Kelleys Island - April 17, 2005 Bird Census

Sunday we ran the Kelley's Island monthly census route. This is the 8 year of this run. 69 species and 5173 individual birds were observed along the route. This is slightly above average. The route was run by Tom Bartlett, John Lortz, and Sandy Tkach from 0745-1330. Tom Bartlett

69 Species Seen

51		Mallard
12		Greater Scaup
3		Lesser Scaup
1		Black Scoter
61		Bufflehead
178		Red-breasted Merganser
1		Turkey Vulture
1		Bald Eagle (adult on nest)
6		Killdeer
1		American Woodcock
17		Bonaparte's Gull
1		Ring-billed Gull
108		Herring Gull
1		Great Black-backed Gull
8		Mourning Dove
1		Eastern Screech-Owl
1		Red-bellied Woodpecker
2		Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
27		Downy Woodpecker
37		Northern Flicker
4		Eastern Phoebe
*		Purple Martin
105		Tree Swallow
8		Rough-winged Swallow
10		Bank Swallow
14		Barn Swallow
2		Blue Jay
29		American Crow
81		Black-capped Chickadee
1		Red-breasted Nuthatch
1		White-breasted Nuthatch
8		Brown Creeper
2		Carolina Wren
3		Winter Wren
19		Golden-crowned Kinglet
95		Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3		Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2		Eastern Bluebird
8		Hermit Thrush
752		American Robin
1		Brown Thrasher
101		European Starling
1		Blue-headed Vireo
2		Northern Parula
23		Yellow-rumped Warbler
3		Black-and-white Warbler
91		Northern Cardinal
6		Eastern Towhee
144		Chipping Sparrow
16		Field Sparrow
2		Vesper Sparrow
14		Savannah Sparrow
11		Song Sparrow
2		Swamp Sparrow
53		White-throated Sparrow
32		Dark-eyed Junco
1		Oregon Junco
26		Sparrow species?
1123		Red-winged Blackbird
6		Rusty Blackbird
1138		Common Grackle
137		Brown-headed Cowbird
22		Purple Finch
99		House Finch
9		American Goldfinch
53		House Sparrow

Photo by Sandy Tkach

Last updated on July 31, 2006