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Sunday, April 20 we conducted the monthly Kelleys Island census. This is
the eleventh year for an April census. Weather was mid-40's to low 50's,
overcast with periods of light rain, winds 3-10 mph out of west then north.
Participants included myself, Paula Bartlett, Sandy Tkach, and Tom Behlen.
71 species were observed on the census and 3468 individuals with 2
additional species observed on the island but not on the census route. The
eleven year average is 67 species with 4547 individuals. So our species
numbers were above average but individual number were below. Tufted
Titmouse was new for an April census and only the third or forth observed
over eleven years of census routes. A single Broad-winged Hawk was observed
after the route and Sandy Tkach still has a pair of Common Redpolls coming
to her feeders. Unfortunately, the feeders are not along the census route.
Surprisingly missing from the census were Great Black-backed Gull and
Golden-crowned Kinglet. In fact, gulls were few and far between.
2 Common Loon
108 Double-crested Cormorant
25 Great Blue Heron
29 Canada Goose
2 Wood Duck
58 Mallard
70 Lesser Scaup
122 Bufflehead
2 Hooded Merganser
77 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Turkey Vulture
2 Bald Eagle
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
* Broad-winged Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Merlin
3 Sora
9 Killdeer
1 Solitary Sandpiper
19 Bonaparte's Gull
4 Ring-billed Gull
58 Herring Gull
3 Mourning Dove
1 Eastern Screech-Owl
1 Belted Kingfisher
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
22 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
5 Northern Flicker
3 Eastern Phoebe
8 Blue Jay
21 American Crow
11 Purple Martin
217 Tree Swallow
21 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
44 Barn Swallow
34 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
4 Brown Creeper
3 Carolina Wren
2 House Wren
1 Winter Wren
11 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 Hermit Thrush
246 American Robin
7 Brown Thrasher
142 European Starling
7 Yellow Warbler
11 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
4 "Western" Palm Warbler
63 Northern Cardinal
4 Eastern Towhee
117 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
19 White-throated Sparrow
2 White-crowned Sparrow
5 Dark-eyed Junco
668 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Eastern Meadowlark
4 Rusty Blackbird
961 Common Grackle
64 Brown-headed Cowbird
89 House Finch
* Common Redpoll
7 American Goldfinch
15 House Sparrow
71 Total species
3468 Total individuals
* = observed on island on census day but not on census route.
Tom Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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