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<p>Ouray National Wildlife Refuge<br>
General Waterbird Survey<br>
7/9/09<br>
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Part of the auto tour has been re-opened. Only the section along the Green River is still closed. Broods are becoming numerous, especially gadwalls. The following birds were seen within the survey route:<br>
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Canada geese 826<br>
Mallard 161<br>
Gadwall 1,429<br>
Green-winged teal 2<br>
Cinnamon teal 24<br>
Blue-winged teal 6<br>
Northern shoveler 6<br>
American wigeon 11<br>
Wood duck 13<br>
Ringneck 14<br>
Bufflehead 1<br>
Redhead 90<br>
Ruddy duck 92<br>
American coot 1,269<br>
Double-crested cormorant 76<br>
Great blue heron 58<br>
Black-crowned night heron 6<br>
Snowy egret 10<br>
Cattle egret 1<br>
Great egret 2<br>
White-faced ibis 27<br>
American white pelican 60<br>
Killdeer 10<br>
American avocet 4<br>
Black-necked stilt 7<br>
Dowitcher spp. 30<br>
Spotted sandpiper 3<br>
Clark's grebe 14 <br>
Western grebe 94 <br>
Eared grebe 84<br>
Pied-billed grebe 88<br>
American kestrel 5<br>
Red-tailed hawk 6<br>
Northern harrier 1<br>
Forster's tern 8<br>
Black tern 2<br>
Caspian tern 1<br>
Ring-billed gull 3 <br>
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Diane Penttila<br>
Ouray NWR<br>
Randlett, UT<br>
(435)545-2522 x 12<br>
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