Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
9/21/05

Directions to get to where the American bitterns are hanging out are below;
but take note that waterfowl season starts Oct. 1 and that area is open to
hunting.  The following birds were seen within the survey route:

Canada geese   484
Mallard   196
Gadwall   506
American wigeon   201
Northern shoveler   79
Northern pintail   53
Cinnamon teal   33
Green-winged teal   85
Blue-winged teal   27
Ring-necked duck   2
Redhead   13
Coots    766
Great blue heron   38
Double-crested cormorants   25
American white pelicans   582
Black-crowned night heron   7
Green heron   1
American bittern   5
White-faced ibis   1
Great egret   3
Snowy egret   24
Sandhill crane   92
Pied-billed grebes   25
Western grebe   204
Clark's grebe   6
Eared grebe   8
Killdeer    7
Black-bellied plover   4
American avocet   1
Greater yellowlegs   3
Dowitcher spp.   150
Common snipe   30
Red-necked phalarope   5
Ring-billed gull   18
Red-tailed hawk   2
Peregrine falcon   2
Northern harrier   2
Turkey vulture   1

To get to the American bitterns, first stop at the kiosk and pick up a map.
The bitterns are in Leota bottom.  Go to the 3rd gate of Leota bottom.  The
bitterns are between L-5 and L-7 so you need to walk past L-6 and L-8,
cross the canal and walk down the dike between L-5 and L-7 into the low
spot.  The bitterns were on the right side in the vegetation where it was
slightly flooded.

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

_______________________________________________

"Utah Birds" web site: http://www.utahbirds.org
     Birdnet:
To subscribe, e-mail:  birdnet-subscribe@utahbirds.org
To unsubscribe, e-mail:  birdnet-unsubscribe@utahbirds.org
To send a message, e-mail:  birdnet@utahbirds.org
_________________________________________________