Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
28 July 2000 1025-1055hr

Tide:low
Weather: incoming fog
Wind SW 10; Temp 65F


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
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 1 1
Brown Pelican BRPE 3 24 27
Surf Scoter SUSC 2 2
White-wing Scoter WWSC 0
jaeger sp 1 1
West Gull WEGU 12 40 52
GW Gull GWGU 1 3 4
California Gull CAGU 65 65
Heermann's Gull HEEG 6 6
Caspian Tern CATE 25 278 303
Whimbrel WHIM 1 1
Western Sandpiper WESA 8 8
Common Murre COMU 1 1

Notes: A low dense fog rolled in at about 10 minutes into the
count reducing visibility to about 300m. The number above reflect
only a partial count almost entirely of birds on the beach. I also
spent about half an hour read colored leg bands on CASPIAN TERNS.

Juv Right Blue/metal/Yellow; Left Red/Blue/White
Juv Right Blue/metal/Yellow; Left Blue/Yellow/White
Ad Right Orange/metal/unknown; Left Orange/Red/Yellow
Ad Right Orange/metal/Red; Left Yellow/White/Red


--
Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
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