AOU Order

Seq

Region

Codes

Species

Quantity

Date First

Date Last

County

Location

Observer(s)

Comments

0

1

0 Oregon


FALL 2006 FIELD NOTES








0

2

0 Oregon










0

3

0 Oregon


Key to Codes Used to Highlight Particular Records




0

4

0 Oregon

*

Species that are rare to the region or for the season




0

5

0 Oregon

**

Species that are rare to the state and/or very rare to the region




0

6

0 Oregon

***

OBRC review species, very rare to state








0

7

0 Oregon

HC

Notable as high count.








0

8

0 Oregon

DE

Notable early date (early for region and/or earliest report of season)




0

9

0 Oregon

DL

Notable late date (late for region and/or last report of season)




0

10

0 Oregon

D

Notable date








0

11

0 Oregon

B

Breeding observation








0

12

0 Oregon

X

Notable hybrid or intergrade








0

628

4 Willam










0

629

4 Willam


Willamette Basin Field Notes: Fall 2006








0

630

4 Willam


Compiled by Joel Geier








0

631

4 Willam










0

632

4 Willam


Abbreviations: WMG = Wednesday Morning Group (Eugene birders); bn = reported via www.birdnotes.net database.



0

633

4 Willam










67

634

4 Willam

*

Pacific Loon

2

15 Oct 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Roger Robb

from the dam at Fern Ridge

67

635

4 Willam

*

Pacific Loon

1

04 Nov 06


Yamhill

Willamina Fishing Pond (Hampton Park)

Quinton Nice

BN **

67

636

4 Willam

*

Pacific Loon

1

05 Nov 06


Yamhill/Polk

Willamina fishing pond

Floyd Schrock

the Loon flew low almost right over me, headed across the river toward the water treatment ponds (and Polk Co.).

67

637

4 Willam

*

Pacific Loon

2

15 Nov 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Roger Robb


68

638

4 Willam

*

Common Loon

1

21 Sep 06


Lane

Fern Ridge Reservoir

David Irons


68

639

4 Willam

*

Common Loon

2

22 Sep 06


Lane

FRR

Daniel Farrar

just off of Orchard Point

68

640

4 Willam

*

Common Loon

noted

29 Sep 06


Lane

Waldo Lake

Matt Peterson

i heard my first calls in Oregon

70

641

4 Willam


Pied-billed Grebe

noted

23 Aug 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Larry McQueen & WMG

usual abundance

70

642

4 Willam


Pied-billed Grebe

41

27 Aug 06


Marion

Ankeny NWR

Erik Knight

BN H

70

643

4 Willam


Pied-billed Grebe

50

07 Sep 06


Lane

Fisher Butte Unit Fern Ridge

Holly Reinhard

BN H

70

644

4 Willam


Pied-billed Grebe

noted

13 Sep 06


Lane

Fern Ridge area

Larry McQueen

usual numbers

70

645

4 Willam


Pied-billed Grebe

8 to 10

25 Oct 06


Lane

Dexter Reservoir

David Irons & Diane Pettey


70

646

4 Willam


Pied-billed Grebe

s

04 Nov 06


Linn

Foster Reservoir

Jeff Harding, Bill Thackaberry


70

647

4 Willam


Pied-billed Grebe

3

30 Nov 06


Benton

Stewart Lake

Jamie Simmons


71

648

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

12 Aug 06


Benton

Cabell Marsh

Paula Vanderheul & ASC field trip

early fall migrant?

71

649

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

22 Sep 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich Armstrong


71

650

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

08 Oct 06


Lane

Gold Lake

Roger Robb


71

651

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

15 Oct 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Joe Fontaine


71

652

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

18 Oct 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong, Paula Vanderheul & Marcia F. Cutler


71

653

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

19 Oct 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich Armstrong

was still there

71

654

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

25 Oct 06


Lane

Dexter Reservoir

David Irons & Diane Pettey


71

655

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

29 Oct 06


Lane

Dexter Reservoir

Roger Robb


71

656

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

29 Oct 06


Lane

Dexter Reservoir

Roger Robb & John Houle


71

657

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

1

02 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong, Paula Vanderheul, Marcia F. Cutler


71

658

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

2

03 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Joe Fontaine


71

659

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

5

03 Nov 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Roger Robb

high count

71

660

4 Willam


Horned Grebe

Noted

16 Nov 06


Marion

Ankeny NWR

Ben Young

BN D

72

661

4 Willam

*

Red-necked Grebe

2 possible

19 Aug 06


Benton

Knoll Terrace STP

Paula Vanderheul

I viewed 2 grebes for a long time watching a dark one with varied colored facial mask like. It was exercising its wings and moving around most of the time. At first I thought it to be a pied-billed grebe. The other was floating near it not moving much. Its face was more grayish with a bit of white at throat and longer dark neck. The bill was large, and the head was large. They were out in the middle and I only had my 8 X 42 ranger eagle optics. I suspect they both were RED-NECKED GREBE, being an adult and juvenile.

73

662

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

1

18 Aug 06


Linn

Knoll Terrace STP

Joe Fontaine, Randy Moore, Billi Veber

basic plumage

73

663

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

3

22 Sep 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich Armstrong


73

664

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

3

25 Sep 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich Armstrong et al.


73

665

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

3

30 Sep 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Joe Fontaine, Randy Moore, Billi Veber


73

666

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

6

15 Oct 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Joe Fontaine


73

667

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

8

17 Oct 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Tom Snetsinger

high count

73

668

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

3

18 Oct 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong, Paula Vanderheul & Marcia F. Cutler


73

669

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

3

19 Oct 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich Armstrong


73

670

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

5

02 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong, Paula Vanderheul, Marcia F. Cutler


73

671

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

3

03 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Joe Fontaine

(possibly more)

73

672

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

a few

04 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong, Paula Vanderheul, Marcia F. Cutler


73

673

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

s

04 Nov 06


Linn

Foster Reservoir

Jeff Harding, Bill Thackaberry


73

674

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

2

05 Nov 06


Yamhill

Sheridan STP

Carol Karlen & Paul Sullivan


73

675

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

6

05 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Joe Fontaine, Randy Moore


73

676

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

s

06 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Paula Vanderheul, Marcia F. Cutler

are still present

73

677

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

4

13 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Joe Fontaine


73

678

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

noted

14 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Paula Vanderheul, Marcia F. Cutler


73

679

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

4

16 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong


73

680

4 Willam


Eared Grebe

4

25 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong, Marcia F. Cutler, Paula Vanderheul


74

681

4 Willam


Western Grebe

noted

23 Aug 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Larry McQueen & WMG

calling

74

682

4 Willam


Western Grebe

1

15 Sep 06


Benton

Cabell Marsh

Rich & Nanette Armstrong

definitely not Clark's as eye completely in black.

74

683

4 Willam


Western Grebe

1

08 Oct 06


Lane

Gold Lake

Roger Robb


74

684

4 Willam


Western Grebe

1

11 Oct 06


Benton

Elliot STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong, Paula Vanderheul

eye completely in black, greenish bill, dark flanks

74

685

4 Willam


Western Grebe

1

18 Oct 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong et al.

very close, definitely western

74

686

4 Willam


Western Grebe

1

18 Oct 06


Polk

Willamette River

Bill Tice


74

687

4 Willam


Western Grebe

none

19 Oct 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich Armstrong

gone

74

688

4 Willam


Western Grebe

1

21 Oct 06


Linn

Brownsville area

Barbara Combs & Robin Gage


74

689

4 Willam


Western Grebe

noted

21 Oct 06


Lane

Fern Ridge WA

ASC field trip fide Paula Vanderheul


74

690

4 Willam


Western Grebe

1

02 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Rich & Nanette Armstrong, Paula Vanderheul, Marcia F. Cutler


74

691

4 Willam


Western Grebe

s

04 Nov 06


Linn

Foster Reservoir

Jeff Harding, Bill Thackaberry


74

692

4 Willam


Western Grebe

noted

14 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Paula Vanderheul, Marcia F. Cutler


74.5

693

4 Willam

HC

Western/Clark's Grebe

several thousand?

06 Sep 06


Lane

Fern Ridge reservoir

Larry McQueen

The grebe population surprised us, and I suspect there were several thousand. We circled around to include the Zumwalt peninsula on the west side and Perkin's Peninsula on the south. From Perkin's, we could see a large number of grebes in the south end reeds to the west, and they appeared to be mostly Clark's Grebes. Some of these were with young. Most of the grebes seen from the north on the lake appeared to be Westerns, but a few Clark's were identified.

74.5

694

4 Willam

HC

Western/Clark's Grebe

752

13 Sep 06


Lane

Fern Ridge Reservoir

David Irons, Daniel Farrar

Results of boat census. Dave Irons suggested that this may have undercounted by perhaps 20%. 'We were finding most of the birds around the perimeter of the lake and there was a large area in the middle of the lake where the birds were spread out and difficult to count due to heat waves, glare and distance. At most, I think there might be 1000 birds on the reservoir. Of these, we were able to clearly ID about 250-300 to species and we detected at least 32 Clark's Grebes. Based on this ratio, I would guess that Clark's represent perhaps 10% of the total population. he nesting season for these grebes is extremely protracted. Today I actually saw a pair of Westerns get up and run across the water. We saw several downy young birds still riding on the backs of adults and lots of free-swimming half grown juveniles.'

74.5

695

4 Willam


Western/Clark's Grebe

s

20 Sep 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

David Irons & WMG

many

74.5

696

4 Willam


Western/Clark's Grebe

1

03 Nov 06


Benton

Philomath STP

Joe Fontaine

I just couldn't get a good enough look at this sleeping bird but it sure looked suspiciously like a Clark's grebe

75

697

4 Willam


Clark's Grebe

1

23 Aug 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Larry McQueen & WMG

seen

75

698

4 Willam

*

Clark's Grebe

1 probable

14 Sep 06


Benton

Cabell Marsh

Tom Snetsinger, Christina Herrmann

that was found last month (but which I have not seen reported recently). I only had binoculars, but the white in the face seemed pretty extensive.

75

699

4 Willam

*

Clark's Grebe

1

15 Sep 06


Benton

Cabell Marsh

Joe Fontaine

in basic plumage. I noted these field marks: bright yellow bill, white lores, pale-ish flanks, narrow hind-neck stripe. The eye forms the bottom of the dark plumaged area with little to no dark behind the eye. Sibley has a good illustration of this which is spot-on for this particular bird.

97

700

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

4

01 Aug 06


Polk

Baskett Slough NWR

Quinton Nice

BN **

97

701

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

noted

02 Aug 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Larry McQueen

a tight cluster was off to the north of Royal.

97

702

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

38

13 Aug 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Roger Robb

high count

97

703

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

20

23 Aug 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Larry McQueen


97

704

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

39

27 Aug 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Dan & Anne Heyerly


97

705

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

35

30 Aug 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Larry McQueen


97

706

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

38

04 Sep 06


Lane

Fisher Butte Unit Fern Ridge

Vjera Thompson

BN *

97

707

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

40

13 Sep 06


Lane

Fern Ridge Reservoir

David Irons, Daniel Farrar

along the west bank of the lake

97

708

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

15-20

22 Sep 06


Lane

FRR

Daniel Farrar & Lydia Cruz

roosting

97

709

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

19

04 Oct 06


Lane

Fern Ridge

Roger Robb

last by this observer

97

710

4 Willam

*

American White Pelican

7

17 Oct 06


Lane

Fern Ridge Royal Ave

David Irons


100

711

4 Willam


Double-crested Cormorant

1

09 Aug 06


Lane

FRR Redhead Pond

Larry McQueen

flying

100

712

4 Willam


Double-crested Cormorant

Noted

17 Aug 06


Marion

Ankeny NWR

Ben Young

BN D

100

713

4 Willam


Double-crested Cormorant

2

26 Aug 06


Lane

Fisher Butte Unit Fern Ridge

Vjera Thompson

BN D

100

714

4 Willam


Double-crested Cormorant

noted

17 Sep 06


Benton

Cabell Marsh

Don Boucher, Lisa Millbank


100

715

4 Willam


Double-crested Cormorant

35

18 Oct 06


Lane

Delta Ponds

Larry McQueen


100

716

4 Willam


Double-crested Cormorant

some

04 Nov 06


Linn

Foster Reservoir

Jeff Harding, Bill Thackaberry


100

717

4 Willam


Double-crested Cormorant

1

25 Nov 06


Linn

near Crabtree

Jeff Harding & Bill Thackaberry

unusual location

100

718

4 Willam


Double-crested Cormorant

1 immature

28 Nov 06


Benton

Toketie Marsh

Joel Geier

away from Willamette River at small wetland where this species is irregular in fall/winter

100

719

4 Willam


Double-crested Cormorant

7

30 Nov 06


Benton

Stewart Lake

Jamie Simmons

on small lake all week -- a good sign that the river is high

103

720

4 Willam


American Bittern

1

22 Aug 06


Benton

Finley NWR

Joe Fontaine, Billi Veber

last report of season from from this location

103

721

4 Willam


American Bittern

2

21 Oct 06


Lane

Fern Ridge WA

ASC field trip fide Paula Vanderheul

last report of season from this location

103

722

4 Willam

DL

American Bittern

1

16 Nov 06


Marion

Ankeny NWR

Ben Young & Carol Karlen

last report of season

105

723

4 Willam


Great Blue Heron

18

09 Aug 06


Lane

FRR Redhead Pond

Larry McQueen

high count

105

724

4 Willam


Great Blue Heron

14

16 Sep 06


Yamhill


Yamhill County NAMC

BN H