Steve Henthorne, Paula and I conducted the 14th August census yesterday.
Beautiful weather but things were very quiet.  We had 58 species and 2872
individuals on the census.  Both of these numbers are slightly below our 14
year average of 62 species and 3303 individuals.  The most unusual sighting
of the census was a Rock Pigeon which is very uncommon on the islands.  The
only Brown-headed Cowbird observed was a young bird following a Killdeer
around in a short grass field near the marina.  I find it hard to believe a
Killdeer incubated a cowbird egg...

181     Canada Goose
54       Mallard
109     Double-crested Cormorant
7         Great Blue Heron
1         Great Egret
8         Turkey Vulture
2         Osprey
1         Bald Eagle (adult)
11       Killdeer
1         Spotted Sandpiper
1         Sanderling
49       Bonaparte's Gull
362     Ring-billed Gull
341     Herring Gull
6         Caspian Tern
1         Rock Pigeon
7         Mourning Dove
1         Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1         Chimney Swift
5         Ruby-throated Hummingbird
14       Downy Woodpecker
1         Northern Flicker
9         Eastern Wood-Pewee
1         Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
1         Great Crested Flycatcher
16       Eastern Kingbird
5         Warbling Vireo
4         Red-eyed Vireo
2         Blue Jay
34       American Crow
23       Purple Martin
15       Tree Swallow
4         Northern Rough-winged Swallow
356     Barn Swallow
25       Swallow species?
30       Black-capped Chickadee
2         White-breasted Nuthatch
4         Carolina Wren
5         House Wren
141     American Robin
3         Gray Catbird
338     European Starling
43       Cedar Waxwing
34       Yellow warbler
1         Chestnut-sided Warbler
2         Black-and-white Warbler
2         American Redstart
9         Chipping Sparrow
52       Northern Cardinal
4         Indigo Bunting
25       Red-winged Blackbird
218     Common Grackle
1         Brown-headed Cowbird
2         Orchard Oriole
46       Baltimore Oriole
18       House Finch
19       American Goldfinch
212     House Sparrow

58 species
2872 individuals





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H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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