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Date: 11/6/25 6:50 am From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Nov. 5
It was clear and mild with some wind on the bird survey yesterday. 53 species were found. Highlights include large numbers of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks still present (normally most are gone by November.), lingering ibis' and Common Gallinules, and a King Rail. Here is my list for yesterday: Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 518 Wood Duck - 46 Gadwall - 350 American Wigeon - 42 Mallard - 34 Blue-winged Teal - 36 Northern Shoveler - 12 Northern Pintail - 11 Green-winged Teal - 66 Ring-necked Duck - 1450 Pied-billed Grebe – 16 Great-blue Heron - 7 Great Egret - 4 Little-blue Heron - 1 imm. White Ibis - 1 adult Plegadis species - 7 Black Vulture - 64 Turkey Vulture – 15 Northern Harrier - 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 King Rail - 1 Virginia Rail - 1 Common Gallinule - 7 American Coot – 425 Killdeer - 21 Greater Yellowlegs - 2 Wilson's Snipe - 13 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Northern Flicker - 4 Eastern Phoebe - 13 Blue Jay - 2 American Crow - 16 Fish Crow - 2 Carolina Chickadee - 3 Tufted Titmouse - 1 White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Carolina Wren - 3 Marsh Wren - 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Eastern Bluebird - 1 American Pipit - 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 Eastern Towhee - 1 Savannah Sparrow - 3 Fox Sparrow - 1 Song Sparrow - 2 Swamp Sparrow - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 9 Northern Cardinal – 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 45 Common Grackle - 3 Herps: American Alligator Red-eared Slider Orange-striped Ribbon Snake Spring Peeper Coastal Plain Leopard Frog Odonates: Familiar Bluet Common Green Darner Variegated Meadowhawk Blue-faced Meadowhawk Autumn Meadowhawk Vagrant Butterflies: Southern Skipperling - 7 Dorante's Longtail - 1 Good birding! David Arbour De Queen, AR Check out the Red Slough Photo Gallery: [ https://pbase.com/red_slough_wma \| https://pbase.com/red_slough_wma ] ############################ To unsubscribe from the ARBIRD-L list: write to: mailto:<ARBIRD-L-SIGNOFF-REQUEST...> or click the following link: http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa-UARKEDU.exe?SUBED1=ARBIRD-L&A=1

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