BOMBAY HOOK NWR AERIAL WATERFOWL SURVEY
Date: Feb 22, 2006	Start time:	10:37	End Time:	11:30	Pilot     J. Wortham			Observers: R. Brown, A. Straughn
	Wind Spd:	0 mph	Wind Dir:		% Cloud Cover:  100			Air Temp    35˚F
	Impoundments				Salt Marsh Units				Agricultural Units
Species	Raymond Pool	Shearness Pool	Bear Swamp Pool	Finis Pool	Bombay Hook Island	Kent Island	Kelly Island	Steamboat Marsh	Fischer	Dutch Neck	Whitehall Neck	Steamboat	Total
Canada Goose		35	19		143	20		65		475		400	1157
Snow Goose					3								3
Tundra Swan	42	12											54
Mute Swan													0
Black Duck		5	10	112	1430	238	367	15				44	2221
Mallard	6	106	4	252	1554	48	22	6		3		76	2077
Green-winged Teal				113	119	25	15	3					275
Blue-winged Teal													0
Northern Shoveler	10					2							12
Northern Pintail		275	4	425	110								814
Gadwall							1						1
American Wigeon					1			4					5
Ring-necked Duck													0
Scaup spp.		2			50								52
Bufflehead	29				10	6	7						52
Wood Duck													0
Ruddy Duck													0
Hooded Merg.					20	4	3						27
Common Merg.		20			21		4	4					49
Canvasback													0
									TOTAL DUCKS				5585
									TOTAL GEESE				1160
									TOTAL WATERFOWL				6799
RAPTORS
Bald Eagle				1									1
American Kestrel													0
Red-tailed Hawk					1								1
Red-shouldered Hawk													0
Northern Harrier					2	1	1						4
Other Spp. Obs., Comments:  Raymond, Shearness, Bear mostly frozen; Finis mostly open; Salt marsh 1% frozen.  Snow Geese off refuge: Woodland Beach 750; farm field south of Leipsic 10,000; farm field west of Dutch Neck 2500.