OREGON & WASHINGTON 
Seven of Oregon's nine previously accepted Red-necked Stints have been 
adults in alternate plumage or partial alternate plumage. Adult birds have 
appeared 20 June through 26 August. This adult was found on the open 
beach near the mouth of Tenmile Creek, Coos County 21 June 2009. Photo- 
graph by Hendrik Herlyn. 
N.W.R. 17 Jun (W. Wright) and 50+ at Baskett 
Slough lOJul (C. Shank). On the outer coast, 
where less than annual, flocks of 20 visited 
Tillamook 20 Jun QU, and 33 were e. of As- 
toria 23 jun+ (MP et al.). Three near 
Suquamish, Kitsap 12 Jun (fide CW) and one 
at Padilla Bay, Skagit 14 Jun (MWi) were in 
the RT., where still very rare. Probably related 
to this influx, 950 at Crab L., Grant 3 Jul (SM, 
DS) was likely e. Washington’s largest congre- 
gation ever away from Potholes Res. For the 
first summer in six years, no Brown Pelicans 
were detected in the P.T. and incredibly none 
were reported n. of La Push, Clallam or in the 
Straits of Juan de Fuca. Conversely, the 
22,000 tallied at East Sand I., Pacific 16 Jul 
(D. Jaques) was a Regional record. The Little 
Blue Heron, first detected in Nov 2008 at 
Siletz Bay, Lincoln, continued there through 
the period (D. Demarest et al.). Two Cattle 
Egrets n. of Burns 2 Jun (TJ et al.) were the 
first summer season birds on the eastside 
since 2006. 
A juv. Red-shouldered Hawk at Ridgefield 
30 Jul and an ad. at Vancouver, Clark 21 Jul 
(T. Hicks) supplied Washington’s 4th and 5th 
summer records (G. Neavoll). A Swainson’s 
Hawk over Vancouver, Clark 28 Jun was only 
the 2nd ever during summer for the w. Wash- 
ington (T. Hicks); the only other w. Washing- 
ton summer record was from Jul 1968. Fol- 
lowing up on one detection during summer 
2008, up to 7 Yellow Rails were heard along 
the w. side of Summer L. during Jun (S. Car- 
penter et al); this species was previously un- 
known from the Summer L. basin. The Com- 
mon Moorhen that visited Borax L., Harney 4 
Jul 0- Johnson) was the Region’s 9th and the 
first since 2001; the eight antecedent records 
have all come from Oregon. A Sandhill Crane, 
extremely rare during summer in 
w. Washington, was near Carna- 
tion, King 29 Jul (T. Risdon). 
SHOREBIRDS THROUGH 
WOODPECKERS 
An American Golden-Plover, a 
species less than annual during 
summer, was at N.S.C.B. 4 Jul 
(TR). Once again, the Region 
hosted a Pacific Golden-Plover 
during Jun, with one at P.S.B. 7 
Jun (SM). Another suspected Pa- 
cific was at N.S.C.B. 18 Jun (KC, 
DL); prior to 2001, such records 
were virtually unknown. The ad. 
Pacific that inhabited N.S.C.B. 4- 
8 Jul (TR) was more expected; 3- 
4 southbound ads. during Jul is 
typical in the Region. A pair of 
Semipalmated Plovers at Alvord 
L., Harney 5 Jun suggested possible nesting; 
this species is a rare nester in the Region. Two 
American Avocets reached the westside, one at 
Dunes Overlook, Douglas 1 Jun (DF, HH), the 
other at Baskett Slough N.W.R. 20 Jun (RG). 
The last apparent northbound Greater Yel- 
lowlegs was at P.S.B. 7 Jun (SM), while 2 at 
Smith L, Snohomish 13-20 Jun (SM, R. Shaw) 
were present between dates usually assigned 
to northbound and southbound migration. 
One Greater at PS.B. (SM), 3 at ER.R. (DI), 
and 4 at Baskett Slough 
N.W.R. (RG), all on 20 Jun, 
were likely the first south- 
bound migrants. A Lesser Yel- 
lowlegs at P.S.B. 20 Jun was 
about on time for a first south- 
bound migrant (SM). Wash- 
ington had 17 Solitary Sand- 
pipers, more than triple the 
Regional average, 11 Jul+, 
while Oregon had but two. 
There are no records of breed- 
ing Solitary Sandpiper in 
Washington, but one was in 
potential breeding habitat at 
Surprise L. 30 Jun; south- 
bound birds rarely reach the 
Region before mid-jul. A juv. 
Willet at Bandon 22 Jul (TR) 
was a bit surprising, as they 
rarely return to the s. Oregon coast before late 
fall. It would seem that The Region’s remnant 
breeding population of Upland Sandpipers is 
now likely extirpated — none were detected in 
Oregon’s Bear Valley for the fourth straight 
summer. A Whimbrel at Alvord L., Harney 6 
Jun QGi, OS) adds to about 10 prior e. Oregon 
summer records, while another at Baskett 
Slough N.W.R, 12 Jul (RG) provided a rare 
summer record for the WV Marbled Godwits 
were noted at Dungeness, Clallam 2-25 Jul; 30 
there on 10 Jul (GGe) is among the highest 
counts ever for the PT., where they are gener- 
ally rare. Forty-eight Marbleds bejeweled the 
W.W.R.D. 12 Jul (M&MLD), nearly tripling 
the e. Washington record for any season. A 
Red Knot, very rare during summer in the P.T., 
was at Dungeness 25 Jul (RM, T. Mansfield). 
An above-average 93 Semipalmated Sand- 
pipers 27 Jun-29 Jul were tallied in w. Wash- 
ington, including a Washington record 34 ads. 
at P.S.B. 5 Jul (SM, RM); 16 in e. Washington 
3 Jul+ was slightly below average. Eight Semi- 
palmateds in Oregon 1-22 Jul was an above- 
average summer showing. Each state hosted 
an ad. Red-necked Stint. Oregon’s 10th was at 
the mouth of Tenmile Cr., Coos 19 Jun (DF, 
HH), and Washington’s 3rd brightened O.S. 24 
Jul (vt. BW, GGe, J. Acker, DWg); all but three 
of the Region’s records have involved alter- 
nate-plumaged ads. detected 20 Jun-2 Aug. 
Five westside Baird’s Sandpipers included one 
that was about two weeks early at P.S.B. 25 Jun 
(RM, TA, TB); ads. typically arrive in small 
numbers starting in early Jul, with juvs. arriv- 
ing during late Jul. All but one of 30 eastside 
Baird’s 12 Jul+ were in Washington, where the 
tally was quintuple the seasonal average. A 
Pectoral Sandpiper at PS.B. 7 Jun was two or 
three weeks late and furnished the 2nd latest 
record ever of a northbound bird (SM). Six 
more Pectorals visited Washington duringjul, 
including 4 on the eastside 12-17 Jul. Dunlins 
were once again found in summer on the 
westside; one northbound bird at Sutherlin, 
Douglas 2 Jun (JH) and 2 more at Crockett L., 
Island 6 Jun (BW) were about three weeks 
late, while one at P.S.B. 20 Jun (SM), 2 at 
Ridgefield 2 Jul (BF), and one at P.S.B. 11 Jul 
(SM, RM) were likely exceptionally early 
Oregon's first White-eyed Vireo, found at Fields, Harney County on 9 June 2009, 
was in a woodlot that has produced many state firsts over the years. Photograph 
by Graham Floyd. 
VOLUME 63 (2009) 
NUMBER 4 
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