*DECEMBER 02, 2018 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.*
*ROUTES*: East and West sides in the morning and Auto Tour Area in the
afternoon.  *TIME*: 8:00am - 12:10pm; 1:55pm - 5:00pm  *TEMP.*: 52 ~ 61 ~ 52
*COND.*: Sunny with blue skies, winds W at 5-10mph; winds shifting to W/SW
and turning cloudy at 3:00pm, then overcast with a front from the west and
rain
from 4:00pm - 4:30pm, winds 10-15mph, rain ending and mostly cloudy until
end of census. Unseasonably warm, no snow cover, and all water open.
*OBS.EAST*: Katie Clink, Jim Koppen, Ed Pierce.  *OBS.WEST*: Jennifer
Keuhn, Donna Kuhn, Dave & Kim Myles, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht, Tony
Szilagye,
Douglas W. Vogus.  *OBS.AFTERNOON*: Bob Bartolotta, Claire Johnson, Ed
Pierce, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.

*I. MAMMALS*: 4 SPECIES.

   1. Virginia Opossum - 1
   2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 24
   3. Coyote - 1  (First December Record on Census)
   4. White-tailed Deer - 5


*II. BIRDS*: 66 SPECIES, 10,940 BIRDS.

   1. Canada Goose - 598
   2. Trumpeter Swan - 104
   3. Tundra Swan - 3,824
   4. Wood Duck - 2
   5. Gadwall - 304
   6. American Wigeon - 12
   7. American Black Duck - 55
   8. Mallard - 2,713
   9. Blue-winged Teal - 4
   10. Northern Shoveler - 11
   11. Northern Pintail - 23
   12. Green-winged Teal - 8
   13. Redhead - 5
   14. Ring-necked Duck - 3
   15. Lesser Scaup - 65
   16. Bufflehead - 36
   17. Hooded Merganser - 21
   18. Common Merganser - 92
   19. Red-breasted Merganser - 26
   20. Mourning Dove - 56
   21. American Coot - 11
   22. Sandhill Crane - 41
   23. Bonaparte's Gull - 1
   24. Ring-billed Gull - 1,304
   25. Herring Gull - 14
   26. Double-crested Cormorant - 1
   27. Great Blue Heron - 53
   28. Great Egret - 7
   29. Bald Eagle - 8 (4 adult,4 immature)
   30. Northern Harrier - 3
   31. Red-tailed Hawk - 14
   32. Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light morph)
   33. Great Horned Owl - 1
   34. Belted Kingfisher - 3
   35. Red-headed Woodpecker - 10
   36. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 14
   37. Downy Woodpecker - 24
   38. Hairy Woodpecker - 3
   39. Northern Flicker - 2
   40. American Kestrel - 1
   41. Northern Shrike - 1
   42. Blue Jay - 58
   43. Horned Lark - 11
   44. Tree Swallow - 1
   45. Black-capped Chickadee - 15
   46. Tufted Titmouse - 3
   47. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
   48. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
   49. Brown Creeper - 3
   50. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
   51. American Robin - 7
   52. European Starling - 168
   53. House Sparrow - 65
   54. House Finch - 3
   55. American Goldfinch - 28
   56. Lapland Longspur - 36
   57. American Tree Sparrow - 170
   58. Fox Sparrow - 1
   59. Song Sparrow - 11
   60. Swamp Sparrow - 2
   61. Dark-eyed Junco - 38
   62. Northern Cardinal - 14
   63. Red-winged Blackbird - 259
   64. Rusty Blackbird - 33
   65. Common Grackle - 12
   66. Brown-headed Cowbird - 46

Unidentified Duck Species - 465
Unidentified Falcon (American Kestrel or Merlin) - 1

*III. REPTILES*: 2 SPECIES.

   1. Eastern Garter Snake - 1  (First December Record on Census)
   2. Eastern Milk Snake - 1  (First December Record on Census)


*IV. AMPHIBIANS*: 2 SPECIES.

   1. Bullfrog - 3  (First December Record on Census)
   2. Northern Leopard Frog - 1


*V. BUTTERFLIES*: 1 SPECIES.

   1. Question Mark - 1  (First December Record on Census)


Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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