John Lortz and I conducted the Kelleys Island monthly census for
September today. Census period was from 0730 to 1300 EST. Weather
was beautiful but a little windy. A total of 78 species were observed
and 4067 individuals. The twelve year average for the September
census is 73 species and 3410 individuals, so this census was a little
above average. Four species were observed for the first time on a
September census. Those were Black-bellied Plover, Black-billed
Cuckoo, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and Eastern Bluebird.
Unusual/uncommon species observed for September census were Great
Egret(2nd time), Willow Flycatcher2nd time), Least Flycatcher(3rd
time), Horned Lark(3rd time), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher(2nd time), and
Clay-colored Sparrow(3rd time).
Double-crested Cormorant 170
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 1
Canada Goose 362
Mallard 92
Turkey Vulture 17
Bald Eagle 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Wild Turkey *
Black-bellied Plover 1
Killdeer 12
Ring-billed Gull 1216
Herring Gull 371
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Gull species 350
Mourning Dove 11
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Eastern Screech-Owl 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 23
Northern Flicker 20
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Empidonax species 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Warbling Vireo 2
Philadelphia Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Vireo species 16
Blue Jay 22
American Crow 45
Horned Lark 1
Black-capped Chickadee 97
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 7
House Wren 7
Winter Wren 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 9
Wood Thrush 1
Thrush species 4
American Robin 237
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 94
Cedar Waxwing 63
Tennessee Warbler 5
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 6
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 9
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 4
Bay-breasted Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 16
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Warbler species 74
Northern Cardinal 36
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 4
Chipping Sparrow 22
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Bobolink 4
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 424
House Finch 39
American Goldfinch 71
House Sparrow 9
Total Species 78
Total individuals 4067
* = species observed on the island on census day but not on census route
Kelleys Island Audubon Club's Feathers & Foliage program is next
Saturday(September 26). Come for the day and enjoy guide hikes along
with bird banding demonstrations.
Check their webpage!
Also, stop by the Midwest Birding Symposium in Lakeside over the next
4 days. There is tons of stuff to see, do, hear, and buy! Check
their webpage!
Also, on Sunday(September 20) is the Jet Express trip to Point Pelee
with Black Swamp Bird(and butterfly) Observatory guide. Check the
BSBO webpage!
No excuse for not birding this weekend.
--
H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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