APRIL 05, 2009 - Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Monthly Census.
ROUTES: Usual east and west side routes, usual afternoon routes except for areas closed due to eagle nests.
TIME: 8:00am-12:20pm; 1:30pm-6:00pm TEMP.: 39-48-42 COND.: Mostly sunny during morning routes, mostly cloudy for afternoon routes; wind E-NE at 10-20mph.
OBS.: Ethan Kistler, Deb Neidert, Fred Riley, Al & Betty Schlecht, Tony Szilayoe, Jack & Janet Volker (morning routes only); Aaron Bartley, Richard Johnson, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus (morning & afternoon routes).
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
1. Mink - 1
2. Woodchuck - 1
3. Muskrat - 6
4. White-footed Mouse - 1
5. Eastern Cottontail - 5
6. White-tailed Deer - 9
II. BIRDS: 86 SPECIES (including released Trumpeter Swans)
1. Canada Goose - 250
2. Mute Swan - 11
3. Trumpeter Swan - 40 (yellow band "8A9", 1 yellow & 1 green band unidentifiable)
4. Wood Duck - 72
5. Gadwall - 542
6. American Wigeon - 99
7. American Black Duck - 30
8. Mallard - 122
9. Blue-winged Teal - 103
10. Northern Shoveler - 161
11. Northern Pintail - 64
12. Green-winged Teal - 103
13. Canvasback - 2
14. Redhead - 2
15. Ring-necked Duck - 125
16. Lesser Scaup - 20
17. Bufflehead - 17
18. Hooded Merganser - 22
19. Common Merganser - 18
20. Ruddy Duck - 15
21. Pied-billed Grebe - 22
22. Double-crested Cormorant - 74
23. Great Blue Heron - 33
24. Great Egret - 47
25. Black-crowned Night-Heron - 7
26. Turkey Vulture - 4
27. Bald Eagle - 17 (8 adult, 9 immature)
28. Northern Harrier - 1
29. Cooper's Hawk - 2
30. Red-tailed Hawk - 7
31. Golden Eagle - 1 (immature - Richard Johnson)
32. American Kestrel - 3
33. American Coot - 645
34. American Golden-Plover - 6 (Veler Rd. mudflats)
35. Killdeer - 49
36. Greater Yellowlegs - 6
37. Lesser Yellowlegs - 3
38. Pectoral Sandpiper - 60
39. Wilson's Snipe - 76
40. Bonaparte's Gull - 224
41. Ring-billed Gull - 25
42. Herring Gull - 14
43. Mourning Dove - 31
44. Great Horned Owl - 3
45. Belted Kingfisher - 1
46. Red-headed Woodpecker - 3
47. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8
48. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5
49. Downy Woodpecker - 26
50. Hairy Woodpecker - 4
51. Northern Flicker - 41
52. Eastern Phoebe - 14
53. Blue Jay - 8
54. American Crow - 4
55. Horned Lark - 7
56. Tree Swallow - 300
57. Black-capped Chickadee - 6
58. Tufted Titmouse - 6
59. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
60. Brown Creeper - 4
61. Carolina Wren - 1
62. Winter Wren - 10
63. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 18
64. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
65. Hermit Thrush - 10
66. American Robin - 128
67. Brown Thrasher - 1
68. European Starling - 187
69. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
70. Eastern Towhee - 5
71. American Tree Sparrow - 74
72. Field Sparrow - 12
73. Savannah Sparrow - 1
74. Fox Sparrow - 109
75. Song Sparrow - 106
76. Swamp Sparrow - 3
77. White-crowned Sparrow - 1
78. Dark-eyed Junco - 50
79. Northern Cardinal - 64
80. Red-winged Blackbird - 655
81. Eastern Meadowlark - 6
82. Rusty Blackbird - 302
83. Common Grackle - 253
84. Brown-headed Cowbird - 23
85. American Goldfinch - 18
86. House Sparrow - 5
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Garter Snake - 3
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
1. Northern Leopard Frog - many calling
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 1

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.




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