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Nesting of the red-cockaded woodpecker in Maryland Nesting of the red-cockaded woodpecker in Maryland
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Stewart
Distribution and ecology of whistling swans in the Chesapeake Bay region Distribution and ecology of whistling swans in the Chesapeake Bay region
The Whistling Swan, Olor columbianus, is of particular significance in the Chesapeake Bay region, since major wintering and transient populations occur here regularly, constituting in some years more than half the total population of the species. Some of these concentrations are so large that they attract many bird-watchers, who often travel long distances to see them. Whistling Swans...
Authors
R. E. Stewart, J.H. Manning
Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia
No abstract available.
Authors
Robert E. Stewart, Chandler S. Robbins
Shad fishery of Chesapeake Bay with special emphasis on the fishery of Virginia Shad fishery of Chesapeake Bay with special emphasis on the fishery of Virginia
No abstract available.
Authors
Charles H. Walburg, James E. Sykes
Effects on wildlife of aerial applications of strobane, DDT, and BHC to tidal marshes in Delaware Effects on wildlife of aerial applications of strobane, DDT, and BHC to tidal marshes in Delaware
No abstract available.
Authors
J.L. George, R.F. Darsie, P. F. Springer
Eastern glossy ibis nesting in southeastern Maryland Eastern glossy ibis nesting in southeastern Maryland
On June 25, 1956, Don P. Fankhauser and I investigated a large heron colony of mixed species, on Mills Island in Chincoteague Bay, Worcester County, Maryland. Large numbers of American Egrets (Casmerodius albus), Snowy Egrets (Leucophoyx thula), Louisiana Herons (Hydranassa tricolor), Little Blue Herons (Florida caerulea), and Black-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) were found...
Authors
R. E. Stewart
Water chestnut menaces upper section of Chesapeake Bay Water chestnut menaces upper section of Chesapeake Bay
No abstract available.
Authors
F.M. Uhler
Check-list of the birds of Virginia Check-list of the birds of Virginia
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
The foods of fur animals of the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland The foods of fur animals of the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland
Approximately 300 digestive tracts of fur animals obtained mostly during the winter trapping season and 560 scats from animals live-trapped on the Patuxent Research Refuge near Laurel, Maryland, were analyzed. The resulting data are summarized and a brief description of the area and important habitat types is given. The animals studied include the raccoon, red fox, gray fox, mink, New...
Authors
L. M. Llewellyn, Francis M. Uhler
Summary of Maryland Christmas Bird Counts (1950-51) Summary of Maryland Christmas Bird Counts (1950-51)
No abstract available.
Authors
S.H. Low
Census of woodcock breeding population in vicinity of Patuxent Refuge, Maryland in 1951 Census of woodcock breeding population in vicinity of Patuxent Refuge, Maryland in 1951
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Stewart