Thursday Jetty Count for
the Ecola Point,Ecola State Park, Clatsop Co., OR
17 July 1997 - 0900 to 1000

Tide: out going
Weather: mostly cloudy with haze
Wind southwest at 5-10mph; Temp 60F

Method: One hour (timed) station count from observation deck at Ecola
Point using 20x60 Bushnell spotting scope and 8x50 Bushnell
binoculars. Birds were sorted as to flyby, sitting rocks, sitting
on ocean.

flyby rocks ocean total
Pacific Loon PALO 2 2
Sooty Shearwater SOSH 3 3
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 70 190 6 266
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER PFSH 1 1
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 1 4 17 22
Brown Pelican BRPE 29 62 91
Harlequin Duck HADU 12 12
Surf Scoter SUSC 1 1
White-wing Scoter WWSC 3 4 7
West Gull WEGU 20 82 102
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 1 1
Heerman's Gull HEEG 110 110
Caspian Tern CATE 12 12
Black Oystercatcher BLOY 5 5
Black Turnstone BLTU 30 30
Common Murre COMU 6150 1994 1270 9414
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 1 4 48 53
Rhinocerus Auklet RHAU 2 2

NOTES: COMMON MURRES were showing the same kind of generally northward movements
reported yesterday from SJCR. There was good movement back toward rocks
with many individuals carrying food. A single PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER flew
by at about 0950hr. Strong northerly movement Of HEERMANN'S GULLS also
noted

A running account of this and other seawatches is available at:
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/enso/jetty.html


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