Today, Paula and I conducted the 14th June census.  Weather was beautiful.
Started out a little foggy, partly cloudy, east winds 5-8 mph. and temp 67
F.  The June average number of species observed on the census is 61 and 2911
individuals.  Today we had 65 species and 2578 individuals.  The June
average is 61 species and 2888 individuals so it was an average count.
Bonaparte's Gull and Veery were observed for only the second time on a June
census.  The Bonaparte's was an adult bird in breeding plumage.  It was
observed at the same spot as the May bird, so may be an injured bird.  Also
of note were the 102 Cedar waxwings.  It appears some are still migrating
north.  The island's Bald Eagle nest has two health young still sitting in
it.

53     Double-crested Cormorant
26     Great Blue Heron
1       Green Heron
1       Black-crowned Night-Heron
158   Canada Goose
9       Wood Duck (8 were young)
35     Mallard
3       Turkey Vulture
*        Bald Eagle
1       Red-tailed Hawk
4       Killdeer
1       Spotted Sandpiper
1       Bonaparte's Gull
96     Ring-billed Gull
91     Herring Gull
6       Gull species?
1       Caspian Tern
1       Common Tern
7       Mourning Dove
6       Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1       Eastern Screech-Owl
11     Chimney Swift
1       Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3       Belted Kingfisher
30     Downy Woodpecker
5       Northern Flicker
13     Eastern Wood-Pewee
2       Willow Flycatcher
1       Eastern Phoebe
4       Great Crested Flycatcher
24     Eastern Kingbird
23     Warbling Vireo
4       Red-eyed Vireo
2       Blue Jay
14     American Crow
113   Purple Martin
77     Tree Swallow
17     Northern Rough-winged Swallow
8       Bank Swallow
205   Barn Swallow
31     Black-capped Chickadee
26     House Wren
4       Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1       Veery
198   American Robin
1       Gray Catbird
29     European Starling
102   Cedar Waxwing
99     Yellow Warbler
3       Chestnut-sided Warbler
5       American Redstart
1       Scarlet Tanager
53     Northern Cardinal
3       Rose-breasted Grosbeak
47     Indigo Bunting
1       Eastern Towhee
14     Chipping Sparrow
2       Field Sparrow
1       Song Sparrow
414   Red-winged Blackbird
242   Common Grackle
41     Brown-headed Cowbird
11     Orchard Oriole
72     Baltimore Oriole
42     House Finch
16     American Goldfinch
60     House Sparrow

65 species
2578 individuals

--
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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