Date: 12/23/24 7:09 pm
From: <arbour...> <arbour...>
Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Dec. 23


It was overcast, cool, and a little windy on the bird survey today. 54 species were found. We still have 3 species of lingering Summer birds still hanging around. If the weather doesn't get too cold they may end of spending the whole winter here. Here is my list for today:




Canada Geese - 33

Wood Duck - 33

Gadwall - 631

American Wigeon - 12

Mallard - 141

Northern Shoveler - 241

Northern Pintail - 17

Green-winged Teal - 1000

Canvasback - 2

Lesser Scaup - 1

Ring-necked Duck - 350

Bufflehead - 8

Ruddy Duck - 25

Pied-billed Grebe – 18

Neotropic Cormorant - 1

Double-crested Cormorant - 17

Great-blue Heron - 6

White Ibis - 10 (imm.)

Black Vulture - 31

Turkey Vulture – 11

Bald Eagle - 2 (adults)

Northern Harrier - 4

Red-shouldered Hawk - 2

Red-tailed Hawk - 2

American Kestrel - 1

Common Gallinule - 3 (2 basic adults & 1 imm.)

American Coot – 975

Greater Yellowlegs - 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3

Downy Woodpecker - 6

Hairy Woodpecker - 3

Northern Flicker - 4

Eastern Phoebe - 6

Blue Jay - 2

American Crow – 93

Fish Crow - 10

Carolina Chickadee - 2

Tufted Titmouse - 1

Carolina Wren – 2

Sedge Wren - 2

Marsh Wren - 2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1

Brown Thrasher - 3

American Pipit - 6

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1

Common Yellowthroat - 1

Fox Sparrow - 1

Song Sparrow - 11

Swamp Sparrow - 3

White-throated Sparrow - 22

Dark-eyed Junco - 2

Northern Cardinal – 10

Red-winged Blackbird – 38

American Goldfinch - 6










Good birding!



David Arbour

De Queen, AR





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