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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

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
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