Paae 



RHODE ISLAND 62 



Seabirds 62 



Wading Birds 62 



CONNECTICUT 64 



Seabirds 64 



Wading Birds 64 



NEW YORK 66 



Seabirds 66 



Wading Birds 68 



NEW JERSEY 69 



Seabirds 69 



Wading Birds 71 



DELAWARE 73 



Seabirds 73 



Wading Birds 73 



MARYLAND 75 



Seabirds 75 



Wading Birds 75 



VIRGINIA 79 



Seabirds 79 



Wading Birds 82 



NESTING CHRONOLOGY 83 



SEABIRDS 83 



WADING BIRDS 95 



SUMMARY Ill 



MAfJAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 113 



POPULATION EVALUATION 113 



FEEDING HABITAT 113 



HABITAT PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT 114 



REFERENCES 115 



APPENDIXES 



A Procedures for Using Sampling Methods in 



Determining Nest Densities 124 



B Listing of Colony Nesting Data, 1900-1977 126 



C Selected Bibliography of Nesting Records of Colonial 



Waterbirds, Portland, Maine to Back Bay, Virginia . . . 133 



D Colony Site Listing: Maine (Cape Elizabeth, South)- 



Virginia, 1977 164 



E Breeding Species in Maine (Cape Elizabeth, South), 



1977 177 



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