Date: 6/11/25 5:25 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - June 11
The bird survey started off partly cloudy, calm, and warm. Halfway through the survey, rain set in and after about 3.5 hours of pour-downs and moderate rain it finally let up enough for me to finish the survey, although it still sprinkled the whole time. 62 species were found. Some Purple Gallinule broods are hatched out now, joining the numerous Common Gallinule broods that have been out at least two weeks. The Anhinga and Neotropic Cormorant young are large enough now that they can easily be seen in the nests. Some of the anhinga young have even climbed up out of their nests and onto nearby higher limbs in an effort to be the first to meet their parents when they return with food. I was run off by lightning as I was starting to count gallinules on Lotus Lake and never made it back there so gallinule numbers are lower than they would have been. Here is my list for today:
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 17
Canada Geese - 4
Wood Duck - 17
Ring-necked Duck - 8 males
Pied-billed Grebe – 3
Neotropic Cormorant - 21 (at least 14 nests with birds on them.)
