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Today Carolanne Tkach and I conducted the 14th February census. February
2000 was not run because of inability to get to the island that month.
Today started with about a half inch of snow on the ground and the
temperature in the low 30's but ended with clear skies and a temperature of
40. We observed 46 species on the route of 2606 individuals. The number
of species was above the average of 40 for February but the 2606 was about
half the normal number of 5092. two species observed were new for a
February census. They were Iceland Gull and Rusty Blackbird. Two
additional species of note which were observed on the island but not on the
census route were 22 Eastern Bluebirds and an Immature Northern Goshawk.
Both species were found on the 22nd as well and photographed.
55 Canada Goose
26 Mallard
3 Greater Scaup
166 Bufflehead
912 Common Goldeneye
75 Common Merganser
11 Red-breasted Merganser
4 Bald Eagle
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
** Northern Goshawk*
4 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Rough-legged Hawk
* Wild Turkey
*1 Killdeer*
17 Ring-billed Gull
158 Herring Gull
*1 Iceland Gull
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull*
86 Great Black-backed Gull
3 Mourning Dove
1 Eastern Screech-Owl
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
22 Downy Woodpecker
13 Northern Flicker
5 Blue Jay
216 American Crow
19 Horned Lark
103 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
11 Brown Creeper
6 Carolina Wren
7 Golden-crowned Kinglet
* Eastern Bluebird
5 Hermit Thrush
81 American Robin
166 European Starling
28 Yellow-rumped Warbler
14 White-throated Sparrow
9 Dark-eyed Junco
96 Northern Cardinal
94 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Rusty Blackbird
21 Common Grackle
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
23 Purple Finch
60 House Finch
13 American Goldfinch
56 House Sparrow
46 species
2606 individuals
* = observed on the island on census day but not on census route
Bold = rare of census/month
Tom Bartlett
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H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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