Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Northeast Region
BOMBAY HOOK NWR WEEKLY WILDLIFE DRIVE CENSUS (doesn't enumerate passerines)
Date: Nov. 30, 2007 Start time: 7:40 End Time: 11:50 Tide: low Observer: R. Brown
  Wind Spd: 3 mph Wind Dir: NW Cloud Cover: 60% Air Temp: 34˚F

Species
Raymond Pool
Shearness Pool
Bear Swamp Pool
Finis Pool
Saltmarsh
Big Woods Pond
Field 3 Soy
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       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   1                  
1
Clapper Rail                      
0
Canada Goose 142 435 1582   90   100 800 550 225  
3924
Snow Goose 7000 2 600   20000           2450
30052
Tundra Swan 10 44                  
54
Mute Swan                      
0
Black Duck 2 21 5   125            
153
Mallard 36 67 44 43 22            
212
Green-winged Teal 46 1195 800   27            
2068
Blue-winged Teal                      
0
Northern Shoveler         35            
35
Northern Pintail 984 1806 187                
2977
Gadwall       15              
15
American Wigeon                      
0
Ring-necked Duck                      
0
Bufflehead         5            
5
HYBRID black/mall                      
0
Wood Duck       6              
6
Ruddy Duck                      
0
Hooded Merg.                      
0
Common Merg.                      
0
Black-necked Stilt                      
0
American Avocet   14                  
14
Yellowlegs, Greater     5                
5
Yellowlegs, Lesser                      
0
Semipalm. Sandpiper                      
0
Western Sandpiper                      
0
Least Sandpiper                      
0
Peeps unidentified   12                  
12
Pectoral Sandpiper                      
0
Spotted Sandpiper                      
0
Dowitcher sp.     34                
34
Stilt Sandpiper                      
0
Dunlin     3   1200            
1203
Semipalm. Plover                      
0
Black-bellied Plover                      
0
Willet                      
0
Ring-billed Gull                      
0
Laughing Gull                      
0
Gr. Black-backed Gull         9            
9
Herring Gull         1            
1
Forster's Tern                      
0
Caspian Tern                      
0
Bald Eagle ad 2 im   1                  
1
Red-tailed Hawk   1       1          
2
Merlin                      
0
Sharp-shinned Hawk                      
0
Northern Harrier 1 2 2   5     1      
11
Belted Kingfisher                      
0
Total Birds = 
40795

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