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The 15th December monthly census was conducted on Sunday, December 18 as
part of the Lake Erie Island Christmas Bird Count. Below are the numbers
and species observed by our group conducting the census. Species marked
with an * were observed by our groups on the island during the day. Our
group consisted of myself, Paula Bartlett, Tom Behlen, and Sandy Tkach.
Weather was mild for December with temps in the 30's to mid 40's, overcast
to partly cloudy, with SW winds 5-12 mph. One species was added to the
December census count; Turkey Vulture. The group observed 49 species which
is slightly below average of the 15 years (51 species). The 5758
individuals observed was will below the 15 year average of 21,740
individuals.
29 Canada Goose
* Tundra Swan
15 Gadwall
* American Wigeon
17 American Black Duck
108 Mallard
* Canvasback
* Redhead
138 Greater Scaup
856 Lesser Scaup
2 Surf Scoter
* White-winged Scoter
325 Bufflehead
411 Common Goldeneye
* Hooded Merganser
17 Common Merganser
359 Red-breasted Merganser
* Wild Turkey
7 Common Loon
32 Horned Grebe
* Double-crested Cormorant
* American Bittern
* Great Blue Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
7 Bald Eagle
1 Northern Harrier
* Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
* Rough-legged Hawk
1 Killdeer
* Dunlin
8 Bonaparte's Gull
57 Ring-billed Gull
261 Herring Gull
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
14 Great Black-backed Gull
* Eastern Screech-Owl
* Great Horned Owl
* Northern Saw-whet Owl
* Belted Kingfisher
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
* Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
23 Downy Woodpecker
* Hairy Woodpecker
5 Northern Flicker
4 Blue Jay
45 American Crow
1 Horned Lark
73 Black-capped Chickadee
* Red-breasted Nuthatch
* White-breasted Nuthatch
4 Brown Creeper
2 Carolina Wren
4 Winter Wren
5 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5 Eastern Bluebird
3 Hermit Thrush
57 American Robin
2716 European Starling
15 Cedar Waxwing
9 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee
* American Tree Sparrow
* Song Sparrow
* Swamp Sparrow
9 White-throated Sparrow
* White-crowned Sparrow
14 Dark-eyed Junco
* Snow Bunting
37 Northern Cardinal
* Red-winged Blackbird
* Purple Finch
2 House Finch
* Red Crossbill
12 American Goldfinch
38 House Sparrow
* = species observed on the island on census day but not on census route
Tom
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H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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