Seawatch Count for
Ecola Point,Ecola State Park, Clatsop Co., OR
12 Aug 2000 - 1105 to 1205

Tide: high
Weather: sunny
Wind SW at 5mph; Temp 65F

Method: 60 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.

flyby ocean rocks total
Western Grebe WEGR 1 1
Brown Pelican BRPE 20 64 222 306
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 23 70 93
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 5 6 11
Harlequin Duck HADU 3 3
West Gull WEGU 16 65 85 166
GW Gull GWGU 1 1
WxGW Gull WExGW 3 3
California Gull CAGU 6 6
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 1 1
gull sp. 50 150 200
Caspian Tern CATE 1 1
Black Oystercatcher BLOY 2 2
Common Murre COMU 35 4250 255 4540
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 48 48
Rhinoceros Auklet RHAU 1 1
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 2 2
Tufted Puffin TUPU 1

NOTES: Again, shearwaters.

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