Field notes, v667
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May 11, 1950, Stillwater Wildlife Management Area Churchill Co., Nebraska. D.B.M. Totals for area (Main marsh) Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Western Grebe - 10 White Pelican - 715. More scattered than previous weeks. Consequently hard to count. Double-crested Cormorant - 18 Blue Heron - 16 Snowy Egret - 17 Nigth Heron - 17 White-faced Glossy Ibis - 4 Canada Goose - 16 adults, 3 young Mallard - 63 adults, 9 young. Most mallards still paired. A few long females and long males. Gadwall - 50. In pairs, single pairs or groups of 2 or 3 pairs. Baldpate - 1 Pintail - 1 Greenwinged Teal - 8. Flock of 6 and single pair. Cinnamon Teal - 101. Mostly in single pairs. Every now and then would see 2 pairs together, often with an extra drake. Along edge Shoveller - 1 Redhead - 103. Would come in groups of around 6 or 7 birds to a pond. Often an extra drake. Birds in middle of ponds. Ruddy Duck - 48, Paired off. Would see around 8 together WMM at a time. Turkey Vulture Marsh Hawk Sparrow Hawk Coot - 998, almost all in flocks. Rail - 1 Vir. Killdeer - 6 Dowitcher - 22 Gadwit - 3 Peeps, unidentified - 50 Avocet - 112 Stilt - 1 Gulls - 65 Ring bills. Caspian Tern - 68 Arkansas Kingbird Marsh Wrens Horned Larks Sage Thrasher Loggerhead Shrikes Yellow-throats Western Meadowlark Red-wings Brewer's Blackbird Brewer's Sparrows in grasswood near cow camp Black-throated Sparrow " " Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrows 15818 15818