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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