NOVEMBER 07, 2021 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.
ROUTES: East and West sides in the morning; Auto Tour area in the afternoon.
TIME: 7:45am - 12:30pm; 1:50pm - 5:30pm  TEMP.: 39F ~ 61F ~ 59F
COND.: Sunny and clear, warming throughout; winds W at 5-7mph; Lake Erie calm.
OBS. EAST: Bob Bartolotta, Matt & Nora Bartolotta, Claire Johnson, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht.
OBS. WEST: Linda Benner, Katie Clink, Phoebe Jackson, Donna Kuhn, Dave & Kim Myles, James O'Brien,
Chris Pierce, Tony Szilagye, Michael & Dawn Zook, Trevor Zook.  OBS. WEST PRAIRIES: Douglas W. Vogus.
OBS. AFTERNOON: Bob Bartolotta, Matt & Nora Bartolotta, Linda Benner, Claire Johnson, Donna Kuhn,
Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.
  1. Woodchuck - 3  (Second November Record on Census)
  2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 8
  3. White-tailed Deer - 6 (8-pt. buck, 3 does, 2 unknown)

II. BIRDS: 88 SPECIES, 8,370 TOTAL BIRDS.
  1. Ross's Goose - 1  (Second Record on Census, First November Record on Census & Tied Census High from 02/2016)
  2. Canada Goose - 1,127
  3. Mute Swan - 1
  4. Trumpeter Swan - 182
  5. Tundra Swan - 22
  6. Wood Duck - 45
  7. Blue-winged Teal - 12
  8. Northern Shoveler - 16
  9. Gadwall - 662
  10. American Wigeon - 28
  11. American Black Duck - 71
  12. Mallard - 2,367
  13. Northern Pintail - 468
  14. Green-winged Teal - 426
  15. Canvasback - 1
  16. Redhead - 6
  17. Ring-necked Duck - 120
  18. Lesser Scaup - 105
  19. Bufflehead - 7
  20. Hooded Merganser - 28
  21. Common Merganser - 3
  22. Red-breasted Merganser - 1
  23. Ruddy Duck - 6
  24. Pied-billed Grebe - 13
  25. Horned Grebe - 1
  26. Mourning Dove - 174
  27. Sandhill Crane - 52
  28. Killdeer - 99
  29. Semipalmated Plover - 1  (Fifth November Record on Census)
  30. Dunlin - 137
  31. Least Sandpiper - 4
  32. Long-billed Dowitcher - 42
  33. Greater Yellowlegs - 12
  34. Lesser Yellowlegs - 10
  35. Bonaparte's Gull - 46
  36. Ring-billed Gull - 181
  37. Herring Gull - 7
  38. Double-crested Cormorant - 63
  39. American White Pelican - 150  (Fifth November Record on Census)
  40. Great Blue Heron - 81
  41. Great Egret - 23
  42. Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2
  43. Northern Harrier - 7
  44. Cooper's Hawk - 4
  45. Bald Eagle - 13 (5 adult, 8 immature)
  46. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1  (Fourth November Record on Census)
  47. Red-tailed Hawk - 17
  48. Great Horned Owl - 1
  49. Belted Kingfisher - 2
  50. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9
  51. Downy Woodpecker - 21
  52. Hairy Woodpecker - 2
  53. Northern Flicker - 5
  54. American Kestrel - 1
  55. Merlin - 1  (Third November Record on Census)
  56. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (immature that just missed a hen Mallard)
  57. Eastern Phoebe - 2
  58. Northern Shrike - 1
  59. Blue Jay - 35
  60. Horned Lark - 11
  61. Tree Swallow - 2
  62. Black-capped Chickadee - 16
  63. Tufted Titmouse - 3
  64. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
  65. White-breasted Nuthatch - 7
  66. Brown Creeper - 7
  67. Winter Wren - 4
  68. Carolina Wren - 3
  69. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
  70. Hermit Thrush - 2
  71. American Robin - 4
  72. European Starling - 169
  73. House Sparrow - 9
  74. House Finch - 2
  75. American Goldfinch - 27
  76. Snow Bunting - 9
  77. Field Sparrow - 4
  78. Fox Sparrow - 5
  79. American Tree Sparrow - 20
  80. Dark-eyed Junco - 10
  81. White-throated Sparrow - 4
  82. Song Sparrow - 12
  83. Swamp Sparrow - 4
  84. Red-winged Blackbird - 1,042
  85. Brown-headed Cowbird - 14
  86. Rusty Blackbird - 11
  87. Common Grackle - 2
  88. Northern Cardinal - 18
Unidentified Duck Species - 21

III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES.
  1. Northern Water Snake - 1  (Third November Record on Census)
  2. Eastern Garter Snake - 3  (Third November Record on Census)
X. Northern Brown Snake - 1 (dead)

IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
  1. Northern Leopard Frog - 3  (Third November Record on Census)

V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
  1. Common Carp - 1

VI. BUTTERFLIES: 5 SPECIES.
  1. Cabbage Butterfly - 3  (Third November Record on Census)
  2. Clouded Sulphur - 7
  3. Orange Sulphur - 3  (Second November Record on Census)
  4. Pearl Crescent - 1  (Third November Record on Census)
  5. Question Mark - 1  (First November Record on Census & Tied Census High from 08/2014, 12/2018 & 08/2021)

VII. DRAGONFLIES: 1 SPECIES, 1 SPECIES NEW TO CENSUS.
  1. Autumn Meadowhawk  (New Odonata Species on Census - currently at 19 Species since May of 2018)

Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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