Date: 3/11/25 7:43 pm
From: <arbour...> <arbour...>
Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - March 11


It was clear and mild (70's) with some light wind on the bird survey today. 58 species were found. I re-found one of our wintering Common Gallinules after not seeing it for about a month. Won't be long and the migratory ones will be returning. Rebuds are just starting to bloom. New leaves are starting to come out on some of the trees. Spring is here! Here is my list for today:





Canada Geese - 2

Wood Duck - 5

Gadwall - 35

Mallard - 1

Blue-winged Teal - 7

Northern Shoveler - 73

Green-winged Teal - 104

Canvasback - 3

Ring-necked Duck - 110

Hooded Merganser - 5

Ruddy Duck - 3

Pied-billed Grebe – 20

Neotropic Cormorant - 1

Double-crested Cormorant - 8

Great-blue Heron - 6

Great Egret - 1

Black Vulture - 105

Turkey Vulture – 18

Bald Eagle - 1 imm.

Northern Harrier - 3

Red-shouldered Hawk - 1

Red-tailed Hawk - 6

Common Gallinule - 1

American Coot – 365

Killdeer - 6

Greater Yellowlegs - 8

Rock Pigeon - 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4

Downy Woodpecker - 3

Hairy Woodpecker - 1

Northern Flicker - 5

Pileated Woodpecker - 1

Eastern Phoebe - 16

Loggerhead Shrike - 2

Blue Jay - 12

American Crow – 6

Fish Crow - 1

Tree Swallow - 13

Barn Swallow - 1

Carolina Chickadee - 9

Tufted Titmouse - 3

Carolina Wren - 9

Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2

Eastern Bluebird - 6

American Robin - 2

Brown Thrasher - 4

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 19

Pine Warbler - 2

Eastern Towhee - 2

Savannah Sparrow - 7

Song Sparrow - 9

Swamp Sparrow - 3

White-throated Sparrow - 23

Northern Cardinal – 25

Red-winged Blackbird – 91

Meadowlark species - 11

Brown-headed Cowbird - 2







Odonates:




Fragile Forktail







Herps:




American Alligator

Red-eared Slider

Southern Painted Turtle

Cajun Chorus Frogs - calling

Spring Peeper - calling

Bullfrog




Good birding!



David Arbour

De Queen, AR





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