Seawatch Count for
Ecola Point,Ecola State Park, Clatsop Co., OR
07 March 1999 - 0950 to 1020

Tide: low
Weather: mostly sunny
Wind sout at 15-20mph; 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.

rock ocea fly total
Pacific Loon PALO 2 2
Common Loon COLO 1 1
Western Grebe WEGR 2 2
Red-necked Grebe RNGR 2 2
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 3 3
Harlequin Duck HADU 2 2
Surf Scoter SUSC 8 7 15
White-wing Scoter WWSC 1 47 48
Black Scoter BLSC 1 1
scoter sp. 20 20
West Gull WEGU 35 20 55
GW Gull GWGU 6 3 9
WxGW Gull WExGW 10 4 14
Herring Gull HERG 1 1
Black Oystercatcher BLOY 2 2
Common Murre COMU 4200 70 4270
American Crow AMCR 5 5

NOTES: The sun was shining, but a stiff wind from the south dropped
the wind chill and made for uncomfortable seawatching. Large numbers
of COMMON MURRES are staging off the rocks at Chapman Pt. A smaller
group is off the Seal Rocks.

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


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