Date: 7/9/26 5:04 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - July 9
It was clear and hot with a light wind on the bird survey today. 58 species were found. Not much out of the ordinary but I did find an early Fall migrant shorebird. Here is my list for today:
Black-bellied Whistling Duck - 4
Canada Goose - 4
Wood Duck - 14
Ring-necked Duck - 1 male
Pied-billed Grebe – 2 (one on a nest.)
Neotropic Cormorant - 8 (two sitting on nests.)
Anhinga - 31 (numerous nests with young.)
Great-blue Heron - 4
Great Egret - 40
Snowy Egret - 9
Little-blue Heron - 24
Cattle Egret - 360
Green Heron - 6
White Ibis - 9
Black Vulture - 5
Turkey Vulture – 50
Mississippi Kite - 4
Purple Gallinule - 74 (one sitting on floating nest.)
Common Gallinule - 78 (one sitting on floating nest.)
American Coot – 10
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Mourning Dove - 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 6
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 4 (Pair with 2 fledglings.)
White-eyed Vireo- 13
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
American Crow - 5
Tree Swallow - 17
Cliff Swallow - 12
Barn Swallow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Carolina Wren - 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 1 (spotted juvenile)
Wood Thrush - 1 singing.
Northern Parula - 1
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 7 (one with fledglings in tow.)
