Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Bird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
5/24/04

 Upland flowers are in full bloom.
 Quite a site to see.  The following birds were seen within the
survey route:

Canada geese        
       187 
Mallard        
               147
Gadwall        
       296
Northern shoveler      
   18
American wigeon      
     8
Northern pintail      
          18
Green-winged teal      
    8
Cinnamon teal        
        38
Blue-winged teal      
    2
Ring-necked duck      
    2
Scaup        
               
  5
Redhead        
        120
Ruddy duck        
         44
American coot        
       212
Pied-billed grebe      
   16
Western grebe        
         47
Clark's grebe        
          6
Eared grebe        
        52
Sandhill crane      
            4
Great blue heron      
  38  (including 4 colonies)
Snowy egret        
          5
Cattle egret        
          1
B-C night heron      
           20
D.C. cormorant      
           76
American white pelican    
   104
White-faced ibis      
   14
American bittern      
     7
Killdeer        
               
  4
American Avocet      
  23
Black-necked stilt      
  27
Wilson's phalarope      
    7
Spotted sandpiper      
    3
Northern harrier      
            1    
      
American kestrel      
    2
Ring-billed gull      
            5
Forster's tern      
           11
Black tern        
         16


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