MAR. 07, 2010 - Ottawa N.W.R. Monthly Census.
TIME: 8:00am-12:15pm; 1:30pm-4:30pm TEMP.: 20-44 COND.: Sunny, wind W/SW at 5-10mph; spotty snow cover; marshes mostly frozen with a few open areas; Lake Erie frozen.
ROUTES: Same usual morning and afternoon routes except for eagle nesting areas.
OBS.: Aaron Bartley, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht (morning only), Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 8 SPECIES.
1. Mink - 1
2. Woodchuck - 1
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 5
4. White-footed Mouse - 9
5. Meadow Vole - 1
6. Muskrat - 3
7. Eastern Cottontail - 4
8. White-tailed Deer - 5
II. BIRDS: 60 SPECIES,1 RELEASE.
1. Snow Goose - 24 (16 white, 8 blue phase)
2. Canada Goose - 1,458
3. Mute Swan - 28
R. Trumpeter Swan - 19
4. Tundra Swan - 1,049
5. Wood Duck - 8
6. Gadwall - 42
7. American Wigeon - 16
8. American Black Duck - 74
9. Mallard - 473
10. Northern Shoveler - 3
11. Northern Pintail - 91
12. Green-winged Teal - 12
13. Canvasback - 14
14. Redhead - 321
15. Ring-necked Duck - 32
16. Lesser Scaup - 66
17. Bufflehead - 4
18. Common Goldeneye - 8
19. Hooded Merganser - 14
20. Common Merganser - 142
21. Ruddy Duck - 2
22. Great Blue Heron - 8
23. Bald Eagle - 8 (6 adult,2 imm.)
24. Northern Harrier - 2
25. Cooper's Hawk - 1
26. Red-tailed Hawk - 14
27. American Kestrel - 1
28. American Coot - 24
29. Killdeer - 24
30. Ring-billed Gull - 311
31. Herring Gull - 54
32. Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 (adults)
33. Mourning Dove - 11
34. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1
35. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8
36. Downy Woodpecker - 18
37. Hairy Woodpecker - 1
38. Northern Flicker - 1
39. Blue Jay - 15
40. American Crow - 31
41. Horned Lark - 95
42. Black-capped Chickadee - 19
43. Tufted Titmouse - 7
44. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
45. Brown Creeper - 2
46. Carolina Wren - 1
47. American Robin - 25
48. European Starling - 379
49. American Tree Sparrow - 94
50. Song Sparrow - 23
51. Lapland Longspur - 56
52. Snow Bunting - 1
53. Northern Cardinal - 46
54. Red-winged Blackbird - 673
55. Rusty Blackbird - 10
56. Common Grackle - 235
57. Brown-headed Cowbird - 65
58. House Finch - 9
59. American Goldfinch - 20
60. House Sparrow - 33

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.




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