Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
02 Sep 2001 0900-1000hr

Tide:low
Weather: Wind S 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 1 1
Pacific Loon PALO 8 8
RT Loon RTLO 1 1
West Grebe WEGR 1 1
Sooty Shearwater SOSH 600 600
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER PFSH 1 1
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 125 125
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 6 6
DC Cormorant DCCO 1 1
Brown Pelican BRPE 62 62
Green-winged Teal GWTE 25 25
Surf Scoter SUSC 34 34
White-wing Scoter WWSC 2 2
jaeger sp 2 2
West Gull WEGU 10 2 25 37
GW Gull GWGU 1 1
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 1 1
California Gull CAGU 45 60 105
Heermann's Gull HEEG 28 30 58
Black-legged Kittiwake BLKI 1 1
gull sp. 75 75
Caspian Tern CATE 2 2
Surfbird SURF 13 13
Common Murre COMU 2 2
Cliff Swallow CLSW 1 1
Barn Swallow BARS 12 12
Violet-green Swallow VGSW 1 1


Notes: At least one of the jaeger sp was probably a POMARINE
JAEGER, both were very far out. The PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER came
through with a group SOOTY SHEARWATER and was seen at reasonably
close range.

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