Summary of 1990 SERC Winter Bird Count 
Date : 23 December 1990 Observers : 8 Parties : 4 Partv-hrs : ca.22 
Weather : Overcast with occasional light showers; T=60-70°F; calm to 
light breezes; no snow cover; no ice in inlets. Survey Sectors (and party- 
hrs): Sector 1 - Camp Letts Rd. South to Contee's Wharf Rd. (4.5h ); Sector 
2 - Contee's Wharf Rd. South to Muddy Creek (6.5h); Sector 3 - Muddy Creek 
South to Cumberstone Rd. (6.5h); Sector 4 - Cumberstone Rd. South to West 
River (4.5h). 
Species 
No. 
counted in 
sector 
Total 
1 
2 
3 
4 
1990 
(1989) 
(1983) 
1. Great Blue Heron 
2 
1 
1 
- 
4 
(8) 
(3) 
2. Tundra Swan 
- 
- 
109 
22 
131 
(68) 
(52) 
3. Canada Goose 
254 
1 
564 
200 
1,019 
(1,477) 
(709) 
4. Mallard 
- 
- 
4 
6 
10 
(6) 
(52) 
5. Black Duck 
9 
1 7 
1 5 
40 
81 
(40) 
84) 
6. Wood Duck 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
7. Redhead 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(2) 
- 
8. Canvasback 
34 
- 
- 
- 
34 
(1,326) 
(80) 
9. Lesser Scaup 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
(206) 
- 
10.Common Goldeneye 
- 
- 
(62) 
11. Bufflehead 
1 5 
2 
- 
25 
42 
(52) 
(80) 
12. Ruddy Duck 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(88) 
(1) 
13. Red-breasted Merganser - 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(1) 
14. Turkey Vulture 
5 
4 
30 
- 
39 
(25) 
(44) 
15. Black Vulture 
1 
2 
2 
- 
5 
(9) 
(18) 
16. Bald Eagle 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(1) 
17. Sharp-shinned Hawk 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(1) 
(3) 
18. Red-tailed Hawk 
- 
- 
2 
3 
5 
(5) 
(1) 
19. Red-shouldered Hawk 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 
(7) 
(5) 
20. American Kestrel 
2 
- 
1 
1 
4 
(1) 
(1) 
21. Kildeer 
- 
1 
- 
8 
9 
(4) 
(15) 
22. Herring Gull 
- 
9 
- 
1 
10 
(80) 
(9) 
23. Ring-billed Gull 
1 6 
2 
- 
5 
23 
(2) 
(22) 
24. Gr. Black-backed Gull 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
(1) 
(3) 
25. Mourning Dove 
1 
2 
9 
2 
14 
(3) 
(40) 
26. Great Horned Owl 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(1) 
