Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
23 Aug 1999 0945-1015hr

Tide:in coming
Weather: mostly cloudy
Wind SW 15-20; Temp 60F


Method: 30 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
Pacific Loon PALO 5 5
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 3 3
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 2 2
DC Cormorant DCCO 2 2
Brown Pelican BRPE 48 6 66 4 124
Green-winged Teal GWTE 2 2
Surf Scoter SUSC 3 151 154
White-wing Scoter WWSC 1 1 2
West Gull WEGU 30 70 100
GW Gull GWGU 10 10
WxGW Gull WExGW 15 15 30
California Gull CAGU 20 66 86
Heermann's Gull HEEG 8 8
Caspian Tern CATE 40 102 142
Black Turnstone BLTU 1 1
Wandering Tattler WATA 1 1
Short-bill Dowitcher SBDO 1 1
Western Sandpiper WESA 20 20
Least Sandpiper LESA 1 1
Common Murre COMU 6 6

Notes: Visibility toward the ocean was under 2km, consequently the
count was shortened to 30min. BROWN PELICANS were foraging on the
surf off Clatsop Beach to the south in large numbers. Most notable
was the lack of birds, given the calmness to the ocean.


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Mike Patterson The common view of science is that it is a sort of machine
Astoria, OR for increasing the race's store of dependable facts.
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it is a machine for upsetting undependable facts.

----- H.L.Mencken
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