[Birdnet] Bear River waterbird/raptor count

[Bridget_Olson at fws.gov]

Waterbird/Raptor Count
8/31/07

Only about 14% of total birds observed were from the tour loop.  The Tour
loop unit is all but dry.  There is only 1 unit along the tour loop (east
side) holding water that does have several thousand shorebirds and
waterfowl.

Total number of waterfowl around 161,000 which is well above long-term
average of 110,000 for the last week of August.  Waterfowl are absolutely
packed into the few wetland units that have water in them, mainly in the
closed portion of the Refuge.  Total shorebirds of 30,000 is near the
long-term average.  Notable birds include long-billed curlew and
black-bellied plover.  Monthly record high counts of American Wigeon and
ring-billed gull.

Canada Goose                  1815
Mallard                       28515
Pintail                       32991
Green-winged Teal       37546
Cinnamon Teal                 2731
Northern Shoveler       27084
Gadwall                 12038
Am. Wigeon              17305
Canvasback              2
Redhead                 10
Scaup                   5
Ring-necked Duck        1
Ruddy Duck              1562
Pied-billed Grebe       6
Eared Grebe             2
Western Grebe                 18
Clark's Grebe                 16
A.W. Pelican                  1014
DC Cormorant                  291
Great Blue Heron        107
Great Egret             7
Snowy Egret             435
B. C. Night Heron       6
White-faced Ibis        1569
Black-bellied Plover          1
Killdeer                      12
Black-necked Stilt            4242
Avocet                        17591
Willet                        1
Spotted Sandpiper       13
Lesser Yellowlegs       28
Long-billed Curlew            1
Marbled Godwit                4216
Least sandpiper         1
Peep                    22
Baird's sandpiper       33
Dowitcher               5202
Franklin's gull               881
Ring-billed gull              1449
California gull               1430
Black tern              239
Am. coot                7587
Sandhill Crane                3
Turkey vulture                1
Northern Harrier              7
Peregrine Falcon        2

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