Table 2. Total nesting pairs and number of colonies of colonial 

 waterbirds in 1977, southern Maine to Virginia. 



Number of 

 Species nesting pairs Colonies^ 



Seabirds 



212 



57 



186 



149 



118 



3 



48 



18 



24 



34 



6 



7 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



84 

 93 

 25 

 62 

 20 

 59 

 43 

 36 

 33 

 21 

 1 



a 

 b 



Includes all colonies at which no estimates were made. 

 Incomplete census. 



