d h e r e , espec ia l l y t h e d i v i n g d u c k s , a n d t h e f o r e s t s and open w o o d l a n d a r o u n d H a g g Lake s u p p o r t an amaz ing v a r i e t y of w i n t e r i n g s o n g b i r d s . J u s t s o u t h of the C i t y of F o r e s t G r o v e are t he sewage p o n d s , a n o t h e r i m p o r t a n t area f o r b i r d s . No tab le w i n t e r f i n d s h e r e i n c l u d e G R E A T EGRET, A M E R I C A N B I T T E R N ( b o t h r a r e ) , V I R G I N I A R A I L , a n d MARSH WREN. T h e h i g h w a y f rom F o r e s t G r o v e to Gas ton goes pas t some e x t e n s i v e c o r n and on ion f i e l d s , f l ooded d u r i n g w i n t e r . T h i s is t h e w i n t e r i n g area f o r 1,000 t o 1,500 T U N D R A SWANS, one o f t h e l a r g e s t c o n c e n t r a t i o n s in O r e g o n d u r i n g t h i s t ime o f y e a r . T h e p a s t t w o years h a v e f o u n d a f e w TRUMPETERS m ixed in f o r e x c i t e m e n t . Gu l l f l o c k s (mos t l y MEW) a n d C A N A D A GEESE also o c c u r h e r e . T h e r e a r e numerous small ponds t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t c i r c l e t h a t u s u a l l y ho ld t h e 16 o r so w a t e r f o w l s p e c i e s . S h o r e b i r d s are g e n e r a l l y f o u n d a r o u n d t h e sewage p o n d s .

For t h e most p a r t , w i n t e r p e r c h i n g b i r d s in the Fores t G r o v e c o u n t c i r c l e o f f e r v a r i e t y r a t h e r t h a n l a r g e n u m b e r s . T h e r e is ample h a b i t a t f o r s p a r r o w f l o c k s - - L I N C O L N ' S , W H I T E -T H R O A T E D , a n d H A R R I S ' have al l been r e p o r t e d in t h e c i r c l e d u r i n g the w i n t e r . T h e f o r e s t s s u r r o u n d i n g Hagg Lake s u p p o r t C R O S S B I L L S , S I S K I N S , V A R I E D a n d H E R M I T T H R U S H E S , a n d t h e e v e r p o p u l a r c h i c k a d e e / n u t h a t c h h o a r d s . T h e r e are e v e n a f e w w i n t e r o c c u r r e n c e s o f H U T T O N ' S V I R E O f r o m t h e coun t c i r c l e w o o d l o t s .

One o f t h e bes t s u r p r i s e s o f o u r f i r s t c o u n t was t h e s u c c e s s f u l o w l i n g r e s u l t s . D e s p i t e a d o w n p o u r d u r i n g t h e p r e d a w n b i r d i n g , we had B A R N , G R E A T H O R N E D , WESTERN S C R E E C H - , N O R T H E R N P Y G M Y - , a n d even a r a r e L O N G - E A R E D OWL. T h e r e is ample h a b i t a t f o r a l l t h e r e g u l a r l y o c c u r r i n g w e s t e r n O r e g o n owls e x c e p t S P O T T E D w i t h i n the c i r c l e .

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T o p r e v e n t c o n f l i c t w i t h t h e n u m e r o u s o t h e r n o r t h w e s t e r n O r e g o n C B C ' s , Fo res t G r o v e ' s is he ld on t h e Wednesday p r i o r to C h r i s t m a s . Gas , f o o d , and l o d g i n g a re ava i lab le in t h e c i t i e s of H i l l s b o r o and F o r e s t G r o v e . For f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n on the F o r e s t G rove C B C , c o n t a c t t h e c o m p i l e r :

Joe E v a n i c h 6185 SW Cross C r e e k D r i v e B e a v e r t o n , OR 97007

( E d i t o r ' s No te : T h e 1983 F o r e s t G r o v e C B C f o u n d 103 s p e c i e s . H i g h l i g h t s i n c l u d e d A R C T I C L O O N , TRUMPETER SWAN ( 4 ) , GREATER W H I T E - F R O N T E D GOOSE, T U F T E D DUCK ( t h e s t a t e ' s f i r s t CBC r e c o r d ) , SURF S C O T E R , " R E D - B R E A S T E D MERGANSER, a n d H A R R I S ' SPARROW. T h e coun t a lso p r o b a b l y se t a new s ta te r e c o r d f o r R I N G - N E C K E D DUCK at 1155 b e s t i n g M e d f o r d ' s 1969 h i g h o f 800 . T h e w e a t e h e r was c l o u d y , 13-21 d e g r e e s ( c o l d ) , w i t h most w a t e r f r o z e n . )

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Commentary: Real Oregon Birders... Joe Evanich

I n J u n e 1983, B i r d i n g f e a t u r e d an a r t i c l e t h a t d e f i n e d t h e "Real B i r d e r " in t he same manne r as t h e b e s t - s e l l e r Real Men D o n ' t Eat Qu i che de f i ned m a s c u l i n i t y - - b y l i s t i n g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s t h e Real B i r d e r i n v a r i a b l y possesses . Such as Real B i r d e r s t o ta l up t h e i r y e a r l i s ts each n i g h t , a n d Real B i r d e r s d o n ' t l i s t ROCK D O V E S .

We l l , here 's my d e f i n i t i o n o f w h a t t h e Real O regon B i r d e r i s :

Real O regon B i r d e r s " p o a c h " on C h r i s t m a s C o u n t s .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s h a v e seen SPRUCE GROUSE in O r e g o n .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s have an O r e g o n l i f e l i s t of at least 330 .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s wa l k o u t t o t h e t i p o f Cape L o o k o u t on l y once (un less t h e r e is a s t a k e d - o u t HORNED PUFFIN t h e r e ) .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s go o w l i n g we l l b e f o r e d a w n - - n e v e r in t he e v e n i n g .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s make annua l s p r i n g t r i p s to Ma lheu r N . W . R . and t h e M e d f o r d a r e a - - o n t h e same w e e k e n d .

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Real O regon B i r d e r s b i r d t h e S o u t h J e t t y of t h e Co lumb ia in d r i v i n g ra in a n d w i n d .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s have seen t h e T i l l amook Bay MONGOLIAN PLOVER.

Real O regon B i r d e r s a re on OFO's r a r e b i r d phone n e t w o r k ( i f t h e y have a p h o n e ) .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s look f o r v a g r a n t s h o r e b i r d s t h r o u g h o u t the y e a r .

Real O regon B i r d e r s a lways b u y R o b e r s o n ' s Rare B i r d s o f the West C o a s t - - t h e n c o n s t a n t l y comp la in how a n t i - O r e g o n i t i s .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e Lane C o u n t y B r e e d i n g B i r d A t las p r o j e c t i f t h e y l i ve w i t h i n 200 mi les of t h e c o u n t y .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s look f o r more t h a n j u s t v a g r a n t s at Ma lheur N . W . R .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s n e v e r look f o r S H A R P - T A I L E D SANDPIPERS b e f o r e September 10.

Real Oregon B i r d e r s neve r s top to look a t b i r d s w h e n d r i v i n g be tween the Wi l lamet te Va l ley a n d t h e C o a s t .

Real O regon B i r d e r s c la im t o have seen S E M I P A L M A T E D SANDPIPER in t h e i r home c o u n t y .

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—Spruce (g rouse—

Real Oregon B i r d e r s n e v e r look f o r T R I C O L O R E D B L A C K B I R D S at Ma lheur N . W . R . l i k e o u t - o f - s t a t e b i r d e r s d o .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s s p e n d a d a y p i c k i n g chea t g rass o u t of t h e i r socks f o l l ow ing a M a l h e u r t r i p .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s d o n ' t t r e a t t h e NORTHWESTERN CROW as a f u l l species ( e v e n t h o u g h t h e y s h o u l d ) .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s go to Ma lheu r f i r s t t o b i r d , t h e n t o v i s i t w i t h fe l low Real O r e g o n B i r d e r s .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s know t h a t L O N G - T O E D S T I N T S can be i d e n t i f i e d in t h e f i e l d , sometimes e v e n in n o n - b r e e d i n g p l u m a g e s .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s d o n ' t c o u n t MONK PARAKEETS on t h e i r O r e g o n state l i s t s ( y e t ) .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s make a t r i p t o N o r t h e a s t e r n O r e g o n a t least once a y e a r .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s u s u a l l y i g n o r e Real C a l i f o r n i a B i r d e r s .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s w a n t t o be members of the O r e g o n B i r d Records Commit tee u n t i l t h e y g e t t h e r e .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s e i t h e r s ide w i t h t h e Eugene g r o u p o r t he P o r t l a n d g r o u p w h e n d e c i d i n g t h e i d e n t i t y o f a ra re b i r d .

Real Oregon B i r d e r s rea l ize t h i s a r t i c l e is all in f u n a n d is r e f e r r i n g to no peop le d i r e c t l y .

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1984 OFO Annual Meeting

P l a n n i n g f o r t h e 1984 OFO A n n u a l Mee t i ng is p r o g r e s s i n g . T h e 5 t h A n n u a l M e e t i n g w i l l be he ld t h e w e e k e n d of J u n e 15-17 in La G r a n d e . Joe E v a n i c h is a c t i n g as local c o n t a c t and has p r o m i s e d a f u l l a r r a y of f i e l d t r i p s . Whi le we c a n ' t g e t him t o p r o m i s e any SPRUCE G R O U S E , he has sa id t h a t V E E R Y , G R A Y C A T B I R D , R E D - E Y E D V I R E O and A M E R I C A N R E D S T A R T S a r e a s s u r e d . Remember t h a t h i s 1983 Un ion C o u n t y B i g Day (OB 9 , N o . 3 ) had 137 spec ies . T h e emphasis t h i s y e a r w i l l be on f i e l d t r i p s w i t h h a l f - d a y and f u l l - d a y t r i p s s c h e d u l e d f o r S a t u r d a y a n d h a l f - d a y t r i p s on S u n d a y . T h e o t h e r o r g a n i z e d e v e n t s w i l l i n c l u d e a socia l e v e n t F r i d a y n i g h t , w i t h a r t d i s p l a y s (see e l s e w h e r e in t h i s i s sue ) and a R e c o r d s Commit tee s l i d e s h o w . The h i g h l i g h t o f t he w e e k e n d s h o u l d aga in be the S a t u r d a y n i g h t b a n q u e t , h e l d a t the E a s t e r n O r e g o n Sta te C o l l e g e , w i t h a k e y n o t e s p e a k e r . R e g i s t r a t i o n t h i s y e a r w i l l cos t $10 p e r p e r s o n , b a n q u e t i n c l u d e d . A spec ia l m a i l i n g w i t h t h e f u l l a g e n d a a n d o t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n wi l l be sen t in A p r i l . A p r e l i m i n a r y r e g i s t r a t i o n f o r m is i n c l u d e d in t h i s issue f o r t h o s e who w o u l d l i k e t o r e g i s t e r e a r l y .

I t s h o u l d be a good mee t ing in a v e r y good Oregon B i r d i n g a rea . Wi th 100 OFO members in a t t e n d a n c e we shou ld be ab le t o f i n d many good b i r d s . Make p lans now t o a t t e n d .

Art Display at Annual Meeting

T h i s y e a r , a t o u r annua l mee t ing in La G r a n d e , t h e OFO B o a r d has dec ided to a d d a new f e a t u r e - - a d i s p l a y of b i r d a r t f r o m ou r members . T h i s a r t may be in t h e f o r m of s c u l p t u r e s , p a i n t i n g s , d r a w i n g s or p h o t o g r a p h s . A r t i s t s s u b m i t t i n g w o r k may be e i t h e r p r o f e s s i o n a l s o r a m a t e u r s . T h e r e w i l l be no c o m p e t i t i o n or j u d g i n g , me re l y an o p p o r t u n i t y f o r a r t i s t s t o d i s p l a y t h e i r w o r k s a n d f o r members to e n j o y t h e m . H o p e f u l l y , the a r t i s t s w i l l be a t t e d i n g t h e m e e t i n g , and those i n t e r e s t e d in c o m m i s s i o n i n g or p u r c h a s i n g a r t w o r k w i l l have an o p p o r t u n i t y t o make t h e i r a r r a n g e m e n t s t h e r e .

I f y o u w o u l d l i k e t o d i s p l a y y o u r w o r k a t t h e m e e t i n g , p lease c o n t a c t Jan K r a b b e a t t h e a d d r e s s be low to c o n f i r m space . P a i n t i n g s , d r a w i n g s , a n d p h o t o g r a p h s s h o u l d be r e a d y t o hang w h e n t h e y a re s u b m i t t e d . De ta i l s w i l l be sen t to al l w h o w i s h to p a r t i c i p a t e in t h i s e v e n t , w h i c h we hope w i l l become a p e r m a n e n t p a r t o f o u r a n n u a l g e t - t o g e t h e r .

D o n ' t wa i t u n t i l t h e las t m i n u t e . Wr i t e o r cal l Jan K r a b b e now w h i l e you are t h i n k i n g abou t i t . Wr i t e Route 1 , Box 9G, P h i l o m a t h , OR 97370, o r ca l l 9 2 9 - 5 9 4 1 .

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American Birds Sub Regional Editor Thomas R o g e r s , t h e A m e r i c a n B i r d s r eg iona l e d i t o r f o r t h e r e g i o n w h i c h inc ludes E a s t e r n O r e g o n , has asked Tom C r a b t r e e t o be a s u b - r e g i o n a l e d i t o r f o r t h e area eas t o f t h e Cascades , o t h e r t h a n Ma lheu r N . W . R . R e p o r t s d e s t i n e d f o r Amer i can B i r d s can now be sen t t o Tom C r a b t r e e a t h is B e n d a d d r e s s , 1667 NW Iowa , Bend 97701 .

1984 Membership Renewal

I t is t ime t o r e n e w y o u r m e m b e r s h i p in 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 B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s have made no c h a n g e in t h e dues schedu le f o r 1984.

I n d i v i d u a l 1 v o t e $ 7 .00 Family 2 v o t e $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 Family S u s t a i n i n g 1 v o t e $15.00

Dues are f o r t h e c a l e n d a r yea r a n d e n t i t l e y o u to r e c e i v e OREGON B IRDS and n o t i c e of t h e annua l m e e t i n g , pe lag ic t r i p s a n d a complete CBC s c h e d u l e . D o n ' t miss a n y 1984 issues of OREGON B I R D S . Y o u r m e m b e r s h i p also h e l p s s u p p o r t t h e w o r k o f t he O r e g o n B i r d R e c o r d s Commit tee and OFO'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 spec ia l p u b l i c a t i o n s . Please j o i n OFO f o r i ts f i f t h y e a r b y f i l l i n g in t h e membersh ip a p p l i c a t i o n i n s e r t a n d send ing i t t o O F O , P . O . Box 10373, Eugene , OR 97440.

New Field Guide Available

T h e Nat ional G e o g r a p h i c Soc ie t y ' s new F ie ld Guide t o t h e B i r d s of N o r t h Amer ica is now ava i l ab le f r o m t h e OFO Bookcase . A spec ia l p u r c h a s e made t h r o u g h t h e A m e r i c a n B i r d i n g A s s o c i a t i o n enab les OFO to o f f e r t h e new f i e l d g u i d e f o r $12.50 or $13 .50 p o s t p a i d . T h e new g u i d e is w i t h o u t q u e s t i o n t h e b e s t s ing le vo lume g u i d e now ava i lab le ( see Tom C r a b t r e e ' s r e v i e w in t h i s i s s u e . ) Copies o f t h e gu ide w i l l be ava i lab le a t t h e annua l meet ing in La G r a n d e .

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OBRC Reports Sugges t i ons f o r s u b m i t t i n g r e p o r t s o f r a r e b i r d s t o t h e O r e g o n B i r d Records C o m m i t t e e .

1 . Complete t h e r e p o r t f o r m on b o t h s i d e s , g i v i n g as much de ta i l as p o s s i b l e on y o u r s i g h t i n g . I n s u f f i c i e n t i n f o r m a t i o n and t h e lack of comple te d e s c r i p t i o n s are f r e q u e n t reasons g i v e n b y commi t tee members f o r no t accep t i ng r e c o r d s .

2 . I f you d o n t have a r e p o r t f o r m , cop ies can be o b t a i n e d b y w r i t i n g t h e O B R C S e c r e t a r y in c a r e of t h e OFO Box n u m b e r . O t h e r f o r m a t s are accep tab le i f i t i nc ludes t h e t y p e of i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u e s t e d on t h e r e p o r t f o r m .

3 . L e g i b i l i t y is occas iona l l y a p r o b l e m - - t ake c a r e t h a t the OBRC members w i l l be able t o r e a d y o u r r e p o r t .

4 . I f p o s s i b l e , p lease s u b m i t t w o cop ies of y o u r r e p o r t . One is c i r c u l a t e d t o OBRC m e m b e r s , t h e o t h e r is k e p t o n f i l e b y the s e c r e t a r y a n d la te r d e p o s i t e d in a d u p l i c a t e s e t o f r e c o r d s ma in ta ined f o r s a f e t y r e a s o n s .

5 . P r i n t s o f y o u r p h o t o g r a p h s a re welcome, t h e y can be c i r c u l a t e d b y mail w i t h t h e w r i t t e n r e p o r t s ( s l i d e s are he ld f o r v i e w i n g a t a m e e t i n g ) . T o i n s u r e aga ins t l o s i n g r e c o r d s d u r i n g c i r c u l a t i o n , i t is n e c e s s a r y to have d u p l i c a t e p r i n t s made a n d r e t a i n e d b y t h e s e c r e t a r y - - t h i s is q u i t e e x p e n s i v e . I t w o u l d be v e r y h e l p f u l i f y o u w o u l d send two copies of each p r i n t - - t h e q u a l i t y w i l l also be much b e t t e r t h a n m a k i n g a p r i n t f r o m a p r i n t . T h e d u p l i c a t e p r i n t w i l l a lso be p u t i n t o t h e d u p l i c a t e c o l l e c t i o n .

6 . T w o cop ies o f each s l ide w o u l d also be v e r y we l come . A g a i n , we need t h e second c o p y f o r t h e d u p l i c a t e set o f r e c o r d s .

Y o u r r e p o r t s t o t h e OBRC are i m p o r t a n t in b u i l d i n g a good r e c o r d o f t h e appea rance of r a r e b i r d s in o u r s t a t e . We e n c o u r a g e you t o c o n t i n u e to s u b m i t t h e m . A n y q u e s t i o n s you h a v e w i l l g l a d l y be answered b y OBRC members o r t h e s e c r e t a r y .

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1983 OFO Treasurer's Report

OFO T r e a s u r e r ' s R e p o r t

For t he Per iod J a n u a r y 1 , 1983 t h r o u g h December 3 1 , 1983

Income 1 . '82 M e m b e r s h i p Fees * 7 2no'°nn 2 . '83 M e m b e r s h i p Fees on 'n r ! 3 . '84 M e m b e r s h i p Fees n „ ' n n 4 . A n n u a l M e e t i n g Fees 5 . 6 . 7 .

Si Lane^BB A t l a s 10-19.96 10.

OBRC C o n t r i b u t i o n s 130.00 Sale of P u b l i c a t i o n s ^n'l-J I n t e r e s t Income Pelagic Fees 1,032.00 L a n e 9 B B A t l a s 1-049.96 Cash C a r r y o v e r 2 ,555 .13

To ta l A s s e t s $7 ,885 .38

Expenses

OREGON B I R D S ' ^ 3 ' ^ . A n n u a l M e e t i n g

1 . 2 . 3 . OBRC 4 . Pelagic t r i p s

Lane BB A t l a s Loan 1

7 . 8 . Misce l laneous

168.45 1,007.00

5. 6 . Pub l i ca t i ons

A d m i n i s t r a t i v e i ^ . U b 404 .74 164.06 168.62

To ta l E x p e n s e s $5 ,082 .38

Cash on Hand December 3 1 , 1983 $2 ,803 .00

As of December 3 1 , 1983 OFO has 253 members , 42 of w h i c h are new members t h i s y e a r .

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OFO Bookcase

O r e g o n F ie ld O r n i t h o l o g i s t s is a t t e m p t i n g t o p r o v i d e a s e r v i c e to i t s membersh ip b y m a k i n g p u b l i c a t i o n s d e a l i n g w i t h t h e b i r d i i f e of O r e g o n ava i l ab le b y ma i l . T o t h i s e n d , we ma in ta in a " b o o k c a s e " o f c u r r e n t vo lumes p r o d u c e d b y OFO and b y o t h e r g r o u p s and i n d i v i d u a l s in O r e g o n . These p u b l i c a t i o n s a re ava i l ab l e b y mai l o r a t t h e book t a b l e a t t h e annua l m e e t i n g s . I f y o u k n o w of o t h e r p u b l i c a t i o n s w h i c h m i g h t be o f i n t e r e s t t o o u r members p lease le t us k n o w .

O r e g o n F ie ld O r n i t h o l o g i s t s

I ndex to O r e g o n B i r d R e p o r t s in A U D U B O N F IELD NOTES a n d A M E R I C A N B I R D S 1947 - 1981 - - C l a r i c e H . Wa tson , 79 p a g e s , F e b r u a r y 1982. Specia l P u b l i c a t i o n #3 $3 .00

F ie ld C h e c k l i s t o f t h e B i r d s o f O r e g o n - - S teven C . G o r d o n , 16 p a g e s , A p r i l 1981 . Specia l P u b l i c a t i o n #2 $ .50

B i b l i o g r a p h y o f O r e g o n O r n i t h o l o g y : A n U p d a t i n g f o r t h e Y e a r s 1971-1977 w i t h a Rev i sed C r o s s - R e f e r e n c e d L i s t o f t h e B i r d s of O r e g o n - - M a r k E g g e r , 76 p a g e s , November 1980. Specia l P u b l i c a t i o n #3 $3 .00

OREGON B I R D S : Volumes 6 - 8 , I ssues 1 - 4 - - p e r i s s u e $2 .00

OREGON B I R D S / Volume 5 , I ssues 1-6 - - p e r issue $1 .00 SWOC T A L K Volume 4 , Issues 3 a n d 5 - - p e r i s s u e . . . $ 1 . 0 0

Volume 3 , Issue 2 ( w i t h o u t c o v e r ) $1 .00 Volume 2 , Issue 6 $1 .00

A u d u b o n Soc ie t y o f C o r v a l l i s

B i r d i n g O r e g o n - - F r e d Ramsey $4 .75 C h e c k l i s t of t h e B i r d s of O r e g o n - - B e r t r a n d & Sco t t ( r e v ) $1 .25 F ie ld C h e c k i n g C a r d $ .10

P o r t l a n d A u d u b o n Soc ie ty

B i r d s of N o r t h w e s t Fores ts and F ie lds - - D a v i d M a r s h a l l . . . $2 .50 B i r d s of N o r t h w e s t Shores a n d Wa te rs - - H a r r y N e h l s $2 .50 Oaks Bo t tom C h e c k l i s t $1 .25 Sauv ie I s l and C h e c k l i s t $1 .00

Lane C o u n t y A u d u b o n Soc ie ty

E u g e n e - S p r i n g f i e l d C h e c k l i s t $ .15

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Union-Wal lowa C o u n t y C h e c k l i s t . . .

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Editor's Note

F i n a l l y , t he l a s t i ssue of vo lume 9 is b e i n g p u t t o r e s t . I t ' s been a l ong yea r a n d y o u r e d i t o r is f e e l i n g t h e f a t i g u e . T h e a r t i c l e s in t h i s issue c o n t i n u e t o p r o v i d e t h e d i v e r s i t y of f i e l d o r n i t h o l o g y f o r w h i c h I 've been s t r i v i n g . I w a n t t o e s p e c i a l l y t h a n k Joe E v a n i c h , D a v i d F i x and Tom C r a b t r e e f o r p r o d u c i n g more t h a n t h e i r share o f i n t e r e s t i n g a n d i n f o r m a t i v e a r t i c l es in t h e pas t y e a r . We also r e c e i v e d and p u b l i s h e d mater ia l f r o m a n u m b e r of new c o n t r i b u t o r s t h i s y e a r a n d I am also g r a t e f u l f o r y o u r i n p u t .

T h e r e w i l l be some changes in t h e c o m i n g y e a r I'm s u r e , t h e most i m p o r t a n t of w h i c h is t o b r e a k in a new e d i t o r . I ' ve been h e a v i l y i n v o l v e d w i t h OREGON B I R D S f o r a t least f i v e y e a r s a n d i t ' s c e r t a i n l y t ime f o r some new e n e r g y .

One i m p o r t a n t c h a n g e has a f f e c t e d t h i s i ssue. I n o r d e r to ach ieve the p u b l i c a t i o n schedu le w h i c h we have set as a g o a l , i t w i l l be n e c e s s a r y t o change t h e t i m i n g of t h e H i g h l i g h t s f r o m t h e F ie ld Notes s e c t i o n . We have a l w a y s a t temp ted t o p u b l i s h t he season's f i e l d no tes in t h e f o l l o w i n g i s sue . T h a t t i m e l i n e is too t i g h t t o al low p r o p e r i n p u t a n d s t i l l have t ime f o r p r o d u c t i o n , in p a r t because we d e p e n d upon local b i r d c l u b n e w s l e t t e r s f o r much o f t h e h i g h l i g h t s . We are g o i n g t o move t h e H i g h l i g h t s b a c k one i s sue . T h i s i s sue c o n t a i n s o n l y t h e eas te rn O r e g o n f a l l 83 h i g h l i g h t s . T h e n e x t issue w i l l h a v e t h e w e s t e r n O r e g o n f a l l 83 h i g h l i g h t s as w e l l as some of t h e C B C h i g h l i g h t s . T h e second 1984 issue ( J u n e ) w i l l have h i g h l i g h t s f r o m the w i n t e r season f o r t h e who le s t a t e . We hope t h a t t h i s c h a n g e wi l l h e l p us ach ieve o u r s c h e d u l i n g goa ls b y t h e e n d o f 1984.

T h e n e x t i ssue is also s la ted t o h a v e t h e 1983 l i s t i n g r e s u l t s , a r e v i e w of t h e f o u r t h new f i e l d g u i d e , a n d a d i s t r i b u t i o n a r t i c l e on C A L L I O P E H U M M I N G B I R D . We a r e a lways in need o f s i te g u i d e s and specia l b i r d s i g h t i n g a r t i c l e s . I f a n y of you a r e d o i n g B ig D a y s , espec ia l l y c o u n t y B i g D a y s , we w o u l d l ike a s h o r t no te on t h e m . T h e y d o n ' t have to be as we l l w r i t t e n up o r as s i g n i f i c a n t as t h e Lane C o u n t y B ig Day r e p o r t e d in t h i s i ssue. We w o u l d l ike t o have a r e g u l a r f e a t u r e on t h i s aspec t of b i r d i n g .

F i n a l l y , I w a n t t o r e m i n d e v e r y o n e t h a t t h e p r i m a r y p u r p o s e of o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n is t o sha re t h e e x p e r i e n c e s o f O r e g o n f i e l d o r n i t h o l o g y . I t was my p l e a s u r e t h i s p a s t year t o see m a n y of y o u at t he OFO mee t i ng at Coos B a y / N o r t h Bend o r o n one o f o u r pe lag ic t r i p s , a t Ma lheur a t Memor ia l Day o r o n C B C ' s in December . I e n j o y e d my w o r k on t h e Lane C o u n t y B r e e d i n g B i r d A t l a s and h e l p i n g on t h e new F l o r e n c e C B C . I e v e n e n j o y e d c h a s i n g some r a r e b i r d s f r o m t ime t o t ime ( a l t h o u g h I d i d n ' t f i n d m a n y ) . I hope t h a t al l of y o u w e r e ab le t o p a r t i c i p a t e in some of t hese O r e g o n b i r d i n g e v e n t s . A n d , o f c o u r s e , I h o p e to see you t h i s yea r at some of those same p l a c e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e annua l mee t i ng in J u n e a t La G r a n d e .

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