JUNE 07, 2009 - Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Monthly Census
TIME: 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:30pm-6:00pm TEMP.: 54-73-70 COND.: Mostly sunny and cool early; cloudy and warm after noon; cooler and breezy late afternoon.
OBS.: Aaron Bartley, Mike Edgington, Rob & Sandy Harlan (afternoon only), Jennifer Knapp, Marc Nolls, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus, Jack & Janet Volker (morning only).
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Mink - 1
2. Woodchuck - 1
3. Muskrat - 4
4. Eastern Cottontail - 5
5. White-tailed Deer - 5
II. BIRDS: 90 SPECIES, 1 RELEASE.
1. Canada Goose - 406
R. Trumpeter Swan - 47 (30 adult,17 cygnets)
2. Wood Duck - 187
3. Mallard - 170
4. Blue-winged Teal - 4 (3m,1f)
5. Green-winged Teal - 2 (m)
6. Hooded Merganser - 1 (f)
7. Pied-billed Grebe - 39 (19 adult,20 young)
8. Double-crested Cormorant - 65
9. Least Bittern - 2
10. Great Blue Heron - 88
11. Great Egret - 145
12. Snowy Egret - 3
13. Little Blue Heron - 1 (adult)
14. Green Heron - 6
15. Black-crowned Night-Heron - 24 (6 immature)
16. Turkey Vulture - 2
17. Bald Eagle - 6 (2 adult,4 immature)
18. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
19. Cooper's Hawk - 1
20. Red-tailed Hawk - 4
21. Virginia Rail - 1
22. Common Moorhen - 24
23. American Coot - 6
24. Killdeer - 31
25. Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
26. Spotted Sandpiper - 4
27. Ring-billed Gull - 16
28. Herring Gull - 12
29. Common Tern - 70
30. Mourning Dove - 14
31. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
32. Chimney Swift - 1
33. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
34. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
35. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
36. Downy Woodpecker - 12
37. Hairy Woodpecker - 1
38. Northern Flicker - 10
39. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6
40. Willow Flycatcher - 21
41. Eastern Phoebe - 1
42. Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
43. Eastern Kingbird - 27
44. Warbling Vireo - 35
45. Red-eyed Vireo - 5
46. Blue Jay - 14
47. Horned Lark - 2
48. Purple Martin - 3
49. Tree Swallow - 96
50. Cliff Swallow - 40
51. Barn Swallow - 18
52. Black-capped Chickadee - 3
53. Tufted Titmouse - 2
54. White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
55. House Wren - 27
56. Sedge Wren - 2
57. Marsh Wren - 22
58. Swainson's Thrush - 1
59. Wood Thrush - 2
60. American Robin - 30
61. Gray Catbird - 35
62. Northern Mockingbird - 1
63. Brown Thrasher - 3
64. European Starling - 63
65. Cedar Waxwing - 12
66. Tennessee Warbler - 1
67. Yellow Warbler - 141
68. American Redstart - 1
69. Prothonotary Warbler - 3
70. Northern Waterthrush - 1
71. Common Yellowthroat - 46
72. Chipping Sparrow - 4
73. Field Sparrow - 23
74. Savannah Sparrow - 2
75. Grasshopper Sparrow - 1
76. Henslow's Sparrow - 2
77. Song Sparrow - 47
78. Swamp Sparrow - 21
79. Northern Cardinal - 40
80. Indigo Bunting - 29
81. Bobolink - 1
82. Red-winged Blackbird - 510
83. Eastern Meadowlark - 2
84. Yellow-headed Blackbird - 1
85. Common Grackle - 74
86. Brown-headed Cowbird - 20
87. Orchard Oriole - 3
88. Baltimore Oriole - 11
89. American Goldfinch - 42
90. House Sparrow - 4
III. REPTILES: 6 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 16 (females laying eggs)
2. Red-eared Turtle - 14
3. Midland Painted Turtle - 3
4. Blanding's Turtle - 1
5. Eastern Garter Snake - 2
6. Black Rat Snake - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Bullfrog
2. Green Frog
3. Northern Leopard Frog
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - (3 million?)
2. Black Bullhead - 1
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 6 SPECIES.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 6
2. Clouded Sulphur - 4
3. Mourning Cloak - 1
4. Viceroy - 2
5. Monarch - 1
6. Silver-spotted Skipper - 11

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.




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