Bear River Refuge Count

[Bridget_Olson at fws dot gov]

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Waterbird/Raptor Survey Count
8/21/03

The shallow waters remaining in the wetland management unit inside the tour
loop is rapidly vanishing.  Likely by the end of this week it will be dry
without rainfall.  In the mean-time the mudflats offer excellent shorebird
habitat.  Teal have moved into the area in large numbers.  Observed one
brood of snowy plover chicks.  Both still in down.  First observation of
Red-necked Phalarope.  Pink Floyd can also be observed from the tour route
from time to time.

Canada Geese            364
Mallard                 1984
Northern Pintail        5876
GW Teal           15216
Cinnamon Teal           2554
Northern Shoveler 5474
Gadwall           1566
Wigeon                  1
Canvasback        236
Redhead           133
Ruddy Duck        2570
Pied-billed Grebe 8
Eared Grebe       11
Western Grebe           54
Clark's Grebe           2
A. W. Pelican           505
DC Cormorant            226
Great Blue Heron  73
Great Egret       2
Snowy Egret       129
BC Night Heron          3
WF Ibis                 5069
Snowy Plover            11
Killdeer                77
BN Stilt                4984
American Avocet   13832
Spotted Sandpiper 12
Solitary Sandpiper      6
Greater Yellowlegs      17
Lesser Yellowlegs 19
LB Curlew         1
Marbled Godwit          8965
Western Sandpiper 2191
Baird's Sandpiper 503
Dowitcher         1534
RN Phalarope            18
Wilson's Phalarope      10152
Franklin's Gull         5613
RB Gull                 853
California Gull         63
Caspian Tern            2
Forster's Tern          1
Black Tern        25
Coot              8808
Turkey Vulture          9
Northern Harrier        2
Peregrine Falcon  2


Bridget Olson
Wildlife Biologist
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
58 S. 950 W.
Brigham City, UT  84302
Phone: 435/723-5887 ext. 13
Fax: 435/723-8873