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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey



Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
10/4/05

Peak fall color is almost here.  Still some green cottonwoods on the
Refuge, but many are turning.  The following birds were seen within the
survey route:

Canada geese   604
Mallard   256
Gadwall   631
American wigeon   180
Northern shoveler   73
Northern pintail   25
Cinnamon teal   5
Green-winged teal   236
Scaup   1
Coots    1,527
Great blue heron   34
Double-crested cormorants   69
American white pelicans   437
Black-crowned night heron   16
American bittern   2
White-faced ibis   4
Cattle egret   7
Snowy egret   3
Sandhill crane   28
Pied-billed grebes   20
Western grebe   110
Clark's grebe   3
Eared grebe   2
Dowitcher spp.   100
Common snipe   4
Ring-billed gull   64
Red-tailed hawk   2
Peregrine falcon   1
American kestrel   1
Northern harrier   3
Turkey vulture   15

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

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