Jetty Count for
the South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR
20 APR 2002 0850-0940hr

Tide:low
Weather: Wind NW 5-10; Temp 50F

Method: 50 min 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 total
Common Loon COLO 3 7 10
Pacific Loon PALO 1 1 2
RT Loon RTLO 3 3
West Grebe WEGR 2 2
Sooty Shearwater SOSH 1300 200 1500
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 10 10
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 1 2 3
Brant BRAN 135 16 151
Surf Scoter SUSC 600 4000 4600
White-wing Scoter WWSC 15 200 215
Black Scoter BLSC 1 1
West Gull WEGU 25 15 10 50
GW Gull GWGU 6 2 8
Mew Gull MEGU 6 6
Black-legged Kittiwake BLKI 18 1 19
Bonaparte's Gull BOGU 2 2
gull sp. 150 25 175
Caspian Tern CATE 30 66 96
Sanderling SAND 4 4
Dunlin DUNL 31 31
Common Murre COMU 1250 1250
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 2 18 20
Rhinoceros Auklet RHAU 1 1
Bald Eagle BAEA 1 1
American Pipit AMPI 5 5
Savanna Sparrow SAVS 1 1

Notes: There was a large feeding flock of SOOTY SHEARWATERS
at about 300m out from the observation point with birds swirling
about through the entire period. SURF SCOTER densities are
still pretty impressive as well.

--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html