Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Bird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
3/22/04

With the warm temperatures, all ice
is off the River and impoundments.  We have also started putting water
into our shallow wetlands along the auto tour route and the birds are responding.
  The following birds were seen within the survey route:

Canada geese        
       109
Mallard        
               
277
Gadwall        
        224
Northern shoveler      
    29
American wigeon      
    18
Northern pintail      
          469
Green-winged teal      
  764
Cinnamon teal        
           33
Common merganser      
     58
Bufflehead        
           10
Ring-necked duck      
     45
Scaup        
               
   30
Redhead        
           22
Ruddy duck        
            3
American coot        
          250
Pied-billed grebe      
        3
Western grebe        
              1
Great blue heron      
      21
D.c. cormorant      
              25
Killdeer        
               
      1
Lesser yellowlegs      
        1
Golden eagle        
              2
American kestrel      
        1
Red-tailed hawk      
        1
Northern harrier      
               
1
Ring-billed gull      
              20
Franklin's gull      
               
1


Diane Penttila
Ouray NWR
Randlett, UT
(435)545-2522 x 223
diane_penttila@fws.gov