Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Northeast Region
BOMBAY HOOK NWR WEEKLY WILDLIFE DRIVE CENSUS (doesn't enumerate passerines)
Date: Nov. 24, 2007 Start time: 11:30 End Time: 14:30 Tide: high Observer: S. Guiteras
  Wind Spd: Calm Wind Dir: Cloud Cover: 10% Air Temp: 34˚F

Species
Raymond Pool
Shearness Pool
Bear Swamp Pool
Finis Pool
Saltmarsh
Big Woods Ponds
Field 3 Soy
Field 23
Wheat
Field 12 Soy
Field 9 Corn
Field 13 Clover
Total
D-C Cormorant   5                  
5
Great Egret                      
0
Snowy Egret                      
0
Cattle Egret                      
0
Great Blue Heron       1              
1
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 227 295 1009   53           300
1884
Snow Goose         21500            
21500
Tundra Swan 19 32                  
51
Mute Swan                      
0
Black Duck                      
0
Mallard 1 44 5 25 105            
180
Green-winged Teal 176 560 256   82            
1074
Blue-winged Teal                      
0
Northern Shoveler                      
0
Northern Pintail 422 1319                  
1741
Gadwall                      
0
American Wigeon                      
0
Ring-necked Duck                      
0
Bufflehead         1            
1
HYBRID black/mall                      
0
Wood Duck       4              
4
Ruddy Duck                      
0
Hooded Merg.                      
0
Common Merg.                      
0
Black-necked Stilt                      
0
American Avocet   25 1                
26
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 220 1813 408   1050            
3491
Semipalm. Plover                      
0
Black-bellied Plover                      
0
Willet                      
0
Ring-billed Gull                      
0
Laughing Gull                      
0
Gr. Black-backed Gull                      
0
Herring Gull                      
0
Forster's Tern                      
0
Caspian Tern                      
0
Bald Eagle ad 2 im                      
0
Red-tailed Hawk                      
0
Merlin                      
0
Sharp-shinned Hawk                      
0
Northern Harrier   1                  
1
Belted Kingfisher                      
0
Total Birds = 
29959

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): NOT A COMPLETE COUNT OF WATERFOWL ON REFUGE--MANY CONCEALED IN MARSH.  TUVU, ESOW, RBWO, DOWO, EUST, EABL, AMPI, EAME, NOMO, EATO, RODO, MODO, BLJA, CACH, SOSP, SAVS, SWSP, WTSP

Last updated: October 28, 2008