Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
15 May 1999 0900hr-1000hr

Tide:low
Weather: mostly cloudy
Wind SW 20; Temp 50F


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 river beach total
Common Loon COLO 1 20 21
Pacific Loon PALO 13 9 22
West Grebe WEGR 1 1
Red-necked Grebe RNGR 1 2 3
Sooty Shearwater SOSH 1 1
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 14 40 54
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 1 1
Green-winged Teal GWTE 2 2
Surf Scoter SUSC 44 3 47
White-wing Scoter WWSC 17 2 2 21
Black Scoter BLSC 1 1 2
West Gull WEGU 30 55 6 91
GW Gull GWGU 3 1 4
WxGW Gull WExGW 25 50 75
Black-legged Kittiwake BLKI 4 1 5
Bonapart's Gull BOGU 131 16 147
Sabine's Gull SAGU 1 1
gull sp. 40 70 110
Caspian Tern CATE 2 2 4
Common Tern COTE 3 2 5
Semi Plover SEPL 1 1
Short-billed Dowitcher SBDO 11 11
Sanderling SAND 15 15
Red-necked Phalarope RNPH 34 34
Common Murre COMU 144 2 146
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 1 1

Notes: The ocean was relatively calm. BONAPART'S GULLS and
WESTERN GULLS were actively targeting COMMON LOONS and BRANDT'S
CORMORANTS for fish. Only one SOOTY SHEARWATER was late in
the viewing period.

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
mpatters at orednet.org and we've got to use all the words we've got....
Besides, there are damn few words anybody understands
Henry Drummond in "Inherit the Wind"

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