Today, Paula Bartlett, John Lortz, Pat Hayes, Tom Behlon, and I conducted the Kelleys Island monthly census. This is the 14th July census. The July census average over the 14 years is 62 species and 3518 individuals. Today we were slightly below average with 60 species and 3210 individuals. However, three new species were added t the July census list; Bald Eagle, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Acadian Flycatcher. Six species recorded 14 year highs; Eastern Phoebe, Barn Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, and House Sparrow. 148 Canada Goose 25 Mallard 19 Double-crested Cormorant 12 Great Blue Heron 2 Great Egret 13 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle (3rd Year bird) 4 Killdeer 3 Spotted Sandpiper 362 Ring-billed Gull 178 Herring Gull 50 Gull species? 7 Caspian Tern 9 Mourning Dove 6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Eastern Screech-Owl 5 Chimney Swift 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 22 Downy Woodpecker 6 Northern Flicker 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 9 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Acadian Flycatcher 4 Eastern Phoebe 4 Great Crested Flycatcher 39 Eastern Kingbird 15 Warbling Vireo 7 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 15 American Crow 112 Purple Martin 54 Tree Swallow 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12 Bank Swallow 284 Barn Swallow 43 Black-capped Chickadee 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 25 House Wren 179 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 127 European Starling 80 Cedar Waxwing 112 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 6 American Redstart 1 Common Yellowthroat 17 Chipping Sparrow 3 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 246 Red-winged Blackbird 461 Common Grackle 8 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Orchard Oriole 56 Baltimore Oriole 44 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 45 Indigo Bunting 22 House Finch 44 American Goldfinch 135 House Sparrow 60 species 3210 individuals -- H. Thomas 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]