Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Bird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
4/6/05


New species this week:  wood duck,
redhead, ruddy duck, black-necked stilt, greater and lesser yellowlegs,
marbled godwit, dowitchers, prairie falcon, and turkey vulture.  Sheppard
Bottom is almost full from Pelican Lake water.  Leota Bottom still
has good use but we are depending on the Green River to re-fill it. The
following birds were seen within the survey route:

Canada geese   94
Mallard   38
Gadwall   687
American wigeon   80
Northern pintail   60
Northern shoveler   199
Cinnamon teal   110
Green-winged teal   1,086
Wood duck   1
Redhead   40
Ringneck   34
Scaup   10
Bufflehead   10
Ruddy duck   1
Coots   1,452
Great blue heron   59
Double-crested cormorants   9
American white pelicans   74
Pied-billed grebes   7
Eared grebes   4
Killdeer   24
American avocets   15
Black-necked stilts   4
Marbled godwit   3
Lesser yellowlegs   11
Greater yellowlegs   2
Dowitcher spp.   9
Red-tailed hawk  2
Northern harrier      
   6
American kestrel  6
Prairie falcon   1
Turkey vulture   1
Bonaparte's gull  3



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