Results of 1992 SERC 
winter 
bird 
count 
(count conducted 10 Jan 
1993) 
Number of observers: 10 
Number of parties: 4 
Partv/hours: ca. 22 
Km on 
foot: ca. 30 
Km in car: ca. 15 Total 
km: ca. 
45 Weather: 
Partly cloudy to sunny; 
Temp: 
30-50° 
F; Wind 
calm to light; Discontinuous cover of soft snow (depth < 2 in.); creeks and inlets frozen 
Survev sectors: 1 - Camp Letts S. to Contee’s Wharf Rd; 2 - Contee’s Wharf Road S. to Muddy 
Cr.; 3 - Muddy Cr. S. to Cumberstone Rd. 
; 4 - Cumberstone Rd. S. to West R. 
No. of individuals in sector 
Total 
Species 
1 
2 
3 
4 
Indiv. 
1. Common Loon 
1 
1 
2. Great Blue Heron 
3 
3 
1 
1 
8 
3. Tundra Swan 
6 
10 
4 
20 
4. Canada Goose 
874 
50 
150 
9 
1093 
5. Mallard 
5 
2 
25 
2 
34 
6 . Black Duck 
22 
5 
40 
5 
72 
7. Canvasback 
1 1 
11 
8 . Lesser Scaup 
3 
3 
9. Common Goldeneye 
1 
1 
2 
4 
10. Bufflehead 
48 
1 
19 
133 
201 
11 . Ruddy Duck 
4 
4 
12. Hooded Merganser 
6 
6 
13. Turkey Vulture 
3 
6 
5 
3 
17 
14. Black Vulture 
9 
27 
11 
47 
15. Bald Eagle 
3 
3 
16. Sharp-shinned Hawk 
1 
1 
2 
17. Red-tailed Hawk 
1 
3 
2 
6 
18. Red-should. Hawk 
2 
2 
4 
19. American Kestrel 
1 
1 
2 
20. Kildeer 
1 
1 
21. Herring Gull" 
3 
5 
5 
13 
22. Ring-billed Gull 
1 8 
1 
12 
31 
23. Gr. Black-b. Gull 
3 
1 
4 
24. Mourning Dove 
6 
15 
21 
25. Great Horned Owl 
1 
1 
26. Belted Kingfisher 
2 
1 
2 
5 
27. Common Flicker 
20 
2 
15 
4 
41 
28. Pileat. Woodpecker 
1 
2 
3 
29. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 
2 
4 
7 
30. Hairy Woodpecker 
1 
3 
5 
1 
10 
31. Downy Woodpecker 
9 
7 
8 
24 
32. Red-bellied Woodpecker 8 
7 
12 
6 
33 
33. Common Crow 
23 
2 
29 
35 
89 
34. Fish Crow 
2 
1 
3 
35. Blue Jay 
1 6 
3 
20 
12 
51 
36. Loggerhead Shrike 
1 
1 
37. Carolina Chickadee 
23 
8 
20 
7 
58 
38. Tufted Titmouse 
1 2 
6 
14 
6 
38 
