NOVEMBER 05, 2023 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.
ROUTES: East Side, Fox Unit, West Side, and Western Prairies in the
morning; Wildlife Drive in the afternoon.
OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht.  OBS. FOX UNIT: Jim
Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht.
OBS. WEST: Katie Clink, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, David & Kim Myles,
Chris Pierce, Tony Szilagye.
OBS. WEST PRAIRIES: Douglas W. Vogus.  OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Bob Bartolotta,
Claire Johnson, Jim Koppin,
Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.
TIME: 7:45am - 12:35pm; 1:55pm - 5:30pm  TEMP.: 41F ~ 56F ~ 49F
COND.: Brisk and clear in the early part of the morning; large wall of fog
rolling in off of Lake Erie at around 10:00am;
north winds pushed it south across the refuge, enveloping the entire area;
low ceiling and very poor visibility. Fog
started to move out at about 12:25pm with some clearing before lunch;
partly cloudy in the afternoon, but turning
foggy again from 4:45pm until end of census; visibility in the late
afternoon along Lake Erie at less than 100 yards.

I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES, 35 TOTAL MAMMALS.  (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

   1. Woodchuck - 6  (Third November Record on Census)
   2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 15
   3. Common Muskrat - 1
   4. Common Raccoon - 1  (Fifth November Record on Census)
   5. White-tailed Deer - 12 (2 bucks,6 does,4?)


II. BIRDS: 92 SPECIES, 10,154 TOTAL BIRDS.  (Recorded since 03/02/1969)

   1. Snow Goose - 3 (2 blue morph,1 immature)
   2. Canada Goose - 782
   3. Mute Swan - 9
   4. Trumpeter Swan - 362  (one with yellow neckband "1A2" - recorded
   since September of 2007)
   5. Tundra Swan - 2,247
   6. Wood Duck - 61
   7. Blue-winged Teal - 12
   8. Northern Shoveler - 45
   9. Gadwall - 1,106
   10. American Wigeon - 55
   11. American Black Duck - 47
   12. Mallard - 1,187
   13. Northern Pintail - 34
   14. Green-winged Teal - 108
   15. Canvasback - 4
   16. Ring-necked Duck - 22
   17. Greater Scaup - 1
   18. Lesser Scaup - 14
   19. Bufflehead - 16
   20. Common Goldeneye - 25
   21. Hooded Merganser - 21
   22. Ruddy Duck - 9
   23. Pied-billed Grebe - 10
   24. Mourning Dove - 10
   25. American Coot - 87
   26. Sandhill Crane - 43
   27. Killdeer - 16
   28. Semipalmated Plover - 1
   29. Dunlin - 553
   30. Long-billed Dowitcher - 14
   31. Wilson's Snipe - 1
   32. Greater Yellowlegs - 11
   33. Lesser Yellowlegs - 16
   34. Bonaparte's Gull - 112
   35. Ring-billed Gull - 113
   36. Herring Gull - 4
   37. Double-crested Cormorant - 4
   38. American White Pelican - 225
   39. Great Blue Heron - 82
   40. Great Egret - 64
   41. Cattle Egret - 1
   42. Northern Harrier - 5
   43. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
   44. Cooper's Hawk - 4
   45. Bald Eagle - 11 (9 adult,2 immature)
   46. Red-tailed Hawk - 8
   47. Belted Kingfisher - 1
   48. Red-headed Woodpecker - 4
   49. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 13
   50. Downy Woodpecker - 14
   51. Hairy Woodpecker - 3
   52. Northern Flicker - 19
   53. American Kestrel - 1
   54. Merlin - 1  (Fifth November Record on Census)
   55. Peregrine Falcon - 1  (immature female)
   56. Northern Shrike - 2  (one immature fighting with an adult bird)
   57. Blue Jay - 57
   58. Black-capped Chickadee - 4
   59. Horned Lark - 12
   60. Tree Swallow - 7
   61. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
   62. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4
   63. Cedar Waxwing - 12
   64. White-breasted Nuthatch - 9
   65. Brown Creeper - 1
   66. Carolina Wren - 2
   67. Marsh Wren - 1  (Fourth November Record on Census)
   68. Gray Catbird - 1  (Third November Record on Census)
   69. Northern Mockingbird - 1
   70. European Starling - 379
   71. Eastern Bluebird - 2
   72. American Robin - 53
   73. House Sparrow - 18
   74. House Finch - 10
   75. American Goldfinch - 78
   76. Lapland Longspur - 12  (Fourth November Record on Census)
   77. Chipping Sparrow - 3
   78. Field Sparrow - 1
   79. Fox Sparrow - 9
   80. American Tree Sparrow - 22
   81. Dark-eyed Junco - 81
   82. White-crowned Sparrow - 5
   83. White-throated Sparrow - 33
   84. Savannah Sparrow - 1
   85. Song Sparrow - 40
   86. Swamp Sparrow - 8
   87. Red-winged Blackbird - 806
   88. Brown-headed Cowbird - 97
   89. Rusty Blackbird - 627
   90. Common Grackle - 23
   91. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5
   92. Northern Cardinal - 31

??. Unidentified Scaup Species - 12
??. Unidentified Duck Species - 50
??. Unidentified Shorebird Species (dowitcher species/snipe) - 7

III. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES, 3 TOTAL AMPHIBIANS.  (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

   1. Bullfrog - 3  (Third November Record on Census)


IV. CRUSTACEANS: 1 SPECIES NEW TO CENSUS, 1 TOTAL.

   1. Crayfish - 1  (First Record on Census)


V. MOTHS: 1 SPECIES NEW TO CENSUS, 1 TOTAL.  (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

   1. Isabella Tiger Moth - 1 (caterpillar)  (New Species on Census -
   currently at 16 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/2002)


Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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