Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Northeast Region
BOMBAY HOOK NWR AERIAL WATERFOWL SURVEY
Date: Feb 21, 2008 Start time:13:00 End Time:15:20 Tide  Falling       Observers: S. Guiteras
  Wind Spd: 3 mph Wind Dir: % Cloud Cover: 10   Air Temp: 35˚F   

Species Raymond Pool Shearness Pool Bear Swamp Pool Finis Pool Saltmarsh Big Woods Ponds Field 12 wheat Field 23 wheat Field 12 soy Field 9 Corn Field 13 Clover Total
D-C Cormorant                       0
Great Egret                       0
Snowy Egret                       0
Cattle Egret                       0
Great Blue Heron                       0
Little Blue Heron                       0
Green Heron                       0
Black-cr Night-heron                       0
Yellow-cr Night-heron                       0
Glossy Ibis                       0
Pied-billed Grebe                       0
American Coot                       0
Clapper Rail                       0
Canada Goose 493 210 21 2 22 51 400         1199
Snow Goose 2       2           4
Tundra Swan 43 12                   55
Mute Swan                       0
Black Duck 2 23     190             215
Mallard 20 236 15   12 4           287
Green-winged Teal 5       38             43
Blue-winged Teal                       0
Northern Shoveler   27                   27
Northern Pintail 52 236 41   2 3           334
Gadwall                       0
American Wigeon   309                   309
Ring-necked Duck                       0
Bufflehead     1   2             3
HYBRID black/mall                       0
Wood Duck                       0
Ruddy Duck                       0
Hooded Merg.                       0
GOLDENEYE           2           2
Black-necked Stilt                       0
American Avocet                       0
Yellowlegs, Greater                       0
Yellowlegs, Lesser                       0
Semipalm. Sandpiper                       0
Western Sandpiper                       0
Least Sandpiper                       0
Peeps unidentified                       0
Pectoral Sandpiper                       0
Spotted Sandpiper                       0
Dowitcher sp.                       0
Stilt Sandpiper                       0
Dunlin         250             250
Semipalm. Plover                       0
Black-bellied Plover                       0
MARBLED GODWIT                       0
Ring-billed Gull         50             50
Laughing Gull                       0
Gr. Black-backed Gull                       0
Herring Gull                       0
Forster's Tern                       0
Caspian Tern                       0
Bald Eagle ad 2 im                       0
ROUG-LEGGED HAWK                       0
Merlin                       0
Sharp-shinned Hawk                       0
Northern Harrier                       0
Belted Kingfisher           1           1
Total Birds =  2779

Other Species Observed, Code to Species Abbreviations

CODES COMMON NAMES
ACFL Acadian flycatcher
AMCR American crow
AMGO American goldfinch
AMRO American robin
AMPI American pipit
BASW barn swallow
BHCO brown-headed cowbird
BLGR blue grosbeak
BLJA blue jay
BOBO bobolink
BRTH brown thrasher
CACH Carolina chickadee
CARW Carolina wren
CLRA clapper rail
COGR common grackle
COYE common yellowthroat
DOWO downy woodpecker
EABL eastern bluebird
EAKI eastern kingbird
EAME eastern meadowlark
EATI eastern titmouse
EATO eastern towhee
ESOW eastern screech owl
EUST European starling
EWPE eastern wood-pewee
FICR fish crow
GCFL great crested flycatcher
GRCA gray catbird
HOLA horned lark
HOWR house wren
INBU indigo bunting
MAWR marsh wren
MODO mourning dove
NOCA northern cardinal
NOFL northern flicker
NOMO northern mockingbird
OROR orchard oriole
PROW prothonotary warbler
PUMA purple martin
RBWO red-bellied woodpecker
REVI red-eyed vireo
RNPH ring-necked pheasant
RODO rock dove
RWBL red-winged blackbird
SCTA scarlet tanager
SAVS savanna sparrow
SESP seaside sparrow
SOSP song sparrow
SWSP swamp sparrow
TRSW tree swallow
TUVU turkey vulture
WIFL willow flycatcher
WOTH wood thrush
WTSP white-throated sparrow
YBCH yellow-breasted chat
YBCU yellow-billed cuckoo
YEWA yellow warbler

Other Spp. Observed (species key on reverse): 

Last updated: October 29, 2008