Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
21 Oct 2000 0905-0950hr

Tide:low and out going
Weather: Wind NW 5-10; Temp 55F

Method: 45 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
Pacific Loon PALO 40 1 41
RT Loon RTLO 2 2
West Grebe WEGR 2 11 13
Red-necked Grebe RNGR 1 1
Northern Fulmar NOFU 1
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 2 2
DC Cormorant DCCO 1 1
Brown Pelican BRPE 42 42
Canada Goose CAGO 375 375
Surf Scoter SUSC 7 8 15
duck sp 500 500
Parasitic Jaeger PAJA 1 1
Thayer's Gull THGU 1 1
West Gull WEGU 20 15 35
GW Gull GWGU 1 1 2
Herring Gull HERG 1 2 3
California Gull CAGU 15 30 91 136
Mew Gull MEGU 4 12 16
Blk-leg Kittiwake BLKI 10 10
gull sp. 750 750
Blk-bellied Plover BBPL 15 15
Sanderling SAND 80 80
Dunlin DUNL 160 160
Common Murre COMU 50 50

Notes: Most birds were 2+ miles out, well beyond the resolution of
my spotting scope. Ducks and geese were going by in groups of 75-200
and gullish things were in a large, extended feeding flock. The
NORTHERN FULMAR made a fairly close approach. PACIFIC LOONS were
doing a flapless glide along the breakers that made them look like
pale bellied shearwaters.

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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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