Mike, do you or anyone else have any recommendations on safety
while birding from the coastal jettys? How do you observe the sea
conditions as to whether you venture out on the jetty?

>Wednesday Jetty Count for
>the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
>21 Aug 1997 0850 to 0950hr
>
>Tide:low
>Weather: mostly sunny
> Wind calm; Temp 60F
>
>
>Method: One hour (timed) station count 100m west of "3 rocks" on
>top of SJCR using 20x60 Bushnell spotting scope and 8x50 Bushnell
>binoculars. Birds were sorted as to flyby, sitting on beach, sitting
>on ocean or sitting on river.
>

...

>********************************* I am but mad north-north-west;
>* Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR * when the wind is southerly,
>* mpatters at orednet.org * I know a hawk from a handsaw.
>http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters -ws



Jerry Tangren <tangren at wsu.edu>