The following report was provided to Jackie Niemi to assist in her efforts along with those of her husband Michael Davis and others to protect Beaver Creek Marsh. This report provided many records of birds present in the Marsh, and thereby showed that the Marsh was important habitat.
Their effort was successful. 78 acres of Beaver Creek Marsh adjacent to Ona Beach State Park were purchased with private funding by the Wetlands Conservancy and dedicated as the "Estella Matilda Happ Memorial Wetland" of Beaver Creek Marsh in May 1997 (Anonymous. 1997. Beaver Creek Marsh Dedication Sunday. P. A8 in May 14 News-Times [Newport, Oregon] newspaper).
Niemi and Davis received the National Wetlands Conservancy award for 1997 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for their efforts (L. O'Donnell. 1997. Beaver Creek Residents Jackie Niemi and Michael Davis Receive National Wetlands Conservancy Award for Preserving Marsh. P. A8 in May 14 News-Times [Newport, Oregon] newspaper).
The records below are for what Laimons Osis' called Zeek's Marsh, after the man who owned the area. Range does not know how much of Zeek's Marsh is within the Happ Memorial Wetland.
In hindsight, I wish I would have listed the records for each bird species vertically (rather than horizontally) in tables of Laimons' census data. Then seasonal trends for each species can be more easily seen, and data could also be incorporated into a spreadsheet as an ASCII file.
PURPOSE.--This report lists bird records made specifically at the Zeek's Marsh Study Area shown in Fig. 1.
INTRODUCTION.--These records are compiled from over 125 observations made during 1973-1986 by Laimons Osis (Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, 2040 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365). Laimons made these observations for his own interest and not as part of his ODFW employment. He is also looking for additional notebooks (e.g., 1981) that may contain more records.
Two records made in the Zeek's Marsh Study Area (Fig. 1) in 1993-1994 by other observers are also given in Table 3.
RECENT CHANGES IN ZEEK'S MARSH.--This Marsh has changed in character in the past 20 years. When Laimons started his observations, the portion of the Marsh south of the roadway (see Fig. 1) was used for grazing by horses. I do not know when this grazing stopped, but currently the Marsh appears abandoned for agricultural purposes, probably because it is much wetter than it once was, and marsh vegetation and red alders have greatly expanded in extent.
Another change is that the portion of the Marsh north of the roadway (see Fig. 1) used to only be seasonally flooded, but in recent years, it appears to be consistently wetter than it used to be.
The changes in birdlife that have resulted from these changes in Zeek's Marsh is unknown.
METHODS.--Laimons did not just observe Zeek's Marsh--he usually had a route for observing birds at Seal Rocks, Ona Beach State Park, and the Beaver Creek Valley. However, the only records that have been compiled are those included in this report for Zeek's Marsh. A complete survey took about 60 min or so, and he probably spent about 5-20 min observing birds at Zeek's Marsh. If known, the time when he started his whole survey (not just his Zeek's Marsh observations) is given for each observation in Table 2. Observations when no waterbirds were recorded are included in Table 2 because documenting the absence of birds is important in determining bird usage of an area.
Other bird species other than those given in Table 1 may have occurred at Zeek's Marsh. For example, Laimons was not familiar with the calls of Virginia Rails, Soras, and American Bitterns, so he may have missed these marsh birds.
RESULTS.--A total of 76 bird taxa has been recorded at Zeek's Marsh (Table 1). Many of these are waterbirds, but there were also quite a variety of terrestrial birds (Table 1).
Laimons' observations were most systematic for waterbirds because they were more conspicuous and easier to count accurately. Accordingly, 125 systematic waterbird observations are given in Table 2; Table 3 includes several more incidental observations of waterbirds and all observations of terrestrial birds, many of which were during the same observations given in Table 2.
OTHER BIRD RECORDS FOR BEAVER CREEK.--Besides Laimons' uncompiled records for other sites at Beaver Creek, I also have some incidental records made for "Beaver Creek" that are not specific to a particular site. Roy Lowe of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has also conducted some waterfowl censuses at Beaver Creek.
FIGURE 1. Laimons Osis' Study Area (dotted) for Zeek's Marsh. Parts of this Study Area may have been obscured by seasonal growth of marsh vegetation during Osis' observations. Most of the Study Area is in Township 12S, Range 11W, NE 1/4 of Section 19.
TABLE 1. Phylogenetic list of 76 bird taxa recorded at the Zeek's Marsh Study Area shown in Fig. 1. Note that some species (particularly Virginia Rails, Sora, and American Bittern) may have been present but were missed. The following taxa are compiled from Table 2 and Table 3.
Common Loon Rufous Hummingbird Pied-billed Grebe Belted Kingfisher Double-crested Cormorant Downy Woodpecker Great Blue Heron Northern Flicker Great Egret Pileated Woodpecker Tricolored Heron Black Phoebe Green Heron Purple Martin Wood Duck Tree Swallow Green-winged Teal Violet-green Swallow Mallard No. Rough-winged Swallow Northern Pintail Cliff Swallow Cinnamon Teal Barn Swallow wigeon spp. Steller's Jay Ring-necked Duck American Crow scaup spp. Common Raven Surf Scoter Black-capped Chickadee White-winged Scoter Bewick's Wren goldeneye spp. Winter Wren Bufflehead Marsh Wren Hooded Merganser Ruby-crowned Kinglet Red-breasted Merganser Swainson's Thrush Turkey Vulture American Robin Osprey Wrentit Bald Eagle Cedar Waxwing Northern Harrier Northern Shrike Sharp-shinned Hawk European Starling Red-tailed Hawk Yellow-rumped Warbler American Coot Common Yellowthroat Killdeer Wilson's Warbler Greater Yellowlegs Black-headed Grosbeak Spotted Sandpiper Fox Sparrow peeps (small shorebirds) Song Sparrow Least Sandpiper Red-winged Blackbird dowitcher spp. Brewer's Blackbird Red-necked Phalarope Brown-headed Cowbird Red Phalarope Purple Finch gull spp. House Finch Band-tailed Pigeon American Goldfinch
TABLE 2. Systematic observations of waterbirds at the Zeek's Marsh Study
Area (see Fig. 1) by Laimons Osis. Observations were made from the roadway
in Fig. 1, and the amount of area observed varied seasonally and yearly
depending upon the growth and decline of marsh vegetation. Incidental
waterbird records are in Table 3.
Osis was not familiar with the calls of Virginia Rails, Soras, or
American Bitterns, so these taxa may have been present but missed.
The bird records in this Table and mentions of flooding specifically
at Zeek's Marsh have been double-checkED against Osis' original field
notes.
Time=time after which observations began; time is in Pacific Standard
Time (PST) by the 24 hour clock (i.e., add 1200 to times beginning with
1 PM; e.g., 2 PM=1400). During a complete survey, Osis often made
observations at Seal Rocks, Ona Beach State Park, and at several sites in
the Beaver Creek Valley; such a complete survey took an estimated
45-90 min, with duration increasing as the number of waterbirds increased.
On other days, he sometimes only surveyed 1-3 sites. The time he gave
(and which is listed in this Table) was at the start of his observations
and not the time when he started his observations at Zeek's Marsh.
Flooding codes for Zeek's Marsh:
?=flooding condition unknown
Fl=at least partially flooded
FL?=other portions of the Beaver Creek Valley were flooded, so flooding
probably occurred here, although flooding at this site was not
specifically recorded.
Other codes:
.=taxon not recorded
+=at least the indicated number of birds were seen
@=estimated number of birds
F=female or immature male in female-type plumage.
M=identifiable as a male. (In a sequence, the number of birds was given
first, then gender; for example, 3M5F=3 males and 5 females.)
X=taxon present but the number was not recorded
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Date 2/9 2/14 2/22 3/4 3/5 3/6 3/11 3/15 3/22 3/25 3/30 4/12
Time (PST) 1000 ? 1700 1700 1730 1700 1700 1700 ? 1700 ? ?
Flooding ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Fl ?
Great Blue Heron 2 . . . . . . . 2 . . .
Mallard . 3M3F . 1M1F 30+ 5+ 3 26@ . . 38 3
No. Pintail . . . . 40+ 21 . 40@ . . 18 2
goldeneye spp. . . . . 8 . . . . . . .
Bufflehead . . . 7M4F . 4 . . . . 6 .
Killdeer X . . . . . . . . . . .
dowitcher spp. . . . . . . . . 10 . . .
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1974........................
Date 4/16 4/23 4/30 5/4 5/6 5/14
Time (PST) ? ? ? ? 1600 1600
Flooding ? Fl ? ? ? ?
Great Blue Heron . . . . 1 .
Mallard 3 . 1M1F . . .
No. Pintail 22 . . . . .
Red-br. Merganser . . 1M1F . . .
Killdeer . . 10 . . .
peeps * . . 50@ 100@ . .
medium shorebird . . 14 . . .
yellowlegs spp. . 20 . . . .
Red-nck. Phalarope . . . 40 . 60@
Red Phalarope . . . . . 1F
* peeps=small sandpiper-sized shorebirds.
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1974....................................................
Date 5/24 6/7 6/9 6/26 7/7 8/10 9/8 9/11 9/26 10/13 10/20
Time (PST) ? ? 0900 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1100
Flooding ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Fl
Pied-billed Grebe . . . . . . . . . . 1
Great Blue Heron 1 1 1 1 . . . . 1 . .
Killdeer X . 2 X . . . . . . .
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1974........................
Date 10/24 11/24 12/1 12/15 12/21
Time (PST) ? ? ? ? ?
Flooding Fl Fl? Fl Fl Fl
Pied-billed Grebe . . . 1 .
Mallard . . . 2M1F .
Bufflehead . . . . 5
Am. Coot . . 1 . .
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1975.....................................................
Date 1/4 1/12 1/26 2/2 2/16 2/23 3/2 3/9 3/16 3/30
Time (PST) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Flooding Fl? ? Fl? Fl? Fl? ? ? ? ? ?
Pied-billed Grebe . . . . . . . 2 . .
Double-cr. Corm. 1 . . . . . . . . .
Great Blue Heron . . . . . . . 3 . .
Mallard . . . 18 2 . 2M2F 6 2 17
No. Pintail . . . 47 50@ . . . 40 35
goldeneye spp. . . 1 . . . . . . .
Bufflehead . 15 7 . . . . . . .
Hooded Merganser . . . . 2 . . . . .
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1975.......................
Date 4/6 4/25 5/4 5/10 5/18
Time (PST) ? ? ? ? ?
Flooding ? ? ? ? ?
Common Loon . . . 1 .
Pied-billed Grebe 1 . . . .
Great Blue Heron 1 . . 2 1
Mallard 1M 1M . . .
Surf Scoter 1F . . . .
Red-br. Merganser 4 . . . .
Greater Yellowlegs 2 . . . .
Belted Kingfisher . . . 1 .
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1975.................. 1976 1979 1980..................
Date 6/10 7/5 7/13 8/30 2/16 10/31 2/14 4/6 8/14 8/22
Time (PST) ? ? ? ? ? 0800 1000 0900 1500 1600
Flooding ? ? ? ? Fl? ? Fl? ? ? ?
Pied-billed Grebe . . . . 2 . . 1 . .
Great Blue Heron . . . . . . 1 . . .
Mallard . . . . 10 . . 1M1F . .
No. Pintail . . . . 8 . . . . .
Red-br. Merganser . . . . 1 . 3 . . .
Belted Kingfisher . . . . . 1 . . . .
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1980........................
Date 9/20 10/9 10/11 10/13 11/2
Time (PST) 0830 1600 1000 1600 0900
Flooding ? Fl ? ? ?
Pied-billed Grebe . . . . .
Great Blue Heron . 1 . . 2
Mallard . . . . .
No. Pintail . . . 3 .
Red-br. Merganser . . . . .
Belted Kingfisher . . . . .
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1981.................................... 1982............
Date 9/23 9/27 10/4 10/9 11/21 12/11 12/14 1/17 1/25 1/31
Time (PST) 1600 1000 ? 1600 1100 1000 1100 ? ? ?
Flooding ? ? ? ? ? Fl? ? ? Fl ?
Great Blue Heron . . . . 1 . 1 . 1 1
Mallard . . . . . . . . 3 .
Bufflehead . . . . . . . . 1M .
Belted Kingfisher . . 1 . . . . . . .
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1982........................
Date 2/20 2/21 3/7 4/10 4/21
Time (PST) 1300 1000 1000 ? 1700
Flooding Fl Fl ? ? ?
Double-cr. Corm. . . . . 1
Great Blue Heron . . 1 . 4
Wood Duck . . . . 1M1F
Mallard . 3 . . .
Surf Scoter 1M . . 1M .
White-winged Scoter 1 . . 1F .
Red-br. Merganser . 4 . . .
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1982........................ 1983........................
Date 5/14 6/27 7/9 10/31 12/11 1/23 2/6 2/19 2/27 3/6
Time (PST) 1600 1000 1800 1200 1300 1030 ? 1100 1700 1000
Flooding ? ? ? ? Fl? Fl Fl? Fl Fl Fl
Great Blue Heron . . . . 1 . 1 . . .
Green-winged Teal . . . . . . . . 15 2
Mallard . . . . . 8 32 . 13 19
No. Pintail . . . . . . 10 . . .
Surf Scoter . . . . . . . 1 . .
White-winged Scoter . . . . . . . 3 . .
goldeneye spp. . . . . . . . 2M1F . .
Bufflehead . . . . . 1 . . . 2
Red-br. Merganser . . . . . . . 2M1F . .
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1983........................
Date 3/12 3/20 3/27 4/3 4/24
Time (PST) ? 1000 1500 1000 1430
Flooding ? ? ? Fl ?
Double-cr. Corm. . . 1 . .
Great Blue Heron . 1 . . .
Wood Duck 1M . . . .
Mallard 18 1 1 11 .
Surf Scoter . . . . 1
White-winged Scoter . . . 1M1F .
goldeneye spp. . . . 3 .
Belted Kingfisher . . 1 . .
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Date 7/30 8/4 8/6 8/14 9/24 10/15 11/13 12/11
Time (PST) ? 1500 1830 1300 1230 1100 1000 1530
Flooding ? ? ? ? ? Fl ? ?
Pied-billed Grebe . . . . 1 1 . .
Great Blue Heron . . 1 . . . . .
Bufflehead . . . . . . 1 .
gull spp. . . . . . X* . .
Belted Kingfisher 1 . . . . . . .
* Several gulls were flying around, apparently "hawking" flying insects.
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1984..............................
Date 1/22 2/12 3/4 3/12 3/25 4/29
Time (PST) ? 1300 1630 1030 1230 0900
Flooding Fl? ? Fl ? Fl ?
Great Blue Heron . . . . . 1
Wood Duck . . . 3M3F 2M1F 1M1F
Mallard . . 4 16 10 X
Cinnamon Teal . . . . 1M1F .
scaup spp. . . 11 4 . .
goldeneye spp. . 6 . 16 1 .
Killdeer . . . . . 2
Greater Yellowlegs . . . . 1 2
Least Sandpiper . . . . . 2
Belted Kingfisher . . . . . 1
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1984............ 1985....................................
Date 5/4 5/27 11/25 1/13 1/27 2/3 2/10 2/17 3/3 3/10
Time (PST) ? ? 1330 1000 1300 1130 1030 1400 1400 1330
Flooding ? Fl ? ? ? ? Fl Fl ? Fl
Pied-billed Grebe . . . . 1 1 1 . . .
Double-cr. Corm. . . . . . . 1 . 1 .
Great Blue Heron . . . . . . . . 2 .
Mallard . . . . . . 30 . 4 .
No. Pintail . . . . . . . . 1 .
Cinnamon Teal 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ring-necked Duck . . . . . . 15 . . .
Belted Kingfisher . . . . . . . 1 1 .
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1985........................
Date 3/24 3/31 4/14 4/21 5/5
Time (PST) 0930 1100 1430 1300 1430
Flooding Fl Fl ? ? ?
Double-cr. Corm. . . . 1 .
Great Blue Heron . . 1 2 1
Wood Duck 1M1F . . . .
Mallard 6 10@ 4 9 .
No. Pintail . 2 . . .
Cinnamon Teal . 2 . . .
wigeon spp. 6 1 . . .
Killdeer 1 . . 1 1
Greater Yellowlegs . . 15@ 14 1
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TABLE 3. Incidental observations of terrestrial and waterbirds at the
Zeek's Marsh Study Area (see Fig. 1). All observations prior to 1993 were
by Laimons Osis; sources of 1993-1994 records are given in parentheses with
the date of observation. Osis' observations were made from the roadway in
Fig. 1, and the amount of area observed varied seasonally and yearly
depending upon the growth and decline of marsh vegetation. Observations of
terrestrial birds were classed as incidental because Osis' methods were not
designed to be systematic for them. These observations are considered
incidental for waterbirds because these observations were not conducted as
systematically as those in Table 2.
Osis was not familiar with the calls of Virginia Rails, Soras, or
American Bitterns, so these taxa may have been present but missed.
The bird records in this Table have been double-checkED against Osis'
original field notes.
Codes:
F=female or immature male in female-type plumage
M=identifiable as male
s=bird(s) recorded as singing.
1/13/74. Killdeer, 2 M Mallards, 1 Great Blue Heron.
1/26/74. 3 M Mallards, 1 No. Shrike.
1/28/74. 1 No. Shrike.
2/1/74. 1 Great Blue Heron.
2/9/74. 1 No. Shrike, Steller's Jay.
2/22/74. Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler.
3/4/74. 1 No. Shrike, Yellow-rumped Warbler, about 100 swallows.
3/5/74. about 50 swallows.
3/22/74. 100+ Tree Swallows, Song Sparrow, Eur. Starling, 30 Am. Robins,
Rufous Hummingbird, crow.
3/25/74. 100+ swallows (Tree & Violet-green), 60+ Red-winged Blackbirds,
Am. Robin.
3/30/74. Violet-green & Tree swallows, Song Sparrow, Am. Robin.
4/12/74. lots of swallows (including Tree's).
4/16/74. Am. Robin, s Marsh Wren, Song Sparrow, hummingbird spp.
4/23/74. s Marsh Wren.
4/30/74. lots of swallows (Barn, Cliff, Violet-green, Tree, and No.
Rough-winged), Purple Finch, Marsh Wren, Song Sparrow.
5/4/74. s Marsh Wren, Am. Robin.
5/6/74. s Marsh Wren, Barn & No. Rough-winged swallows, Song Sparrow.
5/14/74. Eur. Starling, Barn, Violet-green, and Cliff swallows; Song
Sparrow.
5/16/74. 2 M and 3 F Purple Martins on telephone wires, 1 Red and
3 Red-necked phalaropes.
5/17/74. 1 M and 1 F Purple Martins, swallows, 1 Red and 4 Red-necked
phalaropes, 1 Great Blue Heron, Red-winged Blackbird, Marsh Wren,
Song Sparrow, unknown hummingbird, Eur. Starling, Brown-headed
Cowbird.
5/24/74. Song Sparrow, swallows, Am. Robin, Brown-headed Cowbird.
6/1/74 (from canoe). Cedar Waxwing, 1 Belted Kingfisher, crow, 1 Turkey
Vulture, Song Sparrow, Marsh Wren, Am. Robin, Killdeer, 1 Osprey,
1 Great Blue Heron, Brown-headed Cowbird, 3 Spotted Sandpipers, Purple
Finch, swallows, Steller's Jay, 2F Wood Ducks (one with about 6
half-grown young, the other flew off acting "wounded"), 1 Rufous
Hummingbird nest with 2 nestlings in down.
6/7/74. Marsh Wren, Song Sparrow, Barn Swallow.
6/9/74. Am. Robin, Song Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat.
6/26/74. 1 small accipiter that was thought to be a Sharp-shinned Hawk,
s Marsh Wren, Red-winged Blackbird, Swainson's Thrush, Song Sparrow.
7/7/74. Black-headed Grosbeak, Marsh Wren, Am. Robin, Swainson's Thrush,
Song Sparrow, chickadee spp.
8/10/74. Purple Finch, Song Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing, Barn Swallow, 1 Turkey
Vulture.
9/8/74. s Song Sparrow, chickadee spp., Steller's Jay.
9/11/74. Song Sparrow, Steller's Jay, 30 Barn Swallows.
9/26/74. Song Sparrow, 20+ Am. Robins in flock, chickadee spp., Steller's
Jay, Pileated Woodpecker, 1 Red-tailed Hawk. 10/13/74. Song Sparrow,
s Marsh Wren.
10/20/74. Song Sparrow, Am. Robin, Steller's Jay.
10/24/74. 50 Eur. Starlings.
11/24/74. Song Sparrow.
12/1/74. 1 Red-tailed Hawk.
1/4/75. Song Sparrow, crow.
1/12/75. 1 Red-tailed Hawk.
2/16/75. s Song Sparrow, s Marsh Wren, 10 swallows.
3/2/75. Am. Robin, Marsh Wren, Song Sparrow, 100+ swallows (Tree and
Violet-green).
3/9/75. Am. Robin, crow, Eur. Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, Marsh Wren,
Song Sparrow, many Tree Swallows.
3/16/75. Marsh Wren, Tree Swallow.
3/30/75. Marsh Wren, 20 Red-winged Blackbirds, lots of Violet-green
Swallows, Am. Robin.
4/6/75. Red-winged Blackbird, lots of swallows (Tree & Violet-green),
Am. Robin, s Marsh Wren, s Song Sparrow.
4/8/75. 3 Great Blue Herons.
4/25/75. 1 Red-tailed Hawk, Song Sparrow, crow, lots of Am. Robins,
Marsh Wren, swallows.
5/4/75. Cliff Swallow, at least 4 Purple Martins.
5/10/75. Winter & Marsh wrens, Swainson's Thrush, crow.
5/18/75. Am. Robin, Barn & Violet-green swallows, s Swainson's Thrush,
s Common Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow, Marsh Wren.
6/10/75. Song Sparrow, s Swainson's Thrush, s Wilson's Warbler, Am. Robin,
hummingbird spp., Am. Goldfinch, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, Band-tailed
Pigeon.
7/5/75. Song Sparrow, s Marsh Wren, s Swainson's Thrush, Cedar Waxwing,
s Common Yellowthroat.
7/13/75. Swainson's Thrush, Song Sparrow, s Wrentit, Am. Goldfinch, Cedar
Waxwing.
8/3/75. 1 Great Egret.
8/30/75. Cedar Waxwing, Steller's Jay.
2/16/76. Song Sparrow, s Marsh Wren.
10/31/79. 200+ Cedar Waxwings, Song Sparrow, Marsh Wren.
3/13/80. Swallow spp.
4/6/80. Song Sparrow, s Marsh Wren, Violet-green Swallow, Am. Robin.
8/14/80. Cedar Waxwing, Song Sparrow, Barn Swallow, 1 Turkey Vulture.
8/22/80. Barn Swallow, Steller's Jay, Band-tailed Pigeon.
9/20/80. s Song Sparrow, Am. Robin, Steller's Jay, 1 Red-tailed Hawk.
10/9/80. Song Sparrow, No. Flicker.
10/11/80. Steller's Jay.
10/13/80. Song Sparrow, Marsh Wren, many Am. Robins, Steller's Jay.
11/2/80. Song Sparrow, Marsh Wren, Am. Robin, Steller's Jay, No. Flicker.
9/23/81. Song Sparrow, Band-tailed Pigeon, Downy Woodpecker, Black-capped
Chickadee, Wrentit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
9/27/81. Marsh Wren, 30+ swallows, 1 Turkey Vulture, Band-tailed Pigeon,
1 Red-tailed Hawk.
10/4/81. 4 Red-tailed Hawks, crow.
10/9/81. Song & Fox sparrows, s Marsh Wren, No. Flicker.
11/21/81. 1 Red-tailed Hawk.
12/11/81. 1F No. Harrier.
1/17/82. 1M & 1F No. Harrier, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, No. Flicker, Song Sparrow.
1/25/82. 1 Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler.
1/31/82. Song Sparrow.
2/21/82. S Song Sparrow, s Marsh Wren.
3/7/82. Song Sparrow, s Marsh Wren, Brown-headed Cowbird, s Red-winged
Blackbird, 1 immature Bald Eagle.
4/10/82. Red-winged Blackbird, s Marsh Wren.
4/15/82. Many swallows.
4/21/82. Band-tailed Pigeon, Song Sparrow, s Marsh Wren, many Red-winged
Blackbirds, Eur. Starling, swallows.
5/14/82. Song Sparrow, Band-tailed Pigeon, Barn Swallow, House Finch.
6/27/82. 1 Red-tailed Hawk, Song Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, Barn
Swallow, Eur. Starling, Swainson's Thrush, Steller's Jay,
Rufous Hummingbird, crow, 2 Turkey Vultures, Black-headed Grosbeak.
7/9/82. Song Sparrow, Band-tailed Pigeon, s Swainson's Thrush, many
swallows, Am. Robin, Am. Goldfinch, Cedar Waxwing.
8/4/82. 3 Green Herons.
10/31/82. Song Sparrow.
1/23/83. 1 Common Raven, s Song Sparrow.
2/6/83. Song & Fox sparrows, 1 Red-tailed Hawk.
2/19/83. Song Sparrow.
3/6/83. s Marsh Wren.
3/12/83. Marsh Wren, 18 crows.
3/20/83. s Marsh Wren, s Song Sparrow, Red-winged and 2 F Brewer's
blackbirds, many Am. Robins.
3/27/83. Am. Robin, many crows, Song Sparrow, Marsh Wren.
4/3/83. Song Sparrow, crow, s Marsh Wren, s Red-winged Blackbird, many Am.
Robins, s Winter Wren.
4/24/83. Am. Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, 16 crows, Song Sparrow,
s Marsh Wren.
7/30/83. lots of adult and recently fledged Barn Swallows.
8/4/83. Band-tailed Pigeon.
8/6/83. Barn Swallow, Song Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing.
8/14/83. Cedar Waxwing.
12/11/83. Song Sparrow, Bewick's Wren.
1/22/84. Song and Fox sparrows, Marsh Wren.
2/4/84. 1 Great Egret.
2/12/84. 20 Yellow-rumped Warblers, Song Sparrow.
3/12/84. Hundreds of swallows that appear to be mostly Tree Swallows,
Song Sparrows, s Marsh Wren, s Red-winged Blackbirds, Am. Robin.
3/25/84. Hundreds of Tree and Violet-green swallows, s Red-winged
Blackbird, s Song Sparrow, crow, s Marsh Wren.
4/13/84. Band-tailed Pigeon.
4/29/84. Am. Robin, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, s Marsh Wren, s
Wilson's Warbler, Rufous Hummingbird.
5/2/84. 1M & 1F Cinnamon Teal.
11/25/84. Song Sparrow, 1 Red-tailed Hawk.
1/13/85. 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk.
2/3/85. Red-winged Blackbird.
2/17/85. Eur. Starling, s Red-winged Blackbird, s Marsh Wren, Am. Robin,
crow, Song Sparrow.
3/3/85. many Yellow-rumped Warblers, s Marsh Wren, s Red-winged Blackbird,
many Tree Swallows.
3/10/85. crow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Red-winged Blackbird.
3/24/85. Song Sparrow, s Marsh Wren, s Red-winged Blackbird, crow,
Am. Robin, Tree Swallow.
3/31/85. s Marsh Wren, s Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, Am. Robin,
crow, Violet-green and Tree swallows.
4/14/85. Eur. Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, crow, Tree Swallow.
4/17/85. lots of Greater Yellowlegs.
4/21/85. Red-winged Blackbird, Am. Robin, Song Sparrow, crow.
5/5/85. Red-winged Blackbird, Eur. Starling, Am. Robin, Marsh Wren,
Song Sparrow, Barn, Tree, and Cliff swallows.
11/13/93 (1994 Oregon Birds 20[2]:43-44). 1 Tricolored Heron that was
first seen in Ona Beach State Park.
3/13-3/31/94 (Jean Weakland & others). 1 Black Phoebe.