Did my weekly jetty watch yesterday and the abundance of birds was way up.
Saw a couple nice suprises the first being a dark phase Parasitic Jaeger.
The other being the first noted appearance of Sanderlings. 24 species were
noted and Sooty Shearwater numbers continue to rise.

Place: Pt. Brown Jetty Ocean Shores WA, 1/2 distance from end
Date: 7/26/97
Start Time:9:30 AM
Weather:Overcast,s wind ~5 mph, outgoing tide, ~60 degrees
Equipment used:Kowa TSN-4 20-60x zoom scope, Swift binocs, 10x42

Species: Flyby Ocean Rocks Beach Total
Common Loon 1 1
Pacific Loon 1 1
Red-throated Loon 1 1
Sooty Shearwater 304 304
Brown Pelican 18 18
Double-crested Cormorant 13 6 19
Brandts Cormorant 1 1
Pelagic Cormorant 10 2 3 15
Surf Scoter 2 1 3
White-winged Scoter 4 4
Black Scoter 1 1
Wandering Tattler 1 1
Surfbird 9 9
Red-necked Phalarope 2 2
Sanderling 48 48
Parasitic Jaeger 1 1
Heermanns Gull 60 5 20 85
California Gull 1 2 3
Western Gull 2 8 2 12
Glacous-winged Gull 1 7 8
W x GW Hybrid 11 19 30
Caspian Tern 1 1
Common Murre 581 1 582
Rhinocerous Auklet 430 51 481
Pigeon Guillemont 1 1 2

Totals: 1451 66 44 72 1633

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA