On October 19, 2012 we conducted the 15th Kelleys Island October Bird
Survey.  Participants included Tom and Paula Bartlett, Dan Best, and Ann
Bugoda.  Additional help was provided by Pat Hayes and Jack Hostal.  It was
cool, windy, and mostly overcast.  The group recorded 55 species along the
normal route and 11,211 individuals.  These numbers were above average.  Over
the 15 years, the October survey has average 54 species and 5735
individuals.  New for the October survey were Pied-billed Grebe, Virginia
Rail, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Great Horned Owl.  This brings the
number of species observed on the October survey to 122 over the 15 years.

133         Canada Goose

157         Mallard

1              Wild Turkey

3              Pied-billed Grebe

1              Horned Grebe

3918       Double-crested Cormorant

2              Great Blue Heron

9              Turkey Vulture

2              Bald Eagle

2              Sharp-shinned Hawk

1              Red-tailed Hawk

1              Virginia Rail

9              Bonaparte’s Gull

3252       Ring-billed Gull

668         Herring Gull

1              Lesser Black-backed Gull

*             Mourning Dove

2              Eastern Screech-Owl

1              Great Horned Owl

1              Chimney Swift

1              Belted Kingfisher

3              Red-bellied Woodpecker

2              Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

22           Downy Woodpecker

17           Northern Flicker

*             Eastern Phoebe

4              Blue Jay

52           American Crow

111         Black-capped Chickadee

4              Red-breasted Nuthatch

2              White-breasted Nuthatch

3              Brown Creeper

13           Carolina Wren

8              Winter Wren

79           Golden-crowned Kinglet

22           Ruby-crowned Kinglet

13           Eastern Bluebird

15           Hermit Thrush

251         American Robin

1              Gray Catbird

1729       European Starling

21           Cedar Waxwing

4              Palm Warbler

357         Yellow-rumped Warbler

1              Eastern Towhee

8              Chipping Sparrow

123         White-throated Sparrow

18           Dark-eyed Junco

32           Northern Cardinal

14           Red-winged Blackbird

7              Rusty Blackbird

13           Common Grackle

7              Purple Finch

23           House Finch

27           Pine Siskin

2              American Goldfinch

38           House Sparrow



55 species (Average = 54)

11211 individuals (Average = 5735

*= observed on island on survey day but not on route

-- 
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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