Monthly census was conducted Saturday, November 17 from 0730-1230 EST. Participants were Tom & Paula Bartlett and Sandy Tkach. Total species was 59 which is slightly above 10 year average of 55 species observed on November routes. The total individuals observed was 16620 which is also slightly above the average of 12291. This is actually the 11 year for the November count. Highlights included Mute Swan, Tundra Swan, Wood Duck, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, Gray Catbird, Fox Sparrow, "Oregon" Junco, Purple Finch, and Pine Siskin. This brings the 2007 Kelleys Island census list to 171 species observed on 11 routes (January through November). That makes 2007 to the second highest number of species observed over 10 years of census routes. 2005 had 177 species and the 10 year average is 161 species. No new species were added to the list of species observed on November census routes but 5 new species were added to the 2007 list (Common Loon, Tundra Swan, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, and Pine Siskin). 74 Canada Goose 1 Mute Swan 6 Tundra Swan 1 Wood Duck 1 Gadwall 3 American Black Duck 284 Mallard 1 Green-winged Teal 17 Scaup species? 1 Surf Scoter 12 Black Scoter 461 Bufflehead 2 Common Goldeneye 3 Common Merganser 271 Red-breasted Merganser 24 Common Loon 1 Pied-billed Grebe 7 Horned Grebe 12625 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 895 Bonaparte's Gull 119 Ring-billed Gull 206 Herring Gull 2 Mourning Dove 1 Great Horned Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 14 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 37 American Crow 3 Horned Lark 57 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Brown Creeper 7 Carolina Wren 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 11 Hermit Thrush 49 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 1169 European Starling 17 Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 American Tree Sparrow 1 Fox Sparrow 7 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 81 White-throated Sparrow 32 Dark-eyed Junco 1 "Oregon" Junco 38 Northern Cardinal 5 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Purple Finch 8 House Finch 2 Pine Siskin 12 American Goldfinch 17 House Sparrow 59 Total Species (and one race) 16620 Total Individuals Tom Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]