Wednesday Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
23 July 1997 0915 to 1015

Tide:low
Weather: sunny
Wind northwest at 10-15 mph; Temp 65F

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.

Flyby beach ocean river total
Common Loon COLO 1 1 2
Pacific Loon PALO 1 2 3
RT Loon RTLO 3 3
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 86 86
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 1 1 2
DC Cormorant DCCO 6 6
Brown Pelican BRPE 49 8 2 3 62
Surf Scoter SUSC 4 86 90
White-wing Scoter WWSC 5 5
Black Scoter BLSC 1 1
West Gull WEGU 150 90 240
GW Gull GWGU 1 1
WxGW Gull WExGW 3 10 13
California Gull CAGU 21 2 23
Heerman's Gull HEEG 32 32
gull sp. 30 90 120
Caspian Tern CATE 100 324 424
ELEGANT TERN ELTE 1 1
Whimbrel WHIM 1 1
Sanderling SAND 2 2
Least Sandpiper LESA 1 1
Common Murre COMU 2228 14 2242
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 7 3 10
Rhinocerus Auklet RHAU 1 1 2
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 1 2 3
Great Blue Heron GBLH 1 1
Am Crow AMCR 1 1
Cliff Swallow CLSW 1 1
Barn Swallow BARS 7 7

Notes: The apparent movement of COMMON MURRES continues. PIGEON
GUILLEMOTS are carrying food. A juvenile RHINOCERUS AUKLET was on
the ocean side of the jetty. A single ELEGANT TERN was seen (finally)
roosting with the CASPIAN TERN flocks.

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


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