Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
19 May 2001 0815-0915hr

Tide:high
Weather: Wind WNW 5; Temp 55F

Method: 1 hour station count from jetty 300m 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 8 9 17
Pacific Loon PALO 434 42 476
RT Loon RTLO 6 1 7
Sooty Shearwater SOSH 3 3
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 9 10 19
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 6 1 7
DC Cormorant DCCO 45 70 115
Brown Pelican BRPE 11 5 16
Brant BRAN 3 3
Blue-winged Teal BWYE 2 2
American Wigeon AMWI 2 2
Surf Scoter SUSC 28 28
White-wing Scoter WWSC 6 6 12
Black Scoter BLSC 10 10
Parasitic Jaeger PAJA 1 1
West Gull WEGU 20 1 1 22
WxGW Gull WExGW 1 1
Black-leg Kittiwake BLKI 68 68
Bonaparte's Gull BOGU 6 6
gull sp. 200 200
Caspian Tern CATE 1144 1144
Western Sandpiper WESA 1 1
Red-necked Phalarope RNPH 4 4
Common Murre COMU 9255 10 9265
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 2 14 16
Rhinocerus Auklet RHAU 4 4
White-faced Ibis WFIB 21 21
Bald Eagle BAEA 3 3
Am Crow AMCR 2 2

Notes: Weather was calm and overcast with a bit of drizzle for
about 10min. The ocean was reasonably flat. There was a large
northward movement of PACIFIC LOONS and COMMON MURRES. There
were also many BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE all of them in various
stages between first winter and first summer.

A single flock of 21 WHITE-FACED IBIS flew over near the end of
the observation period. The apparently came from up river along
the jetty and turned north when they reached the tide line of the
beach. The headed toward Cape Disappointment and were last seen
over Ilwaco, WA. My guess is that if they land it will be
Riekola Unit of Willapa Bay.



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