Paula Bartlett and I conducted the monthly census on Kelleys Island
today.  This is the 13th April census.  62 species and 3685
individuals were observed.  Both numbers are below the 13 year average
for April which is 67 species and 4418 individuals.  A pair of
Northern Shovelers were new for the April census.  All four monthly
census this year have been below average in number of species and
number of individuals.

2     Common Loon
1     Horned Grebe
291 Double-crested Cormorant
13   Great Blue Heron
44   Canada Goose
2     Wood Duck
40   Mallard
2     Northern Shoveler
6     Lesser Scaup
68   Bufflehead
196 Red-breasted Merganser
10   Turkey Vulture
1     Bald Eagle
1     Cooper's Hawk
2     Red-tailed Hawk
1     Merlin
*      Wild Turkey
3     Killdeer
*      American Woodcock
174 Bonaparte's Gull
5     Ring-billed Gull
56   Herring Gull
1     Caspian Tern
5     Mourning Dove
3     Belted Kingfisher
2     Red-bellied Woodpecker
1     Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
23   Downy Woodpecker
15   Northern Flicker
4     Eastern Phoebe
6     Blue Jay
27   American Crow
371 Tree Swallow
4     Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3     Bank Swallow
21   Barn Swallow
88   Black-capped Chickadee
2     Red-breasted Nuthatch
1     White-breasted Nuthatch
4     Brown Creeper
3     Carolina Wren
3     Golden-crowned Kinglet
6     Ruby-crowned Kinglet
10   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2     Eastern Bluebird
2     Hermit Thrush
285 American Robin
1     Brown Thrasher
161 European Starling
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler
49   Northern Cardinal
2     Eastern Towhee
*      American Tree Sparrow
15   Chipping Sparrow
3     Field Sparrow
2     Song Sparrow
16   White-throated Sparrow
7     Dark-eyed Junco
718 Red-winged Blackbird
16   Rusty Blackbird
672 Common Grackle
65   Brown-headed Cowbird
57   House Finch
13   American Goldfinch
62   House Sparrow

62   Species
3685 individuals

Friday, May 14, 2010 is the date of the next census.
--
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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