Pat Hayes and I conducted the monthly Kelley's Island census yesterday.
Weather was excellent with winds out of the west - southwest and temperature
in the 50's.  64 species observed on the census and 3 species (*) observed
on the island but not during the census.  This is the highest October
species count in 9 years.  The average is 58 species with a previous high of
63 species and a low of 52 species.

1       Common Loon
875     Double-crested Cormorant
3       Great Blue Heron
14      Turkey Vulture
366     Canada Goose
3       American Wigeon
1       American Black Duck
221     Mallard
3       Sharp-shinned Hawk
1       Cooper's Hawk
1       Merlin
3       Killdeer
*       Lesser Yellowlegs
1       American Woodcock	
166     Bonaparte's Gull
890     Ring-billed Gull
90      Herring Gull
500     Gull species?
1       Common Tern
31      Mourning Dove
2       Eastern Screech-Owl
8       Red-bellied Woodpecker
2       Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
27      Downy Woodpecker
15      Yellow-shafted Flicker
2       Eastern Phoebe
13      Blue Jay
20      American Crow
1       Tree Swallow
*       Barn Swallow
53      Black-capped Chickadee
1       Red-breasted Nuthatch
2       White-breasted Nuthatch
40      Brown Creeper
23      Carolina Wren
1       House Wren
6       Winter Wren
51      Golden-crowned Kinglet
96      Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3       Eastern Bluebird
1       Swainson's Thrush
54      Hermit Thrush
*       Wood Thrush
176     American Robin
1       Gray Catbird
581     European Starling
82      Cedar Waxwing
1       Nashville Warbler
359     Yellow-rumped Warbler
2       "Western" Palm Warbler
1       American Redstart
1       Ovenbird
1       Scarlet Tanager
2       Eastern Towhee
6       Chipping Sparrow
4       Song Sparrow
2       Swamp Sparrow
128     White-throated Sparrow
5       White-crowned Sparrow
19      Dark-eyed Junco
33      Northern Cardinal
1       Indigo Bunting
107     Red-winged Blackbird
27      Rusty Blackbird
645     Common Grackle
250     Blackbird species?
26      House Finch
13      American Goldfinch
59      House Sparrow


Tom Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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