Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
23 May 1998 0930 to 1000hr

Tide:high
Weather: cloudy
Wind SSW 15; Temp 50F


Method: appx 30 min (untimed) station count observation deck at
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 2 3
Pacific Loon PALO 2 2
RT Loon RTLO 2 2
West Grebe WEGR 20 20
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 2 2
Brown Pelican BRPE 4 4
Brant BRAN 10 10
Surf Scoter SUSC 9 25 34
White-wing Scoter WWSC 1 1
Parasitic Jaeger PAJA 1 1
West Gull WEGU 15 15
GW Gull GWGU 5 5
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 1 1
Caspian Tern CATE 1 1
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 1 1

Notes: This was an untimed seawatch.

A single MARBLED MURRELET was seen flying south early in the watch
period. The strong winds and choppy sea conditions made observations
difficult and number were generally low.

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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