Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
7/14/05

Saw a pied-billed grebe brood with 9 young.  What a feat!   Also found
western and eared grebe young and finally seeing some duck broods.

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

Canada geese   176
Mallard   53
Gadwall   297
Cinnamon teal   60
Redhead   148
Ruddy duck   23
Scaup    3
Coots    587
Great blue heron   60
Double-crested cormorants   125
American white pelicans   165
Black-crowned night heron   4
White-faced ibis   28
Great egret   1
Snowy egret   6
American bittern   2
Pied-billed grebes   34
Western grebe   53
Clark's grebe   3
Eared grebe   25
Killdeer    14
American avocets    10
Black-necked stilts   11
Spotted sandpiper    4
Western sandpiper   10
Marbled godwit   1
Dowitcher spp.   4
Black tern   1
Forster's tern   8
Red-tailed hawk   2
Swainson's hawk   1
Cooper's hawk   1
American kestrel   3
Turkey vulture   15




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

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