Monday, March 26, 2007 Sandy Tkach and I conducted the Kelleys Island
monthly census.  This is the first day the ferry to the island has run since
late January, so this is why the census is about a week later than normal.
But the wait was worth it.  What a day for birding.  Wind was out of the
SW-W at 10-20 mph, partly cloudy and temperature in the high 60's low 70's.
Birds were singing everywhere and raptors were moving.  It must have been a
great day on the hawk tower at Crane Creek.  We had 44 raptors of 8 species
just on the census route. The March count has averaged 53 species over the
last nine years with a previous high of 62 species (2005).  Today we had 74
species which now moves the average to 55 species for a March count.  The
only new species added to the March count list was Gadwall.  98 species have
been observed on March counts over the last 10 years.

20      Horned Grebe
38      Double-crested Cormorant
7       Great Blue Heron
97      Canada Goose
3       Wood Duck
2       Gadwall
3       American Black Duck
55      Mallard
1       Mallard X Am. Black Duck
141     Redhead
6       Ring-necked Duck
4       Greater Scaup
119     Lesser Scaup
272     Bufflehead
905     Common Goldeneye
8       Hooded Merganser
11      Common Merganser
626     Red-breasted Merganser
20      Turkey Vulture
4       Bald Eagle
4       Northern Harrier
8       Sharp-shinned Hawk
9       Cooper's Hawk
13      Red-shouldered Hawk
3       Red-tailed Hawk
2       Rough-legged Hawk
1       American Kestrel
2       American Coot
22      Killdeer
1       American Woodcock
3       Bonaparte's Gull
23      Ring-billed Gull
302     Herring Gull
24      Great Black-backed Gull
10      Mourning Dove
1       Eastern Screech-Owl
3       Belted Kingfisher
1       Red-bellied Woodpecker
3       Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
17      Downy Woodpecker
32      Northern Flicker
10      Eastern Phoebe
1       Blue Jay
57      American Crow
9       Horned Lark
66      Tree Swallow
44      Black-capped Chickadee
1       White-breasted Nuthatch
17      Brown Creeper
4       Carolina Wren
1       Winter Wren
119     Golden-crowned Kinglet
9       Eastern Bluebird
1       Hermit Thrush
688     American Robin
2       Brown Thrasher
206     European Starling
4       American Pipit
4       Yellow-rumped Warbler
38      Northern Cardinal
3       Eastern Towhee
2       American Tree Sparrow
8       Fox Sparrow
20      Song Sparrow
4       White-throated Sparrow
108     Dark-eyed Junco
45      Lapland Longspur
1133    Red-winged Blackbird
1       Eastern Meadolark
13      Rusty Blackbird
1872    Common Grackle
32      Brown-headed Cowbird
147     House Finch
4       American Goldfinch
63      House Sparrow

7545    Total individuals
74      Species plus one hybrid



Tom Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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