[Birdnet] Ouray NWR General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws.gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
8/5/08

While many nests initiated were wiped out during the flooding, many are
still doing well.  Namely the western grebe with 27 broods found in two
units of Leota Bottom.  The snowy plover young are still doing well.  Also
found a sandhill crane colt, which could also be a Refuge first, many
Virginia rail young and finally found the rookery of black-crowned night
herons and snowy egrets.  The following birds were seen within the survey
route (that I could get to):

Canada geese    62
Mallard   162
Gadwall   498
Cinnamon teal   25
Green-winged teal   59
Blue-winged teal   5
Northern shoveler   1
Wood duck   13
Ruddy duck   5
Redhead   15
American coot   1,634
Sandhill crane   3
Snowy egret   13
Great egret   3
Cattle egret   1
Black-crowned night heron   16
Great blue heron   90
Double-crested cormorant   194
American pelican   320
White-faced ibis   29
American bittern   2
Sora   6
Virginia rail   10
American avocet   2
Black-necked stilt   7
Killdeer   12
Snowy plover   2
Lesser yellowlegs   4
Spotted sandpiper   6
Wilson's snipe   1
Dowitcher spp.   19
Wilson's phalarope   4
Western sandpiper   1
Pied-billed grebe   51
Eared grebe   11
Western grebe   210
Clark's grebe   24
Cooper's hawk   2
American kestrel   1
Turkey vulture   2
Forster's tern   11
Black tern   3
Franklin's gull   6


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