[Birdnet] Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws.gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
9/26/06

Fall migration has supposedly started - but you wouldn't know it by our
bird numbers.  Which is OK since our best unit has developed a botulism
problem.  The sudden cold weather has helped.  The following birds were
seen within the survey route:

Canada geese    1,141
Mallard   76
Gadwall   151
American wigeon   7
Green-winged teal   803
Blue-winged teal  22
Northern pintail   121
Northern shoveler   110
Wood duck   1
Ringneck   13
Redhead   6
Ruddy duck   35
Common merganser   6
American coot   634
Sandhill crane   54
Great blue heron   41
Black-crowned night heron   3
Great egret   2
Snowy egret   15
White-faced ibis   1
Double-crested cormorant   59
American white pelican   43
Pied-billed grebe   19
Western grebe  97
Clark's grebe   8
Eared grebe   10
American avocet   17
Black-bellied plover   1
Killdeer   21
Marbled godwit   1
Western sandpiper   2
Lesser yellowlegs   9
Dowitchers   62
Wilson's snipe   2
Sharp-shinned hawk   1
Red-tailed hawk   6
American kestrel   7
Northern harrier   5
Turkey vulture   9


Diane Penttila
Ouray NWR
Randlett, UT
(435)545-2522 x 223
diane_penttila at fws.gov