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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
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