FEB. 01, 2009 - Ottawa N.W.R. Monthly Census.
TIME: 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:30pm-4:30pm TEMP.: 35-43-37
COND.: Mostly sunny, southwest wind 8-12mph; snow cover 8-12 inches, some areas blown clear, most areas drifting to over the knees. No open water including Lake Erie.
OBS.: Marc Nolls, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht (morning only), Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Opossum - 1
2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
3. White-footed Mouse - 2
4. Eastern Cottontail - 7
5. White-tailed Deer - 7
II. BIRDS: 40 SPECIES.
1. Trumpeter Swan - 4
2. Canada Goose - 4
** Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 (tracks only)
3. Great Blue Heron - 2
4. Bald Eagle - 8 (6 adult,2 immature)
5. Northern Harrier - 1
6. Cooper's Hawk - 1
7. Red-tailed Hawk - 9
8. American Kestrel - 5
9. Merlin - 1
10. Ring-billed Gull - 7
11. Herring Gull - 6
12. Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 (adult)
13. Mourning Dive - 61
14. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (gray phase)
15. Great Horned Owl - 2
16. Snowy Owl - 1
17. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
18. Downy Woodpecker - 10
19. Hairy Woodpecker - 3
20. Northern Flicker - 2
21. Blue Jay - 23
22. Horned Lark - 14
23. Black-capped Chickadee - 7
24. White-breasted Nuthatch - 7
25. Brown Creeper - 6
26. Carolina Wren - 2
27. American Robin - 6
28. European Starling - 30
29. Cedar Waxwing - 2
30. American Tree Sparrow - 69
31. Song Sparrow - 4
32. White-throated Sparrow - 4
33. Dark-eyed Junco - 12
34. Snow Bunting - 10
35. Northern Cardinal - 40
36. Red-winged Blackbird - 1
37. Brown-headed Cowbird - 19
38. House Finch - 2
39. American Goldfinch - 17
40. House Sparrow - 23

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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