Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Bird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
9/7/05

 Still wondering where the shorebirds are.   The following birds were seen
within the survey route:

Canada geese   350
Mallard   196
Gadwall   529
American wigeon   48
Northern shoveler   56
Northern pintail   62
Cinnamon teal   178
Green-winged teal   51
Blue-winged teal   5
Wood duck   3
Redhead   14
Ruddy duck   8
Coots    1,184
Great blue heron   60
Double-crested cormorants   72
American white pelicans   240
Black-crowned night heron   5
Green heron   1
American bittern   1
White-faced ibis   132
Great egret   2
Snowy egret   46
Sandhill crane   18
Pied-billed grebes   46
Western grebe   217
Clark's grebe   2
Eared grebe   10
Killdeer    13
Black-necked stilts   14
Lesser yellowlegs   21
Greater yellowlegs   1
Dowitcher spp.   174
Common snipe   20
Wilson's phalarope   4
Forster's tern   3
Ring-billed gull   19
Red-tailed hawk   1
American kestrel   4
Northern harrier   1
Turkey vulture   4


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

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