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Click here for totals from all counts conducted during the spring migration.
DATES (2013)
5/16
Waterfowl
Trumpeter Swan
0
Canada Geese
78
Snow Geese
12
White-front
2
Total Geese
92
Ducks
Mallard
59
N. Pintail
1
Gadwall
33
Bufflehead
N. Shoveler
552
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
247
Wood Duck
57
Fulvous Whistling
Total Dabblers
949
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
5
Am. Wigeon
L. Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Total Divers
6
Total Ducks
955
Marsh and Waterbirds
Pied-billed Grebe
D.C. Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
14
White Pelican
98
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Coots
860
Shorebirds, Gulls
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Lesser
Yellowlegs
65
Killdeer
23
Ring-billed Gull
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Dowitcher spp.
4
Wilson's Phalarope
Am. Avocet
Franklin's Gull
Forster's Tern
Estimate of other assorted species of shorebirds not individually identified
3,000
Game Birds
R-n Pheasant
Wild Turkey
64
Birds of Prey
Bald Eagle (adult)
Bald Eagle (juv)
Red-tailed Hawk
3
Northern Harrier
Coopers Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
American Kestrel
Osprey
Great Horned Owl
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During the spring and fall, DeSoto’s wetlands become a temporary home for a variety of waterfowl and shorebirds. Look for migrating birds from September-December and March-April. A variety of birds depend on the aquatic and wetland habitats at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. Such species include mallards, blue and green winged teal, northern pintail, American wigeon, wood ducks, Canada geese and pelicans.