++++ rest of p. *35 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ****************************************************************************6-B. SPECIES ACCOUNTS
6-B-1. RED-NECKED GREBE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 11/27 11/28 ? ? ? . . . . . . . 1 . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . . + . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . In 1973, a single bird was caught by hand on land and released into Pond B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-2. EARED GREBE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 79 11/21 11/21 . . . . . . . . . . + . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . . + . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . One was at a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-3. DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 79 12/6 12/6 . . . . . . . . . . . + 81 12/18 12/19 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 84 11/22 11/24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 85 1/16 1/16 + . . . . . . . . . . . 89 12/28 12/28 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AV DAILY FREQ + . . . . . . . . . + + 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . 2 82-90 MONTHLY 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 AV First=12/18 (11/22-1/16) AV Last=12/19 (11/24-1/16) A single bird was noted each time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-4. GREAT BLUE HERON
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? . . + 4 3 2 + 1 5 74 - - 3 2 2 1 . 1 2 2 1 1 1 . 75 - - 4 2 . + 1 2 . 2 + 2 1 2 76 - - 1 3 4 2 + 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 77 - - 1 . . . + . 1 6 2 1 1 1 78 - - 2 4 1 + . + 4 2 2 2 + + 79 - - 1 3 . 2 + 1 2 3 2 . 1 2 80 - - 1 1 + 1 + . 6 4 4 2 3 6 81 - - 3 1 2 3 + . 4 2 5 . 3 4 82 - - 1 . 1 . . . 5 4 1 2 . 2 83 - - . 3 . 1 2 4 ? 1 5 4 6 8 84 - - 2 3 1 . 8 1 1 4 3 3 4 1 85 - - 1 . 2 . 3 . 3 . 2 . 2 3 86 - - 3 1 P . . 1 ? 4 3 6 ? 5 87 - - 1 5 3 7 6 + 6 8 4 3 4 3 88 - - 2 2 1 6 8 1 6 8 . 4 6 2 89 - - 5 2 . . 3 . 2 1 . 1 1 1 90 - - 3 4 5 4 3 1 . 1 P 3 P 4 AV DAILY FREQ 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 73-81 MONTHLY 10 9 6 8 7 7 9 10 10 8 10 9 82-90 MONTHLY 9 8 8 4 8 7 9 9 8 9 9 10 They were seen along Thornton Creek and were not seen "mousing" in the fields. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-5. GREAT EGRET
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 77 8/6 8/13 . . . . . . . 3 . . . . 78 11/8 11/8 . . . . . . . . . . + . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . + . . + . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . Usually a single bird was seen, but two were sometimes seen in August 1977. ++++ start of p. *36 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-6. GREEN-BACKED HERON
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 8/4 8/4 ? ? ? . . . . + . . . . 74 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 12/10 12/10 . . . . . . . . . . . + 77 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 3/29 3/29 . . + . . . . . . . . . 79 5/3 5/3 79 9/3 9/3 . . . . + . . . + . . . 80 7/31 7/31 . . . . . . + . . . . . 81 7/28 7/28 . . . . . . + . . . . . 82 7/2 9/13 . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . 83 5/31 5/31 83 8/3 8/8 . . . . + . ? 2 . . . . 84 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 3/31 3/31 . . + . . . . . . . . . 86 - - . . . . . . ? . . . ? . 87 5/17 5/17 87 8/3 8/30 . . . . + . . 1 . . . . 88 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 4/25 8/23 . . . 1 . 1 . + . . . . 90 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . + + + + + + + . . + 73-81 MONTHLY . . 1 . 1 . 2 1 1 . . 1 82-90 MONTHLY . . 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 . . . AV First=4/27 (3/29-5/31) AV Last=4/28 (3/29-5/31) AV First=8/2 (7/2-9/3) AV Last=8/18 (7/28-9/13) AV First=12/10 (12/10) AV Last=12/10 (12/10) A single bird was seen each time. They appeared to be an occasional spring and an uncommon late summer migrant. They were found along Thornton Creek. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-7. TUNDRA SWAN
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 85 11/19 11/19 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . . + . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Five flew over towards the northwest on 19 November 1985. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-8. GOOSE SPP.
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 4/24 5/1 73 8/30 12/28 ? ? ? 1 + . . + 1 2 . + 74 4/26 5/20 74 8/26 11/12 . . . 1 1 . . + . + 1 . 75 4/29 5/3 75 9/30 10/31 . . . + 1 . . . + 1 . . 76 9/30 12/19 . . . . . . . . + + . + 77 4/22 4/30 77 10/19 10/19 . . . 1 . . . . . + . . 78 4/29 5/2 78 9/23 10/28 . . . + + . . . 1 1 . . 79 4/25 4/25 79 10/20 10/20 . . . + . . . . . + . . 80 10/1 11/28 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 81 2/2 2/2 81 4/22 4/28 81 10/19 10/19 . + . 1 . . . . . + . . 82 10/4 11/9 . . . . . . . . . 2 + . 83 5/3 5/3 . . . . + . ? . . . . . 84 4/21 4/21 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 85 4/26 4/26 85 9/2 10/21 . . . + . . . . + + . . 86 4/19 5/6 86 10/24 12/15 . . . + + . ? . . 1 ? 1 87 4/24 4/24 87 11/7 11/26 . . . + . . . . . . 1 . 88 4/16 4/26 88 10/1 11/28 . . . 2 . . . . . 2 3 . 89 4/24 4/24 89 9/30 9/30 89 11/7 11/13 . . . 1 . . . . + . + . 90 2/22 2/22 90 9/24 10/25 . 1 . . . . . . P 2 . . AV DAILY FREQ . + . 1 + . . + + 1 + + 73-81 MONTHLY . 1 . 7 4 . . 2 4 10 2 2 82-90 MONTHLY . 1 . 7 2 . . . 3 6 4 1 AV First=2/12 (2/2-2/22) AV Last=2/12 (2/2-2/22) AV First=4/24 (4/16-5/3) AV Last=4/30 (4/21-5/20) AV First=10/1(8/26-11/7) AV Last=11/11(9/30-12/28) This includes all records of unidentified geese as well as those identified as Canada or Gr. White-fronted Geese. There were only three sightings (on unrecorded dates) of single birds landing; all the rest of the sightings were of birds flying overhead in flocks. Most spring flocks were flying N/NW towards the general direction of the Siletz River Valley, and most fall flocks were flying towards the SE from the general direction of the Siletz River Valley. However, November-December flocks were usually small and often were flying east or south; for example, on 7-8 Nov. in 1987 and 1989, several flocks flew east, seemingly up the Yaquina River Valley towards the Willamette Valley. But on 13 Nov. 1989, one flock flew towards the south, and on 25 Oct. 1990 a flock of 30 Canada Geese also flew south. On 22 Feb. 1990, three flocks totalling about 600 Canada Geese flew to the east. Thus, the flight direction was not constant. The number of geese flying by during spring and fall migration seemed to be highly variable. For example, on 1 Oct. 1990, Faxon noted thousands of Gr. White-fronted Geese, but there were also years when none were noted. These geese were probably all Gr. White-fronteds or Canadas, but some may have been Snows. They were usually not visually identified because of high altitude, poor visibility, or a lack of time. Further, because they were so uncommon, Faxon could not become familiar enough with their calls to confidently distinguish among them. ++++ start of p. *37 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-9. WOOD DUCK
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? . . . . . . . . . 74 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 3/3 3/3 . . + . . . . . . . . . 76 4/11 6/11 . . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . 77 2/17 6/5 . + 1 2 9 1 . . . . . . 78 4/23 4/23 78 8/13 9/14 . . . + . . . + + . . . 79 1/7 1/20 79 4/15 5/18 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 80 4/8 5/1 . . . 2 + . . . . . . . 81 3/31 4/23 81 9/26 9/26 . . + + . . . . + . . . 82 4/8 6/2 . . . 3 1 1 . . . . . . 83 4/16 4/16 . . . + . . ? . . . . . 84 2/12 5/21 . 2 1 1 2 . . . . . . . 85 3/26 5/5 . . + + 2 . . . . . . . 86 4/29 5/2 . . . + + . ? . . . ? . 87 5/11 5/11 87 9/7 9/19 87 12/16 12/18 . . . . + . . . 1 . . 2 88 5/23 5/23 88 9/16 9/16 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 89 4/4 5/25 89 9/24 10/5 . . . 5 3 . . . 1 2 . . 90 3/24 5/10 . . 1 7 1 . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ + + + 1 1 + . + + + . + 73-81 MONTHLY 1 1 4 7 4 2 . 1 2 . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . 1 3 8 9 1 . . 3 1 . 1 AV First=4/4 (2/12-5/23) AV Last=5/9 (3/3-6/11) AV First=9/11 (8/13-9/26) AV Last=9/22 (9/14-10/5) AV First=12/27(12/16-1/7) AV Last=1/4 (12/18-1/20) Many of these records were for pairs, although the only nesting record was for a brood of eight at Pond C in 1991. They appear to be mainly a spring migrant in April and May. They have only been common since Pond C was dug in 1976 or 1977; all were in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-10. GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 78 4/29 4/29 . . . + . . . . . . . . 80 1/22 1/22 80 12/8 12/23 + . . . . . . . . . . 2 81 8/17 8/17 . . . . . . . + . . . . 82 11/23 11/24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 84 4/28 4/28 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 86 4/20 4/20 . . . + . . ? . . . ? . 87 8/20 8/20 . . . . . . . + . . . . AV DAILY FREQ + . . + . . . + . . + + 73-81 MONTHLY 1 . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 82-90 MONTHLY . . . 2 . . . 1 . . 1 . Usually single birds were noted, although sometimes flocks of about five were seen. They have only been recorded since Pond C was dug in 1976 or 1977; all were in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-11. MALLARD
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - 4/12 73 7/16 7/16 73 9/4 9/22 ? ? ? + . . + . 2 . . . 74 2/22 3/28 74 9/13 10/7 . + 1 . . . . . + 1 . . 75 3/15 5/26 . . 1 7 3 . . . . . . . 76 3/6 5/19 . . 4 8 2 . . . . . . . 77 1/22 - + 2 8 4 5 4 2 3 1 2 + + 78 - 6/20 78 8/26 8/26 1 2 1 3 5 1 . + . . . . 79 3/2 5/15 . . 2 + 2 . . . . . . . 80 2/21 5/14 80 10/2 10/6 . + + + + . . . . 1 . . 81 3/31 - . . 1 1 + . + . + . . 1 82 6/7 6/7 82 11/27 11/27 . . . . . 1 . . . . + . 83 2/8 5/15 . + 1 . + . ? . . . . . 84 2/27 5/7 . + 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 85 1/6 3/21 85 7/1 7/1 + . 1 . . . + . . . . . 86 1/2 5/17 1 . P + 1 . ? . . . ? . 87 2/10 7/27 . 1 2 . + . 1 . . . . . 88 2/2 5/3 88 9/13 9/13 . + . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . 89 3/18 4/18 89 11/24 12/4 . . 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 90 3/1 5/16 . . 9 9 6 . . . . . P 4 AV DAILY FREQ + + 2 2 2 + + + + + + + 73-81 MONTHLY 3 5 10 9 8 2 2 2 4 3 1 2 82-90 MONTHLY 2 4 8 4 7 1 3 . 1 . 4 2 Broods of young were occasionally seen at Pond C; all were in a pond. Observation effort was similar among years, so their decline until 1990 appears to have been real. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-12. NORTHERN PINTAIL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 89 2/14 2/14 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . + . . . . . . . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . 1 . . . . . . . . . . The single record was of 5-6 swimming together in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-13. BLUE-WINGED TEAL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 77 5/28 6/1 . . . . + + . . . . . . 80 5/31 5/31 . . . . + . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . + + . . . . . . *1973 MONTHLY ? ? ? ? x ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . AV First=5/28 (5/24-5/31) AV Last=5/29 (5/24-6/1) This species was also seen on 24 May 1971. 1-2 birds were noted at a time in a pond. ++++ start of p. *38 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-14. CINNAMON TEAL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 4/23 4/23 ? ? ? + . . . . . . . . 85 4/14 4/23 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 87 5/5 5/5 . . . . + . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + + . . . . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . AV First=4/24 (4/14-5/5) AV Last=4/27 (4/23-5/5) A pair was noted at least once; otherwise, only singletons were seen in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-15. GADWALL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . . . . *1973 MONTHLY ? ? ? ? ? ? x x ? ? ? ? This species was seen only in August 1969 and on 31 July 1970. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-16. AMERICAN WIGEON
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 75 10/9 11/19 . . . . . . . . . + + . 78 11/26 11/26 . . . . . . . . . . + . 79 12/25 12/25 . . . . . . . . . . . + 82 12/16 12/16 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 83 12/30 12/30 . . . . . . ? . . . . + 86 1/3 1/3 1 . . . . . ? . . . ? . 88 10/4 10/4 . . . . . . . . . + . . 89 12/28 12/28 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 90 2/1 2/1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ + + . . . . . . . + + + 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1 82-90 MONTHLY 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 . 3 AV First=? (10/4-2/1) AV Last=? (10/4-2/1) Small flocks of less than 10 birds were found in a pond, not in the fields. They have been seen more regularly since Pond C was dug in 1976 or 1977. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-17. CANVASBACK
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 77 12/12 12/12 . . . . . . . . . . . + 79 2/8 2/10 . 1 . . . . . . . . . + AV DAILY FREQ . + . . . . . . . . . + 73-81 MONTHLY . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . About 4-5 birds were present in a pond each time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-18. RING-NECKED DUCK
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 77 11/20 11/26 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 79 1/11 1/11 79 12/17 12/17 + . . . . . . . . . . + 90 12/7 12/19 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 AV DAILY FREQ + . . . . . . . . . + + 73-81 MONTHLY 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AV First=? (11/20-1/11) AV Last=? (11/26-12/19) Only a single female was seen at a time in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-19. GREATER SCAUP
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 84 8/17 8/17 . . . . . . . + . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . + . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 1 . . . . One adult male was noted in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-20. LESSER SCAUP
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 88 12/3 12/3 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . . . + 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . 1 One adult male was found in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-21. COMMON GOLDENEYE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 90 12/12 12/12 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . . . + 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . 1 One was found in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-22. BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 80 1/10 1/10 + . . . . . . . . . . . 82 1/29 1/29 + . . . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ + . . . . . . . . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY 1 . . . . . . . . . . . UNCONFIRMED.--Both sightings were of an adult female that was gray with a brown head and yellow eye. To distinguish each as a Barrow's, the bird was flushed. Each had the amount of white and pattern of white in the wing that was characteristic of the Barrow's (see Robbins et al. 1983). The shape of the head or the color of the bill was not recorded. Each was in a pond. Eltzroth (1987:7) lists them as rare along the Oregon Coast. ++++ start of p. *39 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-23. BUFFLEHEAD
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 78 11/29 - . . . . . . . . . . + 7 79 11/17 3/24 79 5/7 5/12 4 3 4 . 2 . . . . . 5 10 80 12/2 1/26 6 . . . . . . . . . . + 81 12/5 12/5 81 - 3/10 + + + . . . . . . . . 2 82 4/2 4/3 82 12/16 12/18 . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 83 2/15 2/16 83 4/9 4/9 83 12/22 - . 1 . + . . ? . . . . + 84 11/2 11/2 84 - 2/23 1 + . . . . . . . . 1 . 85 3/15 3/15 85 11/23 11/30 . . + . . . . . . . 1 . 86 - - . . . . . . ? . . . ? . 87 10/23 10/23 . . . . . . . . . + . . 88 4/15 4/20 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 89 1/18 3/23 1 1 8 . . . . . . . . . 90 12/3 4/7 1 7 . 1 . . . . . . . 5 AV DAILY FREQ 1 1 1 + + . . . . + + 1 73-81 MONTHLY 4 3 3 . 1 . . . . . 2 4 82-90 MONTHLY 3 4 2 4 . . . . . 1 3 3 AV First=? (10/23-5/7) AV Last=? (10/23-5/12) On 5-9 February 1979, 5-7 Buffleheads were counted; generally, only 1-2 were found. They were sometimes present most of a winter; other times, they were only a spring or fall migrant. They have only been seen since Pond C was dug in 1976 or 1977; all were in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-24. HOODED MERGANSER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 5/17 5/26 73 11/5 11/30 ? ? ? . 1 . . . . . 1 . 74 3/1 5/29 . . + . + . . . . . . . 75 2/10 2/10 75 10/26 12/6 . + . . . . . . . 1 2 + 76 6/3 6/3 . . . . . + . . . . . . 77 3/13 7/29 77 11/20 12/4 . . + 1 1 + 1 . . . 1 1 78 3/4 9/14 . . + . 1 . 3 4 1 . . . 79 2/17 12/19 . 1 + . + . 1 2 . 1 . + 80 5/29 12/30 . . . . + . 2 1 . + . 4 81 2/17 4/3 81 7/23 7/23 . + . + . . + . . . . . 82 4/24 5/9 82 7/13 7/13 . . . + + . 1 . . . . . 83 4/27 5/24 83 - 8/28 83 11/14 11/24 . . . + + . ? + . . 2 . 84 2/26 2/29 84 5/1 7/30 84 11/14 11/28 . 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . 85 3/22 5/14 85 11/2 11/30 . . 1 1 2 . . . . . 1 . 86 1/2 1/2 86 5/14 8/1 1 . . . 2 1 ? + . . ? . 87 3/23 3/23 87 11/2 - . . 1 . . . . . . . + + 88 12/28 1/9 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 89 12/29 3/21 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . + 90 - 2/13 . 1 . . . . . . . . P 2 AV DAILY FREQ + + + + 1 + 1 + + + 1 + 73-81 MONTHLY . 4 5 2 7 2 6 3 1 3 3 4 82-90 MONTHLY 3 3 3 3 6 1 3 2 . . 6 4 Six were noted on 29 July 1977, but usually only 1-2 were found at a time in a pond. No broods of young were ever seen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-25. COMMON/RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 76 8/18 8/18 . . . . . . . + . . . . 79 9/6 9/6 . . . . . . . . + . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . + + . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . These records were for females or immatures that might have been Red-breasted Mergansers but were much more likely to have been Common Mergansers. All were in a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-26. COMMON MERGANSER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 12/23 - ? ? ? . . . . . . . . + 74 - 1/23 + . . . . . . . . . . . 75 12/28 - . . . . . . . . . . . + 76 - 1/6 + . . . . . . . . . . . 77 12/14 12/14 . . . . . . . . . . . + 78 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 2/15 4/10 79 11/27 - . 1 . + . . . . . . + . 80 12/2 2/29 1 1 . . . . . . . . . + 81 2/20 2/20 . + . . . . . . . . . . 82 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 11/25 11/26 . . . . . . ? . . . 1 . 84 2/14 3/1 . 3 + . . . . . . . . . 85 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 - - . . . . . . ? . . . ? . 87 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 1/14 3/19 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 90 1/13 2/2 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ + + + + . . . . . . + + 73-81 MONTHLY 4 4 . 1 . . . . . . 1 4 82-90 MONTHLY 2 2 2 . . . . . . . 1 . AV First=? (11/25-1/14) AV Last=? (11/26-4/10) They were sometimes present in a pond during high waters and subsequent salmon runs. They may be occasionally present in summer, but they were not conclusively identified (see section 6-B-25). ++++ start of p. *40 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-27. TURKEY VULTURE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - 9/26 ? ? ? 5 6 9 7 8 6 . . . 74 3/20 9/24 . . 4 5 9 9 7 5 3 . . . 75 3/25 9/21 . . 1 7 8 9 10 7 4 . . . 76 3/11 9/25 . . 5 6 10 9 9 5 4 . . . 77 3/15 9/30 . . 2 6 8 9 8 5 7 . . . 78 3/18 9/30 . . 3 10 9 10 9 8 6 . . . 79 3/11 9/28 . . 3 9 10 8 8 10 7 . . . 80 3/15 9/26 . . 3 7 6 3 6 8 5 . . . 81 3/8 9/22 . . + 6 8 9 10 6 6 . . . 82 3/25 9/17 . . 1 6 10 10 10 10 3 . . . 83 3/26 10/5 . . + 5 9 10 ? 4 3 1 . . 84 3/21 10/4 . . + 6 9 6 6 4 . + . . 85 3/25 9/28 . . + 6 10 10 9 10 8 . . . 86 - 9/30 . . P 8 10 10 ? 10 7 . ? . 87 3/19 9/30 . . 3 10 10 9 9 10 7 . . . 88 3/10 9/23 . . 5 9 10 8 8 9 9 . . . 89 3/19 10/2 . . 3 7 6 8 . 7 5 + . . 90 3/25 10/5 . . 2 9 9 8 10 9 P 1 . . AV DAILY FREQ . . 2 7 9 9 8 8 5 + . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 4 . . AV First=3/18 (3/8-3/26) AV Last=9/28 (9/17-10/5) First + 10 Days Last - 10 Days Obs. Present Obs. Present YR Days (%) Days (%) 1976 10 20 8 63 1977 10 30 9 44 1978 8 25 9 44 1979 6 50 9 44 1980 8 50 7 14 Mean 35.0 41.8 On the days following their arrival each year, they were often absent. For example, the previous tabulation indicates that TV's were present an average of only 35% of the days in the 10 day period after their arrival. The probability that they would be present near their average arrival date each year was also low because their average daily presence was only 21% during the five day period before and after their average arrival date (Table 5.2). Prior to their departure, they were also often absent. For instance, they were present an average of only 42% of the days in the 10 days preceding their departure. Although only about 10% of Faxon's observations were along ridge tops, he noted a fall ridge top migration of TV's. This is consistent with observations of fall hawk migration near the Golden Gate in California, where many passed in September and October (Fish 1988). In California, they were also found during spring migration (Fish 1989). See also sections 5-F and 5-G. On 28 April 1987 and 31 March 1990, 10-11 TV's were counted; this was a typical number in feeding flocks, which were sometimes seen. Their apparent absence in July 1989 was probably a result of an oversight. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-28. OSPREY
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 78 5/3 5/3 . . . . + . . . . . . . 82 6/6 6/6 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . + + . . . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . 1 . . . . . . A single bird was seen flying over each time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-29. BALD EAGLE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 79 3/8 3/8 . . + . . . . . . . . . 82 12/3 12/4 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 85 1/15 1/15 + . . . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ + . + . . . . . . . . + 73-81 MONTHLY . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 In 1979 and 1985, single adults were found. In 1982, the eagle seen on Dec. 3 was an adult; the one see on Dec. 4 was an immature. All were flyovers, although sometime prior to 1973 Faxon noted a perched pair. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-30. NORTHERN HARRIER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 74 10/17 10/17 . . . . . . . . . + . . 75 9/27 9/27 . . . . . . . . + . . . 85 9/9 9/9 . . . . . . . . + . . . 88 10/1 10/1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 89 3/13 3/13 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . + . . . . . + + . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 . . AV First=9/29 (9/9-10/17) AV Last=9/29 (9/9-10/17) AV First=3/13 (3/13) AV Last=3/13 (3/13) It appears that there may sometimes be a Sep.-Oct. migration here that may be detectable by watching ridge tops. This is consistent with observations of the fall hawk migration near the Golden Gate in California, where many passed in September and October (Fish 1988). In California, they also found a spring migration of this species (Fish 1989). See also sections 5-F and 5-G. A single bird was seen each time. ++++ start of p. *41 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-31. SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? + . . . . + . . . 74 - - + . 1 . . . . . 2 4 1 . 75 - - . + . . . + . 1 1 1 + + 76 - - . + . + . 1 . . + 3 . . 77 - - . . + . + . . 1 4 2 + 1 78 - - . + . . . + + . . + 1 2 79 - - 2 . . 1 1 + + 1 . . . . 80 - - 1 . + . . . . . + 2 + . 81 - - . . . . . . . + . 2 1 . 82 - - 2 . . + . 1 2 + 2 . + . 83 - - . . . . . + ? . . . . . 84 - - . . 1 . . + . . 1 1 . . 85 - - + . . + . . . . 2 5 . . 86 - - . . . . . . ? 1 1 4 ? . 87 - - . . 1 . + . . 1 4 2 . . 88 - - . . . 1 . . . + 1 4 . . 89 - - . . . 1 . . 1 + + 1 . . 90 - - . . . 1 . . . 1 . 1 P 1 AV DAILY FREQ + + + + + + + + 1 2 + + 73-81 MONTHLY 4 4 4 3 2 4 2 4 7 8 7 3 82-90 MONTHLY 2 . 2 6 1 3 3 7 8 8 3 1 Since it was mostly noted in Sep.-Oct. (which is also when it had its greatest average daily frequency), migration may occur then and may be much more detectable by watching ridge tops. A fall migration is consistent with observations of the fall hawk migration near the Golden Gate in California, where many passed in September and October (Fish 1988) and also with September-October observations in British Columbia where an average of 11 hawks/hr (mostly Sharp-shinneds) flew by, especially during high pressure systems with north winds and clearing skies (1980 Am. Birds 34:192). In California, they have also found a spring migration of this species (Fish 1989). See also sections 5-F and 5-G. Also see following Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk records. Usually only one was noted at a time, but on 17 Oct. 1990, two were counted. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-32. SHARP-SHINNED/COOPER'S HAWK
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 78 10/18 10/18 . . . . . . . . . + . . 79 9/21 9/21 . . . . . . . . + . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . + + . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . Sightings were of either Sharp-shinned or Cooper's hawks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-33. COOPER'S HAWK
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? . . . . 2 + + . . 74 - - . 1 . . + + . . . . . . 75 - - . . + . + + . 1 2 . . . 76 - - . + . 1 . 1 . 3 . . . . 77 - - . . . 1 1 + 1 . 1 . 1 . 78 - - . . . . + 1 + 1 3 2 . + 79 - - . . . . . . + 1 4 3 . 1 80 - - . + . . . + 1 . + + . . 81 - - . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . 82 - - . . . . + 1 1 + . . . . 83 - - . . . . . . ? . . . . . 84 - - . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 85 - - . . . + + . . 2 1 . . . 86 - - 2 . P + . 1 ? . 4 1 ? 1 87 - - . . . . + + 2 4 5 2 . + 88 - - . + . . 1 4 4 2 . . . . 89 - - . . . . . 1 . 1 . + 1 . 90 - - . . . . . . 2 . P 1 P . AV DAILY FREQ + + + + + 1 1 1 1 1 + + 73-81 MONTHLY . 4 1 2 4 7 4 7 8 4 1 2 82-90 MONTHLY 1 1 1 2 4 6 6 6 4 6 3 2 These observations don't appear to indicate that a fall migration occurs here. However, a Sep.-Oct. migration may be much more detectable by watching ridge tops. Near the Golden Gate in California, many pass in September and October (Fish 1988) and also in spring (Fish 1989). See also sections 5-F and 5-G. On 18 July 1979, a nest contained two fledglings that could also fly. On 18 Sep. 1986, a family group of three was seen away from their nest. Also see preceding Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk records. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-34. NORTHERN GOSHAWK
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 4/4 4/4 . . . + . . . . . . . . 75 7/15 7/15 . . . . . . + . . . . . 76 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 8/1 8/1 . . . . . . . + . . . . 80 3/26 3/26 80 11/13 11/13 . . + . . . . . . . + . 81 10/13 10/17 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 82 5/26 5/26 . . . . + . . . . . . . 83 9/22 9/22 . . . . . . ? . 1 . . . 84 3/27 3/27 . . + . . . . . . . . . 85 9/19 9/19 . . . . . . . . + . . . 86 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 2/11 2/11 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 88 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 3/27 3/27 . . + . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . + + + + . + + + + + . *1973 MONTHLY x ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 73-81 MONTHLY . . 1 1 . . 1 1 . 1 1 . 82-90 MONTHLY . 1 2 . 1 . . . 2 . . . One was also seen on 20 Jan. 1970 and 30 March 1991. Only one bird was found at a time. ++++ start of p. *42 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-35. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 87 8/27 9/4 . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . + + . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . A singleton was seen on 27 and 30 August and and 2 and 4 September 1987. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-36. RED-TAILED HAWK
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? 6 4 5 8 6 2 3 1 1 74 - - 2 2 5 5 6 7 8 6 3 2 1 1 75 - - 2 2 1 1 5 1 3 3 3 3 1 2 76 - - 1 2 3 2 2 6 4 2 4 1 1 1 77 - - 1 2 4 3 4 1 5 2 4 4 2 2 78 - - 2 4 4 4 7 6 5 2 2 3 2 3 79 - - 4 2 4 3 8 8 7 5 2 1 2 3 80 - - 2 3 6 6 8 2 6 9 2 . + 5 81 - - 2 4 4 3 7 6 10 9 3 2 4 1 82 - - 3 3 . 6 5 10 8 5 4 4 2 6 83 - - 6 2 2 7 8 5 ? 3 . 3 . 3 84 - - 3 4 4 5 5 5 9 4 . 1 2 3 85 - - 1 4 2 5 4 3 1 1 2 3 . 4 86 - - 5 1 P 3 6 4 ? 6 8 7 ? 8 87 - - 7 6 2 4 3 3 4 4 6 6 4 2 88 - - 3 3 5 3 8 8 4 3 4 5 4 2 89 - - 4 6 5 3 3 5 7 6 2 9 3 3 90 - - 4 4 . . 6 5 8 9 P 5 P 5 AV DAILY FREQ 3 3 3 4 6 5 6 5 3 3 2 3 73-81 MONTHLY 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 82-90 MONTHLY 10 10 8 9 10 10 10 10 8 10 8 10 Their Average Daily Frequencies indicate that they were most common from May through August. There is no indication from Faxon's observations that a spring or fall Red-tailed migration occurred here, although a migration occurs in spring and fall near the Golden Gate in California (Fish 1988, 1989). Such a migration may be detectable if the ridge tops near Thornton Creek were watched much more often in fall. See also sections 5-F and 5-G. On 15 October 1986, a dark-phase Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk was seen. Single Harlan's were also seen on two other, unrecorded dates. In early March 1989, two were found dead along a mile stretch of Thornton Creek. They were apparently victims of the February 1989 cold snap. Faxon also sometimes observed Red-taileds eating spawned-out salmon lying on the bank of Thornton Creek. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-37. GOLDEN EAGLE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 83 12/22 12/22 . . . . . . ? . . . . + 89 4/1 4/1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + . . . . . . . + 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 UNCONFIRMED.--An immature was seen in 1983, and, in 1989, an adult was noted just rising from the ground before flying away. Eltzroth (1987:7) lists them as extremely rare along the Oregon Coast. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-38. AMERICAN KESTREL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 74 11/30 11/30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 77 10/14 11/11 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 84 8/17 8/17 . . . . . . . + . . . . 86 9/23 9/23 . . . . . . ? . 1 . ? . 87 9/15 9/18 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . + + + + . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . AV First=? (8/17-11/30) AV Last=? (8/17-11/30) A single bird was found each time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-39. MERLIN
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 9/26 9/26 ? ? ? . . . . . + . . . 79 11/24 11/24 . . . . . . . . . . + . 81 4/18 4/21 . . . + . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + . . . . + . + . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . A single bird was seen each time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-40. PEREGRINE FALCON
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 81 11/13 11/13 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . . + . *1973 MONTHLY ? ? ? ? ? x ? ? ? ? ? ? 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . One was also seen in June 1969. The 1981 sighting was of a singleton. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-41. BLUE GROUSE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 9/25 9/25 ? ? ? . . . . . + . . . 74 8/19 8/19 . . . . . . . + . . . . 76 4/12 4/22 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 81 11/2 11/2 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + . . . + + . + . *1973 MONTHLY ? ? ? X ? ? x ? ? ? ? ? 73-81 MONTHLY . . . 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . They were also seen in April 1961, on 5 July 1970, and 1-11 April 1972. At least one bird nested on a ridge in the late 1960's and early 1970's. This species was not seen here more often because of a lack of proper habitat. ++++ start of p. *43 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-42. RUFFED GROUSE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? 3 2 2 1 2 3 8 . 4 74 - - 3 4 4 7 7 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 75 - - 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 7 3 2 76 - - 3 5 2 5 2 3 + 2 4 5 3 3 77 - - 6 4 4 5 6 4 + 1 2 7 3 5 78 - - 5 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 4 7 4 4 79 - - 2 4 5 5 2 + 4 1 5 6 7 . 80 - - 4 6 3 6 3 7 2 3 5 6 1 3 81 - - 6 6 3 5 3 + 4 3 1 4 4 . 82 - - + 1 2 2 4 1 . 1 1 3 2 . 83 - - . 1 . 4 1 2 ? + 1 3 1 1 84 - - 1 1 3 1 2 + 2 2 4 2 1 1 85 - - + 1 1 5 7 . 1 . 1 + 3 1 86 - - 2 . P 5 7 . ? 1 2 4 ? 3 87 - - 3 5 4 2 6 3 + 4 2 3 6 4 88 - - 3 2 3 8 5 2 1 1 . 2 1 3 89 - - 1 4 5 6 5 2 . . 1 6 4 4 90 - - 4 2 4 3 5 2 . 1 P 8 P 2 AV DAILY FREQ 3 3 3 4 4 2 1 2 2 5 3 2 73-81 MONTHLY 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 82-90 MONTHLY 9 9 9 10 10 8 6 9 9 10 10 9 In 1974, booming/drumming started on March 25 and ended by June 2; in 1984, booming commenced on March 29; in 1985, booming started on March 15; and in 1987, booming was first heard on Feb. 9. On 2 May 1974, a nest contained eggs; on 23 May 1974, newly hatched young were observed; on 14 May 1985 a female with young were noted; and on 26 July 1985, young just able to fly were found. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-43. CALIFORNIA QUAIL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 8/3 8/13 ? ? ? . . . . 1 . . . . 75 1/2 1/2 + . . . . . . . . . . . 77 2/9 2/9 . + . . . . . . . . . . 80 10/2 10/31 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 81 6/12 6/16 . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 82 5/8 5/8 82 10/22 10/22 . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . 83 9/28 10/4 . . . . . . ? . 1 2 . . 84 5/24 5/24 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 86 4/19 5/21 . . . + + . ? . . . ? . AV DAILY FREQ + + . + + + . + + + . . 73-81 MONTHLY 1 1 . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . 1 3 . . . 1 2 . . They were more abundant here about 30 years ago when the land was cutovers and small clearings. Coveys were often then noted in summer. On 19 April 1986, two were seen, but most recent records have been of single birds. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-44. MOUNTAIN QUAIL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? . . . . . . + . . 74 - - . . . . . . + . . . . . 75 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 - - . + . . . . . . . + + . 78 - - . . . + . . . . . . . . 79 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 - - . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 82 - - . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 83 - - . . . . + . ? . . . . . 84 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 - - . . + 1 1 . + 2 3 1 1 2 86 - - 2 . . 1 2 6 ? 2 1 3 ? . 87 - - . 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 + 3 1 . 88 - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 + . 1 . . 89 - - . . . . . . . . . . + . 90 - - . . + . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ + + + + + 1 + + + + + + *1973 MONTHLY x ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 73-81 MONTHLY . 1 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 1 . 82-90 MONTHLY 2 2 6 4 6 3 4 4 3 4 4 1 They were also seen in January 1971. Some were calling on 23 and 29 April 1985. An adult with young able to fly was noted on 14 May 1985. In 1985, a female with a brood was also noted on July 26 and August 5 and 21. In 1986, up to 30 were seen repeatedly in August and early September. On 15 January 1988, a covey of 25 was flushed. In 1985-1988, the increase in the number of records of this species was because they had become more abundant, not because of an increased observation effort to find them. They were most frequent when trailing blackberries were abundant in a 3-4 year old clearcut. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-45. VIRGINIA RAIL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . . . . *1973 MONTHLY ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x ? ? ? ? This species was only seen alive in August 1961; a dead one was found near a fence in 1983. This species was uncommon because of a lack of proper habitat. ++++ start of p. *44 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-46. KILLDEER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? . . . . . . . . . 74 - - 1 1 + . . . . . . + . . 75 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 - - . + . + . . . 1 . . 1 . 78 - - . . . . . 3 . . + . 5 3 79 - - 1 . . + + . . 1 . . . . 80 - - . 1 1 . . . . . . + . . 81 - - . . . . + + . + . 1 . . 82 - - . . . + 2 . . . . . . . 83 - - . . + . . . ? . . . . 5 84 - - 3 . . . . . . . . . . 1 85 - - . . . 1 + 1 . . . . 2 10 86 - - . . . 7 . 1 ? . . . ? . 87 - - . . . 1 2 . . + . . + . 88 - - 1 . + . 1 . . . . . . . 89 - - . 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . 1 90 - - . . . 1 . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ + + + 1 + + . + + + 1 1 73-81 MONTHLY 3 4 3 2 2 2 . 3 1 3 2 1 82-90 MONTHLY 2 1 2 7 6 2 . 1 . . 3 4 They were usually uncommon, but they were frequent in December 1985, when about four birds hung around a small stream in a meadow that was one of the few unfrozen grassy areas during a cold spell. In recent years, they have been seen more in April and May--perhaps these were migrants. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-47. GREATER YELLOWLEGS
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 75 8/13 8/13 . . . . . . . + . . . . 78 8/17 8/17 . . . . . . . + . . . . 81 9/16 9/16 . . . . . . . . + . . . 87 4/15 4/15 87 9/1 9/1 . . . 1 . . . . + . . . 90 4/12 4/12 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + . . . + + . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . . AV First=4/14 (4/12-4/15) AV Last=4/14 (4/12-4/15) AV First=8/27 (8/13-9/16) AV Last=8/27 (8/13-9/16) 1-2 birds were observed at a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-48. LESSER YELLOWLEGS
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 77 8/25 8/27 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . + . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . A single bird was observed at a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-49. SOLITARY SANDPIPER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? . . . . . . . . . 74 5/10 5/11 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 75 4/30 4/30 . . . + . . . . . . . . 76 4/28 4/28 . . . + . . . . . . . . 77 4/21 4/21 . . . + . . . . . . . . 78 4/24 5/8 . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 79 5/5 5/7 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 80 5/3 5/3 . . . . + . . . . . . . 81 4/22 4/29 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 82 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 10/3 10/3 . . . . . . ? . . 1 . . 84 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 5/11 5/13 . . . . 1 . ? . . . ? . 87 4/21 4/21 . . . + . . . . . . . . 88 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 4/16 4/29 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 90 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + + . . . . + . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . 6 4 . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . 2 1 . . . . 1 . . AV First=4/28 (4/16-5/11) AV Last=5/2 (4/21-5/13) AV First=10/3 (10/3) AV Last=10/3 (10/3) All these birds were larger than a Spotted Sandpiper but smaller than dowitchers or yellowlegs. They had the eye-ring; white, barred tail with dark central stripe; and dark legs characteristic of Solitary Sandpipers. Only a single bird was seen at a time at a pond. They have become less common in recent years, although one was also found on 30 April 1991. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-50. SPOTTED SANDPIPER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? . . . . . . . . . 74 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 5/8 5/8 . . . . + . . . . . . . 77 4/23 5/29 . . . + 1 . . . . . . . 78 5/9 6/17 78 8/21 9/9 . . . . 3 1 . + + . . . 79 5/8 5/21 79 7/26 8/29 . . . . 4 . + + . . . . 80 4/30 6/1 . . . + 2 + . . . . . . 81 5/7 5/12 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 82 5/1 5/26 82 8/15 8/15 . . . . 2 . . + . . . . 83 - - . . . . . . ? . . . . . 84 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 5/13 5/13 . . . . + . . . . . . . 86 5/15 5/19 86 8/8 8/16 . . . . 1 . ? 1 . . ? . 87 5/13 5/13 . . . . + . . . . . . . 88 5/11 5/11 . . . . + . . . . . . . 89 4/29 4/29 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 90 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + 1 + + + + . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . 2 7 2 1 2 1 . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . 1 6 . . 2 . . . . AV First=5/6 (4/23-5/15) AV Last=5/18 (4/29-6/17) AV First=8/12 (7/26-8/21) AV Last=8/25 (8/15-9/9) Most sightings have been at Pond C, which was constructed in 1976 or 1977; so the lack of records prior to 1976 is probably because of a lack of proper habitat. They appear to be most commonly a May migrant. ++++ start of p. *45 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-51. WESTERN SANDPIPER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 75 5/1 5/1 . . . . + . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . + . . . . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . Single bird at a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-52. STINT SPP.
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 77 8/6 8/6 . . . . . . . + . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . + . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . UNCONFIRMED.--One was seen on 6 August 1977. It was seen only in flight when it was twice flushed from a pond's edge when the bird was about 10 feet (3 m) away. It had a twisting, towering flight. It was peep-sized, brownish, with a narrow white wing stripe, a tail that was brownish down the center, and pure white outer tail feathers. Twice, when it took off, it immediately flew off at a sharp angle (about 60 degrees above the horizontal). It had a raspy call very unlike that of Western or Least sandpipers. It sounded more like the rattling flight call of a longspur or the call of a Temminck's Stint on bird call tapes. Stints are vagrants to the Oregon Coast (Eltzroth 1987:9). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-53. LEAST SANDPIPER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 8/9 8/9 ? ? ? . . . . + . . . . 77 7/20 8/27 77 11/22 11/24 . . . . . . + 1 . . 1 . 78 5/4 5/9 78 7/13 7/15 . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . 79 5/21 5/21 . . . . + . . . . . . . 82 4/30 4/30 . . . + . . . . . . . . 86 - 8/13 . . . . . . ? 1 . . ? . 88 7/10 7/10 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + + . + + . . + . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . 2 . 2 2 . . 1 . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . 1 . . 1 1 . . . . AV First=5/7 (4/30-5/21) AV Last=5/10 (4/30-5/21) AV First=7/21 (7/10-8/9) AV Last=8/2 (7/10-8/27) AV First=11/22 (11/22) AV Last=11/24 (11/24) Sometimes several birds were present; for example, 12 were counted on 8 May 1978. They were mainly an uncommon spring or fall migrant and were seen only at a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-54. DUNLIN
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 78 4/25 4/25 . . . + . . . . . . . . 81 4/28 4/28 . . . + . . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + . . . . . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . Small flocks of 4-6 Dunlin were noted; they were found only at a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-55. LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 76 10/15 10/16 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 77 7/19 7/27 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 80 9/25 9/25 . . . . . . . . + . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . + . + + . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . 1 . 1 1 . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . AV First=? (7/19-10/15) AV Last=? (7/27-10/16) Usually only one bird was found, but sometimes 2-3 were observed. All were at a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-56. COMMON SNIPE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 73 - - ? ? ? . . . . . . . 1 . 74 10/27 4/14 1 . + 1 . . . . . + . . 75 10/12 5/7 . 1 + . + . . . . 1 4 3 76 10/14 5/4 + . . . + . . . . 3 3 5 77 10/17 5/3 9 7 3 5 + . . . . 1 3 1 78 9/7 5/3 . + + 1 + . . . + 4 8 5 79 10/20 4/19 3 1 + 1 . . . . . 1 + 1 80 10/19 5/3 + + . + + . . . . 1 1 5 81 10/2 4/23 3 1 . 2 . . . . . 5 . 5 82 10/14 4/27 3 . 1 1 . . . . . 3 2 3 83 9/6 - . . . . . . ? . 1 . 1 + 84 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 10/3 4/24 . 1 . 3 . . . . . 8 . . 86 9/4 4/21 1 . . + . . ? . + . ? . 87 10/8 4/18 . 1 . 2 . . . . . 1 1 1 88 - - 1 . + . . . . . . . . 1 89 - 4/8 1 . . 1 . . . . . . 2 5 90 10/2 4/14 2 1 1 2 . . . . . 4 . 1 AV DAILY FREQ 1 1 + 1 + . . . + 2 2 2 73-81 MONTHLY 8 8 6 7 6 . . . 1 9 8 8 82-90 MONTHLY 6 3 3 7 . . . . 2 4 5 7 AV First=10/5 (9/4-10/26) AV Last=4/24 (4/8-5/7) The decrease in their Average Daily Frequency suggests that they left or at least became less conspicuous after December. Since snipe were often absent in February or March of 1982-1990, some snipe might be winter residents, and a few might be spring migrants, arriving in April or May. In recent years, they were much less frequent in some months than previously. It is not clear if this decline is widespread or if it is limited to Thornton Creek. They were often seen in fields. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-57. WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 79 5/25 5/25 . . . . + . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . + . . . . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . One bird was seen at a pond. ++++ start of p. *46 in SOO 8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-58. RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 74 5/6 5/12 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 76 5/8 5/11 . . . . 2 . . . . . . . 78 5/8 5/11 78 8/15 8/15 . . . . 2 . . + . . . . 79 5/14 5/17 79 9/2 9/4 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 82 5/8 5/10 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 83 5/22 5/22 . . . . + . . . . . . . 90 5/10 5/10 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . + . . + + . . . *1973 MONTHLY x ? ? ? x ? ? x ? ? ? ? 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . 4 . . 1 1 . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . 3 . . . . . . . AV First=5/11 (5/6-5/22) AV Last=5/13 (5/10-5/22) AV First=8/24 (8/15-9/2) AV Last=8/25 (8/15-9/4) They were also seen in January 1961 (when they could be caught by hand) following a severe storm. Many were then weak and emaciated. They were also found on 20 August 1970 and 5-6 May 1972. On 8 and 9 May 1978, 75 and 40 were present, respectively, so they could be abundant at times. In 1990, six were noted on May 10. All were at a pond. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-59. RED PHALAROPE
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 76 11/17 11/17 . . . . . . . . . . + . 79 12/23 12/24 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 81 11/19 11/19 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 82 10/28 10/28 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . + + + *1973 MONTHLY x ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . 1 . . AV First=11/22 (10/28-12/23) AV Last=11/22 (10/28-12/24) They were also seen in January 1961, when they could be caught by hand following a severe storm. Many were then weak and emaciated. If present during October-December, it was only after a strong storm. All were at a pond. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-60. JAEGER SPP.
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 79 7/2 7/2 . . . . . . + . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . + . . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . One bird was seen soaring fairly high above a meadow. The white wing-patches were exceptionally large and showy. This does not include the following record of a Parasitic Jaeger. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-61. PARASITIC JAEGER
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 82 6/18 6/18 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . + . . . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Single bird flying over (also see jaeger spp.). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-62. GULL SPP.
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 77 4/7 4/7 . . . + . . . . . . . . 80 7/22 7/22 . . . . . . + . . . . . 82 6/24 6/24 . . . . . + . . . . . . 84 11/13 11/13 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 90 10/20 10/20 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . + . + + . . + + . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . 1 . . . 1 1 . This does not include records identified to a specific species of gull. In 1980, six were noted, and the 1990 record was of a flock of three. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-63. MEW GULL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . . . . . . . *1973 MONTHLY ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x ? A flock of about 25 landed in a field on 22 November 1970 following a severe storm. See gull spp. for other possible records. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-64. RING-BILLED GULL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 78 8/1 8/1 . . . . . . . + . . . . 81 8/6 8/6 . . . . . . . + . . . . 82 7/30 7/30 . . . . . . + . . . . . 86 8/6 8/6 . . . . . . ? + . . ? . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . + + . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . AV First=8/3 (7/30-8/6) AV Last=8/3 (7/30-8/6) Usually only a single bird was observed, but two were once seen. Most were juveniles that landed near a pond. See gull spp. for other possible records. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-B-65. CALIFORNIA GULL
Yr First Last Ja Fe Mr Ap My Jn Jl Ag Sp Oc Nv De 78 7/2 7/2 . . . . . . + . . . . . 90 8/24 8/24 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . AV DAILY FREQ . . . . . . + + . . . . 73-81 MONTHLY . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 82-90 MONTHLY . . . . . . . 1 . . . . Single bird in 1978 and a flock of 20 flying west in a "V" formation in 1990. See gull spp. for other possible records.
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