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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 
1 
1 
3. Canada Goose 
560 
300 
4. Mallard 
4 
5. Black Duck 
6. Redhead 
1 
7. Canvasback 
1 
8. Scaup sp. (mainly Lesser) 
1 
9. Buffiehead 
6 
10. Ruddy Duck 
16 
11. Turkey Vulture 
12 
3 
12. Black Vulture 
13. Sharp-shinned Hawk 
5 
1 
14. Red-tailed Hawk 
1 
2 
15. Red-shouldered Hawk 
16. American Kestrel 
3 
2 
17. Bobwhite 
18. Kildeer 
19. American Woodcock 
2 
20. Herring Gull 
2 
3 
21. Ring-billed Gul1 
2 
22. Great Black-backed Gull 
1 
23. Laughing Gul1 
4 
24. Mourning Dove 
2 
1 
25. Barred Owl 
1 
26. Belted Kingfisher 
2 
2 
27. Common FIicker 
8 
17 
28. Pileated Woodpecker 
5 
3 
29. Red-bellied Woodpecker 
12 
14 
30. Red-headed Woodpecker 
1 
31. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
3 
5 
32. Hairy Woodpecker 
2 
3 
33. Downy Woodpecker 
7 
7 
34. Eastern Phoebe 
1 
35. Blue Jay 
17 
19 
36. Common Crow 
7 
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 
