Bear River Waterbird Count

[Bridget_Olson at fws dot gov]

Waterbird Count
11/17/05

Total duck count remains high around 385,000.  This is more than double the
post-flood average of 152,000 for this week in November as well as the
November average from 1956-1966 of 207,000.  Set November peak record for
Great Blue Heron.  Bald Eagles have moved in.  Notable bird included Golden
Eagle.  22% of birds observed were within tour route and 4% were in the
hunt units.

An average this is the peak period for tundra swans.  There were several
family groups of swans in the tour loop unit that were readily observed
from the road as of yesterday.  The tour loop unit has a good number of
canvasback, wigeon, ruddy duck, red-breasted and common mergansers, as well
as the occasional goldeneye and bufflehead.


Tundra Swan       24068
Snow Goose        1
Canada Geese            2665
Mallard                 43830
Northern Pintail        54427
GW Teal           80511
N. Shoveler       54050
Gadwall           14955
Wigeon                  32608
Canvasback        32781
Redhead           7901
Scaup             7281
Common Goldeneye  10228
Bufflehead        7501
Common Merganser  492
Red-breast. Mergan.     3040
Ring-necked Duck  10
Ruddy Duck        15644
PB Grebe          19
Eared Grebe       44
Western Grebe           8
Clark's Grebe           1
A.W. Pelican            16
DC Cormorant            9
GB Heron          272
Great Egret       8
BC Night Heron          23
WF Ibis                 1
Killdeer                2
Avocet                  941
Greater Yellowlegs      10
LB Curlew         6
Marbled Godwit          1278
Bonaparte's Gull  350
RB Gull                 2185
California Gull         554
Virginia Rail           2
Coot              21644
Bald Eagle        17
Golden Eagle            1
Northern Harrier        32
Loggerhead shrike 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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