TABLES 



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1 Colonial waterbirds nesting during 1976-1977, southern 



Maine to Virginia 2 



2 Total nesting pairs and number of colonies of colonial 



waterbirds in 1977, southern Maine to Virginia 4 



3 Nesting populations of seabirds and wading birds 



by States, 1977 5 



4 Waterbird nesting populations in Maine (south of Cape 



Elizabeth), 1977 6 



5 Waterbird nesting populations in New Hampshire, 1977 7 



6 Waterbird nesting populations in Massachusetts, 1977 8 



7 Waterbird nesting populations in Rhode Island, 1977 9 



8 Waterbird nesting populations in Connecticut, 1977 10 



9 Waterbird nesting populations in New York (Long Island), 



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10 Waterbird nesting populations in New Jersey, 1977 12 



11 Waterbird nesting populations in Delaware, 1977 13 



12 Waterbird nesting populations in Maryland, 1977 14 



13 Waterbird nesting populations in Virginia, 1977 15 



14 Rank order of 10 northeast States in waterbird nesting 



population size, wetland area, and coastline length 17 



15 Correlation measures between nesting waterbird numbers, 

 wetland area, and coastline length in nine northeastern 



States (Maine excluded) 18 



16 Mean colony size (nesting pairs) of selected species in the 



10 northeastern States 29 



17 Habitat utilization by nesting seabirds (S) and wading 



birds (W) in the 10 northeastern States 31 



IC Recreational use along oceanfront beaches. Long Island, 



New York, to the eastern shore of Virginia 32 



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