SWOC TALK

A PUBLICATION OF THE

SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB

VOLUME 2 : NUMBER 6 NOVEMBER * DECEMBER, 1976

P u b l i s h e d January 5, 1976 by SWOC

P.O. Box 3082, Eugene, OR 97L.03

TABLE OF CONTENTS

78 Taxonomic Notes L „ B . McCueen

79 Rare B i r d A l e r t C l a r e Watson

81 C o m p i l i n g F i e l d Notes...Steve Gordon

85 The L i s t e r ' s Corner A l a n C o n t r e r a s

86 P r e l i m i n a r y Christmas 3 i r d Counts R e s u l t s

....E.G. W h i t e - S w i f t w i t h A l a n C o n t r e r a s

88 CONTENTS L.B. McQueen

9$ News/Notes

103 I n d e x : V o l . 1 & 2 E.G. W h i t e - S w i f t

105 SWOC Membership L i s t

106 J a n u a r y 10, 1976 SWOC Meeting

T h i s i s s u e o f SWOC TALK was Co-Edited by

E.G. W r . i t e - S w i f t and Ala n C o n t r e r a s . A

thank s t o Jean Dent f o r space and t y p i n g

ass i s t a n c e .

CN THE COVER:

The a t t i t u d e s o f t h e Song Sparrow on th e cover o f

t h i s i s s u e , are d e p i c t e d b y t h e late b i r d i l l u s t r a t o r

Edmond J . Sawyer, f o r N a t u r a l H i s t o r y Magazine i n

t h e 1920's. T h i s c o l l e c t i o n o f poses i s now

c o n s i d e r e d a c l a s s i c by b i r d a r t i s t s , who r a r e l y

d e p i c t b e h a v i o r and the v a r i o u s c o n d i t i o n s o f

plumage a t t a i n e d by a w i l d b i r d . L.B. McQueen

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TAXONOMIC NOTES By L.B. McQueen

The family Picidae i s str u c t u r a l l y and behaviorally, a compact group, and any strong variation within has been treated with generic segregation.

The decision of the A„O.U„ Taxonomic Committee to merge three America genera, Melanerpes, Centurus, and Asyndesmus, i s of i n t e r e s t , since a generic status for the well-marked Centurus group seems l o g i c a l , i f only on the basis of plumage. There are about 12 recognized species in this group with the "generic" character­i s t i c s of the following combination: Dorsal barring of black and white; unmarked, tan or gray face and underparts, often with reddish or yellowish belly; barred flanks; white rump; bright color - mostly red - on crown and nape (a sexually dimorphic marking); s i z e generally uniform and considered "medium" in rel a t i o n to other genera of woodpeckers.

The Melanerpes group on the other hand, i s polymorphic, which led to the generic status of species. Thus, our familiar Acorn Woodpecker was given the genus Balanosphyra by Swainson and maintained by Oberholser; while the Lewis' Woodpecker was f i n a l l y accepted as genus Asyndesmus, after being included in Melanerpes by some (when i t was given the spe c i f i c name torquatusI). The Red-headed Woodpecker (M. erythrocephalus) remained the type species of the genus since Linnaeus. Unlike the Centurus group, there i s great difference in plumage c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s between these woodpeckers, although s t r u c t u r a l s i m i l a r i t i e s are obvious. Most accepted c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s kept the Acorn Woodpecker and two West Indian species within the genus Melanerpes, but separated the peculiar Lewis'.

Close relationship between these genera has long been recognized. Size, overall dimensions and body proportions are generally consistent; l i f e h i s t o r i e s , behavior vocalizations, and choice of food, are s t r i k i n g l y s i m i l a r , e s p e c i a l l y among sympa-t r i c s . The r e a l i z a t i o n of a single genus was f i n a l l y made with an additional tax­onomic problem. A group of South American species given the genus Tripsurus (and Trichopicus) by some, has plumage c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of both Centurus and Me lane rpes, and has been variously assigned to one or the other by different authors. "Trip­surus" bridges the gap and makes i t "impossible to separate the continuum." (Mayr and Short). So Centurus i s merged with Melanerpes, and the genus now comprises about 20 species (most of which are Neotropical).

The o f f i c i a l move to merge the three genera of woodpeckers, Melanerpes, Centurus, Asyndesmus (plus the South American T r i p s u r u s ) , conforms to today's use of the generic category: to show re l a t i o n s h i p s , not the differences of species.

L i s t of References:

A.O.U. 1976. T h i r t y - t h i r d supplement to the A.O.U. Checklist of No. Am. b i r d s . The Auk, 93: 875-879.

Bond, James, 1961. Birds of the West In d i e s . Houghton M i f f l i n Co.

Davis, I r b y , 1972. Birds of Mexico and Central America. Univ. of Texas Press.

Edwards, E.P., 1974. A Coded L i s t of Birds of the World. (Published by the author).

Jackson, J.A., 1976. A Comparison of Aspects of the Breeding Ecology of Red-headed and Red-bellied Wood­peckers in Kansas. The Condor, Vol. 78, no. 1:67-76.

Mayr, Ernst and L.T. Short, 1970. Species Taxa of North American B i r d s . Publ. of the Nuttall Ornith. Club, No. 9, pp. 56,57.

Selander, R.K. and D.R. G i l l e r , 1963. Species Limits in the Woodpecker Genus Centurus. B u l l . Amer. Mus. Nat. H i s t . , 125:213-274.

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Rare B i r d A l e r t Network

T h i s y e a r a new system i s b e i n g used i n Eugene

f o r t h e Rare B i r d A l e r t Network i n a n . a t t e m p t t o

improve upon t h a t used i n p r e v i o u s y e a r s „ Two

p e r s o n s , D o r r i s Swanson and C l a r e W a t s o n , w i l l

do a l l t h e c a l l i n g o f persons on t h e l i s t o

Each person on t h e l i s t w i l l be c a l l e d ( a t

l e a s t t w o a t t e m p t s w i l l be made a t t h e t i m e s t h e y

d e s i g n a t e ) o r n o t i f i e d b y p o s t c a r d so t h a t each

p e r s o n on t h e l i s t i s assured o f b e i n g t o l d o f

each r a r e b i r d , , S i n c e our n e t w o r k c o o p e r a t e s

w i t h o t h e r s i n t h e s t a t e , we a r e a l s o a s k i n g persons

on t h e l i s t t o s h a r e i n t h e expense o f c o n t a c t i n g

P o r t l a n d , C o r v a l l i s , Roseburg, e t c . when we have

a r a r e b i r d i n our a r e a ,

To be on the l i s t , send 5 s e l f - a d d r e s s e d p o s t c a r d s

and $1.00 t o C l a r e Watson, 1285 E. 20th, Eugene

Oregon 97u03. Please send no b o x t o p s .

I f you f i n d a r a r e b i r d , c a l l e i t h e r C l a r e a t

311-6822 o r D o r r i s a t 3ua-u056. One f a v o r i s asked c f a l l p a r t i c i p a n t s : i f s e v e r a l o f you b i r d

together, o r a r e a p t t o be t a l k i n g f r e q u e n t l y ,

would y o u p l e a s e p u t o n l y one p e r s o n on t h e m a i n

l i s t and t a k e i t upon y o u r s e l v e s t o n o t i f y each

o t h e r . Thanks C l a r e Watson..,

Recent Rare B i r d A l e r t s

I f y o u ' r e n o t on t h e r a r e b i r d a l e r t l i s t , t h e s e

are some o f t h e r e c e n t d e t a i l s on s i g h t i n g s :

O c t . 18 S m i t h Longspur fo u n d by D a r r e l Faxon

i n t h e g r a v e l y a r e a o f Yaquina Head ( n o r t h o f

N e w p o r t ) . I t was i n w i n t e r plumage and s t a y e d

around l o n g enough f o r s i g h t i n g b y many area

b i r d e r s „

Nov, U Long-earred owl f o u n d b y A l a n C o n t r e r a s

near F e r n R i d g e . Found a g a i n b y L a r s Norgren on

the Eugene CBC a t t h e mouth o f Coyote Creek.

Not a f u l l r . b . s . s i n c e t h e b i r d ( s ) appear t o be

moving a r o u n d .

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Rare B i r d A l e r t s ( c o n t . )

D e c 9 3 C a t t l e E g r e t s f o u n d by J e f f G i l l i g a n

a t Nehalem meadows. They a r e u p - r i v e r on t h e west

s i d e of Nehalem Bay. L a t e r r e p o r t s i n d i c a t e t h e y

have moved. They may have j o i n e d up w i t h c a t t l e

e g r e t s (8) f o u n d on t h e T i l l a m o o k CBC.

Dec. 22 Hooded O r i o l e f o u n d by Bob Olson o f the

Marine Science C e n t e r a t Newport. The Hooded

O r i o l e was f i r s t d i s c o v e r e d coming t o a hummingbird

f e e d e r a t Depoe Bay on Dec. 1. I t c o n t i n u e s t o

v i s i t t h e f e e d e r d a i l y , and was seen as l a t e as

Dec. 26 by D o r i s Swanson. To f i n d t h i s r a r e Oregon

r e c o r d , l o o k f o r i t i n Depoe Bay b e h i n d t h e

U nion 76 s t a t i o n . The hummingbird f e e d e r i s hung

on a t e l e p h o n e p o l e guy w i r e i n f r o n t o f a b l u e add

orange house on Sunset S t r e e t b e h i n d t h e s t a t i o n .

I t u s u a l l y comes t o t h e f e e d e r b e f o r e 9 am, b u t

D o r i s r e p o r t s s e e i n g i t a b o u t 1 pm.

BLUE JAY AT CABIN LAKE, OREGON

Fred Ramsey ( C o r v a l l i s ) r e p o r t s t h a t a Blue Jay

has been n e a r F t . Rock a t Cabin Lake, Oregon s i n c e

e a r l y October,, A l o n g w i t h t h e B l u e Jays a t

Vancouver, W a s h i n g t o n , (see SWOC T a l k V o l . 2, No 5),

i t i n d i c a t e s B l u e Jays t u r n i n g up more r e g u l a r l y i n

t h e P a c i f i c N o r t h w e s t , The C a b i n Lake B l u e Jay

a t t r a c t e d Fred Z e i l l e m a k e r , v a c a t i o n i n g i n Oregon

from H a w a i i , who was r e p o r t e d l o o k i n g f o r t h e

B l u e Jay on Dec. 31. H o p e f u l l y , t h e r e w i l l be

more d e t a i l s i n t h e n e x t i s s u e o f SWOC TALK.

A c c o r d i n g t o a 1970 s u r v e y , t h e r e are 6.3 m i l l i o n

b i r d w a t c h e r s and Lt.5 m i l l i o n b i r d and w i l d l i f e

p h o t o g r a p h e r s . The t o t a l d i r e c t e x p e n d i t u r e s f o r

t h e enjoyment o f nongame b i r d s , f o r example, were

e s t i m a t e d a t $500 m i l l i o n i n 197u, B i r d s e e d , b i n o c ­

u l a r s , and camera equipment c o n s t i t u t e d 95 p e r c e n t

o f t h i s t o t a l . (More on t h i s i n t h e n e x t i s s u e )

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Compiling Field Notes

The following suggested method for recording and publishing field notes for Lane County would probably compromise some of the detail and cross-tabulation capabilities of a computer method. This proposed manual method would be simpler and less costly. I t could be implemented early in 1977.

The manual method would require at least three in i t i a l decisions to be made: 1) a definition of the reporting area or areas, 2) the printing of a standard l i s t of species for reporting purposes, and 3) the variables to be recorded. SWOC members, or others, on a voluntary basis, would make notes of their excursions within the area(s) on the standard reporting sheets. Each person would submit the completed sheets to a compiler once a quarter. The compiler would, of course compile the individual notes into a quarterly report for publication in SWOC TALK. At the end of the calendar year, an annual l i s t could be published. This compilation of the annual notes could be expanded to include additional information not contained in the quarterly reports, such as: general habitats, specific locations where certain species were found and weather conditions.

By utilizing a system of symbols, such information as monthly occurrence, arrival and departure dates, and nesting status could be accounted for in the field notes. Combinations of symbols could be used to keep records for more than one area.

For illustrative purposes, note the following map and sample section from a hypothetical quarterly report Note that the County has been divided into four report­ing areas: W=Western Lane Co., N=Northern Willamette Valley, S=Southern Willamette Valley, E=Eastern Lane Co. The WNSE abbreviations can also be found on the sample report at the top of the monthly columns.

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In the above example, the Wilson's Warbler was reported from three areas during April with the re­spective earliest reported arrival dates recorded. In May, the Wilson's Warbler was reported for a l l four areas with nesting reported from two areas.

The standard reporting sheets would include space for special notes as indicated in the quarter­ly example, The name of observers reporting could be listed as could the total number of hours spent in the field. The observer could also l i s t specific locales whenever an unusual species is found or i f a species has a limited distribution.

Each observer will have two copies of the standard repoting form. When, for instance, the January -March records are submitted to the compiler at the SWOC meeting in April, the observer may uti l i z e the second form for the April - June reporting period. The Compiler will return the original records to the observers at subsequent SWOC meetings. This will allow each observer to eventually transfer his or her personal records onto a single form.

In order to keep the l i s t of species on the standard reporting form, and thus the length of the form, to a workable size, rarities and accidentals can be treated in a few blank spaces at the end of the form. Special narrative can accompany the quart­erly publication. Nothing in this proposal would prevent the publication of interesting sightings on a more regular basis in SWOC TALK or any other publica­tion.

If the membership is agreeable to such a proposal, I would volunteer to be the compiler for the f i r s t twelve months. Decisions concerning the area or areas to be treated, modifications to this suggestion, and suggestions concerning treatment of population fig­ures or relative abundance can be made at later meet­ings .

Steve Gordon

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THE LISTER'S CORNER

by A l a n C o n t r e r a s

CATBIRD The b e s t s p o t i n Oregon t o f i n d

Gray C a t b i r d s i s r e p u t e d t o be H i l g a r d S t a t e

Park on t h e w e s t e r n o u t s k i r t s o f La Grande i n

n o r t h e a s t e r n Oregon. The c a t b i r d s a r e u s u a l l y

easy t o f i n d around t h e p a r k i n g l o t a t t h i s

s i t e i n l a t e June and J u l y . ( i n f o r m a t i o n

f r e e l y s t o l e n f r o m J e f f G i l l i g a n )

ROCK SANDPIPER...Often d i f f i c u l t t o f i n d , t h e

e l u s i v e Rock Sandpipers are seen w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t

f r e q u e n c y a t two s p o t s on th e Oregon c o a s t 0 The

r o c k y areas a t and j u s t s o u t h o f S e a l Rock p a r k

( s o u t h o f Newport) a r e most o f t e n mentioned and are

e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e . A n o t h e r r e g u l a r haunt i s t h e

T i l l a m o o k Bay a r e a , where two s i t e s a r e good. The

j e t t i e s , e s p e c i a l l y t h e h a r d - t o - g e t - t o s o u t h j e t t y ,

are w o r t h c h e c k i n g , and th e s m a l l group o f r o c k s

s u p p o r t i n g a t r e e j u s t n o r t h w e s t o f t h e town o f

G a r i b a l d i o f t e n has some r o c k s a n d p i p e r s . D u r i n g

adverse weather o r a t v e r y h i g h t i d e s t h e y have-

been seen on t h e l o g booms i n t h e G a r i b a l d i

b o a t b a s i n s .

A l e s s r e l i a b l e p l a c e , b u t good i n r e c e n t y e a r s ,

i s t h e r o c k r i d g e and a d j a c e n t s h o r e a t Shore

Acres S t a t e Park on Cape Arago west o f Coos Bay 0

Cape Arago Audubon S o c i e t y formed

Over s i x t y b i r d w a t c h e r s i n t h e Coos Bay and

s o u t h e r n Oregon c o a s t a r e a got t o g e t h e r i n l a t e

November t o f o r m a n t o t h e r Audubon c h a p t e r .

Chosen as p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Cape Arago Audubon

S o c i e t y was Dr. Ben Fawver, A l a n McGie was

s e l e c t e d as v i c e - p r e s i d e n t f o r t h e i n i t i a l y e a r .

They d o n ' t have an o f f i c i a l address y e t , so a l l

correspondence s h o u l d be s e n t t o C.A.A.S., c/o

Dr. Ben Fawver, p r e s i d e n t , 793 Johnson Ave., Coos Bay, OR 97U20. The c h a p t e r i n c l u d e s a l l o f

Coos County p l u s t h e Reedsport a r e a o f Doaglas

County.

1976 C h r i s t m a s B i r d Counts

PRELIMINARY RESULTS

What f o l l o w s a r e some o f t h e h i g h l i g h t s o f

Oregon's 1976 CBC's, Readers s h o u l d remember

t h a t a l l t h e i n f o r m a t i o n i s u n o f f i c i a l , and some

sp e c i e s may be d e l e t e d o r added a f t e r f e e d e r r e p o r t s

come i n , and a f t e r t h e r e g i o n a l c o m p i l e r f o r

American B i r d s , L a r r y McQueen, t a k e s a l o o k a t t h e

d e t a i l s o f u n u s u a l s p e c i e s r e p o r t e d . So d o n ' t get

t o o e x c i t e d i f t h e J u l y i s s u e o f American B i r d s i s

a l i t t l e d i f f e r e n t . A l s o , i f t h e CBC c o m p i l e r s

around t h e s t a t e send i n t a l l y s h eets f r o m t h e i r

c o u n t s , t h e SWOC TALK e d i t o r s w i l l t r y t o p u t

t o g e t h e r a f u l l l i s t i n g ( a l s o u n o f f i c i a l ) i n t h e

n e x t a v a i l a b l e i s s u e .

COOS BAY...A new ( u n o f f i c i a l l y ) n o r t h w e s t r e c o r d

s e t w i t h llj . 9 SPECIES. Over f i f t y o b s e r v e r s f r o m

a l l over t h e s t a t e s e t o u t i n f i f t e e n teams, i n c l u d i n g

a b o a t team on t h e ocean, a canoe on t h e South S l o u g h ,

a j e e p on t h e rugged n o r t h s p i t ana one team on f o o t ,

produced a tremendous Oregon co u n t under p e r f e c t

weather c o n d i t i o n s . H i g h l i g h t s are t o o numerous t o

l i s t , b u t i n c l u d e d B l a c k - f o o t e d A l b a t r o s s , N o r t h e r n

F u l m a r , e v e r y r e g u l a r Oregon A l e i d , T u r k e y V u l t u r e ,

T h i c k - b i l l e d M u r r e , House Wren, Townsend's S o l i t a i r e ,

W i l s o n ' s W a r b l e r , H a r r i s Sparrow and many more. Count

p e r i o d b i r d s i n c l u d e d Snowy E g r e t , Snowy Owl and

C a t t l e E g r e t . The Christmas B i r d Count i s s u e o f

SWOC TALK w i l l i n c l u d e a s p e c i a l f e a t u r e on t h i s

r e c o r d - s e t t i n g c o u n t and c o m p i l e r D r . Ben Fawver,

SAUVIES ISLAND...The second-best coundt e v e r f r o m t h e

i s l a n d , as D r . G i l l i g a n ' s teams f o u n d 126 SPECIES, I n c l u d i n g 2 B l u e Jays near Vancouver Lake, a European

f o r m Green-Winged t e a l , Trumpeter Swans, a P r a i r i e

F a l c o n and t h e u s u a l t e n s o f thousands o f ducks and

geese.

TILLAMOOK...A good count f r o m t h e n o r t h c o a s t , w i t h

125 SPECIES t h e r e p o r t e d t a l l y a t t h i s t i m e . H i g h l i g h t

i n c l u d e d a breeding-plumage Golden P l o v e r , s e v e r a l

N o r t h e r n F u l m a r s , 8 C a t t l e E g r e t s , an Oldsquaw and

many Snowy P l o v e r s .

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GOLD BEACH....Another good yea r f o r Fred Bowen's

s m a l l and hardy band, as a t o t a l o f 112 SPECIES

were r e p o r t e d . Of s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t were a Brown

Townee, B u r r o w i n g Owl, Osprey, European Widgeon,

Scrub J a y , P e r e g r i n e F a l c o n , 7-plus Anna's Humming­

b i r d s and 26 Towns end's W a r b l e r s .

OAKRIDGE...Excluding l a t e r e p o r t s , Oakridge teams

t u r n e d up 70 SPECIES. I n c l u d e d were Horned Grebes,

Ba l d E a g l e , Goden, Golden E a g l e s , P i l e a t e d Woodp.,

L i n c o l n Sparrow, L o n g - b i l l e d Marsh Wren. The l a t e

f a l l and l a c k of snow i n t h e mtns t o o k i t s t o l l , as

numbers o f Mountain Q u a i l , Golden Crowned K i n g l e t s ,

p u r p l e f i n c h e s ( 3 ) , ducks and sparr o w s i n g e n e r a l

were a l l below normal,,

CORVALLIS...Good numbers o f ducks and scree c h owls

h e l p e d send t h e CBC o v e r t h e 100 mark f o r t h e f i r s t

t i m e as f e w e r o b s e r v e r s t h a n u s u a l b e a t the o l d

r e c o r d o f 97 w i t h a r e p o r t e d 105 SPECIES. H i g h l i g h t s

i n c l u d e a w r e n t i t , f i r s t r e c o r d f o r t h e c o u n t ,

2 P r a r i e F a l c o n s , b l u e g r o u s e , and ( u n o f f i c i a l l y )

7 W h i t e - t a i l e d K i t e s ,

COTTAGE GROVE...Good weather made up f o r l a c k o f

r a i n w a t e r i n t h e r e s e r v o i r s as t w e n t y - f i v e c h i l l e d

o b s e r v e r s found 86 SPECIES, t h r e e s h o r t o f t h e

p r e v i o u s r e c o r d . I n c l u d e d were 11 w r e n t i t s , a Gray

J a y , L i n c o l n ' s Sparrow, 2 Rough-legged Hawks, C o w b i r d s ,

and Red-winged B l a c k b i r d s .

R03EBURG...Umpqua R i v e r b i r d e r s teamed up t o f i n d

92 SPECIES. H i g h l i g h t s i n c l u d e a w h i s t l i n g swan a t

Cooper Creek R e s e r v o i r , a Blue-winged T e a l a t t h e

St e w a r t Park S a n c t u a r y , Cooper's Hawk, Swainsons

Hawk, B a l d E a g l e , Golden E a g l e , M e r l i n , 6 T u r k e y s ,

Anna's Hummingbirds, W r e n t i t , D i p p e r , L a r k Sparrow,

Pygmy N u t h a t c h , Y e l l o w - s h a f t e d F l i c k e r , and a h i g h

c o u n t o f Lewis Woodpecker (one team r e c o r d e d 8 ) .

I n a new t w i s t t h i s y e a r , o b s e r v e r s were armed w i t h

o b s e r v a t i o n sheets t h a t were f i l l e d o u t on a l l

u n u s u a l s p e c i e s . A r e p o r t on b i r d i n g i n Roseburg

i s coming soon i n SWOC TALK.

r 87

PORTLAND...Although "a r a t h e r n o n - i m p r e s s i v e "

c o u n t , t h e 109 SPECIES i s t h e second-best i n

th e $1 y e a r s o f P o r t l a n d CBC. Species i n c l u d e

16 Black*crownde N i g h t Herons ( t h e r e a r e u s u a l l y

18 t h i s y e a r i n a r o o k e r y i n D e l t a P a r k ) , a

W h i t e - T h r o a t e d f a r r o w , 2 D i p p e r s , 10 European

Wigeons, Common E g r e t , a c o u n t p e r i o d V i r g i n i a

R a i l , and 8U spe c i e s by Glenn W a l t h a l l ' s team.

Low sparrows and w a r b l e r s b u t a 1st y e a r

Glaucous C u l l t h e week b e f o r e b u t n o t on c o u n t

p e r i o d . S p e c i a l n o t e : a n o n - c o u n t i n g , dead

B l a c k - t h r o a t e d green w a r b l e r was found on CBC

w h i c h H a r r y Nehls f e e l s i s a p o s s i b l e h y b r i d

Hermit-Townsends's W a r b l e r .

DALIAS...For t h e second y e a r i n a row, 86 SPECIES, W a t e r f o w l i n good shape on t h e r e f u g e , b u t o u t s i d e

ponds and cr e e k s w a t e r f o w l and water down. On

B a s k e t t S l o u g h Refuge were a vespar sparrow and

c h i p p i n g s p a r r o w r e p o r t s . H i g h # o f W. B l u e b i r d s ,

Low # o f R o b i n s . A l s o , 100 Least S a n d p i p e r s , m tn.

c h i c k a d e e s , w h i t e - t h r o a t e d sparrows and d i p p e r ,

UPPER NESTUCCA...Surprise, a new CBC t h i s y e a r

i n t h e n o r t h e r n c o a s t range a r e a . 37 SPECIES by

8 o b s e r v e r s , i n c l u d i n g a SPOTTED OWL p i c k e d up

by a s p e c i a l n i g h t c o u n t t h a t s t a r t e d a t m i d n i g h t

on t h e 27th. The n.s.owl was found a t 2:30 am. The day c o u n t f o u n d P i l e a t e d Woodpeckers, R u f f e d

Grouse, Sharp-shinned Hawks, V a r i e d T h r u s h and

h i g h # o f Ruby-Crowned K i n g l e t s . Count c e n t e r e d on

Nestucca R i v e r a t BIM's A l d e r g l e n campground. L a r r y

S c a f i e l d o f Salem BLM i s c o m p i l e r ,

YAQUINA BAY... 117 SPECIES b y 2)4 o b s e r v e r s fanned o u t

over the Newport a r e a . H i g h l i g h t s a r e Coopers Hawk,

Oldsquaw, N. Fu l m a r , B l a c k - t h r o a t e d Grey W a r b l e r ,

Bonaparte G u l l , Thayer's G u l l , and a b i t t e r n .

GRAYS HARBOR, WASH...Preliminary r e p o r t s f r o m t h e

Grays Harbor c o u n t , Washington's b e s t i n r e c e n t y e a r

i n d i c a t e a t o t a l o f 139 SPECIES, down t h r e e f r o m

l a s t y e a r ' s CBC.

088

CENTRAL OREGON... A v e r y e x u b e r a n t Barabi Hargreaves

r e p o r t e d 77 SPECIES, a l o n g w i t h two races and a

Y e l l o w Warbler i f t h e d e t a i l s s u b s t a n t i a t e . A l s o

6 Count P e r i o d s p e c i e s . New f i r s t r e c o r d s f o r t h e

Bend a r e a c o u n t i n c l u d e d Green-winged T e a l s , 6 P r a i r i e

F a l c o n s , Common S n i p e , W i l l i a m s o n s a p s u c k e r , K a r r i s

Sparrow ( f o u n d b y bander George M e r r i c k ) , Bohemian

Waxwings, and 1 BLUE JAY ( a p a i r has been i n t h e

Bend area s i n c e Nov. 1 )„ New h i g h s ( w i t h t h i s y e a r s

numbers & t h e n o l d r e c o r d f o r c o m p a r i s o n ) f o r :

C l a r k ' s N u t c r a c k e r 197—5, M t n . B l u e b i r d s 5U3—58, Cedar Waxwings 165—71, Evening Grosbeak 215—2U, Am. G o l d f i n c h li6—10, Red C r o s s b i l l 182—90. The o n l y low numbers was f o r red-headed duck s p e c i e s .

HART MTN....A good day w e a t h e r - w i s e as 6 o b s e r v e r s

rounded up 29 SPECIES. The t a l l y i n c l u d e d C r e e p e r ,

r e d and pygmy n u t h a t c h , N o r t h e r n S h r i k e , B l a c k - c a p p e d

Chickadee, White-Crowned Sparrow, Townsend's S o l a t a i r e

GBH, 2 P r a i r i e F a l c o n , and 8 ^ough-legged Hawks0

ANTELOPE.,.A good c r o p o f j u n i p e r b e r r i e s h e l p e d push

the CBC f r o m hh i n 1975 ( i n i t i a l y e a r ) t o 65 SPECIES. S t e w a r t Janes r e p o r t e d s i x i n d i v i d u a l s f o r e v e r y one

seen l a s t y e a r , p l u s a l a r g e t h r u s h movement t h r o u g h

t h e a r e a j u s t a t c o u n t t i m e . R e s u l t s i n c l u d e P r a i r i e

F a l c o n , Says Phoebe, 300 Townsends S o l a t a i r e , 100 Gold-Crowned Sparrows; Sawhet, S h o r t - e a r , Screech and

Great-Horned Owls, 100 Green-Winged T e a l s , and a

Loggerhead S h r i k e . However, low # o f f i n c h e s & s i s k i n s

RUGGS-HARDMAN...As t h e lower e l e v a t i o n s were l o c k e d up

i n f o g , t h e o b s e r v e r s moved up t o f i n d l a r g e c o n c e n t r a

t i o n s o f r a p t o r s . 60 SPECIES and 5600 i n d i v i d u a l s

i n c l u d i n g 83 Rough-legged Hawks, 16 a d u l t s and 10 j u v e n i l e s f o r 26 Golden E a g l e s , 2 P r a i r i e F a l c o n s ,

It G.B.H, Grey-Crowned Rosy F i n c h e s , Bohemian Waxwings,

N o r t h e r n S h r i k e s , h i g h # o f Robins and J u n c o s .

( S t e v e B r o w n f i e l d and company a r e p r e p a r i n g a s i t e

g u i d e f o r SWOC TALK o f the Heppner/Ruggs-Hardman

a r e s ) Continued on page 94...

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CONTENTS OF CURRENT LITERATURE

The contents of current l i t e r a t u r e i s presented h e r e ,

covering the major o r n i t h o l o g i c a l j o u r n a l s as follows:

THE AUK, THE CONDOR, THE WILSON BULLETIN, THE MURRELET,

AMERICAN BIRDS, WESTERN BIRDS, BIRDING, and THE BIRD

WATCH. Not a l l w i l l be covered i n one i s s u e of SWOC

TALK, but e v e n t u a l l y , w i t h i n s e v e r a l i s s u e s . Back i s s u e s

of these j o u r n a l s w i l l be covered as space i s provided.

WESTERN BIRDS Volume 6, Number 1, 1975

Population F l u c t u a t i o n i n a Yellcbw-headed B l a c k b i r d

Marsh - R. J . L e d e r e r , W.S. Mazen, and P . J . Metropulos

Status of the Y e l l o w - b i l l e d Loon i n the Western U.S.

and Mexico -- J.V. Remsen, J r . and L.C. Binford

NOTES

Boreal Owl i n Yellowstone Nat. Park

E f f e c t i v e n e s s of Brown Creeper's Concealment

Beh a v i o r .

The S t a t u s of the Gray F l y c a t c h e r i n Wash.

Second Record for the Phainopepla i n Colo.

Sprague's P i p i t Reaches C a l .

B l a c k - t h r . Blue Warbler i n Utah.

THE BIRD WATCH

The B i r d Populations I n s t i t u t e

Kansas S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Manhattan, Kansas 66502

Vol 4, No 8 -- October, 1976

The E n g l i s h Sparrow i n the New World

by Laura Herod

Notes from the O r g a n i z a t i o n

K i r t l a n d ' s Update

The Backyard B i r d e r by Robert L a S h e l l e

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American Birds AUGUST 1976, VOLUME 30, NUMBER 4

C O N T E N T S

779 Birds of El Triunfo Cloud Forcsx. Mexico, with notes on the Horned Guan and other species / Theodore A. Parker. Ill, Steven Hilly, and Mark Robbing

783 Bald Eagles wintering in a Utah desert / Joseph B. Piatt

789 Status of the California Condor, 1972-1975 / Sanford R. Wilbur

791 Growth in the Eastern House Finch Population, 1962-1971 / Carl E. Bock and Larry W. Lepthxen

793 The Sixth Salon of Photographs

805 The Changing Seasons / P. William Smith

The Spring Migration: Apr i l 1-May 30, 1976

811 Northeastern Maritime Region / Davis W. Finch 815 Quebec Region i S'ormand David and Michel Gosselin 817 Hudson - Delaware Region Robert O. Paxton, PA. Buckley, and David Cutler 823 Middle Atlantic Coast Region F.R. Scott 826 Southern Atlantic Coast Region Robert P. Teulings 828 Florida Region / Herbert W. Kale I I 832 Ontario Region Clive E. Goodwin 837 Niagara — Champlain Region Douglas P. Kihbe 841 Appalachian Region i George A. Hall 844 Western Great Lakes Region , Robert B. Janssen 846 Middlewestern Prairie Region , Vernon M. Kieen 851 Central Southern Region Thomas A. Imhof 855 Northern Great Plains Region / Esther M. Serr 858 Southern Great Plains Region / Frances Williams 863 South Texas Region / Fred S. Webster, Jr. 865 Northern Rocky Mountain — Intermountain Region / Thomas H. Rogers 869 Mountain West Region Hutrh E. Kingery 872 Southwest Region Janet Witzeman. John P. Hubbard and Kenn Kaufman 876 Alaska Region ' Daniel D. Gibson and G. Vernon Byrd 878 Northern Pacific Coast Region ,' John 3. Crow ell, Jr. and Harry B. Nehls 882 Middle Pacific Coast Region ' Rich Stallcup and Jon Winter 886 Southern Pacific Coast Region / Guy McCaskie

COVER P H O T O G R A P H — First Prize for color in our Sixth Salon of Photography is this Screech Owl by Edward Burroughs. See page 794.

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I N T R O D U C I N G ABA'S NEW P R E S I D E N T By Stuart Keith 217

A GLIMPSE INTO T H E F U T U R E O F ABA By Arnoid Small 219

E S C A P E S , E X O T I C S , AND A C C I D E N T A L S By Richard H. Ryan 223

T H E B A R - H E A D E D GOOSE By Thomas W. Burke 229

I D E N T I F I C A T I O N O F P U R P L E AND CASSIN'S F I N C H E S By J . Van Remsen, Jr 231

B I R D Q U I Z By Will Russell 234

SOME B I R D S A R E MORE E Q U A L T H A N O T H E R S A Guest Editorial by M. Galapavo 238

G L E A N I N G S F R O M T H E T E C H N I C A L L I T E R A T U R E By Paul DeBencdictis 241

Miscellaneous 246

Letters to the Editor 247

I N S E R T S (These can be removed and filed separately. They are perforated in the center;

California Condor. By Jean Brandt 251 Big Island, Virginia By Robin M. Carter 253 Harroun Lake, New Mexico. By Steve West 255 American Avocet. By Robin M. Carter 257 Newfoundland. By Everett Kuapp 263 American Tree Sparrow. By Kathleen S. Zinn 265 White Mountains, California. By Don Siarks 267 Pt. Roberts, Washington. By Brian M. Kautesek 269

B I R D BOOKS Edited by Henry Armiste.id 273

ABA B E A U M O N T C O N V E N T I O N , April, 1976 Bv Sallvann Keith 275

WHO C A M E T O BEAUMONT 282

S E C R E T A R Y ' S R E P O R T . 288

T E X A S IN T H E SPRING O F '76 By Jim Tucker 289

BY-LAWS of the A M E R I C A N B I R D I N G ASSOCIATION, INC. . . . 298

Line drawings by Dale Thompson

THE CONDOR J O U R N A L O F T H E C O O P E R O R N I T H O L O G I C A L S O C I E T Y

Volume 78, Number 1 Issued 14 June 1976

C O N T E N T S

The Age of Laysan Albatrosses. Diomedea iminutabilis, at First Breeding M A R G A R E T T. VAN HYZIN and H A R V E Y I . F I S H E R . . . . 1

Taste Preferences, Color Preferences, and Flower Choice in Hummingbirds F . G A R Y S T I L E S 1 0

Mating System and Reproductive Biology of Malachite Sunbirds L A R R Y L . W O L F and J A N E T S. W O L F 27

Mohave Desert Avifauna in the Virgin River Valley of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona

W I L L I A M H. B E H L E 40

Metabolism and Thermoresulation in Hatchling Ring-billed Gulls W I L L I A M R. DAWSON. A L B E R T F . B E N N E T T and JACK W. H U D S O N - 4 9

The Breeding of Sooty Terns and Brown Noddies on Mariana Island, Hawaii

W I L L I A M Y. BROWN 61

A Comparison of Some Aspects of the Breeding Ecology of Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers in Kansas

J E R O M E A. JACKSON 67

Digestion of Dry Matter and Absorption of Water in the Intestine and Cecum of Rock Ptarmigan

W I L L I A M C. G ASA WAY, R O B E R T G. W H I T E , and DAN F . H O L L E M A N 77

The Pelagic Feeding Habits of Ivorv and Ross' Gulls G E O R G E J. D l V O K Y . . . '. 85

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EUGENE The Swamp Sparrow was back a t Fern Ridge

a l o n g w i t h 850 Common Mergansers and Trumpeter Swans b u t t h e l a t e w i n t e r / f a l l t o o k i t s t o l l on

sparrows and ducks as t h e CBC r e c o r d e d o n l y

111 SPECIES. Making up f o r fewer p a r t i c i p a n t s

was a Goshawk and l o n g - e a r e d owls f o u n d near t h e

mouth o f Coyote Creek. Comments on t h i s years

c o u n t s h o u l d be s e n t t o n e x t years c o - c o m p i l e r ,

Steve Gordon.

MALHEUR NWR...Eleven d e d i c a t e d o b s e r v e r s f o u n d

56 SPECIES and 3,560 I n d i v i d u a l s w i n t e r i n g on t h e

Refuge. H i g h l i g h t s i n c l u d e a Double-Crested

Cormorant, 80 W h i s t l i n g Swans, 22 Trumpeter Swans, 7 Swainson's Hawks, 66 Rough-legged Hawks, h B a l d

E a g l e s , 2 P r a r i e F a l c o n , hi Chukar, 5 Great Horned Owls, 2 Canyon Wrens, 3 Rock Wrens, 15 Townsends

S o l i t a i r e , 3 N o r t h e r n S h r i k e and 2 Loggerhead S h r i k e .

MEDFORD..oOtis Swisher r e p o r t s t h a t t h e o r i g i n a l

c o u n t d a t e was postponed when 100 f t . v i s i b i l i t y f o g

p r e v e n t e d any s i g h t i n g s . Bad w e a t h e r p r e v a i l e d on

the second a t t e m p t , b u t $0 o b s e r v e r s s t i l l f ound

105 SPECIES. I n c l u d e d was a w h i t e - t a i l e d K i t e ( n e a r

i t s n e s t i n g s i t e ) , B l a c k Phoebe, Green Heron, l o w

numbers o f Robins b u t h i g h numbers o f Am. G o l d f i n c h ,

SALEM, ..As t h e c o m p i l e r s were o u t o f town as press

t i m e r o l l e d a r o u n d , I had t o r e l y on an a r t i c l e i n

th e OREGON STATESMAN (Mon,, Dec. 20, 1976 pg lc ) „ W r i t e r John Hayes r e p o r t e d t h e o b s e r v e r s b a t t l e d a t h i c k l a y e r o f f o g most o f t h e day b u t s t i l l f o u n d

between 9 5 - 1 0 0 SPECIES, down f r o m t h e p r e v i o u s

y e a r s 10li. H i g h l i g h t s i n c l u d e d H u t t o n ' s V i r e o ,

22 Great Horned Owls (as compared t o p r e v i o u s r e c o r d

o f 10 G.H.O.), 2 Snow Geese, 2 W h i t e - F r o n t e d Geese,

and s i x s p e c i e s o f hawks.

BAKER and BAKER COUNTY...Compiler L a r r y Roumpf had

no t c o m p l e t e d t a l l y i n g team r e p o r t s by p r e s s t i m e ,

so t h i s i s t h e o n l y ones t h a t SWOC TALK does n o t

have d a t a f o r .

FOOTNOTE: A l a t e r e p o r t i n g team added a S p o t t e d Owl t o t h e Oakridge c o u n t . A l s o , a t y p o - b i r d c r e p t i n t h e y d i d n o t l i s t a Goderi, , ..E.G.

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QfkS M e e t i n g Feb. 26 a t UP

The 35th annual m e e t i n g o f t h e Oregon Academy o f

Science w i l l be h e l d a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Oregon's

Erb Memmorial Union on S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 26, 1977. R e g i s t r a t i o n (one d o l l a r ) w i l l commence a t 8:30 am. E i g h t c o n c u r r e n t s e s s i o n s of p a c e r s — A n t h r o p o l o g y ,

B i o l o g y , C h e m i s t r y , Geography, Geology, H i s t o r y o f

S c i e n c e , L i n g u i s t i c s , and M a t h - P h y s i c s — w i l l b e g i n

a t 9 am. The theme o f t h e m e e t i n g w i l l be "Rare,

T h r e a t e n e d , and Endangered B i o t a . " The Luncheon

speaker w i l l be D a v i d B, M a r s h a l l o f t h e US F i s h &

W i l d l i f e S e r v i c e , O f f i c e o f Endangered Species*

M a r s h a l l i s now w o r k i n g out o f t h e P o r t l a n d o f f i c e

a f t e r a s t i n t i n t h e W a s h i n g t o n , B.C, o f f i c e .

Luncheon t i c k e t s w i l l be a v a i l a b l e f o r $1.70.

Other endangered s p e c i e s e x p e r t s w i l l p a r t i c i p a t e

I n t h e program* F o r a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n ,

c o n t a c t B i l l l o y , D e p t . of Geography, U n i v e r s i t y

of Oregon,

PNBMS M e e t i n g Feb, 12 a t SOSC

P a c i f i c N o r t h w e s t B i r d and Mammal S o c i e t y members

and o t h e r i n t e r e s t e d i n v e s t i g a t o r s a r e i n v i t e d t o

c o n t r i b u t e t o the a n n u a l m e e t i n g o f t h e Oregon

c h a p t e r w h i c h w i l l be h e l d S a t u r d a y , Feb 1 2 , 1977

a t t h e Science B l d g . (Room 11.8), S o u t h e r n Oregon

S t a t e C o l l e g e , A s h l a n d .

To a p p l y f o r a p l a c e on t h e program, i n d i v i d u a l s

must c o m p l e t e an a p p l i c a t i o n f o r m and r e t u r n i t t o

B r . John 0 . S u l l i v a n , Program Chairman, D e p t . o f

B i o l o g y , SOSC, A s h l a n d , OR 97^20, A l l i n f o r m a t i o n

r e q u i r e d i s s p e c i f i e d on t h e f o r m . N o r m a l l y ,

papers a r e l i m i t e d t o 20 m i n u t e s , i n c l u d i n g

d i s c u s s i o n . Completed a p p l i c a t i o n s must be s u b m i t t e d

by F r i d a y , Jan 7, 1977.

ID A i d e Marketed

A s e r i e s o f " I d e n t - I - G a r d s " i s b e i n g produced t o

h e l p sportsmen i d e n t i f y w a t e r f o w l , f i s h , and f i e l d

d r ess d e e r . The i n f o r m a t o n i s on Ux6 l a m i n a t e d c a r d s .

$? each (9 c a r d s e t ) f r o m Barcum House, 1919 B r i a r -

c l i f f e B l v d . , Wheaton, I l l i n o i s 60187c

Non-Game B i r d Conf. Feb 7-9i i n P o r t l a n d

The BLM i s c o - s p o n s o r i n g a workshop on non-game

b i r d h a b i t a t management a t P o r t l a n d ' s downtown

T h u n d e r b i r d I n n Feb. 7-9 w h i c h i s expected t o draw

up t o 200 w i l d l i f e b i o l o g i s t s .

The s e s s i o n - / i l l emphasize p r i n c i p l e s and

t e c h n i q u e s o f managing h a b i t a t f o r non-game b i r d s

I n t h e c o n i f e r o u s f o r e s t s o f t h e w e s t w h i l e main­

t a i n i n g a d i v e r s i t y o f n a t u r a l b i o l o g i c a l

c o m m u n i t i e s .

Other p u b l i c agencies and w i l d l i f e o r g a n i z a t i o n s

have j o i n e d i n s p o n s o r i n g t h e s e s s i o n . BLM i n s t r u c t o r :

ar R o b e r t Kindschy (BEM V a l e d i s t r i c t ) and C h r i s

Maser, w i l d l i f e b i o l o g i s t f o r BLM i n La Grande.

S p o t t e d Owls Counted

L a s t month BLM l a n d managers and b i o l o g i s t s f r o m

t h r o u g h o u t Western Oregon met t o c o n s i d e r the n o r t h e r n

S p o t t e d Owl. The group assembled r e p o r t s showing

t h a t 193 p a i r s of owls have been c o u n t e d on BLM

we s t e r n Oregon l a n d s , w i t h about 63% of the owl's

p o t e n t i a l ELM Oregon h a b i t a t now i n v e n t o r i e d .

A t o t a l o f 325' p a i r s have been c o u n t e d , a l t o g e t h e r ,

i n t h e w e s t e r n part, o f t h e s t a t e and t h e Oregon

Endangered Species Task Force Group has recommended

maintenance o f It00 p a i r s i n Oregon. The committee

b e l i e v e s t h i s t o t a l would make o f f i c i a l l i s t i n g o f

the n.s.ewl as an endangered s p e c i e s unnecessary and

would a l l o w t h e b i r d ' s removal f r o m t h e s t a t e ' s

t h r e a t e n e d s p e c i e s l i s t i n g .

The F o r e s t S e r v i c e , Oregon De p t . o f F i s h & W i l d l i f e ,

US F i s h & W i l d l i f e and Oregon S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y a r e

a l s o members o f th e c o m m i t t e e . BLM's Oregon non-game

w i l d l i f e b i o l o g i s t B i l l N e i t r o hopes t h a t , h a b i t a t f o r

endangered animals and b i r d s and s p e c i e s can be

combined i n many c a s e s . One such a r e a , a l r e a d y

e s t a b l i s h e d i s the C h e r r y Creek n a t u r a l area o f

590 a c r e s , ( f r o m a BLM pr e s s r e l e a s e )

V o l . 2, No. fi

Coboer S o c i e t y M e e t i n g May 19-22 a t ISU

B i r d s o f p r e y , whooping c r a n e s , and pronghorns

w i l l be among t h e v a r i o u s t o p i c s d i s c u s s e d

d u r i n g t h e U?t'h A n n u a l M e e t i n g o f t h e Cooper

O r n i t h o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y w h i c h w i l l be h e l d a t

Idaho S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , May 19-2?, 1977c "These e v e n i n g s l i d e programs and t a l k s , as

w e l l as t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n s o f s c i e n t i f i c p a p e r s ,

are open t o t h e p u b l i c , " s a i d D r . C h a r l e s HI

T r o s t , an TSU a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r o f b i o l o g y

who i s t h e l o c a l c h a i r p e r s o n f o r t h e meeting,,

The s e s s i o n s d e v o t e d t o s c i e n t i f i c papers w i l l

b e g i n on T h u r s . May 19 a t 1 pm and r u n t h r o u g h

S a t . May 2 1 c There w i l l be f i e l d t r i p s on

Sunday, May 22„

1^0 - 200 persons are expected f o r t h e e v e n t

w h i c h w i ~ ! be h e l d i n t h e ISU S t u d e n t Union B d l g e

A d d i t i o n a l sponsors o f t h e m e e t i n g a r e LSU, t e

Mink Creek Chapter o f t h e W i l d l i f e S o c i e t y , t h e

Snake R i v e r Audubon S o c i e t y and t h e P o r t n e u f

V a l l e y Audubon S o c i e t y .

Pac i f i c S e a b i r d Group

The P a c i f i c "Seabird Group (PSG) i s an o r g a n i z a t i o n

of p e r sons i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e s t u d y and c o n s e r v a t i o n

of P a c i f i c SeabirdSo PSG a c t t o i n c r e a s e t h e f l o w

o f i n f o r m a t i o n among s e a b i r d r e s e a r c h e r s and to

i n f o r m i t s membership and t h e p u b l i c o f c o n s e r v a t i o n

i s s u e s r e l a t i n g t o s e a b i r d s and t h e marine e n v i r o n ­

ment. The PSG i s an i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n

a l t h o u g h most o f t h e c u r r e n t membership i s f r o m

N o r t h A m e r i c a .

C u r r e n t a c t i v i t i e s i n c l u d e t h e development o f

s t a n d a r d f i e l d t e c h n i q u e s and r e c o r d i n g forms f o r

c o l o n y c e n s u s i n g , p e l a g i c o b s e r v a t i o n s and beached

b i r d s u r v e y s , A PSG B u l l e t i n i s i s s u e d b i a n n u a l l y

and c o n t a i n s i n f o r m a t i o n on c u r r e n t s e a b i r d work

i n t h e P a c i f i c , PSG p o l i c y s t a t e m e n t s on c o n s e v a t i o n

i s s u e s o f c r i t i c a l i m p o r t a n c e , and a r t i c l e s and news

about P a c i f i c s e a b i r d s .

Membership i n f o r m a t i o n i s a v a i l a b l e f r o m : Kees

Vermeer, S e c r e t a r y , P a c i f i c S e a o i r d Group, %21 R o b e r t s o n Road, D e l t a , B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , Canada \K 3N2.

P 9 7

Specimen I n v e n t o r y Recommended

A 37-nation m e e t i n g aimed a t s p e e d i n g i m p l e m e n t a t i o n

o f t h e C o n v e n t i o n on t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Trade i n

Endangered Species o f W i l d Fauna and F l o r a has

recommended, amongst o t h e r t h i n g s , t h a t i n v e n t o r i e s

be t a k e n o f endangered p l a n t and a n i m a l specimens

a l r e a d y i n museums and h e r b a r i a t o reduce demand

f o r a d d i t i o n a l s c i e n t i f i c specimens f r o m t h e w i l d .

F i n a l EIS on N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e Refuges iss u e d

Copies o f t h e f i n a l e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t s t a t e m e n t

on t h e o p e r a t i o n o f t h e N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e Refuge

System may be o b t a i n e d b y w r i t i n g t o : D i r e c t o r ,

US F i s h and W i l d l i f e S e r v i c e , D i v i s i o n o f Refuges,

Department o f I n t e r i o r , Washington,D 0C 0 2 0 2 u O .°

Or c a l l John S a y r e , 23U-3361 e x t , h0$6 i n t h e

P o r t l a n d USF&WS Region One o f f i c e .

The s t a t e m e n t , i s s u e d Dec, 9, was pre p a r e d as a

r e s u l t o f a l a w s u i t b r o u g h t i n 197u by p r i v a t e

c o n s e r v a t i o n groups concerned w i t h how th e 367

i n d i v i d u a l r e f u g e s were b e i n g f u n d e d and amanaged.

Changes f r o m t h e d r a f t EIS i s s u e d i n Nov. 1Q?5 r e f l e c t concerns e x p r e s s e d over m a j o r i s s u e s such

as h a y i n g , g r a z i n g , r e f u g e h u n t i n g and t r a p p i n g ,

use o f c h e m i c a l s , changes i n t r a d i t i o n a l w a t e r f o w l

d i s t r i b u t i o n p a t t e r n s , and w a t e r f o w l d e p r e d a t i o n

upon a g r i c u l t u r a l c r o p s .

T h i s document i s n o t o n l y f r e e , b u t they must

send i t t o you i f y ou r e q u e s t i t .

Audubon W i l d l i f e F i l m

Feb, 1 , Tues, 7:30 pm a t S p r i n g f i e l d H i s h School

A u d i t o r i u m , The f i l m i s D r . W i l l i a m J , Jahoda's

"Bermuda—Land and Sea, Joanne R a l s t o n ( O a k r i d g e )

has a l l t h e w o n d e r f u l d e t a i l s .

B l u e b i r d T r a i l s

SWOC TAL K would a p p r e c i a t e i f l o c a l B l u e b i r d

T r a i l c o o r d i n a t o r s around t h e s t a t e would c o n t a c t

us w i t h d e t a i l s on t h i s year's e f f o r t s — h e l p needed,

boxes a v a i l a b l e f o r s i t e s , areas o f c o n c e r n .

P 9 8

PGB L e v e l s High I n Georgia B i r d s

High l e v e l s o f p o l y c h l o r i n a t e d b i p h e n y l s (PCB's)

have been found i s some game b i r d s a l o n g t h e

Coosa R i v e r i n G e o r g i a , t h e W i l d l i f e Management

I n s t i t u t e r e p o r t s . The Georgia Board o f Human

Resources s a i d l a s t week t h a t t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n s

o f PCB's are d a n g e r o u s l y h i g h .

The b o a r d d i d n o t c l o s e t h e r e g i o n t o h u n t i n g ,

as i t d i d t o commercial f i s h i n g i n O c t o b e r , b u t c a u t i o n e d

h u n t e r s t h a t m a l l a r d s , wood d u c k s , and woodcocks

sampled f r o m t h e a r e a r e g i s t e r e d PCB's and s h o u l d n o t

be e a t e n .

The Food and Drug A d m i n i s t r a t i o n c o n s i d e r s any

PCB c o u n t h i g h e r t h a n f i v e p a r t s p e r m i l l i o n (PPM)

dangerous f o r human co n s u m p t i o n . Of f o u r woodcocks

t e s t e d f r o m t h e Coosa a r e a , one had 28 ppm, a n o t h e r

26 ppm, t h e t h i r d 11 ppm, and t h e f o u r t h 7.8 ppmc

Two m a l l a r d s t e s t e d showed counts o f 11.5 p p m „

PCB's are c h e m i c a l s used i n t h e m a n u f a c t u r e o f

e l e c t r i c a l c a p a c i t o r s and t r a n s f o r m e r s „ They a r e

s u s p e c t e d o f c a u s i n g l i v e r and g a l l b l a d d e r c a n c e r

i n humans, A m a n u f a c t u r i n g p l a n t i s l o c a t e d on t h e

Coosa R i v e r .

Cougars Don't F l y

Cougars d o n ' t f l y , b u t members may be i n t e r e s t e d i n

t h e T r a n s a c t i o n s o f t h e "Mountain L i o n Workshop"

h e l d e a r l i e r t h i s y e a r . The workshop focused on t h e

cougar i n t h e w e s t e r n US and Canada,

The t r a n s a c t i o n s c o n t a i n i n f o r m a t i o n on m o u n t a i n

l i o n b i o l o g y and l i f e h i s t o r y , p o p u l a t i o n i n v e n t o r y

t e c h n i q u e s , h a r v e s t , d e p r e d a t i o n , p o p u l a t i o n m o d e l i n g ,

and r e s e a r c h and management needs. I n q u i r e s about

c o p i e s o f the t r a n s a c t i o n s s h o u l d be s e n t t o t h e US

F i s h & W i l d l i f e S e r v i c e , 1500 N.E. I r v i n g S t r e e t ,

P o r t l a n d , OR 97208,

U2nd W i l d l i f e Conference Set

The L.2nd N o r t h American W i l d l i f e and N a t u r a l Resources

Conference w i l l be h e l d March 5 - 9 , 1977 a t t h e

P e a c h t r e e Plaza H o t e l i n A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a . The c o n f e r ­

ence theme • i s " A s s u r i n g F i s h and W i l d l i f e Values

t o S o c i e t y " .

P 99

Freeways & W h i t e - t a i l e d K i t e s

(Los Angeles Times)...Most w i l d c r e a t u r e s h a t e t h e

freeways•—and f o r t h e same reasons t h a t many pe o p l e

d o . They're f u l l o f b e s e r k j u g g e r n a u t s t h a t honk

and s q u e a l and e x p e l noxious fumes.

What a wonder i t was t o l e a r n , then--and f r o m one

o f our own s t a f f w r i t e r s , Gordon G r a n t — t h a t t h e

i v i e d banks and t h e b r o a d c e n t e r d i v i d e r s o f l o c a l

f r e e w a y s have become t h e h a b i t a t o f t h e w h i t e - t a i l e d

k i t e . T h i s f o o l h r d y b i r d , a member o f t h e hawk

f a m i l y , was almost e x t i n c t i n t h i s area u n t i l i t

f o u n d o u t t h a t t h e p l a n t i n g s on f r e e w a ys teem w i t h

m i c e , grasshoppers and o t h e r l i t t l e c r i t t e r s .

S i n c e t h e n , the k i t e has been f e e d i n g and

b r e e d i n g l i k e mad. People who c o u n t k i t e s s a y

t h a t i n Orange County a l o n e t h e i r p o p u l a t i o n has

grown 500$ o r more i n r e c e n t y e a r s . A l t h o u g h we

applaud the k i t e ' s c o u r a g e , we d o n ' t want t o m i s l e a d

y o u i n t o b e l i e v i n g t h a t i t ' s one o f t h e w o r l d ' s

g r e a t b i r d s . I t ' s a g l u t t o n , and i t screams a l o t

and has a f o u l t e m p e r , l i k e most o t h e r f r e e w a y

i n h a b i t a n t s .

S t i l l and a l l , t h e k i t e has g i v e n us t h e r e a s o n

t o t h i n k more k i n d l y o f t h e f r e e w a y s . The n e x t

t i m e y o u ' r e on one, d o n ' t t h i n k o f i t as a

r o a r i n g menace t o l i f e and s a n i t y . Think o f i t

as a b i r d s a n c t u r a r y .

5 a n d h i l I c ranes w i n c o u r t case

W a s h i n t o n , D.C....By e d i c t o f t h e Supreme C o u r t ,

t h e M i s s i s s i p p i s a n d h i l l c r a n e s , a l l i|0 of them,

w i l l c o n t i n u e t o l i v e i n peace.

The c o u r t , i n e a r l y December, r e f u s e d t o r e v i e w

an a p p e a l s c o u r t d e c i s i o n t h a t h e l d the d w i n d l i n g

f l o c k o f b i r d s s h o u l d be sp red t h e i n t r u s i o n s o f

a f e d e r a l i n t e r s t a t e highway i n t e r c h a n g e i n

S o u t h e r n ! M i s s i s s i p p i , The r u l i n g s a t i s f i e d

b i r d - l o v e r s , made M i s s i s s i p p i mad and l e f t a l o n g

gap i n I n t e r s t a t e 10 .

The s u i t marks t h e f i r s t t i m e t h a t a t o u g h

1973 s t a t u t e d e s i g n e d t o save endangered b i o t a

had gone a l l the way t o t h e Supreme C o u r t .

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S a n d h i l l cranes ( c o n t , )

The M i s s i s s i p p i s a n d h i l l c r a n e , a s u b s p e c i e s ,

once f l o u r i s h e d a cross the s o u t h e r n U.S. The non-

m i g r a t i n g subspecies i s down t o a b o u t I4O b i r d s

l i v i n g i n a marshy a r e a o f Jackson County, M i s s .

Except f o r t h e s t r a y n u n t e r s who plodded t h r o u g h

t h e i r h a b i t a t , t h e cranes were l i v i n g a q u i e t ,

i s o l a t e d l i f e u n t i l 1-10 --a m a j o r n a t i o n a l highway

r u n n i n g f r o m F l o r i d a t o Los Angeles came a l o n g .

The highway was a p p r o a c h i n g f r o m b o t h e a s t and

west when t h e N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e F e d e r a t i o n went

t o c o u r t , c h a r g i n g t h a t the i n t e r c h a n g e planned

would c r e a t e commercial development t h a t would

wreck t h e cranes h a b i t a t . The s u i t i n v o k e d t h e

Endangered Species A c t o f 1973 t h a t p r e v e n t s

f e d e r a l agencies f r o m b u i l d i n g p r o j e c t s t h a t

t h r e a t e n t h o s e f i s h and w i l d l i f e p l a c e d on t h e

D ept. o f I n t e r i o r ' s l i s t o f endangered s p e c i e s .

A f e d e r a l d i s t r i c t c o u r t t o l d t h e highway

b u i l d e r s t o F O a h e ^ i . But t h e US 5 t h C i r c u i t

C o u r t o f Appeals o v e r r u l e d t h a t d e c i s i o n and

e n j o i n e d t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n . By r e f u s i n ? t o r e v i e w

t h e appeals c o u r t , t h e Supreme C o u r t p e r m a n e n t l y

h a l t e d t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of the 1-10 in t e r c h a n g e , ,

( b y W i l l i a m Chapman, LA Times-Washington Post

S e r v i c e , p r i n t e d i n 0 r e ? o n i a n 12/2/76)

O r n i t h o l o g i c a l Dente

A US-USSR t r e a t y on t h e c o n s e r v a t i o n of m i g r a t o r y

b i r d s and t h e i r e n v i r o n m e n t was s i g n e d i n Moscow

i n November. The t r e a t y a p p l i e s t o a l l areas u n d e r

t h e j u r i s d i c t i o n o f b o t h c o u n t r i e s and covers more

t h a n 200 s p e c i e s r e p r e s e n t i n g 36 f a m i l i e s o f b i r d s o f

mu t u a l i n t e r e s t t o t h e US and t h e USSR. The t r e a t y :

— p r o v i d e s t h a t b o t h n a t i o n s w i l l p r o t e c t and enhance

t h e h a b i t a t o f th e s e b i r d s 5 - - r e c o g n i z e s t h a t s p e c i a l c o n c e r n must be p a i d t o

s p e c i e s o f b i r d s t ; a t a r e t h r e a t e n e d w i t h e x t i n c t i o n

and o r o v i d e s c o o p e r a t i o n i n p r o t e c t i n g them;

r e c o g n i z e s t h a t i n d i g e n o u s i n h a b i t a n t s , s u c h as

Eskimos, may t a k e c e r t a i n b i r d s f o r t h e i r own n u t r i ­

t i o n a l and o t h e r e s s e n t i a l n eeds, w i t h i n r e g u l a t i o n s ; ,

- - p r o v i d e s f o r each n a t i o n t o n o t i f y the o t h e r i n t h e

e v e n t o f c a l a m a t i e s w h i c h may t h r e a t e n m i g r a t i n g b i r d s .

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Widgeons d i s e a s e 1 2 / l / 7 6

Pasco, Wash. — H u n d r e d s o f ducks have been f o u n d

dead a t two s m a l l W a l l u l a area ponds d u r i n g November,

and US F i s h and W i l d l i f e S e r v i c e e x p e r t s were b a f f l e d .

Owen V i v i o n o f t h e McNary W i l d l i f e Refuge says

t h a t a b o u t 700 ducks have been f o u n d dead s i n c e Nov.6

i n and around t h e p o n d s , l o c a t e d on p r i v a t e l a n d s

near t h e r e f u g e .

O n l y widgeons have succumbed t o t h e m y s t e r i o u s

d i s e a s e , he s a i d . No m a l l a r d s o r p i n t a i l s have been

a f f e c t e d , n o r has t h e problem appeared i n any ducks

els e w h e r e (as o f 1 2 / 1 / 7 6 ) „ The b i r d s f i r s t appear

weak i n t h e l e g s , t h e n s l o w l y weaken f u r t h e r u n t i l

t h e y d i e .

V i v i o n says t h r e e l a b o r a t o r i e s have t r i e d w i t h o u t

success t o d e t e r m i n e t h e cause o f t h e widgeon w i p e o u t .

Obvious l i n k s t o t h e pondwater and t o a d j a c e n t

c a t t l e f e e d l o t s have been r u l e d o u t .

H u n t e r s were a d v i s e d t o h o l d any widgeons t h a t

t h e y may have p i c k e d up i n t h e i r f r e e z e r s u n t i l i t

c o u l d be d e t e r m i n e d whether o r n o t t h e y were s a f e

f o r consumption,, ( f r o m ODE AP-wi r e )

P a r r o t Fever 11/17/76

Salem, Ore. A v i r a l i n f e c t i o n common t o p a r r o t s

and p a r a k e e t s t h a t can be t r a n s m i t t e d t o humans has

been f o u n d i n a commercial a v i a r y i n P o r t l a n d and

one i n Salem, a c c o r d i n g t o s t a t e h e a l t h and a g r i ­

c u l t u r e i n v e s t i g a t o r s o Oregon d o c t o r s have been

warned t o be on t h e l o o k o u t f o r p s i t t a c o s i s , a l s o

known as p a r r o t f e v e r and o r n i t h o s i s .

The i n c u t a + i o n p e r i o d f o r t h e p r e m o n i a - l i k e

d i s e a s e i n humans i s a-bout t e n d a y s . Symptoms

i n c l u d e h i g h f e v e r . H e a l t h d i v i s i o n r e c o r d s show

lh cases o f human p s i t t a c o s i s i n Oregon s i n c e 1 9 6 2 „

None has been f o u n d i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e c u r r e n t

i l l n e s s (as o f 11/17/76). P s i t t a c o s i s i s p r e s e n t

s p o r a d i c a l l y i n such b i r d s as p a r r o t s , c o c k a t o o s ,

p a r a k e e t s and budgies which are i m p o r t e d i n t o Oregon

from S o u t h America and Mexico.

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INDEX: Volumes 1 & 2 o f SWOC TALK by E.G. W h i t e - S w i f t

BROWNING, Mi RALPH A Response t o Reviews o f B i r d s o f Jackson County;

V o l . 2, No. 2

CONTRERAS, ALAN S t a t e B i r d O r g a n i z a t i o n Conference R e p o r t ; V o l . 2 ,

No. 3 phi L i s t e r ' s C orner: C a t b i r d , Rock Sandpiper; V o l . 2

No. 6 p85

COTTAGE GROVE S p r i n g B i r d Count d a t a , 1976; V o l . 2 , No. 3 ppUl-uU

EUGENE S p r i n g B i r d Count d a t a , 1976 ; V o l . 2 , No. 3 phS GILLIGAN, J I F F

B l u e j a y s i n P o r t l a n d area; V o l . 2 , No. 5 p 7 1 GLEASON, DAN

Pygmy Owl Subspecies i n t h e So u t h e r n W i l l a m e t t e

V a l l e y ; V o l . 1 , No. 2 p 12 Osprey A t t a c k s on B a l d E a g l e s ; Vol.2 ,No.It p 58

GORDON, STEVE

C o m p i l i n g F i e l d Notes; V o l . 2 , No. 6 p 8 l

HISTORY OF SWOC, Aug. l ? 7 u - J a n , 1975; V o l . l , N o . l p2 JOBANEK, CHIP

W r e n t i t s i n t h e 3. W i l l a m e t t e V a l l e y : A Problem

o f Subspecies I d e n t i f i c a t i o n ; V. 1 ,0 . 1 p 3 Review of "A Survey o f GBH Ro o k e r i e s on t h e Oregon

Coast" by E l l e n McMahon, C h a r l e s t o n , Oregon;

V o l . 1 , No. 2 p l l i

An O r i o l e That Remembered P e o p l e ; V o l . 1 , No.3 p l 9 Review of "Guide t o B i r d w a t c h i n g " , by Joseph

H i c k e y , 1975 Dover r e p r i n t ; V o l . 1 , No.3 p 2 1 Some Comments on A l f r e d Cooper S h e l t o n ; V.1,0.3 p22 P r e l i m i n a r y L i s t o f B i r d s o f t h e S. W i l l a m e t t e

V a l l e y ; V o l . 1 , No. 1+ p27 Comments on L.B. McQueen & Tom Lund Reviews o f M .

Ralph Browning's B i r d s o f Jackson County

V o l . 2 , No. 1 p6 1975 Oregon C h r i s t m a s B i r d Counts; V o l . 2 , N.2 p9 A Strange E n c o u n t e r ; V o l . 2 , No. 3 pl»0 Comment: S t a t e B i r d O r g a n i z a t i o n ; V o l . 2 , N 0 . I 4 pi i9 3rd P r e l i m i n a r y Copy of SWOC C h e c k l i s t ; V2, NUp5'0 F i e l d Work on t h e Leach's S t o r m - P e t r e l . o n t h e

S. Oregon c o a s t ; V o l . 2, No.li p59 W r e n t i t s i n Oregon: D i s t r i b u t i o n a l Map; V2tnltpoii

P 1 0 3

LUND, TOM

G u l l s , G a l l s , G u l l s ; V o l . 1, No. 5 p3U Comments on Browning's B i r d s o f Jackson County;

V o l . 2, No. 1 pU

MAPPING: B i r d D i s t r i b u t i o n Flapping P r o j e c t / s p e c i e s

i n t e r e s t i n d i c a t e d ; V o l . 1, No. 2 plO M C Q U E E N , L . B .

I n d i g o B u n t i n g a t Eugene; V o l . 1 , No. 5 p33 Review o f "The D i s t r i b u t i o n and Occurence o f t h e

B i r d s o f Jackson County, Oregon, and

Su r r o u n d i n g A r e a s " ; by M» Ra l p h Browning

. V o l . 1, No, 6 ppLl - U 5 An Answer t o M. Ralph Browning response t o Review;

V o l . 2, No. 3 p27

Taxonomic Notes: AOU 3 3 r d Supplement Reviewed;

V o l . 2, No. 5 p68 Taxonomic Notes: The F a m i l y Picadae; V. 2, N. 6 P78

O'DONNELL, JACK

The F o r a g i n g P a t t e r n s o f 3 D i f f e r e n t Wood W a r b l e r s ;

V o l . 2, No. 3 pp ? P-L0 PAYNE, DONALD E.

Some Data f o r A Species Ind e x ; V o l . 1, No. 2 p l l

American G o l d f i n c h i n t h e U p p e r - W i l l a m e t t e V a l l e y ;

V o l . 1 , Mo. 2 pl5 Vaux's S w i f t i n W. Oregon; V o l . 1 , No. 3 p20 Pine S i s k i n ; V o l . 1 No. h p30 P e l a g i c B i r d s I n l a n d , V o l . 1 , No,, 6 p39 Banding on a C o l l e g e Campus; V o l . 2, No. 1 p2

R A M S E Y , FRED

F i e l d N o t e s : Smiths I o n g s p u r - - N o t a t i o n s f o r d e s c r i b i n g an unusual o r r a r e b i r d ; V o l . 2, No 5 p71

SKIRVIN, AARON

Some Reasons f o r t h e D e c l i n e o f W. B l u e o i r d Popu­l a t i o n s i n t h e W i l l a m e t t e V a l l e y ; V . l , N l p5

WATSON, CLARE

Rare B i r d A l e r t , u p d a t e j V o l . 2, No. 6 p79 WHITE-SWIFT, E.G.

O p i n i o n : S t a t e B i r d o r g . ; V o l . 2, No. 5 p67 Index: Volumes 1 & 2 o f SWOC T a l k

WINTER, AL

O p i n i o n : S t a t e B i r d i n g o r g . ; V o l . 2, No.5 p67 Davis Lake M i g r a t i o n s Dates/ w i t h c h a r t ; V o l . 2,

No. 5 pp 69-70

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SWOC Membership

PAID

Dennis A r e n d t , 296 Hunsaker Lane, Eugene 971+01+ Bob Bender, 3650 Knob H i l l , Eugene 97U05

1977 J a n B i t t l e , PO Box h&i, C r e s w e l l 971+26 1977 J e f f Coleman, 311+20 Camas Swale Rd., C r e s w e l l 97L26 19 ? 7 A l a n C o n t r e r a s , 693 E. l 6 t h , Eugene 971+01 1977 E l i n a C u r t i s , 1515 B u r t e l s o n R d . # 3 1 , Eugene 971+02

C e n t r a l Oregon Audubon (EXCHANGE), PO Box 565, Bend 97701

I n a Foss & A l e l i a L i n s c o t t , 3u50 D o n a l d , Eugene 971+05 Randy F l o y d , 39 7 7 Banner S t . , Eugene 971+01+

1977 Dan Gleason, 885 E. 3 7 t h , Eugene 971+05 Joy Goolsby & Helen M a t t e r s , 18 E. It 7 t h , Eugene 971+05

197? Steve Gordon, 111+0 W. 21; t h , Eupene 971+05 Chip Jobanek, 38713 McKenzie I l w y . , S p r i n g f i e l d 971+77 Dave J o n e s , 2816 A l d e r , Eugene 97u05 Ken J o n e s , 2011 Madison, Eugene 971+05 Ves Joder, 1111 N a v a l Ave., B r e m e r t o n , WA. 98310 Tor. f u n d , PO Box 3105, Eugene 971+03

1977 Tarry McQueen, 217- A pate S t . , Eugene 971+03 Helen Mancl, 1770 E. 2 6 t h , Eugene 971+03 " a u l Magney, 8966 T h u r s t o n Rd., S p r i n g f i e l d 971+77 Sue M o t s l n g e r , 1196 E. Q u i n a l t , S p r i n g f i e l d 971+77

1977 H a r r y N e h l s , 2?36 SE 2 0 t h , P o r t l a n d 97202 .977(2)Fred P a r k e r / A l i c e P a r k e r , 313 W. H i c k o r y S t . ,

Roseburg 97L70 977-78 M i k e P a t t e r s o n , Em. 110 W e a t h e r f o r d , OSU, C o r v a l l i s

97332 A l P r i g g e , 283 E. 3 8 t h , Eugene 971+05 Don Payne, 3U886 Mathews Rd., Eugene 971+05 Joanne R a l s t o n , 77095 W e s t r i d g e Ave., V / e s t f i r 971+92 A l l e n Rodgers, 111+3 Oak 3 t.,£A - 2 , Eugene 971+01 Martha S c h m i t t , 1+5 Sunset D r . , Eugene 97U03

1977 Eva S c h u l t z , 1970 F r i e n d l y S t . , Eugene 97U05 M i c h a e l S o u t h a r d , 695 N. 5Uth S t . , S p r i n g f i e l d 97U77

D o r r i s Swanson, 10 E. l+9th Ave., Eugene 971+05 C o l l e e n Sweeney, 1101+ N. 1 0 t h , B o i s e , ID 83702 C h a r l i e Thomas, 5065 Donald, Eugene 971+05

1977 C l a r e Watson, 1285 E. 2 0 t h , Eugene 971+03 E.G. W h i t e - S w i f t , PO Box 1182, Eugene 971+01 Herb W i s n e r , 2965 O l i v e S t . , Eugene 97a05

1977 A l W i n t e r , 76932 Mosby Cr„ Rd., Cottage Grove 971+21,

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JANUARY 10, 1976 SWOC MEETING

At t h e December m e e t i n g , a consensus o f

members p r e s e n t was a need f o r a g r e a t e r

d i v i s i o n o f r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f SWOC f u n c t i o n s .

I t was agreed t h a t a l l members n o t p r e s e n t , s h o u l d

be n o t i f i e d t h a t a ma j o r p a r t o f t h e Ja n u a r y

m e e t i n g w i l l be d i s c u s s i o n o f i d e n t i f y i n g who

w i l l be i n charge o f t h e v a r i o u s SWOC f u n c t i o n s

f o r t h e n e x t y e a r . T h i s "Committee o f V o l u n t e e r s "

w i l l have i d e n t i f y a b l e members i n charge o f any o f

th e y e t t o be c o n f i r m e d c o m m i t t e e s : 1 ) SWOC TALK 2 ) m e m b e r s h i p / t r e a s u r y 3 ) f i e l d notes c o o r d i n a t i o n

I4) r a r e b i r d a l e r t 5)Christmas B i r d Count

6) Davis Lake 7) f i e l d t r i p s / s p e c i a l events

8) s p e a k e r s f o r meetings 9 ) c h e c k l i s t 1 0 ) s t a t e b i r d o r g a n i z a t i o n .

Members w i l l have a chance t o d e t e r m i n e

w h i c h o f tneses areas SWOC w i l l choose t o

s u p p o r t , and whi c h SWOC members w i l l be

r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e a c t i v i t i e s , i f d e s i r a b l e .

DATE: J a n u a r y 10 Monday

TIME: 7 : 3 0 p.m. PLACE: 3 r d F l o o r Conf. Room, Sc i e n c e I I I , U n i v . O r e .

I f you have n o t p a i d 1977 SWOC dues ($5.00) y e t , or;

you have r e c e i v e d t h i s copy o f SWOC TALK as a

co m p l i m e n t a r y i s s u e , now i s the t i m e t o put y o u r j

money where y o u r b i n o c u l a r s a r e . The more people ]

t h a t s u p p o r t SWOC, t h e more pages SWOC TALK can !

p r i n t and p r o v i d e more u s e f u l i n f o r m a t i o n about J Oregon b i r d s .

SWOC: Sou t h e r n W i l l a m e t t e O r n i t h o l o g i c a l Club ;

P.O. Box 3082 , Eugene, Oregon 97li03

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SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB P.O. Box 3082 Eugene, OR 97403