[Birdnet] Ouray NWR General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws.gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
5/6/09

Some very interesting and unusual birds seen, including a common loon.
River levels are coming up and we have been getting some flooding.  If you
plan to come out this weekend, our Open House is Saturday from 7:30 to 1:00
pm.  The following birds were seen within the survey route:

Canada geese    145
Mallard   113
Gadwall   586
Green-winged teal   100
Cinnamon teal   97
Blue-winged teal   12
Northern shoveler   131
Northern pintail   19
American wigeon   4
Wood duck   5
Ringneck   21
Scaup   17
Bufflehead   21
Common merganser   1
Redhead   64
Ruddy duck   53
American coot    940
Sandhill crane   1
Double-crested cormorant   184
Great blue heron   25
Black-crowned night heron   6
Snowy egret   7
Cattle egret   1
White-faced ibis   203
American white pelican   150
American bittern   1
Killdeer   5
Black-bellied plover   4
American avocet   76
Black-necked stilt   36
Lesser yellowlegs   10
Willet   20
Western sandpiper   20
Marbled godwit   35
Dowitcher spp   825
Wilson's phalarope   493
Red-necked phalarope   110
Common loon   1
Clark's grebe   7
Western grebe   55
Eared grebe   10
Pied-billed grebe   14
Northern harrier   1
American kestrel   3
Red-tailed hawk    1
Turkey vulture   2
Forster's tern   9
Caspian tern   2
Bonaparte's gull   4


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