Here within is the unofficial results from the monthly Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge census. Ed Pierce will have official results later.
FEB. 03, 2008 - Hike the east and west sides, break for lunch, then drive the backside impoundments after lunch.
TIME: 8:00am-5:30pm TEMP.: 32-37-35 COND.: Cloudy and calm all day.
OBS.: Richard Johnson, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Bert Szabo, Douglas W. Vogus, Jack & Janet Volker, and I apologize for the two others whose names I didn't fully get - Steve ? and ?.
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Coyote - 1
2. White-footed Mouse - 3
3. Muskrat - 1
4. Eastern Cottontail - 5
5. White-tailed Deer - 24
II. BIRDS: 59 SPECIES (Unofficially)
1. Snow Goose - 49 (31 blue, 18 white)
2. Canada Goose - 11,778
3. Mute Swan - 11
4. Trumpeter Swan - 8
5. Tundra Swan - 150+
6. Gadwall - 2
7. American Black Duck - 30+
8. Mallard - 200+
9. Northern Pintail - 25+
10. Canvasback - 2 (m)
11. Ring-necked Duck - 2 (m)
12. Lesser Scaup - 20+
13. Bufflehead - 4 (1m,3f)
14. Common Merganser - 36
15. Red-breasted Merganser - 2
16. Great Blue Heron - 20+
17. Bald Eagle - 11 (4 adult, 7 immature)
18. Northern Harrier - 7 (1m,6f)
19. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 (juv. f)
20. Cooper's Hawk - 4
21. Red-tailed Hawk - 10
22. American Kestrel - 2
23. American Coot - 10
24. Ring-billed Gull - 50+
25. Herring Gull - 30+
26. Great Black-backed Gull - 1
27. Mourning Dove - 25+
28. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (gray phase)
29. Great Horned Owl - 1
30. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
31. Downy Woodpecker - 12+
32. Hairy Woodpecker - 5+
33. Northern Flicker - 4
34. Northern Shrike - 1
35. Blue Jay - 20
36. American Crow - 1
37. Horned Lark - 20
38. Black-capped Chickadee - 2
39. Tufted Titmouse - 18
40. White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
41. Winter Wren - 1
42. American Robin - 20
43. Northern Mockingbird - 1
44. European Starling - 50+
45. American Tree Sparrow - 230+
46. Field Sparrow - 1
47. Song Sparrow - 10
48. Swamp Sparrow - 7
49. Dark-eyed Junco - 6
50. Snow Bunting - 16
51. Northern Cardinal - 20+
52. Red-winged Blackbird - 5
53. Eastern Meadowlark - 10+
54. Rusty Blackbird - 13
55. Common Grackle - 1
56. Brown-headed Cowbird - 226
57. House Finch - 8
58. American Goldfinch - 45+
59. House Sparrow - 2
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