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On Tuesday, October 22, Merrill Webb and I went to
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge primarily for the purpose of trying to see an
American Bittern. After search for 3+ hours we were finally
successful!n It was a beautiful day to be outdoors looking at birds.
In addition to the bittern we saw over 50 species of birds. Merrill was
able to locate more, since his hearing is better than mine. Birds seen
included the following:
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Canada Goose (large flock, which also
included minima)
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot (most predominant)
Sandhill Crane (large flock of about
30)
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs (1)
Wilson's Snipe (abt. 24)
Ring-billed Gull
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Say's Phoebe
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird (many)
American Robin
European Starling
American Pipit
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Many of the ducks were seen at the neighboring
Pelican Lake. In addition, Merrill saw the following:
California Gull
Marsh Wren
American Goldfinch
This list does NOT include House Sparrow or the
revised classification of Rock Pigeons.
Have a nice time birding! The weather has
been great!
Glenn
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