[Birdnet] Ouray NWR General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws.gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
6/18/08

The river flows have only been higher than this year 5 times since the
Flaming Gorge Dam was completed.  We received some very good flows.  The
following birds were seen within the survey route (that I could get to):

Canada geese    413
Mallard   76
Gadwall   189
Cinnamon teal   36
Green-winged teal   28
Blue-winged teal   5
American wigeon   7
Northern pintail   1
Northern shoveler   6
Wood duck    1
Ring-necked duck   3
Ruddy duck   24
Redhead   91
American coot   406
Sandhill crane   6
Snowy egret   1
Great egret   1
Black-crowned night heron   7
Great blue heron   27
American white pelican   3
Double-crested cormorant   55
White-faced ibis   35
American bittern   4
Black-necked stilt   3
Killdeer   5
Spotted sandpiper   8
Wilson's phalarope    5
Pied-billed grebe   5
Eared grebe   29
Western grebe   43
Clark's grebe   1
Red-tailed hawk   1
American kestrel   2
Turkey vulture   1
Forster's tern   16
Black tern   6
Ring-billed gull   10


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