Today we conducted the monthly census on Kelleys Island. Participants joining me included Phil & Phyllis Corathers, and Sandy Tkach. Weather was a beautiful mid-winter day; temps 17-30° F, winds NW 5-10 mph, with cloudy to party cloudy skies. Time period was from 7:30 Am to noon. The eleven year average number of species on a February census is 39 species and we had 40 species today. The average total number of individuals is 4542 and today's total was 2354 which is well below average. All of the shoreline of the island is surrounded by ice with open pockets of water. Most of these pockets were changing in size and location during the day. One new species was added to the February list which now stands at 76 species. That species was Eastern Bluebird. ~~ Tom Bartlett