On Friday, Sandy Tkach, her dad, Paula and I conducted the Kelleys
Island monthly census.  This is the 15th year for a March census on
the island.  It was very unusual.  I have never done a March census in
just a long-sleeve T-shirt.  With several days of southerly winds,
many waterfowl and gulls have left.  We added three new species to the
March list; Wild Turkey, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher.  We also had 4 species of butterflies and a dragonfly.
Crazy year!  Also unusual was the absence of Blue Jays, Hermit
Thrushes, and Rusty Blackbirds.  54 species were observed during the
census which is about average for a March census (55 is the 15 year
average).  The 3147 individuals is low for the census (15 year average
is 5551 individuals).

1     Horned Grebe
1     Double-crested Cormorant
2     Great Blue Heron
31   Canada Goose
2     Wood Duck
1     American Wigeon
28   Mallard
1     Redhead
3     Lesser Scaup
164 Bufflehead
269 Common Goldeneye
1     Common Merganser
122 Red-breasted Merganser
50   Duck species? (mostly divers)
4     Turkey Vulture
1     Bald Eagle
1     Cooper's Hawk
*     Red-tailed Hawk
1     American Kestrel
9     Wild Turkey
9     Killdeer
2     American Woodcock
5     Bonaparte's Gull
3     Ring-billed Gull
99   Herring Gull
9     Great Black-backed Gull
15   Mourning Dove
1     Eastern Screech-Owl
3     Red-bellied Woodpecker
43   Downy Woodpecker
14   Northern Flicker
5     Eastern Phoebe
32   American Crow
4     Horned Lark
6     Tree Swallow
99   Black-capped Chickadee
16   Brown Creeper
5     Carolina Wren
4     Winter Wren
13   Golden-crowned Kinglet
1     Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1     Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2     Eastern Bluebird
302 American Robin
104 European Starling
43   Yellow-rumped Warbler
70   Northern Cardinal
*      American Tree Sparrow
17   Song Sparrow
33   White-throated Sparrow
22   Dark-eyed Junco
513 Red-winged Blackbird
766 Common Grackle
58   Brown-headed Cowbird
57   House Finch
*      Pine Siskin
1     American Goldfinch
78   House Sparrow

54 Species
3147 individuals

Tom
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H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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