Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
5/4/05


New species this week:  snowy egret, Clark's grebe, western sandpiper,
black-bellied plover, willet, semipalmated plover, Wilson's phalarope,
Franklin's gull, and peregrine falcon.   First goose brood was seen about
12 days ago.  New non-wetland species include: lark sparrow, Bullock's
oriole, yellow-rumped warbler,  and yellow warbler.  I am sure there are
lots of other migrants, but those were the ones that hit me on the side of
the head.   As if they were not enough of a distraction, the wildflowers
are starting to bloom too.
 The following birds were seen within the survey route:

Canada geese   122
Mallard   70
Gadwall   782
American wigeon   23
Northern pintail   14
Northern shoveler   93
Cinnamon teal   237
Green-winged teal   89
Blue-winged teal    16
Redhead   133
Ringneck   6
Scaup   4
Bufflehead   2
Ruddy duck   13
Coots   924
Great blue heron   36
Double-crested cormorants   66
American white pelicans   73
Black-crowned night heron   1
White-faced ibis   37
Cattle egret   1
Snowy egret   9
Pied-billed grebes   19
Eared grebes   14
Western grebe   3
Clark's grebe   1
Killdeer    8
American avocets    174
Black-necked stilts   33
Marbled godwit   24
Lesser yellowlegs   31
Dowitcher spp.   452
Western sandpiper   35
Black-bellied plover   1
Semipalmated plover   19
Wilson's phalarope   287
Willet   7
Red-tailed hawk   3
Northern harrier    3
Peregrine falcon   1
Bonaparte's gull   12
Franklin's gull   9



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

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