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Birding - DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge

Three visitors, an adult male and two children, using binoculars and looking out from a viewing platform within the DeSoto Visitor Center.

DeSoto National Wildlife refuge offers great birding year round. The visitor center viewing windows provide great birding of waterfowl and bald eagles during the spring, fall and winter season. Bird feeders are stocked daily at the visitor center and provide good “backyard” birding opportunities. The auto tour route, Bob Starr Wildlife Overlook and refuge trails are also great ways to explore the Missouri River floodplain habitat and the tremendous diversity of birds that utilize the refuge habitat.

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Fall 2022 Bird Count
Date	10/4/2022	10/12/2022	10/19/2022	10/25/2022	11/02/2022	11/9/2022	11/15/2022	11/23/2022	11/30/2022	12/07/2022	12/14/2022	12/20/2022
Month	Oct	Oct	Oct	Oct	Nov	Nov	Nov	Nov	Nov	Dec	Dec	Dec
Day	4	12	19	25	2	9	15	23	30	7	14	20
Year	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022
Canada Geese	186	409	437	834	772	1237	1885	7660	9102	7890	4465	3710
Cackling Geese	0	0	10	1	0	23	110	45	150	47	0	30
Greater White-fronted Geese	0	0	172	151	75	870	3230	4950	7030	6723	3235	1950
Snow Geese	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	44	25	20	6	15
Trumpeter Swan	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	26	118	152	32	238
Ross' Geese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Geese	186	409	619	986	847	2130	5229	12725	16425	14832	7738	5943
Mallard	30	138	1321	1078	2318	9984	17358	22660	6627	6540	8490	7720
American Black Duck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gadwall	3	22	20	37	5	87	8	0	0	0	3	0
American Wigeon	0	0	30	8	2	2	18	9	2	3	2	1
Northern Pintail	0	50	60	365	457	138	10	24	0	2	0	0
Green-winged Teal	0	19	230	161	6	2956	495	190	0	10	0	0
Blue-winged Teal	8	166	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cinnamon Teal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Shoveler	0	0	15	15	35	80	11	10	0	0	0	0
Wood Duck	41	245	350	210	117	102	46	5	0	0	0	0
Red Head	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ring-necked Duck	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	2	4	0	0	0
Canvasback	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lesser Scaup	0	0	0	0	0	182	0	19	3	0	0	0
Common Goldeneye	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	55	243	1	312	6
Bufflehead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ruddy duck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Hooded Merganser	0	0	0	0	0	32	87	3	36	0	9	0
Common Merganser	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	21	235	0	485	2
Red-breasted Merganser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unidentified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Ducks	82	640	2026	1874	2940	13601	18058	23000	7150	6556	9301	7729
American Coot	14	18	0	124	32	25	6	0	0	0	0	0
Great Blue Heron	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pied-billed Grebe	3	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red-necked Grebe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	25	44	96	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
White-faced Ibis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Double-crested Commorant	0	2	5	12	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Franklin's Gull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ring-billed Gull	4	5	2	4	15	7	8	9	52	0	1	0
Greater Yellow Legs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Egret	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eagles - Adults	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	4	12	3	22	4
Eagles - Immatures	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14	5	6	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Eagles	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	11	26	8	28	4
Total Birds	319	1132	2749	3004	3855	15769	23303	35745	23653	21396	17068	13676

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