Conducted the 13th September monthly census on Kelleys Island today.
Beautiful day with "tons" of birds which were moving way too fast and
disappearing into the foliage.  Assistaed by Paula Bartlett and June
Campbell.  We observed 73 species along the census route which is the
average for the past 13 years in September and 24662 individuals is one of
the highest counts of any month's census.  Highlights included the first
Red-breasted Mergansers and Dark-eyed Juncoes for the September census.
22029 Double-crested Cormorants was a record as was 18 Red-breasted
Nuthatches.  Surprisingly we had no White-breasted Nuthatches or swallows.
16 species of warblers were observed as well as 112 individual warblers
unidentified.

131     Canada Goose
117     Mallard
2         Red-breasted Merganser
22029  Double-crested Cormorant
5         Great Blue Heron
9         Turkey Vulture
1         Osprey
5         Bald Eagle
1         Cooper's hawk
1         Red-tailed Hawk
5         Killdeer
1         Spotted Sandpiper
41       Bonaparte's Gull
1125   Ring-billed Gull
147     Herring Gull
7        Caspian Tern
4        Mourning Dove
1        Eastern Screech-Owl
3        Chimney Swift
2        Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2        Belted Kingfisher
28      Downy Woodpecker
15      Northern Flicker
1        Eastern Wood-Pewee
3        Least Flycatcher
4        Eastern Phoebe
1        Eastern Kingbird
1        Warbling Vireo
9        Red-eyed Vireo
26      Blue Jay
82      American Crow
72      Black-capped Chickadee
18      Red-breasted Nuthatch
7        Carolina Wren
3        House Wren
6        Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1        Eastern Bluebird
1        Veery
9       Gray-cheeked Thrush
57     Swainson's Thrush
26     Thrush species?
74     American Robin
8       Gray Catbird
1       Brown Thrasher
33     European Starling
29     Cedar waxwing
2       Tennessee Warbler
1       Orange-crowned Warbler
2       Nashville Warbler
3       Chestnut-sided Warbler
14     Magnolia Warbler
2       Cape May Warbler
22     Yellow-rumped warbler
5       Black-throated Green Warbler
2       Blackburnian Warbler
1       Bay-breasted warbler
25     Blackpoll Warbler
1       Black-and-white Warbler
3       American Redstart
1       Ovenbird
1       Northern Waterthrush
1       Common Yellowthroat
112   Warbler species?
21     Chipping Sparrow
2       Song Sparrow
2       Dark-eyed Junco
66     Northern Cardinal
4       Rose-breasted Grosbeak
3       Indigo Bunting
8       Red-winged Blackbird
69     Common Grackle
5       Brown-headed Cowbird
27     House Finch
28     American Goldfinch
75     House Sparrow

73 species
24662 individuals

--
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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