*OCTOBER 07, 2018 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.*
*ROUTES*: Usual morning and afternoon routes: East and West sides in the
morning and Auto Tour in the afternoon - but out by 4:00pm for youth
waterfowl hunting.
*TIME*: 8:00am - 12:30pm; 1:40pm - 4:20pm  *TEMP.*: 55 ~ 65  *COND.*:
Cloudy and cool all day with late fog rolling in at 4:00pm.
*OBS. EAST*: Katie Clink, Ed Pierce.  *OBS.WEST*: Jennifer Kuehn, Donna
Kuhn, Dave & Kim Myles, Jim Reyda, Tony Szilagye, Douglas W. Vogus.
*OBS.AFTERNOON*: Bob Bartolotta, Claire Johnson, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda,
Douglas W. Vogus.

*I. MAMMALS*: 3 SPECIES.

   1. Woodchuck - 4
   2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 8
   3. Common Raccoon - 1


*II. BIRDS*: 106 SPECIES, 7,923 INDIVIDUALS.

   1. Canada Goose - 566
   2. Mute Swan - 4
   3. Trumpeter Swan - 115
   4. Wood Duck - 44
   5. Gadwall - 527
   6. American Wigeon - 142
   7. American Black Duck - 39
   8. Mallard - 271
   9. Blue-winged Teal - 4
   10. Northern Shoveler - 7
   11. Northern Pintail - 49
   12. Green-winged Teal - 12
   13. Common Merganser - 1  (Second October Record on Census)
   14. Pied-billed Grebe - 18
   15. Mourning Dove - 134
   16. Black-billed Cuckoo - 1  (Second October Record on Census)
   17. Chimney Swift - 4
   18. American Coot - 22
   19. Sandhill Crane - 14
   20. Semipalmated Plover - 1
   21. Killdeer - 76
   22. Pectoral Sandpiper - 10
   23. Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
   24. Long-billed Dowitcher - 5
   25. Wilson's Snipe - 6
   26. Greater Yellowlegs - 2
   27. Lesser Yellowlegs - 6
   28. Bonaparte's Gull - 1
   29. Ring-billed Gull - 82
   30. Herring Gull - 5
   31. Double-crested Cormorant - 69
   32. American White Pelican - 198  (New Census High - previous was 39 on
   09/03/17)
   33. Great Blue Heron - 36
   34. Great Egret - 77
   35. Turkey Vulture - 6
   36. Osprey - 1
   37. Bald Eagle - 3 (1 adult,2 immature)
   38. Northern Harrier - 1
   39. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
   40. Cooper's Hawk - 1
   41. Red-tailed Hawk - 6
   42. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1  (gray morph)
   43. Great Horned Owl - 1
   44. Belted Kingfisher - 7
   45. Red-headed Woodpecker - 4
   46. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 13
   47. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 12
   48. Downy Woodpecker - 13
   49. Hairy Woodpecker - 2
   50. Northern Flicker - 19
   51. American Kestrel - 1
   52. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
   53. Willow Flycatcher - 1
   54. Eastern Phoebe - 11
   55. Blue-headed Vireo - 1
   56. Red-eyed Vireo - 1
   57. Blue Jay - 61
   58. American Crow - 1
   59. Horned Lark - 12
   60. Purple Martin - 10
   61. Tree Swallow - 251
   62. Black-capped Chickadee - 7
   63. Tufted Titmouse - 1
   64. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
   65. White-breasted Nuthatch - 10
   66. Brown Creeper - 2
   67. House Wren - 2
   68. Winter Wren - 4
   69. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 188
   70. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 116
   71. Eastern Bluebird - 1
   72. Gray-cheeked Thrush - 2
   73. Swainson's Thrush - 22
   74. Hermit Thrush - 8
   75. American Robin - 66
   76. Gray Catbird - 1
   77. Northern Mockingbird - 2  (Tied Census High from numerous occasions)
   78. European Starling - 750
   79. Cedar Waxwing - 1
   80. House Sparrow - 23
   81. House Finch - 1
   82. American Goldfinch - 20
   83. Tennessee Warbler - 1
   84. Bay-breasted Warbler - 1
   85. Blackpoll Warbler - 19
   86. Palm Warbler - 2
   87. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 73
   88. Eastern Towhee - 1
   89. American Tree Sparrow - 5
   90. Field Sparrow - 5
   91. Savannah Sparrow - 4
   92. Song Sparrow - 31
   93. Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
   94. Swamp Sparrow - 12
   95. White-throated Sparrow - 178
   96. White-crowned Sparrow - 35
   97. Dark-eyed Junco - 23
   98. Northern Cardinal - 22
   99. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
   100. Indigo Bunting - 1
   101. Bobolink - 1
   102. Red-winged Blackbird - 2,682
   103. Rusty Blackbird - 7
   104. Common Grackle - 371
   105. Brown-headed Cowbird - 222
   106. Baltimore Oriole - 1  (Second October Record on Census)


*III. FISHES*: 1 SPECIES.

   1. Common Carp - 1


*IV. BUTTERFLIES*: 1 SPECIES.

   1. Monarch - 4


Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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