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The monthly census for Kelleys Island was conduct Monday, October 22.
Participants included Tom Bartlett, Dave Dariano, Pat Hayes, and Sandy
Tkach. Weather was clear to partly cloudy, winds S-SE 5-12 mph, and
temperature from 58 to low 70's.
This census completes ten years of monthly census on Kelleys Island. The
census began with the November census run in 1997. Only the months of
January and February of 2000 were missed due the inability to get to the
island because of weather.
The October census recorded 56 species and 4136 individuals. Both of these
numbers are below average for the ten years. The October average number of
species observed is 58 and total number of individuals is 5271. Several
days of southerly winds before this count probably helped to reduce the
number of species and individuals. Three species were added to the list of
species observed on an October census. Those were Mute Swan, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, and Lincoln's Sparrow. The ten year list for October sightings
is 113 species. Noticeably absent was Great Black-backed Gull which has
been missed the last two October counts.
123 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
268 Canada Goose
1 Mute Swan
56 Mallard
4 Turkey Vulture
2 Bald Eagle (2 adults)
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Merlin
2 Black-bellied Plover
8 Killdeer
163 Bonaparte's Gull
1520 Ring-billed Gull
624 Herring Gull
2 Mourning Dove
1 Belted Kingfisher
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
12 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Blue Jay
45 American Crow
46 Black-capped Chickadee
4 Red-breasted Nuthatch
7 White-breasted Nuthatch
5 Brown Creeper
4 Carolina Wren
4 Winter Wren
14 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 Hermit Thrush
642 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
37 European Starling
8 Cedar Waxwing
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
2 Magnolia Warbler
184 Yellow-rumped Warbler
61 Northern Cardinal
1 Indigo Bunting
2 Chipping Sparrow
3 Fox Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
4 Lincoln's Sparrow
14 Swamp Sparrow
101 White-throated Sparrow
3 White-crowned Sparrow
7 Dark-eyed Junco
61 Red-winged Blackbird
6 Common Grackle
2 Purple Finch
25 House Finch
10 American Goldfinch
25 House Sparrow
56 Total species
4036 Total Individuals
November count will be on Saturday, November 17
December count will be on Sunday, December 16
Tom Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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