Bear River Refuge Bird Count

[Bridget_Olson at fws dot gov]

Waterbird/Raptor Survey
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Box Elder County
01/20/04

The Refuge is 99% frozen over.  Only a few pockets of open water where the
Refuge canals run into the Great Salt Lake.  A few hardy birds persist.
Birds sighted from the tour loop include rough-legged hawk, common
goldeneye, common merganser, pied-billed grebe, coot, great blue heron,
prairie falcon, and short-eared owl.

Canada Goose            1
Mallard                 110
Northern Pintail        30
Common Goldeneye  89
Common Merganser  43
Pied-billed Grebe 36
Great Blue Heron  31
Coot              2
Bald Eagle        13
Northern Harrier        8
Red-tailed Hawk   1
Rough-legged Hawk 26
American Kestrel  1
Merlin                  1
Short-eared Owl   3

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



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