Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
6/17/05

The high river flows have flooded every unit, even part of Wyasket.  So we
have some good water for the year and also a good crop of mosquitoes.

The following birds were seen within the survey route that was accessible:

Canada geese   100
Mallard   78
Gadwall   95
Northern pintail   10
Northern shoveler   5
Cinnamon teal   43
Green-winged teal   5
Blue-winged teal    5
Redhead   21
Ruddy duck   30
Coots   126
Great blue heron   40
Double-crested cormorants   86
American white pelicans   10
Black-crowned night heron   2
White-faced ibis   49
Snowy egret   3
Great egret   2
American bittern   2
Pied-billed grebes   8
Western grebe   25
Clark's grebe   9
Eared grebe   8
Horned grebe   1
Killdeer    13
American avocets    14
Black-necked stilts   9
Spotted sandpiper    2
Wilson's phalarope   2
Marbled godwit    1
Black tern   4
Forster's tern   15
Red-tailed hawk   3
Northern harrier    1
American kestrel   1
Turkey vulture   3



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

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