Summary of 1990 SERC Winter Bird Count 
Date: 23 December 1990 Observers : 8 Parties : 4 Partv-hrs : ca.22 
Weather: Overcast with intermittent light rain; 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) 
1. 
Great Blue Heron 
2 
1 
1 
- 
4 (8) 
2. 
Tundra Swan 
- 
- 
109 
22 
131 (68) 
3. 
Canada Goose 
254 
1 
564 
200 
1,019 (1,477) 
4. 
Mallard 
- 
- 
4 
6 
10 (6) 
5. 
Black Duck 
9 
1 7 
1 5 
40 
81 (40) 
6. 
Wood Duck 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 (0) 
7. 
Canvasback 
34 
- 
- 
- 
34 (1,326) 
8. 
Lesser Scaup 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 (206) 
9. 
Bufflehead 
1 5 
2 
- 
25 
42 (52) 
10. 
Turkey Vulture 
5 
4 
30 
- 
39 (25) 
11. 
Black Vulture 
1 
2 
2 
- 
5 (9) 
12. 
Red-tailed Hawk 
- 
- 
2 
3 
5 (5) 
13. 
Red-shouldered Hawk 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 (7) 
14. 
American Kestrel 
2 
- 
1 
1 
4 (1) 
15. 
Kildeer 
- 
1 
- 
8 
9 (4) 
16. 
Herring Gull 
- 
9 
- 
1 
10 (80) 
17. 
Ring-billed Gull 
1 6 
2 
- 
5 
23 (2) 
18. 
Gr. Black-backed Gull 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 (1) 
19. 
Mourning Dove 
1 
2 
9 
2 
14 (3) 
20. 
Barred Owl 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 (1) 
21. 
Belted Kingfisher 
- 
1 
1 
2 
4 (4) 
22. 
Common Flicker 
1 5 
1 7 
1 
7' 
40 (39) 
23. 
Pileated Woodpecker 
5 
1 1 
2 
- 
18 (9) 
24. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 
9 
6 
5 
23 (47) 
25. 
Yellow-bell. Sapsucker 
1 
7 
3 
- 
11 (10) 
26. 
Hairy Woodpecker 
1 
8 
3 
1 
13 (6) 
