MAR. 02, 2008 - Monthly Ottawa N.W.R. Census.
  TIME: 8:00am - 5:00pm TEMP.: 28-36 COND.: Mostly cloudy, wind S/SE to 12 mph.
  OBS.: Aaron & Father, Marc Nolls, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlacht, Jack & Janet Volker, Douglas W. Vogus.
  I. MAMMALS: 9 SPECIES.
  1. Opossum - 2
  2. Striped Skunk - 1
  3. Coyote - 2
  4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
  5. White-footed Mouse - 3
  6. Meadow Vole - 1
  7. Muskrat - 2
  8. Eastern Cottontail - 6
  9. White-tailed Deer - 19
  II. BIRDS: 61 SPECIES.
  1. Snow Goose - 24+
  2. Canada Goose - 1,595
  3. Mute Swan - 22
  4. Tundra Swan - 899
  5. Wood Duck - 2
  6. Gadwall - 162
  7. American Wigeon - 4
  8. American Black Duck - 24
  9. Mallard - 253
  10. Northern Pintail - 13
  11. Canvasback - 8
  12. Redhead - 424
  13. Ring-necked Duck - 18
  14. Lesser Scaup - 35
  15. Bufflehead - 2
  16. Common Goldeneye - 6
  17. Hooded Merganser - 7
  18. Common Merganser - 89
  19. Ruddy Duck - 7
  20. Great Blue Heron - 20
  21. Bald Eagle - 10 (4 adult, 6 juv.)
  22. Northern Harrier - 6
  23. Cooper's Hawk - 2
  24. Red-tailed Hawk - 12
  25. American Kestrel - 1
  26. American Coot - 132
  27. Killdeer - 13
  28. Ring-billed Gull - 161
  29. Herring Gull - 10
  30. Mourning Dove - 23
  31. Eastern Screech-Owl - 2 (gray phase)
  32. Great Horned Owl - 5 (1 on nest)
  33. Long-eared Owl - 1
  34. Short-eared Owl - 2
  35. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
  36. Downy Woodpecker - 15
  37. Hairy Woodpecker - 1
  38. Northern Flicker - 4
  39. Northern Shrike - 1
  40. Blue Jay - 10
  41. American Crow - 292
  42. Horned Lark - 52
  43. Black-capped Chickadee - 6
  44. Tufted Titmouse - 2
  45. White-breasted Nuthatch - 10
  46. Carolina Wren - 1
  47. American Robin - 34
  48. Northern Mockingbird - 1
  49. European Starling - 943
  50. American Tree Sparrow - 191
  51. Fox Sparrow - 1
  52. Song Sparrow - 25
  53. Swamp Sparrow - 3
  54. Dark-eyed Junco - 19
  55. Northern Cardinal - 36
  56. Red-winged Blackbird - 288
  57. Rusty Blackbird - 42
  58. Common Grackle - 16
  59. Brown-headed Cowbird - 322
  60. American Goldfinch - 8
  61. House Sparrow - 6
  Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.


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