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