MARCH 01, 2015 - Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Monthly Census.ROUTES: Limited coverage in the morning on both the east & west sides due to snow depth; limited coverage in the afternoon due to snow drifts, coverage on the backside limited to roads leading to the perimeter of the refuge - backside dikes & impoundments inaccessible.TIME: 8:00am-12:45pm; 2:15pm-5:15pm TEMP.: 17-31-28 COND.: Light snow until 1:00pm changing to steady snow until 4:00pm; visibility improved after 4:00pm; trail & road conditions poor due to snow cover & drifts; no open water; Lake Erie completely frozen.OBS.: Katie Clink (morning only), Dave & Kim Myles (morning only), Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Al Schlecht (morning only), Douglas W. Vogus. I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES. - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 6 - Eastern Cottontail - 3 - White-tailed Deer - 1 II. BIRDS: 29 SPECIES. - Canada Goose - 328 - Tundra Swan - 3 - Redhead - 3 (2m,1f) - Bald Eagle - 6 (adult) - Northern Harrier - 3 - Cooper's Hawk - 1 - Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light morph) - Red-tailed Hawk - 11 - Ring-billed Gull - 20 - Mourning Dove - 14 - Great Horned Owl - 1 - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7 - Downy Woodpecker - 14 - Hairy Woodpecker - 1 - American Kestrel - 3 - Blue Jay - 28 - Horned Lark - 19 - Black-capped Chickadee - 5 - White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 - American Robin - 1 - European Starling - 47 - American Tree Sparrow - 57 - Song Sparrow - 1 - White-throated Sparrow - 8 - Dark-eyed Junco - 10 - Northern Cardinal - 26 - Red-winged Blackbird - 48 - American Goldfinch - 1 - House Sparrow - 26 Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]