Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
05 Mar 2000 0950-1020hr

Tide:in coming
Weather: mostly sunny
Wind NW 10-150; Temp 50F


Method: 30 minute station count at observation deck on
SJCR using 20x60 Bushnell spotting scope and 8x50 Bushnell
binoculars. Birds were sorted as to flyby, sitting
on ocean.

Fly Ocean total
Pacific Loon PALO 1 1
RT Loon RTLO 1 1
loon sp. 1 1
West Grebe WEGR 3 3
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 1 1
Surf Scoter SUSC 4 7 11
White-wing Scoter WWSC 7 7
scoter sp. 9 9
West Gull WEGU 8 2 10
GW Gull GWGU 5 1 6
WxGW Gull WExGW 5 5
Glaucous Gull GLGU 1 1
Herring Gull HERG 7 7
Mew Gull MEGU 17 17
Black-leg Kittiwake BLKI 15 1 16
gull sp. 60 20 80
Dunlin DUNL 1 1
Western Sandpiper WESA 30 30
Common Murre COMU 1 1

Notes: Very high surf required that I use the observation deck
rather than go out on the jetty which has the effect of putting
the breakers between me and most of the birds. BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES were in good numbers. Surprisingly high numbers of
HERRING GULLS were also flying north.


--
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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