Date:         Mon, 8 May 2000 15:38:27 -0400
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From:         Shireen Gonzaga <shireen@STSCI.EDU>
Subject:      aerial surveys along Delaware Bay
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From fws-shorebirds-owner@www.fws.gov Mon May  8 15:34 EDT 2000
Subject: aerial surveys along Delaware Bay
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From: Heather_Johnson@fws.gov

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The NJ Fish, Game and Wildlife does aerial surveys of the shorebirds
using the Delaware Bay beaches (Delaware and New Jersey sides) during
the month of May to estimate the number of shorebirds using this
stopover area.  I will be posting these numbers as we receive them.

May 2
NJ Shore
0    REKN Red Knot
175  RUTU Ruddy Turnstone
52   SESA Semipalmated Sandpiper
1,016     SAND Sanderling
95   PEEP unidentified sandpipers
4,330     DOW  Dowitcher (most likely Short-billed)
9,420     DUNL Dunlin

Delaware Shore
0    REKN Red Knot
10   RUTU Ruddy Turnstone
240  SESA Semipalmated Sandpiper
1,510     SAND Sanderling
615  PEEP unidentified sandpipers
40   DOW  Dowitcher (most likely Short-billed)
3,345     DUNL Dunlin

Total birds for the Delaware Bay area - 20,848

Ms. Dale Rosselet
Director of Education
NJ Audubon, Center for Research and Education
600 Rt. 47 North
Cape May Court House, NJ  08210
609-861-0700
dale@njaudubon.org

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