Date: 10/21/25 6:08 pm
From: <arbour...> <arbour...>
Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Oct. 21

It was mostly overcast & mild, turning clear, warm, and windy on the bird survey today. 57 species were found. Waterfowl numbers and variety have greatly increased since last week. Still a few lingering summer birds around. Here is my list for today:





Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 508 (new high count.)

Wood Duck - 91

Gadwall - 71

American Wigeon - 15

Mallard - 1

Blue-winged Teal - 25

Northern Shoveler - 28

Northern Pintail - 7

Green-winged Teal - 7

Ring-necked Duck - 85

Pied-billed Grebe – 9

Neotropic Cormorant - 1

Anhinga - 1

Great-blue Heron - 9

Great Egret - 3

Little-blue Heron - 1

Cattle Egret - 2

Plegadis species - 1

Black Vulture - 15

Turkey Vulture – 40

Bald Eagle - 1 imm.

Northern Harrier - 1

Cooper's Hawk - 1

Red-shouldered Hawk - 1

Merlin - 1

Virginia Rail - 1

Purple Gallinule - 3 imm.

Common Gallinule - 27

American Coot – 362

Killdeer - 39

Yellowlegs species - 3

Wilson's Snipe - 4

Rock Pigeon - 4

Belted Kingfisher - 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2

Northern Flicker - 12

Eastern Phoebe - 8

American Crow - 24

Fish Crow - 1

Tree Swallow - 1

Barn Swallow - 7

Carolina Chickadee - 1

Tufted Titmouse - 1

Carolina Wren - 3

Marsh Wren - 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1

Eastern Bluebird - 1

Gray Catbird - 2

Brown Thrasher - 1

Common Yellowthroat - 3

Eastern Towhee - 1

Swamp Sparrow - 19

White-throated Sparrow - 4

Northern Cardinal – 3

Red-winged Blackbird - 40

Meadowlark species - 2

Common Grackle - 24







Odonates:




Common Green Darner

Blue Dasher

Striped Saddlebags







Herps:




Red-eared Slider

Timber Rattlesnake







Good birding!



David Arbour

De Queen, AR






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