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 Ice: 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. 
Species 
No. 
1 
counted in sector 
2 3 4 
total 
Great Blue Heron 
1 
1 
2 
4 
Tundra Swan 
1 
1 
1 4 
22 
38 
Mute Swan 
2 
2 
4 
Canada Goose 
34 
28 
251 
313 
Mallard 
1 1 
4 
3 
9 
2 7 
Black Duck 
1 4 
42 
164 
66 
286 
Canvasback 
200 
718 
918 
Scaup sp. 
75 
40 
115 
Common Goldeneye 
1 
1 
Bufflehead 
1 4 
55 
69 
Ruddy Duck 
577 
671 
1248 
Red-breasted Merganser 
1 0 
1 
1 1 
Hooded Merganser 
2 
7 
1 
1 0 
American Coot 
3 
3 
Turkey Vulture 
5 
5 
2 
4 
1 6 
Black Vulture 
3 
7 
6 
1 6 
Bald Eagle 
2 
2 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
1 
1 
2 
Red-tailed Hawk 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 0 
Red-shouldered Hawk 
1 
1 
2 
American Kestrel 
1 
1 
Kildeer 
3 
8 
1 1 
Herring Gull 
1 
25 
26 
Ring-billed Gull 
6 1 
7 
1 0 
81 
159 
Great Black-backed Gull 
1 
1 
1 
3 
Mourning Dove 
6 
1 9 
25 
Belted Kingfisher 
2 
1 
1 
1 
5 
Common Flicker 
5 
3 
1 1 
3 
22 
Pileated Woodpecker 
1 
1 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
1 
4 
8 
1 3 
Hairy Woodpecker 
6 
6 
Downy Woodpecker 
4 
1 0 
9 
1 1 
34 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
4 
5 
9 
1 6 
3 1 
Red-headed Woodpecker 
1 
1 
2 
Eastern Phoebe 
1 
1 
Common Crow 
1 7 
23 
1 4 
7 
61 
Blue Jay 
6 
1 4 
1 5 
1 1 
46 
Carolina Chickadeee 
1 7 
1 9 
9 
1 9 
64 
