[obol] Clatsop Beaches, Clatsop Co.27 Nov. 2007

[David Bailey]

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

Date: November 27, 2007
Location: Clatsop Beaches, Clatsop County, Oregon


Beached bird survey by car from Gearhart entrance to middle of Camp
Rilea beach. 

PARASITIC JAEGER was the highlight.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Northern Fulmar                    59 [1] 
Short-tailed Shearwater             1
Parasitic Jaeger                    1 [2] 
Common Murre                        1
Cassin's Auklet                     1 [3] 

Footnotes:

[1]  Northern Fulmar: more than half were pale plumaged (white
     underparts) birds
[2]  Parasitic Jaeger: a fairly fresh and mostly intact specimen.
     Juvenile, likely hatch-year. Molting primaries almost through
     molt with only outer-most left to molt. Similar with retrices.
     No prominent central tail feathers. Bill was thin and
     measurements matched Parasitic perfectly. This bird most closely
     resembled a dark morph, though not as dark as the extreme
     depicted in the Sibly Guide.
[3]  Cassin's Auklet: fresh and whole

Total number of species seen: 5


Also of note was a medium-sized deceased SALMON SHARK, a relative of the Great White.

Sincerely,
David C. Bailey
Seaside, Oregon