Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
2 June 2001 0920-1000hr

Tide:high
Weather: Wind W 10; Temp 50F

Method: Station count from jetty viewing platform
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 Rocks total
Common Loon COLO 1 1
Pacific Loon PALO 110 26 136
RT Loon RTLO 2 2
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 7 7
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 1 1
DC Cormorant DCCO 1 1
Surf Scoter SUSC 3 1 4
White-wing Scoter WWSC 2 2
Parasitic Jaeger PAJA 1 1
West Gull WEGU 20 5 25
GW Gull GWGU 1 1
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 1 1 2
California Gull CAGU 40 40
Black-legged KittiwakeBLKI 2 2
Caspian Tern CATE 20 20
Common Murre COMU 1950 50 2000
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 1 1
Rhinoceros Auklet RHAU 1 1 2
Tufted Puffin TUPU 2 2
Oregon Junco DEJU 1 1
Rock Wren ROWR 1 1

Notes: Weather conditions made it necessary to watch from the viewing
platform this morning. The TUFTED PUFFINS were in one of the strings
of COMMON MURRES. All murres were headed north. The PARASITIC JAEGER
was an adult light morph. A ROCK WREN was singing from the rocks of
the jetty just west of the platform.



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