Date: 11/5/24 7:28 pm
From: <arbour...> <arbour...>
Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Nov. 5


It was overcast and cool, with some wind, turning partly cloudy and warmer in the afternoon, on the bird survey today. 52 species were found. Best highlight was a new late date (by 3 days) for Purple Gallinule. Still have a few lingering Summer birds. Duck numbers are increasing. Here is my list for today:




Black-bellied Whistling Duck - 78

Wood Duck - 105

Gadwall - 283

American Wigeon - 6

Mallard - 15

Blue-winged Teal - 4

Northern Shoveler - 9

Northern Pintail - 31

Green-winged Teal - 81

Ring-necked Duck - 570

Pied-billed Grebe – 15

Double-crested Cormorant - 11

American Bittern - 1

Great-blue Heron - 8

Great Egret - 13

White Ibis - 10 immatures

Black Vulture - 4

Turkey Vulture – 7

Bald Eagle - 2 (adult & imm.)

Northern Harrier - 1

Red-tailed Hawk - 2

Red-shouldered Hawk - 2

American Kestrel - 1

Virginia Rail - 1

Purple Gallinule - 1 imm.

Common Gallinule - 25

American Coot – 615

Killdeer - 1

Long-billed Dowitcher - 32

Belted Kingfisher - 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1

Downy Woodpecker - 2

Northern Flicker - 4

Eastern Phoebe - 5

Blue Jay - 3

American Crow – 18

Fish Crow - 4

Carolina Chickadee - 3

Carolina Wren – 4

Marsh Wren - 2

Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1

Eastern Bluebird - 2

Brown Thrasher - 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 36

Common Yellowthroat - 1

Song Sparrow - 2

Swamp Sparrow - 4

White-throated Sparrow - 3

Northern Cardinal – 3

Meadowlark species - 4

Red-winged Blackbird – 6

American Goldfinch - 3







Odonates:




Common Green Darner

Eastern Pondhawk

Blue Dasher

Variegated Meadowhawk

Wandering Glider









Herps:




American Alligator

Red-eared Slider

Western Cottonmouth

Diamondback Watersnake

Plainbelly Watersnake

Blanchard's Cricket Frog

Coastal Plain Leopard Frog

Bullfrog







Good birding!



David Arbour

De Queen, AR





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