Did the second jetty watch today. Common Murre numbers were way down, yet
Rhino, Heermanns Gull and Sooty Shearwater were way up as were Brown
Pelican.
Pt. Brown Jetty Watch, Ocean Shores, WA:1/2 distance from end
Date: 7/20/97
Start Time:9:55 AM
Weather:Overcast w/sunbreaks, ~63 degrees, NW wind 5-15 mph, no precip,
incoming tide

Species Flyby Ocean Rocks Beach Total
Common Murre 157 16 173
Rhinocerous Auklet 341 1 342
Sooty Shearwater 155 3 158
Cassins Auklet 2 2
Heermanns Gull 313 5 318
Pelagic Cormorant 8 4 2 14
Brandts Cormorant 4 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1 1
Surfbird 1 1
Black Turnstone 1 1
Brown Pelican 96 1 97
Surf Scoter 3 25 28
White-winged Scoter 1 2 3
Pacific Loon 3 1 4
Western Gull 2 1 8 11
W x GW Gull 1 14 15
Pigeon Guillemont 2 1 1 4
Caspian Tern 1 1
California Gull 1 1
Glacous-winged Gull 1 1
Common Loon 2 2
Totals: 1094 58 25 5 1182

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA