Table 9. Number of dead birds and number and percentage of dead Surf Scoters 

 found after major oiling incidents. 



Area 



Dates 



Number Number Percent- 



of oiled of dead age of 



dead Surf Surf 



birds Scoters Scoters 



Source 



San Francisco 

 Bay area, Cal- 

 ifornia 



Mar. 1937 



397 (a) 23 



5.79 



Aldrich 1938 



San Francisco 

 Bay, California 



Chesapeake Bay, 

 Virginia 



Northern Oregon 

 and Washington 

 coasts 



Jan. 1971 3,221 (a,b) 189 



Feb. 1976 30,000 (c) 1,690 



Mar. 1976 



362 (a) 



5.87 



5.63 



0.28 



Small et al, 

 1972 



Perry et 

 al. 1979 



Harrington- 

 Tweit 1979 



Chesapeake Bay, 

 Virginia 



Feb. 1978 10,000 (c) 400 



4.00 



Perry et 

 al. 1979 



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



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



(c) Figures are estimates based on counts of dead birds. 



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1978 



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