November 23, Vic Fazio, Sandy Tkach, and I conducted the regular monthly
survey on the island.  This is the 18th year for the November survey.
72 species
and 27871 individuals were observed during the survey.  Both are
November highs!  The November average is 56 species and 11,524
individuals.  Only an American Coot was new for a November survey.
Unusual species were Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, and Common Redpoll
plus a Gadwall X Mallard hybrid.  Surprising non-recorded species were
American Tree Sparrow and Swamp Sparrow.  In the evening, a Long-eared
Owl was observed flying down Woodford Road.

Today (11/24), with this warmer weather, a Turkey Vulture was observed.

229          Canada Goose
16            Gadwall
2              American Wigeon
7              American Black Duck
222           Mallard
1              American Black Duck X Mallard hybrid
1              Gadwall X Mallard hybrid
80             Redhead
914           Greater Scaup
578            Lesser Scaup
694           Scaup species?
3               Surf Scoter
6               Black Scoter
902            Bufflehead
164            Common Goldeneye
39              Hooded Merganser
19688        Red-breasted Merganser
5               Common Merganser
150            Merganser species?
9                Ruddy Duck
400            Duck species?
13              Common Loon
2                Pied-billed Grebe
957            Horned Grebe
13              Double-crested Cormorant
1                Northern Harrier
3                Bald Eagle
1                Sharp-shinned Hawk
3                Cooper's Hawk
3                Red-tailed Hawk
1                American Coot
6                Killdeer
37              Bonaparte's Gull
293            Ring-billed Gull
57              Herring Gull
3                Great Black-backed Gull
1                Mourning Dove
2                Eastern Screech-Owl
1                Great Horned Owl
*                 Long-eared Owl
12               Red-bellied Woodpecker
1                 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
33               Downy Woodpecker
49               Northern Flicker
12               Horned Lark
3                 Blue Jay
63               American Crow
133             Black-capped Chickadee
1                 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3                 White-breasted Nuthatch
6                 Brown Creeper
11               Carolina Wren
7                 Winter Wren
8                 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1                 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5                 Eastern Bluebird
15               Hermit Thrush
73               American Robin
1229            European Starling
19               American Pipit
156             Cedar Waxwing
32               Yellow-rumped Warbler
1                 Eastern Towhee
1                 Spizella species?
7                 Fox Sparrow
1                 Song Sparrow
73               White-throated Sparrow
31               Dark-eyed Junco
64               Northern Cardinal
1                 Red-winged Blackbird
10               Common Grackle
3                 Brown-headed Cowbird
6                 Purple Finch
17               House Finch
7                 Common Redpoll
126              Pine Siskin
13                American Goldfinch
21                House Sparrow

72 species
27871 Individuals

* = Observed on survey day but not on or during route

--
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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