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MARCH 01, 2015 - Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Monthly Census.ROUTES: Limited coverage in the morning on both the east & west sides due to snow depth; limited coverage in the afternoon due to snow drifts, coverage on the backside limited to roads leading to the perimeter of the refuge - backside dikes & impoundments inaccessible.TIME: 8:00am-12:45pm; 2:15pm-5:15pm TEMP.: 17-31-28 COND.: Light snow until 1:00pm changing to steady snow until 4:00pm; visibility improved after 4:00pm; trail & road conditions poor due to snow cover & drifts; no open water; Lake Erie completely frozen.OBS.: Katie Clink (morning only), Dave & Kim Myles (morning only), Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Al Schlecht (morning only), Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 6
- Eastern Cottontail - 3
- White-tailed Deer - 1
II. BIRDS: 29 SPECIES.
- Canada Goose - 328
- Tundra Swan - 3
- Redhead - 3 (2m,1f)
- Bald Eagle - 6 (adult)
- Northern Harrier - 3
- Cooper's Hawk - 1
- Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light morph)
- Red-tailed Hawk - 11
- Ring-billed Gull - 20
- Mourning Dove - 14
- Great Horned Owl - 1
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7
- Downy Woodpecker - 14
- Hairy Woodpecker - 1
- American Kestrel - 3
- Blue Jay - 28
- Horned Lark - 19
- Black-capped Chickadee - 5
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 6
- American Robin - 1
- European Starling - 47
- American Tree Sparrow - 57
- Song Sparrow - 1
- White-throated Sparrow - 8
- Dark-eyed Junco - 10
- Northern Cardinal - 26
- Red-winged Blackbird - 48
- American Goldfinch - 1
- House Sparrow - 26
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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