APRIL 07, 2024 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.
ROUTE: Boss Unit, East Side, West Side, and Western Prairies in the
morning; Auto Tour area in the afternoon -
except where closed for eagle nesting.
TIME: 7:30am - 12:35pm; 1:40pm - 5:30pm  TIME AFIELD: 8:55  TEMP.: 34F ~
54F ~ 51F
COND.: Cool early, turning sunny with east winds; mostly sunny in the
afternoon.
OBS. BOSS UNIT: George Novosel.  OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al &
Betty Schlecht.
OBS. WEST: Ram & Pushpa Ganesan, Sam Ganesan, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn,
David & Kim Myles,
Megan Myles, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Darleen Stigall, Tony Szilagye.
OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES: Douglas W. Vogus.  OBS. AUTO TOUR: Jim Koppin, Jim
Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 9 SPECIES, 54 TOTAL.  (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

   1. Eastern Cottontail - 9
   2. Woodchuck - 1
   3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 13
   4. American Beaver - 1  (Fourth April Record on Census & Tied Census
   High from 16 other occasions)
   5. Meadow Vole - 3
   6. Common Muskrat - 19
   7. Common Raccoon - 2
   8. Northern River Otter - 1  (Third Record on Census, First April Record
   on Census & Tied Census High from 11/2010 & 02/2022)
   9. White-tailed Deer - 5


II. BIRDS: 88 SPECIES, 8,287 TOTAL.  (Recorded since March 02, 1969)

   1. Canada Goose - 496
   2. Trumpeter Swan - 137
   3. Wood Duck - 49
   4. Blue-winged Teal - 133
   5. Northern Shoveler - 122
   6. Gadwall - 399
   7. American Wigeon - 17
   8. American Black Duck - 8
   9. Mallard - 107
   10. Northern Pintail - 22
   11. Green-winged Teal - 314
   12. Ring-necked Duck - 147
   13. Greater Scaup - 2
   14. Lesser Scaup - 2,411
   15. Bufflehead - 24
   16. Hooded Merganser - 4
   17. Common Merganser - 19
   18. Ruddy Duck - 1
   19. Ring-necked Pheasant - 1
   20. Pied-billed Grebe - 19
   21. Mourning Dove - 26
   22. Virginia Rail - 1
   23. American Coot - 184
   24. Sandhill Crane - 32
   25. Killdeer - 31
   26. Dunlin - 42
   27. Pectoral Sandpiper - 419
   28. Wilson's Snipe - 58
   29. Greater Yellowlegs - 12
   30. Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
   31. Bonaparte's Gull - 26
   32. Ring-billed Gull - 94
   33. Herring Gull - 51
   34. Forster's Tern - 3  (Fourth April Record on Census)
   35. Double-crested Cormorant - 111
   36. American White Pelican - 31  (Fifth April Record on Census)
   37. Great Blue Heron - 37
   38. Great Egret - 8
   39. Turkey Vulture - 8
   40. Northern Harrier - 4
   41. Bald Eagle - 24 (15 adult,9 immature)
   42. Red-tailed Hawk - 9
   43. Rough-legged Hawk - 1  (light morph - caught a vole at Stange
   Prairie)
   44. Great Horned Owl - 4
   45. Red-headed Woodpecker - 4
   46. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 17
   47. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
   48. Downy Woodpecker - 18
   49. Hairy Woodpecker - 4
   50. Northern Flicker - 46
   51. American Kestrel - 3
   52. Eastern Phoebe - 6
   53. Blue Jay - 33
   54. American Crow - 1
   55. Black-capped Chickadee - 8
   56. Tufted Titmouse - 5
   57. Horned Lark - 3
   58. Tree Swallow - 391
   59. Purple Martin - 9
   60. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 21
   61. White-breasted Nuthatch - 6
   62. Brown Creeper - 1
   63. Winter Wren - 1
   64. Carolina Wren - 7
   65. Brown Thrasher - 2
   66. European Starling - 180
   67. Eastern Bluebird - 3
   68. Hermit Thrush - 1
   69. American Robin - 97
   70. House Sparrow - 20
   71. House Finch - 4
   72. American Goldfinch - 4
   73. Lapland Longspur - 2  (Krause Rd.)
   74. Field Sparrow - 9
   75. Fox Sparrow - 12
   76. American Tree Sparrow - 96
   77. Dark-eyed Junco - 19
   78. Savannah Sparrow - 1  (Grimm Prairie)
   79. Song Sparrow - 115
   80. Swamp Sparrow - 12
   81. Eastern Towhee - 1
   82. Eastern Meadowlark - 4  (two at Grimm Prairie & two at Henry Marsh)
   83. Red-winged Blackbird - 1,232
   84. Brown-headed Cowbird - 21
   85. Rusty Blackbird - 32
   86. Common Grackle - 124
   87. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
   88. Northern Cardinal - 55

??. Unidentified Duck Species - 2

III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES, 30 TOTAL.  (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

   1. Map Turtle - 3  (First April Record on Census)
   2. Midland Painted Turtle - 25
   3. Northern Water Snake - 1  (Fifth April Record on Census)
   4. Eastern Garter Snake - 1


IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES, 15 TOTAL.  (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

   1. Bullfrog - 3
   2. Northern Leopard Frog - 12


V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES, 8 TOTAL.  (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

   1. Common Carp - 7
   2. Blackstripe Topminnow - 1  (First April Record on Census)


VI. BUTTERFLIES: 3 SPECIES, 4 TOTAL.  (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

   1. Cabbage Butterfly - 1  (Fourth April Record on Census)
   2. Eastern Comma - 2  (Second April Record on Census)
   3. Red Admiral - 1  (Second April Record on Census)


Compiler:  Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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