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Date: 12/9/25 7:15 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Dec. 9
The bird survey today started off overcast, cold and windy, with heavy fog, turning partly cloudy, & milder in the afternoon. 51 species were found. Of note is the continuing presence of Common Gallinules. Duck numbers were up overall. Rusty Blackbirds have finally showed up. Here is my list for today: Greater White-fronted Geese - 25 Snow Geese - 2 Canada Goose - 1 Wood Duck - 1 Gadwall - 640 American Wigeon - 2 Mallard - 666 Northern Shoveler - 88 Northern Pintail - 7 Green-winged Teal - 510 Ring-necked Duck - 915 Bufflehead - 9 Hooded Merganser - 2 Ruddy Duck - 2 Pied-billed Grebe – 14 Great-blue Heron - 10 Great Egret - 3 Black Vulture - 4 Turkey Vulture – 53 Bald Eagle - 1 adult Northern Harrier - 2 Red-shouldered Hawk - 4 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 American Kestrel - 2 Common Gallinule - 7 American Coot – 520 Greater Yellowlegs - 2 Wilson's Snipe - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 Eastern Phoebe - 9 Blue Jay - 1 American Crow - 9 Fish Crow - 68 Carolina Chickadee - 4 Carolina Wren - 1 Sedge Wren - 3 Marsh Wren - 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Eastern Bluebird - 2 American Pipit - 50 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Fox Sparrow - 2 Song Sparrow - 3 Swamp Sparrow - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 3 Dark-eyed Junco - 2 Northern Cardinal – 14 Red-winged Blackbird - 15 Eastern Meadowlark - 1 Rusty Blackbird - 6 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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