Wednesday Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
05 Oct 1997 1100 to 1200hr

Tide:in coming
Weather: mostlysunny
Wind W 5-10; Temp 60F


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 2 3
Pacific Loon PALO 7 7
RT Loon RTLO 26 1 27
West Grebe WEGR 1 1
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 5 5
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 4 4
Brown Pelican BRPE 18 39 57
Northern Pintail NOPI 23 23
Surf Scoter SUSC 15 20 30 65
White-wing Scoter WWSC 29 29
Black Scoter BLSC 3 3
scoter sp. 600 600
Long-tailed Jaeger LTJA 1 1
Parasitic Jaeger PAJA 1 1
Pomarine Jaeger POJA 1 1
West Gull WEGU 20 10 30
GW Gull GWGU 1 1
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 3 3
California Gull CAGU 20 87 107
Mew Gull MEGU 10 10
Heerman's Gull HEEG 45 14 40 99
Blk-legged Kittiwake BLKI 19 19
Sabine's Gull SAGU 5 1 6
Bl-bd Plover BBPL 19 19
Sanderling SAND 5 5
Dunlin DUNL 3 3

Notes: I began the survey later than usual because I waited for a series
of squalls to pass. SABINE'S GULLS and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were working
just beyond the breakers. All three jaeger species were present, presumably
attracted by the kittiwakes and Sabine's Gulls. The LONG-TAILED JAEGER was
seen on three separate ocassions and was an intermediate phase adult. The
PARASITIC JAEGER was a dark phase juvenile. The POMARINE JAEGER was an
intermediate phase immature with well seen spatulas. Larger number of
unidentifiable scoters were moving south at a distance.

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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