BOMBAY HOOK NWR WEEKLY WILDLIFE DRIVE CENSUS (not including most passerines)
Date: Dec 8, 2006	Start time:	9:15	End Time:	12:00	Tide    low			Observer     R. Brown
	Wind Spd:	15 mph	Wind Dir:	NW	% Cloud Cover:  30			Air Temp    26˚F
Species	Raymond Pool	Shearness Pool	Bear Swamp Pool	Finis Pool	Saltmarsh	Field 20A clover	Field 19 wheat	Field 2 corn	Field13 wheat	Field15 wheat	Field 4 clover	Total
D-C Cormorant												0
Great Egret			3									3
Snowy Egret												0
Cattle Egret												0
Great Blue Heron			2	4	4							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				2								2
Clapper Rail												0
Canada Goose	345	945	50	8	107				1060	40	310	2865
Snow Goose	8	6			18500				5			18519
Tundra Swan	40	74			6							120
Mute Swan												0
Black Duck	2		3	6	102							113
Mallard			40	31	66							137
Green-winged Teal	2	18	16	30								66
Blue-winged Teal												0
Northern Shoveler			6	6	1							13
Northern Pintail		1792	153		311							2256
Gadwall				25								25
American Wigeon				21								21
Ring-necked Duck												0
Unidentified ducks												0
Bufflehead					12							12
Wood Duck				6								6
Ruddy Duck		28			10							38
Hooded Merg.					8							8
Common Merg.												0
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
Stilt Sandpiper												0
Dunlin			90									90
Common Snipe				1								1
Semipalm. Plover												0
Black-bellied Plover												0
Killdeer												0
Ring-billed Gull	1	13	2		15							31
Laughing Gull												0
Gr. Black-backed Gull			1		36							37
Herring Gull												0
Forster's Tern												0
Caspian Tern												0
Bald Eagle, 3 ad  4 im		6	1									7
American Kestrel												0
Red-tailed Hawk	1	1				1						3
Red-shouldered Hawk								1				1
Northern Harrier		1	1		2		1					5
Belted Kingfisher												0
Other Spp. Obs., Comments: turkey vulture, n flicker, downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, C wren, C chickadee, n mockingbird, blue jay, house finch, E starling, swamp sparrow, song sparrow, savannah sparrow, white-throated sparrow, r-w blackbird, horned lark, e meadowlark,  NOTE: NOT A COMPLETE COUNT OF SNOW GEESE ON REFUGE.  Estimate at least 100,000 snow geese total. Ray & Shear 95% ice, Bear 50% ice												Total Birds=
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