Seawatch Count for
Ecola Point,Ecola State Park, Clatsop Co., OR
29 Mar 1998 - 0845 to 945

Tide: low
Weather: mostly sunny
Wind northwest at 5mph; Temp 55F

Method: 1 hour (timed) station count from observation deck at Ecola
Point using 20x60 Bushnell spotting scope and 8x50 Bushnell
binoculars. Birds were sorted as to flyby, sitting rocks, sitting
on ocean.

rocks ocean flyby total
Pacific Loon PALO 1 3 4
RT Loon RTLO 30 4 34
West Grebe WEGR 14 14
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 1 2 3
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 1 3 4
Canada Goose CAGO 1 1
Brant BRAN 7 7
Harlequin Duck HADU 3 3
Surf Scoter SUSC 8 17 25
White-wing Scoter WWSC 3 1 4
Black Scoter BLSC 9 9
West Gull WEGU 74 10 10 94
GW Gull GWGU 3 3
WxGW Gull WExGW 1 1
Herring Gull HERG 1 1
gull sp. 50 41 91
Common Tern COTE 1 1
Black Oystercatcher BLOY 2 2
Common Murre COMU 5000 310 5310
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 26 2 28
Rhinoceros Auklet RHAU 1 1
Ancient Murrelet ANMU 1 1
Tufted Puffin TUPU 1 1
Peregrine PERE 2 2

NOTES: There was a large staging on COMMON MURRES off the main rock
at Ecola Point. Numbers of PIGEON GUILLEMOTS were also high. WESTERN
GULLS were already sitting on nests. At about 15 minutes, 2 PEREGRINES
flew over the point together circling slowly. At about 35 minutes, a
single COMMON TERN made a close approach flying south.

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 * 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
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