Bear River Bird Count

[Bridget_Olson at fws dot gov]

Waterbird Count
10/27/05

Total ducks around 213,000 which is pretty close to the long-term average
of 233,000 for this time of year.  Swans have shown up in good numbers
(~7,000) though I didn't get that many in my count. Pintails still comprise
the majority of the ducks.  Buffleheads starting to show up.  Highest
avocet, marbled godwit, and dowitcher count for this time of year of any
records I searched.  28% of birds were observed from the tour route.
First rough-legged hawk of the fall.  Canvasback numbers are similar to
those reported in the early 1960s.

Many, many, birds on Willard Spur... or the Great Salt Lake south of the
Refuge boundary.

Tundra Swan       2496
Snow goose        4
Canada goose            1789
Mallard                 28923
Northern Pintail        49554
GW Teal           24647
Shoveler          24896
Gadwall           19267
Wigeon                  23216
Canvasback        22865
Redhead           6108
Scaup             231
Bufflhead         942
Red-breast. Merg. 6
Ring-necked Duck  764
Ruddy Duck        12192
PB Grebe          15
Eared Grebe       337
Western Grebe           127
Clark's Grebe           184
AW Pelican        222
DC Cormorant            152
GB Heron          108
Great Egret       8
Snowy Egret       4
BC Night Heron          35
White-faced Ibis  5
Killdeer                10
American Avocet   6017
Greater yellowlegs      19
LB Curlew         7
Marbled godwit          2000
Dowitcher         1572
Bonaparte's Gull  962
RB Gull                 1309
California gull         213
Herring gull            3
Virginia Rail           2
coot              10592
Northern Harrier        42
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Am. Kestrel       2

Bridget Olson
Wildlife Biologist
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
58 S. 950 W.
Brigham City, UT  84302
Phone: 435/723-5887 ext. 13
Fax: 435/723-8873

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