Seawatch Count for
Ecola Point,Ecola State Park, Clatsop Co., OR
04 April 1999 - 1030 to 1100

Tide: low
Weather: cloudy
Wind West at 5-10mph; Temp 45F

Method: 30 minute (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 13 13
Western Grebe WEGR 1 1
Red-necked Grebe RNGR 1 1
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 3 3
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 2 1 3
Harlequin Duck HADU 1 1
Surf Scoter SUSC 1 12 13
White-wing Scoter WWSC 8 8
West Gull WEGU 80 1 15 96
GW Gull GWGU 1 1
WxGW Gull WExGW 2 2
Herring Gull HERG 1 1
Black-legged Kittiwake BLKI 1
Black Oystercatcher BLOY 3 2 5
Common Murre COMU 20 17 37
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 3 9 12

Harbor Porpoise 1
Harbor Seal 1 1

NOTES: Visibility was good and seas were relatively calm. As a
result it was surprising to see such low numbers of COMMON MURRES.

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


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