Stettler's Shuckburgh Slough Bird Survey of May 2020

On May 21 2020, in the driving rain, seven observers in four vehicles spent a total of an hour and a half on the annual Shuckburgh Slough spring bird count. About 195 birds from 21 species were counted.

These were:

• 32 Canada Geese

• 22 Mallards

• 2 Blue-winged Teals

• 5 Northern Shovelers

• 4 Green-winged Teal

• 1 Canvasback

• 7 Redheads

• 5 Ring-necked Ducks

• 6 Lesser Scaups

• 5 Ruddy Ducks

• 31 Eared Grebes

• 2 Soras

• 11 American Coots

• 13 Black-necked Stilts

• 4 Black Terns

• 1 American Crow

• 1 Killdeer

• 17 Tree Swallows

• 1 American Robin

• 21 Red-winged Blackbirds

• 4 Yellow-headed Blackbirds
  

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