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The Kelleys Island monthly census for December was scheduled for Sunday,
December 16 as part of the Lake Erie Islands Christmas Count. However,
midway through the morning both were cancelled due to very limited
visibility and drifting snow. Jun Campbell, Sandy Tkach, and I had
attempted the census even though others had all ready backout. I did forgo
the morning owling. But phone calls with compiler, John Pogacnik and Lisa
Brohl on South Bass convinced us to cancel. We rescheduled for Monday
morning which turned out much better. John will handle the details of the
"very limited" Islands Christmas count.
We conducted the census from 0800-1300 under overcast to partly cloudy
skies, 18-27 F temperature, 5-20 mile per hour SSW winds, and 8+ inches of
snow cover. 53 species were observed consisting of 8923 individuals. Two
new species were added to the December census. Those were Snow Bunting and
Common Redpoll. This is the eleventh year for the December count.
1 Common Loon
2 Horned Grebe
167 Double-crested Cormorant
41 Canada Goose
* Tundra Swan
134 Gadwall
103 American Black Duck
599 Mallard
* Redhead
11 Greater Scaup
7 Lesser Scaup
1 Surf Scoter
3 Long-tailed Duck
1119 Bufflehead
1181 Common Goldeneye
3 Hooded Merganser
588 Common Merganser
166 Red-breasted Merganser
* Bald Eagle (immature)
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Merlin (photo)
2 American Coot
1305 Bonaparte''s Gull
1230 Ring-billed Gull
1010 Herring Gull
79 Great Black-backed Gull
750 Gull species
* Eastern Screech-Owl
* Great Horned Owl
* Northern Saw-whet Owl
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
13 Downy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
1 Blue Jay
27 American Crow
3 Horned Lark
38 Black-capped Chickadee
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 White-breasted Nuthatch
5 Brown Creeper
1 Carolina Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Hermit Thrush
17 American Robin
34 European Starling
1 American Pipit (photo)
36 Cedar Waxwing
14 Yellow-rumped Warbler
46 Northern Cardinal
26 American Tree Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
33 White-throated Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
53 Dark-eyed Junco
2 "Oregon" Junco
1 Snow Bunting
* Brown-headed Cowbird
30 Blackbird species?
3 Purple Finch
* House Finch
1 Common Redpoll
7 American Goldfinch
11 House Sparrow
53 species
8923 individuals
Tom Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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