Date: 12/24/25 7:39 pm
From: <arbour...> <arbour...>
Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Dec. 24

It started off overcast with heavy fog, mild, and calm; turning partly cloudy, warm (upper 70's) and windy around noon on the survey today. 59 species were found. Notable finds today included Neotropic Cormorants, American Bittern, and a backlit large falcon species. Here is my list for today:



Snow Geese - 3

Gadwall - 639

American Wigeon - 6

Mallard - 313

Blue-winged Teal - 2

Northern Shoveler - 100

Northern Pintail - 3

Green-winged Teal - 200

Ring-necked Duck - 1400

Bufflehead - 5

Ruddy Duck - 7

Pied-billed Grebe – 15

Neotropic Cormorant - 2

Double-crested Cormorant - 2

American Bittern - 1

Great-blue Heron - 11

Great Egret - 5

Black Vulture - 8

Turkey Vulture – 17

Northern Harrier - 1

Red-shouldered Hawk - 3

Red-tailed Hawk - 3

Prairie/Peregrine Falcon - 1

American Kestrel - 2

Virginia Rail - 2

American Coot – 500

Killdeer - 3

Greater Yellowlegs - 1

Wilson's Snipe - 5

Mourning Dove - 1

Belted Kingfisher - 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1

Downy Woodpecker - 1

Hairy Woodpecker - 1

Northern Flicker - 4

Pileated Woodpecker - 1

Eastern Phoebe - 5

Blue Jay - 2

American Crow - 55

Fish Crow - 13

Carolina Chickadee - 2

Tufted Titmouse - 2

Carolina Wren - 6

Winter Wren - 2

Sedge Wren - 1

Marsh Wren - 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1

Brown Thrasher - 1

American Pipit - 7

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7

Common Yellowthroat - 2

Eastern Towhee - 1

Fox Sparrow - 1

Song Sparrow - 3

Swamp Sparrow - 2

White-throated Sparrow - 4

Northern Cardinal – 8

Red-winged Blackbird - 300

Eastern Meadowlark - 35




Herps:




American Alligator

Red-eared Slider




Odonates:




Variegated Meadowhawk







Good birding!



David Arbour

De Queen, AR






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