APRIL 06, 2008 - Monthly Ottawa N.W.R. Census - hike the east & west sides, break for lunch, then drive the backside dikes.
TIME: 8:00am-12:30pm; 1:30pm-6:15pm TEMP.: 41-51 COND.: Sunny, blue skies; cool near the lake; wind E/NE at 5-10mph OBS.: Don Burlett, Chris Crofts, Mike Edgington, Tom Fishburn, Bob Fuerst, Richard Johnson, Marc Nolls, Bill Osborne, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlacht, Bert Szabo, Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Raccoon - 1
2. Mink - 1
3. Woodchuck - 1
4. Meadow Vole - 1
5. Muskrat - 8
6. Eastern Cottontail - 1
7. White-tailed Deer - 16
II. BIRDS: 87 SPECIES.
1. Canada Goose - 284
2. Mute Swan - 3
3. Trumpeter Swan - 6
4. Wood Duck - 52
5. Gadwall - 217
6. American Wigeon - 37
7. American Black Duck - 47
8. Mallard - 152
9. Blue-winged Teal - 55
10. Northern Shoveler - 121
11. Northern Pintail - 23
12. Green-winged Teal - 39
13. Canvasback - 4
14. Redhead - 8,540
15. Ring-necked Duck - 116
16. Greater Scaup - 1
17. Lesser Scaup - 438
18. Bufflehead - 49
19. Hooded Merganser - 35
20. Common Merganser - 77
21. Ruddy Duck - 356
22. Ring-necked Pheasant - 1
23. Pied-billed Grebe - 25
24. Double-crested Cormorant - 79
25. Great Blue Heron - 39
26. Great Egret - 20
27. Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
28. Turkey Vulture - 41
29. Osprey - 1
30. Bald Eagle - 10 (6 adult,4 juv.)
31. Northern Harrier - 8
32. Cooper's Hawk - 1
33. Red-tailed Hawk - 7
34. Rough-legged Hawk - 2 (light phase)
35. American Kestrel - 2
36. Merlin - 1
37. Virginia Rail - 2
38. American Coot - 1,311
39. Killdeer - 22
40. Greater Yellowlegs - 2
41. Lesser Yellowlegs - 4
42. Wilson's Snipe - 3
43. Bonaparte's Gull - 122
44. Ring-billed Gull - 58
45. Herring Gull - 25
46. Caspian Tern - 2
47. Rock Pigeon - 2
48. Mourning Dove - 29
49. Great Horned Owl - 6 (4 adult,2 young)
50. Belted Kingfisher - 3
51. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
52. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
53. Downy Woodpecker - 15
54. Hairy Woodpecker - 2
55. Northern Flicker - 14
56. Eastern Phoebe - 7
57. Blue Jay - 14
58. American Crow - 4
59. Horned Lark - 6
60. Tree Swallow - 116
61. Black-capped Chickadee - 5
62. Tufted Titmouse - 8
63. White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
64. Brown Creeper - 1
65. Carolina Wren - 2
66. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
67. Hermit Thrush - 2
68. American Robin - 46
69. Northern Mockingbird - 2
70. European Starling - 67
71. American Tree Sparrow - 70
72. Chipping Sparrow - 1
73. Field Sparrow - 22
74. Fox Sparrow - 12
75. Song Sparrow - 123
76. Swamp Sparrow - 2
77. Dark-eyed Junco - 13
78. Northern Cardinal - 41
79. Bobolink - 2
80. Red-winged Blackbird - 477
81. Eastern Meadowlark - 11
82. Rusty Blackbird - 74
83. Common Grackle - 100
84. Brown-headed Cowbird - 32
85. Pine Siskin - 1
86. American Goldfinch - 13
87. House Sparrow - 6
III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 1
2. Eastern Garter Snake - 2
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
1. Northern Leopard Frog - many calling
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 6
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Mourning Cloak - 1
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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