Date: 7/8/25 6:59 pm
From: <arbour...> <arbour...>
Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - July 8

It was mostly cloudy and warm, with a light breeze today on the bird survey. 55 species were found. Pretty much just seeing the same species that I have been seeing except for a single Fall migrant (Greater Yellowlegs). Hopefully Wood Storks will show up soon. I did see 3 partially Leucistic juvenile Common Gallinules which is a first for me. Why 3 I don't know. They were part of the same brood and were about 1/2 grown. Here is my list for today:





Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 5

Canada Geese - 4

Wood Duck - 12

Ring-necked Duck - 7 males

Pied-billed Grebe – 3

Neotropic Cormorant - 13

Anhinga - 52

Least Bittern - 3

Great-blue Heron - 6

Great Egret - 33

Snowy Egret - 34

Little-blue Heron - 36

Cattle Egret - 665

Green Heron - 17

Black-crowned Night Heron - 1

Yellow-crowned Night Heron - 4

White Ibis - 108

Black Vulture - 14

Turkey Vulture – 18

Mississippi Kite - 1

Red-shouldered Hawk - 1

Red-tailed Hawk - 1

Purple Gallinule - 90

Common Gallinule - 87

American Coot – 6

Greater Yellowlegs - 1

Mourning Dove - 8

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2

Acadian Flycatcher - 1

Eastern Kingbird - 3

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 3

White-eyed Vireo - 5

Red-eyed Vireo - 1

American Crow - 3

Fish Crow - 3

Tree Swallow - 1

Cliff Swallow - 10

Barn Swallow - 11

Carolina Chickadee - 1

Tufted Titmouse - 3

Carolina Wren - 2

Prothonotary Warbler - 3

Common Yellowthroat - 3

Yellow-breasted Chat - 2

Summer Tanager - 1

Northern Cardinal – 6

Blue Grosbeak - 1

Indigo Bunting - 6

Painted Bunting - 5

Dickcissel - 3

Red-winged Blackbird – 19

Common Grackle - 2

Brown-headed Cowbird - 9

Orchard Oriole - 1







Odonates:







Halloween Pennant

Four-spotted Pennant

Eastern Pondhawk

Blue Dasher

Slaty Skimmer

Great-blue Skimmer

Black Saddlebags







Herps:




American Alligator

Southern Black Racer

Blanchard's Cricket Frog

Green Treefrog

Green Frog

Bullfrog










Good birding!



David Arbour

De Queen, AR






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