Table 12. Number of dead birds and number and percentage of dead Buffleheads 

 found after major oiling incidents. 



Area 



Dates 



Number Number 



of oiled of dead 



dead Buffle- 



birds heads 



Martha' s Vine- 

 yard, MA 



Off Eastern 

 Canada 



San Francisco 

 Bay, California 



Chesapeake Bay, 

 Virginia 



Chesapeake Bay, 

 Virginia 



Feb. 1970 



541 (a) 



Feb. -Apr. 1,276 (a,b) 8 



1970 



Jan. 1971 3,221 (a,c) 7 



Feb. 1976 30,000 (d) 530 



Feb. 1978 10,000 (d) 260 



(a) Total includes only those birds identified to species. 



(b) Total includes both live and dead oiled birds 



(c) This figure represents birds brought to cleaning/receiving stations. 



(d) Figure is an estimate based on counts of dead birds. 



1979 



Lannoy, S. L. and F. D. Sakaguchi. 1979. First record of breeding Bufflehead 

 in central Idaho. Murrelet 60: 72-73. 



1978 



Davis, G. 1978. Bufflehead brood in Marshall County. Loon 50: 213-214. 



Erskine, A. J. 1978. Durability of tree holes used by Buffleheads. Can, 

 Field-Nat. 92: 94-95. 



1976 



King, B. 1976. Feeding behaviour of Buffleheads. Brit. Birds 69: 105. 



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