Yesterday, July 20, Paula and I conducted the 15th July census on Kelleys
Island.  Others who had said they would come along backed out because of
light rain and high winds.  We had gusts of over 30 mph.  The high winds
made it very difficult to hear and that affected the end result.  We had 59
species and 7840 individuals.  The 15-year average for July is 61 species
and 3803 individuals.  No new species were added to the July list which
stands at 107.  Semipalmated Sandpiper was observed for only the second
time on a July census and a White-eyed Vireo is very uncommon anytime on
the island.  Eastern Wood-Pewee, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Orchard Oriole
were missed for the first time.  The high count of individuals was due to
the large number of gulls resting and feeding around the island.  The three
species of gulls accounted for 70% of the individuals observed.

54      Canada Goose
1        Wood Duck
46      Mallard
27      Double-crested Cormorant
12      Great Blue Heron
11      Turkey Vulture
6        Killdeer
1        Spotted Sandpiper
2        Semipalmated Sandpiper
4        Least Sandpiper
86      Bonaparte's Gull
3380  Ring-billed Gull
1964  Herring Gull
2        Caspian Tern
9        Common Tern
2        Forster's Tern
5        Mourning Dove
*         Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1        Black-billed Cuckoo
1        Eastern Screech-Owl
9        Chimney Swift
4        Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1        Red-bellied Woodpecker
6        Downy Woodpecker
3        Northern Flicker
1        Willow Flycatcher
3        Eastern Phoebe
82      Eastern Kingbird
1        White-eyed Vireo
7        Warbling Vireo
2        Red-eyed Vireo
3        Blue Jay
20      American Crow
251    Purple Martin
57      Tree Swallow
1        Northern Rough-winged Swallow
9        Bank Swallow
328    Barn Swallow
56      Black-capped Chickadee
11      Carolina Wren
15      House Wren
1        Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2        Eastern Bluebird
106    American Robin
3        Gray Catbird
139    European Starling
28      Cedar Waxwing
1        Common Yellowthroat
2        American Redstart
52      Yellow Warbler
1        Chestnut-sided Warbler
9        Chipping Sparrow
29      Northern Cardinal
*         Rose-breasted Grosbeak
16      Indigo Bunting
576    Red-winged Blackbird
308    Common Grackle
3        Baltimore Oriole
17      House Finch
5        American Goldfinch
20      House Sparrow

59 species
7840 individuals
--
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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