Pat Hayes, Paula Bartlett, and I conducted the October monthly census
yesterday.  This is 13th year for this census.  It was a beautiful
day, both for weather and birds.  We observed 62 species and 3029
individuals.  The number of species is above the 13 year average of 58
but the total individuals is well below the the 13 year average of
5656.  No new species for October were observed and nothing really
uncommon was observed.

Kelleys Island Saw-whet Owl banding began on October 16.  Three
individuals were captured, banded, processed, and released.

438     Double-crested Cormorant
1         Great Blue Heron
167     Canada Goose
2         Gadwall
117      Mallard
2          American Green-winged Teal
8         Turkey Vulture
2         Bald Eagle
5         Sharp-shinned Hawk
1         Cooper's Hawk
1         Merlin
2         Killdeer
7         Bonaparte's Gull
526     Ring-billed Gull
108     Herring Gull
1         Great Black-backed Gull
1         Mourning Dove
*         Eastern Screech-Owl
*         Northern Saw-whet Owl
4         Red-bellied Woodpecker
26       Downy Woodpecker
9         Northern Flicker
1         Eastern Phoebe
1         Blue-headed Vireo
5         Blue Jay
75       American Crow
2         Horned Lark
82       Black-capped Chickadee
3         Red-breasted Nuthatch
3         White-breasted Nuthatch
3         Brown Creeper
7         Carolina Wren
9         Winter Wren
97       Golden-crowned Kinglet
41       Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1         Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
*          Eastern Bluebird
8         Hermit Thrush
411     American Robin
1         Gray Catbird
64       European Starling
2         American Pipit
46       Cedar Waxwing
2         Orange-crowned Warbler
171      Yellow-rumped Warbler
1         Blackpoll Warbler
4          Eastern Towhee
27        Chipping Sparrow
2          Fox Sparrow
2          Song Sparrow
4          Swamp Sparrow
142      White-throated Sparrow
21        White-crowned Sparrow
48        Dark-eyed Junco
32        Northern Cardinal
1          Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2          Indigo Bunting
82        Red-winged Blackbird
2          Rusty Blackbird
84        Common Grackle
19        Brown-headed Cowbird
11        Purple Finch
37        House Finch
9          American Goldfinch
36        House Sparrow

62         Total species
3029     Total individuals

* = species observed on the island on census day but not on census route

--
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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