Scotch Bonnet Island and Mohawk Island National Wildlife Areas Management Plan: appendix 3

**A. Waterfowl and waterbird species using Scotch Bonnet Island NWA and nearshore waters**
Common Name	Latin Name	Season	Maximum Count During One Survey (1971-2001)^a
American Black Duck	Anas rubripes	Spring, Fall, Winter	200
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Fall, Winter	1
Black Scoter	Melanitta nigra	Spring, Fall, Winter	324
Bonaparte's Gull	Chroicocephalus philadelphia	Spring, Fall	286
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola	Spring, Fall, Winter	878
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	ALL	611
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Spring, Fall, Winter	1072
Common Merganser	Mergus merganser	Spring, Fall, Winter	200
Common Loon	Gavia immer	Spring, Fall, Winter	9
Double-crested Cormorant	Phalacrocorax auritus	Summer, Spring, Fall	651
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus	ALL	17
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	Spring, Fall, Winter	10
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	ALL	101
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Spring, Fall, Winter	6500
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Spring, Fall	650
White-winged Scoter	Melanitta fusca	Spring, Fall, Winter	410
Unknown Scaup	Aythya spp.	Spring, Fall, Winter	10670

^a From CWS Great Lakes Migrant Waterfowl Survey

**B. Waterfowl and waterbird species using Mohawk Island NWA and nearshore waters**
Common Name	Latin Name	Season	Maximum Count During One Survey (1971-2001)^b
American Black Duck	Anas rubripes	ALL	350
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	Fall	25
American Wigeon	Anas americana	Fall	5
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola	Spring, Fall, Winter	327
Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors	Fall	40
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	Spring, Fall, Winter	400
Canvasback	Aythya valisineria	Fall	100
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Spring, Fall, Winter	1,317
Common Merganser	Mergus merganser	Spring, Fall, Winter	1,892
Double-crested Cormorant	Phalacrocorax auritus	Spring, Fall	600
Gadwall	Anas strepera	Spring	52
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	Spring, Fall, Winter	28,946
Hooded Merganser	Lophodytes cucullatus	Spring, Fall	2
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	ALL	660
Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	Fall	1
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	Fall	10
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Spring, Fall, Winter	705
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Spring, Fall	56
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	Spring, Fall	2
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis	Spring	4
Unidentified Scoter	Melanitta spp.	Spring, Fall	980

^b From CWS Great Lakes Migrant Waterfowl Survey.

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