The eleventh annual March census was conduct today on Kelleys Island. Participants were Tom Bartlett, Phil & Phyllis Corathers, and Sandy Tkach. Weather was cloudy to partly cloudy, 31-41 degrees F, winds 3-10 mph SW then NE; beautiful day! Over the last 10 years we have averaged 55 species and 4911 individuals on a March census. This year we had 56 species and 12,194 individuals. Snow Goose, Tundra Swan, Iceland Gull, and Tufted Titmouse were new to the March census list. The Snow Goose was also a first on any census route done to date. In addition, American Pipit and Snow Bunting are uncommon on a March census. This was our highest count of individuals in eleven years on a March census. The highlight of the day was the discovery of a new Bald Eagle nest on the SE side of the island. A pair of nested unsuccessfully at the North Pond for the last several years. Maybe this nest will have better luck. 1 Snow Goose (Blue morph) 172 Canada Goose 19 Tundra Swan 2 Wood Duck 2 American Black Duck 32 Mallard 10 Canvasback 9 Redhead 8 Ring-necked Duck 1117 Greater Scaup 4730 Lesser Scaup 2450 Scaup species? 249 Bufflehead 856 Common Goldeneye * Hooded Merganser 123 Common Merganser 345 Red-breasted Merganser 800 Duck species? (Divers) 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Bald Eagle (1 adult, 1 immature) 2 Red-shouldered Hawk * Rough-legged Hawk 11 Killdeer 16 Ring-billed Gull 99 Herring Gull 1 Iceland Gull (second year) 7 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Mourning Dove * Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 16 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 73 American Crow 9 Horned Lark 35 Black-capped Chickadee 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Tufted Titmouse 7 Brown Creeper 3 Carolina Wren 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 5 Hermit Thrush 124 American Robin 27 European Starling 2 American Pipit 1 Cedar Waxwing 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 9 American Tree Sparrow 7 Song Sparrow 11 White-throated Sparrow 4 Dark-eyed Junco 8 Snow Bunting 46 Northern Cardinal 389 Red-winged Blackbird 9 Rusty Blackbird 273 Common Grackle 23 Brown-headed Cowbird * Purple Finch 15 House Finch * Common Redpoll 9 American Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow * = observed on the island but not during the census 56 Species 12,194 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]