[obol] [Fwd: Clatsop Beaches, Clatsop County, Oregon on April 05, 2007]

[David Bailey]

I surveyed the entire beach Gearhart to South Jetty of the Columbia 
River for avian flotsam last Thursday. Lots of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES. 
See the birdnotes report below.

David

David C. Bailey
Seaside, Oregon

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Subject: 	Clatsop Beaches, Clatsop County, Oregon on April 05, 2007
Date: 	Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:23:54 GMT
From: 	baileydc at pdx.edu
To: 	baileydc at pdx.edu



This report was mailed for David C. Bailey by http://birdnotes.net

Date: April 5, 2007
Location: Clatsop Beaches, Clatsop County, Oregon

Precipitation: none

Driving survey: Gearhart auto access north all the way to the south
jetty of the Columbia River this afternoon beginning at 1530. I
checked the most recent wrack line and on down to the waves.

I found surprisingly good diversity among the dead. Most all fresh
birds appeared to be raptor kills.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Green-Winged Teal (Anas crecca)                         1 [1] 
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)                          1 [2] 
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)                    1 [3] 
Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)         2 [4] 
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)                       2 [5] 
Glaucous-winged x Western Gull (Larus glaucescens x occidentalis) 1 [6] 
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)               4 [7] 
Common Murre (Uria aalge)                               1 [8] 
Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)               2 [9] 

Footnotes:

[1]  Green-Winged Teal: wing only
[2]  Bufflehead: head only
[3]  Northern Fulmar: single wing; appeared to be fairly old, say a
     couple weeks at least
[4]  Brandt's Cormorant: Both fresh; both scavenged; both immatures,
     one with a heavy load of ticks on its neck and occipit, over 25
     individual bugs--ick. 
[5]  Western Gull: One wing of a 1st winter plumage bird, two wings
     of an adult, both fresh
[6]  Glaucous-winged x Western Gull: a fresh raptor kill: wings and
     head and misc. parts scattered
[7]  Black-legged Kittiwake: all fresh; all pectoral girdle and wings
     only or pec. girdle, wings and tail. No feet and no heads.
[8]  Common Murre: a fresh adult
[9]  Rhinoceros Auklet: old mummies from March wreck

Total number of species seen: 9