Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
29 Jul 2001 0930-1000hr

Tide:high
Weather: Wind S 5-10; Temp 55F; drizzle

Method: .5 hour station count from jetty 500m west of 3 rocks
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
RT Loon RTLO 1 1
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 22 22
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 4 1 5
Brown Pelican BRPE 3 3
Canada Goose CAGO 6 6
Surf Scoter SUSC 2 2
White-wing Scoter WWSC 17 17
West Gull WEGU 20 20
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 1 1
California Gull CAGU 200 200
Heermann's Gull HEEG 10 58 68
gull sp. 100 300 400
Caspian Tern CATE 1000 495 1495
Black Turnstone BLTU 17 17
Western Sandpiper WESA 30 30
Common Murre COMU 700 50 750
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 2 2
Rhinoceros Auklet RHAU 1 1
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 1 1 2
Great Blue Heron GBLH 2 4 6

Notes: There was intermittant drizzle and less then perfect
visibility this morning. I could see to the end of the jetty,
but not to the horizon. Hatch-year GREAT BLUE HERONS are
making their annual show on the beach at the South Jetty. Many
of the easily viewed COMMON MURRES on the water had juveniles
in tow.

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Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
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