Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
11 NOV 1997 ~1045-1130

Tide:out going
Weather: mostly sunny
Wind SE 10; Temp 55F


Method: Untimed 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 4 4
Pacific Loon PALO 20 125 145
RT Loon RTLO 70 70
West Grebe WEGR 11 11
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 2 6 8
Brown Pelican BRPE 1 1
Greater Scaup GRSC 25 25
Surf Scoter SUSC 6 9 2 17
White-wing Scoter WWSC 2 1 3
Black Scoter BLSC 10 2 4 16
jaeger sp 1 1
West Gull WEGU 10 10
GW Gull GWGU 17 17
WxGW Gull WExGW 10 10 20
Herring Gull HERG 1 1
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 2 2
California Gull CAGU 50 10 60
Mew Gull MEGU 10 6 16
Heerman's Gull HEEG 2 2
Black-legged Kittiwake BLKI 137 30 167
Bonapart's Gull BOGU 45 45
Black Turnstone BLTU 6 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk SSHA 1 1

Notes: This is an untimed (unofficial) count. A very large feeding flock
of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, BONAPART'S GULLS and CALIFORNIA GULLS was working
the oceanside edge of the jetty this morning. Only 1 BROWN PELICAN and 2
HEERMANN'S GULLS were seen during the observation period. Large numbers of
PACIFIC LOONS and RED-THROATED LOONS are still present as well.

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


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********************************* 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.
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