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.
- Woodchuck - 3 (Second November Record on Census)
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 8
- White-tailed Deer - 6 (8-pt. buck, 3 does, 2 unknown)
II. BIRDS: 88 SPECIES, 8,370 TOTAL BIRDS.
- Ross's Goose - 1 (Second Record on Census, First November Record on Census & Tied Census High from 02/2016)
- Canada Goose - 1,127
- Mute Swan - 1
- Trumpeter Swan - 182
- Tundra Swan - 22
- Wood Duck - 45
- Blue-winged Teal - 12
- Northern Shoveler - 16
- Gadwall - 662
- American Wigeon - 28
- American Black Duck - 71
- Mallard - 2,367
- Northern Pintail - 468
- Green-winged Teal - 426
- Canvasback - 1
- Redhead - 6
- Ring-necked Duck - 120
- Lesser Scaup - 105
- Bufflehead - 7
- Hooded Merganser - 28
- Common Merganser - 3
- Red-breasted Merganser - 1
- Ruddy Duck - 6
- Pied-billed Grebe - 13
- Horned Grebe - 1
- Mourning Dove - 174
- Sandhill Crane - 52
- Killdeer - 99
- Semipalmated Plover - 1 (Fifth November Record on Census)
- Dunlin - 137
- Least Sandpiper - 4
- Long-billed Dowitcher - 42
- Greater Yellowlegs - 12
- Lesser Yellowlegs - 10
- Bonaparte's Gull - 46
- Ring-billed Gull - 181
- Herring Gull - 7
- Double-crested Cormorant - 63
- American White Pelican - 150 (Fifth November Record on Census)
- Great Blue Heron - 81
- Great Egret - 23
- Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2
- Northern Harrier - 7
- Cooper's Hawk - 4
- Bald Eagle - 13 (5 adult, 8 immature)
- Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (Fourth November Record on Census)
- Red-tailed Hawk - 17
- Great Horned Owl - 1
- Belted Kingfisher - 2
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9
- Downy Woodpecker - 21
- Hairy Woodpecker - 2
- Northern Flicker - 5
- American Kestrel - 1
- Merlin - 1 (Third November Record on Census)
- Peregrine Falcon - 1 (immature that just missed a hen Mallard)
- Eastern Phoebe - 2
- Northern Shrike - 1
- Blue Jay - 35
- Horned Lark - 11
- Tree Swallow - 2
- Black-capped Chickadee - 16
- Tufted Titmouse - 3
- Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 7
- Brown Creeper - 7
- Winter Wren - 4
- Carolina Wren - 3
- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
- Hermit Thrush - 2
- American Robin - 4
- European Starling - 169
- House Sparrow - 9
- House Finch - 2
- American Goldfinch - 27
- Snow Bunting - 9
- Field Sparrow - 4
- Fox Sparrow - 5
- American Tree Sparrow - 20
- Dark-eyed Junco - 10
- White-throated Sparrow - 4
- Song Sparrow - 12
- Swamp Sparrow - 4
- Red-winged Blackbird - 1,042
- Brown-headed Cowbird - 14
- Rusty Blackbird - 11
- Common Grackle - 2
- Northern Cardinal - 18
Unidentified Duck Species - 21
III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES.
- Northern Water Snake - 1 (Third November Record on Census)
- Eastern Garter Snake - 3 (Third November Record on Census)
X. Northern Brown Snake - 1 (dead)
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
- Northern Leopard Frog - 3 (Third November Record on Census)
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 5 SPECIES.
- Cabbage Butterfly - 3 (Third November Record on Census)
- Clouded Sulphur - 7
- Orange Sulphur - 3 (Second November Record on Census)
- Pearl Crescent - 1 (Third November Record on Census)
- 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.
- 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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