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Date: 1/28/25 10:36 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Jan. 28
It was mostly overcast and cool with a little wind on the bird survey today. 72 species were found. I concentrated mainly on Passerines today and on rarities. Notable finds were 2 species of ibis and a Common Gallinule. Here is my list for today: Canada Geese - 10 Wood Duck - 10 Gadwall - 283 American Wigeon - 9 Mallard - 86 Blue-winged Teal - 8 Northern Shoveler - 112 Northern Pintail - 31 Green-winged Teal - 90 Ring-necked Duck - 183 Canvasback - 7 Bufflehead - 9 Hooded Merganser - 7 Ruddy Duck - 10 Pied-billed Grebe – 17 Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Great-blue Heron - 7 White Ibis - 1 (imm.) Plegadis species - 3 Black Vulture - 46 Turkey Vulture – 33 Northern Harrier - 2 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - 6 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Common Gallinule - 1 American Coot – 565 Killdeer - 6 Greater Yellowlegs - 2 Wilson's Snipe - 35 Rock Pigeon - 4 Belted Kingfisher - 2 Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 5 Northern Flicker - 6 Pileated Woodpecker - 1 Eastern Phoebe - 12 Blue Jay - 9 American Crow – 65 Fish Crow - 2 Carolina Chickadee - 8 Tufted Titmouse - 3 Carolina Wren - 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Brown Thrasher - 1 Eastern Bluebird - 4 Hermit Thrush - 1 American Robin - 4 Cedar Waxwing - 40 American Pipit - 31 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 35 Common Yellowthroat - 2 Field Sparrow - 1 Savannah Sparrow - 4 Fox Sparrow - 1 Song Sparrow - 9 Swamp Sparrow - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 36 Dark-eyed Junco - 5 Eastern Towhee - 1 Northern Cardinal – 20 Meadowlark species - 5 Red-winged Blackbird – 10 Rusty Blackbird - 1 Purple Finch - 8 American Goldfinch - 1 Good birding! David Arbour De Queen, AR Check out the Red Slough Photo Gallery: [ https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pbase.com/red_slough_wma__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!7M5AKfvbMRMlqZXrjTacEol0jCZ5krenjjbK714lniKO-9HgiYfjajbmZM-evMy00wtOSQoJrKKNEopmhG0Few$ [pbase[.]com] \| https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pbase.com/red_slough_wma__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!7M5AKfvbMRMlqZXrjTacEol0jCZ5krenjjbK714lniKO-9HgiYfjajbmZM-evMy00wtOSQoJrKKNEopmhG0Few$ [pbase[.]com] ] Birders Guide to the Red Slough WMA: [ https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ouachita/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=fseprd1043423__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!7M5AKfvbMRMlqZXrjTacEol0jCZ5krenjjbK714lniKO-9HgiYfjajbmZM-evMy00wtOSQoJrKKNEoobm6R85Q$ [fs[.]usda[.]gov] \| https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ouachita/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=fseprd1043423__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!7M5AKfvbMRMlqZXrjTacEol0jCZ5krenjjbK714lniKO-9HgiYfjajbmZM-evMy00wtOSQoJrKKNEoobm6R85Q$ [fs[.]usda[.]gov] ]

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