Weekly Waterfowl Count

Count Date: 11/19/2009

Other Observations: :  7 Pied-billed Grebe, 16 Horned Grebe, 26 Ring-billed Gull, 2 Bonaparte’s Gull, 9 Double-crested Cormorant, 7 Sandpiper spp., 5 Great Blue Heron, 2 American White Pelican, 10 Red-tailed Hawk, 6 Northern Harrier, 2 American Kestrel.

Weather: Partly cloudy and cool.  35 degrees F in am, 54 by noon. Winds NW at 5-10  mph.

Lake Level: Foss Lake is 1.80 ft low.

Food Conditions: Wheat is up and looking good in refuge fields.

Observers: D. Moss, A. Zimmerman, D. Hollingsworth, W. Pyron, R. Ohl.

Northern Shoveler Drake.
Photo Credit: Amber Zimmerman/USFWS.