Today, Paula Bartlett, Justin Bosler, Pat Hayes, and I conducted the
15th August monthly census.  It was a beautiful day on the island and
birds seem to be moving.  3837 individuals of 70 species were observed
on the census route.  Two new species were observed for the first time
on an August census; Swainson's Thrush and Cape May Warbler.  This
brings the number of species observed on an August census to 120.  The
15 year average for species observed on an August census is 68 and the
average number of individuals is 3338.  So we were slightly above
average on both.

133    Canada Goose
96      Mallard
566    Double-crested Cormorant
14      Great Blue Heron
13      Turkey Vulture
2        Bald Eagle
1        Cooper's Hawk
1        Red-tailed Hawk
1        Black-bellied Plover
26      Killdeer
7        Spotted Sandpiper
2        Least Sandpiper
206    Bonaparte's Gull
554    Ring-billed Gull
263    Herring Gull
8        Caspian Tern
16      Mourning Dove
1        Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1        Black-billed Cuckoo
3        Eastern Screech-Owl
7        Chimney Swift
8        Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1        Red-bellied Woodpecker
29      Downy Woodpecker
12      Northern Flicker
1        Olive-sided Flycatcher
6        Eastern Wood-Pewee
1        Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
2        Willow Flycatcher
5        Least Flycatcher
3        Empidonax species?
2        Eastern Phoebe
3        Great Crested Flycatcher
61      Eastern Kingbird
7        Warbling Vireo
10      Red-eyed Vireo
12      Blue Jay
43      American Crow
154    Purple Martin
16      Tree Swallow
5        Bank Swallow
565    Barn Swallow
102    Swallow species?
78      Black-capped Chickadee
1        White-breasted Nuthatch
7        Carolina Wren
9        House Wren
2        Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1        Eastern Bluebird
1        Swainson's Thrush
144    American Robin
3        Gray Catbird
61      European Starling
70      Cedar Waxwing
2        Black-and-white Warbler
4        Tennessee Warbler
2        American Redstart
6        Cape May Warbler
1        Magnolia Warbler
22      Yellow Warbler
1        Blackpoll Warbler
*         Palm Warbler
29      Warbler species?
*        Eastern Towhee
19     Chipping Sparrow
2       Scarlet Tanager
63     Northern Cardinal
15     Indigo Bunting
1       Red-winged Blackbird
38     Common Grackle
2       Brown-headed Cowbird
92     Baltimore Oriole
2       House Finch
36     American Goldfinch
154   House Sparrow

70 species
3837 individuals
* = observed on island but not on census route

Tom
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H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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