Date: 1/23/25 8:08 pm
From: <arbour...> <arbour...>
Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Jan. 23


It started off cold (upper 20's) and partly cloudy, turning mild (50ish) and windy on the bird survey today. The lakes and wetlands were mostly frozen over with a thin layer of ice that thawed by mid afternoon. 61 species were found. Highlights include 2 male Cinnamon Teals, Gray Catbird, White Ibis, and Neotropic Cormorant. Here is my list for today:




Wood Duck - 24

Gadwall - 545

American Wigeon - 6

Mallard - 1251

Cinnamon Teal - 2 males (alternate plumaged)

Blue-winged Teal - 3

Northern Shoveler - 162

Northern Pintail - 125

Green-winged Teal - 227

Lesser Scaup - 1

Ring-necked Duck - 380

Canvasback - 6

Bufflehead - 11

Hooded Merganser - 18

Ruddy Duck - 31

Pied-billed Grebe – 15

Neotropic Cormorant - 1

Double-crested Cormorant - 1

Great-blue Heron - 9

White Ibis - 11 (imm.)

Black Vulture - 4

Turkey Vulture – 64

Bald Eagle - 2 adults

Northern Harrier - 2

Cooper's Hawk - 1

Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1

Red-shouldered Hawk - 3

Red-tailed Hawk - 3

American Coot – 415

Killdeer - 10

Wilson's Snipe - 6

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1

Hairy Woodpecker - 1

Northern Flicker - 4

Eastern Phoebe - 15

Blue Jay - 1

American Crow – 6

Fish Crow - 2

Carolina Chickadee - 4

Tufted Titmouse - 2

Brown Creeper - 2

Winter Wren - 1

Sedge Wren - 1

Marsh Wren - 2

Gray Catbird - 1

Northern Mockingbird - 1

Brown Thrasher - 2

Eastern Bluebird - 1

Hermit Thrush - 1

American Robin - 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6

Common Yellowthroat - 1

Savannah Sparrow - 1

Fox Sparrow - 4

Song Sparrow - 8

Swamp Sparrow - 5

White-throated Sparrow - 12

Dark-eyed Junco - 15

Northern Cardinal – 12

Meadowlark species - 3

Red-winged Blackbird – 80







Good birding!



David Arbour

De Queen, AR





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