Seawatch Count for
Ecola Point,Ecola State Park, Clatsop Co., OR
01 May 2000 - 0930 to 1000

Tide: incoming
Weather: cloudy
Wind SSW at 10-15mph; Temp 50F

Method: 30 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
Common Loon COLO 4 4
Pacific Loon PALO 3 3
Red-throated Loon RTLO 1 1
Red-necked Grebe RNGR 1 1
Double-crested Cormorant DCCO 9 9
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 50 50 19 119
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 2 6 8
White-wing Scoter WWSC 3 3
West Gull WEGU 15 25 40
GW Gull GWGU 2 2
WxGW Gull WExGW 1 1
Herring Gull HERG 1 1
Black Oystercatcher BLOY 2 2
Common Murre COMU 1100 9100 55 10255
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 2 82 2 86
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 1 1
Bald Eagle BAEA 3 3
American Crow AMCR 2 2
American Pipit AMPI 1 1

NOTES: Three immature BALD EAGLES had stationed themselves on Birds
Rocks south of Ecola Point. At the time I arrived no murres were on
any of the rocks. Over the half-hour watch period birds began to
re-group on seal lion rock. Toward the end of the watch one of the
eagles flew to Seal Rock and scattered all the birds. It stayed at
Seal Rock until driven off by WESTERN GULLS.

Additional notes: I saw at least 14 TUFTED PUFFINS and 9 HARLEQUIN
DUCKS at Haystack Rock. A single PEREGRINE FALCON was perched in a
notch on the south side of the rock.


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