Summary of 1990 SERC Winter Bird Count 
D.ate: 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 
- 
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 
r 
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) 
