Dry and mild fall weather, with no hard freezes even east of the Cascades, lasted into mid-December, possibly contributing to persistence of lingering migrants such as a Sora in John Day and Black Phoebe, Northern Mockingbird, and Orange-crowned Warbler in Klamath Falls on the 14th. Conditions in eastern Oregon changed abruptly by 16 December, when volunteers in Burns woke to 8° F, cold fog, and nearly a foot of fresh snow, but conditions west of the Cascades remained favorable through the end of the season with just a few days of fog or rain. Waterfowl flocks wintering in western Oregon included an apparent hybrid Barnacle x Cackling Goose at Tillamook Bay and a Ross’s Goose in Medford. A Brant at Sauvie Island and Red-breasted Mergansers at Forest Grove and Salem were notable for inland locations. A Blue-winged Teal turned up on the new Gresham count. Common Mergansers were found in high numbers statewide, led by Eugene which accounted for more than half of the state total...