Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
07 Sep 1997 0815 to 0915hr

Tide:out coming
Weather: sunny
Wind E 5; 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
Pacific Loon PALO 3 1 4
RT Loon RTLO 2 7 9
West Grebe WEGR 1 1
Sooty Shearwater SOSH 2120 300 2420
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 28 28
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 9 9
DC Cormorant DCCO 4 4
Brown Pelican BRPE 16 6 2 24
Canada Goose CAGO 4 4
Surf Scoter SUSC 8 8
White-wing Scoter WWSC 5 5
Black Scoter BLSC 2 2
West Gull WEGU 40 10 50
GW Gull GWGU 2 2
WxGW Gull WExGW 30 30
Herring Gull HERG 2 2
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 4 4
California Gull CAGU 30 119 149
Heerman's Gull HEEG 180 70 250
Black-legged Kittiwake BLKI 12 12
gull sp. 200 200
Arctic Tern ARTE 12 12
Wandering Tattler WATA 1 1
Red-necked Phalarope RNPH 104 104
Common Murre COMU 10 10
Barn Swallow BARS 11 11

Notes: There was an east wind this morning which generally makes for
mediocre seawatching. The SOOTY SHEARWATER migration appears to be at its
peak. A single flock of ARCTIC TERNS came by heading north at about 0845.
A huge flock of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES was working the foam along the
ocean side of the jetty. BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES are now easily seen.

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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