Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
12 July 1998 0900hr to 1000hr

Tide:low
Weather: cloudy
Wind S 10; Temp 55F


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
Common Loon COLO 1 1 2
Pacific Loon PALO 2 16 18
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 144 50 194
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 1 2 1 4
DC Cormorant DCCO 13 13
Brown Pelican BRPE 18 10 28
Surf Scoter SUSC 160 160
White-wing Scoter WWSC 1 1
Black Scoter BLSC 6 6
West Gull WEGU 10 4 14
GW Gull GWGU 2 2
Heermann's Gull HEEG 22 1 23
Caspian Tern CATE 130 110 240
ELEGANT TERN ELTE 1 1
Common Murre COMU 1813 1813
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 3 8 8 19
Rhinocerus Auklet RHAU 1 1
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 2 2
Cassin's Auklet CAAU 1 1
Bald Eagle BAEA 1 1
Hummingbird sp. 6 6
Am Crow AMCR 1 1

Notes: Six hummingbirds (most probably RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS) flew by
heading inland along the jetty during the hour I think this qualifies
as a movement. A single ELEGANT TERN was sitting in the flock of
loafing CASPIAN TERNS.


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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