Bear River Bird Count

[Bridget_Olson at fws dot gov]

Waterbird/Raptor Count
11/3/05

Wowza!  Total duck count of 385,400!  There was over 100,000 just on the
Spur.  Haven't had a numbers like this on the Refuge (post-flood) since
1995.   Yesterday's count was almost double the long-term average for this
week in November.  Only 4% of birds observed within the hunt units and 17%
from the tour loop.  From the tour loop you can see: coots, ruddy duck,
gadwall, mallard, Canada goose, northern pintail, shoveler, bufflehead,
green-winged teal, wigeon, white-faced ibis, northern harrier, grebes and
gulls.

Notable bird: Wood duck.  First bald eagles of the season.  A late record
black-necked stilt.  Record high counts for November (post-flood) of
Western and Clark's grebes, cormorants, Black-crowned night Heron, American
Avocet, Marbled Godwit, Coot and Northern Harrier.  All time high count for
Greater Yellowlegs!

Tundra Swan       15584
Snow Goose        1
Canada Goose            1961
Mallard                 50929
Northern Pintail        104529
GW Teal           83596
Northern Shoveler 49938
Gadwall           39395
Wigeon                  17322
Canvasback        20074
Redhead           5213
Scaup             24
Bufflehead        1845
Red-breast. Merg. 36
Ring-necked duck  27
Ruddy Duck        12431
PB Grebe          21
Eared Grebe       6
Western Grebe           53
Clark's Grebe           52
Pelican                 256
DC Cormorant            142
Great Blue Heron  62
Great Egret       9
Black-crown. N. Heron   70
White-faced Ibis  4
Killdeer                1
Black-necked Stilt      1
American Avocet   2086
Sanderling        1
Dowitcher         276
Bonaparte's gull  44
Ring-billed gull        558
California gull         42
Herring gull            4
American coot           16824
Northern Harrier        45
Am. Kestrel       1
Peregrine Falcon  1

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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