[Birdnet] Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws.gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
5/3/07

Several new species for the year;   Wilson's and red-necked phalaropes,
willet, marbled godwits (we have so many Bridget is going to want to come
and band them), Forster's terns, peregrine falcons, and the western
kingbirds are back.  I also found the magical tree with 4 different species
of swallows sitting in it (from NE Utah bird group).  There were several
goose broods found as well.  The following birds were seen within the
survey route:

Canada geese    150
Mallard   179
Gadwall   305
Northern pintail   8
Green-winged teal   182
Cinnamon teal   137
Blue-winged teal   6
Northern shoveler   89
American wigeon   2
Redhead   103
Ruddy duck   72
Bufflehead   6
Ringneck   16
Lesser scaup   16
Canvasback   1
American coot   748
Great blue heron   54
Snowy egret   5
Great egret   1
Black-crowned night heron    2
White-faced ibis   51
Double-crested cormorant   112
American white pelican   117
Sandhill crane   3
Killdeer   9
American avocet   38
Black-necked stilt   62
Western sandpiper   5
Least sandpiper   6
Spotted sandpiper   1
Willet   4
Marbled godwit    95
Long-billed curlew   5
Dowitchers spp.   311
Wilson's snipe   3
Wilson's phalarope   375
Red-necked phalarope   3
Pied-billed grebe   3
Eared grebe   29
Western grebe   70
Clark's grebe    4
Ring-billed gull    2
Bonaparte's gull   57
Forster's tern   63
Red-tailed hawk   2
Northern harrier   2
American kestrel    2
Turkey vulture   2
Peregrine falcon   2




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