[Birdtalk] Pelican-Ouray at DST

[Clay Johnson]

We dropped over to Ouray Refuge by way of Pelican Lake this morning.  We
looked at Pelican Lake and the small ponds on the other side of the highway,
then drove the Shepard Bottom auto toru loop Ouray, and a couple of miles
out on the Leota Bottoms road, between about 8:30 and noon.  The ice is off
the Green River, and going from the edges and small ponds at Ouray.it should
be ice-free in a couple of days.  The birding has picked up considerably.
There were lots of eagles (50+).Bald eagles standing here and there on the
rotten ice flows.  At Ouray we even saw what looked like an eagle "kettle"
of around twenty eagles all soaring about.  Coots were predominant, but
Green-winged teal, Mallards, Red-winged blackbirds, Bald and Golden Eagles,
Bufflehead, Pintails, Common Merganser and Common Goldeneye were also
ubiquitous.  Redheads and Cinnamon teal were not uncommon.  There were a few
Canvasback, Ring-necked duck, Greater scaup and Northern shovelers.  We saw
six Tundra swans at Ouray, and three swans at Pelican.  If you go to Ouray,
watch for the porcupines.

 

List below.

 

Clay and Cliftia

 

American Coot

American Robin

American Tree Sparrow

American Wigeon

Bald Eagle

Black-billed Magpie

Black-capped Chickadee

Bufflehead

Canada Goose

Canvasback

Cinnamon Teal

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon and Slate-colored)

Dark-eyed Junco

European Starling

Gadwall

Golden Eagle

Great Blue Heron

Greater Scaup

Green-winged Teal

Killdeer

Loggerhead Shrike

Mallard

Marsh Wren

Northern Flicker (red-shafted)

Northern Harrier

Northern Pintail

Northern Shoveler

Redhead

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-winged Blackbird

Ring-billed Gull

Ring-necked Duck

Ruddy Duck

Spotted Towhee

Tundra Swan

Western Meadowlark

 

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