[obol] seawatch gull counts
- From: Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:58:18 -0700
Diane and I definitely shorted our gull counts, partly because at the Florence
jetties with a west wind, half or more of the gull movement is not across the
jetties at all, it is along the bluff face a quarter-mile east - behind the
observers. I suspect that there is a good updraft there. Thousands of Cals
moved along there all day but even a wily old bureaucrat like me can't watch in
two directions at once.
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Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
Eugene, Oregon
On Oct 27, 2014, at 4:51 PM, Phil Pickering wrote:
> -----Original Message----- From: Alan Contreras
>> There is also the matter of Interesting Distractions.
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> For me 30k distant Cassin's Auklets is an Interesting Distraction
> from birds moving next to shore : ) Not surprising if my report
> shorted things like WW Scoters and Dave's reflects those
> more accurately, given his focus was closer in.
>
> My loon and gull numbers may also be a bit short, although
> I would add that in my humble estimation based on
> periodic timed counts it's unlikely there were as many
> as 80k loons or 100k total gulls in view in 4 hours.
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> Cheers, Phil
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