Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
10 Aug 1998 0905hr to 1005hr

Tide:low
Weather: partly cloudy
Wind W 0-5; Temp 65F


Method: 60 minute station count at 100m west of "3 rocks" on
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.

Fly Ocean Beach River total
Pacific Loon PALO 8 30 38
RT Loon RTLO 1 1
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 352 15 367
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 2 2 1 5
DC Cormorant DCCO 6 1 30 37
Brown Pelican BRPE 30 5 81 116
Surf Scoter SUSC 270 270
White-wing Scoter WWSC 1 1 2
scoter sp. 50 50
West Gull WEGU 20 24 44
GW Gull GWGU 4 3 7
WxGW Gull WExGW 1 3 4
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 1 1
California Gull CAGU 2 1 3
Heermann's Gull HEEG 20 18 38
Caspian Tern CATE 200 496 696
Wandering Tattler WATA 1 1
Whimbrel WHIM 1 1
Common Murre COMU 1510 59 1569
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 12 5 17
Rhinocerus Auklet RHAU 2 2
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 1 1
Great Blue Heron GBLH 1 1

Notes: There were very large numbers of BROWN PELICANS loafing for
the entire hour on the beach. Large numbers of BRANDT'S CORMORANTS
were heading northward. Most COMMON MURRES on the water were tending
juvenile birds.


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


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Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR _Birds and other Wildlife of the
mpatters at orednet.org Columbia River Estuary_
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