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Date: 2/26/26 12:02 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Feb. 25
It was mostly overcast and mild with a light wind on the survey yesterday. 50 species were found. Best highlight was a flock of 78 Sandhill Cranes on the ground in unit 44 right next to the middle parking lot. We rarely see these at Red Slough, especially on the ground. FOS Purple Martin was nice also. Lots of hardwood trees (elms, maples, plums, etc.) blooming now and willows are putting out leaves. Frogs singing everywhere. Spring is here! Here is my list for yesterday: Canada Geese - 6 Wood Duck - 13 Gadwall - 116 Mallard - 395 Blue-winged Teal - 5 Northern Shoveler - 143 Northern Pintail - 105 Green-winged Teal - 64 Ring-necked Duck - 159 Bufflehead - 13 Hooded Merganser - 11 Ruddy Duck - 13 Pied-billed Grebe – 18 Neotropic Cormorant - 3 Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Great-blue Heron - 10 Great Egret - 2 Black Vulture - 2 Turkey Vulture – 44 Northern Harrier - 2 Red-shouldered Hawk - 4 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 American Kestrel - 2 American Coot – 710 Sandhill Crane - 78 Killdeer - 5 Greater Yellowlegs - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 3 Pileated Woodpecker - 1 Eastern Phoebe - 4 Blue Jay - 3 American Crow - 144 Fish Crow - 17 Purple Martin - 1 Tree Swallow - 9 Carolina Chickadee - 5 Tufted Titmouse - 4 Carolina Wren - 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Eastern Bluebird - 12 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7 Pine Warbler - 2 Eastern Towhee - 1 Swamp Sparrow - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 7 Dark-eyed Junco - 6 Northern Cardinal – 13 Red-winged Blackbird - 6 Herps: American Alligators Red-eared Sliders Southern Painted Turtles Spring Peepers (calling) Cajun Chorus 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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