JAN. 03, 2010 - Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Monthly Census
TIME: 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:00pm-4:00pm TEMP.: 5-22-19
COND.: Cold & partly cloudy early; cold, sunny & bright later. Wind NW 5-15mph. Marshes frozen except for one open area on backside; Lake frozen except for several leads of open water. Snow cover less than one inch.
OBS.: Tom Bartlett, Aaron Bartley, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.
(NOTE: results are part of Christmas Bird Count - for complete list of participants contact Tom Bartlett)
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Opossum - 1
2. Coyote - 1
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 5
4. White-footed Mouse - 11
5. Meadow Vole - 3
6. Eastern Cottontail - 3
7. White-tailed Deer - 10
II. BIRDS: 45 SPECIES, 1 RELEASE.
1. Canada Goose - 1,167
2. Mute Swan - 5
R. Trumpeter Swan - 21 (green band: 74V; yellow bands: 4A6,1A1 & 1A2)
3. Tundra Swan - 613
4. Gadwall - 1
5. American Black Duck - 15
6. Mallard - 3
7. Bufflehead - 1
8. Common Goldeneye - 14
9. Common Merganser - 4
10. Great Blue Heron - 8
11. Bald Eagle - 7 (4 adult,3 immature)
12. Northern Harrier - 2
13. Red-tailed Hawk - 11
14. Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light phase)
15. American Kestrel - 2
16. Ring-billed Gull - 45
17. Herring Gull - 4,500 (per T. Bartlett)
18. Great Black-backed Gull - 3
19. Mourning Dove - 72
20. Eastern Screech-Owl - 4
21. Great Horned Owl - 4
22. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 22
23. Downy Woodpecker - 36
24. Hairy Woodpecker - 7
25. Northern Flicker - 7
26. Blue Jay - 42
27. Black-capped Chickadee - 14
28. Tufted Titmouse - 6
29. White-breasted Nuthatch - 16
30. Brown Creeper - 16
31. American Robin - 2
32. Gray Catbird - 1
33. European Starling - 65
34. Cedar Waxwing - 1
35. American Tree Sparrow - 569
36. Song Sparrow - 10
37. Swamp Sparrow - 3
38. Dark-eyed Junco - 17
39. Northern Cardinal - 94
40. Red-winged Blackbird - 41
41. Common Grackle - 77
42. Brown-headed Cowbird - 258
43. House Finch - 2
44. American Goldfinch - 89
45. House Sparrow - 75
III. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Fathead Minnow - several thousand

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.




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