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