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Yesterday, July 20, Paula and I conducted the 15th July census on Kelleys
Island. Others who had said they would come along backed out because of
light rain and high winds. We had gusts of over 30 mph. The high winds
made it very difficult to hear and that affected the end result. We had 59
species and 7840 individuals. The 15-year average for July is 61 species
and 3803 individuals. No new species were added to the July list which
stands at 107. Semipalmated Sandpiper was observed for only the second
time on a July census and a White-eyed Vireo is very uncommon anytime on
the island. Eastern Wood-Pewee, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Orchard Oriole
were missed for the first time. The high count of individuals was due to
the large number of gulls resting and feeding around the island. The three
species of gulls accounted for 70% of the individuals observed.
54 Canada Goose
1 Wood Duck
46 Mallard
27 Double-crested Cormorant
12 Great Blue Heron
11 Turkey Vulture
6 Killdeer
1 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Semipalmated Sandpiper
4 Least Sandpiper
86 Bonaparte's Gull
3380 Ring-billed Gull
1964 Herring Gull
2 Caspian Tern
9 Common Tern
2 Forster's Tern
5 Mourning Dove
* Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
1 Eastern Screech-Owl
9 Chimney Swift
4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
6 Downy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker
1 Willow Flycatcher
3 Eastern Phoebe
82 Eastern Kingbird
1 White-eyed Vireo
7 Warbling Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Blue Jay
20 American Crow
251 Purple Martin
57 Tree Swallow
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
9 Bank Swallow
328 Barn Swallow
56 Black-capped Chickadee
11 Carolina Wren
15 House Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 Eastern Bluebird
106 American Robin
3 Gray Catbird
139 European Starling
28 Cedar Waxwing
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
52 Yellow Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
9 Chipping Sparrow
29 Northern Cardinal
* Rose-breasted Grosbeak
16 Indigo Bunting
576 Red-winged Blackbird
308 Common Grackle
3 Baltimore Oriole
17 House Finch
5 American Goldfinch
20 House Sparrow
59 species
7840 individuals
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H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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