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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