MARCH 01, 2015 - Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Monthly Census.ROUTES: Limited coverage in the morning on both the east & west sides due to snow depth; limited coverage in the afternoon due to snow drifts, coverage on the backside limited to roads leading to the perimeter of the refuge - backside dikes & impoundments inaccessible.TIME: 8:00am-12:45pm; 2:15pm-5:15pm TEMP.: 17-31-28 COND.: Light snow until 1:00pm changing to steady snow until 4:00pm; visibility improved after 4:00pm; trail & road conditions poor due to snow cover & drifts; no open water; Lake Erie completely frozen.OBS.: Katie Clink (morning only), Dave & Kim Myles (morning only), Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Al Schlecht (morning only), Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 6

   - Eastern Cottontail - 3
   - White-tailed Deer - 1
II. BIRDS: 29 SPECIES.
   - Canada Goose - 328

   - Tundra Swan - 3
   - Redhead - 3 (2m,1f)
   - Bald Eagle - 6 (adult)
   - Northern Harrier - 3
   - Cooper's Hawk - 1
   - Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light morph)
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 11
   - Ring-billed Gull - 20
   - Mourning Dove - 14
   - Great Horned Owl - 1
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7
   - Downy Woodpecker - 14
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 1
   - American Kestrel - 3
   - Blue Jay - 28
   - Horned Lark - 19
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 5
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 6
   - American Robin - 1
   - European Starling - 47
   - American Tree Sparrow - 57
   - Song Sparrow - 1
   - White-throated Sparrow - 8
   - Dark-eyed Junco - 10
   - Northern Cardinal - 26
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 48
   - American Goldfinch - 1
   - House Sparrow - 26
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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