Bear River Refuge Waterbird/Raptor Survey

[Bridget_Olson at fws dot gov]

Bear River Refuge
Waterbird/Raptor Survey
Box Elder County
3/25/04

About 60,000 ducks, 2,000 shorebirds and 13,000 marsh birds.  These counts
are considerably up from the last two years but way down from the long-term
average from the last 10 years for this time of year.  New arrivals last
week: Black-necked Stilt, Baird's Sandpiper, Long-billed Curlew,
Black-crowned Night Heron, Cattle Egret, Franklin's Gull, and Clark's
Grebe.  35% of the birds observed were from the auto-tour route.  The
majority of the swans have already departed.  Eared Grebe migration seems
to be a little later than normal.

Tundra Swan       477
Canada Goose            294
Mallard                 1312
Northern Pintail        6014
GW Teal           4181
Cinnamon Teal           3588
N. Shoveler       10750
Gadwall                 4266
Wigeon                  6708
Unk. Dabbler            30
Canvasback        3666
Redhead           8968
Scaup spp.        4740
C. Goldeneye            2143
Bufflehead        3021
Ring-necked Duck  5
Ruddy Duck        883
PB Grebe          4
Eared Grebe       9
Western Grebe           2
Clark's Grebe           9
AW Pelican        41
DC Cormorant            339
GB Heron          27
Cattle Egret            11
BC Night Heron          2
Snowy Plover            3
Killdeer                31
Black-necked Stilt      2
American Avocet         1682
Long-billed Curlew      5
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Franklin's Gull         33
Ring-billed Gull        225
California Gull         674
Coot              12012
Sandhill Crane          5
Bald Eagle        2
Northern Harrier        7
Peregrine Falcon  1


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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