*JUNE 03, 2018 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.*
*ROUTES*: East and West sides in the morning; back side in the afternoon -
except where closed for eagle nesting.  *TIME*: 8:00am - 12:45pm; 2:20pm -
7:00pm  *TEMP.*: 56 ~ 77
*COND.*: Mostly cloudy and cool early, overcast at times; winds W/NW at
5-15mph; mostly sunny and warmer in the afternoon.  *OBS.EAST*: Katie
Clink, Michael O'Brien, Ed Pierce.
        *OBS.WEST*: Dustin Braden, Dave & Kim Myles, Jim Reyda, Tony
Szilagye, Douglas W. Vogus.  *OBS.AFTERNOON*: Bob Bartolotta, Claire
Johnson, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.

*I. MAMMALS*: 8 SPECIES.

   1. Virginia Opossum - 1
   2. Eastern Cottontail - 25
   3. Woodchuck - 3
   4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 10
   5. Common Muskrat - 4
   6. Common Raccoon - 2
   7. Mink - 1
   8. White-tailed Deer - 5


*II. BIRDS*: 88 SPECIES, 3,105 TOTAL BIRDS.

   1. Canada Goose - 554
   2. Trumpeter Swan - 34  (one w/neckband "3A8 - yellow")
   3. Wood Duck - 122
   4. Mallard - 23
   5. Blue-winged Teal - 1 (male)
   6. Common Goldeneye - 1  (Second June Record on Census)
   7. Hooded Merganser - 1
   8. Red-breasted Merganser - 1  (Third June Record on Census)
   9. Pied-billed Grebe - 23
   10. Rock Pigeon - 1
   11. Mourning Dove - 18
   12. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 4
   13. Black-billed Cuckoo - 1
   14. Chimney Swift - 8
   15. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
   16. King Rail - 1  (Third June Record on Census)
   17. Virginia Rail - 2
   18. Common Gallinule - 6
   19. American Coot - 4
   20. Sandhill Crane - 1
   21. Killdeer - 28
   22. American Woodcock - 1  (Adam Grimm Prairie)
   23. Spotted Sandpiper - 2
   24. Ring-billed Gull - 4
   25. Herring Gull - 1
   26. Caspian Tern - 2
   27. Common Tern - 3
   28. Double-crested Cormorant - 113
   29. Least Bittern - 1
   30. Great Blue Heron - 57
   31. Great Egret - 114
   32. Snowy Egret - 2
   33. Green Heron - 7
   34. Black-crowned Night-Heron - 10
   35. Turkey Vulture - 10
   36. Osprey - 1
   37. Bald Eagle - 11 (4 adult,5 immature,2 juvenile)
   38. Red-tailed Hawk - 3
   39. Red-headed Woodpecker - 2
   40. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
   41. Downy Woodpecker - 2
   42. Northern Flicker - 10
   43. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 7
   44. Willow Flycatcher - 13
   45. Least Flycatcher - 1
   46. Eastern Phoebe - 7
   47. Great Crested Flycatcher - 5
   48. Eastern Kingbird - 23
   49. Warbling Vireo - 22
   50. Red-eyed Vireo - 6
   51. Blue Jay - 18
   52. Horned Lark - 6
   53. Purple Martin - 51
   54. Tree Swallow - 291
   55. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
   56. Cliff Swallow - 12
   57. Barn Swallow - 62
   58. Black-capped Chickadee - 2
   59. Tufted Titmouse - 3
   60. White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
   61. Brown Creeper - 1  (First June Record on Census)
   62. House Wren - 26
   63. Marsh Wren - 50
   64. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
   65. Swainson's Thrush - 1
   66. American Robin - 56
   67. Gray Catbird - 26
   68. Brown Thrasher - 5
   69. European Starling - 72
   70. Cedar Waxwing - 1
   71. House Sparrow - 14
   72. House Finch - 7
   73. American Goldfinch - 20
   74. Prothonotary Warbler - 7
   75. Common Yellowthroat - 32
   76. Yellow Warbler - 131
   77. Chipping Sparrow - 6
   78. Field Sparrow - 12
   79. Savannah Sparrow - 2
   80. Song Sparrow - 67
   81. Swamp Sparrow - 30
   82. Northern Cardinal - 21
   83. Indigo Bunting - 16
   84. Dickcissel - 2  (Adam Grimm Prairie)
   85. Red-winged Blackbird - 623
   86. Common Grackle - 116
   87. Brown-headed Cowbird - 15
   88. Baltimore Oriole - 11


*III. REPTILES*: 5 SPECIES.

   1. Common Snapping Turtle - 10
   2. Map Turtle - 1
   3. Midland Painted Turtle - 5
   4. Blanding's Turtle - 1
   5. Northern Water Snake - 2


*IV. AMPHIBIANS*: 2 SPECIES.

   1. Bullfrog - many
   2. Northern Leopard Frog - 1


*V. FISHES*: 1 SPECIES.

   1. Common Carp - many


*VI. BUTTERFLIES*: 7 SPECIES.

   1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
   2. Cabbage Butterfly - 1
   3. Pearl Crescent - 2
   4. Mourning Cloak - 1
   5. Viceroy - 1
   6. Monarch - 9
   7. Least Skipper - 2


Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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