Date: 3/14/23 8:48 pm From: Dave Arbour <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - March 14
It was partly cloudy, cool, and windy on the bird survey today. Steven Self (TX) joined me and we found 64 species. Highlights included FOS Anhinga, American Bittern, White-eyed Vireos, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, and Yellow-throated Warblers. Also had two Cave Swallows and the Northern Shrike. Also a King Rail was giving its territorial call. A couple Horned Grebes were of note also as they are rare at Red Slough. Here is our list for today:
Canada Goose - 4
Wood Duck - 9
Gadwall - 24
Mallard - 4
Blue-winged Teal - 15
Northern Shoveler - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 48
Lesser Scaup - 3
Hooded Merganser - 3
Ruddy Duck - 10
Pied-billed Grebe - 20
Horned Grebe - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Anhinga - 1 male
American Bittern - 1
Great-blue Heron - 4
Black Vulture - 12
Turkey Vulture - 20
Northern Harrier - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
American Coot - 155
King Rail - 1
Killdeer - 1
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Barred Owl - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 9
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Northern Shrike - 1 (Continuing bird)
White-eyed Vireo - 4 (Tied early date)
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 7
Fish Crow - 6
Tree Swallow - 31
Cliff Swallow - 2
Cave Swallow - 2 adults (Pintail Lake)
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 5
Carolina Wren - 4
Winter Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 (Tied early date)
Hermit Thrush - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Yellow-throated Warbler - 2 (New early date for RS)
