NOV. 01, 2009 - Ottawa N.W.R. Monthly Census.
TIME: 8:00am-12:40pm; 2:10pm-5:10pm TEMP.: 37-53-50.
COND.: Sunny & dry; wind north at 5-7mph.
OBS.: Aaron Bartley, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus, Michelle Zager (all day); Dan Lux, Ed Lux, Al & Betty Schlecht, Matt Scowden, Bill Shively (morning only).
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Raccoon -1
2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 4
3. White-footed Mouse - 2
4. Eastern Cottontail - 1
5. White-tailed Deer - 8 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 77 SPECIES, 1 RELEASE.
1. Canada Goose - 643
R. Trumpeter Swan - 36
2. Tundra Swan - 73
3. Wood Duck - 79
4. Gadwall - 274
5. American Wigeon - 35
6. American Black Duck - 80
7. Mallard - 1,668
8. Northern Shoveler - 7
9. Northern Pintail - 16
10. Green-winged Teal - 205
11. Ring-necked Duck - 18
12. Lesser Scaup - 1
13. Hooded Merganser - 2
14. Pied-billed Grebe - 12
15. Double-crested Cormorant - 16
16. Great Blue Heron - 104
17. Great Egret - 10
18. Bald Eagle - 6 (4 adult,2 juv.)
19. Northern Harrier - 2
20. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
21. Cooper's Hawk - 3
22. Red-tailed Hawk - 10
23. American Kestrel - 1
24. American Coot - 338
25. Black-bellied Plover - 7
26. Killdeer - 18
27. Solitary Sandpiper - 1
28. Greater Yellowlegs - 23
29. Lesser Yellowlegs - 7
30. Dunlin - 922
31. Long-billed Dowitcher - 61
32. Wilson's Snipe - 3
33. Bonaparte's Gull - 475
34. Ring-billed Gull - 421
35. Herring Gull - 33
36. Forster's Tern - 7
37. Mourning Dove - 70
38. Great Horned Owl - 5
39. Belted Kingfisher - 2
40. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10
41. Downy Woodpecker - 31
42. Hairy Woodpecker - 4
43. Northern Flicker - 7
44. Blue Jay - 21
45. Horned Lark - 19
46. Black-capped Chickadee - 27
47. Tufted Titmouse - 8
48. White-breasted Nuthatch - 7
49. Brown Creeper - 5
50. Winter Wren - 1
51. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 29
52. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
53. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
54. Eastern Bluebird - 4
55. Hermit Thrush - 5
56. American Robin - 69
57. European Starling - 2,824
58. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 18
59. Palm Warbler - 1
60. Eastern Towhee - 1
61. American Tree Sparrow - 33
62. Field Sparrow - 1
63. Fox Sparrow - 28
64. Song Sparrow - 25
65. Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
66. Swamp Sparrow - 5
67. White-throated Sparrow - 35
68. White-crowned Sparrow - 19
69. Dark-eyed Junco - 46
70. Northern Cardinal - 36
71. Red-winged Blackbird - 3,622
72. Rusty Blackbird - 150
73. Common Grackle - 11
74. Brown-headed Cowbird - 84
75. House Finch - 5
76. American Goldfinch - 92
77. House Sparrow - 29
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Northern Water Snake - 1
IV. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 3
V. BUTTERFLIES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Orange Sulphur - 3

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.







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