South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
04 Oct 2001 0750-0850hr

It was way too windy (east wind 10-15mph) to set up nets at the
banding station this morning so Steve Warner and I put in an
hour of seawatching. The heat distortion over the ocean (expected
with an east wind) made it very difficult to sort out anything
that wasn't fairly close so I didn't keep track of numbers very
rigorously. A POMARINE JAEGER (different then the one seen Tuesday)
was flying over the beach as we walked out to the jetty. There
were at least 2 (probably many more) SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATERS
among the several 1000 SOOTIES as well as a few PINK-FOOTED
SHEARWATERS. PACIFIC and RED-THROATED LOONS were moving north
in good numbers (about 30/min lumped count).

A mid-molt MARBLED MURRELET sat quietly on the ocean near our
observation spot for most of the period. We also saw AMERICAN
PIPITS and a NORTHERN FLICKER come in off the ocean.

Three LAPLAND LONGSPURS were at the shorebird ponds and a
recently arrived ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was making good use of the
east wind as it worked the dunes.

Common Loon
Pacific Loon
RT Loon
West Grebe
Horned Grebe
Sooty Shearwater
SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER
Pink-footed Shearwater
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
DC Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Surf Scoter
White-wing Scoter
Black Scoter
Pomarine Jaeger
West Gull
GW Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Heermann's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Northern Flicker
American Pipit
Lapland Longspur
House Finch

--
Mike Patterson When I despair, I remember
Astoria, OR that all through history
celata at pacifier.com the way of truth and love have always won.
There have been tyrants, and murderers,
and for a time they can seem invincible,
but in the end they always fall.
Think of it...always.
- Mahatma Gandhi

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