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Mattamuskeet bird survey



Folks,

I'll try to post this after each survey which we conduct every 10 days. Keep in mind that our focus is waders, waterfowl, shorebirds, and gulls. Surveys are conducted from refuge roadways and along Hwy 94. There is still a lot of water in most places, and that is probably limiting our shorebird count.  

Great White Egret 51
Great Blue Heron 26
Little Blue Heron 3
Tricolored Heron 3
Snowy Egret 7
White Ibis 6
American Bittern 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Dunlin 1
Mallard 44
Blue-winged Teal 7
Green-winged Teal 155
Northern Shoveler 1
Gadwall 7
Wood Duck 37
Am. Widgeon 6500
Am. Black Duck 157
Canada Goose 208
Snow Goose (>500 off the refuge in a grain field)
Tundra Swan 44
Ring-necked Duck 83
Ruddy Duck 3500
Lesser Scaup 2
DC Cormorant 80
Pied-billed Grebe 36
Coots 31
Common Moorhen 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Am. Kestrel 2
Turkey Vulture 9
Osprey 5
Bald Eagle 1
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Forster's Tern 4
Caspian Tern 5

Eric Harrold
Mattamuskeet NWR