Article source for : Kelleys Island Monthly census Feb 23, 2007
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From: Tom Bartlett
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:21:20 -0500
Sandy Tkach and I conducted the February census today in very cold
conditions. Starting temp was 17 and ending was 27 with 10-20 mph NW winds
over an island that was snow covered and surrounded on 3 sides by ice. Only
the eastern side of the island had any open water and visibility there was
hampered by bright sunlight and distance. The scaup appeared to be at a
60-40 ratio of Greater to Lesser. Most of the unidentified ducks were
probably mostly goldeneye, mergansers and scaup. The highlight of the day
came shortly before noon as we spotted a soaring immature Golden Eagle off
Woodford Road. The bird came from the north and moved off the southside of
the island towards the Marblehead peninsula. This is Sandy's and my first
Golden Eagle for the island.
8 Canada Goose
2 Gadwall
1 American Black Duck
5 Mallard
1 Mallard X American Black Duck
12 Canvasback
18 Redhead
1603 Greater Scaup
1215 Lesser Scaup
1500 Scaup species
23 Bufflehead
627 Common Goldeneye
452 Common Merganser
16 Red-breasted Merganser
2400 unidentified diving ducks
7 Bald Eagle (4 ad, 3 imm)
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Golden Eagle (imm)
43 Herring Gull
4 Great Black-backed Gull
75 Gull species
1 Eastern Screech-Owl
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
12 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
2 Blue Jay
41 American Crow
22 Horned Lark
43 Black-capped Chickadee
5 Brown Creeper
* Carolina Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Hermit Thrush
6 American Robin
27 European Starling
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler
33 Northern Cardinal
3 American Tree Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
38 White-throated Sparrow
31 Dark-eyed Junco
38 House Finch
2 American Goldfinch
36 House Sparrow
41 Total species
8367 Total individuals
10 year average = 38.7 species and 4785 individuals for February census
* = observed on island but not on census route.
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