Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
06 Sep 1998 1110hr to 1215hr

Tide:low
Weather: clear
Wind NW 0-5; Temp 70F


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 6 6
Pacific Loon PALO 14 1 15
RT Loon RTLO 1 1
West Grebe WEGR 3 3
Sooty Shearwater SOSH 3840 275 4115
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 35 40 75
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 2 2
DC Cormorant DCCO 5 1 1 7
Brown Pelican BRPE 111 7 118
Green-winged Teal GWTE 8 8
Surf Scoter SUSC 35 90 125
White-wing Scoter WWSC 8 6 14
duck sp. 2 2
West Gull WEGU 15 8 23
GW Gull GWGU 3 1 4
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 1 1
Heermann's Gull HEEG 3 4 7
Black-legged Kittiwake BLKI 1 1
gull sp. 40 25 65
Caspian Tern CATE 2 2
Sanderling SAND 6 6
Western Sandpiper WESA 12 1 13
Common Murre COMU 4 4
Rhinocerus Auklet RHAU 1 1
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 2 2

Notes: This count was done about 2hrs later than most counts have been
done. SOOTY SHEARWATER numbers have fallen off to a fairly steady
65 birds/min, about 10% of the rate reported last week. The first
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE of the fall season has arrived. Most BROWN
PELICANS appeared to be heading south. The MARBLED MURRELETS were
in basic plumage.

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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