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)
- Eastern Cottontail - 9
- Woodchuck - 1
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 13
- American Beaver - 1 (Fourth April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 16 other occasions)
- Meadow Vole - 3
- Common Muskrat - 19
- Common Raccoon - 2
- Northern River Otter - 1 (Third Record on Census, First April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 11/2010 & 02/2022)
- White-tailed Deer - 5
II. BIRDS: 88 SPECIES, 8,287 TOTAL. (Recorded since March 02, 1969)
- Canada Goose - 496
- Trumpeter Swan - 137
- Wood Duck - 49
- Blue-winged Teal - 133
- Northern Shoveler - 122
- Gadwall - 399
- American Wigeon - 17
- American Black Duck - 8
- Mallard - 107
- Northern Pintail - 22
- Green-winged Teal - 314
- Ring-necked Duck - 147
- Greater Scaup - 2
- Lesser Scaup - 2,411
- Bufflehead - 24
- Hooded Merganser - 4
- Common Merganser - 19
- Ruddy Duck - 1
- Ring-necked Pheasant - 1
- Pied-billed Grebe - 19
- Mourning Dove - 26
- Virginia Rail - 1
- American Coot - 184
- Sandhill Crane - 32
- Killdeer - 31
- Dunlin - 42
- Pectoral Sandpiper - 419
- Wilson's Snipe - 58
- Greater Yellowlegs - 12
- Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
- Bonaparte's Gull - 26
- Ring-billed Gull - 94
- Herring Gull - 51
- Forster's Tern - 3 (Fourth April Record on Census)
- Double-crested Cormorant - 111
- American White Pelican - 31 (Fifth April Record on Census)
- Great Blue Heron - 37
- Great Egret - 8
- Turkey Vulture - 8
- Northern Harrier - 4
- Bald Eagle - 24 (15 adult,9 immature)
- Red-tailed Hawk - 9
- Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light morph - caught a vole at Stange Prairie)
- Great Horned Owl - 4
- Red-headed Woodpecker - 4
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 17
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
- Downy Woodpecker - 18
- Hairy Woodpecker - 4
- Northern Flicker - 46
- American Kestrel - 3
- Eastern Phoebe - 6
- Blue Jay - 33
- American Crow - 1
- Black-capped Chickadee - 8
- Tufted Titmouse - 5
- Horned Lark - 3
- Tree Swallow - 391
- Purple Martin - 9
- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 21
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 6
- Brown Creeper - 1
- Winter Wren - 1
- Carolina Wren - 7
- Brown Thrasher - 2
- European Starling - 180
- Eastern Bluebird - 3
- Hermit Thrush - 1
- American Robin - 97
- House Sparrow - 20
- House Finch - 4
- American Goldfinch - 4
- Lapland Longspur - 2 (Krause Rd.)
- Field Sparrow - 9
- Fox Sparrow - 12
- American Tree Sparrow - 96
- Dark-eyed Junco - 19
- Savannah Sparrow - 1 (Grimm Prairie)
- Song Sparrow - 115
- Swamp Sparrow - 12
- Eastern Towhee - 1
- Eastern Meadowlark - 4 (two at Grimm Prairie & two at Henry Marsh)
- Red-winged Blackbird - 1,232
- Brown-headed Cowbird - 21
- Rusty Blackbird - 32
- Common Grackle - 124
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
- Northern Cardinal - 55
??. Unidentified Duck Species - 2
III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES, 30 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
- Map Turtle - 3 (First April Record on Census)
- Midland Painted Turtle - 25
- Northern Water Snake - 1 (Fifth April Record on Census)
- Eastern Garter Snake - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES, 15 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
- Bullfrog - 3
- Northern Leopard Frog - 12
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES, 8 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
- Common Carp - 7
- Blackstripe Topminnow - 1 (First April Record on Census)
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 3 SPECIES, 4 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
- Cabbage Butterfly - 1 (Fourth April Record on Census)
- Eastern Comma - 2 (Second April Record on Census)
- Red Admiral - 1 (Second April Record on Census)
Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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