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Date: 2/17/26 8:05 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Feb. 17
The survey today started off overcast, cool, calm, and foggy, turning partly cloudy, mild, and windy by the afternoon. 51 species were found. "Goose" Pearson (OK) joined me for the afternoon portion of the survey. Best highlight today was the return of several Tree Swallows. Several species of Passerines were singing their Spring songs and trees were starting to bloom. Here is my list for today: Canada Geese - 7 Wood Duck - 11 Gadwall - 297 American Wigeon - 1 Mallard - 414 Northern Shoveler - 128 Northern Pintail - 36 Green-winged Teal - 98 Ring-necked Duck - 210 Bufflehead - 6 Hooded Merganser - 5 Ruddy Duck - 18 Pied-billed Grebe – 17 Neotropic Cormorant - 1 Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Great-blue Heron - 7 Great Egret - 1 Black Vulture - 1 Turkey Vulture – 20 Bald Eagle - 1 (adult) Northern Harrier - 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - 7 American Kestrel - 3 American Coot – 475 Killdeer - 21 Greater Yellowlegs - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Hairy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 2 Blue Jay - 1 American Crow - 160 Fish Crow - 14 Tree Swallow - 4 Carolina Chickadee - 8 Tufted Titmouse - 2 Carolina Wren - 6 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Eastern Bluebird - 6 American Robin - 12 American Pipit - 1 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 12 Pine Warbler - 2 Eastern Towhee - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 1 Dark-eyed Junco - 1 Northern Cardinal – 5 Red-winged Blackbird - 1 Eastern Meadowlark - 6 Herps: American Alligator Red-eared Sliders Southern Painted Turtles Spring Peepers (calling) Cajun Chorus Frogs (calling) Coastal Plain Leopard Frogs (calling) 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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