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Results of 1989 SERC Winter Bird Count - 17 December 1989 
Number of Observers: 12 Number of Parties: 4 Party/Hours: ca. 26 
Km on foot: ca. 20 Km in car: ca. 24 Total km: ca. 44 
Weather: Clear to overcast; Temp. = 18-25° F.; calm to light wind; no 
precip., but 4-6 inches of snow on ground; inlets and ponds frozen. 
Survey Sectors (see map): sector 1 - Camp Letts Rd. S. to Contee's Wharf 
Rd.; sector 2 - Contee's Wharf Rd. S. to Muddy Cr.; sector 3 - Muddy 
Cr. S. to Cumberstone Rd.; party 4 - Cumberstone Rd. S. to West R. 
Number of Individuals Seen in Sector 
Species - 1 2 3-4 Total 
1. Great Blue Heron 
2. Tundra Swan 
3. Canada Goose 
4. Mallard 
5. Black Duck 
6. Redhead 
7. Canvasback 
8. Scaup sp. (mainly Lesser) 
9. Buffiehead 
10. Ruddy Duck 
11. Turkey Vulture 
12. Black Vulture 
13. Sharp-shinned Hawk 
14. Red-tailed Hawk 
15. Red-shouldered Hawk 
16. American Kestrel 
17. Bobwhite 
18. Kildeer 
19. American Woodcock 
20. Herring Gul1 
21. Ring-billed Gul1 
22. Great Black-backed Gull 
23. Laughing Gul1 
24. Mourning Dove 
25. Barred Owl 
26. Belted Kingfisher 
27. Common Flicker 
28. Pileated Woodpecker 
29. Red-bellied Woodpecker 
30. Red-headed Woodpecker 
31. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
32. Hairy Woodpecker 
33. Downy Woodpecker 
34. Eastern Phoebe 
35. B1ue Jay 
36. Common Crow 
1 
560 
4 
1 
1 
6 
16 
12 
5 
1 
3 
2 
2 
4 
2 
2 
8 
5 
12 
3 
2 
7 
1 
17 
7 
1 
300 
1 
3 
1 
2 
2 
3 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
17 
3 
14 
1 
5 
3 
7 
19 
12 
6 
8 
68 
68 
87 
530 
1,477 
2 
6 
39 
40 
2 
2 
1,325 
1,326 
205 
206 
43 
52 
72 
88 
6 
4 
25 
2 
1 
9 
1 
1 
2 
5 
2 
7 
1 
1 
4 
6 
4 
4 
1 
1 
75 
80 
2 
1 
4 
3 
1 
4 
8 
6 
39 
1 
9 
13 
8 
47 
1 
2 
10 
1 
6 
4 
8 
26 
1 
9 
8 
53 
12 
22 
53 
