The 16th November Kelleys Island survey was conducted November 16. Tom Bartlett, Paula Bartlett, and Pat Hayes participated. Weather was beautiful for a November count. 68 species were observed which is well above the 16 year average of 55 species. White-winged Crossbill was the only new species added to the November list which is now at 109 species. Great Black-backed Gull and Swamp Sparrow were the only two regulars for November which were missed. 6495 individuals were observed during the count which is well below the 16 year average of 10867. The large flocks of Red-breasted Mergansers were notably absent and Double-crested Cormorants have left the area. 39 Canada Goose * Tundra Swan 46 Gadwall 14 American Wigeon 28 American Black Duck 277 Mallard 3 Green-winged Teal 11 Redhead 557 Lesser Scaup 13 Black Scoter 953 Bufflehead 11 Common Goldeneye 2 Common Merganser 8 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Ruddy Duck 69 Common Loon 1 Pied-billed Grebe 747 Horned Grebe 17 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Bald Eagle 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 182 Bonaparte’s Gull 28 Ring-billed Gull 132 Herring Gull 1 Mourning Dove 3 Eastern Screech-Owl * Great Horned Owl * Long-eared Owl * Northern Saw-whet Owl * Belted Kingfisher 10 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 42 Downy Woodpecker 32 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 70 American Crow 11 Horned Lark 126 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 24 Brown Creeper 12 Carolina Wren 4 Winter Wren 11 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 23 Eastern Bluebird 27 Hermit Thrush 76 American Robin 1217 European Starling 8 American Pipit 2 Cedar Waxwing 84 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 21 American Tree Sparrow 4 Chipping Sparrow 3 Fox Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 173 White-throated Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 147 Dark-eyed Junco 35 Northern Cardinal 52 Red-winged Blackbird 59 Rusty Blackbird 18 Common Grackle 9 Brown-headed Cowbird 32 House Finch 8 White-winged Crossbill 21 Pine Siskin 112 American Goldfinch 101 House Sparrow 68 species (Average = 55 species) 6495 Individuals (Average = 10867) To add insult to the day, a Red-throated Loon was spotted this morning (11/17) on the south shore. -- 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]