Columbia Estuary Report - 9/5/2001

There were 250,000 SOOTY SHEARWATERS off the South Jetty of
the Columbia River this afternoon. Many were working the surf
right off observation deck. A POMARINE JAEGER was picking on
HEERMANN'S GULLS here as well.

Fred Ramsey saw a PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER on the shorebird flats
just before high tide.

My shorebird count from 1530-1645hr:
Wandering Tattler 1
Western Sandpiper 45
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Red-necked Phalarope 6

Todd Thornton checked Coffenbury Lake this afternoon and found
2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Apparently, the change in the wind has
given the recently seen birds an opportunity to move on.

--
Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
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