Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
18 Jul 1999 0850hr-0950hr

Tide:low, in coming
Weather: mostly sunny
Wind NW 5-10; Temp 60F


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 2 2
Pacific Loon PALO 4 1 5
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 405 100 505
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 5 1 6
DC Cormorant DCCO 45 7 1 53
Brown Pelican BRPE 20 2 1 23
Surf Scoter SUSC 2 370 372
White-wing Scoter WWSC 2 2
Black Scoter BLSC 1 1
West Gull WEGU 20 5 25
GW Gull GWGU 2 2
WxGW Gull WExGW 10 4 14
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 2 2
California Gull CAGU 1 1
Heerman's Gull HEEG 14 1 15
Caspian Tern CATE 43 110 153
Common Murre COMU 1212 800 2012
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 4 1 5
Great Blue Heron GBLH 1 1

Notes: At least two COMMON MURRES were with chicks today and there
were plenty of adults fishing in the area. Large numbers were feeding
in the river. A PIGEON GUILLEMOT was carrying food. There were 20
juvenile CASPIAN TERNS with the loafing flock of adult terns on the
river beach.

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


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Astoria, OR Language is a poor enough means of communication
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Besides, there are damn few words anybody understands
Henry Drummond in "Inherit the Wind"

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