Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
16 June 2000 0925-1025hr

Tide:in coming
Weather: mostly cloudy
Wind W 0-5; 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 4
Pacific Loon PALO 1 4 5
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 13 13
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 3 1 4
DC Cormorant DCCO 5 5
Brown Pelican BRPE 50 50
Surf Scoter SUSC 43 43
White-wing Scoter WWSC 2 2
Black Scoter BLSC 1 1
West Gull WEGU 60 10 70
GW Gull GWGU 1 1
WxGW Gull WExGW 10 10
gull sp. 100 80 180
Caspian Tern CATE 1100 12 1112
Common Murre COMU 95 2 97
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 4 4
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 2 2

Notes: There were very large numbers of CASPIAN TERNS working
the ocean. They were bringing in a bicolored green and gray,
stiff looking fish with a strongly forked tail fin. Two BRANT
and a scruffy looking RED PHALAROPE were at the shorebird ponds.


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