Date: 2/11/26 5:10 pm
From: <arbour...> <arbour...>
Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Feb. 11



It was mostly overcast, mild (60's), and a bit windy on the survey today. 51 species were found. Neotropic Cormorants have returned and will start nesting in early March. Spring is almost here! Frogs are singing; butterflies are out, and plum and pear trees are starting to bloom. Here is my list for today:




Greater White-fronted Geese - 10

Canada Geese - 11

Wood Duck - 16

Gadwall - 362

Mallard - 557

Northern Shoveler - 192

Northern Pintail - 52

Green-winged Teal - 14

Ring-necked Duck - 87

Lesser Scaup - 2

Bufflehead - 8

Hooded Merganser - 13

Ruddy Duck - 15

Pied-billed Grebe – 18

Neotropic Cormorant - 4

Double-crested Cormorant - 6

Great-blue Heron - 10

Great Egret - 2

Black Vulture - 3

Turkey Vulture – 15

Bald Eagle - 2 (1 imm. & 1 adult)

Red-shouldered Hawk - 4

Red-tailed Hawk - 2

American Kestrel - 3

Merlin - 1

American Coot – 735

Killdeer - 1

Greater Yellowlegs - 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4

Downy Woodpecker - 2

Hairy Woodpecker - 1

Northern Flicker - 3

Blue Jay - 3

American Crow - 262

Fish Crow - 43

Carolina Chickadee - 2

Tufted Titmouse - 6

Carolina Wren - 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2

Eastern Bluebird - 9

Hermit Thrush - 1

Orange-crowned Warbler - 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 13

Pine Warbler - 1

Eastern Towhee - 1

Song Sparrow - 1

Swamp Sparrow - 1

White-throated Sparrow - 13

Northern Cardinal – 6

Red-winged Blackbird - 7

American Goldfinch - 1










Herps:




Red-eared Slider

Southern Painted Turtle

Cajun Chorus Frog (calling)

Coastal Plain Leopard Frog (calling)







Good birding!



David Arbour

De Queen, AR






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