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     Canada Goose 5 Hairy Woodpecker 9 
     
     Mallard 1 Downy Woodpecker 6 
     
     Black Duck 241 Black—backed Three-teed Woodpecker 1 
     
     Pintail 8 Blue Jay 156 
     
     Green—winged Teal 2 Common Raven 67 
     
     Common Goldeneye 334 Common Crow 499 
     
     Barrow's Goldeneye 4 Black-capped Chickadee 37+ 
     
     Oldsquaw 85 Boreal Chickadee 33+ 
     
     Common Merganser 132 Red—breasted Nuthatch 1 
     
     Rough-legged Hawk 1 Golden—crowned Kinglet 16 
     
     Ruffed Grouse 1 Northern Shrike 4 
     
     Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Common Starling 297 
     
     Grey Partridge 1 House Sparrow 1074 
     
     Great Black-backed Gull 412+ Rusty Blackbird 1 
     
     Herring Gull 1153+ Evening Grosbeak 38 
     
     Rock Dove 434 Dark-eyed Junco 2+ 
     
     Mourning Dove 2 Tree Sparrow 7 
     
     Snowy Owl 1 Snow Bunting 168 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Hillsborough Count December 30, 1978 — 28 species, 6101+ individuals. 
     
     Total party miles 261 1/2 (10 1/2 mi. on foot, 251 mi. by car). Total 
     
     party hours 34 1/2 (7 1/4 hr. on foot, 25 3/4 hr. by car, 1 1/2 hr. 
     
     stationary). Species seen during count period but not on count day: 
     
    

    
     Hairy Woodpecker, Song Sparrow. Participants: Lenore Andrew, Winifred 
     
     Cairns, Rosemary Curley, Winston Johnston, Margaret Mallett, Clare Martin, 
     
     Kathy Martin, Ruth Ross, David Smith, Mary Willms (10 observers in 5 
     
     parties). . 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mal-lard 2 
     
    
   
   
    
     Downy Woodpecker 2 
     
     Black Duck 303 Blue Jay 65 
     
     Common Goldeneye 52 Common Raven 55 
     
     Oldsquaw ' 6 Common Crow 887 
     
     Common Merganser 286 Black—capped Chickadee 65 
     
     Goshawk 1 Boreal Chickadee 9 
     
     Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 White-breasted Nuthatch l 
     
     Routh-legged Hawk 1 Mockingbird 1 
     
     American Kestrel 1 Golden—crowned Kinglet 3+ 
     
     Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Common Starling 444 
     
     Gray Partridge 45 House Sparrow 303 
     
     Great Black—backed Gull 463 Brown-headed Cowbird 23 
     
     Herring Gull 407 Evening Grosbeak 2 
     
     Rock Dove 136 Snow Bunting 2536 
     
    
   
   
    
     Winifred Cairns 
     
     Christmas Bird Count Compiler 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A Special Christmas Bird Count 
     
    
   
   
    
     On December 27, 1978, an additional Christmas Bird Count was 
     
     conducted in the Bedeque Bay Watershed. The Count area included all 
     
     the land drained by the Dunk and Wilmot Rivers and Bedeque Bay, an 
     
     area of approximately 75,000 acres. The weather was reasonably 
     
     cooperative with a temperature of —2°C and a light sprinkling of snow 
     
     which supplied an aesthetic aura to the landscape but reduced visibility 
     
     somewhat. Only one team of observers could be mustered, but they 
     
     rallied valiantly and during five hours of observations, a total of 788 
     
     individuals and 14 species were observed. The team of observers 
     
     consisted of David Curley, Kathy Martin, David Smith and Mary Francis Smith. 
     
     The following birds were observed on the Dunk and Wilmot River Watersheds: 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     American Black Duck 33 Blue Jay 29 
     
     Common Goldeneye 1 Common Raven 4 
     
     Common Merganser 18 Common Crow 46 
     
     Grey Partridge 37 Black-capped Chickadee 1 
     
     Great Black—backed Gull 22 Starling 2 
     
     Herring Gull 156 English Sparrow 206 
     
     Rock Dove 183 Snow Bunting 50+ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Total Individuals 788+