Results of 1997 SERC winter bird count (11 January 1996) 
No. of observers : 14 No. of parties : 4 Party hrs : ca. 29 Weather : clear; T = 25-35° F; 
winds: calm in early A.M., building to moderate for rest of day Jce: none Sectors : 1 - Camp 
Letts S. to Dock Rd; 2 - Dock Rd S. to Muddy Creek; 3 - Muddy Creek S. to Cumberstone Rd; 4 - 
Cumberstone Rd. S. to West River. 
No. counted in sector 
Species 1 2 3 4 total 
Great Blue Heron 1 
Tundra Swan 1 
Mute Swan 
Canada Goose 3 4 
Mallard 1 1 
Black Duck 1 4 
Canvasback 200 
Scaup sp. 7 5 
Common Goldeneye 
Bufflehead 1 4 
Ruddy Duck 577 
Red-breasted Merganser 1 0 
Hooded Merganser 
American Coot 
Turkey Vulture 5 
Black Vulture 3 
Bald Eagle 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
Red-tailed Hawk 3 
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 
American Kestrel 1 
Kildeer 3 
Herring Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 6 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 1 
Mourning Dove 
Belted Kingfisher 2 
Common Flicker 5 
Pileated Woodpecker 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Hairy Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker 4 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 
Red-headed Woodpecker 
Eastern Phoebe 1 
Common Crow 1 7 
Blue Jay 6 
Carolina Chickadeee 1 7 
1 
2 
4 
1 
1 4 
22 
38 
2 
2 
4 
28 
251 
313 
4 
3 
9 
27 
42 
164 
66 
286 
718 
918 
40 
115 
1 
1 
55 
69 
671 
1248 
1 
1 1 
2 
7 
1 
1 0 
3 
3 
5 
2 
4 
1 6 
7 
6 
1 6 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 0 
1 
2 
1 
8 
1 1 
1 
25 
26 
7 
1 0 
81 
159 
1 
1 
3 
6 
1 9 
25 
1 
1 
1 
5 
3 
1 1 
3 
22 
1 
1 
1 
4 
8 
1 3 
6 
6 
1 0 
9 
1 1 
34 
5 
9 
1 6 
3 1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
23 
1 4 
7 
61 
1 4 
1 5 
1 1 
46 
1 9 
9 
1 9 
64 
