Paula and I conducted the 15th April census on Kelleys Island today.
Weather started out mild, overcast, and light rain but ended warm and
partly cloudy.  68 species were observed which is right on the 15 year
average but the 3953 individuals was below the 15 year average of 4767
individuals.  Two species were observed for the first time on an April
census.  Those were American Wigeon and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Over the 15 years, 120 species have been observed on the April census.

59     Canada Goose
2       Wood Duck
2       American Wigeon
49     Mallard
9       Lesser Scaup
71     Bufflehead
4       Common Goldeneye
2       Hooded Merganser
139   Red-breasted Merganser
3       Common Loon
3       Horned Grebe
129   Double-crested Cormorant
21     Great Blue Heron
1       Great Egret
13     Turkey Vulture
1       Osprey
4       Bald Eagle
*        Sharp-shinned Hawk
2       Cooper's Hawk
2       Red-tailed Hawk
1       Wild Turkey
1       Sora
5       Killdeer
178   Bonaparte's Gull
13     Ring-billed Gull
156   Herring Gull
1       Lesser Black-backed Gull
7       Greater Black-backed Gull
8       Mourning Dove
1       Eastern Screech-Owl
7       Red-bellied Woodpecker
32     Downy Woodpecker
9       Northern Flicker
6       Eastern Phoebe
24     Blue Jay
47     American Crow
2       Horned Lark
49     Purple Martin
253   Tree Swallow
3       Northern Rough-winged Swallow
74     Barn Swallow
88     Black-capped Chickadee
1       White-breasted Nuthatch
3       Carolina Wren
5       House Wren
1       Winter Wren
5       Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4       Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4       Eastern Bluebird
1       Hermit Thrush
334   American Robin
2       Brown Thrasher
208   European Starling
*       Cedar Waxwing
17     Yellow-rumped Warbler
1       Yellow-throated Warbler
71     Northern Cardinal
2       Eastern Towhee
44     Chipping Sparrow
9       Field Sparrow
5       Song Sparrow
25     White-throated Sparrow
1       White-crowned Sparrow
*       Dark-eyed Junco
806   Red-winged Blackbird
2       Rusty Blackbird
704   Common Grackle
96     Brown-headed Cowbird
47     House Finch
32     American Goldfinch
42     House Sparrow

68 Species
3953 Individuals

Tom

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H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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