Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
11/16/05

A real cold snap finally moved through and the ice is starting to form.
Moved a lot of birds on but some others came in.  A northern shrike and a
ruby-crowned kinglet were good finds for me.  The following birds were seen
within the survey route:

Canada geese   1,844
Snow goose   1
Mallard   807
Gadwall   133
American wigeon   20
Northern shoveler   224
Northern pintail   756
Green-winged teal   731
Redhead  3
Canvasback   4
Scaup   1
Ruddy duck   38
Bufflehead   11
Common goldeneye   10
Common merganser   3
Coots    1,180
Great blue heron   5
Double-crested cormorants   1
Cattle egret   1
Great egret   1
Sandhill crane   132
Pied-billed grebes   7
Western grebe   4
Eared grebe   7
Wilson's snipe   17
Ring-billed gull   26
Red-tailed hawk   3
Northern harrier   4
American kestrel   1
Golden eagle   1
Sharp-shinned hawk   1


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

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