Today we conducted the monthly census on Kelleys Island.  Participants
included Tom Bartlett, Phil & Phyllis Corathers, and Sandy Tkach.  Weather
was a beautiful mid-winter day; temps 17-30 F, winds NW 5-10 mph, with
cloudy to party cloudy skies.  Time period was from 7:30 Am to noon.  The
eleven year average number of species on a February census is 39 species and
we had 40 species today.  The average total number of individuals is 4542
and today's total was 2354 which is well below average.  All of the
shoreline of the island is surrounded by ice with open pockets of water.
Most of these pockets were changing in size and location during the day.
One new species was added to the February list which now stands at 76
species.  That species was Eastern Bluebird.

27      Canada Goose
3       Gadwall
29      Greater Scaup
32      Bufflehead
522     Common Goldeneye
161     Common Merganser
7       Red-breasted Merganser
600+    Diving duck species?
9       Bald Eagle (6 adults, 3 immature)
1       Sharp-shinned Hawk
2       Red-tailed Hawk
3       Ring-billed Gull
211     Herring Gull
17      Great Black-backed Gull
25      Gull species?
2       Eastern Screech-Owl
1       Great Horned Owl
3       Red-bellied Woodpecker
22      Downy Woodpecker
5       Northern Flicker
2       Blue Jay
36      American Crow
11      Horned Lark
48      Black-capped Chickadee
1       White-breasted Nuthatch
7       Brown Creeper
6       Carolina Wren
3       Golden-crowned Kinglet
8       Eastern Bluebird
2       Hermit Thrush
117     American Robin
156     European Starling
27      Yellow-rumped Warbler
13      American Tree Sparrow
2       Song Sparrow
2       Swamp Sparrow
58      White-throated Sparrow
57      Dark-eyed Junco
78      Northern Cardinal
4       House Finch
2       American Goldfinch
34      House Sparrow

40      Total species
2354    Total individuals

Tom Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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