[Birdnet] Ouray NWR General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws.gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
6/20/07

A few impoundments have already dried up, but there should be some great
shorebird habitat for the next month or so.  Highlight of the day:
long-billed curlews and blue grosbeaks.  The following birds were seen
within the survey route:

Canada geese    550
Mallard   274
Gadwall   428
Northern pintail   1
Green-winged teal   16
Cinnamon teal   99
Blue-winged teal   14
Northern shoveler   20
American wigeon   5
Wood duck   1
Redhead   71
Ruddy duck   32
American coot   350
Great blue heron   114
Snowy egret   19
Black-crowned night heron    8
White-faced ibis   65
Double-crested cormorant   90
American white pelican   265
American bittern   3
Long-billed curlew   18
Killdeer   62
American avocet   62
Black-necked stilt   15
Spotted sandpiper   4
Wilson's phalarope   71
Dowitcher spp.   1
Pied-billed grebe   16
Western grebe   36
Clark's grebe    5
Ring-billed gull    15
Franklin's gull   7
Caspian tern   1
Forster's tern   7
Black tern    7
Northern harrier   1
Red-tailed hawk   2
American kestrel    5
Turkey vulture   4



Diane Penttila
Ouray NWR
Randlett, UT
(435)545-2522 x 12
diane_penttila at fws.gov