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Date: 5/8/25 5:54 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - May 8
Steve Metz, Peter Michael, Kevin Flanagan, and I surveyed birds today at Red Slough and found 83 species. The weather started off clear, mild, and calm and turned partly cloudy, warm, and a little windy by the afternoon. Our major emphasis was on migrant Passerines (mainly warblers) as we spent most of the survey along Red Slough road and walking "Warbler Alley" by Bittern Lake. We only made a very brief visit into the large reservoirs in the afternoon so you will notice our water bird counts are way lower than normal. "Warbler Alley" lived up to its name today and we found several really good warblers. 17 species of warblers were found today. We just received 2.4 inches of rain a couple days ago and there was some flooding on the area but Red Slough road is ok and the north parking lot is no longer under water. Blackland road still has a lot of water on it so don't come in that way if you visit this weekend. The main birding areas have been mowed and are ready for visitors. Here is our list for today: Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 12 Wood Duck - 3 Blue-winged Teal - 6 Pied-billed Grebe – 5 Neotropic Cormorant - 1 Anhinga - 35 Least Bittern - 1 Great-blue Heron - 6 Great Egret - 16 Snowy Egret - 12 Little-blue Heron - 19 Cattle Egret - 46 Green Heron - 7 White Ibis - 24 Black Vulture - 14 Turkey Vulture – 9 Mississippi Kite - 12 Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 King Rail - 2 Purple Gallinule - 22 Common Gallinule - 14 American Coot – 3 Lesser Yellowlegs - 18 Least Sandpiper - 2 White-rumped Sandpiper - 4 Pectoral Sandpiper - 6 Stilt Sandpiper - 1 Black Tern - 2 Mourning Dove - 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 5 Chimney Swift - 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 7 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 4 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5 Acadian Flycatcher - 2 Least Flycatcher - 3 Great-crested Flycatcher - 3 Eastern Kingbird - 20 White-eyed Vireo - 10 Bell's Vireo - 1 Warbling Vireo - 1 Philadelphia Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 1 Fish Crow - 3 Tree Swallow - 1 Cliff Swallow - 5 Barn Swallow - 3 Carolina Chickadee - 5 Tufted Titmouse - 2 Carolina Wren - 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 7 Gray Catbird - 7 Tennessee Warbler - 1 Nashville Warbler - 2 Northern Parula - 4 Yellow Warbler - 15 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 male Magnolia Warbler - 2 males Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male Blackburnian Warbler - 1 male Yellow-throated Warbler - 2 Pine Warbler - 2 Prairie Warbler - 1 male Black-and-white Warbler - 2 American Redstart - 2 Prothonotary Warbler - 12 Common Yellowthroat - 10 Hooded Warbler - 1 male Wilson's Warbler - 2 males Yellow-breasted Chat - 7 Summer Tanager - 10 Eastern Towhee - 3 Northern Cardinal – 11 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male Indigo Bunting - 18 Painted Bunting - 5 Dickcissel - 3 Red-winged Blackbird – 11 Common Grackle - 8 Brown-headed Cowbird - 6 Orchard Oriole - 8 Baltimore Oriole - 3 Odonates: Common Green Darner Baskettail species Eastern Pondhawk Black Saddlebags Herps: American Alligator Western Ratsnake Speckled Kingsnake Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Green Treefrog Bullfrog Good birding! David Arbour De Queen, AR Check out the Red Slough Photo Gallery: [ https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pbase.com/red_slough_wma__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!_wCgtOTi5V-tN_1EGPT1mTd86SU1BNRdkQu-aPEpJvF-7hwE9SIqPnpKANeOAbk4A0QPZtW7WCODksKhPkm5Bw$ [pbase[.]com] \| https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pbase.com/red_slough_wma__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!_wCgtOTi5V-tN_1EGPT1mTd86SU1BNRdkQu-aPEpJvF-7hwE9SIqPnpKANeOAbk4A0QPZtW7WCODksKhPkm5Bw$ [pbase[.]com] ] Birders Guide to the Red Slough WMA: [ https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ouachita/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=fseprd1043423__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!_wCgtOTi5V-tN_1EGPT1mTd86SU1BNRdkQu-aPEpJvF-7hwE9SIqPnpKANeOAbk4A0QPZtW7WCODksLgnUnsrg$ [fs[.]usda[.]gov] \| https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ouachita/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=fseprd1043423__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!_wCgtOTi5V-tN_1EGPT1mTd86SU1BNRdkQu-aPEpJvF-7hwE9SIqPnpKANeOAbk4A0QPZtW7WCODksLgnUnsrg$ [fs[.]usda[.]gov] ]

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