Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
25 Jun 2001 0920-1020hr

Tide:low
Weather: Wind NE 5-10; Temp 60F

Method: 1 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
Common Loon COLO 2 2 4
Pacific Loon PALO 1 7 8
West Grebe WEGR 1 1
Sooty Shearwater SOSH 1 1
shearwater sp. 1 1
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 96 50 146
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 5 3 8
DC Cormorant DCCO 98 100 198
Brown Pelican BRPE 4 2 6
Surf Scoter SUSC 3 6 9
White-wing Scoter WWSC 21 21
Black Scoter BLSC 1 1
West Gull WEGU 4 1 6 11
GW Gull GWGU 3 3
WHerring Gull HERG 1 1
Heermann's Gull HEEG 2 2
gull sp. 100 50 30 180
Caspian Tern CATE 1500 15 1515
Common Murre COMU 685 11 696
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 3 12 15
Rhinoceros Auklet RHAU 1 1 2
Marbled Murrelet MAMU 1 1
Bald Eagle BAEA 1 1
Hummingbird sp. 2 2
Am Crow AMCR 1 1

Also noted:
Harbor Porpoise
Steller's (Northern) Sealion
California Sealion

Notes: Clear with a calm ocean and wind from the NE. This was
also a substantial minus tide. An odd shearwater (described in
a separate post) flew by at 1010hr. There was also a single
SOOTY SHEARWATER seen.

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