[Birdnet] Ouray NWR General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws.gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
6/3/08

We are currently seeing some of the highest river flows in years.  The
shorebirds aren't liking it and I'm sure we have lost a few nests but it
will benefit greatly in the long run.  The following birds were seen within
the survey route:

Canada geese    310
Mallard   31
Gadwall   65
Cinnamon teal   11
Green-winged teal   1
Blue-winged teal   3
American wigeon   2
Northern pintail   3
Northern shoveler   12
Scaup   2
Ring-necked duck   1
Ruddy duck   41
Redhead   59
American coot   306
Sandhill crane   2
Snowy egret   4
Black-crowned night heron   6
Great blue heron   20
American white pelican   2
Double-crested cormorant   33
White-faced ibis   172
American bittern   4
American avocet   1
Black-necked stilt   7
Killdeer   16
Lesser yellowlegs   2
Spotted sandpiper   10
Pied-billed grebe   9
Eared grebe   6
Western grebe   28
Clark's grebe   2
Red-tailed hawk   4
American kestrel   2
Turkey vulture   6
Forster's tern   7
Black tern   3


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