Date: 12/18/24 6:30 pm
From: <arbour...> <arbour...>
Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Dec. 18


The bird survey today started off mostly cloudy and mild but soon turned mostly sunny and windy. 54 species were found. Best highlight today was re-finding the male Cinnamon Teal I found last Thursday. Was unable to find a Common Gallinule or a White Ibis but both were found 3 days ago on our CBC. I have a feeling they are still around. We have received 3 inches of rain over the past 3 days and some of our roads were partially under water. Most of the wetland units look full now. Here is my list for today:




Wood Duck - 7

Gadwall - 1191

American Wigeon - 17

Mallard - 140

Cinnamon Teal - 1

Blue-winged Teal - 2

Northern Shoveler - 163

Northern Pintail - 60

Green-winged Teal - 1064

Canvasback - 8

Ring-necked Duck - 970

Lesser Scaup - 3

Bufflehead - 8

Hooded Merganser - 4

Ruddy Duck - 4

Pied-billed Grebe – 9

Neotropic Cormorant - 1

Double-crested Cormorant - 4

Great-blue Heron - 3

Black Vulture - 30

Turkey Vulture – 83

Bald Eagle - 2 (adults)

Northern Harrier - 2

Red-shouldered Hawk - 1

Red-tailed Hawk - 2

American Coot – 730

Greater Yellowlegs - 10

Belted Kingfisher - 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3

Downy Woodpecker - 3

Hairy Woodpecker - 2

Northern Flicker - 6

Pileated Woodpecker - 3

Eastern Phoebe - 6

Blue Jay - 1

American Crow – 5

Fish Crow - 77

Carolina Chickadee - 4

Carolina Wren – 2

Winter Wren - 1

Marsh Wren - 1

Eastern Bluebird - 1

Hermit Thrush - 1

Northern Mockingbird - 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7

Common Yellowthroat - 1

Eastern Towhee - 2

Song Sparrow - 8

Swamp Sparrow - 3

White-throated Sparrow - 3

Northern Cardinal – 9

Red-winged Blackbird – 1

Common Grackle - 15

American Goldfinch - 2







Odonates:




Dragonfly species







Herps:




Red-eared Slider







Good birding!



David Arbour

De Queen, AR





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