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Paula Bartlett and I conducted the 13th June monthly census on Kelleys
Island yesterday. Weather was in the 70's-80's, SW winds 5-15 mph, and PC
skies; beautiful day. 60 species were observed with 3407 individuals. The
13 year average is 60.5 species and 2911 individuals. Highlights included a
second-year Great Black-backed Gull and a Common Tern. Both were observed
for only the second time on the June census. The most unusual missing
species was the Gray Catbird which was missed for the first time. Red-eyed
Vireo numbers were down as well. The 13 year average is 10 birds per census
and we recorded only 2. Gull numbers, especially Ring-billed Gull were way
above average. The Kelleys Island eagle nest has one almost fully grown
young still sitting in it. This is the second year in a row for a
successful nesting on the island.
One note of interest, while waiting for the ferry at Marblehead, we observed
3000+ Common Grackle flying towards Kelleys Island from the mainland around
6:00 AM. Seems early for grackle flocks and why were they headed for
Kelleys? We didn't find any large flocks on the census.
44 Double-crested Cormorant
14 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
301 Canada Goose
39 Mallard
17 Turkey Vulture
* Bald Eagle
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
11 Killdeer
1 Spotted Sandpiper
637 Ring-billed Gull
416 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Common Tern
5 Mourning Dove
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
5 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Eastern Screech-Owl
11 Chimney Sift
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
17 Downy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
6 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Acadian Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
11 Eastern Kingbird
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
12 Warbling Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo
7 Blue Jay
12 American Crow
112 Purple Martin
128 Tree Swallow
16 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4 Bank Swallow
279 Barn Swallow
34 Black-capped Chickadee
23 House Wren
1 Wood Thrush
162 American Robin
46 European Starling
44 Cedar Waxwing
126 Yellow Warbler
2 Chestnut-sided Warbler
7 American Redstart
2 Common Yellowthroat
40 Northern Cardinal
17 Indigo Bunting
10 Chipping Sparrow
258 Red-winged Blackbird
361 Common Grackle
26 Brown-headed Cowbird
5 Orchard Oriole
43 Baltimore Oriole
24 House Finch
8 American Goldfinch
44 House Finch
60 species
3407 individuals
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H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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