On Sunday, October 16, 2011, Tom Behlen, Pat Hayes, and myself conducted the
14th October monthly census on Kelleys Island.  We started the day with
10-15 mile per hour winds out of the south-southeast, 54 F, and overcast
skies.  These skies soon turned to rain for most of the census.  Even with
the weather, we had an excellent day ending with 59 species and 3904
individuals.  The species count was above the 14 year average of 58 species
but the individual count was well below the 5343 average.  New species for
the October count were Philadelphia Vireo and Tennessee Warbler.  Unusual
species were a late Cape May Warbler and Ovenbird.  Surprising misses were
Great Blue Heron, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Mourning Dove, Gray Catbird, and
White-crowned Sparrow.

146         Canada Goose

3              Wood Duck

106         Mallard

2              Wild Turkey

1              Common Loon

3              Horned Grebe

160         Double-crested Cormorant

5              Turkey Vulture

3              Bald Eagle

1              Cooper’s Hawk

1              Merlin

4              Killdeer

1              American Woodcock

14           Bonaparte’s Gull

1032       Ring-billed Gull

116         Herring Gull

250         Gull species?

2              Eastern Screech-Owl

2              Red-bellied Woodpecker

7              Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

30           Downy Woodpecker

29           Northern Flicker

3              Eastern Phoebe

2              Philadelphia Vireo

9              Blue Jay

71           American Crow

102         Black-capped Chickadee

1              Red-breasted Nuthatch

1              White-breasted Nuthatch

5              Brown Creeper

6              Carolina Wren

9              Winter Wren

25           Golden-crowned Kinglet

7              Ruby-crowned Kinglet

2              Eastern Bluebird

256         American Robin

11           European Starling

14           Cedar Waxwing

1              Tennessee Warbler

1              Orange-crowned Warbler

732         Yellow-rumped Warbler

27           Western Palm Warbler

1              Ovenbird

191         Warbler species?

2              Eastern Towhee3

3              Chipping Sparrow

1              Field Sparrow

6              Song Sparrow

2              Lincoln’s Sparrow

2              Swamp Sparrow

301         White-throated Sparrow

4              Dark-eyed Junco

35           Sparrow species?

65           Northern Cardinal

2              Red-winged Blackbird

26           Rusty Blackbird

24           Common Grackle

4              House Finch

4              American Goldfinch

22           House Sparrow



59 species

3904 individuals

Tom Bartlett
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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