Field notes, v570
Page 119
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Cogswell 1948 Journal 45 Ex. 30 (p.4) of the state park area; and the brant circled & circled high over the bay, but only once were successful in getting down on the water. Our tally of the birds in this area follows, all large numbers being estimates: [* = entry under species account]. Common Loon - 2 Arctic Loon - 1 Red-throated Loon - 2 Horned Grebe - 20 + Eared Grebe - 12 + Western Grebe - 25+ Red-billed Gulls - 2 White Pelican - 100+ Brown Pelican - 14 Double-crested Cormorant - 45+ * Great Blue Heron - 63 Am. Corm Egret - 12 Snowy Egret - 2 * Whistling Swan - 1 Brant - 700 + Dabbling ducks (sp?)-1000+ (seemed too far away) Baldpate 160 Pintail 700 Green-winged Teal-800 Shoveller 300+ Canvasback 3 Surf Scoter - 100 + Ruddy Duck - 350 (250 at Baywood) Turkey Vulture - 3 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Marsh Hawk - 2 *Beregrine Falcon - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 1 Coot - 3700 {including 300 at Baywood} Black-billed Clover - 22 Semipalmated Clover - 6 * Long-billed Curlew - 65 + Willett - 5000+ Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Knot - 14 (more on rock) Greater Yellow-legs - 8 small sandpiper (sp?)-2800 Least Sandpiper - 500 + Red-backed Sandpiper - 9 Dowitcher - 20 Marbled Godwit - 1400+ Avocet - 120+