BOMBAY HOOK NWR WEEKLY WILDLIFE DRIVE CENSUS (not including most passerines)
Date: Nov.15, 2006	Start time:	7:12	End Time:	10:22	Tide    high-falling			Observer     R. Brown
	Wind Spd:	0 mph	Wind Dir:		% Cloud Cover:  100			Air Temp    57˚F  Heavy Fog
Species	Raymond Pool	Shearness Pool	Bear Swamp Pool	Finis Pool	Saltmarsh	Pool A	Big Woods Pond	Dutch Neck Road	Field34 wheat	Field30 corn		Total
D-C Cormorant												0
Great Egret			6									6
Snowy Egret												0
Cattle Egret												0
Great Blue Heron			4		6							10
Little Blue Heron												0
Green Heron												0
Black-cr Night-heron												0
Yellow-cr Night-heron												0
Glossy Ibis												0
Pied-billed Grebe			1									1
American Coot	5	256	4									265
Clapper Rail												0
Canada Goose	44	965	221		1467							2697
Snow Goose		115			5524							5639
Tundra Swan		70										70
Mute Swan												0
Black Duck	10	103	29		193							335
Mallard	80	256	340	2	109							787
Green-winged Teal	38	6260	2734									9032
Blue-winged Teal												0
Northern Shoveler	4	106										110
Northern Pintail	592	11585	210		21							12408
Canvasback					2							2
American Wigeon		5	6									11
Ring-necked Duck												0
Black/mall hybrid		2										2
Bufflehead	2	2			6							10
Wood Duck												0
Ruddy Duck		59										59
Hooded Merg.												0
Common Merg.												0
Black-necked Stilt												0
American Avocet					6							6
Yellowlegs, Greater			37		26							63
Yellowlegs, Lesser												0
Semipalm. Sandpiper												0
Western Sandpiper												0
Least Sandpiper												0
Peeps unidentified												0
Pectoral Sandpiper												0
Spotted Sandpiper												0
Common Snipe			2									2
Dunlin			100		2950							3050
Dowitcher spp.												0
Semipalm. Plover												0
Black-bellied Plover												0
Killdeer												0
Ring-billed Gull					5							5
Laughing Gull												0
Gr. Black-backed Gull					3							3
Herring Gull												0
Forster's Tern												0
Caspian Tern												0
Bald Eagle, 1 ad  1 im												0
American Kestrel												0
Red-tailed Hawk												0
Peregrine Falcon												0
Northern Harrier		3			6							9
Belted Kingfisher			1									1
Other Spp. Obs., Comments:   Too foggy to count most geese in marsh, but estimate 50,000-80,000 snow geese on refuge.  Rn pheasant, t. vulture, e screech owl, rb woodpecker, E. starling, C. wren, blue jay, e. towhee, rw blackbird, boat-tailed grackle, A. goldfinch, de junco, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow, savannah sparrow												Total Birds=
												34583