Bear River Count

[Bridget_Olson at fws dot gov]

Waterbird/Raptor survey
11/25/05

Count from last Friday 11/25/05

Total ducks remain high around 400,000.  The long-term average for this
week in November is about 240,000.  About 17% of the total ducks counted
were divers.

The species composition was about 23% Green-wing, 19% pintail, 15% mallard,
12% Wigeon, 10% shoveler, 9% canvasback, 6% Gadwall, 3% Goldeneye and a
smattering of other species.  Record high count of Avocets for this week in
November.   24% of birds observed were from the tour route and 4% from the
hunt units.

 Notable birds include a late snowy egret, hooded merganser.  There are
STILL about 1200 Marbled Godwits here.  An important stopover site for
Marbled godwits is recognized as any area that hosts around 1700 which is
about 1% of the global population.  Goes to show just how important the
Refuge as part of the Great Salt Lake, is when we host 1% or more from June
through November or 5 months out of the year!

Tundra Swan       28543
Canada goose            1526
Mallard                 58539
Northern Pintail        75915
GW Teal           91343
Shoveler          39803
Gadwall           23358
Wigeon                  46393
Canvasback        37068
Scaup             5486
C. Goldeneye            13360
Bufflehead        2714
H. Merganser            2
Red-breasted Mergan.    667
Ring-necked Duck  3
Ruddy Duck        6731
PB Grebe          14
Eared Grebe       461
Western Grebe           2
Clark's Grebe           6
Pelican                 1
Cormorant         1
GB Heron          103
Great Egret       2
Snowy Egret       1
Killdeer                10
American Avocet   661
Marbled Godwit          1226
Bonaparte's Gull  5
RB Gull                 994
CA Gull                 197
Virginia Rail           2
Coot              11673
Bald Eagle        11
Northern Harrier        30
Rough-legged Hawk 5

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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