NOVEMBER 01, 2015 - Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Monthly Census.ROUTES: Same usual morning & afternoon routes. TIME: 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:40pm-6:10pm TEMP.: 53-63COND.: Mostly sunny & pleasant; winds W at 5-15mph, gusting to 20mph OBS.: Bary & Darlynne (a couplefrom Oklahoma - failed to obtain last names) (morning only), Katie Clink (morning only), Donna Kuhn, Dave& Kim Myles (morning only), Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht (morning only), Tony Szilagye(morning only) & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
- Raccoon - 1
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 7
- Muskrat - 1
- White-footed Mouse - 1
- White-tailed Deer - 7 (6pt buck,5doe,1 unknown)
II. BIRDS: 73 SPECIES.
- Canada Goose - 791
- Trumpeter Swan - 29
- Tundra Swan - 60
- Wood Duck - 17
- Gadwall - 1,506
- American Wigeon - 143
- American Black Duck - 45
- Mallard - 1,801
- Blue-winged Teal - 8
- Northern Pintail - 30
- Green-winged Teal - 180
- Lesser Scaup - 11
- Ruddy Duck - 2
- Pied-billed Grebe - 20
- Double-crested Cormorant - 233
- Great Blue Heron - 17
- Great Egret - 93
- Bald Eagle - 6 (3 adult,3 immature)
- Northern Harrier - 3
- Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
- Cooper's Hawk - 3
- Red-tailed Hawk - 9
- American Coot - 482
- Sandhill Crane - 6
- Killdeer - 5
- Greater Yellowlegs - 26
- Lesser Yellowlegs - 10
- Hudsonian Godwit - 1
- Least Sandpiper - 18
- Pectoral Sandpiper - 3
- Dunlin - 246
- Long-billed Dowitcher - 55
- Wilson's Snipe - 1
- Bonaparte's Gull - 306
- Ring-billed Gull - 864
- Herring Gull - 11
- Forster's Tern - 114
- Rock Pigeon - 1
- Mourning Dove - 66
- Belted Kingfisher - 2
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
- Downy Woodpecker - 17
- Hairy Woodpecker - 1
- Northern Flicker - 1
- Eastern Phoebe - 2
- Blue Jay - 20
- American Crow - 9
- Horned Lark - 16
- Black-capped Chickadee - 15
- Tufted Titmouse - 1
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
- Brown Creeper - 2
- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 17
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
- Hermit Thrush - 2
- American Robin - 20
- European Starling - 64
- Snow Bunting - 23
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 20
- American Tree Sparrow - 16
- Field Sparrow - 4
- Fox Sparrow - 6
- Song Sparrow - 22
- Swamp Sparrow - 8
- White-throated Sparrow - 31
- Dark-eyed Junco - 36
- Northern Cardinal - 12
- Red-winged Blackbird - 770
- Rusty Blackbird - 32
- Common Grackle - 244
- Brown-headed Cowbird - 41
- American Goldfinch - 25
- House Sparrow - 18
III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES.
- Northern Brown Snake - 1
- Eastern Garter Snake - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
- Northern Leopard Frog - <15
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
- Common Carp - yes!
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 2 SPECIES.
- Clouded Sulphur - 2
- Monarch - 2
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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