[obol] The Cove (Seaside), Clatsop County, Oregon on March 11, 2007

[David Bailey]

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

Date: March 11, 2007
Location: The Cove (Seaside), Clatsop County, Oregon

Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h gusting to: 6-11 km/h
Precipitation: drizzle

I walked from Avenue I to first point off The Cove this morning. No
dead birds found. Lots of nice regularly occurring live birds though.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)             27 [1] 
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)                  50
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)                   1
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)                         10
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)                         1
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)                   1
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)               5
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)        1
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)             8
Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)               10
Surfbird (Aphriza virgata)                             20
Mew Gull (Larus canus)                                 30
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)                      10
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)               10
Glaucous-winged x Western Gull (Larus glaucescens x occidentalis) 80
Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)               1 [2] 
Rock Dove (Columba livia)                              20
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)                     1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)                   2
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)                   1

Footnotes:

[1]  Harlequin Duck: more than 2:1 adult males
[2]  Rhinoceros Auklet: breeding plumage, though small horn,
     therefore immature?

Total number of species seen: 20