[Birdnet] Bear River Refuge Waterbird/Raptor count

[Bridget_Olson at fws.gov]

Waterbird/Raptor count
3/30/07

Total number of waterfowl around 110,000.  The long-term average for this
week in March is 162,000.  Numbers down considerably from two weeks ago
indicating migration was about 2 weeks earlier than average.  Total
shorebirds around 7600 which is more than double the long-term average of
about 2700 for this week in March.  Record high March counts of cinnamon
teal, pied-billed grebe, western grebe, Clark's grebe, black-crowned night
heron, black-necked stilts, marbled godwit, Franklin's gull, Caspian tern,
and coot.  Global warming????  First spring sightings of eared grebe,
western grebe, black-necked stilt, marbled godwit, and Caspian tern.

Tundra Swan       127
Canada goose            462
Mallard                 5040
Pintail                 25436
Green-winged Teal 8081
Cinnamon Teal           3862
Northern Shoveler 25024
Gadwall           6013
Am. Wigeon        15196
Canvasback        8298
Redhead           3392
Scaup spp.        6369
Common goldeneye  1372
Bufflehead        1605
Ring-necked duck  8
Ruddy duck        1341
Pied-billed Grebe 54
Eared Grebe       45
Western Grebe           49
Clark's Grebe           36
A.W. Pelican            92
DC cormorant            235
Great Blue Heron  31
Blk. Crown. Night Heron 7
Killdeer                18
Black-necked Stilt      75
Am. Avocet        7304
Marbled godwit          186
Dowitcher         11
Franklin's gull         224
Ring billed gull        23
California gull         5546
Caspian Tern            5
coot              16675
Sandhill Crane          7
Bald Eagle        3
Northern Harrier        8
Red-tailed Hawk   1
merlin                  1
Loggerhead shrike 1

Bridget Olson
Wildlife Biologist
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
2155 West Forest St.
Brigham City, UT  84302
Phone: 435/734-6433