NOV. 02, 2008 - Ottawa N.W.R. Monthly Census.
TIME: 8:00am-12:30pm; 1:30pm-6:00pm TEMP.: 45-57-47 COND.: Light wind from the east until 9am, wind shifting to NE at 6-12mph; clouds/sun mix.
OBS.: Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Tony Szilayoe (I apologize if spelling is incorrect), Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES.
1. Woodchuck - 1
2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 5
3. Eastern Cottontail - 1
4. White-tailed Deer - 16 (6 bucks - 4,6,6,6,8&8-pts; 8 doe, 2 yearling)
II. BIRDS: 77 SPECIES.
1. Snow Goose - 2 (1 blue,1 white)
2. Canada Goose - 823
3. Mute Swan - 2 (1 adult,1 imm.)
4. Trumpeter Swan - 54 (neck bands include: Yellow: 3A0,9A0,8A8,9A7,1C0,8C0 and one unidentifiable green neck band)
5. Tundra Swan - 35
6. Wood Duck - 78
7. Gadwall - 610
8. American Wigeon - 422
9. American Black Duck - 65
10. Mallard - 1,290
11. Northern Shoveler - 37
12. Northern Pintail - 43
13. Green-winged Teal - 996
14. Redhead - 1
15. Ring-necked Duck - 1
16. Bufflehead - 1
17. Hooded Merganser - 26
18. Ruddy Duck - 13
19. Pied-billed Grebe - 19
20. Double-crested Cormorant - 4
21. Great Blue Heron - 69
22. Great Egret - 18
23. Bald Eagle - 6 (2 adult,4 imm.)
24. Northern Harrier - 2
25. Red-tailed Hawk - 7
26. American Kestrel - 1
27. Peregrine Falcon - 1
28. American Coot - 89
29. Sandhill Crane - 2
30. Black-bellied Plover - 5
31. Killdeer - 30
32. Greater Yellowlegs - 17
33. Lesser Yellowlegs - 4
34. Least Sandpiper - 6
35. Pectoral Sandpiper - 1
36. Dunlin - 1,654
37. Long-billed Dowitcher - 1
38. Wilson's Snipe - 2
39. Bonaparte's Gull - 366
40. Ring-billed Gull - 607
41. Herring Gull - 19
42. Mourning Dove - 5
43. Great Horned Owl - 4
44. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
45. Downy Woodpecker - 12
46. Hairy Woodpecker - 1
47. Northern Flicker - 9
48. Blue Jay - 14
49. Horned Lark - 10
50. Tree Swallow - 4
51. Black-capped Chickadee - 7
52. Tufted Titmouse - 4
53. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
54. Brown Creeper - 5
55. Carolina Wren - 2
56. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 9
57. Eastern Bluebird - 1
58. Hermit Thrush - 1
59. American Robin - 41
60. European Starling - 2,792
61. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 29
62. American Tree Sparrow - 85
63. Field Sparrow - 2
64. Fox Sparrow - 8
65. Song Sparrow - 17
66. Swamp Sparrow - 19
67. White-throated Sparrow - 19
68. Dark-eyed Junco - 47
69. Northern Cardinal - 19
70. Red-winged Blackbird - 1,690
71. Eastern Meadowlark - 1
72. Rusty Blackbird - 384
73. Common Grackle - 194
74. Brown-headed Cowbird - 9
75. House Finch - 5
76. American Goldfinch - 43
77. House Sparrow - 9
III. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp
IV. BUTTERFLIES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Clouded Sulphur - 2

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio







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