Sandy Tkach and I conducted the monthly census yesterday.  The January
average over 12 years had been 39 species.  Yesterday we managed 49 species
which now makes the January average 40 species.  The 13753 individuals was
our second highest count of individuals on a January census.  We counted
from 0815 to 1315 in cold, foggy-misty-snowy conditions.  In fact the
weather prevented the planes from flying so I was "stuck" on the island for
an extra night.  We added three new species to the January census list.
Those were Mute Swan, Red-shouldered Hawk, and Common Redpoll.  Four species
were recorded for only the second time.  Those were Redhead, Northern
Harrier, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and Fox Sparrow.  Seven species recorded
all-time highs.  Those were Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Bald Eagle,
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, American Crow, and American
Goldfinch.  Of the 61 Bald eagles observed 24 were adults, 30 were immature,
and 7 unidentified age.  At one point we had 22 eagles sitting in one small
cluster of trees.  The high counts of woodpeckers maybe attributed to the
ash-borer and all the dead/dying ash trees.

*2         Mute Swan*
36       Tundra Swan
4         Gadwall
57       American Black Duck
27       Mallard
18       Redhead
166     Greater Scaup
471     Bufflehead
*4108*   Common Goldeneye
2         Hooded Merganser
*479 *    Common Merganser
3820   Diving Duck species?
*          Wild Turkey
1         Great Blue Heron
*61*       Bald Eagle
1         Northern Harrier
1         Cooper's Hawk
*1         Red-shouldered Hawk*
2         Red-tailed Hawk
1         Rough-legged Hawk
1830   Ring-billed Gull
805     Herring Gull
48       Great Black-backed Gull
550     Gull species
3         Mourning Dove
1         Eastern Screech-Owl
*8*         Red-bellied Woodpecker
1         Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
*49*       Downy Woodpecker
16       Northern Flicker
2         Blue Jay
*49*       American Crow
77       Black-capped Chickadee
*          Red-breasted Nuthatch
*          White-breasted Nuthatch
8         Brown Creeper
3         Carolina Wren
5         Golden-crowned Kinglet
1         Eastern Bluebird
16       Hermit Thrush
189     American Robin
487     European Starling
4         Cedar Waxwing
21       Yellow-rumped Warbler
16       American Tree Sparrow
2         Fox Sparrow
102     White-throated Sparrow
67       Dark-eyed Junco
74       Northern Cardinal
16       Purple Finch
8         House Finch
*5         Common Redpoll*
*26*       American Goldfinch
6         House Sparrow

49 species
13753 individuals

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

--
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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