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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